November ,
What are everyone's plans
for the weekend?
Ariel?
Um, I'm going to the mall with
Brandi and Tiffany,
and then they're having dinner at my house.
We're going shopping for
an outfit for the dance.
They're gonna be like the same,
but we each get a different color.
Mine's gonna be strapless.
Great.
Rita, what are you doing
this weekend?
Me and my mum are probably
getting an iguana.
But they're like really big
when they're fully matured,
so we'll maybe build
their own habitat.
That's terrific, Rita.
Caitlin Gater, white female, .
Park ranger found her
a few hours ago.
In the water?
Yeah, took us a spell to get her up.
People notice this ain't the
best place to swim in laps?
Name like Devil's Pool
kinda says it all.
Chestnut Hill kids come here
and dive.
Local tradition.
The trick is you gotta jump far
into the left to miss the rocks.
That's how rich kids get a thrill, huh?
Well, our girl went straight down
to the rocks, never got back up.
Drowned?
With a little help.
Bruises go around the back.
He held her head in the water?
That's not the only reason
I dragged you out in the cold though.
It's all right, our pleasure.
What's with the marks?
Magic marker, it looks like.
In , a little girl was found
under water here.
Broken neck,
same marks all over her body.
And years later to the day
this girl's k*lled.
Big deal case, we worked it to death,
but nothing stuck and it went cold.
Think this is a copy cat?
Detail about the marks were
never released to the press.
So, we're looking at the same doer.
Good chance.
Guy lays low years.
Why come back now?
He got something to say.
Can I get that for you?
No, Scotty.
You sit.
They did their due diligence
first time around, eh?
They had any ideas
on these marks?
First detectives wondered
whether they're ritualistic
but they couldn't
find any pattern to them.
It didn't match anything
FBI had on file.
Seventh grader
at Chestnut Collegiate.
Pricey prep school.
Yeah, but Rita was
a scholarship kid.
Well, she and her mum and
the other half was in Chestnut Hill.
Mother's an art teacher
at community college,
tucks her daughter in at pm.
Next morning, she's two miles
from her house.
Blunt force trauma from
hitting the rocks.
Could've snuck out out
to meet someone.
Or someone snatched her,
brought her there.
We got any leads on who
k*lled this new victim?
We do now.
Gil Sherman's bringing in a guy,
caught speeding toward New Jersey
with a car full of
Caitlin Gater's clothes.
He gave himself up when we
flashed the lights.
He confessed?
For an hour straight.
Guy's parents are here.
I hear they want to see him.
That's them.
Detective Rush and Valens.
Jason Beaudry.
My wife Holly.
This is a mistake.
Neil is a schizophrenic and
he's very confused right now.
We know this is a bad time
but I need to ask.
Did you or your son know
a girl named Rita Baxter?
She was the girl who d*ed
at Devil's Pool years ago.
No, we didn't know her.
Are you trying to pin something
else on him now?
She went to school in your
neck of the woods.
We remember the story.
It was tragic,
but that's the only time I'd
ever heard her name.
This is wrong.
You're taking advantage
of a sick person.
What's he on?
Clozaril.
If you bring it in,
we can get that to him.
He might be here a while.
Neil, it's Detective Rush.
She's got some questions for you.
He ain't in a good way.
He's seeing things.
Neil, why did you go to
Devil's Pool yesterday?
Um, I, uh,
I go every year on th of November.
Why that day?
- You know a girl named Rita Baxter?
- Everything's the same there.
It's always dead.
So you go there every year?
This year, you k*lled the girl.
Why?
If I touch things, they'll die.
Did you put the marks on
this girl's body?
It was my first time.
You k*lled this girl just
like you k*lled Rita, Neil?
No, no.
Rita has the same marks on her body.
No, I k*lled this girl, but not Rita.
Sit down.
He's got a pace.
They do that.
Why did you go to the Devil's Pool
every year the same day Rita d*ed?
You're going away anyway, Neil.
- You got nothing to lose.
- No, I'm sorry.
If we give him his meds,
it'll be easier.
Rita had a thing for cats, huh?
Muse of choice and she was prolific.
I could paper the walls
in felines and costumes.
I said, you're ,
what about boys?
So../ We came across someone.
Neil Beaudry.
Big sh*t Chestnut Hill family,
father's an importer.
Oh, I know that name.
Brandi Beaudry.
She was in Rita's year,
Chestnut Collegiate.
That's Neil's kid sister.
- What'd the boy do?
- He's a m*rder suspect.
A girl d*ed at Devil's Pool,
have the same marks on her.
