02x03 - The Drunk Slut

[bunniefuu]

[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]

["BREAKING FREE" PLAYING]

[CLAY] I'm still waiting for Hannah Baker.

[MAN] Who?

[CLAY] Skye Miller. I'm
here for Skye Miller.

She's still in recovery. They'll
move her up here in a few hours.

That's what the other nurse said
every hour for the past seven hours.

Kid, go home. Come back in the morning.

Will she be okay? Look,
I just need to know.

Go home. Come back.

♪ Cause you're always there ♪
♪ All the time ♪

♪ On every face I meet ♪
♪ On every road I drive ♪

♪ You're not my savior ♪

♪ Just someone I used to see ♪

♪ I am broken ♪
♪ Something's wrong inside of me ♪

♪ I feel violent ♪

[CLAY] I'm still waiting for Hannah Baker.

- [ECHOING] Hannah Baker...
- ♪ Like I'm dying ♪

♪ I feel broken ♪
♪ Maybe I'm just breaking free ♪

[CAR REVVING]

[TIRES SCREECHING]

[GRUNTS]

[CLAY BREATHING HEAVILY]

[GRUNTING]

Clay, it's five o'clock in the
morning. What the hell is going on?

Skye is my girlfriend. But we
haven't had sex, although we tried.

She's in the hospital right now,

but not because she
tried to k*ll herself.

Someone just ran me off
the road on my way home.

Random? Maybe. Who knows?

I can't explain any of it to you
because I don't understand it myself.

Now, does knowing all this make
this any better or worse for you?

Our agreement was that we'd
talk about these things.

When the house is on fire,

do you discuss the fire or
get out of the g*dd*mn house?

Oh.

I need a f*cking car.

[JESSICA] I don't blame
Hannah for anything.

That's how it is for girls.

People judge you by the way you
look, the things they hear about you.

They put a label on you.

_

I just feel like boys
get to define themselves.

They get to choose their identity,
and they can hide behind it.

Well, most boys.

I think some know what
it's like to be afraid...

to feel like the world
gave you a certain label

that you have to live with
for the rest of your life.

But most boys don't know what
it's like. Every single girl does.

[MRS. DAVIS] Your hair.

You always tell me how much
you like it when it's straight.

Oh, Jess, you are beautiful either way.

Honey, I know this is
all very frightening,

but you'll do right by Hannah
as long as you tell the truth.

- You are not on trial, don't forget that.
- Yeah, Mom, I know.

[JESSICA] Even boys who mean well
want to tell you who you are.

Hi.

Hi.

I, uh, I saw your mom
heading for the cafeteria,

so I took my chances.

- I told her it wasn't your fault.
- Isn't it a little bit my fault?

No.

I brought you flowers.

Which now seems, uh,
like, a little wrong?

I don't know. Maybe I should've
gotten you a stuffed thing.

This place has a stellar gift shop.

What happened to your face?

Uh, stupid bike thing.

I tried to cut through some trees
in the dark. It doesn't matter.

You matter.

Are you okay?

[SIGHS] My mom just freaked
out. It was not serious.

It was surgery.

It was stitches, mostly.

- We had a deal.
- It was a stupid deal.

You told me cutting didn't
mean you wanted to die.

I don't wanna die. I told you
that and you don't understand.

- Then help me.
- I can't.

Because I don't understand it either.

It's like I have all of these
feelings, and I can't control them,

like I'm a visitor in my own mind.

And if I don't catch my breath,
I'll burn up and blow away.

And I know you wanna save me from that,

and I love you for it, but you can't.

Then what can I do?

You can figure out your own sh*t,
and I will figure out mine. Apart.

Wait, you're... you're
breaking up with me?

I'm sorry.

I love you.

I know. That's...

[SIGHS] That's why
I'm telling you to go.

- This isn't fair.
- We have to be done, Clay. I'm sorry.

I'm not just going to
disappear from your life.

You already do.

You... You think about
Hannah, and you disappear.

So just do it for real this time.

[JESSICA] So we just start expecting
them to put a label on us.

- d*ke!
- [LAUGHTER]

Hey, gay girl!

Gross!

- Lesbo!
- Lesbian!

[JESSICA] And we just do it to ourselves.

[INDISTINCT CHATTERING]

Welcome to the team.

Don't start with me, Ryan.

Hey, it happens when you're ready.

I came out when I was five.
I didn't really have a choice.

Guess I was just born fabulous.

- I'm just glad you made it out.
- Yeah. Me, too.

If you start driving a Subaru
and wearing flannel,

I will hold an intervention.

Be warned.

- Holy sh*t, Alex.
- Yeah.

[SIGHS] Who's doing this?

