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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 d-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.
01:19So maybe brunch?
01:21You, me, Ellis, a little eggspanie?
01:23Ellis has plans, all right?
01:25It's his high school reunion.
01:28Flying solo?
01:29Nope.
01:30He's bringing Jessica.
01:32Oh.
01:33Oh.
01:34I see.
01:35See what?
01:36I mean, that's not just a date, darling.
01:38That's a declaration.
01:39Ugh. Get out.
01:40Well, you don't bare your angst-ridden teen soul to just any girlfriend.
01:45Reunion equals intimacy.
01:46Or humiliation, depending on your playlist.
01:50He's opening the vault for her, Max.
01:52And 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.
02:05And, 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.
02:18Well, right back at you, George.
02:21I mean, most guys finish their parole.
02:23I'm just glad they're not gonna break into my car again.
02:25But you, you went full Ted Lasso on me.
02:29And on those prison inmates.
02:31Just trying to give back.
02:32I mean, you were their mentor, their counselor.
02:35Giving 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.
02:46More 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,
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.
03:22Take 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...
10:04And 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.
10:17You 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.
12:11Which means our killer had to spike the drink around 12, 12.30.
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.
12:24Lexi 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 and your gun and 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.
13:34Well, 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.
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?
14:01I wasn't upstairs, that's for sure.
14:02Hitting 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.
14:53Different 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 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,
15:28that's easy.
15:30Cole.
15:31Cole Ellis.
15:32Cole Ellis.
15:33Cole Ellis.
15:34Cole Ellis.
15:35Cole Ellis.
15:37Cole Ellis.
15:40Cole 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,
16:01I wasn't exactly the most popular kid.
16:03A couple weeks before senior prom,
16:05I got paired with Lexi to do this history project.
16:07First, we got off to a rough start,
16:09but all of a sudden, one day, we just,
16:11we hit a groove.
16:12You know, we started having fun together.
16:14I think it surprised the both of us,
16:16but long story short,
16:17we ended up getting an A-plus on the 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,
16:33that's when the other shoe dropped.
16:35Hannah, Amber, Brock, they were all there waiting,
16:37laughing their asses off at my believing
16:40that the most popular girl in high school
16:42would have went to prom with me.
16:44Brock took Lexi by the hand,
16:46threw the corsage back at me,
16:47and then he walked her onto the dance floor.
16:50What a piece of work.
16:51If 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,
16:59I was in the cafeteria.
17:00I said that.
17:00So no alibi?
17:02Max, there was like 100 people there.
17:04So you admit,
17:05no 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.
17:14I'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
17:23except a guy named Ron Zagowski.
17:24He's signed in,
17:25but 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.
17:29Old habits die hard,
17:31even with a murderer.
17:32Ziggy's here, huh?
17:33Wow.
17:34He 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 thought so,
17:41but it has been 15 years,
17:43so people change, right?
17:45Okay, civilian.
17:46We 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.
18:11One last time?
18:11What do you mean by that?
18:13Todd's backing up his skewers.
18:14We're good this time.
18:15His wife inherited a beauty parlor.
18:18Just like that, huh?
18:21Shocking, isn't it?
18:23Yeah.
18:24You rely on Todd.
18:26The consistency of his kebabs.
18:29Friendship.
18:30Camaraderie.
18:31Mm-hmm.
18:32And then, out of nowhere,
18:33just leaves.
18:34Like, your relationship meant 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.
18:49Are you...
18:51Are you about 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 in your head
19:18about all this.
19:18I'm not benched.
19:20What did the chief want?
19:22Strange that he wanted to know
19:23what you were like in high school.
19:25Oh, he did, did he?
19:26Mm-hmm.
19:27Okay.
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?
19:51There is 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,
20:27honorable, 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, you still got those fishnets?
20:41Oh, keep dreaming, nerd.
20:45This is our last session, boys.
20:47Now, don't worry,
20:47I'm not gonna turn on the sap
20:49and tell you all how proud
20:50I 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
21:06our last journal entry?
