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Sonny says you're, like, back in normal people school now.

You know my boyfriend?

We haven't really kept in touch, much.

If you ever want to

be with someone else,

just tell me.

Have you heard anything about a "Dead Body Party"?

We should go. You wanna go?

Fuck me.

Sonny?

H-How did you know where I was?

Because I'm your mother!

Sonny?

Who's this?

Sonny's coming home with me, okay?

I'm not going.

-Sonny! -I'll be at Vogel's.

Vogel. Vogel, come here.

Is he okay? Did you give him a pillow?

Yes, Mom. I gave him the good pillow.

And he's got the WiFi.

Why is he here on a weeknight?

He just... needs to lay low for a bit.

Is that okay?

Hi, I'm Sharla, I'm an addict.

Hi, Sharla!

Yeah, it's been a stressful time.

I'm back doing PI work

on this case with teenagers involved.

I'm helping one of them.

I mean, this kid is terrified, you know?

And with good reason.

The case just keeps getting bigger,

and I think there's more than one bad actor.

I've been sort of tough on him, you know?

Maybe because I wanna warn him

that I'm gonna fuck this up for him.

And maybe that starts here

by me saying too much about the case.

That's all I got.

She met this guy behind a bar?

What's she handing him?

Huge wad of cash.

Oh, my God, wait, so,

he's like her... her partner in all this.

And you got a fucking picture of it?!

-That's fucking amazing! -He could be a lot of things.

He could be a kidnapper, a hitman.

And either she's paying him for something he's already done,

or something he's about to do.

So, do you recognize him?

Maybe hanging around the school?

I mean, the picture's kind of hard to make out.

-Did you get his license plate? -Yeah, yeah.

But the car is registered to a woman,

a "Tracy Marks."

-You know that name? -Tracy Marks? No.

Might be a friend of your mom's? A relative?

-I don't know her. -Well, think on it.

For family, it's just us, right?

And-And for friends,

she really, like, doesn't have any friends outside of work.

-Hmm. -Was there, like, an address

tied to the car?

Mm, it's a rental.

Tracy Marks hasn't lived there for over a year.

Prick landlord, out-of-state investor,

wouldn't tell me anything without a warrant.

Okay, this guy, uh,

when he drove off, did you follow him?

Of course.

-Hell, yes! W... -I lost him.

How?

That could've been a huge break.

Fuck does it matter? I lost him.

Sit.

I blew up my whole life last night.

And we have no leads, nothing.

I can't go home.

I can't go to school.

I need you to tell me what to do.

Like, right now...

what do I do, today?

Get a motel room.

Get some rest.

Motel room?!

You have to be 25 to get a motel room.

Uh, that's rental cars.

Ah, no!

Wait. We need to talk.

Hey!

I'm sorry about last night.

I tried to circle back after the cops left,

but you were gone.

Thanks. Um...

Can I get a ride?

Sure.

What's Weldon doing with the PI?

Oh...

Come on, Wellie!

Go, go!

Damn. Wellie going rogue, skipping school.

Wait, are you going to school?

Oh, no.

I can't. I c... I can't.

Well, I mean, I have a test second period,

so I can't really skip.

Well, it's okay. Don't worry about it.

Oh, well, where are you gonna go?

I don't know. I...

I'll just...

walk... somewhere.

-What? -"Oh, yeah, I'll just go walk

on the train tracks, by myself, alone, in the rain."

I have an idea where we can go.

Okay.

-Yeah? -Yeah.

Okay.

-Vogel! -Hey.

Where's Sonny?

Uh, um, he's just laying low at my house.

He's, you know, taking a mental health day.

He's alone at your house?

No, no, no, he-he'll be fine.

My mom should be around.

-I think I'll go pick him up. -Wait, wait!

I-I don't know if that's a good idea.

Why?

-Okay, you know Bokito, the gorilla? -No.

It's this gorilla from the Netherlands, right?

And every day he had this visitor, this lady,

who would come smile at him through the glass.

Problem is, for gorillas, baring teeth is aggression.

But, every day, this lady would show up just smiling.

I'm gonna catch up with you later, but send me that link.

Wait, wait, wait, wait. Just, just wait.

Uh, so, Bokito couldn't, like,

take all of that attention from her, right?

It was too much for him.

And one day, he just bust out of his cage.

And he tracked this lady down

and put all his weight on her

and bit her, like, 100 times.

Your best friend is in crisis. You know that, right?

Yeah, I... I was with him

all night long last night, okay?

And yes, he's working some stuff out.

And if you try to check on him,

it's only gonna make things worse.

I mean, I think he just needs to,

you know, work this beat out on his own.

Vogel...

...has he been hanging out with somebody

that I should know about?

Somebody who's a bad influence?

Nah.

But, um, I, I gotta get to class.

-Vogel? -I'll-I'll tell Sonny

I ran into you, though, okay?

So you think it's a funny joke?

Coming to my AA meeting, laughing at my share.

-I didn't laugh. -Oh, I saw you smirking.

I was happy that you were there.

Those are my meetings, I've been going there since I moved here.

