1 00:00:18,251 --> 00:00:23,094 [Bret] In late May of 1980, May 23rd to be exact, The Shining opened, 2 00:00:23,361 --> 00:00:25,599 and I wanted to see it as soon as possible. 3 00:00:25,600 --> 00:00:27,904 [♪ "Moving in Stereo" playing] 4 00:00:37,857 --> 00:00:41,063 I was obsessed with Stephen King's seminal book. 5 00:00:41,064 --> 00:00:44,871 And it remains one of the key novels that made me wanna be a writer. 6 00:00:44,872 --> 00:00:47,776 ♪♪ Life's the same I'm moving in stereo ♪ 7 00:00:47,777 --> 00:00:51,383 In fact, as soon as I was done reading The Shining for a third time, 8 00:00:51,384 --> 00:00:55,827 I began writing my own novel, which would ultimately become Less Than Zero. 9 00:00:55,960 --> 00:00:58,431 ♪♪ You're shakin' like tremolo ♪ 10 00:00:58,532 --> 00:01:02,071 This would be the first time I drove to Westwood to see a movie without the gang, 11 00:01:02,072 --> 00:01:05,278 and I felt incredibly adult as I raced across Mulholland 12 00:01:05,478 --> 00:01:09,655 on that Saturday morning in my father's black Mercedes 450 SL, 13 00:01:10,523 --> 00:01:14,897 a two-door tank that was hardly the sporty vehicle I longed for 14 00:01:14,898 --> 00:01:16,400 as a teenager. 15 00:01:23,080 --> 00:01:27,624 ♪♪ It's so easy To blow up your problems ♪ 16 00:01:27,723 --> 00:01:30,160 I remember, and I don't know why, 17 00:01:30,161 --> 00:01:33,301 that I was wearing a fashionable new Ralph Lauren shirt, 18 00:01:33,569 --> 00:01:35,539 brown with a touch of white-gray stripes 19 00:01:35,639 --> 00:01:38,344 and Calvin Klein jeans with Gucci loafers. 20 00:01:43,054 --> 00:01:44,557 One ticket, please. 21 00:01:45,893 --> 00:01:47,028 Three dollars. 22 00:02:02,827 --> 00:02:03,929 Thank you. 23 00:02:06,635 --> 00:02:08,539 [♪ upbeat music playing] 24 00:02:10,309 --> 00:02:14,116 I sat in reverent silence and stared at the 70-millimeter screen. 25 00:02:15,018 --> 00:02:19,193 Writing this now, I can't believe I was left to my own devices for 20 minutes, 26 00:02:19,393 --> 00:02:21,096 just idly sitting there, 27 00:02:21,097 --> 00:02:23,969 thinking about things, about my friends Thom and Susan, 28 00:02:23,970 --> 00:02:26,474 waiting without wanting something to distract me 29 00:02:26,608 --> 00:02:28,745 like smartphones or social media. 30 00:02:31,518 --> 00:02:36,428 The lights in the theater slowly darken, and that's when I saw the boy. 31 00:02:36,861 --> 00:02:39,734 This is the reason why I've never forgotten seeing The Shining 32 00:02:39,934 --> 00:02:44,310 on May 24th, 1980, at the theater in Westwood at 10:00 a.m. 33 00:02:45,011 --> 00:02:48,519 I was off to the side near the aisle when I saw him. 34 00:02:48,752 --> 00:02:49,988 [door opens] 35 00:02:51,558 --> 00:02:53,027 [door closes] 36 00:02:54,897 --> 00:02:58,939 A guy so stunningly handsome I thought at first he was a movie star 37 00:02:58,940 --> 00:03:01,043 or a model from GQ magazine. 38 00:03:02,713 --> 00:03:03,949 He was tall. 39 00:03:04,082 --> 00:03:06,755 He was undoubtedly tan everywhere. 40 00:03:08,593 --> 00:03:13,134 This boy aroused something primal in me that I'd never felt before. 41 00:03:15,104 --> 00:03:18,110 I needed to be his friend. I had to own him. 42 00:03:19,814 --> 00:03:23,087 ♪♪ Life's the same, I'm moving in stereo ♪ 43 00:03:23,088 --> 00:03:26,562 The Warner Brothers logo headed toward us as the opening credits began 44 00:03:26,695 --> 00:03:30,970 over aerial shots of the family's Volkswagen heading toward the Overlook. 45 00:03:41,925 --> 00:03:45,566 He had to be older than me. A UCLA student, maybe. 46 00:03:45,733 --> 00:03:47,937 [♪ suspenseful music playing] 47 00:03:58,659 --> 00:04:05,305 I watched, mesmerized, as this boy, this god, disappeared from my sight line. 48 00:04:05,874 --> 00:04:08,444 He noticed me staring and glanced away, 49 00:04:08,779 --> 00:04:11,083 but not before a lingering gaze took me in, 50 00:04:11,084 --> 00:04:14,156 and I fantasized that he was interested in me too. 51 00:04:22,807 --> 00:04:25,177 After the movie was over, I was underwhelmed. 52 00:04:25,178 --> 00:04:27,416 It was nothing like the book. I felt cheated. 53 00:04:27,550 --> 00:04:31,524 I walked into the lobby hoping to find the boy, but he wasn't anywhere. 54 00:04:33,628 --> 00:04:36,869 I waited outside the theater, but he wasn't there either. 55 00:04:37,403 --> 00:04:40,909 What I didn't know then is that I would actually meet this boy again, 56 00:04:41,009 --> 00:04:43,213 and his name was Robert Mallory, 57 00:04:43,214 --> 00:04:46,822 and that his arrival at my high school and into my life would coincide 58 00:04:46,988 --> 00:04:50,227 with a season of horror and murder that would destroy us all. 59 00:04:50,228 --> 00:04:53,300 "Redrum" over and over? That's gonna haunt me for the rest of my life. 60 00:04:53,301 --> 00:04:55,539 Like, "redrum"? But... 61 00:05:07,095 --> 00:05:11,604 [Bret] It has occurred to me when talking about what happened to us in 1981 62 00:05:11,605 --> 00:05:17,115 that one thing is evident: Kids today have it fucking easy. 63 00:05:17,850 --> 00:05:21,022 Sure, being a teenager is hard now because you have to deal 64 00:05:21,023 --> 00:05:23,862 with puberty and sexuality and online bullying, 65 00:05:23,995 --> 00:05:28,470 but our generation had it tougher because we had to deal with serial killers. 66 00:05:28,471 --> 00:05:29,807 Shadow. 67 00:05:33,615 --> 00:05:34,684 Shadow. 68 00:05:39,761 --> 00:05:41,330 Shadow. 69 00:05:41,631 --> 00:05:44,470 [Bret] The early '80s was the golden era for serial killers. 70 00:05:44,938 --> 00:05:47,274 All the legends were on hunting sprees. 71 00:05:47,275 --> 00:05:49,681 The Night Stalker, the Hillside Strangler. 72 00:05:49,914 --> 00:05:51,449 Shadow. 73 00:05:51,450 --> 00:05:53,353 [Bret] As I prepared to enter senior year... 74 00:05:53,354 --> 00:05:55,257 Shadow. 75 00:05:55,258 --> 00:05:57,362 ...I had no idea that my friends and I would be hunted too 76 00:05:57,363 --> 00:06:00,736 by perhaps the most sadistic serial killer of them all. 77 00:06:02,907 --> 00:06:05,278 [phone ringing] 78 00:06:18,605 --> 00:06:19,406 Hello. 79 00:06:19,640 --> 00:06:21,243 [static buzzing] 80 00:06:24,617 --> 00:06:25,484 Hello. 81 00:06:25,485 --> 00:06:26,888 [bubbling] 82 00:06:28,457 --> 00:06:29,760 Hello. 83 00:06:33,635 --> 00:06:34,937 [hangs up] 84 00:06:53,207 --> 00:06:54,911 [Bret] This is our story. 