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[coins jingling]

[dial tone]

[coins rattling]

[phone beeping]

- [Lark's mom] Hello? - Hey. Mom.

- [Lark's mom] How are you? - I'm fine.

[Lark's mom] How's that fancy school?

It's good, Uh, I like it. It's been really, really busy.

[Lark's mom] I keep telling your brother,

"Lark is going to be a real lawyer."

How's he doing?

[Lark's mom] We've seen better days, for sure.

You two should come visit me sometime.

[Lark's mom sighing]

Hey, um, I actually... met some people.

[Lark's mom] Oh, yeah?

Yeah. They're third years.

I'm actually going on a trip with them tomorrow.

[Lark's mom] That sounds nice. What are their names?

Natalie. And Arthur.

- [Hadley] Stop it. - [Arthur] Look...

I'm pulling the knob.

- [car engine revs] - Arthur!

- What's going on? [laughing] - [laughing] It's fine!

Oh!

It's like, a great school or something.

So, I had to fill out this form.

It was, like, a three-page form, in order to...

- Stop it. You're going to... - Hey, relax.

What is going on?

- Take some breaths. - Okay [indistinct].

Did anyone read it? Like, where did it go?

Where... where's Baxter, again?

He took he train. He loves trains.

- Okay. - Look at you.

You're only halfway through your first term,

you're already hanging out

with the golden couple of Quincy Law.

I didn't get invited up here 'til my second term...

[Hadley] Arthur?

- What are you doing? - I'm...

[Hadley] Wait, wait, wait. You don't wanna touch that.

You don't even know how to start it.

- [Hadley] Yes, I do. - Don't...

[Hadley] I mean, I don't, but...

do not break my car.

No, seriously, like, you're so lucky.

Where'd you go to undergrad again?

Mm, [indistinct]. Why?

Isn't that all men?

It was until 1956.

Oh.

[Hadley] Okay.

I'm gonna just push that pedal, I think it's...

[Arthur] Don't you push that pedal.

[Maeve] I'm gonna take a nap. I'm so exhausted.

- You don't mind, right? - Yeah, go for it.

Just, like, get some vitamin D.

Sure.

You should close your eyes.

We have a long night ahead of us.

- [Arthur] Cross your fingers. - Here we go.

[indistinct], we're gonna blow up.

[radio] ...we're going to discuss the possible outcome

of the Bush/Clinton '92 election.

We will have our political expert, Joseph Raynor, on hand

to discuss the Bush/Clinton '92 election.

[entrancing music plays]

♪

[man] Deputy Sheriff's office.

Welcome to the compound.

[Hadley] Maeve, it's a house.

It's definitely not a house.

[Arthur] It's like a chapel house.

Oh, do you need help with that?

No, I got it, thanks.

Maeve packs like she's going to fucking Europe

for two weeks every time we come here.

- This place is insane. - Yeah.

Anybody tell you the story about it yet?

[Lark] No.

Uh, well, Hadley's ancestors built it.

They were Puritans, like, way back in the day.

And then, uh, that burned down.

Um, some crazy story about,

like, there was a lady who was a witch.

Whoa.

And then, it was a church 'til the '40s.

[mockingly] And then Hadley's parents got it back

because they couldn't bare anyone tarnishing their legacy.

- Does it have heat? - Oh, God, no.

Do you wanna come inside?

Last one in is the rotten egg.

[door slamming shut]

- Look at you. - You need some more wine.

- [Margot laughs] - Yes. Yes.

The madame says I need more, then I must.

Let it never be said that Margot does no...

- Margot? - He is...

Hi. What are you doing here?

I thought I blocked out this weekend.

Hey, yeah, I just thought

I'd treat myself to a writing weekend.

Right.

- I need a smoke. - Oh, sorry. Hi, Baxter.

How was the train?

Perfect.

Is that your only bag?

Oh, no, please. It's being carried in.

Hello.

Hi, Margot.

[music playing over radio]

- I'm gonna go claim a room. - Mhm.

Good to see you.

Bye.

Oh, you can't smoke inside.

That's why Baxter just went outside.

You... smoke outside.

♪

I think this is yours.

Oh.

I don't know this gorgeous woman.

This is Lark.

- Hi. - Hi.

I'm Margot, I'm Hadley's sister.

- I know, I... - Do you want some wine?

- No, thank you. - Had?

No, I'm okay.

Nice to see you've made a clean living friend,

unlike Arthur.

When did he take up Frisbee?

[birds chirping]

Whoo!

Nice catch.

You reek of booze, dude.

Cinamon and clove, to be exact.

The best of the Russian River Valley.

Margot's here.

Yeah, I saw her.

Didn't think she was gonna be here.

She's having one of her writing retreats.

Oh, I love that wine. Isn't it, like, 2:00 p.m.?

Well, you weren't here,

so it was up to me to entertain your friend, Baxter.

I'll go find a room.

Let me know if you need anything.

[sighing]

♪

[train whistle blows in the distance]

[Arthur] How was the train?

A beautiful experience.

Caught up on some reading for public law,

went to the lunch car, met a nice man named Fred.

Works at the library in New Haven.

Travelling to visit his mother in Hudson.

He was quite sweet. Nice hands.

Used to be a mechanic.

He's a mechanic who turned into a librarian?

Yes, the world's a dangerous place.

[train whistle blows in the distance]

[birds chirping]

I'm... I'm sorry.

I'll leave soon.

It's okay. I mean...

I just didn't realize you'd be here.

Is it Jack?

Of course, it's Jack.

Does he know you're here?

Yeah, but he sure doesn't like it.

Had, I miss you.

The kids miss you. They miss their Aunt Had.

Well, I miss them.

I just needed to get away to write.

You know, I thought it'd be nice to finally see you.

Well, I'm happy that you're writing again.

I... Is it the same book that you've been working on?

Yeah. Yeah.

The same novel I have been trying to write

since Sophie was born.

Well, it looks like you're making some progress.

