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Wild Cards S03E09
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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.
00:28We 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-I can't.
00:57Okay, 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.
01:05And 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.
01:15Look 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 eggspanie?
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.
02:04Right.
02:05And, Mom, I promise, everything's gonna be okay.
02:10Right.
02:11Right.
02:14I never thought I'd say this, but I'm gonna be sorry to see you go.
02:18Oh, we're 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.
02:30Just 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, uh...
02:57Au revoir?
02:58Well, if it'll help make the transition any easier, we 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.
03:22Take care, George.
03:45Let's go.
03:53Sorry I'm late. You weren't about to bail, were you?
03:56I was thinking about it. And I'm still thinking about it.
04:00The whole point of a high school reunion is the scoreboard. Winners and losers.
04:04Spoiler alert, you're in the winners column. Plus, the registration is giving out party favors.
04:09Lip balm?
04:10Emo balm, more precisely. Infused with aromatherapy scents. The tagline is, bloom softly, burn brightly.
04:17Cute, right?
04:18I also brought you this. Your reunion badge. I think you must have forgotten it.
04:24Yeah, I must have forgotten it. No, Jess, I'm not putting that on.
04:27Everybody else is.
04:28No, absolutely not.
04:30I think you look adorable.
04:33You are enjoying this way too much.
04:35Oh, yeah.
04:36Oi. Cole? Cole the mole.
04:41Ray.
04:41You got guts, man. I'll give you that.
04:46I'm gonna burn this place down.
04:48Okay, let's play a game. And 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. Okay, you're good at this.
05:09Now about the mole moniker.
05:12Mole man? Almost didn't recognize you.
05:14Brock?
05:15Came back for more, eh?
05:16Well, you always were a sucker for punishment.
05:20Hilarious.
05:21Former quarterback. Still a bully.
05:24Yeah. I was an easy target back then.
05:27I could 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 a...
05:36Mr. Loomis?
05:36Cole. Oh, I was so hoping I'd see you today.
05:40Yeah.
05:41Look at you. You look great.
05:43And this lovely lady must be your...
05:45Human shield. Jessica.
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.
06:01Oh, come on.
06:01Well, I'm glad to hear all the memories aren't bad.
06:04Boy.
06:05Look at this. Detective Cole Ellis.
06:09I always knew you'd make something of yourself.
06:11I always said, you know what?
06:13This 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, was 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.
07:00Oh.
07:09Someone call 911.
07:19Oh, nothing says high school reunion like chalk outlines and trauma counseling.
07:23Reunion nightmare.
07:25There they are.
07:27Alice.
07:29Hey, Chief.
07:30You remember Jessica?
07:31Hi.
07:32Hey.
07:33So what exactly happened here?
07:34Victim'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...
07:47Oh, my God.
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, laugh 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 nitrite.
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, game on.
08:38Think tight, okay?
08:39I'll be right back.
08:40Okay.
08:43We need to talk sodium nitrite.
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.
08:53The 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?
09:07Well, 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, let's sodium nitrite?
09:24Uh, right.
09:25Uh, okay.
09:25Yeah.
09:34Wait.
09:34Um, no, no, no.
09:37What's wrong?
09:37I keep the sodium nitrite right here, always.
09:40Alphabetical, color-coded, the whole deal.
09:43It'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...
10:04...and 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 1230.
10:10Looks like we got our murder timeline.
10:17You know, it smells like a landfill in here, right?
10:20I prefer steak-out chic, thank you.
10:22Oh, steak-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.
10:30Lee said it could be a hotbed for drug runners, money launderers.
10:34We sit, we watch, we nail them.
10:37All right.
10:40Oh, man.
10:41Look what Max just sent me.
10:43Must 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.
10:59I 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.
11:12I evaluated you, okay?
11:15Ski mask, surprise entry, tactical 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 we were meant for each other.
11:26Heads up, we gotta move a bit.
11:29Delivery for Yates?
11:31Yeah.
11:33Eternal thanks, noble purveyor of foil-drapped delights.
11:36Whatever.
11:40You ordered food.
11:42Do a steak out.
11:43Yeah.
11:44From your favorite, El Legis Clador.
11:48This one's yours, okay?
11:50Extra cheese, your favorite.
