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[instrumental music]

(Claire) They should have known.

Three schools, two years, one me.

They should have known what they did to me.

All the pain, anguish, suffering. Now, they'll know.

I'll make them see all those imperfect people

caught up in their perfect lies.

They'll see what they failed to notice before.

They'll see me

and one day I swear they will all pay.

[intense music]

[instrumental music]

♪ Hey ♪

♪ Chances in each other we take ♪

♪ Dances mistakes that we make ♪ ♪ Hey ♪

♪ Right now is all that we have ♪

♪ Hey ♪ ♪ No vows just need to be bold ♪

♪ Send me a note send me a text ♪

♪ Send me ahead onto the next ♪

♪ Need to be strong need to have speed ♪

♪ Need to have stamina ♪

♪ 'Cause I need it ♪

♪ Tonight I'm a superheroes in the sky ♪

♪ Hard to keep me grounded we're so high ♪

♪ We could take our chances just tonight ♪

♪ We don't need a safety net to.. ♪♪

(Minnie) 'Does anybody even live on this island?'

[sighs] No cell phone. No social media.

No civilization.

(Meg) I hate to say I told you so, but if we'd stayed home

we would be in our pajamas with some ice cream

watching a Nicholas Sparks movie right now, girl.

I'm just saying that if we did that

we'd have no lives.

Hey!

'You made it.'

Hi.

Uh, this is Ben. He goes to Mariner.

You must be Minnie.

How'd you know?

I heard you'd be the blond beauty.

Did you tell him that, TJ?

Uh, you're gonna wanna hold on

walking in those shoes. We got a ways to go.

You guys go ahead. I'll make sure Minnie gets there alright.

You are so stuck in your own head. You know that?

No, I'm not, TJ.

[upbeat music]

[intense music]

Alright.

[chuckles]

Here we are.

Can we talk?

There isn't much to say.

Look, you said no to me, remember?

Yeah, and I'm pretty sure you have some idea why.

Actually, I have zero idea

why you get to be the one who's angry

when I'm the one who got ditched.

The morning of the homecoming dance, I mean, I'm..

I'm just trying to understand here, Meg.

Okay, fine. You know what?

You wanna talk?

Did you know...that we were gonna be here

because honestly, if I'd known you were gonna be here

I just wouldn't have..

Well, at least someone was a gentleman.

You guys sure we're in the right place?

I mean, the other house seemed much more happening.

That's 'cause this party's just getting started.

Don't take it personally.

I always do.

Still, it is kinda nice though, you know?

What is?

That there's another party on this island.

(Vivian) You've got to be kidding.

Alright, this is Nathan, Kenny, Lori.

Hey, what's up?

Hey, thanks for hookin' us up with the beer, man.

- Appreciate it. - Yeah.

(Ben) It's no problem.

Spent the last couple of weekends coming here

so perks on where to find the booze.

Yeah, dude, when we get back to, uh, Mariner

I'll let you take my new Porsche for a spin.

Huh? How's that sound?

Yeah, his Porsche that his daddy bought for him.

- You go to Mariner? - 'What?'

You think he's lyin' about where he goes to school?

I just, like, didn't say that.

Lori sang solo in the spring recital.

- 'I did.' - 'It's a damn good one too.'

(Lori) 'Thanks, Ben.'

Um, Mins, don't you think we should eat before you start--

I'm not hungry..

...for food.

Didn't know you'd be here, Gun Show.

So, this is your ex?

He's all yours

if that's what you're into.

Hey, I'm Meg.

We go to school with Gunner, at Kamiak.

Kumiko.

I go to Roosevelt.

Excuse me. Excuse me.

Since you're, like, clearly not doing anything

'would you just go mind making a salad for me?'

- Sure. - Oh, my God. Thanks.

Feels good to get out of those clothes, right?

Travelin' all day.

Uh, so the others didn't come with Minnie or what?

Nah, I guess Jessica won't be here until tomorrow.

Wait. How can she not be coming?

Isn't this her house?

I got a call from her dad earlier.

Said she might miss the last ferry.

Which was the one you guys were on, so..

She had late cheer practice.

You know Jessica?

Something like that. Here.

Sucks for you, dude.

Think I'll be alright.

Meg, um, you wanna grab Ben and I a couple of beers?

- Yeah. - Thanks.

Tomatoes.

I'll be back.

Maybe you should, uh, get one for yourself.

Nah, I'm fine.

[gasps]

Whoa!

[laughs]

Anything you can't do?

[chuckles]

One or two things, it seems.

They're just making out, you know?

Yeah, but he's dating Jessica

who's not even here.

So, why are we here without her?

You think too much, girl.

- We were invited. - I don't know why I was.

Look around. Obviously, I shouldn't be here.

'I don't even go to school with half these people.'

But you are.

Well, Minnie's the only one who's noticed.

[instrumental music]

So, uh, you pick a room yet?

Excuse me?

A room to sleep in.

No? Okay, well, um..

How about this? Take the, uh..

Take the second floor, second room on the right.

Okay, and why is that?

Well, it's mine.

See you've met Meg.

Yeah.

Yeah, I did meet her.

I like her.

Yeah.

She goes to Kamiak...with me.

[scoffs]

Well, she's about to go upstairs with me.

Don't think so.

Thank you.

Excuse me.

Yeah, so, um, the chick to dude ratio

is probably gonna get a lot better when, uh

Jessica shows up with the cheerleaders, right?

Get some hot girls in here.

How did I end up at a party with you?

Same reason we're all here.

No one turns down an invitation from Jessica Lawrence.

Uh, so, how do you know Jessica?

She's best friends with, uh, my cousin, Terra.

Oh, Terra. Yeah, she's really fine.

TJ dates her.

- 'Oh, really?' - Used to.

TJ and I have known Jessica

for as long as we've known Minnie.

[Ben clears throat]

You okay?

[coughing]

- Are you okay? - Yeah.

