Original release date: September 29, 2023
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♪ ♪
[alarm blaring in distance]
[bird cawing]
[lock buzzing]
[alarm continues blaring]
When did it start?
Four, five minutes ago.
[pounding]
[squeaking]
[pounding continues]
[Sam grunting]
[Luke] Hey. Hey, hey.
[Sam grunts]
[yells]
[grunting]
Sam.
Sam!
[grunts]
[panting]
It’s okay.
It’s all right.
It’s okay. I’m here.
D-D-Did you know about this Compound V stuff?!
No. No.
How could Mom and Dad do that to us?
They thought they were giving us powers.
Well, I got a lot more than powers.
I got a broken fucking brain!
[Luke] Okay.
[cries, sighs]
I could’ve just been…
…regular.
I got news for you.
Drug or no drug,
you’d still be weird as fuck.
[chuckling]
None of that matters.
What matters is I’m your brother
and I love you.
Okay?
Okay.
Okay.
[Taser gun fires, zapping]
[groaning]
Sam! Sam! Stop it!
Okay?! No! Whoa!
[grunting]
Sam! No!
[grunting]
[yelps]
[guard] Oh, my God!
Oh, shit!
[Sam panting]
Stand back! Yeah, stand down!
Get him the fuck on the ground now!
Sam…
[yells]
[groans]
[panting]
[guard] Call for backup!
Yeah, please.
Call for backup!
[Cate] Sam.
Go to sleep.
[gasps, panting]
[Andre] Jesus. Fuck, are you okay? You wouldn’t wake up.
I’m fine. How long was I out?
I wasn’t sure whether to call
the ambulance or the 911.
Andre.
I just…
I’m fine. Andre, I’m fine.
Really.
Yeah?
I just pushed too many people. That’s all.
Okay.
[both exhale]
Um, can you go get my pills from over there?
Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Thanks.
[exhales]
U-Uh, the blue ones, on the left. Thanks.
What you did was stupid, Cate.
Could’ve given yourself a fucking aneurysm.
Let me rewrite that for you.
“Thank you, Cate, for having the brilliant idea
to ping my phone
and then save me from my stone-cold idiocy.”
That…
that’s a good rewrite.
What they did to that poor janitor was so fucked-up.
Yeah.
Who were they?
I don’t know.
[inhales sharply] But I found something.
[Cate gasps]
Holy shit.
That’s Sam.
Yeah.
He’s alive?
Luke was telling the truth?
That first night,
Sam was trying to escape…
…Marie and I stopped him.
You couldn’t have known.
So what are we gonna do?
For now? Nothing. We lay low.
Fuck that. No.
Luke’s brother is being tortured in this…
whatever it is a-and…
No, Sam needs to get out, and we need to get him out now.
How?
We use our fucking powers!
How did that work out for Luke?
If you charge in there, you’re going to get caught
and then God knows what and then…
Cate, Cate, Cate!
We just have to stop and think about it for a second.
Cate! No!
I could make you stop.
Okay.
I could do it.
So make me stop.
You’re not going to.
Not to me.
Please don’t do anything stupid.
I can’t lose you, too.
♪ ♪
[Andre moans]
[Andre grunts]
[door creaking softly]
[Emma] [faintly] Marie?
♪ ♪
Marie?
Emma?
Down here.
[weakly] Food.
[crunching]
So…
…every time, you eat to get big.
And to get small, you…
Yeah.
Listen, I’m really tired.
I’ve been fighting off ants all night, so…
Oh. Okay.
Good night.
[sniffs]
No. No. You know…
That’s just a tiny bit fucked, isn’t it?
Okay, I’ve been through this Lifetime movie before,
so I’ll just play the trailer.
No, it’s not an eating disorder.
It’s how I get small.
Yes, my mom knows. Yes, I’m in control.
You’re in control?
I’m fine.
You were so tiny
you could barely move.
What if I hadn’t come home in time?
Okay, Marie, it’s not a big deal.
Look, maybe you should take a break.
Talk to someone. Get help.
Okay, and you cut yourself.
Are you gonna take a break?
Get help?
That’s… different.
That’s my power. I…
Thank you.
Really. But I’ve been pitied by half the school today,
so if you don’t mind…
I’m not pitying you.
Okay, Marie, we don’t have to do this.
