One of Us Is Lying (2021) s02e05 Episode Script
Simon Says Ho Ho Ho!
1
[UPBEAT HOLIDAY MUSIC]
[MIC ECHOES]
♪
Deck the halls ♪
Good evening, Bayview.
The holidays are a time to
bring light into the darkness
and to strive for better.
Okay, what the hell are we doing here?
Did you not get the Simon Says?
Nah, I'm just really into Christmas.
Simon Says sent us a
pretty clear message.
When we don't play by
the rules, people die.
So what, are we just
supposed to allow ourselves
to be controlled by a murderer
for the rest of our lives?
I am especially glad
- to see you all here this year.
- [WIRE CUTTER SNAPS]
And even though Bayview has once again
found itself mourning the untimely death
- of another
- Janae's done.
- Let's go.
- I firmly believe
that we must come
together as a community
Miss Prentiss? Leaving so soon?
And share in our grief.
I was hoping to talk to
you about Giselle Ward.
Former owner of the car you customized.
- You don't have to do that.
- Actually, she does.
Cooperating with an
investigation isn't optional.
So how about it?
I'll bring over some fruitcake.
We can chat.
- Have faith
- Sure.
That we will heal.
Come on.
And now, I am delighted
to share with you
Bayview's own bright
light in the darkness.
["DANCE OF THE SUGAR PLUM FAIRY"]
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
[ELECTRICITY SIZZLES]
[MUSIC CRESCENDOS]
♪
[CROWD GASPS]
Mayor, this way.
[SCREAMING]
Merry Christmas, Bayview.
♪
It's another in a string of
disturbing events in Bayview,
a town shaken to its core
by a series of tragedies,
hot on the tail of the
death of a young woman,
Wendy Ward, known to friends as Giselle.
Ms. Ward claimed to
have had a relationship
with missing teen Jake Riordan.
But a burning question remains:
did Ms. Ward even know him at all?
She knew Jake. I'm sure of it.
While Ms. Ward's death was
initially ruled a suicide,
police are now investigating
possible foul play.
- [SIGHS]
- Stay tuned for more deta
The police know it's a murder.
That's why Wheeler
wants to interview me.
So? We have to give
them Simon Says instead.
Yeah, except now we know
Giselle isn't Simon Says,
so we're back at square one.
Maybe not.
Addy, didn't Cole tell you
to stay away from Giselle?
That he'd "take care of her"
like he's quoting some Scorsese movie?
Okay. Back to Cole.
Are we really just skipping over
the whole "Giselle is
dead because of us" part?
How are we supposed to live with that?
And then what the hell do you
think is gonna happen to Cole
if we're wrong a second time?
We're all scared, Cooper.
But we didn't kill
Giselle. Simon Says did.
So the only way to end this
is to figure out who Simon Says is.
I mean, what's the alternative?
We could tell the police what we know.
- You're joking.
- I'm not.
You guys,
if we tell the truth
about Halloween and Jake,
Simon Says loses all control over us.
Plus, how else are we
gonna explain to the cops
that there is a killer on the loose?
It would end the game.
Yeah, by you losing.
Look, Vanessa found that
bullet casing in the woods.
Simon Says is currently making
us all look fucking insane.
Wheeler saw us on the yacht
and now wants to
interview me about Giselle.
She's gonna figure it out.
If we confess first,
maybe she'll take it easy on us.
Okay, I'm sorry, is
there a put a body on ice
and dump it in the ocean defense
that I don't know about?
Even if you could argue your way
from murder one to murder two,
you're all still going to jail.
I vote no.
You weren't there the
night that Jake died.
- We could leave you out.
- I was.
And I say abso-fucking-lutely not.
Even if we wanted to turn
ourselves in for Jake,
we have no evidence of
who Simon Says even is,
so we'd probably get accused
of Giselle's murder too.
Maybe even Simon's.
And fuck that.
We would rot in jail,
and the killer runs free.
Okay, so what's your plan?
For starters,
we find out where Cole was
the night Giselle was murdered.
How do we do that?
We could look at the
GPS history in his car.
- Yes.
- And I could talk to Vanessa.
I mean, she was close with
Giselle and Cole, right?
Maybe she knows something that we don't.
You're really on board with this?
Addy, look, my whole family
is relying on me for everything.
I have to make sure that
I do everything in my power
to not let them down.
I'm in.
What about you?
Unless we turn ourselves in,
Simon Says is not
gonna stop torturing us.
And that means more people
are gonna get hurt or die.
Maybe one of us.
Maybe someone we love.
If I'm outvoted, fine.
But if anything happens to anyone else,
that's blood on all of your hands.
♪
Hey, Vanessa.
- No.
- Wait, where are you going?
- Vanessa, come back.
- Not today.
Not today. This is
not gonna happen to me.
Where do you think you're going?
Relax. We just want to talk.
I'm next, aren't I?
You're gonna kill me.
Do you seriously think
that we're gonna kill you?
Yes, I seriously think
you're going to kill me.
Why do you think I stopped going live?
I canceled myself so I wouldn't
become your next target.
And because my followers are
blaming me, for endangering Giselle.
And some crazies are even saying
I planted that bullet casing,
which is hateful slander.
Look, Vanessa, we just want
to ask you a few
questions about Giselle.
Do you know who would want to hurt her?
Did you know that she
was lying about Greece?
Did you know that Jake was?
And do you seriously
think that we killed her?
- Obviously, you did.
- Oh, my God.
You trashed her car
and then tried to pay her to leave town.
And when she wouldn't, you murdered her!
Wait, did you just say that someone
tried to pay her to leave town?
Yeah. You did.
Stop gaslighting me
and own the narrative.
Everywhere you go, someone
dies or mysteriously disappears.
You are the bad guys!
Aren't you just dying of anticipation?
- Sorry?
- Early decision letters.
Yale is sending them out this morning.
Right. Yes.
Oh, I'm really trying
not to think about it.
I hope you'll let me
know as soon as you hear.
- Happy holidays.
- Happy holidays.
Mr. Macauley.
Principal Gupta, I swear
to you I have no idea
who glitter-bombed those cheerleaders.
I heard you got a B+
on your English exam.
And Shakespeare no less.
Looks like the tutoring's paying off.
Yeah, yeah.
I guess so.
Well, keep it up. And keep me posted.
[SCHOOL BELL RINGS]
- That's huge.
- Oh.
- You should be proud.
- Hey.
If I knew that "Macbeth" was
basically a slasher movie,
I would have read it sooner.
- Of course.
- [NOTIFICATION CHIMES]
Holy shit.
It's Yale.
- Aren't you gonna open it?
- No, I can't.
Wait, Bronwyn. Come on.
This is the moment you've been
waiting your entire life for.
Exactly.
What if I don't get in and all
my hard work was for nothing?
Or what if my lifelong wish comes true,
the monkey's paw twists,
and we all go to jail?
Or or you get in,
everything works out,
and you live happily ever after
doing homework constantly.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
Hey, Keels.
- Hey.
- What are you doing?
Um, I was actually just leaving.
Wait, are you okay?
I kind of feel like
you've been avoiding me.
Sorry, it's just
this Giselle thing is so awful.
And people are saying
horrible things about you.
What else is new, Keely?
Where did you go on Halloween
after everything with Zach?
You and Addy both disappeared
for a couple hours,
not that I was keeping track.
I just remember because
we put on "Scream"
and I didn't see you until
the credits were rolling.
Addy and I, we found
Vanessa passed out drunk,
so we decided to stay with her
to make sure that she kept breathing.
But no good deed goes
unpunished, I guess.
Yeah. [CHUCKLES]
- I'm sorry.
- No.
I guess I just needed
to hear you say it.
[CHUCKLES]
You know that you can ask me anything.
I don't lie to you, Keely.
- I know.
- [LAUGHTER]
♪
[CAR LOCKS]
♪
- Ready to see how it's done?
- I guess so.
If Cole wasn't at the water park,
then we're done, no more suspects.
But if he was at the water
park and the GPS shows that,
then we're basically
breaking into murderer's car.
Which is why I have to focus right now
- to avoid turning ourselves in.
