Based on a True Story (2023) s02e06 Episode Script

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["WRAPPED UP IN A DREAM"
BY THE BOYFRIENDS PLAYING]
Woke up this morning ♪
Tears in your eyes ♪
Look out your window ♪
Do you think it's terrible?
- It's
- [FOOTSTEPS]
It's smart and original, just like you.
Cornell would be stupid
not to take you, bro.
You're the stupid one,
thinking you have a chance in hell.
[PAPER CRUMPLING]
[GARBAGE DISPOSAL RUNNING]
[GARBAGE DISPOSAL SHUTS OFF]
Hey. Go print out a new one.
I got this.
["JESSIE'S GIRL" PLAYING ON RADIO]
Jessie is a friend ♪
You're a fool to keep encouraging him.
Cornell doesn't take trash.
He's gonna end up a dropout
plumber just like you.
- Jessie's got himself a girl and I want to make her mine ♪
- [MENACING MUSIC PLAYS]
- And she's watching him with those eyes ♪
- [VOLUME INCREASES]
And she's loving him with
that body, I just know it ♪
And he's holding her in
his arms late, late at night ♪
You know, I wish that I had ♪
- Jessie's girl ♪
- [WOMAN SCREAMING]
God, what a monster.
I know I am.
No, baby, not
not you. Your
Your stepmom. It's
It's not your fault
that she was so cruel.
I don't know. Maybe I'm
just using it as an excuse,
you know, for my own sickness.
She was sick
and abusive.
You're trying to get better.
I am.
I really am.
But that's no reason for you
to get roped into all this.
Hey, I I know what I'm doing.
Look, Tory
this could get way
more dangerous for you.
There's a cop asking questions.
There's a killer sending
me cryptic messages.
I need you to be certain
that you understand
We should get married, like-like, today.
My my Evidence professor
was talking about spousal
privilege in class.
- Okay.
- And if we're married,
they can't compel me
to testify against you.
Tore
[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]
Are you sure about this?
Baby
I'm in this.
Oh, my God.
Hey, Drew, I've left
you, like, five messages.
I went to the police station
yesterday looking for you.
I feel like a crazy stalker.
Call me back. That'd be great. Thanks.
Hey, I'm here. What's the emergency?
- Hi. Great. Hello. Can you please take him?
- Hi. What?
I don't know when I'll be
back, but I will be back.
Text me if you need me and remember not
to put the bottle in the microwave.
Okay, sounds good.
You're not gonna complain,
and bitch, and moan?
"Ava, I have my own life."
I'm sure you had plans before you
dropped everything to raise me, so
Okay. I gotta go, 'cause I
have to bail Nathan out of jail.
You left him overnight?
He is lucky I'm coming back at all.
You wanna see this shit?
Look at your daddy.
[AUTO-TUNED] Fuck, that's tight. Ava!
Fuck, that's tight. Ava!
- Oh, my God. He's trending.
- He's never gonna get another client after this.
- I'm sure it'll be fine.
- [SIGHS] Who are you?
Why are you being so positive?
- What's wrong? What do you want?
- Fine. Can I have some friends over tonight?
We'll stay in the backyard. We
won't wake up Jack. It'll be fine.
Yeah, it's fine. Just don't
let anyone drunk-hold him.
- Thank you. I owe you.
- Bye-bye.
- Say, "Bye, Mama. Love you."
- Bye.
[DOOR CLOSES]
[QUIETLY] Okay.
[LINE RINGING]
Hey. I think we're good.
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
So
the killer messaged you yesterday?
That's, uh That's pretty scary.
Might be a good time to
let this all go, right?
No? You're right. Whatever
you wanna do is right.
[TUTS] Look, I know you're mad at me,
but I'm-I'm just gonna
be straight with you.
After a night in lockup,
a man starts to think.
- Oh, my God.
- Seriously.
And I've never felt closer to you.
I really feel very, very
close to you right now.
- [TIRES SCREECH]
- Ow! Fuck!
- God damn it!
- Oh, I'm sorry.
[NATHAN SIGHS HEAVILY]
Look, can we just do this now? Let's
just fight and get it over with.
