1 00:00:13,013 --> 00:00:15,390 One of the most intimate ways to kill someone 2 00:00:15,474 --> 00:00:17,142 is to push them from a great height. 3 00:00:20,729 --> 00:00:23,315 Terminal velocity refers to the maximum speed 4 00:00:23,398 --> 00:00:26,193 attainable by a human body falling through midair. 5 00:00:26,902 --> 00:00:29,112 It takes roughly 12 seconds to achieve that speed. 6 00:00:33,158 --> 00:00:35,369 Terry never even got close before he collided 7 00:00:35,452 --> 00:00:37,287 with the hardwood of the Schaffers' foyer. 8 00:00:40,499 --> 00:00:42,960 Looking back on that fall semester of senior year, 9 00:00:43,043 --> 00:00:45,629 there was no shortage of traumatizing developments. 10 00:00:45,712 --> 00:00:49,174 The serial killer, or various killers terrorizing our school, 11 00:00:49,675 --> 00:00:51,593 the fracturing of our friend group, 12 00:00:51,677 --> 00:00:55,180 and the untimely deaths of teenagers who had no business dying. 13 00:00:56,974 --> 00:00:59,476 But to this day, the two questions that still beguile 14 00:00:59,559 --> 00:01:01,228 and disturb me the most are: 15 00:01:02,479 --> 00:01:05,274 Who pushed Terry Schaffer over that stairway banister? 16 00:01:05,941 --> 00:01:07,150 And why? 17 00:01:08,318 --> 00:01:10,529 Many people assumed it was me. 18 00:01:11,113 --> 00:01:12,823 Terry had betrayed me. 19 00:01:12,906 --> 00:01:14,575 Not only had he taken advantage of me 20 00:01:14,658 --> 00:01:16,785 at the Beverly Hills Hotel, but I believed then, 21 00:01:17,703 --> 00:01:21,832 as now, that he had videotaped us as some sort of perverse insurance policy. 22 00:01:27,879 --> 00:01:31,008 The truth is, by the night of Debbie's Halloween party, 23 00:01:31,091 --> 00:01:34,136 seemingly everyone had a reason to want Terry Schaffer dead. 24 00:01:35,429 --> 00:01:38,515 Steven had worked loyally for Terry for a decade. 25 00:01:39,016 --> 00:01:41,560 And Terry had repaid him by routinely humiliating him 26 00:01:41,643 --> 00:01:43,854 and thwarting his efforts to produce a movie. 27 00:01:52,446 --> 00:01:55,032 Liz had endured years of Terry's infidelity 28 00:01:55,115 --> 00:01:57,826 and exceedingly sloppy lies about his sexuality. 29 00:01:58,410 --> 00:02:01,663 All the while something malevolent had been gestating inside her. 30 00:02:07,753 --> 00:02:10,172 And the dormancy period was finally over. 31 00:02:12,549 --> 00:02:13,842 Then there was Debbie. 32 00:02:14,426 --> 00:02:17,846 Daddy's little girl had lost faith in the first and only man she'd ever trust. 33 00:02:19,556 --> 00:02:21,933 Her rage was compounded by a profound… 34 00:02:29,107 --> 00:02:30,651 …almost biological hurt. 35 00:02:37,407 --> 00:02:40,661 Susan despised Terry for ruining Debbie's life 36 00:02:40,744 --> 00:02:43,205 and hated him even more for trying to ruin mine. 37 00:02:48,377 --> 00:02:53,507 Susan, I would discover much later, had learned about my secret shame. 38 00:02:55,384 --> 00:02:58,720 Thom had been acting increasingly violent and erratic that year. 39 00:03:00,263 --> 00:03:03,058 And harbored an intense grudge against his own father. 40 00:03:04,643 --> 00:03:06,144 Or any father figure. 41 00:03:14,736 --> 00:03:18,824 And of course, there was Robert, a known psychopath. 42 00:03:21,451 --> 00:03:23,370 The circumstances of his own mother's death 43 00:03:23,453 --> 00:03:25,747 were eerily similar to those of Terry's fall. 44 00:03:28,333 --> 00:03:31,795 From the moment I first looked in his eyes at that matinee of The Shining… 45 00:03:34,548 --> 00:03:38,301 I knew that he possessed the ability and desire to commit unspeakable evil. 46 00:03:47,978 --> 00:03:50,814 We all fantasized about harming Terry. 47 00:03:54,192 --> 00:03:57,070 But only one of us was capable of actually doing it. 48 00:04:48,747 --> 00:04:51,333 I know… I know he… he pulled a hair out of your head. 49 00:04:51,416 --> 00:04:52,417 It was barbaric. 50 00:04:52,501 --> 00:04:56,254 But I am putting together this picture that you, Polanski… 51 00:04:56,338 --> 00:04:58,548 The dream team. It works. 52 00:04:58,632 --> 00:05:00,759 You guys are a magical combination. 53 00:05:01,343 --> 00:05:02,761 Get off the phone. 54 00:05:03,428 --> 00:05:05,323 I'm just talking to Faye Dunaway. Give me a minute. 55 00:05:05,347 --> 00:05:06,556 Fuck Faye Dunaway. 56 00:05:06,640 --> 00:05:08,475 I said get off the phone now. 57 00:05:09,351 --> 00:05:10,852 This is important. 58 00:05:12,437 --> 00:05:14,898 Faye, can I call you back? 59 00:05:15,398 --> 00:05:18,151 Five minutes. Okay, bye. 60 00:05:20,695 --> 00:05:22,197 What? 61 00:05:22,781 --> 00:05:27,369 We suddenly find ourselves in a bit of a pickle, Terry. 62 00:05:27,953 --> 00:05:29,830 Why did you call me that? 63 00:05:29,913 --> 00:05:31,498 - I'm Daddy. - Not anymore. 64 00:05:32,290 --> 00:05:36,336 Or should I say I'm not Daddy's little girl anymore. 65 00:05:36,920 --> 00:05:39,005 I always knew this day would come. 66 00:05:40,131 --> 00:05:41,675 You're pregnant. That's okay. 67 00:05:41,758 --> 00:05:43,552 - We can take care of it. - I'm not pregnant. 68 00:05:44,094 --> 00:05:46,596 I've been practicing the pull-out method since I was 16. 69 00:05:46,680 --> 00:05:49,182 No, no. Don't say that. 70 00:05:49,266 --> 00:05:50,559 Don't talk to me like that. 71 00:05:50,642 --> 00:05:52,602 I did not raise you to speak that way. 72 00:05:53,353 --> 00:05:57,941 I've come across some information about you. 73 00:05:58,024 --> 00:05:59,901 What's that supposed to mean? 74 00:05:59,985 --> 00:06:03,530 Think long and hard about what I could possibly know. 75 00:06:03,613 --> 00:06:07,450 What is the worst thing I could find out about you? 76 00:06:08,952 --> 00:06:10,078 Well… 77 00:06:12,622 --> 00:06:14,082 At long last. 78 00:06:14,165 --> 00:06:15,709 I always suspected. 79 00:06:16,668 --> 00:06:18,378 And I finally found out. 80 00:06:21,047 --> 00:06:22,799 What did you find out? 81 00:06:24,509 --> 00:06:26,136 Are you threatening me? 82 00:06:30,348 --> 00:06:36,479 Let it suffice to say that some information has come 83 00:06:36,563 --> 00:06:41,902 across my pink princess desk that could absolutely be your downfall. 