Original subtitles

Previously on "Dare Me"...

That's why I gave you RiRi's part... more time to shine.

Never feel guilty for wanting things.

People will always make you feel guilty for wanting things.

Just tell me the truth for once in your life.

Addy, were you with her last night?

This is about regionals, but this is about you.

This is about you. You just smile,

and then you stab me in the fucking heart.

Nothing's ever enough for you.

- What is it about her? - She isn't you.

[TENSE MUSIC]

If you care about me,

you will do what I ask and leave.

- [SHOUTS] - Stand down!

Do you even see me? Am I even here?

This is my life that we're talking about.

You are my life.

♪♪

[DOOR CREAKS]

It's bad, Addy.

♪♪

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

♪♪

I never gave anything to anyone before.

Not like this.

I never was anything to anyone before.

Not like this.

I never was before.

Now, I am.

[DOOR CLOSES, LOCK CLICKS]

He kept texting me. He wouldn't stop.

He said he couldn't live without me,

that he had no reason to keep going.

That's what he said.

It was all falling apart and he didn't know how to fix it.

I didn't know what to do. That's what he said.

What was I supposed to do?

I mean, I was asleep, so I couldn't do anything.

I couldn't even call. Finally, Madison went to sleep.

And Matt took a sleeping pill. And so I came.

I said I would come, and I did.

[HEAVY BREATHING]

And there he was.

I couldn't believe it. I couldn't believe all the...

I almost slipped in it.

I didn't though. I didn't touch him.

Addy. Addy, do not touch him.

Don't.

I need... I need to fucking think.

I need to get my head in order. [BREATHING HEAVILY]

[CELL PHONE RINGS, VIBRATES]

Wait, what is that?

[TENSE MUSIC]

[SOFTLY] My phone.

[CELL PHONE CONTINUES RINGING]

♪♪

Addy, who's calling you?

It's a text. I get them all the time.

In the middle of the night?

Addy, who is texting you in the middle of the night?

The squad group text.

It's nothing.

[CRACKLING SOUNDS]

What is that?

[GASPS]

Those are his teeth.

[HEAVY BREATHING]

♪♪

He did this?

He did this to himself?

♪♪

Those... texts he sent me...

[SNIFFS]

I didn't think he meant them... Not like this.

Are they on their way?

Are they coming? Did you call 911?

No, of course not.

- What? - [CARPET SLOSHES]

[GASPS] Please, no.

Don't touch anything.

We can't be here.

We can never have been here at all.

We need to go.

Are you gonna leave him?

Someone else has to find him.

It's over now.

[TENSE SYNTH MUSIC]

Synced & corrected by QueenMaddie www.addic7ed.com

[DOOR CREAKS]

[SOMBER MUSIC]

♪♪

[ELEVATOR DINGS]

♪♪

- Did you see that? - What?

[TENSE MUSIC]

Nothing's there.

♪♪

- Where's your car? - I caught a taxi.

My car's in the shop. Where's your car?

[SHALLOW BREATHING]

[SIGHS]

Pull over. Right here.

[BRAKES SQUEAL, GEAR CRANKS]

But your house is over there.

[SHAKY BREATHING]

You think Matt's up?

No.

Are we gonna call the cops now?

[SOFTLY] It'll be all right.

[SNIFFS]

- They'll find him. - Who?

Someone.

His landlord.

One of his men.

But it was us.

If we call, they're gonna ask

what we were doing there in the middle of the night.

Everything will blow up.

My life... will blow up.

Just forget about this.

Okay? Go home.

Pretend it didn't happen. It's gonna be okay.

[SCOFFS]

I promise.

This doesn't have to touch you. You get that.

[SIGHS]

[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]

♪♪

[EXHALES]

[GEAR CRANKS]

[PHONE TINKLES, VIBRATES]

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[GASPS]

[BIRDS CHIRPING]

I'm so sorry. I was just leaving.

No one saw me.

You're my friend, Addy...

The only friend I ever had.

[TENSE MUSIC]

♪♪

[MUSIC ESCALATES]

♪♪

[EXHALES]

[HEAVY BREATHING]

[SOFTLY] You're okay.

You're okay. You're okay.

