The Rookie Season 3 Episode 7

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The Rookie Season 3 Episode 7

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00:00Help, check, check. Is that good?

00:03Okay. Thanks.

00:04I don't want to knock the light.

00:07Is he good?

00:09That's great. All right.

00:11When my son Henry was born, he had a heart condition,

00:15Tetralogy of Fallot.

00:17It's actually a combination of four heart defects

00:20that are fatal without surgery, multiple surgeries.

00:24And to watch your child go through that,

00:28it was a tough time.

00:31But one thing that always cheered my family up

00:35was the show Paul's Place.

00:44Mmm, taste good!

00:48The star of the show, the boy who played Paul, was Corey Harris.

00:51He was so funny.

00:53Henry would do the milkshake thing, you know,

00:55pretending to be Corey. Mmm, tastes so good.

00:57And he would make such a mess.

00:58But how could you be mad?

01:00I always said to myself,

01:02if I ever met him, I would thank him.

01:05You know, just shake his hand.

01:09That was before I found out what he'd become.

01:11I am the prophet Jedediah.

01:13And tomorrow, the third of June,

01:15is the day that we, the worthy, shall ascend.

01:18Is it time for questions?

01:19Get the hell out of my classmates!

01:21I'm scared! I don't want to die!

01:24I just couldn't believe what happened to that sweet kid

01:28that my son looked up to.

01:30You know?

01:31I couldn't believe it.

01:32I was there for all of it.

01:46Sorry, I'm just a little nervous.

01:48I'm assuming that's normal, yeah?

01:50Oh, totally.

01:51But there's no pressure.

01:52We're just talking.

01:53Okay.

01:54Where should I start?

01:55Tell me about June 3rd.

01:56Yeah, it started off like any other day,

01:59a few mundane calls, and then the world went crazy.

02:03Los Angeles was thrown into chaos today

02:06when the emergency alert system inadvertently

02:08sent out a text message stating

02:10a nuclear missile was headed for the city.

02:13Well, like the end of the world.

02:15We helped as many people as we could

02:17and then headed for shelter.

02:19That's when we saw them.

02:21Standing on the ledge, 20 stories up,

02:23waiting for their...

02:25How do I put it?

02:27The ride from the aliens turned out

02:30there was this dude named the Prophet Jedediah

02:34who told them that on June 3rd,

02:37ET was coming to embrace his followers

02:40during their ascension.

02:42All hail, children of the stars.

02:44And for the first time in history,

02:46a cult leader actually guessed the right date

02:47for the apocalypse.

02:48Turns out this prophet had been predicting for years

02:50that June 3rd, 2019 would be the date

02:53for their ascension.

02:54And it was just dumb luck that

02:55the missile alert happened that day.

02:57I mean, these people were so brainwashed

02:59that they were gonna jump to their death.

03:01Thank God that Officer Lopez was there.

03:03I mean, she saved all of their lives.

03:05You gotta understand, we had no idea

03:07who this prophet Jedediah was.

03:09And in the crazy days that followed,

03:12he kind of fell through the cracks.

03:14Not that it would've made any difference if...

03:17Well, at least I don't think it would've.

03:197 out of 15. Possible 207.

03:219901 Violet Drive.

03:23RP is on scene.

03:243 foot water out here!

03:26Oh, my God.

03:28Oh, my God.

03:29Debbie!

03:30Look, my daughter is inside this house.

03:33He's keeping her.

03:34She won't let her leave.

03:36He's brainwashing her.

03:37Good morning, officers.

03:38I'm so sorry I had to be bothered with this.

03:40I know you.

03:41You're Corey Harris.

03:42You're from that, uh...

03:43Paul's Place.

03:44Yeah.

03:45That was a lifetime ago,

03:46but it's always nice to meet a fan.

03:47Do you want an autograph?

03:48It's through me.

03:49Uh, the thing about celebrities is...

03:52I think they get locked in time in your head.

03:55You know, whatever that show is you love them from,

03:57that's the way you always expect them to be.

04:00Corey Harris had done some other shows since Paul's Place,

04:02but nothing that stuck.

04:03You know, people called him a child star,

04:05as if that was some kind of failing.

04:06But even so, I, um...

04:08I was definitely a little starstruck.

04:10I mean, it didn't really matter to me that he was famous.

04:13I mean, this is L.A.

04:15Every other house is owned by a superstar or a model or a cult leader.

04:21Will you arrest him?

04:22He's keeping my daughter against her will.

04:24He's a cult leader.

04:26It's not a cult.

04:27It's a religious movement,

04:29awaiting tax exempt status.

04:31Aurora is over 18 and...

04:32Her name is Debbie.

04:34Aurora has shed her birth name like a moth,

04:37becoming a butterfly.

04:38Caterpillar.

04:40Moths don't become butterflies.

04:41Uh, can we speak to Debbie, please?

04:43Of course.

04:44Aurora!

04:47Yes, prophet?

04:49Can you tell these nice officers that you're here of your own free will?

04:52I'm here of my own free will.

04:54Well, that was convincing.

04:56Debbie, please, this is crazy.

04:58You gotta come home.

04:59I am home.

05:00You gotta stop her.

05:02I can't say she's an adult.

05:03Only if that's what Aurora wants.

05:05I have nothing else to say.

05:06I'm happy here with my real family.

05:08Debbie, your mother's cancer.

05:10It's back.

05:11She's dying.

