01x03 - The Dirt Locker

[bunniefuu]

[EMA] Previously on Shelter...

Shira told me about this kid.

[SPOON] Dylan Shakes.

He disappeared right
after his baseball game.

[MICKEY] My dad had the same hat

as Dylan Shakes in this photo.

[SHIRA] They were best friends.

If arresting my nephew
is your twisted way

of trying to get my attention...

[TAYLOR] Don't flatter yourself.

I stopped thinking about
you a long time ago.

Ooh, I'm so sorry.

- Shira?
- Hannah.

Oh, my God.

Kitty will be out in a minute.

I just wanted to speak
with you both for a moment.

Just make sure to take
it easy for a bit, okay?

[KITTY] Mickey!

Mom. I missed you so much.

So we have to assume
whoever att*cked Dr. Kent

is connected to Ashley's disappearance.

Yeah, yeah, and that they believed

the Kents were Ashley's parents too.

[MRS. KENT] The man who
did this to my husband,

he had a tattoo on his face.

A tattoo of what?

[MRS. KENT] An octopus.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

[OCTOFACE] That doesn't belong to you.

Did you say that the guy

that you and Spoon
saw at Bat Lady's house

had a shaved head and sunglasses on?

[EMA] Holy f*ck, is that
guy watching us right now?

Hey, stop! Stop!

Who are you?

Why were you at Bat Lady's house,

and why are you following me?

[SUNGLASSES] You're not
yet ready for those answers.

Bat Lady said my dad is still alive.

- Believe me.
- She shouldn't have said that.

I don't know where my mom
is. She never came home.

♪ ♪

[DOOR SLAMS]

[SPOON] Mickey, you silly goose,

you left your door unlocked.

♪ ♪

[EERIE MUSIC]

♪ ♪

[EXPLOSIONS, g*nf*re]

[TRAIN RATTLING]

[BRAKES SCREECHING]

[DOOR CREAKING]

[DISTANT SHOUTING]

[CHILDREN CHATTERING]

[CHILDREN LAUGHING]

[SOFT MUSIC]

♪ ♪

[KEYBOARD CLACKING]

[BAT LADY] Anything?

Anything about Ashley?

Still looking.

[SIGHS]

You told Mickey he's still alive.

[BAT LADY] I know.

Why?

Come on, there must be
something in here on Ashley.

Just this so far.

Well, we will do what we must.

[SUNGLASSES] But?

But I'm not sure everyone will survive.

[SHIPPEE] We'll reach out

if there are any new developments.

But for now, she just needs some time.

We require no contact
during this period.

[EXHALES] Okay.

All right. Thanks.

[SHIPPEE] You're welcome.

Your mom's been readmitted.

She wasn't ready.

No, she wasn't.

[SIGHS]

Is this why you didn't
want my mom to marry my dad?

The depression?

It's complicated.

I'll get the car.

[TENSE MUSIC]

♪ ♪

[SNIFFLES]

[OCTOFACE] That doesn't belong to you.

♪ ♪

[SOBBING]

Rachel Caldwell.

Mickey Bolitar.

Hmm.

- Charlotte.
- [CHARLOTTE] Here.

[CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS]

- [FRIEDMAN] John.
- [JOHN] Present.

[PHONE DINGS]

[INTRIGUING MUSIC]

♪ ♪

[CHAIR SCRAPES]

[MORRIS] Sit down, Mr.
Taylor. What are you doing?

Hey.

Have you heard anything from Mickey?

No.

He's probably with his mom.

Yeah.

I don't know.

He never reached out
to me after I gave him

my dad's coconut pie,

and I just kind of
thought he would text me...

Seriously?

You went over there?

You shouldn't have interrupted them.

- What is your problem?
- I didn't interrupt them.

Like, there was nobody there.

Well, there was supposed to be.

Well, there wasn't, so...

wait, there was somebody there.

This was kind of scary, actually.

I found this guy.

I mean, he's pretty cute, but also,

doesn't he kind of look like me?

Like, a bit? Like, with a hat?

Did you steal that from their house?

I didn't s...

okay, Mickey would be happy
if he knew that I found...

okay.

- Okay.
- Yeah.

[MORRIS] Back to your
desk, Mr. Spindell.

[SPOON] On it.

[WHITNEY] Are you going
to assembly next period?

[SOFT MUSIC]

Uh, yeah.

I mean, it's mandatory, right?

