1 00:00:18,240 --> 00:00:23,080 [Bret] In late May of 1980, May 23rd to be exact, The Shining opened, 2 00:00:23,350 --> 00:00:25,590 and I wanted to see it as soon as possible. 3 00:00:25,590 --> 00:00:27,890 [♪ "Moving in Stereo" playing] 4 00:00:37,850 --> 00:00:41,050 I was obsessed with Stephen King's seminal book. 5 00:00:41,050 --> 00:00:44,860 And it remains one of the key novels that made me wanna be a writer. 6 00:00:44,860 --> 00:00:47,770 ♪♪ Life's the same I'm moving in stereo ♪ 7 00:00:47,770 --> 00:00:51,370 In fact, as soon as I was done reading The Shining for a third time, 8 00:00:51,370 --> 00:00:55,820 I began writing my own novel, which would ultimately become Less Than Zero. 9 00:00:55,950 --> 00:00:58,420 ♪♪ You're shakin' like tremolo ♪ 10 00:00:58,520 --> 00:01:02,060 This would be the first time I drove to Westwood to see a movie without the gang, 11 00:01:02,060 --> 00:01:05,270 and I felt incredibly adult as I raced across Mulholland 12 00:01:05,470 --> 00:01:09,650 on that Saturday morning in my father's black Mercedes 450 SL, 13 00:01:10,510 --> 00:01:14,890 a two-door tank that was hardly the sporty vehicle I longed for 14 00:01:14,890 --> 00:01:16,390 as a teenager. 15 00:01:23,070 --> 00:01:27,610 ♪♪ It's so easy To blow up your problems ♪ 16 00:01:27,710 --> 00:01:30,150 I remember, and I don't know why, 17 00:01:30,150 --> 00:01:33,290 that I was wearing a fashionable new Ralph Lauren shirt, 18 00:01:33,560 --> 00:01:35,530 brown with a touch of white-gray stripes 19 00:01:35,630 --> 00:01:38,330 and Calvin Klein jeans with Gucci loafers. 20 00:01:43,040 --> 00:01:44,550 One ticket, please. 21 00:01:45,880 --> 00:01:47,020 Three dollars. 22 00:02:02,820 --> 00:02:03,920 Thank you. 23 00:02:06,630 --> 00:02:08,530 [♪ upbeat music playing] 24 00:02:10,300 --> 00:02:14,110 I sat in reverent silence and stared at the 70-millimeter screen. 25 00:02:15,010 --> 00:02:19,180 Writing this now, I can't believe I was left to my own devices for 20 minutes, 26 00:02:19,380 --> 00:02:21,090 just idly sitting there, 27 00:02:21,090 --> 00:02:23,960 thinking about things, about my friends Thom and Susan, 28 00:02:23,960 --> 00:02:26,460 waiting without wanting something to distract me 29 00:02:26,600 --> 00:02:28,740 like smartphones or social media. 30 00:02:31,510 --> 00:02:36,420 The lights in the theater slowly darken, and that's when I saw the boy. 31 00:02:36,850 --> 00:02:39,720 This is the reason why I've never forgotten seeing The Shining 32 00:02:39,920 --> 00:02:44,300 on May 24th, 1980, at the theater in Westwood at 10:00 a.m. 33 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:48,510 I was off to the side near the aisle when I saw him. 34 00:02:48,740 --> 00:02:49,980 [door opens] 35 00:02:51,550 --> 00:02:53,020 [door closes] 36 00:02:54,890 --> 00:02:58,930 A guy so stunningly handsome I thought at first he was a movie star 37 00:02:58,930 --> 00:03:01,030 or a model from GQ magazine. 38 00:03:02,700 --> 00:03:03,940 He was tall. 39 00:03:04,070 --> 00:03:06,750 He was undoubtedly tan everywhere. 40 00:03:08,580 --> 00:03:13,120 This boy aroused something primal in me that I'd never felt before. 41 00:03:15,090 --> 00:03:18,100 I needed to be his friend. I had to own him. 42 00:03:19,800 --> 00:03:23,080 ♪♪ Life's the same, I'm moving in stereo ♪ 43 00:03:23,080 --> 00:03:26,550 The Warner Brothers logo headed toward us as the opening credits began 44 00:03:26,690 --> 00:03:30,960 over aerial shots of the family's Volkswagen heading toward the Overlook. 45 00:03:41,920 --> 00:03:45,560 He had to be older than me. A UCLA student, maybe. 46 00:03:45,720 --> 00:03:47,930 [♪ suspenseful music playing] 47 00:03:58,650 --> 00:04:05,300 I watched, mesmerized, as this boy, this god, disappeared from my sight line. 48 00:04:05,860 --> 00:04:08,430 He noticed me staring and glanced away, 49 00:04:08,770 --> 00:04:11,070 but not before a lingering gaze took me in, 50 00:04:11,070 --> 00:04:14,150 and I fantasized that he was interested in me too. 51 00:04:22,800 --> 00:04:25,170 After the movie was over, I was underwhelmed. 52 00:04:25,170 --> 00:04:27,410 It was nothing like the book. I felt cheated. 53 00:04:27,540 --> 00:04:31,510 I walked into the lobby hoping to find the boy, but he wasn't anywhere. 54 00:04:33,620 --> 00:04:36,860 I waited outside the theater, but he wasn't there either. 55 00:04:37,390 --> 00:04:40,900 What I didn't know then is that I would actually meet this boy again, 56 00:04:41,000 --> 00:04:43,200 and his name was Robert Mallory, 57 00:04:43,200 --> 00:04:46,810 and that his arrival at my high school and into my life would coincide 58 00:04:46,980 --> 00:04:50,220 with a season of horror and murder that would destroy us all. 59 00:04:50,220 --> 00:04:53,290 "Redrum" over and over? That's gonna haunt me for the rest of my life. 60 00:04:53,290 --> 00:04:55,530 Like, "redrum"? But... 61 00:05:07,090 --> 00:05:11,590 [Bret] It has occurred to me when talking about what happened to us in 1981 62 00:05:11,600 --> 00:05:17,110 that one thing is evident: Kids today have it fucking easy. 63 00:05:17,840 --> 00:05:21,010 Sure, being a teenager is hard now because you have to deal 64 00:05:21,010 --> 00:05:23,850 with puberty and sexuality and online bullying, 65 00:05:23,990 --> 00:05:28,460 but our generation had it tougher because we had to deal with serial killers. 66 00:05:28,460 --> 00:05:29,800 Shadow. 67 00:05:33,610 --> 00:05:34,670 Shadow. 68 00:05:39,750 --> 00:05:41,320 Shadow. 69 00:05:41,620 --> 00:05:44,460 [Bret] The early '80s was the golden era for serial killers. 70 00:05:44,930 --> 00:05:47,260 All the legends were on hunting sprees. 71 00:05:47,270 --> 00:05:49,670 The Night Stalker, the Hillside Strangler. 72 00:05:49,900 --> 00:05:51,440 Shadow. 73 00:05:51,440 --> 00:05:53,340 [Bret] As I prepared to enter senior year... 74 00:05:53,340 --> 00:05:55,250 Shadow. 75 00:05:55,250 --> 00:05:57,350 ...I had no idea that my friends and I would be hunted too 76 00:05:57,350 --> 00:06:00,730 by perhaps the most sadistic serial killer of them all. 77 00:06:02,900 --> 00:06:05,270 [phone ringing] 78 00:06:18,600 --> 00:06:19,400 Hello. 79 00:06:19,630 --> 00:06:21,230 [static buzzing] 80 00:06:24,610 --> 00:06:25,470 Hello. 81 00:06:25,480 --> 00:06:26,880 [bubbling] 82 00:06:28,450 --> 00:06:29,750 Hello. 