05:12She's only got a couple of weeks to live.

05:16She needs you.

05:19Aurora?

05:20It was like a switch flipped.

05:30Aurora, what, um, not Aurora, uh, Debbie went back inside and she packed all of her stuff and then she left with her dad.

05:38I guess she just needed a cold, hard dose of reality to bring her back.

05:42You said earlier you wanted to thank Corey for helping you and your son shake his hand. Did you?

05:47No, no. It felt, um, super inappropriate at the time. So we just headed out and I thought that was the end of it.

05:54911, what's your emergency?

05:56Come quick. Something terrible has happened. Send the police.

06:06You the one who called?

06:07Yes. I guard for Mr. Harris. I found blood by the door.

06:10Did you go in the home?

06:11No.

06:12Okay. Go wait over by your truck. We'll check it out. Come back and get your statement.

06:20Police! Mr. Harris, are you home?

06:22Control 7, Adam 19. We've got blood at 9901 Violet Drive. We're gonna clear the house.

06:28Notify supervisor. Request additional units.

06:35Blood.

06:42We have major blood loss at our location. Send detectives and TID.

06:59It's gonna take long because, uh, we got work to do.

07:02Um, uh, what can you tell me about the crime scene?

07:05Well, I mean, that amount of blood, if it came from one person, then that's fatal.

07:10Without Cory's body, we had to treat it as a missing person's case.

07:13While the lab ran the blood against Cory's DNA.

07:15But no one was home.

07:16Oh, we didn't know that yet. We hadn't cleared the house.

07:19Cory's disciples were at a drum circle downtown.

07:22They did it once a week to recruit new followers.

07:24And the house's security camera captured them all leaving right before...

07:27Oh, yeah. We have a video of them downtown across from City Hall.

07:30I'm sorry. I cut you off. Sorry.

07:32I was just gonna say that the security system was shut off right after they all left.

07:37It took three hours to reboot.

07:39So there's no video of the crime?

07:42This is fun.

07:44What is this about? I need to be at the hospital. My wife doesn't have much time left.

07:47We understand, sir. Uh, you can take a seat, please. We will try and make this quick.

07:52Were you at the hospital yesterday?

07:57All day and night.

07:58Was your daughter there with you?

08:00What do you think?

08:02She hasn't seen her dying mother in years because of that, man.

08:07Do you understand the whiplash that Debbie's experienced in the last two days alone?

08:13Seeing her mother again has opened her eyes to everything that she's been missing in the world.

08:18All the love, all the joy that Cory has withheld from her all of this time.

08:23Cory went missing yesterday.

08:26Resigns of violence at his house.

08:30Good.

08:31Good.

08:32He destroyed our family.

08:36Destroyed Debbie's life.

08:41It was just supposed to be an acting class.

08:46You think the most important quality of a great actor is talent?

08:49Wrong.

08:50It's the ability to be mercenary.

08:53To do whatever it takes to get a part.

08:55And to use that role to get the next one.

08:58Trust me, I'm living proof of what happens when you don't.

09:00So when the acting jobs dried up, Cory started an acting school.

09:04And he basically just used it to air his grievances about Hollywood.

09:09After Paul's place, I just assumed that the starring roles would keep coming, but they didn't.

09:12And to convince these kids that, you know, he was the only one that could help them navigate this evil world.

09:19I'm not here to teach you methods.

09:21I'm here to teach you that unless you're willing to cross every line

09:24and throw every inhibition you have out the window, then you should get the hell out of my class right now.

09:31But if you stay, I will help you.

09:36I will nurture you.

09:38I will give you a safe place to become a star.

09:40And these 20-somethings, they fell for it.

09:43And they paid thousands of dollars for these classes that slowly just turned into pseudo-religious character-building seminars.

09:51He made them feel special.

09:52You know, in a business that makes people feel like garbage on a regular basis.

09:56It wasn't long before Debbie and the others started treating him like a guru.

10:01He literally told them how to act, and in their eyes, he became infallible.

10:07He could do no wrong.

10:09He could commit acts of unspeakable evil, yet still be their savior from above.

10:13I can't speak to Officer Nolan's comments, but what we discovered at Corey's house that day was pretty disturbing.

10:20Tim.

10:21Police!

10:22Come out from under the bed.

10:23Do it now.

10:24Come out with your hands up.

10:25Holy crap.

10:26What is it?

10:27It's...

10:28It's a...

10:29A what?

10:30A mummy in a suit.

10:31What?

10:32Is that...

10:33A mummy in a suit.

10:34What?

10:47in a suit.

10:49What?

10:59Is that...

11:01It can't be.

11:02It looks like...

11:03It was Charlie Chaplin.

11:04Charlie Chaplin's mummy.

11:05That was...

11:06That was Corey's greatest treasure.

11:08Nor exactly did Corey

11:10obtain this mummified body, Debbie.

11:14He stole it.

11:16Where you stole it?

11:17From who?

11:18From me.

11:19Yeah.

11:20No, I bought Charlie at a secret auction

11:22I found out about from Nick Cage.

11:25I owe my entire career to Charlie.

11:27He is my total inspiration.

11:30I mean, that...

11:31That tramp.

11:33Oh, my God.

11:34I wouldn't be who I am today without him.

11:36You know?

11:37So when I found out

11:38I could own him,

11:41I could...

11:42Rain, you want to...

11:43You want to own Charlie?