Like you care.

You mind if I...

♪ ♪

Wow, what's this?

Oh, that's... that's, like, nothing.

Don't be embarrassed. It's so dark.

I f*cking love it.

- Do you have a uDOu?
- No.

- Uh, I mean, no.
- [WHITNEY] Get one.

You should totally post your art there.

[BELL RINGS]

I, uh, gotta... gotta go.

[SNORES]

[ELLEN] Allen, has she gained weight?

I can't tell if her ankles are swollen

or it's just those unfortunate socks.

Ellen, they're ankles.

I think she looks gorgeous.

Not as gorgeous as
her mother, of course.

[SCOFFS] Smooth talker.

Just being romantic.

You're hoping to get some.

I'm hoping to get a lot.

[ELLEN] Hello.

[SNORTS]

Mom?

- Hi, honeybunch.
- Hi, Dad.

[ELLEN] I see you're still snoring.

There's an app for that, you know.

Yeah, it's called the App-nea.

- [ELLEN SNORTS]
- Oh, God. Wow.

Why are you guys here?

We need an invitation to our own home?

I told you we should have called first.

I texted. What's the problem?

Okay, I need some coffee.

Uh... [SCOFFS]

I'm... I'm not in college anymore.

You don't need to stock my fridge.

Oh, honey, these aren't for you.

They're for our party guests.

[LAUGHS] What party?

Our th wedding anniversary.

You forgot, right?

Anyway, we were all
set to go on a cruise.

[ELLEN] To the Bahamas,
from Fort Lauderdale.

Cabin upgrade.

[ALLEN] But with what
happened to Kitty...

It's better this way.

More family time.

It'll be good for Mickey.

And when exactly is this party?

In, uh, five hours.

[SIGHS]

Welcome, Kasselton Camels.

[HOWLS] Yeah.

[CROWD HOWLS] Yeah!

[FRIEDMAN] Thank you all for coming.

Still no sign of Mickey.

I'm sure it's fine.

[FRIEDMAN] ... European history.

And do I have huge news for all of you.

But first, a bit of bad news.

Our beloved drama instructor, Mr. V,

he was called away
on a family emergency,

and, uh, we wish him well.

What's up with all the paparazzi?

[FRIEDMAN] But that
means I'll be in charge

- I don't know.
- ... of the school musical this year.

- How's my hair?
- [FRIEDMAN] Fear not.

I have some experience in this.

Have you ever seen a bird's nest

after a raccoon att*ck?

God, I wish.

Curtain Call is a nonprofit for the arts

that chooses a celebrity to sponsor

one high school musical a year.

[SPOON] Ema, Ema, Ema, Ema...

[FRIEDMAN] Our celebrity sponsor needs

no introduction, kids.

May I present to you

the one and only Angelica Wyatt.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

[UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING]

♪ ♪

Ooh!

Can you, like, f*cking chill, please?

Not even a little bit.

Angelica Wyatt's my favorite actor ever.

Bar none. I mean, she has an EGOT.

She has an Emmy. She has a Grammy.

- She has an Oscar...
- I really don't care, Spoon.

Have you ever seen Flipping for Love?

I wished for a dolphin
Hanukkahs in a row.

That's nights of wishing.

[CLEARING THROAT] You're hot!

[BOTH LAUGH]

Art.

Art for art's sake.

[SIGHS]

It makes life so much more interesting,

so much more manageable.

And the truth is,

the medium is not what's important.

The important thing is
getting out there and doing.

Doing things you like.

Doing things that scare
the sh*t out of you.

- [CROWD GASPING]
- Oh. Oops, sorry.

- Can I say sh*t?
- [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

- [LAUGHING]
- Oh, she's bad, dude.

[ANGELICA SIGHS]

All right, let's get to the
reason I'm here, shall we?

This year's musical is...

Phantom of the Opera.

[WILD CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

Ema, I'm gonna audition,

and I'm gonna get the Phantom,

and then she's gonna pull

a truthful performance from out of me,

and then we're gonna
get really, really close,

and we're gonna bond

and we're gonna start going on walks

and she'll invite me over for dinner,

and then we're gonna
enter an open marriage,

- and it's gonna be beautiful.
- Whoa, that's foul, Spoon.

- You should stop.
- Just grow up, Ema.

It takes a very brave and bold spirit

to truly inhabit the role of Phantom.

[STUDENT] Buck! Buck!

