1 00:00:24,780 --> 00:00:28,500 lights and candles or something, you know, make it a little more romantic 2 00:00:28,500 --> 00:00:30,160 since this is a double date. 3 00:00:30,440 --> 00:00:31,740 Ooh, that's a nice idea. 4 00:00:32,640 --> 00:00:34,080 I'd like to keep the lights on. 5 00:00:34,500 --> 00:00:38,100 And maybe we should, you know, move the party inside. 6 00:00:38,700 --> 00:00:39,700 Why? 7 00:00:40,160 --> 00:00:41,160 The home invasion? 8 00:00:41,320 --> 00:00:45,860 There was another one last Sunday night. And the houses were dark when the home 9 00:00:45,860 --> 00:00:49,700 invasions happened? I mean, that's why people broke in? I don't know, but I'm 10 00:00:49,700 --> 00:00:51,580 assuming with the lights on, it's a deterrent. 11 00:00:51,880 --> 00:00:52,880 A deterrent. 12 00:00:54,250 --> 00:00:57,530 A deterrent. Whoever is doing it also steals people's pets. 13 00:00:58,090 --> 00:00:59,690 Their cats, their dogs. 14 00:00:59,970 --> 00:01:01,390 Uses them ritualistically. 15 00:01:01,610 --> 00:01:02,730 Do you remember, Susan? 16 00:01:02,990 --> 00:01:04,650 The school mascot on the first day of school. 17 00:01:05,269 --> 00:01:07,370 Cole. Another girl is missing, too. 18 00:01:07,810 --> 00:01:10,070 Who? Julie Selwyn from Marymount. 19 00:01:10,890 --> 00:01:14,410 It's been almost eight weeks since she disappeared. Maybe she just ran away. 20 00:01:14,470 --> 00:01:15,470 Okay, guys. 21 00:01:15,590 --> 00:01:17,690 Let's stop trying to creep ourselves out. 22 00:01:18,070 --> 00:01:19,490 I want to talk about the party. 23 00:01:22,170 --> 00:01:23,170 The party? 24 00:01:23,210 --> 00:01:24,210 Yeah. 25 00:01:25,050 --> 00:01:27,110 I'm going to throw a party for Robert Mallory. 26 00:01:27,930 --> 00:01:30,670 It's going to be at my house, and I think we should all throw it together, 27 00:01:30,890 --> 00:01:34,270 the four of us, to welcome him. And we'll invite everyone in our senior 28 00:01:34,270 --> 00:01:35,610 class. Totally awesome. 29 00:01:35,890 --> 00:01:36,890 Cool. Fun. 30 00:01:36,930 --> 00:01:37,930 Love it. 31 00:01:39,050 --> 00:01:40,050 Wait, why? 32 00:01:40,970 --> 00:01:44,270 Why throw him a party? I think we should make him feel welcome. 33 00:01:44,830 --> 00:01:48,230 I think he had some hard times, and I think he needs to feel welcome. 34 00:01:50,530 --> 00:01:51,530 Hard times? 35 00:01:53,030 --> 00:01:54,230 What were the hard times? 36 00:01:59,790 --> 00:02:01,850 I was in Principal Croft's office yesterday. 37 00:02:02,390 --> 00:02:03,390 Dr. 38 00:02:06,170 --> 00:02:07,930 Croft asked me to throw this party. 39 00:02:08,410 --> 00:02:12,810 He said he was worried about Robert and that my responsibility as student body 40 00:02:12,810 --> 00:02:15,570 president was to make everyone feel as welcome as possible. 41 00:02:15,950 --> 00:02:17,010 I totally agree. 42 00:02:17,650 --> 00:02:21,190 It seems that... What? Robert was... 43 00:02:22,840 --> 00:02:23,840 Institutionalized. And an asylum. 44 00:02:24,220 --> 00:02:27,820 You've got to be kidding me. Croft said it was more of a developmental center. 45 00:02:28,160 --> 00:02:32,120 He was treated for depression and some other issues. Right. So the guy's been 46 00:02:32,120 --> 00:02:34,540 locked away in a loony bin. That's a little dramatic, Brett. 47 00:02:34,780 --> 00:02:38,740 You always embellish everything. I'm a writer. It's my job. Look, no biggie. 48 00:02:38,820 --> 00:02:40,220 The guy went through some shit. 49 00:02:40,600 --> 00:02:42,240 His parents divorced and whatnot. 50 00:02:42,540 --> 00:02:43,800 His mother's death. 51 00:02:44,720 --> 00:02:46,140 I feel sorry for him. 52 00:02:47,940 --> 00:02:49,520 Robert Mallory needs a friend. 53 00:02:50,300 --> 00:02:52,140 And I intend to be one. Me too. 54 00:02:52,340 --> 00:02:53,259 Me three. 55 00:02:53,260 --> 00:02:54,260 One, two, Tommy. 56 00:02:54,400 --> 00:02:56,640 Well, thanks, Debs. I've got to get up early tomorrow to practice. 57 00:02:57,120 --> 00:03:00,180 So that'll keep your body tight. I'm already tight. I'm keeping it tight. You 58 00:03:00,180 --> 00:03:01,620 know what? I feel like some red wine. 59 00:03:02,240 --> 00:03:03,480 Anyone for a nice cup? 60 00:03:03,920 --> 00:03:05,980 Please. He's a liar, guys. 61 00:03:06,700 --> 00:03:09,900 He lied about seeing me at the movie theater last summer during The Shining. 62 00:03:09,920 --> 00:03:12,420 I do not trust him, and neither should you. Brett. 63 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:17,800 It's just a party. No, Susan. It's a validation. Hey, guys. 64 00:03:18,240 --> 00:03:19,800 It's getting a little tense in here. 65 00:03:20,270 --> 00:03:21,450 Maybe we should hot tub it. 66 00:03:22,190 --> 00:03:23,190 Let's hot tub it. 67 00:03:23,210 --> 00:03:26,330 Come on. Let's go to the hot tub. Okay? Come on. Come on. 68 00:04:11,820 --> 00:04:13,100 With that, we'll tell her. 69 00:04:16,360 --> 00:04:18,640 Red, please be some more wino. 70 00:04:19,140 --> 00:04:21,360 You're so much more fun when you drink. 