FBI: Most Wanted (2020) s06e02 Episode Script
Varsity Blues
1
All right, so 36 Wheel,
which one are you?
- The X.
- And where do you line up?
I can't remember.
- In the slot, Caleb.
- Look, this is important.
The QB needs to know where you are.
It's freshman football, Ray,
not the New Orleans Saints.
Can you please put that away
so we can have a nice dinner?
- Cora's right.
- Let's enjoy dinner.
Matter of fact, Caleb, why don't
you have another piece of chicken?
Because if we bulk you up,
maybe you can go both ways,
you know, play receiver and linebacker.
- I don't want to play defense.
- Why not?
Did you know Ray was a linebacker?
As a matter of fact,
he was an all-state linebacker,
in fact.
He ever tell you the story
about his game
- at the Superdome?
- No.
Maybe 100 times.
- [LAUGHS]
- So check it out, Caleb.
Ray's school, De La Salle,
they're behind about 4 points
to their rival, Acadiana.
It's the fourth quarter
and time is running out.
Now, Acadiana is driving, driving.
They want to put this game on ice.
And you you want to tell the story?
I scored a touchdown, end of story.
You got a touchdown,
the end of the story.
You're a lousy storyteller.
Check it out, Caleb.
It is first and ten.
Their quarterback takes the snap,
bam, rolls out to his right.
Now, their whole offensive line
is blocking in that direction.
But out the corner of his eye,
Ray spots their wideout,
who happened to be
the fastest kid in the state,
sprinting in the opposite direction.
He's moving behind the play.
Ray steps in, bow,
literally grabs the ball
out of the wideout's hands,
and he's off and running.
Pick 6, 82 yards,
touchdown, De La Salle.
State championship, De La Salle.
Linebacker.
Huh? Huh?
That's pretty cool.
Look, the point of the story is,
is the more options you give your coach,
- the better you look.
- Right, right.
Maybe that way,
you won't have to sit it out
on the bench all season.
Guys, can we stop, please?
It's his first year of high school.
He's got enough on his plate as it is.
Not quite enough.
Here, why don't you have
some more potatoes?
Yeah, just bulk up a little bit.
Yeah, there we go.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]
[TRAIN HORN BLARES]
♪
[COMMUTERS SCREAM]
[PANICKED CHATTER]
[BRAKES SQUEALING]
- What's up, Zach?
- Hey.
- Where's the ketchup?
- Uh, ketchup's disgusting.
- So wrong.
- It's a mandatory condiment.
- Oh, yeah?
- Then get your own.
What are you doing right now?
We need a ride to a party.
- Whose party?
- Lila's cousin.
Her parents are down the shore
for the weekend.
- Please?
- You should come.
There's gonna be a keg. Lila has weed.
I don't know.
If we get there early, then you can DJ.
- Really?
- Hell, yeah.
- Let's go.
- OK.
- Who are you texting?
- What?
I'm telling Will about the party.
Will's not invited.
Because of the thing?
That's right.
So I'll just hold on to this for now.
Come on, let's go.
♪
There's nobody here.
We're a little early, I guess.
People will start showing up soon.
You sure this is the right place?
- Definitely.
- Come on.
Let's go downstairs and
check out the sound system.
I need my phone.
Oh, I left it in the car.
We'll get it later.
Come on.
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
- You know what?
- This is lame.
I'm out.
No, you're not.
What are you doing?
Taking you downstairs.
I'm not going down there.
Ow!
[GASPS]
- I'm bleeding.
- Good.
Now walk.
I said walk, loser.
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
♪
Now.
Zach Stolowitz went missing yesterday
in Madison, New Jersey.
Local PD asked for our assistance.
They can't find
their own missing teenager?
Apparently not.
He's probably shacked up
with his boo somewhere.
With that mug?
There's somebody for everybody.
Could this kid have been abducted?
Well, Madison PD seems to think so.
His car was abandoned
at a local strip mall,
and he's not responding to
texts or calls from his parents.
Were there any signs
of violence around the car?
- TBD.
- This just came in.
- All right.
- Ray and Hana, take the car.
Nina and I will go talk
to Zach's parents.
We should all be back
by Saturday date night.
Did you get to the doctor
about your jaw?
- I'm fine.
- Remy, you gotta go get it
- Stop.
- [CHUCKLES]
- Got a phone back here.
- It's powered down.
And no signs of a struggle.
Got a Burger Maze cup up here.
I'll get video from the local franchise,
see if we can pick up
Zach's trail there.
All right.
There's a key in the ignition.
What's Zach's height
on his driver's license?
5'11".
This seat is tight, even for me.
Yeah.
The mirror's positioned
for a short person.
Yeah, he wasn't the last driver.
Somebody else dumped the car here.
Zach always picks up,
even if he's driving or in class.
He'll return my call right away.
When's the last time you saw him?
When he got in his car
and went to school yesterday morning.
And can you think of anybody
that might be targeting Zach
in order to get back at the two of you?
I don't think so.
We're just boring suburban parents.
In any event, we're going
to post an agent here
just in case there's a ransom demand.
I'm sorry. I have to ask.
Does Zach do drugs?
I'm sure he parties on the weekends
like the rest of his friends,
but it's nothing hardcore
as far as we know.
Is there anybody who would know?
- Will Haggarty.
- He's Zach's best friend,
lives on the cul-de-sac
around the corner, Arrow Way.
I promise you, we're doing everything
in our power to bring Zach home safe.
Thank you.
♪
You see the look
between the two of them?
- I didn't want to press it.
- Guess we're gonna find out.
What's this all about?
One of your son's schoolmates
disappeared,
and we're trying to find him.
Zach Stolowitz.
So why do you need to talk to Will?
You're friends with Zach, right?
Yeah.
Is everything OK between you two?
- It's fine.
- We're fine.
Dad.
I-I don't know anything about this.
I didn't even know he was missing.
When's the last time you saw Zach?
In school yesterday.
What time?
We have English last period
so, like, 3:00.
Did he say what he was doing after?
He wanted me to grab food
with him on the way home,
but my dad makes me go to an SAT tutor
- on Friday afternoons.
- Yeah.
And some day, you'll thank me for it.
Did you talk to Zach since yesterday?
No.
- Are you sure?
- Don't you lie, Will.
Dad, I'm not.
I haven't seen Zach,
and I don't know where he is. I swear.
- There.
- You have your answer.
Now, I have a tee time, so
All right. We're going to
need to corroborate that alibi
with Will's tutor, Mr. Haggarty.
Have 'em give me a buzz.
He doesn't need an alibi.
He just told you
he doesn't know anything.
Remember to grip that club
like you're holding a baby bird.
You seem a little tense.
This is the CCTV footage from
the Burger Maze in Madison.
Zach arrived at 4:16,
and then he was joined
by two other girls at 4:31.
And judging by the body language,
it looks like he knows them.
Yeah, they wasted no time
digging into his fries.
They all left together
in Zach's car at 4:36.
Where are we on Zach's cell?
The last handshake between
his phone and a cell tower
was right before he left Burger Maze.
Then he just dropped off the grid.
Hana, have we tried
- Facial rec on the two girls?
- Yes.
I got a hit on social media
on the redhead.
Brooke Perkins,
she's all things Sophia Smith
and strawberry makeup.
She goes to Valley High,
same school as Zach.
