All language subtitles for Cruel Summer. 2021. S01E08. Cakes

Previously on "Cruel Summer"..

We should make a list of all the
things we want to do this summer.

Number 12 on the list.

Play hide-and-seek
in an empty house.

Ready or not, here I come.

I complete a list item

which is supposed to be fun,

and you're repaying me by
flushing my mom's bag of joints?

Even best friends grow apart.

We're not growing apart.

I like you, Angela.

Well, it's not like I
stole your husband.

You left him, so...

Wait, I'm sorry, hang on.
Is that what he told you?

You're drunk and you dropped
your keys in the fountain.

I'm so sorry, okay?

Jamie!

You, still think about Kate?

Dude, I'm happy...
with Jeanette.

She's... she's great.

- You ready?
- With you, I'm ready.

Jamie!

Please listen to me,
Jeanette, you need to go.

- I came as soon as I heard.
- Bitch!

Get her out of here! Go!

Ben, do you, in any way

blame Jeanette for
what happened to you?

- What?
- It's Kate Wallis.

Chatting with her sister.

Kate, what's wrong?

My mom hit me.

I just don't know where to go.

Come inside.

Kate went to - Martin
Harris's willingly.

This changes everything.

I think this is the key
to Martin Harris's house.

It's Jeanette. She's lying.

You only used this key once?

I already told you,
a bunch of times.

Okay, tell me again, 'cause
I'm trying to wrap my head

around the fact that
you've been lying to my face

when I told your mother
we can trust your word.

Is Mom coming home soon?

I'm working on it.

But, please, Jeanette,
just answer the question.

We used it one time,

for some stupid, immature
list item last summer.

And you stole it from my office?

You could have gotten
me fired, do you get that?

I'm sorry! It was dumb.

We broke into
Martin Harris's house.

We played
hide-and-seek, but that's it.

And you never went back?

No.

If the police find out about this
from Mallory or Vince, or anyone,

this could look very bad.

I know. It keeps me
up at night, okay?

That's why you're going
to tell them yourself.

Today, after school.

It's for your own good.

Do you think anyone will notice?

That you got your braces off?

Everyone's gonna notice.

I mean, it's the first day of school,
there's a lot of stuff going on.

You were already
beautiful, braces and all.

Dad, you have to say that.

Doesn't mean it isn't true.

Derek! We're eating.

I think he's still sleeping.

I can hear him snoring
from the hallway.

You're gonna be late for school.

He told me last night
he's driving himself.

- Have some of these.
- Blueberries.

I think I found a
bullet, like you asked.

And this one might be silver.

What am I looking at?

It's a private online chat between
Kate Wallis and her older sister,

who's pretending
to be somebody else.

- Okay.
- It's about how Kate ended up

in Martin Harris's basement.

Kate Wallis went to Martin
Harris's house willingly.

This is not the narrative that
she's presented on the record.

It's a glaring inconsistency
in Kate's story.

This could help demonstrate
that Kate has bent the truth.

Kate won't contribute
to a narrative

that paints her to be
anything less than a saint.

When in reality

she's a huge liar.

And now we have proof.

Stop.

Come on. Does your
new hobby have to include

taking candid photos of me?

I'm documenting our
precious high school memories.

I'm not sure there's that
much I want to remember.

What with all the Kate rumors

and my mom leaving.

Can we skip today?

Look, maybe today

you have a few eyes on you.

But the rumor mills spin on,

and tomorrow everyone
will be talking about

how Sharon Ethridge
gave John Rollo a handy.

A girl can dream, right?

So... how you feel about being

a non-couple couple
today at school with Ben?

It's just gonna be mad weird.

And... you're stalling.

Yes.

Still can't believe your
mom didn't take the minivan.

Cindy didn't take
a lot of things.

What's up, Hallowell?

Medford High is
going down this year.

You bet your ass.

Hey, Tyler.

Ben Hallowell might be scoring

on and off the
football field this year.

Dude, you're loving these
girls' attention, aren't you?

Shut up.