85 00:06:55,011 --> 00:06:57,115 Some of us survived high school. 86 00:06:57,116 --> 00:06:58,818 Some of us died. 87 00:06:58,819 --> 00:07:01,123 But none of us made it out alive. 88 00:07:16,120 --> 00:07:17,355 [pills rattling] 89 00:07:42,940 --> 00:07:45,378 - [man on TV] Darling. - [screams] 90 00:07:46,079 --> 00:07:47,683 [panting] 91 00:07:48,384 --> 00:07:50,421 [phone ringing] 92 00:07:54,764 --> 00:07:55,599 Hello. 93 00:07:55,832 --> 00:07:57,201 [static buzzing] 94 00:07:58,270 --> 00:08:00,374 [raspy breathing] 95 00:08:03,380 --> 00:08:05,084 - Who is this? - [line clicks] 96 00:08:33,274 --> 00:08:36,146 - [wind blowing] - [wind chime tinkles] 97 00:08:36,748 --> 00:08:37,883 [dog barking] 98 00:08:42,025 --> 00:08:43,394 [latch clicks] 99 00:08:45,933 --> 00:08:49,239 [light bulb buzzing] 100 00:08:58,758 --> 00:09:00,027 [dog barking] 101 00:09:32,960 --> 00:09:35,131 [♪ eerie music plays] 102 00:09:57,509 --> 00:09:59,245 [keys jingling] 103 00:10:02,519 --> 00:10:04,089 [screaming] 104 00:10:15,946 --> 00:10:17,081 [thudding] 105 00:10:37,593 --> 00:10:39,058 [♪ "Vienna" ♪] 106 00:10:39,059 --> 00:10:42,632 [Bret] I remember it was a Sunday afternoon before Labor Day, 107 00:10:42,633 --> 00:10:46,040 and our senior year was about to begin on that Tuesday morning 108 00:10:46,239 --> 00:10:47,944 of September 8th, 1981. 109 00:10:48,311 --> 00:10:50,448 And I remember that the Westridge Stables 110 00:10:50,549 --> 00:10:52,986 were located on a bluff above Malibu 111 00:10:52,987 --> 00:10:56,359 where my girlfriend, Deborah Schaffer, was boarding her new horse, Spirit. 112 00:10:58,030 --> 00:11:00,969 I was driving solo following Susan Reynolds and Thom Wright 113 00:11:01,136 --> 00:11:02,605 along Pacific Coast Highway. 114 00:11:02,606 --> 00:11:05,178 ♪♪ The feeling has gone Only you and I ♪ 115 00:11:05,311 --> 00:11:08,885 ♪♪ It means nothing to me ♪ 116 00:11:09,319 --> 00:11:11,724 Everything sped up when you got your car 117 00:11:11,958 --> 00:11:13,494 - at 16 in Los Angeles. - ♪♪ Nothing to me ♪ 118 00:11:13,595 --> 00:11:16,066 You are now autonomous in ways you hadn't been. 119 00:11:16,266 --> 00:11:20,007 - You could take care of yourself. - ♪♪ Oh, Vienna ♪ 120 00:11:20,207 --> 00:11:21,710 You had become an adult. 121 00:11:21,711 --> 00:11:24,282 - [whooping] - [laughs] 122 00:11:25,919 --> 00:11:28,457 [Bret] This encouraged our parents to work longer hours 123 00:11:28,558 --> 00:11:30,528 or travel with less restrictions, 124 00:11:30,529 --> 00:11:33,499 leaving all of us behind in beautiful empty houses 125 00:11:33,500 --> 00:11:36,573 in Bel-Air and Beverly Hills or Benedict Canyon, 126 00:11:36,574 --> 00:11:38,544 and that was okay with my friends and I. 127 00:11:38,545 --> 00:11:41,282 We were the family. We raised each other. 128 00:11:41,283 --> 00:11:43,454 [laughing, chattering] 129 00:11:43,555 --> 00:11:46,526 [Bret] We would usually start our day by meeting for lunch at Hamburger Hamlet, 130 00:11:46,527 --> 00:11:48,965 where we'd crowd into the red booths for patty melts 131 00:11:49,165 --> 00:11:52,237 after buying our tickets for the next movie at The Bruin. 132 00:11:52,238 --> 00:11:54,442 Dinner was usually at the food court 133 00:11:54,443 --> 00:11:57,315 with breaks at the arcade playing Space Invaders and PAC-MAN. 134 00:11:59,252 --> 00:12:02,994 Or look for new music at Tower Records, leafing through the paperbacks 135 00:12:03,193 --> 00:12:06,366 at any number of the large bookstores that dotted the streets. 136 00:12:07,034 --> 00:12:09,104 There were five or six in 1981. 137 00:12:09,105 --> 00:12:10,141 That's the one. 138 00:12:10,307 --> 00:12:12,043 [Bret] There are none now. 139 00:12:12,044 --> 00:12:13,681 [laughing, chattering] 140 00:12:19,459 --> 00:12:22,999 [Bret] I kept behind Thom's car up the winding road of the stables 141 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:26,674 where we parked next to Deborah's gleaming brand-new BMW. 142 00:12:35,091 --> 00:12:38,329 We located Debbie trotting Spirit by his reins. 143 00:12:38,330 --> 00:12:39,833 [whoops] Rock it, Debbie. 144 00:12:39,834 --> 00:12:40,802 [Bret] She was wearing her riding attire. 145 00:12:41,036 --> 00:12:41,771 There you are. 146 00:12:45,912 --> 00:12:47,180 [Thom whooping] 147 00:12:47,181 --> 00:12:49,152 [whinnies] 148 00:12:49,485 --> 00:12:52,359 [Bret] I was aware of Spirit being yet another example 149 00:12:52,458 --> 00:12:54,494 of Debbie's carelessness and privilege. 150 00:12:54,495 --> 00:12:57,935 The cost of maintaining and housing the animal was astronomical, 151 00:12:57,936 --> 00:12:59,874 but I don't think she even cared. 152 00:13:00,976 --> 00:13:03,147 In a way, Debbie was an experiment. 153 00:13:03,347 --> 00:13:05,818 I wasn't determined to have a girlfriend my senior year, 154 00:13:05,819 --> 00:13:07,924 except if it had been Susan Reynolds, 155 00:13:08,123 --> 00:13:12,498 and yet Debbie had become somewhat inexplicably just that. 156 00:13:14,971 --> 00:13:17,208 [♪ pop music playing] 157 00:13:22,084 --> 00:13:26,226 ♪♪ I, I, I wanna give you a kiss I wanna... ♪ 158 00:13:29,332 --> 00:13:31,503 [Bret] We were at a party at Anthony Matthews' house, 159 00:13:31,504 --> 00:13:34,876 and she just started making out with me on a chaise lit by the pool. 160 00:13:34,877 --> 00:13:38,751 I was stoned on a Quaalude. She did a bump of coke. It was midnight. 161 00:13:38,752 --> 00:13:42,158 - [panting] Put it in. I'm so wet. - What? 162 00:13:42,258 --> 00:13:45,799 And I was at a point where I still tried to be attracted to girls. 163 00:13:46,066 --> 00:13:49,539 - There's people around. - I want it. I want you, Bret. 164 00:13:49,540 --> 00:13:51,777 [Bret] I surprised myself and went with it. 165 00:13:53,347 --> 00:13:55,450 Debbie always broke the rules. 166 00:13:55,451 --> 00:13:58,891 By senior year, her hair was a shade of platinum inspired by Blondie. 167 00:13:59,058 --> 00:14:02,798 If you were in 11th or 12th grade, makeup was minimally allowed, 168 00:14:02,799 --> 00:14:05,405 but because Debbie was so rich, she got away with murder 169 00:14:05,538 --> 00:14:07,074 and wore her lipstick hot pink 170 00:14:07,075 --> 00:14:09,445 - or blood red, always defiant. - [school bell rings] 171 00:14:17,261 --> 00:14:21,435 [laughing, whooping] Look, Debbie, I'm you. 172 00:14:21,436 --> 00:14:23,574 You guys, cut it out. You're gonna spook the horses. 