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00:00Previously on Wild Cards
00:02Next week I started volunteering at Hemsworth Prison.
00:04Now I know it doesn't pay.
00:05George, I'm proud of you.
00:06I love Jessica, but it doesn't mean I should have to choose between her and my best friend.
00:12You're my best friend too.
00:13This is my home, my life.
00:15We must be prepared to leave in a moment's notice.
00:18Just drop by to make sure everything is on track.
00:20Need I remind you, failure is not an option.
00:23We got this, because one wrong move and we're dead.
00:25And so is everybody else we love.
00:31Would you please sit down?
00:33I can't sit, because if I sit, I'll think.
00:35And if I think, I'll picture all the ways in which we end up in matching orange jumpsuits.
00:40Is this just your usual pre-show jitters?
00:43You always get like this right before a big job.
00:45This one's different.
00:46I just...
00:48The stakes, Max.
00:49The stakes are Everest.
00:51And I can't...
00:52Okay, look at me.
00:53This isn't our first rodeo.
00:55The plan is tight, tested.
00:57We've gamed it six ways from Sunday.
01:00And the last time I thought I had it under control, I blew our lives to smithereens.
01:03Okay, yes.
01:04But we survived.
01:05So far.
01:09Look at the time, honey.
01:11Aren't you going to be late for work?
01:13Day off.
01:14Oh.
01:14So maybe brunch?
01:16You, me, Ellis, a little eggs, Benny?
01:18Ellis has plans, all right?
01:20It's his high school reunion.
01:23Flying solo?
01:24Nope.
01:25He's bringing Jessica.
01:27Oh.
01:28Oh.
01:29I see.
01:30See what?
01:31I mean, that's not just a date, darling.
01:33That's a declaration.
01:34Oh, get out.
01:36Well, you don't bear your angst-ridden teen soul to just any girlfriend.
01:40Reunion equals intimacy.
01:41Or humiliation, depending on your playlist.
01:45He's opening the vault for her, Max.
01:47And I'd really like you to notice before it slams shut on you.
01:52Okay, can we just get back to business?
01:54Yes.
01:55All we gotta do is stick to the plan.
01:58Okay.
01:59Right.
02:00And, Mom, I promise, everything's gonna be okay.
02:05Right.
02:06Right.
02:09I never thought I'd say this, but I'm gonna be sorry to see you go.
02:13Oh, right back at you, George.
02:16I mean, most guys finish their parole.
02:18I'm just glad they're not gonna break into my car again.
02:20But you, you went full Ted Lasso on me.
02:24And on those prison inmates.
02:26Just trying to give back.
02:27You were their mentor, their counselor.
02:30Giving second chances to guys who never even had a first.
02:33I really did enjoy it.
02:36Today's my last session with the guys.
02:38Oh, yeah?
02:38How do you feel about that?
02:39I'm not so good with endings.
02:41More change.
02:42Which is odd, considering the kind of life that I lead.
02:45I mean, lead.
02:46Hmm.
02:47Well, look, this doesn't have to be goodbye.
02:51Just, uh...
02:52Au revoir?
02:53Well, if it'll help make the transition any easier,
02:56we could still meet up every couple of months.
02:58Are you saying you're gonna miss me?
03:00I'm saying I've had worse company on this bench.
03:04I'll put that on a plaque.
03:08You know what?
03:09I think I'd like that.
03:11You've been more than just a parole officer to me.
03:14You've been a real friend.
03:17Take care, George.
03:18Take care, George.
03:47I'm sorry I'm late.
03:49You weren't about to bail, were you?
03:51I was thinking about it.
03:52And I'm still thinking about it.
03:54The whole point of a high school reunion is the scoreboard.
03:58Winners and losers.
03:59Spoiler alert, you're in the winners column.
04:01Plus, the registration is giving out party papers.
04:04Lip balm?
04:05Emo balm, more precisely.
04:07Infused with aromatherapy scents.
04:08The tagline is bloom softly, burn brightly.
04:12Cute, right?
04:13I also brought you this.
04:16Your reunion badge.
04:17I think you must have forgotten it.
04:19Yeah, I must have forgotten it.
04:20No, Jess, I'm not putting that on.
04:22Everybody else is.
04:23No, absolutely not.
04:24I think you look adorable.
04:27You are enjoying this way too much.
04:30Oh, yeah.
04:31Oi.
04:32Cole?
04:34Cole the mole.
04:36Ray.
04:36You got guts, man.
04:38I'll give you that.
04:41I'm gonna burn this place down.
04:43Okay.
04:44Let's play a game.
04:44And if I win, you tell me what all that was about.
04:48Okay.
04:50Mean girls at 12 o'clock.
04:52Cheekbones brunette, she's the alpha.
04:54That's Lexi.
04:55That blonde, loyal sidekick.
04:58That's Amber.
04:59Other blonde, human wallpaper.
05:01And that's Hannah.
05:03Okay, you're good at this.
05:04Now about the mole moniker.
05:07Mole man?
05:08Almost didn't recognize you.
05:09Brock?
05:10Came back for more, eh?
05:11We always were a sucker for punishment.
05:15Hilarious.
05:16Former quarterback.
05:18Still a bully.
05:19Yeah.
05:20I was an easy target back then.
05:22Could have landed a plane on my face from the acne glow.
05:25I still hate him.
05:27Now will you please tell me, what's with the mole thing?