All right, Nina and I will
head to Jersey to pay her a visit.
We'll grab the MCC, meet you in Madison.
Why do you need to talk to Brooke?
We're trying to locate one of
her classmates, Zach Stolowitz.
He's been missing
since yesterday afternoon.
Oh, no.
Well, Brooke's away for the weekend.
She and a friend went on a canoe trip
on the Delaware River.
Oh, uh, can you tell me,
is this the friend
she's away canoeing with?
Yes, that's Caitlyn.
Caitlyn Baker.
- When was that taken?
- Yesterday afternoon.
Well, they must have stopped for a bite
to eat before they drove to the river.
Caitlyn goes to Valley High with Brooke?
They're in 11th grade.
They bonded this past summer
when they worked for the same
pool servicing company.
Have you talked to Brooke
since she left?
She told me there's no
cell service on the river.
I'm sure her phone's not even on.
Which one brought the canoe?
They made arrangements with an outfitter
who runs these trips.
We're gonna need to see that contact.
Well, I'm afraid I don't have it.
What a coincidence, huh?
Zach goes missing,
and Brooke and Caitlyn
just happen to be off
in the wilderness somewhere.
What are the chances?
Well, it's hardly the wilderness.
And I'm sure they're camping.
The girls took sleeping bags.
They raided my kitchen
for snacks before they left.
Brooke even grabbed one of my knives
to use at the campsite.
Let us know if you hear from her.
This canoe trip sounds
like the perfect cover
- for something sketchy.
- Let's make it official.
These two mean girls are our fugitives.
You know, the summer job
she mentioned cleaning pools
that puts them at dozens
of houses in the area.
Scouting possible hideouts.
Have Hana pull a client list
from the pool company.
We'll have PD start a canvass.
- Check their phones.
- Open up a tip line.
I'm gonna grab Ray.
We'll head to Caitlyn's.
See what her parents have to say.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
Where'd you take my car last night?
Don't worry about it.
You'll get it back
if you follow instructions.
You grifted some Wi-Fi for us?
From one of the neighbors.
All right, Zachy boy,
you're gonna do the same thing
to Will that you did to Maria.
- No way.
- Do it yourself.
We need you to get his pics
and put them in the app for us.
And if you're really sorry
for what you did to Maria,
this will be your penance.
I am sorry, but I didn't know Will
was gonna send them out like that.
- Liar.
- Fine, don't believe me.
- I'm still not doing this.
- Oh, yes, you are.
- Ow!
- Hey, Brooke!
- Brooke!
- [GROANS]
What's wrong with you?
This is on the real now, Caitlyn.
He and his bestie killed our friend.
Are we doing this or not?
Yeah.
Yeah, we're doing this.
We're not screwing around, Zach.
This is the last time I'm asking.
Do what we tell you,
or you're gonna die down here.
[WHIMPERS]
Talk to me, Ray-Ray.
Nina and I
interviewed Caitlyn's parents.
She fed them the same
bogus canoeing story.
- What a shocker.
- Yeah.
She borrowed their car
to take it on the trip.
It's a red 2021 Honda Accord.
I put a BOLO out on it.
Let's put agents on both girls' houses
- just in case they show up.
- Will do.
Oh, and Hana's into
Caitlyn's social media.
She's got a friend
by the name of Jason Carr.
The school is closed today, so
I'm gonna go down to his house,
see if I can get some intel.
Take Hana and check him out.
All right, yeah.
Caitlyn didn't tell me about
a canoe trip with Brooke,
but those two in a canoe
[LAUGHS]
I hope they have life jackets.
Why don't we find out?
Call her.
OK, sure.
Went straight to voicemail.
Was she friendly with Zach Stolowitz?
Not now.
Why? What happened?
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
I really shouldn't be
talking about this.
- You should hit up the school.
- The school is closed.
You're all we got.
- I don't know.
- Caitlyn is in trouble, Jason.
The sooner we find her,
the better for everybody.
OK, here's the thing.
Zach and his friend,
this kid Will Haggarty,
they were bullying this girl
in our grade, Maria Tomassi.
Bullying how?
- You know what deepfakes are?
- Yeah.
They made deepfake pics
of Maria with no clothes on.
Then Will sent 'em out to his friends.
And this is why Zach
and Caitlyn had a falling out?
Well, that's part of it.
What's the other part?
Yeah, so two days after Will
sent out those fake pics,
Maria, she took a bus to New York
and jumped in front of a subway train.
OK.
Thank you.
We need to loop Remy in on this.
Yeah.
Thanks for letting us in,
Mr. And Mrs. Tomassi.
Sorry to hear about what
happened to your daughter.
Thank you.
Are you investigating
the boys who did this to her?
- Carlotta.
- Well, they should.
Right now, we're just trying
to get a better understanding
of exactly what happened.
- They killed our little girl.
- That's what happened.
It's a little more
complicated than that.
Please tell us, if you can.
OK.
One night about three weeks ago, our
our son Chris comes into our bedroom,
and he says he wants to show us
something on his phone.
Chris is a year behind Maria.
A boy in his school sent him
pictures of his sister.
[VOICE SHAKING] Nude pictures.
There were at least two, or five, six
I don't really remember exactly
because my head was spinning.
I'm embarrassed
to tell you the next part.
May the Lord forgive me.
I thought Maria was taking
selfie pictures
and sending them to a boy,
and and somehow,
they'd gotten around.
And the next day, I confronted Maria,
and she swore the pictures weren't her,
that she would never do
anything like that,
and I didn't believe her.
So the next day, I
I drove her to St. Ignatius,
and I told her
that if she can't speak to me about it,
she's gonna have to make
a confession to Father Anthony.
We never knew these
hideous things could be faked.
Of course.
It's a lot to wrap your head around.
They picked Maria because
she was different.
She was sweet and gentle.
The day after I drove her to church,
she refused to go to school.
We had a fight.
She ran out of the house and
onto a bus into the city, and
We know the rest.
Thank you, Mr. and Mrs. Tomassi,
for sharing all of that.
We can't imagine how difficult this is,
but we're gonna do
all we can to help, OK?
If you need anything, please reach out.
Thank you.
[BOTH SOBBING]
- Sometimes I hate this job.
- I know.
At least now we have the full picture.
Punching down on
a vulnerable kid like that,
- I just don't get it.
- There's always been bullies.
Technology is just making things worse.
Yeah, you can't fight back.
It looks like that's what Brooke,
and Caitlyn are trying to do.
We need to find these punks
before it's too late.
Give Will a cringey body like that one.
With a butterfly tattoo near his hip.
- Perfect.
- Now, on the next one,
put them in some of the S&M stuff.
With one of those, um,
uh, things in his mouth.
- It's called a ball gag.
- Yeah, one of those.
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
[KEYBOARD CLACKING]
Good job, Zach, you really
have a knack for this.
Maybe you should work for
a porn site when you graduate.
- Shut up.
- Are we done yet?
You have the list?
DM these to Will's friends.
- All of 'em?
- Yes.
- Do you want the knife again?
- No. No.
- Hey.
- Please.
Want to do the honors?
Go ahead.
♪
Brooke Perkins is
an above average student
and a very gifted soccer player.
If I'm not mistaken, she's one
of our varsity co-captains.
Any disciplinary issues?
She's been caught vaping
in the student parking lot
- on several occasions.