[CROWD CHANTING] Buck! Buck!

Come on. Hey.

[CROWD CHANTING] Buck! Buck! Buck! Buck!

Buck! Buck! Buck!
Buck! Buck! Buck! Buck!

- [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
- Buck! Buck! Buck!

I'm gonna destroy his world.

[ANGELICA] I so look forward

to starting this process with you today.

We're going to go on a journey together,

and we're going to
create something magical.

[DISTANT CHEERING]

And now she's...

she's been readmitted.

[SNIFFLING]

Mickey, I'm really sorry.

Really. I second that.

Truly.

We need to focus on finding Ashley.

You guys said you had something new?

Let's show him.

Mickey, I'm so sorry.

I stole this from you.

Not that thing, Spoon.

The Ashley thing.

- Oh, yes.
- What is this?

It's okay. Don't worry about it.

[INTRIGUING MUSIC]

♪ ♪

What is this place?

This, my gorgeous, gorgeous girls,

is the Spindell Spot.

A secret to most,

a haven for the lucky few.

Okay.

It's also an abandoned boiler room

that hasn't been used since,
like, the s or something.

[VOICES ECHOING]

What's that sound?

[SPOON] Oh, teachers.

- What?
- [SPOON] Yeah.

So you know how old pipes carry sound?

This pipe runs straight to the
sink in the teachers' lounge.

I hear the craziest stuff.

These teachers are very,
very complicated people.

Also, they really, really hate us.

How did you find this place?

My dad's head janitor here, remember?

He lets me use the
space for my MILF Club.

- [MICKEY] What?
- What the f*ck is that?

Musicals I Love Foundation.

Who's in this MILF Club?

Well, there's me...

Just show him the thing, Spoon.

[SPOON] Yes.

♪ ♪

What is all of this?

Dylan Shakes.

The little boy that they're
holding the memorial for.

Yeah, okay.

So ever since we talked
about him a few days ago,

my brain just developed
this deep, uh, itch.

Dylan Shakes, missing
kid from Kasselton.

Ashley Kent, missing kid from Kasselton.

They're connected?

[SPOON] Dylan Shakes goes missing

after his little league game in .

[MICKEY] Don't people
say his dad k*lled him?

Yeah, the police considered
him their number one suspect,

but there was never
really enough evidence

to actually go through with an arrest.

- Where's his dad now?
- Nobody knows.

He left Kasselton right after.

Okay, well, it's definitely weird

that two kids from the
same town went missing.

What does one have to do with the other?

Well, that's the kicker.

Dylan Shakes goes
missing on September th.

The same day Ashley went missing.

Yeah, years earlier.

But okay, what do we think that means?

That Dylan's dad took Ashley?

Potentially, a stretch, right?

But potentially could be.

I think we should be
looking for connections

- between Dylan and Ashley.
- [MICKEY] But how?

There's nothing about Ashley online.

No social media, anything.
It's like she doesn't exist.

We forgot to look in
the most obvious place.

Where is that?

Her locker.

And it's completely empty.

Yeah, the school must
have cleared it out

after Ashley... withdrew.

Yeah, I guess.

Guys.

This sh*t tracks her
every move all day long.

If we could get all the security footage

the day Ashley disappeared,

we might be able to reconstruct her day.

And maybe we can see
what happened to her.

[MICKEY] Well, how do
we get that footage?

Yeah, it would definitely
be... really hard

to download every second
of every surveillance camera

the day Ashley disappeared.

Okay.

So I downloaded every second

from every surveillance camera
on the day Ashley disappeared.

- How'd you pull that off?
- You're serious.

I suspected Bailey Barrios
of faking her limp last year

to get out of gym class, so I...

hacked into the security
system for proof.

She has arthritis, you assh*le.

Yeah, I didn't say I was right, did I?

I don't know what the
f*ck's wrong with him.

Guys, okay, it's gonna take us days

to go through that kind of footage.

We should take turns.

[SPOON] I can take the first shift.

I've trained my teachers not
to expect regular attendance.

You?

I learn when I want to learn, Mickey.

If it's cool with you,
I don't mind going first.

[LIGHT POP MUSIC]

♪ ♪

[SCHOOL BELL RINGS]

[SINGER] ♪ Started the conversation ♪

♪ With you in my head... ♪

I'm really nervous, Mickey.

[IN SPANISH] Are you nervous?

[IN ENGLISH] Hey, hey, you'll be okay.