11:44How could I say no?

11:46You know what I mean?

11:47So when I found out that I was robbed,

11:50I don't care about

11:51my vintage cowboy hat collection.

11:53You know what I mean?

11:54I don't care about

11:55my solid gold retainer

11:56or...

11:58Catherine the Great's speculum,

12:00my SAG awards,

12:01any of that stuff.

12:02No.

12:04I care about...

12:06losing my best friend.

12:09Charlie.

12:09No, of course it wasn't

12:10Chaplin's body.

12:12So apparently in the 70s,

12:14there was someone

12:15who actually did steal his body

12:17and they held it for ransom,

12:19but eventually it was returned.

12:20However,

12:21there are conspiracy theories

12:23that the real body

12:25was sold on the black market.

12:27So the mummy that we found

12:29is just one of dozens

12:30of fake Chaplains

12:32flown around.

12:35Celebrities are nuts.

12:36How did you feel

12:37when you learned

12:37that Corey Harris

12:38was behind the theft?

12:40Listen,

12:41I choose to live

12:42in a realm

12:42of total positivity.

12:44I have nothing bad

12:45to say about anyone,

12:47even a vain,

12:48talentless skid mark

12:49like Corey.

12:50I've heard that he targeted

12:50celebrities he felt

12:51had wronged him

12:52in some way.

12:53Yeah, he thought

12:54the role of Backstrom

12:54should have gone to him.

12:56Anyway,

12:57so he sicked his whole cult

12:58of acting students on me.

13:00And do you own

13:01any other celebrity mummies?

13:03No comment.

13:04But before they became

13:06a full-blown cult,

13:07Corey turned his acting school

13:08into a burglary ring

13:09that targeted celebrities.

13:16I caught a bunch of calls

13:18back in 2018.

13:18Not just before I was on the job.

13:20We arrested a few people,

13:21but no one would flip on Corey,

13:22so he got away with it.

13:24Yeah, Corey promised

13:24his students everything,

13:26money, fame,

13:27but all he did was

13:27insert himself farther

13:28and farther into their lives.

13:29He made them think

13:30he could control

13:31their destinies.

13:32You know, maybe it's because

13:34he didn't have any control

13:35over his own.

13:36What's that saying?

13:37Those who can't do, teach?

13:40You were literally my teacher.

13:42What are you saying?

13:46My love,

13:47when I thrust you

13:48with this knife,

13:49why didn't you cry?

13:50I've never seen a man die.

13:51No, no, no, no, no, no, no,

13:53no, stop, stop.

13:54Get up right now.

13:55What is this?

13:56It's a knife.

13:57A knife?

13:58No.

13:59This is a vehicle

14:00for the actor's soul.

14:02It must convey

14:02all of your anger,

14:03all of your emotion.

14:04You just used this knife

14:05to take a man's life,

14:06not chop onions

14:07in the back

14:08of a fast food restaurant.

14:11You know what I see

14:12when I look at you?

14:13I see an amateur,

14:15a nobody going nowhere.

14:16Charlotte, Charlotte,

14:17thank you.

14:21Aurora.

14:21What Charlotte means to say

14:25is anyone can simply

14:26memorize and recite lines

14:28on stage,

14:29but only a few dare

14:30to push themselves

14:31where their minds

14:31won't allow them to go.

14:33That's what makes

14:33a true actor.

14:35I can help you get there.

14:37What do you say?

14:39Hey!

14:40Turn it off!

14:41What did I tell you

14:42about filming my son's school?

14:45Corey was such a special boy,

14:47everyone's best friend.

14:48Well, he didn't have

14:50too many friends

14:51come to think of it,

14:52but that's because

14:53he was so dedicated

14:55to his craft.

14:57He was a natural leading man,

14:58even as a boy,

14:59and I knew he could succeed

15:02at whatever he chose in life.

15:04And he and Charlotte together,

15:05you couldn't ask

15:06for a better duo.

15:08Better duo

15:08to brainwash people.

15:09Corey always made Charlotte

15:11play the bad cop,

15:11no pun intended.

15:13So Corey could swoop in

15:13and be the savior.

15:14Together, they would

15:15brainwash the student

15:17to the point where

15:17they would do anything

15:18to please him.

15:18Yeah, and that's when

15:19he would induct them

15:20into his bling ring,

15:21telling them that

15:21the only way to get

15:22into the mind of a criminal

15:23was to become one.

15:24He ruined people's lives.

15:26Including someone you know.

15:28What?

15:28It's up here on the right.

15:31Oh, can I help you?

15:32Sterling Freeman,

15:34is it true that you were

15:34once a student

15:35of notorious acting teacher

15:36turned cult leader,

15:37Corey Harris?

15:38What?

15:39Oh, no.

15:39Okay, you can leave now.

15:40In fact, your real name

15:41isn't Sterling Freeman, is it?

15:43It's Skipper Young,

15:44and you participated

15:45in a ring of celebrity

15:46burglaries in 2017

15:47at the direction of Harris.

15:49Okay, what the hell

15:50is he talking about?

15:51Your name is Skipper?

15:55How the bloody hell

15:56did you find me?

15:57Whoa, why are you

15:57talking all British?

16:01So I have a bit of a confession

16:04to make, Jackson.

16:05I'm not really from Tampa.

16:12Get out of here.

16:12Get out!

16:16Well, you have to understand

16:17that when I first arrived

16:17in L.A. six years ago,

16:19I was a nobody.

