03x10 - Monsters

[bunniefuu]

[suspenseful music playing]

[Ginny] Do you ever wake up from a dream…

and you have the feeling
that you've had that dream before?

[dramatic sting]

-[Matthews] Order, please.
-Objection.

[Matthews] Order, please.

[Foley] Objection.

-Overruled.
-[crowd murmuring]

[suspenseful music playing]

Austin…

what do you mean?

[Austin breathing shakily]

We were
playing hide-and-seek… [pants, inhales]

…and I was hiding in the cabinet.

[Austin breathing shakily]

And I saw my dad put…

a pillow over his face.

[crowd gasps, murmurs]

[softly] Oh my God.

[breathes deeply]

[footsteps departing]

[breathing deeply]

[dramatic sting]

[whispers] Austin.

[tense music playing]

[whispers] Come here.

Ginny, what are you doing here?

Simone doesn't think Mom has a chance.

Oh.

Gil's taking you away.

What?

[inhales] He told me

once Mom goes to jail,
he's moving you to Michigan.

Forever?

[inhales] He's not a good guy, Austin.

[Austin gasps]

He did that?

-What do we do?
-You remember what the fancy lawyer said?

It's a m*rder trial.
We have to give them a m*rder*r.

That's Mom.

Maybe.

Who?

Cynthia?

What if Gil was there that night?

[tense music continues]

We already know that he's violent.

He has a criminal record. He'd be perfect.

But we don't have a motive.
Why would he do it?

[exhales]

-Austin, I know.
-[breathing shakily]

But it's your dad or your mom.
You have to pick.

[gulps]

[inhales] It's us
against the world, right?

I know a motive. [gulps]

[inhales]

Mom and Cynthia blocked
his apartment application. [inhales]

[dramatic sting]

He could… could hear them talking.

[inhales]

They didn't know he'd come into the house.

[Austin exhales]

He got mad, and… he k*lled Tom.

[crowd reacting]

And later, he came over
and hurt my mom too.

-[crowd talks indistinctly]
-[Matthews] Order.

-[gavel banging]
-Order, please.

[Ginny] It's like a video game hack.

Like I've dreamed this before.

So, what used to be a nightmare,

I know the twists and turns.

[Simone] Did you block
his apartment application?

Well, yes. But--

Did you know
that Gil had a history of violence?

I suspected it.

-You hate Georgia Randolph.
-[Cynthia] What? No.

But you blocked her
from the neighborhood club.

You've accused her
of stealing funds from her job.

You've even been heard
saying that she's trash.

That she was, quote, "an evil wh*re

who used an accent and a V-neck
to bag the mayor," end quote.

Okay, I may have said, um--

You know, this defense has argued
that Tom rolled himself into the pillow.

But a medical examiner said,
without any uncertain doubt,

that a m*rder took place.

It couldn't have been an accident.

But Georgia did not place that pillow.

Did Gil often pick up Austin
from playdates?

He had from time to time.

Is it possible
that in your confused state,

in your deep grief,

that perhaps you forgot to mention
that Gil was there?

No.

Could he have been?

Is it possible that maybe he showed up
and you maybe didn't notice?

[suspenseful music playing]

Could he have heard you tell Georgia that
you blocked his apartment application,

and then he went
and took it out on your husband?

Left, only to show up at Georgia's house

and then physically threatened her.

[suspenseful music continues]

Just asking

if that could have happened.

[dramatic sting]

[insistent knocking on door]

[Cynthia] Ginny.

Are you okay?

[door closes]

-Sorry about earlier.
-I know how hard it is to be a single mom.

I saw my mom do it.

And maybe now…
maybe now you can understand

why she is the way she is.

I mean, she has to make hard decisions

to take care of the people
that she cares about.

And she cares about you.

She-- In her own twisted way, she does.

Ginny, this is inappropriate.
You need to leave now.

Well, if she didn't care,

why didn't she tell everyone
you were having an affair with Joe?

That makes you look really bad.

But she hasn't.

How did you know about that?

Okay, you need to go now.

[suspenseful music playing]

[inhales] You don't care
about her or us, fine.

But there are cameras at Blue Farm.

I have the footage.

I could give it to her lawyer,

and then suddenly,
things look really bad for you.

My mom might not drag you down
with her, but I would.

[dramatic sting]

[suspenseful music continues]

[Simone] Cynthia, could
that have happened?

[suspenseful music swells]

I… I suppose it could have happened.

Yes.

[crowd gasps, murmurs]

-[Matthews] Order.
-[gavel banging]

Order in the court!

-Order, please.
-[gavel bangs]

[Ginny] It's intoxicating
having the power to control the game.

We, the jury… [exhales]

…in the case of Georgia Randolph
against the state of Massachusetts,

find the defendant…

-not guilty.
-[Georgia sighs]

-[sparse applauding]
-♪ I know I did not raise a wrist ♪

♪ I know I did not capture it ♪

[chuckling]

♪ It came, it went ♪

♪ It conquered quick ♪

♪ I was there and then… ♪

-[reporters clamoring]
-[reporter 1] Georgia, how do you feel?

