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00:00The following program contains mature subject matter. Viewer discretion is advised.
00:05Previously on Wild Cards.
00:07Next week I start volunteering at Hemsworth Prison. Now I know it doesn't pay.
00:10George, I'm proud of you.
00:11I love Jessica, but it doesn't mean I should have to choose between her and my best friend.
00:17You're my best friend too.
00:18This is my home. My life.
00:20We must be prepared to leave in a moment's notice.
00:23Just drop by to make sure everything is on track.
00:25Need I remind you, failure is not an option.
00:27We got this, because one wrong move and we're dead.
00:30And so is everybody else we love.
00:36Would you please sit down?
00:38I can't sit, because if I sit, I'll think.
00:40And if I think, I'll picture all the ways in which we end up in matching orange jumpsuits.
00:45Is this just your usual pre-show jitters?
00:48You always get like this right before a big job.
00:50This one's different. I just...
00:53The stakes, Max, the stakes are Everest.
00:56And I-I d-I can't...
00:57Look, okay. Look at me.
00:58This isn't our first rodeo.
01:00The plan is tight. Tested.
01:03We've gamed it six ways from Sunday.
01:04And the last time I thought I had it under control, I blew our lives to smithereens.
01:08Okay, yes. But we survived.
01:10So far.
01:14Look at the time, honey. Aren't you gonna be late for work?
01:17Day off.
01:19Oh. So maybe brunch? You, me, Ellis, a little eggs, Benny?
01:23Ellis has plans, all right? It's his high school reunion.
01:28Flying solo?
01:29Nope. He's bringing Jessica.
01:32Oh. Oh. I see.
01:35See what?
01:36I mean, that's not just a date, darling. That's a declaration.
01:39Ugh. Get out.
01:40Well, you don't bare your angst-ridden teen soul to just any girlfriend. Reunion equals intimacy.
01:46Or humiliation, depending on your playlist.
01:50He's opening the vault for her, Max. And I'd really like you to notice before it slams shut on you.
01:57Okay, can we just get back to business?
01:59Yes.
02:00All we gotta do is stick to the plan.
02:03Okay. Right.
02:04And, Mom, I promise, everything's gonna be okay.
02:10Right. Right.
02:14I never thought I'd say this, but I'm gonna be sorry to see you go.
02:18Well, right back at you, George.
02:21I mean, most guys finish their parole. I'm just glad they're not gonna break into my car again.
02:25But you, you went full Ted Lasso on me. And on those prison inmates.
02:31Just trying to give back.
02:32I mean, you were their mentor, their counselor.
02:35Given second chances to guys who never even had a first.
02:38I really did enjoy it.
02:41Today's my last session with the guys.
02:43Oh, yeah? How do you feel about that?
02:44I'm not so good with endings.
02:46Or change.
02:47Which is odd, considering the kind of life that I lead.
02:50I mean, lead.
02:51Hmm.
02:52Well, look, this doesn't have to be goodbye.
02:56Just, um...
02:57Au revoir?
02:58Well, if it'll help make the transition any easier,
03:01we could still meet up every couple of months.
03:03Are you saying you're gonna miss me?
03:05I'm saying I've had worse company on this bench.
03:09I'll put that on a plaque.
03:14You know what? I think I'd like that.
03:16You've been more than just a parole officer to me.
03:19You've been a real friend.
03:20Take care, George.
03:24Take care!
03:53I'm sorry I'm late.
03:54You weren't about to bail, were you?
03:56I was thinking about it.
03:57And I'm still thinking about it.
04:00The whole point of a high school reunion is the scoreboard.
04:03Winners and losers.
04:04Spoiler alert, you're in the winners column.
04:06Plus, the registration is giving out party papers.
04:09Lip balm?
04:10Emo balm, more precisely.
04:12Infused with aromatherapy scents.
04:14The tagline is, bloom softly, burn brightly.
04:17Cute, right?
04:18I also brought you this.
04:21Your reunion badge, I think you must have forgotten it.
04:24Yeah, I must have forgotten it.
04:25No, Jess, I'm not putting that on.
04:27Everybody else is.
04:28No, absolutely not.
04:30I think you look adorable.
04:32You are enjoying this way too much.
04:35Oh, yeah.
04:36Oi, Cole?
04:39Cole the mole.
04:41Ray.
04:41You got guts, man.
04:43I'll give you that.
04:46I'm gonna burn this place down.
04:48Okay, let's play a game.
04:50And if I win, you tell me what all that was about.
04:53Okay.
04:55Mean girls at 12 o'clock.
04:57Cheekbones brunette, she's the alpha.
04:59That's Lexi.
05:00That blonde, loyal sidekick.
05:03That's Amber.
05:04Other blonde, human wallpaper.
05:06And that's Hannah.
05:08Okay, you're good at this.
05:09Now about the mole moniker.
05:12Mole man?
05:13Almost didn't recognize you.
05:14Brock?
05:15Came back for more, eh?
05:16We always were a sucker for punishment.
05:20Hilarious.
05:21Former quarterback.
05:23Still a bully.
05:24Yeah.
05:25I was an easy target back then.
05:27Could have landed a plane on my face from the acne glow.
05:30I still hate him.
05:32Now will you please tell me, what's with the mole thing?
05:35Is it mole as if...
05:36Mr. Loomis?
05:36Cole.
05:37Oh, I was so hoping I'd see you today.
05:41Look at you.
05:42You look great.
05:43And this lovely lady must be your...
05:45Human shield.
05:46Jessica.
05:47Human shield.
05:48Mr. Loomis was the high school librarian.
05:50I still am, actually, you know.
05:51Still got a few more years before they stick me out on a nice flow.
05:54And for Pete's sake, will you call me Terrence now?
05:56Okay, okay.
05:58You know, I don't think I would have made it through high school without this guy.
06:00Oh, come on.
06:01Well, I'm glad to hear all the memories aren't bad.
06:04Boy, look at this.
06:06Detective Cole Ellis.
06:09I always knew you'd make something of yourself.
06:11I always said, you know what?