16:20Just a weird kid from Melbourne.

16:22I had never even been

16:23to the States before.

16:25But all I knew was

16:26I wanted to be a star.

16:29And tell us how

16:30you first met Corey.

16:31I knew who he was, of course.

16:32Paul's place was big in Australia.

16:34Corey was a real actor

16:35and so I just thought,

16:36why not?

16:36And I went to one class

16:38and he hooked me.

16:40He believed nothing

16:41in this business

16:41is given to you.

16:42Whatever you want in life,

16:43you have to take it.

16:44He said that burglaries

16:44would help us internalize

16:45that mindset.

16:47Corey wanted to help us

16:48learn to conquer our fears.

16:51Push our boundaries.

16:52And do you still believe

16:53in Corey's teachings?

16:54No.

16:55No, not at all.

16:56All right?

16:59Well, we fell out

17:00right before my arrest.

17:01And that's when things

17:02were getting really weird.

17:03You know,

17:03over time you could tell

17:04it was getting delusional.

17:06Talking about spirits.

17:08Calling us his students

17:09to worthy.

17:10Calling himself a prophet.

17:12Well, I got to a point

17:13where I told myself

17:16one last run of the crew

17:17and then I'd leave.

17:19But then I got caught.

17:23No, I was not aware

17:25that my boyfriend...

17:26Sterling Skipper

17:30was a felon

17:32was a felon.

17:32Or Australian.

17:33Hey, yes, yes.

17:35I'm aware that cops

17:36are not permitted

17:36to fraternize with felons.

17:38This is an actual

17:39act of matter

17:40and I have no further

17:41comment at this time.

17:42Officer West...

17:43I said I had no further comment.

17:45Officer West,

17:45come on back.

17:46How could you not tell me?

17:49I am still Sterling.

17:51No, you're not Sterling.

17:52You're Skipper Young

17:53or whoever the hell that is.

17:54No, after I was caught,

17:56I served four months probation

17:57and I changed my name.

18:00I'm different now.

18:01Please.

18:08The bottom of my life

18:09is behind me.

18:14Do you believe me?

18:18I don't know.

18:20Jackson.

18:27Obviously,

18:27we knew that Sterling...

18:28a skipper had nothing

18:31to do with it.

18:32He was in Prague

18:33shooting a movie

18:35when it happened.

18:35So we still had

18:36a mystery on our hands.

18:37A missing cult leader

18:38in a bloody crime scene.

18:40That was when

18:41we became aware

18:42of Corey's connection

18:43to someone

18:43who was a lot more dangerous

18:45than a bunch of

18:46wannabe actors.

18:48Southland Stalker

18:49was a serial killer

18:51that terrorized

18:52LA County

18:52starting in the fall

18:53of 2010.

18:54He had no type.

18:56He would hit

18:56single people,

18:58couples,

18:58even had a rampage

19:00in a hotel once.

19:01Murdered three people

19:02that night.

19:03But the Stalker

19:04got sloppy

19:04and one of his victims

19:05escaped,

19:06went to a neighbor's home

19:07and Dan Marcy

19:08was caught

19:09in the surrounding area.

19:10There had always been rumors

19:11that the Stalker

19:12didn't work alone,

19:13that he had an accomplice,

19:15but Marcy maintained

19:16in court

19:17that he did it

19:17all by himself.

19:19Performance

19:19that we later learned

19:21he had a little help with.

19:22I met Corey

19:26in 2017

19:29at one of his acting classes.

19:32I was

19:32looking for ways

19:34to up my game,

19:36gain people's trust.

19:37And why was that?

19:38To be easier

19:39to get my victims

19:40to come with me willingly.

19:41You see,

19:44for people like me,

19:47psychopaths,

19:48there's a short circuit

19:49in the part of the brain

19:49that feels empathy,

19:50at least that's what

19:51the prison shrink tells me.

19:52Without that part,

19:53it makes it difficult

19:54to relate to people,

19:57to convince them

19:58to trust you.

19:59I got tired

20:01of bashing people

20:01over the head,

20:02dragging them to the car,

20:03so I thought

20:03it'd be much easier

20:04if I could just

20:05charm them into myself.

20:06So I asked Corey

20:07to help me.

20:08And did he teach you

20:09how to fake empathy?

20:12Oh, yeah.

20:14It opened up

20:15a whole new realm

20:16of possibilities for me.

20:19Victimized.

20:20There's a rumor

20:20that Corey also helped

20:21you prepare for your trial

20:22to better connect

20:23with the jury.

20:24Yeah.

20:26Yeah, it's true.

20:27Mr. Marcy,

20:28is that you

20:28in the surveillance video

20:29picking Pamela Byrd

20:30up in your truck?

20:31I just gave her a ride.

20:33I swear.

20:35She didn't have

20:35enough money

20:36for the butts.

20:37She reminded me

20:38of my little sister.

20:39I didn't hurt her.

20:41I could never put

20:42any woman

20:43in a position like that.

20:45It goes against

20:46my whole character.

20:51I had the jury

20:52eating out of

20:53the palm of my hand.

20:56But they still

20:57convicted you

20:57of first-degree murder.

20:58Yeah, well,

20:59once I saw

20:59the photos

20:59of her head

21:00in my fridge,

21:00it was kind of

21:00over for me.