- Hey, can you tell whose handwriting?
- Jesus, put it down.

Sorry. I just...

- I'm really sorry, Alex.
- So you're not alone in this.

Sorry I said that. That was
really shitty, I'm just...

- [SIGHS] This is just a lot.
- I get it. I know.

Wait, your hair is different.

- It's court hair.
- I don't like it.

[SCOFFS] Noted.

What the hell happened to your face?

Someone ran me off the road last night.

Someone in what looked
like a black Range Rover.

- Bryce.
- You're not testifying.

- Does he know that?
- I don't think it matters.

Whoever it is, they're
coming after all of us.

This came in the mail for me yesterday.

- [CLAY] Jesus.
- This is nuts.

- We have to f*cking stop him.
- How?

I'm a cr*pple

and you'll get grounded for
life if you even speak to him.

Yeah, I promised my mom
I'd stay away from him.

But if he's coming after
me, then what can I do?

[LAUGHS]

- [BRYCE] What up?
- [SCOTT] What's up, guys?

Are we even sure it's him?

[MONTY] Your boy keeps
looking at you, Zach.

- Does he need his diaper changed?
- Shut up, Monty.

Why don't you go take
care of him? Dempsey,

it's normal for nurses to
fall for their patients.

[ZACH] f*ck off. I don't
even like him, okay?

Right. It's just your mom who makes

you carry his books and wipe his ass.

- [LAUGHTER]
- No, the ass he does for pleasure.

What if it's Zach?

That's crazy. He's been
helping you with everything.

Then why's he still
hanging around Bryce?

[CLAY] It's Bryce or
someone protecting him.

He doesn't want the truth to come out.

- Why are you guys both looking at me?
- Um...

Mostly 'cause you're sitting
across the table from us?

You can tell them what
happened to you in court.

Hannah's lawyers told me

I'm just supposed to talk
about the Hot or Not List

and how it ended our friendship.

But you know that's not true
or it's not all that's true.

- And they know it.
- But it's not part of the case.

If you say it, it'll
make it part of the case.

So I just say it?

Jess, I...

Listen. I know it's not easy, okay?

Like, in no f*cking universe
do I think that, but...

If you tell the truth when they
ask you about your friendship,

if you tell them the real reason
you stopped speaking to Hannah,

then the truth is out.

And this sh*t stops. And Bryce
gets what's coming to him.

- I gotta get to first.
- Jess...

You know, the truth doesn't
always make things right.

You should know that better than anyone.

Look, I need to remember what happened.

I need the tapes. You
have to stop protecting me.

- Skye's in the hospital.
- What? What happened?

I stopped protecting her.

Okay, fine. Then do this for
me. Get me a ride to court today.

- Alex...
- Clay.

Jessica! Wow. Oh, my
God, you look amazing.

- I love your hair.
- Yeah, thanks.

Oh, that's right, you have court
today. Good luck, you'll be great.

- Listen, about yesterday...
- It's fine. We're good.

Cool. 'Cause we girls have to
be strong together, you know?

Own our own sh*t.

- I'm sorry if...
- No, no, no, right. I get it.

Okay. Well, we'll miss
you at practice today.

- Yeah. Thanks.
- Good luck!

[JESSICA] Sometimes it seems
like no matter what you do...

[INDISTINCT CHATTERING]

[SILENCE]

What's going on?

[JESSICA] ...people still see
you the way they want to.

Who did this?

Hey, are you okay?

What? Why are you following
me? Just leave me alone.

You think she'll talk?

- Why would she?
- Why did you?

Don't you get tired of hiding, Marcus?

Don't you wanna tell the truth sometimes?

There's more than one truth.

No, I don't think there is.

- More press today.
- You know, you can talk to them.

I don't think so.

The longer you wait, the harder
it is to reclaim the narrative.

- It's not my style, Jackie.
- You can make it your style.

You speak for Hannah now, and
thousands of girls like her.

Jessica Davis will show up
for Hannah. She's a good kid.

And she's been very open about the
culture of sexism at the school.

Most importantly, she's Hannah's friend.

[JESSICA] But even when
things get really tough...

[BANGS]

all it takes is just one
friend to get you through it.

[CYRUS] assh*le.

Hey.

[JESSICA] If you're lucky,
you find more than one.

Toby, Eric, Chad, this is Tyler,

my fellow ASS-class
colleague and extreme outcast.

- What up?
- Hey, Tyler.

- Yo.
- You sh**t film? Super retro.

Yeah. Uh...

I don't know. There's something
to holding a picture,

like feeling it, I don't know.

Yeah. No, like, um, flipping
through a photo album

instead of swiping on your phone.

