1 00:00:18,160 --> 00:00:24,020 In late May of 1980, May 23rd to be exact, The Shining opened, and I wanted 2 00:00:24,020 --> 00:00:25,320 to see it as soon as possible. 3 00:00:37,680 --> 00:00:42,460 I was obsessed with Stephen King's seminal book, and it remains one of the 4 00:00:42,460 --> 00:00:44,500 key novels that made me want to be a writer. 5 00:00:47,920 --> 00:00:52,280 In fact, as soon as I was done reading The Shining for a third time, I began 6 00:00:52,280 --> 00:00:55,440 writing my own novel, which would ultimately become Less Than Zero. 7 00:00:57,920 --> 00:01:01,640 This would be the first time I drove to Westwood to see a movie without the 8 00:01:01,640 --> 00:01:06,120 game, and I felt incredibly adult as I raced across Mulholland on that Saturday 9 00:01:06,120 --> 00:01:13,100 morning in my father's black Mercedes 450 SL, a two-door tank that was hardly 10 00:01:13,100 --> 00:01:15,400 the sporty vehicle I longed for as it seemed. 11 00:01:27,139 --> 00:01:32,380 I remember, and I don't know why, that I was wearing a fashionable new Ralph 12 00:01:32,380 --> 00:01:36,360 Lauren shirt, brown with a touch of white grey stripes and Calvin Klein 13 00:01:36,360 --> 00:01:37,760 jeans with goofy loafer. 14 00:01:42,820 --> 00:01:43,880 One second, please. 15 00:02:02,570 --> 00:02:03,570 Thank you. 16 00:02:10,030 --> 00:02:13,970 I sat in reverent silence and stared at the 70mm screen. 17 00:02:15,190 --> 00:02:18,950 Writing this now, I can't believe I was left to my own devices for 20 minutes, 18 00:02:19,150 --> 00:02:23,570 just idly sitting there, thinking about things, about my friends, Tom and Susan, 19 00:02:23,730 --> 00:02:27,910 waiting without wanting something to distract me, like smartphones or social 20 00:02:27,910 --> 00:02:28,910 media. 21 00:02:31,630 --> 00:02:33,790 The lights in the theater slowly darkened. 22 00:02:34,690 --> 00:02:36,250 And that's when I saw the boy. 23 00:02:36,890 --> 00:02:40,410 This is the reason why I've never forgotten seeing The Shining on May 24 00:02:40,410 --> 00:02:44,210 24th, 1980, at the theater in Westwood at 10 a.m. 25 00:02:45,230 --> 00:02:48,470 I was off to the side, near the aisle, when I saw him. 26 00:02:54,930 --> 00:02:59,630 A guy so stunningly handsome, I thought at first he was a movie star or a model 27 00:02:59,630 --> 00:03:00,630 from GQ magazine. 28 00:03:02,480 --> 00:03:03,480 He was tall. 29 00:03:03,800 --> 00:03:06,180 He was undoubtedly tan everywhere. 30 00:03:08,340 --> 00:03:12,740 This boy aroused something primal in me that I'd never felt before. 31 00:03:16,280 --> 00:03:17,680 I had to own him. 32 00:03:22,860 --> 00:03:27,180 The Warner Brothers logo headed toward us as the opening credits began over 33 00:03:27,180 --> 00:03:30,460 aerial shots of the family's Volkswagen heading toward the overlook. 34 00:03:42,190 --> 00:03:45,430 He had to be older than me. A UCLA student, maybe. 35 00:03:58,430 --> 00:04:04,910 I watched, mesmerized, as this boy, this god, disappeared from my sightline. 36 00:04:05,590 --> 00:04:07,950 He noticed me staring and glanced away. 37 00:04:08,640 --> 00:04:12,400 But not before a lingering gaze took me in and I fantasized that he was 38 00:04:12,400 --> 00:04:13,660 interested in me, too. 39 00:04:22,520 --> 00:04:26,260 After the movie was over, I was underwhelmed. It was nothing like the 40 00:04:26,260 --> 00:04:30,400 book. I felt cheated. I walked into the lobby hoping to find the boy, but he 41 00:04:30,400 --> 00:04:31,400 wasn't anywhere. 42 00:04:33,380 --> 00:04:36,440 I waited outside the theater, but he wasn't there either. 43 00:04:37,380 --> 00:04:41,500 What I didn't know then is that I would actually meet this boy again, and his 44 00:04:41,500 --> 00:04:45,680 name was Robert Mallory, and that his arrival at my high school and into my 45 00:04:45,680 --> 00:04:50,240 life would coincide with a season of horror and murder that would destroy us 46 00:04:50,240 --> 00:04:51,240 all. 47 00:05:07,210 --> 00:05:12,410 It has occurred to me when talking about what happened to us in 1981 that one 48 00:05:12,410 --> 00:05:13,410 thing is evident. 49 00:05:13,770 --> 00:05:16,730 Kids today have it fucking easy. 50 00:05:17,910 --> 00:05:21,730 Sure, being a teenager is hard now because you have to deal with puberty 51 00:05:21,730 --> 00:05:26,570 and sexuality and online bullying. But our generation had it tougher because we 52 00:05:26,570 --> 00:05:28,290 had to deal with serial killers. 53 00:05:41,070 --> 00:05:44,150 The early 80s was the golden era for serial killers. 54 00:05:44,670 --> 00:05:46,810 All the legends were on hunting sprees. 55 00:05:47,030 --> 00:05:50,110 The Night Stalker, the Hillside Strangler. Shadow! 56 00:05:50,870 --> 00:05:53,730 As I prepared to enter senior year... Shadow! 