- Okay.
- Can you hold this, please?
- Yes.
Thank you.
This is some pretty advanced burgling.
I'm surprised you're not more offended.
Are you craving validation
that I still think you're a bad boy?
Almost as much as
you're craving acceptance
to a certain New Haven university.
Have you opened it yet?
What the hell are you two doing?
Um, I locked my keys in my car, and
shit, is this yours?
I'm sorry, all these
douchebag cars look the same.
I'm calling the police.
Maybe we should be the
ones calling the police.
Where were you the night Giselle died?
I warned you before. Back the fuck off.
Hey, fuck you!
[BOTH GRUNTING]
- [GROANS]
- Let's go.
[SPITS]
Addy was videotaped
taking her aggression
out on Giselle's car
the day before she was murdered.
[CHUCKLES] You're grasping at straws,
looking for a motive when there's
an obvious answer to all of this.
Please, enlighten me.
It was Jake.
He never left town.
He murdered Simon, tried to
frame my daughter, and now
Okay, that's intriguing.
And I would watch that soap opera,
but this is real life.
What about Cole?
Cole is shady, just like Jake.
Cole Riordan was with us
the night Giselle died,
so your suspicions are
misplaced, unsurprisingly.
So what I really want
to know is where you were
the night Giselle was killed.
♪
She was with me.
Yeah, we were having a girl's night in.
Manicures and movies.
So I guess we're done here,
unless you have any
more baseless theories
you want to throw at my
already traumatized daughter?
Could be nothing, but my gut says
that whatever you're holding back, Addy,
it's eating away at you.
And I'm gonna be here
when you decide to
get it off your chest.
[CHUCKLES]
Enjoy the fruitcake.
♪
What the fuck?
Shit.
My place.
So Simon Says was in here?
Yeah, and I'm kind of freaking out.
We're definitely not opening it?
This present is our chance
to prove that Simon
Says actually exists.
It could have DNA or fingerprints.
I hope you're not thinking
what I think you're thinking.
I didn't say anything.
I think we're all thinking it.
We have to turn ourselves in.
We've tried to figure out
who Simon Says is on our own.
It's not Cole. We're out of ideas.
It's time to give the police a shot
now that we have some tangible evidence.
They could try to lift fingerprints
off whatever's inside that box.
I don't want anyone else to get hurt.
Exactly, and now that we know
Simon Says is willing to kill,
the best thing we can do is
protect the people we love.
That's bullshit, and you know that.
Whatever we decide,
guys, it's gonna hurt.
We just have to pick
the one we can live with,
literally and figuratively.
Okay, but if we decide to confess,
it has to be unanimous.
No one goes to the police
unless we all agree.
So how do we do this?
- Show of hands?
- You can't be serious.
♪
I'm sorry, Maeve. You
don't get to vote on this.
Cool.
All right. When do we do it?
We should take a day to do
whatever we need to do, and
we'll turn ourselves
in tomorrow at midnight.
♪
[ALARM BEEPING]
Today's the day, Stan.
I'm going to jail.
I know this might be
hard to understand, buddy,
but no matter how hard I try
I can't win.
And I tried really hard this time.
Now what am I gonna do with you, huh?
- [CORK POPS]
- Bronwyn.
Mija, I know I said I
wouldn't embarrass you,
but I lied because it's not every day
that my daughter gets
accepted into Yale.
And we are so very proud of you.
Felicidades, mi amor.
The legacy continues.
- Salud.
- ALL: Salud.
[GLASSES CLINKING]
Maeve?
Excuse me.
I think she's just
processing the reality
of me not being around much longer.
I'll go talk to her.
Permiso.
- No me sigas.
- Maeve, por favor.
Look, I don't want to be part
of your little charade, okay?
You haven't even opened
that stupid email.
Can we please not do this?
The only thing I'm asking
is that you don't give up.
This is not giving up.
It's doing the right thing.
Okay, what if Simon Says
comes looking for you?
How am I supposed to live with that?
We have to put an end to this.
Look, I know you wanted one
last happy day with everyone,
but you should just open
that admissions email
and make the celebration real,
'cause I'm gonna figure
out how to save you.
[SEAGULLS CALLING]
- Hey, you.
- [KNOCKS AT DOOR]
- Hey.
- Your brother did the laundry.
Ruined my only good button-down.
I need to borrow a shirt.
[CHUCKLES] Uh, yeah, sure.
Let me see what I have.
You got, like, a big date or something?
Oh.
- Wow, um
- Whoa.
Listen, son, after your mother died,
I never tried to fill
the space she left.
I let myself become singularly
focused in on your career,
making sure we were set for the future.
Yeah.
Thing is, um
I think I gotta start
thinking about myself now.
It's just one date, you know, but
But nothing.
You know, it's it's about
time you got back out there.
There's a whole world
out there for Kevin Clay.
Let me see what I got for
Bayview's most eligible bachelor.
How's this?
I just want you to know that, um,
no one could ever replace your mother.
I'm happy for you, Dad.
And it's, um
It's a relief to know
that you're gonna have
someone when I'm gone
Playing baseball next year.
[LAUGHTER]
Right, man.
Somebody to bring to your games.
Sure you're okay with this?
[SOBBING]
Yeah, Dad.
I'm good.
[JANAE PLAYING CA
STEVENS' "MOONSHADOW"]
♪
I'm being followed by a moonshadow ♪
Moonshadow, moonshadow ♪
All right, play us a Christmas song.
I'm not feeling super festive, Dad.
It's been a really shitty year.
We should have come
home when Simon died.
I'm sorry.
It's okay.
I knew you couldn't
cancel your tour dates.
I mean, your concerts are
literally the only thing
that most Gen X-ers
have to look forward to.
[CHUCKLES] Yeah, you're not wrong.
Come on, when was the last time
we played together?
[GUITAR STRUMMING]
Leaping and hopping on a moonshadow ♪
BOTH: Moonshadow, moonshadow ♪
Kiddo, what's wrong?
[SNIFFLES]
I finally made friends.
And now, I have to say goodbye to them.
Jay, changing schools
is gonna be the best thing for you.
You'll understand that someday.
[STRUMMING GUITAR]
If I ever lose my eyes ♪
BOTH: If my colors all run dry ♪
Oh, if I ever lose my eyes ♪
Hey ♪
I won't have to cry no more ♪
Through the years ♪
We all will be together ♪
Ads, which one?
I can't believe you'd
rather go on a date
than help me decorate.
But the red one.
Yeah?
Since when did you become
Santa's little helper?
I don't know.
Thought it might be nice this year.
Well, make sure you save me some
to help with tomorrow, okay?
Yeah.
Of course.
[SIGHS]
♪
Faithful friends ♪
Oh, I can't believe you're
gonna be my last kiss.
[ORNAMENT SHATTERS]
♪
Through the years ♪
We all will be together ♪
- You need that light.
- Okay.
And look, the dude loves crickets.
They're kind of gross,
but he can't get enough of them.
He also needs his greens too.
And, um, if his stomach turns black,
that's a bad sign,
so what I usually do is I take him to
Bro, bro, bro. Chill, all right?
It's gonna be good.
I know what I'm doing
with these little bad boys.
I used to have a little bearded dragon
- when I was growing up.
- Oh, for real?
Named him Baby Ru.
Listen, Kris,
I don't know when I'm gonna be back
from getting my mom settled.
It could take a while.
Uh, okay.
I mean, Stan can chill
for however long he wants,
but what about your girl, your friends?
Nobody wanted to watch him?
Bronwyn's got Yale.
Addy's not the biggest fan of reptiles.
You know Coop. All baseball.
All right, bro. Well,
good luck with your mom.
- [CHUCKLES]
- Yeah.
Okay.
Oh.
[WHISPERS] Don't forget about me, buddy.
I want you ♪
♪
For Christmas ♪
Baby ♪
♪
Well, this is fucking depressing.
Hello, are we really all
just gonna sit here all night
feeling sorry for ourselves?
I mean, I tried to tell them that
they'd have 20 years to life to do that.
Janae's right.
We all agreed to turn
ourselves in at midnight,
but that's still hours away.