- Yeah, exactly.
- [CHUCKLES]

- Uh, I'm Tyler.
- Oh, I know. Mackenzie.

Quiet, freaks.

[JESSICA] You find friends
who see through the labels.

[TONY] I got it, I got it, I got it.

- Thanks for the ride, Tony.
- Oh, I'm coming in with you guys.

But you're on the witness
list. They check it.

No, I got my brother's ID.

I haven't slept in two nights.

I just wanna know what
I'm looking at in there.

What if you're on the list?

I'll just wave my cane and
cry. It works everywhere.

Wait. I bet there's a
handicapped entrance.

Don't think you're supposed
to say "handicapped."

- Take my arm.
- f*ck you both.

[JESSICA] I found those friends.

That list just messed up everything.

[DENNIS] And was this list typical
of your experience at Liberty?

Yes.

Hannah was already labeled a slut.

That list just made everything worse.

The truth didn't matter.

That's just what they do
to girls at our school.

I mean, I found these...

just this morning, in my math class...

Objection, these photos were
not admitted into evidence...

They take one photo and it defines you,

and then it becomes your
job to prove everyone wrong.

This is what they did to Hannah,
and now they're doing it to me!

[GAVEL BANGING]

[JUDGE] Order! Order!

I can't believe he let them in.

Well, they're inflammatory,
but they're relevant.

Dennis.

She's the girl on tape
nine. Ask her. I know she is.

I can't ask her that,
Olivia. It's not relevant.

It's as relevant as the pictures.

It shows how the boys treated
the girls at that school,

and that the school knew about it.

But it didn't happen at school.
And Bryce isn't on trial.

[JUDGE] All right, both
parties will allow these photos,

now Plaintiff's Exhibit
, into evidence.

- Ms. Struhl.
- Miss Davis, did you report these photos?

- No.
- So you're telling me

that you expect the school
to take action to protect you,

but you don't tell them when an incident

they're supposed to protect
you from even occurs?

If I felt like I could trust
the school, maybe I would have.

Maybe Hannah would have.

Oh, that's right. She did,
and look what happened.

Move to strike as non-responsive.

The jury will disregard
the witness's last answer.

Miss Davis, did you
report the Hot or Not List?

- No.
- Because, in fact,

it wasn't the list that broke
up your friendship, was it?

It was.

Do you know who put your name
and Hannah's name on the list?

- Yes.
- Who?

Alex Standall.

And isn't it true that Alex
Standall was your boyfriend

and that Hannah was jealous of that?

No. We were all friends... at first.

For a while, if you saw one of
us, you saw all three of us.

If you're waiting for, like,

the perfect moment to
choreograph your first kiss,

you're gonna die a virgin.

- I just want it to be special.
- Your standards are way too high.

You need to lower them
like the rest of us.

[JESSICA CHUCKLES]

Okay, wait. Never have
I ever never been kissed.

- Too soon. Too soon.
- Drink, Hannah.

- It's Sprite.
- It's fake Sprite.

- It's Twist Up, actually.
- Your mom is so cheap.

- That's so rude!
- What the f*ck kind of name is Twist Up?

When did this become a game?

Okay. Never have I ever
kissed my best friend.

And I don't really like
this generic sh*t, so...

[POP MUSIC PLAYS SOFTLY ON RADIO]

♪ I love you anyway ♪

[CHUCKLING]

Well, uh, we're all best friends.

- [JESSICA LAUGHS]
- ♪ I love you anyway ♪

[GIRLS KISS]

[CHUCKLES]

[LAUGHTER]

♪ Wouldn't you love a love life? ♪

♪ Wouldn't you love a love life? ♪

♪ Wouldn't you love a love life? ♪

[JESSICA] Our relationship
started heating up.

- I swear...
- Oh, sh*t.

- What are you doing, crazy?
- I thought she was off Wednesdays.

But I tried to be sensitive to Hannah.

- Let's go to Monet's.
- Oh, my God, relax.

She's not into me, Jess.

Ever hear of girl code? It
doesn't matter if she's into you.

So, what are we doing?

I'll show up first, you
wait, like, three minutes.

And when Hannah tells you
I'm inside, just be like,

"Oh, my God, small world."

- Okay?
- Seriously?

Ninth row. I'll see you in there.

- Okay, I get the aisle.
- You wish.

But of course, he didn't wait.

He didn't get what it
would feel like for a girl.

- Yeah, we're just, uh, hanging out.
- Together.

So I see. Ten dollars, please.

Thanks.

[CASH REGISTER WHIRRING]

Hey, if you want, we can go
grab coffee together afterwards.

Oh, uh, I don't want to intrude.

[CHUCKLES] Intrude? Like you'd ever.