You can just focus on classes like you said.
We can just be…
roommates, okay?
Fine. Okay.
[softly] Whatever.
♪ ♪
♪ If you want it, come and get it ♪
♪ If you want it, come and get it…
So, since this is a memorial gala
and silent auction,
I was thinking a red and blue ribbon.
Patriotic, strong…
Okay, red and blue are for congenital heart defects
and Noonan syndrome.
Uh, oh, okay.
Um, just the blue, then.
Alopecia, anal cancer, anti-bullying.
Oh. Okay.
Um, we will find something that is, uh…
Is anyone using purple and orange?
Lupus. Fucking work with me, Janet.
♪ Shake and make that thing go ♪♪
[Shetty] I’m sorry.
I’m aware you’re not five. [laughs]
It’s force of habit. [chuckles]
My daughter loved these.
You have a daughter?
I did.
I wanted to tell you,
after that interview last night… [exhales]
I’m so proud of you, Marie.
Thanks.
I’m not sure what I did.
When that bottle blonde ambushed you
with that shit about your sister. [scoffs]
That was on purpose, by the way.
Who knows if it was even true.
What? Why?
Because it’s better ratings if you cry on camera.
But you didn’t let her get to you.
You stayed tough, showed poise.
Thanks.
And what a bitch.
Ugh.
Huge bitch.
[chuckles softly]
Mm.
So, listen, I want you to come with me
to this Brink fundraiser tonight.
Could meet some alumni, big donors.
Um…
I-I…
[chuckles]
[chuckles] I-I wouldn’t know what to do.
I’ve never been at…
Just smile.
Let them drone on about themselves.
Look, no pressure,
but I would love a chance to show you off.
What do you say?
Yeah.
Yeah?
Yeah. [laughs] Okay.
Excellent.
Eat up, before they get cold.
[both chuckle softly]
[both chuckle]
[Hailey] You stood up
to a monster.
I’m just the girl who was there.
[beep]
[Ibarra] I know, I know.
She’s just a freshman.
But note the tremble to the voice.
Strong and humble.
Harder than it looks.
Girl’s a natural.
A lot of people will tell you media training is a science.
[scoffs] A natural?
Unsanitary blood powers that, mark my words,
are a lawsuit waiting to happen?
What if she has hep C?
She-she doesn’t have hep C.
That should be you up there.
I-I know. You’re right.
Most important moment of your career.
I’m sorry.
You know what
was going through my head when you didn’t show?
I was thinking about calling hospitals.
I fucked up.
I slept through my alarm, and, uh,
I let you down.
It’s not about me.
It’s about your future and you caring about your future.
I can’t be the only one who gives a damn.
No, no, y-you’re not. You’re right.
You’re not. You’re not.
The board is voting on the new rankings tomorrow.
You’re coming with me to the fundraiser tonight,
and you’re gonna butter the ass of every trustee
with your tongue. Got it?
Yes, sir.
Dad, um…
If I could do something…
heroic, like, actually help people,
that’ll be good, right?
[Ibarra] Please welcome Polarity.
[applause]
[chuckles softly]
[Polarity] Thank you for having me, Professor Ibarra.
[indistinct chatter]
[music playing faintly]
[Justine] Emma!
Emma, wait up. Can you just hold on a second?
Look, I’m trying to say I’m sorry.
[sighs]
Your eating disorder is your truth, and…
It’s not. It’s how I get small.
I had no right to co-opt your story.
Okay? I apologize.
You filming this?
I want everyone to know how sorry I am.
Honey!
No.
I have been looking all over for you.
Did you forget? Huh?
Tonight’s the gala. Come on.
[indistinct chatter]
[Emma] Wait, this is nicer
than Sophie Green’s bat mitzvah invite,
and she had BTS sing “Hava Nagila.”
Tickets must have cost a fortune.
How’s your eating?
You are on your own now.
You need to be careful about your calorie intake, okay?
Are you keeping your food log?
Yes, Mom, I am completely balanced.
You look an inch or two shorter than usual,
so you might need to add 50 calories.
Okay, I’m just… I’m just gonna check your height.
I have a measuring tape here somewhere…
Mom, do not measure me.
Sorry.
Fine.
I saw that skinny bitch’s YouTube on you.
How are you doing?
Had better days.