83 00:06:33,630 --> 00:06:34,930 [hangs up] 84 00:06:53,200 --> 00:06:54,900 [Bret] This is our story. 85 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:57,110 Some of us survived high school. 86 00:06:57,110 --> 00:06:58,810 Some of us died. 87 00:06:58,810 --> 00:07:01,110 But none of us made it out alive. 88 00:07:16,110 --> 00:07:17,350 [pills rattling] 89 00:07:42,930 --> 00:07:45,370 - [man on TV] Darling. - [screams] 90 00:07:46,070 --> 00:07:47,670 [panting] 91 00:07:48,370 --> 00:07:50,410 [phone ringing] 92 00:07:54,750 --> 00:07:55,590 Hello. 93 00:07:55,820 --> 00:07:57,190 [static buzzing] 94 00:07:58,260 --> 00:08:00,360 [raspy breathing] 95 00:08:03,370 --> 00:08:05,070 - Who is this? - [line clicks] 96 00:08:33,260 --> 00:08:36,140 - [wind blowing] - [wind chime tinkles] 97 00:08:36,740 --> 00:08:37,870 [dog barking] 98 00:08:42,020 --> 00:08:43,380 [latch clicks] 99 00:08:45,920 --> 00:08:49,230 [light bulb buzzing] 100 00:08:58,750 --> 00:09:00,020 [dog barking] 101 00:09:32,950 --> 00:09:35,120 [♪ eerie music plays] 102 00:09:57,500 --> 00:09:59,240 [keys jingling] 103 00:10:02,510 --> 00:10:04,080 [screaming] 104 00:10:15,940 --> 00:10:17,070 [thudding] 105 00:10:37,580 --> 00:10:39,050 [♪ "Vienna" ♪] 106 00:10:39,050 --> 00:10:42,620 [Bret] I remember it was a Sunday afternoon before Labor Day, 107 00:10:42,620 --> 00:10:46,030 and our senior year was about to begin on that Tuesday morning 108 00:10:46,230 --> 00:10:47,930 of September 8th, 1981. 109 00:10:48,300 --> 00:10:50,440 And I remember that the Westridge Stables 110 00:10:50,540 --> 00:10:52,980 were located on a bluff above Malibu 111 00:10:52,980 --> 00:10:56,350 where my girlfriend, Deborah Schaffer, was boarding her new horse, Spirit. 112 00:10:58,020 --> 00:11:00,960 I was driving solo following Susan Reynolds and Thom Wright 113 00:11:01,130 --> 00:11:02,600 along Pacific Coast Highway. 114 00:11:02,600 --> 00:11:05,170 ♪♪ The feeling has gone Only you and I ♪ 115 00:11:05,300 --> 00:11:08,880 ♪♪ It means nothing to me ♪ 116 00:11:09,310 --> 00:11:11,710 Everything sped up when you got your car 117 00:11:11,950 --> 00:11:13,480 - at 16 in Los Angeles. - ♪♪ Nothing to me ♪ 118 00:11:13,590 --> 00:11:16,060 You are now autonomous in ways you hadn't been. 119 00:11:16,260 --> 00:11:20,000 - You could take care of yourself. - ♪♪ Oh, Vienna ♪ 120 00:11:20,200 --> 00:11:21,700 You had become an adult. 121 00:11:21,700 --> 00:11:24,270 - [whooping] - [laughs] 122 00:11:25,910 --> 00:11:28,450 [Bret] This encouraged our parents to work longer hours 123 00:11:28,550 --> 00:11:30,520 or travel with less restrictions, 124 00:11:30,520 --> 00:11:33,490 leaving all of us behind in beautiful empty houses 125 00:11:33,490 --> 00:11:36,560 in Bel-Air and Beverly Hills or Benedict Canyon, 126 00:11:36,560 --> 00:11:38,530 and that was okay with my friends and I. 127 00:11:38,540 --> 00:11:41,270 We were the family. We raised each other. 128 00:11:41,270 --> 00:11:43,440 [laughing, chattering] 129 00:11:43,550 --> 00:11:46,520 [Bret] We would usually start our day by meeting for lunch at Hamburger Hamlet, 130 00:11:46,520 --> 00:11:48,960 where we'd crowd into the red booths for patty melts 131 00:11:49,160 --> 00:11:52,230 after buying our tickets for the next movie at The Bruin. 132 00:11:52,230 --> 00:11:54,430 Dinner was usually at the food court 133 00:11:54,430 --> 00:11:57,310 with breaks at the arcade playing Space Invaders and PAC-MAN. 134 00:11:59,240 --> 00:12:02,980 Or look for new music at Tower Records, leafing through the paperbacks 135 00:12:03,180 --> 00:12:06,360 at any number of the large bookstores that dotted the streets. 136 00:12:07,020 --> 00:12:09,090 There were five or six in 1981. 137 00:12:09,100 --> 00:12:10,130 That's the one. 138 00:12:10,300 --> 00:12:12,030 [Bret] There are none now. 139 00:12:12,030 --> 00:12:13,670 [laughing, chattering] 140 00:12:19,450 --> 00:12:22,990 [Bret] I kept behind Thom's car up the winding road of the stables 141 00:12:22,990 --> 00:12:26,660 where we parked next to Deborah's gleaming brand-new BMW. 142 00:12:35,080 --> 00:12:38,320 We located Debbie trotting Spirit by his reins. 143 00:12:38,320 --> 00:12:39,820 [whoops] Rock it, Debbie. 144 00:12:39,820 --> 00:12:40,790 [Bret] She was wearing her riding attire. 145 00:12:41,030 --> 00:12:41,760 There you are. 146 00:12:45,900 --> 00:12:47,170 [Thom whooping] 147 00:12:47,170 --> 00:12:49,140 [whinnies] 148 00:12:49,480 --> 00:12:52,350 [Bret] I was aware of Spirit being yet another example 149 00:12:52,450 --> 00:12:54,480 of Debbie's carelessness and privilege. 150 00:12:54,490 --> 00:12:57,930 The cost of maintaining and housing the animal was astronomical, 151 00:12:57,930 --> 00:12:59,860 but I don't think she even cared. 152 00:13:00,970 --> 00:13:03,140 In a way, Debbie was an experiment. 153 00:13:03,340 --> 00:13:05,810 I wasn't determined to have a girlfriend my senior year, 154 00:13:05,810 --> 00:13:07,910 except if it had been Susan Reynolds, 155 00:13:08,110 --> 00:13:12,490 and yet Debbie had become somewhat inexplicably just that. 156 00:13:14,960 --> 00:13:17,200 [♪ pop music playing] 157 00:13:22,070 --> 00:13:26,220 ♪♪ I, I, I wanna give you a kiss I wanna... ♪ 158 00:13:29,320 --> 00:13:31,490 [Bret] We were at a party at Anthony Matthews' house, 159 00:13:31,490 --> 00:13:34,870 and she just started making out with me on a chaise lit by the pool. 160 00:13:34,870 --> 00:13:38,740 I was stoned on a Quaalude. She did a bump of coke. It was midnight. 161 00:13:38,740 --> 00:13:42,150 - [panting] Put it in. I'm so wet. - What? 162 00:13:42,250 --> 00:13:45,790 And I was at a point where I still tried to be attracted to girls. 163 00:13:46,060 --> 00:13:49,530 - There's people around. - I want it. I want you, Bret. 164 00:13:49,530 --> 00:13:51,770 [Bret] I surprised myself and went with it. 165 00:13:53,340 --> 00:13:55,440 Debbie always broke the rules. 166 00:13:55,440 --> 00:13:58,880 By senior year, her hair was a shade of platinum inspired by Blondie. 167 00:13:59,050 --> 00:14:02,790 If you were in 11th or 12th grade, makeup was minimally allowed, 168 00:14:02,790 --> 00:14:05,400 but because Debbie was so rich, she got away with murder 169 00:14:05,530 --> 00:14:07,060 and wore her lipstick hot pink 170 00:14:07,070 --> 00:14:09,440 - or blood red, always defiant. - [school bell rings] 171 00:14:17,250 --> 00:14:21,430 [laughing, whooping] Look, Debbie, I'm you. 172 00:14:21,430 --> 00:14:23,560 You guys, cut it out. You're gonna spook the horses. 