One of Us Is Lying (2021) s01e07 Episode Script
One of Us Is Not Giving Up
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[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
[KNOCKING]
I have good news.
Principal Gupta called.
The disciplinary committee
finished their investigation
into the cheating accusations,
and they didn't find any wrongdoing.
Finally, we can put
all of this behind us
and focus on your future.
So how's the Yale essay?
Did you want me to read it?
It's not really ready yet.
Bronwyn, the early action
deadline is this Saturday.
Sweetheart, I understand
that you are upset about Nate.
And I am truly sorry
he didn't end up being
who you wanted him to be.
Mom, he didn't do it! I
mean, an anonymous tip?
And why would he keep the EpiPens?
Because EpiPens are expensive.
Maybe he needed the money.
And he was fleeing to
Mexico. Who does that?
Sweetheart, there isn't
anything you can do about it.
It's time to move forward.
Everything you have worked so hard for
is still within your reach
if you focus on getting back on track.
Hey.
That could start with
your personal statement.
No, you're right.
Sweetheart.
♪
I love you, and I am
really proud of you.
♪
Fuck this.
♪
When I ain't with you ♪
I wonder what you do ♪
[PHONE BUZZES]
When I ain't home ♪
I don't know what to do ♪
When I ain't with you ♪
[KNOCKING]
Tagged all of Rob
Calhoun's articles, okay?
I want you to read them,
see what kind of questions he asks
so that you're prepared
for your interview.
Dad, don't you think
maybe we should postpone?
Just saying, with Nate and
everything, is this really
Oh, hell no, man. This
guy is a kingmaker.
All right, he knows you're
only going to be there
to talk about baseball.
- All right?
- Mm-hmm.
If he asks you about Simon,
just, you let him know
that the police have
their man now, okay?
And that you're innocent.
Also, if he brings up the photo
of the four of you guys together,
tell him that Nate just
tried to drag you guys
down with him, but you didn't let him.
Hey, listen.
If we have to,
we use this whole
shitshow to our advantage
[TENSE MUSIC]
This is your moment, Cooperstown.
♪
Yeah?
Read up.
♪
Sorry I'm late.
I'm not used to this
whole media circus thing.
I barely made it out of the car.
My boss says this shirt's
no good for camera,
something about the stripes.
You want to trade outfits?
I wouldn't want to make you look bad.
Haven't lost your sense of humor.
That's good, yeah, and
I have more good news.
They offered you a plea deal.
If you plead guilty
to taking the EpiPens,
they'll reduce the charges
to involuntary manslaughter.
What's the sentence for that?
Six years.
But with good behavior,
he could be out in four.
Nate, that's just like college.
It's a good deal.
If we go to trial, you could get life.
♪
What about the others?
You sign this, the case is closed.
If we go to trial, go through discovery,
who knows what else the police
could drag up about them?
♪
I'll think about it.
What's there to think about?
Look, we have 72 hours to respond,
and then the deal goes away.
♪
What I don't get is why
someone put one pen in my locker
and all the rest on Nate's bike.
Maybe it was a distraction.
Or they were trying to frame you, too.
So are you one of us now?
Okay, it was my best
friend who was murdered.
Also, Bronwyn invited me.
Okay, Nate's in jail.
We have to get him out.
So we need all the help we can get.
Absolutely. So what's the plan?
Ms. Avery.
We know the cops weren't looking at her
because they thought she had no motive,
but now we know that she did
'cause Simon had something on her.
Do you think she was
sleeping with a student?
Wait, who would she
possibly be sleeping with?
Just saying, that is
always the teacher's secret.
Whatever it is, we just
need to get her talking.
We bluff.
We tell her we know what she did.
and then we record a response.
Yeah, who's gonna do that?
Someone who could have
believably heard it from Simon.
♪
So that's why she's here.
Sorry, what?
Do you want to know what
really happened to Simon?
[BELL RINGS]
♪
Ms. Avery?
Was wondering if you
had a minute to talk.
Regarding?
Simon.
So they arrested Nate, but I
But you don't think he did it.
You made that pretty clear
at the homecoming dance.
Yeah, right.
I have some information
that could help Nate,
but if I go to the police with it,
it could be hurting someone else.
Who?
You.
♪
I know Simon was going
to write about you,
which gives you as much motive
as anyone else in that room.
I don't know what you're talking about.
I could go to the cops,
but I wanted to give
you a chance to explain
because you've always been
one of my favorite teachers.
Are you giving me a chance to explain,
or are you fishing
for me to say something
because you have an outlandish theory
but nothing to back it up?
I can back it up. Simon
texted me about it.
Can you show me?
♪
May I take a closer look?
I might not get straight
A's, but I'm not stupid.
But you think I am.
Why should I believe that
that was really from Simon?
Because it is.
♪
Nice try, Janae.
But I think we're done here.
♪
Close the door on your way out.
♪
I could lose my job,
my teaching license, my whole life!
- I know.
- And you don't care.
If I didn't care,
I would've posted it by now, but
I have a confession, Mr. Kelleher.
I understand why you want to
expose the hypocrisy around us.
In my mind, I've justified
that you took a hammer
to your fellow students' lives
because some of them deserved it,
and all of them have so much time ahead
of them to glue the
pieces back together.
But I don't.
What I did doesn't make me a hypocrite.
I don't deserve this.
So why are you doing this to me?
Just do something for me in exchange,
and nobody has to know.
So you're blackmailing me?
I'm giving you a choice.
I thought you of all people
would appreciate that.
Choice.
♪
You okay?
She knew the text was fake,
and I think she guessed I was recording.
Great, she's smart, smart enough
that the could've
planned the whole thing.
We still don't have proof.
I don't know if she was bluffing.
Okay, I'll meet you there.
- Did you hear that?
- We have to follow her.
- What?
- Where's your car?
No, no!
Yeah.
♪
Now what?
We need to see who she's meeting.
It's probably her accomplice.
Great, so now we're not just spying
on one murderer but two?
Cool. You have a better plan?
Well, maybe the person
she's meeting's coming here.
So we wait.
Sure, a car double parked
with the five of us is
not suspicious at all.
Is this a stakeout?
Can we put the top up?
- Yeah, can we park somewhere?
- There's nowhere.
Never happened to Ryan
Gosling in "Drive."
♪
None of you have seen "Drive?"
Look.
♪
Wait, is that
♪
I knew Vanessa was a bitch.
I didn't know she was actually evil.
Look, we don't know
how involved she was.
She took that picture of us
at homecoming, and she's been, like,
gleefully posting about
us being murder suspects,
maybe to cover her own ass.
♪
Do you think they were having an affair?
Addy, not everyone's gay.
It's always the teacher's secret.
Okay, but do you really
think that Vanessa
would go for Ms. Avery?
I mean, no, no, not really.
But I feel like I don't
know anyone anymore.
Turns out everyone's been
hiding all these different
sides of themselves this whole time.
You don't do that?
There's different sides to me,
but I wasn't hiding them.
I didn't even know they were there.
I guess that's the
upside to all of this.
I like these new sides of you.