No, he's, he's choking!

- Hey! He's choking! - I'm fine.

- Oh, my God. - 'Okay, okay.'

I know CPR. So, everyone just relax.

(Ben) 'Pen..'

'Epipen. Epipen.'

[intense music]

[gasping]

It's okay. It's okay. It's okay.

Whoa.

How did you know what to do, Meg?

(Minnie) Her mom's allergic to bees.

She carries one of those things everywhere.

Yeah, but there's no bees here.

I'm not allergic to bees.

(Kumiko) 'Then, what?'

Nuts.

I asked Meg to do the salad.

(Meg) 'But I don't remember putting nuts in it.'

[indistinct whispering]

(Lori) 'This is not your fault.'

'They need to mind their own business. It was a mistake.'

- It happens, okay? - Yeah.

Don't listen to anything that they're saying.

- Just.. - Yeah, I..

I don't know why I'm here. That's all.

Just forget it, okay? Let's just watch TV.

Call it a night. That's it.

(man on TV) 'And more coming at the top of the hour'

'about the burned body discovered today'

'at Mariner High.'

'Police have not yet identified the body'

'while the rash of local high school killings continues..'

I'm sorry. That's not helping.

How about a movie instead?

- 'Meg, I already checked.' - What's that?

Yeah, there's no empty bag of nuts.

Hey, listen..

...I know you don't drink, but..

...maybe having one might help you relax.

[scoffs]

That's what this trip is all about, right?

Dear Lord.

Cheers.

I'm totally about to fail this midterm. Right?

(Ben) 'Storm knocked the satellite out.'

And Mr. Mouskewitz says--

- Douche-kewitz. - 'That's right!'

Mr. Douche-kewitz says to me

if I can't ace this midterm

he's going to fail me on the spot. Right?

So, I decided I'd, uh, get a little help.

You cheated?

Uh, no, Vivian. Don't worry. I didn't cheat.

Okay, you remember that, uh, that girl

she used to follow me around campus?

(Ben) 'Always quiet. Didn't talk much.'

Right. So, she had the midterm

before lunch and I had it after lunch.

So, all I had to do was pretend to date her for two weeks.

And then she gave me the answers.

'Problem solved. Right?'

Dude, that's not cool at all, man.

You're a class act. You know that?

What? I.. What?

I mean, I mean, she got-she got something out of it too.

I-I gave her a night to remember.

- You okay, Teej? - Yeah, I'm good.

I'm just trying to find a movie to shut this guy up.

Hey, what's your problem, man?

Look, nobody wants to hear you

talk about how you used some chick.

- 'No, obviously I--' - TJ! Look, you found a DVD?

Nice job, Teej.

You guys both come sit with me on the couch.

(Lori) 'What's the movie?'

Doesn't look like it's marked.

Could be porn.

It's probably a bootlegged copy.

And showtime.

[eerie music on TV]

[Lori whimpering]

Hey.

Lori, you okay?

Who did this?

'It's not..'

You don't think I know what that means?

Whoa, calm down.

Don't tell me to calm down, Nathan.

I know what you did.

Everyone knows what you did, Vivian. Okay?

You would have sold your own soul

if it meant winning that competition.

I'm leaving. First ferry tomorrow.

I'm leaving. I don't want to be anywhere near you liars.

Uh..

...it's been a weird night.

Let's call it. Alright?

Everyone get some rest, okay?

Whoa.

[both chuckle]

This is, this is beautiful.

In a Stephen King kind of way.

I, uh, saved this room for you.

Of course you did.

Yeah, thanks.

Welcome.

Mins, you should take your meds.

Yeah.

You always think of everything.

So, Ben's pretty cute, right?

'Hmm.'

I guess. I mean, he definitely dyes his hair

by the look of those eyebrows.

I'm just sayin'. You guys would make a really cute couple.

Um, Ben's..

Ben's not important, Meg.

I know the truth.

It could be buried deep inside a vault for a century

beneath an onion of delusional layers.

But the truth always finds its way

to ascend to the surface, doesn't it?

- Listen, Minnie-- - I'm still in love with him.

And I didn't know he'd be here.

Who?

TJ.

Oh. Yeah. Me neither.

It's a lie with Ben.

Beautiful, romantic

gentlemanly kind of lie.

But you know that it's always been real with TJ.

[thunder rumbling]

[intense music]

[thunder rumbling]

(Claire) This is my menagerie. My sanctuary.

Your doom. Every moment counts.

I already knew I was best.

Now, it's only a matter of time until they hear it too.

I didn't even have to try.

All it took was one choir practice

for everyone at the school to realize how talented I am.

Finally this is somewhere I belong.

Free of judgment. Free of abuse. Free of fear.

My new friend accepts me for who I am.

She even helped me prepare for the next practice.

Only her preparation was actually sabotage.

The conductor never wanted us to improvise.

He wouldn't listen to me. He yelled at me.

It literally sucked the air from my lungs.

I lost the solo and she got it.

Days later, I'm still choking on her lies.

[thunder rumbling]

[intense music]

[screaming]

What the f..

Oh, my God.

(TJ) 'Look, everyone..'

- 'Everyone stay calm, okay?' - Stay calm?

- Is she okay? - Yeah.

- She just fainted. - 'What do we do now?'

Kumiko. You were in the exact same room as her.

You didn't see anything?

I-I didn't sleep there last night.

TJ offered to take the couch.

Oh. Perfect.

How was I supposed to know that she was that far over the edge?

That's enough...alright?

It's not helping us right now.

Somebody needs to check her room.

I'll go check.

Get it away. Get it away. I can't stop.

She's having a panic attack.

Somebody needs to find her medication, please.

- Please make it stop. - We'll go upstairs. Come on.

- That always happen? - Shouldn't you know?

"This voice will never sing again."

It's a suicide note.

[speaks softly] "This voice will never sing.."

[instrumental music]

Is it, is-it, i-is it, is it blood?