Yeah. Yeah.

Look, I won't ruin your weekend.

[Hadley] You're not gonna ruin my weekend.

I wasn't expecting there to be a whole party here this week.

It's, like, a little weird that it's the same people

- in the same place... - It's fall break.

[eerie music plays]

[entrancing music plays]

[Baxter] Didn't know you two were so open

to having new people up here.

So open?

Thought you were trying to keep things contained.

I... Had likes her.

Shouldn't that be a reason to not?

Baxter. She's got to move on.

Ah. Those classic two words.

Move on.

Quite a hard thing to do, don't you think?

Uh-uh.

See you at dinner.

[Arthur] Mhm.

♪

[group chatting & laughing]

[Maeve] Don't tell her that. I mean, she's freaking boring.

[Baxter] Hadley, who has your vote?

[Hadley] Baxter, stop.

[Baxter] It's a wonderful dinner, Hadley,

but it's not gonna get you out of answering the question.

[Baxter] Hadley Warren, stop swerving.

Who are you voting for and why?

- Okay, what? - Who? Who is it gonna be?

I just don't think that Bush ruined the economy...

I didn't say that he ruined the economy...

No, no, enjoy. It looks... it looks great.

I'm an addict. It's okay, you can tell me.

I am. I'm addicted to so many things.

I'm addicted to shopping, I'm addicted to boys...

Maeve, you can't smoke in here.

Oh, my God, she's so boring.

- It's cool. - You make your decision,

make your point, stand behind it, defend it.

Year one, Bennett's class.

[group chatting & laughing]

Can we not talk about him?

[Baxter] Okay, you don't want to talk about the election,

you don't want to talk about Bennett.

Well, we're on fall break.

I just thought that...

Let's have a break.

[woodwind music plays on speakers]

I have a completely different interpretation of those words.

I feel like the election is a very relevant subject.

Mhm.

Bennett isn't.

♪

What's up with Professor Bennett?

Nothing.

I know who he's gonna vote for.

Have you had him yet?

No, I haven't.

Had him.

- [whoops] - [Margot] Get it?

You really can't help yourself, can you?

[Maeve] No, I can't. I can't help myself.

Would you like some more chicken?

I'm fine, thank you.

I haven't had him, but I know.

That's shocking.

- [Baxter] I think I did once. - Did you have him?

One time, yeah.

[Maeve] Did you know that?

[squeals playfully]

[Hadley] Is he trying to make Maeve jealous?

[laughing]

[mysterious music plays]

Oh, you play naughty. Oh, you play naughty.

[panting]

[Baxter laughing]

- Yeah. - [Baxter laughing] Yeah!

- [Jack] Do you hear me? - Mhm.

[Jack] I don't like it when you're out there.

Right.

[Jack] And I don't like Hadley's influence on you.

I feel like she always wants to separate us.

And you left me here with the kids again.

- I'll be back tomorrow. - [Jack] Good.

- Lily! - [Lily grunting]

- [Jack] Jesus, pick that up. - [Lily] No.

- Okay, then. - [Jack] Margot. Don't hang up.

[sighing]

- Oh. - [Baxter and Maeve laugh]

[Maeve] Gimme that.

Sorry. Sorry.

Oh, cute. You two match.

[phone ringing]

- Hello? - [man] Hello. Hadley?

[eerie music plays]

[Maeve] What happens in the woods, stays in the woods.

- Remember, Margot. - [Lark] Hi.

God, you scared me.

[Lark] Oh, sorry. I just couldn't sleep.

Oh, yeah, welcome to my world.

- You want some cocoa? - [Lark] Yeah, sure.

It's what I make for my kids when they can't sleep.

Our mom made it for Hadley and me when we couldn't.

[Margot] So, wine and cocoa it is, every night.

Here you are.

Welcome to a warm family tradition.

Which, the, uh, the wine or the cocoa? [chuckling]

[chuckling] Both.

[Margot] So, how long have you known Hadley?

Not long, actually.

I'm still in my first year at Quincy.

Thought you looked young.

So, you're what, 26?

- 27. - Nice.

Yeah, I think that's exactly

how old I was when I had Sophie.

- My oldest. - Really?

How old is she?

11. Going to be 11 this year.

[Lark] Wow, you don't look like

you would have an 11-year-old.

Oh, God bless you. I feel it.

[chuckling]

So, what are you working on? What's your next book about?

Oh... um...

I... I...

Oh, Hadley... Sorry, Hadley mentioned it to me.

- Uh-huh. - Yeah.

I actually read your first book.

- Really? - Yeah.

- I loved it. - Oh, thank you.

[Lark] Yeah, the story of this woman,

she's put at fault by the institution,

and she goes through this cathartic transformation.

It's dark, but...

inspiring.

That's so nice to hear, it feels like a lifetime ago.

Yeah, the idea of... of a mother

abandoning her child to pursue this questionable future.

It resonated with me.

Yeah?

Yeah, my mother abandoned me.

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

No, I'm...

She was just going through something at the time,

and I couldn't see her for years.

Yeah.

Yeah, that's really intense.

I, um...

I don't know why these are such recurring themes for me.

I would be really interested in your...

perspective on all of this.

It's just...

I mean, even in this new book...

it's about this woman who abandons her three kids...

and her husband, and she goes

and lives with her eldest daughter in another town,

and then when she gets there, she's accused of being a witch.

Takes place in 1692,

right at the start of the witch trials.

I guess when you spend your formative years

in a place like this...

the Puritan thing kind of seeps into your subconscious.

[Margot] What about you?

You think you'll ever want kids?

I don't know, I haven't really thought about it.

Yeah, I guess I hadn't really thought about it, either.

Well, it happened.

It was just sort of the next step.

And I love my kids.

I really, really...

really love them.

But...

it is not the life that I thought I had chosen.

You know, they make it seem like you can have it all,

but I'm not entirely sure that that's true.

My oldest, Sophie. God, she's so smart.