57 00:05:54,050 --> 00:05:58,370 I had no idea that my friends and I would be hunted, too, by perhaps the 58 00:05:58,370 --> 00:06:00,530 most sadistic serial killer of them all. 59 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:54,340 This is our story. 60 00:06:54,820 --> 00:06:56,560 Some of us survived high school. 61 00:06:56,820 --> 00:06:58,020 Some of us died. 62 00:06:58,520 --> 00:07:00,620 But none of us made it out alive. 63 00:07:42,430 --> 00:07:43,430 Darling. 64 00:07:51,270 --> 00:07:52,270 Hello? 65 00:08:02,890 --> 00:08:04,050 Who is this? 66 00:10:39,440 --> 00:10:43,660 I remember it was a Sunday afternoon before Labor Day, and our senior year 67 00:10:43,660 --> 00:10:47,280 was about to begin on that Tuesday morning of September 8th, 1981. 68 00:10:48,040 --> 00:10:52,040 And I remember that the Westridge stables were located on a bluff above 69 00:10:52,040 --> 00:10:55,720 Malibu, where my girlfriend, Deborah Schaefer, was boarding her new horse, 70 00:10:55,740 --> 00:10:56,740 Spirit. 71 00:10:57,520 --> 00:11:01,820 I was driving solo, following Susan Reynolds and Tom Wright along Pacific 72 00:11:01,820 --> 00:11:02,820 Coast Highway. 73 00:11:09,390 --> 00:11:13,070 Everything sped up when you got your car at 16th and Los Angeles. 74 00:11:13,350 --> 00:11:17,170 You were now autonomous in ways you hadn't been. You could take care of 75 00:11:17,170 --> 00:11:18,170 yourself. 76 00:11:20,090 --> 00:11:21,230 You'd become an adult. 77 00:11:24,030 --> 00:11:29,670 This encouraged our parents to work longer hours or travel with less 78 00:11:29,670 --> 00:11:34,470 restriction, leaving all of us behind in beautiful, empty houses in Bel Air and 79 00:11:34,470 --> 00:11:36,310 Beverly Hills or Benedict Canyon. 80 00:11:36,590 --> 00:11:38,430 And that was okay with my friends and I. 81 00:11:38,700 --> 00:11:39,740 We were the family. 82 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:41,180 We raised each other. 83 00:11:43,200 --> 00:11:46,620 We would usually start our day by meeting for lunch at Hamburger Hamlet, 84 00:11:46,700 --> 00:11:50,480 where we'd crowd into the red booths for patty melts after buying our tickets for 85 00:11:50,480 --> 00:11:51,620 the next movie at the Bruin. 86 00:11:52,280 --> 00:11:55,580 Dinner was usually at the food court, with breaks at the arcade playing Space 87 00:11:55,580 --> 00:11:56,820 Invaders and Pac-Man. 88 00:11:59,180 --> 00:12:03,480 Or look for new music at Tower Records, leaping through the paperbacks at any 89 00:12:03,480 --> 00:12:05,940 number of the large bookstores that dotted the streets. 90 00:12:06,890 --> 00:12:08,670 There were five or six in 1981. 91 00:12:10,190 --> 00:12:11,370 There are none now. 92 00:12:17,910 --> 00:12:23,950 I kept behind Tom's car up the winding road at the stables, where we parked 93 00:12:23,950 --> 00:12:25,930 next to Deborah's gleaming brand new BMW. 94 00:12:35,240 --> 00:12:39,840 We located Debbie trotting Spirit by his ring. He was wearing her riding attire. 95 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:53,920 I was aware of Spirit being yet another example of Debbie's carelessness and 96 00:12:53,920 --> 00:12:58,340 privilege. The cost of maintaining and housing the animal was astronomical, but 97 00:12:58,340 --> 00:12:59,380 I don't think she even cared. 98 00:13:00,600 --> 00:13:02,700 In a way, Debbie was an experiment. 99 00:13:03,420 --> 00:13:06,860 I wasn't determined to have a girlfriend my senior year, except if it had been 100 00:13:06,860 --> 00:13:07,739 Susan Reynolds. 101 00:13:07,740 --> 00:13:12,060 And yet, Debbie had become, somewhat inexplicably, just that. 102 00:13:29,260 --> 00:13:33,120 We were at a party at Anthony Matthew's house and she just started making out 103 00:13:33,120 --> 00:13:34,780 with me on a shave lit by a pool. 104 00:13:35,020 --> 00:13:37,620 I was stoned on a quaalude. She did a bump of coke. 105 00:13:37,840 --> 00:13:38,779 It was midnight. 106 00:13:38,780 --> 00:13:39,699 Put it in. 107 00:13:39,700 --> 00:13:40,700 I'm stoned. 108 00:13:41,420 --> 00:13:45,660 What? And I was at a point where I still tried to be attracted to girls. 109 00:13:45,880 --> 00:13:47,420 There's people around. I want it. 110 00:13:47,960 --> 00:13:48,960 I want you. 111 00:13:49,220 --> 00:13:51,420 I surprised myself and went with it. 112 00:13:53,020 --> 00:13:54,740 Debbie always broke the rules. 113 00:13:55,100 --> 00:13:58,940 By senior year, her hair was a shade of platinum inspired by blondie. 114 00:13:59,200 --> 00:14:02,680 If you were in 11th or 12th grade, makeup was minimally allowed. 115 00:14:02,900 --> 00:14:06,260 But because Debbie was so rich, she got away with murder and wore her lipstick 116 00:14:06,260 --> 00:14:07,820 hot pink or blood red. 117 00:14:08,040 --> 00:14:09,040 Always defying. 