- That isn't blood. - It's paint, maybe.

Okay, it really doesn't matter what it is.

What matters is that someone here did it.

(Vivian) 'Does anybody have anything to say?'

I mean, I don't think anybody here did it.

(Vivian) 'I don't think that's possible.'

'I'm just saying that someone clearly did something.'

[indistinct chatter]

(Vivian) 'It's very clear that something absolutely happened.'

'So, we're going to try and figure out. Okay, I don't..'

'Someone here, someone in this room clearly--'

'I'm not trying to antagonize anybody.'

'This is clearly an issue that needs to be talked about.'

- 'We'll figure it out.' - 'Okay, you know what..'

[eerie music]

I know what's going on.

Maybe Lori was just pissed

about how fresh you seem to be--

Whoa! Watch it, babe.

Or maybe then you just didn't like

getting turned down by her.

- Yo, lay off, Vivian. Okay? - 'I mean, what..'

Are you going to do to me the same thing that you did to her?

- Oh, shut up. Shut up. - Hey, hey, man. That's a lady.

Everybody relax.

Okay.

Okay. Well, we just all have to sit tight

until Jessica gets here.

Power's out.

This storm has completely wreaked havoc

on this island, okay?

I think we need to accept the possibility

that Jessica might not be coming.

Guys, there are no scheduled ferries until tomorrow.

This is not a coincidence.

The song that Lori's note was written on

is the exact same song from the video last night.

Here, let me see that.

Yeah. Okay, that doesn't prove anything.

You mean, aside from this connection

indicating why Lori was so upset?

Whoever did this is gonna pay.

(TJ) 'Alright, look'

we need to focus on getting off this island.

Has anyone checked their phones for a signal?

Anybody, yes. Pull your phones out. God!

No. Still nothing.

Alright, then we need to go to the other house.

There may be a working phone there.

I don't know, man. It doesn't seem like a very good idea.

[intense music]

[thunder rumbling]

Here. Put this on.

[sighs]

Someone should still go.

- Weren't you listening? - You know what?

- You don't know me. - Hey, stop..

Yo, yo, yo. Hey!

Relax. Look! There's a boathouse.

Yeah, and where there's a boat, there's probably a radio.

Right. Alright.

- Who's coming with me? - I'll come with you.

- I'm not going anywhere-- - No.

Uh, I'm good.

I'll go.

Cool..

...so long as it ain't me.

We'll go move Lori's body.

Well, I think I actually should come too because I know

how to work a two-way radio because my dad taught me--

- Enough. - No, no, no. My dad--

- Viv! - 'No, I actually know how--'

- Viv! - I think I could help.

(TJ) 'Go in the house. Please.'

Meg, meet me back here in two minutes, okay?

I'll be right back.

[sighs]

- What's going on? - My pills are gone.

(Ben) 'Maybe somebody else has a prescription.'

Doubtful.

Minnie, just your pills?

Leave it!

Where are you going?

I just had to do something, but I can stay if you want.

What about TJ?

He..

I can stay with her.

I don't mind at all.

I'll be right back, okay? Be right back.

[dramatic music]

(Claire) There's this cute guy in my class.

I didn't need to sing to get his attention.

He caught me looking at him.

I was afraid he would think I'm some sort of freak

but he didn't.

He smiled. He noticed me.

I felt more alive the first time he smiled at me

than I have in years.

But it wasn't for long.

This girl came to class to make an announcement.

He noticed her too

but he will forget her soon enough when he realizes

that I'm better than she is.

But that bitch was jealous.

She must've seen the way the boy looked at me.

She wanted him for herself.

She threatened to make my life at school a living hell

if I didn't quit.

She called me a weak link

but she knew that I was better than her.

Who isn't?

She said she didn't want to wait for me to slip

but I never slip.

She will. And everyone will laugh.

(TJ) 'Meg.'

- You ready? - Yeah.

Guys, um, if you find a radio, you just need to let--

I'll let you know.

I'll let you know.

(Meg) So, how do you know where we're going?

(TJ) I've been here before.

Right. With Jessica?

(TJ) With a group. With a group of us.

(Meg) Right.

While I was getting changed, I was thinking about

how Minnie and I met for the first time.

Really? I don't think I've heard that story before.

Well, I was put on the PE team

with Minnie and Jessica Lawrence.

It didn't take more than 20 minutes

for Jessica to decide I was lame

so she made Minnie choose.

Her. Or me.

(TJ) She made the right choice.

(Meg) Well, thank you, but I'm shocked she chose me.

A day doesn't go by where I don't think about that moment

and how different my life would be

if she'd just made the choice that 99 out of a 100 other kids

would choose every single time.

Watch out.

You're wrong.

Yeah, that's easy for you to say.

When have you ever had to try to fit in?

Find something to belong to

or struggle to get someone's attention?

Hey, that's not fair, alright?

You don't think I know what it's like to have to work

to get someone's attention?

No, I think you know exactly what it's like

to work to get someone's attention.

And then, an hour later, you're on to another.

Another. Then another.

You know, I think you find it very convenient

to hide behind the story about you and Minnie

every time she treats you like crap

so that you can avoid dealing with the truth.

Okay. And what's the truth?

No matter how much you want to fight it, Meg

you are your own person with unique thoughts

and individuality that somebody might actually like.

And believe me, that somebody doesn't like you for some

middle school transfer story

or any loyal act you've done for them.

They like you for you.

Don't analyze me, okay?

I don't need you to always try and save me, TJ.

In fact, I don't need anyone to save me.

[dramatic music]

[both grunt]

Hang on!

[grunting]

You okay?

- Damn it. - 'What?'

Flashlights.

Near the patio door. We'll need them.

I gotta go back. Stay here.

No. Hell no, I'm not stay..

[chuckles]

[instrumental music]

- You okay? - Huh! Yeah.

[instrumental music]

Ah!

I'm good. I'm good.