Well, she was fired from Fatal Seduction
’cause apparently her acting’s for shit, if that helps.
It doesn’t.
Wait, she was?
[laughs] Yes.
I mean, it doesn’t. I mean, honestly, I just want to…
…just want to curl up and die.
I mean, everyone just…
…stares at me.
Okay. Honey…
listen to me.
When your father left me for that Barbie-titted child
or when I was fired from the Vought Shopping Network,
did I curl up and die?
No.
No.
Okay? I remade myself.
And that is exactly what we’re gonna do here for you tonight.
Mom, what do you mean?
[Tiffany] What do I always say?
[Emma] Oh. “Pee after sex”?
[indistinct chatter]
[music playing faintly]
[Marie] Cate.
Marie.
I haven’t seen you since…
I just wanted to say I’m sorry.
Luke was so nice to me.
You mean until he went berserk?
But thank God you single-handedly stopped
that monster’s “murderous frenzy.”
You saw the interview.
I’m sorry.
I know Luke wasn’t…
No, that’s just it.
You didn’t know Luke.
How funny he was,
how much he loved his family.
[sighs] But shades of gray don’t sell
like black and white, do they?
I really am sorry.
♪ ♪
This can’t be real.
This doesn’t feel real.
I’m so sorry.
Just doesn’t make sense.
He would’ve never killed himself.
I should’ve been there.
I could’ve stopped him.
Hey.
No, I could’ve talked him down.
Fuck!
[sighs]
Sam was really sick, okay?
There’s nothing you could’ve done.
Hey.
[sniffles]
[sniffles, shuddering]
Tell me to feel better.
[stammers]
I don’t want to feel like this.
Not like this. Please.
I think this is… [sobs]
[sniffles]
…something you just have to go through.
I’m sorry.
[sniffles]
♪ Yeah, yeah ♪
[♪ Salt-N-Pepa: “Whatta Man”]
♪ Mm, yeah ♪
[Jordan grunting]
♪ Ooh ♪
♪ Uh…
If she’s ahead of me when tomorrow’s rankings come out,
I’m gonna lose my fucking shit.
We’re all in the top ten anyway. What’s the big deal?
Hang on. I’m gonna come.
[grunting]
♪ Mighty good man, what a man, what a man…
[grunts] The big deal is that little liar
is stealing all my credit.
[knocking]
Go away!
[man] Jordan, is that you?
♪ Ooh, ooh…
[woman] Honey?
[male voice] Uh, just a second!
Who is that?
[female voice] Fuck off. It’s my parents.
[sighs]
I didn’t finish.
[man] Jordan!
Okay, okay.
♪ Good man, yeah ♪
♪ Uh…
[neighbor] Hey, what the fuck, man?!
[knocking continues]
[man] Jordan?
♪ Yeah ♪
Hey, open up!
♪ Uh…
Jordan, we know you’re there. Open up.
[knocking]
[male voice] Uh, coming!
♪ Yeah, hoo…
Jordan!
Your mom and me are here!
[exhales]
[knocking]
Your favorite parents.
♪ Now break it down ♪
♪ Uh, break it down one time ♪♪
Surprise!
[laughs] Are you surprised?
“Surprised” is a word that I’d use, yeah.
We wanted to pay our respects to Brink tonight.
We know what he meant to you.
He thought you were such an upstanding young man.
[woman] Hungry?
Brought you some Vought-A-Burger.
Deep’s Calamari Poppers.
Thanks. [chuckles softly]
♪ I am the future ♪
[♪ Triniti Bhaguandas: “I Am the Future”]
[indistinct chatter]
♪ Whoo! ♪
♪ I’m the leader, the future ♪
♪ There’s magic in my eye ♪
♪ I’m at least five steps ahead ♪
♪ I go left when they go right ♪
♪ You’re snoozing, I’m moving ♪
♪ Out of space, yes, out of sight ♪
♪ The new thing, I’m grooving ♪
♪ Like it’s 2099 ♪
♪ Knock, knock, I’ll take the wall down ♪
♪ Ticktock, I wait for no one ♪
♪ Heads up, I’m taking flight ♪
♪ I’m Generation Next, whoo ♪
♪ La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la ♪
♪ La, la, la, la, la, la, la…
[Jeff] Ooh, the A-Trainers.
Those are magnificent.