I don't wanna go home and
do it in front of Jack.
We're not going home.
She told me she was a detective
on the Copycat Killer case.
Turns out she was impersonating a cop.
Oh, great. People who do
that are always sane and good.
If you don't wanna be
here, wait in the car.
I'm doing this. I need
to see what's going on.
Why do you need to get involved at all?
Because the Copycat
Killer played me, okay?
And that's fine, because he's
a serial killer, all right?
But Drew, or whatever the
hell her name is, is my friend.
And to think she's pulling
one over me too, like
[KNOCKING ON DOOR] Drew?
I am going to look her in the
eye, and I'm gonna ask her
- [DOORKNOB RATTLES]
- [DOOR CREAKS OPEN]
Hmm.
[EERIE, TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
What the hell is going on?
I mean, is there any junk mail?
Is there a receipt around?
We just need her real name.
[NATHAN] There's nothing here.
Can we just go home, please?
Maybe she didn't have a bunch
of stuff in the first place.
I've been trying to reach her
all night. It doesn't make sense.
She must be wrapped
up in some crazy shit
to just leave so unexpectedly.
- This is private property.
- [SHRIEKS]
- Fuck
- Oh, my God.
Hello, sir. I'm, um
I'm Ava Bar ney.
I'm Ava Barney. I'm a real estate agent.
And this unit would be really
good for my client here.
Uh No, thanks.
What? I'd be a great tenant.
How long has this house been vacant?
Because I like to kind
of survey this area,
and I could've sworn someone
was living here last week.
Yeah, till yesterday. She split
in the middle of the night.
With no notice? I mean, what has
ever happened to good renters?
You really gotta vet these
applicants these days.
Background checks, credit score.
I could take a look for you if you want.
I respect people's privacy.
And I got a pretty good eye for
people, nine times out of ten.
What the hell did I do to this guy?
Olivia seemed like a good one.
And she warned me up front
that she can get called back
to sea pretty quick anyhow.
- To sea?
- To see what?
Yeah, those big cruise ships,
they schedule their hands last-minute.
Oh. Do you remember this
Olivia's last name by any chance?
Like I said,
I respect people's privacy.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]
Okay. Okay, look.
We have a name, Olivia.
Could be fake, but still
Doesn't matter. She's at sea.
- She's not on a cruise ship!
- That's what he said.
Will you stop talking? I need to think.
Oh, I'm sorry to interrupt with
completely normal reactions.
Listen, she has a baby, okay?
She's not just gonna get
up and leave out of nowhere.
[SIGHS HEAVILY]
There is something about the ocean.
Her idiot dad insists on buying
her all kinds of fancy toys,
but all she wants is this tacky
souvenir from a beach dive bar.
Yep. This is it.
Are you sure?
- Fine. Don't believe me.
- No. I believe you.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
Excuse me.
Oh, shit. I think some of
these guys booked me last night.
Yeah. Try not to beat up anyone,
and maybe we'll get out of here safely.
- Hello.
- Hey.
This is busy for 10:00 a.m., huh?
Yeah. Well, you know that new serial
killer struck again last night,
so everyone's in here drinking.
So that's fun. Can I get you anything?
- Mm-hmm.
- Yeah, we'll get two IPAs, please.
Sure. Hey, listen,
quick question for you.
Do you remember a woman named Olivia,
dark hair, used to hang out at this bar?
[SUCKS TEETH] Um
No. That doesn't ring a bell. Uh
[AVA] You look nervous. Are you lying?
Dude! You're the tennis tantrum guy.
- Oh, my God
- Keep it down.
You're all over TikTok. Oh, my
gosh. Can I get a selfie with you?
- No. Absolutely not. We're not doing that.
- [AVA GRUMBLES]
Actually, I'll give you a
selfie if you tell my wife
what she needs to know about Olivia.
Babe, that's so hot.
Yeah, yeah. And I'll
get in it, too. I'm Ava.
Deal. Okay.
Uh, yeah, I know a girl named Olivia.
She's one of those hot-for-cops types.