Well, hey, at least there's plenty of gas.

If we have to drive this thing outta here

at least we'll have the fuel.

It's beautiful.

Yeah.

This is a Bruno Whitney. Late '50s, at least.

I mean, wooden hull, Portuguese bridge.

'I mean, this entire thing is a collector's item.'

'Come on.'

Didn't know you knew so much about boats.

I don't know, I..

I guess I don't share much about it.

I can see why. It's kinda nerdy. He-he.

Alright.

- Oh, no, TJ, I didn't.. - Mm-hmm.

No, come on. I'm a writer.

I'm way nerdier than you for Christ sake.

Like, you-you don't even want to see my comic book collections.

Well, I don't think you're a nerd. Not even a little.

I, uh, I've been wanting to talk to you.

How we haven't talked much since...homecoming, but I'm--

Um, I honestly haven't wanted to hear about homecoming.

Wait. Wait, so, you don't even know what happened?

'I mean, I guess I was pissed.'

'That's why I avoided you at first, but..'

...I missed you.

'So much.'

Since Gunner and Minnie broke up

I never get to see you anymore.

I guess what I'm trying to say is--

TJ, we need to find the radio, okay?

And then...get back to the house.

Right.

That's, uh, that's weird.

- What? - It's just, uh, radio's gone.

Been removed.

Actually, been removed rather recently.

[sighs] Okay. Well, what about the boat?

Can we just, I don't know, drive it out of here?

No keys.

Well, maybe the keys are somewhere.

You know, honestly, I doubt it, Meg.

TJ, we should still look.

Fine.

Hey!

(TJ) 'I'll bet that's the same paint from the wall up at the house.'

TJ, the radio, the paint.

- What do we do now? - We go back.

Hey, TJ. Wait.

I'm sorry.

Listen, you've always been a great friend.

Friend? That's what I am?

Uh, that's what I'd like to think, yeah.

You know, I'm starting to think that..

...I'm never going to get you.

Well, maybe I'm just ungettable.

And maybe you're not used to that.

What's that supposed to mean?

I'm just saying maybe Mr. All-State Football Star

isn't used to not being worshipped. You know?

Again, not fair.

For who? You or me?

Look, you have no idea what it's like being me.

And you have no idea what it's like to be me.

You're right. But I'd like to.

[dramatic music]

[panting]

- You don't want to see this. - 'Oh, my gosh! No.'

This could've been you.

Yeah, maybe.

TJ, I don't think this was an accident.

Meg..

...she slipped and fell.

It was slippery, alright? You know this for yourself.

Something must have cut it.

Something or someone?

- What? - I don't know.

Maybe you're being paranoid.

If it had been cut by a stone

it wouldn't have been cut so cleanly, TJ.

So, what are you saying?

Huh? Someone purposely followed Vivian

who was following us, to cut the rope?

No, I'm just..

I'm just saying it's a possibility

that this wasn't an accident.

Should we tell everyone?

We have enough to deal with right now.

Let's just get the hell off this island.

We should be alright from here.

(Claire) It literally sucks the air from my lungs.

I lost the solo and she got it.

Days later, I'm still choking on her lies.

She said she didn't want to wait for me to slip

but I never slip.

She will.

And everyone will laugh.

[dramatic music]

Yo.

You find anything?

You do that?

What the hell? You think this is funny?

- Huh? Answer me! - Get off her, man!

- Hey! Don't, man. - Hey, hey, hey, hey.

- Touch her again, you die! - Enough!

Stop it! Stop! The both of you.

Where's TJ, huh?

She did it. She did it.

I caught her.

[exhales] I didn't do anything.

Nah. No, she was here.

And that mark wasn't there before.

No, it's not possible. She's trailing mud.

Nothing even close to the wall.

Don't touch me again.

What's going on in here?

[dramatic music]

Alright..

...we need to come together

and think about this collectively.

The way I see it, it's every man for himself.

Dude, we're talking about accidents.

Those marks on the wall didn't get there by accident.

What are you saying?

I wanna see the body, okay?

I need to see Vivian.

[instrumental music]

Alright, storm's over.

I'm going to the other house.

Don't be daft. The footbridge is out. You won't make it.

Great. You don't have to come. In fact, you shouldn't.

I'm just saying there's already been two deaths--

Accidents.

Okay, accidents

and I'm not gonna stick around for another one.

Hey, don't loop me in with them.

Minnie.

Listen, I-I don't know what you guys think is actually

going on here, but two people have died

and she has been there for both of them. I mean..

- How can you not see that? - Excuse me, I found them both.

(Nathan) 'You know what?'

Some might say that's the same thing, Meg.

Meg, where were you when Lori..

I was upstairs, sleeping.

Isn't that right, Minnie?

How am I supposed to know?

You're supposed to know because you were there.

I was sleeping, Meg.

I don't know what you're doing or thinking in the dark.

There you go.

[dramatic music]

Why didn't you defend me?

I'm always defending you.

You do realize they accused me of killing them, right?

'Minnie.'

- You don't think-- - No...I don't think.

That's your job. Right?

[sighs]

[sighs]

[dramatic music]

I mean, I-I can't just sit here and wait.

Well, technically, you're standing. Yeah.

What the hell is this?

(Claire) He didn't just smile at me this time.

He saw me.

Not a singer. Not a debater.

Me. The real me.

He doesn't seem like it, but my boy is shy.

His friend approached me after class

and asked if I wanted to meet him for coffee.

He's showing me sides of himself

that no one else gets to see.

Finally, someone sees the real me.

Finally, I belong to something.

All of life comes down to simple choices.

He asked me to do something that

anyone else would think is wrong.

But I'm not everyone else.

I already made my choice.

It's the right one.

I don't understand.

I gave him his answers.

I helped him with his test.

Why is this happening to me again?

Why is it that every time I do something right

everything goes to ...?

He stopped returning my texts.