11:54Well, 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 one 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, why would he use poison with a neon flashing sign saying,
12:38property of science teacher?
12:40Fair, but I'm not ruling him out completely.
12:42I'm going to 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 girlfriend's?
12:50Yes, including my journalist girlfriend.
12:52Okay, look, we need to control the narrative of this thing before it goes public.
12:54Ellis, you're off this.
12:56What?
12:57You were on the scene when it happened, making 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 going to 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, that 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.
13:33Well, 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.
13:54But I was happy just to be in her orbit, even if she turned a circle into a triangle.
13:59So where were you around noon?
14:00I wasn't upstairs, that's for sure.
14:02Hating on that new science teacher, Grant.
14:05Everybody's going to 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.
14:12Like, Cole Cuts, Cole Ellis.
14:14Lexi made him a walking punchline.
14:16Where were you between noon and 12.30?
14:19With my former chess club buds.
14:20On the second floor?
14:21Nah.
14:22I 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, but 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 when she blew through town.
14:45Lexi and I.
14:46Yeah, prom royalty.
14:47But after graduation, she just wasn't really my vibe anymore.
14:50You two didn't keep in touch after high school?
14:52Yeah, not really.
14:54Different 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 after he was benched in the big game.
15:08I know she's dead and all, but...
15:10Let'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 who had the biggest motive to kill Lexi, that's easy.
15:31Cole 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, you have motive.
15:46Where there's motive, there's murder.
15:48Mr. Ellis, tell us the truth and we'll cut you a deal.
15:52Max, come on.
15:53This isn't a joke.
15:53I know.
15:54Could have been working with a murderer this whole time.
15:56Ellis, tell us about prom.
15:59Let's just say, back in high school, I wasn't exactly the most popular kid.
16:03A couple weeks before senior prom, I got paired with Lexi to do this history project.
16:07First, we got off to a rough start, but all of a sudden, one day, we just, we hit a
16:12groove.
16:12You know, we started having fun together.
16:14I think it surprised the both of us, but long story short, we ended up getting an A-plus on
16:18the project.
16:19And then?
16:20And then she asked me to prom.
16:21From dud to stud.
16:23Classic.
16:24On prom night, I picked Lexi up.
16:26I gave her this corsage, and I took her to the dance.
16:30But as soon as we walked into the cafeteria, that's when the other shoe dropped.
16:35Hannah, Amber, Brock, they were all there waiting, laughing their asses off at my believing that the most popular girl
16:41in high school would have went to prom with me.
16:44Brock took Lexi by the hand, threw the corsage back at me, and then he walked her onto the dance
16:49floor.
16:50What a piece of work.
16:52If she wasn't already dead, I'd kill her myself.
16:55Alice, did you interact with Lexi this morning?
16:57No, between 12 and 12.30, I was in the cafeteria.
17:00I said that.
17:00So no alibi?
17:02Max, there was like a hundred people there.
17:04So you admit, no one can confirm your whereabouts.
17:09Okay, can we just get back to work, please?
17:11I already told you you're benched.
17:12Chief, I'm an asset.
17:13I know everyone here, I'm telling you.
17:15That's the problem.
17:16You can't be an objective investigator.
17:19All right, fine.
17:20Can you just tell me what you know so far?
17:22We've talked to everyone except a guy named Ron Zagowski.
17:24He's signed in, but no one's been able to find him.
17:26Nobody listens to me around here.
17:27I just said he's benched.
17:29I know, old habits die hard, even with a murderer.
17:32Ziggy's here, huh?
17:33Wow.
17:34He was like the Spicoli of our high school.
17:38Total stoner.
17:39Is he worth a look?
17:40I mean, I wouldn't have thought so, but it hasn't been 15 years, so people change, right?
17:45Okay, civilian, we got this.
17:49Keeping 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.
18:03Are these kebabs?
18:04Mm-hmm.
18:06Todd's Kebabs and Cell Phone Emporium.
18:08Okay.
18:09One last time.
18:10One last time?
18:12What do you mean by that?
18:13Todd's backing 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?
18:24You rely on Todd.
18:26The consistency of his kebabs.
18:29Friendship.
18:30Camaraderie.
18:31And then, out of nowhere, just leaves.
18:34Like, your relationship meant nothing to him.
18:37Because he found something better.
18:39Yeah, well, things change.