06:12This guy is a lot tougher than you think he is.
06:16Nice to meet you, Jessica.
06:17Good to see you, Cole.
06:18You too.
06:22Okay, listen up, losers.
06:25Your queen has news.
06:27As of this morning, my company, Emobomb,
06:30was bought by a major global cosmetics brand,
06:36which makes me 500 times a millionaire,
06:42which also makes me done with this dump.
06:47Bye-bye.
06:47Still losers.
06:49Always will be.
06:51You're all dead to me.
06:53Oh.
06:54Oh.
06:55Oh.
06:56Oh.
06:56Oh.
06:57Oh.
06:58Oh.
06:59Oh.
07:00Oh.
07:10Someone call 9-1-1.
07:19Nothing says high school reunion like chalk outlines and trauma counseling.
07:23Reunion nightmare.
07:25There they are.
07:27Alice.
07:29Hey.
07:29Hey.
07:30You remember Jessica?
07:31Hi.
07:32Hey.
07:33So what exactly happened here?
07:35Victim's name is Lexi Chandler.
07:36She just collapsed out of nowhere.
07:38Went to go check her pulse, but she was gone.
07:40Where are the others?
07:41Oh, don't worry.
07:41I already locked the place down.
07:42I'm holding everyone in the gym until we know more.
07:44And what was the...
07:46Oh.
07:47My.
07:48God.
07:48Look at the size of your head.
07:51It needs its own area code.
07:53Max.
07:53And the zits.
07:54I swear if we connect the dots, it would spell help me.
07:57Okay.
07:57Laugh it up.
07:58Howdy, delinquents.
07:59Somebody's getting detention for this.
08:01What's a pre-lame olive?
08:02Blue lips, blue fingertips, classic cyanosis.
08:06And this...
08:07Blood?
08:07Yeah, but it's brown.
08:08Which means what?
08:09Internal organs suffered extreme oxygen deprivation.
08:12Translation, she was poisoned.
08:14She looked drunk.
08:15She was dizzy and slurring.
08:17We just thought she had too much champagne.
08:18Not champagne.
08:19Chemistry.
08:20What was it?
08:21Best guess, sodium nitrate.
08:23In the right dose, quite lethal.
08:25Is it easily accessible?
08:26Very.
08:27In fact, it's often found in your friendly neighborhood high school science lab.
08:32Oh.
08:33Game on.
08:38Think tight, okay?
08:39I'll be right back.
08:40Okay.
08:43We need to talk sodium nitrate.
08:45Uh, it's kept in here with the other hazardous chemicals.
08:49Who else has access to the keys?
08:50I'm the only science teacher, so just me.
08:52The cabinet's been locked since Friday.
08:54How can you be sure?
08:55I take inventory at the end of every week.
08:58Um, everything was fine.
08:59And where were you when Lexi collapsed?
09:01In the cafeteria with everybody else.
09:03And before that?
09:03I've been here since 10 a.m. grading papers.
09:05You didn't leave?
09:06Well, at noon, I opened the school doors for the reunion crowd.
09:10You sure it was noon?
09:11Yeah.
09:11Even on the weekends, the school bells still ring.
09:13I heard the lunch bell and went down to open up.
09:16It's my first year here.
09:17Apparently, it's the new guy who has to babysit the former prom kings and queens on the weekend.
09:22So, the sodium nitrite?
09:24Uh, right.
09:25Uh, okay.
09:25Yeah.
09:34Wait.
09:35Um, no, no, no.
09:37What's wrong?
09:37I keep the sodium nitrite right here.
09:39Always.
09:40Alphabetical, color-coded, the whole deal.
09:42It's right there.
09:44So, what's the problem?
09:45It's been moved.
09:46How can you tell?
09:47I get real OCD about this.
09:49You know, kids and chemicals.
09:51Every bottle has its exact spot, label facing out.
09:54If anything's even a hair off, I notice.
09:56Well, I notice, too.
09:58That bottle's crooked.
09:59The label's turned.
10:00So, if it was all good yesterday, and you just opened the door at noon today.
10:04And sodium nitrite can take up to half an hour to result in death.
10:07And whoever grabbed the poison was in this room between 12 and 12.30.
10:10Looks like we got our murder timeline.
10:16You know, it smells like a landfill in here, right?
10:20I prefer steak-out chic, thank you.
10:22Steak-out chic?
10:24Steak-out chic smells a whole lot like old stale burrito.
10:28Just sit back and relax, okay?
10:29This could take a while.
10:30All right.
10:31Lee said it could be a hotbed for drug runners, money launderers.
10:34We sit, we watch, we nail them.
10:37All right.
10:39Oh, man.
10:41Look what Max just sent me.
10:42Must be from the reunion.
10:45What's Max doing there anyway?
10:46I thought he was taking Jessica.
10:47Maybe he wants the combo platter.
10:50You ever go to any of your high school reunions?
10:52No, no, no.
10:54Leave the past in the past, you know what I mean?
10:58I don't know.
11:00I think remembering beginnings is kind of nice.
11:02Do you remember ours?
11:04Hmm?
11:04The day we became partners.
11:06I seem to remember that you took a while to warm up to me.
11:09Well, that's because you attacked me.
11:12Correction.
11:13I evaluated you.
11:14Okay?
11:15Ski mask.
11:16Surprise entry.
11:17Tactical pressure test.
11:18That's what you do.
11:19Tactical pressure test.
11:20You bit me.
11:21And you bit me back.
11:23That's what I knew.
11:24We were meant for each other.
11:26That's it.
11:27We got moving.
11:29Delivery for Yates?
11:31Yeah.
11:33Eternal thanks, noble purveyor of foil-drapped delights.
11:36Whatever.
11:40You ordered food to do a steak-out?
11:43Yeah.
11:44From your favorite, El Leges-Lador.
11:47This one's yours.
11:49Okay?
11:50Extra cheese, your favorite.
11:53Well, this one's mine.
11:55Extra beans.
11:58Oh, God.
12:01Okay, class.
12:03Pay attention.