84 00:06:41,985 --> 00:06:44,821 I could tell Mommy. 85 00:06:45,906 --> 00:06:48,033 I could call the studio. 86 00:06:48,617 --> 00:06:51,828 I could call the press, but I've decided I won't. 87 00:06:52,704 --> 00:06:59,419 If, starting today, you give me exactly what I want, what I'm entitled to. 88 00:06:59,502 --> 00:07:01,171 Stop it. Stop it right now. 89 00:07:01,254 --> 00:07:03,882 Or what? You'll ground me? 90 00:07:03,965 --> 00:07:06,092 Has it ever worked? I always snuck out. 91 00:07:08,219 --> 00:07:13,850 You know, I used to resent you so much when you'd get mad at me. 92 00:07:13,933 --> 00:07:17,687 Whenever I lost a contest or a game of Monopoly, 93 00:07:18,438 --> 00:07:22,901 you'd say to me, "Debbie, you are just like your mother." 94 00:07:22,984 --> 00:07:24,277 I knew that was code for loser. 95 00:07:24,861 --> 00:07:26,321 I hated you for that. 96 00:07:28,406 --> 00:07:31,826 But the truth is, I'm more like you than her. 97 00:07:33,328 --> 00:07:35,747 - I always have been. - You are nothing like me. 98 00:07:35,830 --> 00:07:38,208 Like you, Daddy, I'm a killer. 99 00:07:39,084 --> 00:07:40,835 I inherited that quality from you. 100 00:07:42,796 --> 00:07:44,005 I don't like my car. 101 00:07:44,089 --> 00:07:45,632 I want a Ferrari. 102 00:07:46,508 --> 00:07:48,301 I don't want to go to college. 103 00:07:48,385 --> 00:07:50,095 I want to be a star. 104 00:07:50,178 --> 00:07:54,349 And you will arrange a screen test for me 105 00:07:54,432 --> 00:07:57,018 and get me that star-making part. 106 00:07:57,769 --> 00:08:00,730 - Am I clear? - You have no talent. 107 00:08:00,814 --> 00:08:02,232 But I have information. 108 00:08:03,483 --> 00:08:07,779 I am now aware of something that Mommy could never prove. 109 00:08:09,781 --> 00:08:11,116 Look into my eyes. 110 00:08:13,952 --> 00:08:16,162 You know I finally know now. 111 00:08:20,250 --> 00:08:23,878 This is just the beginning of a long list of requests I'll be coming to you with. 112 00:08:24,671 --> 00:08:26,005 Nice talk. 113 00:08:26,840 --> 00:08:28,091 Good times. 114 00:08:31,177 --> 00:08:33,221 What? What do you know? 115 00:08:33,304 --> 00:08:34,639 Tell me right now! 116 00:08:36,057 --> 00:08:37,434 Get your hands off me. 117 00:08:40,061 --> 00:08:43,148 You wouldn't want to bruise your shiniest trophy now, would you? 118 00:08:47,152 --> 00:08:48,278 I know. 119 00:08:50,905 --> 00:08:51,948 I will tell. 120 00:08:53,408 --> 00:08:55,201 It could all go up in a puff of smoke, 121 00:08:55,285 --> 00:08:58,621 and that's your greatest fear, isn't it? 122 00:09:01,875 --> 00:09:04,377 I can't tell you how wonderful it feels 123 00:09:05,253 --> 00:09:06,880 to finally win. 124 00:09:08,048 --> 00:09:11,676 To finally, in the end, get what I want. 125 00:09:53,218 --> 00:09:54,344 How are you? 126 00:09:55,261 --> 00:09:57,222 I'm late for tennis with Debbie. 127 00:09:57,305 --> 00:09:59,015 What did you want to talk about? 128 00:09:59,641 --> 00:10:00,850 I fucked up. 129 00:10:01,476 --> 00:10:02,477 I know that. 130 00:10:03,853 --> 00:10:06,523 - I was too intense. - You threatened me with a knife. 131 00:10:07,273 --> 00:10:10,735 The same week our classmate's severed head was found in a trophy case. 132 00:10:10,819 --> 00:10:14,239 So I picked the wrong week to threaten my girlfriend with a knife. 133 00:10:14,322 --> 00:10:16,116 Thom, this isn't funny. 134 00:10:17,742 --> 00:10:19,702 Is there a connection there, by the way? 135 00:10:20,370 --> 00:10:23,248 Between your obsession with knives and what happened to Matt? 136 00:10:23,998 --> 00:10:25,959 My obsession with knives? 137 00:10:27,043 --> 00:10:28,169 What are you talking about? 138 00:10:29,045 --> 00:10:31,381 You're like a different person lately. 139 00:10:32,006 --> 00:10:34,300 - I don't even know you. - You don't know me? 140 00:10:36,177 --> 00:10:37,595 I know you. 141 00:10:38,596 --> 00:10:39,931 I know you're scared. 142 00:10:40,807 --> 00:10:43,143 I know you need somebody to protect you. 143 00:10:44,227 --> 00:10:45,687 It's what you said. 144 00:10:46,437 --> 00:10:47,897 Kids are dying. 145 00:10:49,566 --> 00:10:53,987 We're not safe in LA. We're surrounded by very, very bad people. 146 00:10:54,070 --> 00:10:55,446 Like Robert. 147 00:10:57,782 --> 00:11:00,201 There's something seriously wrong with him, don't you think? 148 00:11:00,285 --> 00:11:02,829 No, Thom, I don't think. 149 00:11:03,580 --> 00:11:06,708 Because I've never seen Robert do anything half as disturbing 150 00:11:06,791 --> 00:11:10,128 as threatening to slice his veins open with a steak knife. 151 00:11:26,561 --> 00:11:27,770 What's that? 152 00:11:28,688 --> 00:11:31,024 I spoke to the school guidance counselor about you. 153 00:11:31,107 --> 00:11:34,444 She said it can be really hard for teenagers these days 154 00:11:34,527 --> 00:11:39,032 with all the pressures of college applications and divorce. 155 00:11:40,200 --> 00:11:41,492 And the stuff with your dad. 156 00:11:41,576 --> 00:11:43,995 You spoke to somebody about my dad? 157 00:11:44,078 --> 00:11:47,123 You should not have done that, Susan. You really should not have done that. 158 00:11:47,207 --> 00:11:49,000 - Do you understand me? - That. 159 00:11:49,083 --> 00:11:53,630 That is the look in your eyes that makes me wonder what you're capable of. 160 00:11:53,713 --> 00:11:55,465 I have so much to live for. 161 00:11:56,591 --> 00:11:57,592 You. 162 00:11:59,177 --> 00:12:01,179 Our family, our future. 163 00:12:01,262 --> 00:12:02,388 You… 164 00:12:04,349 --> 00:12:06,059 Thom, what the fuck are you doing? 165 00:12:06,142 --> 00:12:07,227 Su… 166 00:12:08,895 --> 00:12:10,730 Thom, I just… I need you to sit back down. 167 00:12:10,813 --> 00:12:14,692 - Susan Marie Reynolds. - Oh. 168 00:12:19,197 --> 00:12:21,032 I want to protect you. 169 00:12:25,578 --> 00:12:27,872 I want to marry you. 170 00:12:27,956 --> 00:12:31,584 I want to hold you in my arms until you fall asleep. 