1 00:00:33,784 --> 00:00:36,411 Okay, is everyone done? 2 00:00:36,495 --> 00:00:41,041 Okay, the question was, who is the poorest in our group? 3 00:00:43,043 --> 00:00:44,419 One vote for Thom. 4 00:00:44,503 --> 00:00:46,588 - Sorry, bud. - Clearly Robert. 5 00:00:46,672 --> 00:00:48,423 Two votes for Thom. 6 00:00:50,259 --> 00:00:51,551 Aw. Three votes for Thom. 7 00:00:52,177 --> 00:00:55,097 - Thom is officially the poorest. - No, my dad abandoned us, okay? 8 00:00:55,180 --> 00:00:57,557 He didn't give a grace period for financial planning. 9 00:00:57,641 --> 00:01:00,662 He just fucking left with no warning. Glad you're getting a good laugh out of it. 10 00:01:00,686 --> 00:01:03,146 Thom, this is what we do. 11 00:01:03,230 --> 00:01:05,607 It's just us. It's always been us. 12 00:01:05,691 --> 00:01:08,527 It's purposefully silly and stupid. It's just a game. 13 00:01:08,610 --> 00:01:10,487 Yeah, a game that you always seem to win. 14 00:01:10,571 --> 00:01:12,864 Who's the prettiest? Who's the smartest? 15 00:01:12,948 --> 00:01:15,826 Most likely to succeed, most likely to win homecoming? 16 00:01:15,909 --> 00:01:17,911 Susan, Susan, Susan, Susan. 17 00:01:17,995 --> 00:01:20,539 Meanwhile, this guy right here sweeps who's the poorest, 18 00:01:20,622 --> 00:01:22,958 and Debbie routinely gets most who needs to drop ten. 19 00:01:23,041 --> 00:01:27,629 Excuse me, I won that one time after eating a bag of Doritos. 20 00:01:28,839 --> 00:01:31,258 Oh, my God, Bret, where have you been? 21 00:01:32,050 --> 00:01:34,386 I've been calling you all day. You didn't pick up. 22 00:01:34,469 --> 00:01:35,887 Yes, where have you been, Bret? 23 00:01:35,971 --> 00:01:39,182 You look tired and paler than usual, which is saying something. 24 00:01:39,266 --> 00:01:41,184 Leave him alone. He's here now. 25 00:01:41,268 --> 00:01:43,478 Bret, we're playing secret ballot. You do the question. 26 00:01:44,062 --> 00:01:45,063 Who is The Trawler? 27 00:01:45,147 --> 00:01:47,357 No, not sexy enough. 28 00:01:47,858 --> 00:01:52,612 I prefer something like, best tits, which I would sweep. 29 00:01:52,696 --> 00:01:54,990 But as gatekeeper and vote counter, I'll accept. 30 00:01:55,866 --> 00:01:58,368 Bret, it's vote time. Vote. 31 00:02:00,412 --> 00:02:04,207 I win too. Best-looking, most likely to have the biggest dick, 32 00:02:04,291 --> 00:02:06,626 best breath, sexiest treasure trail. 33 00:02:06,710 --> 00:02:09,463 Hey, that one was mine. I loved that one. 34 00:02:09,546 --> 00:02:11,214 Best ass, best smile. 35 00:02:11,298 --> 00:02:13,300 - Okay. - I could go on and on. 36 00:02:17,220 --> 00:02:19,389 Oh, one vote for Bret. 37 00:02:21,767 --> 00:02:23,727 Debbie, that's clearly your handwriting. 38 00:02:23,810 --> 00:02:26,521 What can I say? You've been obsessed with death lately. 39 00:02:27,189 --> 00:02:30,901 One for Riders of the Afterlife. Oh. Is that that cult? 40 00:02:31,735 --> 00:02:32,736 Yawn. 41 00:02:33,320 --> 00:02:35,322 One for Really Rhonda. 42 00:02:35,405 --> 00:02:36,740 My vote, obviously. 43 00:02:36,823 --> 00:02:39,910 I used to like her, as you all know, but now I know she's deranged. 44 00:02:39,993 --> 00:02:42,113 Saying I was a kidnapper and a perpetrator of violence 45 00:02:42,162 --> 00:02:44,373 in front of everyone when I graciously gave up my crown. 46 00:02:44,456 --> 00:02:45,832 Hon, you're a legend now. 47 00:02:45,916 --> 00:02:48,418 You spent 45 minutes in jail and were then released. 48 00:02:48,502 --> 00:02:50,671 Still, my parents had to come. 49 00:02:50,754 --> 00:02:52,631 My mom lost her mind. 50 00:02:53,256 --> 00:02:55,509 So much crying, it was mortifying. You weren't there. 51 00:02:55,592 --> 00:02:59,471 Who cares? Little Miss March of the Dimes recanted it instantly, 52 00:02:59,554 --> 00:03:01,348 said she was confused. 53 00:03:01,431 --> 00:03:04,643 Her parents took her to some loony bin in Tennessee, 54 00:03:04,726 --> 00:03:06,728 where she always should have been. 55 00:03:06,812 --> 00:03:10,232 Your rep's at an all-time high, Su Su. Why so bitter? 56 00:03:10,315 --> 00:03:11,483 You're right. 57 00:03:11,566 --> 00:03:14,528 Rhonda's disturbed. She's been through so much. 58 00:03:16,363 --> 00:03:19,700 I would like to publicly recant my secret ballot vote and then abstain. 59 00:03:19,783 --> 00:03:21,451 I'm sorry, I'm still a bit shaky. 60 00:03:22,035 --> 00:03:25,163 Okay, one vote for Robert. 61 00:03:25,247 --> 00:03:28,250 Hey, two votes for Bret, the winner. 62 00:03:28,333 --> 00:03:30,961 - Looks like you're The Trawler, Bret. - Whoo! 63 00:03:31,044 --> 00:03:32,671 Looks like. 64 00:03:34,089 --> 00:03:35,590 Hey, do you guys want to know 65 00:03:35,674 --> 00:03:37,968 why you couldn't get ahold of me for the last 18 hours? 66 00:03:38,051 --> 00:03:39,052 Obviously. 67 00:03:40,512 --> 00:03:44,015 I was at the police station all night giving testimony. 68 00:03:44,099 --> 00:03:46,184 What? Why? 69 00:03:49,354 --> 00:03:51,106 Matt Kellner is dead. 70 00:03:55,068 --> 00:03:56,486 Holy shit. 71 00:03:58,071 --> 00:03:59,656 I found his severed head. 72 00:04:04,619 --> 00:04:06,496 Somebody wanted me to find it. 73 00:04:17,299 --> 00:04:19,676 Matt Kellner's death changed everything. 74 00:04:24,890 --> 00:04:27,726 I was no longer the only concerned party. 75 00:04:28,852 --> 00:04:31,313 Every single person who had accused me of paranoia 76 00:04:31,396 --> 00:04:34,733 could no longer deny that there was a killer in our midst. 77 00:04:37,277 --> 00:04:40,071 School was closed for one week, and when it reopened, 78 00:04:40,155 --> 00:04:43,450 there was a sudden police presence that would last through the entire year. 79 00:04:47,120 --> 00:04:48,455 The interrogations began. 80 00:04:49,706 --> 00:04:51,541 Everyone was suddenly a suspect. 81 00:04:54,336 --> 00:04:56,129 If you're wondering how The Trawler got away 82 00:04:56,213 --> 00:04:59,466 with infiltrating a high school campus on the night of homecoming, 83 00:04:59,549 --> 00:05:02,677 you must remember, this was 1981. 