21:01Dan Marcy

21:02was convicted

21:03of murder months

21:03before Corey

21:04went missing,

21:05but even though

21:06he wasn't a suspect

21:07in the disappearance,

21:08his association

21:09with Corey

21:10definitely made us

21:11take a closer look

21:12at who else

21:12was taking

21:13those acting classes.

21:14And in the end,

21:15it wasn't a student

21:16that gave us a break

21:17in the case

21:18that we needed.

21:18It was Corey's

21:19old co-star

21:19and fellow teacher,

21:21Charlotte Luster.

21:24Well, no one

21:25had heard from her

21:25since the day

21:26Corey went missing

21:27and we were

21:28about to find out

21:29why.

21:37Been parked here

21:38a week.

21:39There's a really

21:40bad smell coming

21:41from the trunk.

21:41Would you mind

21:42stepping away

21:42from the vehicle?

21:43Belongs to a suspect

21:44in a violent crime.

21:45Corey Harris

22:01and Charlotte Luster.

22:02You played

22:03childhood sweethearts

22:04for eight seasons

22:05on Paul's Place

22:06and now I hear

22:07you've become

22:08partners in real life.

22:10You know, Robin,

22:10when you grow up

22:11with someone on TV,

22:12it just,

22:13it bonds you.

22:15Charlotte was

22:16always like family

22:17and when she

22:18and Corey started

22:19dating,

22:19I couldn't

22:20have been happier.

22:22I treated her

22:23like my own daughter

22:24and if I'm being

22:26frank,

22:28she was the luckiest

22:29girl in the world

22:29to be able to

22:30date my son.

22:33Corey,

22:33it's no secret

22:34that you struggled

22:35after the show

22:36ended.

22:36Drugs,

22:37alcohol,

22:38even an arrest

22:38for indecent exposure

22:40at an Emmy party.

22:42Well, that was all

22:43a misunderstanding

22:43but what is true

22:45is that when

22:45Paul's Place

22:46was canceled,

22:46I was a mess,

22:48adrift.

22:50It was Charlotte

22:51who brought me back.

22:52She saved me.

22:56Breaking news,

22:57Charlotte Luster,

22:57the former child star

22:59known for the 90s

23:00sitcom Paul's Place

23:01has been missing

23:02since Sunday.

23:03She is a prime suspect

23:04in the bloody

23:05disappearance

23:06of Corey Harris.

23:07Even though we found

23:08Charlotte's car

23:08at the airport,

23:09we couldn't find

23:10any recent records

23:10of her boarding

23:11a flight at LAX.

23:12Detective Harper

23:12and I were dispatched

23:13to Charlotte's apartment

23:14to begin a search

23:15and try to find

23:16some indication

23:16of where she might have gone.

23:18And did you?

23:18No, but we did find

23:19something that shed

23:20some light.

23:21What was that?

23:22A screenplay

23:23for a movie.

23:25It's LA.

23:26It's not the first time

23:26I found a script

23:27at a crime scene.

23:28I've only been on the job

23:29for a year

23:29and I've already found three.

23:31Have either of you

23:31ever written one?

23:33God, no.

23:37It was for a class.

23:38It was the title

23:39that caught everyone's eye.

23:40The Worthy.

23:41The Worthy!

23:42The Worthy.

23:43The Worthy.

23:43Same as Corey's cult.

23:45The script is

23:45500 pages long.

23:48So we assigned

23:49three of our rookie officers

23:50the task of rating it.

23:52What did you think of it?

23:54Look, I'm no

23:55screenwriting expert,

23:56but I thought it was,

23:57um,

23:58dense.

24:00Convoluted.

24:01The worst thing

24:02I've ever read.

24:03Exterior rooftop day.

24:04Aurora, 19.

24:06Beautiful,

24:07but doesn't know it.

24:08Speaks the prophecy aloud.

24:10Heed ye the noon star harvesters,

24:12for they shall descend

24:13from the heavens

24:14so the worthy

24:15can ascend.

24:17So saith the prophet

24:18Jedidiah.

24:19All hail children

24:20of the stars.

24:21All hail children

24:23of the stars.

24:24Yep.

24:25He based his freaking cult

24:26on a bad sci-fi script.

24:28That Charlotte wrote with him.

24:29I've been a film producer

24:30for like 25 years, okay?

24:32This is the strangest thing

24:34I've ever seen.

24:34Well,

24:35second strangest.

24:37Anyway,

24:38it was like five years ago

24:39and I heard about this script

24:40making the rounds.

24:41And listen,

24:42it's not uncommon

24:42for actors to,

24:44you know,

24:44try their hand at writing

24:45when the rolls dry up,

24:46right?

24:46And P.S.

24:47everyone thinks

24:47they got the next Rocky.

24:48But a 500-page space opera

24:51written by two former

24:51child stars

24:52raised a few eyebrows.

24:53I took the meeting.

24:55I mean,

24:55out of morbid curiosity

24:57more than anything,

24:58right?

24:58It was uncomfortable.

25:02And Charlotte,

25:03she seemed totally willing

25:04to receive feedback.

25:06You know,

25:06Corey,

25:07he just flatly refused

25:08to make any cuts

25:09to the script.

25:10I told them

25:11as politely

25:11as I could,

25:13it's a pass.

25:15And then what happened?

25:16Well,

25:16then I forgot about it

25:17for a long time.

25:18And then things got weird.

25:21Today,

25:21police rescued five people

25:23from a Mid-Wilshire rooftop.

