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- That's why authorities

are now saying a makeshift spike trap was the key

to a back road breakout that saw multiple psychiatric.

- Can you hear me? Howard, do you copy?

- Don't get me started. I know I'm late.

- You know, I've been trying you

on this thing for 15 minutes now.

- Well, I just got into range now, didn't I, Terry?

Fucking Hooper forgot the reflector strips.

I had to take my ass back around to JC's and get 'em,

and I'm expensing that shit, too.

- Save your receipt.

You know I called your cell twice.

Why even keep that thing?

- Look, just 'cause the world went on

and advanced to damn near constant communication

doesn't mean that I gotta drink the Kool-Aid.

Look, we're not made to live on screens, Terry.

I'm just gonna stay right where I'm at,

off the grid, thank you very much.

- Okay, well you're in quite a mood this morning.

Listen, Mr. Off the Grid, I didn't wanna go here,

but for someone who finds a phone call to be too much,

- No, please. - you seem pretty active

on that dating profile of yours.

- Not the same thing, Terry. Swipe left, swipe right.

- No. - I can ignore them,

and they can ignore me, and they do ignore me.

- No, no, no.

It's not, and for the record,

I did not mean to stumble across your page.

Wild profile pic. I spit out my Cheerios when I saw it.

- You spit out?

Look, you know what? Fuck this.

I'm gonna go out to the trail,

and I'm gonna tighten down the markers,

and I will get back in touch with you.

- Circle back with me when you're out at mile two.

I have a few things for you to take care of.

- Mile two, yes ma'am.

- Wait. Don't.

Anything? - That's a doe,

otherwise jack shit, just like I told you, man.

So I don't know why we're even out here in the first place.

But - You don't know nothing.

- you wanted- - Keep moving.

- All right, well,

why the old bastard miss his radio check, huh?

'Cause I swear he won't stop busting my balls

about ranger protocol, so riddle me that.

- Just head to the trail. We'll take it from there.

- Well, I hate to be a cynic.

I'm just saying if Howard's Eagle Scout ass

hasn't checked in by now, then he's already grizzly bait,

or he's off in some "Breaking Bad" fugue state bullshit

that I don't- - Hooper, shut the fuck up.

Jesus.

Yeah, that's definitely Howard's stuff.

- Yep, sure as hell is.

Guess he could've been tracking another bobcat

over there by the creek.

- Well, creek it is.

Hey, Terry? - Yeah, go ahead, Joe.

- Found Howard's stuff.

Looks like we got a beat on him, over.

- Copy that.

- You wanna tell me I'm wrong?

Just leaves his shit laying in the dirt?

- But just take something seriously for once,

will you?

Shit. - Just fuck, man.

I should be home by now,

and I still don't understand why he didn't use his-

- Goddammit, Hooper. - Hey, boys.

Great day for it, huh?

- Sir, the designated fishing area's

on the other side of the park.

How'd you get over on this side?

- Oh, I was just wandering looking for a nice spot.

Sorry, fellas.

I'm not allowed to fish here,

I can just pack up and head on out.

- We're actually looking for another park ranger.

Found his stuff on the river trail.

You haven't seen him, have you?

- Well, damn. Sorry, I didn't come by the trail.

- All right, so which way did you come in from? You local?

- You know, guys, if I had seen something, I'd tell ya.

I would, but I think I just picked the wrong damn place

to fish, to tell you the truth.

- All right.

I'm gonna just head back to the river trail,

and then we can go back to your camp.

- Sure thing, chief. You lead the way.

- Why the fuck did you have to slice him up like that, huh?

- Sorry, sorry, I'm sorry. - Goddammit!

I had it under control. - Hey, Joe? Please respond.

back here, over.

- What the hell you even doing down here anyhow?

I thought you was ditching the old man.

- No, the boy's doing it. I'm sorry.

I didn't know. I thought they were bad guys.

- All right, Hooper, I'm sending the other team in.

They're closing in on the trail now.

- Shit. I was get tired of this spot anyhow.

Never felt like home. You missed a lot, freak show.

Grab your shit. Let's hit the road.

- Psst, come on.

Yeah! Yo, that was awesome.

- Did we get it? - Oh yeah.

Niko, was that good for you?

- Dude, maybe wait a full minute?

- Fuck you. It's part of my process.

- Are you sure I was strong enough?

I feel like I wasn't moment to moment.

- You were. Yeah, we're not doing this again.

I can't drag your ass anymore. - Shut up. You love it.

- You know what? Let's do one more take, okay?

And, and this time, this is what I wanna see here.

- Zach, we got the shot, bro.

Besides, class starts in like half an hour.

- Yeah. Yeah, okay.

Yo, yo, seriously, that was great.

- Are you sure? - No, totally.

I mean, I was scared for you. - No love for the ghoul.

I feel like I really gave something here.

- Thought you were transcendent.

- Thank you. - That was great, great.

- Why are we friends?

- TJ Campbell. Come on down.

Okay, TJ, I am so sorry about the wait.

Now our priority for any transfer is catching up

and eventually choosing a focus.

Of course, our unique curriculum makes it normal

for students to explore first.

- Right, whatever I gotta do to keep my scholarship.

- Oh, that's right. You're our new student artist athlete.

Oh, student artist athlete.

We like to keep the emphasis on creative development here.

- Oh, nice, yeah.

I'm new to the whole creative development thing.

- Oh, baseball, I see. Why Southeast?

- I hurt my shoulder playing over at State last season,

so this is my last offer.

Here I am. - Isn't that great?

All right, let's stick you in a few basic foundation classes

and, oh, a spot just opened up in this one.

Do you like movies? - Sure. Yeah.

- Okay then. You are all set.

Art history and American lit beginning tomorrow,

and they'll be expecting you

in Intro to Documentary Film in, oh yikes, 20 minutes.

You better get going, TJ. - Oh, okay. Wow.

- Good luck! Are you Brandon?

Come on.

- How come you keep doing this?

You're breaking my heart, and I'll always love you!

I don't know. Was that too much?

- I think it's good. Let's just do one more time.

- Happen to know where the, ah.

- You know where the side screening room is?

- Yeah, outside, next building over.

- Yeah, that's completely normal.

Dude. - Fucking weirdo.

- Hey, I did Human Versus Zombies last year.

- Last year, you were a fucking weirdo.

- Yeah, well guys, we just pick up the pace a little bit?

You know, this is the year that we gotta make our mark.

All right? - We know. We're relaxed.

- Right, well I'm just saying, okay?

This is when they really start to decide who's who.

- Okay guys, let's settle in. We'll get started soon, yeah?

This course, as I hope you are now aware,

is your Introduction to Documentary Film.

This is how all film began, guys.

One man, one camera, shooting real people. A documentarian.

What we do is we take the candle of inspiration,

and we hold it in the darkest, darkest corners

to find these treasures of stories, yeah?

It's intimate, real-life storytelling.