71 00:04:22,200 --> 00:04:24,580 Okay, so we'll do a Saturday. 72 00:04:24,860 --> 00:04:27,900 My house, Barber's Park. It's settled. 73 00:04:28,240 --> 00:04:29,159 It's settled. 74 00:04:29,160 --> 00:04:30,480 Settled. Settled. 75 00:04:31,140 --> 00:04:36,180 Guys, just to state the fact, he followed me to the mall. That's funny 76 00:04:36,180 --> 00:04:39,780 because he told me that you were the one following him. 77 00:04:43,020 --> 00:04:44,020 No, he's talking. 78 00:05:16,170 --> 00:05:16,889 You're important. 79 00:05:16,890 --> 00:05:17,890 You're important. Come here. 80 00:05:53,100 --> 00:05:57,840 You know I don't believe you when you say that you don't need me. It's what 81 00:05:57,840 --> 00:05:58,840 you like to find. 82 00:05:59,160 --> 00:06:00,940 You think you've changed your mind. 83 00:06:01,260 --> 00:06:02,400 You'd better change. 84 00:06:48,880 --> 00:06:49,880 Matt called. 85 00:06:51,980 --> 00:06:53,460 Who? Matt. 86 00:06:54,240 --> 00:06:55,240 From school. 87 00:06:57,000 --> 00:06:58,000 What did he want? 88 00:06:58,280 --> 00:07:00,500 Oh, you were so knocked out I didn't want to wake you. 89 00:07:02,120 --> 00:07:03,840 He said to stop calling. 90 00:07:06,240 --> 00:07:07,680 What's that supposed to mean? 91 00:07:08,160 --> 00:07:09,160 No idea. 92 00:07:12,180 --> 00:07:13,180 I'll see you tonight. 93 00:07:29,420 --> 00:07:34,560 One of the hallmarks of the early 1980s for a young person in Los Angeles was 94 00:07:34,560 --> 00:07:37,260 you had to survive things to become an adult. 95 00:07:39,320 --> 00:07:42,640 Real-life boogeymen, known as serial killers, were a threat. 96 00:07:44,160 --> 00:07:45,660 And so were cults. 97 00:07:50,160 --> 00:07:55,020 The cult that terrorized Los Angeles in 1981, when I was a senior in high 98 00:07:55,020 --> 00:07:57,980 school, was bloodthirsty, terrifying. 99 00:07:58,830 --> 00:08:00,970 and had similar habits to the Trawler. 100 00:08:02,170 --> 00:08:06,690 In fact, law enforcement would suspect that this cult was involved in the 101 00:08:06,690 --> 00:08:11,170 Trawler murders, and that the vicious ritualist killings plaguing the city 102 00:08:11,170 --> 00:08:14,830 were done not by one member, but by several. 103 00:08:30,160 --> 00:08:33,919 The city had never truly recuperated from the Manson killings a decade 104 00:08:33,919 --> 00:08:34,919 earlier. 105 00:08:35,419 --> 00:08:39,320 And, like Charlie and the Manson girls, the riders of the afterlife, as they 106 00:08:39,320 --> 00:08:40,320 called themselves, 107 00:08:40,679 --> 00:08:43,280 reigned from Ojai to the San Fernando Valley. 108 00:08:46,180 --> 00:08:50,960 This group of young, barely articulate hippies formed out in the Mojave, 109 00:08:51,160 --> 00:08:56,000 acolytes of a leader only referred to as Bruce, who turned out to be a high 110 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:57,920 school English teacher from Lancaster. 111 00:08:58,350 --> 00:09:01,390 fired due to sexual improprieties with female students. 112 00:09:05,790 --> 00:09:10,830 The cult had drugged, acid, tranquilizers, and their activities 113 00:09:10,830 --> 00:09:15,490 quickly accelerated that year as Bruce became more addictive and messianic. 114 00:09:19,710 --> 00:09:23,530 Well, maybe I should ask for the recipe so that I can make it for you. 115 00:09:23,730 --> 00:09:24,730 Penny? 116 00:09:30,410 --> 00:09:31,410 Oh my god. 117 00:09:31,650 --> 00:09:32,650 Is that blood? 118 00:09:34,810 --> 00:09:36,090 Go inside and call the police. 119 00:09:38,130 --> 00:09:41,090 Then came break-ins in Hancock Park and Silver Lake. 120 00:09:41,370 --> 00:09:43,370 They wanted to unify through fear. 121 00:09:44,530 --> 00:09:46,030 And then things got worse. 122 00:09:46,610 --> 00:09:48,930 The home invasions escalated to violence. 123 00:09:49,370 --> 00:09:52,970 The victims who survived those early attacks said the intruder wore a black 124 00:09:52,970 --> 00:09:55,510 ski mask and matching jeans and turtleneck. 125 00:09:57,670 --> 00:09:59,770 He was a terrifying shapeshifter. 126 00:10:27,760 --> 00:10:30,600 throughout the city of Los Angeles to remain vigilant. 127 00:10:30,920 --> 00:10:34,620 A gruesome discovery in Brentwood tonight after a home invasion turned 128 00:10:34,620 --> 00:10:39,360 deadly. Between nightly news reports of the trawler murders, two other young 129 00:10:39,360 --> 00:10:43,000 people went out missing, and then reports of the riders of the afterlife 130 00:10:43,000 --> 00:10:45,240 attacks, the city was on edge. 131 00:10:45,680 --> 00:10:46,760 And so was I. 132 00:10:51,240 --> 00:10:54,300 Every night, I kept thinking I heard someone in the house. 