I saw his friend and told him that

I needed to speak to my boy.

He must not have told him.

He didn't have a girlfriend of his own.

He must've been jealous too.

Can anyone ever be anything but jealous?

I should have hit him.

Someone will.

Now, I understand.

All the pain of never getting anything

was nothing compared to the pain

of getting something and losing it.

There's no remedy for being burned.

Except for being shot through the heart.

At least that's quicker.

What is that?

[instrumental music]

Okay.

[sighs]

[music continues]

Where were you?

- I just went to my room. - Stop.

- What? - Please.

Look, you wanna be angry at me for what happened?

There wasn't a lot that I could control about homecoming night.

But if you want to hold it against me

for the rest of my life, you know what? Fine.

Listen, TJ, I-I can't do this right now, okay?

I don't even know what happened homecoming night.

I only know what I heard.

I never wanted to know and I never asked, okay?

'Well, hear me out then.'

Please just go talk to Minnie.

Minnie? Minnie.

What does Minnie have to do with any of this?

[Minnie screaming]

[gasping]

Who's missing?

(Minnie) 'Ben, where are you?'

- Ben? - Ben?

Meg. Maybe you should check the bedrooms.

I'll check his room.

[dramatic music]

[sobbing]

Minnie. Minnie, back away.

(Minnie) 'Three people are dead.'

Listen, Minnie, you haven't been taking your meds.

'You just need to breathe, okay?'

- We'll get you away from him. - Is that what I need to do?

You always know what's best, don't you, Meg?

You think that I don't know what's been going on here?

We have a better chance of figuring this out together--

No, I'm not talking about that, Meg.

You wanted to go off to college

and dump me into someone else's hands.

- Wait, what? - Tried to pawn me off on Ben.

You wanted me to be his problem now, instead of yours.

- You wanted to abandon me. - That's-that's not true.

Now, he's gone, and I know who to blame.

Meg. Hey, Meg, you gotta see this.

Taste it.

- It tastes like-- - Pecans.

Come on.

[indistinct chatter]

Hey! This wasn't an accident, was it?

It wasn't.

We're starting to run a little low on suspects, aren't we?

Okay, what, what are you implying?

Those other ... left.

There's only five people in this house

who could have done this.

- This is crazy. - Well, where were you both?

(Gunner) 'K, that's not cool.'

TJ is my best friend, okay?

He wouldn't do something like this.

I'm not saying he did anything.

I'm just asking.

I could ask you the same question.

Okay. We were together. In my room.

You were both together when you found Vivian too.

That's enough. We don't have to listen to this.

Yeah, because I know we didn't do anything.

And I know neither did Gunner or me.

So, that just leaves one person.

Did you see her? She's grieving.

What I saw was someone who is off her meds.

Well, she's my friend.

Oh, she's got a funny way of showing it.

- You know what.. - Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop.

Okay?

All I'm saying is that

nobody has been together for the entire time.

'So, nobody can be certain.'

'Why don't you just remember that?'

What's wrong with you? Why didn't you back me up?

You know, Kumiko wasn't wrong.

She's wrong.

Our best option?

We go to that other house before we lose sunlight.

TJ, Nathan and Kenny already went--

If Nathan and Kenny would've found something

they would have come back by now.

Which means they could be the ones responsible for all this.

There's only one way to find out the truth.

[instrumental music]

We don't want to lose the light, my dear.

TJ, have you ever doubted something

but deep down still wondered if it's true?

Yeah, all the time.

Okay, well, I think Minnie was right, back at the house.

You're a good friend to her.

Am I?

Because the truth is

I could've gone to school here.

I mean, there are plenty of writing programs

that would have taken me, but I didn't even consider 'em.

Why, if I'm such a good friend to her?

Look, there's nothing wrong with wanting

to forge your own identity, you know?

You can do that from LA.

I've just been Minnie's friend, Meg, for so long.

I don't know if there's anything else I can offer.

Wait, how'd you know I was going to UCLA?

Um..

Just, uh, heard around, I guess.

Hmm. Well, you must be excited about Washington.

Uh, not exactly. I'm going to USC.

We're going to be neighbors in SoCal.

I've been wanting to tell you all weekend.

I just, I don't know.

Why'd you change your mind?

I don't know.

[chuckles] TJ, tell me why.

Same reason you want to go to LA.

So I can make my own way.

Plus, you know, USC said they might

let me start at wide receiver.

Doesn't hurt that I'll know somebody nearby too.

Hey. Slow down.

[laughs] Slow down.

You gotta keep up, girl.

[wings fluttering]

[dramatic music]

Come on. Come on. We gotta..

The house is just up this way.

[knocking]

(Meg) 'Hello!'

TJ.

Where?

- Wait. Where is everybody? - I don't know.

[upbeat music]

(TJ) What the..

It's exactly 4:30.

TJ, it's on a timer.

That means, there's no one here.

Which means that whoever did this--

Killed Lori, Vivian and Ben.

[sighs] It's charged. No phone line.

'Wait a minute.'

What are Jessica's parent's names?

Uh, her dad's name is John.

- Mom's name is something like-- - Jean?

Yeah, Jean.

This...this looks like the number to White Rock House.

I mean..

...it looks like they called yesterday afternoon.

Oh, my God. TJ, that means that someone's here.

Wait. Meg! Wait!

What the..

[dramatic music]

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry. I saw the phone and I thought..

I know, but, Meg

that was a call that I got.

The one that was supposed to be Mr. Lawrence.

What?

Caller ID marks the exact time I got the call

from Jessica's dad.

Or someone pretending to be Jessica's dad.

I don't know. The connection was pretty bad.

TJ, it was the killer.

One by one, killing off everyone

who went to Mariner.

Oh, my God.

TJ, TJ, Nathan's the killer.

He's the killer and he could still be in the house.

Alright.

[dramatic music]

[gasps]

[sobbing]

It's okay. It's okay.

Look at me. Look at me.