Rita went to school with
his sister since she was .
I'm sure he knows who she was.
Parents said he didn't.
All those people weren't around
enough to have any idea
who your kids knew.
And while they are busy jetting
off spending their bags of money,
their daughter was tormenting Rita.
She goes off to the water
and with her mind,
she calls the dolphins.
They swim and they have
a friendship even without like words.
That sounds great.
It's by the same writer
as a wrinkle in time.
Um, I don't know feel so well.
All of a sudden?
- What's wrong?
- Please, mom.
Could we go home?
Hey, there's Ariel.
- Mom, we're not friends anymore.
- Why not?
She's friends with Brandi now.
- Brandi doesn't like me.
- Well, then Brandi's an idiot.
Brandi's mean.
She always says, what are
you looking at?
At one time, she took my jacket and
said it was from the Sears
and gave it to the janitor,
but I took it back.
Rita, listen to me.
Everyone who's ever been anything
in the history of time has been
a loser in junior high.
In years from now,
you're gonna be in college
and you are gonna be the coolest
girl around.
Because you're smart and you're
different and you're wacky.
And that's what's important in
this world.
Not what those idiot girls think of you.
Girls that age, it's...
It's like the Serengeti.
k*ll or be k*lled.
I fought with my sister
everytime I tried to change
the channel from the Hardy Boys,
she'd shriek like a banshee.
Why Rita?
Why'd he pick her?
It's not for sure yet.
That family, they just couldn't
let Rita be.
How you feeling?
The medication makes me,
um, under water.
But a little clearer, right?
Okay.
Rita Baxter.
Your sister had a thing for
picking on her.
You remember?
Yeah.
Do you ever see her?
Sometimes.
When you do,
see these markings?
On her skin all over.
Black pen.
You put those on her?
No.
But you put a mark on Caitlin.
Why?
To make her like Rita.
And you wanted to hurt her
like you hurt Rita?
No,
I wasn't poisoned back then.
- Maybe without meaning it.
- No.
Okay, Neil.
You don't understand.
Go ahead.
It was my first time.
Okay, Neil.
You, it's over.
So, now you've gone to first base.
You can go.
We're done with you.
Neil, come back and visit later.
Not.
So how was it specifically?
Warm.
Now, Rita's getting hot.
When was that?
The night she d*ed.
You're sure?
My sister had her over
for a sleepover.
So, did you do something to Rita
later that night?
It wasn't me.
I k*lled that other girl, but not Rita.
Well, who did?
It was the house.
It's an evil house.
Neil, the wack job can
say what he wants.
I know he's our guy.
Parents were out that night,
he was in charge.
- That's opportunity.
- And motive?
He's a wack job.
Whether Neil's telling the truth or not,
we still got the three girls
who never spoke up about being
with Rita that night.
years, biggest case in
Chestnut Hill and they clam up?
That's shady.
Brandi Beaudry, Ariel Shuman,
Tiffany O'Connell.
Those were the girls the mother
remembers hassling Rita.
k*ll her over a game of Barbie,
hit her with a dream Corvette?
We went to the school the
first time around.
How'd the girls get overlooked?
Three most popular girls in school
having a sleepover with Rita?
Violates a social order.
Especially Buffy, Muffy, and
the Trixie ain't talking.
Sounds like it's time
to introduce yourselves
to the divas of the Chestnut Collegiate.
Those are wrinkles.
Do you see what I'm saying?
I said creases.
Brandi Beaudry?
Yeah, I'm Brandi.
Detective Valens and Rush.
Homicide.
If this is about my brother,
I'd be by his side right now
if I didn't have this party to plan.
So, no.
I'm not gonna help you put
him away.
We ain't here about Caitlin Gater.
What then?
Why didn't you ever tell anyone
Rita Baxter was at your house
the night she d*ed?
I don't know what
you're talking about.
Brandi, a girl was m*rder*d.
years go by and
you never say anything?
You realize how that makes you look.
She came by, okay?
But she left in the middle of the night.
I don't know anything
about how she d*ed.
So, why keep the sleepover a secret?
We were afraid.
We thought we'd be blamed
just because we'd been with her.
I'm sorry.
Seriously.
But we were .
So, what's your excuse now?
Seriously.
- Girls club code of silence?
- Not at all.
I haven't talked to Ariel orTiffany
in like a million years.
Is that an exact figure?
High school, maybe.
Let's start with this, Brandi.
How's a girl like Rita wind up
at a sleepover at your house?
We invited her because we thought
it would be funny to mess with her.