18:42That's life.
18:43It's not all bad.
18:45Change sucks.
18:49Are you...
18:51You don't have to cry.
18:54Stop crying on steakouts.
18:58Hey, listen, there's gonna be other kebabs.
19:03Not like these ones?
19:11There's no sign of Ziggy anywhere.
19:13Detective, you're benched.
19:14Oh, please.
19:15As if you're not already drafting an article in your head about all this.
19:18I'm not benched.
19:20What did the chief want?
19:22Strange that he wanted to know what 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, I wore way too much eyeliner, and I was 100% certain that I
19:35was gonna marry Jack White.
19:36Okay, so unlike me, you were actually cool.
19:39I was tremendously cool.
19:41It's too bad we didn't meet back then.
19:45Hard truth.
19:46I think that Teen Jess would have ghosted Teen Ellis before ghosting was even a thing.
19:50Think so?
19:51There is a big difference between cool and confident.
19:54I hid behind ripped fishnets, Doc Martens, and a bad attitude.
19:59Bet you were too cool to even go to your prom.
20:01Oh, I went.
20:02With 20-year-old bad boy Liam, who smelled like cigarettes and sweat and rode a motorcycle.
20:08Okay, yeah.
20:10Teen Ellis definitely couldn't compete with that.
20:18What's wrong?
20:19I'm glad we didn't meet back then.
20:20I think you would have been wasted on Teen Jess.
20:23She was nowhere near mature enough to appreciate the genuine, honorable, 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 want to hold hands with the cool chick?
20:36Yes, I do.
20:39So, still got those fishnets?
20:41Well, keep jating the nerd.
20:45This is our last session, boys.
20:47Now, don't worry, I'm not going to turn on the sap and tell you all how proud I am of
20:51you.
20:51Because if you don't know that already, you're idiots.
20:57Speaking for the group,
20:59I just want to say how much our time together has 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 want to start us off?
21:10Sure.
21:12So, Block D's been flooded.
21:14What happened?
21:14A hundred-year-old sewage pipes is what happened.
21:16Everyone's been ordered to stay where they are.
21:19You too, George.
21:20Get 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 to join a certain street gang.
21:33Crimson Vipers got you young, huh?
21:35Yeah, too young.
21:36You grow up quick when you're in a gang.
21:38What about you?
21:39I was always on the move, so I was homeschooled.
21:42I still learned trigonometry, but I used it for drawing blueprints for heists.
21:47So no problem for you either?
21:48Nope.
21:49Never feel like you missed out?
21:50Sometimes I think it would have been nice to have a steady friend group,
21:54go to sweet 16s, pet rallies.
21:56You know, the usual.
21:58How about you?
21:59Yeah, I guess a normal high school life would have been a lot easier.
22:04But then you wouldn't have become the 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 and the champagne itself.
22:22There are no traces of sodium nitride on or in either.
22:26So it wasn't anything she ate or drank?
22:28But I did find traces of the poison on her lips.
22:30How did it get there?
22:32Lip balm.
22:33Her own brand.
22:34Were you able to pull any fingerprints off the tube of lip balm?
22:37Only the victims.
22:38But I did discover something surprising.
22:40Corn starch.
22:41She needed to thicken something?
22:43Surgical gloves.
22:44Exactly.
22:45The insides of surgical gloves are coated with corn starch.
22:47It makes them easier to put on.
22:48So the killer used gloves to handle the lip balm.
22:51If I find anything else, I'll let you know.
22:55What if Lexi's lip balm isn't the only one that was poisoned?
22:58We have to gather up all those lip balms and test them.
23:00I'll go tell the unis.
23:01Okay, we need to get the word out before anyone else gets hurt.
23:03The PA system.
23:04I'll make an announcement.
23:09What are you two doing?
23:11We were gonna go make out in the principal's office.
23:14Any updates?
23:15Yeah.
23:15Lexi was poisoned by her own lip balm.
23:18She's gonna make an announcement on the PA system.
23:25Oh my god.
23:28That's Ziggy.
23:34Is he alive?
23:36I'm gonna call 911.
23:37I'm gonna call 911.
23:38Yeah.
23:40Oh my god.
23:44Smellis?
23:45Oh, Smellis, is that you?
23:46Wait, what did he call you?
23:48Nothing.