[TENSE MUSIC]

[SWITCH CLICKS]

♪♪

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[MERRY-GO-ROUND CREAKING]

[CHUCKLING]

[HEAVY BREATHING]

[CREAKING INTENSIFIES]

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

♪♪

It's what you wanted.

You said "faster."

[GASPS]

[CREAKING FADES]

[TENSE MUSIC]

♪♪

[SOMBER SYNTH MUSIC]

♪♪

[DOOR SLAMS]

- Come on, man. - [STUDENTS CHUCKLING]

[DOOR SLAMS]

[DOOR CREAKS]

Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. [ECHOING INDISTINCTLY]

Kill. Kill. Kill.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

Heard the big news.

- What? - Yesterday.

That your life changed forever, right?

Wanna make me say it out loud?

Regionals, girl. Best in the states?

Congratulations, right?

Thanks. Sorry.

We just went a little overboard with the celebrating.

Yeah, for a minute,

I thought you might've landed on your head.

[CHUCKLES] No.

Hey, also, tell me... How does it feel to actually...

I don't know... Win something that matters?

Because football hasn't been to state since I was born.

♪♪

Addy? Addy!

Hello?

- Hi. - Hey.

Seriously.

You okay?

Yeah.

It was just a lot.

[CHUCKLES]

No Sarge Will today?

Nah, I guess he's at some other school.

He has a whole territory to cover or something.

Bitch, where you been?

You too good for us now that you slayed at regionals?

[CHUCKLES]

- Hey. - Hey.

You guys, did you see it?

- It's up? Where? - This way.

Come on. Let's go.

[GIRLS LAUGH]

Someone didn't sleep last night.

Still, you never texted me back.

I figured you were mad at me.

Who says I'm not?

We got bigger drama to mine.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

It's on. Come on.

[RHYTHMIC CLAPPING]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

GIRLS: ♪ Hey ♪

♪ Eagles ♪

- GIRLS: ♪ Hey ♪ - [LAUGHING] Hey.

♪ Eagles ♪

♪ Hey ♪

- ♪ Eagles rock ♪ - Eagles!

ALL: [CHANTING] Eagles!

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

Fourth place at regionals.

Having two states for the first time

in our school's storied history.

Our cheerleading squad!

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

Proving that Sutton Grove Eagles do know how to fly.

Listen, you guys,

the stories I could tell from the front, all right?

The tales of victory, of carnage...

These young women killed the competition.

These young women are bloodthirsty,

and they have a win at states in their sights.

- And they will not be stopped. - [ALL CHEERING]

They will not be stopped until they have

slaughtered every single person in their path!

[TENSE MUSIC]

Okay, now, we all know the woman behind these women,

the queen, the master and commander...

Hell, I just refer to her as the general...

[LAUGHS] Let's give a rousing round of applause

to the indomitable Coach Colette French.

- Coach French! - [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

Coach French?

We have... no. We don't have Coach. Okay, well...

If anyone has earned a day off, it's Coach French, right?

Whatever she's doing, it's well-deserved...

Probably laying the bones

of the fallen squads from regionals behind her.

But let's give her one more cheer wherever she is

and make sure she feels the love.

- Coach French! - [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

[PENCIL THUNKS]

[PHONE KEYBOARD CLACKING]

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[EXHALES]

[GASPS]

[HEAVY BREATHING]

[ERASER SCRITCHING LOUDLY]

[MERRY-GO-ROUND CREAKING]

[GUM POPS]

[CREAKING INTENSIFIES]

[SOUNDS INTENSIFY]

[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]

Should've been wearing your hamsa.

What?

Your hamsa bracelet?

The one I gave you?

Bet if you'd been wearing it, you wouldn't have fainted.

I fainted?

They tried to call your mom, but no luck.

Probably out on official police business,

you know, violating rights, forcing confessions.

It's a good thing your BFF was here

to come and look after you.

Come to think of it,

I haven't seen you wear your hamsa in a good, long while.

I wonder where it ran off to.

♪♪

I think it's at home.

And I don't need protecting.

I just forgot to eat.

Well, lucky for you,

I saved you some celebratory cake.

You girls and your bodies. All you do is abuse yourself.

[LAUGHS SOFTLY]

I abuse myself at least once a day.

This one... Her body's a holy temple.

