The next morning, Rose sees a migration of deer in the backyard-a revelation she keeps from her family. The two couples eat together and have an uncomfortable night of conversation tinged with class comparison and unsettling speculation about what might be happening. Clay disagrees, saying that it’s the right thing to do the fact that the internet is out and the emergency broadcast is playing on the television bolsters his argument. and Ruth are telling the truth, Amanda doesn’t trust them and is uncomfortable with letting them stay in their own home. and Ruth, clearly shaken, have driven in from the Bronx after witnessing a city-wide blackout and realizing they would not be able to make it back into the city. and Ruth, the older Black couple who own the rental house, are at the door. However, the feeling that someone’s watching her troubles Amanda, and on their second night, after the children are asleep, a knock at the door startles Amanda and Clay. The family spends the first night and day lounging by the pool and settling in, enjoying each other’s company. While Clay drives, Amanda and the kids look at their phones, knowing that as they get to the house their connections will become spotty or not work at all. The family is driving out from New York to a well-appointed house on Long Island that they have rented for the week, and they are eager to get away. Leave the World Behind begins with the vacation of Clay, Amanda, and their teenage children Rose and Archie.
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