Whether it be in a war zone, a jungle,

or even right here, even right here at home.

Quite the opener, yes?

Eight cameras, high powered lenses shooting 24/7,

seven days a week for years

to capture the footage you've just seen.

This city became a haven for suicides.

This park, a housewife hangs herself.

The crew was just too late to capture this gantry queen.

A gentleman lept to his death.

Construction worker. Also late.

Soon they focused on the bridge.

For six weeks, they sat, watching, till one fateful day.

A stranger appeared, took his place at the bridge.

However you feel about the content,

the commitment to capture these grim images

is remarkable, yeah?

Okay, thoughts.

What are the obstacles our filmmakers have to overcome?

Anyone? Madam, yes, please.

- It feels like you'll probably have to film weeks worth

of nothing just to get a single moment, right?

- Weeks if you're lucky, months, sometimes years.

It's that dedication to one's craft.

That's what we're learning today, yeah?

Anyone else? Yes, ma'am.

- The commitment is impressive,

but doesn't it seem messed up?

I mean, they're just sitting around,

waiting for someone to jump to their death-

- No, but they aren't just sitting around.

I mean, did we watch the same film?

A raw uncut glimpse at someone deciding their fate?

No, I mean, as dark as that was,

that was incredible to watch. - Fine, it may be rare to see,

but doesn't it cross some sort of line?

- Ah. Death is real life, yes?

Maybe I'm hurtful. Perhaps I'm wrong.

Does the death of the actual subject taint the project?

Come on, someone we haven't heard from.

You, you there, the one hiding.

- Yeah, I couldn't look away, but I know what she's saying.

It does seem like a moral gray area.

I know he would've jumped, cameras are no cameras,

and it does seem like the crew's too far off to help,

but on some level,

if you're behind the camera on this project,

aren't you happy to see someone fall their death?

I'm, I'm just saying, it seems,

if you put all that work into it,

wouldn't you finally wanna see somebody go down?

Otherwise, you got nothing?

- That's my point. It seems sadistic.

- Okay. Can we just like grow up a little bit here?

- I love your enthusiasm!

This is exactly what I want to see the first week of class

because we're going to get straight into it.

You're gonna form your own groups.

You're gonna go out and find your own stories.

You're gonna tell me your truths, yeah?

It's gonna be very exciting.

So first thing you want to do

is you're going to break into groups.

You're going to find a place.

- I feel good about it.

- Hey, do you need a group?

- What? - For the project.

- Oh, right, I guess I do still need a group. Thanks.

I'm TJ. - Elisha.

Please stick with me.

I need another reasonable mind to keep Zach at bay.

- Yeah, he seems...

- He's good at what he does.

He's just hardheaded aside. All right, what do you do?

- Not sure yet. I'm a baseball transfer.

- Oh. I didn't peg you as a jock.

All right, let's roll, Babe Ruth.

That is a baseball guy, right?

- No, yeah. - Okay, okay.

- No, fuck that. No, I thought-

- All right, guys. Got our fifth crew member.

Guys, this is TJ. TJ, Zach, Olivia, and Niko.

- Hey guys. - Hi!

- What's up bro? - So what's your focus?

- He's camera team with me, so don't worry about it.

- All right, time to brainstorm.

- Thanks again, guys. Long day.

- Yeah, well, you're in luck

'cause when Olivia says time to brainstorm,

she mostly means time to drink.

- This place is weird, man. You art people are crazy.

- Art people? Watch it.

- Oh my god. Okay, I got it, I got it.

Here, keep up.

So Arnold Schwarzenegger's in "Terminator"

with Linda Hamilton.

Linda is in "Dante's Peak" with Pierce Brosnan.

Brosnan did "Golden Eye" with Judy Dench.

- Dame Judy Dench to you. You show respect.

- She's in "J. Edgar" with Leonard DiCaprio,

who's in "The Departed" with Matt Damon.

And Bonnie is in with Steve Martin,

who's in "Bringing Down the House" with Betty White.

- Wow!

Bonus points for getting.

- Thank you. It's, it's a gift, you know?

I don't know where it comes from.

- Don't worry, Niko.

He's just mad you no more about movies than him.

- What? No, no, no.

Trivia is not the same as actual film night.

- Bro, just, I'm smarter than you now.

Just lean into it. - Yeah, whatever.

- TJ. Baseball? - Yes, sir.

- You know, I always forget that we have actual sports here

at the school. - Yeah, it definitely seems

like people are into a lot of other stuff,

like their weird Nerf wars. - It's Humans Versus Zombies.

Those losers are actually kind of a big deal around here.

- You know, I kinda got that feeling.

They were not messing around. - It's actually pretty fun.

- So you didn't come here for film studies or designering?

- No. Is that okay? - Yeah, yeah. Of course.

We'll make an artist of you. - You know, maybe an actor.

I mean, you're kind of cute. - Thanks.

- Olivia, Jesus. - Hey.

He doesn't have to decide now.

- Okay. It's drink storm time, people. Focus up.

It's drinking brainstorm.

You see the first thing that comes to your mind.

If your idea is the worst,

you drink. - All right, guys.

Let's crank out some good ideas, all right?

We gotta be able to market ourselves.

- All right, we get it. TJ, you first.

- Okay.

Oh, why don't we do something

on the Humans Versus Zombies weirdos?

Show 'em how into it they get.

- It's actually not a bad idea.

Do it like real seriously, like a real war drama.

- Ooh! - We do it in black and white.

- Okay, Elisha. - Why don't we

follow one international student's first experiences

of American life? - Oh, that's pretty good.

- Yeah, it's kind of boring. - Yeah, kind of lame.

- You do better. - I got nothing.

- Niko, come on. - Okay.

What if we did a documentary on another group

who's making their documentary?

- Drink again. - Right?

- Okay. I got an idea.

Why not do something on the homeless?

- Oh God. Here we go. - No, no, no, I'm telling you.

We passed by this guy on the way here

that was like talking to himself

alongside this side of the road.

It was actually kind of chilling.

I think there could be something there.

- Yeah, but there's a difference between mental illness

and homelessness. - I, I get it, Elisha.

I'm, I'm not trying to have like a clash

with the PC police, all right?

I'm just saying that was fascinating.

- Or we do something a little less dark

and document the Performing Arts Showcase.

- Oh, hell no. - Ugh.

- Oh, come on. People lose their shit at these shows.

I'm talking backstage tears

and fight scenes. - Oh my God.

It sounds like somebody wants to have their performance

as part of the, as part of the film project.

- That's it. Yeah, go ahead and drink.

- What? What about Niko? - No, no, no.

I will take meta stoner idea over melodramatic theater kids

any day of the week. - Hey!

- No, no. You're always so grounded.

I'm, I'm talking about the other guys.

- Drink it!

Okay, chug it, chug it! Oh, that's vodka.

- Chug it, chug it, chug it! Yeah!