Gil hurt you. Is that why you moved
and changed your name?

Georgia, what's next for you?

[Simone] We're thrilled
justice has been served,

and the sensationalized nature
of this trial

didn't sway the jury
from making the right decision

based on the facts and the truth.

Now what?

What do you mean? It's over. Thank you.

Do you know
when you're gonna see your kids?

So, what do I do now?

-[reporter 1] When do…
-[reporter 2] Do you know…

-[keys jangle]
-[exhales]

[sighs]

[shoe clatters]

[shoe clatters]

[inhales]

[sighs]

["The Angel and the Saint"
by Goldie Boutilier playing]

-[sighs]
-[bottle thuds]

[breathes deeply]

[murmurs]

Georgia Randolph has been
found innocent today

after eyewitness testimony from her son

alleges he saw his father,
Gil Timmins, commit m*rder.

Mr. Timmins is wanted for questioning,

but it would seem
we all owe Georgia Randolph an apology.

-She was the victim of this whole thing.
-[phone locks]

♪ So long… ♪

Convenient, don't you think?

[music fades]

That Gil was there
and no one mentioned it before? [exhales]

You heard the testimony.
He could've snuck in, heard them talking.

Yeah, uh, but Austin never mentioned it,

that he saw his dad do it?

[gentle music playing]

It was probably traumatic.

Yeah.

To witness a parent k*ll someone…

that kind of thing
will stay with him forever.

He won't be the same after seeing that.

-[door opens]
-[footsteps approaching]

[door closes]

The judge reviewed their interviews
and the social worker notes.

They can go home tomorrow if they want.

[Austin] We can go home tomorrow?

M-- Mom's free now?

Yeah, she is.

["sail away" by lovelytheband plays]

[chuckling]

♪ Sail away ♪

♪ Sometimes I really wanna sail away ♪

♪ Leave all those things I did
In yesterday ♪

♪ Is there a place I can stay? ♪

♪ Sometimes I really wanna sail away ♪

♪ Sail away ♪

♪ Sometimes I really wanna sail away ♪

♪ Leave all those things I did
In yesterday ♪

♪ Is there a place I can stay? ♪

♪ Sometimes I really wanna sail away ♪

♪ I get inside my head so much… ♪

[metal clanging]

You're Georgia Randolph, right?

Oh my God. I said to my husband,

I said you didn't do it.

[inhales] I said you are
most likely a victim in all this.

[man talks indistinctly]

-You've been doing construction, right?
-[woman exhales]

-Something with a drill?
-Yes, we're renovating.

I'm sorry about that.
I know it can get loud.

And that's why
I'm voting "no" on Prop 38 tomorrow.

I don't want
all that construction on Main Street.

Oh right. That.

And I'm voting
that Paul Randolph should be recalled.

After what he did to you,

divorcing you like that,
when you needed him the most.

And look, you were innocent.

Paul's being recalled?

[woman] Mm-hmm. It's on the ballot.

Oh wow.

I can't believe we have
a real celebrity on the block.

[inhales] The Mayoress Murderess.

[jackhammer drilling]

[upbeat music playing]

[beer flowing]

[Paul sucks teeth] This might be it,
my last night as mayor.

[bangs on table]

[chuckles]

[mellow music playing on speakers]

Sorry that they might recall you.

[Paul] No, Joe… [exhales softly]

I'm sorry that I backed Prop 38.
It was a mistake.

God, I should've never married her.

Yeah, I don't-- Uh…

[exhales] I mean, she lies.

Like, all the time.

Like, she couldn't trust me? No. No.

She wouldn't let me in.

You know, I was gonna stay,
you know, for the baby.

-"Baby"?
-There is no baby.

But I… I was-- I moved back in.

I… I showed up at court.
I even slept with her.

Oh, you… you… you slept with her?

-[Paul] Yeah.
-When?

[inhales] Ah,
you wouldn't understand, Joe.

Not… not until you've been
with a woman like that. [inhales]

Right. Right, I-- And I don't.
I don't understand.

Um, but… [splutters, chuckles]

…when… when… when did you sleep with her?

She broke my heart… Joe.

She…

-[door opens]
-[smacks lips]

[Paul inhales]

-[Joe] Okay.
-[footsteps approaching]

Can I talk to you for a minute?

-What's up?
-There are cameras in here?

[inhales] I didn't consent
to being filmed.

What are you talking about?
No, no, there are no cameras in Blue Farm.

[mellow music stops]

-[laughing]
-[whimsical music playing]

Wow, that whole family's insane.

[chuckles softly]

Yeah.

-[footsteps departing]
-[whimsical music fades]

["could you love me while i hate myself"
by Zeph playing]

[sighs]

♪ Could you love me while I hate myself? ♪

♪ Could you love me
Though I don't deserve it? ♪

♪ Could you love me
Like there's no one else ♪

♪ Even though
You know I can't return it? ♪

♪ Could you love me
When the water's rough? ♪

[Georgia sighs, chuckles]

[Georgia panting]

[Georgia chuckles]

My brave boy.

[Georgia inhales, kisses]

-I love you, Mom. [inhales]
-That was a big thing you did.

