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[Woman] I was riding my bike down the Venice boardwalk

when I fell into the sand,

and you were there to help me up.

I wanted to ask your name, but I was too embarrassed.

I wish I had.

[Man] You were my waitress at lunch today.

I made a joke of the soup du jour

and your laugh warmed my heart.

I wanna hear it again.

Maybe you'll see this and reply.

[Woman] Our dogs played together at the park.

You had an adorable Schnauzer named Sammy.

I never asked your name.

-I saw you... -Want to meet...

-Exchanged glances... -I felt...

-Maybe... -Find you...

-If only... -You see this...

Please reply...

-A connection... -A connection...

Connection...

[Man] You had red hair and a scarf,

reading a romance novel,

bundled up against the world.

There was a sadness in your eyes

I want to erase.

Make me the happiest man in the world and reply.

-[Jason] Funder Storm. -[Group] Funder Storm!

[All] Funder Storm! Funder Storm!

That's right, people! It's a freaking Funder Storm in here!

Oh! [laughs]

Funder Storm is now the fourth largest

crowd funding site, and that is because of you.

[cheers and applause]

Psst. Caroline, hey.

I assume you're signing those checks

that Jason was supposed to give us for our bonus

after we got fourth place?

Yeah, you just keep waiting for those checks.

A little unicorn's gonna gallop into your bedroom.

[chuckles] Nice.

-[Noah] You can't be serious. -I am serious.

-Babe, really? -[Caroline] Serious about what?

Hey, Mom, the sink is broken again.

We're doing a paper for school

on Missed connections.

You're writing a paper about people missing their flights?

[laughs] No.

Uh, it's Missed Connections on the Internet.

You know when you have a moment with a stranger

but you don't have the courage to say anything about it in the moment?

People post messages hoping that other person replies.

I think it's incredibly romantic.

Remind me to call the plumber.

I think it's painfully desperate.

What's painfully desperate about fate?

Yo, you really need to monitor

your daughter's John Cusack movie intake.

-Noah. -Aww.

-She introduced me to J.C. -No, she didn't.

Yeah, our romantic savior.

Come on. That's disappointing.

All right, then you tell me, what's so romantic about this?

"I saw you at Soul Cycle in WeHo.

"You were wearing purple spandex.

"Your ass looked so good.

I could barely take it."

Hey, that's a bad example.

That's what's written.

Okay, Mom. "We took the same elevator

at Century City every day for five years

and I always wish I would've asked you--"

"If you would sleep with me,"

-Okay. All right. -'cause that's really what all this crap is about.

-on this website. -Good night, Noah.

-Zip it. Zip it. -Isn't it? Isn't it?

Good night, Noah.

All right. Good night, ladies. I don't want to be a part

-of your little John Cusack cult anyways. -Whatever.

Guys, no way!

Look at this!

[Reporter] Hello, everybody.

We've got breaking news from here on the West Side.

This morning after more than 10 days of intense searching,

a body washed up on Venice Beach

-That's horrible. -and has now been identified

as missing coffee heiress,

Alexia Montrose.

Police do suspect foul play.

We'll continue to follow this story.

We'll have a live report for you coming up later in the day.

this is why you need to stay off the Internet, both of you.

There are killers on there.

That was a movie, Mom.

It was based on a true story, Issie.

Mom, where do you usually eat lunch?

The boardwalk.

-There's this really pretty hill there. -Oh, my God!

It's you.

What's me?

Okay.

"I saw you at the Venice boardwalk around lunch time.

You know how many people go to the boardwalk?

"You had red hair, a scarf,

"and were reading a romance novel.

"You were bundled up against the world.

"Your body was quiet but your soul cried out to me.

"There was a sadness in your eyes

"that I want to erase.

Make me the happiest man in the world and reply."

That's not me.

This is so you!

You're obsessed.

You're grasping at straws.

-It's not me. -No, this is fate!

I don't have sad eyes, okay?

And I already had my fated romance:

your father.

Okay, well, first of all, I mean, you don't have

the happiest eyes in the world...

[chuckles]

and Dad is gone.

Just reply once.

Dad wanted you to be happy.

Some guy on the Internet isn't gonna make me

any more happy than I am right now.

[sighs]

"Sad eyes"...

I don't have sad eyes.

♪ ♪

[Issie] It's so frustrating.

She won't even take a chance, you know?

[video game explosions]

Maybe if she knew for sure that this guy was looking for her.

Yeah, but she won't even reply.

That's the beauty of the Internet.

She doesn't have to.

Noah, you're a genius.

Yeah, but like a sexy genius, right?

Yeah, a sexy one.

Yeah? Like if Channing Tatum played a scientist?

[chuckles] Yeah, something like that.

Did anything else happen that was exciting today

outside of your laptop?

Well...

What?

I was gonna save it for fortune cookies

and make it all dramatic and read it off the slip.

Spill it.

Okay. I, um...

I got a letter from Berkley.

Oh!

And I'm in.

-I knew it. -Yay!

I'm so proud of you.

My girl.

Bad fortune is the financial aid package

is a little less than we were hoping for.

How much less?

-Like "yikes" less. -Okay. well...

That's okay. I'm gonna-- I'm gonna figure it out.