171 00:12:32,585 --> 00:12:38,549 And once you're asleep, I'll stay awake and I'll hold you all night long. 172 00:12:39,801 --> 00:12:43,096 That's the only way that I can be sure that you'll be safe. 173 00:12:48,476 --> 00:12:51,229 Thom, what are you doing on the ground? Did Susan lose an earring? 174 00:12:51,312 --> 00:12:54,899 We are late for tennis, and I have to stop at home to change out my purse. 175 00:12:54,983 --> 00:12:56,818 So let's go. 176 00:13:01,739 --> 00:13:03,241 Think about it. 177 00:13:04,284 --> 00:13:05,743 What the fuck was that? 178 00:13:06,911 --> 00:13:10,790 Thom reminding me why I broke up with him. 179 00:13:10,873 --> 00:13:12,583 Oh, God, our boyfriends suck. 180 00:13:12,667 --> 00:13:15,628 - Ex-boyfriend. - Oh, whatever. 181 00:13:16,462 --> 00:13:19,257 It's senior year. There's no excuse not to have fun. 182 00:13:19,340 --> 00:13:22,010 Especially the week of Halloween. My favorite holiday. 183 00:13:22,093 --> 00:13:25,513 You're right, we could all use a distraction, 184 00:13:25,596 --> 00:13:29,058 but the police have basically canceled everything because of The Trawler. 185 00:13:30,727 --> 00:13:32,895 Much to my relief, The Trawler's gruesome acts 186 00:13:32,979 --> 00:13:35,606 had finally permeated the psyche of my friends. 187 00:13:35,690 --> 00:13:40,445 …the like are gripped in terror as a serial killer known as The Trawler 188 00:13:40,528 --> 00:13:45,491 targets students at an elite prep school in California's San Fernando Valley. 189 00:13:45,575 --> 00:13:49,370 I was no longer some crazy Cassandra spewing hollow warnings. 190 00:13:49,454 --> 00:13:50,580 Now everyone was afraid. 191 00:13:51,956 --> 00:13:54,876 The Trawler murder spree had become national news. 192 00:13:55,626 --> 00:13:57,628 The killer's elevated public profile seemed 193 00:13:57,712 --> 00:14:00,048 to please and maybe even excite him. 194 00:14:00,131 --> 00:14:03,885 It seemed he liked the attention and soon started seeking it out more directly. 195 00:14:03,968 --> 00:14:07,972 In a letter received by the editorial board of the Los Angeles Times, 196 00:14:08,056 --> 00:14:11,517 an individual who identified himself as The Trawler 197 00:14:11,601 --> 00:14:14,270 issued specific and credible threats. 198 00:14:14,353 --> 00:14:19,484 Now the disturbing communiqué promises to, quote, "slaughter all the kiddies 199 00:14:19,567 --> 00:14:22,028 in their costumes going trick-or-treating." 200 00:14:22,111 --> 00:14:24,572 At that point, I had repeatedly told the police 201 00:14:24,655 --> 00:14:26,949 that the person responsible was Robert. 202 00:14:27,825 --> 00:14:30,244 Why were they sitting on the identity of The Trawler? 203 00:14:30,328 --> 00:14:34,665 What strings had Robert's wealthy and well-connected family pulled? 204 00:14:35,541 --> 00:14:38,711 He had already gotten away with murder once back in Chicago. 205 00:14:39,879 --> 00:14:43,049 I was determined now, more than ever, 206 00:14:43,132 --> 00:14:45,343 to not let him get away with it again. 207 00:14:45,426 --> 00:14:47,220 I knew Robert's secret. 208 00:14:48,137 --> 00:14:49,138 The problem was… 209 00:14:50,973 --> 00:14:52,350 He also knew mine. 210 00:14:54,477 --> 00:14:57,063 My plan was to confront him on Halloween. 211 00:14:57,146 --> 00:14:59,649 This time I wouldn't be seduced by his charm. 212 00:15:01,567 --> 00:15:03,820 Or overwhelmed by my own desire. 213 00:15:04,862 --> 00:15:07,949 We were all going to a sort of safe house party, 214 00:15:08,032 --> 00:15:10,535 but I knew none of us would be safe until Robert Mallory 215 00:15:10,618 --> 00:15:12,286 was out of our lives forever. 216 00:15:12,954 --> 00:15:15,474 I'm pretty sure you can guess by now who was throwing the party. 217 00:15:15,498 --> 00:15:18,126 The cops can cancel the West Hollywood Halloween parade, 218 00:15:18,209 --> 00:15:20,253 but they can't stop me from throwing a party. 219 00:15:20,795 --> 00:15:25,133 This event will be the party to end all parties, no expense spared. 220 00:15:25,216 --> 00:15:27,718 Area 54. 221 00:15:28,469 --> 00:15:29,512 What? 222 00:15:29,595 --> 00:15:32,640 Like Studio 54, but in space. 223 00:15:32,723 --> 00:15:36,686 I think we need to watch the kitsch. Okay, Susan? 224 00:15:36,769 --> 00:15:39,772 Studio 54 has been over for, like, months. 225 00:15:39,856 --> 00:15:42,400 This event needs to be elevated. Adult. 226 00:15:44,235 --> 00:15:46,154 We're so late for tennis. 227 00:15:46,237 --> 00:15:47,947 I bought out the whole day. 228 00:15:48,030 --> 00:15:49,991 Or rather, my father did. 229 00:15:50,074 --> 00:15:52,660 God, you've got your dad wrapped around your little finger. 230 00:15:52,743 --> 00:15:54,453 You have no idea. 231 00:15:54,537 --> 00:15:56,956 We could show up whenever we want, or not show up. 232 00:15:57,456 --> 00:15:58,833 It's a sunk cost. 233 00:16:01,752 --> 00:16:05,006 I can't carry a lavender purse with my tennis whites, okay? 234 00:16:05,089 --> 00:16:07,925 The club may allow Jews. It does not allow that. 235 00:16:08,676 --> 00:16:09,760 Liz? 236 00:16:13,472 --> 00:16:16,517 Sometimes she naps here. Says it's the only bed in this house 237 00:16:16,601 --> 00:16:18,477 where Terry hasn't lied to her with his body. 238 00:16:19,854 --> 00:16:20,938 Liz, wake up. 239 00:16:27,111 --> 00:16:28,321 Liz? 240 00:16:49,091 --> 00:16:50,551 How is she? 241 00:16:52,011 --> 00:16:54,347 Dr. Stone is with her now. 242 00:16:58,601 --> 00:17:01,854 I've never seen her like that. Debbie. 243 00:17:02,855 --> 00:17:04,607 Hysterical and then… 244 00:17:06,400 --> 00:17:07,693 Deadly calm. 245 00:17:11,155 --> 00:17:12,156 I-I tried… 246 00:17:13,366 --> 00:17:14,951 I tried to comfort her, but she… 247 00:17:15,743 --> 00:17:17,620 She just pushed me away. 248 00:17:18,746 --> 00:17:21,540 My own daughter pushed me away. 249 00:17:26,379 --> 00:17:28,130 I guess I deserve that. 250 00:17:28,214 --> 00:17:31,050 Well, she's in good hands now. 251 00:17:33,052 --> 00:17:34,053 The… 252 00:17:34,971 --> 00:17:36,472 The horse head? 253 00:17:36,556 --> 00:17:40,560 The police dusted for prints and found nothing. 