- Is that Jeanette Turner?
- She's such a bitch.

Look at who just rolled
in from Loser Island.

Or is it juvie?

The rumor mill will
spin on, remember?

Right after it chews
me up and spits me out.

A new year, a new you... Smile!

Thanks, Mom.

Bye!

Hi!

Welcome, Jeanette
Turner, to life without braces.

Are you seriously still carrying
around Kate's scrunchie?

I'm just trying to remember
to give it back, jeez.

That's what you said
when you wore it to the mall,

and to the movies,
and to the roller rink,

as if we'd ever just
run into Kate Wallis.

- It's weird, Jeanette.
- You're making it weird.

You two, stop, please. Please.

I cannot relive the
contraband incident.

- Fine.
- We're stopping.

Thank you.

Well, kids, today summer dies.

And in its place, this bullshit.

Welcome. It's gonna
be a great year.

Let's go inside.

I picked it out
for you in Paris.

You like it?

So, you were shopping in Paris

while I was rotting
here in Skylin?

It was for work.

But maybe you and I
can plan a trip sometime.

I'm going to
register for my GED.

So whatever you
want to say, just say it.

Yeah, Derek mentioned
that you dropped out.

How in the world
did that happen?

It's funny how you miss things
when you abandon your family, Cindy.

- It's "Mom."
- It's whatever I want it to be

if you want me to
keep sitting here.

You're still mad at me?

Mad?

Mad is what I was when you
packed a bag to go to Aunt Susan's

with no warning.

Or when you forced
visitation on me?

Because the rules of separation
say that I have to see you.

Do you hate me?

No.

Thank God.

Look, I just

I want you to think
about this lawsuit.

What about it?

I know you don't want my advice

and I know you're really
mad at the world right now,

but... when you
look back on your life,

how are you going to feel about
having sued a kidnapping victim?

Wow.

You're still on
the Wallises' side?

No. I don't want you
to have any regrets.

This lawsuit is a
no-win situation for you.

I know that is a
hard truth to hear,

but your dad won't
ever say the right stuff.

No. You don't get to say
a bad word about him.

Nothing.

He is not perfect.

But at least he stayed.

Sorry, I'm afraid it's a no.

It's cool. No need to explain.

I'd love to look the other way,

but it's a liability to have
someone with a record

working at a place that
deals with cash and alcohol.

I'm sorry.

Thanks.

Kate's gonna be on The
Marsha Bailey Show?

I know. She is so lucky.

I don't know if "lucky"
is the right word.

Lover boy, sad she
won't talk about you?

Speaking of lovers,

hey, Ben, you wanna
catch a movie on Friday?

With the... with the crew?

No.

Um

I kind of have to focus
on training right now.

The scouts are about to swarm.

I'm... I'm sorry.

Your loss, Hallowell.

Yikes.

What are you looking at, creep?

Hey!

Shit, shit.

- Are you okay?
- That reporter spotted me.

What do you want?

Can we talk?

I can't keep sitting here
like a sitting duck, okay?

Once one comes, the rest follow.

Look, I just really needed
to talk to you since I saw you.

And you can say no, but just

please consider coming
to my garage later to talk.

I gotta go.

- Hello.
- Hi.

Survived the
first three periods.

Kind of.

And to celebrate

surprise!

No, you finished the prank tape?

Of course I did.
It's the last list item.

I'm a closer.

Are we still doing that?

Don't tell me you're nervous.

Not at all.

Good. Because it's
gonna be hilarious

and we're the
geniuses behind it.

If we pull this off,
we could be legends.

Okay, I'm gonna go to the AV
room at lunch when everybody's here.

You two are on lookout.

It-It's just kind of the...
the list is a summer thing.

I don't know, summer's over.

Not until every
item is complete.

Okay. Well, I need to
ask Mr. Willis a question,

so I'll meet you guys inside?

Meet us at the
chem lab, and hurry.

How's the hangover, Jamie boy?

I think it'll be a long time,

like years, before
I drink again.