Or I could just go to Santa Monica City College

-and then we wouldn't have to worry about money. -No, you should not do that.

No, no, no...

And I could live here and you wouldn't have to be alone.

I don't care about being alone. Come on, stop it.

You're gonna make me cry.

Mom!

I'm gonna be fine, and...

I'm very proud of you.

Thanks, Mom.

You know your dad would be very proud of you.

Yeah.

-Okay? -Okay.

-[sniffles] -Please don't cry.

Please.

I can't help it.

-Give me the letter. -Okay.

Proof I got in.

♪ ♪

[door opens]

[Caroline] Um, I'm sorry, did I get the time wrong?

-Should I come back? -Oh, no, no.

Come on in, come on in. Let's chat.

Oh, this is one of me at my place in the Maldives.

We should go there sometime.

Have a seat.

Uh, an investor sent that to me as a gift.

By the time I figure out how to use it,

I'll have died of caffeine withdrawal.

So what are we chatting about?

Well, I mean, as you know,

we've exceeded our projected quarterly earnings.

Hashtag killing it.

Go on.

I wanted to talk to you about the idea of you paying us

those bonuses that you promised me and everybody else in the office.

Oh. Um...

Excuse me. I'm sorry.

Thank you very much for today.

And turn that crap off.

Jessie, um, could you shut the door?

Thanks.

[door opens, closes]

Caroline, do you really think now is a good time

to talk about this with the IRS breathing down my neck?

Well, that's exactly the point.

The books reflect that $3.7 million has been spent on bonuses,

but I'm struggling to see where that money has gone.

I put it back into the company.

Where into the company?

Caroline...

it's your job to make the books look as clean as possible.

Now, if you can't do your job,

I'll find someone else who can.

No, I've got it.

Good.

Oh, no. Uh, take that.

What? I-- I don't really want it.

No, no, no, no. It's really...

You do work hard and I notice.

Thanks.

Hey, Caroline?

You forgot the beans.

Guatemalan. It's premium stuff.

[door closes]

♪ ♪

Sup?

Oh.

Hey, honey, I'm home!

Let's go get a hamburger!

And don't use this. I'm selling it.

Gavin.

What-in?

His name is Gavin.

He is the man who is looking for you.

I cannot believe you replied for me.

-Are you crazy? -I had to.

I had to make sure he wasn't, like, a creep or hideous--

-Well, he probably is a creep. -He's not. Look.

-This is probably not even his picture. -Oh, my God.

Well, you-- you will find out on Friday.

At dinner. At a French place.

-It's, like, La Petit Something. -What?

I looked it up. Fancy.

Okay, I am so not going to that.

"Yes, that's the face I can't get out of my head.

"The face that keeps me up at night.

"I want to hear your story. I want to know your soul.

I'm so happy that fate..."

-I'm gonna kill you. -Oh, it's so cute.

-You're a knucklehead. -Come on! So?

-Are you gonna do it? -[sighs]

-What? -Are you gonna do it?

[sighs]

Gavin?

Shall we?

[Caroline] I haven't done this...

in a long time.

And I imagine the last time you did this

it wasn't set up through some strange website.

No, it certainly was not.

Never before.

Uh, you are nervous.

Don't be.

Fate brought us here for a reason.

Let's find out why.

What do you do?

[exhales] I-- I work in finance.

I-- I actually, I run the finances for a tech company.

A local in Venice called Funder Storm.

Oh, you-- are you the CFO?

My title doesn't say that or my paycheck, but yes.

It's not really the most fulfilling job in the world.

I-- I-- I think...

American culture puts too much emphasis

on finding fulfillment through work.

I mean, we ask each other, "What do we do for a living?"

when...

we should be asking, "What do you live to do?"

You see things in a very unique way, Gavin.

I... I used to be a cog in the machine...

[distorted] for a European investment firm,

but I recognized...

♪ I wait another day in my head for you ♪

♪ You, you ♪

♪ I live another day with an empty hand ♪

♪ Hand, hand ♪

-♪ I wait another day ♪ -Caroline?

I'm not-- I'm-- No, I...

I know that most people go to these websites

to fulfill specific needs,

but I'm-- I'm not looking to pursue that kind of thing.

You know?

Um, what are you looking for?

What do you want, Caroline?

[sighs] I'm sorry. I can't pursue this.

-Thank you. Thank you very much. -Um...

This is... good night.

Caroline, um...

♪ ♪

I know what I want.

♪ Never tried it ♪

♪ Wanna know ♪

♪ Baby, take it slow ♪

♪ You fell for me ♪

♪ For the night ♪

♪ Skin on skin ♪

♪ Don't ask me how ♪

♪ Ah ♪

♪ Lead you on ♪

♪ Lead you in ♪

♪ Before it's gone ♪

♪ Sweet, simple sin ♪

♪ Ah ♪

♪ ♪

Oh, I forgot to call the plumber.

It's okay. I watched a How To video,

but I'm starting to think that PipeMan44

-doesn't know how to fix pipes. -[chuckles]

You don't have to worry about this.

I'll call in the morning, okay?

How was your date?

Did it go good? Was he cute?

Yeah, it was-- it was nice.

-Just nice? -Mm-hmm.

Are you gonna go on a second one?

Mm, I don't think so.

