03x05 - Public Appeal

[bunniefuu]

Hey. Hey.

What are you doing out here?

How come we never
come out here, you know?

We have this beautiful common space,

and people treat it like crap.

There's trash everywhere.

It's... It's sad.

Yeah.

Why do you have my uke?

- [UKULELE STRUMS]
- No, Dory, please don't.

I don't...
I really don't want to be cheered up

right now, okay?

I just... want to be sad.

♪ You and me ♪

♪ We're on trial for m*rder ♪

[STRUMMING CONTINUES]

♪ Life just doesn't get ♪

♪ Any absurder ♪

♪ They are dying to send us to jail ♪

♪ At least in there ♪

♪ We'll get proposed to by mail ♪

[CHUCKLES]

[LAUGHS]

♪ The press, they seem to like ♪

♪ me and you ♪

♪ And this is the ballad of ♪

♪ Dory and Drew ♪

[CHUCKLES]

TV HOST: Um... Bonnie and Clyde, much?

Hey, what happened to the good ol' days

where America's K*llers
didn't need to release

a whole album about what they did?

- [LAUGHTER]
- So, guys, what should we do?

Send 'em to heaven,
or make 'em burn in hell?

AUDIENCE: Burn in hell!

Yeah, that's what I thought.

[LAUGHTER]

♪♪

♪ Obedear, the sky is low ♪

[SIGHS]

Okay.

Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.

Oh, hey, hey, hey.

Stop that! Stop that!

I'm sorry, but there was a
curl that was out of place,

And I want you to
look like a million bucks.

'Cause these people are key
to rehabbing your image.

They're only here for two days,

- So it's important that...
- Yes.

...they agree to our
conditions at this meeting.

I understand, Cassidy, but, please,

just take it down a notch, okay?

I know how to handle these people.

ELMIRA: ♪ Dory! ♪

- Hi, Mom.
- Ah.

[SMOOCHING]

- Hi, Baba.
- Habibti... are you okay?

Yes, I'm okay. I'm fine.

- Good to see you.
- Uh, Mom, Dad, This is Cassidy.

- She's my... my lawyer.
- Ah.

Oh, it's an honor to meet you both.

Hello.

I hope you guys likes this restaurant.

It's all shared plates,
and it's getting rave reviews.

I just thought you'd
want to try something

You probably can't get in Albuquerque.

MILAD: Um, Dory, I...
I was shocked to found out

what happened to you
from my dental hygienist.

She's smug enough as it is,
but I would've expected

a... a text, at the bare minimum.

I'm sorry about that.

I just... [INHALES DEEPLY]

I didn't want to worry you guys.

I understand, my love.

Don't listen to your father.

It's just that he hasn't
been able to sleep,

But anything you need, you let us know.

Yeah.

Well, actually, there is something

that I would really
appreciate your help with.

Okay.

There's been some...
pretty negative press about me,

and, um... it's very important to,
um...

to, um, humanize me,

and to, you know,
kind of create an empathetic narrative

to the public.

Okay.

So, are you familiar with
the television program

"American Hour"?

Of course.

[CHUCKLES] Mm-hmm, well, they've been

chomping at the bit for an exclusive.

So, what I think the goal is,

it would be for us to sit down,
together, on camera

and just kind of be ourselves, you know?

Be the warm and connected
family that we are.

No, no, no. No.

[CHUCKLES]

I'm not comfortable with that, no.

I-I'm not comfortable with
being in front of a camera.

I've gained weight!

Dory... I'm feeling taken advantage of.

I know that this is a lot to ask.

But we don't really have a choice.

They're coming to my apartment,

and they are going to interview us.

Dory.

[VOICE BREAKING]

I'm just scared that...
if you guys aren't

a part of this,
and I am convicted for m*rder...

...then you guys are gonna
blame yourselves... forever.

Maybe we should find the waiter.

[INDISTINCT TALKING]

LANEY:
Would you like to buy a Christ cookie?

- [SIREN WAILS IN DISTANCE]
- [SIGHS DEEPLY]

Hi. [CHUCKLES]

I made these and
brought these for you guys.

Thank you so much.

That's so sweet of you.

I'm sorry, what is your name again?

That's so rude of me.

Laney!

This is Portia.

She's the famous person
in our congregation.

Oh, I'm not famous, at least compared

to other people that I know.

So, are you just, like,
dropping these off or something?

Well, I was thinking I could, maybe,

Help you guys out and
maybe make friends.

Oh, my gosh! Of course, of course!

Come sit! Sit down! Sit down!

Oh, my goodness.

Oh, my gosh!

These cookies, the...
The icing work... Are you a pro?