- Hey, Elisha, slow down. - What? Why?

- Go ahead and pull the car over.

Go ahead, pull the car over! - Okay, I'm stopping.

- Hey, do you have your camera with you?

- Always, but what do you mean?

- Niko,

I'm gonna need you to run sound on your phone.

- Why? What for? - The doc.

I think we just found it.

- What are? - Bro.

- Zach! - Where's he going?

And he's leaving. Okay, let's go.

- Zach, where are you going?

- Why does he do this shit every time?

Do you need this shit? - I, I guess. Who does that?

- Fuck, man.

- What did he even see?

- Zach? Zach, what are you doing?

I, really?

- Oh shit. Every time, hard headed as hell.

I told you that, and you didn't believe it,

but you, you see, it's-

- Whoa, whoa! - Oh, hey. Easy guys, Easy.

- Yeah. Easy there, guys.

I'm just showing Movie Man here my whole yard.

- Yo, This is Troy.

He was just showing me his camp here in the area, you know?

So why don't we start running some B roll, yeah?

- All y'all in the movie? - You are, my man.

Hey Niko, stay close for sound. Liv, hop in here.

Ask him about his way of life, you know,

the lay of the land, that sort of thing.

- Liv, pleasure to meet you. - Me, too.

- Walk with me this way there, sweetheart.

Yeah, you see, I was just across the way

over yonder right over there, but that sumbitch Steve,

he come over here, and he tried to control everything,

so I'm moving myself around over here

and find myself a nice little spot.

Everything the light touches is my kingdom.

You see that right there? That's mine.

That tree right there? That's mine.

- So thrilled.

- It just gets to me when Zach's right.

I mean, this, this is definitely it.

- Yeah, you wanna see number one, don't ya?

- Hey! - Yo!

- What? What the fuck? - Olivia, let's go!

- Oh, hello. How's it going?

- Just trying to stay warm. - I hear that.

Hey, you wouldn't happen to have a lighter, matches maybe?

I was thinking about starting a fire.

- No. Not gonna get a fire going down here though.

You can join us. - Really? You sure?

- Sure. Don't sweat it, chief. Come on.

- Thank you. How you doing tonight?

- Not too bad. - I hear that.

Hello. That is the good stuff.

- I like your shirt. - Thank you.

Thank you. - Ah, forget it.

We're not barbarians. - Yeah, I always say,

you know, "I'm, I'm not homeless, okay?

I'm just, I'm just four wall challenged."

- I like that. I'm gonna use that one.

- So what brings you this way? - Oh, you know, man,

sometimes life just shakes you down.

You gotta hit the road. - Hit the road.

- Yeah.

- I hear that, yeah. Well, why here?

- God picked me up with going this way.

- Well, it's beautiful.

- Yeah, it is, and it is gorgeous.

Can't think of a better place

to get back on my feet than here.

- What do you mean?

- Oh, you know, you hit a low point.

Gotta find somewhere to live.

This beats the hell of an overpass I

was living in last night, you know what I'm saying?

And this place is in Eden compared to that.

- So that's it then, huh? You in a bit of a low point?

- Yeah.

See, but the good thing about low points

is is that once you're there,

got no other place to go but up.

- And it can only get better than this shit hole, right?

Better than us?

- No, I didn't mean that. - Oh, come on now.

It's all right.

See, I just got a little problem with what you said.

We ain't nobody's low point. - Did not mean like that.

- But you did, didn't ya?

- We are not here to get you back on your feet.

This is my home. We're free here.

Relax. You get the point.

Right? - I get the point.

- Get your shit. Get outta here.

Find yourself a nice overpass.

- I didn't really mean anything by it.

- Go.

10, nine, eight, seven, six, five.

Nah! No peeking.

Four, three, two, one.

Go have some fun.

- Wow. Ooh, guys, that is really quite good.

It's very, very interesting,

a whole other world we'd never known right under our noses.

You have a chance of making this

more than just a class project,

but if you want it to be wonderful, you must commit, hmm?

Okay, bugger off. I've got things to do.

Go on, shoo, shoo.

- What's up, boss? - Good to see ya.

- Hey! How's it going? - Going.

- We're out here making a movie about your community here

and wanted to see if you wanted to talk with us.

- Right.

- I'm Zach, by the way. - Yeah, Steve. Yeah, come on.

Yeah, come on. This here's Doc.

Yeah, come on, come on, sit down if you want. Sit down.

- Brought a whole battalion, didn't you?

- This is just the rest of the film crew,

and this here, this is, this is our actress, Olivia.

- Never met an actress before. - Well, it's nice to meet you.

- Fellas, why don't you just start by telling Olivia

about your home here. - So we talked to the guy

across the field yesterday, and he said-

- He's a two-faced son of a bitch!

He will, no, no, no, no, nope, nope.

I'm not gonna say that word. - Say whatever you want.

- Fuck! Don't you believe a fucking word he says.

Don't do it, man.

- There is some good people around here.

- I get a lot of respect around here, okay?

But the person I get no respect from is Troy.

- Why not? - Over a girl!

You see, I built this place a long time ago

for a girl named Angel, okay?

- Okay, so some girl drama going on with Troy.

Happens to everybody.

Seems like your village goes pretty far in there.

- That's not our village.

That there's we call Downtown 'cause it's built out like a,

like a small shanty town, you know,

with a common area in the, in the middle.

- So why are you guys out here?

- It's more secure. That's a marine thing.

- Hoo-rah.

- We ain't paranoid or nothing.

- You know, we were actually thinking

about checking that out a little later today.

You guys think that'd be all right?

- Yeah, yeah.

An outfit your side, you'll be fine, you'll be fine.

The place clears out anyway during the day. Go ahead.

- Fellas, thank you. Thank you so much.

- Because of the girl. - It's kind of sweet.

They're going through the same stuff anyone is.

- Yeah, it is. You know what?

They don't have to worry about jobs or student loans.

Maybe they gotta figured out. - Steve did warn us that-

- Warn us? No, no, he said that now is a good time to go.

- Zach, if there's a good time to go,

that means there's a bad time to go as well.

I'm just saying let's be careful.

- Okay, all right, we're gonna be careful,

but man, have you looked at our footage?

I mean, come on!

- Yeah. Seems like that's the stuff Ludvik wants.

- New guy gets it. - TJ works, too, you know.

- Don't worry, bro.

He called me Boom Man for like two weeks.

- Slow down.

- How cool is this? - Guys, be respectful.

- Oh, we are. Just saying it's cool.

Ludvik is gonna lose his shit. - Tell me about it.

- Yo, TJ, get a shot of the arch.

- What's up, guys?

- This is amazing.

- Hey, man. You good? - Frank, go crochet.

- Hi.

- Well, y'all don't seem super homeless.

From the Art Institute? - Yeah. Yeah.

I'm, I'm Zach. This is Olivia.

We have Elisha here and TJ on the other cameras,

and then that's my man Niko on sound.