25:24The group identified themselves

25:26as members of the Worthy

25:27and were preparing

25:28to commit ritual suicide

25:29based on the teachings

25:31of their leader,

25:32known simply

25:32as the Prophet Jedediah.

25:34You want to know

25:34why Corey wasn't

25:35on that rooftop

25:36ready to jump

25:36with the rest of his followers?

25:38Because he was filming it.

25:39The day after

25:40the missile alert,

25:41I get an email from Corey.

25:43The subject line,

25:44proof of concept.

25:46I couldn't believe

25:48what I was saying.

25:49Five people

25:50almost died

25:51because some washed-up

25:52narcissist thought

25:53that the world

25:53he dreamed up

25:54in his screenplay

25:55had become real.

25:56Along with the video,

25:57Corey also sent Sheila

25:58a revised version of her.

25:59Was Charlotte Lester's

26:00name removed?

26:01He was trying to cut her out

26:02from the script,

26:03the cult,

26:03and the money.

26:13You're a sociopath,

26:14you know that?

26:15I have proof.

26:15Email.

26:16Charlotte,

26:16calm down.

26:17I have no idea

26:17what you're talking about.

26:18We wrote that script together.

26:19It was supposed to be

26:20our project.

26:21I'm afraid I don't see it

26:22that way.

26:22And now you're passing it

26:23off as some kind of religion

26:24so you can, what,

26:24bang 19-year-olds?

26:26I see what you're doing

26:26with them.

26:27You are turning them

26:28against me,

26:28making me the bad guy

26:29so they worship you

26:30even more.

26:30You're disgusting.

26:31If you continue

26:32to use destructive language

26:33with me,

26:33I'll be forced

26:34to end this conversation.

26:35If I don't get

26:35my cut of the money,

26:36I am getting a lawyer.

26:37The whole world

26:37will know what

26:38a little insecure nobody

26:39you are.

26:40I am coming

26:40to get what's owed

26:41to me, Corey.

26:42You taught me that.

26:44Hell hath no fury

26:45like a woman scorned,

26:46right?

26:47Cool.

26:48I'm going to trivialize

26:49female anger.

26:51Hey, I'm not trivializing.

26:53All sorts of crimes

26:54are motivated

26:54by jealous ex-partners.

26:55And how many

26:56of those ex-partners

26:57are men?

26:59Most.

27:01I heard it was

27:02Officer Jane

27:02who broke the case

27:03wide open.

27:03I don't know

27:05if I'd describe it

27:06quite that way.

27:07How would you

27:08describe it then?

27:10Her addiction

27:12to social media

27:13finally paid off.

27:14That is hurtful.

27:16I...

27:17Can you tell us

27:18what happened?

27:19I was on my phone

27:20doing research

27:23when I got

27:24a notification

27:24and, you know,

27:26I still have the video

27:27on my phone.

27:27Just let me...

27:29Look at that.

27:30Give me that.

27:31Give me that.

27:33That's, uh...

27:34That's...

27:34That's not what...

27:35No.

27:37You are never

27:38going to believe

27:39the celeb sighting

27:39I just made

27:40during my

27:41silent retreat.

27:43That's Corey Harris.

27:45He was alive.

27:51You have the right

27:52to remain silent.

27:53Anything you say

27:54can be used against you

27:55in the court of law.

27:56You have the right

27:56to an attorney.

27:57If you cannot afford one,

27:59one will be provided

28:00for you.

28:01Do you understand?

28:05Do you understand,

28:07sir?

28:10Corey?

28:11Uh, he took the right

28:12to remain silent part

28:13real seriously.

28:15Very seriously.

28:29How long do you

28:35stay quiet?

28:36Five and a half hours.

28:48Wow.

28:49That was invigorating.

28:5272 hours of silence.

28:53You guys should try it.

28:54Now, what do you

28:56want to ask me?

28:57I'm not a putz.

28:58So, Corey,

28:59while you were, uh,

29:01playing your little

29:01quiet game,

29:02we were getting

29:03the forensics report

29:04back from the lab.

29:06Do you care to

29:06guess what it said?

29:08That I'm innocent?

29:09No.

29:10That the blood

29:11that we found

29:11at your house

29:12and in Charlotte's car

29:12belonged to the same person.

29:14Who?

29:15Charlotte.

29:15Oh, my God.

29:20That's horrible.

29:21My poor girl.

29:23Oh, you're right.

29:25He is a good actor.

29:26So, what happened

29:27to Charlotte?

29:29I have no idea.

29:30I haven't seen her

29:31in weeks.

29:32And I've been at

29:33the silent retreat

29:33since last Monday.

29:34I'm sure they have

29:35a record.

29:35Yeah, an employee

29:36recalls checking you

29:37in at 10 a.m.

29:38Sunday morning.

29:39Unfortunately,

29:39no one else remembers

29:40seeing you until

29:41the welcome bonfire

29:42that evening.

29:43That leaves

29:43an eight-hour window

29:45that is unaccounted

29:46for plenty of time

29:47for you to leave

29:47the retreat,

29:48go back home,

29:49and kill Charlotte.

29:51Do you have any

29:52proof of that?

29:54Of course not.

29:55Because I didn't do it.

29:58I can never hurt

29:59another person.

30:00What about your followers?

30:02The ones you almost

30:03persuaded to jump

30:04off a roof for you?

30:05For me?