But, it's like she knew I was gonna be an unfit mother.

She refused to even let me nurse her.

Like my milk would poison her with sadness.

I don't know how I got to talking about all this.

Jesus. [laughing]

This is your vacation, and you are trying to sleep.

I'm so sorry.

[Lark] Yeah, I think I actually am going to go to bed.

- Yeah. - [Margot] The cocoa help?

- [laughing] - Yes, thank you.

Are you gonna head to sleep soon?

No. Oh, no. This is my witching hour.

You know, our mom used to say,

"The sun, the glorious sun,

it rises with Hadley, but it sets with Margot."

- [chuckling] - [Margot] Of course.

[Lark] Was your mom a poet?

God, no. I wish.

Good night.

Night, Lark.

[exhaling]

[entrancing music plays]

♪

♪

♪

[birds chirping]

[eerie music plays]

♪

[water rippling]

Can you please do this for me? I have no idea.

I think confusion is your natural state, babe.

- Here you go. - Okay.

It's still not... You know what,

as much as I love your music, Arthur, I have to pee.

I will see you all in a second.

[birds chirping]

[water rippling]

Ah, Arthur!

[Arthur] Sorry.

[Maeve] You're wasting the bread.

Can I ask you something?

Just your name, Lark.

It's a bird, right?

Yeah, they're songbirds.

[chuckling] That is beaut.

You get born singing?

Well, no. I was adopted

and that was what my birth mom called me.

Oh.

Yeah, we recently reconnected,

and that was actually one of the first things

I asked her, too.

What'd she have to say for herself?

Well, you know that phrase, "I did it on a lark"?

Like, an accident or a whim?

Yeah, I know the phrase.

Yeah, well...

when my birth mom was pregnant with me,

that's how she referred to me.

And when I was adopted,

she told my parents that that was my name.

I mean, it was on my birth certificate and everything,

but they liked it, so they didn't change it.

- And... - It's a cool name.

[Hadley clearing her throat]

[Hadley] Should we go?

Oh, aren't you the charmer.

[group chatting & laughing]

[overlapping conversations]

[Maeve] that is what he's here for.

Exactly.

What's taking so long?

Ugh, my knee socks keep falling down.

[Arthur] Can I talk to you? For a second.

Yeah, um...

okay.

So, yeah, we're gonna... We're gonna

stay back for a second.

We'll be right back.

Ooh! Fornication in the forest!

Baxter, stop.

[Baxter] You two have fun.

We'll make sure the lark gets back safe.

Make sure she doesn't get eaten by wolves.

[Hadley] They're just having fun.

[Maeve] Oh, my gosh.

[Hadley] Don't make me mad. You're always so angry.

- [Maeve] Dun, dun... - [Baxter] Spin.

Dun.

- Did you see my butt? - [Baxter laughing]

Ooh, look who's making her exit.

Ugh. Her head scarf is so fly.

[Maeve] You were looking pretty chummy with her last night.

I was almost jealous.

Hi, Margot. Bye, Margot.

[Maeve] Oh, hey, by the way.

That kimono you were wearing last night,

that was fabulous.

Very Kenso 1990.

Yeah, okay.

[Maeve] Just wanted to tell you.

I've been thinking about that peach silk all night.

[laughing]

[Baxter & Maeve laughing]

- [Lark] Hey. - Hey.

What was that about?

Couldn't tell you.

You know, we've known Maeve and her family since...

God, since forever.

One summer we took her with us to the cape,

and when I came back, all of my swimsuits were missing.

I asked Had about it and she had no idea.

And years later, I was looking through

a scrapbook of hers, there was Maeve,

wearing my very favorite Norma Kamali polka-dotted suit.

And she just never gave it back?

Nope. I suspect more than a few things

will be missing by the time I get back.

[chuckling] That's kind of funny.

Yeah, or sad.

Most of Hadley's friends are a little tragic.

[inhales audibly] Anyway, tell Hadley goodbye for me.

I, um, waiting for my taxi.

But it was really lovely to meet you.

Yeah. It was nice to meet you, too.

Yeah, it's a shame we didn't get

to spend more time together.

If you're ever in the city,

or the suburbs outside the city...

give me a ring.

I'm in the phonebook under "Jack Collins."

Yeah. I'd like that.

You know, Hadley used to come all the time, but...

we don't see much of her these days.

Well, have a... have a safe trip.

[Margot] Thank you.

[droning music starts]

♪

- [Maeve] Hey. - Oh.

- What are you doing? - What? Noth...

Have you ever read any Patricia Highsmith?

Strangers on a Train, once.

- Why? - No Ripley?

- [Lark] No. - Hm.

You seem like a Ripley kind of girl.

Ripley?

Oh, well, in the novel, The Talented Mr. Ripley,

there's this guy, Tom Ripley, and he's travelling

throughout Italy with this other guy

and his girlfriend, and...

Anyway, throughout the course of the novel

it becomes clear that he's, like, obsessed

with the other guy.

Like... like, wants to be him,

like some sort of sociopath, or...

maybe a psychopath.

Anyway, there's a scene

where he tries on all his clothes and it just gets,

like, really, really dark.

What you were doing just now just reminded me of that.

It's okay. I mean, who doesn't wanna be Hadley?

She has fucking fabulous things.

No, no, no, don't go.

I was just making an observation.

I had a history teacher in high school once

that I wanted to be.

She looked like Phoebe Cates, but with bigger tits,

and she had the most fabulous fucking brain.

I stole her pen once. It smelled like tuna fish.

And then I realized, it's because she ate

a tuna fish sandwich every single day for lunch.

Tuna was never the same for me after that.

I can't decide if it's, like, a fetish of mine,

or if it's just... just gross.

Hey, can I ask you something?

[Maeve] Yeah, sure, whatever.

Margot said it was weird that people were back up here

because something happened.

What exactly happened?

Oh, you mean about Jill?

Who's Jill?

Oh, I... I thought Hadley told you.

Um, Jill. Yeah, so, Jill was our friend.