23:48He's delirious.
23:49Oh, Smellis.
23:51Smellis, my dude.
23:53Okay, this day just keeps getting better and better.
23:56Look, Z, we have some questions we need to ask you, okay?
23:58I'm sorry, civilian.
23:59You heard the chief?
24:00Go park yourself over there and stay there.
24:04I cannot believe Smellis went 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 between 12 and 1230?
24:26Yeah, I was just taking a stroll down memory lane.
24:28I saw Amber ducked in here.
24:30Why?
24:30Yeah, Amber, Lexi, and Hannah, they suck.
24:34What was Amber doing?
24:36She's going nuts.
24:37She was, like, tearing posters and swearing under her breath.
24:41Interesting.
24:42Right?
24:43Can you remember anything else?
24:44No.
24:45No, I saw Amber, hid out in here, place went up, and then I, uh, I must have dozed off,
24:51because next thing I know, they're Smellis.
24:54Oh, my God, we're Smellis.
25:01Found these in the trash can near the science lab.
25:05That's awful.
25:06I mean, why would anybody do that?
25:08Lexi was, like, the most beautiful soul ever, and, like, I miss her already.
25:12We have a witness who saw you.
25:15Okay, fine, it was me.
25:17I tore them down.
25:18I was mad.
25:18But only because Lexi hijacked the entire reunion that I planned.
25:22How?
25:22I have been planning this reunion for months, and then she just swoops in last minute,
25:26pays for, like, a few bags of nachos, and then plasters her stupid lip balm posters everywhere,
25:31and then, what, she got all the credit?
25:32We thought you two were best friends.
25:34So did I.
25:35And then I saw her and Hannah a few months ago at Babette's Bistro.
25:38Like, together.
25:39And they didn't even invite me, and Babette's has, like, the cutest happy hour ever.
25:43And then this morning, I saw the two of them huddled together in the gym,
25:45and when I tried to join in, like, said that it was a private conversation just for her and Hannah.
25:50I mean, like, excuse me.
25:52She can be so fickle.
25:56Oh, but I didn't kill her.
25:58You were the only person on 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 a behind-the-bleachers kind of guy.
26:11There's definitely no making out happening here.
26:14The library was always empty, so I'd always come here to 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 you still have a copy of that.
26:26Justice Begins With Us, an essay by Cole Ellis.
26:30So you haven't changed at all, then.
26:32Actually, the essay's pretty good, but, uh, the story's the real gold.
26:36Tell me everything.
26:37Cole was a senior, and some of the football boys were picking on this scrawny little freshman.
26:41Now, Cole reported it to the administration, but they didn't do anything.
26:45So Cole, even though he was smaller than all of them, he walked right up to the biggest jock, and
26:51right in the middle of the cafeteria, he broke his nose.
26:53Well, those boys never picked on that kid again.
26:55That's right.
26:56But it also put a huge target on my back, which is why I'd always hide in here.
27:00Oh, that's why they called you Cole the Mole.
27:03Hold up in the library.
27:05Oh, my scrawny hero.
27:07Okay.
27:09I bet I can guess who the jock was.
27:12You lied about your whereabouts earlier.
27:13You were both seen on the second floor.
27:15We were just talking.
27:17With your tongues?
27:18Fine.
27:19It's my fault.
27:20I saw Brock go upstairs, so I went looking for him.
27:24I had a crush in school, but Lexi got to him before I did.
27:27So today, after a few glasses of champagne, I saw my chance and I took it.
27:33Why did you lie to us?
27:34Because he's married.
27:35And my wife would kill me.
27:37So why were you up there?
27:38I went to look at the trophy case.
27:40The MVP title was supposed to be mine.
27:42I just, I wanted to see it again.
27:44Supposed to be yours?
27:45The night before the championship game, Lexi made us dinner.
27:47She knew all about my allergies.
27:49Corn, tomatoes, peanuts, cats.
27:51You name it, I'm allergic to it.
27:54Something in that meal triggered an attack.
27:56But she didn't do it on purpose.
27:58No, but it ruined my life.
27:59She couldn't remember something 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.
28:14Are you, are you okay there?
28:15Yeah, I don't know what it is.
28:17Something, something must have set me off.
28:21Tell us again about your allergies.
28:24Yeah, I was always rooting for you to solve your brother's case.