84 00:05:02,761 --> 00:05:05,305 There were no cell phones, no surveillance cameras, 85 00:05:05,388 --> 00:05:07,766 no digital records, no metal detectors. 86 00:05:07,849 --> 00:05:09,434 That was all post 9/11. 87 00:05:10,143 --> 00:05:14,523 It was just people then. People fumbling and failing. 88 00:05:19,444 --> 00:05:21,988 We returned to normal life as best we could, 89 00:05:22,072 --> 00:05:24,533 with the hope that feelings of normalcy would follow. 90 00:05:26,409 --> 00:05:29,079 - Nice of you to join us, Mr. Ellis. - I'm sorry. 91 00:05:35,210 --> 00:05:36,545 Why are you in my seat? 92 00:05:37,587 --> 00:05:38,787 I don't know. I just sat here. 93 00:05:41,675 --> 00:05:43,260 Why is everybody in different seats? 94 00:05:43,844 --> 00:05:46,096 Mystery for another day, Mr. Ellis. 95 00:05:46,179 --> 00:05:47,472 Just sit anywhere. 96 00:05:48,598 --> 00:05:51,935 A kidnapping, a murder and an active police investigation, 97 00:05:52,018 --> 00:05:53,728 and it's not even Halloween yet. 98 00:05:54,229 --> 00:05:58,483 A lot of people in my position would probably switch up the curriculum, 99 00:05:58,567 --> 00:05:59,568 coddle you, 100 00:06:00,360 --> 00:06:05,574 but I am not going to do that here in senior class, Shakespeare 101. 101 00:06:06,241 --> 00:06:09,786 Romeo and Juliet is a play about 102 00:06:09,870 --> 00:06:13,999 death, obsession, angst and love. 103 00:06:14,583 --> 00:06:17,419 It's about what it feels like to be a teenager. 104 00:06:18,128 --> 00:06:23,091 Act 1, scene 3, Juliet is not yet 14, 105 00:06:23,174 --> 00:06:25,552 and Romeo's probably a little bit older. 106 00:06:26,636 --> 00:06:29,514 A 13-year-old and a 15-year-old, 107 00:06:30,098 --> 00:06:32,893 an eighth grader and a sophomore. 108 00:06:35,186 --> 00:06:37,188 Miss Reynolds, you're making a face. 109 00:06:38,231 --> 00:06:40,567 Eighth graders don't understand love. 110 00:06:40,650 --> 00:06:43,194 They're not even mature enough for off-campus lunch. 111 00:06:43,278 --> 00:06:45,655 Fair point. What about sophomores? 112 00:06:45,739 --> 00:06:47,240 Romeo's just about your age. 113 00:06:47,324 --> 00:06:50,035 Yeah, teenagers think they're in love, but it goes away. 114 00:06:50,118 --> 00:06:52,078 In the beginning, it's so intense, 115 00:06:52,162 --> 00:06:55,415 and then it fades or it disappears overnight. 116 00:06:55,498 --> 00:06:57,208 And then all that's left is habit. 117 00:06:57,292 --> 00:06:58,710 That's bullshit. 118 00:06:58,793 --> 00:07:00,879 What difference does it make how old they are? 119 00:07:00,962 --> 00:07:03,715 Their brains are underdeveloped and flooded with hormones. 120 00:07:03,798 --> 00:07:06,384 - Thom did the reading? Is he okay? - That means they can't love? 121 00:07:06,468 --> 00:07:08,595 Real love shouldn't make you want to kill yourself. 122 00:07:08,678 --> 00:07:11,222 The only thing Romeo and Juliet killed was themselves. 123 00:07:11,306 --> 00:07:12,307 That makes sense to me. 124 00:07:13,141 --> 00:07:14,392 Speak on that. 125 00:07:14,476 --> 00:07:16,853 If you're in love and you kill yourself, that's dying once. 126 00:07:16,936 --> 00:07:19,165 If you're in love and you can't be with the person you love, 127 00:07:19,189 --> 00:07:20,482 that's like dying every day. 128 00:07:24,110 --> 00:07:25,737 Dying once, dying every day. 129 00:07:25,820 --> 00:07:28,865 Is it? Is it actually like dying every day? 130 00:07:28,948 --> 00:07:32,369 Or would they both have gotten over it as soon as they met someone new? 131 00:07:32,452 --> 00:07:35,914 How many people do you know who break up, act like it's the end of the world, 132 00:07:35,997 --> 00:07:38,958 and then by seventh period have a new life-defining crush? 133 00:07:39,042 --> 00:07:41,127 Romeo and Juliet should have moved on. 134 00:07:41,753 --> 00:07:45,924 It's not the most romantic take, Miss Reynolds, but I like it. 135 00:07:46,883 --> 00:07:50,011 There's an open space in our divorced educator's book club, 136 00:07:50,095 --> 00:07:53,056 - if you're in. - You're wrong. They're soulmates. 137 00:07:53,139 --> 00:07:56,893 Juliet's special. She's not some eighth-grade slut. 138 00:07:56,976 --> 00:07:57,977 She's an angel. 139 00:07:59,062 --> 00:08:00,397 Angels aren't sluts. 140 00:08:00,480 --> 00:08:02,649 Angels aren't sluts. 141 00:08:04,275 --> 00:08:08,822 That sounds like a very good area to explore in your paper, Mr. Wright. 142 00:08:35,432 --> 00:08:37,183 - What? - Nothing. 143 00:08:37,267 --> 00:08:38,393 You're staring at me. 144 00:08:38,893 --> 00:08:41,455 I'm not allowed to look at my girlfriend while we do our homework? 145 00:08:41,479 --> 00:08:43,481 You can look anywhere you want. I don't care. 146 00:08:45,025 --> 00:08:46,401 I just think it's really sad. 147 00:08:48,111 --> 00:08:49,779 What's really sad, Thom? 148 00:08:49,863 --> 00:08:52,407 You don't think Romeo and Juliet are meant to be together. 149 00:08:53,450 --> 00:08:55,535 The play is called Romeo and Juliet. 150 00:08:55,618 --> 00:08:58,204 So what? There's a cartoon called Tom and Jerry. 151 00:08:58,288 --> 00:09:00,165 Do you think they're meant to be together too? 152 00:09:01,833 --> 00:09:02,834 Fine, Thom. 153 00:09:03,877 --> 00:09:06,897 They are perfect for each other, and we'll just have to take your word for it 154 00:09:06,921 --> 00:09:10,341 because we'll never know, because Romeo and Juliet killed themselves. 155 00:09:10,925 --> 00:09:14,345 Exactly. That proves how much they loved each other. 156 00:09:14,429 --> 00:09:16,890 Maybe they weren't supposed to be together forever. 157 00:09:16,973 --> 00:09:19,100 Maybe it was only supposed to be a Verona thing. 158 00:09:19,184 --> 00:09:20,351 A Verona thing? 159 00:09:20,435 --> 00:09:22,270 Yeah. And then once they leave Verona… 160 00:09:22,353 --> 00:09:23,897 Why would they leave Verona? 161 00:09:23,980 --> 00:09:26,107 - To see other places. - Like what? 162 00:09:27,984 --> 00:09:31,780 Because even now, like in modern times, there's only so many places in the world, 163 00:09:31,863 --> 00:09:33,740 if you think about it, maybe a hundred. 