Jess, we're gonna miss the trailers.

Go. Enjoy the movie. I... You
know, we can catch up whenever.

Jesus, you're always
putting me on the spot.

f*ck girl code. Hannah's
above all that sh*t.

I guess.

- She seemed cool, right?
- Yes!

Can we just enjoy our
first real date, please?

[JESSICA] Actually, Hannah
was pretty okay with it.

Even though I chose a boy
over my friendship with a girl.

- Thanks.
- So, when did you two start...

Um, I don't know. Not that long ago.

After we all hung out at her
house that night, I guess.

So, after we all kissed,
you just picked her?

It's not like that. We
just... We have more in common.

So, what, are you trying to have
sex with her now or something?

What? No. Why is that any
of your business, anyway?

Well, because a few weeks ago,

we were best friends,
sharing all our secrets,

and now, apparently,

you guys have all these new
secrets that I'm not a part of.

Not everything's about you, Hannah.

I was wrong about Hannah
being cool with us dating.

She, like, lost her sh*t at the snack bar.

She's totally jealous, like, obsessed.

- Shut up, really?
- Yeah.

- What did she say?
- A lot. She's hurt.

But, Jess, I don't want to break
up over someone else's drama.

Never.

But we should probably just, you know,

back off until she gets over it.

- [AUDIENCE MEMBER] Shh!
- Yeah.

- Here.
- Thank you.

[JESSICA] From that point,
Alex and I kept things cool.

But when Hannah found
out that he made that list,

it was too much for her.

So you blame the Hot or Not
List, and the culture at Liberty,

but isn't it true that
it was Hannah's jealousy

that ended your friendship?

No. It was the list.

After you broke up with Alex, did
your friendship with Hannah resume?

- No.
- Because you started

- dating Justin Foley, correct?
- No.

So you didn't date Justin Foley?

- No, I did...
- Hannah was jealous of you and Justin,

just like she was jealous
of you and Alex, wasn't she?

- No, that's not true.
- How do you know?

- [SONYA] Jessica, how do you know?
- How do you know?

Jessica, isn't it true that Hannah
Baker was jealous, and vindictive,

- and that is why your friendship ended?
- No.

Well, the prosecution claims
that it was the Hot or Not List,

but it was simply Hannah's own
jealousy, isn't that correct?

There's no other reason, is there?

[SONYA] Jessica.

Jessica? Is there any other
reason that we haven't mentioned?

No. There's no other reason.

[SONYA] I see.

No further questions.

- I gotta go.
- You're leaving? She's not done.

[CLAY] I heard enough.

- Yeah, me, too. You coming?
- I'll leave when Jess is done.

Did you really kiss Hannah?

Yeah. It was a friend thing.

[WATER RUNNING]

[DOOR OPENING]

- I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.
- It's okay.

No, Hannah was my friend,
I just wanted to help her.

You did, honey. You did.

[CRIES]

Jessica.

[PANTING]

Is there...

- Is there something you wanna tell me?
- What?

We've all been so focused on Hannah,

maybe we should be worried about you.

- No, no. I'm... I'm fine.
- I've listened to the tapes.

I... I've listened to the tapes.

I'm sorry, I... I should go.

Jess.

I can't do it.

- What can I do to help?
- You can leave.

[STAMMERS] Hey, excuse me,

I'm looking for Skye Miller.
I was here earlier.

- She's been transferred.
- To another floor?

- Another facility.
- What? Where?

Look, kid, I'm sorry. I can't
tell you that. Only family.

Why do you assume that her family gives

more of a sh*t about her than I do?

I don't assume that. The laws do.

Right.

She's safe. It's a good program.

Which you can't tell me anything about.

For what it's worth, what she's
going through isn't about you.

You're not the first boyfriend
to sit here all night,

wondering what he did,
when it wasn't him at all.

It's not your fault.
Give her some space, kid.

And give yourself a break.

[LINE RINGING]

[VOICEMAIL] You've reached
Skye, leave a message.

Skye. Uh, it's me again. I...

I went by your house,
but no one was home.

[SIGHS]

Where are you? Where did they send you?

Like, I just... Please just
let me know you're okay.

[STAMMERS] I promise, I'm not
trying to talk or anything. I just...

I need to know you're all right. Okay?

[SIGHS]

Bye.

I'm sorry about Skye.

- No, you're not.
- I am.

Every day, it's something new
with you. Something I didn't know.

First it was the Tyler thing and now

you've kissed, like, half the school.

- Seriously, you believe that?
- Justin, Courtney, Alex...

- And you.
- Yeah, I remember, thank you.

So what, your feelings are hurt

and you're angry at me
and angry at Jessica,

you miss Skye, and the whole
f*cking world is unfair.