Oh, my gosh. That's so sweet!

What are your names again?

- I'm Laney.
- Um, and I'm Peter,

and this over here,
this is Scotty, But he's actually,

um... he's taken a
vow of silence this week

to honor anyone who's suffering.

Oh, my gosh.

Scotty, that's amazing.

Thank you guys so much
for hanging out with me.

I have been kind of lonely lately,
And so it just really

means a lot.

Are you kidding?

It's an honor to hang out with you!

I mean, everything that you've overcome,

It's so inspiring, and to choose God,

I mean, it's just...

It's so clear that
you're on the right path.

Oh!

You're the one with the bad friends.

Yeah, that's me.

Well, you are in luck,
because we are here for you,

and we are so much fun!

[SQUEALS]

[LAUGHTER]

Yay.

So [CLICKS TONGUE] the thing to remember

is that no matter what
question she throws your way,

You are always in
control of the narrative.

It's called "pivoting."

It's a little technique.

So, Dory, ask me anything.

Like, totally random, like,
top-of-your-head stuff.

Okay, um... Do you think that, uh...
public pools should

be chlorinated?

[CHUCKLES]

Thank you so much for
that excellent question.

And, you know, public
pools are a touchstone

of family recreation, and, you know,

my family really values
spending time together outside.

I did not k*ll that man!

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

Yeah, okay, uh, well, who could that be?

Hi. Can I help you?

Hi. I know this is,
like, crazy, but, uh...

I slipped into the building, and, um...

I don't know you,
but I brought you something.

Do you want it?

[CHUCKLING]

Okay, um... What is it?

Oh, my God, I'm so weird.

I-I'm Gillian.
I made you these stuffed shells.

I know it's weird, but I did it anyway.

Okay, wow!

Thank you so much.

This is... This is so sweet.

Can I get a picture
of you with the shells?

Uh, yeah.

Okay, yeah. That's...

- [SMOOCHES]
- [CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS]

Okay. Wow.

[SIGHS]

- Thank you.
- Thank you so much for this.

- This is so, so nice.
- And don't... don't worry.

I-I didn't, like, poison it or anything.

And... And I don't think you're guilty.

So... So good luck on the trial,

and... and I hope we can
travel together someday.

Yeah, yeah, me, too.

Err... Thank you so much.

CASSIDY: You see?

Women get scrutinized.

Men get pastas.

[CHUCKLES]

That was so weird.

Just so we're all on the same page here,

my client informs me that
you don't have any photos.

Is that correct?

Yes, yes. That is very correct.

I-I don't have them.

I lost my phone.

Right.

You lost your phone.

That's the way it's gonna be,
we are prepared

to offer you $ , to
ensure your phone stays lost.

Look, a-all I know is,
is that it got turned off

somewhere in the Hudson River,

and I don't know how
or why it got there.

So even if I did accept the
money you're offering me,

someone else could still find my phone

and leak what's on there.

Fine, $ , ,
and that's as high as we'll go.

Okay, look. Look, look. Look.

This... [CLEARS THROAT]

This is a new phone, okay?

It's got, like, three photos in it.

Why would I get a new
phone if I had my old one?

Look, here's what we're gonna do.

You are going to sign this NDA.

At the exact same
moment, I'm going to slide

this briefcase, full of
unmarked bills totaling $ , ,

over to you.

You will then leave the city.

Sign here.

I'm... I'm very afraid of
what's gonna happen to me.

It's a shame how this all went down.

I was a little bit in love with you.

[EXHALES SHARPLY]

Yep.

I'm sorry if I led you on.

♪♪

[LAUGHS]

Let me just start by
saying, Marc and I are

over the moon to be here
with the Patrick and Ashley.

Sweetie,
we are the ones who should be excited.

Yeah,
a digital print model and a star witness

in a distinguished m*rder trial?

This is exactly the kind of
work we want to be doing.

Oh, my God, is that our style board? No!

Indeed it is!

[GASPS] Why don't we
just dive right into it.

Oh, my God!

I know, isn't it great?

Okay, well, I'd like to start things off

by just floating a theme out there.

Oh, my God, a theme, how fun.

Attention. You love attention, right?

Uh... yeah, I think it's safe to say

- Marc and I love attention.
- [BOTH LAUGH]

Extravagance.

Desperation.

Indulgence.

Plethora.

Attention. Attention.

I love it! Marc, do you love it?

- I mean... I really need to lie down.
- Oh, God, oh...

I'm... I'm just too happy.

Can someone get him
some juice or something?

Oh, no, sweetie, we only have grenadine.

- Oh, that's perfect.
- Okay.

[GASPING] It's all so tasteful.