05:29Is it mole as a...
05:30Mr. Loomis?
05:31Cole.
05:32Oh, I was so hoping I'd see you today.
05:35Yeah.
05:36Look at you.
05:37You look great.
05:38And this lovely lady must be your...
05:40Human shield.
05:41Jessica.
05:42Human shield.
05:43Mr. Loomis was the high school librarian.
05:45I still am, actually, you know.
05:46Still got a few more years before they stick me out on a nice flow.
05:49And for Pete's sake, will you call me Terrence now?
05:51Okay, okay.
05:53You know, I don't think I would have made it through high school without this guy.
05:55Oh, come on.
05:56Well, I'm glad to hear all the memories aren't bad.
05:59Boy, look at this.
06:01Detective Cole Ellis.
06:04I always knew you'd make something to yourself.
06:06I always said, you know what?
06:07This guy is a lot tougher than you think he is.
06:11Nice to meet you, Jessica.
06:12Good to see you, Cole.
06:13You too.
06:16Okay, listen up, losers.
06:20Your queen has news.
06:22As of this morning, my company, Emobomb, was bought by a major global cosmetics brand.
06:31Which makes me 500 times a millionaire.
06:37Which also makes me done with this dump.
06:42Bye-bye.
06:43Still losers.
06:44Always will be.
06:46You're all dead to me.
06:55Oh.
07:04Someone call 9-1-1.
07:13Oh, nothing says high school reunion like chalk outlines and trauma counseling.
07:18Reunion nightmare.
07:20There they are.
07:22Alice.
07:24Hey, Jeff.
07:25You remember Jessica?
07:26Hi.
07:27Hey.
07:28So what exactly happened here?
07:29The victim's name is Lexi Chandler.
07:31She just collapsed out of nowhere.
07:33I went to go check her pulse, but she was gone.
07:35Where are the others?
07:36Oh, don't worry.
07:36I already locked the place down.
07:37I'm holding everyone in the gym until we know more.
07:39And what was the...
07:41Oh.
07:42My.
07:43God.
07:43Look at the size of your head.
07:46It needs its own area code.
07:48Max.
07:48And the zits.
07:49I swear if we connect the dots, it would spell help me.
07:52Okay, laugh it up.
07:53Howdy, delinquents.
07:54Somebody's getting detention for this.
07:56What's a pre-lame, Olive?
07:57Blue lips, blue fingertips, classic cyanosis.
08:01And this...
08:02Blood?
08:02Yeah, but it's brown.
08:03Which means what?
08:04Internal organs suffered extreme oxygen deprivation.
08:07Translation, she was poisoned.
08:09She looked drunk.
08:10She was dizzy and slurring.
08:12We just thought she had too much champagne.
08:13Not champagne.
08:14Chemistry.
08:15What was it?
08:16Best guess, sodium nitrite.
08:18In the right dose, quite lethal.
08:20Is it easily accessible?
08:21Very.
08:22In fact, it's often found in your friendly neighborhood high school science lab.
08:26Oh.
08:27Game on.
08:33Think tight, okay?
08:34I'll be right back.
08:35Okay.
08:38We need to talk sodium nitrite.
08:40Uh, it's kept in here with the other hazardous chemicals.
08:43Who else has access to the keys?
08:45I'm the only science teacher, so just me.
08:47The cabinet's been locked since Friday.
08:49How can you be sure?
08:50I take inventory at the end of every week.
08:53Um, everything was fine.
08:54And where were you when Lexi collapsed?
08:56In the cafeteria with everybody else.
08:57And before that?
08:58I've been here since 10 a.m. grading papers.
09:00You didn't leave?
09:01Well, at noon, I opened the school doors for the reunion crowd.
09:05You sure it was noon?
09:06Yeah.
09:06Even on the weekends, the school bells still ring.
09:08I heard the lunch bell and went down to open up.
09:11It's my first year here.
09:12Apparently, it's the new guy who has to babysit the former prom kings and queens on the weekend.
09:17So, the sodium nitrite?
09:18Uh, right.
09:20Uh, okay.
09:20Yeah.
09:29Wait.
09:30Um, no, no, no.
09:31What's wrong?
09:32I keep the sodium nitrite right here.
09:34Always.
09:35Alphabetical, color-coded, the whole deal.
09:37It's right there.
09:39So, what's the problem?
09:40It's been moved.
09:41How can you tell?
09:42I get real OCD about this.
09:44You know, kids and chemicals.
09:46Every bottle has its exact spot, label facing out.
09:49If anything's even a hair off, I notice.
09:51Well, I notice too.
09:52That bottle's crooked.
09:54The label's turned.
09:55So, if it was all good yesterday, and you just opened the door at noon today.
09:58And sodium nitrite can take up to half an hour to result in death.
10:02And whoever grabbed the poison was in this room between 12 and 12.30.
10:05Looks like we got our murder timeline.
10:11You know, it smells like a landfill in here, right?
10:14I prefer Steakout Chic, thank you.
10:17Steakout Chic?
10:19Steakout Chic smells a whole lot like old stale burrito.
10:22Just sit back and relax, okay?
10:24This could take a while.
10:25All right.
10:26Lee said it could be a hotbed for drug runners, money launderers.
10:29We sit, we watch, we nail them.
10:32All right.
10:34Oh, man.
10:36Look what Max just sent me.