She's always hanging around
here till closing time
looking for somebody to go home with.
My God! Did you ever see
her leave with anybody?
I don't Mmm.
- Did you signal with your eyes?
- What?
- Feels like you did do a signal.
- See where he just looked?
- I'm done with information.
- [AVA GASPS]
- Thank you, sir.
- Mm-hmm.
- Oh, my God.
- What?
The real Detective Stephens
is standing over there.
Look. No, don't look.
Look. No, no, don't look.
- Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Oh, my God.
- What?
She must've been having some
relationship with him or affair.
Maybe she stole the case
files from him. I mean
No, it can't be.
Oh, my God! No, it can't be.
Oh, my God. She couldn't be.
What? It can't be what?
The only person that
would need that information
from those very specific
case files would be
- [QUIETLY] the Copycat Killer.
- Yes.
No. I don't think so.
Women are not serial killers.
- Never?
- No.
They're not, like, the Eh-eh-eh!
Not those type. A little
too stabby. [CLICKS TONGUE]
Once in a while, you
get your Aileen Wuornos,
and that's once in a blue moon.
Kind of vengeful, tortured soul.
But it's
Hey, this Olivia lady,
what was her general vibe?
- Tortured.
- [SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]
He's leaving. We have to
go. We have to go. Thank you.
- Thank you.
- Wait. My selfie. You promised!
- Wow.
- Babe, isn't this so cute?
Starting a new trend.
It's the 24-hour wedding.
- Tory, it looks magical.
- Yeah?
- Hey, I got some great news.
- What?
Gustaf said he can officiate tonight.
- That's great.
- Yeah. He said we can write our own vows.
Well, I wrote my vows already.
- What? Huh.
- Yeah. Hmm.
- I'm gonna have to get on it then, huh?
- Yeah.
Hey, look, no pressure or anything,
but is there anyone else you
wanna invite to the ceremony?
- I know it's last-minute, but
- Nope.
No family you wanna include?
No. Trust me, that is not a good idea.
- Well, what about your-your son?
- [DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]
I just feel bad not including
him. He means so much to you.
I don't really wanna talk about
him right now if you don't mind.
Okay. Well, I can always reach out
to his mom if-if that's helpful.
It's not. And, uh
- [CHAIR CLACKS FORCEFULLY]
- don't bring that up again.
I'm sorry. Um
Hey. Hey.
Hey.
I didn't mean to upset you.
I just want you to
feel loved and supported
- on this special day.
- And I do. I do.
But, Tory, your family is my family now.
Okay?
Okay.
Great. [INHALES DEEPLY]
Now, I got an errand to
run before the wedding.
I'm gonna be real quick, okay?
- You won't even notice I'm gone.
- All right.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC CONTINUES]
He's a cop?
I think he's a dirty cop,
living like this. Are you sure?
I've been wrong about who is and
isn't a cop before, so we'll see.
What's the plan here? H-how are we
gonna get this guy to talk to us?
- Uh, I don't know. I'm thinking.
- [DOORBELL RINGS]
What? You're thinking about it now?
Don't you think you
should've thought about
Detective Stephens, hi. Could
we ask you a few questions?
Yeah. Come on in.
I've been expecting you.
[AVA] Thank you.
[STEPHENS] What do you got for me?
We would like to know
if you know a woman named Olivia,
and if so, her whereabouts.
Uh [EXHALES]
No. Nope. Doesn't ring a bell.
Oh. Well, thanks for your time.
No. See, but we heard
that you do, though.
Well, you heard wrong.
Well, that answers
our question. We can
No, see, hypothetically, let's
just say that you know Olivia.
In fact, let's say that
you know her quite well.
And hypothetically, let's say
that we know for a fact that she
stole some case files from you
pertaining to the Copycat Killer.
Well, I can't really discuss anything
related to an ongoing investigation.
You know, it'd be a real shame
if an anonymous call made
its way to Internal Affairs
regarding these missing case files.
Raise some red flags
that a fellow investigator
is possibly aiding and
abetting a serial killer.
- [DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]
- She doesn't fit the profile.