I'll try talking to Vanessa.
Maybe there's a side of me
that knows how to get her to spill.
And I like the new Cooper, too.
He seems happier.
What are you doing here?
Your mom let me in.
I didn't
Look, I just wanted to
continue the conversation
that we started at homecoming.
Listen, Addy,
I know that you've been
through a lot lately,
and I haven't been there for you, and
You asked me if I did it.
And that was awful of me.
But it's just you
were my whole world, Ads,
and the love of my life, so
to find out that you've
with one of my best friends,
I just I was so hurt.
Jake, I never meant to hurt you.
I just I want my Ads back.
I miss you, too, but I don't miss her.
I was always so, so scared of losing you
that I felt like I was
walking on eggshells,
and if I did anything
that you didn't like,
you'd break up with me.
- That is not how I wanted you to feel.
- Hey, let me finish.
♪
Jake, my whole world
ended when we broke up.
I was so scared of losing you,
and then I didn't just lose you.
I lost my best friends.
And I became a murder suspect.
And you know what I realized?
Jake, I realized I can handle it.
I may not have a choice,
but you know how good it feels
to not be so careful all the time?
♪
You know?
I haven't had to take Xanax
in I don't know how long.
That's good, isn't it?
Are you kidding me?
That's great, that's great.
That's so good. I'm
so proud of you, Addy.
♪
And look, believe it or not, I do.
I like this new you.
You know, she's hot.
I mean, a little intimidating,
but, I mean, I could get into it.
- Yeah.
- I'm malleable.
Yeah, I mean, I'm not the same guy
that I was two months ago either.
I don't think he would've
gotten us tickets for
The ice cream pop-up. How did you
Well, you know,
tomorrow's our anniversary?
Four years.
You didn't want to go.
No, but you did, and it sounds fun.
What do you say? You got plans?
♪
I know you're still hanging
out with Bronwyn and Janae.
Your mom told me.
♪
Why can't we just wake
up from this nightmare
and just go back to normal, please?
You know, there's some people
that still think that you
and your murder club did it together.
♪
But we didn't.
No, of course, I know that, Addy.
I know that it was just Nate.
But I'm just saying.
What?
Jake, Nate didn't do it either.
Fuck.
I don't understand.
You said so yourself.
That was before I knew him.
Jake, we can't just pretend
that these past two months didn't happen
Would that be so wrong?
To just go on a date tomorrow?
I'll think about it.
♪
Okay.
♪
I really hope you say yes.
♪
Look, Nate's not perfect.
He has a lot of problems.
Personally, I suffer
from bipolar disorder,
and I haven't always
had it under control.
And that wasn't easy for Nathaniel.
I mean, no wonder he
started dealing drugs
because he had to support himself
I mean, his dad can we go back?
What I mean is what
I meant to say was
I'm sorry, kid. You
were screwed yesterday.
But today you're fucked.
From a legal perspective,
I think you should take the plea.
We've been offered a plea deal,
and we're considering taking it, yeah.
I need to talk to him.
He needs to know we're
close with Ms. Avery.
Well did you know that
Avery's not here today?
- Are you sure?
- Yeah.
She's literally never had a sub before.
She knows we're onto
her. We have to find her.
What, and just, like,
show up at her house?
You're gonna cut class?
Yes, I am.
Cool.
♪
Hey!
Oh, my God.
We need to talk.
What about it?
I wanted to give you a chance to explain
before I show this to the police.
I needed help with physics.
You don't care about your grades.
And if you did, your
parents would hire you
a private tutor from NASA or something.
Okay, you don't know me nearly as well
as you think you do, Addy.
So why don't you and your
little Nancy Drew friends
stay the fuck out of my business.
Vanessa!
♪
- Hey! We had a deal, asshole.
- Why past tense?
You weren't supposed to
come after me or my friends.
Good luck trying to find
someone else to bring you dirt.
Hope you enjoy trying
to hack into their DMs.
I won't use your name.
Okay, but you'll
you'll use Ms. Avery's?
Okay, go ahead, Simon. Post about me.
Just don't take her down with me.
I won't.
I just need her to do
something for me in exchange.
[SCOFFS]
Wow, look at you.
You started so holier-than-thou,
and now you're basically
the bastard child
of a TMZ hack and a mob intern.
I can't wait for one of your victims
to wipe the fucking smirk
off your face forever.
♪
Vanessa!
Ugh, get off my back!
Ah!
[GROANS]
Ow, Addy, what the fuck?
Oh, fuck. Ow, that hurts.
Oh, shit. Ads, you
gotta go to the nurse.
No, I'm fine.
Oh, fuck, Vanessa.
I know you didn't kill Simon.
But I know that he had
something on Ms. Avery.
And I know that it had
something to do with you.
I'm literally on my
bloody knees begging you.
I know we're not friends anymore,
but Nate is my friend
now, and I don't want him
to go to jail for
something he didn't do.
Ads, get off your knees.
Everyone already thinks you're a slut.
Fuck.
Well, at least she's
not already in Tijuana.
No, not yet.
Is she
♪
Can I offer you some tea?
♪
Give us one good reason
why we shouldn't show
this picture to the police.
You really have no idea
what you're doing, do you?
We know exactly what we're doing
because we know you killed Simon
so that he wouldn't
tell on you and Vanessa,
and now you're running
away because we're onto you.
That's quite an elaborate hypothesis,
but I fear you haven't
properly tested it.
It's not very scientific of you.
Now I see why you found
chemistry so difficult.
Okay then, what's with the suitcase?
And why was Vanessa
here in the first place?
So you admit you don't know.
She was just helping me.
Right, with physics.
♪
I had an abortion, Addy.
- What?
- Mm-hmm.
And Ms. Avery was there for
me because she's a good person.
She's like the opposite of a killer.
I mean, unless you're my parents.
If they found out,
they would say we're both baby killers.
I know what you all think of me,
but I'm not a monster.
I do actually care about my students.
Vanessa, I'm so sorry.
She caught me trying to skip,
and I told her I had
a doctor's appointment,
so she thought I was lying
because, you know, I usually am.
And she said she had to call my parents
to check my story, so I panicked.
I completely broke down,
and I told her everything.
I helped Vanessa when she needed it,
and in doing so, I
violated school rules.
What school rules?
She helped me make an
appointment with a good doctor.
And then she drove me there.
And she held my hand while I waited.
She even paid for it,
so my parents would never find out.
- We're talking about the same Ms. Avery?
- Mm-hmm.
Even total bitches have feelings, Addy.
You should know.
Look, I'm not ashamed about what I did.
I just really don't want Ms. Avery
to get punished for being nice to me.
Simon said he wouldn't post about it
if I did something for him.
♪
He had me give you
all detention that day
because he wanted to be alone with you.
How do we know that you didn't take
that opportunity to kill him yourself?
Make sure that your job
and your secret stayed safe?
How could I? I wasn't even in the room.
I was dealing with the streakers.
♪
I won't ask about the dad.
Bitch, you just did. No!
Are you kidding? Why would I tell you?