10:37Must be from the reunion.
10:39What's Max doing there anyway?
10:41I thought he was taking Jessica.
10:42Maybe he wants the combo platter.
10:45You ever go to any of your high school reunions?
10:47No, no, no.
10:49Leave the past in the past, you know what I mean?
10:53I don't know.
10:54I think remembering beginnings is kind of nice.
10:57Do you remember ours?
10:59Hmm?
10:59The day we became partners.
11:00I seem to remember that you took a while to warm up to me.
11:04Well, that's because you attacked me.
11:07Correction.
11:07I evaluated you.
11:09Okay?
11:10Ski mask, surprise entry, tactical pressure test.
11:13That's what you do.
11:14Tactical pressure test.
11:15You bit me.
11:16And you bit me back.
11:18That's what I think we were meant for each other.
11:21That's it.
11:22We got movement.
11:24Delivery for Yates?
11:26Yeah.
11:28Eternal thanks, noble purveyor of foil-drapped delights.
11:31Whatever.
11:35You ordered food.
11:37Do a steak out.
11:38Yeah.
11:39From your favorite, El Legis Clador.
11:42This one's yours.
11:44Okay?
11:45Extra cheese, your favorite.
11:48Well, this one's mine.
11:50Extra beans.
11:53Oh, God.
11:56Okay, class, pay attention.
11:59Grant left the lab around noon.
12:01Olive says it takes about 30 minutes for the poison to kick in.
12:04And Lexi dropped dead at one o'clock.
12:05Gold star, cool.
12:06Which means our killer had to spike the drink around 12, 1230.
12:10A plus to the chief.
12:11That leaves about a 30-minute smash-and-grab window.
12:13Break into the lab, grab the goods, spike the drink.
12:17Olive's taken Lexi's champagne glass for testing.
12:20Okay, but all this presumes that Grant's not our guy.
12:23How can you be so sure?
12:24Because he's new.
12:25He has no ties to Lexi or this sad reunion.
12:28Presuming he's telling the truth.
12:29If Grant wanted someone gone, why would he use poison with a neon flashing sign saying
12:33property of science teacher?
12:35Fair, but I'm not ruling him out completely.
12:37I'm going to double-check his alibi.
12:38In the meantime, let's get a lockdown on the food and drink.
12:41Already done.
12:41And I confiscated everybody's cell phones.
12:43Including your journalist girlfriend's?
12:45Yes, including my journalist girlfriend.
12:46Okay, look, we need to control the narrative of this thing before it goes public.
12:49Ellis, you're off this.
12:51What?
12:51You were on the scene when it happened.
12:53Making a witness and with a conflict of interest.
12:56Sorry, but you're benched.
12:57Ooh, this is delicious.
12:59Chief, it's me.
13:00This is not up for debate.
13:01I think you should hand over your badge.
13:02And your gun.
13:03And your really nice office chair.
13:05You know, the one with the only working lumber thingy?
13:10I can see you smiling.
13:11You're enjoying this way too much.
13:12I am Switzerland.
13:15Max, you and I are going to split the witness list.
13:17Let's get eyes on anyone upstairs between 12 and 1230.
13:19Since our poison only walked out of the lap around noon, that screams crime of opportunity.
13:23All we know is someone decided to kill Lexi.
13:25Maybe it was the sale of her company.
13:27500 million is a good reason to kill.
13:29Well, there's a lot of history in Clearasil under that bridge.
13:31I think it's time we let the real cops do their job.
13:35Enjoy the lumbar support while it lasts.
13:38I loved Lexi, okay?
13:40She was prom queen.
13:43Like, pure gravity.
13:45I mean, sure, I was jealous.
13:47Really?
13:48I wasn't.
13:49But I was happy just to be in her orbit.
13:51Even if she turned a circle into a triangle.
13:53So where were you around noon?
13:55I wasn't upstairs, that's for sure.
13:57Hitting on that new science teacher, Grant.
13:59Everybody's gonna tell you they loved Lexi.
14:01But that's not true.
14:02She lived to humiliate people.
14:04She's the one who gave Ellis' nicknames.
14:06Nicknames?
14:06Sure, like Cole Cuts, Cole Ellis.
14:09Lexi made him a walking punchline.
14:11Where were you between noon and 1230?
14:13With my former chess club buds.
14:15On the second floor?
14:16Nah, I got checkmated in the first floor gym.
14:20Lexi wasn't cruel.
14:21She was a force of nature.
14:23A tornado and a crop top.
14:25BFFs.
14:26Even after all these years.
14:28Always.
14:28Life took us to different cities, but Lexi was the glue.
14:32One group chat, one text, and it was like we were all 17 again.
14:37Lexi and I even had lunch about six months ago when she blew through town.
14:40Lexi and I.
14:41Yeah, prom royalty.
14:42But after graduation, she just wasn't really my vibe anymore.
14:45You two didn't keep in touch after high school?
14:47Yeah, not really.
14:48Different paths.
14:51I'm happily married now.
14:52Lexi never reached out?
14:54Not even a reunion text?
14:56Nah, I didn't expect her to.
14:57And, uh, no.
14:58I was nowhere near the second floor.
14:59Lexi was toxic.
15:01She dumped Brock after he was benched in the big game.
15:03I know she's dead and all, but let's be real.
15:06Okay.
15:07Lex.
15:08Everyone hated her.
15:09Including you?