133 00:10:55,240 --> 00:10:59,640 I was at my desk working on my novel, and whenever I stopped typing, I would 134 00:10:59,640 --> 00:11:04,260 feel a presence either lurking outside the house or somewhere within it. 135 00:11:21,930 --> 00:11:25,250 A number of times I thought I heard the doorbell or the chiming that announced 136 00:11:25,250 --> 00:11:26,590 the garage doors opening. 137 00:11:28,010 --> 00:11:30,910 For weeks I crept through the house clutching a weapon. 138 00:12:08,590 --> 00:12:12,050 But no one was there not yet 139 00:12:12,050 --> 00:12:17,030 But I could tell they were coming 140 00:13:08,090 --> 00:13:09,330 Mom? Mom! 141 00:13:20,650 --> 00:13:21,870 That's my Lancome. 142 00:13:22,170 --> 00:13:26,790 You're not allowed to wear eye shadow at school. I'm going out. I'm almost done. 143 00:13:28,530 --> 00:13:31,710 I'm going to La Scala with Joey Carson and Jackie Collins. 144 00:13:34,340 --> 00:13:35,840 Going out with Brett tonight again? 145 00:13:36,820 --> 00:13:38,140 Yes, Mother, we're in love. 146 00:13:38,980 --> 00:13:42,080 Being with each other whenever you can is what being in love looks like. 147 00:13:42,480 --> 00:13:45,520 Remember? You want to look good for your man. I get it. 148 00:13:47,760 --> 00:13:48,760 Oh, honey. 149 00:13:49,500 --> 00:13:50,500 Men. 150 00:13:51,720 --> 00:13:55,300 All your meaningless flirtations you think will get you somewhere and make 151 00:13:55,300 --> 00:13:58,400 you happy. Just give me the compact and have another Chablis, Mom. 152 00:14:01,770 --> 00:14:04,430 There's just so much you don't know about them. There's just so much you 153 00:14:04,430 --> 00:14:10,410 don't know. I know. You're so cool and so clever and so naive about so many 154 00:14:10,410 --> 00:14:12,070 things. And you're so jealous. 155 00:14:12,630 --> 00:14:13,630 Jealous. 156 00:14:14,770 --> 00:14:16,690 Jealous of the trainer at the stable. 157 00:14:17,750 --> 00:14:22,270 That dumb guy your father cast in that absurd roller disco movie. And now, 158 00:14:22,350 --> 00:14:23,350 Brett. 159 00:14:24,290 --> 00:14:26,790 What's wrong with Brett? He's very aloof. 160 00:14:28,270 --> 00:14:31,530 And Seymour interested in that book he's writing and coming to his girlfriend's 161 00:14:31,530 --> 00:14:35,250 party and staying like a gentleman through the movie. Well, he came, didn't 162 00:14:35,250 --> 00:14:36,250 he? 163 00:14:36,650 --> 00:14:38,530 We had sex before he left. 164 00:14:41,110 --> 00:14:42,230 And how was that? 165 00:14:43,210 --> 00:14:44,270 A change of pace? 166 00:14:45,170 --> 00:14:47,450 Just focus on getting Dad to want to touch you again. 167 00:14:49,030 --> 00:14:52,490 If you keep this up, you're not going to be very happy. 168 00:14:52,750 --> 00:14:53,810 Then I'll end up like you? 169 00:14:56,890 --> 00:14:57,930 Look in the mirror. 170 00:15:01,930 --> 00:15:02,930 You are me. 171 00:15:10,450 --> 00:15:10,890 How 172 00:15:10,890 --> 00:15:17,850 are we even 173 00:15:17,850 --> 00:15:21,030 getting into this club? It's opening night. The IP list must be enormous. 174 00:15:21,410 --> 00:15:23,370 My dad knew the owner. Duh. 175 00:15:24,150 --> 00:15:25,930 Well, I'm excited about this. Me too. 176 00:15:28,689 --> 00:15:31,910 Music videos are going to be like the new great art form. 177 00:15:32,110 --> 00:15:35,370 They tell a narrative device in like under five minutes and take you inside 178 00:15:35,370 --> 00:15:36,730 the mind of the musician. 179 00:15:36,970 --> 00:15:40,630 Makes you understand in some cases what the song is really about. 180 00:15:41,090 --> 00:15:44,790 Subtextually. Oh, Brad, you're so smart about stuff like the art. 181 00:15:45,170 --> 00:15:46,470 You have an enthusiasm. 182 00:15:47,870 --> 00:15:49,810 I'm like my father, he just wants to be rich. 183 00:16:07,280 --> 00:16:08,280 You want something? 184 00:16:08,820 --> 00:16:09,920 Uh, whatever you have. 185 00:16:50,979 --> 00:16:54,860 Say hi to the owner, my dad's friend. I want to watch the video. 186 00:16:55,960 --> 00:16:58,300 Meet me back here in five. This is all so cool, right? 187 00:17:40,570 --> 00:17:41,570 Hey. 188 00:17:43,750 --> 00:17:45,530 Bet you think I followed here, don't you? 189 00:17:46,770 --> 00:17:47,770 Did you? No. 190 00:17:48,210 --> 00:17:49,210 I wasn't invited. 191 00:17:49,710 --> 00:17:50,669 By who? 192 00:17:50,670 --> 00:17:51,670 By Debbie. 193 00:17:51,910 --> 00:17:52,910 No, your girlfriend. 194 00:17:54,550 --> 00:17:57,830 Tom's coming too. I think the whole gang wants to get to know me a little better 195 00:17:57,830 --> 00:17:59,910 before the party you're throwing in my honor. Okay. 196 00:18:00,290 --> 00:18:01,290 Go. 197 00:18:05,010 --> 00:18:06,850 Hey, I'm sorry to hear about what happened with Matt. 198 00:18:07,190 --> 00:18:08,190 He told me. 199 00:18:09,960 --> 00:18:12,140 He told you what? He told me you guys had a falling out. 200 00:18:12,840 --> 00:18:13,900 He told you that? 201 00:18:15,140 --> 00:18:16,140 Yeah. 202 00:18:17,620 --> 00:18:19,920 You talk to a lot of people, don't you, Robert? 