I'm sorry that you had to do it.

[car door closes]

♪ I'm more trouble than I'm worth… ♪

Us against the world.

♪ Could you love me while I hate myself? ♪

[Georgia sighs]

♪ Because I don't know how this works ♪

-[music fades]
-[bags thudding]

Thanks for dropping them off.

[Ginny sighs]

-I'll see you for poetry reading tomorrow.
-[Ginny] Yep.

Gram's coming.

[exhales] Oh, good.

[exhales] Look, we need to talk.

[Georgia sighs]

I want things to be good
between us for Ginny.

I'm petitioning for joint custody.

It's what Ginny wants too.

["Welcome Back to Me"
by Meryem Aboulouafa playing]

♪ I see some troubles heading my way ♪

[sighs]

♪ But I don't care at all ♪

-♪ I see a problem coming to me ♪
-[door closes]

♪ But I'm not scared at all ♪

[exhales]

♪ I know them well
They know me well ♪

♪ They come and go before you know ♪

♪ I am their friend
They don't pretend ♪

♪ We disagree about my misery ♪

♪ And sing my refrain ♪

♪ 'Cause you at least ♪

♪ My little beasts ♪

♪ You give me all ♪

♪ Expecting nothing in return ♪

[music fades]

Joint custody?

He's my dad, Mom.

[birds chirping]

Please don't make this about you.

[sighs] Okay.

[Georgia inhales]

Really? "Okay"?

If it's what you want.

Wow. Jail really changed you.

Does it feel good to be back in your room?

-Back to normal?
-"Normal"?

I don't know. [exhales]

Shall we move? Start fresh?

I'm tired of running.

Yeah, me too. [sighs]

Plus, it went national.

Wherever we go,
we can't run from ourselves.

Deep.

This is our lives now.
We're this. Forever.

[exhales] Yeah.

I guess so.

-♪ Baby, I didn't know ♪
-♪ I didn't know ♪

♪ Oh, baby… ♪

[exhales sharply]

-♪ Didn't know ♪
-♪ Oh… ♪

Remember when I got arrested
at my weddin'?

-♪ I didn't know ♪
-♪ Didn't know… ♪

And then a private investigator
called me a serial k*ller?

[Ginny sighs]

And then my poem
about you being a monster went viral?

-And then my husband left me.
-[sucks teeth]

And I got pregnant.

-Then I ran away.
-Then you came back.

-Then I came back. That was dumb.
-No, it wasn't.

Mmm. Remember when Cynthia came through?

I still don't know why she did that.

♪ I'm an open book
Can I get kick open… ♪

[Georgia sighs]

Been an interesting year.

Yeah, it has.

Austin's gonna be okay, right?

[music fades]

I hope so.

Can he please, pretty please,
go to therapy now?

Yeah, he can.

I'm gonna go too.

What?

[birds chirping]

Wow, yeah, uh, okay. Uh, that's…

Honestly, that might be the most
unbelievable thing about all this.

I'm goin' to therapy,
like you always wanted.

So really, in the end,
all of this was kind of worth it.

-No. No, it was not all worth it.
-Mmm.

[inhales] It's never gonna
happen again, right, Mom?

You're never gonna do it again?

-[exhales shakily]
-I promise.

I need to know that you're different.
That you've changed, that you understand.

I understand.

♪ Two, one… ♪

I wanna be home.

So does Austin.

[Georgia exhales]

♪ Even on a Tuesday night ♪

♪ Can't get over her "don't try" ♪

Are you back, neighbor?

Hi.

[Ginny] Hi.

♪ Dark lips… ♪

It's so weird being back at home.

-But also, like, totally normal.
-Mmm.

♪ Baby, meet me in the attic ♪

What should we do?
Should we… grab Max, play some Uno?

Oh, Max and I are not speaking right now.

That's not true. Max never stops speaking.
I'm not speaking to Max.

-Why?
-'Cause she's a rat. [sighs]

She told my parents
I have a drinking problem.

sh*t. Do you?

[chuckling] No, I don't.

-Then why would she say that?
-'Cause she's Max.

She's dramatic. She gets me in trouble.

-[Marcus exhales]
-That's messed up. I'm sorry.

Hey, thank you for being there for me
when I needed it.

Always. It's just…

Always.

I'm still in love with you.

[smacks lips] I know you don't feel
that way, I know you love me as a friend,

but I think that
I will always be in love with you.

I don't know how to just turn it off.

[birds chirping]

[inhales deeply]

But whatever is going on with us,

I'll be there for you too.

You know that?

I don't have a problem.

I promise.

Show me a trick.

A trick? Like, "dance, monkey"?

-Mm-hmm. Yep.
-All right.

Well, here's a kickflip.
I'm not good at them, so don't…

Hold on. Ready?

-Ah!
-[Ginny laughs]

Yay!

No, don't clap at that.

[Ginny chuckles]

[Ginny grunts]

-Any summer plans?
-[sniffles] Not really.

You?

-I'm going to Korea with my dad.
-Mmm.

But I haven't told my mom yet.

Okay, my turn. I'm going to do a trick.