15:10Did you hate her enough to kill her?
15:11No way.
15:12But there was one person who did.
15:14Senior prom?
15:14She destroyed him in front of everyone.
15:16He never got over it.
15:18Oh, man.
15:19It was embarrassing.
15:20So if you're asking who had the biggest motive to kill Lexi, that's easy.
15:25Cole Ellis.
15:27Cole Ellis.
15:28Cole Ellis.
15:29Cole Ellis.
15:30Cole Ellis.
15:37Chief, you can't be serious.
15:39I am a suspect?
15:40According to everyone, you have motive.
15:41Where there's motive, there's murder.
15:43Mr. Ellis, tell us the truth and we'll cut you a deal.
15:47Max, come on.
15:47This isn't a joke.
15:48I know.
15:49Could have been working with a murderer this whole time.
15:51Ellis, tell us about prom.
15:54Let's just say, back in high school, I wasn't exactly the most popular kid.
15:58A couple weeks before senior prom, I got paired with Lexi to do this history project.
16:02First, we got off to a rough start, but all of a sudden, one day, we just, we hit a
16:06groove.
16:07You know, we started having fun together.
16:09I think it surprised the both of us, but long story short, we ended up getting an A-plus on
16:13the project.
16:14And then?
16:15And then she asked me to prom.
16:16From dud to stud.
16:18Classic.
16:19On prom night, I picked Lexi up.
16:21And I gave her this corsage, and I took her to the dance.
16:25But as soon as we walked into the cafeteria, that's when the other shoe dropped.
16:30Hannah, Amber, Brock, they were all there waiting, laughing their asses off at my believing that the most popular girl
16:36in high school would have went to prom with me.
16:39Brock took Lexi by the hand, threw the corsage back at me, and then he walked her onto the dance
16:44floor.
16:45What a piece of work.
16:46If she wasn't already dead, I'd kill her myself.
16:50Alice, did you interact with Lexi this morning?
16:52No, between 12 and 12.30, I was in the cafeteria.
16:54I said that.
16:55So no alibi.
16:57Max, there was like 100 people there.
16:59So you admit, no one can confirm your whereabouts.
17:04Okay, can we just get back to work, please?
17:05I already told you, you're benched.
17:07Chief, I'm an asset.
17:08I know everyone here, I'm telling you.
17:10That's the problem.
17:11You can't be an objective investigator.
17:13All right, fine.
17:15Can you just tell me what you know so far?
17:17We've talked to everyone except a guy named Ron Zagowski.
17:19He's signed in, but no one's been able to find him.
17:21Nobody listens to me around here.
17:22I just said he's benched.
17:24I know, old habits die hard, even with a murderer.
17:27Ziggy's here, huh?
17:28Wow.
17:29He was like the Spicoli of our high school.
17:32Total stoner.
17:34Is it worth a look?
17:35I mean, I wouldn't have thought so, but it has been 15 years, so people change, right?
17:40Okay, civilian, we got this.
17:48Thanks, Ludo.
17:49Five stars, buddy.
17:51Gates, what the?
17:53You're still burping up burritos.
17:54What is this?
17:57Hold up, are these kebabs?
17:59Mm-hmm.
18:01Todd's Kebabs and Cell Phone Emporium.
18:03Okay.
18:04One last time.
18:05One last time?
18:06What do you mean by that?
18:07Todd's packing up his skewers.
18:09We're good this time.
18:11His wife inherited a beauty parlor.
18:13Just like that, huh?
18:16Shocking, isn't it?
18:19You rely on Todd, the consistency of his kebabs, friendship, camaraderie, and then, out of nowhere,
18:28just leaves.
18:29Like, your relationship meant nothing to him.
18:32Because he found something better.
18:34Yeah, well, things change.
18:37That's life.
18:38It's not all bad.
18:40Change sucks.
18:44Right?
18:45You don't have to cry.
18:49Stop crying on steakhouse.
18:53Hey, listen, there's going to be other kebabs.
19:05There's no sign of Ziggy anywhere.
19:07Detective, you're benched.
19:09Oh, please.
19:10If you're not already drafting an article in your head about all this.
19:13I'm not benched.
19:15What did the chief want?
19:17Strangely, he wanted to know what you were like in high school.
19:20Oh, he did, did he?
19:21Mm-hmm.
19:22Okay.
19:23I was more punk than popular.
19:25I smoked in the girls' bathroom.
19:26I wore way too much eyeliner.
19:28And I was 100% certain that I was going to marry Jack White.
19:31Okay.
19:32So unlike me, you were actually cool.
19:34I was tremendously cool.
19:36It's too bad we didn't eat back then.
19:40Hard truth.
19:41I think that Teen Jess would have ghosted Teen Ellis before ghosting was even a thing.
19:45Think so?
19:46There is a big difference between cool and confident.
19:49I hid behind ripped fishnets, Doc Martens, and a bad attitude.
19:54Bet you were too cool to even go to your prom.
19:56Oh, I went.
19:57With 20-year-old bad boy Liam, who smelled like cigarettes and sweat and rode a motorcycle.
20:03Okay, yeah.
20:05Teen Ellis definitely couldn't compete with that.
20:13What's wrong?
20:14I'm glad we didn't eat back then.
20:16I think you would have been wasted on Teen Jess.
20:18She was nowhere near mature enough to appreciate the genuine, honorable, sexy man you are now.
