One of Us Is Lying (2021) s01e04 Episode Script
One of Us Is Famous
1
The fuck?
Well, hello to you too.
I saw your post.
You could have just named names.
Why do you even care who I sell to?
Look, it's not about the drugs.
It's about the hypocrisy.
Look, man, I'm sure you
have a lot of customers
who just pretend to
be so pure and clean.
I mean, they probably look
down on you for selling
even while buying from you.
I mean, don't you think
those assholes deserve
to be named and shamed?
Look, it's simple.
Give me someone else to write about,
and I'll stop writing about you.
If I game up my customers,
I wouldn't have anyone to sell to.
I mean, if money's the issue, man,
name your price.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
I don't want your money.
Oh, and that post? Great advertising.
I just got a ton of new customers.
I don't think advertising
being a criminal
works out well for anyone in the end.
A mayor's beloved son, murdered.
The suspects? Four
of his own classmates.
While police have not
made an official statement
on the matter, my sources tell me
they're focusing on the four students
who were with him when he died,
especially the one with a history
of drug-related arrests.
Could this murder be
tied to the drug trade?
Stay tuned.
That dead asshole might
have been right, Stan.
Why aren't you dressed?
Because I hate all my clothes.
That's ridiculous.
Put this on.
And remember, there will
be cameras everywhere
now that this case is national news.
Is that why you look like that?
Mom, I don't wanna
The media is singling you out
as the beauty of the group.
Wouldn't want to make
you look bad, would I?
You know what? I don't
want to make you late.
I can find another ride.
[UPBEAT MUSIC]
[BIG DATA'S "DANGEROUS"]
♪
How could you know?
How could you know? ♪
That those were my eyes ♪
Peepin' through the
floor, it's like they know ♪
It's like they know I'm
looking from the outside ♪
And creeping to the
door, it's like they know ♪
Now they're coming,
yeah, now they're coming ♪
Out from the shadows ♪
To take me to the
court because they know ♪
Then I shut this down ♪
'Cause they've been
watching all my windows ♪
- What?
- Didn't say anything.
- You want to, though.
- [SNICKERS]
You want to lock it to the frame,
not just the tire.
See?
Thanks.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
[APPREHENSIVE MUSIC]
[WHISPERING] Hey! Hey,
did you guys see that?
Jake with Detective Wheeler.
Why would she be talking to him?
She talked to Keely at my showcase too.
Okay, well, you can both relax.
According to every news
report and Instagram post,
the police are totally focused on Nate.
I don't know.
I've seen a lot of tagged posts
saying we all conspired together.
Same. The Bayview Four theory.
Right, where Bronwyn's the
Brains, Cooper's the Brawn,
Nate's the Badass,
and Addy's the Blonde?
Most actually say beauty.
Those are just dumb memes.
Everyone knows it was Nate.
He had the most motive by far.
I bet he's in jail before Homecoming.
We're gonna find out
if this post is true.
And if it is, it not
only gives you motive
in Simon's murder, it's your
third strike in drug offenses.
I know you're already
dealing with so much, Bronwyn,
but I have to ask about this rumor
that you cheated in chemistry.
It's a totally baseless accusation.
I've never cheated in any subject.
Good, then I'm sure you'll welcome
our disciplinary
committee's investigation.
If you're innocent, this won't affect
your college applications at all,
and I promise we'll be discrete.
The last thing we need is the
media reporting on this too.
You're a national headline right now.
Chance of somebody coming forward
for their 15 minutes
of fame is not small.
If we find any evidence
to corroborate this post,
or the fact that you've
been dealing drugs at all
while on probation, that's jail time.
[TENSE MUSIC]
We done?
What would happen if
they did find something,
or thought they found something?
Just hypothetically.
Well, then you'd fail AP Chemistry.
And I suppose we'd have
to inform the police
since it would show
motive in Simon's murder.
But Bronwyn, that's not gonna happen.
If you did nothing wrong,
there's nothing to worry about.
I can't not worry.
Before this year, I'd never been
sent to the principal's office.
Now it's a daily occurrence.
The whole point of right now
is to just get away from everything.
There's no staring classmates or
prying principals or asshole reporters.
Maybe let's just take a little break.
Just let the sound of the waves
- [LAUGHS]
- Crashing.
The taste of these strawberries.
[CHUCKLES]
And the sight [SIGHS]
Of your boyfriend's amazing abs
[SOFT PLAYFUL MUSIC]
Take your mind off the
stresses of the day.
I can try.
I'm sorry.
I know I've been a little preoccupied.
No, it's okay. I get it.
Like, being caught up
in a murder investigation
is bound to be distracting.
And it's probably dumb of me
to even try to distract you
- from that distraction, but I
- No, it's it's not dumb.
It's sweet.
It's just not that easy.
Yeah.
You see, I did think that
the beach may not be enough,
which is why I've gotten us tickets
to the Phoebe Bridgers
concert tomorrow night,
which I'm hoping comes
under the category of sweet
and not dumb because I don't know
'Course it does.
[ANSWERING MACHINE BEEPS]
Hey, Kris, um, it's me again.
Look, I know I have a
lot of explaining to do,
and I promise I can explain,
if you just give me a chance?
Call me back.
[APPREHENSIVE MUSIC]
[SIGHS]
♪
Yo.
- What's up?
- Got your drug test back.
It's negative for performance enhancers.
Told you it would be.
You didn't tell me it was gonna
be positive for painkillers.
[APPREHENSIVE MUSIC]
I thought they were just
testing for steroids.
No. They did a full panel.
You wanna tell me how long
this has been going on?
It was just once.
The showcase.
My shoulder was messed
up, and I was not about
to blow my chance our chance.
You knew you had a drug test coming up,
so what were you thinking?
Now, the cops are already
trying to tie this thing
to Nate, so we can't have
them thinking that you have
anything to do with him.
Yeah.
Told them that they were from
a doctor back in Mississippi.
- [SIGHS] Thank you.
- No.
That's dangerous too.
The last thing we need is for
people to be digging into your past.
- What if the media get a hold
- Dad, I know
- What do you think
- I know!
Don't you think I'm
scared about that too?
You just gotta lie low.
Need you to tell me right now
[PHONE BUZZES]
If there are any more surprises.
Cooper.
♪
There aren't.
Okay.
The whole internet thinks Nate did it.
Wheeler's talking to
everyone close to us,
and the media's turning this
into some true crime, must-see-TV crap,
so we have to make sure
we're on the same page.
Let me guess. That means your page?
You are the brains of
the operation, after all.
Just tell us what you
think we should do.
I mean, I'm just the blonde one.
I need help.
Okay, we don't talk to reporters.
We give them something
else to talk about.
- Like what?
- Like a new suspect.
I mean, we know the cops
think we worked together,
so they're not gonna
listen to any other theories
unless we have hard
evidence. But the media?
Those vultures will turn the
slightest hint of something
into some national news story.
So if we set them on the right trail,
maybe the cops will follow.
Okay, but how are we
supposed to do that?
Someone's posting on About That,
claiming to be the
killer, so we start there.