164 00:09:33,823 --> 00:09:35,116 What are you talking about? 165 00:09:35,200 --> 00:09:38,495 Like, sure, Toledo is a place, but you're not gonna, like, go there. 166 00:09:38,578 --> 00:09:41,331 So for all intents and purposes, it doesn't exist. 167 00:09:41,414 --> 00:09:44,209 Do you have any curiosity in the outside world, Thom? 168 00:09:44,709 --> 00:09:47,128 Do you care about anything besides the things 169 00:09:47,212 --> 00:09:49,547 that you personally experience every day? 170 00:09:49,631 --> 00:09:51,299 No. Do you? 171 00:09:51,883 --> 00:09:53,051 Yes. 172 00:09:54,177 --> 00:09:56,679 So, what, you care about Toledo? 173 00:09:56,763 --> 00:09:59,641 Sure, yeah, and I care about Rome and Paris... 174 00:09:59,724 --> 00:10:02,227 You care about Toledo more than you care about me? 175 00:10:03,770 --> 00:10:07,315 Susan, do you care about Toledo more than you care about me? 176 00:10:08,358 --> 00:10:10,068 This is deranged. I'm not doing this. 177 00:10:11,277 --> 00:10:14,531 And I'm not correcting your paper or writing it for you like I always do. 178 00:10:14,614 --> 00:10:16,074 Finish this assignment yourself. 179 00:10:16,157 --> 00:10:18,827 I love you, Susan. I would die without you. 180 00:10:18,910 --> 00:10:20,537 Thom, that's too much pressure. 181 00:10:20,620 --> 00:10:22,956 I don't want to be with someone who needs me to survive. 182 00:10:23,039 --> 00:10:25,039 You are the center of my universe. You're my Earth. 183 00:10:25,083 --> 00:10:28,670 That's the sun. The sun is the center of the universe. 184 00:10:28,753 --> 00:10:30,255 "Juliet is the sun." 185 00:10:31,798 --> 00:10:33,466 Arise, fair sun, 186 00:10:34,134 --> 00:10:36,094 and kill the envious moon, 187 00:10:36,761 --> 00:10:40,265 who is already sick and pale with grief 188 00:10:40,807 --> 00:10:44,561 "that thou, her maid, are far more fair than she." 189 00:10:46,104 --> 00:10:47,939 "Oh, swear not by the moon, 190 00:10:48,606 --> 00:10:53,945 the inconstant moon that monthly changes in her circle orb, 191 00:10:54,028 --> 00:10:57,157 "lest that thy love prove likewise variable." 192 00:10:59,284 --> 00:11:00,451 Thom, 193 00:11:01,786 --> 00:11:03,246 I need some space. 194 00:11:05,623 --> 00:11:08,835 What does that mean? 195 00:11:10,670 --> 00:11:12,463 I think we should break up. 196 00:11:12,547 --> 00:11:13,965 Did Robert put you up to this? 197 00:11:14,048 --> 00:11:15,341 Robert? 198 00:11:15,425 --> 00:11:17,510 He's manipulating you. Bret's right. 199 00:11:17,594 --> 00:11:20,263 Ever since he got here, you've been a completely different person. 200 00:11:20,346 --> 00:11:23,808 - This has nothing to do with Robert. - Yes, of course it does. 201 00:11:23,892 --> 00:11:28,646 Oh, my God, Thom, this right here, this is exactly the problem. 202 00:11:28,730 --> 00:11:32,734 I am the one breaking up with you. It's me doing this, and I'm sorry, but... 203 00:11:32,817 --> 00:11:35,778 You don't think that this is real because we're teenagers. 204 00:11:35,862 --> 00:11:37,572 No, no, no. 205 00:11:38,323 --> 00:11:41,367 I don't think that this is real because it's not. 206 00:11:42,744 --> 00:11:44,579 I'm not in love with you anymore. 207 00:11:48,583 --> 00:11:49,959 Hey. 208 00:11:50,043 --> 00:11:52,253 Ex... Can you bring me a steak knife? 209 00:11:52,337 --> 00:11:53,338 Yes, sir. 210 00:12:02,597 --> 00:12:04,116 - No, hey, hey, hey, no, no. Sit down. - No. No. 211 00:12:04,140 --> 00:12:05,409 - Sit down. - No. You let go of me. 212 00:12:05,433 --> 00:12:06,434 Sit down! 213 00:12:07,393 --> 00:12:08,394 Here you go, sir. 214 00:12:20,657 --> 00:12:22,659 It's this one right here. 215 00:12:24,327 --> 00:12:26,079 We can go in the bathroom and do it. 216 00:12:26,829 --> 00:12:29,540 No one will notice. It won't hurt. 217 00:12:29,624 --> 00:12:32,418 It'll be like drifting off to sleep in a warm bath. 218 00:12:38,758 --> 00:12:39,926 This one? 219 00:12:41,010 --> 00:12:42,220 Right here? 220 00:12:42,303 --> 00:12:44,597 We can hold each other as we go. 221 00:12:45,640 --> 00:12:50,228 And once we're gone, we can meet in the ether as one. 222 00:12:57,652 --> 00:12:58,695 Give me the knife. 223 00:13:11,791 --> 00:13:13,042 Fuck you, Thom. 224 00:13:13,126 --> 00:13:15,461 Fuck you, Thom. 225 00:13:15,545 --> 00:13:16,796 Fuck you. 226 00:13:16,879 --> 00:13:18,047 What is wrong with you? 227 00:13:18,589 --> 00:13:20,967 You think that I would end my life 228 00:13:21,050 --> 00:13:23,303 on some shit-stained linoleum bathroom floor 229 00:13:23,386 --> 00:13:27,515 at the fucking Hamburger Hamlet for a guy who peaks his senior year? 230 00:13:27,598 --> 00:13:30,143 Don't… Don't say… Don't you ever say that to me. 231 00:13:30,226 --> 00:13:33,354 You don't mean that. This is not… This is Robert in your head. 232 00:13:33,438 --> 00:13:37,400 I don't need Robert. I don't need him. Don't you get it? I don't need anyone. 233 00:13:37,483 --> 00:13:39,569 I have potential. 234 00:13:39,652 --> 00:13:42,655 I have a big life to live. 235 00:13:43,364 --> 00:13:44,782 I have dreams. 236 00:13:47,326 --> 00:13:49,078 We're done, Thom. 237 00:13:53,499 --> 00:13:54,751 We're done. 238 00:13:58,379 --> 00:14:00,089 - I'm leaving. - No. We're not… 239 00:14:00,173 --> 00:14:02,592 - We're not done talking. - Yeah, I'm leaving. I'm leaving. 240 00:14:02,675 --> 00:14:04,635 - You're sick. - I know. 241 00:14:04,719 --> 00:14:07,430 I can change. I'll be different. I'll be whoever you want me to be. 242 00:14:07,513 --> 00:14:10,933 Just tell me how you want me to be. I can be that. I'll be different. Tell me. 243 00:14:12,727 --> 00:14:16,814 I… I don't want you to be different. 