- Hmm. - Yo.

- Gonna make a movie

about the scary old homeless roughing it?

- No, no, I, I mean, we're making a-

- We just wanna tell your story, whatever that may be.

- No offense or anything intended.

- Well, in that case, I was born to be a star.

I'm Alice, y'all.

Just so you know, not everybody's gonna want fancy people

with cameras in their face.

Yeah, come on, come on, come on, come on.

I know you think we're all just bumming it out here,

but some people don't have family that'll help out

when things get bad, and, well, you just can't stop living.

- Right. Alice, you're very brave.

- Oh, having assholes for parents doesn't make me brave,

but thank you, sweetie.

All right, this is home.

Come on, come on, come on, come on.

So this is our generator.

It's old as crap, and you gotta save up for gas,

but it's real nice at night if you

wanna watch some TV or music if you got it.

- You say you watch TV out here?

- Yeah.

Some people watch movies if they can find some equipment.

- God, I love this place. - It's not half bad, is it?

This is my roommate.

This is Bubba, best roommate I ever had.

Never stole a thing from me.

Yeah, he's cute, ain't he? - So cute.

- Let me show you my tent. Come on, Olivia.

I usually take my shoes off and stuff,

but this is a special occasion.

So this is home.

So that's my hair stuff, keeps me pretty,

my extra clothes, my pots and pans and stuff.

Girls gotta eat, and that's my lamp.

- I want a bunny. - You do not need a bunny.

You can't take care of yourself.

- Can we get some food, or?

- That's really weird. Hey, guys.

- Hey, what's up?

- Just some guy being all weird. Fucker took my picture.

- Don't get jumpy on me, bud. - I got it, bud.

- Hey!

Sup? - Just filming.

- Yeah, you're not the first kids

to wander through here with cameras.

Haven't seen many come in this far. You oughta be careful.

- Are, are we in trouble or? - Oh, nah, nah, nah.

I do patrols for the camps around the city,

so just making my rounds.

- Hey, you wouldn't want to do an interview sometime,

would you?

I mean, that could be cool to talk

about the dangers of the job or something.

- Sure thing, man!

You know, it is dangerous work, but I knew that going in.

- Have you seen anything bad out here?

- I mean, people get robbed from time to time.

Every now and again,

I gotta confiscate a knife or a handgun.

I mean, usually it's just some paranoid vet looking

to protect this camp.

- Is there nothing the city can do to help?

- You're looking at the city's help.

- Hey, chief wants you to grab pizza

on your way back.

Move it fast. - All right, guys.

I gotta get moving. So here is a card.

Let me know about that interview,

and y'all be careful by the road out there.

You kids have fun, all right?

- Nice! I mean, too bad we weren't filming, yeah?

- Actually, I was. - New guy! That's what's up!

- Well, he seemed nice.

Maybe we can see if he can walk us out next time.

- What? No, we can't show up out here with cops.

Come on. People are already nervous enough.

Nobody's gonna open up if we got a cop.

- He said there are guns out there.

- He's talking about kooks like Troy, you know,

in case Steve crosses the line or something.

- So this is home, "MTV Cribs: Cribless Edition."

- I feel like I'd actually watch this,

and I'm not just saying that

because you're the only people I know here.

- Honestly, an interview with that cop,

some followups with Alice,

and I think we've got our project.

- Oh, that's not everything. - Zach.

- Relax, okay? We can talk about it later.

I'll go back to shop and maybe we can meet at Murphy's,

put our heads together? - Sounds good.

- Sound good? Cool.

See you, guys. Bye, Liv.

- Oh, so she gets her own goodbye now?

- Well, I gotta go, too. Tech rehearsal.

- Oh, break a leg.

- You know, I never know why that's a good thing.

How you doing, man?

- Hey! Bubba, how you doing?

You need some good carrots?

Knock, knock. - Officer Handsome.

- Girl, you better stop. - Make me.

- How you doing, Alice? - Better now.

Everyone behaving? - Yeah, looks like it.

Question is, are you? - Always.

- Yeah, so if I look in here,

I'm not gonna find a weapon or anything, right?

- Oh, come on. I, I don't do that anymore.

- All right, well, great. So there's no reason for concern.

- Well...

- Alice. Hand it over.

Come on. Come on, Alice.

All right, come out. Come on.

Alice, somebody's gonna get hurt or you

by whomever you stole this from.

- You don't know what it's like out here!

- Oh, come on, Alice. You know I do.

- Okay, I'm sorry, but I'm out here by myself every night.

There's new faces every single day.

What am I supposed to do?

How am I supposed to protect myself?

- All right, all right.

- Whoa.

Seriously? - Not a word, all right?

Or else I'm fucked. - Oh, okay. Okay.

- Seriously. Emergencies only. - Oh!

- Seriously, emergencies only.

- Yeah. - If anybody asks,

you found it somewhere, okay?

- Okay. Look at you breaking all the rules.

- Don't make me regret it, okay?

All right, look, seriously, these bikes over here,

not all of 'em are stolen, are they?

Please tell me that they're not all stolen.

I mean, seriously. Look at all this.

- Define stolen.

Y'all hanging in there? All right.

- I want you to remember who your friends are out here.

Don't you let those spoiled little shits

with the camera near my home.

You don't talk! You just think.

- You are. I'm listening.

- Like a hammock, little TV out there.

- I know you're not sleeping in those woods.

You can barely take care of yourself now.

- I think it might be easy. - Guys, what's their deal?

- Oh, we stopped trying to figure that out

a long time ago. - They're weird, man.

Hey, yo, how was your baseball thing?

- It was fine. I just...

- What? - I don't know.

I feel like I'm more excited about this project

than I am the team, - There he was.

- which is weird for me, no offense.

- Well, I don't know.

Maybe you're just more of an artsy weirdo than you thought.

- Yeah, fucking right.

- Oh, hey. How was play practice?

- Oh, dude, that is so cute,

but we actually call it rehearsal, but it was great.

Oh, you all have to come opening night.

- Oh, sure. What is it, like a drama or like-

- It's "Chicago," all right?

She plays this Russian chick who doesn't kill her husband.

- She's Hungarian. - Hmm?

- He said Russian. She's Hungarian.

- And you're great, but I think that the better role

is your upcoming performance as narrator/host

in the indie documentary

"Tents in the Trees."

- Oh, damn. No. that was really bad.

- Working title. Go fuck yourself.

Point is, I think that I've got this all figured out.

I really think that this film could be a way

that we could break into the business.

- Bro, come on. - Listen. Look.

If we do something legit,

something that just makes the littlest bit of noise,

all right,

you'll have a credit before you even graduate college.

I mean, what don't we get about this?

- Oh my God, Zach, if you condescended any harder,

you'd get a goddamn nosebleed.

We're listening, okay? - All right.

So the way I see it, there are only two ways about this.

Option one, we sort of capture the everyday experience.