118 00:14:16,640 --> 00:14:18,180 Seriously. Cut it out. 119 00:14:19,600 --> 00:14:20,600 Look, 120 00:14:20,780 --> 00:14:23,320 Debbie, I'm you. You guys, cut it out. You're going to spook the horses. 121 00:14:23,780 --> 00:14:27,850 Susan, please get off his back. Okay. This is a $1 million horse from Arabia, 122 00:14:27,950 --> 00:14:30,670 and you're going to spook him because you can't get off Tom's back for five 123 00:14:30,670 --> 00:14:31,670 minutes. 124 00:14:32,410 --> 00:14:36,450 Tom Wright and Susan Reynolds had been dating since they were sophomores and 125 00:14:36,450 --> 00:14:40,190 were now the most popular people, not only in our class, but in the overall 126 00:14:40,190 --> 00:14:41,190 student body. 127 00:14:41,530 --> 00:14:42,670 It was obvious why. 128 00:14:43,510 --> 00:14:47,550 Tom and Susan were casually beautiful, all American, and they both came from 129 00:14:47,550 --> 00:14:48,550 wealthy families. 130 00:14:48,910 --> 00:14:53,650 For about two years, they were in love, until that fall of 1981, when one of 131 00:14:53,650 --> 00:14:54,650 them wasn't. 132 00:14:55,150 --> 00:14:59,190 Tom was always the ideal of teen boy handsome, and what was so alluring about 133 00:14:59,190 --> 00:15:00,590 him was that he didn't seem to care. 134 00:15:01,090 --> 00:15:04,390 He had an intriguing blankness that was attractive and soothing. 135 00:15:05,130 --> 00:15:09,190 He was the opposite of Susan. School class president, effortlessly straight-A 136 00:15:09,190 --> 00:15:10,190 student. 137 00:15:11,430 --> 00:15:16,390 She kind of knew I was secretly in love with her, and I knew everything about 138 00:15:16,390 --> 00:15:21,530 her. When she got her period, the problem with her mother, every imaginary 139 00:15:21,530 --> 00:15:24,110 slight and deprivation she thought she was enduring. 140 00:15:25,070 --> 00:15:27,070 Her crushes on classmates before Tom. 141 00:15:33,790 --> 00:15:37,690 She was, to me, the most beautiful girl ever. 142 00:15:39,190 --> 00:15:43,290 And to this very day, the person I think I've loved the most in my entire life. 143 00:15:43,670 --> 00:15:45,050 Have you heard from your parents? 144 00:15:46,750 --> 00:15:50,890 This morning, Bill and Fran headed to Venice next week. 145 00:15:51,370 --> 00:15:53,190 They're staying in Europe indefinitely. 146 00:15:54,000 --> 00:15:57,700 My mom said that she still thinks she wants to divorce him. My dad said that 147 00:15:57,700 --> 00:16:01,560 the trip has been good. They weren't coming home until their marriage went on 148 00:16:01,560 --> 00:16:02,780 the solid ground, I guess. 149 00:16:03,200 --> 00:16:04,620 I hope it works out for them. 150 00:16:05,720 --> 00:16:07,120 Sucks having divorced parents. 151 00:16:07,820 --> 00:16:09,160 I miss my dad a lot. 152 00:16:09,940 --> 00:16:12,320 My God, it's my dream. All that freedom. 153 00:16:12,840 --> 00:16:14,280 Who's cooking your food? You don't cook. 154 00:16:25,310 --> 00:16:27,290 Rosa makes all my memes. Did I say? 155 00:16:28,010 --> 00:16:30,150 I just ride all night after she goes home. 156 00:16:30,410 --> 00:16:31,530 Do whatever I want. 157 00:16:38,770 --> 00:16:41,910 Are you coming to Debbie's house tonight? The last party of the summer. 158 00:16:42,230 --> 00:16:43,790 Labor Day always makes me blue. 159 00:16:44,090 --> 00:16:45,190 It's the end of something. 160 00:16:45,590 --> 00:16:48,630 Oh, but this year is the beginning of our senior year. 161 00:16:48,990 --> 00:16:52,230 We're coming, although, God, Debbie's dad makes me super uncomfortable. 162 00:16:53,130 --> 00:16:54,130 So goddamn gay. 163 00:16:54,390 --> 00:16:56,210 Tom. Sorry, he is. 164 00:16:56,990 --> 00:17:00,110 Last time I was there, he asked me if I wanted to take a jacuzzi with him in his 165 00:17:00,110 --> 00:17:02,290 bathroom. Not the one by the pool. 166 00:17:03,390 --> 00:17:05,030 Pretending I got food poisoning and left. 167 00:17:05,329 --> 00:17:07,130 Yeah, I get gay vibes from him, too. 168 00:17:07,730 --> 00:17:10,150 I don't think Debbie's mom knows if you could believe it. 169 00:17:10,550 --> 00:17:14,589 She likes the house, the trip, going to the Oscars every year. 170 00:17:14,810 --> 00:17:15,890 How many does he have again? 171 00:17:17,109 --> 00:17:18,109 Oscars? Two. 172 00:17:18,589 --> 00:17:19,829 You know that book I'm writing? 173 00:17:20,150 --> 00:17:21,970 I want him to buy it. Let me write the movie. 174 00:17:22,410 --> 00:17:25,770 God, I hate coming here every weekend just to watch her ride this dumb horse. 175 00:17:25,849 --> 00:17:26,890 Why do we do this to ourselves? 176 00:17:27,250 --> 00:17:30,350 Because we are nice people. 177 00:17:30,970 --> 00:17:33,730 And this year, we're going to rule the school. 178 00:17:34,470 --> 00:17:35,470 Don't we already? 179 00:18:29,230 --> 00:18:30,230 I don't understand. 180 00:18:30,630 --> 00:18:32,790 I just think we need to cool it for a while. 