Mickey, that's easy for
you to say, show-off.

I mean, you speak fluent Spanish.

- [MICKEY] Okay.
- When I try to speak Spanish,

all the words get jumbled in my head.

Hey, listen, you're overthinking it.

Spanish is like poetry.

It's meant to be consumed in your heart,

absorbed in your bones.

Did you just say
"absorbed in your bones"?

- Yeah.
- [TEACHER] OK, Spanish speakers.

- [ASHLEY] Okay.
- [BOTH LAUGH]

Let's see your version of
an impassioned conversation.

Ashley, Mickey, you're up.

Hey! Stop!

This is my parking spot!

No, sir. This par...

This one is the mine.

No, I don't think you understand.

This has been my parking
spot for many years.

[STAMMERING]

[WHISPERING INDISTINCTLY]

Prove it to me or I will park here!

Well, my name is on the sign.

- [LAUGHTER]
- Oh, yeah!

Oh, yeah.

Your name is on the sign.
So I will let you park here.

Yes, thank you.

[APPLAUSE]

♪ ♪

- Hey.
- You okay?

[MICKEY] Yeah. Yeah, I'm fine.

What time is it?

It's : . It's my turn.

Oh, sh*t, I gotta go.

- Uh, where?
- Home.

Rachel and I are doing a
history project together,

and I'm late, so bye.

Bye.

[SCOFFS]

Can't keep Cheer Princess waiting.

That's for sure.

[UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING]

♪ ♪

[ELLEN] There he is.

My handsome boy.

[MICKEY] Grandma!

[ELLEN] Give your grandma smooches.

I'll settle for some hugs, kiddo.

Aye!

I can't believe I get
to see you guys here.

[ALLEN] Did you get tall? He
got taller, a foot at least.

[ELLEN] He got more
handsome, that's for sure.

Although I'm not surprised.

What I am surprised about

is why you would let a
pretty girl like Rachel

wait so long for you.

I'm sorry about that.

It's cool. It's cool. You
were busy with smooches.

[LAUGHTER]

You must be famished.

I'll make you a schmear with lox.

Oh, Grandma, don't worry about it.

We gotta go downstairs
and do a history project.

Oh, they have homework, Ellen.

Dad, stop. Seriously.

Actual homework, Pops.

Mm-hmm.

What's the project on?

It's on a little girl named Lizzy Sobek.

Lizzy... Lizzy Sobek?

- [RACHEL] Yeah.
- You've heard of her?

[ALLEN] Absolutely, we have.

She rescued kids on
a train to Auschwitz.

Most people never heard of her.

Some think she didn't exist,
that she's an urban legend,

but she's a hero to us.

Very inspirational.

[RACHEL] Wow.

Well, we hope to do right by her.

I don't doubt it.

Dad, let them go work.

All right. All right.

Keep that door open, you two.

Pops.

[LAUGHS]

It's okay.

You don't have to worry.

[♪ MR LITTLE JEANS: "FORGETTER"]

♪ ♪

[SINGER] ♪ Slow my
heart to half the speed ♪

♪ Until I'm barely ♪

♪ Breathing ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Leave me for the wolves ♪

♪ To drag me through the ditches ♪

♪ Bleeding ♪

[TENSE MUSIC]

Ashley.

♪ ♪

Oh, sh*t.

[SHIRA] We're doing fine, Dad.

- Just relax and have fun.
- [DOOR SLAMS]

- [INDISTINCT CHATTER]
- [ELLEN] Surprise.

[CHUCKLES]

Hey, Shira.

Hi... hey, guys.

I actually ran into your
dad at the supermarket,

and he told your mom,
and your mom called us,

and here we are, so...

Just like old times.

Hey.

[HANNAH] Hey, Rachel.

- You look so nice.
- Oh, thanks.

I've haven't seen you at
the house lately, Rachel.

Cheerleading taking
up a lot of your time?

- Dad.
- [TAYLOR] What?

Um, something like that.

I actually have a lot of homework to do,

so I gotta go, but it
was so nice to see you.

I'll see ya.

Hey, what's your deal?

You're not responding to my texts.

You don't show up to school today.

I'm just really busy.

Yeah, you're not too busy for Bolitar.

We're doing a history project together,

one of the many stressful things

- I have going on right now.
- Hey, hey, hey. Come here.

Do you ever think that maybe
I could have something...

Come here.