- Shit, should I be like taking notes?

- No. - Or more specifically,

the personal journey where we follow one individual,

we watch them persevere and, and survive.

You know, maybe, maybe Alice becomes the,

the next winner of "The Voice" or something.

- Oh, I'd pay to see that. - Problem is I,

I really don't think that we have enough time

to sort of smoke out an emotional storyline with it.

- Well, what about smaller stories?

You know, the Steve-Troy rivalry,

Alice as the quirky mama bear of the camp.

- Yeah, yeah, and all that's gonna be there, of course,

but I really don't think that there's enough time

to watch somebody turn their life around by act three.

You know? It's just this stuff we're up against.

- It's true, man. I got baked the other night.

I found this German docuseries on this blind dude

who flew a fucking hot air balloon around the world.

- No fucking way. - Oh, mad inspiring, bro.

I cried. - See? Exactly my point.

So I think that our best bet is option one, all right?

Day in the life.

We blow people away with a,

with a raw look at life in the woods.

- Well, aren't we kind of doing that?

We have some pretty cool stuff.

- Yeah, okay, but people are used to amazing, all right?

Not pretty cool.

I mean, I've seen the 10 o'clock news go undercover

into like drug cartels and shit.

- God, okay. What do you suggest?

- Do you really watch the nightly news or?

- This is what I'm proposing,

that we all go out and we pitch our own tent.

- Oh, fuck off.

- We show people exactly what it's like

to live out in the woods, all right?

And we can put Olivia onscreen

to put the viewer in someone's shoes.

- Zach, I don't know if that's-

- You know, and maybe we can even set up some

of our motion sensor cameras,

you know, the night vision ones,

sort of build up exactly how eerie this place is.

Then we will really impress people, okay?

I mean, maybe up the scare factor,

use that Deputy Dewey guide to, to up the danger with it.

I mean, that could be

- Zach, stop. - something that sells.

- I appreciate what you're saying,

but we're not spending the night in the fucking woods.

- Knew it. Knew that you'd be like this.

- Like what? Like a sane, rational human being?

- Oh yeah,

'cause you're really the sane one of the group, Elisha.

- Really?

- I'm just saying that like this

is not worth doing if we don't do it right.

One big move to impress Ludvik and the festivals,

and then boom, we're done.

- You're an asshole,

and we're not spending the night in the fucking woods.

- Okay. If you wanna be mediocre, that's on you.

- Dude, come on. - Zach.

- No, no, no. I can do it by myself.

- Elisha- - It's fine.

- Guys, what just happened? - Nothing good, man.

- He'll come to his senses. He just...

I'm sorry. I feel like I should-

- Go ahead.

Great. Officer Hodges can meet at 10:00 AM.

- Are we even filming still? Like-

- Zach's gonna be fine. Just let him know.

And Elisha, listen. I wanna talk to him, okay?

'Cause- - It's fine.

I'm gonna, I'll be right back.

- Fuck.

- Dude, what the fuck? "Spark Notes"?

- It's not my shit to tell,

but it's weirder if you don't know at this point.

So last year, Elisha had to like take a break

from school for a little while.

- Why? What was the deal? - Minor mental episode, man.

She's all good now.

You know, they got her evened out,

got her on the right meds,

but it was fucking scary for a minute.

- Fuck. Jesus, Zach.

- Hey.

- Talk about it.

I heard that, I heard that. To God be the glory.

- Yo, Zach. What the fuck, dude?

We're at the police station with this interview, man.

Where you at? - Oh shit, oh shit.

Sorry, sorry. You guys are good to go without us, right?

Just hung over as fuck, man. I mean, it's just an interview.

We can meet up later, right? - All right, man.

And yo, listen, you gotta chill with Elisha, okay?

You can't just- - Yeah, yeah, I know, I know.

I'll, I'll talk to her about it later.

- All right, man. Peace.

All right. You're good, man. - This is exciting.

So, do you want me to look right here?

- Just look at me. Ready? - Okay.

- Let's do it. - All right.

Let's start with your name. - Officer Malcolm Hodges.

- And what's your role with the homeless camp?

- So I am the designated patrol officer assigned

to the county's homeless communities.

- And how many officers? - Oh, it's just me.

Kind of a one man band kind of a thing.

- And what's your relationship like

with the people out there?

Is it friendly? - Oh, I mean,

most of 'em know that it's just part of the job,

but you know people.

- Do you make many arrests?

- I mean, that's usually the last resort.

Most of the people here

are just figuring out their next move

until they just go and float on.

- Sorry, what is that? Is it camp related?

- Oh, this is just side hobbies, I guess.

Down there, she was busted out by her hillbilly brother.

You didn't hear this from me.

She stabbed her mom over a goddamn Barbie doll

when she was like eight years old.

- Jesus, that's awesome. - Niko.

- What? - And so then the brother,

he downed two officers while breaking her out,

and some other deranged prisoner ran off with 'em

and so they been just going from place to place,

just wreaking havoc.

I mean, it's some wild stuff, man. It's crazy.

You know what?

It's really bad what happened to those officers.

It's really bad, and I think I've said too much,

although you'd be surprised

at how common prison breaks actually are.

- Stop! - Okay, guys.

Maybe we should get back to- - Oh yeah.

I mean, you really want your mind blown?

I mean, over six prisoners escape every day

somewhere in this country. - No fucking way.

- Yeah, way, bro, way. - I don't like that.

- I don't remember who told me that, but I know it's true.

You know, memos get sent out.

Everybody keeps their ear to the ground.

Happens all the time. - Sick. Yeah, do you mind?

- Oh man, by all means. Go ahead.

- Sorry. It's cool.

- I, you know what? I got carried away.

You know, it's just, between us, I know that I'm in the biz,

but I'm actually a big true crime nut.

I've been working on my own podcast and everything.

Dig this. I call it "Cold Case Cop."

- Oh yeah!

- But they never let me work on that type of stuff.

I'm more of a breakup a fight

over a stolen lawn chair type of guy.

- Fights at the homeless camp? - Oh yeah.

There's always some kind of scuffle to be sorted out,

folks with mental health issues,

I mean, just like every part of society.

- What the fuck are you doing, man?

- Are you okay? - Yeah, I'm good.

- What's up, slackers? - Very unprofessional.

- Yeah, I get it. I'm a piece of shit.

- Well, at least you know.

- I'm embarrassing myself in front of TJ.

- Wow. Used my actual name and everything.

- Ah, fuck.

- Fuck, bro. On day two? Really?

- Niko, you know you're my favorite.

Let's not fight in front of the kids.

- Yeah, sorry for bailing, guys. Late night.

- I'm sure. - Shut up.

- So where'd you get storming off to?

- Out here.

- Wait, you what?

- Holy shit, bro. That's fucking amazing.

- Zach, you know you're pretty nuts, right?

- Looks dope, though, right?

- Stuff looks great, man. - You guys ready to rock?