173 00:14:23,575 --> 00:14:25,778 - Susan, please, get off his back. - [Susan] Okay. 174 00:14:25,779 --> 00:14:28,919 This is a $1 million horse from Arabia, and you're gonna spook him 175 00:14:29,152 --> 00:14:31,223 because you can't get off Thom's back for five minutes. 176 00:14:31,389 --> 00:14:32,658 You just scared all of them... 177 00:14:32,659 --> 00:14:34,361 [Bret] Thom Wright and Susan Reynolds 178 00:14:34,362 --> 00:14:36,266 had been dating since they were sophomores 179 00:14:36,366 --> 00:14:38,302 and were now the most popular people, 180 00:14:38,303 --> 00:14:41,343 not only in our class, but in the overall student body. 181 00:14:41,744 --> 00:14:43,381 It was obvious why. 182 00:14:43,480 --> 00:14:45,450 Thom and Susan were casually beautiful, 183 00:14:45,451 --> 00:14:48,558 all-American, and they both came from wealthy families. 184 00:14:49,058 --> 00:14:50,828 For about two years, they were in love 185 00:14:50,829 --> 00:14:54,269 until that fall of 1981, when one of them wasn't. 186 00:14:55,404 --> 00:14:57,543 Thom was always the ideal of teen boy handsome, 187 00:14:57,709 --> 00:15:01,082 and what was so alluring about him was that he didn't seem to care. 188 00:15:01,249 --> 00:15:04,991 He had an intriguing blankness that was attractive and soothing. 189 00:15:05,157 --> 00:15:07,060 He was the opposite of Susan, 190 00:15:07,061 --> 00:15:10,167 school class president, effortlessly a straight-A student. 191 00:15:11,671 --> 00:15:14,943 She kind of knew I was secretly in love with her, 192 00:15:14,944 --> 00:15:17,082 and I knew everything about her. 193 00:15:17,583 --> 00:15:20,353 When she got her period, the problem with her mother, 194 00:15:20,354 --> 00:15:24,095 every imaginary slight and deprivation she thought she was enduring... 195 00:15:24,328 --> 00:15:27,869 - I love you. - ... her crushes on classmates before Thom. 196 00:15:34,048 --> 00:15:38,257 She was to me the most beautiful girl ever, 197 00:15:39,292 --> 00:15:43,802 and to this very day, the person I think I've loved the most in my entire life. 198 00:15:43,935 --> 00:15:45,905 Have you heard from your parents? 199 00:15:47,007 --> 00:15:51,083 This morning, still in France, headed to Venice next week. 200 00:15:51,684 --> 00:15:53,655 They're staying in Europe indefinitely. 201 00:15:54,188 --> 00:15:56,459 My mom said that she still thinks she wants to divorce him. 202 00:15:56,660 --> 00:16:00,333 My dad said that the trip has been good, and they weren't coming home 203 00:16:00,334 --> 00:16:03,406 until their marriage was on solid ground again. 204 00:16:03,407 --> 00:16:05,177 I hope it works out for them. 205 00:16:05,679 --> 00:16:07,750 Sucks having divorced parents. 206 00:16:08,150 --> 00:16:09,721 I miss my dad a lot. 207 00:16:10,320 --> 00:16:12,892 My God, it's my dream, all that freedom. 208 00:16:12,893 --> 00:16:15,297 Who's cooking your food? You don't cook. 209 00:16:25,484 --> 00:16:26,753 [Bret] Rosa makes all my meals. 210 00:16:26,754 --> 00:16:28,157 Gracias. 211 00:16:28,791 --> 00:16:31,831 I just write all night after she goes home and do whatever I want. 212 00:16:38,545 --> 00:16:40,648 Are you coming to Debbie's house tonight? 213 00:16:40,649 --> 00:16:42,285 It's the last party of the summer. 214 00:16:42,519 --> 00:16:45,490 Labor Day always makes me blue. It's the end of something. 215 00:16:45,491 --> 00:16:48,897 Oh, but this year is the beginning of our senior year. 216 00:16:48,898 --> 00:16:52,705 We're coming. Although, God, Debbie's dad makes me super uncomfortable. 217 00:16:52,706 --> 00:16:55,244 - So goddamn gay. - Thom! 218 00:16:55,377 --> 00:16:57,549 Sorry, he is. Last time I was there, 219 00:16:57,749 --> 00:17:01,188 he asked me if I wanted to take a Jacuzzi with him in his bathroom, 220 00:17:01,189 --> 00:17:02,859 not the one by the pool. 221 00:17:03,393 --> 00:17:05,398 Pretended I got food poisoning and left. 222 00:17:05,532 --> 00:17:07,735 Yeah, I get gay vibes from him too. 223 00:17:07,736 --> 00:17:10,441 I don't think Debbie's mom knows, if you could believe it. 224 00:17:10,675 --> 00:17:14,717 She likes the house, the trips, going to the Oscars every year. 225 00:17:14,850 --> 00:17:17,788 How many does he have again? Oscars. 226 00:17:17,789 --> 00:17:18,757 Two. 227 00:17:18,758 --> 00:17:20,493 You know that book I'm writing? 228 00:17:20,494 --> 00:17:22,600 I want him to buy it and let me write the movie. 229 00:17:22,732 --> 00:17:25,537 God, I hate coming here every weekend just to watch her ride this dumb horse. 230 00:17:25,538 --> 00:17:30,648 - Why do we do this to ourselves? - Because we are nice people. 231 00:17:31,115 --> 00:17:33,453 And this year, we're gonna rule the school. 232 00:17:33,688 --> 00:17:34,956 [all laughing] 233 00:17:34,957 --> 00:17:36,727 - [Bret] Don't we already? - [Susan] Help. [squeals] 234 00:17:36,894 --> 00:17:38,497 [Bret] There's no helping you. 235 00:18:02,411 --> 00:18:04,550 [♪ "Planet Earth" playing] 236 00:18:17,341 --> 00:18:23,187 ♪♪ Only came outside To watch the night fall With the rain ♪ 237 00:18:24,289 --> 00:18:29,064 ♪♪ I heard you Making patterns rhyme ♪ 238 00:18:29,065 --> 00:18:30,434 I don't understand. 239 00:18:30,902 --> 00:18:33,373 I just think we need to cool it for a while. 240 00:18:33,541 --> 00:18:35,511 It's maybe gotten out of hand. 241 00:18:37,716 --> 00:18:38,851 I agree. 242 00:18:40,889 --> 00:18:42,859 Just remember, we're good friends. 243 00:18:44,663 --> 00:18:45,932 Always will be. 244 00:18:46,466 --> 00:18:49,806 ♪♪ Look now, look all around ♪ 245 00:18:51,844 --> 00:18:53,714 ♪♪ There's no sign of life ♪ 246 00:18:53,715 --> 00:18:58,857 ♪♪ Voices, another sound ♪ 247 00:18:58,858 --> 00:19:04,167 ♪♪ Can you hear me now? ♪ 248 00:19:04,168 --> 00:19:07,942 ♪♪ This is Planet Earth ♪ 249 00:19:07,943 --> 00:19:12,083 ♪♪ You're looking at Planet Earth ♪ 250 00:19:12,084 --> 00:19:15,290 ♪♪ Bop, bop, bop, bop, Bop, bop, bop, bop ♪ 251 00:19:15,457 --> 00:19:17,963 ♪♪ This is Planet Earth ♪ 252 00:19:24,810 --> 00:19:29,351 ♪♪ My head is stuck On something precious ♪ 253 00:19:29,352 --> 00:19:31,056 ♪♪ Let me know ♪ 254 00:19:31,958 --> 00:19:36,967 ♪♪ If you're coming down To land ♪ 255 00:19:37,903 --> 00:19:41,042 ♪♪ Is there anybody... ♪ 256 00:19:41,175 --> 00:19:43,480 So, what was that about with Ryan? 257 00:19:44,415 --> 00:19:45,751 [groans] 258 00:19:45,752 --> 00:19:47,253 Nothing. 