-Really?
-Yeah.

[blows] Okay.

[Marcus sniffles]

Here you go. [exhales]

[Ginny exhales]

-Okay.
-Okay.

-[Ginny squeals]
-[laughs]

Oh.

[laughing] Yeah.

[applauding]

-Thank you.
-Of course.

[somber music playing]

I wonder if things will finally be normal.

What if she does it again?

Hurt someone?

It's not on you,

what she does.

I don't really think that's true anymore.

What does that mean?

[somber music fades]

See you around, neighbor.

["Meant To Be"
by Ber & Charlie Oriain playing]

♪ When I cook
You do the dishes ♪

♪ And when I'm working late
You record the game ♪

♪ So I don't miss it ♪

♪ And we're good at taking… ♪

I still love you.

I never stopped.

-So you lied to me?
-Yeah.

-So you're a liar?
-Yeah, I'm a liar.

♪ How overdramatic we are ♪

♪ And it's got us this far ♪

♪ But I think you're the one ♪

♪ For someone else ♪

♪ And that sh*t's hard to say ♪

♪ It's okay, you feel the same ♪

To freedom.

-How's it feel?
-[inhales]

Strange. [exhales]

I feel like a circus attraction.

I don't know what to do with myself.
I don't work for Paul anymore, obviously.

You were good at that job.

-Mmm.
-What do you mean, "mmm"?

You were phenomenal. You ran that office.

-I did, didn't I?
-[Ellen] Mm-hmm.

[pop music playing on speakers]

[breathes deeply]

You were right about Marcus.

Maxine caught him drinking at school.

So… what's the plan?

Well, he's grounded forever,

and he's no longer allowed
to go to his art studio garage,

since he was treating it
more like Studio 54.

Is that it?

-[inhales] We're keeping an eye on him.
-[Georgia] Mm-hmm.

[exhales]

Okay.

-Stop.
-What?

Padma? Sweetie? Where's Joe?

Oh, he's in the kitchen.

He kicked out all the other chefs.
He's having his Jeremy Allen White moment.

He's in the kitchen.

[gentle music playing]

I've never been back here.

Georgia.

[sighs]

I'm free.

So…

Well, I didn't know what we…

[sucks teeth] Um…

No, I'm… I'm sorry. Uh…

Yeah, I'm… I'm distracted.

I got the Prop 38 vote happening tomorrow.

I have a good feelin' about it.

[Georgia sucks teeth]

Uh, it's a good thing.

That, uh, they realized Gil…
was at the house that night.

Yeah.

Okay. I'll see you around, Joe.

[footsteps departing]

[gentle music fades]

[upbeat music playing]

-I know.
-Yeah.

[Abby] What are you smiling at?

[Norah] Oh my God!
Ginny, your hair looks so good!

-Thanks.
-[Norah chuckles]

-[Ginny chuckles]
-Oh, Abs, when do you leave for camp?

"Camp"? Isn't that like a kid thing?

It's a Jewish thing. I'm a camp counselor.

I leave in a week.

Hey, Ginny, congrats on your mom
not being a m*rder*r.

Thank you, Brodie.

It really is crazy, huh?

I mean, the justice system
totally failed your mom.

Yes.

Are you lovely ladies coming over tonight?

Because I don't mean to brag,
but I have a basement. So…

[Norah chuckles]

Hey, do you think
we should apologize to Max?

We didn't do anything.

Is she really mad?

It's safe to assume so, yeah.

-I told her about you and Tris.
-Norah.

-You guys, I don't want any more drama.
-You don't want any more drama?

All right, everybody, the year is over.

Please, let's try and keep it together.

Also, we have a poet laureate
in our midst.

[Brodie] Boom!

Ginny, I'm excited for your poem
at the end of the year assembly today.

[students cheer, applaud]

-[Jordan] Yes!
-Whoo!

[boy chanting] Ginny! Ginny! Ginny!

Oh, I'm nervous.

-Why? I love your poems.
-[Ginny exhales]

Christmas feels like Halloween
I'm haunted

-I wrote a poem about you.
-[Marcus] Did you?

-Yup. For poetry class.
-[Marcus] Mmm.

-We had to write love poems.
-And yours was about me?

It's called "Sunshine."

"Sunshine"? Have you met me?

-No, I have never met you before.
-No. Never.

Marcus, please can you go to the office?

Principal Yang wants to talk to you.

-[students] Ooh.
-[Marcus] Oh.

-Another time-out.
-I'm gonna see Darlene. Okay.

I didn't vandalize anything. It's okay.

[indistinct chatter]

-[girl] I'm sorry.
-[boy laughing]

-[sad music playing]
-[telephone ringing]

Uh, what… what… is this?

Marcus, come in.

Please take a seat.

I called in your parents

because we need
to have a hard conversation.

Your grades are not where they need to be
to graduate with your class.

Wait, what?

He won't graduate with his class?

[interpreter] "Why are we just finding out
about this, with no prior warnings?"

There have been several warnings.

[interpreter] "What is wrong
with you? Why?"

Maybe I'm just dumb, Dad.