I still think it's Janae.
I mean, who else would
know Simon's passwords?
And you said they were
fighting about the app.
Yeah, they were fighting,
but not enough for her
to kill him over it.
Yeah, I don't think it
was just about the app.
She was mad at him about something else,
- something personal.
- Like what?
Were they together?
I mean, she was
definitely into him, right?
That's perfect.
We know the media loves a lover's spat,
so if we lay low
so they don't have anything
new to say about us,
we give them something on Janae,
maybe they'll run with it,
and they won't go through our trash.
I actually agree.
I'm trying to be on ESPN, not TMZ.
I could talk to her.
Not to brag, but I'm, like, really good
at getting gossip out of people.
That's good, but you'd
have to record it.
We need something to leak to the press.
I won't fuck it up. I promise.
Where were you?
Nowhere.
Question, when you lie to
me, do you actually expect me
to believe it, or do you just hope
that I won't call you out on it?
I'm not lying. I went on a drive.
Okay.
If you can't trust me, then I guess
I shouldn't trust you, either.
What's that supposed to mean?
Means that I finally
got into some of Simon's
encrypted files, and I found something.
But I'm not gonna show me until
you tell me where you were.
Fine.
I was with Nate and Addy and Cooper.
Are you insane?
So you guys really do have
some kind of murder club?
That's what everyone's
calling it on Instagram.
That doesn't mean you
should call it that.
If anything, it's a
mutual exoneration club
because none of us did it.
You don't know that.
I think one of them might have.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
I found it in a backup of his drafts.
Simon wrote that the same
day that he wrote the post
about you and Addy and Nate.
- This can't be real.
- It is.
Whoever's posting on About
That changed Cooper's secret,
and my guess is that
that someone is Cooper.
♪
Okay, hold on. Hold on.
Slow down. What did
the original post say?
It doesn't matter.
The point is that whoever
changed Cooper's post
did it after Simon was dead.
Who would do that other than Cooper?
Well, depends what the secret it.
Are you gonna tell me?
Okay, but you have to promise
you won't say anything to anyone.
I promise.
The real post says that, um, he's gay.
Oh. Wow. Huh.
That's, um, unexpected.
Maeve thinks we should
just drop the laptop off
at the police station anonymously,
but then, if Cooper isn't
the one that changed the post,
and I've outed him for no reason,
then it's just unforgivable.
But if he did change it,
the police need to know.
Right.
Which is why I couldn't sleep,
and it sucks because we can't
do anything until tomorrow,
and if I could sleep,
maybe I could see things
a little bit more
clearly, but then my brain,
it's just playing ping pong with itself.
I actually have a trick for that.
I don't want drugs.
Ha. No.
When I can't stop
thinking about something
I don't want to think
about, I watch horror movies.
And that makes you feel better?
Totally.
I mean, when you're bracing
for the next jump scare,
you don't have time to
think about anything else.
That actually makes sense.
So? Have you seen "The Birds"?
- No.
- [SCOFFS] What?
Okay, we need to fix that right now.
Are you gonna watch with me?
Yeah, I mean, you kind of got
my head spinning too, Rojas.
I'm gonna send you the link.
- You ready?
- Yeah.
Three, two, one.
[BIRDS CAWING]
[SEAGULLS CAWING]
[HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYING OVER HEADPHONES]
♪
Cooper Clay?
[FOREBODING MUSIC]
♪
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
Hey, Nate! Nate Macauley?
I was hoping for a quick word.
I'm working on a story
about Simon Kelleher.
I understand he wrote about you a lot,
most recently about someone
overdosing after you sold her pills?
I'd love to hear your side of the story.
[UPBEAT MUSIC]
Last party of the summer.
BOTH: Cheers.
Hey, Nate.
Uh, hey.
- Janae, right?
- Yeah.
What's up?
Can we just, um
Give me a sec.
I want some drugs, please.
I don't think that's a good idea.
- Why not?
- Because you're wasted.
I'm not drunk,
I'm just miserable, and I'm mad.
You hate Simon, right?
Me too.
We have that in common,
so we're basically besties,
so I really need to you give
me something that's gonna make
feel less miserable, please.
- You should go home.
- You should do your job.
You can keep the change.
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
No comment.
Or maybe we should
start at the beginning.
What led you to sell
drugs in the first place?
Was it your father's PTSD
or what happened with your mother?
Fuck you. I said no comment.
Oh no, oh no ♪
- Oh no, no, no, no ♪
- Fuck you. I said no comment.
50,000 views, bitches.
I'm literally so viral.
I'm the only one that can
do anything around here.
Ugh, so awkward.
Hey.
Can I sit here?
Why?
'Cause otherwise we'd
both be sitting alone?
I don't mind sitting alone.
I do, it's embarrassing.
Look, we don't even have to talk.
We can, like, sit alone, just together.
That's an oxymoron.
You don't have to call me names.
That's not what oxymoron means.
I know. That was a joke.
Hmm.
Didn't realize you make jokes.
I do.
Sometimes they're even funny.
[FAKE COUGH] Freaks.
Um, this is awkward.
I just realized I, uh,
have to change my tampon.
It's an emergency.
Maybe we could, like,
um, hang out later?
Ride bikes, or whatever?
Sure, or whatever.
Okay.
Meet you at the bike rack after school.
[INQUISITIVE MUSIC]
♪
I saw Vanessa's TikTok.
Hey, you said not to talk to reporters.
Because I want you to look less guilty.
Hey, Cooper's not here today.
I noticed.
And I heard the cops were
at his house this morning.
The cops are talking to everyone.
Might not mean anything.
Or it may mean that we're right,
that he changed his
post and he killed Simon.
Point is, we don't know.
We don't know anything about him.
I found out where he went
to school in Mississippi.
Maeve's making a fake Instagram account
so she can see if she can talk
to anyone who knew him.
Bronwyn.
I just want to know if we can trust him.
There is no point in arguing
with you about this, is there?
It's not as bad as it looks, I promise.
They have really good
pancakes, and, bonus,
nobody else from school would
ever be caught dead here.
I don't love pancakes,
but I do love the idea
of not seeing anyone
else from school, so.
Hi, what can I get you?
Blueberry pancakes with
maple syrup, please.
Okay. You?
I'll have the same.
- You got it.
- Thank you.
Didn't you just tell me
you don't like pancakes?
I said I don't love them.
Why don't you order
something you do love?
I hate ordering.
When Jake and I would go out to eat,
we would split two things,
and he had stronger opinions
about food, so he would order for us.
Addy, has it ever occurred to you
that Jake may have been
a little controlling?
No. No, okay?
I just don't really care about food,
and I find choosing stressful.
I like that he took the lead.
I know you think he's an asshole,
but he's actually really sweet and funny
when you get to know him.
Sure.
Um, sorry.
Just a text from Keely.
What about Simon?
What was he like when
you got to know him?
- Why do you want to know?
- Because he was your friend?
I don't know.
He was the coolest.
He wasn't trying to be
anybody but who he was,
and I guess he thought,
like, if he could do it
Why couldn't anyone else?