If you're stressed, just tell me, okay?

I can help.

Okay?

Plus,

I've got this magic stress stick.

Makes it all go away.

You always know how to ruin it.

- It's so f*cked up, honestly.
- [TROY] Baby, come on.

I can't believe I could even talk...

[TROY] I was joking.

[RACHEL SCREAMS]

[GRUNTS]

Get the f*ck away from me!

[SCOFFS] What the f*ck, Rachel?

[RACHEL] I'm sorry. I
didn't mean to do that.

I...

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

[INTENSE MUSIC]

♪ ♪

Stop right there!

[RACHEL GRUNTS]

Get the f*ck away from me!

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

[ALLEN] So I turned to your grandmother

and said, "Where's Brad?"

As soon as the bus
drove off, we realized

your father never got off.

He was only six.

[ALLEN] But Shira had
memorized the bus number.

.

[ALLEN] Took us two hours
to track your father down.

When we found him,

he'd become best
friends with the driver.

Passengers shared food with him.

That's the kind of kid he was.

Magnetic.

Didn't you have, like, a thing

back in high school with my dad?

Hey, hold up there, Troy.

Oh, it's okay, Ken.

Yes.

In fact, we were a thing.

And you were friends with my mom?

Best friends.

Is that weird now,

that your ex-boyfriend is now
married to your best friend?

Come on, son. It's ancient history now.

I left town after graduation,
so all bets were off.

[ELLEN] And it all
turned out for the best.

Hannah and Ken have a
wonderful life together,

amazing children.

[CHUCKLES] What's your point, Mom?

[ELLEN] No point.

Life reflects choices.

You, for example,

have a successful law career in Seattle.

Hmm, which is Mom code

for a failed marriage
and a dormant womb.

Well, it's not my fault

if your uterus has an expiration date.

[SHIRA] I don't care. I don't want kids.

I never have, and I'm okay with that.

But clearly, you aren't.

Well, it's just that...

[SIGHS]

... now you have no parenting skills

when you need them the most.

[LAUGHS]

Okay, whatever you say.

[♪ HOLLY HUMBERSTONE: "SLEEP TIGHT"]

♪ ♪

[SINGER] ♪ Sleep tight,
I'm on my way back ♪

♪ And feeling kind of sad... ♪

[HANNAH] I knew I'd find you up here.

[SIGHS] Here we are again.

Feels like we're back in high school.

- Oh, God.
- [LAUGHING]

Okay, back to the roof.

Welcome.

[SIGHS]

You gonna share that?

Ask and you shall receive.

[LAUGHS]

Your mom's in rare form.

The only form she knows.

You gonna be okay?

Yeah, I'm fine.

It's just, is she saying that
because I've never given birth,

I don't have any maternal instincts?

- She can just f*ck right off.
- [BOTH LAUGH]

Of course you do. You know you do.

I just don't know why I
let her get to me still.

She is your mom.

You know, you're genetically programmed

to let her get under your skin.

I see it with Troy right now.

Oh, my God, my voice is like
nails on a chalkboard to him.

[LAUGHS] Ditto, with Mickey.

Sorry I was so weird at
the station the other night.

- I was...
- Don't be.

I don't know what I was thinking.

No, don't be.

You are allowed some well-placed anger.

My -year-old self was a selfish sh*t.

I own it.

Well, what if we start fresh, you know?

Just forget all the other stuff.

That'd be great.

Even though you did steal my man.

Oh, do you want him back?

[LAUGHS]

- Please.
- I don't.

I don't, actually. I don't. Here.

I could have something arranged.

- Oh, God.
- [LAUGHS]

So when I found the
footage of Ashley crying,

I followed her backward.

Oh, to find out why.

[EMA] But the problem is,
once Ashley goes outside,

I completely lose her.

How many cameras are covering
the door she came through?

Two.

Let's each take one.

Deal.

[ALLEN] El...

[ELLEN] This is not
the right time, Allen.

[ALLEN] It's never the right time,

but here we are.

Our son's gone. We
have to talk about it.

Don't you think I know that?

I don't know what you know
because you don't tell me!

That's how I survive.

That's how I get myself
out of bed every morning.

[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]

That's how I keep myself
from screaming with fury

because our son was taken away from us!

[MICKEY] Dad?

Dad, you're washing
blood off your hands.

What happened?

[BRAD SIGHS] Nothing.

- Where's Mom?
- [BRAD] She's fine.