[MOCK GASP]
- Wow. Seems that you know her.
- Seem like he does.
- Interesting.
- Very interesting.
She is under six foot.
She is right-handed.
She is obsessed with
other serial killers.
That is Olivia, and you know it, sir.
Are you familiar with
the castle doctrine?
It says that if I were to shoot
someone attempting a home invasion,
there is not a court in this
country that would convict me.
And now, here you are
in my home.
[WHISPERS] Right.
- So are we done here?
- Yes. Thank you so much.
- Lovely home. Thank you for your time.
- Thank you so much.
- Show yourself out.
- [AVA] Yep.
[NATHAN] Yes, we will.
[NATHAN] Babe, you
found the Copycat Killer.
Okay, I may know who it is,
but I don't know where she is.
I still need to figure that out.
Plus, I keep making
friends with serial killers.
That can't really be
a good thing, right?
It's an amazing thing. You go to
the park to look for mom friends,
- and you find a killer?
- I know!
Look, I know I've been a buzzkill
on the murder front lately,
but I see why you can't quit this.
Uh-uh. What's that look?
I know that look.
Where we going?
[PEOPLE SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]
[GEORGIA] What time is
it? So ridiculous! [SCOFFS]
Am I late?
No. The grief support
group is running long again.
I shouldn't be mean.
They're going through a lot.
They've lost loved ones,
some of them to murder.
Really? My God.
- It's good to see you.
- [CLEARS THROAT]
You missed a few meetings. I
was afraid I scared you away.
Oh, I've just been busy.
That's not true, actually. I, uh
[EXHALES] I thought I was done
with this place, but, um
You can't control the cravings.
You can only control
what you do with them.
It's external triggers.
Be fair to yourself.
[MUTED] I'll give you my number.
Call me anytime you wanna chat.
We're all here for you. We've
been through the same thing.
- [INTENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
- [GEORGIA] Matt?
No one cares how my sister died.
It doesn't matter.
You don't matter.
Wait! Matt!
Matt!
[INTENSE, MENACING MUSIC CONTINUES]
[MUSIC FADES OUT]
- [AVA] Hey, guys.
- Oh, my God. It's her again.
I heard you say that. Even
though you whispered, I heard it.
- This is my husband, Nathan.
- Hi.
[AVA] We're not here to
bug you. I have a question.
Do you, by any chance,
remember that woman
that pulled me away a few weeks ago?
- [NATHAN] Show them a picture of her.
- [AVA] Why would I have one?
- Your drug dealer?
- Ooh! Does she sell shrooms?
Okay, no, no. Not my drug dealer.
I don't have a drug dealer.
I really need some information on
this woman. It's extremely important.
Do you know anything?
Okay, look, there is
a killer on the loose.
Everyone's a little on edge.
So, you will forgive us
if we have no interest
in getting involved with
whatever mess you're in.
[AVA SIGHS HEAVILY]
Yo, hey.
You. Yes.
I have I've got shrooms.
I got a lot of 'em. So, you give
me some info, and I'm gonna
I'm gonna give you some for free.
Okay, so I remember, like,
a week before we met you,
she came to the park asking
if any of us knew you.
Yeah. She had your photo and everything.
Oh, my God. What-what-what did she want?
Uh Just to talk to you.
Oh!
So?
The shroomies?
Oh, yeah.
Uh Here you go.
Don't open those around here.
Just be cool. Yeah, okay.
You had mushrooms?
I think it was an old croissant.
Oh, my God. You were right.
This woman has been targeting me.
This is so fucking dangerous.
I gotta get out of this.
- What?
- We gotta go home. This is not safe anymore.
- You're not gonna stop.
- What do you mean?
- I'm not gonna let you, not now.
- What?
- You're too good at this.
- Babe, that's really sweet, but this is not
I'm not being sweet, okay?
I'm being serious here.
Look, I used to be great at tennis.
And I may not be anymore.
- Do you want me to say something?
- Nah. The moment passed.
- Oh.
- The point is that I
I still know what greatness looks like,
and you're exceptional.
- Aw.
