Girlcore | S2 E5 | SOMEBODY'S WATCHING ME

Susan (Alina LOpez) is ill at the last minute and refuses to get up. Mr. and Mrs. Howard, Brock Doom and Vera King, are on their way home to spend the weekend with their family. Susan lies under the blankets with a thermometer stuck in her mouth. She looks clammy, disoriented and frightened. Howard, frustrated by the idea of arriving late, yells: 'She is 18 years old for goodness' sake! He urges his wife to let the girl stay home alone. Mrs. Howard is less sure. What if Mrs. Howard is faking? What if they could find a last minute babysitter? What if they just cancelled the trip altogether? Susan is told to stay at home by her parents after some back-and-forth. Susan tells her parents that she will rest, take care of herself, and then leave. Susan lays quietly, listening to them exit, before slowly sitting up and pulling out the hot water bottle she used to fake her illness. She smiles. Finally, the house to herself -- all weekend! Susan, with her parents gone, is dancing around in her undies and enjoying the freedom she has when her phone rings. When she picks up the phone, all she can hear is an odd sound coming from the other side. It sounds like someone was breathing hard. She hangs up when no one answers her repeated greetings. Susan hears a strange noise when she picks up the phone a moment later. Is it a prank call? Lisa.... Is that you??' She laughs into the phone before hanging it up. Instantly, the phone rings again. She picked it up. She hears the same sound of heavy breathing on the other end of the line. Now she's getting a little freaked. 'Mom? Dad? "Is that you?" She speaks cautiously. 'Who is this?' It is as if the breathing has accelerated before abruptly stopping. Susan puts the phone down and shakes her head. She won't let her nerves get the best of her! Susan decides to watch a scary movie in her bedroom later that evening. She has forgotten about the crank call and is now engrossed in the scary movie. Someone sneaks outside and starts to watch the girl. Suddenly, Susan is startled by a loud banging. She freezes before looking outside the window. She doesn't see anything. She hears another loud bang coming from her door. In a panic, she creeps towards the knob. Someone is inside the house! She opens the door with all of her courage. No one is there. The hall is quiet and dark. Susan lets out a relief sigh. But then, the doorbell begins to ring wildly. Her eyes go wide in fear. Susan runs to the door. The door is opened nervously by Susan, who discovers a teenager (Gia) outside. 'Help me! Help me!" She shouts. Terrified, Susan opens the door wider and the stranger bursts in, slamming it behind her. She continues, 'We must hide.' "Before they find us!" Susan is dragged back to her room, where she slams shut the door. The lights are turned off. Slowly, the room becomes illuminated again by a colorful light. The stranger has pulled a magic screen from her backpack ... with all the pegs glowing. She whispers, 'It does not like bright lights' before removing her dirty clothes. Susan can barely keep up. Who are you? What's going on? What's going on? The stranger catches her breath. Amy. I'm 19 years old. Just escaped its grasps! Susan stares at her in shock. 'It's been holding me hostage for months, trying to get inside me. The government is covering up the truth. In a warehouse. There are a lot of industrial machines. Mutant. It doesn't like bright lights. Listen, I need you to touch me! You must remove all your clothing and then touch me. The only way to prevent it getting in is by touching me! Susan gets up from her bed and switches on the light next to it. Before Susan knows it, she and Amy are wrapped in each other's bodies. Will this be enough to keep the mysterious creature at bay? And what is Amy NOT telling Susan?