They’re signed, you know.
They sign the bottom, though, so it wears off pretty quick.
But… you know it’s there.
[clamoring]
♪ La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la ♪
♪ I am the future ♪
♪ La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la ♪
♪ I am the future…
[photographer] Marie, over here!
[photographer 2] Marie, over here!
[Ibarra] She’s even more perfectly imperfect in person.
You found a real one.
[woman] We love you! We love you!
[chuckling softly]
Your folks must be so proud.
Oh, yeah. My dad’s always bragging
to the guys at his pickup games.
[man] Are they here?
No.
They’re both in Cameroon.
Doctors Without Borders.
[woman] To be frank,
after this Golden Boy mess,
I’m not sure how much I’m pledging.
Like you always say, Bonnie,
the focus on white male heroes is problematic.
If you want more like Marie, I need your help.
[woman 2] I don’t know if you have representation yet,
but here’s my card.
[man] Here’s my card.
[woman] Just scan right here to get an NFT of my card.
I hope I can meet your parents soon.
For sure.
Me, too.
Ah. [chuckles softly]
Pretend I don’t know your age.
You did great out there.
Yeah.
I don’t know.
Lying about my family felt pretty shitty.
These people don’t want to hear the truth,
and you don’t want to say it.
Lucky Jordan doesn’t have laser eyes.
Be careful. With Luke gone,
this free-for-all for number one is gonna get ruthless,
and you have a target on your back.
Me?
Mm.
I’m just a freshman.
Keep doing what you’re doing,
you could be the first top-ranked freshman in history.
[applause]
[photographers clamoring]
[Tiffany] Earth to Emma.
[chuckles] Sorry, this one’s head is in the clouds 24/7.
[chuckles]
Emma,
this is Courtenay Fortney.
Oh, s… It’s a pleasure to meet you.
[Tiffany] She is a senior producer at Vought.
She ran Super in America,
Citizen Starlight…
Wow.
…last night’s interview with your roommate Marie.
Oh, Marie’s your roommate? Oh, I didn’t know that.
Yeah, real bottled lightning there, huh?
Yeah, she’s great.
[chuckles]
Anyway, uh,
Courtenay and I have been DM’ing the last couple days,
and, um, she wants to talk to you about…
maybe starring in her next reality TV show.
[stammers] Wait, really?
Little Cricket. Fun.
Wholesome. Sunshine.
Mm.
But no one knew about the tragic underbelly.
Sorry, “tr-tragic underbelly”?
It’s a rebrand.
Oh, it’s a complete and total rebrand, right?
Mm-hmm.
So, Little Cricket’s dead. RIP.
Now it’s “meet Emma,
teen making her way at God U.”
Only now, she’s battling her own sort of internal supervillains.
[Tiffany] Mm.
From the body image stuff,
the eating disorder…
The eating disorder.
Yes.
And, um, you know, uh, society’s cruel notion
of female perfection, right?
Yeah, isn’t that stuff all a little personal?
[Courtenay] No, no, that’s the point. The point.
‘Cause we’re pulling it all out of the shadows.
Yeah.
And if I’m being honest with you,
I’m a little sick of Vought’s glossy bullshit.
Uh-huh.
I want fucking emotion.
I want real pain. Okay?
Right now, we’re working with
Eaten Alive
or Feeling Small.
[chuckles] Uh, it’s a… You know, it’s a starting-off point.
We-we can develop it, honey.
[Emma] I’m sorry.
Ex-Excuse me, I have to…
I have to use the restroom.
[Jordan] I don’t like to ring my own bell,
but I am putting up the best stats of anyone here.
[grunts]
Forensics, combat.
Mm, but you don’t like to ring your own bell?
Look, I know how it works.
I know that the trustees decide the rankings.
[sighs]
Look, I’d love your vote.
I like you, Jordan. I just wish I liked your numbers.
Q Rating, Name Recognition, Social Trending… all down.
Well, Brink always said those aren’t the numbers that matter.
He’s not here anymore.
[Paul] Hi.
We’re Jordan’s folks.
Paul. My wife Kayla.
Mm.
Nice to meet you.
Kyle Vogler. You have a fine kid.
A real go-getter.
Don’t let him fool you.
He was a holy terror as a boy.
[laughing]
Uh, we’re from Rochester.
Where are you from, Kyle?