12:04Grant left the lab around noon.
12:06Olive says it takes about 30 minutes for the poison to kick in.
12:09And Lexi dropped dead at 1 o'clock.
12:11Gold star, Cole.
12:12Which means our killer had to spike the drink around 12, 1230.
12:15A plus to the chief.
12:16That leaves about a 30-minute smash-and-grab window.
12:18Break into the lab, grab the goods, spike the drink.
12:22Olive's taken Lexi's champagne glass for testing.
12:25Okay, but all this presumes that Grant's not our guy.
12:28How can you be so sure?
12:29Because he's new.
12:30He has no ties to Lexi or this sad reunion.
12:33Presuming he's telling the truth.
12:34If Grant wanted someone gone,
12:36why would he use poison with a neon-flashing sign
12:38saying property of science teacher?
12:40Fair, but I'm not ruling him out completely.
12:42I'm gonna double-check his alibi.
12:43In the meantime, let's get a lockdown on the food and drink.
12:46Already done.
12:46And I confiscated everybody's cell phones.
12:48Including your journalist girlfriends?
12:50Yes, including my journalist girlfriend.
12:52Okay, look, we need to control the narrative of this thing
12:53before it goes public.
12:54Ellis, you're off this.
12:56What?
12:57You were on the scene when it happened,
12:58making a witness and with a conflict of interest.
13:01Sorry, but you're benched.
13:02Ooh, this is delicious.
13:04Chief, it's me.
13:05This is not up for debate.
13:06I think you should hand over your badge.
13:07And your gun.
13:08And your really nice office chair.
13:10You know, the one with the only working lumber thingy?
13:15I can see you smiling.
13:16You're enjoying this way too much.
13:17I am Switzerland.
13:20Max, you and I are gonna split the witness list.
13:22Let's get eyes on anyone upstairs between 12 and 12.30.
13:24Since our poison only walked out of the lab around noon,
13:26that screams crime of opportunity.
13:28All we know is someone decided to kill Lexi.
13:30Maybe it was the sale of her company.
13:32500 million is a good reason to kill.
13:34Well, there's a lot of history in Clearasil under that bridge.
13:37I think it's time we let the real cops do their job.
13:40Enjoy the lumbar support while it lasts.
13:43I loved Lexi, okay?
13:45She was prom queen.
13:48Like, pure gravity.
13:50I mean, sure, I was jealous.
13:52Really?
13:53I wasn't, but I was happy just to be in her orbit,
13:56even if she turned a circle into a triangle.
13:59So where were you around noon?
14:01I wasn't upstairs, that's for sure.
14:02Hitting on that new science teacher, Grant.
14:05Everybody's gonna tell you they loved Lexi.
14:06But that's not true.
14:07She lived to humiliate people.
14:09She's the one who gave Ellis' nicknames.
14:11Nicknames?
14:11Sure, like Cole Cuts, Cole Ellis.
14:14Lexi made him a walking punchline.
14:16Where were you between noon and 12.30?
14:18With my former chess club buds.
14:20On the second floor?
14:21Nah, I got checkmated in the first floor gym.
14:25Lexi wasn't cruel.
14:26She was a force of nature.
14:28A tornado and a crop top.
14:30BFFs.
14:31Even after all these years.
14:33Always.
14:33Life took us to different cities,
14:35but Lexi was the glue.
14:37One group chat, one text, and...
14:40It was like we were all 17 again.
14:42Lexi and I even had lunch about six months ago
14:44when she blew through town.
14:45Lexi and I?
14:46Yeah, prom royalty.
14:47But after graduation,
14:48she just wasn't really my vibe anymore.
14:50You two didn't keep in touch after high school?
14:52Yeah, not really.
14:53Different paths.
14:55I'm, uh, happily married now.
14:57Lexi never reached out?
14:59Not even a reunion text?
15:01Nah, I didn't expect her to.
15:02And, uh, no.
15:03I was nowhere near the second floor.
15:04Lexi was toxic.
15:06She dumped Brock
15:07after he was benched in the big game.
15:08I know she's dead and all,
15:09but let's be real.
15:11Okay.
15:12Let's.
15:13Everyone hated her.
15:14Including you?
15:15Did you hate her enough to kill her?
15:16No way.
15:17But there was one person who did.
15:19Senior prom,
15:20she destroyed him in front of everyone.
15:21He never got over it.
15:23Oh, man.
15:24It was embarrassing.
15:25So if you're asking
15:26who had the biggest motive to kill Lexi,
15:28that's easy.
15:30Cole.
15:30Cole Ellis.
15:32Cole Ellis.
15:33Cole Ellis.
15:34Cole Ellis.
15:35Cole Ellis.
15:42Chief, you can't be serious.
15:44I am a suspect?
15:45According to everyone,
15:46you have motive.
15:46Where there's motive,
15:47there's murder, Mr. Ellis.
15:49Tell us the truth
15:50and we'll cut you a deal.
15:52Max, come on.
15:53This isn't a joke.
15:53I know.
15:54Could have been working
15:54with a murderer this whole time.
15:56Ellis, tell us about prom.
15:59Let's just say,
16:00back in high school,
16:01I wasn't exactly
16:01the most popular kid.
16:03A couple weeks before senior prom,
16:04I got paired with Lexi
16:05to do this history project.
16:07First, we got off to a rough start,
16:09but all of a sudden,
16:10one day, we just,
16:11we hit a groove.
16:12You know,
16:12we started having fun together.
16:14I think it surprised
16:15the both of us,
16:16but long story short,
16:17we ended up getting
16:17an A-plus on the project.
16:19And then?
16:20And then she asked me to prom.
16:21From dud to stud.
16:23Classic.
16:23On prom night,
16:25I picked Lexi up.
16:26I gave her this corsage
16:28and I took her to the dance.
16:30But as soon as we walked
16:32into the cafeteria,
16:33that's when the other shoe dropped.
16:35Hannah, Amber, Brock,
16:36they were all there waiting,
16:37laughing their asses off
16:38at my believing
16:39that the most popular girl
16:41in high school
16:42would have went to prom
16:43with me.