- Yeah. You were meant to do this.
This is what you always
wanted to do, right?
Yeah, it kind of is.
So, what are we gonna do about it?
Okay, I guess first things first,
we find out Olivia's full name
so we can accuse her anonymously.
- Yes! Let's get your head in the game.
- Yeah? Okay.
Now, think. What are some other
places that you guys went to?
Put your wallet away. My
baby daddy's paying this time.
[GUITAR MUSIC PLAYING]
Ooh! Hi. Excuse me.
Do you think you could
get a receipt for us?
It's from the 28th. We had a
2:00 p.m. reservation at table 14.
Uh, sorry. We don't really do that.
- She wants to add a tip.
- Mm-hmm.
Uh All right, okay. Just one second.
[QUIETLY] Nice job.
- [PRINTER WHIRS]
- Ooh.
- There you go.
- [BOTH] Thank you.
[QUIETLY] Okay, let's see.
"Luke Woodsen."
[TAPPING] Search.
I got the address. Let's go.
- The tip?
- Oh, yeah.
- The tip.
- Get some Do you have money?
How many margaritas did you have?
- There you go.
- Thank you.
- Thank you so much.
- Thank you.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]
[DOORBELL RINGS]
[PHONE VIBRATING]
- You gonna take that or what?
- No.
- [AVA] Hi. Oh, Lola!
- Hi.
Oh, my goodness. You get
cuter and cuter every day.
- Hi.
- Hi.
Sorry. I'm Ava. I know her mom.
Oh. I'm her mother.
Of course, yes. I know her
biological mother, I mean.
But stepmoms are just as
important as real moms.
I am her biological mother.
Who are you?
Okay, I'm a little confused.
This baby and my baby are friend babies.
Oh. Our nanny takes her to the park.
I don't have time for
that because I work.
Sorry. Is your
Is your nanny named
Olivia by any chance?
- Yes. What is this about?
- Oh, my God.
- You fucking psycho bitch-head lying
- What?
- Okay, you need to leave my house immediately.
- Not you! I'm sorry.
Olivia. She's I
thought this was her baby.
She-she told me she
is your baby's mother.
What?! [SCOFFS]
Okay, well, thank God
she didn't show up today.
I knew I shouldn't have
gotten a nanny off Craigslist,
but I was desperate.
- [PHONE VIBRATING]
- You better come inside.
I need to hear the whole story.
- Okay.
- I gotta deal with this.
[PHONE VIBRATING]
- [DOOR CLOSES]
- [PHONE BEEPS]
- Hey, buddy.
- [NATHAN] You calling to apologize?
You goaded me. You fucking goaded me.
I can't believe I listened to you.
I should've listened to my wife,
but now, my life's
in the fucking toilet.
[MATT] That's it, buddy.
Let it out. Let it all out.
I'm sorry I'm such a
bad influence on you.
I just hate seeing you so disrespected.
I guess I'm just too
protective of you, you know?
I'm just too goddamn protective.
Okay. But i-it still
doesn't make it right.
[MATT] No. And you know what?
I wanna make it up to you.
Tory and I, we're actually
moving the wedding up a bit.
It's just gonna be a small
ceremony in your backyard.
But, um, Nathan [INHALES]
I would be honored
if you would be my best man.
Your best man?
I don't know [SIGHS]
I don't know what to say. I mean, wha
Yeah. You know, I'm
sensing a lot of emotions
coming up for you right now.
Do you wanna do a feeling share?
Uh, okay, sure. Yeah. Um
Never been anyone's
best man, uh, before.
I thought you'd ask Nick.
[MATT] Ah, no. Nick?
Come on, buddy. It's you and me.
Yeah. I see why you wouldn't ask him.
No one's ever asked me to be a best man.
I guess that says a lot about me.
I told you about my dad, and
being an only child, and
My dad, he was just so goddamn
obsessed about being the best.
Said that, "Nathan,
friends make you weak."
You know, I just I guess I spent
a lot of time alone, so nobody
I didn't have a lot of friends,
and, you know, I consider
you my best friend.