Uh...

she's more like Hadley's friend.

They were really close.

She's actually Professor Bennett's sister,

so she came to Quincy wanting to be

like her hotshot big brother.

I don't think he's hot.

[Maeve] Anyway, so, yeah, during her first year

she developed this eating disorder.

It was so crazy.

She said, like, aliens were telling her

not to eat and stuff.

I don't think I've heard of that happening to anyone.

The alien thing? I know, right?

So fucked up.

But none of us could really do anything.

So. [inhales audibly]

Yeah, she...

She disappeared.

Actually, I think the last place

she was seen was...

here.

But I think she's gone all, like,

Grey Gardens and shit.

She, like, got treatment and was, like,

living with her rich old aunt

on Rhode Island and a bunch of cats. [chuckles]

So, you don't actually know what happened?

No, I don't.

But, that's my theory.

And it's valid.

Hey.

It's for you.

Hm.

- [birds chirping] - [wind whooshing]

- Nice robe. - It's a kimono.

Went on a scavenger hunt in Hadley's room.

Ooh, anything good?

Hm...

a collection of crime novels, some lingerie,

Helmut Lang dress.

A pair of sunglasses that are very Princess Grace,

- but I've seen better. - Yeah,

Grace Jones is way better.

- And Grace Kelly? - [Baxter] Yeah.

I was talking about the sunglasses.

[Baxter] Oh.

I also have some interesting information

about the lark.

[Baxter] Oh?

She knows about Jill.

How?

Did Margot tell her?

Yeah.

I mean, she was going to find out sooner or later.

What did you say? The eating disorder thing?

Yeah, but I feel like that doesn't really hold up.

Who came up with the alien part?

Was it you or was it me?

Neither one of us should take responsibility for that one.

That was a full collaboration.

You, me, and our friend, "K."

[chuckling] Oh, my God.

- [Maeve] Hello, friend. - Care to join us?

Into the realm of the spectacular.

That's a no.

I feel high.

Yeah, you just smoked weed.

[Baxter & Maeve] Spin the wheel!

- [laughter] - I can't.

[indistinct chattering]

[Baxter] Across the board.

[all] One, two, three, four, five, six.

- I don't... Why. - [Hadley] Okay.

- [laughing] Pick one. - [Maeve] Oh, my gosh.

- [Hadley] What is it? - Ooh.

- [Hadley laughing loudly] - What'd you get?

What'd you get?

Well, it's not, like, a job.

[group laughing]

Yeah, I wanna know what inspired everyone

- to become a lawyer. - [Maeve] Um,

when I got into law school.

I actually applied to medical, vet,

and law school, but I only got into law school.

I didn't know about the vet school.

[Maeve] I thought I told you about my pet peacock.

- I had snakes. - Of course you did.

- [Baxter] That's hot. - No, it's not.

Do you know there are 3000 species of snakes?

- I did. - [Maeve] No, you didn't.

- Yeah, I did. - [Maeve] No, you didn't.

[Arthur] [indistinct] vet school.

I didn't go to vet school.

[chuckling] That's what I said.

[indistinct chatter]

I want... I want Baxter to answer the question.

[Maeve] What question?

What inspired Baxter to become a lawyer?

It was Jake. Jake inspired me.

- Who's Jake? - [Baxter] He was my partner.

He died five years ago.

- Oh, I... - [Baxter] Who's next?

- [Maeve] I'm next. - [Baxter] Mm-mm.

[Maeve] I am next. I'm gonna go.

[board game wheel whirring]

[crickets chirping]

Hey, I'm so sorry...

Oh, please, honey. How could you know?

It doesn't make me sad.

I love who I am. I love what I do.

And Jake's a part of that.

I didn't always want to be a lawyer, you know.

I wanted to be a painter.

Really?

[inhaling audibly]

Every weekend in undergrad,

I'd take the train into the city.

This little Georgia peach never felt more at home

'til he made his way to The Big Apple.

That's where I met Jake.

He was a painter in the downtown scene.

Did these incredible nudes.

Like nothing I'd ever seen. Everything he did had this...

pulse, you know?

Now, for some reason...

he decided to mentor me.

And for the next ten years, everything was...

everything.

But then some of my friends started to get sick.

You never think it's gonna happen

to someone you love until...

it does.

[crickets chirping]

- Do you still paint? - No.

Lost the impulse.

What about you, songbird?

What brought you into the lion's den?

I don't know.

I think that there is a lot of things wrong

with the world, and...

if I can have any part in making it right...

I think that would be nice.

I know I'm wild.

But I'm wild like a wildfire.

And some things gotta burn.

Now, let's get out of this cold.

[chuckling] Do you want some?

Oh. Oh, no, I'm fine. [laughing]

Where did Margot put the...

Yeah, she seemed pretty preoccupied

writing her new book.

You talked to Margot?

Oh, yeah, we just had some cocoa the other night.

Did she say anything about me?

[Lark] Not really.

You're smoking.

Huh?

[Lark] You're not supposed to smoke inside.

You told Margot.

[chuckling]

Well...

I guess we're more alike than I thought.

[phone ringing]

[ringing continues]

[mysterious music starts]

- Hello? - [man over phone exhaling]

- Hello? - [man] Hello, Hadley?

Yes.

[man] I'm sorry to call so late,

but I wanted to tell you that I'm just visiting mother

in the city, and...

I'm gonna catch a train down tomorrow.

Yeah.

I know you're resistant to this,

but mother, she's really been on me.

And she's kind of been spiraling.

Uh, it was just Jill's birthday and,

uh, I had this feeling.

I was just thinking that I need to come.

Just for the day. Hadley, is that okay?

Hello?

Okay.

- [phone clicking] - [music stopping abruptly]

[crickets chirping]

[owl hooting]

- [Arthur cawing loudly] - [Lark gasping]

Oh, my God. You scared me.

Stadius T. Warren, the third.

Hadley's childhood dog.

What are you doing out here?