16:44Brock took Lexi by the hand,
16:46threw the corsage back at me,
16:47and then he walked her
16:48onto the dance floor.
16:50What a piece of work.
16:52If she wasn't already dead,
16:53I'd kill her myself.
16:55Alice, did you interact
16:56with Lexi this morning?
16:57No, between 12 and 12.30,
16:59I was in the cafeteria.
16:59I said that.
17:00So no alibi?
17:02Max, there was like
17:03a hundred people there.
17:04So you admit,
17:05no one can confirm
17:07your whereabouts.
17:09Okay, can we just
17:09get back to work, please?
17:10I already told you
17:11you're benched.
17:12Chief, I'm an asset.
17:13I know everyone here.
17:14I'm telling you.
17:15That's the problem.
17:16You can't be
17:16an objective investigator.
17:18All right, fine.
17:20Can you just tell me
17:21what you know so far?
17:22We've talked to everyone
17:23except a guy named Ron Zagowski.
17:24He's signed in,
17:25but no one's been able
17:26to find him.
17:26Nobody listens to me around me.
17:27I just said he's benched.
17:29I know.
17:29Old habits die hard,
17:30even with a murderer.
17:32Ziggy's here, huh?
17:33Uh-huh.
17:35He was like the, uh,
17:36Spicoli of our high school.
17:38Total stoner.
17:39Is he worth a look?
17:40I mean, I wouldn't have
17:40thought so,
17:41but it has been 15 years,
17:43so people change, right?
17:45Okay.
17:46Civilian, we got this.
17:53Thanks, Ludo.
17:54Five stars, buddy.
17:57Gates, what the?
17:58I'm still burping up burritos.
18:00What is this?
18:02Hold up, are these?
18:03Are these kebabs?
18:04Mm-hmm.
18:06Todd's Kebabs
18:07and Cell Phone Emporium.
18:08Okay.
18:09One last time.
18:10One last time.
18:11What do you mean by that?
18:13Todd's packing up his skewers.
18:14We're good this time.
18:16His wife inherited a beauty parlor.
18:18Just like that, huh?
18:21Shocking, isn't it?
18:22Yeah.
18:24You rely on Todd,
18:26the consistency of his kebabs,
18:30friendship, camaraderie,
18:31and then out of nowhere,
18:33just leaves.
18:34Like, your relationship
18:35meant nothing to him
18:36because he found something better.
18:39Yeah, well, things change.
18:42That's life.
18:43It's not all bad.
18:45Change sucks.
18:49Hey, you don't have to cry.
18:54Stop crying on steakouts.
18:58Hey, listen,
18:59there's gonna be other kebabs.
19:03Not like these ones?
19:10There's no sign of Ziggy anywhere.
19:12Detective, you're benched.
19:14Oh, please.
19:15As if you're not already
19:16grafting an article
19:17in your head about all this.
19:18I'm not benched.
19:20What did the chief want?
19:22Strangely, he wanted to know
19:23what you were like in high school.
19:25Oh, he did, did he?
19:26Mm-hmm.
19:26Okay.
19:28I was more punk than popular.
19:30I smoked in the girls' bathroom,
19:31I wore way too much eyeliner,
19:33and I was 100% certain
19:34that I was gonna marry Jack White.
19:36Okay, so unlike me,
19:38you were actually cool.
19:39I was tremendously cool.
19:41It's too bad we didn't eat back then.
19:45Hard truth.
19:46I think that teen Jess
19:47would have ghosted teen Alice
19:48before ghosting was even a thing.
19:50Think so?
19:50There was a big difference
19:52between cool and confident.
19:54I hid behind ripped fishnets,
19:57Doc Martens, and a bad attitude.
19:59Bet you were too cool
20:00to even go to your prom.
20:01Oh, I went.
20:02With 20-year-old bad boy Liam
20:05who smelled like cigarettes and sweat
20:07and rode a motorcycle.
20:08Okay, yeah.
20:10Teen Alice definitely
20:11couldn't compete with that.
20:18What's wrong?
20:19I'm glad we didn't eat back then.
20:20I think you would have been
20:21wasted on teen Jess.
20:23She was nowhere near mature enough
20:25to appreciate the genuine,
20:26honorable, sexy man you are now.
20:29You think I'm sexy, huh?
20:31Well, don't let it get to your head.
20:32Too late.
20:34You wanna hold hands
20:35with the cool chick?
20:36Yes, I do.
20:39So, still got those fishnets?
20:41Oh, keep dreaming, nerd.
20:45This is our last session, boys.
20:47And don't worry,
20:47I'm not gonna turn on the sap
20:49and tell you all how proud I am of you.
20:51Because if you don't know that already,
20:52you're idiots.
20:57Speaking for the group,
20:59I just wanna say how much
21:00our time together's meant to us.
21:02Oh.
21:03Thanks, guys.
21:04That means a lot.
21:05How about we read our last journal entry?
21:08Artie, you wanna start us off?
21:10Sure.
21:12So, block D's been flooded.
21:14What happened?
21:14Hundred-year-old sewage pipes
21:16is what happened.
21:16Everyone's been ordered
21:17to stay where they are.
21:19You too, George.
21:19Get comfortable.
21:20It may be a while.
21:25Look, let's double back this way.
21:28He's always bringing back any memories?
21:30I dropped out of high school
21:31to join a certain street gang.
21:33Crimson Vipers got you young, huh?
21:35Yeah, too young.
21:36You grow up quick
21:37when you're in a gang.
21:38What about you?
21:39I was always on the move,
21:40so I was homeschooled.
21:42I still learned trigonometry,
21:43but I used it
21:45for drawing blueprints for heists.
21:47So no problem for you either?
21:48Nope.
21:49Never feel like you missed out?
21:50Sometimes I think
21:51it would've been nice
21:52to have a steady friend group,
21:54go to sweet 16s,
21:56pep rallies,
21:56you know, the usual.
21:58How about you?
21:59Yeah.
22:00I guess a normal high school life
22:01would've been a lot easier.