You think you're an alcoholic?

No, I don't, um, go for alcohol.

Then what were you doing there?

Those meetings, they're sacred spaces for people who need 'em.

My problem is

why we moved here.

My parents thought it'd be better if I lived

near my uncle, who's a pastor.

Yeah, wh-what is your "problem"?

My parents caught me with, um...

a, uh...

A what?

A jazz cigarette.

Weed.

You don't have to smoke it a lot

to become an addict.

Yes, you do.

-I thought what you shared was... -Out. Now. Goodbye.

-I'm an addict too. -No, you're not!

You're off the case,

and your trial employment

with the dog care is over.

I... You never said it was a trial!

♪ Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo ♪

♪ Doo ♪

♪ Blue, blue, electric blue ♪

♪ That's the color of my room... ♪

This is "The House of Dog."

I've always wanted to come out here,

but my dad says that it's blasphemous.

That is rebellion, man.

You're like, "Dad, I just,

I need to go to this artsy church for dogs."

-Alright. -Oh, I don't turn the car off

in the middle of a song. It's disrespectful.

I mean, you can go.

No, no, no, no.

I can catch up to you, actually.

I'll listen.

♪ Drifting into my solitude ♪

♪ Over my head ♪

♪ Don't you wonder sometimes ♪

♪ 'Bout sound and vision ♪

It's a long song.

No, it's great.

♪ 'Bout sound and vision ♪

♪ 'Bout sound and vision ♪

Alright! Let's go.

Alright.

So, this is why you called me in here?

Is this a burner phone?

I think a burner phone is for...

like, international spies and, and drugs.

Yeah. Drugs.

I mean, he's only calling one number on there,

and I can't find the number on Google.

Remember when

somebody was prank calling Mr. Michaels?

How did you find that number?

You think he's suddenly getting into drugs?

Maybe he's self-medicating.

He's hanging out with Mallory Russell.

-The preacher's kid? -The Christian kids

are the ones who always get in the most trouble.

The LSD gummy worms?

That was all the Young Life kids.

You know, I had somebody

who I was very close to...

when I was younger, who got-got mixed up in

pills, all of it, I guess.

And I was so young, I didn't know that I could help.

So, I've seen this.

And the way Sonny's been acting,

you know, the lying and the secrecy

and the erraticism is...

that kind of behavior.

That sounds really painful.

Yeah, thanks.

This person your ex?

-No. -We haven't talked about exes yet, so...

Well, I mean, not "yet," just...

-Yeah. -...at all.

So, do you have the technology

to find who owns that number

that he's calling?

I have that technology.

Wow, this is so sweet.

Oh, Jesus Christ!

All these dogs are dead?!

Yeah, it's a memorial.

-Horrible. -It's sweet.

I wonder if my mom ever came here.

She said she put up a memorial

somewhere for Tucker.

-She's a dog person? -Like, huge dog person. Look.

You remember Tucker, right?

-Last year, he ran away. -Aw.

We should find him in here. If he's in here.

"Frankie, you were the best little brick shit house

"a guy could ask for.

You loved to hump your bed."

From Robert, Pennsylvania.

Robert Pennsylvania is his name?

-No, it's... -No, he's from Pennsylvania.

Yeah, he's from...

My dad wants me to get baptized.

I'm taking the classes.

-Really? -Yup.

Isn't that, like, a thing for babies?

Well, in my church, you wait until you're a certain age,

and then you make a whole pledge in front of your community.

It's like a "believer's baptism."

But you don't, like, you don't believe, do you?

Yeah, I mean, as a woman of the night now,

who's, like, skipping school

and, you know, doing parties and stuff,

it's like, I don't know,

I'm not sure that I should get baptized.

-You know what I mean? -I think "woman of the night"

means sex worker.

-Really? -Yes.

Okay, I did not... I didn't mean it like that.

-Are you sure? -Yeah.

I also don't even know if I believe in God.

So...

Wait! Dude, is this your dog right here?

Holy shit. Yeah.

It looks so much like him.

There's no note.

Maybe we should just say it's him.

-For real? -Mm-hmm.

You're so quick to give up?

I told you, this place is so depressing.

It's... Yeah, it's getting to me,

it's a little tragic. Maybe this will help.

Ohhh!

Pew-pew-pew!

Where'd you get a joint?

-Shovel...? -Shovel.

I'm Shovel!

You wanna smoke it or not?

Yeah.

Hey, does Mr. Carbone ever try and catch people skipping school?

-What? -There's a person over there

who wasn't there when we first got here.

Well, if you wanna get back to school or whatever,

I'm totally good. I...

Maybe that's, maybe that's better.

You can drop me at Vogel's or something?

Come on.

Alright.

Ohh. Damn.

She's going for it.

I'm good to stay here for a minute.

Alright.

This is my secret weapon. NumberSleuther.com.

-Here's the number. -Okay.

-Oh. -What?

Well, you used to be able to do one for free.

-Uh, well, I'll pay for it... -No, no, no, no. No.

-Are you kidding? I... This is on me. -No.