244 00:14:16,898 --> 00:14:18,983 I want you to be you. 245 00:14:21,277 --> 00:14:24,530 - I hate myself. - No, you are perfect, okay? 246 00:14:26,949 --> 00:14:28,326 Then why doesn't anyone stay? 247 00:14:29,077 --> 00:14:31,454 You know, if I'm so perfect, why does everyone abandon me? 248 00:14:31,537 --> 00:14:33,956 I'm not abandoning you, Thom. 249 00:14:34,916 --> 00:14:37,585 I'm gonna be in your life for a very long time. 250 00:14:37,668 --> 00:14:38,669 No. 251 00:14:39,921 --> 00:14:41,172 You won't be. 252 00:14:42,548 --> 00:14:43,591 The lovers die. 253 00:14:47,470 --> 00:14:48,763 Are you threatening me? 254 00:14:51,057 --> 00:14:53,309 I'm just reminding you how the story ends. 255 00:15:37,979 --> 00:15:41,149 Macbeth, Act 4, Scene 3. 256 00:15:41,232 --> 00:15:43,109 "Let's make us medicines of our great revenge 257 00:15:43,192 --> 00:15:44,902 to cure this deadly grief." 258 00:15:45,862 --> 00:15:46,863 Makes sense to me. 259 00:15:47,572 --> 00:15:50,449 As long as you're feeling potent, 260 00:15:50,533 --> 00:15:53,327 you're feeling something other than sad. 261 00:15:53,411 --> 00:15:55,705 Revenge as a cure for depression. 262 00:15:57,039 --> 00:16:00,084 But if revenge is a medicine, there are definitely some side effects. 263 00:16:00,168 --> 00:16:02,086 Who can tell me the potential side effects? 264 00:16:02,753 --> 00:16:03,796 Chaos. 265 00:16:04,422 --> 00:16:06,257 Chaos, sure. 266 00:16:07,425 --> 00:16:09,468 Seriously though, think about it. 267 00:16:10,303 --> 00:16:13,347 What would happen if you hurt the people who hurt you? 268 00:16:13,431 --> 00:16:14,432 They'd hurt him back. 269 00:16:15,892 --> 00:16:17,226 "Blood will have blood." 270 00:16:19,729 --> 00:16:20,730 Act 3, scene 4. 271 00:16:21,397 --> 00:16:25,109 Bingo. Revenge unleashes an endless cycle of counterstrikes 272 00:16:25,193 --> 00:16:29,030 and counter-counterstrikes, as Macbeth more than proves. 273 00:16:29,113 --> 00:16:32,992 Blood will have blood until everyone's bled out. 274 00:16:33,075 --> 00:16:35,203 So it's like a tie? 275 00:16:35,286 --> 00:16:38,456 No. Everyone loses in the end. 276 00:16:41,792 --> 00:16:43,085 Everyone loses. 277 00:16:49,759 --> 00:16:53,137 Lady Macbeth is one of the great villains of literature. 278 00:16:54,347 --> 00:16:58,643 But does she even understand the domino effects of her plotting? 279 00:17:00,102 --> 00:17:04,857 "By the pricking of thumbs, something wicked this way comes." 280 00:17:06,525 --> 00:17:10,404 You are so gorgeous. Oh, my God. 281 00:17:11,948 --> 00:17:13,032 Hi. 282 00:17:14,200 --> 00:17:17,245 Thank God my pharmacist is here. 283 00:17:17,328 --> 00:17:19,163 Mama is running low. 284 00:17:19,247 --> 00:17:22,124 I've just been a nervous wreck with this whole Trawler thing. 285 00:17:22,208 --> 00:17:23,209 Oh. 286 00:17:23,292 --> 00:17:26,254 Terry says we're installing some new security system, 287 00:17:26,337 --> 00:17:28,798 and I have to come up with a four-digit password. 288 00:17:29,507 --> 00:17:31,968 But how the hell am I ever going to remember that? 289 00:17:33,970 --> 00:17:36,597 I'm losing sleep just knowing 290 00:17:36,681 --> 00:17:39,892 that there's this horrible monster out there targeting kids. 291 00:17:39,976 --> 00:17:41,435 Well, you know, 292 00:17:42,478 --> 00:17:45,064 every monster has their reason they became one. 293 00:17:46,607 --> 00:17:48,776 So, down to business. 294 00:17:49,610 --> 00:17:54,865 I've gone ahead and replenished your supply of Valium 295 00:17:54,949 --> 00:17:59,120 and Halcion. 296 00:17:59,203 --> 00:18:03,040 I don't like the pill bottles pharmacies use. Plastic and ugly. 297 00:18:03,833 --> 00:18:06,210 You are a woman of value. 298 00:18:07,003 --> 00:18:09,380 You really do think of everything. 299 00:18:11,632 --> 00:18:13,342 I have news. 300 00:18:14,176 --> 00:18:17,513 I have been watching the staff at the house lately, 301 00:18:17,597 --> 00:18:19,140 and in my opinion, 302 00:18:19,223 --> 00:18:23,394 you are not being treated with the respect that you deserve. 303 00:18:24,854 --> 00:18:30,860 So, I took it upon myself to distribute a memo to the help. 304 00:18:34,739 --> 00:18:38,242 From now on, you will be addressed as Ms. Schaffer, 305 00:18:38,326 --> 00:18:40,620 not Mrs. Schaffer. 306 00:18:40,703 --> 00:18:44,540 People should see that Terry does not define you. 307 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:48,878 This town runs on the backs of women like you. 308 00:18:50,379 --> 00:18:51,881 It's true. 309 00:18:51,964 --> 00:18:54,342 I crawled through glass, Steven, 310 00:18:54,925 --> 00:18:56,636 with a smile on my face 311 00:18:56,719 --> 00:18:59,930 and a Miss Indiana sash choking me out along the way. 312 00:19:00,431 --> 00:19:03,225 I find it calming to be placed on a pedestal. 313 00:19:03,893 --> 00:19:05,561 Even if it's yours. 314 00:19:05,645 --> 00:19:06,937 So thank you for that. 315 00:19:09,940 --> 00:19:10,941 Well, 316 00:19:12,777 --> 00:19:16,405 say goodbye to that momentary peace, Ms. Schaffer, 317 00:19:17,114 --> 00:19:21,702 because I'm about to say something that may destabilize you. 318 00:19:23,788 --> 00:19:24,789 Don't scream. 319 00:19:25,956 --> 00:19:27,083 Don't make a scene. 320 00:19:28,334 --> 00:19:29,585 Just listen. 321 00:19:34,131 --> 00:19:36,300 I know about the porno film. 322 00:19:39,095 --> 00:19:40,262 What porno? 323 00:19:40,346 --> 00:19:46,310 Oh, honey, I've seen you do things the human body has no business attempting. 324 00:19:47,687 --> 00:19:48,854 How did you see it? 325 00:19:50,022 --> 00:19:53,025 They promised me it would only be an overseas release. 326 00:19:53,109 --> 00:19:55,695 If Echo Park Lake can be considered a sea, 327 00:19:55,778 --> 00:19:57,446 then they have indeed. 328 00:19:57,530 --> 00:19:58,531 What? 329 00:20:00,950 --> 00:20:02,284 It's playing in town here? 330 00:20:02,368 --> 00:20:05,621 You and little baby Ryan on a silver screen 331 00:20:05,705 --> 00:20:08,416 that grows more tarnished with each showing. 332 00:20:09,834 --> 00:20:11,961 Oh, my God, what have I done? 333 00:20:12,712 --> 00:20:13,713 Terry will leave me. 334 00:20:13,796 --> 00:20:16,841 I'll have no money. Oh, my God, I'll have no money. 