22:04But then you wouldn't have become
22:05the man you are today.
22:09Hey, look at this.
22:13Someone didn't like Lexi.
22:15No.
22:18Olive.
22:19I tested Lexi's champagne glass
22:21and the champagne itself.
22:22There are no traces of sodium nitride
22:24on or in either.
22:25So it wasn't anything
22:26she ate or drank.
22:28But I did find traces
22:29of the poison on her lips.
22:30How did it get there?
22:32Lip balm.
22:32Her own brand.
22:34Were you able to pull
22:35any fingerprints
22:35off the tube of lip balm?
22:37Only the victims.
22:38But I did discover
22:39something surprising.
22:40Corn starch.
22:41She needed to thicken something?
22:43Surgical gloves.
22:44Exactly.
22:45The insides of surgical gloves
22:46are coated with corn starch.
22:47It makes them easier to put on.
22:48So the killer used gloves
22:50to handle the lip balm.
22:51If I find anything else,
22:52I'll let you know.
22:55What if Lexi's lip balm
22:56isn't the only one
22:57that was poisoned?
22:58We have to gather up
22:58all those lip balms
22:59and test them.
23:00I'll go tell the unis.
23:01Okay, we need to get the word out
23:02before anyone else gets hurt.
23:03The PA system.
23:04I'll make an announcement.
23:09What are you two doing?
23:11We were going to go make out
23:12in the principal's office.
23:14Any updates?
23:15Yeah.
23:15Lexi was poisoned
23:16by her own lip balm.
23:18I was going to make
23:18an announcement
23:18on the PA system.
23:20Oh.
23:25Oh, my God.
23:28That's Ziggy.
23:35Is he alive?
23:36I'm going to call 911.
23:38Yeah.
23:40What the heck?
23:42What the heck?
23:43Smell it?
23:45Oh, Smell this.
23:46Is that you?
23:46Wait, what did he call you?
23:47Nothing.
23:48He's delirious.
23:49Oh, Smell this.
23:51Smell this, my dude.
23:53Okay, this day
23:53just keeps getting
23:54better and better.
23:56Look, Z,
23:57we have some questions
23:57we need to ask you, okay?
23:58I'm sorry, civilian.
23:59You heard the chief?
24:00Go park yourself
24:01over there
24:01and stay there.
24:04I cannot believe
24:05Smell this
24:06went full narc.
24:08Tell me about Lexi.
24:09Queen Amine.
24:11What about her?
24:12She died earlier today.
24:14Oh, what?
24:15Oh, that's a trip.
24:17Oh.
24:18She's okay?
24:20She's dead.
24:22Okay, where were you
24:23between 12 and 1230?
24:25Yeah, I was just
24:26taking a stroll
24:27down memory lane.
24:28I saw Amber
24:29ducked in here.
24:30Why?
24:30Yeah, Amber, Lexi,
24:31and Hannah,
24:32they suck.
24:34What was Amber doing?
24:36She's going nuts.
24:37She was, like,
24:38tearing posters
24:39and swearing under her breath.
24:41Interesting.
24:42Right?
24:43Can you remember
24:43anything else?
24:44No.
24:45No, I saw Amber,
24:46hid out in here,
24:48place went up,
24:49and then I, uh,
24:50I must have dozed off
24:51because next thing I know,
24:52they're smellless.
24:54Oh, my God,
24:55we're smellless.
25:01Found these
25:02in the trash can
25:03near the science lab.
25:04That's awful.
25:06I mean,
25:06why would anybody
25:07do that?
25:08Lexi was, like,
25:08the most beautiful soul
25:09ever,
25:10and, like,
25:10I miss her already.
25:12We have a witness
25:12who saw you.
25:15Okay, fine.
25:16It was me.
25:17I tore them down.
25:17I was mad.
25:18But only because
25:19Lexi hijacked
25:20the entire reunion
25:21that I planned.
25:22How?
25:22I have been planning
25:23this reunion for months,
25:24and then she just
25:25swoops in last minute,
25:26pays for, like,
25:27a few bags of nachos,
25:28and then plasters
25:28her stupid lip balm
25:30posters everywhere,
25:31and then, what,
25:31she got all the credit?
25:33We thought you two
25:33were best friends.
25:34So did I.
25:35And then I saw her
25:36and Hannah a few months ago
25:37at Babette's Bistro.
25:38Like, together.
25:39And they didn't even invite me,
25:40and Babette's has, like,
25:41that cutest happy hour ever.
25:43And then this morning,
25:43I saw the two of them
25:44huddled together in the gym,
25:45and when I tried to join in,
25:47Lex said that it was
25:47a private conversation
25:49just for her and Hannah.
25:50I mean, like,
25:50excuse me.
25:52She could be so fickle.
25:56Oh, but I didn't kill her.
25:58You were the only person
25:59on the second floor.
26:00No, I wasn't.
26:01Ziggy doesn't count.
26:02I'm not talking about Ziggy.
26:07Welcome to my old hideout.
26:09I knew you weren't
26:09a behind-the-bleachers
26:10kind of guy.
26:11There's definitely no
26:12making out happening here.
26:14The library was always empty,
26:15so I'd always come here
26:16to escape.
26:17Hmm.
26:18Ah, see?
26:19I knew you'd be back.
26:20I dug this out for you.
26:22Oh, my God.
26:24I can't believe
26:25you still have a copy of that.
26:26Justice Begins With Us,
26:28an essay by Cole Ellis.
26:30So you haven't changed
26:32at all, then.
26:32Actually, the essay's pretty good,
26:34but, uh, the story's the real gold.
26:36Tell me everything.
26:37Cole was a senior,
26:38and some of the football boys
26:39were picking on
26:40this scrawny little freshman now.
26:42Cole reported it
26:43to the administration,
26:44but they didn't do anything.
26:45So Cole,
26:46even though he was
26:47smaller than all of them,
26:48he walked right up
26:49to the biggest jock,
26:50and right in the middle
26:51of the cafeteria,
26:52he broke his nose.