That sums it up pretty well.

You're not the guy to sit on his hands

and wait for someone
else to save the day.

What else can I do?

I got his f*cking confession, Hannah.

And I had to go to the hospital,
did we discuss that yet?

The fact that I was sh1tting
blood the next night?

My mom wanted to go after him
for b*ating the sh*t out of me,

except I went to his house to buy dr*gs,

and I'd just gotten suspended for dr*gs,

so can't do that.

But that was okay, because
I had his confession. Right?

What's a little internal bleeding
when you can take down a r*pist?

And then the school heard it,
and all the lawyers heard it,

and no one did a g*dd*mn thing.

Because there's no
evidence, there's no DNA.

They just have your accusation,
and you're... [SIGHS]

I'm dead.

- He's gonna get away with everything.
- But he doesn't have to.

Don't do nothing because
you're pissed off.

Okay? Or afraid. Or sad. Don't
let Bryce get away with it.

You'll regret it for
the rest of your life.

Look, Jessica is evidence that
the problem is getting worse.

Her testimony was strong.

Trust me, the jury heard
me on the redirect...

You know what else the jury heard?
That my daughter is a jealous slut.

And that's just today. You
think they're gonna forget that?

Ms. Baker, Austin James with the
Evergreen County Register.

- We've been live-blogging the trial...
- I know who you are.

Yesterday you wrote that my daughter

is an "exhibitionist
with low self-esteem."

- Olivia...
- Let her speak.

Well, it sounds like that "exhibitionist"

had a rough go of it at Liberty High.

Sounds like she could have used a friend.

But that girl is not my daughter.

Okay, that is not the
real Hannah Baker, okay?

That is a character that
the defense attorney created,

a girl whose life meant
so little, apparently,

that her classmates can't
even speak about her.

Hannah was not a liar
or a slut or a mean girl.

She was a good friend, and
she had her friend's back.

[VOICE CRACKS]
The problem is no one had hers.

I understand. Olivia, what about you?

Her friends didn't
have her back. Did you?

That's enough. Come on.

[INDISTINCT CHATTERING]

[JESSICA] Do boys have it easier?

I think so.

I don't know.

m*therf*cker! You know his
slider fucks with me, Dempsey!

Quit calling that sh*t.

- That wasn't a slider, dude.
- You're f*cking with me.

- Curve all the way.
- Really?

[SIGHS]

- The f*ck is my problem?
- I think we both know, man.

No. This doesn't have
sh*t to do with her, okay?

My mom told me you got called
to testify for the school.

- My f*cking mom...
- Why didn't you tell me?

Didn't want it announced
to your new best friend.

Alex and I, we're not tight like that.

We don't talk about sh*t that matters.

- Who else knows?
- My parents. Our lawyer.

Hey, if you guys want to
suck each other's dicks,

- there's a place for that, you know?
- Yeah. Monty's house.

Nobody else needs to
know. I got your back.

- Yeah. No, I know that, man. Thank you.
- Got you.

- [MAN] You've had quite a year.
- Hmm. Yeah. You can say that.

- Two suicides.
- One.

One attempt. And he's
on the road to recovery.

Everyone around here
is watching that trial.

Parents holding the
school responsible...

We are responsible, aren't we?

To an extent. But there are limits.

Mm. Yeah, there are always limits.

Have you considered
holding off on the job

search until the trial's over?

Yes. But I have a family to support.

And I'm a heck of an educator.
And I care about kids.

Why not stay at Liberty?

I was hoping to...

[CHUCKLES]

to do better.

Find a place where I can
make a difference, you know?

Make kids' lives better.

There's only so much we
can do, though, right?

We can't go online, we can't
go home with them every night.

We only have those kids for a few
hours a day, we can't be everywhere.

[MR. PORTER GROANS, SCOFFS]

Yeah, I used to think that,
but I don't think that anymore.

I think we can try.
Thank you for your time.

[MR. DAVIS] I told you we should've
pulled her from that school.

[MRS. DAVIS] Then what? Keep her
home for the rest of her life?

[MR. DAVIS] We can't rely on the school.

If we can't trust our own daughter

to come to us when
she's being harassed,

how can we protect you, Jessica?

- [MRS. DAVIS] Jessica?
- What?

Honey, why didn't you tell us
that you were being harassed?

[WHISPERS] I don't know.

- [MR. DAVIS] What about the group?
- [GROANS]

Can you talk to one
of the other survivors?

God, Dad, I hate that word.

Survivor? I'm just me.

[DOORBELL RINGS]

I'll get it.

I was flashing back
to the police station.

When my dad made me go, after
I told him about that night.