254 00:17:41,978 --> 00:17:43,646 I cleaned up the mess. 255 00:17:45,022 --> 00:17:46,440 Always do. 256 00:17:46,524 --> 00:17:48,359 Steven, who could have done this? 257 00:17:50,653 --> 00:17:54,824 Something cruel and so violent. 258 00:17:54,907 --> 00:17:58,160 And how could someone just waltz into our home without being seen? 259 00:17:58,244 --> 00:18:00,788 Oh, Liz, the alarm wasn't even set. 260 00:18:01,581 --> 00:18:06,502 Look, I didn't want to tell you this, but the stable, 261 00:18:07,378 --> 00:18:10,006 it was a nightmare. 262 00:18:12,008 --> 00:18:16,137 - Spirit was stabbed repeatedly… - No. 263 00:18:16,220 --> 00:18:19,640 …decapitated, and his hooves are missing. 264 00:18:20,600 --> 00:18:24,478 And again, no fingerprints at the crime scene. 265 00:18:24,562 --> 00:18:26,897 It seems personal, though, doesn't it? 266 00:18:27,523 --> 00:18:30,693 - Strangely personal. - Steven, can I tell you something? 267 00:18:31,694 --> 00:18:33,029 Always. 268 00:18:33,613 --> 00:18:39,535 All Terry has done for the past five years is complain about that fucking horse. 269 00:18:40,661 --> 00:18:42,955 How much it cost to board, the expense of it. 270 00:18:43,039 --> 00:18:44,790 Are you saying Terry did this? 271 00:18:46,167 --> 00:18:47,293 Do you have proof? 272 00:18:47,376 --> 00:18:50,796 Steven, you know this about Terry. 273 00:18:52,798 --> 00:18:54,216 Terry does things. 274 00:18:56,135 --> 00:18:57,428 Bad things. 275 00:18:59,597 --> 00:19:01,349 Terry always gets away with it. 276 00:19:02,767 --> 00:19:05,061 Debbie's resting comfortably. 277 00:19:05,144 --> 00:19:08,898 I gave her a shot of Darvon, and she'll be sleeping until the morning. 278 00:19:08,981 --> 00:19:11,233 Thank you so much, Dr. Stone. 279 00:19:11,317 --> 00:19:12,526 Let me walk you to the door. 280 00:19:12,610 --> 00:19:15,613 Oh… Oh, wait, Dr. Stone… 281 00:19:16,364 --> 00:19:18,783 Since you're here, can I speak with you? 282 00:19:19,617 --> 00:19:20,618 Privately. 283 00:19:21,661 --> 00:19:23,663 I'll leave you two to it. 284 00:19:33,506 --> 00:19:36,967 Dr. Stone, the Klonopin you prescribed me is defective. 285 00:19:37,635 --> 00:19:39,095 Defective? 286 00:19:39,178 --> 00:19:41,639 Yes, it's a bad batch. It doesn't work. 287 00:19:41,722 --> 00:19:43,766 I need a stronger prescription. 288 00:19:43,849 --> 00:19:48,771 Liz, if the Klonopin isn't working, it's because it worked too well too often. 289 00:19:49,355 --> 00:19:51,023 You have to titrate off. 290 00:19:57,071 --> 00:19:58,572 What are you so nervous about? 291 00:19:58,656 --> 00:19:59,824 Tell me. 292 00:20:04,495 --> 00:20:06,914 My husband is a homosexual. 293 00:20:08,708 --> 00:20:10,918 My daughter hates me. 294 00:20:12,753 --> 00:20:15,840 There's a serial killer targeting the glamorous. 295 00:20:17,967 --> 00:20:20,302 Can you give me a shot of whatever you gave Debbie? 296 00:20:23,973 --> 00:20:25,099 Cut! 297 00:20:25,725 --> 00:20:27,059 Mark, what happened? 298 00:20:28,853 --> 00:20:31,564 You have five minutes. 299 00:20:32,440 --> 00:20:34,442 That sounds like a fair trade. 300 00:20:35,234 --> 00:20:38,028 The prime of my life for five minutes of yours. 301 00:20:38,529 --> 00:20:40,156 Fine, ten. What do you want? 302 00:20:41,323 --> 00:20:42,533 What I want… 303 00:20:45,786 --> 00:20:47,204 …is to be clear. 304 00:20:48,748 --> 00:20:51,751 Things are changing between us and quickly. 305 00:20:53,127 --> 00:20:55,379 When you first met me working as a coffee boy 306 00:20:55,463 --> 00:20:58,215 at the Paramount Café, I was fresh off the boat 307 00:20:58,299 --> 00:21:00,968 from San Diego with nothing but a can-do attitude 308 00:21:01,051 --> 00:21:03,596 and a grand vision to take over this town. 309 00:21:03,679 --> 00:21:08,350 You were taken by my impish promptness as I fetched your order. 310 00:21:08,434 --> 00:21:10,227 When you asked if I would come work for you, 311 00:21:10,311 --> 00:21:14,857 I reveled in the Hollywood dream unfolding before my eyes. 312 00:21:16,984 --> 00:21:19,862 But it stopped feeling like a dream a long time ago. 313 00:21:20,654 --> 00:21:22,406 You want a raise? 314 00:21:22,490 --> 00:21:25,451 I think after 12 years, I should want more than a raise. 315 00:21:25,534 --> 00:21:26,702 No. 316 00:21:29,246 --> 00:21:30,748 I want to produce with you. 317 00:21:33,167 --> 00:21:37,588 - I'm sorry? - I want to be your producing partner. 318 00:21:42,051 --> 00:21:43,052 Okay. 319 00:21:45,554 --> 00:21:47,473 Listen, I'm gonna be honest with you. 320 00:21:47,556 --> 00:21:51,310 The eyeliner, the hair, the clothes. 321 00:21:51,393 --> 00:21:52,770 What do they call this look again? 322 00:21:52,853 --> 00:21:54,313 - New Age. - Right. 323 00:21:54,396 --> 00:21:57,691 Steven, you look like a prostitute businesswoman on a spaceship. 324 00:21:58,859 --> 00:22:01,546 If you think I should bring you into a room with Barry Diller or Lew Wasserman 325 00:22:01,570 --> 00:22:04,210 looking like that, then you truly have no idea how this town works. 326 00:22:04,281 --> 00:22:06,283 And it runs much deeper than the clothes. 327 00:22:06,367 --> 00:22:11,747 Look in the mirror, Ms. Terrence Levi Schaffer. 328 00:22:12,456 --> 00:22:15,251 You're not exactly Clint Eastwood yourself. 329 00:22:16,043 --> 00:22:22,758 And if I'm allowed to be honest, you owe half of your success to me. 330 00:22:24,218 --> 00:22:26,637 When was the last time you even read a fucking script? 331 00:22:26,720 --> 00:22:30,432 I do all your coverage and all your dirty work. 332 00:22:30,516 --> 00:22:33,394 - Oh, you're no angel, toots. - You know what I mean. 333 00:22:33,978 --> 00:22:35,980 You're just a puppet with my hand up your ass. 334 00:22:36,063 --> 00:22:38,190 You haven't opened your own mouth in years. 335 00:22:38,274 --> 00:22:40,609 All of your opinions on what's good, 336 00:22:40,693 --> 00:22:44,363 what's bad, what's commercial, who's pliable… 337 00:22:45,865 --> 00:22:47,700 That's all me, baby. 338 00:22:49,577 --> 00:22:52,997 You are still nothing more than a coffee boy, Steven. 