By the way, have you
all seen Kate today?

Nope.

Yeah, me either.

Maybe she's home sick.

She's probably busy doing next
week's homework. You know Kate.

I made her late for
her birthday last night.

I hope she's not mad at me.

Trouble in paradise?

Yeah, never mind. I'll call her.

Hey, jailbird.

Hey.

- Hey! Where are you going?
- Home.

Don't give them the satisfaction
of getting under your skin, Jeanette.

I can't do this.
Everybody hates me.

I don't.

You shouldn't be seen with me.

Everybody's gonna hate you too.

Jeanette, I don't care.

With you and Ben under wraps,

you don't wanna
be in the spotlight.

The rumor mill's
gonna keep spinning,

but I don't want
you to be in it.

Jeanette!

Yeah, I'll call you later?

For your own
good, you shouldn't.

Don't say that.

Dude, what are you doing?

You're creeping on Jeanette.

Look, man, you don't know
what you're talking about.

Why?

'Cause I'm not all
cool and popular

and athletic like
you and your friends?

I was just checking in on her.

You completely forfeited
your privilege to check on her

when you dropped her on a dime.

It is so much more complicated
than that, and you know it.

Everyone at school today
has been torturing her.

You kind of made it open season
when you gave her a black eye.

Exactly.

That feeling is called guilt.

And it's your problem,

not Jeanette's.

Leave her alone.

Till death do us part.

I even got Mr. Harris.

This morning, his
sprinkler soaked him.

You really are a closer.

You took forever.

I had to pee.

Is that allowed?

Whatever. Let's just do this.

How long should I
wait? Like 15 minutes?

Don't you want to get in
and out as fast as possible?

Well, it's lunch, and
a part of the prank

is interrupting class so we
have to wait for class to start.

After I hit "play,"
I'll slip out.

We'll be a few minutes
late, it's no sweat.

This is really time-consuming.

Do you have
somewhere better to be?

No.

I didn't think so.

Vince, you take that hall.
Jeanette, you cover this one.

Who died and made you boss?

A lot of people, actually.

Guys.

Hi.

Well, I guess I'll

get going.

Your mom died, right?

Mine too.

I... Three years, this fall.

I guess we have that in common.

Well, I'd love to talk
about it sometime

if you want to.

I mean, I don't really
know anyone else

like... us.

How about now?

Like... now now, or...?

Yeah.

It's not something you can
talk about with just anybody.

It's a sensitive subject.

Yeah.

I knew my mom was dying.

It was cancer.

Every day I'd wake up and

wonder if that would be the day.

That day didn't
come for another year.

I was 13.

I'm sorry.

It's brutal.

Was your mom sick?

A car accident.

She was dead
hours before I knew.

I've always tried to remember

those few hours
when she was gone,

but I didn't know my
world was upside down yet.

Yeah.

Do you remember the
last thing you said to her?

I asked her to pick up

some string cheese
on the way home.

How about you?

I had a lot of time
to think about it.

And there was something

that I wanted to be
brave enough to tell her.

But.

I chickened out.

I told her that

I loved her

and

that was it.

What was the thing you
chickened out about?

Um...

What do you want?

Hey. Um...

Do you wanna sit down?

No, I don't wanna sit down.

Yeah.

Yeah, that's... that's fair.

How could you ask
me to sit with you?

Really? After you
called me a bitch

and you punched me in the face?

And I'll regret what I did

every day for
the rest of my life.

I got caught up in this

macho protective
thing, and it was dumb.

And I'm so... so sorry.

That's what I've
been trying to say.

Why did you do it?

I thought I was defending Kate.

I didn't have a reason
not to believe her.

Over me?

You knew me.

Yeah.

And now?

Who do you believe?

Well, it's not good, Cindy,

but at least it's an
explanation for the key.

I'm saying you were
right and I was wrong.

What else do you want me
to say for you to come home?

Fine.

Fine! You don't wanna
come home, don't come home!

Why aren't you in school?

I hate it there.
I'm not going back.