And I told them I couldn't
remember who did it.

I couldn't tell them it was Bryce

because I knew they wouldn't believe me.

But that's not true. We believe you.

If you go to the police,
we can back you up...

You can't. You weren't there.

Hannah's gone, and she was
sweet and sensitive and white.

Look at what they're doing
to her. Don't you get it?

I'm not the right kind of victim
to go against Bryce Walker.

- Not when it's his word against mine.
- What if Justin were here?

What if Hannah were here? She's
dead, and Justin might as well be.

Have you heard from him?

I'm tired of talking about this, Clay.

I'm tired of thinking about
it every second of every day.

- I know.
- No, you don't. You have no idea.

I'm tired of staring at my closet,

wondering what people are gonna think.

Wondering what I can wear
that'll cover the most skin.

What I can hide in.

Oh. I need a finer dice
on those onions, Tyler.

Sorry, my mom usually does this stuff.

- I don't really know what I'm doing.
- Give it, give it, give it.

Huh, huh, huh. Huh, huh, huh.

Mothers who baby their sons
raise men ill-equipped for life.

It's a patriarchal tragedy.

No, what's tragic is
Liberty f*cking High School.

- Right?
- Today we had a sub in ASS-class

and she took your copy of The Lottery

because it "glamorizes v*olence."

What? She must not have read it closely.

That's the thing. She hasn't read it.

- [CHUCKLES] What?
- It's the Liberty way.

Yep. Ban books, and celebrate guys
who can hit a baseball real hard.

[GROANS] I went through
the same bullshit.

Yeah?

- Scapegoating, mob mentality.
- Yeah, I should've fought back.

Kinda hard to do when you have no power.

Who says you have no power?

- The world?
- Well, don't listen to the world.

If you don't fit into one of their boxes,

they wanna punish you,
but don't let them.

- Real heroes f*ck sh*t up.
- Mm.

More like resist. But yes.

[DOOR OPENING, CLOSING]

- [MACKENZIE] Hi.
- Oh, glad you could join us.

Oh, bite me, Cy-Cy.

- You're on salad duty.
- Okay.

- Hey, Tyler.
- Oh, hey.

- Sorry I'm late, Dad.
- That's all right.

- Oh, wait, so you're...
- Chronically late. You'll get used to it.

[MAN] Some are calling
this lawsuit a witch hunt,

but I have faith that our son will
bring the same integrity and honesty

that got him into Harvard
into that courtroom tomorrow.

[SIGHS] Dear Lord, please be
with Marcus during his testimony.

We believe you will
stand strong with us.

- We believe...
- Thank you so much, Dad.

Now let's get back to stuffing
those envelopes. All right?

Election's less than two weeks away!

[INDISTINCT CHATTERING]

A prayer? You don't have to worry, Dad.

I'm not worried about you. I know
you, but I also know how things go.

They can turn a victim into a
villain, a monster into a martyr.

I promise. It won't affect
the election, Dad. Really.

This isn't about the election,
son. It's about protecting you.

Look, the rules are different for us.

[SIGHS] Look, just be
smart, all right, be humble,

and don't let them put
words in your mouth.

- Just be you. All right?
- All right.

You still gotta breathe.

f*ck you.

- If you can curse, you can breathe.
- [CELL PHONE CHIMES]

Hey, hey. You still got ten minutes.

You're not just cheating
yourself, you're cheating me.

And, you know, your probation officer.

- I'm sorry. I gotta... I gotta go.
- Hot date?

- [SCOFFS] That's funny.
- Why is that funny?

Uh...

- Because I got dumped last month.
- You? Got dumped?

Believe it.

What kind of foolish
woman would let you go?

Foolish guy?

Yeah, guy.

Well. That is one foolish, foolish guy.

[ROCK MUSIC PLAYS SOFTLY OVER SPEAKERS]

[CHUCKLES] Why the f*ck
would I know anything

about how to find someone in the city?

I don't know, I mean, your brothers.

- I just thought...
- What?

You'd ask your brown friend
for help navigating the streets?

What? No. I mean, not entirely.

I mean, is that r*cist?
I'm not r*cist. Am I r*cist?

Okay, don't go into your
Clay-hole. I'm not in the mood.

Look, I know we haven't, like,
talked much these past months,

and it felt like this whole
thing was gonna be over.

But it's not over.

Okay, you wanna find Justin. How do
you know Justin wants to be found?

He reached out to Jess.

- Really?
- Yeah. He sent her a postcard.

She doesn't know that
I know, but if we find him,

she'll have a witness.

And she can report Bryce.

And then what, we just deliver him
to Mrs. Baker so he can testify?

Yeah. I mean, that... that's the goal.