That's what About That
was supposed to be for.
You know, you expose the hypocrites,
and you encourage
people to be more real.
I know he got carried away.
Did you ever want to stop him?
Why the fuck would you ask that?
Sorry, uh.
Jake would get carried away too.
Like, at parties, he'd
be giving someone shit
and thinks he's being funny, but
Sometimes I wished I could
have stopped that side of him.
That's that's all I meant.
God. [LAUGHS]
You know, of all the people
I thought might understand,
I really didn't expect it to be you.
Of course I get it.
Janae, we both lost our best friends,
the men that we were in love with,
and I'm so glad that I have someone
to talk about this with,
and I want you to know
that you can talk to
me too about anything
Are you serious?
What?
First of all, I wasn't
in love with Simon.
I'm gay, which you might know
if you ever paid attention
to anyone other than yourself.
And second of all, your shitty
little boyfriend dumped you.
My best friend was murdered.
It's not even remotely the same thing.
- I'm sorry, I was just
- Fuck you, Addy.
Janae
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
Okay, can I just say, catfishing works?
I cannot believe how fast guys respond
when they think they're
talking to Maya Starr.
She's a junior, really into Cooper,
but freaked out by the murder rumors.
Boys are idiots, Maeve.
Now show me the messages.
Okay.
That guy, Travis, he played baseball
with Cooper back in Mississippi,
and I really think he knows something.
I've been really leaning
into the whole crush angle.
Like, can I trust him?
I know he's a great pitcher,
but people are saying
he's a murderer. I just
don't want to get hurt.
- You know, woe is me
- Maeve!
Let me read.
- That's it?
- Mm-hmm.
- He didn't say anything else?
- Nope.
15 minutes, and it's been radio silence.
Do you think I should
send him another DM?
[PHONE BUZZES]
No, no, no, no, no!
- How does he know what happened?
- What?
I don't know. I was so careful.
- [PHONE BUZZES]
- [APPREHENSIVE MUSIC]
♪
What?
Okay, Bronwyn, promise
me that you won't go.
What if he actually did it?
I mean, don't you have a date
with Evan tonight, anyway?
[SIGHS]
[MOANING]
Okay, nope. Turning it off.
You want to come over? We
could watch it together.
And, bonus, you can meet my lizard.
Excuse me?
Uh, that that wasn't a line.
I actually have a
bearded dragon named Stan.
[SIGHS] Thank God.
[PHONE BUZZES]
Aw, he's really cute.
I'll tell him you said so.
Nate, are you sure we
shouldn't skip this meeting?
Maybe we should bring
the laptop to the police.
Can I point out the movie was working?
We we turned it off two seconds ago,
and you're already worried again.
We are about to meet
a potential murderer
in the middle of the night.
I just want to see what he has to say.
There's usually more to a
story than meets the eye.
[UPBEAT HIP-HOP MUSIC]
[BOTH PANTING]
- Whoa, shit, sorry.
- [LAUGHS]
[BOTH PANTING]
- Oh, my God.
- Oh, fuck.
Uh, actually, I changed my mind.
What the fuck?
Janae, Janae, hey.
Wake up! Janae.
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
911, what is the nature
of your emergency?
Um, I need an ambulance, 44 Elm Road.
[WHISPERING] Please, please, please.
Come on.
Please, Janae.
Come on, I need you to throw up.
I need you to vomit.
[GAGS]
[RETCHES]
It's just,
I know what it's like for people
to assume the worst about you.
I just need you to trust me.
If we still think Cooper
did it after tonight,
we'll go to the cops.
If we're still alive.
Coop?
Coop?
Are you gonna tell us why we're here?
I can tell you guys about
what happened with Janae.
No, no. Let's let Cooper talk.
He's not saying anything.
Are you Maya Starr?
- Who?
- Travis figured it out.
Wasn't very hard.
He did a reverse image search
and found her real Instagram.
And your sister happens to follow her.
[TENSE MUSIC]
You see, I thought that
we were working together
to find the police a new suspect.
Or did you just mean
anyone other than Nate?
No, um, it's not like that.
I heard your drug test was negative,
and I just thought it was
weird that your secret was
the only one that was fake,
and then I heard the cops were
at your house this morning,
- and I just figured
- Then you could have asked me.
Instead of catfishing
my friend like a psycho.
You weren't at school.
Ugh!
I wasn't in school
because my dad is in
the fucking hospital.
He had a heart attack this morning.
That's why the police were at my house.
They came with the paramedics.
Cooper.
I'm so sorry.
He could have died today,
and the last thing I would have
told him would have been a lie.
He could have died not
knowing who his son is.
What are you talking about?
Of course he knows who you are.
No, he doesn't. None of you do.
[SOLEMN MUSIC]
♪
Guys
I'm gay.
Okay, I and I tell
myself I'm in the closet
just 'cause of baseball, but
Then why can't I tell my dad, right?
Maybe I'm just a coward.
And and
The only person I want
to talk to about this shit
isn't speaking to me 'cause
he knows I'm a coward.
Hey.
You're not a coward.
And I'm really sorry.
Look, you guys can't tell anybody.
My life is already a total
mess, and if this gets out,
I don't know what I will do.
Nobody's gonna say anything.
Okay? Don't worry.
And if it makes you feel better,
all of our lives are total messes, man.
♪
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
♪
Hey.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
Can you believe Cooper and Keely?
I'm honestly impressed.
They're such good liars.
I think when you tell the
same lie for long enough,
it stops feeling like a lie.
What do you think he meant when he said
the only person he wanted to be
talking to isn't talking to him?
Do you think he has a boyfriend?
Oh, would that still be cheating?
And which one would he be cheating on?
We don't even know if there is a guy.
Well, that's not a suspicious pairing.
What?
Oh, yeah.
Definitely not a good look.
[PHONE DINGS]
[PHONES DINGING]
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
♪
"Your four favorite murder suspects
held a secret midnight
meeting last night."
"The only question is "
"Are they trying to cover
up what they did to Simon?"
"Or are they choosing
their next victim?"
It's not what it looks like.
No?
Is it Photoshop?
- Well, no, but
- This was last night.
I thought you said that you were sick.
I I just had to talk to them
because I thought I
knew who did it, and
And you trusted them with
that information instead of me?
Or, I don't know, the police?
So are you gonna explain?
I don't think I can.
You want me to be the
girl you met this summer,
but she's gone.
This is my life right
now, and I don't want to be
distracted by the beach or a concert.
I just want to figure
out who killed Simon.
So, yeah, I trusted them
over you and the police
about this because they're
the only ones who know
what I'm going through.
Yeah.
Especially Nate, right?
Come on home ♪
[GENTLE GUITAR MUSIC]
Come on home ♪
I'm so sorry.
I can't do this.
Us, anymore.
Right, well.
I'll see you around, Bronwyn.
Come on home ♪
I don't even know where to start.
- I'm so sorry.
- You're sorry?
Like you were sorry when you
cheated on your chemistry exam,
or how you were sorry
when your father caught
you skipping school?
Sorry isn't going to
cut it anymore, Bronwyn.