203 00:18:20,200 --> 00:18:21,700 Everybody needs someone to confide in. 204 00:18:25,520 --> 00:18:29,880 Well, you misunderstood about Matt and I. 205 00:18:30,400 --> 00:18:33,220 We didn't have a falling out now. I just have a girlfriend. We don't see each 206 00:18:33,220 --> 00:18:34,220 other as much anymore. 207 00:18:34,620 --> 00:18:35,800 Maybe you were too clingy. 208 00:18:37,640 --> 00:18:40,300 You turned him off or something. Maybe you should go fuck yourself. 209 00:18:42,120 --> 00:18:43,120 There he is. 210 00:18:43,520 --> 00:18:44,520 That's my guy. 211 00:18:46,340 --> 00:18:47,340 Is he coming? 212 00:18:47,480 --> 00:18:48,940 No, it's just a study or something. 213 00:18:49,880 --> 00:18:50,940 But I wish he was coming. 214 00:18:52,800 --> 00:18:53,860 Do you guys ever date? 215 00:18:55,560 --> 00:18:56,560 No. 216 00:18:57,240 --> 00:18:58,240 Why not? 217 00:18:58,860 --> 00:19:02,840 Because we were always just best friends since we were little. 218 00:19:05,540 --> 00:19:07,080 But you never wanted to fuck her? 219 00:19:11,560 --> 00:19:12,780 No. I don't. 220 00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:15,200 I'd love to fuck her. 221 00:19:16,640 --> 00:19:18,020 Taste her sweet little puffy. 222 00:19:18,880 --> 00:19:19,880 Fuck her in the ass. 223 00:19:20,700 --> 00:19:21,700 Make her scream. 224 00:19:21,740 --> 00:19:22,740 Make her beg for it. 225 00:19:35,140 --> 00:19:36,840 I remember thinking later. 226 00:19:37,340 --> 00:19:40,880 that I should have stayed in the room with Robert and talked him through all 227 00:19:40,880 --> 00:19:44,280 this so I could have a better inkling of what his plans for Susan Reynolds 228 00:19:44,280 --> 00:19:47,700 actually were, because I knew he was going to act on them. 229 00:19:48,640 --> 00:19:51,940 I also knew she was going to throw a party for him I could not stop. 230 00:19:52,780 --> 00:19:54,620 She had found him electrified. 231 00:19:55,140 --> 00:19:59,580 She was going to let herself get lost in his madness, and everything would get 232 00:19:59,580 --> 00:20:00,580 ruined. 233 00:21:06,350 --> 00:21:10,490 Why do you keep calling me? What are you talking about? Why do you keep calling 234 00:21:10,490 --> 00:21:13,710 me? I'm not calling you. So you're telling me you're not calling and 235 00:21:13,710 --> 00:21:14,710 breathing into the phone? 236 00:21:14,930 --> 00:21:16,870 Nah. You've been rather insistent, Brett. 237 00:21:17,090 --> 00:21:18,090 That isn't me. 238 00:21:18,670 --> 00:21:20,490 Whoever the fuck is doing that isn't me. 239 00:21:20,970 --> 00:21:22,410 It's been going on all week. 240 00:21:22,730 --> 00:21:27,830 I know it's you. I swear, I was with Debbie when you called. I only called to 241 00:21:27,830 --> 00:21:30,390 tell you to knock it off. To tell you that this isn't funny. 242 00:21:31,710 --> 00:21:32,770 What you did here. 243 00:21:32,970 --> 00:21:34,930 What did I do? You came into my house. 244 00:21:35,230 --> 00:21:39,890 When I was gone and drained my fish tank and put this weird sign on my foreigner 245 00:21:39,890 --> 00:21:40,890 poster. 246 00:21:44,370 --> 00:21:46,390 I didn't do this. You did. 247 00:21:47,430 --> 00:21:50,250 Did you ask your mother or housekeeper? 248 00:21:58,050 --> 00:22:01,610 Matt, what did Robert Mallory talk to you about the other day in the parking 249 00:22:01,610 --> 00:22:03,930 lot? He introduced himself to me. 250 00:22:04,560 --> 00:22:09,480 He said my dad knew his aunt. What did you tell him about us? I didn't tell him 251 00:22:09,480 --> 00:22:10,480 anything. 252 00:22:14,020 --> 00:22:15,560 You're drunked out all the time. 253 00:22:16,560 --> 00:22:18,360 You're disoriented about everything. 254 00:22:18,560 --> 00:22:20,840 The fish, the phone calls. 255 00:22:21,660 --> 00:22:25,480 You live in the guest house. You never see your parents. Does Robert Mallory 256 00:22:25,480 --> 00:22:26,700 know something about us? 257 00:22:28,660 --> 00:22:31,580 Because he asked a couple of interesting questions about you. 258 00:22:31,800 --> 00:22:32,800 Like what? 259 00:22:33,360 --> 00:22:34,560 answers to those questions. 260 00:22:37,500 --> 00:22:39,480 I think you're making this all up. 261 00:22:40,620 --> 00:22:46,600 I think you drained the aquarium because you got so stoned and you painted the 262 00:22:46,600 --> 00:22:52,060 pentagram and you said things to Robert Mallory about me that you can't even 263 00:22:52,060 --> 00:22:55,780 remember because you're always high as fuck. 264 00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:07,680 I think there's something very wrong with him. 265 00:23:11,020 --> 00:23:15,140 Why won't you tell me what he asked you about me? 266 00:23:16,720 --> 00:23:17,720 About us? 267 00:23:18,640 --> 00:23:20,220 Don't come over here anymore. 