[Kyle] Oh. Uh, here and there.
[sniffles]
[shuddering]
[door opens]
[door closes]
[water running]
[water stops]
Pretty dress.
Thanks.
How do you pee in it?
[chuckles softly]
[grunts softly]
[grunts]
[grunts]
Want me to run the water or something?
I’m really sorry, Emma.
We’ve all been there.
No, I mean…
for everything.
[scoffs] I don’t want to just be roommates.
And I don’t pity you.
Like, at all. I wish I was like you.
You’re fucking badass. And I…
I know this is probably too little, too late,
but I’d-I’d really like us to be…
…friends.
[whispers] Thank you.
I-I don’t know if I can… if I can pee like this though.
[shushes]
[urinating]
Just let it happen.
So, when he was in third grade, there was this girl, Ruby.
Don’t embarrass him.
No, it was forever ago.
Jordan used to chase Ruby around the playground,
trying to kiss her. [chuckles]
Try getting away with that this day and age.
[Kyle chuckles]
Until one day,
Ruby whacks him clean in the face with a Noir lunch box.
Knocked his front tooth out.
Now, that’s spirit.
I used to say,
“Jordan and Ruby,
they’re gonna be husband and wife one day.”
Whatever happened to her, Jordan?
Well, Daddy, we used to try on prom dresses together
in high school.
So maybe we can be wife and wife.
Sorry about this. He can get dramatic.
Nothing to apologize for.
You got a great kid here.
I’m just gonna let you catch up.
[Courtenay] Oh, absolutely.
Um, you’re the star of the show.
Of course we want to… hear your notes.
Okay, so…
like, maybe it doesn’t have to be, like…
uh, like, a cautionary tale or a…
I mean, like, why can’t I be, like, inspirational?
I mean, not like Queen Maeve but…
I mean, like Queen Maeve, you know?
[chuckles softly] Baby, you’re not like…
You got to work with what you’ve got.
But it’s k…
I mean, it’s exploiting me.
I think, in the real world,
everybody uses everyone.
And I think that this could help you in a million ways.
You know she taught me how to do it?
How to stick my fingers down my throat.
Until I vomited bile.
[quietly] Go fuck yourself.
[Courtenay] Holy shit.
This is fan-fucking-tastic.
[sighs] You’re gonna need a whole nother room
for all the People’s Choices.
[Polarity] You know, I’m working on my charitable contributions
for the calendar year.
And you are still chairwoman
of Vought for Tots, right?
Mm.
Uh, excuse me. Uh, I got to hit the bathroom.
All that champagne.
Uh, come right back.
Of course. Yes, yes.
Hey.
What-what-what are you doing?
What, I can’t buy a ticket?
[chuckles]
You-you-you pushed somebody for the free booze.
Wow.
That’s offensive.
Okay?
I can’t believe that you would…
Yes. Yes, I did.
I did that.
If everyone’s gonna be worshiping Brink
and shitting all over Luke,
then I at least want to get some Grey Goose out of it.
Hmm.
Should we talk about our intercourse situation?
Uh…
Whoa, sorry.
That sounded so bad. Um…
Yeah. Yes.
Yes.
Just not-not-not now. Later.
Not now.
Okay. Okay. [chuckles]
[chuckles]
But yeah.
Okay. [chuckles]
[whispers] “Intercourse.”
[chatter in distance]
Hey.
What’s up?
I’m Andre.
Yeah, I know who you are.
You’re Cricket, right?
Emma.
[chuckles] I won’t puke all over your shoes.
Yeah, I saw that video.
Fuck that girl.
Freshman class is savage this year.
You know, tell you the truth,
I, uh, wanted to talk to you.
You want to talk to me?
[Paul] We really did come just to show our support.
Not an easy drive, FYI,
but Dr. Cohen says we got to meet you halfway.
Paul, not here.
Point is, we’re trying.
I’m not a boy, Dad.
Not all the time.
And I’m sorry that you hate that.
But you are.
You’re my firstborn son.
The day you were born was the best day of my life.
I thought we were giving you a gift with Compound V.
You did give me a gift.
Can we please not talk about this?
For you, maybe.
I’m no bigot.
I get a lot of kids don’t have a choice.
But you do.
You can be a boy forever if you want.
Sometimes I think you change into a girl just to spite me.