259 00:19:47,254 --> 00:19:49,457 We were just talking about how excited we were to graduate 260 00:19:49,458 --> 00:19:51,730 and get the hell out of Los Angeles, 261 00:19:51,731 --> 00:19:53,635 finally start our lives. 262 00:19:53,834 --> 00:19:57,776 For sure, I'm going to school on the East Coast, not even a question. 263 00:19:59,079 --> 00:20:01,416 ♪♪ There's no sign of life ♪ 264 00:20:01,583 --> 00:20:04,020 ♪♪ Voices, another sound ♪ 265 00:20:04,021 --> 00:20:05,625 Oh, my God. 266 00:20:05,858 --> 00:20:08,029 Senior year hasn't even started, and I'm already exhausted. 267 00:20:08,129 --> 00:20:10,668 - It's gonna take so much planning. - Like what? 268 00:20:10,835 --> 00:20:12,838 Well, homecoming is in October, 269 00:20:12,839 --> 00:20:15,409 and I have some rad ideas for the class float. 270 00:20:15,410 --> 00:20:19,117 And then of course, Susan and Thom will be crowned homecoming king and queen. 271 00:20:19,118 --> 00:20:23,026 I don't wanna be a homecoming queen and wear some weird tiara. 272 00:20:24,730 --> 00:20:27,233 Susan, I'll throw you a party at the Beverly Hills Hotel, 273 00:20:27,234 --> 00:20:29,304 and then we're doing an after-party thing 274 00:20:29,305 --> 00:20:31,577 on Dominic Thompson's father's yacht, okay? 275 00:20:31,710 --> 00:20:33,145 - [laughs] - How much coke have you done? 276 00:20:33,146 --> 00:20:34,314 A lot. 277 00:20:34,315 --> 00:20:35,652 - Do you want some? - Duh. 278 00:20:42,966 --> 00:20:45,371 Oh, and I just booked Tommy Tutone 279 00:20:45,571 --> 00:20:48,108 for a private party I'm throwing at the Blue Bayou at Disneyland. 280 00:20:48,109 --> 00:20:50,815 You know, like a cool grad night thing? 281 00:20:52,084 --> 00:20:53,655 We've all worked so hard. 282 00:20:53,854 --> 00:20:55,658 We deserve a nice time. 283 00:20:55,659 --> 00:20:57,227 We deserve nice things. 284 00:20:58,163 --> 00:20:59,665 Blue Bayou, the restaurant 285 00:20:59,666 --> 00:21:01,869 inside the Pirates of the Caribbean ride? 286 00:21:01,870 --> 00:21:03,073 Yeah. 287 00:21:03,741 --> 00:21:06,079 - That's awesome. - [all laughing] 288 00:21:08,551 --> 00:21:10,086 [♪ "This Town" playing] 289 00:21:10,087 --> 00:21:11,657 [ice clinking] 290 00:21:11,890 --> 00:21:13,527 [shaker rattling] 291 00:21:14,161 --> 00:21:15,798 Four vodka sodas, please. 292 00:21:20,341 --> 00:21:23,212 Oh, don't forget to invite the new guy to Disney. 293 00:21:23,213 --> 00:21:24,482 What? 294 00:21:24,616 --> 00:21:26,185 There's a new guy coming in on Tuesday. 295 00:21:26,520 --> 00:21:28,188 A new addition to our senior class. 296 00:21:28,189 --> 00:21:31,195 That's strange. You never get a new kid senior year. 297 00:21:31,597 --> 00:21:34,703 - What's his name? - Um, Robert something. 298 00:21:35,304 --> 00:21:36,740 Oh, Robert Mallory. 299 00:21:37,942 --> 00:21:39,279 How do you know this? 300 00:21:39,579 --> 00:21:41,716 Well, I was having a meeting with Principal Croft 301 00:21:41,717 --> 00:21:45,222 about my student body presidential duties this year, and he told me. 302 00:21:45,223 --> 00:21:48,831 He lives in Century City with his aunt or stepmother or something. 303 00:21:49,365 --> 00:21:51,937 - Well, that's weird. - What's weird about it? 304 00:21:52,037 --> 00:21:53,673 [chuckles] If he lives in Century City, 305 00:21:53,674 --> 00:21:56,178 he would have been eligible to attend Beverly Hills High. 306 00:21:56,179 --> 00:21:59,786 Why opt for our school? Why drive all the way to our school? 307 00:22:00,153 --> 00:22:02,223 Well, he better be cute. 308 00:22:02,224 --> 00:22:04,028 [all laughing] 309 00:22:05,698 --> 00:22:06,900 Like you. 310 00:22:08,036 --> 00:22:10,273 Meet me in my bedroom in ten? 311 00:22:11,176 --> 00:22:12,645 I'm so horny. 312 00:22:18,223 --> 00:22:19,925 [Thom] What did you mean when you said 313 00:22:19,926 --> 00:22:21,463 you didn't want to be homecoming king and queen? 314 00:22:21,730 --> 00:22:24,068 - Oh, God, Thom, it's so corny. - Yeah, but, Susan, honey, 315 00:22:24,069 --> 00:22:26,740 this is what we've been waiting for for four fucking years. 316 00:22:26,840 --> 00:22:29,078 This is the coronation. Everybody wants this. 317 00:22:32,217 --> 00:22:35,390 Okay. For you, I'll think about it. 318 00:22:35,391 --> 00:22:38,362 ♪♪ This town is our town ♪ 319 00:22:38,363 --> 00:22:40,702 ♪♪ This town It is so glamorous ♪ 320 00:22:40,868 --> 00:22:42,338 [Bret] That night in September 321 00:22:42,605 --> 00:22:45,477 was one of the last nights where there was no fear. 322 00:22:45,678 --> 00:22:47,816 [indistinct chatter] 323 00:22:56,801 --> 00:22:59,773 [♪ "Golden Brown" playing] 324 00:23:13,399 --> 00:23:18,076 [Terry] You have to watch The Godfather, Chinatown, and The Story of O. 325 00:23:18,511 --> 00:23:21,282 - You ever heard of The Story of O? - [boy] I have... 326 00:23:21,650 --> 00:23:23,019 Bret. 327 00:23:23,654 --> 00:23:27,160 - Oh. Hi, Mr. Schaffer. - Call me Terry, buddy. 328 00:23:27,161 --> 00:23:29,999 Sit down. There's something I wanted to talk to you about. 329 00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:32,973 You guys go off, watch your movies, tell me the details. 330 00:23:33,139 --> 00:23:34,643 I wanna know your favorite. 331 00:23:34,910 --> 00:23:36,078 Okay. 332 00:23:44,563 --> 00:23:49,673 So... Debbie tells me you're a writer, or you want to be one? 333 00:23:50,908 --> 00:23:53,445 Yes. Yeah, I'm-I'm writing a novel. 334 00:23:53,446 --> 00:23:54,650 Amazing. 335 00:23:55,985 --> 00:23:58,958 Maybe you and I should go talk about that at lunch or something. 336 00:23:59,091 --> 00:24:01,563 I'm always looking for new young voices. 337 00:24:01,763 --> 00:24:02,866 Our business needs that. 338 00:24:03,066 --> 00:24:04,836 The movies need that. 339 00:24:07,341 --> 00:24:09,144 I've always had my eye on you, Bret. 340 00:24:09,145 --> 00:24:10,447 [clicking] 341 00:24:12,084 --> 00:24:13,219 Steven! 342 00:24:14,121 --> 00:24:17,027 Steven, what the... What in the fuck are you doing? 343 00:24:17,028 --> 00:24:19,498 Debbie asked me to take pictures of her guests. 344 00:24:19,499 --> 00:24:21,837 She wants to make a scrapbook. 345 00:24:22,706 --> 00:24:24,141 You know Debbie. 