28:27I'm so glad you were able to put that to bed and, you know, find some peace.
28:32So was I.
28:33You seem happy.
28:35Yeah, I am.
28:36Good.
28:39Hey, I was looking through these yearbooks for more awkward Cole photos and I found something interesting.
28:43Okay, well, look, whatever it is, I don't have any secrets left.
28:46Yeah, you might not.
28:48But I think somebody does.
28:53We need to find Max and Lee immediately.
29:01Are you hanging in there, Artie?
29:03Shouldn't be too much longer.
29:05Hey, we got coffee, donuts.
29:07Things could be worse.
29:08Yeah.
29:09Oh.
29:11Hey, I'm sorry we didn't get to your story, man.
29:13Don't worry.
29:15It's just about a dumb thing when I was a kid.
29:17Well, tell me.
29:17I want to hear it.
29:20Well, it's about me and my big brother.
29:23After my first day of high school, he takes me to a convenience store to celebrate.
29:28He says he's going to get me something.
29:30He goes over to a rack, grabs a pack of gum, grins, drops it in my pocket and he walks
29:36away.
29:37And you got caught?
29:39Hmm.
29:40Since I wrote it, I realized I've been taking the rap for this guy ever since.
29:45Is that what landed you in here?
29:46Yeah.
29:49The job of his went south.
29:52I took the heat.
29:53Sounds like he's using you.
29:57He's the only family I got.
29:59Listen up.
30:00Cell Block D will be transferred to a different facility in the morning.
30:04We will move you to another section for the night.
30:07Let's go.
30:08Well, looks like I'm being transferred.
30:12Thanks for having me, George.
30:14Yeah, it's been a pleasure.
30:15You know, I have a feeling the best is yet to come for both of us.
30:24It's come to my attention that some of my pupils have been caught cheating.
30:29That means you've been called up here because one of you killed Lexi.
30:33Someone here was lying about where they were during what we like to call in our business the murder window.
30:39It's not actually what we call it.
30:40All of you were on the second floor during that critical 30 minutes.
30:45Uh, doesn't that mean we couldn't have killed Lexi?
30:48On the contrary, Ziggy.
30:49It's actually quite the opposite.
30:51One of you went to the science lab, unlocked the cabinet, put on a pair of gloves, and laced a
30:56lip balm with sodium nitrite.
30:58And made sure that Lexi applied it.
31:01And you, Brock, you're the key to solving this whole mystery.
31:06Me?
31:07Look, I swear I didn't do it.
31:09Really?
31:09Why do you keep scratching your face like that?
31:12I can't help it.
31:12I told you I have allergies.
31:14Dust mites, grass, lobster, corn.
31:17That's the funny thing about allergic reactions.
31:19Sometimes it's about what you touch.
31:21And sometimes it's about what or who touches you.
31:24Isn't that right, Hannah?
31:28Oh, I don't know what we're talking about.
31:30You thought you were so smart putting on latex gloves.
31:33You thought you wouldn't get any fingerprints on the lip balm.
31:36But you did leave something behind, even more incriminating, on Brock.
31:39When you left the lab, you bumped into Brock.
31:42You knew you had been seen, so you distracted him.
31:45With a kiss.
31:46It was a passionate one, too, wasn't it, Brock?
31:49Yeah, it was pretty hot and heavy.
31:51Like, grab your face and her hands hot and heavy?
31:54Oh, yeah.
31:55Sorry to break it to you, but it was fake.
31:57All a cover-up.
31:58What are you talking about?
31:59Fun fact.
32:00Latex gloves are dusted with cornstarch powder.
32:04Makes it easy to take the gloves off and on.
32:07And guess who's allergic to all things corn-based?
32:10So when you grabbed Brock's face,
32:12you got some cornstarch residue from your fingers onto his beard.
32:15This is crazy.
32:17Lexi was my bestie.
32:19Do you remember what your yearbook quote was?
32:22No.
32:23Let me refresh your memory.
32:24Bloom softly, burn brightly.
32:27The same as Lexi's lip balm slogan.
32:31Except it wasn't just the slogan.
32:33It was the whole product idea.
32:34A lip balm infused with aromatherapy scents,
32:37each one designed to boost your energy,
32:40enhance mental clarity, calm your mood.