I'm a burgeoning alcoholic. We feel best in the woods.

The phone rang and it woke me up.

- Who was it? - It was wrong number.

Are there a lot of pets buried around here?

[Arthur] Pets, and... Ah, I don't know.

Hadley and Margot summer here, so, probably.

I had snakes. It's more of a...

toilet burial situation.

[grunting] Not great pets, though.

They're kind of "escape or die."

Look out.

- Where are you going? - The spot.

You can come if you want.

[crickets chirping]

[owl hooting]

[birds chirping]

[stream trickling]

[birds chirping]

Wow.

Yeah. I, uh...

it kinda calms me down out here.

Hard to hear myself think over the...

All that stuff they were talking about,

like, just stresses me out.

Like, "Ooh, your career, and life," and then...

Why?

I did work really hard to get here, um...

my family isn't like Hadley's, so, uh,

I'm basically just, like, a poor little orphan boy.

[birds continue chirping]

[gulps] We're more alike than you think, Lark.

[shouting]

You ever do that?

You try. It's freeing.

Feels good.

Try.

[laughing]

[yelling & laughing]

- [shouting] - I won't look.

[chuckling]

[shouting]

[laughing]

- It felt good, right? - [Lark laughing]

- Yeah. - Pretty good.

Come on.

[Lark shouting]

[birds chirping]

[banging on door]

[door creaking open]

Hi. Happy fall break.

Oh, hi. Can I... Can I help you?

Uh, Johan Bennett.

Um, I think we met at orientation.

Uh, what was your name, again?

- Lark. - Lark. Right.

Unique name.

Is Hadley here?

- What's going on? - [Bennett] Hadley.

Johan. What are you doing here?

Wha... I called you yesterday. I... I said I was coming down.

You did?

Yeah, I... I... I talked to you.

I told you about how, uh, I was coming down

to visit mother but, um...

[Hadley] That was probably Maeve.

Well, I... I... I brought you an...

You brought wine. Wonderful.

- Let's take a walk. - Okay.

- Hi, hi. - [Lark] Hey.

Well, well, well, what do we have here?

Ah.

Oh, yeah, I keep forgetting you're new.

Pre-Arthur, those two had a thing.

Got really intense.

They didn't actually have a thing, Maeve.

But, he's definitely in love with her.

[Maeve] Whatever.

[Lark] What happened between her and Bennett?

At the end of first year, we all came up here.

Bennett hosted a little retreat

for some of his favorite students from his seminar.

Basically us, Hadley and her friends.

- [Maeve] And Jill. - Right.

It's no wonder he's not a teacher anymore.

He's basically, like, an administrator now.

Wait, I thought he still taught class.

Okay, like, one class for second year.

Like, constitutional law or some bullshit elective.

I really loved that class.

Anyway, the retreat weekend, that was when Jill disappeared.

- [Baxter] Maeve! - What?

I mean, she already knows she exists.

Or, existed.

- She might still exist. - [Maeve] That's true.

For the record, my memory of that night is super blurry.

[Baxter] Mine too.

We're going to a pub in town, do you wanna come?

[Baxter] It had a really good, contentious name.

"The Fall of the Maiden."

Why is that contentious?

[Maeve] Doesn't matter. You wanna come?

You know, I think I'm good, I'm just gonna...

I'm gonna stay in and catch up on some reading.

[whispering] Give her the thing.

[Baxter] Yeah, but it's in your purse.

- [Maeve] I don't have it. - [Baxter mumbling]

[Maeve] Give her the thing,

give her the thing, he's gonna give her the thing.

- [Lark] What is this? - He's gonna give you the thing.

What's going on?

- [Maeve chuckling] - [Maeve clears throat]

[Maeve & Baxter] You're invited.

- You're invited. - To this.

Starring us.

- Okay. - You better be there.

Thank you, I'll... I'll try my best.

[door slams shut]

♪

- Oh, sorry. - No, it's okay.

Really, it's fine.

Are you okay?

Yeah.

Johan showing up just really threw me off.

Is he in love with you?

No, it's much more complicated than that.

I... At one point, I believe he saw something in me.

His seminar was my first class at Quincy.

Nothing really happened between us,

but people like to think that it did.

You know?

Except that one time when he made out

with me at Friedman's.

You know that bar?

On Church Street.

He's a regular.

You go there any Thursday, you'll see him in his booth.

Do you want some?

So, he's a burgeoning alcoholic, too?

He's what?

Never mind.

Well, I wanna know more about you, Kansas girl.

Iowa. I don't know,

it's... The story makes people feel weird,

- and... - Oh, there you girls are.

Sad.

Was looking for you everywhere.

[grunting] Professor Bennett's here.

- I know. - [Arthur] Oh, you do?

Amazing. Wish I did.

He just turned up.

Hm. Imagine my surprise when I got back from my hike,

and there he was with that beaming smile of his,

right in the middle of my doorway.

My doorway.

You shouldn't drink, you know.

Faculty here and everything.

I shouldn't drink, huh?

Anyways, I've invited him to dinner.

Oh, you did?

I mean, yeah.

This is what, his, um, fifth visit here?

So, what are we supposed to do?

[Arthur] That's great. But, you know, get ready.

Dinner with Professor B. I'm excited.

- Come on. - Okay.

[Arthur] Come on, guys.

[ominous music starts]

- [birds chirping] - [water rippling]

♪

[music fades]

[Bennett] Beautiful, isn't it?

[Bennett] How's your first year treating you?

It's only been a month.

It'll get worse.

So I hear.

Who do you have for civil law?

- Holland. - Oh, tricky.

She'll fail you if you cite a case wrong.

I know. It's hard.

It's why we like it though, right?

You're probably wondering what the fuck I'm doing here.

They told me a little.

I'm sorry about your sister.

That's why you're here, right? Besides Hadley?

I don't have anything with Hadley.

- I didn't mean to... - No, I'm... I'm sorry.

There's a lot you don't know.