346 00:24:29,184 --> 00:24:32,458 Bret and I are going to go to lunch, talk about his future. 347 00:24:32,725 --> 00:24:35,330 Will you put it down on the schedule, okay? Le Dome. 348 00:24:35,331 --> 00:24:36,567 Sure thing. 349 00:24:36,833 --> 00:24:38,938 Yep, yep. 350 00:24:40,006 --> 00:24:41,810 Thanks, Mr. Schaffer... 351 00:24:45,584 --> 00:24:46,887 Terry. 352 00:25:25,397 --> 00:25:27,134 Where is my husband? 353 00:25:28,638 --> 00:25:29,673 Oh. 354 00:25:29,873 --> 00:25:31,175 Hi, Mrs. Schaffer. 355 00:25:32,011 --> 00:25:33,681 I asked you a question. 356 00:25:34,448 --> 00:25:37,054 Where is my husband? Have you seen him? 357 00:25:37,187 --> 00:25:39,458 Yes, he's-he's down by the pool. 358 00:25:40,528 --> 00:25:42,397 Who was my husband with? 359 00:25:45,170 --> 00:25:46,106 Uh... 360 00:25:46,238 --> 00:25:48,309 - I don't know. - You don't know? 361 00:25:49,779 --> 00:25:53,954 Was he in the bushes, sucking some young guy's dick? 362 00:25:57,929 --> 00:25:59,600 Or did he proposition you? 363 00:26:00,333 --> 00:26:03,506 [Steven] Liz, have you been hitting the wine coolers again? 364 00:26:05,945 --> 00:26:08,884 You seem very tired. Let's put you to bed. 365 00:26:09,853 --> 00:26:11,322 You can go, Bret. 366 00:26:11,990 --> 00:26:13,092 Okay. 367 00:26:13,994 --> 00:26:15,462 Good night, Mrs. Schaffer. 368 00:26:15,463 --> 00:26:18,804 Wait. Why? You're not staying for the movie? 369 00:26:20,106 --> 00:26:21,644 I've already seen it. 370 00:26:21,910 --> 00:26:24,516 Don't you walk away from me, you little asshole. 371 00:26:24,816 --> 00:26:27,220 Where are you going? You gonna meet him upstairs? 372 00:26:27,221 --> 00:26:29,157 I've known you since you were ten years old. 373 00:26:29,158 --> 00:26:31,494 - Don't you dare walk away from me! - Liz, enough. 374 00:26:31,495 --> 00:26:34,837 I'm putting you to bed now. You can take your night-night pills. 375 00:26:35,070 --> 00:26:37,240 [sobbing] 376 00:26:41,583 --> 00:26:43,186 [clicks] 377 00:26:44,188 --> 00:26:46,092 [♪ "Crimson and Clover" playing] 378 00:26:46,960 --> 00:26:51,135 ♪♪ Now I don't hardly know her ♪ 379 00:26:54,375 --> 00:26:56,245 [phone ringing] 380 00:27:05,463 --> 00:27:06,833 Hello? 381 00:27:07,367 --> 00:27:09,438 [heavy breathing on phone] 382 00:27:27,441 --> 00:27:28,743 Your mom is a psycho. 383 00:27:28,744 --> 00:27:29,813 [Debbie chuckles] 384 00:27:30,046 --> 00:27:31,983 Ignore her. I do. 385 00:27:34,222 --> 00:27:35,892 Are you staying for the movie? 386 00:27:36,359 --> 00:27:39,330 No, I've already seen Continental Divide. 387 00:27:39,331 --> 00:27:46,178 I wanna get home, do some writing. Unless you had another idea. 388 00:27:49,820 --> 00:27:51,923 I thought you'd never ask. 389 00:27:52,892 --> 00:27:54,194 ♪♪ Yeah ♪ 390 00:27:56,567 --> 00:28:00,440 ♪♪ My, my, such a sweet thing ♪ 391 00:28:03,580 --> 00:28:05,483 Wow. Babe. 392 00:28:07,588 --> 00:28:09,324 You got muscular this summer. 393 00:28:10,026 --> 00:28:13,465 Oh, you know, push-ups, swimming. 394 00:28:13,466 --> 00:28:14,736 [Debbie chuckles] 395 00:28:15,270 --> 00:28:17,107 Oh, I get a full striptease. 396 00:28:17,108 --> 00:28:19,378 Mm-hmm. Mmm. 397 00:28:24,522 --> 00:28:26,091 [Bret] Debbie always came fast. 398 00:28:26,092 --> 00:28:28,096 Within minutes, she could thrash out an orgasm. 399 00:28:28,296 --> 00:28:29,832 [Debbie] Don't tease me. 400 00:28:29,833 --> 00:28:31,167 [Bret] It took barely anything to make her come, 401 00:28:31,168 --> 00:28:32,404 and this was happening now. 402 00:28:32,538 --> 00:28:34,775 - [Debbie squeals] - [both laugh] 403 00:28:34,776 --> 00:28:37,247 [Bret] You have to remember, being gender fluid was not something 404 00:28:37,414 --> 00:28:39,117 that was allowed back then. 405 00:28:39,118 --> 00:28:41,455 You had to be two people, which was fucking exhausting, 406 00:28:41,556 --> 00:28:43,492 and you had to compartmentalize. 407 00:28:43,493 --> 00:28:45,931 My relationship with Debbie was my public persona, 408 00:28:46,065 --> 00:28:50,273 and my relationship with Matt Kellner was my secret, forbidden one. 409 00:28:58,122 --> 00:29:01,930 Did you hear there's a new kid starting school? Isn't that weird? 410 00:29:01,931 --> 00:29:05,270 Uh, why is that weird? Who cares? 411 00:29:05,571 --> 00:29:09,077 It's just weird if someone enrolls in senior year. 412 00:29:11,550 --> 00:29:13,019 [Matt sighs] 413 00:29:13,620 --> 00:29:14,689 Whatever. 414 00:29:19,766 --> 00:29:23,139 That's all you ever say, about anything. 415 00:29:23,775 --> 00:29:25,176 "Whatever." 416 00:29:26,546 --> 00:29:28,016 You smoke too much pot, Matt. 417 00:29:28,282 --> 00:29:31,222 You're officially the class stoner. Did you know that? 418 00:29:33,159 --> 00:29:34,629 Whatever. [chuckles] 419 00:29:37,234 --> 00:29:39,138 Why don't you socialize, Mattie? 420 00:29:40,039 --> 00:29:42,545 Why didn't you come to Debbie's party tonight? 421 00:29:43,145 --> 00:29:47,154 Well, I told you. I just wanted to, you know, 422 00:29:47,588 --> 00:29:50,594 hang here and listen to the new Elvis Costello album. 423 00:29:51,395 --> 00:29:55,170 And get high, Matt. So tedious. 424 00:29:55,704 --> 00:29:58,476 You're so smart, but you don't let anybody in. 425 00:30:00,079 --> 00:30:02,818 Well, we're friends, right? 426 00:30:04,656 --> 00:30:07,728 Only when I drive over and we fool around in the shadows. 427 00:30:09,331 --> 00:30:12,270 You have lost potential, Matt. 428 00:30:13,206 --> 00:30:15,209 I'm worried about you. 429 00:30:18,182 --> 00:30:19,820 [chuckles] 430 00:30:20,688 --> 00:30:24,461 - I'm the most real person in that school. - [both laugh] 431 00:30:26,065 --> 00:30:27,434 And you know it. 432 00:30:36,318 --> 00:30:38,089 I think we should stop this. 433 00:30:40,694 --> 00:30:42,297 Stop what? 434 00:30:43,834 --> 00:30:45,169 This. 435 00:30:47,307 --> 00:30:49,177 You don't need to say that. 436 00:30:52,752 --> 00:30:55,524 Well, I wouldn't want you to think that I don't care. 437 00:30:56,760 --> 00:30:58,730 No, I don't think anything. 438 00:31:03,039 --> 00:31:04,474 I don't think anything. 439 00:31:13,860 --> 00:31:15,830 What happened to the aquarium? 440 00:31:15,831 --> 00:31:16,967 Uh... 441 00:31:17,200 --> 00:31:18,537 I don't know. 442 00:31:23,747 --> 00:31:26,085 You don't know why your aquarium is empty? 