20:24You think I'm sexy, huh?
20:25Well, don't let it get to your head.
20:27Too late.
20:29You want to hold hands with the cool chick?
20:31Yes, I do.
20:34So, still got those fishnets?
20:36Well, keep dreaming, nerd.
20:40This is our last session, boys.
20:42And don't worry, I'm not going to turn on the sap and tell you all how proud I am of
20:46you.
20:46Because if you don't know that already, you're idiots.
20:52Speaking for the group, I just want to say how much our time together has meant to us.
20:57Oh.
20:58Thanks, guys.
20:59That means a lot.
21:00How about we read our last journal entry?
21:02Artie, you want to start us off?
21:05Sure.
21:07So, Mark D's been flooded.
21:08What happened?
21:09A hundred-year-old sewage pipes is what happened.
21:11Everyone's been ordered to stay where they are.
21:14You too, George.
21:14Get comfortable.
21:15It may be a while.
21:20Look, let's double back this way.
21:23He's always bringing back any memories?
21:25I dropped out of high school to join a certain street gang.
21:28Crimson Vipers got you young, huh?
21:30Yeah, too young.
21:31You grow up quick when you're in a gang.
21:33What about you?
21:34I was always on the move, so I was homeschooled.
21:36I still learned trigonometry, but I used it for drawing blueprints for heists.
21:42So no problem for you either?
21:43Nope.
21:44Ever feel like you missed out?
21:45Sometimes I think it would have been nice to have a steady friend group, go to sweet 16s,
21:51pet rallies, you know, the usual.
21:53How about you?
21:54Yeah.
21:55I guess a normal high school life would have been a lot easier.
21:59But then you wouldn't have become the man you are today.
22:04Hey, look at this.
22:08Someone didn't like Lexi.
22:10No.
22:13Olive.
22:14I tested Lexi's champagne glass and the champagne itself.
22:17There are no traces of sodium nitride on or in either.
22:20So it wasn't anything she ate or drank.
22:23But I did find traces of the poison on her lips.
22:25How did it get there?
22:27Lip balm.
22:27Her own brand.
22:29Were you able to pull any fingerprints off the tube of lip balm?
22:32Only the victims.
22:33But I did discover something surprising.
22:35Cornstarch.
22:36She needed to thicken something?
22:38Surgical gloves.
22:39Exactly.
22:40The insides of surgical gloves are coated with cornstarch.
22:42It makes them easier to put on.
22:43So the killer used gloves to handle the lip balm.
22:46If I find anything else, I'll let you know.
22:50What if Lexi's lip balm isn't the only one that was poisoned?
22:53We have to gather up all those lip balms and test them.
22:55I'll go tell the unis.
22:56Hey, we need to get the word out before anyone else gets hurt.
22:58The PA system.
22:59I'll make an announcement.
23:04What are you two doing?
23:06We're going to go make out in the principal's office.
23:09Any updates?
23:10Yeah.
23:10Lexi was poisoned by her own lip balm.
23:13He's going to make an announcement on the PA system.
23:15Oh.
23:20Oh, my God.
23:23That's Ziggy.
23:29Is he alive?
23:31I'm going to call 911.
23:32Yeah.
23:35What the heck?
23:38Smell it.
23:40Oh, Smell it.
23:41Is that you?
23:41Wait, what did he call you?
23:42Nothing.
23:43He's delirious.
23:44Oh, Smell it.
23:46Smell it, my dude.
23:48Okay, this day just keeps getting better and better.
23:51Look, Z, we have some questions we need to ask you, okay?
23:53I'm sorry, civilian.
23:54You heard the chief?
23:55Go park yourself over there and stay there.
23:59I cannot believe Smell this went full narc.
24:03Tell me about Lexi.
24:04Queen Amine.
24:06What about her?
24:07She died earlier today.
24:09Oh, what?
24:10Oh, that's a trip.
24:12Oh, she's okay?
24:15She's dead.
24:17Okay, where were you between 12 and 1230?
24:20Yeah, I was just taking a stroll down memory lane.
24:23I saw Amber ducked in here.
24:25Why?
24:25Yeah, Amber, Lexi, and Hannah, they suck.
24:29What was Amber doing?
24:31She's going nuts.
24:32She was, like, tearing posters and swearing under her breath.
24:36Interesting.
24:37Right?
24:37Can you remember anything else?
24:39No.
24:40No, I saw Amber, hid out in here.
24:43Place went up.
24:43And then I, uh, I must have dozed off, because next thing I know, they're smellless.
24:49Oh, my God, we're smellless.
24:56Found these in the trash can near the science lab.
24:59That's awful.
25:01I mean, why would anybody do that?
25:03Lexi was, like, the most beautiful soul ever, and, like, I miss her already.
25:07We have a witness who saw you.
25:10Okay, fine.
25:11It was me.
25:12I tore them down.
25:12I was mad.
25:13But only because Lexi hijacked the entire reunion that I planned.
25:16How?
25:17I have been playing this reunion for months, and then she just swoops in last minute,
25:21pays for, like, a few bags of nachos, and then plasters her stupid lip balm posters everywhere,
25:26and then what, she got all the credit?
25:27We thought you two were best friends.
25:29So did I.
25:30And then I saw her and Hannah a few months ago at Babette's Bistro.
25:33Like, together.
25:34And they didn't even invite me, and Babette's has, like, the cutest happy hour ever.