[DOORBELL RINGS]
I don't think you realize
how serious this is.
Of course I do.
Then you need to start acting like it.
- Mr. Rojas?
- Yes.
We have a warrant to search your home.
On what grounds?
On the grounds that we have
a picture of your daughter
and three other murder
suspects trespassing
and conspiring together.
Conspiring together?
And you can see that in the picture?
Well, apparently the judge
that signed this warrant could.
Miss, I'm gonna need you
to stay where I can see you.
Sorry, Officer, of course.
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
This officer wants to
look through your shit.
Is there anybody else on the premises?
- Are your parents home?
- No.
Are you sure? I don't
want any surprises.
Yes, sir. I'm sure.
Coop, should I call Dad or Nonny, or
No. We don't want to worry them.
[SIREN WAILING]
[INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER]
[KNOCK AT DOOR]
How can I help you, Officer?
What are you looking for?
Don't warrants have to
be for something specific?
Anything related to Simon's murder.
Peanut oil, EpiPens, his computer,
drugs you might be thinking of selling,
as that would prove motive.
Hands where I can see them.
Ah, wouldn't the dog be
barking if I had drugs in here?
You know a lot about drug dogs?
I watch a lot of TV.
[DOG WHIMPERS]
I'm gonna need you to open this.
♪
[SAFE BEEPS]
It's me and my mom.
I didn't want my dad to destroy it.
[INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER]
This yours?
Mm-hmm.
Mind taking the cover off?
♪
Do you need me to turn it on, Officer?
That's okay. That's not Simon's laptop.
I really am sorry the place is so messy.
I always wanted to be one of those women
with the perfectly organized home,
but I'm just not.
Maybe when I'm older.
Anyway, I I hope I
didn't make your job harder.
No, not at all, but I should get going.
If either of you think of anything else
that could be helpful, call me.
Oh. I will.
Thank you, Officer.
Anything I can do to help.
[WHISPERS] Bye.
I hope you were paying attention.
That's how you treat the police
if you want them on your side.
You want me to flirt with older men?
[SCOFFS] I was just being friendly.
You know he thinks I'm
an actual murderer, right?
Baby, he was just doing his job.
Nobody wants to think you
had anything to do with this.
Look at you.
You're beautiful and you're sweet.
That how people want to see you.
You just have to let them.
But what if I want to be
seen as more than that?
Like what?
[APPREHENSIVE MUSIC]
Like it or not, this is
your fifteen minutes of fame.
You're the blonde beauty, Addy.
You need to start embracing that.
You should be going to school
everyday looking your best,
giving interviews,
posting more on Instagram.
If you play this right, you
could become an influencer.
This could be your chance
at a real future, baby.
Wow, Mom, you're right.
I guess I really hadn't been looking
for the upside to all of this.
Bro, look at my room.
That guy was a dick.
Man, I thought they were
gonna plant evidence to find.
Like, OJ style.
You do know that OJ was guilty, right?
Well, yeah, but you know
the cops planted that glove.
Ha-ha, you sounding a lot like Dad.
It's 'cause Dad knows
what he's talking about.
He would've flipped if he was here.
Yeah, he would've. I'm glad he wasn't.
He doesn't need any more stress,
which is why we're not
gonna tell him about this.
Yeah, that's good. More lies.
- We gotta let him recover.
- Yeah.
He's gonna be okay, though.
Right?
Yeah, of course.
And what about you? Gonna be okay?
[PENSIVE MUSIC]
[PHONE BUZZES]
Yeah, little bro, don't worry about me.
I'm gonna be fine.
[UPBEAT SYNTH MUSIC]
♪
Can I help you?
I want it gone.
Okay, um, I think a little bob
- could look adorable
- No.
Shorter. I want it all off.
Wh I I don't think you mean that.
Your hair is so beautiful,
I would hate to do
Do you guys do haircuts here?
Or do I go somewhere else?
A while for a moment ♪
To say I don't owe
you a goddamn thing! ♪
I keep a record of
the wreckage of my life ♪
I gotta recognize ♪
Fix it.
Where's the laptop?
- I'm not gonna tell you.
- Where is it?
If I tell you where
it is, do you promise
that you'll bring it to the cops?
- [KNOCK AT WINDOW]
- [GASPS]
I'm sorry, what is he doing here?
Mom and Dad will literally kill you.
I'm already grounded.
They're already gonna
kill me over the photo,
how much worse can it get?
- Look what I found.
- Seriously?
On the roof?
I had to think fast. You're welcome?
- You ready?
- Yeah.
Where are you going?
We're destroying it.
What? You can't.
The police just searched
our house, Maeve.
Right, they obviously still
think that you're involved.
They need to know they
should be looking at Cooper.
I don't think Cooper did it.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
[SCOFFS] Okay, just
because someone cries
and tells you that their
dad had a heart attack
doesn't mean that
they're not a murderer.
Maeve, if anyone has reason
to bring this thing
to the cops, it's me.
Okay?
We can't do that to Cooper.
♪
I really hope you're right.
♪
I feel like we're about to
scatter his ashes or something.
Like, maybe we should say something?
You read my post this morning?
I don't read that shit.
You might want to on Friday.
- Gonna be a good one.
- Sure it will be.
What happened to Janae was your fault.
You didn't think I'd just let
you get away with it, did you?
Yeah, well, I'm not the one
that left my best friend wasted
and alone at a party.
No, you're the one who sold
her enough pills to kill her.
Soon everyone's gonna find out.
Look, man, when are you gonna realize
that I don't give a shit
what you write about me?
I think you might if your
probation officer reads it.
And if that doesn't work?
Well, I'll just keep looking.
Everyone gives a shit about something.
Girlfriend
[TENSE MUSIC]
Parent?
Getting warm.
Whatever it is, I'm gonna find out.
I'm gonna destroy you with it.
♪
Good riddance.
[MELLOW GUITAR MUSIC]
♪
[GASPS] Did we really just do that?
- Yeah, we did.
- Holy shit.
Thanks for trusting me.
- Who said I trust you?
- You talked to Cooper with me.
And now you are standing on
the edge of a cliff with me,
a suspected murderer.
You're standing on the
edge of a cliff with me,
also a suspected murderer.
- Maybe we're both idiots.
- [CHUCKLES]
Bronwyn Rojas, I solemnly swear
not to murder you today
or any day in the future.
- [CHUCKLES]
- Do you?
You are ridiculous, you know that?
It concerns me that you're
avoiding a promise not to murder me.
[CLEARS THROAT]
Nate Macauley,
I promise not to murder you.
That's hot.
Yeah, I know it seems surprising ♪
When this lipstick sits on the glass ♪
[ENGINE REVVING]
[GASPS]
- You okay?
- Yeah.
We should we should get out of here.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
♪
Okay, um, my room is a
mess. Please don't judge.
Oh, well, in that case
I'm just kidding, I won't.
Okay, wait, are you sure your parents
aren't going to notice you're gone?
If they haven't by now,
I think I'm in the clear.
- And I really want to meet Stan.
- Okay.
Nathaniel.
Mom?