181 00:18:33,430 --> 00:18:34,790 Maybe gotten out of hand. 182 00:18:37,150 --> 00:18:38,150 I agree. 183 00:18:40,490 --> 00:18:42,010 Just remember we're good friends. 184 00:18:44,390 --> 00:18:45,390 Always will be. 185 00:19:41,130 --> 00:19:42,650 So what was that about? Science? 186 00:19:44,570 --> 00:19:45,570 Nothing. 187 00:19:46,610 --> 00:19:50,690 We were just talking about how excited we were to graduate and get the hell out 188 00:19:50,690 --> 00:19:51,669 of Los Angeles. 189 00:19:51,670 --> 00:19:52,710 Finally started a lot. 190 00:19:53,370 --> 00:19:55,430 For sure, I'm going to school on the East Coast. 191 00:19:55,790 --> 00:19:56,830 Not even a question. 192 00:20:03,650 --> 00:20:04,650 Oh, my God. 193 00:20:05,170 --> 00:20:06,170 In your resume. 194 00:20:06,350 --> 00:20:10,610 started and i'm already exhausted it's gonna take so much planning like what 195 00:20:10,610 --> 00:20:16,010 well homecoming is in october and i have some rad ideas for the past load and 196 00:20:16,010 --> 00:20:19,530 then of course susan and tom will be crowned homecoming king and queen well i 197 00:20:19,530 --> 00:20:25,130 don't want to be homecoming queen and wear some weird tiara there's an 198 00:20:25,130 --> 00:20:28,730 authorial party at the beverly hills hotel and then we're doing an after 199 00:20:28,730 --> 00:20:32,490 party thing on dominic thompson's poppers yacht okay how much coke have 200 00:20:32,490 --> 00:20:35,110 you done oh my do you want some duh 201 00:20:47,810 --> 00:20:54,750 We've all worked so hard. We deserve a nice 202 00:20:54,750 --> 00:20:56,790 time. We deserve nice things. 203 00:20:57,830 --> 00:21:01,130 Blue Bayou, the restaurant inside the parts of the Caribbean, right? 204 00:21:01,450 --> 00:21:02,450 Yeah. 205 00:21:03,710 --> 00:21:04,710 That's awesome. 206 00:21:14,090 --> 00:21:15,390 Four vodka sodas, please. 207 00:21:20,230 --> 00:21:22,430 Oh, don't forget to invite the new guy to Disney. 208 00:21:23,070 --> 00:21:24,070 What? 209 00:21:24,370 --> 00:21:25,870 There's a new guy coming in on Tuesday. 210 00:21:26,190 --> 00:21:27,850 A new addition to our senior class. 211 00:21:28,250 --> 00:21:29,029 That's great. 212 00:21:29,030 --> 00:21:30,570 You never get a new kid's senior year. 213 00:21:31,370 --> 00:21:32,370 What's his name? 214 00:21:32,450 --> 00:21:34,050 Um, Robert something. 215 00:21:34,990 --> 00:21:36,290 Oh, Robert Mallory. 216 00:21:37,610 --> 00:21:38,630 How do you know this? 217 00:21:39,250 --> 00:21:42,990 Well... I was having a meeting with Principal Croft about my student body 218 00:21:42,990 --> 00:21:46,690 presidential duties this year, and he told me he lives in Century City with 219 00:21:46,690 --> 00:21:48,150 his aunt or stepmother or something. 220 00:21:49,250 --> 00:21:50,370 Well, that's weird. 221 00:21:50,930 --> 00:21:54,110 What's weird about it? If he lived in Century City, he would have been 222 00:21:54,110 --> 00:21:55,810 eligible to attend Beverly Hills Hot. 223 00:21:56,090 --> 00:21:59,230 Why opt for our school? Why drive all the way to our school? 224 00:22:00,090 --> 00:22:01,810 Well, you better be cute. 225 00:22:03,490 --> 00:22:05,910 Like you. 226 00:22:07,969 --> 00:22:11,850 When we eat in my bedroom in town, I'm so horny. 227 00:22:18,050 --> 00:22:20,750 What did you mean when you said you didn't want to be homecoming king and 228 00:22:20,750 --> 00:22:24,890 queen? Oh, God, Tom, it's so corny. Hey, this Tuesday night, this is what we've 229 00:22:24,890 --> 00:22:28,330 been waiting for for four fucking years. It's the coronation. Everybody wants 230 00:22:28,330 --> 00:22:29,330 this. 231 00:22:32,190 --> 00:22:34,570 Okay, for you, I'll think about it. 232 00:22:40,590 --> 00:22:44,950 That night in September was one of the last nights where there was no fear. 233 00:23:17,160 --> 00:23:18,160 And the story of O. 234 00:23:18,360 --> 00:23:19,680 You ever heard the story of O? 235 00:23:21,560 --> 00:23:22,560 Brad. 236 00:23:23,540 --> 00:23:25,200 Hi, Mr. Schaefer. 237 00:23:25,480 --> 00:23:26,560 You call me Terry, buddy. 238 00:23:27,200 --> 00:23:28,079 Sit down. 239 00:23:28,080 --> 00:23:29,620 There's something I wanted to talk to you about. 240 00:23:30,180 --> 00:23:32,900 You guys go off, watch your movies. Tell me the details. 241 00:23:33,160 --> 00:23:34,160 I want to know your favorite. 242 00:23:36,200 --> 00:23:37,200 So. 243 00:23:46,600 --> 00:23:49,300 Debbie tells me you're a writer or you want to be one. 244 00:23:50,720 --> 00:23:53,860 Yes. Yeah, I'm writing a novel. Amazing. 245 00:23:56,120 --> 00:23:58,620 Maybe you and I should go talk about that at lunch or something. 246 00:23:58,920 --> 00:24:00,880 I'm always looking for new young voices. 247 00:24:01,340 --> 00:24:03,820 Our business needs that. The movies need that. 248 00:24:07,300 --> 00:24:08,960 I've always had my eye on you, Brett. 