Probably not.

You sure?

-Get some sleep. -Okay.

[Jason] And we need to...

capitalize...

on their dreams.

Lunch.

Expecting a call?

Guess not.

[gasps]

[Gavin] I wasn't sure you'd come.

I didn't know if I was gonna hear from you again.

We, uh, have the place to ourselves.

So, I propose a game.

One minute to find one book

that changed you.

-Okay. -Starting now.

♪ ♪

-You picked Shakespeare? -[chuckles]

Shakespeare's too easy.

20 seconds.

-I win! -Ah!

[chuckles]

"I loved her against reason,

"against promise,

"against peace, against hope, against happiness,

against all discouragement that could be."

Please.

[sighs]

[giggles]

I-- I read that actually at a time when

I needed to remind myself that sometimes you need to let love go.

Unless you end up like Miss Havisham,

pining away in a dusty wedding dress.

Oh, Raskolnikov, huh?

A man trying to get away with murder.

A man who's trying to counterbalance, uh...

his crimes with, um...

with good deeds.

And he was...

redeemed by the love of a woman.

A woman's love is a very powerful thing.

I will drink to that.

I need to go back to work.

Do you?

In the wooden rowboats

following the starlight

to a place where the moonlight brings

all of the fish to the surface,

and with these wooden boats, we herd the fish into one mass,

and then everybody gets very quiet.

Eyes down on the bottom of the boat.

My father with one quick movement

hurls into the mass of fish a stick of dynamite...

-Poom! -[gasps]

Oh, my God. That's so amazing.

Perhaps someday I will take you there.

My husband Paul died two years ago.

To cancer.

It was all just very fast, and...

just one day to the next he was gone.

Oh, I'm-- I'm so sorry.

It was all I-- I had ever known.

You know, it was the only love I ever wanted.

Um...

Sometimes when we lose everything we'd ever wanted,

we forget what it is like to want again.

Yeah.

I have to go back to work.

Oh, I have to--

Have dinner with me tonight.

Hm?

At my place.

I'll cook.

I will think about it.

Thank you.

C-line! Where have you been? I've been looking for you everywhere.

-I, uh-- -I-- I asked her to sit in on an investor meeting for me.

I was tied up, so--

I got a call from the IRS.

No, no, no, no. I'm on that.

-You-- -I'm on that.

-They want to look at the books. Are we ready for that? -I got it covered.

Are you sure?

All right.

C-- Caroline, are you drunk?

No. Why?

Shut up.

Been drunk.

♪ ♪

Hi. [chuckles]

I wanted to see if you could fend for yourself

with a pizza tonight.

Already got us pizza.

-Wait, do you have another date? -No.

I'm just staying at work late.

Okay, well, I'll save you some pizza...

crust.

Do you wanna watch a movie?

Uh, yeah. I wanna watch a movie.

You think?

Well, your mom never stays out late.

I'm thinking maybe we take advantage.

I mean, you said you were ready, right?

I am.

I just want tonight to be special.

Well, then...

Miss Issie, I will make it a special night.

Hi.

Hello.

[sighs]

[chuckles] It's quite a place.

[classical music playing]

You are not one of those American women

who doesn't eat pasta...

A masochist? No.

I'll eat all the pasta.

Good.

Come here.

Wow.

My mother's recipe.

[chuckles]

Mmm.

What? That's so good. What's in it?

It's like... It's great.

I do not tell family secret.

-Yeah. -If I told you what was in it,

I'd have to kill you.

Well, you must be quite a consultant, Mr. Gatsby.

My clients require that I handle their matters

with discretion, and privacy comes at a price.

[sighs] That sounds shady.

Ask me.

Ask you what?

You want to know if I bring women here often.

I...

-I, um... -I don't.

I'm out of practice with all of this.

[chuckles] It's just...

I guess what I'm wondering is, um...

what are we doing here?

I don't know.

What are we doing here, Caroline?

Eating pasta.

Good morning.

[mumbles]

Morning.

Oh, my God.

-We fell asleep. -Mm-hmm.

You need to get out of here.

Like, now?

That's my mom.

You're still awake.

I was just coming to say good night.

I mean, good morning.

Did you just get home?

Yeah. I had an all-nighter at work.

Anyway, I was just gonna get some sleep.

No, no, you wanna make pancakes?

Should we make some pancakes?

-Okay. -Yeah?

Okay. Come on.

And pretty flower.

-[door closes] -[both exhale]

I'm sorry about last night.

I thought I was ready.

But I had a really nice time... laying together.

Me too.

Me too.

I liked-- I liked it.

Enjoy those pancakes.

[sighs]

[sighs] I would have made those.

I was really hungry.

-Mmm. -You slept for, like, four hours.

Smells delicious.

-What's that? -Hm?

Oh, that's just a place that I had to go to a meeting.

How was last night?

Well, uh, kind of confusing actually.

I, um...

-Well, Noah came over and we were planning-- -[phone rings]

I'm sorry.

This is work. I'll be right back.

Hello?

[shredder buzzes]

[sighs]

The only way out of this is to pay

the bonuses that you claimed.

I don't have the cash.

You have the cash though!

Where did it go? It went somewhere!

And what-- and what is this?

What is this locked account that I don't have access to?