You've been, like, the
worst best friend ever.
What about you?
You treated me like shit,
humiliated me in front of everyone,
called me a murderer.
Maybe I didn't mind the spotlight
being on someone else for once
and as far away from
Ms. Avery as possible.
Ads, you cannot tell anyone about her.
I don't think she did it, guys.
Okay, even if Vanessa's
telling the truth,
it doesn't mean that Avery is.
She could've totally put the peanut oil
in his cup and then left, easy.
How could she have
known that the streakers
would be there at that exact moment?
Is it possible that they
were supposed to be there?
Like it was part of the plan?
I mean, if she got us all into detention
so she could kill Simon
and blame it on us,
then maybe she orchestrated
for the streakers
to be there, too, so
she'd have an alibi?
We need to go to the police.
Maybe they can find the streakers.
But what if Vanessa's right?
What is Ms. Avery is innocent?
If we go to the police,
we would be destroying both
their lives for nothing.
They were from Laguna, right?
You guys know anyone there that
could help us track them down?
I have a friend who went there.
He graduated last year, but
he might be able to help.
That's great.
[PHONE BUZZES]
♪
I'm gonna get to see Nate.
I'm going to get him to
not sign that plea deal,
but we gotta move fast.
What friend? Do I know him?
Is this a boyfriend?
No, no, he's just a friend.
He's not just a friend,
but he's also not official.
But I also don't think
I would've gotten through
all this without him, so
yeah, maybe a boyfriend.
Only he doesn't know it yet.
So yeah.
That sounds confusing but good.
♪
What are you doing here?
Your mom gave me her spot.
It was really nice of her.
Yeah, she was really nice
to that reporter, too,
great interview.
Listen to me. You can't
take the plea deal.
We think we know who did it.
Ms. Avery had motive this whole time.
It was her.
Cooper and I actually went to her house.
- And we talked
- Wait, you went to her house?
And you think she's a murderer?
Well, we had to confront her.
Bronwyn, just stop!
The plea's only four
years with good behavior.
If I take it, it's over for all of us.
You can go back to your life.
I don't want to. What if we make bail?
- Don't even think about it.
- You can't give up.
You remember that fourth grade
nativity play at St. Pius?
You were playing Mary,
and that same morning,
baby Jesus disappeared.
You had to carry the bag wrapped
in the blanket for the entire thing.
That was me.
Sorry I stole Jesus from you.
Why did you do it?
Because I wanted you to see me,
even if that meant you'd be angry at me.
Then I saw how angry you got,
and I realized I'd ruined
the whole play for you.
Because that's what I do.
- I'm not worth it, Rojas.
- No, no.
Go get ready for the Ivy League,
and I'll be doing whatever
the opposite of that is.
No, no, please!
Just give me some time! Please!
♪
Okay, are you sure that
car is Hunter's, you said?
Mm-hmm, yeah, I'm positive.
You don't forget that asshole
driving that asshole car.
Okay, don't freak out,
but I think you've been recognized.
Shit.
It's fine.
Just act like a perfectly normal,
yet excessively cute
couple taking pictures.
Ooh, we look good.
Are we? A couple, I mean.
I don't know. You tell me.
Only time you've asked to
see me outside of my dorm
is so that I can help you
ID an unwitting accomplice
to murder for you.
Yeah, you know, I've been thinking
about all the different sides of myself
that I try to keep separate.
You know, like, there's Baseball Cooper.
And there's School Cooper.
And there's At Home Cooper.
And then there's Murder Suspect Cooper.
And then there's Goes-to-his-stupid-
Homecoming-Dance-with-Keely-but-wishes-
he-was-with-you Cooper.
No, look, I'm serious.
God, there's only one
Cooper who's happy.
That's the one who's with you.
I want to be with you
outside of your dorm room, too.
I want to be all those
Coopers at the same time.
I mean, minus the murder suspect one,
but you know what I mean.
[SOFT MUSIC]
Ooh, all I want to
do is dance with you ♪
Ooh ♪
Ooh, that's a good one. I look good.
You look good.
Wait, is that him?
Oh, my God, yeah.
- Yeah?
- Yes.
Hunter.
Oh, fuck.
[TENSE MUSIC]
Hey, hey!
♪
Hunter, Hunter, stop!
♪
Damn it, stop!
Ah!
Yo, hey, hey, hey!
- Hey, not my arm!
- Don't move!
You're that star pitcher, right?
You want to keep it that way,
you leave me the fuck alone
No, you leave him the fuck alone.
Back off.
Never leave the house
without pepper spray
when you're hanging out with Hunter.
Little tip I learned from the
girls I went to school with.
Kris, what the fuck is happening?
I didn't do anything, all right?
- He's the dangerous one.
- What are you talking about?
- You killed that kid.
- What?
All four of you, you did it together.
And now that they
arrested the drug dealer,
you're trying to cover your
tracks, so you're not next, right?
No, not at all!
I swear I haven't said a word.
I'll give you your money back, too.
Wait, wait, wait, wait.
Did somebody pay you to streak
on the first day of school?
- It wasn't you?
- No!
And I think whoever it
was probably killed Simon,
so I really need you to
tell me who hired you.
We answered a Reddit post,
first day of school prank.
They paid us on Venmo.
I never got a name.
I just assumed it was one of you.
- Wait, you didn't go to the police?
- I didn't want them to know
that I had anything to do with it
Look.
That's the payment.
That's all I know, I swear.
♪
Oh, my God, it's Simon!
- Simon?
- Yeah.
Anarchi$k, S-K. It was his gamer tag.
So Simon wanted us all in detention,
and he hired the streakers?
I'm confused.
Why would Simon want
to create a distraction?
To get Ms. Avery out of her room.
She was telling the truth.
The cup. He left the cup on the table.
And then he went to the window.
That's when one of us could've
put the peanut oil in it.
What?
Without the streakers, none of us
could have had access to the cup.
They were there to frame us.
That was the plan.
He wanted to frame us.
Okay, but why would he do that?
- Because he hated us.
- No, not all of you.
We actually felt bad for you.
Even he thought you
deserved better than Jake.
If Simon orchestrated this whole thing,
then that means that
Janae, do you think
did Simon ever talk
about killing himself?
No, no.
He would never do
that. That's not Simon.
Okay, if there's any chance
that he could've done this to himself,
we have to tell the cops.
Nate can't be jail for
murder if it wasn't murder.
Bronwyn, fuck off,
okay? I've had enough.
You knew him, right?
So you know he wouldn't do that.
Right?
Maeve?
Maeve?
Maeve, say something.
You don't need to zoom.
I do need to zoom.
You didn't have to.
Oh, my God.
How does it feel to
be the new poster boy
for Bayview's conservative youth?
[LAUGHS]
Well, this is just the beginning.
Gonna be TV ads, campaign events,
smiling to be the perfect son
for the perfect mayor
in this perfect town.
And it's all a lie.
I just can't wait to leave.
Never come back.
I get that.
But I actually had a disease.
So I try not to wish time away,
even when things are shitty.
Are you trying to guilt
me with your cancer card?