268 00:23:23,720 --> 00:23:25,740 Don't. Don't ever do that again. 269 00:23:29,200 --> 00:23:30,900 What? Try and kiss me. 270 00:23:33,380 --> 00:23:35,140 This was never a serious thing. 271 00:23:37,580 --> 00:23:38,860 Why are you doing this right now? 272 00:23:39,720 --> 00:23:40,720 I'm upset. 273 00:23:42,060 --> 00:23:43,380 And I didn't want to be alone. 274 00:23:46,340 --> 00:23:50,740 So I drove over here to see you, man. 275 00:23:51,220 --> 00:23:56,040 You know, I don't even know why you keep calling. 276 00:23:57,920 --> 00:23:59,220 Keep showing it up here. 277 00:24:01,520 --> 00:24:02,520 What? 278 00:24:03,460 --> 00:24:05,280 Think we're going to be boyfriends or something? 279 00:24:06,600 --> 00:24:09,020 Huh? Are you fucking crazy? 280 00:24:11,080 --> 00:24:13,280 Huh? That's a legitimate question. 281 00:24:15,040 --> 00:24:16,980 Get away from me! 282 00:24:17,680 --> 00:24:18,680 Go! 283 00:24:20,180 --> 00:24:21,180 Now! 284 00:24:53,610 --> 00:24:56,630 I drove home carefully because I kept crying so hard. 285 00:24:57,870 --> 00:25:02,070 Matt had never felt about me the way I'd felt about him, which would be a 286 00:25:02,070 --> 00:25:04,010 recurring theme for the rest of my life. 287 00:25:08,630 --> 00:25:14,050 But of course, I didn't know this on that hot September night in 1981, when I 288 00:25:14,050 --> 00:25:16,310 was 18 and still navigated on home. 289 00:25:43,020 --> 00:25:47,780 The fake ID that Debbie got us always came in handy. One vodka and grapefruit, 290 00:25:47,860 --> 00:25:48,860 too. Coming up. 291 00:25:54,020 --> 00:25:55,020 Hey, Brett. 292 00:25:55,600 --> 00:25:58,800 Terry's over at Morton's just finishing up a deal. 293 00:25:59,620 --> 00:26:01,640 He loves a dreary biopic. 294 00:26:02,860 --> 00:26:04,160 He should be here shortly. 295 00:26:04,740 --> 00:26:06,280 Oh. Okay. 296 00:26:06,800 --> 00:26:11,400 Thanks, Stephen. You wore your school uniform just like I told you. 297 00:26:12,750 --> 00:26:13,750 Very nice. 298 00:26:14,650 --> 00:26:16,570 Terry will be pleased with that. 299 00:26:20,570 --> 00:26:22,610 Terry really appreciates this. 300 00:26:23,690 --> 00:26:28,770 And how kind you were when his wife threw her little alcoholic tirade at 301 00:26:28,770 --> 00:26:30,310 Debbie's party the other night. 302 00:26:31,250 --> 00:26:33,070 That one's a mess. 303 00:26:34,730 --> 00:26:35,730 Liz. 304 00:26:36,050 --> 00:26:37,050 Not Debbie. 305 00:26:37,250 --> 00:26:38,250 I understand. 306 00:26:38,390 --> 00:26:40,670 Liz has a problem and needs help. 307 00:26:42,320 --> 00:26:44,420 I was just being nice to her. That's all. 308 00:26:45,080 --> 00:26:46,080 Okay. 309 00:26:46,780 --> 00:26:48,700 Well, I'll leave you to it. 310 00:26:50,520 --> 00:26:52,000 One more thing, though. 311 00:26:54,140 --> 00:26:57,520 I would be careful. 312 00:26:58,320 --> 00:26:59,320 Pardon me? 313 00:27:02,180 --> 00:27:03,800 Everyone has an agenda. 314 00:27:04,100 --> 00:27:10,000 Sometimes these agendas don't connect with what we actually want or what we're 315 00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:11,000 gonna get. 316 00:27:17,070 --> 00:27:18,070 Right on cue. 317 00:27:21,370 --> 00:27:27,330 I remember Terry Schaefer was wearing custom silk with a two-tone gold and 318 00:27:27,330 --> 00:27:28,590 silver crocodile belt. 319 00:27:28,970 --> 00:27:30,050 Hey, how you doing, Brett? 320 00:27:30,310 --> 00:27:31,350 You look nice. 321 00:27:31,610 --> 00:27:33,750 But you're 18. You always look nice at 18. 322 00:27:34,010 --> 00:27:35,010 Our table's ready. 323 00:27:35,730 --> 00:27:38,750 He smelled like Rive Gauche cologne by Yves Saint Laurent. 324 00:27:39,610 --> 00:27:42,850 Every gesture was efficient and immaculate. 325 00:27:43,150 --> 00:27:44,490 He was a professional. 326 00:27:44,930 --> 00:27:45,930 An adult. 327 00:27:46,280 --> 00:27:48,300 Something to emulate and aspire toward. 328 00:27:48,860 --> 00:27:50,620 He was someone I wanted to be. 329 00:27:50,840 --> 00:27:55,620 Hey Bruno, we'll have the salmon tartare and two white wines. Of course. 330 00:27:57,540 --> 00:28:01,060 This restaurant is the only place on the entire west coast which serves salmon 331 00:28:01,060 --> 00:28:02,840 tartare. I thought you'd like to try it. 332 00:28:03,040 --> 00:28:04,040 I would, yeah. 333 00:28:04,280 --> 00:28:05,280 Sounds amazing. 334 00:28:44,709 --> 00:28:47,010 So, have you seen any movies you like lately? 335 00:28:47,550 --> 00:28:48,870 Debbie tells me you're a movie buff. 336 00:28:49,710 --> 00:28:52,910 Um, yeah, I love strides. Me too. 337 00:28:53,610 --> 00:28:55,870 Huge Bill Murray fan. I'm meeting with him next week. 338 00:28:57,490 --> 00:28:59,310 Alan! Oh, Perry! 339 00:28:59,950 --> 00:29:00,929 I won't interrupt. 