- What about Caitlyn Baker?
Caitlyn's honor roll across the board
and a talented painter.
Some of her work was in
our student exhibition
at City Hall last year.
Are either of the girls in school today?
Let me check.
Both were marked absent in homeroom.
What were their relationship
with Maria Tomassi?
Brooke was extremely upset.
She and Maria were friends
since first grade.
And I noticed that Brooke and Caitlyn
are still wearing Maria's
funeral ribbons
pinned on their backpacks.
Are you investigating that situation?
Tangentially.
Then I think you should speak
to the school board directly.
We're already aware that
Will Haggarty and Zach Stolowitz
are the ones who created and distributed
the deepfake nudes of Maria.
Then you know as much as I do.
So what's being done about it?
Well, there's no policy
on this kind of thing,
so both students received
our standard discipline
- for bullying.
- Which was
Three days' suspension.
Even after Maria took her own life?
That's in the hands of the county DA.
The school board's
in the process of revising
its rules on this form of cyberbullying.
And in the meantime,
the boys still go to school here?
I don't make the rules.
I can only enforce what's on the books.
[SCHOOL BELL RINGING]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER, LAUGHTER]
Speak of the devil.
Mm-hmm.
You got something you want
to get off your chest, Will?
Yeah.
My dad says you're a joke.
What the hell's wrong with that kid?
- Nothing.
- He's just in a bad mood.
- About what?
- High school stuff.
Does this have to do
with Zach Stolowitz?
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
Right.
What's on everybody's phone
that they're finding so amusing?
They're gonna find out anyway.
Will is getting a taste
of his own medicine.
Brooke and Caitlyn
dropped deepfake nudes
of Will Haggarty last night.
They spread like wildfire
through the entire high school
this morning.
They were explicit,
and definitely intended to humiliate.
So they one-upped
what the boys did to Maria.
They probably needed Zach to get access
to Will's social media,
so they could upload the pics
onto the nudefication app.
Once they're in the app,
the AI has 1,000 different ways
to modify them.
I'm guessing they look pretty realistic.
To the naked eye.
A forensic analysis could differentiate.
Well, the good news is
Brooke and Caitlyn
hopefully feel like
they've had their payback.
Except for Maria Tomassi and her family.
[PHONE RINGING]
Remy Scott.
OK.
Got it. Be right there.
Will Haggarty's father
says he has information
about the girls' whereabouts.
I understand you ran into
Will at his school this morning.
Yeah.
And it was nice of him to share
what you said about me,
not to mention the lovely photos.
Oh, so then you know what happened, huh?
What are you prepared to do about it?
Hold on.
I'm here because you have intel for us.
That's right.
I'm pretty sure the two little
degenerates you're looking for
are the same ones
who humiliated me and my son.
My people are already getting
tweets from Wall Street bankers
trolling me.
So this is all about you now?
If you'd been doing your job properly,
none of this would have happened.
This started when your son
cyberbullied Maria Tomassi
and drove her to jump
in front of a train.
Don't put that on Will.
That girl has been a basket
case since the first grade.
She couldn't handle
a harmless little prank.
Let me clarify something
for you, dumb ass.
I'm gonna do everything in my power
to make sure your son's "harmless prank"
is prosecuted as a homicide.
♪
Don't move out of that chair
until I tell you to.
Are you gonna leave me here?
Be a good boy, and we'll
drop you off at school.
I'm sure Will will be
really happy to see you.
There's just one more thing
you need to do for us.
What now?
Can you make fake sex videos
on that app?
- I don't know.
- I saw a dropdown for that.
Yeah, but I'm not sure I know how.
Well, you're gonna figure it out,
because we need some insurance
that you're not going to snitch
on us after we let you go.
What kind of insurance?
You're gonna make a fake
sex video of you and Will
doing stuff to each other.
- Are you crazy?
- There's no way I'm doing that.
It just needs to be, like, 10 seconds.
We promise we won't show it to
anybody unless you rat us out.
Get to work, Zach.
Then we all go home
like nothing ever happened
[CAR DOOR THUDS]
Somebody's here.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
♪
- Help!
- Help!
I'm down here! Help!
Oh, my God, Brooke!
♪
He's not breathing.
Well, that was a waste of time.
Will Haggarty's father is a total prick.
Local PD is halfway through canvassing
the pool service clients.
They'll be done by end of day.
Anything in the metadata
on those deepfakes?
The nudefication app is encrypted,
so the girls were sending DMs to
each other from an offshore VPN.
In English?
- I was unsuccessful.
- [COMPUTER BEEPING]
- Guys.
- What's up?
I just got an alert that
a video tagging FBI Agent
Remy Scott was posted to YouTube.
Let's check it out.
"Disturbing video of FBI agent."
What the hell is going on?
The FBI has determined
the Valley High student
who jumped in front of a train
had a history of depression
and abuse by a priest.
No crime was committed,
and we will not be
investigating any further.
That's not me.
That video is a total fabrication.
Even the audio is out of sync.
Well, your voice and image
was scraped together by AI
from a press conference you did before
you were with the task force.
Well, you do look quite a bit younger.
I'm kidding.
I'm glad you think
this is funny, Isobel.
- Well, tell me about it.
- Your video has gone viral.
Oh, my God, will you stop
saying "my video"?
And I'm getting calls from the director,
the archdiocese, and worst of all,
- Maria Tomassi's family.
- [PHONE RINGING]
Here's one from the Essex County DA.
Do you have my back on this or not?
I am holding a presser later
this afternoon to clarify things.
Unfortunately,
you cannot unring the bell.
How many views does this thing have?
You don't want to know.
It's just a harbinger of things
to come during an election year.
It's a brave new world when
you can put damning words
into somebody's mouth
and then send it out
to millions of viewers, most of whom
will never know that they're fake.
Is this even a crime?
Maybe. I'm gonna loop in
the U.S. Attorney's office.
I can't talk about this anymore.
We have fugitives to hunt.
Why'd you have to hit him so hard?
- It wasn't me.
- He hit his head on the stairs.
We are so screwed.
I should have never let you
talk me into this!
It was your idea to deepfake Will!
- Not to kidnap Zach!
- We had to.
Nobody gives a damn about Maria but us.
- Tell me this isn't happening.
- [SOBS]
♪
OK, we should call our parents.
- Absolutely not.
- Then what are we gonna do?
I have an idea,
but we have to stick together.
- Promise? 'Cause if we don't
- Yes, Brooke!
What do you want, a pinky swear
and a friendship bracelet?
This is all going to work out.
What are you doing?
♪
We did a terrible thing, Brooke.
- He started it.
- Remember?
They took Maria's innocence
and turned it into a joke.
Help me move him to the garage.
- Hey.
- Hey. How'd it go?
- All good.
- Isobel's running interference.
- Any word on who did this?
- My guess, Will Haggarty.
Well, he definitely has the know-how.
And the motivation.
- It's Cora.
- Give me a minute.
- Mm-hmm.
- Hey, what's up, baby?
I just got a call from
Caleb's football coach.
- Is he hurt?
- No, but that's the thing.
He didn't go to football
practice all last week.
So what the hell has
he been doing till 7:30?
I haven't asked him yet.
I wanted to know how
you think I should handle it.
All right, look, um
Hey, sorry, we got something.
- All right.
- Baby, I got to call you back.