[Yang] Summer school is an option.

He may be able to start junior year
with the rest of the class.

Yes. [inhales]

He'll do that.

But I also wanted to check in.

Is there anything else going on?

No. We'll keep an eye on him,
and he'll do summer school.

[jackhammer drilling loudly]

[muffled drilling continues]

Are you going to apologize?

-For what?
-You told me to support Proposition 38.

You told me to divorce my wife.

You told me she would be found guilty,
that she was a sinking ship.

Okay, so that's what this is about?

My career is threatened, Nick.
My marriage is ruined.

The only people responsible
for ruining your marriage are you and her.

I don't understand
why you didn't divorce her sooner.

She pretended to be pregnant.

She what? [scoffs]

Yeah.

[Nick] Okay, yeah.

It's kinda-- Really?

Damn, that is--

Yikes. I mean, it's…

It's… it's… it's evil.

-It's evil.
-[telephone ringing]

But it's brilliant.

-I'm sorry.
-[Paul inhales]

I know all of this has been…

[muffled drilling]

…hard on you.

Yes, it has.

God, that drill is loud.

[drilling continues]

[woman] That drill is horrible.

-[sighs]
-You know, I wanted a Whole Foods,

but can you imagine the amount
of construction if Prop 38 passes?

-[sighs]
-I was gonna vote for him.

God, the drill is loud.

-Yo.
-[drilling stops]

-What are you drilling?
-Nothin'.

We just were hired by some blonde lady
to drill for the next few hours.

I was told to be extra loud. [pants]

[jackhammer drilling]

["Loveless" by Famous Friend playing]

[people murmuring]

[talking indistinctly]

♪ Oh we're so loveless ♪

-Hi, Lynette.
-Hi.

Simone.

[Zion sighs]

♪ Fake touch… ♪

You can apologize to Max if you want.

I just don't think
that she needs to know everything.

Like, this is mine. You know?
I don't want her to… ruin it.

I'm really sick of walking
on eggshells around her too.

Yeah, I know. I just--

[Maxine] Hey.

-Hey, Max.
-Hey, Max.

♪ Fake dreams… ♪

Silver and I broke up.

[Norah] Oh, I'm so sorry.

-Are you okay?
-[Maxine] Yeah.

It's okay. Um…

It definitely needed to happen.

[inhales] Another one bites the dust.

[Yang] Congrats.

You all made it to the end of the year.

-Seniors…
-Abby, what about you?

Anything romantic?

I know you know about me and Tris,
but just please don't.

Why didn't you tell me?
I mean, you told the straights.

See, it's that. It's exactly that.

I… [scoffs]

…remember when we were
in the third grade and you came out.

You held a press conference
under the jungle gym.

And I just really want to…

[exhales]

…like someone
without it being this big thing.

Okay, well, stop fighting, guys.
We're in public.

[Yang] Students showcased experiments
that pushed…

I just really wanna talk about it.

Okay, maybe I don't wanna talk about it.

Seriously, this is embarrassing.

[Yang] The countdown is on
for our Prague adventure.

My feelings were hurt.

And I just love you guys so much,
I really wanna fix it.

Okay, well, your feelings can be
a lot sometimes, Max.

[Norah] Honestly, just come on.

[Yang] …wanted me to give
a special shout-out to Mr. Cuneo,

who's retiring this year.

Let's give it up for Mr. Cuneo.

[crowd applauds]

[music continues faintly]

A quick reminder to return all…

Oh, look, we upgraded Bakers.

-Abigail! Don't be mean.
-She just stormed out.

[Yang] It helps our amazing library staff
get ready for next year.

And that way,
everyone has the resources they need.

[coughs]

Don't forget to check your lockers
for anything you might have missed.

Above all,
enjoy a safe, productive summer…

Well, I failed.

…and come back ready
to embrace the challenges…

You gotta be nice to me in the hall
when I'm a sophomore next year.

[Yang] And now,
I'd like to introduce Virginia Miller

to read her winning poem
of the Boston Youth Poet Laureate Contest.

[crowd applauds]

Woo-hoo!

Yeah!

[Ginny] The name of this poem…

[door closes]

-[chair scraping]
-[Ginny chuckles]

The name of this poem,
because names are very important…

[chuckles]

The name of this poem is "Beginnings."

Here we are, starting fresh

But I don't remember
What it feels like to feel whole

How do you fix a hole in your chest?

A Band-Aid? Cold compress?

If a tree falls in the wood

Would it make a sound
If no one was around to swing the axe

To cut off my head
And stop the train of thoughts

To derail the track
And divert from the one-track mind I have?

Having to go through things
That make you strong weakens you

It's a catch-22
So, what do you do?

The flame, the heat

Licking at my skin to a beat
A rhythm, a release

The flame consumes me

I eat the pain, or it eats me

A cavernous, carnivorous beast
With an insatiable appetite

And I'm just a bite, and I'm gone

As who I once was goes up in flames

[inhaling]

I'm trying to change, to grow

To tie this all up in a neat, tidy bow

But I'll never know right and wrong
Weak and strong

A binary that already has complexities
And shades of gray

And I just want to be okay

I can't keep burning through life this way

Will it ever stop?