21:08Artie, you wanna start us off?
21:10Sure.
21:12So, Block D's been flooded.
21:14What happened?
21:14100-year-old sewage pipes
21:16is what happened.
21:16Everyone's been ordered
21:17to 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
21:29any 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
21:46for heists.
21:47So no problem for you either?
21:48Nope.
21:49Never feel like you missed out?
21:50Sometimes I think
21:51it would have been nice
21:52to have a steady friend group,
21:54go to sweet 16s,
21:56pet rallies.
21:56You know, the usual.
21:58How about you?
21:59Yeah.
22:00I guess a normal
22:01high school life
22:01would have been
22:03a lot easier.
22:04But then you wouldn't
22:04have become
22:05the man you are today.
22:09Hey, look at this.
22:13Someone didn't like Lexi.
22:15Nope.
22:18Olive.
22:19I tested Lexi's
22:20champagne glass
22:21and the champagne itself.
22:22There are no traces
22:23of sodium nitride
22:24on or in either.
22:25So it wasn't anything
22:27she 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.
22:33Her 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
22:42something?
22:43Surgical gloves.
22:44Exactly.
22:45The insides of surgical gloves
22:46are coated with corn starch.
22:47It makes them easier
22:48to 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
23:02the 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 gonna go make out
23:12in the principal's office.
23:14Any updates?
23:15Yeah, Lexi was poisoned
23:16by her own lip balm.
23:17He's gonna make an announcement
23:18on the PA system.
23:25Oh my God.
23:28That's Ziggy.
23:34Is he alive?
23:36I'm gonna call 911.
23:38Yeah.
23:44Smellus?
23:45Oh, Smellus, is that you?
23:46Wait, what did he call you?
23:48Nothing.
23:48He's delirious.
23:49Oh, Smellus.
23:51Smellus, 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 over there
24:01and stay there.
24:04I cannot believe
24:05Smellus 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.
24:18Oh, she's okay?
24:20She's dead.
24:22Okay, where were you
24:23between 12 and 1230?
24:26Yeah, I was taking a stroll
24:27down memory lane.
24:28I saw Amber
24:29ducked in here.
24:30Why?
24:30Yeah, Amber, Lexi, and Hannah,
24:32they suck.
24:34What was Amber doing?
24:36She's going nuts.
24:37She was, like, tearing posters
24:39and swearing under her breath.
24:41Interesting.
24:42Right?
24:43Can you remember anything else?
24:44No.
24:45No, I saw Amber,
24:47hid 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 Smellus.
24:54Oh, my God,
24:55we're Smellus.
25:01Found these in the trash can
25:03near the science lab.
25:05That's awful.
25:06I mean, why would anybody
25:07do that?
25:08Lexi was, like,
25:08the most beautiful soul ever,
25:10and, like, I miss her
25:11already.
25:12We have a witness
25:12who saw you.
25:15Okay, fine.
25:16It was me.
25:17I tore them down.
25:18I was mad.
25:18But only because
25:19Lexi hijacked the entire
25:20reunion that 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 posters
25:30everywhere,
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,
25:41and Babette's has, like,
25:41the 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,
25:47Lexi said that it was
25:47a private conversation
25:49just for her and Hannah.
25:50I mean, like, excuse 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 you still
26:25have 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
26:35the real gold.
26:36Tell me everything.
26:37Cole was a senior,
26:38and some of the football boys
26:39were picking on this
26:40scrawny 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.
27:00Oh, 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 seen
27:14on 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 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.
27:36So 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.
27:44It's supposed to be yours?
27:45The night before
27:45the championship game,
27:46Lexi made us dinner.
27:48She knew all about
27:48my allergies.
27:49Corn, tomatoes, peanuts,
27:51cats, you 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.
27:59She 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
28:25rooting for you
28:25to solve your 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.
28:32Yeah, I am.
28:32Good.