So if this is truly our
last night of freedom
I think that we should turn up.
I have two choices for us tonight.
Red or white?
- Red.
- Red.
[ALL GIGGLING]
It's so good.
We are wreaking havoc tonight.
Are you? Because it seems
like you guys are giving up.
To wreaking havoc.
You know what really sucks, though?
- What?
- What?
I will never get to fuck Nate Macauley.
- [SPITS]
- Why did you look at me?
Ew! [SQUEALS]
- It's so sad.
- Oh, my God.
I'm gonna go to jail a virgin.
Yes, yes.
What are y'all talking about?
[ALL GIGGLING]
- What did we miss?
- They started without us.
Can we get some glasses?
Pour up a glass.
- Hi.
- Hi, Nate.
[DISTANT CHATTER]
So you're actually
going through with this.
We've tried everything else.
We're out of options.
We're not.
- Really?
- Mm-hmm.
What if you and I catch
Simon Says before midnight?
How?
Just some minor breaking and entering.
I can explain on the way.
[CHUCKLES] Come on.
All right. Wait, wait, wait.
No, you've never seen snow
or you've never seen it snow?
Both. I mean I mean, neither.
I've always wanted to, though.
My mom promised to take me sledding,
but we just never got
around to it, so
Eh, snow's overrated anyway.
Now the ocean, that's something to miss.
Why did I not go to the beach more?
I know.
It's, like, literally right there.
I've never ever been skinny-dipping.
And I'll never get
to go. Isn't that sad?
I think that's sad.
[SIGHS HEAVILY]
Damn it.
We have to do it.
What?
I mean, what the fuck is stopping us?
[UPBEAT MUSIC]
- Fuck it.
- Wait, wait, wait, wait.
- Seriously?
- Yes.
- Let's do it!
- Let's get funky.
- Yeah!
- Let's go! Come on!
Save it for lunch ♪
Not the real shellfish ♪
- Let's go!
- Wait, I gotta
- Come on, Bronwyn.
- Wait, wait, wait.
Oh, well, that's miles away ♪
♪
Let's go, come on ♪
♪
- Yes, Murder Club!
- Whoo!
- You guys, that was amazing.
- It was.
- Yeah.
- Wait, wait, wait.
- But what do we do next?
- Disneyland.
If you guys could do anything
Anything?
Anything tonight, what would you do?
Addy?
I I-I don't know. I don't know
- what I'd want to do.
- That's okay.
Well, I do, but I kind of feel
like that dorm room
door is closed forever.
- Aw.
- Aw, Coop.
Anyway, moving on,
Bronwyn, what would you do?
- What would you do?
- What would I do?
Mm, okay, I guess I'd
face my biggest fear.
Oh, oh, you'd finally watch
"The Exorcist" with me.
- No.
- [LAUGHTER]
Okay, I'd karaoke. I'd go karaoke-ing.
[LAUGHTER]
- Wait.
- That's it?
Okay, hear me out.
Bronwyn Rojas standing in
a crowd of unknown people,
unprepared and with no idea
if she has any talent for something
and forcing myself to not give
a shit about what people think.
Can you picture anything less me?
- Truly, no.
- No.
- Okay.
- Well, it sounds insanely hot.
And scary.
There's that karaoke
spot on Main Street.
- No.
- Let's go. Let's go.
- No, we don't have to do mine.
- Yes.
- We have to.
- Bronwyn, we are doing it.
Murder Club Says.
- Karaoke for Bronwyn.
- Come on.
- Come on.
- Let's go!
Get your shoes. Come on.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
♪
Gupta's office is right there.
- Oh, jeez, no, she's in there.
- Oh, my God.
- She's in there.
- Maeve.
- She's in there, sorry.
- Jesus Christ.
There were so many secrets,
so many lies.
Finally, Simon had to say
She said "Simon."
What would Simon say?
What did Simon say?
Fuck these kids.
Fuck them all.
♪
- Is Gupta Simon Says?
- No.
Okay.
♪
Okay, see if you can find the
keys to the security office.
We could check the cameras to see
who put the mask in Cooper's locker.
Oh, no fucking way.
Do not tell me she's Simon Says.
- It's even more fucked up.
- What?
I think she's writing a book about us.
- What do you mean about us?
- Okay.
So your name is Janie, and your
best friend has a gossip app.
Nate is Mitch.
Cooper's Connor. Addy's Ashton.
And Bronwyn's Breanna Rose.
- An only child?
- Shh.
Bitch wrote me out of the story.
Could be way worse. You
could have been May Rose.
I am the sister of a
lead character, okay?
You can't just erase me.
Who's gonna steal the laptop?
Who's gonna find the EpiPen?
Nobody actually knows
that you did those things.
What are you doing?
I'm emailing myself
a copy. I have notes.
Okay, so no keys to the security room,
but I found the thumb
drive from Simon Says.
That's good. That's really good.
I can data mine the files
to see if Simon Says left
behind any digital evidence.
- Data yeah.
- Yeah.
That's totally what I was thinking.
- Uh-huh.
- 100%.
- Yeah, let's go.
- Mm.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
[MIC ECHOES]
[CLEARS THROAT]
Um, hi.
I'd like to dedicate this song
to the people that came with me tonight.
We haven't been close for very long,
but, um, they're the kind
of friends you'd kill for.
["BABY DID A BAD BAD THING"
BY QUEEN KWONG PLAYING]
You got this, Bronwyn.
♪
[SOFTLY] Baby did a bad bad thing ♪
♪
Baby did a bad bad thing ♪
Next!
Baby did a bad bad thing ♪
♪
You ever love someone so much ♪
You thought your little
heart was gonna break in two? ♪
You're a rockstar!
[LOUDER] Baby did a bad bad thing ♪
Come on, Bronwyn.
Baby did a bad bad thing ♪
And I feel like crying ♪
- Ooh!
- Get it, girl.
- I feel like dying ♪
- You got it.
You are sexy, Rojas!
You ever toss and turn, lying awake ♪
And thinking about the one you love? ♪
I don't think so ♪
You ever close your eyes,
you're making believe ♪
You're holding the
one you're dreaming of? ♪
Well, if you say so ♪
I know it hurts so
bad to finally know ♪
Just how low, low,
low, low, low I'll go ♪
Baby did a bad bad thing ♪
Oh.
Baby did a bad bad thing ♪
♪
- Baby did a bad bad thing ♪
- Fucking Rojas.
And I feel like dying ♪
[LAUGHTER]
Whoo-ooh ♪
♪
I feel like dying ♪
I feel like dying ♪
You're gonna regret if
you don't see him tonight.
♪
I don't know, he doesn't want to see me
and I don't want to cause any drama.
Besides his Instagram
says he's at some party.
I feel like dying ♪
- I feel like dying ♪
- Cooper, this is perfect.
We can accidentally bump into him.
No drama. Look, it's an open invite.
I'm not sure.
Guys
kindly shut the hell up.
Sorry. We're going.
I feel like dying ♪
♪
She's great.
Oh, I feel like dying ♪
I feel like dying ♪
[CHUCKLES]
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
Okay, so I created a sandbox network,
so I think we can poke around
without alerting Simon Says.
It's gonna take a while,
and to be honest, it
might not even work.
That's okay.
Kind of figured it
was a long shot anyway.
Then why'd you come?
'Cause I wanted to.
I know how we can kill some time.
- Oh?
- Mm-hmm.
[SNORTS]
[PUNK ROCK MUSIC]
♪
- Uh
- Did I do something? I'm sorry.
I'm, like, fully a virgin.
And unlike Bronwyn, I'm
just not totally sure
- I'm ready to, uh
- Oh.
- First of all, let's not talk about my sister in that way.
- Oh, my God.
- Yeah.
- Sorry.
- [LAUGHTER]
- It's okay.
Um
but second of all
do you think you'll ever
want me to touch you that way?
Mm-hmm.
Cool.
- For sure.
- [GIGGLES]
- It's kind of funny, actually.
- Is it?
- Yeah, a little bit.
- How dare you.
'Cause I thought that you had
all of this stuff figured out.