339 00:22:53,497 --> 00:22:54,707 Don't push me. 340 00:22:56,625 --> 00:22:59,962 You are this close to being fired. Do you realize that? 341 00:23:00,045 --> 00:23:04,425 I want us to produce Less Than Zero together. 342 00:23:04,508 --> 00:23:06,844 Liz keeps talking about this movie. 343 00:23:06,927 --> 00:23:09,597 Why is everyone so invested in a script from a fucking teenager? 344 00:23:09,680 --> 00:23:11,140 It's a hit. 345 00:23:11,223 --> 00:23:12,266 Trust me. 346 00:23:13,350 --> 00:23:15,227 I'll make it easy on you. 347 00:23:15,311 --> 00:23:17,021 You don't have to do a thing. 348 00:23:18,397 --> 00:23:19,940 Just give me my shot. 349 00:23:20,900 --> 00:23:22,902 One shot. 350 00:23:24,236 --> 00:23:27,573 And if it fails, then you never have to produce with me again. 351 00:23:28,657 --> 00:23:31,410 Well, as tempting of a proposal as that is, 352 00:23:31,493 --> 00:23:32,953 the answer is no. 353 00:23:36,373 --> 00:23:37,708 Oh, one more thing. 354 00:23:38,459 --> 00:23:41,462 Pick up my pants from the dry cleaner's before they close. 355 00:23:52,014 --> 00:23:53,057 Charles. 356 00:23:53,140 --> 00:23:54,975 It's time for some more Bain de Soleil. 357 00:24:05,736 --> 00:24:07,416 You can lift my suit and apply underneath. 358 00:24:09,073 --> 00:24:11,158 The sun's rays can penetrate fabric. 359 00:24:17,164 --> 00:24:18,207 Rub it in. 360 00:24:24,004 --> 00:24:26,590 Okay, that's enough fun for you. Thank you, Charles. 361 00:24:30,761 --> 00:24:32,012 Who was that? 362 00:24:33,013 --> 00:24:34,181 My tanning butler. 363 00:24:34,807 --> 00:24:36,308 It's absurd I never had one before. 364 00:24:36,392 --> 00:24:39,103 I can't believe your dad's letting you get away with that. 365 00:24:40,479 --> 00:24:42,119 Is it because of what happened to Spirit? 366 00:24:44,733 --> 00:24:48,445 I've learned, unfortunately, at this young age, 367 00:24:49,655 --> 00:24:52,950 that there's always a time you have to let go of your childhood dreams. 368 00:24:56,203 --> 00:24:59,498 My father also has a newfound financial devotion to me 369 00:25:01,291 --> 00:25:03,627 for reasons I'd rather not disclose at this time. 370 00:25:08,340 --> 00:25:10,592 I'm happy to see you. 371 00:25:11,260 --> 00:25:13,721 We haven't been leisurely in quite some time. 372 00:25:15,597 --> 00:25:16,640 Why is that? 373 00:25:18,350 --> 00:25:20,144 - I've just been busy. - Oh. 374 00:25:20,769 --> 00:25:22,604 People around us keep getting murdered. 375 00:25:24,898 --> 00:25:26,400 I'll give you that one. 376 00:25:33,907 --> 00:25:36,035 Come on, jump in! 377 00:25:57,264 --> 00:25:58,265 Come here. 378 00:26:14,198 --> 00:26:15,365 What's wrong? 379 00:26:16,658 --> 00:26:17,659 Nothing. 380 00:26:18,577 --> 00:26:20,579 Nothing. 381 00:26:28,712 --> 00:26:30,130 You're soft. 382 00:26:31,256 --> 00:26:33,884 I'm fucking fine. You should be hard as a rock, Bret. 383 00:26:33,967 --> 00:26:37,846 Well, I would be if you stopped putting so much pressure on me. 384 00:26:38,722 --> 00:26:40,825 It's hard to maintain an erection while you're swimming. 385 00:26:40,849 --> 00:26:42,142 It's just a scientific fact. 386 00:26:43,143 --> 00:26:44,645 Are you seeing someone else? 387 00:26:45,312 --> 00:26:46,396 Be honest with me. 388 00:26:47,064 --> 00:26:50,400 I should break up with you. I really should. 389 00:26:50,484 --> 00:26:52,653 I love you. You know how aroused you make me. 390 00:26:54,029 --> 00:26:55,030 I don't know that. 391 00:26:56,782 --> 00:26:58,450 I do know a lot of things. 392 00:26:59,284 --> 00:27:00,786 What does that mean? 393 00:27:00,869 --> 00:27:02,454 It means that… 394 00:27:03,831 --> 00:27:05,457 I'm not holding back anymore. 395 00:27:06,291 --> 00:27:08,293 I'm tired of being half a Debbie. 396 00:27:08,919 --> 00:27:10,546 I'm ready to go all in. 397 00:27:11,755 --> 00:27:13,632 And you have a choice to make. 398 00:27:14,341 --> 00:27:16,176 Are you on my team or not? 399 00:27:17,302 --> 00:27:19,596 You know I want to stay together. 400 00:27:20,347 --> 00:27:21,348 Okay. 401 00:27:22,641 --> 00:27:25,853 If that's the case, then I'm going to enlist your help. 402 00:27:26,937 --> 00:27:29,064 Prom is in seven months. 403 00:27:29,147 --> 00:27:31,650 I'm gonna beat Susan and be prom queen, 404 00:27:31,733 --> 00:27:35,779 and I'm gonna rely on your expertise as a writer to run my campaign. 405 00:27:36,363 --> 00:27:37,447 Daddy's gonna pay for it. 406 00:27:37,531 --> 00:27:40,367 Trust me, Daddy's gonna pay. 407 00:27:41,785 --> 00:27:45,455 And together, we will achieve victory. 408 00:27:46,999 --> 00:27:49,293 I want this. Got it? 409 00:27:49,376 --> 00:27:51,753 Yeah. Okay. I got it. 410 00:27:53,630 --> 00:27:56,425 I also want you to fuck me every Friday and Saturday night, 411 00:27:56,508 --> 00:27:58,343 and no more tummy splash. 412 00:27:58,427 --> 00:28:00,178 You must finish inside me, 413 00:28:00,262 --> 00:28:04,099 and I will inspect myself afterwards to ensure that you did. 414 00:28:05,225 --> 00:28:06,226 Got it? 415 00:28:10,772 --> 00:28:13,191 Charles. Towel. 416 00:28:13,275 --> 00:28:14,735 In that moment, 417 00:28:15,402 --> 00:28:17,738 I could feel the sweat drip down my face, 418 00:28:18,906 --> 00:28:21,408 each bead full of shame and panic. 419 00:28:22,492 --> 00:28:23,827 What did Debbie know? 420 00:28:26,413 --> 00:28:27,664 And who told her? 421 00:28:29,917 --> 00:28:34,087 Unlike Debbie Schaffer, Susan Reynolds was always a good girl. 422 00:28:34,171 --> 00:28:35,797 She got all A's. 423 00:28:35,881 --> 00:28:38,342 She was the first in our circle to know what SPF is. 424 00:28:42,095 --> 00:28:44,848 Her perfect facade was cracking into brittle shards 425 00:28:44,932 --> 00:28:47,184 two months into our senior year. 426 00:28:47,267 --> 00:28:49,353 I observed this from afar, 427 00:28:49,436 --> 00:28:53,565 and it hurt me deeply, this newfound distance. 428 00:28:53,649 --> 00:28:54,858 I'm so, so sorry. 