- OK.
- Bye.
A promising lead on the tip line.
A real estate agent said she noticed
suspicious activity in one
of her homes that was vacant.
Where was the house located?
Harding Township,
a few miles west of Madison.
It's on the list of pool services.
- Let's roll.
- All right.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
♪
[DOORKNOB RATTLES]
♪
Upstairs is clear.
♪
Clear.
Clear here.
- I'm at the back door.
- I got you.
Looks like they were
camped out down here.
Hey, I got blood over here.
It's not dry, so we must
have just missed 'em.
I also found some blood smears upstairs.
They lead through the kitchen,
into the garage,
probably where they hid Caitlyn's car.
I guess these girls don't feel
they have their payback yet.
I missed, like,
50 calls and text messages.
Me too.
You got the story down?
We had car trouble
on the way home from the river,
and there was no cell service.
God, I don't know, Brooke.
That all seems pretty unbelievable.
If you have a better idea, let me know.
- What about Zach?
- We'll deal with that tonight.
Well, look who just got to school.
You know the FBI is looking for you two.
- The FBI?
- Hold on.
I'll catch you up.
- Are you sure we shouldn't
- Stick with the plan.
- Whoa. What are you doing?
- Take me to Zach.
- Why?
- I'm not stupid, Caitlyn.
I know that little bitch made
those trashy pics you put on blast.
Now drive.
[ENGINE TURNS OVER]
♪
I'll alert PD.
We need a forensics team here
as soon as possible.
I'll put out a fresh BOLO
on Caitlyn's Accord.
OK, we got a hit on both
the girls' phones.
They're back online and pinging
together near the high school.
How far?
Ten minutes tops,
but they're on the move.
Climb in with Nina and take the lead.
[TIRES SQUEALING]
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
- Where is he?
- You left him somewhere?
- Don't worry.
- We're taking you there.
- How far is it?
- It's not far.
Caitlyn, you better not be lying to me.
I'm not.
It's just you're making me
nervous with that gun.
- OK, that's them up ahead.
- Let's light 'em up.
There's cops behind us.
I got to pull over.
- Don't.
- Keep driving.
This is the FBI.
Pull your car over to the side
of the road immediately.
OK, there's a third person in the back.
- Is it Zach?
- I can't tell.
Pull the car over now.
- What are we gonna do?
- I don't know.
But if you stop this car,
I'm gonna shoot her.
Shut up, Will,
you're making things worse.
Why did you have to do this?
- It's your own fault.
- Don't you realize that by now?
I can't just keep driving!
Yeah.
Well, I don't about you,
but I have a way out of this.
[LINE TRILLING]
Hi, Will.
Dad, um, listen.
I'm in trouble.
What kind of trouble?
I'm in Caitlyn's car
with Brooke, and
and the FBI is following us.
Are you serious?
Did those girls force you
to go with them?
Will?
Not really.
I stole your gun.
- You have it with you?
- Yeah.
- How could you be so stupid?
- Damn it.
I'm sorry, Dad.
It's just one thing after
another with you, isn't it?
Are you sure it's the FBI?
- That's what they said.
- OK, listen to me.
You make those girls
pull that car over right now.
- And then what?
- I don't know, Will.
You got yourself
into this damn mess.
Man up and figure it out.
And when this is all over,
there's gonna be hell to pay.
I could circle around 'em, T-bone 'em.
- [SIGHS]
- Let's wait 'em out.
We got a 17-year-old behind
the wheel and a hostage,
possibly injured.
[PHONE RINGING]
What do you want, Haggarty?
I think my son is in
that car you're following.
Are you kidding me?
I wish I were.
- And he has a gun.
- What?
Ladies, we've been informed
there's a gun in the car.
It's Will Haggarty.
He needs to put that weapon
on the floor,
stop, and surrender,
do you understand me?
Please, whatever you do,
don't hurt my son.
If I see that gun
in his hand, no promises.
[LINE BEEPING]
Funny how people get all civilized
- when they need your help.
- Yeah.
My dad says we should pull over.
[TIRES SQUEALING]
Keep your eyes peeled for the weapon!
Brooke, Caitlyn, exit the vehicle now!
Let's go! Move, move, move!
Step away from the car.
Let's go! Go!
- Where's the gun?
- Will has it.
Will, get out and show me your hands.
♪
You don't want to do that, son.
Lower the gun and put it on the ground.
Go ahead and shoot me
or I'll do it myself.
Nobody's gonna shoot anybody.
Let's just talk. Huh?
- About what?
- How my father hates me?
How I'm a screwup who's going
to jail instead of college?
Your father doesn't hate you.
He just called me to make sure
that you'd be OK.
How's that gonna work?
I stole his gun and jacked a car.
And I killed Maria.
You didn't know Maria was gonna do that.
You made a mistake.
You have your whole life to make amends.
Your father understands.
He's behind you 100%.
He's got your back.
- He said that?
- He did.
I talked to him on the phone,
like, five minutes ago.
He's working on getting you some help,
best lawyers,
top legal team in the world.
You're gonna be better than ever, kid.
Just drop the gun. That's it.
Put the gun down.
There you go. Turn around.
Put your hands behind your back.
You're under arrest.
We just wanted them to pay
for what they did to Maria!
That's not your job, Nancy Drew.
Then whose is it?
Where were you when
they sent those deepfakes,
when Maria walked into
that subway station?
Listen, I'm sorry
what happened to your friend,
but you're both old enough
to know better.
The adults here are clueless.
Somebody had to teach
these boys to respect us.
Where's Zach?
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
♪
I'm not gonna ask you again.
- Where's Zach?
- In the trunk.
It was an accident, OK?
I swear, we didn't mean to hurt anybody!
- Yeah, they all say that.
- Get these nutjobs out of here.
Let's go.
[SOMBER MUSIC]
♪
- Hey.
- How's everybody doing?
Just glad you're home.
Now that Ray's back,
anything you want to tell us
about football practice?
- Nothing, really.
- It's fine.
Coach Watkins called me this morning.
So you know I wasn't there last week.
Why did you lie to your mom about it?
Well, I didn't exactly lie.
You know better than that, Caleb.
Sorry.
I should have told you I stopped going.
Something happen at practice?
I don't like it,
and I don't want to go back.
- Stop pressuring me.
- Whoa.
Why don't you go finish your homework?
Listen.
I know you're a first-time dad,
and now that you're part of our family,
it's gonna be a learning
experience for all three of us.
OK.
I love how you're bonding with Caleb.
He really looks up to you.
You're such a good role model for him.
But you have to be thoughtful about it.
All right.
How can I do it better?
I'm just wondering
if maybe you and your dad
put a little too much pressure on Caleb
with all that football talk.
You think he went out
for football because of me?
Maybe.
Look, Caleb and I are beyond thrilled
to have you in our lives now.
But one thing you have to process
one thing all fathers need to
understand about their sons
Caleb's not gonna be you, Ray.
We have to let him find his own way.
Yeah, you're right.
Look, I apologize if my pops and I
- put too much pressure on him.
- OK.
- I'll go talk to him.
- No, no, not tonight.
No, let's just the three of us kick back
and have a nice dinner together.
- You sure?
- Mm-hmm.
You're so smart.
And beautiful. And charismatic.
- Oh.
- And patient.
OK. All right.
Now you're gilding the lily, baby.