[ominous music starts]

[buttons beeping]

[man] Deputy Sheriff's office.

Yeah, hi. Investigator Higgins, please.

[man] Can I ask who's calling?

This is Johan Bennett.

I'm calling about the Jill Bennett case.

[man] [sighing] One moment.

[phone beeping]

[Higgins] Hello, this is Higgins.

- Yeah, hi. - [Higgins] Hi, Mr. Bennett.

Well, I'm at the property now, and I'd really like

- for someone to come... - [Higgins] I'm sorry?

Wa... You said yesterday that...

[Higgins] It's unclear why you're calling again,

Mr. Bennett.

- Mr. Bennett. - I... I... I... I think, I...

[Higgins] This is an active missing person's case.

Right.

But no one's been out here for a while...

[Higgins] I told you we'd need new evidence.

Do you have anything to report?

- Uh, no, I... I... - [Higgins] You were there

when we dragged the lake, Mr. Bennett.

[Higgins hanging up]

[phone beeping]

["After You've Gone" by Ella Fitzgerald playing]

[Baxter & Maeve mouthing lyrics]

♪ After you've gone And left me cryin' ♪

♪ After you've gone There's no denyin' ♪

♪ You'll feel blue And you'll gonna feel sad ♪

♪ You'll miss the dearest pal You've ever had ♪

♪ There'll come a time Now don't forget it ♪

♪ There'll come a time ♪

♪ When you'll regret it ♪

♪ Some day ♪

♪ When you'll grow lonely ♪

♪ Your heart Will break like mine ♪

♪ And you'll want me only ♪

♪ After you've gone ♪

♪ After you've gone away ♪

♪ After I'm gone After we break up ♪

♪ After I'm gone You're gonna wake up ♪

- Come and dance with me. - [Arthur] Stop.

Come and dance with me [indistinct].

Stop.

Fucking stop.

- You're so boring. - She'll dance with me.

[Arthur] I said stop!

Just... fucking stop.

♪

♪

♪

Hey!

I don't like the way you talked to her in there.

- Stay out of it, dude. - What?

W... what are you doing here?

Are you fucking looking for clues?

The investigation is ongoing

because there's still a lot of unanswered...

Fuck off!

You're not gonna find her.

Huh? It's game over.

I didn't realize it was such a problem for you.

[Arthur] Because you're a moron.

Since day one you've been a pain in our ass.

You know she doesn't have a single feeling for you.

I mean, she makes fun of you behind your back...

- [Bennett] Arthur. - What?

I could have you expelled.

[Arthur chuckling] From my fuckin' house?

Let me do you a favor.

Okay, hey, hey, this is Professor Bennett,

and I'm at Hadley Warren... Yeah, the Warrens,

like, responsible for the entire endowment.

I'm trying to fuck her, and her boyfriend's asking me to leave.

- [Bennett] Arthur. - What?

- What? - Stop!

- [Arthur] Or what? - You know what I find funny?

Jill disappears and you and Hadley

all of a sudden end up together!

You start off as friends, and then all of a...

[Arthur] Yeah, that's actually how it starts.

You're not their teacher. You start off...

That doesn't make any sense...

- It's never happened to you! - Jesus Christ.

My sister has disappeared,

and you and Hadley were the last two people

to be seen with her!

[crickets chirping]

Don't fucking cry. Get in the fucking car.

No, I'm not getting in the fucking car!

- [Arthur] Get in the car. - No!

[Arthur] Get in the car. Right now.

Or I will fucking end you.

[crickets chirping]

[car door slamming]

[engine rumbling]

[car door slamming]

[phone ringing]

[sighs]

I really can't do this anymore.

I can't face him.

- Margot? - [Margot] I'm here.

Margot, please tell me what to do.

[Margot] Oh, I really wish I could.

Will you come back up here?

[Margot] Had...

[Jack] Margot?

Please, Margot, we have to help each other.

- Please tell me what to do. - [Margot] I... I... I have to go.

Jack's down my throat. I... I want you back, Had.

I... I... I have missed the old you for too long.

Yeah, call... call me tomorrow.

We will talk more about...

Okay. Love you.

[Margot] I... I gotta go.

[Margot hanging up]

[phone beeping]

[sighing]

[strange & calming music]

♪

♪

This is my favorite part of the woods.

My ancestors are buried over there.

And Margot and I had a little wooden playhouse one year

when we were kids, and all of a sudden,

she decided it was a good idea to smoke cigarettes,

and there were boys, and burnt the whole thing down.

[Lark chuckling]

There went our childhood up in flames.

She was grounded for months.

For losing her virginity?

- Or for burning the house down? - [chuckling] For both.

[chuckling]

You know what I think about sometimes?

Like...

what if I didn't become a lawyer?

So, you don't wanna become one?

I don't know, it's just something I think about.

I think that's a lot of time and money

if you don't know if you wanna become one.

Yeah.

I guess I can be selfish sometimes.

Why'd you become one?

Well, you know I was adopted, and...

my adopted parents, Rich and Kathy...

I mean, without them, I wouldn't have gone

to law school, undergrad, any of it.

But, I recently reconnected with my birth mom...

and...

she's working in a factory in Dubuque.

She had me when she was 15.

Wow.

Yeah.

And I have a brother now.

I mean, we have different dads,

and he's ten years younger than me.

[sighing]

But she kept him, and for a long time

that was really confusing for me.

And...

he's handicapped.

And from what I understand, she can't always afford

his medical expenses.

And he has these birth defects

from her alcohol intake, among...

other things.

And I just think it would be really nice

if I could help them out eventually

with my own practice.

That's really good of you.

[Baxter] I don't understand why you have a Bellini

when you can just have champagne.

- Because it's a delicacy. - [Baxter] A delicacy?

Say goodbye.

Don't be rude.

[Baxter] Every time we come up here,

somebody passes out on these stairs.

[Maeve] This is such a haunted hallway.

- [Maeve] Hello. - Hi.

