Lights in the Dark

***Lights in the Dark*** is the fifth episode of the first season of *Stereoscope* and the fifth episode overall. It was developed by Jasmine Johnson, directed by Lena Tsodykovskaya, and released by Crypt TV. It stars Bree Winslow, Prema Cruz, Brian White, Blaine Maye, Dominique Toney, and Jason Liles.

The episode was released on September 18th, 2020.

## Summary

Nothing can keep Callie and her father apart; not death, not monsters, and not the thin veil separating realities. Should she jump?

## Plot

The episode begins with a flashback of Drew and his world's version of Lewis entering a room in the house. They are greeted by that world's version of Lewis, who is shocked to see that they are covered in blood.

In the present, Callie wakes up in the middle of the night and sees the scope sitting on her bed. She sits up and turns on the light, only for Drew to come up from behind her and cover her mouth, ordering her to not scream. As he takes his hand off her mouth, he tells her he left his axe at home, causing her to laugh. She then turns her attention to the scope and says that she saw it burning in the fire. Drew tells her that fire doesn't hurt the scope -- nothing does. Callie asks him if what he said about her father was true, and Drew confirms her suspicions -- her father is still alive, and Drew wants to find him because he could be the only one capable of destroying the scope.

Out in the kitchen, Rae is texting Meghan, asking her to notify her if Callie reaches out to her. She hears Callie and Drew talking in her bedroom, and starts to go over. She puts her ear to the door and listens to Drew telling Callie that she needs to be scared -- The Reek killed everyone he loved, and if it gets through to her world, it will do the same. Rae then starts knocking and telling Callie to open the door, and Callie starts panicking and tries to hide Drew. Drew suggests asking her mother for help as well, to which Callie responds that Drew clearly doesn't know about her mother and tries to get him to leave, telling him that she'll meet him in the barn in twenty minutes. Rae starts pounding on the door even more, and when it finally opens, Drew is no longer there. Rae starts to become frantic, looking in the closet and under the bed to find Drew. She tells Callie that she heard someone in the room with her, and Callie tells her that she was on the phone. Rae tells Callie not to do this to her, that she heard two voices in the room, and Callie again tells her it was just her in the room. Rae then leaves the room and lays down on the stairs, trying to calm herself down.

Callie climbs out the window as quietly as she can, and goes to the barn. She asks Drew what world they look in first, and Drew tells her that they aren't looking, they're going. He tells her to set the scope to four, and Callie asks why they have to go. Drew says that they can't find her father by just looking, and whenever someone looks through the scope the veil is open, which makes it possible for The Reek to get through. Callie asks him about the veil, and Drew reveals that if the veil is open too long, it will collapse. Callie says that she has questions, and Drew tells her that he'll explain when they get to the other world. He asks her to hold his hand, because if they aren't touching when she uses the scope, he'll get kicked through. Drew puts his hand on her shoulder, saying that they need each other now. Callie tells him that she'll stay by him if he stays by her, and looks through the scope. She flips the switch, and they disappear. Back at the house, Rae looks over and sees a faint shimmering in the air next to her. She tells herself that it's not real, and she needs to get it together.

Meanwhile, Callie and Drew suddenly appear in the fourth dimension's version of the barn, only to find they're surrounded by fog. Callie asks why it's so foggy, and Drew begins to become agitated. He asks her if she's sure she pulled the slide and sent them to World 4, and she affirms this. Drew says that this can't be right, because the world looks just like his did after the veil fell. Callie says that's a shame, because she doesn't know what the veil is. As they leave the barn, Drew explains the veil to her -- it is analogous to a wall between worlds, and is the only thing keeping The Reek out. When someone looks through the scope, the veil tears so they can see into it. If the veil is torn too much, it falls, and without it, The Reek gets in and everything dies -- which is what happened in his world. Callie asks him if a different version of his family will be in this world, and Drew says hopefully.

Drew and Callie arrive at the fourth dimension's version of house, and Drew takes a metal pipe from the destroyed mailbox as a weapon. They slowly enter the house, only to find that everything is covered in dead leaves. Callie finds a blue and pink cloth in one of the piles of leaves. She pushes the leaves aside, only to find the dead body of a woman underneath the leaves. Callie asks if she's Drew's mother, to which he takes one of the tattered blankets lying around and puts it over the body. He says that his real mother died in the fifth dimension. Back in our world, Rae watches the driveway as Meghan pulls up in her car. Meghan gets out of her car, frantic that something has happened to Callie, and Rae tells her that Callie isn't the problem -- Rae is, that she's sick, and Meghan needs to take her.

Back in the fourth dimension, Drew tells Callie that they have to go. Callie refuses, saying they have to look for her father. Drew tells her there won't be anything else left in this world, to which Callie tells him that he doesn't know her father, that she knows he'd be hiding somewhere if he was here. Drew asks where he could've gone and apologizes, to which Callie pushes back and says that they don't really know if he isn't here. Suddenly, a creaking sound echoes through the house, and Drew, looking more afraid, tells Callie to set the scope. Callie turns around, seeing an empty kitchen, and suddenly The Reek appears from behind the kitchen counter. As it distends its jaw, Drew yells at Callie to run and hits the monster with the metal pipe. He manages to run out of the house and shut it inside, but it loses interest in him and walks away.

Callie has shut herself in the other room, and finds the dead body of Drew's father. She starts to scream and set the scope, and Drew arrives at the sliding glass door. Callie starts begging him to help her, but he can't force the door all the way open. He tells her to take his hand as The Reek starts to break down the door Callie is leaning on. Callie runs to Drew, grabs his hand, and flips the switch just as the monster breaks down the door. They are now back in Callie's dimension, safe from the monster. As they lay on the ground trying to catch their breath, Callie asks Drew where they go next.

## Casualties

### Deaths

 **Drew's Father (4th Dimension)** | Killed by The Reek when the veil fell.

## Continuity

### Revelations

 The alternate worlds are protected by a veil, which is there to keep threats like The Reek from getting through to them. If the veil falls, then the dimension is at risk to the monsters.

## Cast

 Lewis Thomas (5th Dimension)
 World 4 Drew's Mother
 World 4 Drew's Father

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Crypt Monsters. "STEREOSCOPE Episode 5 | Lights In The Dark | By Crypt Monsters." Facebook Watch, Crypt Monsters; September 18th, 2020.