Yeah.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
[WOLF HOWLS]
All right, so 36 Wheel,
which one are you?
- The X.
- And where do you line up?
I can't remember.
- In the slot, Caleb.
- Look, this is important.
The QB needs to know where you are.
It's freshman football, Ray,
not the New Orleans Saints.
Can you please put that away
so we can have a nice dinner?
- Cora's right.
- Let's enjoy dinner.
Matter of fact, Caleb, why don't
you have another piece of chicken?
Because if we bulk you up,
maybe you can go both ways,
you know, play receiver and linebacker.
- I don't want to play defense.
- Why not?
Did you know Ray was a linebacker?
As a matter of fact,
he was an all-state linebacker,
in fact.
He ever tell you the story
about his game
- at the Superdome?
- No.
Maybe 100 times.
- [LAUGHS]
- So check it out, Caleb.
Ray's school, De La Salle,
they're behind about 4 points
to their rival, Acadiana.
It's the fourth quarter
and time is running out.
Now, Acadiana is driving, driving.
They want to put this game on ice.
And you you want to tell the story?
I scored a touchdown, end of story.
You got a touchdown,
the end of the story.
You're a lousy storyteller.
Check it out, Caleb.
It is first and ten.
Their quarterback takes the snap,
bam, rolls out to his right.
Now, their whole offensive line
is blocking in that direction.
But out the corner of his eye,
Ray spots their wideout,
who happened to be
the fastest kid in the state,
sprinting in the opposite direction.
He's moving behind the play.
Ray steps in, bow,
literally grabs the ball
out of the wideout's hands,
and he's off and running.
Pick 6, 82 yards,
touchdown, De La Salle.
State championship, De La Salle.
Linebacker.
Huh? Huh?
That's pretty cool.
Look, the point of the story is,
is the more options you give your coach,
- the better you look.
- Right, right.
Maybe that way,
you won't have to sit it out
on the bench all season.
Guys, can we stop, please?
It's his first year of high school.
He's got enough on his plate as it is.
Not quite enough.
Here, why don't you have
some more potatoes?
Yeah, just bulk up a little bit.
Yeah, there we go.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]
[TRAIN HORN BLARES]
♪
[COMMUTERS SCREAM]
[PANICKED CHATTER]
[BRAKES SQUEALING]
- What's up, Zach?
- Hey.
- Where's the ketchup?
- Uh, ketchup's disgusting.
- So wrong.
- It's a mandatory condiment.
- Oh, yeah?
- Then get your own.
What are you doing right now?
We need a ride to a party.
- Whose party?
- Lila's cousin.
Her parents are down the shore
for the weekend.
- Please?
- You should come.
There's gonna be a keg. Lila has weed.
I don't know.
If we get there early, then you can DJ.
- Really?
- Hell, yeah.
- Let's go.
- OK.
- Who are you texting?
- What?
I'm telling Will about the party.
Will's not invited.
Because of the thing?
That's right.
So I'll just hold on to this for now.
Come on, let's go.
♪
There's nobody here.
We're a little early, I guess.
People will start showing up soon.
You sure this is the right place?
- Definitely.
- Come on.
Let's go downstairs and
check out the sound system.
I need my phone.
Oh, I left it in the car.
We'll get it later.
Come on.
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
- You know what?
- This is lame.
I'm out.
No, you're not.
What are you doing?
Taking you downstairs.
I'm not going down there.
Ow!
[GASPS]
- I'm bleeding.
- Good.
Now walk.
I said walk, loser.
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
♪
Now.
Zach Stolowitz went missing yesterday
in Madison, New Jersey.
Local PD asked for our assistance.
They can't find
their own missing teenager?
Apparently not.
He's probably shacked up
with his boo somewhere.
With that mug?
There's somebody for everybody.
Could this kid have been abducted?
Well, Madison PD seems to think so.
His car was abandoned
at a local strip mall,
and he's not responding to
texts or calls from his parents.
Were there any signs
of violence around the car?
- TBD.
- This just came in.
- All right.
- Ray and Hana, take the car.
Nina and I will go talk
to Zach's parents.
We should all be back
by Saturday date night.
Did you get to the doctor
about your jaw?
- I'm fine.
- Remy, you gotta go get it
- Stop.
- [CHUCKLES]
- Got a phone back here.
- It's powered down.
And no signs of a struggle.
Got a Burger Maze cup up here.
I'll get video from the local franchise,
see if we can pick up
Zach's trail there.
All right.
There's a key in the ignition.
What's Zach's height
on his driver's license?
5'11".
This seat is tight, even for me.
Yeah.
The mirror's positioned
for a short person.
Yeah, he wasn't the last driver.
Somebody else dumped the car here.
Zach always picks up,
even if he's driving or in class.
He'll return my call right away.
When's the last time you saw him?
When he got in his car
and went to school yesterday morning.
And can you think of anybody
that might be targeting Zach
in order to get back at the two of you?
I don't think so.
We're just boring suburban parents.
In any event, we're going
to post an agent here
just in case there's a ransom demand.
I'm sorry. I have to ask.
Does Zach do drugs?
I'm sure he parties on the weekends
like the rest of his friends,
but it's nothing hardcore
as far as we know.
Is there anybody who would know?
- Will Haggarty.
- He's Zach's best friend,
lives on the cul-de-sac
around the corner, Arrow Way.
I promise you, we're doing everything
in our power to bring Zach home safe.
Thank you.
♪
You see the look
between the two of them?
- I didn't want to press it.
- Guess we're gonna find out.
What's this all about?
One of your son's schoolmates
disappeared,
and we're trying to find him.
Zach Stolowitz.
So why do you need to talk to Will?
You're friends with Zach, right?
Yeah.
Is everything OK between you two?
- It's fine.
- We're fine.
Dad.
I-I don't know anything about this.
I didn't even know he was missing.
When's the last time you saw Zach?
In school yesterday.
What time?
We have English last period
so, like, 3:00.
Did he say what he was doing after?
He wanted me to grab food
with him on the way home,
but my dad makes me go to an SAT tutor
- on Friday afternoons.
- Yeah.
And some day, you'll thank me for it.
Did you talk to Zach since yesterday?
No.
- Are you sure?
- Don't you lie, Will.
Dad, I'm not.
I haven't seen Zach,
and I don't know where he is. I swear.
- There.
- You have your answer.
Now, I have a tee time, so
All right. We're going to
need to corroborate that alibi
with Will's tutor, Mr. Haggarty.
Have 'em give me a buzz.
He doesn't need an alibi.
He just told you
he doesn't know anything.
Remember to grip that club
like you're holding a baby bird.
You seem a little tense.
This is the CCTV footage from
the Burger Maze in Madison.
Zach arrived at 4:16,
and then he was joined
by two other girls at 4:31.
And judging by the body language,
it looks like he knows them.
Yeah, they wasted no time
digging into his fries.
They all left together
in Zach's car at 4:36.
Where are we on Zach's cell?
The last handshake between
his phone and a cell tower
was right before he left Burger Maze.
Then he just dropped off the grid.
Hana, have we tried
- Facial rec on the two girls?
- Yes.
I got a hit on social media
on the redhead.
Brooke Perkins,
she's all things Sophia Smith
and strawberry makeup.
She goes to Valley High,
same school as Zach.
All right, Nina and I will
head to Jersey to pay her a visit.