Uh, I feel like I have a
lot I need to figure out.
- Like?
- Like my gender.
Okay.
I just feels really limiting
being perceived as a girl.
Like, I really feel like
I'm more fluid than that.
And then also it just feels like
everyone expects everybody
to be just one thing,
and I think that's crazy
because we're all just fucking stardust.
Well, I see you.
And I love watching you glow.
[CHUCKLES]
Are you sure you don't mind waiting
with the sex stuff?
- [TENDER MUSIC]
- Come here.
♪
I can wait.
[NOTIFICATIONS CHIME]
Okay, sure.
[LAUGHTER]
- Am I hallucinating?
- What?
Addy and Cooper are going
to a gay warehouse party.
- That's sick.
- Wow. Okay.
You should go.
Be with them.
You should come.
I am running out of time to save you,
and you are a huge distraction.
[CHUCKLES]
Go.
[ELECTRONIC DANCE MUSIC]
If you don't give a fuck ♪
♪
[CHEERING]
Oh, my God.
Addy, where even are we?
♪
Hey.
Is he looking at you,
or is he looking at me?
Both?
[LAUGHTER]
Whoa. This place is wild.
Where are Bronwyn and Nate?
Uh, they wanted alone time.
- Oh.
- Mm.
I don't really support
the straight agenda,
but I'm rooting for them.
First timers?
Is it that obvious?
Oh, my God.
Are you the baseball gay?
Guilty.
I'm Cooper Clay. Nice to meet you.
So nice to meet you.
I'm Ramona. She/they.
I'm Janae. They/she/he.
Love.
I think we're gonna need
to elevate these outfits.
Come with me.
[CHUCKLES]
♪
Cooper!
What the hell are you doing here?
Surprise.
Then let me go ♪
♪
So this is Kris' playground?
Welcome home, baby.
I swear I didn't mean
to crash your party.
I'm not trying to be
weird, but for real, like,
seeing you here is blowing my mind.
I hope in a good way?
Yeah, yeah. In the best way.
- What are you wearing?
- What?
Uh-uh, we gotta make adjustments.
- Take it off.
- Take it off?
- Yes.
- Okay.
It's a gay party, and you not hot
wearing all these clothes.
Take the shirt off. It's gotta go.
- Take the shirt off?
- Yes, take the shirt off.
- Oh, man.
- Give me chest.
- Chest.
- Give me chest.
- Biceps?
- Yes.
- Ooh.
- BOTH: Abs.
- [CHUCKLES]
- All of the above?
The gays deserve this, baby.
This is what the girls want.
Um, for real, why are you even here?
I just wanted one last
night out with my friends.
I'm transferring schools,
so Addy suggested this party,
and here we are.
Wait, you're transferring schools?
Yeah.
Nate said he was leaving town too.
What's going on?
Coop, are you lying to me again?
- You're lying again.
- Look
Nah, I'm not doing this no more, Cooper.
Wait, wait.
You're right.
I can't keep lying.
None of us can.
That's why tonight
we're gonna tell the
police the whole truth.
We just wanted one
last night of freedom.
Coop, y'all about to tell the cops?
And so, for your last night of freedom,
you wanted to come to
a queer warehouse party?
Honestly, no.
I just couldn't stand the thought
of not seeing you one last time.
[SIGHS]
Who am I to deny you
one more night of this?
Oh, yeah?
With you, with you ♪
I just want to feel anything ♪
You owe me a dance.
Anything with you ♪
With you ♪
I just want to feel ♪
♪
Ah, Ginger!
[LAUGHTER]
I just want to feel ♪
You've got a beautiful aura.
I can tell that you're a good person.
No, I'm not.
I killed Jake.
What?
I said, you're right. The music's great.
I'm Tony.
I don't care.
♪
All right.
Just so you know, that meant nothing.
Yo, whatever you want, baby.
♪
You good?
All night I've been
asking myself what I want.
And the answer's been in
front of me the whole time.
♪
Your heart beats fast ♪
Despite the truth ♪
♪
That love is blind ♪
I just want to feel anything ♪
Anything with you ♪
[ENGINE RUMBLING]
We going caroling, Rojas?
Nope.
So the Jensens always deck
out their house to the nines
and spend Christmas in the Bahamas.
We're here for something else.
Oh, I see. Oh, my God, yeah.
You want revenge for the
Nativity play I ruined, right?
In fourth grade.
Yeah, you're Simon Says.
Just watch.
[MOTOR WHIRRING]
I know it's not real snow, but, um
I love you, Rojas.
What did you say?
I said, I love you.
I can't hear you.
I love you. I fucking love you.
[TENDER MUSIC]
♪
I love you too, Macauley.
Let's get out of here.
♪
[CHUCKLES]
♪
I've just wanted this for so long.
I can't believe it's actually happening.
Addy.
Addy?
Hey, what are you doing?
Nothing. I just needed some air.
Addy.
Fine.
I'm going to the police station.
What?
Jay, I'm the one who shot Jake.
There's no reason for everyone
else to go to jail because of me.
Is this a joke? It's not funny.
Janae, I don't have a bright future
to look forward to like all of you do.
I didn't even know what I wanted to do
on my last night of freedom.
Then I saw you and Cooper.
And you all looked so
alive and so, so happy.
And I knew exactly what I wanted.
So please let me do this.
Not for Jake, but for all of you.
Who do you think you are?
Are you Jesus?
We're all responsible for
what we did that night, Addy.
None of us are gonna be
able to live with ourselves
if we don't do this together.
Janae, this doesn't have
to end all of our lives.
You know, after Simon died,
it was like the whole
world was a different color.
And I was completely alone,
and you, of all people,
were there for me.
So who cares
if you don't know what you
want to be when you grow up?
That doesn't make you any less worthy.
You know, you're a real
clueless pain in the ass
sometimes, but you're
a fucking good friend.
[SOBBING]
Well, Rojas, you finally got
everything you wanted tonight.
You overheard me at Addy's?
Good thing I did too.
Gave me plenty of time to find a condom.
You know you're not supposed to
leave those things in your wallet?
- Oh, my God.
- [CHUCKLES]
- What? What?
- God, no, no.
- Hey, hey.
- [GIGGLES]
Hey, where'd you go?
I'm right here.
Hello.
Hi.
[ALARM RINGING]
It's almost midnight.
There's just one final thing
you have to do before we go.
And what is that?
Open that admissions email.
I opened it this morning.
[SIGHS]
I didn't get in.
I'm sorry.
You know, I thought it would be
the end of the world, but it's not.
My whole life, I've had this plan.
And now that I don't,
it's actually a relief,
which is insane to think about
when we're about to confess
to killing someone, but
we're doing the right thing, Nate.
And I'm exactly where
I'm supposed to be.
I'm exactly where I'm supposed to be.
[GIGGLES]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
You know what I like ♪
♪
[ALARM RINGING]
You tore into me so right ♪
♪
[SIGHS]
Damn. That's goodbye, isn't it?
Come here.
Wherever you're going
I know it's not gonna be easy, but
Coop, I'm so proud of you.
For real, like,
you really out here living your truth.
Just stay safe, okay?
Yeah.
♪
[SIREN WAILING]
You guys aren't getting
cold feet, are you?
Wow.
This might be the first time
that we've actually
all agreed on something.
I'm gonna miss you guys.
Same.
[EMOTIONAL MUSIC]
♪
[PHONE BUZZING]
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
♪
Excuse me, hi.
We have information regarding
the murder of Giselle Ward.
This is about that guy
we picked up, right?
That Forrester kid?
What?
You're looking at
footage of a local student
from Bayview High, TJ Forrester,
who has been arrested in connection
with the murder of Wendy Ward.
He was apprehended
earlier this afternoon
Oh, my God.
30 miles outside of Los Angeles.
Sources say the arresting officer
- found evidence in his car.
- Ho, ho, ho! Merry Christmas!
The police believe that
Mr. Forrester was in town
when Wendy Ward went missing.
Ho, ho, ho!
Merry Christmas!
[EERIE "CAROL OF THE BELLS" PLAYING]
♪
Ho, ho, ho!
Merry Christmas!