429 00:28:55,442 --> 00:28:58,987 No one should ever have to deal with that, some fucking horse head in a bed. 430 00:29:01,114 --> 00:29:02,449 Who do you think did it? 431 00:29:03,742 --> 00:29:05,077 I don't know. 432 00:29:06,036 --> 00:29:08,997 But I felt like I was living in one of those horror movies 433 00:29:09,081 --> 00:29:10,958 that Bret used to drag me to. 434 00:29:11,541 --> 00:29:13,460 I don't even like those kinds of movies. 435 00:29:14,044 --> 00:29:15,420 I like love stories. 436 00:29:16,755 --> 00:29:17,965 Me too. 437 00:29:19,675 --> 00:29:22,761 I used to be the one that she poured her heart out to. 438 00:29:23,595 --> 00:29:24,888 But not anymore. 439 00:29:25,889 --> 00:29:29,267 Now she turned exclusively to Robert Mallory. 440 00:29:30,435 --> 00:29:34,272 It wasn't until years later, after all the death and tragedy, 441 00:29:34,356 --> 00:29:37,192 that I learned how Robert had wormed his way into her confidence. 442 00:29:37,275 --> 00:29:39,403 Thom is just… He's not the same. 443 00:29:39,486 --> 00:29:41,238 He's changed. He's… 444 00:29:41,321 --> 00:29:42,406 Erratic. 445 00:29:43,156 --> 00:29:44,199 Yeah. 446 00:29:44,282 --> 00:29:45,701 - Yeah. - Yeah. 447 00:29:45,784 --> 00:29:47,995 Once when we were drunk, he told me, 448 00:29:48,078 --> 00:29:51,999 "Susan, if I can't have you, then nobody else can." 449 00:29:52,082 --> 00:29:53,583 You're not a possession. 450 00:29:53,667 --> 00:29:54,668 I know. 451 00:29:55,502 --> 00:29:58,005 Yeah, and Bret is… 452 00:29:59,297 --> 00:30:00,674 Bret's just… 453 00:30:00,757 --> 00:30:03,510 He's different now. I don't feel like I can trust him. 454 00:30:04,511 --> 00:30:06,138 Why not? 455 00:30:06,221 --> 00:30:08,890 I don't know why I'm telling you this, but… 456 00:30:08,974 --> 00:30:11,685 …at the stables, right before school started, 457 00:30:12,394 --> 00:30:16,023 Bret said that Spirit was stupid. 458 00:30:17,482 --> 00:30:19,067 He hated that horse. 459 00:30:19,818 --> 00:30:21,528 Like he was jealous? 460 00:30:24,031 --> 00:30:25,032 Yeah. 461 00:30:25,115 --> 00:30:28,493 The web Robert Mallory weaved around Susan, 462 00:30:28,577 --> 00:30:30,370 I found out in time, 463 00:30:30,454 --> 00:30:35,625 was based on a simple rule of manipulation only a sociopath would know at 18. 464 00:30:38,336 --> 00:30:39,588 Never demand. 465 00:30:40,756 --> 00:30:42,591 Never push too hard. 466 00:30:44,968 --> 00:30:46,845 Let them come to you. 467 00:30:49,181 --> 00:30:51,767 Always let them come to you first. 468 00:31:04,780 --> 00:31:05,781 Yeah. 469 00:31:05,864 --> 00:31:07,407 A little bit… 470 00:31:13,830 --> 00:31:16,875 Susan, it pains me to say this, 471 00:31:16,958 --> 00:31:21,254 but… I think you have to acknowledge that you might have outgrown your friends. 472 00:31:22,714 --> 00:31:24,091 But I love them. 473 00:31:24,174 --> 00:31:26,176 People change, you know. 474 00:31:26,259 --> 00:31:28,637 And this is the kind of time when it starts to happen. 475 00:31:31,765 --> 00:31:34,935 - Bret hates me. I know. - Yeah. 476 00:31:35,018 --> 00:31:37,145 He's jealous or something. 477 00:31:38,021 --> 00:31:40,107 And Thom and I have… 478 00:31:41,900 --> 00:31:43,693 A complicated relationship. 479 00:31:46,363 --> 00:31:48,031 Why is it complicated? 480 00:31:51,368 --> 00:31:53,495 Because we're both in love with the same girl. 481 00:31:59,543 --> 00:32:03,130 We shouldn't rush into anything, you know? We should be cool. 482 00:32:03,213 --> 00:32:05,453 I know you don't want to hurt anyone, and I don't either. 483 00:32:07,300 --> 00:32:09,219 But the future is so bright. 484 00:32:10,262 --> 00:32:13,682 It's right over the horizon, waiting for us. 485 00:32:16,059 --> 00:32:17,435 If we both want it. 486 00:32:28,155 --> 00:32:29,656 That fateful night, 487 00:32:29,739 --> 00:32:32,826 before the most terrifying event of her life occurred, 488 00:32:34,286 --> 00:32:38,331 Susan Reynolds went to bed feeling what she hadn't felt for months. 489 00:32:39,040 --> 00:32:40,041 Peace. 490 00:32:43,545 --> 00:32:45,547 And then that feeling of safety was shattered. 491 00:32:49,968 --> 00:32:52,053 Hello. 492 00:34:37,867 --> 00:34:40,912 Let me in, let me in! Come on! 493 00:34:42,831 --> 00:34:44,207 It's Thom! 494 00:34:45,917 --> 00:34:47,377 Thom? 495 00:34:56,386 --> 00:34:59,598 Hey. Hey. Hey. It's okay, it's okay. 496 00:34:59,681 --> 00:35:02,267 - It's okay, it's okay, it's okay. - No. No! 497 00:35:02,350 --> 00:35:03,351 I was worried about you. 498 00:35:03,435 --> 00:35:05,937 I was watching you from outside and I saw him. 499 00:35:06,021 --> 00:35:09,899 I saw him attacking you, so I broke in, and I raced up and I fought him. 500 00:35:09,983 --> 00:35:12,444 I fought him off. Look, I fought him off. 501 00:35:12,527 --> 00:35:16,114 What… What… What… What happened? 502 00:35:16,197 --> 00:35:18,116 I pushed him. I pushed him off the balcony. 503 00:35:39,596 --> 00:35:40,930 Where is he? 504 00:35:47,896 --> 00:35:49,022 I don't know. 505 00:36:03,453 --> 00:36:05,789 Debbie had somehow persuaded her father 506 00:36:05,872 --> 00:36:08,917 to throw her the most epic Halloween party of all time. 507 00:36:09,000 --> 00:36:12,545 The theme of the event was "Unmasked," which was ironic, 508 00:36:12,629 --> 00:36:13,963 because by the end of the night, 509 00:36:14,047 --> 00:36:17,342 many, if not all, of our secrets were going to come out. 510 00:36:20,136 --> 00:36:23,473 Debbie demanded we all wear no masks and black tie. 511 00:36:24,099 --> 00:36:25,475 So I rented one. 512 00:36:27,143 --> 00:36:30,730 I remember the cavernous emptiness of my house that afternoon. 513 00:36:30,814 --> 00:36:32,982 It was the first time since I was a little kid 514 00:36:33,066 --> 00:36:35,110 that I remember missing my father. 515 00:36:36,027 --> 00:36:39,239 My father used to tie my bow ties for school dances. 516 00:36:40,532 --> 00:36:43,410 It was a skill to this day I have not mastered. 517 00:36:45,120 --> 00:36:46,663 Standing there in my bedroom, 518 00:36:46,746 --> 00:36:50,166 hours away from my first real adult black-tie party, 519 00:36:51,126 --> 00:36:52,669 I had never felt so old. 520 00:36:53,753 --> 00:36:55,755 I had also never felt so vulnerable. 