173 00:14:23,570 --> 00:14:25,770 - Susan, please, get off his back. - [Susan] Okay. 174 00:14:25,770 --> 00:14:28,910 This is a $1 million horse from Arabia, and you're gonna spook him 175 00:14:29,140 --> 00:14:31,210 because you can't get off Thom's back for five minutes. 176 00:14:31,380 --> 00:14:32,650 You just scared all of them... 177 00:14:32,650 --> 00:14:34,350 [Bret] Thom Wright and Susan Reynolds 178 00:14:34,350 --> 00:14:36,260 had been dating since they were sophomores 179 00:14:36,360 --> 00:14:38,290 and were now the most popular people, 180 00:14:38,290 --> 00:14:41,330 not only in our class, but in the overall student body. 181 00:14:41,730 --> 00:14:43,370 It was obvious why. 182 00:14:43,470 --> 00:14:45,440 Thom and Susan were casually beautiful, 183 00:14:45,440 --> 00:14:48,550 all-American, and they both came from wealthy families. 184 00:14:49,050 --> 00:14:50,820 For about two years, they were in love 185 00:14:50,820 --> 00:14:54,260 until that fall of 1981, when one of them wasn't. 186 00:14:55,390 --> 00:14:57,530 Thom was always the ideal of teen boy handsome, 187 00:14:57,700 --> 00:15:01,070 and what was so alluring about him was that he didn't seem to care. 188 00:15:01,240 --> 00:15:04,980 He had an intriguing blankness that was attractive and soothing. 189 00:15:05,150 --> 00:15:07,050 He was the opposite of Susan, 190 00:15:07,050 --> 00:15:10,160 school class president, effortlessly a straight-A student. 191 00:15:11,660 --> 00:15:14,930 She kind of knew I was secretly in love with her, 192 00:15:14,930 --> 00:15:17,070 and I knew everything about her. 193 00:15:17,570 --> 00:15:20,340 When she got her period, the problem with her mother, 194 00:15:20,340 --> 00:15:24,090 every imaginary slight and deprivation she thought she was enduring... 195 00:15:24,320 --> 00:15:27,860 - I love you. - ... her crushes on classmates before Thom. 196 00:15:34,040 --> 00:15:38,250 She was to me the most beautiful girl ever, 197 00:15:39,280 --> 00:15:43,790 and to this very day, the person I think I've loved the most in my entire life. 198 00:15:43,930 --> 00:15:45,900 Have you heard from your parents? 199 00:15:47,000 --> 00:15:51,070 This morning, still in France, headed to Venice next week. 200 00:15:51,670 --> 00:15:53,650 They're staying in Europe indefinitely. 201 00:15:54,180 --> 00:15:56,450 My mom said that she still thinks she wants to divorce him. 202 00:15:56,650 --> 00:16:00,320 My dad said that the trip has been good, and they weren't coming home 203 00:16:00,320 --> 00:16:03,400 until their marriage was on solid ground again. 204 00:16:03,400 --> 00:16:05,170 I hope it works out for them. 205 00:16:05,670 --> 00:16:07,740 Sucks having divorced parents. 206 00:16:08,140 --> 00:16:09,710 I miss my dad a lot. 207 00:16:10,310 --> 00:16:12,880 My God, it's my dream, all that freedom. 208 00:16:12,880 --> 00:16:15,290 Who's cooking your food? You don't cook. 209 00:16:25,470 --> 00:16:26,740 [Bret] Rosa makes all my meals. 210 00:16:26,740 --> 00:16:28,150 Gracias. 211 00:16:28,780 --> 00:16:31,820 I just write all night after she goes home and do whatever I want. 212 00:16:38,540 --> 00:16:40,640 Are you coming to Debbie's house tonight? 213 00:16:40,640 --> 00:16:42,280 It's the last party of the summer. 214 00:16:42,510 --> 00:16:45,480 Labor Day always makes me blue. It's the end of something. 215 00:16:45,480 --> 00:16:48,890 Oh, but this year is the beginning of our senior year. 216 00:16:48,890 --> 00:16:52,700 We're coming. Although, God, Debbie's dad makes me super uncomfortable. 217 00:16:52,700 --> 00:16:55,230 - So goddamn gay. - Thom! 218 00:16:55,370 --> 00:16:57,540 Sorry, he is. Last time I was there, 219 00:16:57,740 --> 00:17:01,180 he asked me if I wanted to take a Jacuzzi with him in his bathroom, 220 00:17:01,180 --> 00:17:02,850 not the one by the pool. 221 00:17:03,380 --> 00:17:05,390 Pretended I got food poisoning and left. 222 00:17:05,520 --> 00:17:07,730 Yeah, I get gay vibes from him too. 223 00:17:07,730 --> 00:17:10,430 I don't think Debbie's mom knows, if you could believe it. 224 00:17:10,670 --> 00:17:14,710 She likes the house, the trips, going to the Oscars every year. 225 00:17:14,840 --> 00:17:17,780 How many does he have again? Oscars. 226 00:17:17,780 --> 00:17:18,750 Two. 227 00:17:18,750 --> 00:17:20,480 You know that book I'm writing? 228 00:17:20,480 --> 00:17:22,590 I want him to buy it and let me write the movie. 229 00:17:22,720 --> 00:17:25,530 God, I hate coming here every weekend just to watch her ride this dumb horse. 230 00:17:25,530 --> 00:17:30,640 - Why do we do this to ourselves? - Because we are nice people. 231 00:17:31,110 --> 00:17:33,440 And this year, we're gonna rule the school. 232 00:17:33,680 --> 00:17:34,950 [all laughing] 233 00:17:34,950 --> 00:17:36,720 - [Bret] Don't we already? - [Susan] Help. [squeals] 234 00:17:36,880 --> 00:17:38,490 [Bret] There's no helping you. 235 00:18:02,400 --> 00:18:04,540 [♪ "Planet Earth" playing] 236 00:18:17,330 --> 00:18:23,180 ♪♪ Only came outside To watch the night fall With the rain ♪ 237 00:18:24,280 --> 00:18:29,050 ♪♪ I heard you Making patterns rhyme ♪ 238 00:18:29,060 --> 00:18:30,420 I don't understand. 239 00:18:30,890 --> 00:18:33,360 I just think we need to cool it for a while. 240 00:18:33,530 --> 00:18:35,500 It's maybe gotten out of hand. 241 00:18:37,710 --> 00:18:38,840 I agree. 242 00:18:40,880 --> 00:18:42,850 Just remember, we're good friends. 243 00:18:44,650 --> 00:18:45,920 Always will be. 244 00:18:46,460 --> 00:18:49,800 ♪♪ Look now, look all around ♪ 245 00:18:51,830 --> 00:18:53,700 ♪♪ There's no sign of life ♪ 246 00:18:53,710 --> 00:18:58,850 ♪♪ Voices, another sound ♪ 247 00:18:58,850 --> 00:19:04,160 ♪♪ Can you hear me now? ♪ 248 00:19:04,160 --> 00:19:07,930 ♪♪ This is Planet Earth ♪ 249 00:19:07,930 --> 00:19:12,070 ♪♪ You're looking at Planet Earth ♪ 250 00:19:12,070 --> 00:19:15,280 ♪♪ Bop, bop, bop, bop, Bop, bop, bop, bop ♪ 251 00:19:15,450 --> 00:19:17,950 ♪♪ This is Planet Earth ♪ 252 00:19:24,800 --> 00:19:29,340 ♪♪ My head is stuck On something precious ♪ 253 00:19:29,340 --> 00:19:31,050 ♪♪ Let me know ♪ 254 00:19:31,950 --> 00:19:36,960 ♪♪ If you're coming down To land ♪ 255 00:19:37,890 --> 00:19:41,030 ♪♪ Is there anybody... ♪ 256 00:19:41,170 --> 00:19:43,470 So, what was that about with Ryan? 257 00:19:44,410 --> 00:19:45,740 [groans] 258 00:19:45,740 --> 00:19:47,240 Nothing. 