-I don't know, Caroline. You're the accountant. -[knocking]

Come on-- Come in, come in.

Uh, delivery guy said this was urgent.

[Jason] Is that for me?

Uh, it's actually for her.

What is that?

Um, it's just a sweater from my mom.

Is it your birthday? We'll get cake!

-Uh-- -I'm gonna take care of all of this.

-All right. -You know, I'm gonna fix it.

[waves roaring]

♪ ♪

I haven't been here in so long.

[sighs]

Let's go in.

♪ ♪

[jazz music playing]

[Gavin] Si bellissima.

Si.

Ti amo. Ciao.

That was, uh, my mama.

She wanted to see if...

her sauce was turning out in your hands.

Not as good as when it's in your hands.

Mmm.

Mmm.

Perfecto.

You know, you don't...

have to be a good girl for me.

You want me to be a bad girl for you?

♪ ♪

♪ I take a sip of the bottle ♪

♪ It's my remedy ♪

♪ And I know that it is a problem ♪

♪ I am dealing with it on the daily ♪

♪ I'm so upset 'cause you're not here ♪

♪ Like you're supposed to be ♪

♪ And I cannot let you know ♪

♪ I am driving myself crazy ♪

♪ I need you, need you ♪

-♪ To come and see about me babe, me babe ♪ -[phone rings]

♪ I've been waiting here all this time ♪

[Caroline's voicemail] You've reached Caroline Prati.

I'm not available, but please leave a message.

♪ I need you, need you ♪

♪ To come and see about me babe, me babe ♪

♪ I've been waiting here all this time ♪

♪ for you to come and be mine, be mine ♪

♪ So this is love ♪

♪ Well it's not the way I thought it'd be ♪

[moans]

When you want something, Caroline...

-you take it. -[moans]

♪ And I want some kind of a relief ♪

♪ I want you here and now ♪

♪ I want it all somehow ♪

♪ I need you, need you ♪

♪ To come and see about me babe, me babe ♪

♪ I've been waiting here all this time ♪

♪ For you to come and be mine, be mine ♪

♪ I need you, need you ♪

♪ To come and see about me babe, me babe ♪

♪ I've been waiting here all this time ♪

♪ For you to come and be mine, be mine ♪

♪ Be mine ♪

♪ Oh ♪

♪ Be mine ♪

♪ Oh ♪

♪ Be mine ♪

♪ Oh ♪

♪ Be mine ♪

♪ Oh, what's the use? ♪

♪ I'm through ♪

♪ Sick and tired of being blue ♪

♪ When all I want is you to come and give it to me ♪

♪ Like you wanna do ♪

♪ I need you, need you ♪

♪ To come and see about me babe, me babe ♪

♪ I've been waiting here all this time ♪

♪ For you to come and be mine, be mine ♪

♪ I need you, need you ♪

♪ To come and see about me babe, me babe ♪

♪ I've been waiting here all this time ♪

♪ For you to come and be mine, be mine ♪

What's wrong?

[sniffles]

Noah and I broke up.

[sobs]

Why? When did that happen?

[sniffles] He...

he started acting weird ever since...

-Ugh. -Since what?

We were planning on...

But I wasn't ready.

So, we didn't and he said that was okay.

Last night his phone went off and it was a dating app.

Oh, God. Come here.

Mm. Shh.

It's okay.

He-- he said he hasn't done anything.

He's just messaging other girls to see what else is out there.

Why didn't you tell me that you were planning on having sex?

Sorry I don't really think of my mom as a sex expert.

But you haven't really been around to talk to lately.

I hardly see you anymore.

Come here.

I'm sorry.

Why don't we have a girls night?

You know, just you and me and a little bit of Cusack.

Look at me.

You'll be okay.

[Delivery man] Caroline Prati?

[gasps]

-♪ ♪ -[shutter clicks]

[shutter clicks]

[shutter clicks]

-[shutter clicks] -[chime]

-[shutter clicks] -[chime]

-[chime] -[shutter clicks]

[chiming]

[Reporter] We don't know the exact cause of death.

The 25-year-old Montrose was last seen

leaving a music festival up in the desert,

but police say there's evidence

that she returned home safely then disappeared.

Hey.

I, uh, need you to stay late tonight.

Oh, I can't.

-I have my daughter. -I, uh...

I found that money in the locked account.

It's the access code.

Uh, you've really been, uh, coming out of your shell lately.

Keep your eyes out of my shell.

I didn't. I was just-- All right, I'm gonna go work.

I'm sorry.

[dialing]

Hey, Mom. Looks like "Frozen Ground" isn't on demand,

so what about "The Raven"?

I'm so sorry, sweetheart, but I can't make it home tonight.

Uh-huh.

So how's things going with Mister, um...

Donato.

Right.

Gavin. Gavin Donato.

They're good, thanks. They're good.

-What was the name of his company? -You know what?

I really-- I gotta-- I gotta focus on this.

Sorry, Sean, okay?

You look nice.

[chiming]

[chiming]

[chiming]

[alarm blaring]

[siren wailing]

♪ ♪

[car honking]

I wish that I could quit

and tell him to go screw himself,

but I have Issie's tuition.

If you need help, I can...

I can't take your money, Gavin.