We'll grab the MCC, meet you in Madison.
Why do you need to talk to Brooke?
We're trying to locate one of
her classmates, Zach Stolowitz.
He's been missing
since yesterday afternoon.
Oh, no.
Well, Brooke's away for the weekend.
She and a friend went on a canoe trip
on the Delaware River.
Oh, uh, can you tell me,
is this the friend
she's away canoeing with?
Yes, that's Caitlyn.
Caitlyn Baker.
- When was that taken?
- Yesterday afternoon.
Well, they must have stopped for a bite
to eat before they drove to the river.
Caitlyn goes to Valley High with Brooke?
They're in 11th grade.
They bonded this past summer
when they worked for the same
pool servicing company.
Have you talked to Brooke
since she left?
She told me there's no
cell service on the river.
I'm sure her phone's not even on.
Which one brought the canoe?
They made arrangements with an outfitter
who runs these trips.
We're gonna need to see that contact.
Well, I'm afraid I don't have it.
What a coincidence, huh?
Zach goes missing,
and Brooke and Caitlyn
just happen to be off
in the wilderness somewhere.
What are the chances?
Well, it's hardly the wilderness.
And I'm sure they're camping.
The girls took sleeping bags.
They raided my kitchen
for snacks before they left.
Brooke even grabbed one of my knives
to use at the campsite.
Let us know if you hear from her.
This canoe trip sounds
like the perfect cover
- for something sketchy.
- Let's make it official.
These two mean girls are our fugitives.
You know, the summer job
she mentioned cleaning pools
that puts them at dozens
of houses in the area.
Scouting possible hideouts.
Have Hana pull a client list
from the pool company.
We'll have PD start a canvass.
- Check their phones.
- Open up a tip line.
I'm gonna grab Ray.
We'll head to Caitlyn's.
See what her parents have to say.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
Where'd you take my car last night?
Don't worry about it.
You'll get it back
if you follow instructions.
You grifted some Wi-Fi for us?
From one of the neighbors.
All right, Zachy boy,
you're gonna do the same thing
to Will that you did to Maria.
- No way.
- Do it yourself.
We need you to get his pics
and put them in the app for us.
And if you're really sorry
for what you did to Maria,
this will be your penance.
I am sorry, but I didn't know Will
was gonna send them out like that.
- Liar.
- Fine, don't believe me.
- I'm still not doing this.
- Oh, yes, you are.
- Ow!
- Hey, Brooke!
- Brooke!
- [GROANS]
What's wrong with you?
This is on the real now, Caitlyn.
He and his bestie killed our friend.
Are we doing this or not?
Yeah.
Yeah, we're doing this.
We're not screwing around, Zach.
This is the last time I'm asking.
Do what we tell you,
or you're gonna die down here.
[WHIMPERS]
Talk to me, Ray-Ray.
Nina and I
interviewed Caitlyn's parents.
She fed them the same
bogus canoeing story.
- What a shocker.
- Yeah.
She borrowed their car
to take it on the trip.
It's a red 2021 Honda Accord.
I put a BOLO out on it.
Let's put agents on both girls' houses
- just in case they show up.
- Will do.
Oh, and Hana's into
Caitlyn's social media.
She's got a friend
by the name of Jason Carr.
The school is closed today, so
I'm gonna go down to his house,
see if I can get some intel.
Take Hana and check him out.
All right, yeah.
Caitlyn didn't tell me about
a canoe trip with Brooke,
but those two in a canoe
[LAUGHS]
I hope they have life jackets.
Why don't we find out?
Call her.
OK, sure.
Went straight to voicemail.
Was she friendly with Zach Stolowitz?
Not now.
Why? What happened?
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
I really shouldn't be
talking about this.
- You should hit up the school.
- The school is closed.
You're all we got.
- I don't know.
- Caitlyn is in trouble, Jason.
The sooner we find her,
the better for everybody.
OK, here's the thing.
Zach and his friend,
this kid Will Haggarty,
they were bullying this girl
in our grade, Maria Tomassi.
Bullying how?
- You know what deepfakes are?
- Yeah.
They made deepfake pics
of Maria with no clothes on.
Then Will sent 'em out to his friends.
And this is why Zach
and Caitlyn had a falling out?
Well, that's part of it.
What's the other part?
Yeah, so two days after Will
sent out those fake pics,
Maria, she took a bus to New York
and jumped in front of a subway train.
OK.
Thank you.
We need to loop Remy in on this.
Yeah.
Thanks for letting us in,
Mr. And Mrs. Tomassi.
Sorry to hear about what
happened to your daughter.
Thank you.
Are you investigating
the boys who did this to her?
- Carlotta.
- Well, they should.
Right now, we're just trying
to get a better understanding
of exactly what happened.
- They killed our little girl.
- That's what happened.
It's a little more
complicated than that.
Please tell us, if you can.
OK.
One night about three weeks ago, our
our son Chris comes into our bedroom,
and he says he wants to show us
something on his phone.
Chris is a year behind Maria.
A boy in his school sent him
pictures of his sister.
[VOICE SHAKING] Nude pictures.
There were at least two, or five, six
I don't really remember exactly
because my head was spinning.
I'm embarrassed
to tell you the next part.
May the Lord forgive me.
I thought Maria was taking
selfie pictures
and sending them to a boy,
and and somehow,
they'd gotten around.
And the next day, I confronted Maria,
and she swore the pictures weren't her,
that she would never do
anything like that,
and I didn't believe her.
So the next day, I
I drove her to St. Ignatius,
and I told her
that if she can't speak to me about it,
she's gonna have to make
a confession to Father Anthony.
We never knew these
hideous things could be faked.
Of course.
It's a lot to wrap your head around.
They picked Maria because
she was different.
She was sweet and gentle.
The day after I drove her to church,
she refused to go to school.
We had a fight.
She ran out of the house and
onto a bus into the city, and
We know the rest.
Thank you, Mr. and Mrs. Tomassi,
for sharing all of that.
We can't imagine how difficult this is,
but we're gonna do
all we can to help, OK?
If you need anything, please reach out.
Thank you.
[BOTH SOBBING]
- Sometimes I hate this job.
- I know.
At least now we have the full picture.
Punching down on
a vulnerable kid like that,
- I just don't get it.
- There's always been bullies.
Technology is just making things worse.
Yeah, you can't fight back.
It looks like that's what Brooke,
and Caitlyn are trying to do.
We need to find these punks
before it's too late.
Give Will a cringey body like that one.
With a butterfly tattoo near his hip.
- Perfect.
- Now, on the next one,
put them in some of the S&M stuff.
With one of those, um,
uh, things in his mouth.
- It's called a ball gag.
- Yeah, one of those.
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
[KEYBOARD CLACKING]
Good job, Zach, you really
have a knack for this.
Maybe you should work for
a porn site when you graduate.
- Shut up.
- Are we done yet?
You have the list?
DM these to Will's friends.
- All of 'em?
- Yes.
- Do you want the knife again?
- No. No.
- Hey.
- Please.
Want to do the honors?
Go ahead.
♪
Brooke Perkins is
an above average student
and a very gifted soccer player.
If I'm not mistaken, she's one
of our varsity co-captains.
Any disciplinary issues?
She's been caught vaping
in the student parking lot
- on several occasions.
- What about Caitlyn Baker?