Okay, it's literally
the only card I have.
And I mean, come on.
I'm sure there'd be
some things you'd miss.
Maybe. I do hate a lot of things.
- Yeah, do you now?
- Yeah.
Mm, okay. Then you'd miss hating them.
I mean, hating on things
can be a lot of fun.
I hate boats and boat people.
Sailors is what some
people would say but yeah.
I hate milk alternatives.
- Facebook moms.
- Keto diets.
I hate people who wear
puffy vests in the summer.
Like, what is that?
Ripped jeans. I hate ripped jeans.
- Top 40 music.
- Mm, yes.
The worst.
I don't hate hating
things with you though.
I think I'd miss that.
♪
I think that
♪
I don't know.
Maybe I didn't know him
like I thought I did.
♪
Janae
You're all fucking wrong then.
Janae!
Fuck.
You know what we have to do.
♪
I mean, it happened too fast.
How could Nate have known
that Simon was going to
create that distraction,
and how could he put
the capsule in the cup
in the few seconds it
took from the streakers
to getting here to us
getting to the window?
I mean, it was a setup.
You can confirm with Ms. Avery.
We definitely will.
Will she get in trouble?
There could be civil
consequences, I'm sure.
Maybe Vanessa's parents
could decide to sue.
Okay, but is it enough to free Nate?
Is it enough to free Nate?
I mean, if he killed himself, then
No, we've ruled out suicide.
We know he didn't kill himself.
You might be surprised to hear this,
but there's actually
parts of this investigation
you don't know about.
I got people working
on it around the clock.
I don't need your help.
The only thing you did here
was get your teacher fired.
Or worse.
But what about Nate?
♪
If he's smart, he's
gonna take the plea deal.
And if you're smart,
you're going to stand back
and let me do my job
before you cause any more damage
or get charged with
obstruction of justice
and wind up with Nate in jail.
We're done here.
♪
That's our fault.
Detective Wheeler's right.
We're making things worse.
Maybe we can figure
out who was stalking us.
It has to be the same
person who framed Nate.
Bronwyn, the police said there
are things that we don't know.
- Maybe they have more evidence against him.
- Are you serious?
We've been wrong before, Bronwyn,
about a lot of things at this point.
And I don't want to be
charged with obstruction.
[PHONE DINGS]
Shit, I have to go.
Seriously, you're just gonna go?
What else do you want me to do?
Look, Hunter almost broke my arm today.
I got lucky, but this is
my whole fucking future.
You think I don't know what it's like
to put everything on the line?
I've been skipping
classes, missing exams.
I have a fucking personal
statement for Yale
to turn in, and I haven't even started.
Maybe you should get started then.
Look, we've tried
everything that we can.
I'm sorry, Bronwyn.
[SOFT MUSIC]
♪
Didn't you say it before,
that Nate wouldn't want us
to throw away everything for him?
I'm sorry.
♪
- All right.
- I'll hook you up Sunday, man.
- You good, man?
- Yeah, no worries.
Hey.
Hey.
You okay?
♪
Really sorry we missed
the ice cream pop-up.
It's okay.
Jake, can we go home?
Does that mean you're done with
all this Scooby Doo stuff then?
Yeah.
Yeah, I'm done
Come here.
Come here, come here.
♪
- Dad, I'm sorry.
- You're too late.
Traffic's too bad. I already canceled.
You can't why'd you we
can reschedule though, right?
I'm sorry!
I just I was playing basketball
with some of the guys,
I lost track of time.
You were just playing basketball?
Yeah.
When are you gonna stop lying to me?
What?
Is this who you were
playing basketball with?
He tagged you in this photo.
That means all of your
followers can see it.
Recruiters, college teams,
the reporter you were
supposed to meet with.
Wait, Dad, is that why you canceled?
Just when this whole
Simon thing is starting
to die down, right, just
when we can finally talk
about baseball again,
you go on and pull this.
Dad, I'm sorry!
I didn't know that that would happen.
You are blowing it!
We are this close, Coop.
You gotta keep your head in the game.
That's if you still want it.
Of course I want it,
Dad, now more than ever.
But you know what?
♪
I want to be myself, too.
♪
Kiddo.
I'm not trying to
tell you not to be you.
I'm just I'm trying to
tell you how things work.
Tell your friend to take
the photo down, please.
Dad.
He's not my friend.
He's my boyfriend.
And I am not telling
him to take it down.
You want me to stop lying?
This is where I stop lying.
I want to play baseball.
And I want to be out while I do it.
I think I'm that good.
Nobody's that good.
♪
All right.
Well, I guess we'll find out.
♪
I finished my personal statement.
Do you guys want to hear?
Of course we do.
In 11th grade, I faced one
of the biggest challenges
I could imagine at
the time, AP chemistry.
No matter how hard I
worked, how much I studied,
I still found myself with a C.
For as long as I can remember,
I have defined myself
by my academic success.
If I wasn't a straight A student,
I didn't know who I was.
I was so desperate to
maintain my identity
as a perfect student that
I stole exam questions
from my Chemistry
teacher, and it worked.
I got an A.
So what did I learn from the experience?
How dangerous it is to
define yourself so rigidly.
There are more sides to me
than just being a good student.
I am brave. I am determined.
And I stand up for the
people I believe in,
like my good friend Nate
who is currently in jail
for a crime he didn't commit.
And I know admitting all
of this is not gonna get me
admitted into Yale,
but I've also learned
that there are more important things,
like getting Nate out of jail.
Bronwyn, I
Why did you write that?
Because it's the truth,
and because I can't focus
on writing anything else
while I know Nate is sitting in jail.
Maybe if we bailed him out?
So that's what this is about?
Okay, we only have to put
up 10% of the whole bail,
and I know there's way more than that
in my college fund please.
Bronwyn, we've already
talked about this.
There's still people out there
that think the four of
you were working together
So no. I'm sorry.
You have raised me to stand up
for what I believe in
and to never give up.
Those were qualities you admired
when what I wanted was to go to Yale.
And I'm telling you what
is most important for me
right now is helping Nate
because I love him
and because it's the right thing to do
♪
["THE OFFICE" THEME PLAYING]
I am so happy you're here.
Cool if I play RDR for a bit?
Cool if I fall asleep while you play?
Only if you drool on me.
Oh, you missed it! Admit it.
I did, I did.
Should we get tickets to
that thing some other time?
You still want to go, right?
The ice cream thing.
Yeah, of course, of course.
Soon, soon.
♪
I'm the luckiest guy in the world.
♪
Step out.
Good evening. How we doing?
Amazing, I'm about to sign a deal
admitting to a crime I didn't commit.
So that means you don't
want to accept bail?
Sorry, what?
They didn't tell you?
Shit.
Not the reaction I was expecting.
But the deal's still
on the table regardless.
Do you want to sign it, or
do you want to fight this?
Fucking Rojas.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
Welcome to your nightmare ♪
You're swimming in some murky water ♪
It's coming out of thin air ♪
Keep guessing, yeah,
you're getting hotter ♪
This is the beginning of the end ♪
♪
This is the beginning of the end ♪
♪
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
[KNOCKING]
I have good news.
