The Stranger (Quibi) (2020) s01e09 Episode Script
3:00 AM
[DANCE MUSIC PLAYING]
[EXCITED CHATTER]
[LAUGHTER]
JJ: Hey. Uh, we got to go.
We got to go. We got to go.
[SIREN WAILING IN DISTANCE]
[DANCE MUSIC CONTINUES INSIDE]
Come on, come on, come on,
come on, come on.
Get in, get in. Get in.
[SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING]
[GRUNTS, PANTING]
I swiped his phone.
Just in case we needed a ride.
I know a place where
we can lay low for a while.
Uh, the Rosslyn, please.
[WOMAN WAILING IN DISTANCE]
[BABY CRYING]
[MAN GRUNTING]
[CLEARS THROAT]
I'm gonna, I'm gonna get us a room.
Just wait here, okay?
MAN: Welcome to the Rosslyn.
JJ: Hey, um
[CHATTER CONTINUES INDISTINCTLY]
No Wi-Fi, no cable.
The last time there was a reno here,
it was, like, 1983.
Shit.
Just in case.
- [PANTING]
[KNOCKING ON DOOR]
- Wait, wait, wait. D
- It's okay, it's okay.
Hey. Yeah.
4Chan meets TaskRabbit.
It's a thing.
Burner phones. Untraceable.
- I'm assuming this isn't for you.
- No, it's not.
Um, I think, I think, uh,
he found us on the train
using, uh, facial recognition software,
so you, uh, got to change your look up.
- Oh, yeah, I'll really blend in.
- It's better than being spotted by the
almost five million cameras in this city.
Oh, I got you something.
Well, not you.
I got, um, uh, Pebbles something.
So we don't lose her.
It's got a heart on it.
- [LAUGHS SOFTLY]
[GRUNTS]
[PEBBLES WHINES, WHIMPERS]
We're gonna need to get that lawyer.
He's gonna find us sooner or later.
- Okay. I'm on it.
D-Do you need help with that?
- No, I got it.
- Okay.
Well, I think we're in business.
There's this thing called Legal L.A.
They're open 24/7,
and, uh, they're "the-the best
affordable criminal attorneys
in Los Angeles."
- Wow.
Is that common knowledge?
- No.
Well, I just, I just read it
off of a Yelp review.
- Did you find this place off Yelp?
- Agent 7-Eleven never
reveals his secrets.
- [GRUNTS]
- Seriously. Do you, do you need my help?
- Okay.
[SIREN WAILING IN DISTANCE]
- Deep breath in.
- [INHALES]
- I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
[PHONE VIBRATING]
Hey, hey, uh
This is good news.
We uh, we have an attorney.
Attorney Marquez.
She-she says she can meet us here,
uh, like, tonight, like, in an hour.
- [QUIETLY]
Oh, my God.
[GASPS]
- Yeah.
Uh, she just needs, uh
she just needs, uh
She needs our full names.
So, uh
Uh, your first and last name.
First and last name.
- Uh, yeah, yeah.
Uh, Clare Johnson.
- Okay.
[PHONE CLICKS, WHOOSHES]
[PHONE VIBRATING]
Yeah, okay, so she'll meet us
at the coffee shop
on Main and 5th.
[QUIETLY]
Main and 5th.
[MUTTERS SOFTLY]
Uh, uh, I just realized
I haven't introduced myself,
actually, officially.
Jay Irfani, but, uh, everyone calls me JJ.
- Clare.
Um, are you, are you pretty much done?
I-I want to lie down.
- Yeah.
Why didn't you, uh,
want to give me your full name earlier?
[LIGHT SWITCH CLICKS]
I got, I got you a
I got your phone.
Um, it has my number in it already
if you need to text me.
I also, uh
put a tracker in it.
Just in case.
- Why?
- Just in case I
I lose you.
I can always find you.
[♪♪♪]
[PHONE RINGING]
- Hello? Hello?
Yeah.
Wait, uh u-uh
Wait, I don't understand.
Yes. Clare Clare Johnson.
Yeah, she's from Kansas. But why?
Look, I don't, uh, I don't know
anything about that.
But I Hello?
[PHONE CLICKS]
[PHONE BEEPS]
- Who was that?
- Uh, it was our lawyer.
She's not taking the case,
because she said that
you've done this before?
With your high school teacher?
You accused him of-of stalking you,
but you were lying.
The court said that you were lying.
Is that true, Clare?
[QUIETLY]
Fuck.
- Wait. Wait, JJ. Wait.
- I don't even know you.
- You know
- I don't even know if this guy is real.
- You know that he's real.
You saw him on the train.
- I didn't see shit.
- I'm not making this up.
There was a gunshot.
A fucking gunshot.
- I I never saw him!
Do you understand?
I didn't see him!
- I-I'm not No, I'm not
- No! Don't touch me.
- I'm not crazy.
- You didn't shoot that cop's tires out,
did you?
You fucking killed him, didn't you?
- [SHUDDERING BREATHS]
- Answer me!
What happened with you
and your high school teacher?
What the fuck happened?
Did you lie about it?
Did you lie?
Is that what you did?
- [QUIETLY]
I'm not crazy.
No, please
- No. Don't touch me.