443 00:31:26,452 --> 00:31:30,426 No, I came back the other day and noticed all the fish were gone. 444 00:31:33,265 --> 00:31:35,503 - What are you looking for? - My bong. 445 00:31:36,539 --> 00:31:38,876 And here it is. 446 00:31:38,877 --> 00:31:40,246 All right. 447 00:31:43,285 --> 00:31:44,555 What happened to the water? 448 00:31:44,922 --> 00:31:47,828 I don't know. My mom usually takes care of it. 449 00:31:51,770 --> 00:31:53,574 Do you think maybe the cat got them? 450 00:31:53,707 --> 00:31:57,682 [laughs] You think Alex ate all my fish? 451 00:31:58,049 --> 00:31:59,451 [Bret] I don't know. 452 00:31:59,652 --> 00:32:01,589 Maybe we'll never know. 453 00:32:02,191 --> 00:32:03,459 [Bret] Why? 454 00:32:05,531 --> 00:32:08,670 Well, the cat's missing too. 455 00:32:19,960 --> 00:32:21,596 - Not this time. Yeah. What about last week? What about last week? 456 00:32:21,696 --> 00:32:23,298 Last week... Last week, I wasn't feeling okay. 457 00:32:23,299 --> 00:32:25,470 [laughs] Okay. It's always an excuse, dude. 458 00:32:26,806 --> 00:32:28,643 - Okay. - Hey, check it out. 459 00:33:15,537 --> 00:33:16,673 Gracias. 460 00:33:23,587 --> 00:33:26,292 [weatherman] It's gonna be a warm one for the next week, I'm betting two. 461 00:33:26,391 --> 00:33:28,461 You'll see here we have a high of 82, 462 00:33:28,462 --> 00:33:32,469 and the Santa Anas are at least letting us cool down to 71 at night. 463 00:33:32,470 --> 00:33:34,308 Now, back to Jessica for the morning report. 464 00:33:34,542 --> 00:33:36,846 [Jessica] Some disturbing news this morning in the Southland. 465 00:33:36,847 --> 00:33:40,019 The body of a teenage girl was found yesterday morning 466 00:33:40,319 --> 00:33:42,023 on a tennis court in Woodland Hills. 467 00:33:42,490 --> 00:33:45,263 The body and identity of the young woman have not been released, 468 00:33:45,429 --> 00:33:49,939 and police refused to comment pending an investigation into the homicide. 469 00:33:49,940 --> 00:33:52,009 Viewers will remember that, last summer, 470 00:33:52,010 --> 00:33:54,581 the body of a missing girl, Katherine Latchford, 471 00:33:54,582 --> 00:33:56,520 was found in a dumpster in Redlands. 472 00:33:56,920 --> 00:34:01,562 That case remains unsolved, and police decline to comment at this time 473 00:34:01,563 --> 00:34:05,269 whether the abductions and murders are related. 474 00:34:13,954 --> 00:34:16,325 [siren wailing] 475 00:34:54,101 --> 00:34:55,303 What's wrong? 476 00:34:55,971 --> 00:34:58,107 Did you see the mascot statue, what someone did to it? 477 00:34:58,108 --> 00:35:00,146 [Susan] Yes, I talked to the principal about it. 478 00:35:00,346 --> 00:35:02,850 It's just some stupid prank by a kid at Harvard or something. 479 00:35:02,851 --> 00:35:03,853 Klonopin? 480 00:35:03,854 --> 00:35:04,989 Sure. 481 00:35:05,691 --> 00:35:07,460 [bell rings] 482 00:35:08,797 --> 00:35:11,001 [laughter] 483 00:35:12,503 --> 00:35:14,106 - Babe, what'd you get? - Croissant and ham. 484 00:35:14,107 --> 00:35:16,513 - I just wanna smell it, honestly. - [Bret chuckles] 485 00:35:16,880 --> 00:35:18,348 You can have one. 486 00:35:18,349 --> 00:35:20,319 Why does my stupid mother always pack me pâté for lunch? 487 00:35:20,320 --> 00:35:21,889 I just call it "pad thai." 488 00:35:21,890 --> 00:35:24,228 She knows I'm dieting. She's trying to sabotage me. 489 00:35:25,196 --> 00:35:27,333 Pâté is not on the Beverly Hills Diet. 490 00:35:27,534 --> 00:35:28,670 - Want it? - I do. 491 00:35:28,803 --> 00:35:30,373 - Sure. - Oh, Thom, you don't want that. 492 00:35:30,641 --> 00:35:32,242 - You look great. - [Thom] We can't always get what we want. 493 00:35:32,243 --> 00:35:36,818 I am not eating any more fat for six weeks straight. 494 00:35:36,819 --> 00:35:39,191 It just gets more round if you continue to eat fat. 495 00:35:39,357 --> 00:35:40,627 [Susan] You're gonna pass out. 496 00:35:40,628 --> 00:35:43,699 To try and more angularize the side profile. 497 00:35:43,700 --> 00:35:45,303 [Susan] Of your boobs? 498 00:35:45,469 --> 00:35:46,606 [Debbie] Can I smell a chip? 499 00:35:46,806 --> 00:35:48,109 [Thom] You can take one. 500 00:35:48,543 --> 00:35:49,778 [Debbie] I just wanna smell it. 501 00:35:49,779 --> 00:35:51,114 [Susan] She thinks that this works. 502 00:35:58,563 --> 00:36:00,066 [Debbie] Have you noticed that ever since I cut fat, 503 00:36:00,399 --> 00:36:02,436 my tits from the side are more angular? 504 00:36:02,437 --> 00:36:03,707 - Look. - Yes. 505 00:36:04,174 --> 00:36:07,113 [Bret] You should know I smelled him before I saw him. 506 00:36:07,648 --> 00:36:09,485 It was cedar and sandalwood, 507 00:36:10,153 --> 00:36:12,658 as if he had just walked through a forest of citrus. 508 00:36:13,392 --> 00:36:15,697 [Debbie] Did you get a designer capsule? 509 00:36:18,503 --> 00:36:23,412 - Oh, hi. You must be Robert Mallory. - You must be Susan. 510 00:36:25,049 --> 00:36:27,789 - Principal Croft showed me your picture. - The one on his desk... 511 00:36:27,988 --> 00:36:29,691 [Robert] From the yearbook. 512 00:36:29,692 --> 00:36:30,895 I was just in Principal Croft's office. 513 00:36:31,028 --> 00:36:32,564 He told me I should come say hi. 514 00:36:32,565 --> 00:36:33,867 So, hi. 515 00:36:34,000 --> 00:36:35,770 [Bret] He wore black leather pants 516 00:36:35,771 --> 00:36:37,542 like a second skin with his school blazer. 517 00:36:37,975 --> 00:36:41,583 I was rendered speechless. I couldn't believe it. It was him. 518 00:36:41,783 --> 00:36:45,725 The magical, mystical boy I saw at The Shining a year ago. 519 00:36:45,924 --> 00:36:47,160 [Susan clears throat] 520 00:36:47,427 --> 00:36:49,431 Hi. Bret. 521 00:36:50,433 --> 00:36:51,836 Nice to meet you, Bret. 522 00:36:54,942 --> 00:36:56,345 - You wanna join us? - I'd love to. 523 00:36:56,579 --> 00:36:57,748 [Debbie] Come on. 524 00:36:59,585 --> 00:37:03,191 So, Robert, where do you come from? 525 00:37:03,192 --> 00:37:05,397 - So, I'm-I'm from Chicago originally. - Okay. 526 00:37:05,664 --> 00:37:07,366 [Bret] Robert laid out his background for us 527 00:37:07,367 --> 00:37:09,738 as if it were a job interview he needed to pass. 528 00:37:09,739 --> 00:37:12,845 The last time he'd been in LA for any sustained length of time was 529 00:37:13,012 --> 00:37:16,852 ten months ago when he came out for the holidays and stayed with his aunt. 530 00:37:16,853 --> 00:37:18,557 Wait. So, why are you living with your aunt now? 531 00:37:18,690 --> 00:37:20,459 [Robert] Okay. It's a funny story, 532 00:37:20,460 --> 00:37:22,698 but I got kicked out of my previous school that I was at. 533 00:37:22,699 --> 00:37:25,002 [Bret] Funny and smooth. 