Paul, stop.
I’m just…
…the kid addicted to their PlayStation.
Who goes to Olive Garden just for the breadsticks,
who binges Property Brothers.
I’ve never changed, Dad.
I’ve always just been me.
[sniffles]
[sighs, sniffles]
[Emma] What the fuck?
Like, what the fuck?
Like, what the fucking fuck?!
Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
What are they doing down there?
I mean, fuck, could they do that to us?
Are we in danger? I mean, should we tell someone?
I don’t know what we’d say. All I got is this
and what Luke told me before his murder-suicide.
It’s not exactly credible.
But what I do know is that we need to go down there
and we need to find out where they have Luke’s brother.
Mm.
But…
I can’t do it without getting busted.
But maybe…
Oh, shit!
I mean, saying it out loud,
I know it sounds like a bad fucking idea,
so you should forget I said anything.
No, I’m totally, totally in, dude.
‘Cause it is, like, life-or-death dangerous.
And you’re a freshman
and you are not even on the Crimefighting track.
You know what, just forget I said anything.
Yes.
But, also, no matter what you say…
[whispers] …yes.
♪ ♪
[Andre] Okay, so the GPS tag’s connected to my phone.
Remember, just recon. No tiny action hero shit.
I think this is where they’re keeping him.
But if you see anything shady, just bail.
What’s his room number again?
Northwest Wing 4.
I’ll see you in an hour.
Got it!
Get it, got it, good.
[Andre] Are you all right?
[Emma] Yeah, I’m just still stoned!
Sweet Jesus.
[giggles]
Okay, just be careful, okay?
You got it!
[trilling]
♪ ♪
Betsy, if you don’t want dinner, keep it up.
[Betsy coughing]
[cart departing]
[Emma breathing heavily]
Huh?
[gasping]
[panting]
[gasps]
[breathing heavily]
Are you real?
I want to start by welcoming you all tonight
under such unfathomable circumstances.
Our beloved Brink’s death
was not just a tragedy.
Where the hell’d you go?
I was getting some air. Chill.
It was one of the darkest days
in Godolkin’s history.
For Golden Boy to commit such an evil,
unspeakable act, it just…
[shudders, exhales]
But in darkness,
stars can truly shine.
Like Marie Moreau,
the Guardian of Godolkin.
[applause]
That’s right.
So let’s give Marie and stars like her
the future she deserves.
[man] Hear, hear.
[Shetty] A donation to the #ThinkBrink Foundation
will provide long overdue upgrades
to the combat gym and the recording studio.
So please open your hearts.
Give generously.
Right, Marie?
[chuckles]
[laughter]
Any donation would be appreciated,
but, of course, a large donation would be more appreciated.
[laughter]
But, really,
from the bottom of my heart,
thank you.
[sighs]
[applause]
What happened to you?
Parents.
Say no more.
Vodka.
The expensive shit you save
for the big swinging dicks.
And two glasses.
Shall we?
[sentimental piano music playing]
[woman vocalizing]
Brink didn’t just hone my skills.
He sharpened my mind.
He turned me into the curious,
intelligent man I am today.
Rest in peace, broseph.
Brink was like an uncle to my boy.
And thanks to him,
Andre’s going all the way.
See, that’s what made Brink the real deal.
He could see the diamond inside the rock,
the pearl inside the oyster.
[quietly] Emma, why the fuck are you still down there?
Shit.
He knew he belonged in the Tower.
And now…
[Tiffany] Emma, I’m starting to get a little worried,
so if you could please pick up the phone and call me back…
…to one of the real ones.
Yo. Where do you think you’re going?
I’m going to the bathroom.
Did I do something to piss you off?
No.
Then what? Because all you’re doing is fucking up.
I have a different kid all of a sudden.
I’m trying to be a hero, Dad.
What are you talking about?
I didn’t sleep through my interview.
There’s some fucked-up shit going on,
and that-that’s why Luke killed Brink.
Because there’s-there’s this underground hospital
where they keep everybody and…
Who else have you told?
Nobody.
Don’t say
another fucking word about this.
You hear me?
You’re gonna get yourself killed.
♪ ♪
Y… You know?
Drop it.
[man] Hey! Polarity!
[laughs] Hey!
Kevin.
There you are.
Me and the boy want to chop it up.