- Fucking do it. - Jesus, Niko.

- What? - It fucking stinks.

- Hey. We're good, right?

- Yeah.

- Yeah, yeah, yeah.

- All right, so the plan.

I think that we make this as dark

and ominous as we possibly can.

- Zach. - No, look.

We're gonna keep the heart,

we're gonna keep the quirky characters and everything,

but we make 'em look like a lone flower in a bare land.

- God, I hate when you talk like this.

- Come on, you want 'em to think we did something crazy,

don't you? - Have you ever considered

how exploitative this all really is?

Making people look dark and ominous

when they're really just nice people who are struggling and-

- Yeah, I get that, Elisha,

but that's not how we sell this thing, all right?

We need this to be dark, all right? We need this to be-

- Fine. Dark, eerie shots of rusted wind chimes.

We get it. Let's get this shit over with.

- Thank you.

- Nice and gritty. - Thank you, Zach.

- Hi there.

- Hi. How are you?

We're just filming a little movie.

- A movie? I love movies. - Yeah. What's your favorite?

I'm an "Avengers" girl, you know,

Captain America, Black Widow, Thor.

- Hmm. I remember that one. - Oh, nice. You saw it.

I mean, I can really run, you know, fast.

- Yes. That's cool.

- 60, 70 miles, and I can, if I have to.

I, I train myself. I, I know how.

- Thank you so much for talking with us.

- Sometimes I can't, I can't hear

'cause I get ants in my ears, ants in my ears.

- Go that way. Something ain't right.

- What? What's her deal?

- Ants in my ears.

Stop! No, don't take my picture!

- Zach, stop. - Yeah, seriously, Zach.

- It's okay guys, don't worry about it.

Chill, it's cool. - Man.

- Hey, don't worry about it. It's cool.

- Hey dude, for real. Let's go.

- Zach, please.

- Oh guys, come on. Where is the fucking fuel?

- Stop it. That was scary.

- Fucking insane is what it was.

- That's fucking gold.

- No, you didn't have to antagonize her.

- Antagonize her? - Yeah.

- No, I pointed a camera at her for like two seconds.

- No, you're right. You're always fucking right.

- Look, I'm sorry,

but that is exactly the kind of crazy shit that we need.

I mean, tell me I'm wrong.

That goes straight into the teaser trailer.

- It's kind of true. - You only think

about your fucking self. - Look, she's sick.

I get it. It's sad, and that was intense, all right?

You are right, but that is the only way

that we are gonna help her is by telling her story.

I mean, that's the only way you help anyone,

simply by telling the story. - Yes.

- Look, we're a lot further along than I thought,

so why don't we get together tonight?

Shindig at our place? - Word, let's do it.

- Now we're talking. - Yeah, see?

I knew Sporty Spice would be into it.

- Sounds fun to me. - Elisha?

Come on. You know you want to.

Wanna party. I know you want to.

Come on. - Really? Stop.

Okay, I'll go. - Hey!

- All right, well let's get outta here.

Come on, we got some drinks to grab

and an art installation to turn into a beer pong table.

- Bro, that's my project. - Yeah, I get it,

but it's graded, so it doesn't matter.

- Okay, but I'm on the table first.

I'm sorry. It's automatic.

Step aside, bitches. Step aside.

Hey! See that?

- Hey, don't get too cocky now.

- Don't you want some, Han Brolo?

What about you, your worship?

- No, we don't wanna embarrass you in front of your fans.

- Okay. Oh wait, Teej.

You're the athlete here. Let's run the table.

- Next time, man. - What?

You can have this guy's spot. Oh, come on, Mac, fuck off.

Dude, are you serious? - Sorry, dude.

- What? Okay, fine.

I guess I gotta go solo. You want some?

You're up. Let's go.

No, step aside. I don't wanna hear it.

- He's a lot. - Refill, boss?

- Oh, God, you are a Saint. TJ, this is Kelly.

- Hey. So you're a baseball fan.

- Oh, oh my God, yes, in more of a sentimental way though.

My dad used to take me to games when I was little.

I guess the brainwashing worked.

- Nice!

You know, I didn't think anybody

here actually cared about sports.

I actually transferred here for baseball.

- Oh, that's awesome. I still haven't been to any games.

Honestly, I forget-

- Forget that We even have a team?

Oh, look, even the baseball fan doesn't care.

- Since Sports Bro here's still adjusting to the fact

that he's not the cool one anymore.

- Oh, I'm so sorry for your struggle.

- I'll get through it.

- All right. It's time for another round.

- Oh, let me. I don't mind. - It's okay.

I should check on my friends anyway.

- Yeah, it's getting pretty wild in there.

Also, Niko could go fucking pro.

He's a madman, that Niko. - No, no, no.

Don't tell him that

because then he'll think it's an actual career path.

Yeah, majoring in film is better.

- All right, well, I'll see you guys.

TJ, nice to meet you. Elisha.

- Yeah.

- For a second there, I- - I know.

- Dammit, art school. Well played.

I'll get the next one. - Okay, sure.

TJ! - What?

- TJ, that woman! Zach! - What?

- The woman that we met at the camp.

She's standing right over there.

Elisha, stop. Hey! - Crazy.

No, don't tell me to fucking stop! I know what I saw.

She was standing right there! - Elisha, are you okay?

- No.

The woman from the camp that we saw,

she was standing right there in those bushes.

- Chill, dude, all right?

I think you're acting just a little bit-

- If you call me fucking crazy,

- Hey! - I swear to God.

- Everybody, let's just relax, okay?

- She was right there. - Yo, where you going?

Come on, man! We're just getting started!

- She's crazy. - Guys, she was right there.

- Oh my God, and you actually think-

- No, I saw her! She was just standing there.

- You're just freaked out from today, all right?

You're tipsy, you're high. - No, I'm,

- Elisha, even if you did - I mean, not really.

- see someone, I mean, we just learned firsthand exactly

how many wandering drunks that this town has, all right?

It's not like this is Michael Myers.

- Zach, give her a break. She's scared.

- I saw her. No, I'm, I'm done.

We're all done. - Are you fucking nuts?

- What the fuck did I just say?

- No, no, no, no.

We have come this far and you're ready

to just throw it all away

because you thought you saw someone?

- A mentally unstable homeless woman

is stalking us. - Stalking now?

- It's time to wrap this shit up!

- Jesus fucking Christ, Elisha!

- What if she's right, okay?

Like, what if we did piss somebody off?

- Are you hearing yourselves?

Someone looks our way through a fence,

and you're ready to just call it.

Okay, all right, all right. You know what, Elisha?

If you're done, I get it.

Everybody else, if you guys are out, whatever,

but before you quit, take a look at this.

- From the Hollywood International Film Festival?

"Mr. Lehman, we are incredibly impressed

with the sizzle you provided

for your upcoming documentary short.

