01x06 - Chapter Six

[bunniefuu]

- Oh, good morning, George.

I've never seen you looking

better.

- Wait till I turn around.

How do I look now?

- Well

you look better

than you looked before.

- Well, I'm surprised,

because before you really saw

my best side.

- Oh.

- Hasn't the boss

a great sense of humor?

- Just the greatest.

- [snoring lightly]

- Very funny, Ronnie.

- George, look

at how wonderful you look.

- Holy sh*t.

What the f*ck

are you doing here?

- I'm being framed

by the same person

who blackmailed you

Joyce's old assistant.

- How did you get in here?

- He's planning to release

footage to Deadline

of Joyce saying you r*ped her.

- Get the f*ck out of my house.

- Please.

He's trying to destroy you

destroy the studio.

- You know how many times

little twats like him

have tried to destroy me?

My lawyer's will crush him.

- I need you to protect me.

Tell Joyce I didn't do

anything wrong.

- Why would I do that?

- Maybe I could do something

for you.

- Oh, God.

You and Joyce

the two of you are cut

from the same cloth.

[dramatic music]

f*cking me

was how she came to be.

- You r*ped her.

- She r*ped me.

- You're disgusting!

Don't talk about her like that.

- I can't be all

that disgusting.

You just offered

to suck my c*ck.

♪

So suck it

and get the f*ck out of here

before I call the cops.

♪

What do you think you're going

to do with that, little girl?

- And you might give me

a substantial

[thunder booms]

♪

- [choking]

♪

[ominous music]

♪

[dark, solemn music]

♪

[indistinct chatter]

[phone vibrating]

♪

- You have any idea?

- You were f*cking her.

What do you think?

- Hey.

I never touched her.

- Just need to get through

this next week,

handle the media onslaught.

- I'll take care of it.

- Can you tell when was

the last time you saw her?

- Yesterday at the office.

- You obviously stand

to gain a lot

from Mr. Isaacson's death.

You ever talk with her

about that?

- Absolutely not.

- What was her relationship

with Mr. Isaacson?

- I have no idea.

- An assistant going

the extra mile?

- We ask a lot

of our staff here.

m*rder's not on the list.

- Were you two close?

- From what I understand,

the girl had emotional issues

predating her time at Fountain.

- We're gonna need access

to your staff.

- Of course.

How far along are you?

- Almost six months.

You?

- Three and a half.

- You didn't answer my question.

- I'm sorry?

- Were you and Ms. Simms close?

♪

[siren wailing]

♪

- Promise?

♪

- [breathing deeply]

♪

[seagulls crying]

[soft music]

♪

- Beachcomber found it.

♪

He likes to go out after a

storm, see what washes ashore.

- What about the girl?

- Ah, nothing yet.

With those tides,

her body is probably halfway

to Mexico.

- You think she's dead?

- You know how many drownings

we have out here?

And that's on sunny, calm days.

She would've been f*cking nuts

to go out in that storm

last night.

- She's k*lled two people.

I think we've established that.

[music darkens]

♪

- The search continues

for 22-year-old Lou Simms,

suspected of murdering

Fountain Picture's

Redmond Isaacson.

both: Presumed dead,

Simms also goes

by the name April Mace.

- Isaacson was brutally m*rder*d

in his Holmby Hills estate

in April.

- The suspect is considered

armed and dangerous.

[voices overlapping]

♪

[I Break Horses' "Death Engine"]

♪

- I texted Emilie to get us

options for the premiere

Thursday night.

What do you want to wear?

- You choose.

♪

I want to f*ck tonight.

- And you walk so slowly ♪

- [chuckles]

- You think that's funny?

- I think that's cute.

- I wasn't going for cute.

- Really?

♪

- Really.

- Mm.

- You're a slow

death engine ♪

Running on a suicide ♪

♪

[moaning]

[gasping]

- [grunts]

- [gasping]

♪

[dark music]

♪

- I see you.

[unsettling music]

♪

[phone vibrating]

- Hey, what's up?

- Print looks great.

Meredith's really happy.

- [chuckles] that's a first.

- You nervous?

- Never.

Hey, Marty.

[sighs] Thank you

for standing by me

all these years.

I really appreciate

your loyalty.

- Yeah, of course.

I'll see you soon.

- All right, see you later.