Principal Gupta called.
The disciplinary committee
finished their investigation
into the cheating accusations,
and they didn't find any wrongdoing.
Finally, we can put
all of this behind us
and focus on your future.
So how's the Yale essay?
Did you want me to read it?
It's not really ready yet.
Bronwyn, the early action
deadline is this Saturday.
Sweetheart, I understand
that you are upset about Nate.
And I am truly sorry
he didn't end up being
who you wanted him to be.
Mom, he didn't do it! I
mean, an anonymous tip?
And why would he keep the EpiPens?
Because EpiPens are expensive.
Maybe he needed the money.
And he was fleeing to
Mexico. Who does that?
Sweetheart, there isn't
anything you can do about it.
It's time to move forward.
Everything you have worked so hard for
is still within your reach
if you focus on getting back on track.
Hey.
That could start with
your personal statement.
No, you're right.
Sweetheart.
♪
I love you, and I am
really proud of you.
♪
Fuck this.
♪
When I ain't with you ♪
I wonder what you do ♪
[PHONE BUZZES]
When I ain't home ♪
I don't know what to do ♪
When I ain't with you ♪
[KNOCKING]
Tagged all of Rob
Calhoun's articles, okay?
I want you to read them,
see what kind of questions he asks
so that you're prepared
for your interview.
Dad, don't you think
maybe we should postpone?
Just saying, with Nate and
everything, is this really
Oh, hell no, man. This
guy is a kingmaker.
All right, he knows you're
only going to be there
to talk about baseball.
- All right?
- Mm-hmm.
If he asks you about Simon,
just, you let him know
that the police have
their man now, okay?
And that you're innocent.
Also, if he brings up the photo
of the four of you guys together,
tell him that Nate just
tried to drag you guys
down with him, but you didn't let him.
Hey, listen.
If we have to,
we use this whole
shitshow to our advantage
[TENSE MUSIC]
This is your moment, Cooperstown.
♪
Yeah?
Read up.
♪
Sorry I'm late.
I'm not used to this
whole media circus thing.
I barely made it out of the car.
My boss says this shirt's
no good for camera,
something about the stripes.
You want to trade outfits?
I wouldn't want to make you look bad.
Haven't lost your sense of humor.
That's good, yeah, and
I have more good news.
They offered you a plea deal.
If you plead guilty
to taking the EpiPens,
they'll reduce the charges
to involuntary manslaughter.
What's the sentence for that?
Six years.
But with good behavior,
he could be out in four.
Nate, that's just like college.
It's a good deal.
If we go to trial, you could get life.
♪
What about the others?
You sign this, the case is closed.
If we go to trial, go through discovery,
who knows what else the police
could drag up about them?
♪
I'll think about it.
What's there to think about?
Look, we have 72 hours to respond,
and then the deal goes away.
♪
What I don't get is why
someone put one pen in my locker
and all the rest on Nate's bike.
Maybe it was a distraction.
Or they were trying to frame you, too.
So are you one of us now?
Okay, it was my best
friend who was murdered.
Also, Bronwyn invited me.
Okay, Nate's in jail.
We have to get him out.
So we need all the help we can get.
Absolutely. So what's the plan?
Ms. Avery.
We know the cops weren't looking at her
because they thought she had no motive,
but now we know that she did
'cause Simon had something on her.
Do you think she was
sleeping with a student?
Wait, who would she
possibly be sleeping with?
Just saying, that is
always the teacher's secret.
Whatever it is, we just
need to get her talking.
We bluff.
We tell her we know what she did.
and then we record a response.
Yeah, who's gonna do that?
Someone who could have
believably heard it from Simon.
♪
So that's why she's here.
Sorry, what?
Do you want to know what
really happened to Simon?
[BELL RINGS]
♪
Ms. Avery?
Was wondering if you
had a minute to talk.
Regarding?
Simon.
So they arrested Nate, but I
But you don't think he did it.
You made that pretty clear
at the homecoming dance.
Yeah, right.
I have some information
that could help Nate,
but if I go to the police with it,
it could be hurting someone else.
Who?
You.
♪
I know Simon was going
to write about you,
which gives you as much motive
as anyone else in that room.
I don't know what you're talking about.
I could go to the cops,
but I wanted to give
you a chance to explain
because you've always been
one of my favorite teachers.
Are you giving me a chance to explain,
or are you fishing
for me to say something
because you have an outlandish theory
but nothing to back it up?
I can back it up. Simon
texted me about it.
Can you show me?
♪
May I take a closer look?
I might not get straight
A's, but I'm not stupid.
But you think I am.
Why should I believe that
that was really from Simon?
Because it is.
♪
Nice try, Janae.
But I think we're done here.
♪
Close the door on your way out.
♪
I could lose my job,
my teaching license, my whole life!
- I know.
- And you don't care.
If I didn't care,
I would've posted it by now, but
I have a confession, Mr. Kelleher.
I understand why you want to
expose the hypocrisy around us.
In my mind, I've justified
that you took a hammer
to your fellow students' lives
because some of them deserved it,
and all of them have so much time ahead
of them to glue the
pieces back together.
But I don't.
What I did doesn't make me a hypocrite.
I don't deserve this.
So why are you doing this to me?
Just do something for me in exchange,
and nobody has to know.
So you're blackmailing me?
I'm giving you a choice.
I thought you of all people
would appreciate that.
Choice.
♪
You okay?
She knew the text was fake,
and I think she guessed I was recording.
Great, she's smart, smart enough
that the could've
planned the whole thing.
We still don't have proof.
I don't know if she was bluffing.
Okay, I'll meet you there.
- Did you hear that?
- We have to follow her.
- What?
- Where's your car?
No, no!
Yeah.
♪
Now what?
We need to see who she's meeting.
It's probably her accomplice.
Great, so now we're not just spying
on one murderer but two?
Cool. You have a better plan?
Well, maybe the person
she's meeting's coming here.
So we wait.
Sure, a car double parked
with the five of us is
not suspicious at all.
Is this a stakeout?
Can we put the top up?
- Yeah, can we park somewhere?
- There's nowhere.
Never happened to Ryan
Gosling in "Drive."
♪
None of you have seen "Drive?"
Look.
♪
Wait, is that
♪
I knew Vanessa was a bitch.
I didn't know she was actually evil.
Look, we don't know
how involved she was.
She took that picture of us
at homecoming, and she's been, like,
gleefully posting about
us being murder suspects,
maybe to cover her own ass.
♪
Do you think they were having an affair?
Addy, not everyone's gay.
It's always the teacher's secret.
Okay, but do you really
think that Vanessa
would go for Ms. Avery?
I mean, no, no, not really.
But I feel like I don't
know anyone anymore.
Turns out everyone's been
hiding all these different
sides of themselves this whole time.
You don't do that?
There's different sides to me,
but I wasn't hiding them.
I didn't even know they were there.
I guess that's the
upside to all of this.
I like these new sides of you.
I'll try talking to Vanessa.