We would love to find a spot for your film

in our emerging filmmakers documentary slate

upon completion"? - Oh ho ho!

- Whoa, why did you say something?

- "The candid nocturnal footage of your subjects surviving

in the wild was particularly fascinating.

We're eager to see a finished cut

and work on making you part of the festival."

- Oh, that's fucking awesome! - I was gonna tell you all

after everybody left when it was just us.

It's hard, okay? But that is how you make it.

Jane Goodall could've had her goddamn face ripped off

by a fucking gorilla, and those "Free Solo" people,

they could've watched that guy just like,

woof, fall to his death, but there is something scary

about every story that is great,

and that is exactly what this film could be!

Could be fucking great!

But we've gotta commit, all right? Just like Ludvik said.

So this is what's happening with or without you, all right?

Tomorrow night, I am going out there with a tent,

and we film enough footage, - Fuck me.

- Shit, man. - over the course of a night

for people to think that we camped for a week, all right?

And we will melt fucking faces

at every film festival that we go to, and who knows?

We might even get like a streaming deal

out of this or something.

I mean, think about it! You got any more problems?

Okay then.

Whoever's still in, six o'clock tomorrow night, heading out.

- Yo, just chill, dude. Everybody's still in, all right?

You know what? Little relaxation trip, all right?

My car. Let's go.

Teej? Oh, that's right, fucking drug test.

- Yeah, fuck it. Shotgun.

- All right, let's go. - Hey, don't lock me out.

- All right, guys.

You know you're kind of a dick sometimes?

- Wanna stay in, straighten me out?

- You could come over to my place this time.

- Okay. Let me get my gear.

- Oh, wait. What you gonna film with a bat?

- Just a little peace of mind is all.

All right, let's have fun. - Yep, fun.

- Zach! Come on.

- Pull your side up.

- I wanna go place a couple more of these. I'll be back.

- Okay. Thanks for the help, man.

No, wait, wait, wait, wait. It's backwards, hang on.

Take it back. Take it off.

Okay. Your side's on this part.

- I didn't even wanna be here.

- Looking good. - Oh, nice.

- Let's fucking do this.

We are live. - That's awesome.

- Yeah, man. Zach went all out.

Listen, they record off motion

so we don't have to comb through hours of bullshit,

but even when they're on standby,

we can check the feeds, see what's up.

Yo, Elisha, lean in. BTS.

Nice. That's pretty good.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Wait a second.

Did you guys remember to bring snacks?

'Cause I totally fucking blanked on that. Thank you, man.

- Niko, you're a cartoon character.

- Yo, it's shitty service out here though.

- So? Everyone you talk to is here.

- Oh, okay.

So I guess I need a hundred fake actor friends

who actually hate each other?

Why are you such an asshole? - Me the asshole?

- Hey, you all right? - Really?

- I'm good. - Third fucking row

You didn't even stay after to say hey.

- Seriously, you don't have to worry

about me freaking out or anything.

- I know, but maybe I don't mind worrying.

Seems appropriate, you know, since I am your wing man now.

- Oh really? - Oh, you know I set you up.

Have you talked to Kelly since the other night?

- What the fuck was that?

- Zach? - I think it's just-

- I'm gonna fucking kill you!

- Ow, man! What was that about?

Thought we were okay. - Man, not anymore.

That was not good for my fucking health, dude.

- Yo, put some fucking smoke in your lungs.

That'll be good for you. Hey, so I'm thinking.

Why don't we go ahead and get over towards the campfire

and film the interest stuff and whatnot,

get that outta the way?

Elisha, TJ, you guys can capture some like creepy B roll

of the area, maybe keep an eye on the camera feeds?

- Oh yeah. Hey, I don't mind, you know, guarding the tent.

- Sounds good to me.

Oh, hey, guys. Please be careful.

- Yeah.

- Yeah, why don't we, let's just get set up over here,

just sort of look it back this way,

look towards the, towards the fire.

So Liv, you just stand, sit right there, yeah.

What I'll do is I'm gonna start in on the fire.

I'm gonna pull off to you, and then just,

just like we rehearsed, okay?

Mic her up.

- Hey, I don't think you're crazy, by the way.

- Hmm? I, I know. - I'm just saying.

I just think it's kind of fucked the way Zach talks to you,

and I don't think it's crazy to be scared.

- I'm not scared. I'm just worried about-

- Elisha, we're in a tent in a homeless camp at night,

and we split up.

Well, you guys are the film peoples.

I mean, like, is it not splitting up like rule number one?

- I need you to know you're not helping.

- I, yeah, I just mean, look at these weirdos!

Pretty sure you're the sanest person here.

- Okay, I think if we just wait for...

Okay, fuck that.

- Hey, Elisha, what the fuck are we even doing here?

- I...

This is bullshit.

We actually agreed to be the wait in the van guy.

What the fuck was I thinking? - What guy?

- The guy who sits in the van and tells Tom Cruise

to head northeast towards wherever the fuck.

- I gotcha.

I don't care what people think. I really like Tom Cruise.

- I do, too. He's kick ass. - So good, right?

You know, fuck that! We are not the wait in the van guy!

Maybe we're Tom Cruise! - No, yeah!

- You, look.

They're the ones that are wandering around in the dark!

- Yeah! Fuck this. - Wait, what are we doing?

- You're right. We control this.

Do you wanna be here?

- Well, shouldn't we let them know first?

- You're sick, okay? - Wait, what? Oh, I got it.

Looks clear.

- Wait, TJ.

What the fuck is this?

No, I'm done.

- All right, we'll roll.

All right, I'm gonna roll. We rolling, Niko.

Let's go. All right, and action.

- So on a night like tonight, you'll find the residents

of the homeless village in their downtown area.

They're all hanging out, playing music,

kind of drinking a little,

and then outside of the downtown area is little pathways.

Sorry, did you want me to say trails or, or pathways?

- Cut. Niko, just give us just a minute, you know?

Yeah, so, hey. Don't forget.

Just sort of talk about the general experience.

Then the boys show up,

and then you go straight to the lens.

Look, just relax. It's cool.

All right,.

- Yeah. - You look great.

You're doing great. You keep doing, okay?

- Sorry, just- - No, no.

- It feels weird standing here.

- Just relax. Take it easy.

- You're gonna fucking die.

- You're gonna do great. Okay, all right, just relax.

Niko, let's roll, man.

Niko, you high bastard. Where the fuck did he go?

- Niko.

- Oh, you have got to be fucking kidding me.

Did that stoner bail on us, too?

- TJ, let's just go. - Sh! Hang on.

- TJ! - Shit!

What the fuck was that? - I don't know,

but let's just go to the car, and then-

- Elisha, I heard my name. What if someone's in trouble?

- No! Let's just call the police and-

- Just stay out here, okay? - TJ!

- Look, I'm just gonna run in,

make sure no one's in trouble, run out.

I got this. Student artist athlete, remember?

- Okay. Okay, let's just...