259 00:19:47,240 --> 00:19:49,450 We were just talking about how excited we were to graduate 260 00:19:49,450 --> 00:19:51,720 and get the hell out of Los Angeles, 261 00:19:51,720 --> 00:19:53,630 finally start our lives. 262 00:19:53,820 --> 00:19:57,770 For sure, I'm going to school on the East Coast, not even a question. 263 00:19:59,070 --> 00:20:01,410 ♪♪ There's no sign of life ♪ 264 00:20:01,570 --> 00:20:04,010 ♪♪ Voices, another sound ♪ 265 00:20:04,010 --> 00:20:05,620 Oh, my God. 266 00:20:05,850 --> 00:20:08,020 Senior year hasn't even started, and I'm already exhausted. 267 00:20:08,120 --> 00:20:10,660 - It's gonna take so much planning. - Like what? 268 00:20:10,830 --> 00:20:12,830 Well, homecoming is in October, 269 00:20:12,830 --> 00:20:15,400 and I have some rad ideas for the class float. 270 00:20:15,400 --> 00:20:19,110 And then of course, Susan and Thom will be crowned homecoming king and queen. 271 00:20:19,110 --> 00:20:23,020 I don't wanna be a homecoming queen and wear some weird tiara. 272 00:20:24,720 --> 00:20:27,220 Susan, I'll throw you a party at the Beverly Hills Hotel, 273 00:20:27,220 --> 00:20:29,290 and then we're doing an after-party thing 274 00:20:29,300 --> 00:20:31,570 on Dominic Thompson's father's yacht, okay? 275 00:20:31,700 --> 00:20:33,140 - [laughs] - How much coke have you done? 276 00:20:33,140 --> 00:20:34,300 A lot. 277 00:20:34,310 --> 00:20:35,640 - Do you want some? - Duh. 278 00:20:42,960 --> 00:20:45,360 Oh, and I just booked Tommy Tutone 279 00:20:45,560 --> 00:20:48,100 for a private party I'm throwing at the Blue Bayou at Disneyland. 280 00:20:48,100 --> 00:20:50,810 You know, like a cool grad night thing? 281 00:20:52,070 --> 00:20:53,650 We've all worked so hard. 282 00:20:53,840 --> 00:20:55,650 We deserve a nice time. 283 00:20:55,650 --> 00:20:57,220 We deserve nice things. 284 00:20:58,150 --> 00:20:59,660 Blue Bayou, the restaurant 285 00:20:59,660 --> 00:21:01,860 inside the Pirates of the Caribbean ride? 286 00:21:01,860 --> 00:21:03,060 Yeah. 287 00:21:03,730 --> 00:21:06,070 - That's awesome. - [all laughing] 288 00:21:08,540 --> 00:21:10,080 [♪ "This Town" playing] 289 00:21:10,080 --> 00:21:11,650 [ice clinking] 290 00:21:11,880 --> 00:21:13,520 [shaker rattling] 291 00:21:14,150 --> 00:21:15,790 Four vodka sodas, please. 292 00:21:20,330 --> 00:21:23,200 Oh, don't forget to invite the new guy to Disney. 293 00:21:23,200 --> 00:21:24,470 What? 294 00:21:24,610 --> 00:21:26,180 There's a new guy coming in on Tuesday. 295 00:21:26,510 --> 00:21:28,180 A new addition to our senior class. 296 00:21:28,180 --> 00:21:31,190 That's strange. You never get a new kid senior year. 297 00:21:31,590 --> 00:21:34,690 - What's his name? - Um, Robert something. 298 00:21:35,290 --> 00:21:36,730 Oh, Robert Mallory. 299 00:21:37,930 --> 00:21:39,270 How do you know this? 300 00:21:39,570 --> 00:21:41,710 Well, I was having a meeting with Principal Croft 301 00:21:41,710 --> 00:21:45,210 about my student body presidential duties this year, and he told me. 302 00:21:45,210 --> 00:21:48,820 He lives in Century City with his aunt or stepmother or something. 303 00:21:49,360 --> 00:21:51,930 - Well, that's weird. - What's weird about it? 304 00:21:52,030 --> 00:21:53,660 [chuckles] If he lives in Century City, 305 00:21:53,660 --> 00:21:56,170 he would have been eligible to attend Beverly Hills High. 306 00:21:56,170 --> 00:21:59,780 Why opt for our school? Why drive all the way to our school? 307 00:22:00,140 --> 00:22:02,210 Well, he better be cute. 308 00:22:02,210 --> 00:22:04,020 [all laughing] 309 00:22:05,690 --> 00:22:06,890 Like you. 310 00:22:08,030 --> 00:22:10,260 Meet me in my bedroom in ten? 311 00:22:11,170 --> 00:22:12,640 I'm so horny. 312 00:22:18,210 --> 00:22:19,920 [Thom] What did you mean when you said 313 00:22:19,920 --> 00:22:21,450 you didn't want to be homecoming king and queen? 314 00:22:21,720 --> 00:22:24,060 - Oh, God, Thom, it's so corny. - Yeah, but, Susan, honey, 315 00:22:24,060 --> 00:22:26,730 this is what we've been waiting for for four fucking years. 316 00:22:26,830 --> 00:22:29,070 This is the coronation. Everybody wants this. 317 00:22:32,210 --> 00:22:35,380 Okay. For you, I'll think about it. 318 00:22:35,380 --> 00:22:38,350 ♪♪ This town is our town ♪ 319 00:22:38,350 --> 00:22:40,690 ♪♪ This town It is so glamorous ♪ 320 00:22:40,860 --> 00:22:42,330 [Bret] That night in September 321 00:22:42,600 --> 00:22:45,470 was one of the last nights where there was no fear. 322 00:22:45,670 --> 00:22:47,810 [indistinct chatter] 323 00:22:56,790 --> 00:22:59,760 [♪ "Golden Brown" playing] 324 00:23:13,390 --> 00:23:18,070 [Terry] You have to watch The Godfather, Chinatown, and The Story of O. 325 00:23:18,500 --> 00:23:21,270 - You ever heard of The Story of O? - [boy] I have... 326 00:23:21,640 --> 00:23:23,010 Bret. 327 00:23:23,640 --> 00:23:27,150 - Oh. Hi, Mr. Schaffer. - Call me Terry, buddy. 328 00:23:27,150 --> 00:23:29,990 Sit down. There's something I wanted to talk to you about. 329 00:23:29,990 --> 00:23:32,960 You guys go off, watch your movies, tell me the details. 330 00:23:33,130 --> 00:23:34,630 I wanna know your favorite. 331 00:23:34,900 --> 00:23:36,070 Okay. 332 00:23:44,550 --> 00:23:49,660 So... Debbie tells me you're a writer, or you want to be one? 333 00:23:50,900 --> 00:23:53,440 Yes. Yeah, I'm-I'm writing a novel. 334 00:23:53,440 --> 00:23:54,640 Amazing. 335 00:23:55,980 --> 00:23:58,950 Maybe you and I should go talk about that at lunch or something. 336 00:23:59,080 --> 00:24:01,550 I'm always looking for new young voices. 337 00:24:01,750 --> 00:24:02,860 Our business needs that. 338 00:24:03,060 --> 00:24:04,830 The movies need that. 339 00:24:07,330 --> 00:24:09,130 I've always had my eye on you, Bret. 340 00:24:09,140 --> 00:24:10,440 [clicking] 341 00:24:12,070 --> 00:24:13,210 Steven! 342 00:24:14,110 --> 00:24:17,020 Steven, what the... What in the fuck are you doing? 343 00:24:17,020 --> 00:24:19,490 Debbie asked me to take pictures of her guests. 344 00:24:19,490 --> 00:24:21,830 She wants to make a scrapbook. 345 00:24:22,700 --> 00:24:24,130 You know Debbie. 