32:42And today, Lexi's company was just acquired for millions of dollars.
32:45She stole it from you.
32:46Quick patent search turned up your application for a lip balm named EmoBomb.
32:50It also had the same slogan.
32:52Because Lexi also applied and was granted the patent,
32:55beating you to it, cheating you out of the product you created.
32:58She stole your idea,
32:59just like she stole your boyfriend Brock back in high school.
33:01You're all out of your mind.
33:02Out of everyone here, you're the only one with a chemistry degree.
33:05That doesn't prove anything.
33:07But the glove powder does.
33:08So we're going to bag your hands and get you down to the station.
33:10We've got a sophisticated infrared spectrometer
33:13that can detect microscopic cornstarch residue.
33:23EmoBomb was my idea, not Lexi's.
33:25I confronted Lexi about it today, and she just laughed.
33:28She told me to get a lawyer.
33:29She knew that I couldn't afford to fight it.
33:31You couldn't let her win, so you killed her.
33:34You're under arrest for the murder of Lexi Chandler.
33:37You know, if it makes you feel any better?
33:39It is a killer lip balm.
33:45Kebab burrito combo.
33:48Never again.
33:50All right, it's getting late.
33:52Who's coming in for the next shift?
33:54I don't know.
33:56All right, well, let me call Lee.
33:57See if you can swap us out for some unis.
34:01Where are you going?
34:02We're not going anywhere.
34:03What's happening?
34:04Did you really think that you were just, you're just going to leave?
34:07You just, without a word?
34:10So that's what this is all about.
34:13Wait a minute.
34:14This wasn't, this wasn't even a real stakeout, was it?
34:16We're just going to slip out the back door like a raccoon at a buffet.
34:20You know, Simmons, when you move, I move.
34:24And I know all your passwords.
34:27That was you?
34:27Yeah.
34:32All right.
34:34I'm leaving the precinct.
34:36Got put in for an undercover task force.
34:39We vouched.
34:40I just got clearance.
34:41Different city.
34:42And I'm going to need to lay low for a little while.
34:46How could you do this to me?
34:48I mean, was it Max?
34:50Was it Alice?
34:51Because if I need to beat someone up, you know I got it in me.
34:54I was, I was going to write you a letter.
34:57A letter?
34:59What is this, 1895?
35:01Why don't you send it via carrier pigeon while you're at it?
35:03Oh, I'm sorry.
35:04I, I didn't know how to tell you face to face.
35:08I've always been bad with goodbyes, especially with you.
35:11I was hoping you'd be happy for me.
35:12I am happy for you, you stupid idiot.
35:18I can't believe I'm going to walk into work and you're not going to be there anymore.
35:23See, this is exactly why I didn't want to do this.
35:26Then don't go.
35:28Yates, uh, I'm sorry I didn't find a better way to tell you.
35:32You still can.
35:34What, now?
35:35Yeah, now.
35:37And I want it all.
35:40Yates, you were the most dedicated and tenacious and strange.
35:48I mean, you're a very strange detective.
35:51And you're my best friend.
35:53And you're the best partner I've ever had.
35:56Even better than Ellis?
35:58Yes.
35:59But don't you dare tell him that.
36:02Okay, I won't tell him.
36:03I'm not going to tell him.
36:05Come here.
36:12Oh.
36:14Sluto.
36:15Thanks.
36:18Are you crying?
36:20Mind your own damn business.
36:24God.
36:26I'm not crying.
36:28Just a little something for me.
36:30The piece de resistance, if you will.
36:35God, are you kidding me?
36:38I had them made special.
36:40Big heads for the big brain guys.
36:44Yates, and I mean this in the most platonic way possible.
36:50I love you.
36:53Okay, well, you've gone ahead and made it weird, so now we have to leave.
36:56It's true.
36:57Well, you know, I'm going to be texting updates of what I'm eating every day.
37:00Like, I'm going to be do not disturb annoying.
37:02Well, you know, I'm going to be undercover, so it's probably best you don't do that.
37:05Don't text me.
37:06I'll text you.
37:09I love you so much, Simmons.
37:15You thought about your undercover name?
37:18You know, I don't think I get to choose that.
37:20Yeah, you're right.
37:20I'll pick it.
37:21How about, uh, Dirk Thunderpants?