340 00:29:00,930 --> 00:29:04,290 I just want to say hi. And I hate you for that hand. What'd you get? 341 00:29:05,350 --> 00:29:06,410 From the sun, Alan. 342 00:29:07,750 --> 00:29:08,750 Brett, 343 00:29:09,170 --> 00:29:11,150 this is Alan Carr, a dear, dear friend. 344 00:29:11,530 --> 00:29:15,430 Alan produced Grease. 345 00:29:16,010 --> 00:29:17,970 And Saturday Night Fever, you bitch. 346 00:29:18,250 --> 00:29:20,310 And you're about to start Grease 2, right? 347 00:29:20,770 --> 00:29:22,470 Who's the lead? Lorna Loft. 348 00:29:22,850 --> 00:29:25,890 Oh, God, I am so, I'm so excited. 349 00:29:26,950 --> 00:29:27,950 So excited. 350 00:29:29,370 --> 00:29:34,110 Anyways, you, uh, boys, enjoy lunch. 351 00:29:40,139 --> 00:29:41,800 Jesus. He's as big as a house. 352 00:29:42,040 --> 00:29:44,300 And he's into male hookers and pink cocaine. 353 00:29:44,700 --> 00:29:47,460 You stay away from him, Brett. He will try and take advantage of you. 354 00:29:48,820 --> 00:29:50,440 We'll have the lemon sorbet, two spoons. 355 00:29:50,740 --> 00:29:51,740 Of course. 356 00:29:51,880 --> 00:29:54,500 So, tell me about this book. 357 00:29:55,040 --> 00:29:56,280 Would it make a good movie? 358 00:29:57,360 --> 00:29:58,360 Yeah. 359 00:29:59,360 --> 00:30:00,680 Yeah, I think so. 360 00:30:01,500 --> 00:30:04,280 It's about a group of young people. Does it have sex in it? 361 00:30:04,900 --> 00:30:07,100 Because movies need that nowadays to be popular. 362 00:30:07,520 --> 00:30:08,520 Everything's about sex. 363 00:30:08,880 --> 00:30:10,720 Everybody loves a coming-of-age story. 364 00:30:11,020 --> 00:30:12,040 Yes, it's that, too. 365 00:30:14,500 --> 00:30:15,500 Autobiographical? 366 00:30:16,380 --> 00:30:17,380 I don't know. 367 00:30:18,000 --> 00:30:19,000 It's complicated. 368 00:30:19,680 --> 00:30:26,620 My story, it's kind of... Well, it's inspired by the work of 369 00:30:26,620 --> 00:30:27,860 Joan Didion, in a way. 370 00:30:28,280 --> 00:30:32,460 I've been reading a lot of Joan Didion. I know Joan and John very well. 371 00:30:32,680 --> 00:30:36,180 When you're finished with this book, I think I'd like to option it. 372 00:30:37,949 --> 00:30:39,090 Wait, really? Really. 373 00:30:39,890 --> 00:30:42,050 So let me know when I can read the galleys. Wow. 374 00:30:43,130 --> 00:30:45,150 Sure. Wow, great. Okay. 375 00:30:48,610 --> 00:30:50,950 So, how are you and Debbie, Brett? 376 00:30:51,970 --> 00:30:53,370 Are you serious about her? 377 00:30:55,790 --> 00:30:57,090 Serious? Yeah, 378 00:30:59,190 --> 00:31:00,370 I think we're pretty serious. 379 00:31:00,610 --> 00:31:01,569 I'm just curious. 380 00:31:01,570 --> 00:31:04,570 There's no reason to be alarmed or worried. 381 00:31:06,640 --> 00:31:11,780 I just want to make sure that she is happy. 382 00:31:12,240 --> 00:31:13,240 I understand. 383 00:31:13,320 --> 00:31:14,780 I want her to be happy, too. 384 00:31:17,300 --> 00:31:18,820 Do you like guys as well? 385 00:31:20,020 --> 00:31:21,020 I'm sorry, what? 386 00:31:21,740 --> 00:31:22,940 I think you heard me. 387 00:31:23,840 --> 00:31:25,300 Do you swing both ways? 388 00:31:27,700 --> 00:31:33,000 Well, I'm not... limited. 389 00:31:35,050 --> 00:31:36,050 I mean, it depends. 390 00:31:36,270 --> 00:31:37,270 What about Tom Wright? 391 00:31:38,690 --> 00:31:39,870 You find him hot? 392 00:31:40,270 --> 00:31:43,170 I mean, I'm jealous with the amount of time you could spend with him. 393 00:31:43,810 --> 00:31:48,490 He's pretty fetching. Although I'm sure his tastes are more limited than yours. 394 00:31:49,350 --> 00:31:53,930 What do you mean his tastes are more limited than mine? You can tell me. 395 00:31:54,690 --> 00:31:56,610 Did you ever fool around with Tom? 396 00:31:57,250 --> 00:32:01,090 You know, you get a little drunk, you get a little high, sleep over, you get 397 00:32:01,090 --> 00:32:05,200 horny, you need to... No, that never happened. Not with Ryan or any of them? 398 00:32:05,500 --> 00:32:07,040 I mean, you guys take showers together. 399 00:32:07,720 --> 00:32:09,220 They're available, right? They're not available. 400 00:32:10,880 --> 00:32:11,880 Okay. 401 00:32:12,020 --> 00:32:18,360 Whatever you say. Terry, what does your wife think about conversations like 402 00:32:18,360 --> 00:32:20,980 this? You having lunch with your daughter's boyfriend. 403 00:32:21,200 --> 00:32:22,200 Does Liz know? 404 00:32:26,040 --> 00:32:27,720 Well, you're smarter than that, Brett. 405 00:32:29,620 --> 00:32:31,760 I'm under the impression that we have an understanding. 406 00:32:33,460 --> 00:32:34,460 An arrangement. 407 00:32:37,240 --> 00:32:38,240 What about Debbie? 408 00:32:38,960 --> 00:32:40,900 Does she know about your proclivities? 409 00:32:42,420 --> 00:32:43,760 I think I should be going. 410 00:32:44,960 --> 00:32:46,080 He barely ate. 411 00:32:47,060 --> 00:32:50,420 Though I heard you had a cocktail before I arrived at the bar. 412 00:32:51,200 --> 00:32:52,620 So it probably dulled your appetite. 