Okay.

Forget I mentioned it.

-Maybe I could be a client. -[chuckles]

You don't want to get involved in my business.

-Oh. -It's very shady, remember?

Well, maybe I like a little shade.

I do have a... a big deal coming up.

But it's a steep buy-in.

I happen to have access to some very...

deep... pockets.

How deep?

Very deep.

$5,294,036.69.

Are you saying that you would steal from your boss

-to invest in me? -[chuckles]

I wouldn't be stealing from my boss.

I'd be borrowing from my boss to invest in you.

I would just transfer some funds,

fudge some numbers...

I'm very good. Nobody would even notice.

I like this side of you.

[chuckles]

[phone chimes]

Shoot.

[sighs]

[mouthing] I have to go.

I will be here when you get back.

Hi, Mom.

Hi, honey.

Your boss called.

He said you disappeared six hours ago

after a fire alarm?

-Are you okay?! -Oh. Yeah, I'm good.

I'm fine, yeah.

What's going on with you?

Um...

I've been seeing Gavin.

Why would you keep that from me?

Um, well, I don't know.

I didn't know how serious it was.

I mean, I just didn't want you to get your hopes up.

Oh, my God.

Adult relationships, honey, are just very complicated.

Okay, so you're the relationship expert now

and I'm just the dumb kid?

You need to look at yourself, okay?

You're not acting like my mom!

I am taking care of myself for the first time

in a long time and I finally feel alive.

Well, that's good because I already have one dead parent.

Come on. That's not what I meant.

-Come on-- -Just please--

-Honey... -I'm just-- I'm gonna go to bed. Stop, Mom!

I'm just-- I'm just gonna go to bed.

[door slams]

-Brian, come here. -Yeah, what's up?

-Just picked her up this weekend. -Oh, wow.

Oh, man, when I take her out on the PCH,

oh, baby, does she purr.

Oh, that's cool.

Totally worth all the six figures.

[chuckles]

-You can go now. Carry on. -All right.

[Brian] He's so cool.

♪ ♪

[Gavin] Caroline...

if you want something, take it.

Take what you deserve.

[Sean] Hey.

Hi.

Hey, I-- I just looked into this Gavin Donato guy.

What do you mean you looked into him?

Well, I mean, I tried to but I couldn't find anything.

-[scoffs] -There's-- there's no websites

or-- or articles pertaining to his business.

I-- I even asked a few friends at consulting firms, and...

no one's ever heard of him.

How in the world is this any of your business, Sean?

I just want to make sure you really know this guy like you think you do.

I...

You know what, you're right.

Have a good night.

Tonight we celebrate.

The deal I've been working on

is finally going through next week.

-And what is the deal? -A Swiss firm.

-Commercial real estate. -Ooh.

You do all of this by yourself?

It's cleaner that way.

Must be nice to be boss.

It is.

I almost did something crazy today.

-Crazy? -Crazy.

Yeah.

"Crazy".

[whispers] I almost took all of Jason's money.

Why didn't you?

[both chuckle]

Because I couldn't take it.

It belongs to everybody else.

We weren't serious

when we were talking about this the other day.

Caroline...

my offer still stands.

If we put five million into this deal,

you will get it all back and more.

And like you said,

no one would even know it's gone.

But what if I got caught?

-We would just disappear. -I can't disappear.

-I have a daughter. -She would disappear too.

-You've never met my daughter. -But you love her.

And I love you.

I need to go home.

I...

I-- I...

Caroline, I-- I...

I am sorry! I...

[sighs]

[sighs]

[sighs]

Mom!

[gasps]

What's going on?

Um...

Gavin told me that he loved me.

He said he loved you?

Things are just really messed up right now...

-I-- I need to fix it. -Yeah, Mom. I can tell.

I need to go talk to him.

Do whatever you want.

Can I help you?

Yeah. I'm here to see Gavin.

He's out on business.

I'm his girlfriend, Margot, if you want to leave a message.

Yeah, I'm his girlfriend, Caroline.

Just let him know I stopped by.

-Oh. -Yeah.

Um...

[laughs dryly]

I don't know about you, Caroline,

but I could use a drink.

And our boyfriend, he has some top-shelf liquor.

[laughs]

You comin'?

[door closes]

Thanks.

I've only been dating him for a month.

I've only been dating him for a month.

[Both] We started dating him at the same time.

I knew it was too good to be true.

Like, he stepped out of a romance novel or something.

"I saw you on Venice Beach at lunch time.

"Red hair and a scarf,

reading a romance novel."

"All bundled up against the world.

Your body was quiet, but your soul cried out."

[both scoff]

We read the same Missed Connections.

I know. I-- I can't believe we fell for that.

Well, it was vague enough to get responses,

it was specific enough to find an easy target.

Reading a romance novel on a crowded beach,

I mean, it's like laying a trap

for vulnerable women.

Vulnerable redheads.

Can't say he doesn't have a type.

[both snort]

For whatever it's worth, I don't think you have sad eyes.

Thank you.

You don't either.

Thanks.

Do you forgive me?

I'm gonna... I'm gonna head home.

I have a daughter waiting for me.

Yeah. I'm-- I'm right behind you...

except I can't leave

because I am in business with him!