28:36Hey,
28:36I was looking through
28:37these yearbooks
28:38for more awkward
28:39Cole photos
28:39and I found
28:40something interesting.
28:40Okay, well, look,
28:41whatever it is,
28:42I don't have any secrets left.
28:43Yeah, you might not.
28:45But I think somebody does.
28:50We need to find
28:50Max and Lee immediately.
28:58Are you hanging
28:58in there, Artie?
29:00Shouldn't be
29:00too much longer.
29:02Hey, we got coffee,
29:03donuts.
29:04Things could be worse.
29:05Yeah.
29:06Oh, oh, oh, oh.
29:08Hey, I'm sorry
29:08we didn't get
29:09to your story, man.
29:10Don't worry.
29:12It's about a dumb thing
29:13when I was a kid.
29:14Don't tell me.
29:14I want to hear it.
29:16Well,
29:17it's about me
29:18and my big brother.
29:20After my first day,
29:21of high school,
29:22he takes me
29:23to a convenience store
29:24to celebrate.
29:25He says he's gonna
29:26get me something.
29:27He goes over to a rack,
29:29grabs a pack of gum,
29:30grins,
29:32drops it in my pocket
29:33and he walks away.
29:34And you got caught?
29:36Hmm.
29:36Since I wrote it,
29:37I realized
29:40I've been taking the rap
29:40for this guy ever since.
29:42Is that what landed
29:42you in here?
29:43Yeah.
29:46Job of his went south
29:47and I took the heat.
29:50Sounds like
29:51he's using you.
29:54He's the only family
29:55I got.
29:56Listen up.
29:57Cell Block D
29:58will be transferred
29:59to a different facility
30:00in the morning.
30:01We will move you
30:02to another section
30:03for the night.
30:04Let's go.
30:05Well,
30:06looks like I'm
30:07being transferred.
30:09Thanks for having me,
30:10George.
30:11Yeah,
30:11it's been a pleasure.
30:12You know,
30:13I have a feeling
30:13the best is yet to come
30:14for both of us.
30:21It's come to my attention
30:23that some of my pupils
30:25have been caught cheating.
30:26That means you've been
30:27called up here
30:28because one of you
30:29killed Lexi.
30:30Someone here
30:31was lying about
30:31where they were
30:32during what we like
30:33to call in our business
30:34the murder window.
30:36It's not actually
30:36what we call it.
30:37All of you
30:38were on the second floor
30:39during that critical
30:4130 minutes.
30:42Uh,
30:42doesn't that mean
30:43we couldn't have
30:44killed Lexi?
30:45On the contrary,
30:45Ziggy.
30:46It's actually
30:46quite the opposite.
30:48One of you
30:48went to the science lab,
30:50unlocked the cabinet,
30:51put on a pair of gloves,
30:52and laced a lip balm
30:54with sodium nitrite
30:55and made sure
30:56that Lexi applied it.
30:58And you,
30:59Brock,
31:00you're the key
31:01to solving
31:01this whole mystery.
31:02Me?
31:04Look,
31:05I swear I didn't do it.
31:06Really?
31:06Why do you keep
31:07scratching your face
31:08like that?
31:09I can't help it.
31:09I told you,
31:10I have allergies.
31:11Dust mites,
31:12grass,
31:13lobster,
31:13corn.
31:14That's the funny
31:14thing about
31:14allergic reactions.
31:16Sometimes it's
31:17about what you
31:17touch,
31:18and sometimes
31:18it's about
31:19what or who
31:20touches you.
31:21Isn't that right,
31:22Hannah?
31:24Oh,
31:25I don't know
31:26what we're talking
31:26about.
31:27You thought
31:27you were so smart
31:29putting on latex gloves.
31:30You thought you
31:31wouldn't get any
31:32fingerprints on the lip balm.
31:33But you did
31:34leave something behind,
31:34even more incriminating,
31:36on Brock.
31:36When you left the lab,
31:37you bumped into Brock.