♪
[EVIL LAUGHTER]
♪
[UPBEAT HOLIDAY MUSIC]
[MIC ECHOES]
♪
Deck the halls ♪
Good evening, Bayview.
The holidays are a time to
bring light into the darkness
and to strive for better.
Okay, what the hell are we doing here?
Did you not get the Simon Says?
Nah, I'm just really into Christmas.
Simon Says sent us a
pretty clear message.
When we don't play by
the rules, people die.
So what, are we just
supposed to allow ourselves
to be controlled by a murderer
for the rest of our lives?
I am especially glad
- to see you all here this year.
- [WIRE CUTTER SNAPS]
And even though Bayview has once again
found itself mourning the untimely death
- of another
- Janae's done.
- Let's go.
- I firmly believe
that we must come
together as a community
Miss Prentiss? Leaving so soon?
And share in our grief.
I was hoping to talk to
you about Giselle Ward.
Former owner of the car you customized.
- You don't have to do that.
- Actually, she does.
Cooperating with an
investigation isn't optional.
So how about it?
I'll bring over some fruitcake.
We can chat.
- Have faith
- Sure.
That we will heal.
Come on.
And now, I am delighted
to share with you
Bayview's own bright
light in the darkness.
["DANCE OF THE SUGAR PLUM FAIRY"]
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
[ELECTRICITY SIZZLES]
[MUSIC CRESCENDOS]
♪
[CROWD GASPS]
Mayor, this way.
[SCREAMING]
Merry Christmas, Bayview.
♪
It's another in a string of
disturbing events in Bayview,
a town shaken to its core
by a series of tragedies,
hot on the tail of the
death of a young woman,
Wendy Ward, known to friends as Giselle.
Ms. Ward claimed to
have had a relationship
with missing teen Jake Riordan.
But a burning question remains:
did Ms. Ward even know him at all?
She knew Jake. I'm sure of it.
While Ms. Ward's death was
initially ruled a suicide,
police are now investigating
possible foul play.
- [SIGHS]
- Stay tuned for more deta
The police know it's a murder.
That's why Wheeler
wants to interview me.
So? We have to give
them Simon Says instead.
Yeah, except now we know
Giselle isn't Simon Says,
so we're back at square one.
Maybe not.
Addy, didn't Cole tell you
to stay away from Giselle?
That he'd "take care of her"
like he's quoting some Scorsese movie?
Okay. Back to Cole.
Are we really just skipping over
the whole "Giselle is
dead because of us" part?
How are we supposed to live with that?
And then what the hell do you
think is gonna happen to Cole
if we're wrong a second time?
We're all scared, Cooper.
But we didn't kill
Giselle. Simon Says did.
So the only way to end this
is to figure out who Simon Says is.
I mean, what's the alternative?
We could tell the police what we know.
- You're joking.
- I'm not.
You guys,
if we tell the truth
about Halloween and Jake,
Simon Says loses all control over us.
Plus, how else are we
gonna explain to the cops
that there is a killer on the loose?
It would end the game.
Yeah, by you losing.
Look, Vanessa found that
bullet casing in the woods.
Simon Says is currently making
us all look fucking insane.
Wheeler saw us on the yacht
and now wants to
interview me about Giselle.
She's gonna figure it out.
If we confess first,
maybe she'll take it easy on us.
Okay, I'm sorry, is
there a put a body on ice
and dump it in the ocean defense
that I don't know about?
Even if you could argue your way
from murder one to murder two,
you're all still going to jail.
I vote no.
You weren't there the
night that Jake died.
- We could leave you out.
- I was.
And I say abso-fucking-lutely not.
Even if we wanted to turn
ourselves in for Jake,
we have no evidence of
who Simon Says even is,
so we'd probably get accused
of Giselle's murder too.
Maybe even Simon's.
And fuck that.
We would rot in jail,
and the killer runs free.
Okay, so what's your plan?
For starters,
we find out where Cole was
the night Giselle was murdered.
How do we do that?
We could look at the
GPS history in his car.
- Yes.
- And I could talk to Vanessa.
I mean, she was close with
Giselle and Cole, right?
Maybe she knows something that we don't.
You're really on board with this?
Addy, look, my whole family
is relying on me for everything.
I have to make sure that
I do everything in my power
to not let them down.
I'm in.
What about you?
Unless we turn ourselves in,
Simon Says is not
gonna stop torturing us.
And that means more people
are gonna get hurt or die.
Maybe one of us.
Maybe someone we love.
If I'm outvoted, fine.
But if anything happens to anyone else,
that's blood on all of your hands.
♪
Hey, Vanessa.
- No.
- Wait, where are you going?
- Vanessa, come back.
- Not today.
Not today. This is
not gonna happen to me.
Where do you think you're going?
Relax. We just want to talk.
I'm next, aren't I?
You're gonna kill me.
Do you seriously think
that we're gonna kill you?
Yes, I seriously think
you're going to kill me.
Why do you think I stopped going live?
I canceled myself so I wouldn't
become your next target.
And because my followers are
blaming me, for endangering Giselle.
And some crazies are even saying
I planted that bullet casing,
which is hateful slander.
Look, Vanessa, we just want
to ask you a few
questions about Giselle.
Do you know who would want to hurt her?
Did you know that she
was lying about Greece?
Did you know that Jake was?
And do you seriously
think that we killed her?
- Obviously, you did.
- Oh, my God.
You trashed her car
and then tried to pay her to leave town.
And when she wouldn't, you murdered her!
Wait, did you just say that someone
tried to pay her to leave town?
Yeah. You did.
Stop gaslighting me
and own the narrative.
Everywhere you go, someone
dies or mysteriously disappears.
You are the bad guys!
Aren't you just dying of anticipation?
- Sorry?
- Early decision letters.
Yale is sending them out this morning.
Right. Yes.
Oh, I'm really trying
not to think about it.
I hope you'll let me
know as soon as you hear.
- Happy holidays.
- Happy holidays.
Mr. Macauley.
Principal Gupta, I swear
to you I have no idea
who glitter-bombed those cheerleaders.
I heard you got a B+
on your English exam.
And Shakespeare no less.
Looks like the tutoring's paying off.
Yeah, yeah.
I guess so.
Well, keep it up. And keep me posted.
[SCHOOL BELL RINGS]
- That's huge.
- Oh.
- You should be proud.
- Hey.
If I knew that "Macbeth" was
basically a slasher movie,
I would have read it sooner.
- Of course.
- [NOTIFICATION CHIMES]
Holy shit.
It's Yale.
- Aren't you gonna open it?
- No, I can't.
Wait, Bronwyn. Come on.
This is the moment you've been
waiting your entire life for.
Exactly.
What if I don't get in and all
my hard work was for nothing?
Or what if my lifelong wish comes true,
the monkey's paw twists,
and we all go to jail?
Or or you get in,
everything works out,
and you live happily ever after
doing homework constantly.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
Hey, Keels.
- Hey.
- What are you doing?
Um, I was actually just leaving.
Wait, are you okay?
I kind of feel like
you've been avoiding me.
Sorry, it's just
this Giselle thing is so awful.
And people are saying
horrible things about you.
What else is new, Keely?
Where did you go on Halloween
after everything with Zach?
You and Addy both disappeared
for a couple hours,
not that I was keeping track.
I just remember because
we put on "Scream"
and I didn't see you until
the credits were rolling.
Addy and I, we found
Vanessa passed out drunk,
so we decided to stay with her
to make sure that she kept breathing.
But no good deed goes
unpunished, I guess.
Yeah. [CHUCKLES]
- I'm sorry.
- No.
I guess I just needed
to hear you say it.
[CHUCKLES]
You know that you can ask me anything.
I don't lie to you, Keely.
- I know.
- [LAUGHTER]
♪
[CAR LOCKS]
♪
- Ready to see how it's done?
- I guess so.
If Cole wasn't at the water park,
then we're done, no more suspects.
But if he was at the water
park and the GPS shows that,
then we're basically
breaking into murderer's car.
Which is why I have to focus right now
- to avoid turning ourselves in.
- Okay.
- Can you hold this, please?