413 00:32:53,780 --> 00:32:57,220 Listen, please don't say anything to Debbie about anything that we discussed 414 00:32:57,220 --> 00:32:58,220 here today. 415 00:32:58,580 --> 00:32:59,980 Wouldn't that be a little weird? 416 00:33:00,200 --> 00:33:01,200 Isn't everything? 417 00:33:02,590 --> 00:33:03,810 Don't say anything. 418 00:33:04,350 --> 00:33:05,370 I don't think you will. 419 00:33:07,270 --> 00:33:08,990 Thanks for lunch, Mr. Schaefer. 420 00:33:09,190 --> 00:33:11,770 I'll have Stephen Collins set up a meeting so we can talk about that script 421 00:33:11,770 --> 00:33:12,850 I want you to write for me. 422 00:33:13,410 --> 00:33:15,410 I want us to start collaborating right away. 423 00:33:15,950 --> 00:33:16,950 Okay. 424 00:33:17,910 --> 00:33:19,050 Okay. I'd love that. 425 00:33:52,460 --> 00:33:54,220 Did you guys hear that, Reena and Kalina? 426 00:33:54,420 --> 00:33:55,520 I'm like, what are you doing? 427 00:33:56,100 --> 00:33:57,340 John Paul, he fell. 428 00:33:58,220 --> 00:33:59,220 Hey, Brett. 429 00:33:59,620 --> 00:34:00,640 Oh, hi. 430 00:34:02,800 --> 00:34:05,940 You know, Brett, if you're on the committee to throw me a welcoming party, 431 00:34:06,320 --> 00:34:10,280 you should actually make a little bit of an effort to become my friend and 432 00:34:10,280 --> 00:34:11,280 welcome me. 433 00:34:11,980 --> 00:34:13,139 Or else what, Robert? 434 00:34:14,000 --> 00:34:15,179 Brett. Brett, come on. 435 00:34:15,400 --> 00:34:19,060 Or else we're going to have a very long and unpleasant senior year. I don't 436 00:34:19,060 --> 00:34:20,060 think anyone wants that. 437 00:34:24,270 --> 00:34:25,270 Are you okay? 438 00:34:29,210 --> 00:34:31,170 Matt Kellner is missing. 439 00:34:31,870 --> 00:34:32,870 Who? 440 00:34:33,310 --> 00:34:34,310 School stoner. 441 00:34:34,429 --> 00:34:35,530 Wait, what do you mean missing? 442 00:34:36,150 --> 00:34:39,830 Well, I was just in Principal Croft's office, and he told me that later today 443 00:34:39,830 --> 00:34:43,290 at assembly I have to read this kind of plea to the student body about Matt 444 00:34:43,290 --> 00:34:44,290 Kellner. 445 00:34:44,790 --> 00:34:46,090 Aren't you friends with him, Brett? 446 00:34:47,770 --> 00:34:51,909 Friends? No, he told me pot a few times, I think. 447 00:34:54,540 --> 00:34:56,100 Where did he go? Don't know. 448 00:34:56,320 --> 00:34:57,640 And neither do his parents. 449 00:34:58,560 --> 00:35:01,180 He's officially been missing for five days. 450 00:35:03,720 --> 00:35:08,180 Apparently he lived in the back pool house. Real posh setup. Like a cool 451 00:35:08,180 --> 00:35:09,420 bachelor pad kind of deal. 452 00:35:13,560 --> 00:35:17,680 John and Sheila, those are his parents, told the police that Matt's schedule was 453 00:35:17,680 --> 00:35:20,520 as routine that week as it had always been since he moved into the pool house 454 00:35:20,520 --> 00:35:23,480 in 10th grade, which coincided with when he got his driver's license. 455 00:35:24,710 --> 00:35:26,770 He'd get up early, swim some laps. 456 00:35:27,530 --> 00:35:30,590 Sometimes they would hear reggae music coming from the pool house at that hour 457 00:35:30,590 --> 00:35:31,710 when he was getting ready for school. 458 00:35:32,510 --> 00:35:35,870 Wouldn't he go into the main house for breakfast or anything, get some food? 459 00:35:36,130 --> 00:35:39,130 I guess not. He always ate at the McDonald's in Sherman Oaks. 460 00:35:39,350 --> 00:35:40,350 Gross. 461 00:35:41,590 --> 00:35:45,350 Matt wasn't involved in sports or any extracurricular activities, so he was 462 00:35:45,350 --> 00:35:47,150 usually back at his pool before at the latest. 463 00:35:58,960 --> 00:36:02,340 On some nights, Sheila Kellner would glimpse the guesthouse from the window 464 00:36:02,340 --> 00:36:05,800 of the second-story bedroom, and the only light would be coming from the 465 00:36:05,800 --> 00:36:09,040 aquarium, or the candles that Matt had lined up on one side of the pool. 466 00:36:09,620 --> 00:36:11,440 Apparently, he liked to swim right before bed. 467 00:36:15,080 --> 00:36:19,520 This story is the reason they made those creepy TV commercials. 468 00:36:20,000 --> 00:36:24,360 Parents, it's 10 p.m. Do you know where your children are? Okay, you guys, 469 00:36:24,440 --> 00:36:27,820 yesterday, John Kellner took Matt's 280Z in for a checkup. 470 00:36:28,410 --> 00:36:33,010 And when he went to tell Matt, Matt wasn't in the pool house, and there was 471 00:36:33,010 --> 00:36:34,010 no note. 472 00:36:39,470 --> 00:36:42,470 So they called the school, and Principal Croft told them Matt hadn't been at 473 00:36:42,470 --> 00:36:43,470 school for three days. 474 00:36:44,010 --> 00:36:47,090 They hadn't seen any live sound in the pool house or heard any reggae music 475 00:36:47,090 --> 00:36:48,090 since the Friday before. 