25:38And then this morning, I saw the two of them huddled together in the gym,
25:40and when I tried to join in, Lexi said that it was a private conversation just for her and Hannah.
25:45I mean, like, excuse me.
25:47She could be so fickle.
25:51Oh, but I didn't kill her.
25:53You were the only person on the second floor.
25:55No, I wasn't.
25:56Ziggy doesn't count.
25:57I'm not talking about Ziggy.
26:02Welcome to my old hideout.
26:03I knew you weren't a behind-the-bleachers kind of guy.
26:06There's definitely no making out happening here.
26:08The library was always empty, so I'd always come here to escape.
26:12Hmm.
26:12Ha-ha, see? I knew you'd be back.
26:15I dug this out for you.
26:17Oh, my God.
26:19I can't believe you still have a copy of that.
26:21Justice Begins With Us, an essay by Cole Ellis.
26:25So you haven't changed at all, then?
26:27Actually, the essay's pretty good, but, uh, the story's the real gold.
26:31Tell me everything.
26:32Cole was a senior, and some of the football boys were picking on this scrawny little freshman now.
26:37Cole reported it to the administration, but they didn't do anything.
26:40So Cole, even though he was smaller than all of them, he walked right up to the biggest jock,
26:45and right in the middle of the cafeteria, he broke his nose.
26:48Well, those boys never picked on that kid again.
26:50That's right.
26:51But it also put a huge target on my back, which is why I'd always hide in here.
26:55Oh, that's why they called you Cole the Mole.
26:58Hold up in the library.
27:00Oh, nice scrawny hero.
27:02Okay.
27:04I bet I can guess who the jock was.
27:06You lied about your whereabouts earlier.
27:08You were both seen on the second floor.
27:10We were just talking.
27:12With your tongues?
27:13Fine, it's my fault.
27:14I saw Brock go upstairs, so I went looking for him.
27:19I had a crush since school, but Lexi got to him before I did.
27:22So today, after a few glasses of champagne, I saw my chance and I took it.
27:28Why did you lie to us?
27:29Because he's married.
27:30And my wife would kill me.
27:32So why were you up there?
27:33I went to look at the trophy case.
27:34The MVP title was supposed to be mine.
27:36I just, I wanted to see it again.
27:38Supposed to be yours?
27:39The night before the championship game, Lexi made us dinner.
27:42She knew all about my allergies.
27:44Corn, tomatoes, peanuts, cats.
27:46You name it, I'm allergic to it.
27:49Something in that meal triggered an attack.
27:51She didn't do it on purpose.
27:53No, but it ruined my life.
27:54What, she couldn't remember something that might kill me?
27:56What kind of a girlfriend is that?
27:57But you didn't die.
27:58No, but I couldn't play.
27:59We lost the championship.
28:01That football dream's gone.
28:04And Lexi dumped me.
28:07Please don't tell my wife.
28:08Are you, are you okay there?
28:10Yeah, I don't know what it is.
28:12Something, something must have set me off.
28:16Tell us again about your allergies.
28:19Yeah, I was always rooting for you to solve your brother's case.
28:22I'm so glad you were able to put that to bed and, you know, find some peace.
28:27So was I.
28:27You seem happy.
28:29Yeah, I am.
28:30Good.
28:34Hey, I was looking through these yearbooks for more awkward Cole photos
28:37and I found something interesting.
28:38Okay, well, look, whatever it is, I don't have any secrets left.
28:41Yeah, you might not.
28:43But I think somebody does.
28:48We need to find Max and Lee immediately.
28:56Are you hanging in there, Artie?
28:58Shouldn't be too much longer?
28:59Hey, we got coffee, donuts.
29:02Things could be worse.
29:03Yeah.
29:06Hey, I'm sorry we didn't get to your story, man.
29:08Don't worry.
29:10It's about a dumb thing when I was a kid.
29:12Don't tell me.
29:12I want to hear it.
29:14Well, it's about me and my big brother.
29:18After my first day of high school, he takes me to a convenience store to celebrate.
29:23He says he's going to get me something.
29:25He goes over to a rack, grabs a pack of gum, grins, drops it in my pocket and he walks
29:31away.
29:32And you got caught?
29:34Hmm.
29:34Since I wrote it, I realized I've been taking the rap for this guy ever since.
29:40Is that what landed you in here?
29:41Yeah.
29:44Job of his went south.
29:46I took the heat.
29:48Sounds like he's using you.
29:52He's the only family I got.
29:54Listen up.
29:55Cell Block D will be transferred to a different facility in the morning.
29:59We will move you to another section for the night.
30:02Let's go.
30:03Well.
30:04Looks like I'm being transferred.
30:07Thanks for everything, George.
30:09Yeah, it's been a pleasure.
30:10You know, I have a feeling the best is yet to come.
30:13For both of us.
30:19It's come to my attention that some of my pupils have been caught cheating.
30:24That means you've been called up here because one of you killed Lexi.
30:28Someone here was lying about where they were during what we like to call in our business the murder window.
30:33It's not actually what we call it.
30:35All of you were on the second floor during that critical 30 minutes.
30:39Uh, doesn't that mean we couldn't have killed Lexi?
30:42On the contrary, Ziggy.
30:44It's actually quite the opposite.
30:45One of you went to the science lab, unlocked the cabinet, put on a pair of gloves, and laced a
30:51lip balm with sodium nitrite.