I know. I know, sweetie.

Yep. Okay, so, um...
I pulled a few questions

from past interviews
Diana's done for practice,

so, you know, guys, listen.

Just answer from your heart.

If you trip over some words,
don't worry about it!

Can we get on with it, please?

[CLEARS THROAT]

So, it's been quite the
tumultuous few weeks.

How have you all
weathered this as a family?

Well, it's been really rough,
but, as always,

I'm lucky to have my family to rely on.

That was perfect.

Okay, Drew, um...
do you have anything you want to add?

No, no, I thought that that was perfect.

Awesome, yeah.

Thanks for being here.

Okay!

So, next question.

Do you consider yourselves
to be a close family?

Like, do you have any,
um, family traditions?

Well, uh... No, we don't.

Plus,
I don't consider us particularly close.

Okay.

So, let's pause.

Um, Mom, the answer
to that question is yes.

You're a close family,
and you can't believe

your innocent girl is in
this horrible situation.

'Kay?

Would you rather, uh...
Have stinky feet for a year...

[GAGS]

...or...
or only be able to taste sour things?

- Ew!
- [LAUGHTER]

- So gross!
- That is really hard!

Um, okay, uh... Argh... sour?

No, no, no! Um, stinky.

No, no, sour.

Okay, too hard!

- I'm gonna have to pass again.
- Oh, okay.

Well, I'd do sour. I like sour.

- Okay, yeah.
- Okay.

Uh, Portia, it's your turn.

Okay, would you rather be forced

to have sex with a
kangaroo on a game show,

or have your throat
cut out with a dull saw

by your own clone?

Oh, no.

Portia Davenport, who's the liar...
You or your friends?

I'm sorry.

I-I'm not answering
any questions right now.

I'm just selling cookies.

Are you really Christian now,
or is this just

a desperate attempt to save face?

Listen,
if you're not gonna donate to our cause,

You can leave.

I have a right to ask
her whatever I want.

No, actually you don't.

We're getting out of
here, sweetie, okay?

- Portia, what happened to...
- Our friend is a good person!

You can leave her alone!

Portia!

What... Oh, my God!

Paul! That's my husband's camera.

Mmm, okay.

That's the one.

- That's incredible.
- Yum yum!

Excellent choice.

Top tier sensibility. Mm-hmm.

Okay, so after reviewing some
of today's broad strokes,

I think it's important to talk price

- before we move forward.
- Of course.

Yeah, so, between the
venue, the decorum,

two dinners per guest,
and the lap of luxury package,

I'd say that puts
you at... $ . million.

f*ck you.

- Pardon?
- What's up?

- What'd you say to me?
- That really was abrupt.

What did you say to me?

- I said "$ . million."
- And I said "f*ck you."

Okay, well... [EXHALES]

- [CHUCKLES]
- ...here's the problem.

That's a lot of money, but we also want

- all of those things, so...
- Oh. Yeah. Huh.

Do you think maybe your
parents would help... pay for this?

Marc, they of course want to help out,

but not for that much, Jesus.

Oh, okay, well it's
hard to tell what is...

- Just drop it.
- ...too much for a rich person.

Look. Can we all just be
men here for a minute?

I mean, let's please be men.

I think we all want
this to be an extremely

expensive wedding.

- Yeah.
- Yeah.

And I understand that
makes price an issue.

So I have to ask you a question.

How do you feel about
featuring a few sponsors

at this wedding?

- Well, it depends on the companies, right?
- Right.

We've been on the phone
with some of the most

important products
in American history...

- [CHUCKLES]
- ...and it seems like a lot of them are

real excited about erasing
their legacies of h*m*

by getting on board with this wedding.

Okay, work, work.

- I love that.
- Okay.

And they could potentially fund close

to the entire ceremony.

- [GASPS]
- Surprise.

- So you f*cking now, huh?
- [LAUGHTER]

- Okay, I'm like, yeah.
- We're doing that.

- It's a yes.
- Cool.

Good.

And that just leads
me to my last question,

which, I apologize if
this is a-a sensitive topic,

but, uh, are you planning on inviting

Your friend Dory Sief or not or yeah?

Ugh.

Yeah?

If we could announce her
as a high-profile guest,

It could attract a lot more attention,

which is the theme of your wedding.

- Of course she'll come...
- All right.

...but with all due respect to PR,
we want our wedding

to be about us.

It just makes more of a statement

if all of the K*llers are there.

They're not K*llers!

- Everybody is just jealous.
- Okay.

- Calm down, Marc.
- Well... We'll make sure she's there.

Fabulous.

Great.

Oops, sorry. Don't mind me.