- Yes.
Thank you.
This is some pretty advanced burgling.
I'm surprised you're not more offended.
Are you craving validation
that I still think you're a bad boy?
Almost as much as
you're craving acceptance
to a certain New Haven university.
Have you opened it yet?
What the hell are you two doing?
Um, I locked my keys in my car, and
shit, is this yours?
I'm sorry, all these
douchebag cars look the same.
I'm calling the police.
Maybe we should be the
ones calling the police.
Where were you the night Giselle died?
I warned you before. Back the fuck off.
Hey, fuck you!
[BOTH GRUNTING]
- [GROANS]
- Let's go.
[SPITS]
Addy was videotaped
taking her aggression
out on Giselle's car
the day before she was murdered.
[CHUCKLES] You're grasping at straws,
looking for a motive when there's
an obvious answer to all of this.
Please, enlighten me.
It was Jake.
He never left town.
He murdered Simon, tried to
frame my daughter, and now
Okay, that's intriguing.
And I would watch that soap opera,
but this is real life.
What about Cole?
Cole is shady, just like Jake.
Cole Riordan was with us
the night Giselle died,
so your suspicions are
misplaced, unsurprisingly.
So what I really want
to know is where you were
the night Giselle was killed.
♪
She was with me.
Yeah, we were having a girl's night in.
Manicures and movies.
So I guess we're done here,
unless you have any
more baseless theories
you want to throw at my
already traumatized daughter?
Could be nothing, but my gut says
that whatever you're holding back, Addy,
it's eating away at you.
And I'm gonna be here
when you decide to
get it off your chest.
[CHUCKLES]
Enjoy the fruitcake.
♪
What the fuck?
Shit.
My place.
So Simon Says was in here?
Yeah, and I'm kind of freaking out.
We're definitely not opening it?
This present is our chance
to prove that Simon
Says actually exists.
It could have DNA or fingerprints.
I hope you're not thinking
what I think you're thinking.
I didn't say anything.
I think we're all thinking it.
We have to turn ourselves in.
We've tried to figure out
who Simon Says is on our own.
It's not Cole. We're out of ideas.
It's time to give the police a shot
now that we have some tangible evidence.
They could try to lift fingerprints
off whatever's inside that box.
I don't want anyone else to get hurt.
Exactly, and now that we know
Simon Says is willing to kill,
the best thing we can do is
protect the people we love.
That's bullshit, and you know that.
Whatever we decide,
guys, it's gonna hurt.
We just have to pick
the one we can live with,
literally and figuratively.
Okay, but if we decide to confess,
it has to be unanimous.
No one goes to the police
unless we all agree.
So how do we do this?
- Show of hands?
- You can't be serious.
♪
I'm sorry, Maeve. You
don't get to vote on this.
Cool.
All right. When do we do it?
We should take a day to do
whatever we need to do, and
we'll turn ourselves
in tomorrow at midnight.
♪
[ALARM BEEPING]
Today's the day, Stan.
I'm going to jail.
I know this might be
hard to understand, buddy,
but no matter how hard I try
I can't win.
And I tried really hard this time.
Now what am I gonna do with you, huh?
- [CORK POPS]
- Bronwyn.
Mija, I know I said I
wouldn't embarrass you,
but I lied because it's not every day
that my daughter gets
accepted into Yale.
And we are so very proud of you.
Felicidades, mi amor.
The legacy continues.
- Salud.
- ALL: Salud.
[GLASSES CLINKING]
Maeve?
Excuse me.
I think she's just
processing the reality
of me not being around much longer.
I'll go talk to her.
Permiso.
- No me sigas.
- Maeve, por favor.
Look, I don't want to be part
of your little charade, okay?
You haven't even opened
that stupid email.
Can we please not do this?
The only thing I'm asking
is that you don't give up.
This is not giving up.
It's doing the right thing.
Okay, what if Simon Says
comes looking for you?
How am I supposed to live with that?
We have to put an end to this.
Look, I know you wanted one
last happy day with everyone,
but you should just open
that admissions email
and make the celebration real,
'cause I'm gonna figure
out how to save you.
[SEAGULLS CALLING]
- Hey, you.
- [KNOCKS AT DOOR]
- Hey.
- Your brother did the laundry.
Ruined my only good button-down.
I need to borrow a shirt.
[CHUCKLES] Uh, yeah, sure.
Let me see what I have.
You got, like, a big date or something?
Oh.
- Wow, um
- Whoa.
Listen, son, after your mother died,
I never tried to fill
the space she left.
I let myself become singularly
focused in on your career,
making sure we were set for the future.
Yeah.
Thing is, um
I think I gotta start
thinking about myself now.
It's just one date, you know, but
But nothing.
You know, it's it's about
time you got back out there.
There's a whole world
out there for Kevin Clay.
Let me see what I got for
Bayview's most eligible bachelor.
How's this?
I just want you to know that, um,
no one could ever replace your mother.
I'm happy for you, Dad.
And it's, um
It's a relief to know
that you're gonna have
someone when I'm gone
Playing baseball next year.
[LAUGHTER]
Right, man.
Somebody to bring to your games.
Sure you're okay with this?
[SOBBING]
Yeah, Dad.
I'm good.
[JANAE PLAYING CA
STEVENS' "MOONSHADOW"]
♪
I'm being followed by a moonshadow ♪
Moonshadow, moonshadow ♪
All right, play us a Christmas song.
I'm not feeling super festive, Dad.
It's been a really shitty year.
We should have come
home when Simon died.
I'm sorry.
It's okay.
I knew you couldn't
cancel your tour dates.
I mean, your concerts are
literally the only thing
that most Gen X-ers
have to look forward to.
[CHUCKLES] Yeah, you're not wrong.
Come on, when was the last time
we played together?
[GUITAR STRUMMING]
Leaping and hopping on a moonshadow ♪
BOTH: Moonshadow, moonshadow ♪
Kiddo, what's wrong?
[SNIFFLES]
I finally made friends.
And now, I have to say goodbye to them.
Jay, changing schools
is gonna be the best thing for you.
You'll understand that someday.
[STRUMMING GUITAR]
If I ever lose my eyes ♪
BOTH: If my colors all run dry ♪
Oh, if I ever lose my eyes ♪
Hey ♪
I won't have to cry no more ♪
Through the years ♪
We all will be together ♪
Ads, which one?
I can't believe you'd
rather go on a date
than help me decorate.
But the red one.
Yeah?
Since when did you become
Santa's little helper?
I don't know.
Thought it might be nice this year.
Well, make sure you save me some
to help with tomorrow, okay?
Yeah.
Of course.
[SIGHS]
♪
Faithful friends ♪
Oh, I can't believe you're
gonna be my last kiss.
[ORNAMENT SHATTERS]
♪
Through the years ♪
We all will be together ♪
- You need that light.
- Okay.
And look, the dude loves crickets.
They're kind of gross,
but he can't get enough of them.
He also needs his greens too.
And, um, if his stomach turns black,
that's a bad sign,
so what I usually do is I take him to
Bro, bro, bro. Chill, all right?
It's gonna be good.
I know what I'm doing
with these little bad boys.
I used to have a little bearded dragon
- when I was growing up.
- Oh, for real?
Named him Baby Ru.
Listen, Kris,
I don't know when I'm gonna be back
from getting my mom settled.
It could take a while.
Uh, okay.
I mean, Stan can chill
for however long he wants,
but what about your girl, your friends?
Nobody wanted to watch him?
Bronwyn's got Yale.
Addy's not the biggest fan of reptiles.
You know Coop. All baseball.
All right, bro. Well,
good luck with your mom.
- [CHUCKLES]
- Yeah.
Okay.
Oh.
[WHISPERS] Don't forget about me, buddy.
I want you ♪
♪
For Christmas ♪
Baby ♪
♪
Well, this is fucking depressing.
Hello, are we really all
just gonna sit here all night
feeling sorry for ourselves?
I mean, I tried to tell them that
they'd have 20 years to life to do that.
Janae's right.
We all agreed to turn
ourselves in at midnight,
but that's still hours away.
So if this is truly our
last night of freedom
I think that we should turn up.