249 00:24:11,800 --> 00:24:12,800 Stephen. 250 00:24:14,260 --> 00:24:15,079 Stephen, what? 251 00:24:15,080 --> 00:24:16,300 What in the fuck are you doing? 252 00:24:16,960 --> 00:24:21,060 Debbie asked me to take pictures of her guests. She wants to make a scrapbook. 253 00:24:22,400 --> 00:24:23,400 You know Debbie. 254 00:24:29,120 --> 00:24:33,180 Brett and I are going to go to lunch, talk about his future. We put it down on 255 00:24:33,180 --> 00:24:34,180 the schedule, okay? 256 00:24:34,200 --> 00:24:35,900 Lidl. Sure thing. 257 00:24:37,020 --> 00:24:38,080 Yep, yep. 258 00:24:39,740 --> 00:24:41,260 Thanks, Mr. Schaefer. 259 00:25:27,840 --> 00:25:28,840 Oh. 260 00:25:29,520 --> 00:25:30,800 Hi, Mrs. Schaefer. 261 00:25:31,620 --> 00:25:33,240 I asked you a question. 262 00:25:34,220 --> 00:25:36,700 Where is my husband? Have you seen him? 263 00:25:37,160 --> 00:25:39,040 Yes, he's down by the pool. 264 00:25:40,080 --> 00:25:41,860 Who was my husband with? 265 00:25:44,820 --> 00:25:46,600 I don't know. 266 00:25:46,840 --> 00:25:47,840 You don't know? 267 00:25:49,360 --> 00:25:50,800 Was he in the bushes? 268 00:25:51,720 --> 00:25:53,600 Sucking some young guy's dick? 269 00:25:57,610 --> 00:25:59,170 Or did he proposition you? 270 00:26:00,450 --> 00:26:02,970 Liz, have you been hitting the wine coolers again? 271 00:26:05,610 --> 00:26:08,250 You seem very tired. Let's put you to bed. 272 00:26:09,530 --> 00:26:10,530 You can go, Brent. 273 00:26:11,670 --> 00:26:12,670 Okay. 274 00:26:13,590 --> 00:26:15,190 Good night, Mrs. Schaefer. 275 00:26:15,910 --> 00:26:17,770 Wait, what? You're not staying for the movie? 276 00:26:19,970 --> 00:26:21,110 I've already seen it. 277 00:26:22,010 --> 00:26:24,390 Don't you walk away from me, you little asshole! 278 00:26:24,850 --> 00:26:26,570 Where are you going? Are you going to meet him upstairs? 279 00:26:27,360 --> 00:26:30,620 I've known you since you were ten years old. Don't you dare walk away from me! 280 00:26:30,800 --> 00:26:34,500 Enough. I'm putting you to bed now. You can take your night-night pills. 281 00:27:27,600 --> 00:27:28,600 Your mom is a psycho. 282 00:27:29,860 --> 00:27:30,699 Ignore her. 283 00:27:30,700 --> 00:27:31,700 I do. 284 00:27:34,060 --> 00:27:35,260 Are you staying for the movie? 285 00:27:36,280 --> 00:27:38,740 No. I've already seen Continental Divide. 286 00:27:39,020 --> 00:27:40,820 I want to get home, do some writing. 287 00:27:41,700 --> 00:27:45,420 Unless you had another idea. 288 00:27:49,440 --> 00:27:50,960 I thought you never asked. 289 00:28:07,690 --> 00:28:09,070 You got muscular this summer. 290 00:28:09,650 --> 00:28:13,130 Oh, you know, push-ups. That's what I mean. 291 00:28:14,850 --> 00:28:16,630 Oh, I get a full stretch here. 292 00:28:17,290 --> 00:28:17,810 Debbie 293 00:28:17,810 --> 00:28:24,930 always 294 00:28:24,930 --> 00:28:25,909 came fast. 295 00:28:25,910 --> 00:28:27,730 Within minutes, she could thrash out an organ. 296 00:28:28,090 --> 00:28:31,850 Don't be a fool. It took barely anything to make her come, and this was happening 297 00:28:31,850 --> 00:28:32,850 now. 298 00:28:34,360 --> 00:28:38,120 You have to remember, being gender fluid was not something that was allowed back 299 00:28:38,120 --> 00:28:41,140 then. You had to be two people, which was fucking exhausting. 300 00:28:41,500 --> 00:28:42,800 And you had to compartmentalize. 301 00:28:43,180 --> 00:28:47,180 My relationship with Debbie was my public persona, and my relationship with 302 00:28:47,180 --> 00:28:49,380 Matt Kellner was my secret forbidden one. 303 00:28:57,720 --> 00:29:00,260 Did you hear? There's a new kid starting school. 304 00:29:00,600 --> 00:29:01,600 Isn't that weird? 305 00:29:01,940 --> 00:29:03,500 Why is that weird? 306 00:29:04,190 --> 00:29:05,190 Who cares? 307 00:29:05,470 --> 00:29:08,450 It's just weird if someone enrolls in senior year. 308 00:29:13,450 --> 00:29:14,450 Whatever. 309 00:29:19,610 --> 00:29:20,790 That's all you ever say. 310 00:29:21,490 --> 00:29:22,490 About anything. 311 00:29:23,610 --> 00:29:24,610 Whatever. 312 00:29:26,310 --> 00:29:30,110 It's not too much pot, Matt. You're officially the class donor, did you know 313 00:29:30,110 --> 00:29:31,110 that? 314 00:29:36,340 --> 00:29:38,760 Whatever. Why don't you socialize, Matty? 315 00:29:39,620 --> 00:29:41,500 Why didn't you come to Debbie's party tonight? 316 00:29:42,960 --> 00:29:49,000 Well, I told you, I just wanted to, you know, hang here and listen to the new 317 00:29:49,000 --> 00:29:50,000 Elvis Costello album. 318 00:29:51,200 --> 00:29:52,560 And get high, Matt. 319 00:29:53,420 --> 00:29:54,520 It's so tedious. 320 00:29:55,480 --> 00:29:57,620 You're so smart, but you don't let anybody in. 321 00:29:59,820 --> 00:30:00,820 Oh. 322 00:30:01,390 --> 00:30:02,470 We're friends, right? 