- No, please. Please don't
Please don't go.
[DANCE MUSIC PLAYING]
[EXCITED CHATTER]
[LAUGHTER]
JJ: Hey. Uh, we got to go.
We got to go. We got to go.
[SIREN WAILING IN DISTANCE]
[DANCE MUSIC CONTINUES INSIDE]
Come on, come on, come on,
come on, come on.
Get in, get in. Get in.
[SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING]
[GRUNTS, PANTING]
I swiped his phone.
Just in case we needed a ride.
I know a place where
we can lay low for a while.
Uh, the Rosslyn, please.
[WOMAN WAILING IN DISTANCE]
[BABY CRYING]
[MAN GRUNTING]
[CLEARS THROAT]
I'm gonna, I'm gonna get us a room.
Just wait here, okay?
MAN: Welcome to the Rosslyn.
JJ: Hey, um
[CHATTER CONTINUES INDISTINCTLY]
No Wi-Fi, no cable.
The last time there was a reno here,
it was, like, 1983.
Shit.
Just in case.
- [PANTING]
[KNOCKING ON DOOR]
- Wait, wait, wait. D
- It's okay, it's okay.
Hey. Yeah.
4Chan meets TaskRabbit.
It's a thing.
Burner phones. Untraceable.
- I'm assuming this isn't for you.
- No, it's not.
Um, I think, I think, uh,
he found us on the train
using, uh, facial recognition software,
so you, uh, got to change your look up.
- Oh, yeah, I'll really blend in.
- It's better than being spotted by the
almost five million cameras in this city.
Oh, I got you something.
Well, not you.
I got, um, uh, Pebbles something.
So we don't lose her.
It's got a heart on it.
- [LAUGHS SOFTLY]
[GRUNTS]
[PEBBLES WHINES, WHIMPERS]
We're gonna need to get that lawyer.
He's gonna find us sooner or later.
- Okay. I'm on it.
D-Do you need help with that?
- No, I got it.
- Okay.
Well, I think we're in business.
There's this thing called Legal L.A.
They're open 24/7,
and, uh, they're "the-the best
affordable criminal attorneys
in Los Angeles."
- Wow.
Is that common knowledge?
- No.
Well, I just, I just read it
off of a Yelp review.
- Did you find this place off Yelp?
- Agent 7-Eleven never
reveals his secrets.
- [GRUNTS]
- Seriously. Do you, do you need my help?
- Okay.
[SIREN WAILING IN DISTANCE]
- Deep breath in.
- [INHALES]
- I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
[PHONE VIBRATING]
Hey, hey, uh
This is good news.
We uh, we have an attorney.
Attorney Marquez.
She-she says she can meet us here,
uh, like, tonight, like, in an hour.
- [QUIETLY]
Oh, my God.
[GASPS]
- Yeah.
Uh, she just needs, uh
she just needs, uh
She needs our full names.
So, uh
Uh, your first and last name.
First and last name.
- Uh, yeah, yeah.
Uh, Clare Johnson.
- Okay.
[PHONE CLICKS, WHOOSHES]
[PHONE VIBRATING]
Yeah, okay, so she'll meet us
at the coffee shop
on Main and 5th.
[QUIETLY]
Main and 5th.
[MUTTERS SOFTLY]
Uh, uh, I just realized
I haven't introduced myself,
actually, officially.
Jay Irfani, but, uh, everyone calls me JJ.
- Clare.
Um, are you, are you pretty much done?
I-I want to lie down.
- Yeah.
Why didn't you, uh,
want to give me your full name earlier?
[LIGHT SWITCH CLICKS]
I got, I got you a
I got your phone.
Um, it has my number in it already
if you need to text me.
I also, uh
put a tracker in it.
Just in case.
- Why?
- Just in case I
I lose you.
I can always find you.
[♪♪♪]
[PHONE RINGING]
- Hello? Hello?
Yeah.
Wait, uh u-uh
Wait, I don't understand.
Yes. Clare Clare Johnson.
Yeah, she's from Kansas. But why?
Look, I don't, uh, I don't know
anything about that.
But I Hello?
[PHONE CLICKS]
[PHONE BEEPS]
- Who was that?
- Uh, it was our lawyer.
She's not taking the case,
because she said that
you've done this before?
With your high school teacher?
You accused him of-of stalking you,
but you were lying.
The court said that you were lying.
Is that true, Clare?
[QUIETLY]
Fuck.
- Wait. Wait, JJ. Wait.
- I don't even know you.
- You know
- I don't even know if this guy is real.
- You know that he's real.
You saw him on the train.
- I didn't see shit.
- I'm not making this up.
There was a gunshot.
A fucking gunshot.
- I I never saw him!
Do you understand?
I didn't see him!
- I-I'm not No, I'm not
- No! Don't touch me.
- I'm not crazy.
- You didn't shoot that cop's tires out,
did you?
You fucking killed him, didn't you?
- [SHUDDERING BREATHS]
- Answer me!
What happened with you
and your high school teacher?
What the fuck happened?
Did you lie about it?
Did you lie?
Is that what you did?
- [QUIETLY]
I'm not crazy.
No, please
- No. Don't touch me.
- No, please. Please don't
Please don't go.