She could probably do with a bit more abuse...

Relieve some of that stress.

She looks aggrieved, doesn't she?

Your heart's racing.

- I'm gonna try Mom again. - No.

Don't do that. I'm fine.

You don't look fine. I'm going to get you some juice.

[SIGHS]

I bet some cake would help.

♪♪

[CURTAIN RATTLES]

[CHAIR RATTLES]

Seriously. You should actually eat some.

You look like death warmed over.

♪♪

So,

splitsville.

Right?

I knew it was gonna implode.

What?

Will and Coach.

C'est fini.

Swan song. Curtains.

Sayonara, baby.

He's not at his recruiter's table.

And she's not here on the biggest day

of her pathetic career.

Something big must've gone down.

You know, he's probably just... [GULPS]

At another school.

Um, maybe she's sick.

Lovesick.

♪♪

I had another dream...

Like the pyramid,

except it was just us.

And it was raining like that night.

♪♪

Remember? Come on. You must remember that.

Yes, I remember.

We were at Lanvers,

and we were doing toe touch jumps

at the edge of one of the overlooks.

And then we heard this noise

like something falling a long way down.

So we went to the edge to have a look,

but it was dark.

It was so dark that we couldn't see the bottom.

There was no bottom.

And it was scary.

All echo-y black...

This endless abyss,

like it was calling out to us, Addy.

You said that it was calling out.

And then I started to slip.

So you grabbed my wrist to try and pull me up,

but it hurt.

My wrist... it was bleeding.

[EERIE MUSIC]

And then you did it.

Did what?

♪♪

You let go.

Just like always.

You had my wrist, and then you didn't anymore.

♪♪

You let go.

Why am I always doing bad things in your dreams?

[CURTAIN RATTLES]

Guilty conscience?

♪♪

[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]

[STUDENTS CHATTERING]

♪♪

[SIGHS]

[GIRLS LAUGH]

- There she is. - Hi.

Girl dove straight to the floor, stone cold.

I hadn't eaten.

- Oh. - Did Nurse Faye give you

the "Understand Your Eating Disorder" brochure?

Or the self-love speech? That's Beth's favorite.

[BOTH LAUGH] That's a good one.

[ZIPPER ZIPPING]

♪♪

You're gonna swell up.

Could be permanent damage,

like those NFL players who kill people.

Don't worry.

I've got a great plastic surgeon.

Hey, has anyone seen Coach yet?

Maybe she's out tying one on post-regionals?

Day drinking with the booster moms?

♪♪

[ZIPPER UNZIPS]

[SHOE CLACKS]

Shit.

[ENERGETIC MUSIC PLAYING OVER RADIO]

♪♪

[TENSE MUSIC]

♪♪

[DOOR RATTLES, CREAKS]

About time.

[DOOR RATTLES]

♪♪

Where you been, Coach? You missed the celebration.

So, we did it. We made it to states.

The clock is already ticking.

So why are we wasting our first day on celebration,

on sugar-soaked cake

and back-slapping speeches in the cafeteria?

♪♪

Motion drills.

On my count.

Five, six, seven, eight.

♪♪

[RHYTHMIC CLAPPING CONTINUES]

Stop.

[GIRLS PANTING]

Your shoes, Addy. Where are your cheer shoes?

I forgot them, I guess.

You know the rules.

You don't walk into my gym without the proper shoes.

Come here.

Fifty push-ups.

With claps.

[PANTING, GRUNTS]

You have to go. You cannot be here.

Not happening.

[SIGHS] I can't.

[GASPS]

[HEAVY BREATHING]

Fine.

I can stand here for the whole goddamn world to see!

Or you can let me in.

Either way, I'm not leaving.

She's asleep.

Daddy's shirt always does the trick.

He had to go out of town this morning... some work thing.

We need to talk about last night.

[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]

I'm in this now, and...

I need to know everything.

You owe me that.

♪♪

[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]

♪♪

Things have been not great

for a while.

Will... he had problems.

I mean, you saw him that afternoon he came here,

how he was.

Yeah. He wasn't himself.

Life was always hard for him.

He came apart.

We both did.

Does things to you. [INHALES DEEPLY]

Darkness never really goes away.