335 00:20:16,924 --> 00:20:19,176 Take a Halcion, honey. It'll help. 336 00:20:22,930 --> 00:20:26,726 If you even think about telling anyone about this, 337 00:20:28,227 --> 00:20:29,729 so help me God, 338 00:20:31,439 --> 00:20:33,524 you don't know what I'm capable of. 339 00:20:33,607 --> 00:20:34,734 Stop. 340 00:20:34,817 --> 00:20:36,569 Just stop it right now. 341 00:20:38,487 --> 00:20:41,824 Of course your secret is safe with me. 342 00:20:45,119 --> 00:20:47,788 I just want to know why you did it. 343 00:20:54,879 --> 00:20:56,213 I don't know. 344 00:20:58,591 --> 00:21:00,509 I don't even know who I am anymore. 345 00:21:02,887 --> 00:21:04,597 Or why I do what I do. 346 00:21:07,683 --> 00:21:09,101 I'm just an object now. 347 00:21:13,189 --> 00:21:17,610 It was the vengeful impulse of a rusty trophy, the dirty movie. 348 00:21:17,693 --> 00:21:20,154 - That's all. - Are you sure about that? 349 00:21:22,448 --> 00:21:24,200 Maybe I wanted to be touched again 350 00:21:24,283 --> 00:21:26,452 even if it was only in a scene we were playing. 351 00:21:26,535 --> 00:21:29,747 Spare me The Day of The Locust act, Liz. I ain't buying it. 352 00:21:29,830 --> 00:21:32,583 One final round, please. Thank you. 353 00:21:34,627 --> 00:21:39,548 I think there's something bubbling beneath the constantly turbulent surface here. 354 00:21:40,174 --> 00:21:41,675 I can see your daydreams. 355 00:21:41,759 --> 00:21:43,594 I know you want to act, 356 00:21:43,677 --> 00:21:46,180 and I think this was just a perverse attempt 357 00:21:46,263 --> 00:21:48,182 at moving towards that dream. 358 00:21:51,936 --> 00:21:54,063 "Out, damned spot. Out, I say." 359 00:21:55,773 --> 00:21:57,775 One, two. 360 00:21:58,818 --> 00:22:01,445 Why, then 'tis time to do it. 361 00:22:02,655 --> 00:22:04,365 "Hell is murky." 362 00:22:08,953 --> 00:22:13,082 "False face must hide what the false heart doth know." 363 00:22:18,337 --> 00:22:21,757 I want you to know that I purchased every negative, 364 00:22:21,841 --> 00:22:25,344 so you don't have to worry about it ever seeing the light of day. 365 00:22:25,427 --> 00:22:28,514 And to protect you from your husband. 366 00:22:28,597 --> 00:22:30,015 Oh, Steven. 367 00:22:31,141 --> 00:22:32,768 Oh, my God, thank you. 368 00:22:33,310 --> 00:22:36,814 But I'm gonna hold on to them, though, sweetie. 369 00:22:38,858 --> 00:22:41,986 'Cause I got to look out for myself. 370 00:22:44,905 --> 00:22:47,700 - What do you want? - What I deserve. 371 00:22:48,492 --> 00:22:51,078 Terry doesn't see me as a contender in this industry, 372 00:22:51,161 --> 00:22:55,791 so I'm gonna need your help in bringing to life a grand vision. 373 00:22:56,375 --> 00:23:01,005 A film called Less Than Zero, and I'm going to produce with him. 374 00:23:01,922 --> 00:23:05,634 Debbie's boyfriend Bret wrote a treatment based on a novel he's writing. 375 00:23:05,718 --> 00:23:07,219 It's brilliant. 376 00:23:07,303 --> 00:23:10,264 I wrote glowing coverage, and Terry wouldn't even read it. 377 00:23:10,347 --> 00:23:12,433 Liz, he doesn't fucking read. 378 00:23:12,516 --> 00:23:14,852 He just took a bullshit meeting with Mr. Ellis, 379 00:23:14,935 --> 00:23:16,375 but he's not gonna close the rights. 380 00:23:17,438 --> 00:23:19,023 You are gonna help me get them. 381 00:23:19,899 --> 00:23:24,194 There's a role for you in the project. You are perfect for it. 382 00:23:24,278 --> 00:23:28,240 Become, at long last, a star. 383 00:23:30,701 --> 00:23:33,495 - What do you need me to do? - Every night while Terry sleeps, 384 00:23:33,579 --> 00:23:35,706 I need you to whisper a single sentence into his ear 385 00:23:35,789 --> 00:23:37,666 no fewer than 100 times, 386 00:23:38,459 --> 00:23:42,087 just like Nancy does with Ronnie Reagan to get her little plans in his head. 387 00:23:43,255 --> 00:23:44,590 What is the sentence? 388 00:23:44,673 --> 00:23:50,387 "Less Than Zero will make you $100 million." 389 00:24:06,111 --> 00:24:08,238 Our next lesson was on Hamlet, 390 00:24:08,322 --> 00:24:11,450 and the parallels to my increasingly unrecognizable life 391 00:24:11,533 --> 00:24:14,870 were so blinding that I couldn't help but feel mocked. 392 00:24:16,830 --> 00:24:18,332 We were both princes. 393 00:24:18,415 --> 00:24:20,084 We were both secretive, 394 00:24:20,167 --> 00:24:22,419 and we both knew that something very rotten 395 00:24:22,503 --> 00:24:25,130 was afoot within our own kingdoms. 396 00:24:25,214 --> 00:24:28,801 All right, I need Acts 1 through 3 read before next class. 397 00:24:31,387 --> 00:24:33,889 And I want 500 words on how Shakespeare is commenting 398 00:24:33,973 --> 00:24:36,725 on the connection between mortality and madness. 399 00:24:37,768 --> 00:24:38,894 Thank you. 400 00:24:44,733 --> 00:24:46,694 Bret, you have a second? 401 00:24:47,277 --> 00:24:50,364 - We should talk. In private. - Would it be all right 402 00:24:50,447 --> 00:24:53,242 if we asked you for this classroom for just a few minutes? 403 00:24:54,535 --> 00:24:56,638 All right. Though I do have another class in here shortly. 404 00:24:56,662 --> 00:24:57,663 Shouldn't be long. 405 00:24:58,247 --> 00:24:59,540 Sure. 406 00:25:03,585 --> 00:25:06,005 We got some more questions for you about Matt Kellner. 407 00:25:07,673 --> 00:25:08,924 What kind of questions? 408 00:25:09,008 --> 00:25:11,427 Questions about your personal relationship with Matt. 409 00:25:13,053 --> 00:25:15,139 My personal relationship with Matt? 410 00:25:16,890 --> 00:25:18,934 We were just acquaintances. 411 00:25:19,518 --> 00:25:20,853 Not even close, really. 412 00:25:21,478 --> 00:25:23,939 If you want to speak with someone who was close with Matt, 413 00:25:24,023 --> 00:25:25,750 I suggest talking to Robert Mallory about him. 414 00:25:25,774 --> 00:25:28,902 We already have talked to Robert Mallory about him, extensively. 415 00:25:29,987 --> 00:25:33,032 Let me ask you a question, Bret. Did you go to the Kellner house 416 00:25:33,115 --> 00:25:34,616 on the day that Matt disappeared? 417 00:25:35,784 --> 00:25:37,369 You didn't tell us that before. 418 00:25:38,203 --> 00:25:40,080 I didn't think it was significant. 