- Look at me. - Something's very wrong.

No, TJ, you're the only one I trust.

But we need to figure out what's going on before..

One of us is next.

Let's go.

That's weird.

You see where this arrow is?

TJ..

...look, he was shot twice.

And judging by that wound

he was shot through the back first.

The killer was behind him, right?

He brained Kenny

followed Nathan into the bathroom

shot him in the back.

I mean, that first shot must've killed him.

Then he was hung here.

Shot again with the same arrow through the heart.

[dramatic music]

What's wrong?

I know who the killer is.

They were all murdered.

I know, but by who?

By whoever wrote these.

- What is that? - They're journal pages.

I've been finding them since we got here.

Wait. You-you didn't tell me?

I tried to tell you what I was thinking, TJ. Okay?

About Vivian and the rope.

You tried to make me think I was crazy.

No, I tried to talk some sense into you, alright?

Intuition and proof are two completely different things.

This is all the proof we need.

Lori hung herself.

Exactly.

A singer who made her not want to sing anymore.

Just like it said in the journal.

Her vocal chords were crushed by the noose.

Vivian slipped and fell, alright?

It was an accident.

On a rope that was clearly cut by a tool.

Just like it said in the journal.

(Claire) My third school in two years.

This time, there isn't a fresh start.

I know this time everything ends.

How can I have a future if I can't even escape my past?

That girl from sophomore year followed me here.

Two schools later, I'm still wondering how she was

dumb enough to think that the electrical circuits

on our partnered lab final exam wouldn't backfire.

I warned her. She didn't listen.

She blamed me.

Now, that suck-up got to retake the test.

I failed. Shocking.

That blond animal scares me too.

Is everyone following me?

He's always yelling "Burn!"

I hope his insides burn one day.

Doesn't either of them have people to torture

at their own schools?

Blond boy?

Ben.

'His insides burned from his allergic reaction to the nuts.'

(TJ) Shot through the heart.

Hit over the head. Nathan and Kenny.

Whoever wrote this is killing us off

like she mentions in the journal.

Like a copycat.

Yeah, but who wrote it?

It could still be a coincidence, Meg.

Okay, you believe whatever you want to believe.

The weakest point of a debate is one

that can't tolerate a discussion.

Who should be the writer now?

I'm serious.

And I'm not crazy.

- 'I'm not doing this now.' - 'Okay.'

(Gunner) 'We've done this too long.'

The whole state and everything has gone to ...

I don't wanna talk about this anymore.

So, I..

Welcome home.

Guessing you guys found these.

[dramatic music]

Like I said before, no more working alibis.

He's not a killer, Kumiko. I've told you this.

And you're my boyfriend.

It doesn't mean I can prove

that you didn't kill anyone.

Nathan and Kenny were both murdered.

By?

I don't know.

[sighs]

Been there since we found the numbers.

To be honest..

...I was afraid that they were for you guys.

We didn't touch them. Figured what's the point?

And Minnie?

(Claire) But there's one bright spot

one shining beacon of hope in a darkened world

and he's special.

I saw him look at me.

I could tell he wanted to talk. I can be so unapproachable.

He's probably intimidated

so I'll wait for him in the copy room

every fourth period.

After we speak, he'll never have to be alone again.

Neither will I.

But his friend is always around

stalking him like everyone is stalking me.

He keeps asking him about his date to the dance.

Well, he's too polite, but his friend's not.

I heard what he said about me.

I heard his friend laugh at me

when he tried to shoot me down.

But I know he wants to ask me.

I can't imagine a world worth living

where we're not together.

Tom doesn't know it, but he and I belong together.

Does this mean anything to anyone?

(TJ) 'Yeah.'

Yeah, it does to me.

I know who wrote those pages.

Claire Hicks.

Wait. How do you know that?

(TJ) 'I'm the guy in the copy room.'

Thursday, after fourth period, I went there.

Every week.

So, that was..

Yeah. It was you and I

in the copy room, talking about homecoming.

No. No, no, no.

It couldn't be Claire Hicks

because she can't be here now, she's dead.

(TJ) 'Hey, did you know her?'

[sighs] She was my lab partner

before she transferred out of Roosevelt.

She made me fail my electricity midterm.

I had to retake it.

(Meg) 'Don't you guys get it?'

But what you said is

whoever wrote those pages had to be the killer.

Yeah, but maybe she didn't die.

There was a funeral.

Did you go? Did you see the body?

I heard she committed suicide.

I'm saying maybe she faked her death.

Or maybe she's dead

and somebody else is hunting us down.

Guys, one problem. I don't know Claire Hicks.

I don't, and neither does Minnie

so, why would she want us dead?

TJ..

...homecoming, man.

That day, in the copy room

I was telling Gunner how I asked you

to homecoming.

(Minnie) 'I knew it.'

[dramatic music]

Minnie. Minnie.

You've always thought of yourself.

That's-that's not true.

I've given up so much for you.

No, that's not true.

You think you're the smart one

and you think that I'm dumb.

I never said that.

You didn't have to.

You wrote it.

Minnie, you didn't read my journal?

The password wasn't hard to figure out, Meg.

So, you stole my laptop?

You left it on my bed, okay?

I'm not the thief here.

- I've never stolen anything-- - You're right!

What's worse is that you tried.

Get off.

She tried to take you away from me, TJ.

I was never yours.

He never wanted you, Meg.

'He must've felt sorry for you.'

You have to psych yourself up just to talk to people.

'Sing yourself songs before you go to dances.'

You're pathetic.

That's enough, Minnie.

TJ and I were meant to be.

- 'You are crazy.' - Don't call her that.

Are you serious?

You're the one who chose her, TJ.

Chose her? I asked you.

I'm not talking about what you asked me.

I'm talking about what you did.

What I did?

Minnie, what did you tell her I did?

'You know nothing happened between us.'

That's not true.

I refused you, Minnie, at homecoming, I told you no.