I have two choices for us tonight.
Red or white?
- Red.
- Red.
[ALL GIGGLING]
It's so good.
We are wreaking havoc tonight.
Are you? Because it seems
like you guys are giving up.
To wreaking havoc.
You know what really sucks, though?
- What?
- What?
I will never get to fuck Nate Macauley.
- [SPITS]
- Why did you look at me?
Ew! [SQUEALS]
- It's so sad.
- Oh, my God.
I'm gonna go to jail a virgin.
Yes, yes.
What are y'all talking about?
[ALL GIGGLING]
- What did we miss?
- They started without us.
Can we get some glasses?
Pour up a glass.
- Hi.
- Hi, Nate.
[DISTANT CHATTER]
So you're actually
going through with this.
We've tried everything else.
We're out of options.
We're not.
- Really?
- Mm-hmm.
What if you and I catch
Simon Says before midnight?
How?
Just some minor breaking and entering.
I can explain on the way.
[CHUCKLES] Come on.
All right. Wait, wait, wait.
No, you've never seen snow
or you've never seen it snow?
Both. I mean I mean, neither.
I've always wanted to, though.
My mom promised to take me sledding,
but we just never got
around to it, so
Eh, snow's overrated anyway.
Now the ocean, that's something to miss.
Why did I not go to the beach more?
I know.
It's, like, literally right there.
I've never ever been skinny-dipping.
And I'll never get
to go. Isn't that sad?
I think that's sad.
[SIGHS HEAVILY]
Damn it.
We have to do it.
What?
I mean, what the fuck is stopping us?
[UPBEAT MUSIC]
- Fuck it.
- Wait, wait, wait, wait.
- Seriously?
- Yes.
- Let's do it!
- Let's get funky.
- Yeah!
- Let's go! Come on!
Save it for lunch ♪
Not the real shellfish ♪
- Let's go!
- Wait, I gotta
- Come on, Bronwyn.
- Wait, wait, wait.
Oh, well, that's miles away ♪
♪
Let's go, come on ♪
♪
- Yes, Murder Club!
- Whoo!
- You guys, that was amazing.
- It was.
- Yeah.
- Wait, wait, wait.
- But what do we do next?
- Disneyland.
If you guys could do anything
Anything?
Anything tonight, what would you do?
Addy?
I I-I don't know. I don't know
- what I'd want to do.
- That's okay.
Well, I do, but I kind of feel
like that dorm room
door is closed forever.
- Aw.
- Aw, Coop.
Anyway, moving on,
Bronwyn, what would you do?
- What would you do?
- What would I do?
Mm, okay, I guess I'd
face my biggest fear.
Oh, oh, you'd finally watch
"The Exorcist" with me.
- No.
- [LAUGHTER]
Okay, I'd karaoke. I'd go karaoke-ing.
[LAUGHTER]
- Wait.
- That's it?
Okay, hear me out.
Bronwyn Rojas standing in
a crowd of unknown people,
unprepared and with no idea
if she has any talent for something
and forcing myself to not give
a shit about what people think.
Can you picture anything less me?
- Truly, no.
- No.
- Okay.
- Well, it sounds insanely hot.
And scary.
There's that karaoke
spot on Main Street.
- No.
- Let's go. Let's go.
- No, we don't have to do mine.
- Yes.
- We have to.
- Bronwyn, we are doing it.
Murder Club Says.
- Karaoke for Bronwyn.
- Come on.
- Come on.
- Let's go!
Get your shoes. Come on.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
♪
Gupta's office is right there.
- Oh, jeez, no, she's in there.
- Oh, my God.
- She's in there.
- Maeve.
- She's in there, sorry.
- Jesus Christ.
There were so many secrets,
so many lies.
Finally, Simon had to say
She said "Simon."
What would Simon say?
What did Simon say?
Fuck these kids.
Fuck them all.
♪
- Is Gupta Simon Says?
- No.
Okay.
♪
Okay, see if you can find the
keys to the security office.
We could check the cameras to see
who put the mask in Cooper's locker.
Oh, no fucking way.
Do not tell me she's Simon Says.
- It's even more fucked up.
- What?
I think she's writing a book about us.
- What do you mean about us?
- Okay.
So your name is Janie, and your
best friend has a gossip app.
Nate is Mitch.
Cooper's Connor. Addy's Ashton.
And Bronwyn's Breanna Rose.
- An only child?
- Shh.
Bitch wrote me out of the story.
Could be way worse. You
could have been May Rose.
I am the sister of a
lead character, okay?
You can't just erase me.
Who's gonna steal the laptop?
Who's gonna find the EpiPen?
Nobody actually knows
that you did those things.
What are you doing?
I'm emailing myself
a copy. I have notes.
Okay, so no keys to the security room,
but I found the thumb
drive from Simon Says.
That's good. That's really good.
I can data mine the files
to see if Simon Says left
behind any digital evidence.
- Data yeah.
- Yeah.
That's totally what I was thinking.
- Uh-huh.
- 100%.
- Yeah, let's go.
- Mm.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
[MIC ECHOES]
[CLEARS THROAT]
Um, hi.
I'd like to dedicate this song
to the people that came with me tonight.
We haven't been close for very long,
but, um, they're the kind
of friends you'd kill for.
["BABY DID A BAD BAD THING"
BY QUEEN KWONG PLAYING]
You got this, Bronwyn.
♪
[SOFTLY] Baby did a bad bad thing ♪
♪
Baby did a bad bad thing ♪
Next!
Baby did a bad bad thing ♪
♪
You ever love someone so much ♪
You thought your little
heart was gonna break in two? ♪
You're a rockstar!
[LOUDER] Baby did a bad bad thing ♪
Come on, Bronwyn.
Baby did a bad bad thing ♪
And I feel like crying ♪
- Ooh!
- Get it, girl.
- I feel like dying ♪
- You got it.
You are sexy, Rojas!
You ever toss and turn, lying awake ♪
And thinking about the one you love? ♪
I don't think so ♪
You ever close your eyes,
you're making believe ♪
You're holding the
one you're dreaming of? ♪
Well, if you say so ♪
I know it hurts so
bad to finally know ♪
Just how low, low,
low, low, low I'll go ♪
Baby did a bad bad thing ♪
Oh.
Baby did a bad bad thing ♪
♪
- Baby did a bad bad thing ♪
- Fucking Rojas.
And I feel like dying ♪
[LAUGHTER]
Whoo-ooh ♪
♪
I feel like dying ♪
I feel like dying ♪
You're gonna regret if
you don't see him tonight.
♪
I don't know, he doesn't want to see me
and I don't want to cause any drama.
Besides his Instagram
says he's at some party.
I feel like dying ♪
- I feel like dying ♪
- Cooper, this is perfect.
We can accidentally bump into him.
No drama. Look, it's an open invite.
I'm not sure.
Guys
kindly shut the hell up.
Sorry. We're going.
I feel like dying ♪
♪
She's great.
Oh, I feel like dying ♪
I feel like dying ♪
[CHUCKLES]
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
Okay, so I created a sandbox network,
so I think we can poke around
without alerting Simon Says.
It's gonna take a while,
and to be honest, it
might not even work.
That's okay.
Kind of figured it
was a long shot anyway.
Then why'd you come?
'Cause I wanted to.
I know how we can kill some time.
- Oh?
- Mm-hmm.
[SNORTS]
[PUNK ROCK MUSIC]
♪
- Uh
- Did I do something? I'm sorry.
I'm, like, fully a virgin.
And unlike Bronwyn, I'm
just not totally sure
- I'm ready to, uh
- Oh.
- First of all, let's not talk about my sister in that way.
- Oh, my God.
- Yeah.
- Sorry.
- [LAUGHTER]
- It's okay.
Um
but second of all
do you think you'll ever
want me to touch you that way?
Mm-hmm.
Cool.
- For sure.
- [GIGGLES]
- It's kind of funny, actually.
- Is it?
- Yeah, a little bit.
- How dare you.
'Cause I thought that you had
all of this stuff figured out.
Uh, I feel like I have a
lot I need to figure out.
- Like?