You wanna be a
high school dropout?

Maybe?

Who are you?

How could you even ask me that?

Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Where are you going?

To crawl under a rock.

No, we're going to the
police station right now.

Your actions have
consequences, Jeanette.

Do you know where
my daughter is?

Hey. I've been paging
you. Is everything all right?

Cindy came to see me.

She what?

I-I am so sorry. That's
way over the line.

Greg, why haven't you
been honest with me?

Um, given the time,
I'd say she's at lunch.

Everything okay at home?

Yes and no.

It's a little embarrassing, but

I'm not sure if she
showed up to school today.

You haven't seen her?

It's a big school.

Um... did you check
with the front office?

No.

You've been around our
family long enough now

to know how we do things.

Quietly.

Privately.

I needed someone
inside the fold,

which is why I came to you.

Let me make a call.

Good morning.

Kelly Sue? It's Martin.

Could we run through
today's absences?

- Sure.
- -Great.

Let me see, I've got Evan Lewis

Evan Lewis, okay.

And there's another here

Kate Wallis.

Kate Wallis, thank you.

She's not here?

I'm afraid not.

She stormed out of
the house last night.

Rod and I waited up all
night but she didn't come back.

She's running way
to prove a point.

Lord, I ran away to
pout at a friend's house

a dozen times
when I was her age.

Suddenly I'm on the flip
side of my old teenage trick.

Well, if she's going
off her old playbook,

I'm sure she is safe and

pouting at a friend's
house, like you said.

But not showing up to
school is a whole new level.

I hate to say it, but

maybe it's time to
involve the police.

No.

That would be

the antithesis of

of doing things quietly,

privately.

You know, she's been
missing a whole night

without police involvement.

I wouldn't want them

to confuse that with negligence,

which obviously you and I

both know is not the case.

See, this is why I
came to you first.

Kate's a good girl.

She'll come
home, I'm sure of it.

Holy shit, Kate.

Thanks again, Martin.

Mrs. Wallis!

Mrs. Wallis!

I'm Jeanette.

Yes, Cindy Turner's girl?

Yeah. I'm one of... I'm
one of Kate's friends.

No, that part
doesn't ring a bell.

We're new friends.

I wanted to tell you,
if you need anything,

I'm here.

What would I ever need from you?

So, third time this week.

Is it?

But... who's counting, right?

Right.

No, you

you probably think that I
have a drinking problem.

I really don't.

I sell the stuff. I can't judge.

I don't even really go to bars.

Then why is it your
third time here this week?

Guess I just like the company.

Excuse me, can I get
some quarters for the meter?

Just picking up a keg for my...

Everything okay here?

How about those quarters?

He and his wife spread false
rumors about my daughter.

You told me you had no reason
to believe Jeanette was involved

at all with what
happened to Kate.

I don't.

But you knew she had a
key to Martin Harris's house.

Have I not been an
open book with you?

I thought we both were.

When we met, my
business was falling apart,

my daughter was the town pariah.

I was newly separated.

I told you all that
up front, didn't I?

Except about the key.

She had the key from when
she played hide-and-seek

in that house two years ago.

When she was still kid
enough to play hide-and-seek.

I made her turn it
over to the police.

They seemed satisfied.

So... no.

I don't believe my daughter had
anything to do with what happened to Kate.

There's...

Hey... ask me anything.

Open book, remember?

You said Cindy left you.

She did.

She told me

she asked for space

to work things out
and you shut down.

She packed a bag

and walked out that door.

And yeah, as a result,

I probably did shut down.

I don't wanna stand
between two people

that should still be married.

Cindy was my high
school sweetheart.

We... we shared values

and children and property,

and our marriage was

sensible.

It was a good marriage
but it ran its course.

But you and me

I mean, it happened fast

and I came with a
little bit of baggage

so it's probably not
that sensible, but

it also feels right.

Yeah?

I'm myself when I'm with you.

The me I am now.

I like this guy.

Good.

'Cause that guy likes you too.

Yes!