There can't be more shoes that drop

I need hope that all will be well

That my heart will swell and fill the hole

I need to accept what I can't control

The secrets are told
There's nothing new to learn or unfold

I need peace
To gather the pieces of my soul

Or I will burn until there is nothing left

[exhales]

[crowd applauding]

[crowd murmuring]

Whoo!

Woo-hoo-hoo!

[chuckles]

[mellow music playing]

Remind me, Mr. Gitten,

why did Ginny Miller
drop out of AP English?

I think we should have a chat.

[Ginny, Zion laughing]

[Zion] What do you mean?
She gets it from me.

Oh, she gets it from me, honey.

What are you talking about? I'm the poet.

[Simone] He's an amazing poet.
I'll give him that.

-Of course you'd say that.
-[Simone] Yeah, fantastic.

-[Zion] Thank you.
-You've always been.

[Zion] That's what I've been saying.

[Georgia, Ginny chuckle]

[Georgia sniffles sharply]

-What'd you think?
-[exhales] Let me gas you up.

It was phenomenal, Peach. It really was.

God, it felt so good to have everyone
looking at me for a positive reason.

Mm-hmm.

I just felt like I haven't had an identity
outside of all this for a while, you know?

But up there, I got to be Ginny again,

not just the Mayoress Murderess' daughter.

That's great, Peach. I'm happy.

-What?
-I want that too.

[Ginny scoffs]

-Who's that?
-Wolfe.

Oh, how nice.

-I'll k*ll him.
-What did you just say?

[Ginny inhales sharply]

-That's the guy who knocked her up.
-[Zion] Oh.

Okay, yeah. k*ll him.

You guys are so hilarious.

[upbeat music playing]

I have to go get Austin.
I'll see you at home, Peach.

[Bryon chuckles]

That was so good.

Good job, Ginny. I'm headed out.

Okay. Love you.

"Love you"?

-[Bracia giggles]
-I mean, "I love you too."

In fact, we all love each other.
Isn't that nice?

-Mm-hmm. I love you both too.
-[Ginny] Mmm.

[Bracia chuckles]

Oh.

Hey, poetry guy.

[softly] Okay.

-I liked your poem.
-Thanks.

Thank you for coming.

-Had to. I'm poetry guy.
-[chuckles]

Um…

We're friends, right?

I don't know. I tried to be friends
with my ex before.

Mm-hmm. "We used to be something."

[Marcus] Oh, is that me?

Oh. Uh…

Hi, guy. Good to see you.

We're friends.
I'm not giving you a choice. Too bad.

-I loved the poem.
-Thanks.

Hey, what did
they wanna talk to you about?

Oh, nothing.
Uh, just someone found my wallet.

-You were phenomenal. It was so good!
-Oh my God!

[Norah] Oh!

-We're gonna be juniors!
-[Norah] Yes!

-[Abby cheers]
-[Ginny chuckles]

See ya.

I cannot get over this year.
It felt like three years, maybe even five.

Dude, next year's hell year.

Everyone keeps calling it that.
It's scary. They should stop.

Do you really think
it's gonna be as bad as they say?

Maxine not come?

[whimsical music playing]

Cynthia, I just wanted to say thanks
for what you did.

Your daughter can be very convincing.

Ginny? What does
she have to do with anythin'?

[scoffs]

You two are exactly alike.

You must be so proud.

She's just like you.

God help Austin, truly.

-[Zach] See ya.
-[scoffs]

Here.

Hi. How was your day?

What was that?

I honestly don't know.

Here. You must've left them at Zach's.

[Georgia exhales]

Come on. Summer vacation, right?

-[Austin chuckles]
-Mmm.

-We don't need this anymore.
-Mom!

Don't need this one.
Definitely don't need this one.

Whoo!

[door closes]

[Nick] Yes, they did vote to recall you,

but that just means
there's gonna be a new election.

So run again, remind the town
why they elected you in the first place.

This is a knee-jerk reaction
to Georgia's trial.

And you supporting Prop 38.

[inhales, sniffles]

You're fired.

-[Paul exhales]
-What?

Your job was to give me advice.

Your advice was… ineffective.

You don't wanna be here,

so leave.

[breathes deeply]

-[footsteps departing]
-[door opens]

-[pensive music playing]
-[door closes]

So you're officially
on summer vacation. Very exciting.

Not you. You are not on summer vacation.

You are in summer school,
and you are grounded forever.

How was Ginny's poem?

She's brilliant.

[can hisses open]

[phone chimes]

Oh, Mom, can you open that text from
Brodie? My hands are all salmonella-y.

[phone unlocks]

It says, "Let's celebrate, milady."

-That's fun.
-[Maxine] It's nothing.

He's having this thing at his house
to celebrate the end of sophomore year.

-I'm not going.
-Don't be like that.

Can I go?

It's Brodie's. You hate Brodie's.

-I wasn't speaking to you.
-[Ellen] Marcus, you are grounded.

You're not going to any party,
especially one with ill*gal substances.

[laughing] What, Mom?