♪

[sighs]

♪

- [chuckles]

Ready?

♪

- Ready.

♪

[soft music]

♪

[camera shutters

clicking, instinct chatter]

♪

[indistinct chatter]

[camera shutters clicking]

[dark music]

♪

- Hello, everybody.

This is Mrs. Norman Maine.

[sweeping music]

♪

[cheers and applause]

[suspenseful music]

♪

- Is that her?

♪

That should be you down there.

♪

[dog whimpers]

- Hey.

- Hi. You want to go outside?

Huh? Good boy, come here.

Somebody's got to go pee.

I'll be right back, baby.

- Okay, honey.

[sighs]

- You look so beautiful

pregnant.

[ominous music]

♪

- What are you doing here?

- Well, I had

to be there tonight.

♪

The movie

it was everything

we hoped it'd be.

- How'd you get into my house?

- Oh, I've been here before.

Miles wasn't very discreet

about the hidden key.

Don't worry.

I wouldn't let him touch me.

I may be the only girl in town

with that distinction.

♪

Sit, sit, sit.

You shouldn't be standing

in your condition.

- Please, please.

Okay.

♪

What do you want from me, Lou?

♪

- I guess I'm confused.

♪

I need clarity.

I did everything for you.

♪

Hooked up with Meredith

so you could get your books,

gave you the only thing

you wanted more than anything,

eliminated the man

who r*ped you

the only one left

who could take it all away.

♪

And you repay me

by getting rid of me?

Walking around with that piece

of sh*t on your arm

at our movie premiere?

- Listen to me.

- Saying in the press

that you didn't know me?

♪

Didn't

know me?

- Listen to me.

- I did everything

for you.

♪

[door opens]

Speak of the devil.

Oh, hey, little man.

♪

Hi, Miles.

- Did you let her in?

- No.

- Get the f*ck out of our house.

- Last time I was here

you wanted me to come.

♪

And I love how you say

"our house"

like your shitty art paid

for any of this.

- f*ck you.

I'm calling the police.

- You really want the mother

of your child

spending the rest

of her life in jail?

[line trilling]

I wonder if the baby

will look more like me

or Miles.

Let's hope for her sake, me.

- Please tell me you didn't.

♪

- When were you gonna

tell him, Joyce?

- No, no, no, no, no.

What the f*ck, huh?

- I couldn't do it

with a stranger.

- So you did it with her?

- Please, you wouldn't have

been my first choice either.

- Are are are you stupid?

Are you f*cking insane?

What the f*ck is wrong with you?

- Is that how you talk

to someone you supposedly love?

- Oh, shut the f*ck up.

You know nothing about

♪

- About love?

♪

I know about love.

- Lou, put the g*n down.

- I came here for her.

[suspenseful music]

- Lou, put the g*n down.

- For us.

- Yeah, you think

she f*cking loves you?

- Put the g*n down.

- She doesn't care about you.

- Stop talking!

- She doesn't care about me.

She doesn't f*cking love you.

- Stop talking.

- She used you.

- Listen to me.

Stop!

- That's what she did.

- Stop it!

- She got exactly

what she wanted.

She has no use for either

one of us anymore.

- Lou, listen to me.

He's not worth it.

Put the g*n down.

♪

- You masturbate

with your right hand, yes?

- [groaning] f*ck!

[groans]

- Don't you f*ck up her floors!

- It's over, you crazy b*tch.

- It's over when I f*cking say

it's over!

- Lou!

- Miles.

Miles, baby.

- I just wanted you to love me.

Everyone I love leaves me.

Don't leave me.

- I told you this place

would destroy you

if you didn't get out.

[dramatic music]

♪

Get out while you still can.

♪

- We'll always be together.

- Why are you letting me go?

- Because I see you, April.

♪

[door slides open]

♪

- [panting]

♪

If you want a happy ending

♪

That depends, of course,

on where you stop your story.

[mountain lion snarls]

♪

[breathing shakily]

But maybe it's not

about the happy ending.

♪

Maybe it's just about the story.

There are stories of love

inspiring success

Over the most insurmountable

of odds

- We're gonna move

to Hollywood one day.

- Promise?

- Promise.

♪

- Empowering stories

where we live happily ever after

and love never dies.

♪

This

is not one of those stories.