Fifty-five for one search.

Sixty-five for unlimited searches.

Hmm.

Fuck it.

We're in.

-It's listed. -Mm-hmm.

Claude Rains?

Yeah, why do I know that name?

Claude Rains is

a fake name. Yeah.

-He was the Invisible Man, so... -Right, like...

...whoever,

whoever that phone belongs to is fucking with you.

Yeah, alright.

I mean, here's the supposed address.

S...

Oh, my God.

Yeah, I don't think that's the real address.

Oh, my God, oh, my God, oh, my God.

Ellen, we need to move the... fire drill.

Didn't realize I was interrupting.

You're not interrupting. Come in. Come in!

Carbone?

We weren't doing anything wrong.

I'll deal with it. Anyway...

-This, I-I can't look at that anymore. -Yeah, it's...

Jesus.

You okay?

What are you thinking about?

I wonder...

if every moment that I've had with my mom

and every memory

is just kind of all I'll, I'll ever get.

I think that's always possible,

even in normal situations.

Sorry, I'm very distracted by your forehead right now.

Um, what?

Am I doing it?

Yeah!

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, that's actually working.

-Really? -Yeah, that's working really well.

Okay, wait, you do it.

I don't see it.

Ah, fuck! I see it!

Ahh!

Fuck! Fuck! I hate that!

"Tracy Marks."

Tracy Marks, Tracey Marks...

Who are you, Tracy Marks?

I thought I told you to leave!

I cleaned out the dog runs.

Well, I wish you hadn't.

Can I use the bathroom?

No!

Are you okay?

Yeah, sorry, I'm just...

That shit... Your forehead's so much worse than mine.

It made me actually wanna throw up.

-Should we leave? -No. No, we can't.

Do you see yourself?

-No, I don't wanna see myself. -It's... We can't drive.

It's for safety.

You're gonna have to go home at some point.

No, I'm not.

How could you not go home?

Well...

I'll steal a guy's car

and drive down to Monterey.

-Really? -Yeah.

I'll open a bookstore on Cannery Row.

And there's gonna be only just

amazing good books.

No, like, no tote bags.

Maybe there can be jam there.

Like, jelly? For...

Yeah. You... I mean...

-I don't know. I don't know. -I think

a bookstore could have a little bit of jam.

I know how to make it, um, for you, to the store.

Just jam and books.

The jam is for the idiots.

The people not quite elevated enough

to understand our books.

-Yeah, yeah. -Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Jam's a good second option.

Yeah.

Um...

I had sex with Chloe.

Just...

Hmm.

Cool.

Congrats.

Well,

I should probably get home,

so I can pretend like I went to school.

I think you owe me an apology.

For what?

For saying I don't belong at meetings.

It's not good to hang out with losers in a church basement

unless you have to. That's all I'm saying.

I'm sorry, alright?

The meetings help with, um...

...lots of stuff.

Like what?

Like, how I'm not a trustworthy person.

Who told you that?

Your parents tell you that?

Know why I lost this guy last night?

'Cause I was drinking.

Oh yeah, this is gin.

Zero days sober.

And I can't even admit that in a meeting.

How's that for trustworthy?

What?

I could be your sponsor.

Get the fuck out of here.

Did you see that bird?

What?

Sorry, I think I'm still high.

I'm sorry if I was, if I was weird.

It's chill.

And I'm glad that you're going home.

Well, I'm not really. I mean, I'm not going home, I'm just...

I'm just grabbing food and stuff,

and then Vogel's gonna pick me up later

before, you know, before she comes back.

Um...

I gotta go.

Okay.

I feel like I've just been really forgetful lately.

Maybe it's because I haven't had a break in a couple of weeks.

Today I drove off with my coffee on top of the car.

Maybe I should look into fish oil supplements.

Yesterday was my birthday,

and I celebrated by going to bed at 8:30 p.m.

♪ It's your birthday... ♪

Sonny was very sweet.

He put up decorations and made me a cake.

School's about to start again

and Sonny wants these shoes.

I feel like there's so many things I'll never understand

about the way he sees the world.

What do these shoes look like to him?

It's been almost a year since Tucker broke out of the fence

and ran away.

But Sonny said today that he's still hoping

that somehow Tucker will come back.

He's so optimistic about everything.

I wasn't that way when I was his age.

But it does make him really vulnerable to the world.

Dad died today.

I went to pick up Dad's ashes.

Tracy got there first.

I was afraid she'd come back.

Tracy got there first.

Tracy got there first.

Tracy?

Come on!

-Yeah? -Hey, uh, the name, Tracy,

uh, the-the-the car, the plates, what was the name?

Tracy Marks. Why? You got something?

Listen to...

the last page of my mom's journal, okay?

"Someone broke into the house.

"I told the police I thought it was probably just kids,

"but I think it was Tracy.

"So sad. She obviously was closer

to our dad when he died..." Blah, blah, blah.

"And she was a mess at his funeral.

She's been erratic and scary ever since."

Holy shit. What are you saying?

My mom has a sister!

Sew faster.