Home

**"Home"** is the first episode in the second season of *The Hollow*.

## Overview

After discovering the truth behind the Hollow, friends Adam, Mira and Kai awaken in their real-life world, but something's not right.

## Plot

### Adam

Adam wakes up at home on his bed. When he stretches, he notices his hand is digital. Adam frantically searches around his room for a sign to tell them if he is back in his real life or still in the game. He dumps out his backpack and notices a Polaroid photo of him, Mira, and Reeve.

The door begins to creak open, causing Adam to jump into a defensive position, but it opens to reveal Adam's harmless dog Puddles. To test if this world is real or digital, he tells Puddles to do a trick: "Clean Up, Aisle Three!" Puddles leaps through his arms and makes the bed. He then runs downstairs.

Adam hesitantly leaves his room, and he hears noises coming from downstairs. He defensively grabs an umbrella from the hall and slowly approaches the kitchen.

He enters the kitchen to see his mother cooking pancakes and his father working at the table. He walks over to his dad and pokes his forehead to see if he's real. He asks his parents why they are in The Hollow, but they do not understand what he means. Adam leaves to find Mira.

Outside his house, his neighbour greets him. "Hi Adam! Glorious weather, huh?" Adam smiles politely, then continues running down the sidewalk.

Adam pulls out his phone and calls Mira, then a bully trips him. He falls and drops his phone, and the lead bully steps on it, smashing it. He taunts Adam. Adam recognizes the boy as Gavin Connors, someone in his class at school who used to bully him, but Gavin appears before him now unchanged, exactly as Adam's remembers him from childhood.

Gavin tries to instigate a fight with Adam, but Adam runs away. He accidentally runs into a woman jogging in place who gives him the same greeting. "Hi Adam! Glorious weather, huh?" Again, Adam smiles politely before the bullies emerge from around the corner. Adam continues running away, and the bullies continue to chase him taunting him as they run.

The bullies corner Adam in an alley. Gavin swings a punch at him, but Adam jumps up the walls onto a ledge. The bullies begin to throw cans at him.

### Mira

Mira is sitting at the table in her backyard overhearing a mundane conversation between her dads standing over the barbecue. Her dads and brother, Miles, remark that she seems a bit absent-minded or "zenned out." Her dads fix her a veggie burger from the barbecue. She asks them all why they are in The Hollow, but they do not understand. Miles asks his dads for permission to go to Kai's House, reminding Mira of Kai.

Mira goes to her room. She finds her phone and uses it to call Kai. Kai does not answer her call because he is busy screaming into a mirror. Mira decides to go and find Adam and Kai.

Mira is driving down the street on her motorcycle when she notices the reflection of a creepy doll over her shoulder in her mirror. She screams and almost crashes her motorcycle. She comes to a stop in the road, then looks around for the doll but sees nothing.

The clear, sunny weather abruptly changes to a thunderstorm. A cat walks in front of Mira and meows at her. She realizes she still has her ability to understand animals.

### Kai

At home, Kai ponders aloud to his butler, Davis, possible explanations for his current situation. He interrogates Davis to determine if it is real life. The abrupt changes in weather convince him that it is not real life.

Kai rides around town on his electric unicycle and sees that it is exactly as he remembers it. He goes to Holy Donuts and is excited that there is no line. Upon opening the door, he walks into a woman walking out. Kai recognizes the woman as Gretchen Aguilar, a famous winner of The Hollow, but she tells him he must have her confused for someone else. Kai goes inside and buys a box of donuts.

While stopped at a red light, Mira sees the doll in the backseat of the car next to her. The doll bangs her head against the window glass. Mira freezes in fear until the car behind her honks, alerting her that the light has changed. The doll disappears.

### Reunion

Mira encounters Kai, and Kai feels reassured that she remembers The Hollow, unlike everyone else he has spoken to. Mira suggests that they find Adam.

Adam runs around the corner chased by bullies. Mira drives up to him on her motorcycle and tells him to hop on. Kai follows them on his unicycle. With much sadness, Kai throws his box of donuts to distract the bullies so they can escape. Adam, Mira, and Kai go to Kai's house.

Upon arrival, Adam and Mira are impressed by the grandeur of Kai's house. The three sit in Kai's Thinking Gazebo, Davis serves them tea. The three discuss ideas about what they think might be happening to them. Mira remembers that The Weird Guy's real name is Gustaf. Adam and Mira discuss the fears they have faced all day. They ask Kai if he had any fears as a child, and he claims he did not.

This is immediately proven to be false when Mabel arrives, the giant chicken from Kai's childhood nightmares. The thunderstorm resumes, and Mabel begins to attack Kai. The trio runs, hopping fences and hedges onto neighbors' properties while Mabel chases close behind.

They hide in a neighbor's garage, but Mabel finds them. Mira tries to talk to Mabel and reason with her, but Mabel tells Mira that she is only following orders and that she hates Kai. They continue running away while dodging lightning strikes.

They stop at a 3-way intersection upon seeing Adam's bullies coming towards them. They try to turn, but the creepy doll approaches from the perpendicular street. A childhood fear approaches from all directions. There is nowhere to run.

## Characters

In order of appearance:

* Adam
* Puddles
* Adam's parents
* Adam's neighbor
* Bullies
* Mira
* Mira's dads (Paul and Curtis)
* Miles
* Kai
* Davis
* Doll
* Gretchen Aguilar
* Mabel

## Cast

* Ashleigh Ball as Mira
* Connor Parnall as Kai
* Adrian Petriw as Adam

*Additional Voices By*

* Nicole Oliver as Adam's Mom
* Andrew McNee as Adam's Dad and Davis
* Tariq Leslie as Paul
* Sean Thomas as Miles
* Austin Abell as Lead Bully
* Orlando Lucas as Gangly Bully
* Valin Shinyei as Squat Bully
* Rory Mepham as Creepy Doll
* Kathleen Barr as Security Guard
* Robyn Ross as Gretchen Aguilar

## Notable Quotes

Read the full transcript here.

* *"Hi Adam. Glorious weather, huh?"* – Adam's neighbor, repeated by a jogger
* *"Davis? I'll take that chamomile tea."* – Kai
* *"We have to figure out what in the Hollow is going on."* – Mira

## See Also

 **Season 2** | "**Home**" • "Hollow Games" • "The Return" • "Puzzled" • "Alchemy" • "Dead End" • "Unbalanced" • "Fang" • "Fire" • "Race"