-Swiss real estate? -Oh, Chinese technology!

Vague enough but specific enough.

I have almost given him my entire life savings.

-[burner clicks] -I'm gonna blow his house up.

No, I'm gonna call the police.

Okay. That's... [laughs]

that's more rational.

Okay, wait, wait, wait, wait.

We don't have any proof

and we're obviously not the first

and we won't be the last.

He needs to be stopped.

I have an idea.

If he is what we think he is,

then we can get him.

Okay, good.

So no more sleeping with him.

No more sleeping with him.

[phone chimes]

[Teenage Paul V.O.] Caroline, I tried to say this in person,

but I was too scared, so I'm leaving a note in your locker,

which has been right next to mine

since freshman year.

[reading along] You smile with me every day,

but I've never said, "Hello."

"Your beauty cripples me.

Will you go to the prom with me?"

♪ ♪

[sobs]

♪ ♪

When you said what you said before

about loving me, I needed to think about it.

Gavin, I want to be with you.

Let's do this.

[sighs]

I didn't, uh, I didn't think that I would ever see you again.

Jason is gonna go out of town on Wednesday.

How do we do this?

Um...

not yet.

Come with me.

It's a clear view tonight.

I...

I need to hear it.

Do you love me?

I love you.

I love you.

If you had to leave all of this behind,

would you stay with me?

Of course.

I have a offshore account.

You can transfer the money and we can just...

disappear.

When?

Friday.

Friday.

Yes, we can make that happen on Friday.

Even if I'm not who I say I am?

Yes.

I love you.

[shudders]

♪ ♪

-What are you doing? -[gasps]

I couldn't sleep.

I was just so excited thinking about

where we would disappear to.

Come back to bed.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

[Caroline] He must have picked her up after I left.

I mean, all I could see was that they were arranging

a first date and that her name was Halle

before Gavin came in.

-But... -Jesus.

You have to be careful.

This guy is a master manipulator.

He could be really dangerous.

Are you making any progress?

No, he's been pulling away from me.

Probably realizing I'm tapped,

which is why he's on the hunt for fresh meat.

So, you spent the night then I guess?

How did you avoid sleeping with him?

I just said that I was not feeling well.

[sighs]

Are you seeing Gavin tonight?

-No. You? -No.

But if he's taking that Halle on a first date...

[Both] Le Petit Menteur.

[Caroline] Oh, my God, she's so young.

[Margot] Ah. You're never too young for first love...

and betrayal.

I walked out of that dinner.

It was this bookstore lunch that really got me.

[sighs] So romantic.

Hey, we both fell for it hook, line, and sinker.

You know, when I lived in, uh, Boston, I dated this guy

who lived on his dad's fishing boat.

He was a real winner.

He loved to fish, and he taught me that

some fish go for flashy lure

while others, they like the simple bait.

It seems our Gavin is quite the fisherman.

-No. -No.

[Caroline] Wow.

[Margot] On a first date?

I'm sorry that I let you down.

I am so sorry about that.

I just hadn't felt that way since your dad died...

and I just...

I just let it get-- I just let it get too far.

It's okay. It's okay, Mom.

I forgive you.

I just miss you but you deserve to be happy.

I am happy.

I am happy with just you and me, and I...

I don't need anything else.

We can always get cats.

[laughs]

I don't want cats.

-Can I go to college with you? -Mm-hmm.

You can live in my dorm.

[both laugh]

-Let's go back to bed. -Yeah.

[splash]

I mean, the only thing we can prove to the police

is that he's a cheater, and that's not exactly a crime.

[Reporter] The body of another young woman

has washed ashore here in Venice Beach

Police now suspect that a serial killer may be...

Turn that up, please.

-Could you turn that up? -Yeah.

21-year-old Halle Philton, a college student,

disappeared after telling a roommate she was going to

go connect with a man she had been talking with online.

Philton's body was found here in shallow water

actually about 100 yards from where coffee heiress

Alexia Montrose was found recently,

and it turns out that there are other similarities

between these two young women.

Both have red hair,

both of them died under similar circumstances

-although the detectives won't tell us -Oh, my God.

what those circumstances are.

Doesn't look like our fisherman is the catch and release type.

More the catch and gut type.

I have to see him this afternoon.

Well, if you don't show up,

he'll know something's up.

So, go to lunch and get the evidence

and then we will go straight to the police.

[sighs]

♪ I couldn't see the lies right through their eyes ♪

♪ But now the truth be plain as daylight ♪

Everything okay?

Uh, not really. No.

Client backed out on me unexpectedly today.

I'm sorry to hear that.

Oh, be sorry for them.

People pay the price when they toy with me.

Do you trust me?

Yeah, of course.

Because I-- I'm starting to get the feeling you don't.

Why would you say that?

You've been acting differently lately.

Are you sure you're not getting cold feet?

No, I'm planning to make the transfer on Friday

from Jason's account to yours just like we were talking about.

Good.

Honey, everything is gonna be okay.

After Friday, we won't have a care in the world.

What is the catch of the day?

[Caroline recording] Everything okay?

[Gavin] Uh, not really. No,

A client backed out on me unexpectedly today.

-I'm sorry to hear that. -Oh, be sorry for them.

People pay the price when they toy with me.

Well, now that's something.