346 00:24:29,170 --> 00:24:32,450 Bret and I are going to go to lunch, talk about his future. 347 00:24:32,720 --> 00:24:35,320 Will you put it down on the schedule, okay? Le Dome. 348 00:24:35,320 --> 00:24:36,560 Sure thing. 349 00:24:36,820 --> 00:24:38,930 Yep, yep. 350 00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:41,800 Thanks, Mr. Schaffer... 351 00:24:45,570 --> 00:24:46,880 Terry. 352 00:25:25,390 --> 00:25:27,120 Where is my husband? 353 00:25:28,630 --> 00:25:29,660 Oh. 354 00:25:29,860 --> 00:25:31,170 Hi, Mrs. Schaffer. 355 00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:33,670 I asked you a question. 356 00:25:34,440 --> 00:25:37,040 Where is my husband? Have you seen him? 357 00:25:37,180 --> 00:25:39,450 Yes, he's-he's down by the pool. 358 00:25:40,520 --> 00:25:42,390 Who was my husband with? 359 00:25:45,160 --> 00:25:46,100 Uh... 360 00:25:46,230 --> 00:25:48,300 - I don't know. - You don't know? 361 00:25:49,770 --> 00:25:53,940 Was he in the bushes, sucking some young guy's dick? 362 00:25:57,920 --> 00:25:59,590 Or did he proposition you? 363 00:26:00,320 --> 00:26:03,500 [Steven] Liz, have you been hitting the wine coolers again? 364 00:26:05,940 --> 00:26:08,870 You seem very tired. Let's put you to bed. 365 00:26:09,840 --> 00:26:11,310 You can go, Bret. 366 00:26:11,980 --> 00:26:13,080 Okay. 367 00:26:13,980 --> 00:26:15,450 Good night, Mrs. Schaffer. 368 00:26:15,450 --> 00:26:18,790 Wait. Why? You're not staying for the movie? 369 00:26:20,100 --> 00:26:21,630 I've already seen it. 370 00:26:21,900 --> 00:26:24,510 Don't you walk away from me, you little asshole. 371 00:26:24,810 --> 00:26:27,210 Where are you going? You gonna meet him upstairs? 372 00:26:27,210 --> 00:26:29,150 I've known you since you were ten years old. 373 00:26:29,150 --> 00:26:31,480 - Don't you dare walk away from me! - Liz, enough. 374 00:26:31,490 --> 00:26:34,830 I'm putting you to bed now. You can take your night-night pills. 375 00:26:35,060 --> 00:26:37,230 [sobbing] 376 00:26:41,570 --> 00:26:43,180 [clicks] 377 00:26:44,180 --> 00:26:46,080 [♪ "Crimson and Clover" playing] 378 00:26:46,950 --> 00:26:51,130 ♪♪ Now I don't hardly know her ♪ 379 00:26:54,370 --> 00:26:56,240 [phone ringing] 380 00:27:05,450 --> 00:27:06,820 Hello? 381 00:27:07,360 --> 00:27:09,430 [heavy breathing on phone] 382 00:27:27,430 --> 00:27:28,730 Your mom is a psycho. 383 00:27:28,730 --> 00:27:29,800 [Debbie chuckles] 384 00:27:30,040 --> 00:27:31,970 Ignore her. I do. 385 00:27:34,210 --> 00:27:35,880 Are you staying for the movie? 386 00:27:36,350 --> 00:27:39,320 No, I've already seen Continental Divide. 387 00:27:39,320 --> 00:27:46,170 I wanna get home, do some writing. Unless you had another idea. 388 00:27:49,810 --> 00:27:51,910 I thought you'd never ask. 389 00:27:52,880 --> 00:27:54,180 ♪♪ Yeah ♪ 390 00:27:56,560 --> 00:28:00,430 ♪♪ My, my, such a sweet thing ♪ 391 00:28:03,570 --> 00:28:05,470 Wow. Babe. 392 00:28:07,580 --> 00:28:09,310 You got muscular this summer. 393 00:28:10,020 --> 00:28:13,460 Oh, you know, push-ups, swimming. 394 00:28:13,460 --> 00:28:14,730 [Debbie chuckles] 395 00:28:15,260 --> 00:28:17,100 Oh, I get a full striptease. 396 00:28:17,100 --> 00:28:19,370 Mm-hmm. Mmm. 397 00:28:24,510 --> 00:28:26,080 [Bret] Debbie always came fast. 398 00:28:26,080 --> 00:28:28,090 Within minutes, she could thrash out an orgasm. 399 00:28:28,290 --> 00:28:29,820 [Debbie] Don't tease me. 400 00:28:29,820 --> 00:28:31,160 [Bret] It took barely anything to make her come, 401 00:28:31,160 --> 00:28:32,390 and this was happening now. 402 00:28:32,530 --> 00:28:34,770 - [Debbie squeals] - [both laugh] 403 00:28:34,770 --> 00:28:37,240 [Bret] You have to remember, being gender fluid was not something 404 00:28:37,400 --> 00:28:39,110 that was allowed back then. 405 00:28:39,110 --> 00:28:41,450 You had to be two people, which was fucking exhausting, 406 00:28:41,550 --> 00:28:43,480 and you had to compartmentalize. 407 00:28:43,480 --> 00:28:45,920 My relationship with Debbie was my public persona, 408 00:28:46,060 --> 00:28:50,260 and my relationship with Matt Kellner was my secret, forbidden one. 409 00:28:58,110 --> 00:29:01,920 Did you hear there's a new kid starting school? Isn't that weird? 410 00:29:01,920 --> 00:29:05,260 Uh, why is that weird? Who cares? 411 00:29:05,560 --> 00:29:09,070 It's just weird if someone enrolls in senior year. 412 00:29:11,540 --> 00:29:13,010 [Matt sighs] 413 00:29:13,610 --> 00:29:14,680 Whatever. 414 00:29:19,760 --> 00:29:23,130 That's all you ever say, about anything. 415 00:29:23,770 --> 00:29:25,170 "Whatever." 416 00:29:26,540 --> 00:29:28,010 You smoke too much pot, Matt. 417 00:29:28,270 --> 00:29:31,210 You're officially the class stoner. Did you know that? 418 00:29:33,150 --> 00:29:34,620 Whatever. [chuckles] 419 00:29:37,220 --> 00:29:39,130 Why don't you socialize, Mattie? 420 00:29:40,030 --> 00:29:42,540 Why didn't you come to Debbie's party tonight? 421 00:29:43,140 --> 00:29:47,140 Well, I told you. I just wanted to, you know, 422 00:29:47,580 --> 00:29:50,580 hang here and listen to the new Elvis Costello album. 423 00:29:51,390 --> 00:29:55,160 And get high, Matt. So tedious. 424 00:29:55,690 --> 00:29:58,470 You're so smart, but you don't let anybody in. 425 00:30:00,070 --> 00:30:02,810 Well, we're friends, right? 426 00:30:04,650 --> 00:30:07,720 Only when I drive over and we fool around in the shadows. 427 00:30:09,320 --> 00:30:12,260 You have lost potential, Matt. 428 00:30:13,200 --> 00:30:15,200 I'm worried about you. 429 00:30:18,170 --> 00:30:19,810 [chuckles] 430 00:30:20,680 --> 00:30:24,450 - I'm the most real person in that school. - [both laugh] 431 00:30:26,060 --> 00:30:27,420 And you know it. 432 00:30:36,310 --> 00:30:38,080 I think we should stop this. 433 00:30:40,680 --> 00:30:42,290 Stop what? 434 00:30:43,820 --> 00:30:45,160 This. 435 00:30:47,300 --> 00:30:49,170 You don't need to say that. 436 00:30:52,740 --> 00:30:55,510 Well, I wouldn't want you to think that I don't care. 437 00:30:56,750 --> 00:30:58,720 No, I don't think anything. 438 00:31:03,030 --> 00:31:04,460 I don't think anything. 439 00:31:13,850 --> 00:31:15,820 What happened to the aquarium? 440 00:31:15,820 --> 00:31:16,960 Uh... 441 00:31:17,190 --> 00:31:18,530 I don't know. 442 00:31:23,740 --> 00:31:26,080 You don't know why your aquarium is empty? 