We're brats.
Who came up with this great plan?
It was Ariel's idea.
Hi, Rita.
You could say hi back.
Hi.
Brandi thinks you're cool and
she wants to hang out with you.
I have to go home.
Rita, this is a chance of a lifetime.
It is way better being with them
than being a nerd and gifted.
Hey, Rita.
Cute snickers.
So, my parents are in the Bahamas
and we're having
a sleepover tonight.
I want you to come but you can't
tell your mom because well,
I don't really have permission.
Ariel, is this a trick?
No, she for real wants you there.
I do, too.
I could sneak out
after my mom goes to bed.
She came over at like
and like two hours later,
we hid her glasses from her.
She freaked out and left.
Who knows what happened
after that.
I mean, she d*ed, obviously.
But you don't know
anything about that?
If I did, I would tell you.
I'm glad you know.
I was wrong not to speak up.
It was your idea though.
To invite Rita to party and razz her.
At the time, I thought I was giving her
the keys to the kingdom,
getting her to Brandi
Beaudry's house.
How's that?
She was the most popular
girl in school.
Rita and I, not so popular.
But when Rita got to the sleepover,
you laid in to her like you planned.
Not like I planned.
I mean, I had no idea.
I was JV.
Those two are varsity b*tches.
Boys don't think you're anything
if you're fat.
Here. See?
Gross.
Yeah.
Look at her butt.
Ariel, it's your turn
to pick a spot on Rita.
Right here.
Back fat.
You have a fat back like your mom.
She's really ugly, no offense.
I don't wanna do this anymore.
Tiffany, way to go.
Now she's pissed.
So?
Did you know there's a rumor
that your mom's a slut?
Everybody's saying it.
Explains the marks.
Sick, right?
So what happened after the fat fest?
Rita ran out, didn't come back.
Anyone go after her?
- None of us.
- How about Neil?
I didn't see that.
I guess it's possible.
I thought Brandi was the ringleader.
Why was Tiffany so nasty?
Tiffany's dad and Rita's mom
had a thing going.
And Tiffany knew about it?
But Rita didn't and
Tiffany didn't let on.
Maybe she was just waiting
for the right moment.
Why would she sneak out?
And to be with those awful girls.
Popularity stuff?
I did have an affair with him.
We thought we were discrete.
I didn't think that Tiffany knew.
Think Tiffany was capable of v*olence?
I never really got to know her.
After Rita, well,
married men lose interest in a woman
who can't get out of bed in the morning.
You hear what Tiffany's
doing these days?
I only know she was kicked out
of Collegiate in th grade.
Drinking problem.
She was the apple of her dad's eye
before then.
Drinking, that young?
Sounds like something threw
Trixie for a loop.
Detective Valens, Philadelphia PD.
Crap.
Well, we know you had it in for Rita.
Her mom having that affair
with your dad.
You ride her hard enough,
she leaves the sleepover.
Then what?
Then nothing.
Follow her into the woods.
Get rid of her at Devil's Pool.
You're way off, sorry.
Now, here's a rich girl from
Chestnut Hill
wind up on house arrest
on Mount Airy after multiple DUI's?
How?
Tequila.
Something went wrong, Tiffany.
- Real wrong.
- That's your opinion.
To me, I'm glad I got out
of Chestnut Hill. / Yeah?
Do me one favor.
Is that bitch Brandi still a bitch?
I knew it.
What a bitch.
I hated Rita
and her slut mom about
as much as I hated my jackass dad.
But I didn't have it in me to k*ll her.
No?
Not like they did.
Why does Sporto
like the ugly girl?
Claire's much prettier.
It would suck to have red hair.
Rita thinks the nerd is cute.
No, I don't.
Give me your glasses.
Why? / Cuz I wanna see them.
Eww, you're blind.
You have weird eyes
in real life, no offense.
Can I have them back, please.
No.
My parents.
Hide.
Hide!
Hi, there.
What's your name, hun?
Rita Baxter.
Where's your brother?
- Asleep.
- Will you get him up?
Why?
Holly.
Will you run the bath upstairs?
Sure.
How many people did my daughter
have over tonight, Rita?
Wall.
How many girls were here?
Um.. just one.
Just me.
So you're a liar too, Rita.
Brandi, you wanna tell your friend
what we do to liars in this house?
The Beaudry's said that they were
out of town that night.
And you believed them,
cuz they didn't look the type.
What type's that?
The lying and b*ating their kids type.
Think they woulda hurt Rita?
I got out of there after that.