Besides my wife. I mean, she's my
Ava's my number one best
friend, but you're my
- [SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC CRESCENDOS]
- [NATHAN CONTINUES, INDISTINCT]
[NATHAN] Sometimes, you could
even say it's tied for one.
- I wouldn't say that to her, but I'd say it's Ava
- [SIGHING DEEPLY]
Well, look, it's Jack and Ava,
and then you're a close number
two best friend of my life.
Whoa.
[NATHAN] Anyway, I just
wanna say I-I, uh
say that it means a lot to me,
and I really appreciate
you asking me to do this,
and I'm not gonna forget it.
You know what? Me, too.
Wow. 4:47 p.m.
I'll always remember
that is the exact time
that you said yes.
Wow. With barely an hour's notice.
Buddy
Wait. W
The ceremony's tonight?
Isn't that why you gave
us the house for the day?
I thought Tory told Ava.
No, Ava doesn't know. She
has no idea about this.
[MATT] Huh. Well, you know
what? Don't worry about it.
It's just gonna be a small, casual,
come-as-you-are sort of thing.
I just wanna make sure
you're standing at my side
when we become brothers.
Hey, buddy, could you stay
on the phone another minute?
I just I wanna do
a gratitude meditation.
Thanks, pal.
[ALARM WAILING]
["THE DEVIL IS LOOSE"
BY ASHA PUTHLI PLAYING]
Oh ♪
The devil is loose ♪
Oh, the devil is loose ♪
Go and get him ♪
Woo him all day by singing the blues ♪
Oh, the devil ♪
Dine him all night ♪
[LOLA'S MOM] Okay, Ring
camera, what do you have for me?
Here we go. License plate
and face, clear as day.
Okay, we gotta get these
Nextdoor moms on her ass.
- Yeah.
- Say that she, um gave your daughter gluten.
No! Say she stole some Erewhon
smoothies out of your fridge.
- People freak over those.
- Or we could just tell them
she's a potential kidnapper.
- Oh, yeah!
- Yeah.
- No. That's good.
- Yeah.
Okay. Done.
I'll text you updates.
[DOOR CLOSES]
Hey, her name is Olivia Carter, okay?
- And Stephanie's got the Nextdoor brigade on her
- We gotta get home.
[GENTLE STRING MUSIC PLAYING]
- Tory?
- Oh, my God. Finally!
Oh, my God. I am so pissed at
- Ah! You look so beautiful.
- Thanks.
I am so pissed at you. Where's
our child? What's going on?
I took him to Serena's.
It's hard to babysit
when planning a last-minute wedding.
- Is it?
- Help me finish getting ready? Thank you.
Tory, we need to [SIGHS] Oh, my God.
[DOORBELL RINGS]
[EERIE MUSICAL STING]
You here for the wedding?
Seriously, why did you not
tell me about this wedding?
- I knew you'd freak out.
- Not freaking out.
And here you are, freaking
out. What are you doing?
What are you looking for, something
to strangle me with? What is that?
- Mom's pearl necklace.
- What?
I wore it on my wedding day,
and I always envisioned
you wearing it too.
Av, this is
kinda light for pearls.
Did Mom say these were real?
I don't know. She said her nose,
boobs, and teeth were real, so
- Right, yeah.
- [TOGETHER] "Real enough to fool 'em."
Yeah. Okay, here. Let me put it on you.
I just My wedding was
put together so last-minute,
I always kinda thought yours
would be more special than that.
This is special.
You know, you being here to support me,
and Mom's fake pearls.
But seriously, why are we
rushing this? Are you pregnant?
No. This is actually kind of your fault,
because your little
cop friend is onto Matt.
My little cop friend?
Yeah. She came to see me on campus.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSICAL STING]
- [INDISTINCT CHATTER IN DISTANCE]
- [MUSIC PLAYING FAINTLY]
Oh, hey. The wedding's out back.
Um, are-are you Are
you here for Tory or Matt?
I guess it doesn't really
matter. The wedding's so small.
Okay, the truth is I didn't even
know a wedding was happening today.
I just dropped in as a friend of Ava's.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]
Sorry. I didn't get your name.