31:39You knew you had been
31:40seen, so you distracted
31:41him with a kiss.
31:43It was a passionate
31:45one, too,
31:45wasn't it, Brock?
31:46Yeah, it was pretty
31:47hot and heavy.
31:48Like, grab your face
31:49and her hands hot
31:50and heavy?
31:51Oh, yeah.
31:52Sorry to break it to you,
31:53but it was fake.
31:54All a cover-up.
31:55What are you talking
31:56about?
31:56Fun fact,
31:58latex gloves are
31:59dusted with cornstarch
32:01powder.
32:01Makes it easy to take
32:03the gloves off and on.
32:04And guess who's
32:05allergic to all things
32:06corn-based?
32:06So when you grabbed
32:08Brock's face,
32:09you got some cornstarch
32:10residue from your fingers
32:11onto his beard.
32:12This is crazy.
32:13Lexi was my bestie.
32:16Do you remember what
32:17your yearbook quote was?
32:19No.
32:20Let me refresh your memory.
32:21Bloom softly,
32:23burn brightly.
32:24The same as Lexi's
32:27lip balm slogan.
32:28Except it wasn't just
32:29the slogan.
32:30It was the whole
32:30product idea.
32:31A lip balm infused
32:32with aromatherapy scents,
32:34each one designed to
32:35boost your energy,
32:37enhance mental clarity,
32:38calm your mood.
32:39And today,
32:40Lexi's company was just
32:41acquired for millions
32:42of dollars.
32:42She stole it from you.
32:43Quick patent search
32:44turned up your application
32:46for a lip balm
32:46named EmoBomb.
32:47It also had the same
32:48slogan because Lexi
32:49also applied and was
32:51granted the patent,
32:52beating you to it,
32:53cheating you out of
32:54the product you created.
32:55She stole your idea,
32:56just like she stole
32:57your boyfriend Brock
32:57back in high school.
32:58You're all out of
32:59your mind.
32:59Out of everyone here,
33:01you're the only one
33:01with a chemistry degree.
33:02That doesn't prove
33:03anything.
33:04But the glove powder
33:05does, so we're going
33:05to bag your hands
33:06and get you down
33:07to the station.
33:07We've got a sophisticated
33:09infrared spectrometer
33:10that can detect
33:12microscopic cornstarch
33:13residue.
33:20EmoBomb was my idea,
33:21not Lexi's.
33:22I confronted Lexi
33:23about it today
33:23and she just laughed.
33:25She told me to get a lawyer.
33:26She knew that I couldn't
33:27afford to fight it.
33:28You couldn't let her win,
33:30so you killed her.
33:31You're under arrest.
33:32For the murder
33:33of Lexi Chandler.
33:34You know if it makes
33:35you feel any better?
33:36It is a killer lip balm.
33:42Kebab burrito combo.
33:45Never again.
33:47Alright, it's getting late.
33:49Who's coming in
33:49for the next shift?
33:51I don't know.
33:53Alright, well let me call
33:54Lee, see if you can swap
33:55us out for some unis.
33:58Where you going?
33:59We're not going anywhere.
34:00What's happening?
34:01Did you really think
34:02that you were just,
34:03you're just gonna leave?
34:04You just, without a word?
34:07So that's what this is all about.
34:10Wait a minute.
34:11This wasn't,
34:11this wasn't even
34:12a real stakeout, was it?
34:13We're just gonna slip out
34:14the back door
34:15like a raccoon
34:16at a buffet.
34:17You know, Simmons,
34:18when you move,
34:20I move.
34:21And I know
34:22all your passwords.
34:24That was you?
34:25Yeah.
34:29Alright.
34:31I'm leaving the precinct.
34:33I put in for
34:34an undercover task force.
34:36We vouched.
34:36I just got clearance.
34:38Different city,
34:39and I'm gonna need
34:40to lay low
34:40for a little while.
34:43How could you
34:44do this to me?
34:45I mean, was it Max?
34:47Was it Ellis?