323 00:30:04,550 --> 00:30:06,910 Only when I drive over and we fool around in the shadows. 324 00:30:08,930 --> 00:30:11,570 You have lost potential, Matt. 325 00:30:13,010 --> 00:30:14,290 I'm worried about you. 326 00:30:20,590 --> 00:30:23,070 I'm the most real person in that school. 327 00:30:25,630 --> 00:30:26,730 You know it. 328 00:30:36,400 --> 00:30:37,600 I think we should stop this. 329 00:30:40,640 --> 00:30:41,640 Stop what? 330 00:30:43,700 --> 00:30:44,700 This. 331 00:30:47,060 --> 00:30:48,600 You don't need to say that. 332 00:30:52,620 --> 00:30:54,920 Well, I wouldn't want you to think that I don't care. 333 00:30:56,500 --> 00:30:57,840 I don't think anything. 334 00:31:02,620 --> 00:31:03,760 I don't think anything. 335 00:31:13,680 --> 00:31:14,920 What happened to the aquarium? 336 00:31:15,360 --> 00:31:17,500 Uh, I don't know. 337 00:31:23,380 --> 00:31:26,020 You don't know why your aquarium is empty? 338 00:31:26,600 --> 00:31:30,220 No. I came back the other day and noticed all the fish were gone. 339 00:31:32,820 --> 00:31:34,060 What are you looking for? 340 00:31:34,320 --> 00:31:35,320 A bug. 341 00:31:36,060 --> 00:31:38,280 And here it is. 342 00:31:42,960 --> 00:31:44,120 What happened to the water? 343 00:31:44,500 --> 00:31:47,420 I don't know. My mom usually takes care of it. 344 00:31:51,360 --> 00:31:53,760 Do you think maybe the cat got them? 345 00:31:54,300 --> 00:31:56,980 You think Alex ate all my fish? 346 00:31:57,560 --> 00:31:58,560 I don't know. 347 00:31:59,720 --> 00:32:01,020 Maybe we'll never know. 348 00:32:01,800 --> 00:32:02,800 Why? 349 00:32:05,420 --> 00:32:07,940 Well, the cat's missing too. 350 00:32:18,760 --> 00:32:19,760 Not this time? 351 00:32:19,840 --> 00:32:22,600 Yeah, what about last week? Oh, last week I wasn't feeling good. 352 00:32:23,740 --> 00:32:24,780 So is the next week. 353 00:33:15,210 --> 00:33:16,210 Good afternoon. 354 00:33:26,350 --> 00:33:27,750 Good 355 00:33:27,750 --> 00:33:35,010 afternoon. 356 00:33:43,160 --> 00:33:46,780 The identity of the young woman has not been released, and police refused to 357 00:33:46,780 --> 00:33:49,040 comment pending an investigation into the homicide. 358 00:33:49,840 --> 00:33:53,860 Viewers will remember that last summer, the body of missing girl Catherine 359 00:33:53,860 --> 00:33:56,460 Latchford was found in a dumpster in Redlands. 360 00:33:56,780 --> 00:34:02,000 That case remains unsolved, and police declined to comment at this time whether 361 00:34:02,000 --> 00:34:04,060 the abductions and murders are related. 362 00:34:53,850 --> 00:34:54,850 What's wrong? 363 00:34:55,770 --> 00:34:58,950 Did you see the math class that she was from on Britswood? Yes, I talked to the 364 00:34:58,950 --> 00:35:01,670 principal about it. It's just some stupid prank by a kid at Harvard or 365 00:35:01,670 --> 00:35:03,230 something. Want a pint? 366 00:35:03,550 --> 00:35:04,550 Sure. 367 00:35:08,630 --> 00:35:09,810 Oh, my God. 368 00:35:11,270 --> 00:35:12,610 Hey, what'd you get? 369 00:35:12,890 --> 00:35:14,050 A song for Pam. 370 00:35:15,670 --> 00:35:20,840 Why does my... Stupid mother always packed me pate for lunch. I always call 371 00:35:20,840 --> 00:35:23,840 it pate chai. She knows I'm dieting. She's trying to sabotage me. 372 00:35:25,160 --> 00:35:27,700 Pate is not on the Beverly Hills diet. You want it? 373 00:35:27,940 --> 00:35:30,600 Sure. No, Tom, you don't want that. These are great. 374 00:35:30,940 --> 00:35:32,160 Well, we can always get what we want. 375 00:35:32,460 --> 00:35:36,560 I am not eating any more fat for six weeks straight. 376 00:35:36,900 --> 00:35:40,460 It gets more round if you continue to eat fat. You're going to pass out. Try 377 00:35:40,460 --> 00:35:44,280 and more angularize the side profile of your boo. 378 00:35:45,440 --> 00:35:46,440 Can I smell a chip? 379 00:35:46,680 --> 00:35:47,680 You can taste one. 380 00:35:48,230 --> 00:35:49,270 I just want to smell it. 381 00:35:49,550 --> 00:35:50,790 She thinks that this works. 382 00:35:58,210 --> 00:36:01,890 Have you noticed that ever since I cut fat, my tits from the side are more 383 00:36:01,890 --> 00:36:04,750 angular? You should know. 384 00:36:05,050 --> 00:36:06,670 I smelled them before I thought. 385 00:36:07,310 --> 00:36:09,090 It was theater and sandalwood. 386 00:36:09,650 --> 00:36:12,110 As if you had just walked through a forest of fitra. 387 00:36:20,650 --> 00:36:22,990 You must be Robert Mallory. You must be Susan. 388 00:36:25,090 --> 00:36:27,750 Principal Cross showed me your picture. The one on his desk. 389 00:36:28,050 --> 00:36:29,050 From the yearbook. 390 00:36:29,470 --> 00:36:32,050 I was just in Principal Cross' office. He told me I should come say hi. 391 00:36:32,850 --> 00:36:33,769 So hi. 392 00:36:33,770 --> 00:36:38,130 He wore black leather pants like a second skin with his school blazer. I 393 00:36:38,130 --> 00:36:39,130 was speechless. 