It's not like there's gonna be drinking
at Max's friend's house, right? Max?

No. No, we usually just play
Chutes and Ladders and Monopoly.

No.

Okay.

[somber music playing]

Mom? He needs more help
than summer school.

-Like, he needs rehab.
-Your father and I are handling it, okay?

Why don't you go to the party
and make up with your friends?

Really don't feel like seeing anyone.
I'll be in my room.

[footsteps departing]

-[sighs]
-[music fades]

[chuckles softly]

[Georgia] You look pretty.

You really have changed, Mom.

-I think you have.
-[exhales sharply]

Have you?

What do you mean?

I want you to be really careful, Peach,
about the person you're becoming.

-What does that mean?
-[exhales]

What did you say to Austin…

to get him to do that?

He knew the situation. He made a choice.

Cynthia knew Gil wasn't there that night.

What did you do?

I did what you always taught us.

You don't do that.

That's not on ya to do things like that.

I don't know why you're so upset.

It's what got you out.
It's what you would've done.

That's what scares me.

I know what it's like to cross a line
you can't come back from.

I don't want that for you,
and I don't want that for Austin.

It's not like we had much of a choice.

You don't know how much that weighs,

to carry that.

I do hard things so you don't have to.

I know I'm a monster.

I don't want you
to turn into monsters too.

[exhales]

[inhales] I did what I had to do.

Prove that I did the right thing.

I'm glad you've changed, Mom.

Make sure it sticks.

Don't make me regret setting you free.

["Breath of Roma"
by Meryem Aboulouafa playing]

You think it's all on you, but it's not.

♪ Blow softly… ♪

We carry the weight too.

We always have.

♪ Oh, soft wind coming in from the past ♪

♪ Roman and Ottoman ♪

[sighs]

♪ From mountains
Until the roads and trams ♪

♪ This is the breath of Roma… ♪

[door opens]♪

[inhales sharply]

Hi, Dad.

I'm sorry. About how I reacted earlier.

It's hard, as a parent,
to see you struggle

when I know how brilliant you are.

How warm and soft and caring
and wonderful you are,

and you're failing.

And that's not you,

and I hate that you're making choices
that sell yourself short.

I know, Dad.

It's all right. I get it.

[sucks teeth]

I love you.

You're my son,

and I love you.

[breathes deeply]

And you can always come to me
if you need help.

I know. I love you too.

I don't need help.

I promise. I'm okay.

♪ This is the breath of Roma ♪

[door closes]

♪ Caressing the people's feelings ♪

[music fades]

Look, I'm sorry. I was worried--

[crickets chirping]

sh*t.

[dog barks]

He didn't even do the pillow trick.

["Not About You" by Haiku Hands playing]

♪ I feel like I'm on one ♪

♪ Banging on to someone ♪

♪ Before it comes undone ♪

♪ I'm gonna eat my cake… ♪

[indistinct chatter]

♪ I'm gonna ♪

♪ I'm gonna… ♪

I thought you were grounded.

Jailbreak. You good?

[muffled music continues on speakers]

[Jordan] Press.

Yo, Press, what are you drinking?

Do you think people can change?

No.

Y… Your mom can change.

I was talking about me.

It's all about cycles, right?

Do you think that I'm…

destined to be like her?

No.

Austin's gonna be fine.

He'll be fine.

[ping-pong ball clacking]

[Abby] Aha!

[Brodie] Abby.

-Really glad your mom's okay.
-Thanks. Me too.

Can I talk to my brother?

[Jordan] Woo-hoo!

Mom and Dad don't know you snuck out yet,
so let's just go, please.

Marcus.

Oh.

-I'm begging you, please.
-No.

[sighs]

You know what? One more.

[Jordan] Whoa! Whoa!

-Whoa!
-[Brodie] Jordan, come on.

[Ginny giggling]

I came
'cause I don't wanna be dramatic.

People don't announce
when they're not being dramatic.

-Thank you for that lovely feedback, Abby.
-[clicks tongue]

I love that we can just, like,
hang out and be normal,

and we don't harp on anything
or get to the bottom of our issues, like…

like, at all. [chuckles]

Can I talk to you?

Yeah.

[inhales]

I'm really sorry I missed your poem,
but I heard you were brilliant.

-It's okay. It doesn't matter.
-No, it does.

I was hurt when you didn't come to Mousse,
so I know how it feels, and…

Sorry.

No, I'm not mad at you.

Okay.

It's just been hard for me.
And I know it's been hard for you too.

I've been trying to be there for you,
and I feel like I have,

but you've kind of been ditching me
to hang out with everyone else,

which you can do.

Like, you're allowed to hang out
with whoever you want.

Yeah, I am.

[smacks lips] Yeah,
that's… what I'm saying--

-We're saying the same thing. [chuckles]
-Max, I'm not mad at you either.

I don't know,
maybe we just grew apart a little bit.

Maybe that's okay.

I don't want that to be okay.

I don't want us to grow apart. [exhales]

I don't know what to tell you. Sorry.

Okey-dokey! Let's go do some shots.
How about that?

Yes, come.

[Jordan] Shots, baby.