34:47Because if I need
34:49to beat someone up,
34:50you know I got it in me.
34:51I was gonna write you
34:52a letter.
34:54A letter?
34:56What is this, 1895?
34:58Why don't you send it
34:58via carrier pigeon
34:59while you're at it?
35:00Oh, I'm sorry.
35:03I didn't know
35:03how to tell you
35:04face to face.
35:05I've always been bad
35:05with goodbyes,
35:06especially with you.
35:08I was hoping
35:08you'd be happy for me.
35:09I am happy for you,
35:11you stupid idiot.
35:15I can't believe
35:16I'm gonna walk
35:17into work
35:18and you're not
35:18gonna be there anymore.
35:20See, this is exactly
35:22why I didn't
35:22want to do this.
35:23Then don't go.
35:25Yates, uh,
35:27I'm sorry I didn't
35:28find a better way
35:29to tell you.
35:29You still can.
35:31What, now?
35:32Yeah, now.
35:34And I want it all.
35:37Yates, you were
35:38the most dedicated
35:40and tenacious
35:44and strange.
35:45I mean, you're
35:46a very strange
35:47detective
35:47and you're
35:48my best friend
35:50and you're
35:50the best partner
35:51I've ever had.
35:53Are you better
35:54than Ellis?
35:55Yes.
35:56Look, don't you dare
35:57tell him that.
35:59Okay, I won't tell him.
36:00I'm not gonna tell him.
36:02Come here.
36:08Oh.
36:11Sluto.
36:12Thanks.
36:14Are you crying?
36:17Mind your own damn business.
36:21God.
36:23I'm not crying.
36:25Just a little something
36:26for me.
36:27the piece de resistance,
36:29if you will.
36:32God, are you kidding me?
36:35I had them made special.
36:36Big heads for
36:37the big brain guys.
36:41Yates, and I mean this
36:43in the most platonic
36:44way possible.
36:47I love you.
36:50Okay, well,
36:51you've gone ahead
36:51and made it weird,
36:52so now we have to leave.
36:53It's true.
36:54You know,
36:55I'm gonna be texting
36:56updates of what I'm eating
36:57every day,
36:57like I'm gonna be
36:58do not disturb annoying.
36:59Well, you know,
37:00I'm gonna be undercover,
37:01so it's probably best
37:02you don't do that.
37:02Don't text me.
37:03I'll text you.
37:06I love you so much, Simmons.
37:12You thought about
37:13your undercover name?
37:15You know, I don't think
37:15I get to choose that.
37:17Yeah, you're right.
37:17I'll pick it.
37:18How about, uh,
37:19Dirk Thunderpants?
37:20No, wait.
37:21Kristoff von Toccolila.
37:23Or maybe Trish Skedaddle.
37:24That's fun.
37:30You know there's no
37:31infrared spectrometer
37:32cornstarch test, right?
37:34Am I supposed to know?
37:35I never graduated.
37:36Hey, Cole,
37:37come here for a sec.
37:39I'll just be a moment.
37:40You guys want to wait up?
37:41No, we'll head back
37:41to the station.
37:42Okay, I'll see you later.
37:43Good night.
37:48Jess?
37:48Cole Ellis,
37:49may be my prom date.
37:55What's all this?
37:57I heard about
37:58your prom experience.
37:59Did Max tell you?
38:00I'm a journalist.
38:01It's my job to uncover
38:02people's embarrassing secrets.
38:04Plus, every single
38:05one of your classmates
38:06couldn't wait to tell me.
38:08It's definitely a night
38:09I'd like to forget.
38:11Which is why I think
38:12you deserve a redo.
38:15Can I have this dance?
38:18Come on.
38:19When the cool chick
38:19asks you to dance,
38:21you gotta do it.
38:24Okay.
38:29I'm sorry that
38:30happened to you.
38:31Don't be.
38:32It's okay.
38:33No, it's not okay.
38:35No, I mean, it's okay
38:36because if it all
38:36ended this moment,
38:37it was worth it.