And is that what she wants?

How many times did she ask us
about Bryce? About tape nine?

She would've gone after Bryce if
lawyers hadn't talked her out of it.

Yeah. Okay, I can talk
to my probation officer.

He deals with homeless kids
and runaways and sh*t like that.

- Yeah, see? I knew you'd have a way.
- Oh?

I'm just saying.

I don't recognize the face.
You try the city shelters?

Been to five already. Are
you sure you haven't seen him?

He might've been wearing,
like, a blue varsity jacket.

- Um, he went to Liberty High School.
- Wait, jacket kid. Okay, yeah.

He was just here a day
or two, couple weeks ago.

Had an incident with one of the
girls, we asked him to leave.

Can we... Can we talk to her?

You can try.

He got a bed night one,
which never happens,

but he went out and brought some cocky

skater assh*le from
a squat back with him.

He started giving hassle to these

two friends of mine who are together,

calling them faggots and sh*t.

I got Lewis to bounce the
skater kid for being overage.

We told Jacket he could stay,
but he was loyal and he took off.

Haven't seen him since.

Any idea where the
kid skates? Or squats?

[INDISTINCT CHATTERING]

[CLAY] Jesus.

- People actually live here?
- Apparently. Come on.

Excuse me. We're looking
for a friend of ours.

Have you seen this guy?

[WOMAN] No.

- All right. Thank you.
- Sorry.

Excuse me. We're looking
for a friend of ours.

Excuse me. We're looking
for a friend of mine.

This guy. Have you seen him?

Tony. We look like narcs.

Okay.

Can you help me?

- Tony.
- What?

- Can you spare some change?
- [TONY CHUCKLES]

Incentive. We need to offer
incentive. What do you have?

[TONY] I f*cking drove.
You don't have cash?

No, I'll pay you back tomorrow,
with interest. Come on.

[CLAY] Uh...

Have you ever seen this kid here before?

Maybe.

Will $ help you remember?

I think would help me remember more.

- There he is!
- Justin! Yo, Foley!

Foley!

- Hey! Where'd you get that jacket?
- What was that?

You heard him, the
jacket. Where'd you get it?

Goodwill. The f*ck is it to you?

- Don't f*ck with me, man.
- Okay, Tiny.

- [GRUNTING]
- [GUY] Whoa! Check it out!

[CLAMORING]

- Who the f*ck do you think you are?
- Tony!

Waste my time and I will
f*cking end you, understand?

- Tony, let go!
- Where is he?

He was sparing change on
BART a couple weeks back.

- When's the last time you saw him?
- Yesterday, in Chinatown.

- [MAN] Damn!
- That's our friend that belongs to.

- Tony, come on, let's go. Let's go.
- What the hell?

- Where did that come from?
- Take the jacket.

Wait. Wait, wait. I think that's him.

- Jesus, that can't be him.
- Justin.

Wait! Justin! God damn it!

f*ck. Just...

[JUSTIN GROANS]

You f*cking kids!

How many times do I have to tell you?

Doing your dr*gs in my alley.
This is private property!

I called the cops!

Justin. Justin! Jessica wants you back.

- f*ck you.
- No, she does.

- I just talked to her yesterday.
- She hates me, okay?

No, she doesn't. She wants
you to come back. [PANTS]

[ENGINE REVS]

[SIREN WAILS]

I will leave both of you if you
don't get in my f*cking car now!

[SIREN BLARING]

[DOORBELL RINGS]

[SIGHS]

Good evening.

Um, Mrs. Walker, I'm Kevin
Porter from Liberty High School.

I know who you are. I didn't
realize you made house calls.

I would like to talk
to you about your son,

and his interaction with
girls at Liberty High School.

My husband isn't home.

Okay.

Come in.

- Can I get you something to drink?
- No, thank you.

And I left a few messages at your house

until your mom picked up and
told me to stop calling. So...

Anyway, um...

Look, I hope I find you.

And I won't call you back again.

I mean, I might call you back.
[STAMMERS] I'll probably call you back.

[SIGHS] Okay. Bye.

In my experience, a girl
who doesn't call you back

- is a girl who doesn't wanna talk to you.
- Really?

You're gonna tell me
about your experience?

Look, all I'm saying is that
Skye Miller is a piece of work.

She's f*cked up.

She's...?

I think you should stop talking,
like, for the foreseeable future.

Good. You're alive.

[TONY] Drink.

- You're welcome.
- You'll feel much better after a meal.

- And a shower.
- f*ck you.

Your mom still live in the same place?

- sh*t, I can't go back there.
- What? Why?

I took some money from her
boyfriend before I left.

If he finds out I'm
there, he'll k*ll me.