[Detective Mickle] So what kind of business do you do, Mr. Donato?

I am an independent financial consultant.

Right.

That's nice and vague, isn't it?

For someone who has

little idea how the financial world works,

I suppose it would be, Detective.

[chuckles]

So, if I wanted to see records

of all your most recent business transactions...

You'd need a warrant.

And while we're on the subject

of me telling you how to do your job,

I am not saying another word until my lawyer gets here.

All right, Mr. Donato.

We don't have to talk about your business.

But until your lawyer gets here,

why don't you just humor me with some small talk?

You're from Italy, Mr. Donato.

Yes.

-Where in Italy? -Nerano.

It is a small village.

Si.

[speaking Italian]

[speaking Italian]

[speaking Italian]

Oh, maybe you just prefer to speak English.

Got a girlfriend, Gavin?

I mean, a good looking boy like you...

bet you meet a lot of nice girls online.

[gasps] Luckily, we have a warrant

for the bank records of Halle Philton.

Care to explain this?

I know you're not trying to talk to my client

without me being present, Detective.

Oh, your client?

Oh, we were just having a little chat about his love life.

Hear he makes quite the killing.

I don't know what you're insinuating, Detective,

but unless you're charging Mr. Donato with something,

we're leaving.

Gratzi.

[Detective Mickle chuckles]

Wow, your boyfriend's a real charmer.

That was it?

He's still expecting a transfer from you tomorrow, right?

Yeah.

Good.

I'll put together a sting operation.

But that's all for financial fraud charges, right?

I mean, this guy is a killer, Detective.

Listen, caught is caught.

Once we've got him under our thumb,

if there's more evidence to be found, we'll find it.

For now we have to work with what we've got.

-And this stuff, yeah, it's easier than I-- -Totally.

-than it looks, right? -Yeah.

Hello, my love.

Hey.

I thought it was about time I met Issie

and I-- I wanted to surprise you.

Gavin was just giving me advice on how to handle Noah.

Ah, yes. But remember, if he doesn't step up

and treat you like you are the only one for him,

he is dead to you.

Issie, I need to speak to Gavin.

If you could go to your room, please.

-But he was gonna take us-- -Now, Issie.

You know, I gotta hand it to you, Caroline.

I didn't think you'd be this much trouble.

You're not even Italian.

Yeah, that-- that first date...

[sighs]

it was, um, the test

to see how much effort I'm gonna need to put in.

And you...

with those starry eyes and...

your broken heart, you...

you were like Silly Putty from the moment we met.

Screw you, Gavin.

Okay.

You see, I...

I find that if you push a woman's boundaries sexually,

she's more inclined to take

chances outside of the bedroom...

like steal from work for a guy she knows nothin' about.

You didn't break me, Gavin.

Get out of my house.

"I... I loved against reason...

"against promise, against peace...

against hope, against happiness."

[screams]

I broke you!

-[gasping] -I broke you.

It is time to give up

your money because if you go to the police,

if you go up against me...

-Mom! -[gasps]

-Oh... -Hey, Mom!

-I'm gonna go over to Noah's. -Yeah, okay.

Are you okay?

Yeah, no, I can-- I can drive you to Noah's.

Did you-- you guys got back together?

Yeah. Gavin's advice actually worked.

I see why you like him so much.

He's, like, a love expert.

[sobs]

-[voicemail beep] -Um...

Detective Mickle, if you get this message,

I, um...

I just, I can't...

I just-- I'm out.

I can't-- I can't do this.

Goddamn!

[gasps]

You all right?

Yeah, I'm okay. Thanks.

[voicemail beep]

[Margot] It's Margot. You know what to do.

Oh, my God.

[gasps]

[Sean] Hey, Caroline, I need to show you the--

[siren wailing]

[Officer Hess] The place is a rental.

I ran the payment history. It was a dead end.

We gotta contact the Coast Guard.

This guy could be out dumping the body right now.

I gotta show you something. Come here.

Look at this.

That's the missing necklace from the Alexia Montrose case.

[Detective Mickle] And that is Halle Philton's.

[Detective Hess] I bet that's Margot Fouratt.

[Detective Mickle] That's what I'm thinking.

[police radio chatter]

[police radio chatter]

[shutter clicks]

♪ ♪

[screaming]

Hey, hey, hey, hands behind your back!

She's a crazy bitch!

Yeah, just sit and be quiet, sir.

[car door closes]

♪ ♪

[Reporter] Most of his marks knew him as Gavin Donato,

a successful Italian businessman.

His real name,

Michael Petrouka,

a con artist from Boston,

but now most widely known as

the Missed Connections Killer.

Once caught by authorities,

evidence of dozens

of fraudulent financial transactions were unearthed,

totaling more than $2 million in stolen money,

and all of them starting with a romantic seduction

from the popular Missed Connections website.

But in the end, Alexia Montrose, Halle Philton,

and and Margot Fouratt were his final marks,

and who paid with their lives.

But it's thanks to the courage of another mark, Caroline Prati,

that police finally honed in on Petrouka and captured him.

Oh, my God. Mom, look at this.

Issie, what are you doing looking at this website?

It's cathartic.

But look.

They've posted every day for the past two weeks.

[Margot] Caroline!