[SENTIMENTAL MUSIC]
♪
The fuck?
Well, hello to you too.
I saw your post.
You could have just named names.
Why do you even care who I sell to?
Look, it's not about the drugs.
It's about the hypocrisy.
Look, man, I'm sure you
have a lot of customers
who just pretend to
be so pure and clean.
I mean, they probably look
down on you for selling
even while buying from you.
I mean, don't you think
those assholes deserve
to be named and shamed?
Look, it's simple.
Give me someone else to write about,
and I'll stop writing about you.
If I game up my customers,
I wouldn't have anyone to sell to.
I mean, if money's the issue, man,
name your price.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
I don't want your money.
Oh, and that post? Great advertising.
I just got a ton of new customers.
I don't think advertising
being a criminal
works out well for anyone in the end.
A mayor's beloved son, murdered.
The suspects? Four
of his own classmates.
While police have not
made an official statement
on the matter, my sources tell me
they're focusing on the four students
who were with him when he died,
especially the one with a history
of drug-related arrests.
Could this murder be
tied to the drug trade?
Stay tuned.
That dead asshole might
have been right, Stan.
Why aren't you dressed?
Because I hate all my clothes.
That's ridiculous.
Put this on.
And remember, there will
be cameras everywhere
now that this case is national news.
Is that why you look like that?
Mom, I don't wanna
The media is singling you out
as the beauty of the group.
Wouldn't want to make
you look bad, would I?
You know what? I don't
want to make you late.
I can find another ride.
[UPBEAT MUSIC]
[BIG DATA'S "DANGEROUS"]
♪
How could you know?
How could you know? ♪
That those were my eyes ♪
Peepin' through the
floor, it's like they know ♪
It's like they know I'm
looking from the outside ♪
And creeping to the
door, it's like they know ♪
Now they're coming,
yeah, now they're coming ♪
Out from the shadows ♪
To take me to the
court because they know ♪
Then I shut this down ♪
'Cause they've been
watching all my windows ♪
- What?
- Didn't say anything.
- You want to, though.
- [SNICKERS]
You want to lock it to the frame,
not just the tire.
See?
Thanks.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
[APPREHENSIVE MUSIC]
[WHISPERING] Hey! Hey,
did you guys see that?
Jake with Detective Wheeler.
Why would she be talking to him?
She talked to Keely at my showcase too.
Okay, well, you can both relax.
According to every news
report and Instagram post,
the police are totally focused on Nate.
I don't know.
I've seen a lot of tagged posts
saying we all conspired together.
Same. The Bayview Four theory.
Right, where Bronwyn's the
Brains, Cooper's the Brawn,
Nate's the Badass,
and Addy's the Blonde?
Most actually say beauty.
Those are just dumb memes.
Everyone knows it was Nate.
He had the most motive by far.
I bet he's in jail before Homecoming.
We're gonna find out
if this post is true.
And if it is, it not
only gives you motive
in Simon's murder, it's your
third strike in drug offenses.
I know you're already
dealing with so much, Bronwyn,
but I have to ask about this rumor
that you cheated in chemistry.
It's a totally baseless accusation.
I've never cheated in any subject.
Good, then I'm sure you'll welcome
our disciplinary
committee's investigation.
If you're innocent, this won't affect
your college applications at all,
and I promise we'll be discrete.
The last thing we need is the
media reporting on this too.
You're a national headline right now.
Chance of somebody coming forward
for their 15 minutes
of fame is not small.
If we find any evidence
to corroborate this post,
or the fact that you've
been dealing drugs at all
while on probation, that's jail time.
[TENSE MUSIC]
We done?
What would happen if
they did find something,
or thought they found something?
Just hypothetically.
Well, then you'd fail AP Chemistry.
And I suppose we'd have
to inform the police
since it would show
motive in Simon's murder.
But Bronwyn, that's not gonna happen.
If you did nothing wrong,
there's nothing to worry about.
I can't not worry.
Before this year, I'd never been
sent to the principal's office.
Now it's a daily occurrence.
The whole point of right now
is to just get away from everything.
There's no staring classmates or
prying principals or asshole reporters.
Maybe let's just take a little break.
Just let the sound of the waves
- [LAUGHS]
- Crashing.
The taste of these strawberries.
[CHUCKLES]
And the sight [SIGHS]
Of your boyfriend's amazing abs
[SOFT PLAYFUL MUSIC]
Take your mind off the
stresses of the day.
I can try.
I'm sorry.
I know I've been a little preoccupied.
No, it's okay. I get it.
Like, being caught up
in a murder investigation
is bound to be distracting.
And it's probably dumb of me
to even try to distract you
- from that distraction, but I
- No, it's it's not dumb.
It's sweet.
It's just not that easy.
Yeah.
You see, I did think that
the beach may not be enough,
which is why I've gotten us tickets
to the Phoebe Bridgers
concert tomorrow night,
which I'm hoping comes
under the category of sweet
and not dumb because I don't know
'Course it does.
[ANSWERING MACHINE BEEPS]
Hey, Kris, um, it's me again.
Look, I know I have a
lot of explaining to do,
and I promise I can explain,
if you just give me a chance?
Call me back.
[APPREHENSIVE MUSIC]
[SIGHS]
♪
Yo.
- What's up?
- Got your drug test back.
It's negative for performance enhancers.
Told you it would be.
You didn't tell me it was gonna
be positive for painkillers.
[APPREHENSIVE MUSIC]
I thought they were just
testing for steroids.
No. They did a full panel.
You wanna tell me how long
this has been going on?
It was just once.
The showcase.
My shoulder was messed
up, and I was not about
to blow my chance our chance.
You knew you had a drug test coming up,
so what were you thinking?
Now, the cops are already
trying to tie this thing
to Nate, so we can't have
them thinking that you have
anything to do with him.
Yeah.
Told them that they were from
a doctor back in Mississippi.
- [SIGHS] Thank you.
- No.
That's dangerous too.
The last thing we need is for
people to be digging into your past.
- What if the media get a hold
- Dad, I know
- What do you think
- I know!
Don't you think I'm
scared about that too?
You just gotta lie low.
Need you to tell me right now
[PHONE BUZZES]
If there are any more surprises.
Cooper.
♪
There aren't.
Okay.
The whole internet thinks Nate did it.
Wheeler's talking to
everyone close to us,
and the media's turning this
into some true crime, must-see-TV crap,
so we have to make sure
we're on the same page.
Let me guess. That means your page?
You are the brains of
the operation, after all.
Just tell us what you
think we should do.
I mean, I'm just the blonde one.
I need help.
Okay, we don't talk to reporters.
We give them something
else to talk about.
- Like what?
- Like a new suspect.
I mean, we know the cops
think we worked together,
so they're not gonna
listen to any other theories
unless we have hard
evidence. But the media?
Those vultures will turn the
slightest hint of something
into some national news story.
So if we set them on the right trail,
maybe the cops will follow.
Okay, but how are we
supposed to do that?
Someone's posting on About That,
claiming to be the
killer, so we start there.
I still think it's Janae.
I mean, who else would
know Simon's passwords?