[Maeve] Good morning, sunshine.

How'd you end up

in this little bat cave here?

Uh, I must've fallen asleep out here.

Oh, that's interesting. What'd you dream about?

[sighing]

I'm not sure.

I had the craziest dream last night.

I dreamt I was a sex slave.

- You heard the call. - [Maeve] I did.

So, Maeve and I are heading back to campus today.

We booked a champagne brunch along the way.

[Baxter] Wanna join?

I'm okay, I'm gonna head back tomorrow.

Oh.

Pour...

vous.

He doesn't draw for anyone anymore.

That's a high compliment.

- Thank you. - You inspired me.

You inspire me, too.

Come on, let's go. We're gonna miss the train.

Bye-bye.

- Ugh. - You have so many bags.

I have so many bags.

- [Baxter] See you, Lark. - Can you get them?

- I'm really tired. - [Baxter] Mhm.

Did you have a fun weekend?

Yes, Arthur, I had a great weekend.

That's great. Me too.

Love your friends. I'm so glad they all came.

Did you have this many bags when you came up here?

Yeah, I did. One, two, three, four.

- Five. - Were they all full?

You're so strong. I'm impressed.

We're just gonna ship the rest.

Love you.

You're used to getting your way.

- Every little fucking thing... - Arthur.

Arthur, I don't know what to say anymore.

Everything, and your family will protect you.

[Lark] Is everything okay?

Why don't you ask your girlfriend?

- Arthur. - What?

- I'm gonna tell her. - No, stop.

- Arthur, stop. - What are you telling me?

- What... - [Hadley] Please, stay.

Arthur, stop talking!

- What are you... - I don't know what to say!

What are you telling people?

- Why the fuck is professor... - I don't know!

- I didn't bring him here! - [Arthur] Really? Really?

[Hadley] No, I didn't, I didn't.

- [Arthur] You don't know? - I told him to come.

Look, he called the other night,

and I pretended to be you,

and I invited him to come.

What?

Look, it feels like there's a game going on,

and everyone else knows the rules, except me.

Yeah.

That's one way to look at it.

I understand if you never wanna see or speak to me again,

but I deserve to know what happened to Jill.

[ominous music]

Hadley?

Arthur, I thought you wanted to...

Oh, no, no, no.

Be my guest.

[sighs]

♪

It was the end of our first year.

♪

[Hadley] And we were all up here on that retreat.

One night, we built this big fire.

Some of us had too much to drink.

Like Jill.

But that is not how it happened.

That's not how we met. We met in the library.

We met in the elevator,

excuse me, at [indistinct].

[Jill] That is what happened.

What are you two talking about?

We're arguing about how we met.

That's nice.

[mockingly] Oh, that's nice.

What, does that turn you on, professor Bennett?

No.

[Baxter] Ooh, incest.

I love it.

[chuckling]

Arthur, can you stop with the weird sex party jokes?

[Margot] Oh, my God, was this going to be...

I thought this was supposed to be an academic retreat.

If this is turning into some sex cult,

I'm all in.

[moaning & laughing]

[laughing] Professor Bennett!

[indistinct] students you have.

Yeah.

[indistinct]

- [Maeve laughing] - Professor Bennett.

You guys are all cool with, "Whatever happens

this weekend stays here this weekend," right?

- [Baxter] Yeah. - Yeah.

♪

[Hadley] I invited Jill into the woods.

My favorite part of the woods to be alone.

But I knew something was up.

She didn't wanna go.

What are you nervous about?

No, I'm not nervous, I'm just...

I'm cold and... and I'm drunk.

I'm definitely drunk.

Come on. Get up, let's go.

[Jill laughing nervously]

[Bennett] Jill.

Don't do anything stupid.

[Hadley] Bennett was always so worried about Jill.

As if she was so frail.

♪

This is my favorite part of the woods.

It looks like a bunch of trees to me.

Actually, Jillian Margot Bennett,

these trees are thousands upon thousands of years old.

[Jill chuckling]

Think of all the history they've seen.

And now they're watching us.

What will we do to excite them?

I mean, where did you get that?

From the kitchen. Where knives live.

[Hadley] I thought it would be so romantic

to carve our names in that tree.

Carve our names?

Yeah, you know, like they used to do

in the olden days.

[Jill] Like, a heart?

- [Hadley] But Jill... - [Jill] My initials?

[Hadley] The way that she looked at that knife.

She wasn't herself.

I tried to tell her that everything

was gonna be okay, that we could be ourselves

in public.

Wait. What was that?

[Hadley] But someone was watching us.

[Margot] And that's your specialty, is you...

You teach the same...

[Bennett] Yeah, I mean, try to.

I'll, uh, I'll check out your book.

[Hadley] I'd been trying to get rid of Bennett

for weeks.

Margot was so unhappy in her marriage,

so I tried to set them up.

I thought, "What's wrong with a weekend tryst?"

Well, that was a mistake.

- Why? - He has no interest in me.

If anything, he's clearly into you.

Margot, no. He's not.

- You're overanalyzing it. - We had no chemistry.

Come on.

[Hadley] But I was so sick of her complaining.

Her anger.

And hearing about the book

she's been writing for ten years.

I thought we'd have a free-for-all weekend.

I can't believe I let you rope me into this.

I should be home, I should be with my kid.

[Hadley] Seriously, whatever.

Honestly, I wish at some point

you would have the courage to leave your...

Your fucked up marriage.

Wow.

Well, I am trying.

I'm gonna go to bed.

Whatever...

is going on here...

I think you should come in, too.

[Hadley] Margot saw us.

But, I didn't care.

♪

[Hadley] Jill just started acting crazy.

What's up? What's wrong? What's wrong?

Do you think they saw us?

What are you talking about?

Jill, what's going on? You're acting so fucking weird.

[Hadley] And that was it.

She was acting like a stranger.

I didn't know what to do.

You don't get it.

- I don't get it? - No, you don't.

[Hadley] I was her only friend.