No. She's not a cop. She's not
a real cop. Oh, my gosh. Okay.
I am very kind of almost sure
that she is the Copycat Killer.
- She's the Copycat Killer?
- Yes!
Oh, my God. Holy shit!
No. That-that-that makes so much sense,
because the Copycat Killer
has been communicating
with Matt through the cipher.
She's, like, obsessed with him.
Oh. That's a relief.
She's obsessed with him.
I kinda thought she was
obsessed with me, but
It's fine. It's better this way.
Hold on. Back up. Why is Matt
communicating with the killer?
- I don't think I was supposed to tell you that.
- Oh, my God. Where's Matt?
He said he had to run an errand.
Yeah, I'm sure he did have
to run an errand. I swear
[NATHAN] Babe, your friend Drew is here.
[DRAMATIC MUSICAL STING]
Drew?
- Yeah.
- Hey, Ava!
- Hi.
- Hi. Oh, my God.
Why are you What are you doing here?
- I didn't really expect you.
- Sorry to just drop in.
You didn't tell me that your
sister is getting married today.
Moved on that kinda fast, huh?
Yeah, yeah. No. It's-it's
a 24-hour wedding.
It's, like, a trend where
you get married in 24 hours.
- Yeah, it keeps everyone on their toes.
- Yeah, it's fast.
But I thought you
didn't like her fiancé.
- Uh I do!
- No.
- No, I do. Do you not?
- I'm his best man.
We all like him. That's
water under the
- Bridge.
- Yes. So, speaking of him, we're actually
The ceremony's gonna start. Why
don't you and I catch up tomorrow?
Uh, you know, real quick. So
you don't want Matt Pierce gone?
No. I
- You don't.
- No.
- No, I don't.
- No.
- We love him.
- No. We're good.
Come on, Ava.
You can drop the act.
You know why I'm here.
I actually don't. Why are we here?
- Why are we here?
- That's such a good question.
Ava, shut the fuck up.
I heard your voicemails.
I know you know I'm not a cop.
- [DOOR OPENS]
- Matty man. Big day
- Nick!
- There he is. Nick, buddy.
- You look incredible.
- Thank you.
[AVA] Can you Yeah.
We're gonna be out
Can I talk to you for a second?
Can you help me for one minute?
- Tell everybody just to take a seat.
- All right.
Tory and Matt will be right out.
- This is so much fun.
- See you soon.
- Seriously, can we not do this right now?
- See, the thing is
I do feel a little bad
using you to get to Matt.
Because I think we could've
been real friends, Ava. I do.
Except that you've been
protecting the Westside Ripper
- this entire time.
- Okay. Shh. Can we please not
- What do you want?
- I want the same as you, Ava.
I want Matt gone.
You said it yourself. He's dangerous.
So, help me take him out.
No. He's different now.
[AVA] All right, everyone calm down.
- Matt Pierce
- Oh, God!
- Oh, my God.
- Oh, God.
- Okay.
- will always be a threat.
What are you doing?
He just killed again.
Please put down the gun.
Drew Stephens is dead.
Yeah. So where is Matt?
- He's running errands.
- Stop talking to her.
An errand? I have been following him.
I have proof.
- Okay.
- Jesus!
And I want Matt off the streets.
Wait a minute.
You're left-handed?
- Yeah.
- [GASPS]
You're not the Copycat Killer.
Why would you think
that I'm a serial killer?
- Well
- You do have a gun pointed at us.
Okay, then who the fuck are you?
- [DOOR OPENS]
- [MATT] All right.
Where's my girl?
- I'm here.
- Here.
Oh, my God. Livvie.
What the hell are you doing here?
You know her?
She's my ex-wife.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]
["VIOLENT TIMES" BY ST. VINCENT PLAYING]
Violent times ♪
Almost lost you in
these violent times ♪
I forgot people could be so kind ♪
In these violent times ♪
Dollar signs ♪
Almost lost it chasing dollar signs ♪
Know the cost, but
I forgot the price ♪
Of buying my life ♪
[SONG ENDS]