30:53And made sure that Lexi applied it.
30:56And you, Brock, you're the key to solving this whole mystery.
31:00Me?
31:02Look, I swear I didn't do it.
31:04Really?
31:04Why do you keep scratching your face like that?
31:06Look, I can't help it.
31:07I told you.
31:08I have allergies.
31:09Dust mites, grass, lobster, corn.
31:11That's the funny thing about allergic reactions.
31:14Sometimes it's about what you touch.
31:16And sometimes it's about what or who touches you.
31:19Isn't that right, Hannah?
31:22Oh, I don't know what we're talking about.
31:24You thought you were so smart putting on latex gloves.
31:28You thought you wouldn't get any fingerprints on the lip balm.
31:31But you did leave something behind, even more incriminating, on Brock.
31:34When you left the lab, you bumped into Brock.
31:37You knew you had been seen, so you distracted him.
31:40With a kiss.
31:41It was a passionate one, too, wasn't it, Brock?
31:44Yeah, it was pretty hot and heavy.
31:46Like, grab your face and her hands hot and heavy?
31:49Oh, yeah.
31:50Sorry to break it to you, but it was fake.
31:52All a cover-up.
31:53What are you talking about?
31:54Fun fact, latex gloves are dusted with cornstarch powder.
31:59Makes it easy to take the gloves off and on.
32:02And guess who's allergic to all things corn-based?
32:05So when you grabbed Brock's face,
32:07you got some cornstarch residue from your fingers onto his beard.
32:10This is crazy.
32:11Lexi was my bestie.
32:14Do you remember what your yearbook quote was?
32:17No.
32:18Let me refresh your memory.
32:19Bloom softly, burn brightly.
32:22The same as Lexi's lip balm slogan.
32:26Except it wasn't just the slogan.
32:27It was the whole product idea.
32:29A lip balm infused with aromatherapy scents, each one designed to boost your energy, enhance mental clarity, calm your mood.
32:37And today, Lexi's company was just acquired for millions of dollars.
32:40She stole it from you.
32:41Quick patent search turned up your application for a lip balm named Emo Balm.
32:45It also had the same slogan.
32:47Because Lexi also applied and was granted the patent, beating you to it, cheating you out of the product you
32:52created.
32:53She stole your idea, just like she stole your boyfriend, Brock, back in high school.
32:56You're all out of your minds.
32:57Out of everyone here, you're the only one with a chemistry degree.
33:00That doesn't prove anything.
33:02But the glove powder does.
33:03So we're going to bag your hands and get you down to the station.
33:05We've got a sophisticated infrared spectrometer that can detect microscopic cornstarch residue.
33:18Emo Balm was my idea, not Lexi's.
33:20I confronted Lexi about it today and she just laughed.
33:23She told me to get a lawyer.
33:24She knew that I couldn't afford to fight it.
33:26You couldn't let her win, so you killed her.
33:29You're under arrest for the murder of Lexi Chandler.
33:32You know, if it makes you feel any better, it is a killer lip balm.
33:40Kebab burrito combo.
33:43Never again.
33:45All right, it's getting late.
33:47Who's coming in for the next shift?
33:49I don't know.
33:51All right, let me call Lee.
33:52See if you can swap us out for some unis.
33:55What are you doing?
33:57We're not going anywhere.
33:58What's happening?
33:59Did you really think that you were just, you're just going to leave?
34:02You just, without a word?
34:05So that's what this is all about.
34:08Wait a minute.
34:09This wasn't, this wasn't even a real stakeout, was it?
34:11We're just going to slip out the back door like a raccoon at a buffet.
34:15You know, Simmons, when you move, I move.
34:19And I know all your passwords.
34:22That was you?
34:22Yeah.
34:27All right.
34:29I'm leaving the precinct.
34:31I put in for an undercover task force.
34:33We vouched.
34:35I just got clearance.
34:36Different city.
34:37And I'm going to need to lay low for a little while.
34:41How could you do this to me?
34:43I mean, was it Max?
34:45Was it Ellis?
34:45Because I, if I need to beat someone up, you know I got it in me.
34:49I was, I was going to write you a letter.
34:51A letter?
34:54What is this, 1895?
34:56Why don't you send it via carrier pigeon while you're at it?
34:58I'm sorry.
34:59I, I didn't know how to tell you face to face.
35:03I've always been bad with goodbyes, especially with you.
35:06I was hoping you'd be happy for me.
35:07I am happy for you, you stupid idiot.
35:13I can't believe I'm going to walk into work and you're not going to be there anymore.
35:18See, this is exactly why I didn't want to do this.
35:21Then don't go.
35:23Yates, uh, I'm sorry I didn't find a better way to tell you.
35:27You still can.
35:29What, now?
35:30Yeah, now.
35:32And I want it all.
35:35Yates, you were the most dedicated and tenacious and strange.
35:43I mean, you're a very strange detective.
35:45And you're my best friend.
35:48And you're the best partner I've ever had.
35:51Are you better than Ellis?
35:53Yes.
35:54Look, don't you dare tell him that.
35:57Okay, I won't tell him.
35:58I'm not going to tell him.
36:00Come here.
36:07Oh.
36:09Pluto.
36:10Thanks.
36:13Are you crying?
36:14Mind your own damn business.
36:20Not crying.
36:23Just a little something for me.