38:41It's good.
38:50That settles it.
38:51High school sucks.
38:53Absolutely.
38:54And I'm kind of glad
38:54that we didn't have
38:55the typical experience,
38:56you know?
38:56Typical is overrated.
38:57Cliques,
38:58pep rallies,
38:59bad high school
39:00slow dances.
39:01Exactly.
39:02And we got the scars
39:03and street smarts
39:04instead.
39:04A way better
39:05conversation starter.
39:07And way fewer
39:08embarrassing yearbook
39:09photos.
39:09Oh.
39:10I'm saving this
39:11for a special occasion.
39:13Don't lose that.
39:15I won't.
39:16I uploaded it
39:16to the cloud.
39:17Nice.
39:18Shoot.
39:19I left my jacket
39:20in the cafeteria.
39:21You need a ride?
39:22Nope.
39:22I got my car.
39:23Okay.
39:23Good night, Max.
39:24All right.
39:51Hey, Mom.
39:53As usual,
39:54your timing is flawless.
39:56Max, you need
39:57to get home now.
39:58We have a situation here.
40:07Mom?
40:08What's going on?
40:09Is everything okay?
40:11What is all this?
40:13I've been thinking.
40:14You mean spiraling?
40:16Well, it's, uh...
40:18It's the smartest move.
40:19You'll see.
40:21What's in the bags?
40:22Just the essentials.
40:23Enough for us all
40:25to get settled.
40:26I am settled.
40:27I thought we already
40:27had this conversation.
40:28I know, but it's the plan.
40:31There are too many variables,
40:32too many ways
40:33for it to go sideways.
40:34We can be out
40:35of the country by dawn.
40:36Varga won't even know
40:37we're gone until it's too late.
40:39And then what?
40:39We just keep running?
40:41That's exactly
40:42what we're trying to stop.
40:43No.
40:44We stick to the plan.
40:45I know, but plans change,
40:47and this is the new one.
40:48We can hide as a family.
40:50It is the smartest move, honey.
40:51But what about Ellis
40:52and my friends?
40:53If we leave,
40:54then we put them all in danger.
40:55Ellis is more than capable,
40:56and the rest can fend
40:57for themselves.
40:58It's a calculated risk
40:59we have to take,
41:00and they are not family.
41:01Maybe not to you, Mom,
41:03but to me,
41:04they are my family.
41:05And I can't run the risk
41:06of losing you again.
41:07I won't...
41:08You didn't lose me!
41:09You left!
41:11Do you remember
41:12the last thing
41:12we said to each other
41:13before you disappeared?
41:15No.
41:16Why does that matter?
41:17We had an argument.
41:18A stupid argument
41:19about how I didn't take
41:19the chicken out of the freezer
41:20before you came home.
41:22You lectured me
41:23about responsibility
41:25and how I need
41:25to put my family first.
41:27You just wouldn't let it go.
41:28What does this have
41:28to do with anything?
41:29Could you just help me get...
41:31I hate you!
41:34That is the last thing
41:35I said to you.
41:38I hate you.
41:41And then I stormed off.
41:43And I never saw you again.
41:46For 15 years,
41:48I carried that guilt
41:49like a stone in my heart.
41:52And you let me live with that.
41:56Oh, Max, honey.
42:00You were just a kid.
42:02Those words, I...
42:04I never thought I...
42:06It was just temper, babe.
42:08Do you know how hard
42:10that is for a kid
42:10to replay that memory
42:12over and over again?
42:15There wasn't a day
42:16that went by
42:18that I didn't think
42:18about the fact
42:19that the last words
42:20I said to my mom...
42:21Max, don't.
42:22Don't.
42:24I didn't know.
42:28I am so sorry.
42:30I am so sorry.
42:33Can you ever forgive me?
42:42Max, wait.
42:43I...
42:44Please.
42:45Please.
42:53Please.
42:54Oh, my God.
43:44Oh, my God.
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