26:53Well, those boys
26:54never picked on that kid again.
26:55That's right.
26:56But it also put
26:56a huge target on my back,
26:58which is why
26:58I'd always hide in here.
27:01Oh, that's why
27:02they called you Cole the Mole.
27:03Hold up in the library.
27:05Oh, my scrawny hero.
27:07Okay.
27:09I bet I can guess
27:10who the jock was.
27:12You lied about
27:12your whereabouts earlier.
27:13You were both
27:14seen on the second floor.
27:15We were just talking.
27:17With your tongues?
27:18Fine, it's my fault.
27:20I saw Brock go upstairs,
27:21so I went looking for him.
27:24I've had a crush since school,
27:26but Lexi got to him
27:27before I did,
27:27so today,
27:28after a few glasses
27:29of champagne,
27:31I saw my chance
27:32and I took it.
27:33Why did you lie to us?
27:34Because he's married.
27:35Yeah, my wife would kill me.
27:37So why were you up there?
27:38I went to look
27:38at the trophy case.
27:40The MVP title
27:41was supposed to be mine.
27:42I just,
27:42I wanted to see it again.
27:44Supposed to be yours?
27:45The night before
27:45the championship game,
27:46Lexi made us dinner.
27:48She knew all
27:48about my allergies.
27:49Corn, tomatoes,
27:50peanuts, cats,
27:51you name it,
27:52I'm allergic to it.
27:54Something in that meal
27:55triggered an attack.
27:56But she didn't
27:57do it on purpose.
27:58No, but it ruined my life.
27:59What, she couldn't remember
28:00something that might kill me?
28:01What kind of a girlfriend is that?
28:02But you didn't die.
28:03No, but I couldn't play.
28:04We lost the championship.
28:06Football dream's gone.
28:09And Lexi dumped me.
28:12Please don't tell my wife.
28:13Are you,
28:14are you okay there?
28:15Yeah, I don't know what it is.
28:17Something,
28:17something must have set me off.
28:21Tell us again
28:22about your allergies.
28:24Yeah, I was always rooting
28:25for you to solve
28:26your brother's case.
28:27I'm so glad you were able
28:28to put that to bed
28:29and, you know,
28:30find some peace.
28:32So was I.
28:33You seem happy.
28:35Yeah, I am.
28:36Good.
28:39Hey,
28:39I was looking through
28:40these yearbooks
28:41for more awkward
28:42Cole photos
28:42and I found
28:43something interesting.
28:43Okay, well, look,
28:44whatever it is,
28:45I don't have any secrets left.
28:46Yeah, you might not.
28:48But I think somebody does.
28:53We need to find
28:53Max and Lee immediately.
29:01Are you hanging in there,
29:02Artie?
29:03Shouldn't be too much longer?
29:05Yeah, we got coffee,
29:06donuts.
29:07Things could be worse.
29:08Yeah.
29:09Oh, oh, oh.
29:11Hey, I'm sorry
29:11we didn't get to your story, man.
29:13Don't worry.
29:15It's just about a dumb thing
29:16when I was a kid.
29:17Don't tell me.
29:17I want to hear it.
29:20Well, it's about me
29:21and my big brother.
29:23After my first day
29:24of high school,
29:25he takes me to a convenience
29:26store to celebrate.
29:28He says he's going to
29:29get me something,
29:30he goes over to a rack,
29:32grabs a pack of gum,
29:33grins,
29:35drops it in my pocket
29:36and he walks away.
29:37And you got caught?
29:39Hmm.
29:39Since I wrote it,
29:40I realized
29:42I've been taking the rap
29:43for this guy ever since.
29:44Is that what landed you
29:46in here?
29:46Yeah.
29:49The job of his
29:49went south
29:50and I took the heat.
29:53Sounds like
29:54he's using you.
29:57He's the only family I got.
29:59Listen up.
30:00Cell Block D
30:01will be transferred
30:02to a different facility
30:03in the morning.
30:04We will move you
30:05to another section
30:06for the night.
30:07Let's go.
30:08Well,
30:09looks like I'm
30:10being transferred.
30:12Thanks for having me, George.
30:13Yeah, it's been a pleasure.
30:15You know,
30:16I have a feeling
30:16the best is yet to come
30:17for both of us.
30:24It's come to my attention
30:26that some of my pupils
30:28have been caught cheating.
30:29That means you've been
30:30called up here
30:31because one of you
30:32killed Lexi.
30:33Someone here
30:34was lying about
30:34where they were
30:35during what we like
30:36to call in our business
30:37the murder window.
30:39It's not actually
30:39what we call it.
30:40All of you
30:41were on the second floor
30:42during that critical
30:4430 minutes.
30:45Uh, doesn't that mean
30:46we couldn't have killed Lexi?
30:48On the contrary, Ziggy.
30:49It's actually
30:49quite the opposite.
30:50One of you
30:51went to the science lab,
30:53unlocked the cabinet,
30:54put on a pair of gloves,
30:55and laced a lip balm
30:57with sodium nitrite
30:58and made sure
30:59that Lexi applied it.
31:01And you, Brock,
31:03you're the key
31:04to solving this whole mystery.
31:05Me?
31:07Look, I swear
31:08I didn't do it.
31:09Really?
31:09Why do you keep
31:10scratching your face
31:11like that?
31:12Look, I can't help it.
31:12I told you
31:13I have allergies.
31:14Dust mites, grass,
31:16lobster, corn.
31:17That's the funny thing
31:17about allergic reactions.
31:19Sometimes it's about
31:20what you touch,
31:21and sometimes
31:21it's about what
31:22or who touches you.
31:24Isn't that right, Hannah?
31:27Oh, I don't know
31:29what we're talking about.
31:30You thought you were
31:31so smart
31:32putting on latex gloves.
31:33You thought you wouldn't
31:34get any fingerprints
31:35on the lip balm.
31:36But you did leave
31:37something behind
31:37even more incriminating
31:39on Brock.
31:39When you left the lab,
31:41you bumped into Brock.