And you said they were
fighting about the app.
Yeah, they were fighting,
but not enough for her
to kill him over it.
Yeah, I don't think it
was just about the app.
She was mad at him about something else,
- something personal.
- Like what?
Were they together?
I mean, she was
definitely into him, right?
That's perfect.
We know the media loves a lover's spat,
so if we lay low
so they don't have anything
new to say about us,
we give them something on Janae,
maybe they'll run with it,
and they won't go through our trash.
I actually agree.
I'm trying to be on ESPN, not TMZ.
I could talk to her.
Not to brag, but I'm, like, really good
at getting gossip out of people.
That's good, but you'd
have to record it.
We need something to leak to the press.
I won't fuck it up. I promise.
Where were you?
Nowhere.
Question, when you lie to
me, do you actually expect me
to believe it, or do you just hope
that I won't call you out on it?
I'm not lying. I went on a drive.
Okay.
If you can't trust me, then I guess
I shouldn't trust you, either.
What's that supposed to mean?
Means that I finally
got into some of Simon's
encrypted files, and I found something.
But I'm not gonna show me until
you tell me where you were.
Fine.
I was with Nate and Addy and Cooper.
Are you insane?
So you guys really do have
some kind of murder club?
That's what everyone's
calling it on Instagram.
That doesn't mean you
should call it that.
If anything, it's a
mutual exoneration club
because none of us did it.
You don't know that.
I think one of them might have.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
I found it in a backup of his drafts.
Simon wrote that the same
day that he wrote the post
about you and Addy and Nate.
- This can't be real.
- It is.
Whoever's posting on About
That changed Cooper's secret,
and my guess is that
that someone is Cooper.
♪
Okay, hold on. Hold on.
Slow down. What did
the original post say?
It doesn't matter.
The point is that whoever
changed Cooper's post
did it after Simon was dead.
Who would do that other than Cooper?
Well, depends what the secret it.
Are you gonna tell me?
Okay, but you have to promise
you won't say anything to anyone.
I promise.
The real post says that, um, he's gay.
Oh. Wow. Huh.
That's, um, unexpected.
Maeve thinks we should
just drop the laptop off
at the police station anonymously,
but then, if Cooper isn't
the one that changed the post,
and I've outed him for no reason,
then it's just unforgivable.
But if he did change it,
the police need to know.
Right.
Which is why I couldn't sleep,
and it sucks because we can't
do anything until tomorrow,
and if I could sleep,
maybe I could see things
a little bit more
clearly, but then my brain,
it's just playing ping pong with itself.
I actually have a trick for that.
I don't want drugs.
Ha. No.
When I can't stop
thinking about something
I don't want to think
about, I watch horror movies.
And that makes you feel better?
Totally.
I mean, when you're bracing
for the next jump scare,
you don't have time to
think about anything else.
That actually makes sense.
So? Have you seen "The Birds"?
- No.
- [SCOFFS] What?
Okay, we need to fix that right now.
Are you gonna watch with me?
Yeah, I mean, you kind of got
my head spinning too, Rojas.
I'm gonna send you the link.
- You ready?
- Yeah.
Three, two, one.
[BIRDS CAWING]
[SEAGULLS CAWING]
[HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYING OVER HEADPHONES]
♪
Cooper Clay?
[FOREBODING MUSIC]
♪
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
Hey, Nate! Nate Macauley?
I was hoping for a quick word.
I'm working on a story
about Simon Kelleher.
I understand he wrote about you a lot,
most recently about someone
overdosing after you sold her pills?
I'd love to hear your side of the story.
[UPBEAT MUSIC]
Last party of the summer.
BOTH: Cheers.
Hey, Nate.
Uh, hey.
- Janae, right?
- Yeah.
What's up?
Can we just, um
Give me a sec.
I want some drugs, please.
I don't think that's a good idea.
- Why not?
- Because you're wasted.
I'm not drunk,
I'm just miserable, and I'm mad.
You hate Simon, right?
Me too.
We have that in common,
so we're basically besties,
so I really need to you give
me something that's gonna make
feel less miserable, please.
- You should go home.
- You should do your job.
You can keep the change.
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
No comment.
Or maybe we should
start at the beginning.
What led you to sell
drugs in the first place?
Was it your father's PTSD
or what happened with your mother?
Fuck you. I said no comment.
Oh no, oh no ♪
- Oh no, no, no, no ♪
- Fuck you. I said no comment.
50,000 views, bitches.
I'm literally so viral.
I'm the only one that can
do anything around here.
Ugh, so awkward.
Hey.
Can I sit here?
Why?
'Cause otherwise we'd
both be sitting alone?
I don't mind sitting alone.
I do, it's embarrassing.
Look, we don't even have to talk.
We can, like, sit alone, just together.
That's an oxymoron.
You don't have to call me names.
That's not what oxymoron means.
I know. That was a joke.
Hmm.
Didn't realize you make jokes.
I do.
Sometimes they're even funny.
[FAKE COUGH] Freaks.
Um, this is awkward.
I just realized I, uh,
have to change my tampon.
It's an emergency.
Maybe we could, like,
um, hang out later?
Ride bikes, or whatever?
Sure, or whatever.
Okay.
Meet you at the bike rack after school.
[INQUISITIVE MUSIC]
♪
I saw Vanessa's TikTok.
Hey, you said not to talk to reporters.
Because I want you to look less guilty.
Hey, Cooper's not here today.
I noticed.
And I heard the cops were
at his house this morning.
The cops are talking to everyone.
Might not mean anything.
Or it may mean that we're right,
that he changed his
post and he killed Simon.
Point is, we don't know.
We don't know anything about him.
I found out where he went
to school in Mississippi.
Maeve's making a fake Instagram account
so she can see if she can talk
to anyone who knew him.
Bronwyn.
I just want to know if we can trust him.
There is no point in arguing
with you about this, is there?
It's not as bad as it looks, I promise.
They have really good
pancakes, and, bonus,
nobody else from school would
ever be caught dead here.
I don't love pancakes,
but I do love the idea
of not seeing anyone
else from school, so.
Hi, what can I get you?
Blueberry pancakes with
maple syrup, please.
Okay. You?
I'll have the same.
- You got it.
- Thank you.
Didn't you just tell me
you don't like pancakes?
I said I don't love them.
Why don't you order
something you do love?
I hate ordering.
When Jake and I would go out to eat,
we would split two things,
and he had stronger opinions
about food, so he would order for us.
Addy, has it ever occurred to you
that Jake may have been
a little controlling?
No. No, okay?
I just don't really care about food,
and I find choosing stressful.
I like that he took the lead.
I know you think he's an asshole,
but he's actually really sweet and funny
when you get to know him.
Sure.
Um, sorry.
Just a text from Keely.
What about Simon?
What was he like when
you got to know him?
- Why do you want to know?
- Because he was your friend?
I don't know.
He was the coolest.
He wasn't trying to be
anybody but who he was,
and I guess he thought,
like, if he could do it
Why couldn't anyone else?
That's what About That
was supposed to be for.