It's always at the corners of things,

and I don't know.

For Will, maybe those corners, they were...

[SIGHS DEEPLY] Closing in.

[PHONE RINGS, VIBRATES]

_

You must have some idea

what would make him do something like that.

The last time we saw each other, we were kids.

He had a girlfriend.

I... [SCOFFS]

Had guys.

We liked to fuck.

Things with Matt...

were horrid after I moved here.

And it just kept building and building...

All of those things that we weren't letting each other see.

And then one night, it was... [LAUGHS] Just too much.

I lied. I said that...

we were out of milk

just to get out of the house,

just to go somewhere, anywhere.

And there he was,

this guy,

standing in the middle of the store,

drinking milk out of the carton like a kid who couldn't wait.

[LAUGHING] I couldn't take my eyes off of him.

And then he looked at me. And he said my name.

It was that voice... so familiar,

as familiar as my dad's.

Full of smoke.

And we started talking.

[INHALES SHARPLY]

And he said the funniest thing.

He said, "You look so lonely."

And I told him he was wrong.

I wasn't lonely at all.

And he smiled and said, "Oh, I'm sorry.

Guess I got it all wrong."

But he hadn't.

I was lonely.

Confused. Desperate.

But not as desperate as he was.

♪♪

What happened?

♪♪

It seemed...

I thought you were in love.

[SIGHS]

It was supposed to be an escape

for both of us.

I don't...

I don't even know what he was trying to get away from.

I never even thought about that.

Not once.

I just... I...

I needed a break to think things through.

We were going to regionals. That's when the texts started.

At first, I ignored them, but he just kept texting me,

and when I finally responded,

it just seemed to make everything worse.

He said that he had to see me. He was scaring me.

[SCOFFS]

Matt was asleep.

Everyone was.

So I...

I called a cab,

and I sat outside and I waited.

And it was so still and peaceful.

And I just wanted to stay there and look at the stars.

[CHUCKLES]

[SIGHS]

After all this, I ended up right where I started...

Just wanting to be alone.

♪♪

So you went there, and you found him.

Yes.

But, Coach, why did you call me?

I don't know.

I couldn't handle it on my own.

I needed a friend. I needed someone I could trust.

I...

I needed you.

[THUNDER RUMBLING]

Let's go do something, Addy.

- [RUMBLING CONTINUES] - I have to go do something.

[MERRY-GO-ROUND CREAKING]

[MUTED TENDER MUSIC]

♪♪

I'll get 'em. I'll grab a bunch.

[CRYING SOFTLY]

[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]

♪♪

[CRYING SOFTLY]

Coach?

[SOBBING]

Coach.

[SOBBING CONTINUES]

Come here.

I can't believe he's gone.

Oh.

[EXHALES]

I'm so glad that you're here with me.

Me too.

[GASPS]

[PANTING SOFTLY]

[PENSIVE MUSIC]

♪♪

[ZIPPER ZIPS]

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[MELANCHOLIC SYNTH MUSIC]

♪♪

We walked into the darkest place there was.

But we did it together.

And when the night was over, I remembered...

how bright it was,

how it shines everywhere,

even the places you don't want it to go...

Into the cracks and corners and weak places,

how after a little while,

it makes you miss the dark.

_

[KATIE VON SCHLEICHER'S "BABY DON'T GO"]

♪ I tried so ♪

♪ Hard ♪

♪♪

♪ Well, I knew I was angry ♪

♪ I knew it was wrong ♪

♪ But, baby, don't go ♪

♪ Baby, don't go ♪

♪ Hoo ♪

♪ Baby, don't go ♪

♪ Baby, don't go ♪

♪ Hoo ♪

♪ I tried so ♪

♪ Hard ♪

♪♪

♪ I tried so ♪

♪ Hard ♪

♪♪

♪ And I knew it was out there ♪

♪ I knew it was wrong ♪

♪ But, baby, don't go ♪

It's like what Beth told me that night at Lanvers Peak,

the one she dreamt about.

We were high. So high.

And she was looking into my eyes and seeing me,

saying,

"When you gaze into the abyss, Addy..."

♪ Baby, don't go, oh ♪

"The abyss gazes into you."

Synced & corrected by QueenMaddie www.addic7ed.com