TP stuck to your shoe.

Mrs. Robb

you made this way too easy.

What are you doing here?

An AV Club meeting.

AV Club meets in the morning,

so again, what are
you doing in here?

It's a prank.

It's a video

of all our favorite teachers

doing silly things.

It's playing instead of the
afternoon announcements.

What the hell is that?

It's harmless.

It's you this morning.

This is playing school-wide.
That's not harmless. Turn it off.

Now!

You've earned
yourself a detention.

What the actual hell?

I have news, Mallory.

I don't care. You abandoned me.

I have a good
reason. Kate Wallis...

Shut up about Kate Wallis.

"A," she's the worst,

and "B," she's way
out of your league.

She's not.

What's wrong with your league?

Our league with me and Vince?

N-Nothing. Nothing,
that's not what I meant.

Wait, wait.

Mallory, what happened?

Mr. Harris caught
me. I got detention.

Man, I.

Mrs. Sherrod came
around and I had to scram.

Fine.

And what's your excuse?

What's your excuse for abandoning
me and Vincent after we went shoplifting?

I thought we were past that.

Maybe I'm not past you, your
pushing me around all the time

and calling all the shots.

What are you talking about?

My mom says it's natural
for best friends to grow apart.

- Easy.
- No...

Let her talk.

Friends

they don't bully one another.

It's everything
you want or else.

That's not a friendship.

Maybe I wanna make
some of my own choices.

Maybe I wanna make
some new friends.

So, what, you don't wanna be
friends with me and Vince anymore?

I didn't say anything
about Vincent.

Got it.

Hey. Give me a
ride to the field?

Sure. Yeah.

You know, I tried to
apologize to you last year.

Whoa, eyes on the road.

I saw the way people
were torturing you at school.

It was too much.

So I started driving to you...

Dude, have you been drinking?

I just needed liquid
courage to talk to Jeanette.

Then everything just

spiraled.

- Jamie, stop!
- Got it.

Jamie, hit the brakes! Stop!

And I ruined my
best friend's future.

Radio the hospital.

We've got a severe
compound fracture.

Watch your head, son.

Vince.

Are you okay?

I don't know.

I'm coming with you.

No, I don't think you should.

I'm sorry.

Feel better, Ben!

Right there.

Thank God the
other driver was okay,

but...

Ben...

And you were on
your way to see me?

More damage I've
caused from all this.

It's not on you at all.

It's on me.

You know, every day I wake up,

and I forget for a moment

that any of this ever happened.

And then you remember?

And it ruins the
rest of your day.

Yeah.

What's with the tape recorder?

Whoa, you got your braces off.

Yeah.

Yeah, it was like

the best day of my
life when I got mine off.

You had braces?

Yeah, it was like the head gear,

full setup.

Really nice smile, by the way.

- Thanks.
- Yeah.

Um...

I... I, um

I overheard that
Kate was missing.

Yeah, yeah.

She wasn't in school today.

She's not at home either.

What?

Yeah.

M-Mrs. Wallis reported
her missing to Mr. Harris.

My God, really?

I know that they always, like,
suspect the boyfriends first

from like TV and stuff, so I don't
know, I thought I should just warn you.

I gotta... I gotta go.

Okay.

Bye.

See you later.

So a few months after
Kate went missing,

on Christmas Eve

it's dumb but I got this message

on my answering machine.

Just a bunch of
random sounds and...

What?

But I just thought it might
have something to do with Kate.

Christmas Eve?

Let me hear it.

It... it's nothing.

It's embarrassing I
even kept it, really.

Then let me hear it.

Till death do us part.

See? I told you it's nonsense.

I gotta go.

Mallory?

Hey.

What?

You know I hate asking
you for a favor, but

I need that snow globe.

Why would I still have that?

Come on, it's important.

Why would that piece
of junk be important?

If you think it's a
piece of junk, then what

does it matter? Just
give it back to me.

Like I said, I don't have it.

And I'd love to say I'm
sorry, but I'm not, at all.

So, peace.