476 00:36:48,510 --> 00:36:51,470 And oddly, clearly, he left his car at home. 477 00:36:52,230 --> 00:36:55,530 So, yeah, five days. 478 00:36:56,910 --> 00:37:00,170 Isn't it so strange how his parents spent so little time with him? 479 00:37:01,150 --> 00:37:02,069 Is it? 480 00:37:02,070 --> 00:37:04,190 I mean, I haven't seen my father in like six months. 481 00:37:05,330 --> 00:37:06,970 Brett, aren't your parents still in Europe? 482 00:37:08,190 --> 00:37:09,730 Yeah. Yes, they are. 483 00:37:10,950 --> 00:37:12,430 What are you supposed to say at assembly? 484 00:37:14,230 --> 00:37:19,710 So please, if any of you have heard from Matt Kellner or seen him, please tell me 485 00:37:19,710 --> 00:37:22,830 or Principal Croft or any teacher about his whereabouts. 486 00:37:23,670 --> 00:37:24,670 Thank you. 487 00:37:40,130 --> 00:37:41,130 Hi. 488 00:37:45,970 --> 00:37:46,970 Hi. 489 00:37:47,850 --> 00:37:48,729 How are you? 490 00:37:48,730 --> 00:37:50,350 Oh, freaked out, man. Still missing. 491 00:37:52,190 --> 00:37:53,230 Did you know him? 492 00:37:53,610 --> 00:37:54,610 Bought weed from him. 493 00:37:55,930 --> 00:37:59,750 I think... You think what? I think... 494 00:38:00,000 --> 00:38:04,560 It's scary how young people in this town keep just going missing. 495 00:38:06,160 --> 00:38:07,460 You think the cult did this? 496 00:38:09,420 --> 00:38:10,420 That's one theory. 497 00:38:12,540 --> 00:38:15,800 I think he could be something else. What, Matt just said, fuck it, I'm going 498 00:38:15,800 --> 00:38:17,400 to go to Big Sur and open my Wii business? 499 00:38:19,680 --> 00:38:21,240 I think he could be the trawler. 500 00:38:23,120 --> 00:38:24,120 Who? 501 00:38:24,280 --> 00:38:27,580 The serial killer. The serial killer that's hunting in our area. 502 00:38:28,190 --> 00:38:29,970 Doesn't he only target girls? So far. 503 00:38:30,550 --> 00:38:31,550 But who knows? 504 00:38:32,270 --> 00:38:33,290 It's terrifying. 505 00:38:34,010 --> 00:38:35,270 Snatched away in the dead of night. 506 00:38:36,210 --> 00:38:37,870 Tortured. How did you know he was tortured? 507 00:38:38,190 --> 00:38:39,390 They haven't even found him yet. 508 00:38:40,770 --> 00:38:41,770 I don't. 509 00:38:42,170 --> 00:38:43,290 I'm talking about the girls. 510 00:38:44,030 --> 00:38:45,530 The girls that troll are tortured. 511 00:38:51,530 --> 00:38:52,630 I'm glad we're talking. 512 00:38:54,430 --> 00:38:55,430 I miss talking. 513 00:38:57,930 --> 00:39:00,390 They found something. I just heard from Principal Croft. 514 00:39:01,110 --> 00:39:02,069 His body? 515 00:39:02,070 --> 00:39:03,070 His backpack. 516 00:39:05,990 --> 00:39:09,590 A ranger found it in a parking lot in Crystal Cove State Park. 517 00:39:09,830 --> 00:39:13,310 There was blood all over it, and it had a name and address tied to it on a small 518 00:39:13,310 --> 00:39:15,050 ID tag that proved it belonged to Matt. 519 00:39:18,610 --> 00:39:20,670 Does anyone know if Matt was with someone? 520 00:39:21,050 --> 00:39:22,610 Does this lip gloss make me look fat? 521 00:42:19,850 --> 00:42:20,850 Alright. 522 00:42:59,100 --> 00:43:00,500 ΒΆΒΆ 523 00:43:12,520 --> 00:43:17,920 These days, I feel my life just like a river running through 524 00:43:17,920 --> 00:43:20,780 the air of the cat. 525 00:43:42,860 --> 00:43:47,860 Like the moon and the sea, she comes in a sense and patchouli. 526 00:43:48,420 --> 00:43:53,660 So you take her to find what's waiting in sight. 527 00:43:55,820 --> 00:43:57,700 The ear of the cat. 528 00:44:13,260 --> 00:44:14,260 off the cat. 529 00:44:59,850 --> 00:45:02,010 I would stab someone for a drink right now. 530 00:45:03,270 --> 00:45:04,270 It's a joke. 531 00:45:05,250 --> 00:45:08,110 Guys, don't you think we should cancel the party if that's one of our last 532 00:45:08,110 --> 00:45:09,069 mates, basically? 533 00:45:09,070 --> 00:45:11,050 Well, it's what I want, and you're all coming. 534 00:45:11,910 --> 00:45:15,810 Looking back, I realize that's the gift of you. You think you'll live forever. 535 00:45:16,710 --> 00:45:20,870 I shouldn't have to beg my boyfriend to touch me. If you were my girlfriend, you 536 00:45:20,870 --> 00:45:22,130 wouldn't have to beg me for anything. 537 00:45:23,470 --> 00:45:26,310 Police suspect this brutal killing is the work of the trawler. 538 00:45:27,290 --> 00:45:30,570 The suspect you should be looking at is a kid named Robert Mallory. 539 00:45:31,450 --> 00:45:34,130 You're a little bit obsessed with me, aren't you, Brett? You would love that, 540 00:45:34,190 --> 00:45:35,190 wouldn't you? 541 00:45:36,290 --> 00:45:41,150 And we're live in four, three, two... Hit it! 542 00:45:43,790 --> 00:45:44,870 This feels wrong. 543 00:45:46,550 --> 00:45:47,550 No, this feels right. 544 00:45:49,030 --> 00:45:50,430 What kind of game were you playing? 545 00:45:50,630 --> 00:45:52,530 You know what they say about fellas who are nosy? 546 00:45:53,290 --> 00:45:54,590 They lose their noses.