521 00:36:56,464 --> 00:36:58,341 Trick-or-treating in sixth grade with the gang 522 00:36:58,425 --> 00:37:00,218 felt like a dream from a past life. 523 00:37:03,763 --> 00:37:05,557 Trick or treat! 524 00:37:13,106 --> 00:37:16,860 I was homesick for a time and place that didn't exist anymore. 525 00:37:23,032 --> 00:37:24,951 And would never exist again. 526 00:38:04,741 --> 00:38:06,201 The only thing I can't figure out 527 00:38:06,284 --> 00:38:09,287 is how you got out of that killer costume so fast. 528 00:38:09,370 --> 00:38:11,206 How can you say that? 529 00:38:11,289 --> 00:38:13,875 It wasn't me. I rescued you. 530 00:38:13,958 --> 00:38:15,960 I know it was you, Thom. 531 00:38:16,044 --> 00:38:19,714 And I haven't told anyone because I have been trying to protect you. 532 00:38:19,798 --> 00:38:20,799 Even now. 533 00:38:21,758 --> 00:38:23,676 But, tonight, that all ends. 534 00:38:27,972 --> 00:38:29,933 I know it was you, Steven. 535 00:38:30,016 --> 00:38:32,977 I know you're the one who videotaped me. 536 00:38:33,061 --> 00:38:35,772 Trick or treat, dumpling. 537 00:38:38,191 --> 00:38:41,236 What do you say to a quick dip in the Jacuzzi out in the dojo? 538 00:38:41,861 --> 00:38:43,613 Never say no to a hot tub. 539 00:38:46,991 --> 00:38:48,368 I wanna say… 540 00:38:50,161 --> 00:38:51,496 I'm sorry. 541 00:38:51,579 --> 00:38:53,790 I know you loved that horse. 542 00:38:54,415 --> 00:38:56,626 I understand what he meant to you. 543 00:38:57,710 --> 00:39:01,464 And I promise that we will find out who did that to him. 544 00:39:01,548 --> 00:39:03,091 We all know Daddy did it. 545 00:39:04,634 --> 00:39:06,469 Or his insurance company. 546 00:39:08,263 --> 00:39:10,348 Daddy's much darker than you think. 547 00:39:13,351 --> 00:39:15,436 I wanna say I'm sorry too. 548 00:39:15,520 --> 00:39:17,564 I understand now just how much you've gone through 549 00:39:17,647 --> 00:39:19,065 over the years. 550 00:39:19,148 --> 00:39:22,819 How difficult it must have been keeping so many secrets. 551 00:40:07,572 --> 00:40:08,990 Your hair's wet. 552 00:40:10,575 --> 00:40:12,702 - Were you in the hot tub? - Yeah. 553 00:40:14,037 --> 00:40:16,956 It was all quite… enlightening. 554 00:40:17,832 --> 00:40:19,167 Informative. 555 00:40:21,586 --> 00:40:22,587 Let me help you. 556 00:40:32,931 --> 00:40:34,599 I think we should talk… 557 00:40:37,060 --> 00:40:38,770 About what happened between us. 558 00:40:39,687 --> 00:40:41,522 What happened between us? 559 00:40:42,857 --> 00:40:43,858 You know… 560 00:40:45,276 --> 00:40:46,945 You came over. 561 00:40:48,571 --> 00:40:50,281 What the fuck are you talking about? 562 00:40:53,159 --> 00:40:54,577 God. So cliché. 563 00:40:55,203 --> 00:40:57,830 Straight guy pretends that it never happened. 564 00:40:58,623 --> 00:40:59,999 Okay, dude. 565 00:41:00,083 --> 00:41:03,127 You were never in my bed just like you were never at The Shining. 566 00:41:03,753 --> 00:41:06,297 You're obsessed with me, and I'm tired of it. 567 00:41:06,381 --> 00:41:08,591 Who cares if I saw some movie a year ago? 568 00:41:09,717 --> 00:41:10,927 I do, Robert. 569 00:41:11,636 --> 00:41:14,555 - So did Katherine Latchford. - Who? 570 00:41:14,639 --> 00:41:17,266 The girl that you saw it with and then murdered. 571 00:41:18,267 --> 00:41:20,979 I met your aunt. She told me. 572 00:41:21,062 --> 00:41:24,649 My aunt? Auntie Abby? She's a depressive alcoholic. 573 00:41:24,732 --> 00:41:28,152 She asked to meet with me and told me everything. 574 00:41:28,236 --> 00:41:32,115 You were at The Shining that day. She said you were dangerous. 575 00:41:32,198 --> 00:41:34,283 She said that you were a fucking psycho. 576 00:41:34,367 --> 00:41:38,955 You know, everything that I ever suspected about you, Robert, turned out to be true. 577 00:41:39,038 --> 00:41:40,707 Everything. 578 00:41:40,790 --> 00:41:43,418 You killed Katherine Latchford, and Matt Kellner, 579 00:41:43,501 --> 00:41:46,713 and your mom, and probably many, many others. 580 00:41:46,796 --> 00:41:49,966 My aunt barely has the coherence to cash her alimony checks. 581 00:41:52,719 --> 00:41:55,555 Listen. Look, Bret, 582 00:41:55,638 --> 00:41:57,515 I have empathy for you. 583 00:41:58,933 --> 00:42:01,102 You're struggling with your sexuality. 584 00:42:01,769 --> 00:42:05,189 And from what I've read, Death in Venice, among other things, 585 00:42:05,898 --> 00:42:07,608 that's some really heavy shit. 586 00:42:09,193 --> 00:42:10,403 I feel bad for you. 587 00:42:11,237 --> 00:42:12,488 I really do. 588 00:42:14,407 --> 00:42:16,993 You have to get over this little crush that you have on me. 589 00:42:19,078 --> 00:42:22,040 I hope you find somebody. Really, I do. 590 00:42:23,207 --> 00:42:26,878 And now that I have Susan, I know how important it is. 591 00:42:27,462 --> 00:42:30,256 You know, love. 592 00:42:30,339 --> 00:42:31,924 What are you talking about? 593 00:42:32,008 --> 00:42:34,093 Susan and I are together. 594 00:42:35,428 --> 00:42:36,637 She's with me. 595 00:42:37,221 --> 00:42:39,390 Not Thom, not you. 596 00:42:39,474 --> 00:42:40,558 Bullshit. 597 00:42:42,018 --> 00:42:43,603 That's bullshit. That… 598 00:42:47,565 --> 00:42:50,485 I won't let that happen. You will not have Susan. 599 00:42:50,568 --> 00:42:53,613 - I will die before I let that happen. - Do you promise? 600 00:42:54,781 --> 00:42:58,034 You know what, Robert? You should know, it's over. 601 00:42:58,618 --> 00:43:00,078 You're done. 602 00:43:00,161 --> 00:43:01,954 I have a meeting with the detectives tomorrow 603 00:43:02,038 --> 00:43:03,915 to tell them everything I know about you. 604 00:43:04,499 --> 00:43:05,833 The Katherine Latchford story. 605 00:43:07,043 --> 00:43:08,336 Everything. 606 00:43:09,045 --> 00:43:10,088 Congratulations. 