[Kevin] Oh.
[Emma grunts]
[pants] Whoa.
A tiny girl is such an interesting choice.
[stammers] Why would I do that? What does it mean?
Uh, I don’t understand the question.
Well, you’re not real. You’re a manifestation.
But why would I imagine you? [chuckles]
No, I’m r… I’m real!
Prove it.
How?
What’s the name of the stuffed animal I loved more
than anything when I was little?
I have no idea.
What’s the name?!
Dipdop!
How ’bout Dip… uh, Dipdop?
How did I break my arm in second grade?
Fuck, man, I don’t know.
Tell me!
[stammers] On a bike!
Who-who the f-fuck knows, man?
What’s the name…
…of my all-time favorite movie?
Well, you’re a white guy, so…
Uh, Godfather, Star Wars or Shawshank.
Waterworld.
Waterworld?
[laughs] Jesus.
[chuckles] Wait.
You’re real.
For real.
[laughing] Holy shit.
You do know this is the dumbest test ever, right?
[laughs]
Wha-What are you… what are you doing here?
You could get in big trouble.
Sort of scouting ahead.
For what?
For you.
To get you out of here.
Oh.
Uh…
No, I don’t… I don’t think so.
No?
You are literally almost in a dungeon.
Oh, it’s not so bad.
Uh…
I have a… beanbag.
Okay, a beanbag is not a compelling reason
to stay captive, Sam.
I’ve tried.
I’ve tried to get out before, but people get hurt.
I get mixed-up.
I just… I started some new meds.
I think it’s better if I stay here.
But thanks for coming by.
Your brother sent me!
Luke?
He did?
Yes.
He wants to get you out, so…
I mean, I guess I could give you
the codes to all the security doors.
They don’t think I pay attention.
But I do.
You know the fucking codes?
I just knew you’d be great at this, Marie.
Bet you scored a million in pledges.
You’re a fucking superstar. You saved my ass.
Your ass needed saving?
A dean’s whole job is raising money.
After Golden Boy, the donations were going down the toilet.
And so was I.
But then one look at that smile of yours
and their wallets just cracked right open.
[♪ Saticöy: “Faded from Color”]
Good.
I’m glad I could be useful to you.
Oh. [chuckles softly] So useful.
You’re fantastic. Excuse me.
♪ Reaching to find where the wonder hides ♪
♪ Saying it’ll all be fine ♪
♪ While you sit around in wasted time ♪
♪ Faded from color ♪
Hey, Moreau.
[sighs]
♪ Stuck in the back seat…
I’m not in the mood, okay?
You can attack me in the morning.
I’m surprised you can walk straight
with everyone’s tongue lodged up your ass.
Leave me alone. You don’t know shit about me.
Brownnoser, one-upper.
Mommy and Daddy’s perfect little hero.
Yeah, well, that’s definitely not me,
because my parents are dead.
Because I killed them.
You happy?
Bullshit.
I didn’t know I had powers
until my first period.
I couldn’t control the blood,
and it sliced through my mom’s body.
Dad came in. Same deal.
Fuck.
Yeah.
I’m the last person who thinks they’re a hero.
I fucking hate myself half the time.
And I just spent the entire night being dragged around
like a show pony, so I’m not in the mood for your shit.
[Cate] Hey.
♪ Saying it’ll all be fine ♪
♪ While you sit around in wasted time ♪
♪ Faded from color ♪
♪ Stuck in the back seat ♪
♪ And told to drive ♪
♪ I’m holding out… ♪
We were camping.
I was nine.
My parents were setting up the tent.
My little brother kept kicking at my shins,
so I grabbed him by the arm and I told him to go away
and never come back.
So he did.
He just walked right into the woods.
That was the first time my powers showed up.
I didn’t know.
Jesus.
There was a… search party.
Dogs. You know?
It went on for weeks.
But…
nothing.
My mom never touched me again.
Neither did my dad.
[stammers]
I had no idea.
I’m so sorry.
It is not your fault.
Your parents shot you up with a dangerous drug
when you were a baby
to make a buck off you.
No, my parents weren’t like that.
Yes, they were.
They did this. You didn’t.
Don’t spend a fucking minute crying over them.
I killed my grandpa with my powers.
♪ Stuck in the back seat…
No, you didn’t.