36:25The piece de resistance, if you will.
36:30God.
36:31Are you kidding me?
36:33I had them made special.
36:34Big heads for the big brain guys.
36:39Yates, and I mean this in the most platonic way possible.
36:45I love you.
36:48Okay, well, you've gone ahead and made it weird, so now we have to leave.
36:51It's true.
36:52Oh.
36:52You know, I'm going to be texting you updates of what I'm eating every day.
36:55Like, I'm going to be do not disturb annoying.
36:57Well, you know, I'm going to be undercover, so it's probably best you don't do that.
37:00Don't text me.
37:01I'll text you.
37:04I love you so much, Simmons.
37:10You thought about your undercover name?
37:13You know, I don't think I get to choose that.
37:14Yeah, you're right.
37:15I'll pick it.
37:16How about, uh, Dirk Thunderpants?
37:18No, wait.
37:19Christoph von Toccolila.
37:21Or maybe Trish Skedaddle.
37:22That's fun.
37:28You know there's no infrared spectrometer cornstarch test, right?
37:32Am I supposed to know?
37:33I never graduated.
37:34Hey, Cole.
37:35Come here for a sec.
37:37I'll just be a moment.
37:38You guys want to wait up?
37:39No, we'll head back to the station.
37:40Okay.
37:40I'll see you later.
37:41Good night.
37:46Jess?
37:46Cole Ellis.
37:47May be my prom date.
37:53What's all this?
37:55I heard about your prom experience.
37:57Did Max tell you?
37:58I'm a journalist.
37:59It's my job to uncover people's embarrassing secrets.
38:02Plus, every single one of your classmates couldn't wait to tell me.
38:06It's definitely a night I'd like to forget.
38:09Which is why I think you deserve a redo.
38:13Can I have this dance?
38:16Come on.
38:17When the cool chick asks you to dance, you gotta do it.
38:22Okay.
38:27I'm sorry that happened to you.
38:29Don't be.
38:30It's okay.
38:31No, it's not okay.
38:33No, I mean, it's okay because if it all ended this moment, it was worth it.
38:39It's good.
38:48That settles it.
38:49High school sucks.
38:50Absolutely.
38:51And I'm kind of glad that we didn't have the typical experience, you know?
38:54Typical is overrated.
38:55Cliques, pep rallies, bad high school slow dances.
38:59Exactly.
39:00And we got the scars and street smarts instead.
39:02A way better conversation starter.
39:04And way fewer embarrassing yearbook photos.
39:07Oh.
39:08I'm saving this for a special occasion.
39:11Don't lose that.
39:13I won't.
39:14I uploaded it to the cloud.
39:15Nice.
39:16Shoot.
39:17I left my jacket in the cafeteria.
39:19You need a ride?
39:20Nope.
39:20I got my car.
39:21Okay.
39:21Good night, Max.
39:22All right.
39:33Cheers.
39:33Cheers.
39:36Cheers.
39:37Cheers.
39:37Cheers.
39:50Hey, Mom.
39:51As usual, your timing is flawless.
39:54Max, you need to get home now.
39:56We have a situation here.
39:58Cheers.
40:06Mom, what's going on? Is everything okay?
40:09What is all this?
40:11I've been thinking.
40:12You mean spiraling?
40:14Well, it's, uh, it's the smartest move. You'll see.
40:19What's in the bags?
40:20Just the essentials. Enough for us all to get settled.
40:24I am settled. I thought we already had this conversation.
40:26I know, but it's the plan. There are too many variables, too many ways for it to go sideways.
40:32We can be out of the country by dawn. Varga won't even know we're gone until it's too late.
40:37And then what? We just keep running? That's exactly what we're trying to stop.
40:41No. We stick to the plan.
40:43I know, but plans change, and this is the new one. We can hide as a family. It is the
40:48smartest move, honey.
40:49And what about Ellis and my friends?
40:51If we leave, then we put them all in danger.
40:53Ellis is more than capable, and the rest can fend for themselves.
40:56It's a calculated risk we have to take, and they are not family.
40:59Maybe not to you, Mom, but to me, they are my family.
41:03And I can't run the risk of losing you again. I won't.
41:06You didn't lose me! You left!
41:09Do you remember the last thing we said to each other before you disappeared?
41:13No. Why does that matter?
41:15We had an argument.
41:16A stupid argument about how I didn't take the chicken out of the freezer before you came home.
41:20You lectured me about responsibility and how I need to put my family first. You just wouldn't let it go.
41:26What does this have to do with anything? Could you just help me get...
41:29I hate you!
41:32That is the last thing I said to you.
41:36I hate you.
41:39And then I stormed off.
41:41And I never saw you again.
41:44For 15 years, I carried that guilt like a stone in my heart.
41:50And you let me live with that.
41:54Oh, Max, honey.
41:58You were just a kid.
42:00Those words that I...
42:02I never thought I...
42:04It was just temper, eh?
42:07Do you know how hard that is for a kid to replay that memory over and over again?
42:13There wasn't a day that went by that I didn't think about the fact that the last words I said
42:18to my mom...
42:19Max, don't.
42:20Don't.
42:22I didn't know.
42:26I'm so sorry.
42:28I'm so sorry.
42:31Can you ever forgive me?
42:40Max, wait.
42:41I...
42:42Please.
42:45No.
42:54No.
43:07No!
43:09No!
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