419 00:25:40,706 --> 00:25:43,959 We were discussing a class assignment. He needed help with it. 420 00:25:44,043 --> 00:25:46,003 There was another thing you didn't tell us. 421 00:25:46,086 --> 00:25:49,048 You visited Matt's father after his disappearance. 422 00:25:50,632 --> 00:25:52,926 I-I just didn't think it was relevant. 423 00:25:54,678 --> 00:25:55,763 Why did you? 424 00:25:55,846 --> 00:25:59,183 - Out of concern for my friend. - I thought you weren't friends. 425 00:25:59,266 --> 00:26:01,810 Which is it? Were you or were you not friends? 426 00:26:01,894 --> 00:26:02,895 Or… 427 00:26:05,272 --> 00:26:08,317 Were you something else altogether? 428 00:26:08,901 --> 00:26:11,070 Inconsistencies are not always meaningful, 429 00:26:11,153 --> 00:26:15,032 but when they're attributed to the person who found the victim's body… 430 00:26:17,409 --> 00:26:21,205 Yeah, then we feel obligated to maybe dig a little deeper. 431 00:26:23,582 --> 00:26:24,917 Of course. 432 00:26:26,460 --> 00:26:28,420 Is that all, officers? 433 00:26:28,504 --> 00:26:31,590 There is one more. 434 00:26:32,132 --> 00:26:34,426 You were overheard on the sound stage of Dance Off! 435 00:26:34,510 --> 00:26:37,971 Whispering to Debbie Schaffer that she deserved to win. 436 00:26:38,055 --> 00:26:40,766 How badly did you want your girlfriend to win, Bret? 437 00:26:42,184 --> 00:26:44,478 Are you implying that I killed Cha Cha? 438 00:26:46,897 --> 00:26:48,982 Where is this coming from? Am I under arrest? 439 00:26:49,066 --> 00:26:51,026 Should you be? 440 00:26:51,110 --> 00:26:54,071 Officers, I need my classroom back now. 441 00:26:54,947 --> 00:26:58,158 No worries, ma'am. We were just finishing up here. 442 00:27:01,870 --> 00:27:02,996 Thank you, ma'am. 443 00:27:06,458 --> 00:27:09,002 My secrets were catching up to me. 444 00:27:09,086 --> 00:27:11,630 My anxiety from concealing my sexuality 445 00:27:11,713 --> 00:27:13,966 had inadvertently led to becoming a suspect. 446 00:27:15,384 --> 00:27:16,635 I didn't have an alibi. 447 00:27:17,219 --> 00:27:18,220 I was fucked. 448 00:27:18,887 --> 00:27:21,306 Someone was coloring their perception of me, 449 00:27:21,390 --> 00:27:23,267 and I knew exactly who that was. 450 00:29:09,748 --> 00:29:12,250 Robert, I know it's you. 451 00:30:17,065 --> 00:30:18,900 I thought that nothing could terrify me more 452 00:30:18,984 --> 00:30:20,944 than being framed for Matt Kellner's murder. 453 00:30:26,491 --> 00:30:29,161 You did great, the project… 454 00:30:29,244 --> 00:30:31,788 But I was wrong. This was somehow worse. 455 00:30:33,498 --> 00:30:35,083 I wasn't wrong. I wasn't right. 456 00:30:35,167 --> 00:30:36,626 Come on in, kid. 457 00:30:37,377 --> 00:30:38,378 Yeah. 458 00:30:40,255 --> 00:30:41,256 Bob… 459 00:30:42,174 --> 00:30:43,175 Bob… 460 00:30:44,092 --> 00:30:46,887 Yeah. 461 00:30:46,970 --> 00:30:48,388 It's ridiculous. No, Bob. 462 00:30:48,472 --> 00:30:49,681 I-I gotta let you go. 463 00:30:50,223 --> 00:30:52,642 Yeah. I'm meeting with a piece of talent. 464 00:30:56,855 --> 00:30:58,732 Yeah. 465 00:31:00,650 --> 00:31:02,486 Yeah, you're sick. You know that, Bob? 466 00:31:02,569 --> 00:31:04,362 I'll talk to you later. Bye. 467 00:31:18,585 --> 00:31:19,753 You want a drink? 468 00:31:20,629 --> 00:31:21,630 No, thank you. 469 00:31:22,214 --> 00:31:23,757 Straight to business. 470 00:31:24,299 --> 00:31:26,426 Now listen, I took a look at your treatments, 471 00:31:26,510 --> 00:31:29,513 and, I'm inclined to option it. 472 00:31:31,807 --> 00:31:32,849 Wow. 473 00:31:32,933 --> 00:31:36,269 Certain people whose opinions I occasionally consider 474 00:31:36,353 --> 00:31:39,147 have been whispering in my ear how brilliant it is. 475 00:31:39,773 --> 00:31:41,108 I listen to whispers. 476 00:31:43,777 --> 00:31:44,945 I'm happy to hear that. 477 00:31:45,737 --> 00:31:48,824 Your writing is so… adult. 478 00:31:50,075 --> 00:31:56,498 So many times, stories about juveniles can be so juvenile, untrue. 479 00:31:56,581 --> 00:31:58,458 Yes, yes, exactly. 480 00:31:58,542 --> 00:32:02,921 But you, your writing, I can tell you understand adult things. 481 00:32:03,964 --> 00:32:04,965 Don't you, Bret? 482 00:32:07,467 --> 00:32:10,428 I mean, I believe that you know how things work. 483 00:32:10,512 --> 00:32:12,514 I believe you understand… 484 00:32:14,474 --> 00:32:15,559 Risk. 485 00:32:17,269 --> 00:32:20,272 I believe that you understand how much of a flyer 486 00:32:20,355 --> 00:32:23,191 I would be taking on a first-time screenwriter. 487 00:32:24,067 --> 00:32:28,989 But you also know how good things can be. 488 00:32:31,074 --> 00:32:32,284 Things that we can… 489 00:32:33,827 --> 00:32:35,120 Do for each other. 490 00:32:37,289 --> 00:32:38,290 Right? 491 00:32:46,548 --> 00:32:47,799 Yeah. 492 00:32:50,218 --> 00:32:51,511 Terrific. 493 00:32:57,475 --> 00:32:59,227 You sure you don't want that drink? 494 00:33:02,731 --> 00:33:03,732 Yeah. 495 00:33:04,941 --> 00:33:05,942 Okay. 496 00:33:10,155 --> 00:33:11,698 I'm gonna go freshen up. 497 00:33:31,968 --> 00:33:33,345 Terry was wrong. 498 00:33:35,055 --> 00:33:37,140 I didn't understand adult things. 499 00:33:39,851 --> 00:33:41,102 I just thought I did. 500 00:33:46,483 --> 00:33:49,778 I've learned through time that many young people make the same mistake. 501 00:33:52,364 --> 00:33:55,367 I thought I was in control that afternoon at the Beverly Hills Hotel. 502 00:33:59,788 --> 00:34:01,873 I thought it was my choice to leave the bathroom, 503 00:34:01,957 --> 00:34:03,792 my choice to stay in that room. 504 00:34:05,669 --> 00:34:07,545 Here's what I remember: 505 00:34:09,464 --> 00:34:11,258 the sight of Terry's naked body. 506 00:34:12,467 --> 00:34:14,511 He looked younger than he was. 507 00:34:14,594 --> 00:34:15,804 Objectively attractive, 508 00:34:15,887 --> 00:34:19,557 but too old for me to even contemplate as a realistic sex partner. 509 00:34:20,183 --> 00:34:23,144 And yet there I was, doing just that. 510 00:34:24,521 --> 00:34:27,565 Terry pulled me up against him and roughly kissed my mouth. 