394 00:36:39,270 --> 00:36:44,590 I couldn't believe it. It was him. The magical, mystical boy I saw at the 395 00:36:44,590 --> 00:36:45,690 Shining a year ago. 396 00:36:46,930 --> 00:36:47,930 Hi. 397 00:36:48,170 --> 00:36:49,170 Brett. 398 00:36:50,220 --> 00:36:51,220 Nice to meet you, Brett. 399 00:36:54,840 --> 00:36:56,660 You want to join us? I'd love to. 400 00:36:59,800 --> 00:37:02,680 So, Robert, where do you come from? 401 00:37:02,980 --> 00:37:05,060 Oh, I'm from Chicago, originally. 402 00:37:05,500 --> 00:37:09,280 Robert laid out his background for us as if it were a job interview he needed to 403 00:37:09,280 --> 00:37:13,340 pass. The last time he'd been in L.A. for any sustained length of time was ten 404 00:37:13,340 --> 00:37:16,440 months ago, when he came out for the holidays and stayed with his aunt. Oh, 405 00:37:16,440 --> 00:37:18,200 so why are you living with your aunt now? 406 00:37:18,920 --> 00:37:23,140 Funny story, but I got kicked out of my previous school when I was back. Funny 407 00:37:23,140 --> 00:37:24,140 and smooth. 408 00:37:24,340 --> 00:37:25,620 His parents were divorced. 409 00:37:25,820 --> 00:37:28,460 His mother had then died in a tragic accident. 410 00:37:28,800 --> 00:37:31,760 His father wanted to send him to a military academy, but his aunt 411 00:37:31,760 --> 00:37:35,900 intervened, suggesting Robert relocate to Los Angeles and live with her, and 412 00:37:35,900 --> 00:37:38,340 she would enroll him somewhere for his last year of high school. 413 00:37:38,740 --> 00:37:39,740 Have we met before? 414 00:37:40,780 --> 00:37:42,640 At the Whiskey or the Odyssey or something? 415 00:37:44,100 --> 00:37:45,440 I'm not much of a club guy. 416 00:37:45,760 --> 00:37:46,900 Oh, I never forget a thing. 417 00:37:48,590 --> 00:37:52,670 i don't really know anyone in la i don't go out much did you not bring lunch 418 00:37:52,670 --> 00:37:59,450 i forgot 419 00:37:59,450 --> 00:38:05,810 first day jitters right do you want half on one level robert was intriguing 420 00:38:05,810 --> 00:38:09,830 enough to make me forget about the great streets with gore he was one of the most 421 00:38:09,830 --> 00:38:13,450 charming people i'd ever met the other thing i gleaned was that he was a 422 00:38:13,450 --> 00:38:18,200 complete and utter liar oh i know where i saw you Last summer, did you see The 423 00:38:18,200 --> 00:38:20,280 Shining at the Village Theatre when it first came out? 424 00:38:22,380 --> 00:38:23,380 No. 425 00:38:24,760 --> 00:38:26,660 Are you sure? I'm positive I saw you there. 426 00:38:27,600 --> 00:38:29,020 Really? Positive. 427 00:38:32,340 --> 00:38:33,440 Really? You're positive? 428 00:38:35,040 --> 00:38:37,560 Why would you remember me there? Did I say something to you? 429 00:38:37,940 --> 00:38:41,820 No. No. You just left an impression. 430 00:38:46,000 --> 00:38:47,120 Haven't seen that movie. 431 00:38:47,380 --> 00:38:53,080 Well, I'm almost positive I saw you in the theater on a Saturday 432 00:38:53,080 --> 00:38:59,100 It wasn't me Weird 433 00:38:59,100 --> 00:39:05,960 very weird That was wacky hmm 434 00:39:05,960 --> 00:39:07,420 saved by the bell 435 00:39:24,230 --> 00:39:25,230 I have to meet your brat. 436 00:39:25,590 --> 00:39:26,590 You too. 437 00:39:35,890 --> 00:39:36,930 Good afternoon. 438 00:39:39,650 --> 00:39:44,130 Let's start the first assembly of the year by welcoming Senior President Susan 439 00:39:44,130 --> 00:39:45,130 Reynolds. 440 00:40:09,740 --> 00:40:12,100 voted for me as your student body class president. 441 00:40:12,660 --> 00:40:18,220 We have a very exciting year ahead of us. Don't forget our Thanksgiving 442 00:40:18,220 --> 00:40:22,120 fundraisers following the last football game before the holiday. 443 00:40:22,360 --> 00:40:24,320 Let's support our varsity team. 444 00:41:05,000 --> 00:41:09,360 It became clear to me after our second introduction that Robert Mallory was 445 00:41:09,360 --> 00:41:15,180 like a virus, a new kind of insidious, invading agent who was here to destroy 446 00:41:15,180 --> 00:41:19,860 the very cellular structure of my friends, my school, and me. 447 00:41:22,120 --> 00:41:23,440 He was up to something. 448 00:41:24,720 --> 00:41:27,740 And it was up to me to find out exactly what that was. 449 00:42:40,780 --> 00:42:42,240 Don't you ever think about the cops again. 450 00:42:43,800 --> 00:42:50,000 That's the kind of stuff the world's made out of. 451 00:42:51,660 --> 00:42:53,920 That's the kind of stuff the world's made out of. 452 00:42:54,180 --> 00:42:55,180 Get up! 453 00:42:55,460 --> 00:42:57,280 Bad boys get back! 454 00:42:58,220 --> 00:43:04,620 Bad boys get back! 455 00:43:30,740 --> 00:43:32,540 Don't be a punk on your own. 456 00:43:33,980 --> 00:43:35,900 Say yes, ma 457 00:43:35,900 --> 00:43:46,260 'am. 458 00:43:46,280 --> 00:43:47,280 Say no, ma'am. 459 00:46:39,620 --> 00:46:41,320 Hey. That was you, right? 