We're gonna meet her in a few hours.

So I gotta pack up camp?

Hey, Mickey? Hey.

We don't have time to
pack. We need to go now.

Dad, you're freaking me out.

Come here. Come here.

Listen to me.

Your mom and I do
important work, all right?

We help people who
cannot help themselves,

but doing the right thing
doesn't make you immune

to the bad that's in this world.

And my job is to watch for
it, to stay in front of it,

and when that fails, my
job is to protect my family.

All right?

And that's what I'm doing right now,

so you and I, we gotta go.

We gotta go.

[MICKEY] I miss him too.

But he wouldn't want you guys to fight.

Mickey.

♪ ♪

It's just hard being
back at the old house.

We see your dad's face in every room.

Seeing you here makes it better.

[ALLEN] It's awful down here, right?

Drafty in the winter.
Hot as hell in the summer.

Your dad and Myron loved it down here.

They got along so well, those two.

We were lucky. They
never fought, right, El?

Never.

Now, your Aunt Shira...

[ALLEN] Yes, okay, Shira
could be a pain in the tuchus,

but nothing made your dad happier

than rebounding baskets
for his big sister.

Your aunt and uncle and
dad lived on our driveway.

sh**ting hoops, hour after hour.

Hey, we heard you might
not try out for the team.

[ELLEN] Allen, don't push him.

Who's pushing?

I'm just asking my grandson a question.

Uh...

I don't know.

I just don't really
want to play anymore.

[BREATHES DEEPLY]

I get it.

It's up to you.

My grandfather had an expression.

"When the father gives
to the son, both laugh.

When the son gives to
the father, both cry."

Sounds better in Yiddish.

[LAUGHTER]

[TENSE MUSIC]

Hey, I think I found something.

♪ ♪

Here, top corner.

What the actual f*ck?

Ensnared in a viper's pit of pom-poms.

b*tches.

♪ ♪

Wait, where'd she go?

Is there a camera that
covers this side of the field?

[SPOON] No, I think that's a blind spot.

Let's just keep looking.

Hey, you... you want to
play a little game of horse?

Nah, I'm good.

[SHIRA] What, too scared to lose to me?

I get it. It's fine.

No, I just... I just don't
want to hear you whine

when I mop the floor with you.

- Ooh.
- [BOTH LAUGH]

Uh, Grandma told me it got

pretty intense down there.

You want to talk about it?

[MICKEY] Nah, not really.

[SHIRA] Mm-hmm.

By the way, you were right.

I... I didn't think

your mom was the best
match for your dad.

Why not?

Well, because out of nowhere,

here comes this famous tennis prodigy

and just sweeps my little brother

off of his feet, and he starts
changing all of his life's plans.

I mean, the two of them together...

It was a lot.

Yeah, intense.

[SHIRA LAUGHS]

Come on, please tell me

that you are going to try
out for the basketball team.

Wasn't planning on it.

Will you at least go

to the basketball pancake
breakfast thing with me?

Pancake breakfast?

Yeah, it's an orientation.

It's a lot of carbs,
very little commitment.

I think you're...

I know your dad would want this for you.

When a son gives to his father...

- What?
- Yeah.

Just something Pops told me.

Hmm. [CHUCKLES]

[PHONE DINGS]

[MYSTERIOUS MUSIC]

♪ ♪

Go on. Go be with your friends.

That way, you don't have to lose to me.

- Oh, yeah. Sure. Dream on.
- [LAUGHS]

- [MICKEY] See ya.
- See ya.

Watch this.

Okay, so this footage is from : a.m.

on the morning after Ashley disappeared.

Okay.

[OMINOUS MUSIC]

♪ ♪

The locker was already empty.

Except the William the
Hippo magnet on the door.

Is that Octoface?

♪ ♪

Where are you going?

To get answers from Bat Lady.

Okay, let's do it.

[MICKEY] No, I'm going alone.

[♪ KING HANNAH: "ALL BEING FINE"]

♪ ♪

[SINGER] ♪ When I was a kid... ♪

- Hey.
- [HANNAH] Hi.

Your mom really knows
how to throw a rager.

Yeah, if only she knew
how to clean up after one.

Did you forget something?

Uh, yeah, I did.

[SINGER] ♪ I was around ten ♪

♪ ♪

♪ We saw a nurse... ♪

[HANNAH] Welcome home.