30:06They were doing it

30:07for themselves.

30:08For their own

30:09enlightenment.

30:10So they could ascend

30:11into a higher

30:12state of being.

30:12I wanted to expect

30:15someone as limited

30:16as you to understand.

30:17Is that what you

30:18call the people

30:19who concede

30:19through your little

30:20act?

30:20Was Charlotte

30:21limited?

30:24In some ways,

30:24yes.

30:25Is that why

30:25you killed her?

30:27I think I need

30:28a lawyer.

30:29Because she saw

30:30the real you.

30:32Because she had

30:32the power.

30:33Send your

30:34house of cards

30:34to topple it.

30:37Liar.

30:38I can't talk

30:39about clients.

30:40I told you that

30:40when you called

30:40yesterday.

30:41You didn't give

30:42him what happened?

30:43Yeah.

30:44Corey built

30:45his whole empire

30:45in a script

30:46he stole from

30:46Charlotte,

30:47and she was

30:47going to expose

30:48him.

30:48That sounds

30:48like motive

30:49for murder

30:49to me.

30:50Speculate

30:50all you like.

30:51There was

30:51never any

30:52evidence.

30:52There was

30:52video.

30:53Which did

30:53not show

30:54my client.

30:55Now leave

30:55me alone.

30:56No.

30:57No.

30:58No.

30:59No.

31:00No.

31:01No.

31:02No.

31:03No.

31:04No.

31:05Enter the momager.

31:23Mom and manager.

31:24That's all.

31:26I hybrids.

31:27I thought

31:27that was clever.

31:28Anyway,

31:29once we saw

31:30the footage

31:30of her tampering

31:30with the evidence,

31:31it was clear to us

31:32that Lori Harris

31:33played at least

31:34some small

31:34or,

31:36shall we say,

31:37behind-the-scenes

31:37role in a crime?

31:39I don't get it.

31:41I'm not going

31:41to make any more jokes.

31:42So, Mrs. Harris,

31:43what happened

31:44to Charlotte?

31:44Last I heard,

31:45she was flying

31:45to Cabo,

31:46so soaking up

31:48the sun,

31:49sipping on

31:50margaritas.

31:51Charlotte is not

31:52in Cabo,

31:52Mrs. Harris.

31:53Was it Cancun?

31:56You drove her car

31:57to the airport

31:57and then you

31:58left it there

31:58to make it look

31:59like she had

31:59left town.

32:00Oh, that?

32:02She asked me

32:03to leave her car there.

32:04Really, that's weird

32:05because we found

32:06her blood

32:07at your son's house

32:08and then also

32:09in the trunk

32:10of her car.

32:11And we also

32:12just found

32:13what remains

32:14of her body

32:15dumped heartlessly

32:1620 miles up

32:17Interstate 5.

32:21My God,

32:21that's...

32:23awful.

32:26Poor Charlotte.

32:30Clearly,

32:31Corey did not

32:31get his acting

32:32talents

32:32from his mother.

32:33Seriously,

32:34that wasn't

32:34even believable.

32:36But you have

32:36bigger problems

32:37than your lack

32:37of acting chops.

32:39Charlotte's car

32:40had GPS tracking.

32:42You should have

32:42disabled it

32:43before you

32:43dumped her body.

32:45You can't prove

32:46I was anywhere

32:46but the airport.

32:48Did you kill her,

32:49Mrs. Harris,

32:49or were you just

32:50cleaning up

32:51another one

32:51of your son's messes?

32:52I have no idea

32:53what you're talking about.

32:54I think

32:55Corey checked in

32:56at the retreat

32:56and then he left

32:57to go meet Charlotte.

32:59He killed her

32:59and called you

33:00to clean it up.

33:01Then he went back

33:02to his silent meditation

33:04while you dumped

33:05the body of a woman

33:06you'd known

33:06since she was a child

33:08like so much trash.

33:10Corey had nothing

33:15to do with it.

33:18Are you sure?

33:20Yeah.

33:23I killed her

33:24all by myself.

33:32Can you blame her

33:33for trying to

33:33protect her son?

33:34Uh, yeah,

33:36she killed somebody.

33:37Sure, but if your son

33:39had done something

33:39that would destroy

33:40his life,

33:41wouldn't you try

33:41and protect him?

33:42Throw yourself

33:42on the grenade?

33:46Your job as a parent

33:47is to protect

33:49your children

33:50as much as you can.

33:53But that also means

33:54teaching them

33:54right from wrong.

33:56There has to be

33:56consequences.

34:00Doesn't mean

34:01you love them

34:01any less.

34:02It just means

34:02parenting is hard.

34:06His mom confessed

34:07and Corey Harris

34:09passed the polygraph

34:10so we had to

34:11release him.

34:12Doesn't sound like

34:13you believe he's innocent.

34:14My belief

34:14or lack thereof

34:15is irrelevant.

34:16The decision

34:17to charge

34:18lies solely

34:18with the DA's office

34:20and they didn't

34:22think it was a case

34:22they could win.

34:24Does that make you angry?

34:25No.

34:26I mean,

34:27a high-profile case

34:27like this

34:28and a guilty plea

34:29ready to go,

34:30I wouldn't have

34:31charged him either.

34:33That didn't mean

34:33I think he should

34:34have gotten away

34:34with it.

34:35Well,

34:36but he didn't

34:36actually get away

34:37with it,

34:37did he?