Hey, um... you guys need help?

Those things look heavy.

Drew, you're just in the way.

Why don't... Why don't you go hide out

in the bedroom?

But I want to watch.

I like having Drew here.

He has a calming presence...
like a house cat.

Fine.

Okay, Mom, remember,
Cassidy said to make sure

that when I'm talking

you guys nod along to make it look like

we're all on the same page, right?

Okay, Dory, you're making me nervous.

And, Dad, you're gonna
tell the science fair story,

you have to explain that the teacher

was the other kid's parent, right?

Otherwise it just sounds
like I was being mean.

I heard you the first time.

Thank you.

And just, generally,
try not to embarrass me.

Or yourselves, okay?

We're the ones who
should be embarrassed.

Dad, I didn't fly you out here
so you could just insult...

I'm not going to do this.

You know, your mother and I...
we have done nothing

But be the best parents that we can be,

And I'll never understand
why you just push us away.

Your secrecy is abusive!

There's no secrets!

I left because you guys
are so painfully sad,

and I told myself I would
never turn into you,

because the idea of
living in Albuquerque

and raving about the shrimp cocktails

from the mall's bar
and grill, literally,

makes my skin crawl.

It's my greatest nightmare.

That's why I don't call you.

Fine.

That's fair. You want a better life.

So did I. But I never pretended

that the life I was
given never happened.

CASSIDY: Okay, guys.

I hope we're not fighting,
'cause Diana Fontaine is here.

And just so you know,
your mother doesn't protest

when other people say
that you k*lled someone!

Milad!

Hello, hello!

Hello.

I'm Dory. It's so nice to meet you.

I'm such a big fan. We all are.

Nice to meet you all, as well.

ELMIRA: Oh, thank you. Nice to meet you.

- Hello.
- Hello.

All right.

So, let's get to it.

[DORY SIGHS]

[CLEARS THROAT]

Okay, we good?

Yeah, we're good.

All right. Sound speeding.

WOMAN: Speeding.

Roll camera.

MAN: Rolling.

Everyone settle...

And three... two... ♪♪

DIANA FONTAINE:
When you look at this face,

what do you see?

A beautiful young woman?

The daughter of immigrants?

The product of the American dream?

Or do you see something more sinister?

♪♪

A manipulative, cold-blooded m*rder*r?

Tonight on "American Hour",

a look into the
private life of Dory Sief,

a scandalous figure
whose peculiar behavior

has garnered national obsession.

My entire life changed in one second.

Three months ago, I
was just a normal girl

Trying to figure out
what to do with her life.

And now I'm trying to figure
out how to fight for my life.

We speak with Dory and
those who know her best...

Her parents, Elmira and Milad,
Iraqi immigrants

who gave up everything
to start a new life

in a country they'd
never before visited.

DIANA FONTAINE: The Butcher of Brooklyn.

The Devil in the Red Dress.

Psychotic Freckled Freak.

The Clown-Haired k*ller.

When you see these names in print...

I have to ask...
As her parents, does that describe

your daughter?

No, absolutely not.

Our daughter is many things.

She is an artist, she is a scholar,

she is a very brave - young woman,
But a k*ller,

she is not.

Dory, what is it like to
sit here with your family

and hear me recite these names?

- [SCOFFS]
- It's not easy.

It's not easy being
universally despised.

But my family has been with
me through the process, %.

I wish I could carry
this burden for her.

I feel so powerless.

I wish it were me.

How did we get here?

How did this happen?

Diana, I ask myself
that question every day.

I can't help but ask myself,
How can this happen

to an innocent person?

You know,
there is so much fear in this world.

Has this brought you -
closer together as a family?

We've always been very close.

I mean, I can tell them anything.

And she does.

Sometimes a little bit more
than we'd like to hear.

[LAUGHTER]

Keith Powell...
the man you are accused of murdering,

Also has a family,
and they believe you're guilty.

What would you say to them
if they were here right now?

What happened to Keith was horrible,

and I can't imagine the pain
that his family has to bear,

but I forgive them for
placing the blame on me.

It makes sense.

If everybody else is, why wouldn't they?

What is the one message you
would like the world to hear

in light of these confusing,
traumatic events?

I want the world to know
how proud I am... of Dory

and who she has become.

[VOICE BREAKING]

And that I am here for you.

Me, too. Absolutely. Me, too.

She is our daughter. And we love her.

Mm. [SOBBING]

It's okay.

Aww, It's okay. It's okay.

Shh, shh, shh.

♪ I keep on running ♪

♪♪

♪ Keep on running ♪

♪♪

♪ Keep on running ♪

♪ I keep on running ♪