You know, you expose the hypocrites,
and you encourage
people to be more real.
I know he got carried away.
Did you ever want to stop him?
Why the fuck would you ask that?
Sorry, uh.
Jake would get carried away too.
Like, at parties, he'd
be giving someone shit
and thinks he's being funny, but
Sometimes I wished I could
have stopped that side of him.
That's that's all I meant.
God. [LAUGHS]
You know, of all the people
I thought might understand,
I really didn't expect it to be you.
Of course I get it.
Janae, we both lost our best friends,
the men that we were in love with,
and I'm so glad that I have someone
to talk about this with,
and I want you to know
that you can talk to
me too about anything
Are you serious?
What?
First of all, I wasn't
in love with Simon.
I'm gay, which you might know
if you ever paid attention
to anyone other than yourself.
And second of all, your shitty
little boyfriend dumped you.
My best friend was murdered.
It's not even remotely the same thing.
- I'm sorry, I was just
- Fuck you, Addy.
Janae
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
Okay, can I just say, catfishing works?
I cannot believe how fast guys respond
when they think they're
talking to Maya Starr.
She's a junior, really into Cooper,
but freaked out by the murder rumors.
Boys are idiots, Maeve.
Now show me the messages.
Okay.
That guy, Travis, he played baseball
with Cooper back in Mississippi,
and I really think he knows something.
I've been really leaning
into the whole crush angle.
Like, can I trust him?
I know he's a great pitcher,
but people are saying
he's a murderer. I just
don't want to get hurt.
- You know, woe is me
- Maeve!
Let me read.
- That's it?
- Mm-hmm.
- He didn't say anything else?
- Nope.
15 minutes, and it's been radio silence.
Do you think I should
send him another DM?
[PHONE BUZZES]
No, no, no, no, no!
- How does he know what happened?
- What?
I don't know. I was so careful.
- [PHONE BUZZES]
- [APPREHENSIVE MUSIC]
♪
What?
Okay, Bronwyn, promise
me that you won't go.
What if he actually did it?
I mean, don't you have a date
with Evan tonight, anyway?
[SIGHS]
[MOANING]
Okay, nope. Turning it off.
You want to come over? We
could watch it together.
And, bonus, you can meet my lizard.
Excuse me?
Uh, that that wasn't a line.
I actually have a
bearded dragon named Stan.
[SIGHS] Thank God.
[PHONE BUZZES]
Aw, he's really cute.
I'll tell him you said so.
Nate, are you sure we
shouldn't skip this meeting?
Maybe we should bring
the laptop to the police.
Can I point out the movie was working?
We we turned it off two seconds ago,
and you're already worried again.
We are about to meet
a potential murderer
in the middle of the night.
I just want to see what he has to say.
There's usually more to a
story than meets the eye.
[UPBEAT HIP-HOP MUSIC]
[BOTH PANTING]
- Whoa, shit, sorry.
- [LAUGHS]
[BOTH PANTING]
- Oh, my God.
- Oh, fuck.
Uh, actually, I changed my mind.
What the fuck?
Janae, Janae, hey.
Wake up! Janae.
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
911, what is the nature
of your emergency?
Um, I need an ambulance, 44 Elm Road.
[WHISPERING] Please, please, please.
Come on.
Please, Janae.
Come on, I need you to throw up.
I need you to vomit.
[GAGS]
[RETCHES]
It's just,
I know what it's like for people
to assume the worst about you.
I just need you to trust me.
If we still think Cooper
did it after tonight,
we'll go to the cops.
If we're still alive.
Coop?
Coop?
Are you gonna tell us why we're here?
I can tell you guys about
what happened with Janae.
No, no. Let's let Cooper talk.
He's not saying anything.
Are you Maya Starr?
- Who?
- Travis figured it out.
Wasn't very hard.
He did a reverse image search
and found her real Instagram.
And your sister happens to follow her.
[TENSE MUSIC]
You see, I thought that
we were working together
to find the police a new suspect.
Or did you just mean
anyone other than Nate?
No, um, it's not like that.
I heard your drug test was negative,
and I just thought it was
weird that your secret was
the only one that was fake,
and then I heard the cops were
at your house this morning,
- and I just figured
- Then you could have asked me.
Instead of catfishing
my friend like a psycho.
You weren't at school.
Ugh!
I wasn't in school
because my dad is in
the fucking hospital.
He had a heart attack this morning.
That's why the police were at my house.
They came with the paramedics.
Cooper.
I'm so sorry.
He could have died today,
and the last thing I would have
told him would have been a lie.
He could have died not
knowing who his son is.
What are you talking about?
Of course he knows who you are.
No, he doesn't. None of you do.
[SOLEMN MUSIC]
♪
Guys
I'm gay.
Okay, I and I tell
myself I'm in the closet
just 'cause of baseball, but
Then why can't I tell my dad, right?
Maybe I'm just a coward.
And and
The only person I want
to talk to about this shit
isn't speaking to me 'cause
he knows I'm a coward.
Hey.
You're not a coward.
And I'm really sorry.
Look, you guys can't tell anybody.
My life is already a total
mess, and if this gets out,
I don't know what I will do.
Nobody's gonna say anything.
Okay? Don't worry.
And if it makes you feel better,
all of our lives are total messes, man.
♪
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
♪
Hey.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
Can you believe Cooper and Keely?
I'm honestly impressed.
They're such good liars.
I think when you tell the
same lie for long enough,
it stops feeling like a lie.
What do you think he meant when he said
the only person he wanted to be
talking to isn't talking to him?
Do you think he has a boyfriend?
Oh, would that still be cheating?
And which one would he be cheating on?
We don't even know if there is a guy.
Well, that's not a suspicious pairing.
What?
Oh, yeah.
Definitely not a good look.
[PHONE DINGS]
[PHONES DINGING]
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
♪
"Your four favorite murder suspects
held a secret midnight
meeting last night."
"The only question is "
"Are they trying to cover
up what they did to Simon?"
"Or are they choosing
their next victim?"
It's not what it looks like.
No?
Is it Photoshop?
- Well, no, but
- This was last night.
I thought you said that you were sick.
I I just had to talk to them
because I thought I
knew who did it, and
And you trusted them with
that information instead of me?
Or, I don't know, the police?
So are you gonna explain?
I don't think I can.
You want me to be the
girl you met this summer,
but she's gone.
This is my life right
now, and I don't want to be
distracted by the beach or a concert.
I just want to figure
out who killed Simon.
So, yeah, I trusted them
over you and the police
about this because they're
the only ones who know
what I'm going through.
Yeah.
Especially Nate, right?
Come on home ♪
[GENTLE GUITAR MUSIC]
Come on home ♪
I'm so sorry.
I can't do this.
Us, anymore.
Right, well.
I'll see you around, Bronwyn.
Come on home ♪
I don't even know where to start.
- I'm so sorry.
- You're sorry?
Like you were sorry when you
cheated on your chemistry exam,
or how you were sorry
when your father caught
you skipping school?
Sorry isn't going to
cut it anymore, Bronwyn.
[DOORBELL RINGS]
I don't think you realize
how serious this is.