607 00:43:10,171 --> 00:43:11,422 You're about to join Ted Bundy 608 00:43:11,506 --> 00:43:13,841 in the handsome serial killer hall of fame. 609 00:43:16,511 --> 00:43:18,238 Let me go to the police with you tomorrow, Bret. 610 00:43:18,262 --> 00:43:20,449 There's some things I'd like to share with them about you. 611 00:43:20,473 --> 00:43:21,682 Get your hands off of me. 612 00:43:21,766 --> 00:43:23,684 I called your father's place of work 613 00:43:23,768 --> 00:43:27,021 to inquire about his mysterious months-long disappearance. 614 00:43:27,105 --> 00:43:29,273 - They're on vacation. You know that. - Really? 615 00:43:29,357 --> 00:43:31,877 'Cause they told me he never told them he was going on vacation. 616 00:43:31,943 --> 00:43:34,278 One day, he just didn't show up. 617 00:43:35,154 --> 00:43:36,739 They presumed he quit. 618 00:43:38,116 --> 00:43:42,370 Is he on a permanent getaway with your mother in the basement, Bret? 619 00:43:42,453 --> 00:43:43,514 Did you hack them to pieces 620 00:43:43,538 --> 00:43:45,390 and store them down there with the root vegetables? 621 00:43:45,414 --> 00:43:47,917 Did you bury them in the backyard? Did you kill them? 622 00:43:48,000 --> 00:43:50,044 Fuck you! That's a lie. 623 00:43:50,670 --> 00:43:53,339 I think you're sick! 624 00:43:54,257 --> 00:43:57,343 You're a sad, little novelist with writer's block. 625 00:43:58,094 --> 00:44:00,197 You're killing all these kids and trying to frame it on me. 626 00:44:00,221 --> 00:44:01,889 That way, you can write what you know. 627 00:44:02,640 --> 00:44:05,726 Quite the bestseller in the making. You can finish it in prison. 628 00:44:07,728 --> 00:44:08,896 What's going on here? 629 00:44:08,980 --> 00:44:10,064 Hey, babe. 630 00:44:11,440 --> 00:44:13,693 I was just helping Bret with his bow tie. 631 00:44:14,485 --> 00:44:16,279 Bret, can I talk to you for a minute? 632 00:44:16,362 --> 00:44:19,031 No, that's okay, babe. I think I'm all caught up. 633 00:44:23,870 --> 00:44:27,415 Guys, hop to it. Oingo Boingo's already started their second encore. 634 00:44:58,279 --> 00:44:59,280 Hello. 635 00:45:04,994 --> 00:45:05,995 Fine. 636 00:45:17,423 --> 00:45:18,716 What do you want? 637 00:46:10,393 --> 00:46:13,938 Susan and Robert were perhaps the first teenagers in history 638 00:46:14,021 --> 00:46:18,234 to have their first kiss interrupted by a scream heralding an attempted murder. 639 00:46:29,328 --> 00:46:31,497 Oh, my God! 640 00:46:45,928 --> 00:46:48,055 - Is he dead? - Looks that way. 641 00:46:48,139 --> 00:46:49,807 Looks like he slipped. 642 00:46:50,308 --> 00:46:52,226 Or crossed the wrong person. 643 00:46:58,107 --> 00:47:01,610 Daddy. Daddy, can you breathe? 644 00:47:02,653 --> 00:47:05,448 Please. Somebody call the police! 645 00:47:08,743 --> 00:47:10,077 Do something! 646 00:47:12,330 --> 00:47:15,875 Daddy, can you hear me? 647 00:47:30,222 --> 00:47:31,223 Wait here. 648 00:47:53,454 --> 00:47:55,039 Did you get any candy? 649 00:47:55,122 --> 00:47:56,207 What? 650 00:47:57,166 --> 00:47:58,376 At the Halloween party. 651 00:47:58,459 --> 00:48:02,046 I didn't see so much as a single MandM, which was a total bummer. 652 00:48:02,129 --> 00:48:03,648 - Did you? - Do you think you're being funny? 653 00:48:03,672 --> 00:48:05,716 I'm sick of your sociopathic act, Robert. 654 00:48:06,634 --> 00:48:08,552 Terry Schaffer's on life support. He could die. 655 00:48:08,636 --> 00:48:11,180 - Let me guess. You think I pushed him. - Yeah, I do. 656 00:48:11,263 --> 00:48:13,703 Ever since you got to this town, everything has gone sideways. 657 00:48:13,766 --> 00:48:14,767 My theory? 658 00:48:15,601 --> 00:48:17,812 Little birdie told me Terry optioned your treatment. 659 00:48:19,146 --> 00:48:20,439 Is that true? 660 00:48:22,316 --> 00:48:23,609 Yeah. So? 661 00:48:23,692 --> 00:48:27,071 What did you have to do to get your big Hollywood break, Bret? 662 00:48:29,031 --> 00:48:32,284 I'm guessing… dark things. 663 00:48:33,411 --> 00:48:34,829 Things you regret. 664 00:48:35,454 --> 00:48:36,831 Things you resent. 665 00:48:36,914 --> 00:48:38,833 What time is your appointment? 666 00:48:39,792 --> 00:48:40,793 Why? 667 00:48:42,128 --> 00:48:43,629 No reason. 668 00:48:44,588 --> 00:48:46,048 I just hope I go first. 669 00:48:46,966 --> 00:48:50,761 My evidence is indisputable. You will be going away in handcuffs. 670 00:48:51,345 --> 00:48:53,097 If you go first, it's gonna be nothing more 671 00:48:53,180 --> 00:48:54,740 than a giant waste of everybody's time. 672 00:48:54,807 --> 00:48:55,975 I don't think so. 673 00:48:56,809 --> 00:48:59,103 I think if I go first, you'll be hauled off to jail, 674 00:48:59,186 --> 00:49:01,439 and then, inevitably, comes the death penalty. 675 00:49:01,522 --> 00:49:03,232 - For what exactly? - You ready? 676 00:49:03,315 --> 00:49:04,400 Yeah. 677 00:49:06,068 --> 00:49:08,320 - Well, follow me. - Which one of us? 678 00:49:11,240 --> 00:49:12,408 Both. 679 00:49:13,993 --> 00:49:14,994 Now. 680 00:49:20,124 --> 00:49:22,668 What I didn't know then was that life was about to cleave 681 00:49:22,751 --> 00:49:25,087 into a before and an after. 682 00:49:25,754 --> 00:49:27,965 And not just my life or Robert's, 683 00:49:30,468 --> 00:49:31,760 but all of us. 684 00:49:41,687 --> 00:49:42,688 Sit. 685 00:49:45,232 --> 00:49:47,752 - Officers, I have some information about... - Just a moment, kid. 686 00:49:47,776 --> 00:49:50,196 We're gonna get to individual interviews in just a minute. 687 00:49:51,030 --> 00:49:53,240 We've come into possession of some evidence 688 00:49:53,324 --> 00:49:55,493 pertaining to the murders of Katherine Latchford, 689 00:49:55,576 --> 00:49:58,746 Matt Kellner, and the kidnapping of Rhonda Fox. 690 00:49:59,830 --> 00:50:01,957 What… What sort of evidence? 691 00:50:02,041 --> 00:50:04,293 We believe all these crimes are connected. 692 00:50:04,376 --> 00:50:06,253 Committed by the same individual. 693 00:50:06,337 --> 00:50:08,506 And that individual is… 694 00:50:09,215 --> 00:50:10,716 Is someone in this room. 695 00:50:15,262 --> 00:50:16,347 I knew it. 696 00:50:57,346 --> 00:50:59,139 And that's when things… 697 00:51:01,892 --> 00:51:03,060 …really got crazy.