Maybe there's a side of me
that knows how to get her to spill.
And I like the new Cooper, too.
He seems happier.
What are you doing here?
Your mom let me in.
I didn't
Look, I just wanted to
continue the conversation
that we started at homecoming.
Listen, Addy,
I know that you've been
through a lot lately,
and I haven't been there for you, and
You asked me if I did it.
And that was awful of me.
But it's just you
were my whole world, Ads,
and the love of my life, so
to find out that you've
with one of my best friends,
I just I was so hurt.
Jake, I never meant to hurt you.
I just I want my Ads back.
I miss you, too, but I don't miss her.
I was always so, so scared of losing you
that I felt like I was
walking on eggshells,
and if I did anything
that you didn't like,
you'd break up with me.
- That is not how I wanted you to feel.
- Hey, let me finish.
♪
Jake, my whole world
ended when we broke up.
I was so scared of losing you,
and then I didn't just lose you.
I lost my best friends.
And I became a murder suspect.
And you know what I realized?
Jake, I realized I can handle it.
I may not have a choice,
but you know how good it feels
to not be so careful all the time?
♪
You know?
I haven't had to take Xanax
in I don't know how long.
That's good, isn't it?
Are you kidding me?
That's great, that's great.
That's so good. I'm
so proud of you, Addy.
♪
And look, believe it or not, I do.
I like this new you.
You know, she's hot.
I mean, a little intimidating,
but, I mean, I could get into it.
- Yeah.
- I'm malleable.
Yeah, I mean, I'm not the same guy
that I was two months ago either.
I don't think he would've
gotten us tickets for
The ice cream pop-up. How did you
Well, you know,
tomorrow's our anniversary?
Four years.
You didn't want to go.
No, but you did, and it sounds fun.
What do you say? You got plans?
♪
I know you're still hanging
out with Bronwyn and Janae.
Your mom told me.
♪
Why can't we just wake
up from this nightmare
and just go back to normal, please?
You know, there's some people
that still think that you
and your murder club did it together.
♪
But we didn't.
No, of course, I know that, Addy.
I know that it was just Nate.
But I'm just saying.
What?
Jake, Nate didn't do it either.
Fuck.
I don't understand.
You said so yourself.
That was before I knew him.
Jake, we can't just pretend
that these past two months didn't happen
Would that be so wrong?
To just go on a date tomorrow?
I'll think about it.
♪
Okay.
♪
I really hope you say yes.
♪
Look, Nate's not perfect.
He has a lot of problems.
Personally, I suffer
from bipolar disorder,
and I haven't always
had it under control.
And that wasn't easy for Nathaniel.
I mean, no wonder he
started dealing drugs
because he had to support himself
I mean, his dad can we go back?
What I mean is what
I meant to say was
I'm sorry, kid. You
were screwed yesterday.
But today you're fucked.
From a legal perspective,
I think you should take the plea.
We've been offered a plea deal,
and we're considering taking it, yeah.
I need to talk to him.
He needs to know we're
close with Ms. Avery.
Well did you know that
Avery's not here today?
- Are you sure?
- Yeah.
She's literally never had a sub before.
She knows we're onto
her. We have to find her.
What, and just, like,
show up at her house?
You're gonna cut class?
Yes, I am.
Cool.
♪
Hey!
Oh, my God.
We need to talk.
What about it?
I wanted to give you a chance to explain
before I show this to the police.
I needed help with physics.
You don't care about your grades.
And if you did, your
parents would hire you
a private tutor from NASA or something.
Okay, you don't know me nearly as well
as you think you do, Addy.
So why don't you and your
little Nancy Drew friends
stay the fuck out of my business.
Vanessa!
♪
- Hey! We had a deal, asshole.
- Why past tense?
You weren't supposed to
come after me or my friends.
Good luck trying to find
someone else to bring you dirt.
Hope you enjoy trying
to hack into their DMs.
I won't use your name.
Okay, but you'll
you'll use Ms. Avery's?
Okay, go ahead, Simon. Post about me.
Just don't take her down with me.
I won't.
I just need her to do
something for me in exchange.
[SCOFFS]
Wow, look at you.
You started so holier-than-thou,
and now you're basically
the bastard child
of a TMZ hack and a mob intern.
I can't wait for one of your victims
to wipe the fucking smirk
off your face forever.
♪
Vanessa!
Ugh, get off my back!
Ah!
[GROANS]
Ow, Addy, what the fuck?
Oh, fuck. Ow, that hurts.
Oh, shit. Ads, you
gotta go to the nurse.
No, I'm fine.
Oh, fuck, Vanessa.
I know you didn't kill Simon.
But I know that he had
something on Ms. Avery.
And I know that it had
something to do with you.
I'm literally on my
bloody knees begging you.
I know we're not friends anymore,
but Nate is my friend
now, and I don't want him
to go to jail for
something he didn't do.
Ads, get off your knees.
Everyone already thinks you're a slut.
Fuck.
Well, at least she's
not already in Tijuana.
No, not yet.
Is she
♪
Can I offer you some tea?
♪
Give us one good reason
why we shouldn't show
this picture to the police.
You really have no idea
what you're doing, do you?
We know exactly what we're doing
because we know you killed Simon
so that he wouldn't
tell on you and Vanessa,
and now you're running
away because we're onto you.
That's quite an elaborate hypothesis,
but I fear you haven't
properly tested it.
It's not very scientific of you.
Now I see why you found
chemistry so difficult.
Okay then, what's with the suitcase?
And why was Vanessa
here in the first place?
So you admit you don't know.
She was just helping me.
Right, with physics.
♪
I had an abortion, Addy.
- What?
- Mm-hmm.
And Ms. Avery was there for
me because she's a good person.
She's like the opposite of a killer.
I mean, unless you're my parents.
If they found out,
they would say we're both baby killers.
I know what you all think of me,
but I'm not a monster.
I do actually care about my students.
Vanessa, I'm so sorry.
She caught me trying to skip,
and I told her I had
a doctor's appointment,
so she thought I was lying
because, you know, I usually am.
And she said she had to call my parents
to check my story, so I panicked.
I completely broke down,
and I told her everything.
I helped Vanessa when she needed it,
and in doing so, I
violated school rules.
What school rules?
She helped me make an
appointment with a good doctor.
And then she drove me there.
And she held my hand while I waited.
She even paid for it,
so my parents would never find out.
- We're talking about the same Ms. Avery?
- Mm-hmm.
Even total bitches have feelings, Addy.
You should know.
Look, I'm not ashamed about what I did.
I just really don't want Ms. Avery
to get punished for being nice to me.
Simon said he wouldn't post about it
if I did something for him.
♪
He had me give you
all detention that day
because he wanted to be alone with you.
How do we know that you didn't take
that opportunity to kill him yourself?
Make sure that your job
and your secret stayed safe?
How could I? I wasn't even in the room.
I was dealing with the streakers.
♪
I won't ask about the dad.
Bitch, you just did. No!
Are you kidding? Why would I tell you?
You've been, like, the
worst best friend ever.
What about you?