Caitlyn's honor roll across the board
and a talented painter.
Some of her work was in
our student exhibition
at City Hall last year.
Are either of the girls in school today?
Let me check.
Both were marked absent in homeroom.
What were their relationship
with Maria Tomassi?
Brooke was extremely upset.
She and Maria were friends
since first grade.
And I noticed that Brooke and Caitlyn
are still wearing Maria's
funeral ribbons
pinned on their backpacks.
Are you investigating that situation?
Tangentially.
Then I think you should speak
to the school board directly.
We're already aware that
Will Haggarty and Zach Stolowitz
are the ones who created and distributed
the deepfake nudes of Maria.
Then you know as much as I do.
So what's being done about it?
Well, there's no policy
on this kind of thing,
so both students received
our standard discipline
- for bullying.
- Which was
Three days' suspension.
Even after Maria took her own life?
That's in the hands of the county DA.
The school board's
in the process of revising
its rules on this form of cyberbullying.
And in the meantime,
the boys still go to school here?
I don't make the rules.
I can only enforce what's on the books.
[SCHOOL BELL RINGING]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER, LAUGHTER]
Speak of the devil.
Mm-hmm.
You got something you want
to get off your chest, Will?
Yeah.
My dad says you're a joke.
What the hell's wrong with that kid?
- Nothing.
- He's just in a bad mood.
- About what?
- High school stuff.
Does this have to do
with Zach Stolowitz?
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
Right.
What's on everybody's phone
that they're finding so amusing?
They're gonna find out anyway.
Will is getting a taste
of his own medicine.
Brooke and Caitlyn
dropped deepfake nudes
of Will Haggarty last night.
They spread like wildfire
through the entire high school
this morning.
They were explicit,
and definitely intended to humiliate.
So they one-upped
what the boys did to Maria.
They probably needed Zach to get access
to Will's social media,
so they could upload the pics
onto the nudefication app.
Once they're in the app,
the AI has 1,000 different ways
to modify them.
I'm guessing they look pretty realistic.
To the naked eye.
A forensic analysis could differentiate.
Well, the good news is
Brooke and Caitlyn
hopefully feel like
they've had their payback.
Except for Maria Tomassi and her family.
[PHONE RINGING]
Remy Scott.
OK.
Got it. Be right there.
Will Haggarty's father
says he has information
about the girls' whereabouts.
I understand you ran into
Will at his school this morning.
Yeah.
And it was nice of him to share
what you said about me,
not to mention the lovely photos.
Oh, so then you know what happened, huh?
What are you prepared to do about it?
Hold on.
I'm here because you have intel for us.
That's right.
I'm pretty sure the two little
degenerates you're looking for
are the same ones
who humiliated me and my son.
My people are already getting
tweets from Wall Street bankers
trolling me.
So this is all about you now?
If you'd been doing your job properly,
none of this would have happened.
This started when your son
cyberbullied Maria Tomassi
and drove her to jump
in front of a train.
Don't put that on Will.
That girl has been a basket
case since the first grade.
She couldn't handle
a harmless little prank.
Let me clarify something
for you, dumb ass.
I'm gonna do everything in my power
to make sure your son's "harmless prank"
is prosecuted as a homicide.
♪
Don't move out of that chair
until I tell you to.
Are you gonna leave me here?
Be a good boy, and we'll
drop you off at school.
I'm sure Will will be
really happy to see you.
There's just one more thing
you need to do for us.
What now?
Can you make fake sex videos
on that app?
- I don't know.
- I saw a dropdown for that.
Yeah, but I'm not sure I know how.
Well, you're gonna figure it out,
because we need some insurance
that you're not going to snitch
on us after we let you go.
What kind of insurance?
You're gonna make a fake
sex video of you and Will
doing stuff to each other.
- Are you crazy?
- There's no way I'm doing that.
It just needs to be, like, 10 seconds.
We promise we won't show it to
anybody unless you rat us out.
Get to work, Zach.
Then we all go home
like nothing ever happened
[CAR DOOR THUDS]
Somebody's here.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
♪
- Help!
- Help!
I'm down here! Help!
Oh, my God, Brooke!
♪
He's not breathing.
Well, that was a waste of time.
Will Haggarty's father is a total prick.
Local PD is halfway through canvassing
the pool service clients.
They'll be done by end of day.
Anything in the metadata
on those deepfakes?
The nudefication app is encrypted,
so the girls were sending DMs to
each other from an offshore VPN.
In English?
- I was unsuccessful.
- [COMPUTER BEEPING]
- Guys.
- What's up?
I just got an alert that
a video tagging FBI Agent
Remy Scott was posted to YouTube.
Let's check it out.
"Disturbing video of FBI agent."
What the hell is going on?
The FBI has determined
the Valley High student
who jumped in front of a train
had a history of depression
and abuse by a priest.
No crime was committed,
and we will not be
investigating any further.
That's not me.
That video is a total fabrication.
Even the audio is out of sync.
Well, your voice and image
was scraped together by AI
from a press conference you did before
you were with the task force.
Well, you do look quite a bit younger.
I'm kidding.
I'm glad you think
this is funny, Isobel.
- Well, tell me about it.
- Your video has gone viral.
Oh, my God, will you stop
saying "my video"?
And I'm getting calls from the director,
the archdiocese, and worst of all,
- Maria Tomassi's family.
- [PHONE RINGING]
Here's one from the Essex County DA.
Do you have my back on this or not?
I am holding a presser later
this afternoon to clarify things.
Unfortunately,
you cannot unring the bell.
How many views does this thing have?
You don't want to know.
It's just a harbinger of things
to come during an election year.
It's a brave new world when
you can put damning words
into somebody's mouth
and then send it out
to millions of viewers, most of whom
will never know that they're fake.
Is this even a crime?
Maybe. I'm gonna loop in
the U.S. Attorney's office.
I can't talk about this anymore.
We have fugitives to hunt.
Why'd you have to hit him so hard?
- It wasn't me.
- He hit his head on the stairs.
We are so screwed.
I should have never let you
talk me into this!
It was your idea to deepfake Will!
- Not to kidnap Zach!
- We had to.
Nobody gives a damn about Maria but us.
- Tell me this isn't happening.
- [SOBS]
♪
OK, we should call our parents.
- Absolutely not.
- Then what are we gonna do?
I have an idea,
but we have to stick together.
- Promise? 'Cause if we don't
- Yes, Brooke!
What do you want, a pinky swear
and a friendship bracelet?
This is all going to work out.
What are you doing?
♪
We did a terrible thing, Brooke.
- He started it.
- Remember?
They took Maria's innocence
and turned it into a joke.
Help me move him to the garage.
- Hey.
- Hey. How'd it go?
- All good.
- Isobel's running interference.
- Any word on who did this?
- My guess, Will Haggarty.
Well, he definitely has the know-how.
And the motivation.
- It's Cora.
- Give me a minute.
- Mm-hmm.
- Hey, what's up, baby?
I just got a call from
Caleb's football coach.
- Is he hurt?
- No, but that's the thing.
He didn't go to football
practice all last week.
So what the hell has
he been doing till 7:30?
I haven't asked him yet.
I wanted to know how
you think I should handle it.
All right, look, um
Hey, sorry, we got something.
- All right.
- Baby, I got to call you back.
- OK.
- Bye.
A promising lead on the tip line.