- Like my gender.
Okay.
I just feels really limiting
being perceived as a girl.
Like, I really feel like
I'm more fluid than that.
And then also it just feels like
everyone expects everybody
to be just one thing,
and I think that's crazy
because we're all just fucking stardust.
Well, I see you.
And I love watching you glow.
[CHUCKLES]
Are you sure you don't mind waiting
with the sex stuff?
- [TENDER MUSIC]
- Come here.
♪
I can wait.
[NOTIFICATIONS CHIME]
Okay, sure.
[LAUGHTER]
- Am I hallucinating?
- What?
Addy and Cooper are going
to a gay warehouse party.
- That's sick.
- Wow. Okay.
You should go.
Be with them.
You should come.
I am running out of time to save you,
and you are a huge distraction.
[CHUCKLES]
Go.
[ELECTRONIC DANCE MUSIC]
If you don't give a fuck ♪
♪
[CHEERING]
Oh, my God.
Addy, where even are we?
♪
Hey.
Is he looking at you,
or is he looking at me?
Both?
[LAUGHTER]
Whoa. This place is wild.
Where are Bronwyn and Nate?
Uh, they wanted alone time.
- Oh.
- Mm.
I don't really support
the straight agenda,
but I'm rooting for them.
First timers?
Is it that obvious?
Oh, my God.
Are you the baseball gay?
Guilty.
I'm Cooper Clay. Nice to meet you.
So nice to meet you.
I'm Ramona. She/they.
I'm Janae. They/she/he.
Love.
I think we're gonna need
to elevate these outfits.
Come with me.
[CHUCKLES]
♪
Cooper!
What the hell are you doing here?
Surprise.
Then let me go ♪
♪
So this is Kris' playground?
Welcome home, baby.
I swear I didn't mean
to crash your party.
I'm not trying to be
weird, but for real, like,
seeing you here is blowing my mind.
I hope in a good way?
Yeah, yeah. In the best way.
- What are you wearing?
- What?
Uh-uh, we gotta make adjustments.
- Take it off.
- Take it off?
- Yes.
- Okay.
It's a gay party, and you not hot
wearing all these clothes.
Take the shirt off. It's gotta go.
- Take the shirt off?
- Yes, take the shirt off.
- Oh, man.
- Give me chest.
- Chest.
- Give me chest.
- Biceps?
- Yes.
- Ooh.
- BOTH: Abs.
- [CHUCKLES]
- All of the above?
The gays deserve this, baby.
This is what the girls want.
Um, for real, why are you even here?
I just wanted one last
night out with my friends.
I'm transferring schools,
so Addy suggested this party,
and here we are.
Wait, you're transferring schools?
Yeah.
Nate said he was leaving town too.
What's going on?
Coop, are you lying to me again?
- You're lying again.
- Look
Nah, I'm not doing this no more, Cooper.
Wait, wait.
You're right.
I can't keep lying.
None of us can.
That's why tonight
we're gonna tell the
police the whole truth.
We just wanted one
last night of freedom.
Coop, y'all about to tell the cops?
And so, for your last night of freedom,
you wanted to come to
a queer warehouse party?
Honestly, no.
I just couldn't stand the thought
of not seeing you one last time.
[SIGHS]
Who am I to deny you
one more night of this?
Oh, yeah?
With you, with you ♪
I just want to feel anything ♪
You owe me a dance.
Anything with you ♪
With you ♪
I just want to feel ♪
♪
Ah, Ginger!
[LAUGHTER]
I just want to feel ♪
You've got a beautiful aura.
I can tell that you're a good person.
No, I'm not.
I killed Jake.
What?
I said, you're right. The music's great.
I'm Tony.
I don't care.
♪
All right.
Just so you know, that meant nothing.
Yo, whatever you want, baby.
♪
You good?
All night I've been
asking myself what I want.
And the answer's been in
front of me the whole time.
♪
Your heart beats fast ♪
Despite the truth ♪
♪
That love is blind ♪
I just want to feel anything ♪
Anything with you ♪
[ENGINE RUMBLING]
We going caroling, Rojas?
Nope.
So the Jensens always deck
out their house to the nines
and spend Christmas in the Bahamas.
We're here for something else.
Oh, I see. Oh, my God, yeah.
You want revenge for the
Nativity play I ruined, right?
In fourth grade.
Yeah, you're Simon Says.
Just watch.
[MOTOR WHIRRING]
I know it's not real snow, but, um
I love you, Rojas.
What did you say?
I said, I love you.
I can't hear you.
I love you. I fucking love you.
[TENDER MUSIC]
♪
I love you too, Macauley.
Let's get out of here.
♪
[CHUCKLES]
♪
I've just wanted this for so long.
I can't believe it's actually happening.
Addy.
Addy?
Hey, what are you doing?
Nothing. I just needed some air.
Addy.
Fine.
I'm going to the police station.
What?
Jay, I'm the one who shot Jake.
There's no reason for everyone
else to go to jail because of me.
Is this a joke? It's not funny.
Janae, I don't have a bright future
to look forward to like all of you do.
I didn't even know what I wanted to do
on my last night of freedom.
Then I saw you and Cooper.
And you all looked so
alive and so, so happy.
And I knew exactly what I wanted.
So please let me do this.
Not for Jake, but for all of you.
Who do you think you are?
Are you Jesus?
We're all responsible for
what we did that night, Addy.
None of us are gonna be
able to live with ourselves
if we don't do this together.
Janae, this doesn't have
to end all of our lives.
You know, after Simon died,
it was like the whole
world was a different color.
And I was completely alone,
and you, of all people,
were there for me.
So who cares
if you don't know what you
want to be when you grow up?
That doesn't make you any less worthy.
You know, you're a real
clueless pain in the ass
sometimes, but you're
a fucking good friend.
[SOBBING]
Well, Rojas, you finally got
everything you wanted tonight.
You overheard me at Addy's?
Good thing I did too.
Gave me plenty of time to find a condom.
You know you're not supposed to
leave those things in your wallet?
- Oh, my God.
- [CHUCKLES]
- What? What?
- God, no, no.
- Hey, hey.
- [GIGGLES]
Hey, where'd you go?
I'm right here.
Hello.
Hi.
[ALARM RINGING]
It's almost midnight.
There's just one final thing
you have to do before we go.
And what is that?
Open that admissions email.
I opened it this morning.
[SIGHS]
I didn't get in.
I'm sorry.
You know, I thought it would be
the end of the world, but it's not.
My whole life, I've had this plan.
And now that I don't,
it's actually a relief,
which is insane to think about
when we're about to confess
to killing someone, but
we're doing the right thing, Nate.
And I'm exactly where
I'm supposed to be.
I'm exactly where I'm supposed to be.
[GIGGLES]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
You know what I like ♪
♪
[ALARM RINGING]
You tore into me so right ♪
♪
[SIGHS]
Damn. That's goodbye, isn't it?
Come here.
Wherever you're going
I know it's not gonna be easy, but
Coop, I'm so proud of you.
For real, like,
you really out here living your truth.
Just stay safe, okay?
Yeah.
♪
[SIREN WAILING]
You guys aren't getting
cold feet, are you?
Wow.
This might be the first time
that we've actually
all agreed on something.
I'm gonna miss you guys.
Same.
[EMOTIONAL MUSIC]
♪
[PHONE BUZZING]
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
♪
Excuse me, hi.
We have information regarding
the murder of Giselle Ward.
This is about that guy
we picked up, right?
That Forrester kid?
What?
You're looking at
footage of a local student
from Bayview High, TJ Forrester,
who has been arrested in connection
with the murder of Wendy Ward.
He was apprehended
earlier this afternoon
Oh, my God.
30 miles outside of Los Angeles.
Sources say the arresting officer
- found evidence in his car.
- Ho, ho, ho! Merry Christmas!
The police believe that
Mr. Forrester was in town
when Wendy Ward went missing.
Ho, ho, ho!
Merry Christmas!
[EERIE "CAROL OF THE BELLS" PLAYING]
♪
Ho, ho, ho!
Merry Christmas!
♪
[EVIL LAUGHTER]
♪