37:23No, wait.
37:24Kristoff von Toccolila.
37:26Or maybe Trish Skedaddle.
37:27That's fun.
37:33You know there's no infrared spectrometer cornstarch test, right?
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, I'll head back to the station.
37:45Okay.
37:45I'll see you later.
37:46Night.
37:51Jess?
37:51Cole Ellis.
37:52Will you be my prom date?
37:58What's all this?
38:00I heard about your prom experience.
38:02Did Max tell you?
38:03I'm a journalist.
38:04It's my job to uncover people's embarrassing secrets.
38:07Plus, every single one of your classmates couldn't wait to tell me.
38:11It's definitely a night I'd like to forget.
38:14Which is why I think you deserve a redo.
38:18Can I have this dance?
38:21Come on.
38:22When the cool chick asks you to dance, you gotta do it.
38:27Okay.
38:32I'm sorry that happened to you.
38:34Don't be.
38:35It's okay.
38:36No, it's not okay.
38:38No, I mean, it's okay because if it all ended this moment, then it was worth it.
38:45It's good.
38:53That settles it.
38:54High school sucks.
38:56Absolutely.
38:56And I'm kind of glad that we didn't have the typical experience, you know?
38:59Typical is overrated.
39:00Cliques, pep rallies, bad high school slow dances.
39:04Exactly.
39:05And we got the scars and street smarts instead.
39:07A way better conversation starter.
39:09And way fewer embarrassing yearbook photos.
39:12Oh.
39:13I'm saving this for a special occasion.
39:16Don't lose that.
39:18I won't.
39:19I uploaded it to the cloud.
39:20Nice.
39:21Shoot.
39:22I left my jacket in the cafeteria.
39:24You need a ride?
39:25Nope.
39:25I got my car.
39:26Okay.
39:26Good night, Max.
39:27All right.
39:59Max, you 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?
40:19Well, it'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 to get settled.
40:28I am settled.
40:30I am settled.
40:30I thought we already had this conversation.
40:31I know, but it's the plan.
40:34There are too many variables, too many ways for it to go sideways.
40:37We can be out of the country by dawn.
40:39Varga won't even know we're gone until it's too late.
40:42And then what?
40:42We just keep running?
40:44That's exactly what we're trying to stop.
40:46No.
40:47We stick to the plan.
40:48I know, but plans change, and this is the new one.
40:51We can hide as a family.
40:53It is the smartest move, honey.
40:54But what about Ellis and my friends?
40:56If we leave, then we put them all in danger.
40:58Ellis is more than capable, and the rest can fend for themselves.
41:01It's a calculated risk we have to take, and they are not family.
41:04Maybe not to you, Mom, but to me, they are my family.
41:08And I can't run the risk of losing you again.
41:10I won't...
41:11You didn't lose me!
41:12You left!
41:14Do you remember the last thing we said to each other before you disappeared?
41:18No.
41:19Why does that matter?
41:20We had an argument.
41:21A stupid argument about how I didn't take the chicken out of the freezer before you came home.
41:25You lectured me about responsibility and how I need to put my family first.
41:30You just wouldn't let it go.
41:31What does this have to do with anything?
41:32Could you just help me get...
41:34I hate you!
41:37That is the last thing I said to you.
41:41I hate you.
41:44And then I stormed off.
41:46And I never saw you again.
41:49For 15 years, I carried that guilt like a stone in my heart.
41:55And you let me live with that.
41:59Oh, Max, honey.
42:03You were just a kid.
42:05Those words, I...
42:07I never thought I...
42:09It was just temper, babe.
42:12Do you know how hard that is for a kid to replay that memory over and over again?
42:18There wasn't a day that went by that I didn't think about the fact that the last words I said
42:23to my mom...
42:24Max, don't.
42:25Don't.
42:27I didn't know.
42:31I am so sorry.
42:36Can you ever forgive me?
42:45Max, wait.
42:46I...
42:47Please.
42:52Oh, my God.
42:58Oh, my God.
43:06Oh, my God.
43:06Oh, my God.
43:06Oh, my God.
43:06Oh, my God.
43:08Oh, my God.
43:08Oh, my God.
43:09Oh, my God.
43:09Oh, my God.
43:11Oh, my God.
43:13Oh, my God.
43:15Oh, my God.
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