460 00:46:41,860 --> 00:46:42,860 Following me? 461 00:46:43,560 --> 00:46:44,760 I wasn't following you. 462 00:46:45,380 --> 00:46:49,100 I was heading to the Galleria and I happened to be behind you, I guess. 463 00:46:49,600 --> 00:46:50,600 You were in the porch. 464 00:46:50,800 --> 00:46:51,800 Yeah, that was me. 465 00:46:52,360 --> 00:46:53,680 I was just fucking with you. 466 00:46:56,980 --> 00:46:59,160 I don't like being followed. 467 00:46:59,840 --> 00:47:01,700 Yeah? You don't like being followed? 468 00:47:01,920 --> 00:47:02,920 Yeah. 469 00:47:03,200 --> 00:47:04,200 Freaks me out. 470 00:47:05,390 --> 00:47:07,430 What are you doing here at the mall today? 471 00:47:07,830 --> 00:47:09,090 Shopping for some school clothes. 472 00:47:10,750 --> 00:47:13,010 What brings you to the gallery on this Tuesday afternoon? 473 00:47:13,470 --> 00:47:14,650 There's a lot of hot girls. 474 00:47:16,350 --> 00:47:19,270 I was going to see a movie, but I realized I've seen them all. 475 00:47:20,190 --> 00:47:21,190 Which one? 476 00:47:22,110 --> 00:47:23,110 The Shining? 477 00:47:23,150 --> 00:47:25,750 You sure you weren't there? I know I saw you. 478 00:47:26,110 --> 00:47:28,290 Dude, you gotta let it go. It wasn't me. 479 00:47:28,730 --> 00:47:30,290 Pretty sure I saw you. 480 00:47:31,150 --> 00:47:32,150 Dude. 481 00:47:33,110 --> 00:47:34,330 I haven't seen that movie. 482 00:47:49,930 --> 00:47:51,830 What were you talking to Matt Kellner about today? 483 00:47:52,310 --> 00:47:53,530 Oh, yeah? You saw that? 484 00:47:54,430 --> 00:47:55,430 You guys friends? 485 00:47:56,590 --> 00:47:57,630 Is that innuendo? 486 00:47:58,570 --> 00:48:00,190 He seems like a very confused guy. 487 00:48:00,530 --> 00:48:02,550 You know, the kind of guy you could use as a friend. 488 00:48:03,670 --> 00:48:07,750 What? He's just very laid back, very easygoing. He's a pothead. 489 00:48:08,190 --> 00:48:09,190 Interesting. 490 00:48:09,510 --> 00:48:11,190 Is Tom Susan Reynolds' boyfriend? 491 00:48:12,390 --> 00:48:14,050 Um, yeah. 492 00:48:14,610 --> 00:48:16,530 How long have they been seeing each other? How long have they been dating? 493 00:48:17,350 --> 00:48:18,830 About two years. 494 00:48:19,839 --> 00:48:20,779 So serious. 495 00:48:20,780 --> 00:48:21,780 Very. 496 00:48:21,940 --> 00:48:23,460 Why are you asking me this? 497 00:48:24,080 --> 00:48:26,400 Because she's hot. She's quite the little honey, don't you think? 498 00:48:27,140 --> 00:48:31,060 At that point, I couldn't breathe. At that point, I needed to get away from 499 00:48:31,060 --> 00:48:32,060 it. Hey, Brett. 500 00:48:33,660 --> 00:48:36,240 Yeah? I've just figured something out about you. 501 00:48:40,080 --> 00:48:41,800 What have you figured out about me? 502 00:48:43,120 --> 00:48:45,360 When you talk to me, you're really talking to yourself, dude. 503 00:48:50,540 --> 00:48:54,500 After the upsetting car chase with Robert Mallory on that sweltering and 504 00:48:54,500 --> 00:48:58,420 fateful September afternoon, I remember I went home and popped on the local 505 00:48:58,420 --> 00:48:59,420 news. 506 00:49:02,040 --> 00:49:04,960 What I learned that day made my blood run cold. 507 00:49:05,820 --> 00:49:08,420 The city had become paralyzed with fear. 508 00:49:14,320 --> 00:49:17,400 Margot Tyler had been missing since June of that year. 509 00:49:17,850 --> 00:49:20,310 and her body was found behind a local tower record. 510 00:49:20,890 --> 00:49:24,550 She was the third victim. There would be countless more. 511 00:49:27,450 --> 00:49:32,410 The serial killer hunting young people was nicknamed by investigating officers 512 00:49:32,410 --> 00:49:33,970 as the Trawler. 513 00:49:34,390 --> 00:49:37,150 Suddenly, the epidemic of missing pets made sense. 514 00:49:37,450 --> 00:49:42,530 He would use them in a satanic way. He trawls for victims effortlessly, like a 515 00:49:42,530 --> 00:49:44,010 fisherman casting a wide net. 516 00:49:45,050 --> 00:49:46,290 That's the catchy nickname. 517 00:50:19,440 --> 00:50:21,440 Hello? Hello? 518 00:50:52,930 --> 00:50:53,930 Elevate. 519 00:50:55,030 --> 00:50:56,290 Once you're dead. 520 00:50:58,570 --> 00:51:02,590 Sun and trees and sex have gone straight to my head. 521 00:51:03,810 --> 00:51:08,510 It feels like Hollywood wants my neck. 522 00:51:10,170 --> 00:51:14,230 A noose is a girl in a school with a brand new set. 523 00:51:34,270 --> 00:51:38,410 This town may be yours, but baby, it's mine too. 524 00:52:08,480 --> 00:52:10,080 I want to go shopping. 525 00:52:40,650 --> 00:52:41,650 Feels like L.A. 526 00:52:43,490 --> 00:52:44,930 wants me dead.