534 00:37:25,003 --> 00:37:28,376 His parents were divorced. His mother had then died in a tragic accident. 535 00:37:28,610 --> 00:37:31,013 His father wanted to send him to a military academy, 536 00:37:31,014 --> 00:37:35,523 but his aunt intervened, suggesting Robert relocate to Los Angeles and live with her, 537 00:37:35,524 --> 00:37:38,663 and she would enroll him somewhere for his last year of high school. 538 00:37:38,664 --> 00:37:43,540 Have we met before? At The Whiskey or The Odyssey or something? 539 00:37:44,508 --> 00:37:46,077 I'm not much of a club guy. 540 00:37:46,078 --> 00:37:47,279 I never forget a face. 541 00:37:47,280 --> 00:37:49,049 [chuckles] 542 00:37:49,050 --> 00:37:51,389 I don't really know anyone in LA. I don't go out much. 543 00:37:51,923 --> 00:37:53,693 Did you not bring lunch? 544 00:37:58,870 --> 00:38:01,675 I forgot. I guess first day jitters, right? 545 00:38:01,676 --> 00:38:02,710 [all chuckle] 546 00:38:02,711 --> 00:38:04,749 Do you... Do you want half? 547 00:38:04,915 --> 00:38:07,019 On one level, Robert was intriguing enough to make me forget 548 00:38:07,020 --> 00:38:08,990 - about the griffin streaked with gore. - Sure, thank you. 549 00:38:08,991 --> 00:38:11,595 He was one of the most charming people I'd ever met. 550 00:38:11,596 --> 00:38:14,903 The other thing I gleaned was that he was a complete and utter liar. 551 00:38:15,069 --> 00:38:16,939 Oh, I know where I saw you. 552 00:38:16,940 --> 00:38:18,375 Last summer, did you see The Shining 553 00:38:18,676 --> 00:38:21,549 at the Village Theatre when it first came out? 554 00:38:22,585 --> 00:38:23,820 No. 555 00:38:25,023 --> 00:38:27,427 Are you sure? I'm positive I saw you there. 556 00:38:27,628 --> 00:38:29,532 - Really? - Positive. 557 00:38:31,268 --> 00:38:32,470 [chuckles] 558 00:38:32,671 --> 00:38:34,107 Really? You're positive? 559 00:38:35,109 --> 00:38:36,645 Why would you remember me there? 560 00:38:36,646 --> 00:38:38,049 Did I say something to you or... 561 00:38:38,182 --> 00:38:42,256 No, no, you just left an impression. 562 00:38:46,198 --> 00:38:47,668 I haven't seen that movie. 563 00:38:47,801 --> 00:38:49,772 Well, I'm almost positive I saw you. 564 00:38:50,908 --> 00:38:53,746 In the theater. On a Saturday. 565 00:38:56,384 --> 00:38:57,688 It wasn't me. [laughs] 566 00:38:57,888 --> 00:39:00,092 [chuckles] Weird. 567 00:39:00,927 --> 00:39:02,096 Very weird. 568 00:39:02,631 --> 00:39:04,200 [bell rings] 569 00:39:04,201 --> 00:39:07,575 - That was wacky. - Hmm, saved by the bell. 570 00:39:07,808 --> 00:39:10,245 - [Debbie] Nice to meet you. - [Robert] Nice to meet you all. 571 00:39:10,246 --> 00:39:12,016 [Susan laughs] Oh. 572 00:39:12,985 --> 00:39:14,054 Bye, babe. 573 00:39:14,387 --> 00:39:16,759 [Susan] Have you guys heard of the water ride? 574 00:39:23,941 --> 00:39:25,309 It was nice to meet you, Bret. 575 00:39:26,111 --> 00:39:27,213 You too. 576 00:39:36,131 --> 00:39:39,737 - Good afternoon. - [students] Good afternoon! 577 00:39:39,738 --> 00:39:41,474 Let's start the first assembly of the year 578 00:39:41,475 --> 00:39:45,248 by welcoming Senior President Susan Reynolds. 579 00:39:45,249 --> 00:39:46,283 Susan. 580 00:39:46,284 --> 00:39:48,222 [cheering] 581 00:39:52,698 --> 00:39:55,001 Stop, stop. Thank you. 582 00:39:55,002 --> 00:39:56,137 Whoo! 583 00:39:56,138 --> 00:39:59,076 - Hello, Griffins! - [cheering] 584 00:39:59,077 --> 00:40:01,047 I'm so proud of this girl. 585 00:40:01,749 --> 00:40:05,489 [Susan] And hello to my fellow senior class. 586 00:40:05,757 --> 00:40:09,363 First of all, I just want to say thank you to everyone 587 00:40:09,364 --> 00:40:12,571 who voted for me as your student body class president. 588 00:40:13,172 --> 00:40:16,211 We have a very exciting year ahead of us. 589 00:40:16,311 --> 00:40:19,283 Don't forget our Thanksgiving fundraiser 590 00:40:19,284 --> 00:40:22,623 following the last football game before the holiday. 591 00:40:22,624 --> 00:40:24,527 Let's support our varsity team. 592 00:40:24,528 --> 00:40:26,364 [cheering] 593 00:40:48,977 --> 00:40:50,981 [indistinct chatter] 594 00:41:01,736 --> 00:41:02,871 Yeah. I know. 595 00:41:04,976 --> 00:41:07,548 [Bret] It became clear to me after our second introduction 596 00:41:07,814 --> 00:41:10,185 that Robert Mallory was like a virus. 597 00:41:10,754 --> 00:41:13,392 A new kind of insidious, invading agent 598 00:41:13,693 --> 00:41:20,072 who was here to destroy the very cellular structure of my friends, my school and me. 599 00:41:22,343 --> 00:41:28,288 He was up to something. And it was up to me to find out exactly what that was. 600 00:41:29,491 --> 00:41:31,127 [engine starts] 601 00:41:31,662 --> 00:41:34,300 [♪ "Bad Boys Get Spanked" playing] 602 00:41:48,362 --> 00:41:50,165 [tires screech] 603 00:42:07,768 --> 00:42:09,270 [increases volume] 604 00:42:37,393 --> 00:42:39,264 [tires screech] 605 00:42:40,399 --> 00:42:43,305 ♪♪ Don't you ever think about The consequence? ♪ 606 00:42:43,940 --> 00:42:45,577 ♪♪ Guys like you never do ♪ 607 00:42:47,748 --> 00:42:50,987 ♪♪ That's the kind of stuff That whores are made out of ♪ 608 00:42:51,589 --> 00:42:54,127 ♪♪ That's the kind of stuff That floors are made out of ♪ 609 00:42:54,327 --> 00:42:55,629 ♪♪ You know ♪ 610 00:42:55,630 --> 00:42:58,536 ♪♪ Bad boys get spanked ♪ 611 00:43:03,178 --> 00:43:05,984 ♪♪ Bad boys get spanked ♪ 612 00:43:08,488 --> 00:43:10,560 [tires screeching] 613 00:43:22,851 --> 00:43:24,588 [revving] 614 00:43:26,491 --> 00:43:29,297 ♪♪ You don't listen, Do you, asshole? ♪ 615 00:43:30,934 --> 00:43:32,871 ♪♪ Don't be a punk All your life ♪ 616 00:43:34,240 --> 00:43:36,345 ♪♪ Someone's gonna Sort you out ♪ 617 00:43:37,480 --> 00:43:40,152 ♪♪ They'll try to make a man Out of you ♪ 618 00:43:41,054 --> 00:43:43,559 ♪♪ Now say, "Yes, sir," Say, "No, sir" ♪ 619 00:43:45,095 --> 00:43:47,366 ♪♪ Say, "Yes, ma'am," Say, "No, ma'am" ♪ 620 00:43:47,500 --> 00:43:48,936 ♪♪ You know, don't ya? ♪ 621 00:43:49,470 --> 00:43:52,475 ♪♪ Bad boys get spanked ♪ 622 00:43:52,476 --> 00:43:53,478 Shit. 623 00:43:53,479 --> 