You treated me like shit,
humiliated me in front of everyone,
called me a murderer.
Maybe I didn't mind the spotlight
being on someone else for once
and as far away from
Ms. Avery as possible.
Ads, you cannot tell anyone about her.
I don't think she did it, guys.
Okay, even if Vanessa's
telling the truth,
it doesn't mean that Avery is.
She could've totally put the peanut oil
in his cup and then left, easy.
How could she have
known that the streakers
would be there at that exact moment?
Is it possible that they
were supposed to be there?
Like it was part of the plan?
I mean, if she got us all into detention
so she could kill Simon
and blame it on us,
then maybe she orchestrated
for the streakers
to be there, too, so
she'd have an alibi?
We need to go to the police.
Maybe they can find the streakers.
But what if Vanessa's right?
What is Ms. Avery is innocent?
If we go to the police,
we would be destroying both
their lives for nothing.
They were from Laguna, right?
You guys know anyone there that
could help us track them down?
I have a friend who went there.
He graduated last year, but
he might be able to help.
That's great.
[PHONE BUZZES]
♪
I'm gonna get to see Nate.
I'm going to get him to
not sign that plea deal,
but we gotta move fast.
What friend? Do I know him?
Is this a boyfriend?
No, no, he's just a friend.
He's not just a friend,
but he's also not official.
But I also don't think
I would've gotten through
all this without him, so
yeah, maybe a boyfriend.
Only he doesn't know it yet.
So yeah.
That sounds confusing but good.
♪
What are you doing here?
Your mom gave me her spot.
It was really nice of her.
Yeah, she was really nice
to that reporter, too,
great interview.
Listen to me. You can't
take the plea deal.
We think we know who did it.
Ms. Avery had motive this whole time.
It was her.
Cooper and I actually went to her house.
- And we talked
- Wait, you went to her house?
And you think she's a murderer?
Well, we had to confront her.
Bronwyn, just stop!
The plea's only four
years with good behavior.
If I take it, it's over for all of us.
You can go back to your life.
I don't want to. What if we make bail?
- Don't even think about it.
- You can't give up.
You remember that fourth grade
nativity play at St. Pius?
You were playing Mary,
and that same morning,
baby Jesus disappeared.
You had to carry the bag wrapped
in the blanket for the entire thing.
That was me.
Sorry I stole Jesus from you.
Why did you do it?
Because I wanted you to see me,
even if that meant you'd be angry at me.
Then I saw how angry you got,
and I realized I'd ruined
the whole play for you.
Because that's what I do.
- I'm not worth it, Rojas.
- No, no.
Go get ready for the Ivy League,
and I'll be doing whatever
the opposite of that is.
No, no, please!
Just give me some time! Please!
♪
Okay, are you sure that
car is Hunter's, you said?
Mm-hmm, yeah, I'm positive.
You don't forget that asshole
driving that asshole car.
Okay, don't freak out,
but I think you've been recognized.
Shit.
It's fine.
Just act like a perfectly normal,
yet excessively cute
couple taking pictures.
Ooh, we look good.
Are we? A couple, I mean.
I don't know. You tell me.
Only time you've asked to
see me outside of my dorm
is so that I can help you
ID an unwitting accomplice
to murder for you.
Yeah, you know, I've been thinking
about all the different sides of myself
that I try to keep separate.
You know, like, there's Baseball Cooper.
And there's School Cooper.
And there's At Home Cooper.
And then there's Murder Suspect Cooper.
And then there's Goes-to-his-stupid-
Homecoming-Dance-with-Keely-but-wishes-
he-was-with-you Cooper.
No, look, I'm serious.
God, there's only one
Cooper who's happy.
That's the one who's with you.
I want to be with you
outside of your dorm room, too.
I want to be all those
Coopers at the same time.
I mean, minus the murder suspect one,
but you know what I mean.
[SOFT MUSIC]
Ooh, all I want to
do is dance with you ♪
Ooh ♪
Ooh, that's a good one. I look good.
You look good.
Wait, is that him?
Oh, my God, yeah.
- Yeah?
- Yes.
Hunter.
Oh, fuck.
[TENSE MUSIC]
Hey, hey!
♪
Hunter, Hunter, stop!
♪
Damn it, stop!
Ah!
Yo, hey, hey, hey!
- Hey, not my arm!
- Don't move!
You're that star pitcher, right?
You want to keep it that way,
you leave me the fuck alone
No, you leave him the fuck alone.
Back off.
Never leave the house
without pepper spray
when you're hanging out with Hunter.
Little tip I learned from the
girls I went to school with.
Kris, what the fuck is happening?
I didn't do anything, all right?
- He's the dangerous one.
- What are you talking about?
- You killed that kid.
- What?
All four of you, you did it together.
And now that they
arrested the drug dealer,
you're trying to cover your
tracks, so you're not next, right?
No, not at all!
I swear I haven't said a word.
I'll give you your money back, too.
Wait, wait, wait, wait.
Did somebody pay you to streak
on the first day of school?
- It wasn't you?
- No!
And I think whoever it
was probably killed Simon,
so I really need you to
tell me who hired you.
We answered a Reddit post,
first day of school prank.
They paid us on Venmo.
I never got a name.
I just assumed it was one of you.
- Wait, you didn't go to the police?
- I didn't want them to know
that I had anything to do with it
Look.
That's the payment.
That's all I know, I swear.
♪
Oh, my God, it's Simon!
- Simon?
- Yeah.
Anarchi$k, S-K. It was his gamer tag.
So Simon wanted us all in detention,
and he hired the streakers?
I'm confused.
Why would Simon want
to create a distraction?
To get Ms. Avery out of her room.
She was telling the truth.
The cup. He left the cup on the table.
And then he went to the window.
That's when one of us could've
put the peanut oil in it.
What?
Without the streakers, none of us
could have had access to the cup.
They were there to frame us.
That was the plan.
He wanted to frame us.
Okay, but why would he do that?
- Because he hated us.
- No, not all of you.
We actually felt bad for you.
Even he thought you
deserved better than Jake.
If Simon orchestrated this whole thing,
then that means that
Janae, do you think
did Simon ever talk
about killing himself?
No, no.
He would never do
that. That's not Simon.
Okay, if there's any chance
that he could've done this to himself,
we have to tell the cops.
Nate can't be jail for
murder if it wasn't murder.
Bronwyn, fuck off,
okay? I've had enough.
You knew him, right?
So you know he wouldn't do that.
Right?
Maeve?
Maeve?
Maeve, say something.
You don't need to zoom.
I do need to zoom.
You didn't have to.
Oh, my God.
How does it feel to
be the new poster boy
for Bayview's conservative youth?
[LAUGHS]
Well, this is just the beginning.
Gonna be TV ads, campaign events,
smiling to be the perfect son
for the perfect mayor
in this perfect town.
And it's all a lie.
I just can't wait to leave.
Never come back.
I get that.
But I actually had a disease.
So I try not to wish time away,
even when things are shitty.
Are you trying to guilt
me with your cancer card?
Okay, it's literally
the only card I have.