You're lying!

Look at me. Is this why you've been avoiding me?

Been turning me down? I swear, I didn't do it.

Liar! You were there.

Okay? You know what happened. Tell him.

I don't remember anything.

We drank at the bonfire and you told me that

you always knew that it was me.

It never happened.

Look, Meg, it should've been you with me at homecoming, right?

- But you turned me down. - I had to!

Minnie is my best friend and she's in love with you.

She didn't even think of me. She cried that entire night.

You weren't supposed to know.

What? That you're a bad friend?

That you're a liar?

All you've ever done is keep me down.

Remind me to take my meds.

What? Before he met you, I didn't need meds, okay?

You did this to me.

(TJ) 'Nothing happened between us, Minnie.'

'Look at me, Meg, you gotta believe me, okay?'

You gotta believe me.

And you.. You don't know what love is.

The only thing you love is yourself.

Now, calm your ass down!

This is calm, Thomas Jefferson Fletcher.

This is calm.

(Gunner) 'Stop, guys!'

This is not helping us right now.

Before "The Bold And The Beautiful"

comes back from its commercial break

we have to figure out if one of us is the killer

or if we're being haunted by the specter of a girl

who committed suicide four months ago.

You're right.

Let's search the house.

Can we all please stay on the second floor together?

I'll take the hallway upstairs.

Rollercoaster and I will go search that room.

We'll search the bedroom.

Come on.

[instrumental music]

Is she always like that?

You know, Gunner mentioned to me before, when they dated

that she can be a little unbalanced.

She can't help herself, okay?

Must you always defend her?

You have to understand that she never does that for you.

What does it matter?

It matters when someone I care about is treated like crap.

TJ, I need to know exactly what happened at homecoming.

Thought you didn't want to know.

Well, I'd say the circumstances have changed.

Wouldn't you?

[exhales]

It was.. I don't know, I guess it really wasn't Minnie's fault.

'What do you mean?'

[instrumental music]

I was really upset about you.

I was drinking a lot. We all were.

Claire just marched in front of me

and yelled how she loved me.

That she thought I loved her too.

TJ..

...I love you.

I-I know you love me too

and that's why I'm going to the dance with you.

You don't have to take Meg.

(TJ) I was frozen. That's why Minnie went to work on her.

I feel so sorry for you.

Not because, not because you came here today

but because you are actually under the illusion

that anyone could see anything besides the fact that

your...entire existence

is just one giant mistake.

You're gonna die, miserable and alone.

No one will ever love you.

[laughing]

No one will ever love you!

Where are you going, you coward?

Why'd you come if you're just gonna walk away?

You came here. You must've wanted something out of it.

'Well, what'd you get?'

'Nothing, because that is what you are.'

'You are nothing!'

'You must really hate the person'

that you wake up and you have to look at in the morning.

No one here hates you. You are insignificant.

You don't matter to us.

And to me, that is a whole lot worse.

You're nothing!

What? What..

(TJ) But I didn't do anything.

I was frozen, hurt, drunk.

She ran away and was dead the next day.

[sighs]

TJ, I didn't know I meant that much to you.

Yeah, well, you never asked me.

Well, in that case

Claire was hurt by many.

And me too.

But you turned me down.

Yeah, but I'm pretty sure Claire didn't see it that way.

[sighs]

[dramatic music]

[gunshot]

No!

No. No. No.

No.

I'm leaving. You'll all be staying.

Kumiko.

That's exactly what they want.

Don't you get it?

There is no they.

- One of you killed Gunner. - You mean one of us?

You're right.

Except I know that I didn't do it.

You won't get away with it.

You're insane. This is all insane.

Don't follow me!

[electricity crackling]

[intense music]

[crackling continues]

(Meg) 'Is she..'

Gunner was shot

just like he'd done to Claire's chances

and Kumiko was electrocuted just like in the lab midterm.

What are you talking about?

(Claire) What Meg Pritchard needed to understand

was that I went to the bonfire to stake

my claim on him, but she hid from me.

Sent her blond pitbull to attack me.

Wanna know what it's like to be alone and drowning?

It's when you realize that everyone, everywhere is nasty

horrible, and none of them will give you a hand.

Instead, they will just push you further

and further down into the water.

But Tom did understand.

He found me later

said I'd never have to be alone anymore.

Told me it wasn't Meg or Minnie. It was me.

This is the end. Now, they'll know.

I'll make them see all those imperfect people

caught up in their perfect lies.

They'll see what they failed to notice before.

They'll see me.

And one day, I swear they will all pay.

Are those keys to the boat?

'Meg, you just saved us.'

'You just saved us all.'

- 'Well..' - Thomas Jefferson Fletcher.

Tom. That's his full name.

No one's called me Tom since I was six.

Whoa.

Minnie, get away from him.

Minnie, get over here. Come on.

Meg..

You lied to me.

About homecoming.

- No, I didn't. - You met Claire after.

Claire-Claire Hicks?

And you told her that you were going to get revenge

on all of us, didn't you?

(TJ) 'I didn't.'

Minnie. Minnie.

Alright. You need to tell her what happened right now.

I-I don't-I don't..

I don't remember.

It's been you all along.

I have no connection with Claire.

None. You gotta tell her, Minnie.

- 'Tell her the truth!' - No. I don't remember!

- Alright. Okay, okay. - Take my hand, okay?

- Take my hand, we're leaving. - Meg, no.

- Keep up. - You, you have to listen to me.

No. You have.. Back up.

Back up. Back up!

- The night of homecoming-- - No.

Listen. Not right now.

[gunshot]

[sobbing]

You-you shot him.

[sobbing]

- Come on! - Okay.

[dramatic music]

Come on. Come on.

There's the bridge.

- Let go.. - Ah! Minnie! Come on.

- You shot him! - Minnie!

Not now, okay? Focus, let's go!

[music continues]

[grunts] Come on.

Minnie..