511 00:34:28,108 --> 00:34:30,110 He tasted like champagne and weed. 512 00:34:30,652 --> 00:34:33,613 He playfully shoved me onto the bed and pulled off my pants. 513 00:34:34,114 --> 00:34:35,323 I accommodated him, 514 00:34:35,407 --> 00:34:38,535 lifting my feet off the floor so he could remove all of my clothes. 515 00:34:39,536 --> 00:34:41,246 Though I was fully hard, 516 00:34:41,329 --> 00:34:44,791 I didn't feel any excitement when Terry sucked and stroked my cock. 517 00:34:45,709 --> 00:34:48,336 I felt nothing as he slapped it against his face, 518 00:34:48,420 --> 00:34:50,088 deep throating and inhaling it. 519 00:34:50,880 --> 00:34:54,759 This continued for a number of minutes, at which point Terry grabbed my hips, 520 00:34:54,843 --> 00:34:57,345 rolled me onto my stomach and lifted up my ass. 521 00:35:01,099 --> 00:35:03,977 I wondered whether this was just how older guys did it. 522 00:35:05,186 --> 00:35:07,647 At that point, I'd only been with Matt and Ryan. 523 00:35:09,232 --> 00:35:10,775 I remember how much it hurt 524 00:35:10,859 --> 00:35:13,194 and the relief I felt when I rolled onto my back. 525 00:35:15,614 --> 00:35:18,700 I remember it was completely silent except for the breeze outside 526 00:35:18,783 --> 00:35:20,577 teasing the palm trees. 527 00:35:21,369 --> 00:35:22,746 And then it was over. 528 00:35:23,413 --> 00:35:26,416 I returned to the bathroom and examined myself in the mirror. 529 00:35:27,626 --> 00:35:29,461 I thought I looked composed. 530 00:35:29,544 --> 00:35:30,795 And not just composed, 531 00:35:30,879 --> 00:35:33,089 but like I had actually accomplished something. 532 00:35:33,965 --> 00:35:36,009 I chose this, didn't I? 533 00:35:36,718 --> 00:35:38,345 I understood adult things. 534 00:35:38,428 --> 00:35:40,347 I understood the way the world worked. 535 00:35:41,097 --> 00:35:43,141 This wasn't what I wanted, but it wasn't so bad. 536 00:35:45,101 --> 00:35:46,394 Or maybe it was. 537 00:35:47,562 --> 00:35:49,064 What did I know anyway? 538 00:35:50,106 --> 00:35:51,608 I was just a kid. 539 00:35:53,652 --> 00:35:55,028 It was my darkest secret. 540 00:35:55,737 --> 00:35:57,238 And now it wasn't even that. 541 00:35:57,947 --> 00:35:59,574 The information was out there. 542 00:36:00,075 --> 00:36:01,534 I couldn't control that either. 543 00:36:02,827 --> 00:36:06,039 Someone had taped us, but who and why? 544 00:36:19,010 --> 00:36:21,554 All I knew was that it was 1981 545 00:36:21,638 --> 00:36:23,848 and I was 18 and closeted. 546 00:36:25,517 --> 00:36:28,311 I would have rather been outed as a psychotic serial killer 547 00:36:28,395 --> 00:36:29,688 than a homosexual. 548 00:36:36,695 --> 00:36:40,699 Hamlet is plagued with paranoia and self-doubt, 549 00:36:40,782 --> 00:36:43,034 caught between action and inaction, 550 00:36:43,118 --> 00:36:45,704 caught between the desire to avenge his father's death 551 00:36:45,787 --> 00:36:49,791 and the desire to be absolutely, totally 100% certain 552 00:36:49,874 --> 00:36:51,710 of his uncle's guilt. 553 00:36:51,793 --> 00:36:55,797 But does this kind of certainty exist? 554 00:36:55,880 --> 00:36:57,465 Of course. 555 00:36:58,174 --> 00:36:59,801 How can you be sure? 556 00:36:59,884 --> 00:37:01,845 Well, if you've seen someone do something, 557 00:37:01,928 --> 00:37:04,180 that's objective reality. 558 00:37:04,264 --> 00:37:05,306 Truth. 559 00:37:05,390 --> 00:37:08,560 Hamlet saw a ghost. Does that sound like truth? 560 00:37:11,896 --> 00:37:15,066 No, that's a sort of grief-induced hallucination. 561 00:37:15,650 --> 00:37:17,068 You disagree, Mr. Mallory? 562 00:37:17,152 --> 00:37:20,113 Disagree that Hamlet's a nutjob? Certainly not. 563 00:37:20,905 --> 00:37:23,491 I disagree that there's something known as the truth. 564 00:37:23,575 --> 00:37:28,037 "There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so." Act 2, Scene 2. 565 00:37:28,121 --> 00:37:31,708 "The lady doth protest too much, methinks." Act 3, Scene 2. 566 00:37:31,791 --> 00:37:34,002 Let Mr. Mallory continue. 567 00:37:36,379 --> 00:37:37,380 Apologies, ma'am. 568 00:37:37,464 --> 00:37:40,967 Officers, this is my classroom, not the police academy. 569 00:37:41,050 --> 00:37:42,427 We just need a word with… 570 00:37:46,681 --> 00:37:47,682 One of your students. 571 00:37:49,768 --> 00:37:50,894 Mr. Mallory. 572 00:38:06,659 --> 00:38:08,453 "Good night, sweet prince." 573 00:38:12,457 --> 00:38:13,625 After you. 574 00:38:23,843 --> 00:38:26,095 I raced to the phone on that hot October afternoon… 575 00:38:27,263 --> 00:38:30,263 …expecting another round of obscene wet-sounding breathing from The Trawler. 576 00:38:31,601 --> 00:38:33,645 Hello, who is this? 577 00:38:33,728 --> 00:38:34,813 It wasn't him. 578 00:38:38,483 --> 00:38:40,235 Instead, somewhat shockingly, 579 00:38:40,318 --> 00:38:42,654 the caller was Robert Mallory's Aunt Abigail. 580 00:38:45,698 --> 00:38:48,326 She insisted she needed to speak with me in person 581 00:38:48,409 --> 00:38:50,328 and that Robert must never know. 582 00:38:50,411 --> 00:38:52,038 I didn't know if you were coming or not. 583 00:38:52,747 --> 00:38:54,123 Do you want a drink? 584 00:38:54,207 --> 00:38:55,333 No, thank you. 585 00:38:57,043 --> 00:38:59,212 I'm sorry if I seem a little off. 586 00:38:59,295 --> 00:39:01,756 I just got out of a meeting with my attorney. 587 00:39:02,590 --> 00:39:05,635 Me and my husband are in the middle of a rather protracted divorce, 588 00:39:05,718 --> 00:39:09,222 and he is acting fairly difficult. 589 00:39:09,931 --> 00:39:12,392 Though I think he says the same thing about me. 590 00:39:14,686 --> 00:39:16,771 I probably should have rescheduled this. I'm sorry. 591 00:39:18,940 --> 00:39:20,066 Yes, another. 592 00:39:30,535 --> 00:39:32,453 Robert says you don't like him much. 593 00:39:33,913 --> 00:39:36,124 Let's just say we're always joking around. 594 00:39:36,207 --> 00:39:38,126 Robert doesn't think you're joking around. 