31:42You knew you had been seen,
31:44so you distracted him
31:45with a kiss.
31:46It was a passionate one, too,
31:48wasn't it, Brock?
31:49Yeah, it was pretty
31:50hot and heavy.
31:51Like, grab your face
31:52and her hands hot and heavy?
31:54Oh, yeah.
31:55Sorry to break it to you,
31:56but it was fake.
31:57All a cover-up.
31:58What are you talking about?
31:59Fun fact.
32:00Latex gloves
32:01are dusted
32:03with cornstarch powder.
32:04Makes it easy
32:05to take the gloves
32:06off and on.
32:07And guess who's allergic
32:08to all things corn-based?
32:10So when you
32:11grabbed Brock's face,
32:12you got some cornstarch residue
32:13from your fingers
32:14onto his beard.
32:15This is crazy.
32:16Lexi was my bestie.
32:19Do you remember
32:20what your yearbook quote was?
32:22No.
32:23Let me refresh your memory.
32:24Bloom softly,
32:26burn brightly.
32:27The same
32:28as Lexi's lip balm slogan.
32:31Except it wasn't
32:31just the slogan.
32:32It was the whole product idea.
32:34A lip balm infused
32:35with aromatherapy scents,
32:37each one designed
32:38to boost your energy,
32:39enhance mental clarity,
32:41calm your mood.
32:42And today,
32:43Lexi's company
32:43was just acquired
32:44for millions of dollars.
32:45She stole it from you.
32:46Quick patent search
32:47turned up your application
32:49for a lip balm
32:49named EmoBomb.
32:50It also had the same slogan
32:51because Lexi also applied
32:53and was granted the patent,
32:55beating you to it,
32:56cheating you
32:56out of the product
32:57you created.
32:58She stole your idea,
32:59just like she stole
33:00your boyfriend Brock
33:00back in high school.
33:01You're all out of your minds.
33:02Out of everyone here,
33:04you're the only one
33:04with a chemistry degree.
33:05That doesn't prove anything.
33:07But the glove powder does,
33:08so we're gonna bag your hands
33:09and get you down
33:10to the station.
33:10We've got a sophisticated
33:12infrared spectrometer
33:13that can detect
33:15microscopic cornstarch residue.
33:23EmoBomb was my idea,
33:24not Lexi's.
33:25I confronted Lexi
33:26about it today
33:26and she just laughed.
33:28She told me to get a lawyer.
33:29She knew that I couldn't
33:30afford to fight it.
33:31You couldn't let her win,
33:33so you killed her.
33:34You're under arrest
33:35for the murder
33:36of Lexi Chandler.
33:37You know,
33:38if it makes you feel
33:38any better,
33:39it is a killer lip balm.
33:45Kebab burrito combo.
33:48Never again.
33:50All right,
33:51it's getting late.
33:52Who's coming in
33:52for the next shift?
33:54I don't know.
33:56All right,
33:56well, let me call Lee.
33:57See if you can swap us out
33:59for some unis.
34:01What are you doing?
34:02We're not going anywhere.
34:03What's happening?
34:04Did you really think
34:05that you were just,
34:06you're just gonna leave?
34:07You just,
34:08without a word?
34:10So that's what
34:10this is all about.
34:13Wait a,
34:14this wasn't,
34:14this wasn't even
34:15a real stakeout, was it?
34:16We're just gonna slip
34:17out the back door
34:18like a raccoon
34:19at a buffet.
34:20You know, Simmons,
34:21when you move,
34:22I move.
34:24And I know
34:25all your passwords.
34:27That was you?
34:28Yeah.
34:32All right.
34:34I'm leaving the precinct.
34:36I put in for
34:37an undercover task force.
34:39We vouched.
34:39I just got clearance.
34:41Different city,
34:42and I'm gonna need
34:43to lay low
34:43for a little while.
34:46How could you
34:47do this to me?
34:48I mean,
34:49was it Max?
34:50Was it Alice?
34:51Because I,
34:51if I need to beat
34:52someone up,
34:53you know I got it in me.
34:54I was,
34:55I was gonna write
34:55you a letter.
34:57A letter?
34:59What is this,
35:001895?
35:01Why don't you send it
35:01via carrier pigeon
35:02while you're at it?
35:03Oh, I'm sorry.
35:04I,
35:06I didn't know
35:06how to tell you
35:07face to face.
35:08I've always been
35:08bad with goodbyes,
35:09especially with you.
35:11I was hoping
35:11you'd be happy for me.
35:12I am happy for you,
35:14you stupid idiot.
35:18I can't believe
35:19I'm gonna walk
35:20into work
35:21and you're not
35:21gonna be there anymore.
35:23See,
35:24this is exactly
35:25why I didn't
35:25want to do this.
35:26Then don't go.
35:28Yates,
35:29uh,
35:30I'm sorry
35:31I didn't find
35:31a better way
35:32to tell you.
35:32You still can.
35:34What, now?
35:35Yeah, now.
35:37And I want it all.
35:40Yates,
35:41you were the most
35:41dedicated
35:43and tenacious
35:45and
35:47strange.
35:48I mean,
35:49you're a very
35:50strange detective
35:50and you're my best friend
35:53and you're the best
35:54partner I've ever had.
35:56You better than Ellis?
35:58Yes.
35:59But don't you dare
36:00tell him that.
36:02Okay,
36:02I won't tell him.
36:03I'm not gonna tell him.
36:05Come here.
36:12Oh.
36:14Saludo.
36:15Thanks.
36:18Are you crying?
36:20Mind your own
36:20damn business.
36:24God.
36:26Not crying.
36:28Just a little
36:29something for me.
36:30The piece de resistance,
36:32if you will.
36:32What?
36:35God.
36:36Are you kidding me?
36:38I had them
36:39made special.
36:39Big heads for
36:40the big brain guys.
36:44Yates,
36:45and I mean this
36:46in the most
36:47platonic way possible.
36:50I love you.
36:53Okay, well,
36:54you've gone ahead
36:54and made it weird
36:54so now we have
36:55to leave.
36:56It's true.