34:38Well.

34:42Good evening,

34:43worthy ones.

34:44Welcome to my

34:45evening sermon

34:46streamed across

34:47all my social platforms.

34:53You know,

34:55we are so blessed.

34:57So blessed to shine

34:58in the light

34:59of our saviors above.

35:01You don't know

35:01the comfort

35:02I've drawn

35:02knowing that

35:03one day soon

35:04they will come

35:05to lift us all up.

35:09Hello?

35:15Who are we supposed

35:16to be here?

35:17Uh,

35:18where was I?

35:20Right.

35:22Our saviors,

35:23they spoke to me

35:24last night.

35:25The stars seemed

35:26to part

35:26as I was out

35:27in the night sky

35:28and I could hear

35:29their voices

35:30just as clear

35:31as you hear mine.

35:33And they said...

35:34What the hell?

35:37Electric bills

35:37on auto pay.

35:41Hello?

35:44I'm row number two,

35:45is that you?

35:46This isn't funny.

35:48Come on.

35:53Beer back.

35:53Oh, my God!

36:18Oh, my God!

36:19Oh, my God!

36:19No, no, no, no, no!

36:38Oh, my God!

36:39No, no, no, no!

36:43I'm sorry.

36:44I'm sorry.

36:44No, no, no.

36:45Someone, please.

36:46Come, come, come, come.

36:499-1-1,

36:50what's your emergency?

36:51Help.

36:53Someone's in my house.

36:53I'm in danger.

36:54I have a savior.

36:55He's a prophet.

36:56Jebeth.

36:56I can't die.

37:01Sir?

37:01Are you still there?

37:04Oh, my God!

37:06I'm scared.

37:07I don't want to die.

37:08Oh, my God!

37:10I don't want to die.

37:21Police!

37:21Don't move.

37:22Drop your weapon.

37:24Hands on your head.

37:25Interest your fingers.

37:25Now.

37:26You got him?

37:27Yeah.

37:28Let's move.

37:32Come here, there.

37:36Ronald Sanchez.

37:38Where's Corey Harris?

37:39Most of them's inside.

37:40Except his eyes.

37:43He just found those.

37:45Harper.

37:46You got to bag them as evidence,

37:47and we got to clear the house.

37:52What happened here, Ronald?

37:53My coming out party.

37:57Yeah.

37:57It turned out the Southland stalker

37:59had an accomplice after all,

38:01and he was pissed that Corey convinced Dan

38:04to take all the credit during his trial.

38:06I'm sorry.

38:06Can I say pissed?

38:07Look, I know it's crazy,

38:08but, I mean,

38:09this dude's a friggin' serial killer

38:10who puts pies in his pocket.

38:12He's not exactly firing on all cylinders.

38:22Patrol, we got one in custody.

38:24Going back inside

38:25to look for the homeowner.

38:25Ready?

38:26Uh-huh.

38:27Ready?

38:28Uh-huh.

38:32Oh, no.

38:34Control, we got a 187.

38:39Mobilized detectives, supervisor, and TID.

38:57I think...

38:58I think this thing is still on.

39:00It was.

39:01By the time Harper and Nolan secured the scene,

39:03Corey's livestream had 400,000 viewers.

39:05Okay, look, the case was definitely weird,

39:07but, I mean, come on.

39:08All this?

39:09This feels so exploitational.

39:11The low-hanging fruit of celebrity scandal and murder.

39:14You should be making serious documentaries

39:15about things that really matter.

39:17My last film was about climate and justice in Puerto Rico.

39:19It won a BAFTA.

39:22Oh.

39:23Oh.

39:24All right, then.

39:25I just want to say,

39:27this has been so fascinating.

39:28I love true crime,

39:29and to be in a documentary,

39:31it's just...

39:31It's a dream come true.

39:33Thank you so much for doing this.

39:35Yeah.

39:36You got...

39:37You got something to do here.

39:38What?

39:39Has it been there the whole time?

39:41Yeah, it's pretty big.

39:42I would tell you if you had broccoli in your teeth, man.

39:44What the heck?

39:45Were you surprised that Ronald killed Corey?

39:47No, no, no, no.

39:49The guy's out of his mind.

39:50He was always super jealous of my fame, too,

39:52so I guess he needed to get some for himself.

39:57The eyes thing was a nice touch, though, I will say.

40:01Do you have a takeaway from this experience?

40:03Um, I'm honestly still processing everything that happened.

40:08Have you talked to Skipper?

40:09Who?

40:11Oh, um...

40:13No.

40:14No, we, um...

40:16We've gone our separate ways.

40:21Was this your craziest case?

40:22Oh, yes.

40:24This was definitely the craziest case I have ever worked.

40:27That was nowhere near the craziest.

40:29Really?

40:29Can you tell me more?

40:30No.

40:31Uh, we're done here.

40:33I'm gonna go.

40:33Actually, I have a few more questions

40:35if you had an extra minute or two.

40:37Detective Harper?

40:38Detective Harper?

40:40How can I vote to fall in love?

40:43Mmm, tastes good.

40:48You know what I want to be when I grow up?

41:04An ice cream sundae.

41:07Silly.

41:07You can't be an ice cream sundae when you grow up.

41:10Then I never want to grow up.

41:15Still funny.

41:19Murderer.

41:20Anything can happen when the women tell all on The Bachelor.

41:26Tomorrow at 8, 7 central on ABC.

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