Of course I do.
Then you need to start acting like it.
- Mr. Rojas?
- Yes.
We have a warrant to search your home.
On what grounds?
On the grounds that we have
a picture of your daughter
and three other murder
suspects trespassing
and conspiring together.
Conspiring together?
And you can see that in the picture?
Well, apparently the judge
that signed this warrant could.
Miss, I'm gonna need you
to stay where I can see you.
Sorry, Officer, of course.
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
This officer wants to
look through your shit.
Is there anybody else on the premises?
- Are your parents home?
- No.
Are you sure? I don't
want any surprises.
Yes, sir. I'm sure.
Coop, should I call Dad or Nonny, or
No. We don't want to worry them.
[SIREN WAILING]
[INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER]
[KNOCK AT DOOR]
How can I help you, Officer?
What are you looking for?
Don't warrants have to
be for something specific?
Anything related to Simon's murder.
Peanut oil, EpiPens, his computer,
drugs you might be thinking of selling,
as that would prove motive.
Hands where I can see them.
Ah, wouldn't the dog be
barking if I had drugs in here?
You know a lot about drug dogs?
I watch a lot of TV.
[DOG WHIMPERS]
I'm gonna need you to open this.
♪
[SAFE BEEPS]
It's me and my mom.
I didn't want my dad to destroy it.
[INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER]
This yours?
Mm-hmm.
Mind taking the cover off?
♪
Do you need me to turn it on, Officer?
That's okay. That's not Simon's laptop.
I really am sorry the place is so messy.
I always wanted to be one of those women
with the perfectly organized home,
but I'm just not.
Maybe when I'm older.
Anyway, I I hope I
didn't make your job harder.
No, not at all, but I should get going.
If either of you think of anything else
that could be helpful, call me.
Oh. I will.
Thank you, Officer.
Anything I can do to help.
[WHISPERS] Bye.
I hope you were paying attention.
That's how you treat the police
if you want them on your side.
You want me to flirt with older men?
[SCOFFS] I was just being friendly.
You know he thinks I'm
an actual murderer, right?
Baby, he was just doing his job.
Nobody wants to think you
had anything to do with this.
Look at you.
You're beautiful and you're sweet.
That how people want to see you.
You just have to let them.
But what if I want to be
seen as more than that?
Like what?
[APPREHENSIVE MUSIC]
Like it or not, this is
your fifteen minutes of fame.
You're the blonde beauty, Addy.
You need to start embracing that.
You should be going to school
everyday looking your best,
giving interviews,
posting more on Instagram.
If you play this right, you
could become an influencer.
This could be your chance
at a real future, baby.
Wow, Mom, you're right.
I guess I really hadn't been looking
for the upside to all of this.
Bro, look at my room.
That guy was a dick.
Man, I thought they were
gonna plant evidence to find.
Like, OJ style.
You do know that OJ was guilty, right?
Well, yeah, but you know
the cops planted that glove.
Ha-ha, you sounding a lot like Dad.
It's 'cause Dad knows
what he's talking about.
He would've flipped if he was here.
Yeah, he would've. I'm glad he wasn't.
He doesn't need any more stress,
which is why we're not
gonna tell him about this.
Yeah, that's good. More lies.
- We gotta let him recover.
- Yeah.
He's gonna be okay, though.
Right?
Yeah, of course.
And what about you? Gonna be okay?
[PENSIVE MUSIC]
[PHONE BUZZES]
Yeah, little bro, don't worry about me.
I'm gonna be fine.
[UPBEAT SYNTH MUSIC]
♪
Can I help you?
I want it gone.
Okay, um, I think a little bob
- could look adorable
- No.
Shorter. I want it all off.
Wh I I don't think you mean that.
Your hair is so beautiful,
I would hate to do
Do you guys do haircuts here?
Or do I go somewhere else?
A while for a moment ♪
To say I don't owe
you a goddamn thing! ♪
I keep a record of
the wreckage of my life ♪
I gotta recognize ♪
Fix it.
Where's the laptop?
- I'm not gonna tell you.
- Where is it?
If I tell you where
it is, do you promise
that you'll bring it to the cops?
- [KNOCK AT WINDOW]
- [GASPS]
I'm sorry, what is he doing here?
Mom and Dad will literally kill you.
I'm already grounded.
They're already gonna
kill me over the photo,
how much worse can it get?
- Look what I found.
- Seriously?
On the roof?
I had to think fast. You're welcome?
- You ready?
- Yeah.
Where are you going?
We're destroying it.
What? You can't.
The police just searched
our house, Maeve.
Right, they obviously still
think that you're involved.
They need to know they
should be looking at Cooper.
I don't think Cooper did it.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
[SCOFFS] Okay, just
because someone cries
and tells you that their
dad had a heart attack
doesn't mean that
they're not a murderer.
Maeve, if anyone has reason
to bring this thing
to the cops, it's me.
Okay?
We can't do that to Cooper.
♪
I really hope you're right.
♪
I feel like we're about to
scatter his ashes or something.
Like, maybe we should say something?
You read my post this morning?
I don't read that shit.
You might want to on Friday.
- Gonna be a good one.
- Sure it will be.
What happened to Janae was your fault.
You didn't think I'd just let
you get away with it, did you?
Yeah, well, I'm not the one
that left my best friend wasted
and alone at a party.
No, you're the one who sold
her enough pills to kill her.
Soon everyone's gonna find out.
Look, man, when are you gonna realize
that I don't give a shit
what you write about me?
I think you might if your
probation officer reads it.
And if that doesn't work?
Well, I'll just keep looking.
Everyone gives a shit about something.
Girlfriend
[TENSE MUSIC]
Parent?
Getting warm.
Whatever it is, I'm gonna find out.
I'm gonna destroy you with it.
♪
Good riddance.
[MELLOW GUITAR MUSIC]
♪
[GASPS] Did we really just do that?
- Yeah, we did.
- Holy shit.
Thanks for trusting me.
- Who said I trust you?
- You talked to Cooper with me.
And now you are standing on
the edge of a cliff with me,
a suspected murderer.
You're standing on the
edge of a cliff with me,
also a suspected murderer.
- Maybe we're both idiots.
- [CHUCKLES]
Bronwyn Rojas, I solemnly swear
not to murder you today
or any day in the future.
- [CHUCKLES]
- Do you?
You are ridiculous, you know that?
It concerns me that you're
avoiding a promise not to murder me.
[CLEARS THROAT]
Nate Macauley,
I promise not to murder you.
That's hot.
Yeah, I know it seems surprising ♪
When this lipstick sits on the glass ♪
[ENGINE REVVING]
[GASPS]
- You okay?
- Yeah.
We should we should get out of here.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
♪
Okay, um, my room is a
mess. Please don't judge.
Oh, well, in that case
I'm just kidding, I won't.
Okay, wait, are you sure your parents
aren't going to notice you're gone?
If they haven't by now,
I think I'm in the clear.
- And I really want to meet Stan.
- Okay.
Nathaniel.
Mom?
[SENTIMENTAL MUSIC]
♪