36:57Oh,
36:57you know,
36:58I'm gonna be texting
36:59updates of what I'm eating
37:00every day.
37:01Like,
37:01I'm gonna be
37:01do not disturb annoying.
37:02Well,
37:03you know,
37:03I'm gonna be undercover
37:04so it's probably best
37:05you don't do that.
37:05Don't text me.
37:06I'll text you.
37:09I love you so much,
37:10Simmons.
37:15You thought about
37:16your undercover name?
37:18You know,
37:18I don't think
37:18I get to choose that.
37:20Yeah,
37:20you're right.
37:20I'll pick it.
37:21How about, uh,
37:22Dirk Thunderpants?
37:23No,
37:23wait,
37:24Christoph von Toccolila.
37:26Or maybe
37:26Trish Skedaddle.
37:27That's fun.
37:33You know there's no
37:34infrared spectrometer
37:35cornstarch test,
37:36right?
37:37Am I supposed to know?
37:38I never graduated.
37:39Hey, Cole,
37:40come here for a sec.
37:42I'll just be a moment.
37:43You guys want to wait up?
37:44No,
37:44we'll head back to the station.
37:45Okay.
37:45I'll see you later.
37:46Good night.
37:51Jess?
37:51Cole Ellis,
37:52may be my prom date.
37:58What's all this?
38:00I heard about
38:00your prom experience.
38:02Did Max tell you?
38:03I'm a journalist.
38:04It's my job to uncover
38:05people's embarrassing secrets.
38:07Unless every single one
38:08of your classmates
38:09couldn't wait to tell me.
38:11It's definitely a night
38:12I'd like to forget.
38:14Which is why I think
38:15you deserve a redo.
38:18Can I have this dance?
38:21Come on.
38:22When the cool chick
38:22asks you to dance,
38:23you gotta do it.
38:27Okay.
38:28Okay.
38:32I'm sorry that happened
38:33to you.
38:34Don't be.
38:35It's okay.
38:36No, it's not okay.
38:38No, I mean,
38:38it's okay because
38:39if it all ended
38:40this moment,
38:40it was worth it.
38:44It's fine.
38:53That settles it.
38:54High school sucks.
38:56Absolutely.
38:56And I'm kind of glad
38:57that we didn't have
38:58the typical experience,
38:59you know?
38:59Typical is overrated.
39:00Cliques,
39:01pep rallies,
39:02bad high school
39:03slow dances.
39:04Exactly.
39:05And we got the scars
39:06and street smarts instead.
39:07A way better
39:08conversation starter.
39:09And way fewer
39:11embarrassing yearbook photos.
39:12Oh.
39:13I'm saving this
39:14for a special occasion.
39:16Don't lose that.
39:18I won't.
39:19I uploaded it
39:19to the cloud.
39:20Nice.
39:21Shoot.
39:22I left my jacket
39:23in the cafeteria.
39:24You need a ride?
39:25Nope.
39:25I got my car.
39:26Okay.
39:26Good night, Max.
39:27All right.
39:54Hey, Mom.
39:56As usual,
39:57your timing is flawless.
39:59Max,
40:00you need to get home now.
40:01We have a situation here.
40:10Mom?
40:11What's going on?
40:12Is everything okay?
40:14What is all this?
40:16I've been thinking.
40:17You mean spiraling?
40:19What?
40:19It's, uh...
40:21It's the smartest move.
40:22You'll see.
40:24What's in the bags?
40:25Just the essentials.
40:26Enough for us all
40:28to get settled.
40:29I am settled.
40:30I thought we already
40:30had this conversation.
40:31I know,
40:32but it's the plan.
40:34There are too many variables,
40:35too many ways
40:35for it to go sideways.
40:37We can be out
40:38of the country by dawn.
40:39Varga won't even know
40:40we're gone until it's too late.
40:42And then what?
40:43We just keep running?
40:44That's exactly
40:45what we're trying to stop.
40:46No.
40:47We stick to the plan.
40:48I know,
40:49but plans change,
40:50and this is the new one.
40:51We can hide as a family.
40:53It is the smartest move, honey.
40:54But what about Ellis
40:55and my friends?
40:56If we leave,
40:57then we put them all in danger.
40:58Ellis is more than capable,
40:59and the rest
41:00can fend for themselves.
41:01It's a calculated risk
41:02we have to take,
41:03and they are not family.
41:04Maybe not to you, Mom,
41:05but to me,
41:07they are my family.
41:08And I can't run the risk
41:09of losing you again.
41:10I won't.
41:11You didn't lose me!
41:12You left!
41:14Do you remember
41:15the last thing
41:15we said to each other
41:16before you disappeared?
41:18No.
41:19Why does that matter?
41:20We had an argument.
41:21A stupid argument
41:22about how I didn't take
41:22the chicken out of the freezer
41:23before you came home.
41:25You lectured me
41:26about responsibility
41:28and how I need
41:28to put my family first.
41:30You just wouldn't let it go.
41:31What does this
41:31have to do with anything?
41:32Could you just help me get...
41:34I hate you!
41:37That is the last thing
41:38I said to you!
41:41I hate you.
41:44And then I stormed off.
41:46And I never saw you again.
41:49For 15 years,
41:51I carried that guilt
41:52like a stone in my heart.
41:55And you let me live with that.
42:00Oh, Max, honey.
42:03You were just a kid.
42:05Those words that I...
42:07I never thought I...
42:09It was just temper, babe.
42:12Do you know how hard
42:13that is for a kid
42:13to replay that memory
42:15over and over again?
42:18There wasn't a day
42:19that went by
42:21that I didn't think
42:21about the fact
42:22that the last words
42:23I said to my mom...
42:24Max, don't.
42:25Don't.
42:26Don't.
42:27I didn't know.
42:30I am so sorry.
42:36Can you ever forgive me?
42:45Max, wait.
42:46I...
42:47Please.
42:58Joe.
43:00It's okay.
43:00No.
43:05I don't know.
43:12It's okay.
43:14It's okay.
43:16No.
43:17No.
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