A real estate agent said she noticed
suspicious activity in one
of her homes that was vacant.
Where was the house located?
Harding Township,
a few miles west of Madison.
It's on the list of pool services.
- Let's roll.
- All right.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
♪
[DOORKNOB RATTLES]
♪
Upstairs is clear.
♪
Clear.
Clear here.
- I'm at the back door.
- I got you.
Looks like they were
camped out down here.
Hey, I got blood over here.
It's not dry, so we must
have just missed 'em.
I also found some blood smears upstairs.
They lead through the kitchen,
into the garage,
probably where they hid Caitlyn's car.
I guess these girls don't feel
they have their payback yet.
I missed, like,
50 calls and text messages.
Me too.
You got the story down?
We had car trouble
on the way home from the river,
and there was no cell service.
God, I don't know, Brooke.
That all seems pretty unbelievable.
If you have a better idea, let me know.
- What about Zach?
- We'll deal with that tonight.
Well, look who just got to school.
You know the FBI is looking for you two.
- The FBI?
- Hold on.
I'll catch you up.
- Are you sure we shouldn't
- Stick with the plan.
- Whoa. What are you doing?
- Take me to Zach.
- Why?
- I'm not stupid, Caitlyn.
I know that little bitch made
those trashy pics you put on blast.
Now drive.
[ENGINE TURNS OVER]
♪
I'll alert PD.
We need a forensics team here
as soon as possible.
I'll put out a fresh BOLO
on Caitlyn's Accord.
OK, we got a hit on both
the girls' phones.
They're back online and pinging
together near the high school.
How far?
Ten minutes tops,
but they're on the move.
Climb in with Nina and take the lead.
[TIRES SQUEALING]
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
- Where is he?
- You left him somewhere?
- Don't worry.
- We're taking you there.
- How far is it?
- It's not far.
Caitlyn, you better not be lying to me.
I'm not.
It's just you're making me
nervous with that gun.
- OK, that's them up ahead.
- Let's light 'em up.
There's cops behind us.
I got to pull over.
- Don't.
- Keep driving.
This is the FBI.
Pull your car over to the side
of the road immediately.
OK, there's a third person in the back.
- Is it Zach?
- I can't tell.
Pull the car over now.
- What are we gonna do?
- I don't know.
But if you stop this car,
I'm gonna shoot her.
Shut up, Will,
you're making things worse.
Why did you have to do this?
- It's your own fault.
- Don't you realize that by now?
I can't just keep driving!
Yeah.
Well, I don't about you,
but I have a way out of this.
[LINE TRILLING]
Hi, Will.
Dad, um, listen.
I'm in trouble.
What kind of trouble?
I'm in Caitlyn's car
with Brooke, and
and the FBI is following us.
Are you serious?
Did those girls force you
to go with them?
Will?
Not really.
I stole your gun.
- You have it with you?
- Yeah.
- How could you be so stupid?
- Damn it.
I'm sorry, Dad.
It's just one thing after
another with you, isn't it?
Are you sure it's the FBI?
- That's what they said.
- OK, listen to me.
You make those girls
pull that car over right now.
- And then what?
- I don't know, Will.
You got yourself
into this damn mess.
Man up and figure it out.
And when this is all over,
there's gonna be hell to pay.
I could circle around 'em, T-bone 'em.
- [SIGHS]
- Let's wait 'em out.
We got a 17-year-old behind
the wheel and a hostage,
possibly injured.
[PHONE RINGING]
What do you want, Haggarty?
I think my son is in
that car you're following.
Are you kidding me?
I wish I were.
- And he has a gun.
- What?
Ladies, we've been informed
there's a gun in the car.
It's Will Haggarty.
He needs to put that weapon
on the floor,
stop, and surrender,
do you understand me?
Please, whatever you do,
don't hurt my son.
If I see that gun
in his hand, no promises.
[LINE BEEPING]
Funny how people get all civilized
- when they need your help.
- Yeah.
My dad says we should pull over.
[TIRES SQUEALING]
Keep your eyes peeled for the weapon!
Brooke, Caitlyn, exit the vehicle now!
Let's go! Move, move, move!
Step away from the car.
Let's go! Go!
- Where's the gun?
- Will has it.
Will, get out and show me your hands.
♪
You don't want to do that, son.
Lower the gun and put it on the ground.
Go ahead and shoot me
or I'll do it myself.
Nobody's gonna shoot anybody.
Let's just talk. Huh?
- About what?
- How my father hates me?
How I'm a screwup who's going
to jail instead of college?
Your father doesn't hate you.
He just called me to make sure
that you'd be OK.
How's that gonna work?
I stole his gun and jacked a car.
And I killed Maria.
You didn't know Maria was gonna do that.
You made a mistake.
You have your whole life to make amends.
Your father understands.
He's behind you 100%.
He's got your back.
- He said that?
- He did.
I talked to him on the phone,
like, five minutes ago.
He's working on getting you some help,
best lawyers,
top legal team in the world.
You're gonna be better than ever, kid.
Just drop the gun. That's it.
Put the gun down.
There you go. Turn around.
Put your hands behind your back.
You're under arrest.
We just wanted them to pay
for what they did to Maria!
That's not your job, Nancy Drew.
Then whose is it?
Where were you when
they sent those deepfakes,
when Maria walked into
that subway station?
Listen, I'm sorry
what happened to your friend,
but you're both old enough
to know better.
The adults here are clueless.
Somebody had to teach
these boys to respect us.
Where's Zach?
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
♪
I'm not gonna ask you again.
- Where's Zach?
- In the trunk.
It was an accident, OK?
I swear, we didn't mean to hurt anybody!
- Yeah, they all say that.
- Get these nutjobs out of here.
Let's go.
[SOMBER MUSIC]
♪
- Hey.
- How's everybody doing?
Just glad you're home.
Now that Ray's back,
anything you want to tell us
about football practice?
- Nothing, really.
- It's fine.
Coach Watkins called me this morning.
So you know I wasn't there last week.
Why did you lie to your mom about it?
Well, I didn't exactly lie.
You know better than that, Caleb.
Sorry.
I should have told you I stopped going.
Something happen at practice?
I don't like it,
and I don't want to go back.
- Stop pressuring me.
- Whoa.
Why don't you go finish your homework?
Listen.
I know you're a first-time dad,
and now that you're part of our family,
it's gonna be a learning
experience for all three of us.
OK.
I love how you're bonding with Caleb.
He really looks up to you.
You're such a good role model for him.
But you have to be thoughtful about it.
All right.
How can I do it better?
I'm just wondering
if maybe you and your dad
put a little too much pressure on Caleb
with all that football talk.
You think he went out
for football because of me?
Maybe.
Look, Caleb and I are beyond thrilled
to have you in our lives now.
But one thing you have to process
one thing all fathers need to
understand about their sons
Caleb's not gonna be you, Ray.
We have to let him find his own way.
Yeah, you're right.
Look, I apologize if my pops and I
- put too much pressure on him.
- OK.
- I'll go talk to him.
- No, no, not tonight.
No, let's just the three of us kick back
and have a nice dinner together.
- You sure?
- Mm-hmm.
You're so smart.
And beautiful. And charismatic.
- Oh.
- And patient.
OK. All right.
Now you're gilding the lily, baby.
Yeah.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
[WOLF HOWLS]