443 00:31:26,440 --> 00:31:30,420 No, I came back the other day and noticed all the fish were gone. 444 00:31:33,260 --> 00:31:35,490 - What are you looking for? - My bong. 445 00:31:36,530 --> 00:31:38,870 And here it is. 446 00:31:38,870 --> 00:31:40,240 All right. 447 00:31:43,280 --> 00:31:44,550 What happened to the water? 448 00:31:44,910 --> 00:31:47,820 I don't know. My mom usually takes care of it. 449 00:31:51,760 --> 00:31:53,560 Do you think maybe the cat got them? 450 00:31:53,700 --> 00:31:57,670 [laughs] You think Alex ate all my fish? 451 00:31:58,040 --> 00:31:59,440 [Bret] I don't know. 452 00:31:59,640 --> 00:32:01,580 Maybe we'll never know. 453 00:32:02,180 --> 00:32:03,450 [Bret] Why? 454 00:32:05,520 --> 00:32:08,660 Well, the cat's missing too. 455 00:32:19,950 --> 00:32:21,590 - Not this time. Yeah. What about last week? What about last week? 456 00:32:21,690 --> 00:32:23,290 Last week... Last week, I wasn't feeling okay. 457 00:32:23,290 --> 00:32:25,460 [laughs] Okay. It's always an excuse, dude. 458 00:32:26,800 --> 00:32:28,630 - Okay. - Hey, check it out. 459 00:33:15,530 --> 00:33:16,660 Gracias. 460 00:33:23,580 --> 00:33:26,280 [weatherman] It's gonna be a warm one for the next week, I'm betting two. 461 00:33:26,380 --> 00:33:28,450 You'll see here we have a high of 82, 462 00:33:28,450 --> 00:33:32,460 and the Santa Anas are at least letting us cool down to 71 at night. 463 00:33:32,460 --> 00:33:34,300 Now, back to Jessica for the morning report. 464 00:33:34,530 --> 00:33:36,840 [Jessica] Some disturbing news this morning in the Southland. 465 00:33:36,840 --> 00:33:40,010 The body of a teenage girl was found yesterday morning 466 00:33:40,310 --> 00:33:42,010 on a tennis court in Woodland Hills. 467 00:33:42,480 --> 00:33:45,250 The body and identity of the young woman have not been released, 468 00:33:45,420 --> 00:33:49,930 and police refused to comment pending an investigation into the homicide. 469 00:33:49,930 --> 00:33:52,000 Viewers will remember that, last summer, 470 00:33:52,000 --> 00:33:54,570 the body of a missing girl, Katherine Latchford, 471 00:33:54,570 --> 00:33:56,510 was found in a dumpster in Redlands. 472 00:33:56,910 --> 00:34:01,550 That case remains unsolved, and police decline to comment at this time 473 00:34:01,550 --> 00:34:05,260 whether the abductions and murders are related. 474 00:34:13,940 --> 00:34:16,320 [siren wailing] 475 00:34:54,090 --> 00:34:55,290 What's wrong? 476 00:34:55,960 --> 00:34:58,100 Did you see the mascot statue, what someone did to it? 477 00:34:58,100 --> 00:35:00,140 [Susan] Yes, I talked to the principal about it. 478 00:35:00,340 --> 00:35:02,840 It's just some stupid prank by a kid at Harvard or something. 479 00:35:02,840 --> 00:35:03,840 Klonopin? 480 00:35:03,840 --> 00:35:04,980 Sure. 481 00:35:05,680 --> 00:35:07,450 [bell rings] 482 00:35:08,790 --> 00:35:10,990 [laughter] 483 00:35:12,490 --> 00:35:14,100 - Babe, what'd you get? - Croissant and ham. 484 00:35:14,100 --> 00:35:16,500 - I just wanna smell it, honestly. - [Bret chuckles] 485 00:35:16,870 --> 00:35:18,340 You can have one. 486 00:35:18,340 --> 00:35:20,310 Why does my stupid mother always pack me pâté for lunch? 487 00:35:20,310 --> 00:35:21,880 I just call it "pad thai." 488 00:35:21,880 --> 00:35:24,220 She knows I'm dieting. She's trying to sabotage me. 489 00:35:25,190 --> 00:35:27,320 Pâté is not on the Beverly Hills Diet. 490 00:35:27,520 --> 00:35:28,660 - Want it? - I do. 491 00:35:28,790 --> 00:35:30,360 - Sure. - Oh, Thom, you don't want that. 492 00:35:30,630 --> 00:35:32,230 - You look great. - [Thom] We can't always get what we want. 493 00:35:32,230 --> 00:35:36,810 I am not eating any more fat for six weeks straight. 494 00:35:36,810 --> 00:35:39,180 It just gets more round if you continue to eat fat. 495 00:35:39,350 --> 00:35:40,620 [Susan] You're gonna pass out. 496 00:35:40,620 --> 00:35:43,690 To try and more angularize the side profile. 497 00:35:43,690 --> 00:35:45,290 [Susan] Of your boobs? 498 00:35:45,460 --> 00:35:46,600 [Debbie] Can I smell a chip? 499 00:35:46,800 --> 00:35:48,100 [Thom] You can take one. 500 00:35:48,530 --> 00:35:49,770 [Debbie] I just wanna smell it. 501 00:35:49,770 --> 00:35:51,100 [Susan] She thinks that this works. 502 00:35:58,550 --> 00:36:00,060 [Debbie] Have you noticed that ever since I cut fat, 503 00:36:00,390 --> 00:36:02,430 my tits from the side are more angular? 504 00:36:02,430 --> 00:36:03,700 - Look. - Yes. 505 00:36:04,160 --> 00:36:07,100 [Bret] You should know I smelled him before I saw him. 506 00:36:07,640 --> 00:36:09,480 It was cedar and sandalwood, 507 00:36:10,140 --> 00:36:12,650 as if he had just walked through a forest of citrus. 508 00:36:13,380 --> 00:36:15,690 [Debbie] Did you get a designer capsule? 509 00:36:18,490 --> 00:36:23,400 - Oh, hi. You must be Robert Mallory. - You must be Susan. 510 00:36:25,040 --> 00:36:27,780 - Principal Croft showed me your picture. - The one on his desk... 511 00:36:27,980 --> 00:36:29,680 [Robert] From the yearbook. 512 00:36:29,680 --> 00:36:30,890 I was just in Principal Croft's office. 513 00:36:31,020 --> 00:36:32,550 He told me I should come say hi. 514 00:36:32,560 --> 00:36:33,860 So, hi. 515 00:36:33,990 --> 00:36:35,760 [Bret] He wore black leather pants 516 00:36:35,760 --> 00:36:37,530 like a second skin with his school blazer. 517 00:36:37,970 --> 00:36:41,570 I was rendered speechless. I couldn't believe it. It was him. 518 00:36:41,770 --> 00:36:45,720 The magical, mystical boy I saw at The Shining a year ago. 519 00:36:45,910 --> 00:36:47,150 [Susan clears throat] 520 00:36:47,420 --> 00:36:49,420 Hi. Bret. 521 00:36:50,420 --> 00:36:51,830 Nice to meet you, Bret. 522 00:36:54,930 --> 00:36:56,340 - You wanna join us? - I'd love to. 523 00:36:56,570 --> 00:36:57,740 [Debbie] Come on. 524 00:36:59,580 --> 00:37:03,180 So, Robert, where do you come from? 525 00:37:03,180 --> 00:37:05,390 - So, I'm-I'm from Chicago originally. - Okay. 526 00:37:05,650 --> 00:37:07,360 [Bret] Robert laid out his background for us 527 00:37:07,360 --> 00:37:09,730 as if it were a job interview he needed to pass. 528 00:37:09,730 --> 00:37:12,840 The last time he'd been in LA for any sustained length of time was 529 00:37:13,000 --> 00:37:16,840 ten months ago when he came out for the holidays and stayed with his aunt. 530 00:37:16,840 --> 00:37:18,550 Wait. So, why are you living with your aunt now? 531 00:37:18,680 --> 00:37:20,450 [Robert] Okay. It's a funny story, 532 00:37:20,450 --> 00:37:22,690 but I got kicked out of my previous school that I was at. 533 00:37:22,690 --> 00:37:24,990 [Bret] Funny and smooth. 