I did everything for her.

I was a good person.

A person who tried to help Margot,

and a person who tried to help Jill.

♪

I'm sorry, I just didn't think you'd really care.

Didn't think I'd care?

Hadley, you tried to orchestrate an affair

between my brother and your sister behind my back,

when this weekend is supposed to be about us.

About this moment.

Oh, okay, Jill.

'Cause I'm a little bit confused.

You don't wanna come out with me tonight,

like we agreed and planned on for weeks,

or you think that I'm making things up.

Had, stop.

No, I mean, I'm sorry I brought you out here

to discuss something that's very important

in my life.

We just... I wanted to be honest with you.

Honest with me?

[strange music]

You're not being honest with yourself.

♪

No, Hadley, wait. I'm... I'm sorry.

Now, you're gonna play the victim?

Please, stop playing this game with me.

I'm not playing a game with you, Jill.

I wanna tell the truth.

♪

Just... Please.

I just feel so...

I'm so, so sorry.

- I don't understand why you... - I can't.

Jilly, it's gonna be okay.

Jilly. I promise.

[music intensifying]

♪

[birds chirping]

[Hadley] They never found her body.

There was an investigation.

And can you confirm your first and last name?

Johan Bennett.

[Higgins] What is your relationship

to the missing person?

I'm her brother.

[Higgins] Did you notice anything different

about your sister the night of the bonfire?

[Bennett] She was acting ridiculous again.

She causes a scene, she doesn't have to,

she thinks it's fun.

And last night, she was causing more of a scene.

When I saw her and Hadley

walking off into the woods together...

What is your relationship to Hadley?

Classmates.

[Higgins] Where were you when Jill disappeared?

[Arthur] I was sitting at the bonfire.

One of us should go look for them.

- [Higgins] Alone? - [Arthur] No, with the other...

Yeah. Your sister.

[Higgins] According to other witness testimonies,

you were away for quite a bit of time.

I'll go. Later, brother.

♪

[Higgins] I have confirmation

that this is your family's property?

Yes.

[Higgins] How often

do you guys come to the property?

[Margot] Uh, about a few times a year, at least.

[Higgins] Who invited her here?

[Margot] She's a classmate of Hadley's.

Um, I had been at the bonfire, but...

- [Higgins] Had been? - [Margot] No, I... I left.

Um, I believe... Went before she...

[Higgins] Do you recall when exactly you left?

Um...

[Hadley] They questioned everyone.

And when was the last time

that you saw Ms. Bennett alive?

[Margot] I saw her in the forest.

[Hadley] We were all suspect.

Then, my family got involved.

They were able to contain it.

It became a missing persons case.

Most of us went back to school, second year.

Tried to act like nothing happened.

Johan wouldn't leave me alone for months.

Even when they dragged the lake,

he was still convinced, because some people

reported sightings of Jill.

But, I think that stopped.

And from that night on,

I was with Arthur.

- It was your idea! - [Arthur] It wasn't my idea?

- Yes, it was! - [Arthur] So, what?

You and Jill went frolicking off

in the fuckin' woods!

How is that my idea you crazy little bitch?

Do you know how sick you are?

You don't know what the fuck you're talking about.

Are you fucking nuts?

[Hadley] It wasn't until I met you...

that I realized what he was doing to me.

[strange & otherworldly music]

♪

♪

Hey, Mom.

[Lark's mom] Hi, Lark. How are you doing?

Yeah, things are good. I actually moved.

[Lark's mom] Wait, you moved?

Yeah.

[Lark's mom] Oh, so you're not in law school anymore.

- [Lark] No. - [Lark's mom] Where are you?

[Lark] I'm somewhere new. How's Sam doing?

[Lark's mom] Your brother is better.

[Lark] But, yeah, I'd... I'd love to come see you

and Sam for the holidays, so I'm gonna try and make it.

[Lark's mom] Yeah? We got that money from you.

Thank you.

Where did it come from?

[Lark] From a friend.

There's someone I would really like for you to meet.

[Lark's mom] Oh.

- Talk soon. - [Lark's mom] Lark?

Bye.

[Lark's mom] Lark, I'm confused.

Hello...

Everything okay?

Yeah.

♪

♪

[sinister music]

[sobbing]

[Arthur] Hey, Hadley. Hadley.

Hey, hey. It's okay.

You're okay.

[sobbing]

[Arthur] It's fine. Shh.

Please help me.

[Arthur] Shh, shh, you're okay.

- Please help me. - [Arthur] Look at me. Hey.

- Hadley? - I don't know what happened.

I don't know what happened.

[panting & sobbing]

Please help me. Please help me.

[Arthur] Hey.

[strange & otherworldly music]

Hey.

♪

♪

♪

♪

["After You've Gone" by Ella Fitzgerald playing]

♪ After you've gone ♪

♪ And left me cryin' ♪

♪ After you've gone ♪

♪ There's no denyin' ♪

♪ You'll feel blue ♪

♪ You'll feel sad ♪

♪ You'll miss The dearest pal ♪

♪ You've ever had ♪

♪ There'll come a time ♪

♪ Now don't forget it ♪

♪ There'll come a time ♪

♪ When you'll regret it ♪

♪ Someday ♪

♪ When you grow lonely ♪

♪ Your heart will break Like mine ♪

♪ And you'll want me only ♪

♪ After you've gone ♪

♪ After you've gone away ♪

♪

♪ After I'm gone ♪

♪ After we break up ♪

♪ After I'm gone ♪

♪ You're gonna wake up ♪

♪ You'll find ♪

♪ You were blind ♪

♪ To let somebody come ♪

♪ And change your mind ♪

♪ After the years ♪

♪ We've been together ♪

♪ Through joy and tears ♪

♪ All kinds of weather ♪

♪ Someday blue And downhearted ♪

♪ You'll long to be with me Right back ♪

♪ Where you started ♪

♪ After I'm gone ♪

♪ After I'm gone away ♪

♪

♪

♪