But you know things are bad
when the biggest bitch in school
looks like she's gonna
piss in her Calvin's.
Someone's been telling you lies.
Yeah, you.
Rita was at your house
the night she d*ed.
Didn't you think that was
worth mentioning to the cops?
It's my daughter, isn't it?
You talked to her.
Well, keep in mind.
She's a drug addict and a liar.
Brandi wasn't supposed to have
friends over unsupervised.
So who got in trouble,
Brandi or the friend?
I'm sorry if we scared the Baxter girl.
But we didn't touch her.
Our children needed special attention.
Sometimes, yes.
We were physical with them.
And other times,
you were on vacation.
We were afraid of her.
When they're really little,
you can't tell the difference.
Biting, kicking.
And she's older?
And it's nothing normal kids stuff.
What's that?
We had a cat.
The nanny came in
and found her wrapping it up in a towel.
Brandi said it drowned but
what's the cat doing in a full bath tub.
Right.
She was capable of things
no parent wants to think about.
Like k*lling Rita?
I have a meeting in minutes
and this takes .
A wash-and-go is gonna
have to do it today.
I can't have my whole life
thrown over this.
Your parents think you k*lled Rita.
My parents are freaks.
- You gotta stop lying, Brandi.
- What?
Your mom and dad came home
that night, discovered the sleepover.
You said they were in the Bahamas.
They were always somewhere.
Maybe I got confused.
We know they were violent with you
and Neil when you were kids.
But they said they had to be
because you
were disturbed, hurt things.
If they're talking about
that stupid cat..
Hurting animals means
something, Brandi.
I was an angry kid.
Guess why?
Tell me about them coming home
that night.
They didn't like when
I had friends over.
Mom.
I told them all to go home.
It's too late, Brandi.
You lied.
Dad, it's not her fault.
I was in charge.
Dad, no.
No, no.
Neil, honey, please.
This is important.
Dad!
Dad!
Hold.
Done.
She was supposed to go home.
I don't know why she came back.
And then my mom saw her.
Neil and I were sent to our rooms.
And in the morning, she was dead.
Thank you.
I know that was hard.
No,
I said it a million times in my head.
Parents were right about the dr*gs.
Brandi was picked up for forging up
prescription back in July.
Charges were dropped.
Dilaudid.
Synthetic morphine.
That's heavy self medicating.
And she's the healthy kid.
Not the way her parents tell it.
Brandi thinks her parents k*lled Rita
to keep the abuse secret.
And they're saying
she's the violent one.
Happy home.
Maybe I'll go talk to Neil.
They moved him to
Western Psychiatric.
You'll go see Elisa
while you're there?
Nah, it's not the right time.
I know what your parents made you
to do to your sister.
The dunkin'.
Yeah.
That's what you did to Caitlin, right?
You held her down.
I didn't want to hurt her.
Then what happened? / I uh...
I go every year cuz I miss Rita.
And this time I thought I saw her.
But it was Caitlin Gater.
I thought she was Rita.
I don't know why.
And you put those marks on this girl
like Rita's to kinda recreate her?
But this girl didn't care about me.
She was afraid and screamed.
I guess I needed her to be quiet and
we were at the water,
so I held her down
for too long.
Well, Rita was pushed not held down.
I didn't do that to Rita.
She was kind.
I wouldn't hurt her.
What about your parents that night?
They never left their room
after we were punished.
And Brandi?
She was violent, right?
It was not her fault.
What happened after Rita saw you
in the bathroom?
She tried to save us.
I saw what your parents were doing.
It's wrong.
You should tell another adult.
We could go right now
and tell my mom.
She could help us.
It's not right.
You're not bad.
- We could go.
- What are you talking about?
Get out of my room.
You don't have to be embarrassed.
It happens to other kids too.
Brandi.
Nothing is happening.
Get out of my room, loser.
Get out.
I can help you.
We can go to my mom.
I don't need your help.
You're a loser.
You are dead.
Close the door.
Why are you guys still here?
We can't go home.
It's two in the morning.
Your parents didn't see us.
We snuck up.
Are you guys in a fight?
I hate her and I want her to die.
She needs to die.
Right?
Right.
Right.
What then, Neil?
They kicked me out
and I left her in there
with all of them.
We know one of you k*lled Rita.
The two of you who didn't
should save yourselves.
You got something to tell.
I'm getting a cup of coffee
and I'll be back.
It's better than a reunion, right.
Yeah, I bet they're wishing
we had an open bar.
You've sure changed.
Are they serious?
This doesn't even seem real.
Well, it's not me, clearly.
Oh, clearly?