Fuck. - She said TJ

wasn't feeling well, right? - Yo, Niko!

Yeah, 'cause that makes sense because 30 minutes ago,

he was pepping up to swing that bat around.

Oh my God. Goddammit.

Jesus Christ. I have got way too much fucking shit here.

Can you hold some of this?

- Hey, Niko wouldn't just leave though, Zach.

- Don't drop that hard drive, all right?

That has all the backup footage on it.

- Zach, are you listening?

Niko wouldn't just leave like that. This feels weird.

- Yeah, it feels like I'm finishing this on my own,

just like I thought. - Look, maybe we have enough.

- Enough? - I mean,

we do have a lot of coverage,

and I think that the festival people,

- Festival people. - well,

they liked what they saw, right?

And we have tons of night footage,

stuff from motion cameras,

whatever Elisha got before they left,

and we can always get more.

I mean, I think that the festival-

- Goddammit! There is no festival.

- But you said- - Yeah, I know what I said.

Okay?

They will like it when they see a final product

when it's ready. - Zach.

- Elisha was losing her mind, all right?

What was I supposed to do? - Jesus Christ!

- I knew that if I could just like get you guys

to see this through to the end

that this would be good for all of us!

- So you made up a fake email from a festival?

Are you kidding me?

I always knew you could be a jerk,

but I thought that's just how it is

with passionate people, you know?

But damn was I wrong 'cause,

for all the shit you talk to Elisha, you're fucking crazy.

Good luck in Hollywood, psychopath.

- Liv, I did it- - Fuck you!

- Whatever. You're all fucking dead weight anyway!

Fucking doing it now.

- Fucking dick.

Guys?

Guys.

- Hey, hey, hey, y'all still with that movie?

You can come back to my tent. We'll make a movie.

Hey, where you going? Hey!

Hey, come on now! Come on!

Don't go!

- Olivia.

Fuck.

Stop. I'll fucking hit you.

I have no problem-

Dude, don't, okay?

I will fuck you up this time. I swear to God, all right?

Hey, move the fuck on, man!

Oh shit.

Damn. I still got it.

Let's go, boy. Clean that shit off your face.

- Fuck!

- 911. What's your emergency?

- Yes, thank you. My friends and I might be in some trouble.

We're, we're at the-

- Ma'am, ma'am, you're cutting out on me.

Ma'am, can you see clearly? Go ahead now.

- Fuck, the bridge by Capital Street, by the art school.

- All right, I, I hear you.

Just sit tight. I got a unit in the area.

We're calling him now. - Thank you.

I, I'm sure I'm just overreacting,

but something just feels really off-

- Stupid homeless fucks. - Hodges, what's your status?

Young woman is no longer responding.

- Yeah, I'm pulling in right now.

All right. Come on, kid, please be okay.

Jesus fucking Christ.

Hey, Elisha. It's Elisha, right?

What the hell happened?

Come on, come on, come on, come on.

- Are you okay?

- Hodges, you in there? - Yo. I'm sending two out now.

All right, girls, I want you to go with him.

He's gonna take care of you, okay?

- Come on, ladies. It's all right.

- All right, I want you to watch 'em like a hawk, all right?

I still got two assailants back there,

and I got a 10-54 with multiple stab wounds.

- Hodges, just wait for backup! What the hell are you doing?

- I'm doing something, okay? That's what I'm fucking doing.

So why don't you just hang tight, all right?

Malcolm, what are you doing?

What are you fucking doing, man? Shit!

Alice. Alice?

- You need to hide. You need to hide right now.

He's coming. You need to listen to me.

You need to hide. Hide, hide!

Fuck!

- What the fuck I tell you, huh?

I told you stay the fuck away from my home. Look at you now.

Look at you now. Gonna go join the others, ain't you, bitch?

All right, all right.

No, no, no, no.

What'd the fuck I tell you, huh?

What'd I fucking tell you? Keep away from my fucking land!

God! Told you to shut up!

Oh, you bitch.

- Our friend. He's dead, isn't he?

- I don't know, honey. I'm sorry.

They're gonna do everything they can, I promise you that.

- Elisha, what about Niko? - I thought he was with you.

- He was, but then I think he left-

- No, you don't think that he-

- I don't know, one second, he was there,

and then, I don't know.

You were fucking right. I'm so sorry.

What about Zach? - He's still out there.

- This is Cold Case Cop, AKA Malcolm Hodges,

coming in with a rare active case update from the field.

I'm inbound on the homicide suspect as we speak.

As I advance through the insurmountable darkness,

one question enters my mind.

- Oh, sorry.

- Hey, put your hands up. - Oh, thank God, man!

I could, I couldn't stop her. She went that way.

- Are you all right? - Oh, no.

I think she got me, man.

- All right, well, sir,

maybe we can figure this out together, all right?

- Oh, thank you, thank you. Oh, but she's the crazy one.

I just...

- Sir, I need you to put your hands

on your head and turn around right now.

Right. Cut the shit.

What you do to them kids?

Put it down, put it down. Hey!

Whoa. Holy shit!

Holy shit.

- God.

- Girls, was there anybody else out there with you?

- Hi, my name's Zach Lehman,

and I was out, I was out in the woods with my friends,

and I was filming and, God, God, dude.

Come on! Come on!

Come on. Okay.

Okay, okay.

My name is Zach and, Zach Lehman,

and I was filming with my friends in the woods,

and we got split up.

I don't know if, I don't know what to do.

I just want them to be okay.

Yes! Oh, holy shit, yes!

Oh my God, we got it. Oh my God.

Oh my God, we got it. Oh, we got it.

Fucking got it.

- Niko, what was that?

- Elisha, are you okay?

Wait. Wait.

- Don't drop that hard drive, all right?

It's got all the backup footage.

- Liv, tell me what happened tonight.

- Okay, so we out into the woods, the five of us, and.

- Olivia, Elisha! - Hi.

- The awards, the streaming deal.

I mean, how does it all feel? - We are so excited,

but we do want people to remember the lives that were lost.

And while we know they would've went to finish this-

- You can't forget,

they're the real reason we're here.

Heroes. - Oh, Mr. Hodges!

That you would come face to face with the trio of killers

that you had already been tracking

for your now popular true crime podcast.

- "Cold Case Cop," that's right,

available on all major platforms.

Season two drops next month. - Ladies, these dresses!

- Thank you. - Just gorgeous!

Right, so now we are going to take it over

to Nolan Alexander, our fashion consultant for the evening.

- Thank you so much.

All the stars are gathered on the south veranda here.

- Now will taking my class actually get you to Hollywood?

Actually, yes. As we've seen, it very well could.

Now just some boring things from the office,

some long pesky insurance waivers.

Nothing to be bothered with,

just saying that you won't hold the university responsible

for any shootings, drownings, maimings,

dog bites, bee stings,

killings that might happen in the course of your production.

So that being done, let's talk midterms!