Yeah, I know. I was just feeling left out.
[chuckles]
All everyone ever remembers is that he drinks his own pee,
but it is about so much more than that.
I-It’s about being alone
at the end of the world
and finding your humanity.
And drinking your own pee.
[snorts]
[laughing]
[chuckles]
[Emma continues laughing]
So, I guess they’ll come get the tray when you’re done and…
…then I’ll see you whenever?
Hope so.
Me, too.
Oh, sorry.
Um…
You want some?
Oh, can’t. If I eat, I…
Like Alice in Wonderland.
Exactly. Yeah.
Except with a lot more puking.
Sorry, I don’t… That’s gross.
[mutters]
You’re the furthest thing from gross.
You’re, uh…
You’re pretty.
And brave. I mean…
You’re so fucking brave.
Thanks.
I’m not at all, though.
You’ve gotten closer to rescuing me than Luke ever did.
The pretty thing, you were probably born with.
Or maybe cosmetic surgery.
[both chuckling]
[alarm blaring]
Oh, no.
What is it?
Hey! Guys, uh…
[whispers] I fucked up.
What did you do?
It’s about her roommate.
Emma?
Who the fuck is Emma?
I-Is she okay?
I think she’s stuck.
Stuck?
Wh… [chuckles] Where?
You know where.
Andre.
You promised.
They know you’re here.
[alarm continues blaring]
[grunts]
As soon as they turn off the electricity, run.
What electricity?
[zapping]
[panting]
[zapping stops]
Sam!
[door opens]
[panting]
♪ ♪
[groans]
[groans, coughs]
[groaning]
[panting]
[zapping]
[groaning]
Sam.
[zapping stops]
♪ ♪
[grunting]
[grunting]
No, no, no. [grunts]
[yells, pants]
No, no, no, no!
No! No! [grunts]
What the fuck?!
[groaning]
[crunching, squishing]
[choking]
[alarm continues]
[muffled grunting]
[coughing]
[shudders]
Oh, God!
This is the grossest thing possible!
[panting]
Is-is he…?
[panting]
[footsteps approaching]
[whispers] Fuck.
[♪ Rockaway Bitch: “I Wanna Be Sedated”]
♪ Twenty, twenty, 24 hours to go ♪
♪ I wanna be sedated ♪
♪ Nothing to do, nowhere to go, oh ♪
♪ I wanna be sedated ♪
♪ Just get me to the airport, put me on a plane ♪
♪ Hurry, hurry, hurry before I go insane ♪
♪ I can’t control my fingers, I can’t control my brain ♪
♪ Oh, no, oh-oh, oh-oh ♪
♪ Twenty, twenty, 24 hours to go ♪
♪ I wanna be sedated ♪
♪ Nothing to do, nowhere to go, oh ♪
♪ I wanna be sedated ♪
♪ Just put me in a wheelchair, put me on a plane ♪
♪ Hurry, hurry, hurry before I go insane ♪
♪ I can’t control my fingers, I can’t control my brain ♪
♪ Oh, no, oh-oh, oh-oh ♪
♪ Twenty, twenty, 24 hours to go ♪
♪ I wanna be sedated ♪
♪ Nothing to do, nowhere to go, oh ♪
♪ I wanna be sedated ♪
♪ Just put me in a wheelchair, get me to the show ♪
♪ Hurry, hurry, hurry before I go loco ♪
♪ I can’t control my fingers, I can’t control my toes ♪
♪ Oh, no, oh-oh, oh-oh ♪
♪ Twenty, twenty, 24 hours to go ♪
♪ I wanna be sedated ♪
♪ Nothing to do, nowhere to go, oh ♪
♪ I wanna be sedated ♪
♪ Just put me in a wheelchair, get me to the show ♪
♪ Hurry, hurry, hurry before I go loco ♪
♪ I can’t control my fingers, I can’t control my toes ♪
♪ Oh, no, oh-oh, oh-oh ♪
♪ Bam, bam, ba-bam, ba-bam, bam, ba-bam ♪
♪ I wanna be sedated ♪
♪ Bam, bam, ba-bam, ba-bam, bam, ba-bam ♪
♪ I wanna be sedated ♪
♪ Bam, bam, ba-bam, ba-bam, bam, ba-bam ♪
♪ I wanna be sedated ♪♪