595 00:39:38,209 --> 00:39:39,919 He doesn't believe that. 596 00:39:41,754 --> 00:39:43,214 Why are we here? 597 00:39:43,298 --> 00:39:46,301 Robert has mentioned you a lot. In fact, since the first day of school. 598 00:39:46,926 --> 00:39:49,512 He said you unsettled him when you were positive 599 00:39:49,596 --> 00:39:52,599 that you saw him at a movie theater over a year ago. 600 00:39:52,682 --> 00:39:54,058 I know I saw him there. 601 00:39:54,142 --> 00:39:56,269 I don't understand why he's lying about it. 602 00:39:56,352 --> 00:40:00,773 Well, we can sit here all day and evade whatever your situation is. 603 00:40:02,191 --> 00:40:03,651 Why was he in the facility? 604 00:40:05,612 --> 00:40:07,906 - How did you find out about that? - What did he do? 605 00:40:07,989 --> 00:40:11,618 What did Robert do that warranted him being put in a mental institution? 606 00:40:12,243 --> 00:40:16,289 His mom's death seems to be the catalyst for Robert going off the rails a bit, 607 00:40:16,372 --> 00:40:18,291 which is to be expected, but… 608 00:40:21,461 --> 00:40:22,879 His father put him there. 609 00:40:25,089 --> 00:40:26,716 What happened to his mother? 610 00:40:27,592 --> 00:40:29,010 Supposedly it was an accident. 611 00:40:30,720 --> 00:40:33,932 She had fallen from the upstairs landing in her home, 612 00:40:34,015 --> 00:40:35,016 tripped over the banister 613 00:40:35,099 --> 00:40:37,477 and landed in such a way that she was killed instantly. 614 00:40:41,314 --> 00:40:42,941 But… 615 00:40:44,233 --> 00:40:46,486 You know, there were always questions, you know. 616 00:40:46,569 --> 00:40:49,030 - Questions? - Discrepancies. 617 00:40:50,031 --> 00:40:52,867 There were always questions on Robert's father's part. 618 00:40:52,951 --> 00:40:54,285 It didn't quite add up. 619 00:40:54,369 --> 00:40:56,663 She had to be in a certain position by the banister, 620 00:40:56,746 --> 00:40:58,915 the railing on the second floor, he said. 621 00:40:59,791 --> 00:41:00,792 Robert wasn't home. 622 00:41:02,126 --> 00:41:03,836 But he was the one who found her. 623 00:41:03,920 --> 00:41:05,463 Does he have an alibi? 624 00:41:05,546 --> 00:41:08,257 Never mind about his mother. 625 00:41:08,341 --> 00:41:09,884 Just listen to me. 626 00:41:11,719 --> 00:41:14,347 Robert came to LA and stayed with me. 627 00:41:15,390 --> 00:41:17,183 The summer of 1980. 628 00:41:19,727 --> 00:41:21,646 And that's when you said you saw him, right? 629 00:41:21,729 --> 00:41:23,106 Yes, in May at The Shining. 630 00:41:23,189 --> 00:41:24,190 Well, you were right. 631 00:41:24,273 --> 00:41:25,858 You did see him. 632 00:41:27,902 --> 00:41:29,112 Robert was at the theater. 633 00:41:30,446 --> 00:41:32,240 And he was there with a girl. 634 00:41:33,032 --> 00:41:35,243 Katherine Latchford. 635 00:41:36,202 --> 00:41:37,954 That's The Trawler's first victim. 636 00:41:38,037 --> 00:41:42,417 Yes, the first girl. And that is why he said he hadn't been at the movie 637 00:41:42,500 --> 00:41:45,044 because he didn't want anyone to make the connection. 638 00:41:46,963 --> 00:41:50,174 No, I-I love my nephew very much, but… 639 00:41:50,258 --> 00:41:51,384 But what? 640 00:41:53,136 --> 00:41:54,387 But I'm not blind. 641 00:41:55,013 --> 00:41:57,724 And I don't think you should be blinded by him either. 642 00:42:17,535 --> 00:42:20,288 I couldn't believe how fast the nausea overwhelmed me. 643 00:42:21,164 --> 00:42:24,292 I wanted to go home and smoke weed and take another Quaalude 644 00:42:24,375 --> 00:42:26,878 until I was stoned enough to annihilate myself 645 00:42:26,961 --> 00:42:31,174 and crawl under the blankets on my bed and fall into a deep and dreamless sleep. 646 00:42:33,134 --> 00:42:35,470 I knew with certainty now who The Trawler was. 647 00:42:36,304 --> 00:42:37,430 Now I had proof. 648 00:42:44,645 --> 00:42:46,606 Had the police figured out his lie? 649 00:42:47,690 --> 00:42:50,860 Is that why they took him in for a last and final questioning? 650 00:42:54,822 --> 00:42:57,617 Looking back, at that point, 651 00:42:57,700 --> 00:43:01,245 all I knew for sure was that something was rotten in the state of California. 652 00:43:08,169 --> 00:43:09,462 Robert. 653 00:43:09,545 --> 00:43:11,130 What do you want from me, Bret? 654 00:43:13,716 --> 00:43:14,717 I'm sorry. 655 00:43:17,428 --> 00:43:18,805 How did you get in here? 656 00:43:19,430 --> 00:43:22,642 They took me in a second time, threatened to book me. 657 00:43:22,725 --> 00:43:26,354 They asked me about horrific things, terrible things, 658 00:43:26,437 --> 00:43:28,231 things that I'm incapable of doing. 659 00:43:29,315 --> 00:43:31,567 But they think that I'm doing them because of you. 660 00:43:33,277 --> 00:43:34,821 My mother died, Bret. 661 00:43:36,155 --> 00:43:37,657 Haven't I been through enough? 662 00:43:40,535 --> 00:43:42,411 I've never hurt anybody. 663 00:43:43,454 --> 00:43:46,249 It's not who I am. Why do you want it to be? 664 00:43:50,294 --> 00:43:51,838 Why do you hate me so much? 665 00:43:58,636 --> 00:44:00,304 I don't hate you. 666 00:44:04,642 --> 00:44:06,352 Then why are you doing all this? 667 00:44:09,021 --> 00:44:11,023 Why do people always turn against me? 668 00:44:12,150 --> 00:44:14,026 Friends and family members. 669 00:44:16,112 --> 00:44:17,989 Is it because I look this way? 670 00:44:18,072 --> 00:44:19,490 Too perfect? 671 00:44:20,408 --> 00:44:23,536 It kills me that they don't see the real me. This me. 672 00:44:25,496 --> 00:44:26,789 The boy with the broken heart. 673 00:44:34,005 --> 00:44:40,052 There are just some things about you that I can't ignore. 674 00:44:43,222 --> 00:44:45,141 We're all really scared right now. 675 00:44:45,224 --> 00:44:47,602 You have to admit that you have a history. 676 00:44:48,853 --> 00:44:51,314 It's true. I have a history of mental instability. 677 00:44:51,939 --> 00:44:55,943 I have depression, I have anxiety. But that doesn't make me a bad person. 678 00:44:59,655 --> 00:45:01,115 Am I a bad person? 679 00:45:01,991 --> 00:45:03,326 Tell me I'm not, Bret. 680 00:46:49,390 --> 00:46:52,852 "To be, or not to be: That is the question."