He said that you killed everybody.

Meg, he said that you were jealous of me.

Not now, okay?

That's why you were pretending to be my friend.

That's why you were leaving me to go to LA.

He said that you'd try and kill me.

Then he made me read your diary on your computer.

- And I saw. - 'I know.'

You saw TJ and me.

I should've told you, I'm sorry.

I just didn't want to hurt you.

I don't want to hurt you.

You loved him.

Yes.

You shot him.

Yes.

This is all my fault.

I never should have made you guys come here.

I never should have listened to--

Minnie, listen to me. TJ had us all fooled--

- 'No, Meg! It wasn't TJ' - It's alright.

[arrow fires]

[gasps]

[choking]

[gasping]

No!

'Minnie, no.'

'No, no!'

Stay with me.

Stay with me.

(Ben) 'That's a sad way to go, huh?'

Drowning in your own blood can't be pleasant.

Still, now she knows what it's like

'to be alone and drowning.'

Well, not quite alone.

You know, you're a lot smarter than I gave you credit for.

'You almost caught me a couple of times.'

'You know, while I was running all around the house'

ducking in and out of windows, while I was supposed

to be upstairs with Minnie, or in my room.

Still, I won.

[Meg screams]

[dramatic music]

'You know, I was really hoping for, like, uh'

'like a murder-suicide type of thing, you know.'

Minnie offing you and then killing herself

but you can't win them all.

(Meg) So, you stole her meds?

(Ben) 'I mean, I did that over a week ago.'

I snuck into her house and I replaced them.

I mean, the stealing of the bottle

from the luggage was just for effect.

I gotta say, watching her downward spiral

into oblivion was one of my favorite things

about this week, he-he.

That, and you killing your boyfriend back there..

God!

God, it was epic.

It was epic.

Ah!

It brings me back to my point though.

I'm so glad you're number nine.

(Meg) 'Why?'

Why us?

Well, ideally, in my fantasies..

...it was you and Minnie as number eight and nine

you having figured out what was going on

based on all the clues that I left you.

The journal?

Yeah. Yeah, Claire's diary.

So, you planted it with my stuff?

Then, you forged the last page, so I would think..

You'd think the boyfriend was the killer.

It's genius, right?

- 'You're saying--' - Yeah, and, uh..

I mean, it makes you more comfortable

to think so, doesn't it?

It's not true.

I'm saner than all of your dead friends

and I'm smarter than you.

Well, I figured out everyone here

was connected to Claire Hicks.

'And that you were killing us off in the same ways'

'you thought we wronged her.'

She thought, thought you wronged her?

The nine of you killed her.

You're all murderers.

Well, look who's talking.

I am not a murderer.

I'm a, I'm a vigilante

and I'm bringing justice to all those

who wronged my sister.

Sister?

Oh, my God.

You're Tom.

And you're Claire's brother.

You know, I bet that night at homecoming

you...and Minnie

and your intellectually challenged dates

you barely registered what you did to Claire

but you drove an arrow through my sister's heart.

Well, killing us idiots

shouldn't have been that hard then.

Not hard, no.

It was brilliant.

This was months of planning.

I started the day she jumped

because that was the day she sent me her journal.

Do you have any idea the details that went into this?

Preparing the house

luring you all here and dealing with the Taylors

learning about the social hierarchy at Mariner

so I could fit in.

Uh, pretending to be Mr. Lawrence

inviting Jessica and all her friends

to a different party this weekend

hacking into her Facebook account..

...killing that sap, Ben

and burning him beyond recognition

and stuffing him in his locker and taking his place.

'You only missed one thing, genius.'

I wasn't even there homecoming night.

Huh.

Guilt by association, you know?

See, the truth is

you're all the originators of this.

'You started it. You planned it.'

Everything that you made Claire feel

I just enacted it upon you in kind.

I mean, you know, she was never burned alive in a boat

but history was written by the victor, huh?

[exhales deeply]

After all, Meg, nobody likes a bully.

- Oh, my God. - Get away from her!

[grunting]

- Guess you're alive, huh? - Yeah, I played dead.

I wanted to see who's still alive in the house.

Okay. Alright.

[screams]

[groaning]

[grunting]

[screams]

[groaning]

I'm gonna make you suffer, huh?

[grunting]

[laughs]

[groaning]

[coughing]

[grunting]

[sobbing]

[panting]

[instrumental music]

[TJ grunting]

♪ Sometimes ♪

♪ I close my eyes ♪

♪ And count in to five ♪

♪ Sometimes ♪

♪ I see a wishing star ♪

Okay. Come on, come on, sit.

- Agh. - Careful.

Sit, sit.

[groaning]

♪ Sometimes ♪

♪ I close my eyes ♪

♪ And count in to five ♪

[groans]

Sorry, sorry.

♪ I want you ooh ♪

[groaning]

♪ Hoo hoo ♪

[music continues]

♪ I want you ooh ♪

♪ I want you hoo hoo ♪

'Don't do that.'

Don't retreat back into that head of yours, okay?

I'm sorry.

♪ I want you ooh ♪

None of this is your fault, okay?

[sighs]

TJ..

...when I first read Claire's journal..

...I have to be honest, I related to it.

And I felt really guilty.

My journal is a lot like Claire's.

In, in a lot of ways, I feel like I am Claire.

The only difference between the two of us

is I never felt completely alone.

It's unfortunate what happened to her.

♪ I want you hoo hoo ♪

I guess you're right, in some..

In some ways, we're all Claire.

We all have insecurities.

It's just how we choose

to deal with it is what sets us apart.

♪ I want you ooh ♪

♪ Ooh I want you ♪

Just don't let anything set us apart again, okay?

♪ Ohh ooh ooh hoo hoo hoo ♪

♪ I want you and I ♪

♪ I want you hoo hoo ♪

♪ You-you-you-you ♪♪

[dramatic music]

[intense music]

[instrumental music]

[music continues]