And I mean, come on.
I'm sure there'd be
some things you'd miss.
Maybe. I do hate a lot of things.
- Yeah, do you now?
- Yeah.
Mm, okay. Then you'd miss hating them.
I mean, hating on things
can be a lot of fun.
I hate boats and boat people.
Sailors is what some
people would say but yeah.
I hate milk alternatives.
- Facebook moms.
- Keto diets.
I hate people who wear
puffy vests in the summer.
Like, what is that?
Ripped jeans. I hate ripped jeans.
- Top 40 music.
- Mm, yes.
The worst.
I don't hate hating
things with you though.
I think I'd miss that.
♪
I think that
♪
I don't know.
Maybe I didn't know him
like I thought I did.
♪
Janae
You're all fucking wrong then.
Janae!
Fuck.
You know what we have to do.
♪
I mean, it happened too fast.
How could Nate have known
that Simon was going to
create that distraction,
and how could he put
the capsule in the cup
in the few seconds it
took from the streakers
to getting here to us
getting to the window?
I mean, it was a setup.
You can confirm with Ms. Avery.
We definitely will.
Will she get in trouble?
There could be civil
consequences, I'm sure.
Maybe Vanessa's parents
could decide to sue.
Okay, but is it enough to free Nate?
Is it enough to free Nate?
I mean, if he killed himself, then
No, we've ruled out suicide.
We know he didn't kill himself.
You might be surprised to hear this,
but there's actually
parts of this investigation
you don't know about.
I got people working
on it around the clock.
I don't need your help.
The only thing you did here
was get your teacher fired.
Or worse.
But what about Nate?
♪
If he's smart, he's
gonna take the plea deal.
And if you're smart,
you're going to stand back
and let me do my job
before you cause any more damage
or get charged with
obstruction of justice
and wind up with Nate in jail.
We're done here.
♪
That's our fault.
Detective Wheeler's right.
We're making things worse.
Maybe we can figure
out who was stalking us.
It has to be the same
person who framed Nate.
Bronwyn, the police said there
are things that we don't know.
- Maybe they have more evidence against him.
- Are you serious?
We've been wrong before, Bronwyn,
about a lot of things at this point.
And I don't want to be
charged with obstruction.
[PHONE DINGS]
Shit, I have to go.
Seriously, you're just gonna go?
What else do you want me to do?
Look, Hunter almost broke my arm today.
I got lucky, but this is
my whole fucking future.
You think I don't know what it's like
to put everything on the line?
I've been skipping
classes, missing exams.
I have a fucking personal
statement for Yale
to turn in, and I haven't even started.
Maybe you should get started then.
Look, we've tried
everything that we can.
I'm sorry, Bronwyn.
[SOFT MUSIC]
♪
Didn't you say it before,
that Nate wouldn't want us
to throw away everything for him?
I'm sorry.
♪
- All right.
- I'll hook you up Sunday, man.
- You good, man?
- Yeah, no worries.
Hey.
Hey.
You okay?
♪
Really sorry we missed
the ice cream pop-up.
It's okay.
Jake, can we go home?
Does that mean you're done with
all this Scooby Doo stuff then?
Yeah.
Yeah, I'm done
Come here.
Come here, come here.
♪
- Dad, I'm sorry.
- You're too late.
Traffic's too bad. I already canceled.
You can't why'd you we
can reschedule though, right?
I'm sorry!
I just I was playing basketball
with some of the guys,
I lost track of time.
You were just playing basketball?
Yeah.
When are you gonna stop lying to me?
What?
Is this who you were
playing basketball with?
He tagged you in this photo.
That means all of your
followers can see it.
Recruiters, college teams,
the reporter you were
supposed to meet with.
Wait, Dad, is that why you canceled?
Just when this whole
Simon thing is starting
to die down, right, just
when we can finally talk
about baseball again,
you go on and pull this.
Dad, I'm sorry!
I didn't know that that would happen.
You are blowing it!
We are this close, Coop.
You gotta keep your head in the game.
That's if you still want it.
Of course I want it,
Dad, now more than ever.
But you know what?
♪
I want to be myself, too.
♪
Kiddo.
I'm not trying to
tell you not to be you.
I'm just I'm trying to
tell you how things work.
Tell your friend to take
the photo down, please.
Dad.
He's not my friend.
He's my boyfriend.
And I am not telling
him to take it down.
You want me to stop lying?
This is where I stop lying.
I want to play baseball.
And I want to be out while I do it.
I think I'm that good.
Nobody's that good.
♪
All right.
Well, I guess we'll find out.
♪
I finished my personal statement.
Do you guys want to hear?
Of course we do.
In 11th grade, I faced one
of the biggest challenges
I could imagine at
the time, AP chemistry.
No matter how hard I
worked, how much I studied,
I still found myself with a C.
For as long as I can remember,
I have defined myself
by my academic success.
If I wasn't a straight A student,
I didn't know who I was.
I was so desperate to
maintain my identity
as a perfect student that
I stole exam questions
from my Chemistry
teacher, and it worked.
I got an A.
So what did I learn from the experience?
How dangerous it is to
define yourself so rigidly.
There are more sides to me
than just being a good student.
I am brave. I am determined.
And I stand up for the
people I believe in,
like my good friend Nate
who is currently in jail
for a crime he didn't commit.
And I know admitting all
of this is not gonna get me
admitted into Yale,
but I've also learned
that there are more important things,
like getting Nate out of jail.
Bronwyn, I
Why did you write that?
Because it's the truth,
and because I can't focus
on writing anything else
while I know Nate is sitting in jail.
Maybe if we bailed him out?
So that's what this is about?
Okay, we only have to put
up 10% of the whole bail,
and I know there's way more than that
in my college fund please.
Bronwyn, we've already
talked about this.
There's still people out there
that think the four of
you were working together
So no. I'm sorry.
You have raised me to stand up
for what I believe in
and to never give up.
Those were qualities you admired
when what I wanted was to go to Yale.
And I'm telling you what
is most important for me
right now is helping Nate
because I love him
and because it's the right thing to do
♪
["THE OFFICE" THEME PLAYING]
I am so happy you're here.
Cool if I play RDR for a bit?
Cool if I fall asleep while you play?
Only if you drool on me.
Oh, you missed it! Admit it.
I did, I did.
Should we get tickets to
that thing some other time?
You still want to go, right?
The ice cream thing.
Yeah, of course, of course.
Soon, soon.
♪
I'm the luckiest guy in the world.
♪
Step out.
Good evening. How we doing?
Amazing, I'm about to sign a deal
admitting to a crime I didn't commit.
So that means you don't
want to accept bail?
Sorry, what?
They didn't tell you?
Shit.
Not the reaction I was expecting.
But the deal's still
on the table regardless.
Do you want to sign it, or
do you want to fight this?
Fucking Rojas.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
Welcome to your nightmare ♪
You're swimming in some murky water ♪
It's coming out of thin air ♪
Keep guessing, yeah,
you're getting hotter ♪
This is the beginning of the end ♪
♪
This is the beginning of the end ♪
♪