So what the f*ck do we do with him?

[JESSICA] Friendship is
a complicated thing...

especially between girls.

And it gets even more complicated
when there's a boy involved.

But I can tell you one thing.

Hannah's totally Single White
Female-ing you right now.

I blame the boy more
than I blame Hannah.

Does that work if one of us is brown?

- Just ignore her. That's what I do.
- [WOMAN ] Oh, sh*t.

- Here she comes.
- Good luck with that.

b*tches.

- Hey.
- Hey.

So...

- You were pretty drunk the other night.
- Me and everyone else.

f*cking Jeff Atkins, I seriously
cannot believe he would do that.

Yeah, well, maybe there's
more to that story.

What do you mean?

I just...

[SIGHS] Uh, listen, Jess, I, um...

I saw something...

- when you and Justin went into...
- Jesus, Hannah, seriously?

First Alex and now Justin?
Look, I'm sorry, all right?

I'm sorry that I'm making it
work with Justin and you couldn't.

It's not my fault. Okay?

- I'm...
- Jesus, some party.

Yeah, some party.

- It's so f*cked up about Jeff.
- Yeah, it's all f*cked up.

- But, Jess and I had a good night, huh?
- Mm.

- What are you...?
- Hannah, enough, all right?

Can you just let me and Justin
be happy? Don't be a bitch.

Yeah. Okay. Sorry.

[JESSICA] There are all different
ways boys mess with girls.

And some of those ways,
well, we let them do it.

[BOTTLES CLINKING]

[LAINIE] Clay.

There's something we'd like
to talk to you about. Outside.

Coming.

sh*t.

Clay, um...

We, uh, recognize that, um...

most kids, many kids your
age in our area have cars.

Even though public transportation
is excellent in this county.

We also recognize that riding on
county highways may be safer from...

a car.

No way. Wait, this is
mine? [STAMMERS] That's...

- That doesn't make any sense.
- Agreed.

We want to show you that we
trust you, Clay, to, uh...

to do the right thing, to be a
grown-up, to make good choices,

and to involve us in your
life when appropriate.

Yes. Yes, percent.
I'm... I'm hearing you.

Though, it's even easier to sneak
around in a Prius. They're silent.

No more sneaking around.
No more secrets. I promise.

Make a sound, we're both dead.

[CYRUS] Yeah, we're gonna
connect that to the detonator.

- Yeah, just go... Just like... There we go.
- Oh, sh*t.

- Is that supposed to happen?
- Yeah. Yeah.

[JESSICA] I think the
kind of friends you have

say a lot about the
kind of person you are.

- [DOOR BUZZES]
- Oh, f*ck, dude.

- No, keep going. sh*t. sh*t.
- [DOOR OPENS]

- Hey, whatcha guys doing?
- Jesus. Get out!

Working on a science project.

- Can I help?
- Get out!

If Tyler tells me to go, then I'll go.

Uh, uh, I, um...

Now!

Fine, assholes.

Close the f*cking door.

["PROMISE NOT TO FALL" PLAYING]

[JESSICA] And Hannah,
she was a true friend.

Better than I deserve.

♪ You got your back against a wall ♪

♪ I can see by the way ♪
♪ That you hold to it ♪

♪ And everything is your fault ♪

♪ When everything starts to hit ♪
♪ It's on you ♪

♪ 'Cause you promised not to fall ♪

♪ For you truly said you would ♪
♪ Promise me you'll call it off ♪

♪ Now I'm feeling things ♪
♪ So you should ♪

♪ Promising we'd all be good ♪

♪ But does this feel good to you? ♪

♪ 'Cause you promised not to fall ♪

[CRACKLING OUTSIDE]

[JESSICA] We all want to be strong.

♪ So we finally struck the line ♪

♪ I can see in the darkness ♪
♪ There in your eyes ♪

We all want to be the kind of
people who deserve good friends.

♪ Pretend that it's all fine ♪

♪ But there's another
heart b*ating here ♪

♪ And it's mine ♪

♪ 'Cause you promised not to fall ♪

♪ For you truly said you would ♪
♪ Promise me you'll call it off ♪

♪ Now I'm feeling things ♪
♪ So you should ♪

♪ Promising we'd all be good ♪

♪ But does this feel good to you? ♪

♪ 'Cause you promised not to fall ♪

♪ Didn't you, didn't you? ♪

♪ Promise not to fall ♪

[JESSICA] But I guess,
at the end of the day,

none of us are as
strong as we want to be.

♪ Didn't you? ♪

♪ Promise not to fall ♪

♪ Didn't you, didn't you? ♪

♪ Promise not to fall ♪

♪ Didn't you, didn't you? ♪

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