Margot.

I don't understand.

What don't you understand?

Oh, Caroline.

You never understand anything that's staring you in the face

and neither did Gavin. [chuckles]

We didn't keep him around for that though, did we?

Come in.

Have a drink.

We're celebrating. I'm alive!

I know that you liked my boyfriend,

but it doesn't matter because I invented him.

[Caroline] What's going on?

You look great.

I know it was mean, but Gavin and I used to laugh

at you for falling for that Missed Connections ad.

[chuckles] "Your body was quiet

and your soul reached out to me."

I wrote that.

[chuckles]

And his mom's tomato sauce,

I made that.

And this house, I own it.

When I first met him, his name was Mikey

and he was from Boston.

He worked in some dive bar

and he lived on his dad's fishing boat.

He didn't know the difference between a Merlot and a Bordeaux.

[chuckles] His Italian accent,

I mean, it was the worst!

He could never get it right!

I told him it would be what took him down.

But Detective Mickle, she was smart.

She could see right through him, but you...

How did you fall for that?

You're smarter than that.

Why did you bring me here?

I used to watch you and Issie.

You're a really good mom.

You stay away from my daughter.

And I watched you and Gavin.

And I told you not to sleep with him.

And you promised me you wouldn't,

but you lied to my face.

And I hate liars!

Like that Alexia.

Stupid little rich bitch.

She tried to steal him from me.

"One more con, baby. It's just you and me."

You were gonna be the last one.

$5 million, and then...

and then...

he went after Halle and her college tuition?

I mean, this isn't amateur hour.

You were a little more sexually adventurous

than I imagined.

I'm getting out of here.

-Sit down -[gasps]

and relax.

Drink your champagne.

Just drink it.

[chuckles] We're friends.

We're friends, aren't we?

I feel that we are connected.

Not like the others.

Gavin didn't kill them.

[chuckles]

No.

Gavin's not a killer.

But he's worse.

He destroyed my life.

He broke my heart.

He made me wish I was dead!

[sighs]

You don't have to do this.

I am sitting alone, watching news

and sweet, little Caroline, she's the hero...

and I'm rotting away in some Tijuana motel.

All alone.

And Gavin, he's locked up now.

She's a crazy bitch!

Now Gavin is safe from all of you.

You're insane.

A sacrifice had to be made.

[gasps]

It is time to give up, Caroline.

[laughter]

Why...

why...

are you making me do this?

Mom...

are you okay?

-[grunts] -[gasps]

[groans]

[breathes heavily]

[overlapping chatter]

-Hey, Caroline. -Shut up, Jason.

I'm gonna be a company partner...

and my first order of business is demoting you

to a silent partner.

You can't do that.

Unless you want me to tell the IRS

everything I know about the secret account,

I'd take that little trip to the Maldives with Tiki.

When?

Now.

Now?

Yeah. Now.

Okay.

I'm sorry.

-Good girl. -All right.

I'm glad we had this chat.

Oh, and Jason, catch.

[bark]

[barking]

♪ ♪

[chuckles]

I am so stoked!

[Woman] This is crazy!

[Woman #2] Crazy, right?

[buzzer]

What do you want?

It's so funny.

You asked me that on our first date.

"What do you want, Caroline?"

I want to do the right thing, Gavin.

I know that you didn't kill anybody.

I know that Margot set you up.

Okay, yeah.

Um, yeah. Okay.

I-- I understand.

Um, we were both deceived but now we know the truth

and we can fix this...

together.

Do you still believe in fate, Gavin?

Yeah, of course.

Good, 'cause this is yours.

Caroline! C-- Caroline!

-Caroline! -[door opens]

[door closes]

Caroline!

Caroline!

Get back here!

[Man] Shut up!

♪ ♪

♪ Whoa, it's a pirate's life ♪

-♪ Ain't nothing else for me ♪ -♪ For me ♪

♪ Just stealing hearts and shooting stars ♪

♪ Then shoving out to sea ♪

♪ Baby, I'll leave this world alone ♪

♪ Whoa, it's a fancy time ♪

♪ Got lots of diamond rings ♪

♪ Putting on my gloves ♪

♪ And I've been slipping through new sheets ♪

♪ Darling, I like the great unknown ♪

♪ Come on, take me by my hand ♪

♪ I will treat you like no one else has ♪

♪ Let's get undressed ♪

♪ We can be best friends ♪

♪ You're the only one ♪

♪ The son of a gun I need ♪

♪ You need me ♪

♪ Like a disease ♪

♪ Whoa, it's a pirate's life ♪

-♪ Ain't nothing else for me ♪ -♪ For me ♪

♪ Just stealing hearts and shooting stars ♪

♪ Then shoving off to sea ♪

♪ Baby, I'll leave this world alone ♪

♪ Whoa, it's a fancy time ♪

♪ Got lots of diamond rings ♪

♪ Putting on my gloves ♪

♪ And I've been slipping through new sheets ♪

♪ Darling, I like the great unknown ♪

♪ Whoa, it's a pirate's life ♪

-♪ Ain't nothing else for me ♪ -♪ For me ♪

♪ Just stealing hearts and shooting stars ♪

♪ Then shoving off to sea ♪

♪ Baby, I'll leave this world alone ♪