[SINGER] ♪ Multiple times ♪

♪ ♪

♪ She said, "You'll grow out of it ♪

♪ In no time ♪

♪ ♪

[THUNDERCLAP]

[OMINOUS MUSIC]

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

[DOOR CLANGS]

♪ ♪

[DOOR CLANGS]

♪ ♪

[DOOR CREAKING]

[FIRE CRACKLING]

Took you long enough.

- [SPOON] Here's the thing.
- [EMA SIGHS]

It's not like I haven't
been working on my voice.

I have been working on my voice,

and I know that I f*cked
the auditions last year

and then the year before that,

but that was during my second puberty,

and that was a complicated
time for my voice.

And it was a hard time
for me emotionally...

I think we should have gone with Mickey.

He made it pretty clear
he didn't want us to come.

Yeah, well, no offense, but
you two are pretty stupid

about sensing danger, so...

Fair.

But you do see what's happening, right?

Not to, like, hit the
nail directly on the head,

but he's projecting, right?

He couldn't save his dad,

and then he couldn't save his mom...

So he's gotta save Ashley.

Yeah.

That's really deep, Spoon.

I am a plethora of surprises.

You are a plethora of something.

- So what's next?
- [SPOON] Okay.

So we know that somebody else must have

cleared out Ashley's locker
before Sunglasses Man, right?

- Yep. On it.
- [SPOON] Kay.

You got balls, kid.

But your shadow game needs work.

Well, so does yours.

[SUNGLASSES] Excuse me?

I just saw surveillance footage

of you breaking into
Ashley Kent's locker.

Pretty sloppy.

Well, you're here, aren't you?

Listen, I know you and Bat Lady had

something to do with
Ashley's disappearance.

[BAT LADY] Oh, you know that, do you?

[MYSTERIOUS MUSIC]

You're gonna tell me
where Ashley is right now.

I was hoping that you could tell me.

Me? That's why I'm here.

I have no idea.

Is that the only reason, Mickey?

Your father.

Your father, he's not dead.

He's very much alive.

You said my dad is still alive.

Is he?

Mickey...

♪ ♪

... can you see in the darkness?

I don't understand.

[BAT LADY] Terrible things
happen to people every day.

And if they survive, some people

push those horrible
memories from their mind,

while others tell their stories

but soften the horror with each telling

because that's how the mind copes.

Self-deception.

It takes strength to
live in the darkness,

to remember that darkness
exactly how it was.

Not everyone can.

Question is, can you, Mickey?

I am ready.

He's not ready.

I am.

I imagined your Mrs.
Friedman has taught you

about little Lizzy Sobek?

Yes.

What did you learn?

She rescued children

from a train heading to Auschwitz.

And did dear Mrs.
Friedman tell you the part

about the magical butterflies?

Magical butterflies? I...

The butterflies that led those
children to Lizzy and safety.

They became a crucial
part of Lizzy's story

in subsequent tellings because, Mickey,

the truth was unbearable.

I know.

I was there.

There were butterflies,

but not the butterflies
like people like to imagine.

They did lead some to safety,

but most were not so lucky.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

[CHILDREN SCREAMING]

♪ ♪

- [g*n COCKS]
- [GASPS]

- [g*nsh*t]
- [SCREAMS]

[g*nf*re]

♪ ♪

In the end,

only of the children escaped.

You're Lizzy Sobek.

Why that train, and
what does this have to do

with Ashley or my father?

The man who ex*cuted those children

was called the Butcher of Lodz.

I chose that train because he was on it.

Why?

Because he slaughtered my father.

We have something in common, you and I:

fathers that d*ed in front of our eyes.

♪ ♪

Here is the monster who m*rder*d mine.

♪ ♪

[MICKEY] That's impossible.

No.

No!

This can't be.

[EMA] I found someone.

[INTRIGUING MUSIC]

♪ ♪

So they clearly knew

the combination to Ashley's locker.

[EMA] Is that Ashley?

I can't see who it is.

It seems like they're trying
to hide from the camera.

Maybe use a different angle.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

♪ ♪

That's Rachel Caldwell.

Holy f*ck.

Mickey is gonna sh*t.

[MYSTERIOUS MUSIC]

♪ ♪

[BRAD] Your mom and I,
we do important work.

We help people who
cannot help themselves.

But even if you do the right thing,

it doesn't make you immune

to the bad that's in this world.

It's always there,

and my job is to watch for it.

[LION ROARS]