534 00:37:24,990 --> 00:37:28,370 His parents were divorced. His mother had then died in a tragic accident. 535 00:37:28,600 --> 00:37:31,000 His father wanted to send him to a military academy, 536 00:37:31,000 --> 00:37:35,510 but his aunt intervened, suggesting Robert relocate to Los Angeles and live with her, 537 00:37:35,510 --> 00:37:38,650 and she would enroll him somewhere for his last year of high school. 538 00:37:38,650 --> 00:37:43,530 Have we met before? At The Whiskey or The Odyssey or something? 539 00:37:44,500 --> 00:37:46,070 I'm not much of a club guy. 540 00:37:46,070 --> 00:37:47,270 I never forget a face. 541 00:37:47,270 --> 00:37:49,040 [chuckles] 542 00:37:49,040 --> 00:37:51,380 I don't really know anyone in LA. I don't go out much. 543 00:37:51,910 --> 00:37:53,680 Did you not bring lunch? 544 00:37:58,860 --> 00:38:01,670 I forgot. I guess first day jitters, right? 545 00:38:01,670 --> 00:38:02,700 [all chuckle] 546 00:38:02,700 --> 00:38:04,740 Do you... Do you want half? 547 00:38:04,910 --> 00:38:07,010 On one level, Robert was intriguing enough to make me forget 548 00:38:07,010 --> 00:38:08,980 - about the griffin streaked with gore. - Sure, thank you. 549 00:38:08,980 --> 00:38:11,590 He was one of the most charming people I'd ever met. 550 00:38:11,590 --> 00:38:14,890 The other thing I gleaned was that he was a complete and utter liar. 551 00:38:15,060 --> 00:38:16,930 Oh, I know where I saw you. 552 00:38:16,930 --> 00:38:18,370 Last summer, did you see The Shining 553 00:38:18,670 --> 00:38:21,540 at the Village Theatre when it first came out? 554 00:38:22,580 --> 00:38:23,810 No. 555 00:38:25,010 --> 00:38:27,420 Are you sure? I'm positive I saw you there. 556 00:38:27,620 --> 00:38:29,520 - Really? - Positive. 557 00:38:31,260 --> 00:38:32,460 [chuckles] 558 00:38:32,660 --> 00:38:34,100 Really? You're positive? 559 00:38:35,100 --> 00:38:36,640 Why would you remember me there? 560 00:38:36,640 --> 00:38:38,040 Did I say something to you or... 561 00:38:38,170 --> 00:38:42,250 No, no, you just left an impression. 562 00:38:46,190 --> 00:38:47,660 I haven't seen that movie. 563 00:38:47,790 --> 00:38:49,760 Well, I'm almost positive I saw you. 564 00:38:50,900 --> 00:38:53,740 In the theater. On a Saturday. 565 00:38:56,370 --> 00:38:57,680 It wasn't me. [laughs] 566 00:38:57,880 --> 00:39:00,080 [chuckles] Weird. 567 00:39:00,920 --> 00:39:02,090 Very weird. 568 00:39:02,620 --> 00:39:04,190 [bell rings] 569 00:39:04,190 --> 00:39:07,570 - That was wacky. - Hmm, saved by the bell. 570 00:39:07,800 --> 00:39:10,240 - [Debbie] Nice to meet you. - [Robert] Nice to meet you all. 571 00:39:10,240 --> 00:39:12,010 [Susan laughs] Oh. 572 00:39:12,980 --> 00:39:14,040 Bye, babe. 573 00:39:14,380 --> 00:39:16,750 [Susan] Have you guys heard of the water ride? 574 00:39:23,930 --> 00:39:25,300 It was nice to meet you, Bret. 575 00:39:26,100 --> 00:39:27,200 You too. 576 00:39:36,120 --> 00:39:39,730 - Good afternoon. - [students] Good afternoon! 577 00:39:39,730 --> 00:39:41,460 Let's start the first assembly of the year 578 00:39:41,470 --> 00:39:45,240 by welcoming Senior President Susan Reynolds. 579 00:39:45,240 --> 00:39:46,270 Susan. 580 00:39:46,270 --> 00:39:48,210 [cheering] 581 00:39:52,690 --> 00:39:54,990 Stop, stop. Thank you. 582 00:39:54,990 --> 00:39:56,130 Whoo! 583 00:39:56,130 --> 00:39:59,070 - Hello, Griffins! - [cheering] 584 00:39:59,070 --> 00:40:01,040 I'm so proud of this girl. 585 00:40:01,740 --> 00:40:05,480 [Susan] And hello to my fellow senior class. 586 00:40:05,750 --> 00:40:09,350 First of all, I just want to say thank you to everyone 587 00:40:09,350 --> 00:40:12,560 who voted for me as your student body class president. 588 00:40:13,160 --> 00:40:16,200 We have a very exciting year ahead of us. 589 00:40:16,300 --> 00:40:19,270 Don't forget our Thanksgiving fundraiser 590 00:40:19,270 --> 00:40:22,610 following the last football game before the holiday. 591 00:40:22,610 --> 00:40:24,520 Let's support our varsity team. 592 00:40:24,520 --> 00:40:26,350 [cheering] 593 00:40:48,970 --> 00:40:50,970 [indistinct chatter] 594 00:41:01,730 --> 00:41:02,860 Yeah. I know. 595 00:41:04,970 --> 00:41:07,540 [Bret] It became clear to me after our second introduction 596 00:41:07,800 --> 00:41:10,180 that Robert Mallory was like a virus. 597 00:41:10,740 --> 00:41:13,380 A new kind of insidious, invading agent 598 00:41:13,680 --> 00:41:20,060 who was here to destroy the very cellular structure of my friends, my school and me. 599 00:41:22,330 --> 00:41:28,280 He was up to something. And it was up to me to find out exactly what that was. 600 00:41:29,480 --> 00:41:31,120 [engine starts] 601 00:41:31,650 --> 00:41:34,290 [♪ "Bad Boys Get Spanked" playing] 602 00:41:48,350 --> 00:41:50,160 [tires screech] 603 00:42:07,760 --> 00:42:09,260 [increases volume] 604 00:42:37,380 --> 00:42:39,250 [tires screech] 605 00:42:40,390 --> 00:42:43,300 ♪♪ Don't you ever think about The consequence? ♪ 606 00:42:43,930 --> 00:42:45,570 ♪♪ Guys like you never do ♪ 607 00:42:47,740 --> 00:42:50,980 ♪♪ That's the kind of stuff That whores are made out of ♪ 608 00:42:51,580 --> 00:42:54,120 ♪♪ That's the kind of stuff That floors are made out of ♪ 609 00:42:54,320 --> 00:42:55,620 ♪♪ You know ♪ 610 00:42:55,620 --> 00:42:58,530 ♪♪ Bad boys get spanked ♪ 611 00:43:03,170 --> 00:43:05,970 ♪♪ Bad boys get spanked ♪ 612 00:43:08,480 --> 00:43:10,550 [tires screeching] 613 00:43:22,840 --> 00:43:24,580 [revving] 614 00:43:26,480 --> 00:43:29,290 ♪♪ You don't listen, Do you, asshole? ♪ 615 00:43:30,920 --> 00:43:32,860 ♪♪ Don't be a punk All your life ♪ 616 00:43:34,230 --> 00:43:36,340 ♪♪ Someone's gonna Sort you out ♪ 617 00:43:37,470 --> 00:43:40,140 ♪♪ They'll try to make a man Out of you ♪ 618 00:43:41,040 --> 00:43:43,550 ♪♪ Now say, "Yes, sir," Say, "No, sir" ♪ 619 00:43:45,090 --> 00:43:47,360 ♪♪ Say, "Yes, ma'am," Say, "No, ma'am" ♪ 620 00:43:47,490 --> 00:43:48,930 ♪♪ You know, don't ya? ♪ 621 00:43:49,460 --> 00:43:52,470 ♪♪ Bad boys get spanked ♪ 622 00:43:52,470 --> 00:43:53,470 Shit. 623 00:43:53,470 --> 00:43:55,370 [tires screeching] 624 00:43:55,370 --> 00:43:56,980 [horn blaring] 625 00:43:57,110 --> 00:43:59,550 ♪♪ Bad boys get spanked ♪ 626 00:44:16,310 --> 00:44:17,580 Shit. 627 00:44:18,120 --> 00:44:20,190 ♪♪ Ooh, ooh ♪ 628 00:44:20,720 --> 00:44:22,960 ♪♪ Get spanked ♪ 629 00:44:26,430 --> 00:44:27,940 ♪♪ Get spanked ♪ 630 00:44:31,910 --> 00:44:33,110 ♪♪ Ooh ♪ 631 00:44:33,120 --> 00:44:35,190 ♪♪ Come here, get spanked ♪ 632 00:44:38,890 --> 00:44:40,200 Fuck you. 633 00:44:41,670 --> 00:44:43,200 ♪♪ Get spanked ♪ 634 00:44:44,610 --> 00:44:45,770 [thud] 635 00:44:46,010 --> 00:44:46,980 Fuck you! 636 00:44:46,980 --> 00:44:48,410 ♪♪ Come here ♪ 637 00:44:49,350 --> 00:44:51,220 ♪♪ Get spanked ♪ 638 00:44:53,190 --> 00:44:54,560 [tires screeching] 639 00:44:55,590 --> 00:44:59,670 Fuck you! Fuck you! Fuck you! Fuck you! 640 00:45:22,110 --> 00:45:23,720 [♪ music stops] 641 00:45:28,120 --> 00:45:30,330 [tires screeching in distance] 642 00:46:34,730 --> 00:46:36,260 Oh, hey. 643 00:46:37,030 --> 00:46:38,270 Hey. 644 00:46:40,000 --> 00:46:42,740 That was you, right? Following me? 645 00:46:43,810 --> 00:46:45,580 I wasn't following you. 646 00:46:46,010 --> 00:46:49,450 I was heading to the Galleria, and I happened to be behind you, I guess. 647 00:46:49,820 --> 00:46:51,320 You were in the Porsche? 648 00:46:51,320 --> 00:46:53,760 Yeah, that was me. I was just fucking with you. 649 00:46:54,430 --> 00:46:55,770 Hmm. 650 00:46:58,370 --> 00:47:00,040 I don't like being followed. 651 00:47:00,040 --> 00:47:01,810 Yeah? You don't like being followed? 652 00:47:01,810 --> 00:47:04,350 Yeah. Freaks me out. 653 00:47:05,590 --> 00:47:07,560 What are you doing here at the mall today? 654 00:47:07,560 --> 00:47:09,700 Shopping for some school clothes. 655 00:47:10,930 --> 00:47:13,370 What brings you to the Galleria on this Tuesday afternoon? 656 00:47:13,370 --> 00:47:15,240 There's a lot of hot girls. 657 00:47:16,580 --> 00:47:19,550 I was gonna see a movie, but I realized I've seen them all. 658 00:47:20,350 --> 00:47:23,190 Which one? The Shining? 659 00:47:23,190 --> 00:47:25,590 You sure you weren't there? I know I saw you. 660 00:47:25,690 --> 00:47:28,430 Dude, you gotta let it go. It wasn't me. 661 00:47:28,430 --> 00:47:32,110 Pretty sure I saw you, dude. 662 00:47:33,440 --> 00:47:35,150 I haven't seen that movie. 663 00:47:49,810 --> 00:47:52,350 What were you talking to Matt Kellner about today? 664 00:47:52,480 --> 00:47:55,650 Oh, yeah? You saw that? You guys friends? 665 00:47:56,720 --> 00:47:58,130 Is that innuendo? 666 00:47:58,730 --> 00:48:00,500 He seems like a very confused guy. 667 00:48:00,500 --> 00:48:03,000 You know, the kind of guy who could use a friend. 668 00:48:03,640 --> 00:48:08,240 What? He's just very laid-back, very easygoing. He's a pothead. 669 00:48:08,250 --> 00:48:09,650 Interesting. 670 00:48:09,780 --> 00:48:11,850 Is Thom Susan Reynolds's boyfriend? 671 00:48:12,590 --> 00:48:13,760 Um... 672 00:48:13,760 --> 00:48:15,590 Yeah. 673 00:48:15,760 --> 00:48:17,460 How long have they been seeing each other? How long have they been dating? 674 00:48:17,460 --> 00:48:19,430 [Bret] About two years. 675 00:48:19,900 --> 00:48:23,640 - So, it's serious. - Very. Why are you asking me this? 676 00:48:24,180 --> 00:48:27,320 Because she's hot. She's quite the little honey, don't you think? 677 00:48:27,320 --> 00:48:28,850 [Bret] At that point, I couldn't breathe. 678 00:48:29,120 --> 00:48:31,090 At that point, I needed to get away from him. 679 00:48:31,320 --> 00:48:32,890 Hey, Bret. 680 00:48:33,630 --> 00:48:34,800 Yeah? 681 00:48:34,900 --> 00:48:36,800 I've just figured something out about you. 682 00:48:40,240 --> 00:48:41,910 What have you figured out about me? 683 00:48:43,310 --> 00:48:46,350 When you talk to me, you're really talking to yourself, dude. 684 00:48:50,630 --> 00:48:52,830 [Bret] After the upsetting car chase 685 00:48:52,830 --> 00:48:56,040 with Robert Mallory on that sweltering and fateful September afternoon, 686 00:48:56,270 --> 00:48:58,880 I remember I went home and popped on the local news. 687 00:48:58,880 --> 00:49:00,450 ...investigation of a Valley Village girl 688 00:49:00,550 --> 00:49:02,250 found brutally murdered earlier today. 689 00:49:02,250 --> 00:49:05,230 [Bret] What I learned that day made my blood run cold. 690 00:49:06,090 --> 00:49:08,400 The city had become paralyzed with fear. 691 00:49:08,400 --> 00:49:11,300 ...might link to the murders of at least two other young women. 692 00:49:11,310 --> 00:49:14,240 Questioned about the suspect's identity, investigators-- 693 00:49:14,240 --> 00:49:17,650 [Bret] Margo Tyler had been missing since June of that year 694 00:49:17,650 --> 00:49:20,760 and her body was found behind a local Tower Records. 695 00:49:21,320 --> 00:49:24,930 She was his third victim. There would be countless more. 696 00:49:27,770 --> 00:49:30,270 The serial killer hunting young people 697 00:49:30,280 --> 00:49:34,350 was nicknamed by investigating officers as The Trawler. 698 00:49:34,650 --> 00:49:37,460 Suddenly, the epidemic of missing pets made sense. 699 00:49:37,560 --> 00:49:39,860 He would use them in a satanic way. 700 00:49:39,960 --> 00:49:44,270 He trawled for victims effortlessly, like a fisherman casting a wide net. 701 00:49:45,040 --> 00:49:46,710 Thus, the catchy nickname. 702 00:49:46,710 --> 00:49:48,810 We'll continue to bring you more as it comes in. 703 00:49:48,810 --> 00:49:51,350 [newscaster] Thanks, Jeff. At the moment, things continue... 704 00:49:55,460 --> 00:49:56,600 [TV turns off] 705 00:49:57,960 --> 00:50:00,400 [phone ringing] 706 00:50:15,500 --> 00:50:19,710 [man groaning] Oh, my God. Oh, no. 707 00:50:19,710 --> 00:50:20,740 Hello? 708 00:50:20,740 --> 00:50:21,950 [groaning] 709 00:50:21,950 --> 00:50:24,550 Oh, God. [screaming] 710 00:50:29,030 --> 00:50:30,030 Hello? 711 00:50:30,030 --> 00:50:31,260 [screaming continues] 712 00:50:31,500 --> 00:50:32,700 Help me. 713 00:50:32,700 --> 00:50:33,940 [sobbing] 714 00:50:33,940 --> 00:50:37,010 [whispering] Help me. Please, help me. 715 00:50:37,010 --> 00:50:38,210 Hello? 716 00:50:38,380 --> 00:50:40,280 [whimpering] Please, help me. 717 00:50:40,280 --> 00:50:44,090 Oh, my God. No, no. 718 00:50:44,260 --> 00:50:47,230 - Hello? - Help! Help! 719 00:50:47,230 --> 00:50:49,430 [♪ rock music playing]