- One of you said something.
- There's nothing to tell.
Ariel's pretty insistent.
It was you, wasn't it?
You'd love to see me go down.
I think they can hear us.
Middle school's over.
I'm not hung up about you anymore.
Tiffany's got something.
- Are you threatening her?
- It's okay.
I mean, look at her.
She's just sad.
Guess what, bitch.
Time to buy a diary. Cuz I'm not
keeping your secrets anymore.
Shut up.
- Don't tell me what to do.
- Tiffany, sit down.
Ah, they're good and ready now.
I'll pull Tiffany.
Those two your best pals, huh?
Brandi and Ariel.
Friggin' time warp in there.
Haven't changed much?
Shows you what crap taste you have
in friends when you're .
You're different though.
Ain't buying in to the games.
I'm the only sane one of the three,
not perfect though.
Whatever you did,
bet it wasn't as bad as them.
They get their perfect lives. Me,
I'm innocent and I get wrecked.
That's cause I'm the one
who saw her face.
Well?
We could poison her.
Or hang her. I learned knots
at sailing.
I think I better go home.
Guard the door.
She'll get out.
This is lame.
When can we do ouija board?
After we k*ll her.
Blood sisters.
Right.
Eww.
You have to.
It's a pact.
Ok, you're crazy.
This is seriously the worst sleepover
I've ever been to in my entire life.
You can't leave.
- Brandi wants to make a pact.
- Ariel, get over it.
Rita, come on. / No.
She's ours.
Whatever.
I wasn't gonna go home.
But?
I went downstairs
and I met the love of my young life
on adult's liquor cabinet.
I drank whatever was open.
And right before I passed out,
I thought,
I gotta start hanging out
with boys instead.
This is k*lling me.
Brandi's jonesing.
Time for her afternoon dose.
Why's she looking for it
in Ariel's purse?
You need a doctor to get Dilaudid.
Ariel's a doctor.
Yeah.
She could lose her license
for prescribing to addicts.
Why is she doing it?
Old time's sake.
Think Brandi may have
a specific old time in mind.
You look like you could
use some fresh air.
Yeah.
Junkies generally don't like
these windowless rooms.
What do you want?
- Ariel's your supplier, isn't she?
- What?
Well, that connection dries up
right here and now.
You tell me what you got on her,
you can go home and gobble up
the rest of what she gave you.
That's crazy.
What are you Brandi, loyal?
You're a survivor.
You take what you need from people
then lose them when
they're not useful anymore.
And I'm telling you,
Ariel's tabbed out.
What do you wanna know?
What happened to Rita after Tiffany
left her with you two?
I got bored, said good night.
Tiffany can't say anything.
She'll be in a bigger trouble as us.
I don't care.
It's over. / What?
I think you should go home
with that loser.
Me?
No, why?
I wanna stay.
Because we're not friends anymore.
No offense but I thought you were cool.
You're not.
You two are better off as friends.
I don't wanna be her friend.
I wanna be your friend.
You're the one who brought her here
and she ruined the sleepover.
I want you two losers to leave
my house. / But..
Get out.
Don't sit with us at lunch anymore.
A minute later when
I looked out the window,
they were cutting through
the back yard heading to the woods.
I could hear Ariel crying from
all the way up from my room.
It's just a lunch table.
Talk about crazy.
What are you looking at?
Nothing.
What'd you think would happen
when you got caught?
Sorry?
You tell the hospital's a mistake?
You had no idea
Brandi Beaudry was an addict.
She just told you she was in pain.
She is in pain.
Her life...
You can't imagine.
How long she been making
you do things for her?
It's just a favor that got mixed up.
It was blackmail, Ariel.
Always has been.
Because she knows what you did.
No.
Do you hate me?
It doesn't matter what I think of you.
She was just a little kid.
But I was just a little kid too.
- I didn't know.
- You didn't know what?
I didn't know you'd live through it.
My life is over.
We'll be home soon.
I don't want to go home.
So what if she thinks we're losers?
We'll be losers through Junior High.
I don't care.
My mom says
everybody who's ever been
anything in the world was a loser.
I care.
Just because you don't
why do I have to suffer?
In years, we'll be in college
and my mom said we'll be cool.
I can't wait for college.
years?
My god.
Brandi's gonna hate me for years.
So what if those idiot girls
don't like you?
That's not what matters in this world.
It's better to be smart
and different like us.
No.
I don't want to be like us.
But Ariel, in college
we'll be considered cool.
And...
maybe before that we could
be best friends to each other,
if you want.
No.