00:43:55,381 [tires screeching] 624 00:43:55,382 --> 00:43:56,986 [horn blaring] 625 00:43:57,119 --> 00:43:59,558 ♪♪ Bad boys get spanked ♪ 626 00:44:16,324 --> 00:44:17,594 Shit. 627 00:44:18,128 --> 00:44:20,199 ♪♪ Ooh, ooh ♪ 628 00:44:20,733 --> 00:44:22,971 ♪♪ Get spanked ♪ 629 00:44:26,444 --> 00:44:27,948 ♪♪ Get spanked ♪ 630 00:44:31,923 --> 00:44:33,124 ♪♪ Ooh ♪ 631 00:44:33,125 --> 00:44:35,195 ♪♪ Come here, get spanked ♪ 632 00:44:38,903 --> 00:44:40,205 Fuck you. 633 00:44:41,675 --> 00:44:43,211 ♪♪ Get spanked ♪ 634 00:44:44,615 --> 00:44:45,784 [thud] 635 00:44:46,017 --> 00:44:46,985 Fuck you! 636 00:44:46,986 --> 00:44:48,421 ♪♪ Come here ♪ 637 00:44:49,357 --> 00:44:51,227 ♪♪ Get spanked ♪ 638 00:44:53,199 --> 00:44:54,568 [tires screeching] 639 00:44:55,603 --> 00:44:59,678 Fuck you! Fuck you! Fuck you! Fuck you! 640 00:45:22,122 --> 00:45:23,726 [♪ music stops] 641 00:45:28,134 --> 00:45:30,339 [tires screeching in distance] 642 00:46:34,735 --> 00:46:36,271 Oh, hey. 643 00:46:37,039 --> 00:46:38,275 Hey. 644 00:46:40,012 --> 00:46:42,751 That was you, right? Following me? 645 00:46:43,819 --> 00:46:45,590 I wasn't following you. 646 00:46:46,024 --> 00:46:49,464 I was heading to the Galleria, and I happened to be behind you, I guess. 647 00:46:49,832 --> 00:46:51,333 You were in the Porsche? 648 00:46:51,334 --> 00:46:53,773 Yeah, that was me. I was just fucking with you. 649 00:46:54,440 --> 00:46:55,777 Hmm. 650 00:46:58,381 --> 00:47:00,051 I don't like being followed. 651 00:47:00,052 --> 00:47:01,821 Yeah? You don't like being followed? 652 00:47:01,822 --> 00:47:04,360 Yeah. Freaks me out. 653 00:47:05,597 --> 00:47:07,566 What are you doing here at the mall today? 654 00:47:07,567 --> 00:47:09,705 Shopping for some school clothes. 655 00:47:10,940 --> 00:47:13,377 What brings you to the Galleria on this Tuesday afternoon? 656 00:47:13,378 --> 00:47:15,249 There's a lot of hot girls. 657 00:47:16,585 --> 00:47:19,558 I was gonna see a movie, but I realized I've seen them all. 658 00:47:20,359 --> 00:47:23,197 Which one? The Shining? 659 00:47:23,198 --> 00:47:25,603 You sure you weren't there? I know I saw you. 660 00:47:25,703 --> 00:47:28,440 Dude, you gotta let it go. It wasn't me. 661 00:47:28,441 --> 00:47:32,116 Pretty sure I saw you, dude. 662 00:47:33,452 --> 00:47:35,155 I haven't seen that movie. 663 00:47:49,818 --> 00:47:52,356 What were you talking to Matt Kellner about today? 664 00:47:52,489 --> 00:47:55,663 Oh, yeah? You saw that? You guys friends? 665 00:47:56,732 --> 00:47:58,135 Is that innuendo? 666 00:47:58,736 --> 00:48:00,505 He seems like a very confused guy. 667 00:48:00,506 --> 00:48:03,011 You know, the kind of guy who could use a friend. 668 00:48:03,646 --> 00:48:08,254 What? He's just very laid-back, very easygoing. He's a pothead. 669 00:48:08,255 --> 00:48:09,659 Interesting. 670 00:48:09,791 --> 00:48:11,862 Is Thom Susan Reynolds's boyfriend? 671 00:48:12,597 --> 00:48:13,765 Um... 672 00:48:13,766 --> 00:48:15,603 Yeah. 673 00:48:15,770 --> 00:48:17,472 How long have they been seeing each other? How long have they been dating? 674 00:48:17,473 --> 00:48:19,443 [Bret] About two years. 675 00:48:19,911 --> 00:48:23,652 - So, it's serious. - Very. Why are you asking me this? 676 00:48:24,186 --> 00:48:27,326 Because she's hot. She's quite the little honey, don't you think? 677 00:48:27,327 --> 00:48:28,864 [Bret] At that point, I couldn't breathe. 678 00:48:29,130 --> 00:48:31,100 At that point, I needed to get away from him. 679 00:48:31,334 --> 00:48:32,904 Hey, Bret. 680 00:48:33,639 --> 00:48:34,809 Yeah? 681 00:48:34,908 --> 00:48:36,812 I've just figured something out about you. 682 00:48:40,252 --> 00:48:41,923 What have you figured out about me? 683 00:48:43,324 --> 00:48:46,364 When you talk to me, you're really talking to yourself, dude. 684 00:48:50,640 --> 00:48:52,843 [Bret] After the upsetting car chase 685 00:48:52,844 --> 00:48:56,051 with Robert Mallory on that sweltering and fateful September afternoon, 686 00:48:56,284 --> 00:48:58,888 I remember I went home and popped on the local news. 687 00:48:58,889 --> 00:49:00,459 ...investigation of a Valley Village girl 688 00:49:00,560 --> 00:49:02,261 found brutally murdered earlier today. 689 00:49:02,262 --> 00:49:05,235 [Bret] What I learned that day made my blood run cold. 690 00:49:06,104 --> 00:49:08,407 The city had become paralyzed with fear. 691 00:49:08,408 --> 00:49:11,314 ...might link to the murders of at least two other young women. 692 00:49:11,315 --> 00:49:14,253 Questioned about the suspect's identity, investigators-- 693 00:49:14,254 --> 00:49:17,659 [Bret] Margo Tyler had been missing since June of that year 694 00:49:17,660 --> 00:49:20,767 and her body was found behind a local Tower Records. 695 00:49:21,334 --> 00:49:24,941 She was his third victim. There would be countless more. 696 00:49:27,781 --> 00:49:30,284 The serial killer hunting young people 697 00:49:30,285 --> 00:49:34,360 was nicknamed by investigating officers as The Trawler. 698 00:49:34,661 --> 00:49:37,466 Suddenly, the epidemic of missing pets made sense. 699 00:49:37,567 --> 00:49:39,871 He would use them in a satanic way. 700 00:49:39,971 --> 00:49:44,280 He trawled for victims effortlessly, like a fisherman casting a wide net. 701 00:49:45,049 --> 00:49:46,717 Thus, the catchy nickname. 702 00:49:46,718 --> 00:49:48,822 We'll continue to bring you more as it comes in. 703 00:49:48,823 --> 00:49:51,360 [newscaster] Thanks, Jeff. At the moment, things continue... 704 00:49:55,469 --> 00:49:56,605 [TV turns off] 705 00:49:57,974 --> 00:50:00,412 [phone ringing] 706 00:50:15,510 --> 00:50:19,717 [man groaning] Oh, my God. Oh, no. 707 00:50:19,718 --> 00:50:20,752 Hello? 708 00:50:20,753 --> 00:50:21,955 [groaning] 709 00:50:21,956 --> 00:50:24,561 Oh, God. [screaming] 710 00:50:29,036 --> 00:50:30,038 Hello? 711 00:50:30,039 --> 00:50:31,274 [screaming continues] 712 00:50:31,507 --> 00:50:32,709 Help me. 713 00:50:32,710 --> 00:50:33,945 [sobbing] 714 00:50:33,946 --> 00:50:37,018 [whispering] Help me. Please, help me. 715 00:50:37,019 --> 00:50:38,221 Hello? 716 00:50:38,388 --> 00:50:40,291 [whimpering] Please, help me. 717 00:50:40,292 --> 00:50:44,099 Oh, my God. No, no. 718 00:50:44,266 --> 00:50:47,238 - Hello? - Help! Help! 719 00:50:47,239 --> 00:50:49,443 [♪ rock music playing]