Mom was right. That made things worse.

Joe?

[inhales] Gil didn't k*ll Tom, did he?

[sighs] No, I did it. I k*lled Tom Fuller.

Oh.

[smacks lips] I sort of thought
you already guessed that.

[spluttering] Yeah. Yeah, I mean…

I feel safe with you.

I feel… more me.

Like, real me.

Like, if maybe I had had a normal life
and didn't go through all this crazy sh*t,

then who knows?

Maybe I would be a different person.
Or maybe I'd be the same.

But I don't wanna hide things from you.

I k*lled my last husband too.

Holy sh*t.

And all those things in the media
they said about me,

they're mostly true.

What is happening?

They dug up every dark, shameful secret
and called me horrible things,

and you're the only one who stood by me.

And you'll never know
what that meant to me. [chuckles]

[smacks lips] So I get it

if you don't want anythin' to do with me.

But I'm not gonna lie to you.

I'm so tired of lyin'.

I'm so tired of runnin'.

[breathes deeply]

I just wanna stand still.

[inhales deeply]

[gentle music playing]

[Georgia sighs]

I mean, this is a lot to process.

I'm not asking anythin' of you.

-Okay, good.
-Yeah.

-Yeah, me neither.
-Okay.

[breathes deeply]

Oh, screw it.

[Georgia inhales]

-[exhales]
-I'm sorry. I…

That was, uh, weird timing to do that.

You were just sharing,
and I think I got emotional.

No, I… [sighs]

[breathes deeply]

I need you to know… [exhales]

…I was trying to help her.

Cynthia. [inhales]

And Austin
and Ginny were trying to help me.

That's why they lied.

Loyalty, right?

That's it.

So I get it.

And I don't care.

I mean, I… I… I care, obviously,
if you k*ll people. Don't k*ll people.

[Joe inhales]

Actually, how many people?
'Cause you mentioned some husbands.

[exhales] sh*t.

[Joe exhales]

-[softly] I'm so sorry.
-[exhales]

I haven't stopped going from guy to guy.

And my kids, I think they need me
to settle down for a minute.

[sucks teeth] I promised Ginny…

[inhales]

…I'll be different. [exhales]

[Joe exhales]

[Joe exhales]

-[electronic music playing]
-[Samantha sniffles]

Baby, does this shirt make me look fat?

-Yes.
-Hey.

Be nice to her.

-[laughing] Marcus, dude, are you good?
-Yeah.

-Dude, what you drinking?
-Shots.

-[Abby] You're doing shots?
-Yeah.

-There's already-- Huh?
-No, we're going home.

-[Marcus] No.
-Yes. Please, Marcus.

No, you go home.

I am home.
And I love Brodie's basement. [sniffles]

Thank you, brother.

-What? No.
-Marcus.

-We're going.
-Come on.

[Abby] Come on. Don't be a brat
just because you're mad at us.

-Stay and have fun.
-I have to take care of my brother.

Why can't I hang with the juniors?
Is it 'cause I'm not a junior?

-[Ginny] Hey.
-I'm not a junior.

-Are you okay?
-[Marcus] I'm not graduating.

-Do you need help?
-No, it's fine. I got it.

Plus, we're just not that close, right?

Max, come on. That's not what I--

[music fades]

[breathes deeply]

[exhales]

-[knock on door]
-[door opens]

Hi, Paul.

[inhales] What the hell
are you doing here?

I was wrong…

to lie about the pregnancy. I'm sorry.

[somber music playing]

[inhales] I didn't pawn it.

[scoffs] I might lose my job
because of you.

I had a plan,
and then you just-- You… [exhales]

[inhales] …you destroyed it.

I wanted those things too.

Bullshit.

You never loved me.

That's not true.

You wanted to be married to the mayor.
You just used me, you know? [chuckles]

[scoffs, inhales]

You know, I used to think that
we were the same, but we are not.

We are not the same.

[inhales]

You turned me into
the worst possible version of myself,

because you are in…

[inhales] …you are insidious.

[inhales] And you poison good things.

I came to apologize,

-and now I did.
-[scoffs]

Are you actually starting to believe
the bullshit they're saying about you?

That you're the victim here?
Because you are not the victim, trust me.

I didn't make you anything
that wasn't in there already.

-[door slams]
-[exhales softly]

[exhales]

[door opens]

[door closes]

-[Maxine] Get upstairs.
-[Marcus] Mmm?

[Marcus groans]

Good evening.

Go to bed.

-Mom, Dad-- Okay.
-Go to bed now.

-Oh, lighten up.
-[Maxine grunts]

I'm so tired

of everyone acting like
it's the worst thing in the world.

"Oh!"

Kids drink.

It's not a big problem.

I'm not selling myself short, okay?

God, just shut up.

[Marcus exhales]

We'll discuss this in the morning.

Oh, okay.

Yeah, okay.

Yes, sir. Okay. Yes, sir.

Mm-hmm.

-Yes, sir. Uh-huh.
-[Ellen] What is wrong with you?

Do you hate us?

No. No, I… I…

I don't hate you. Mmm?

I hate me.

[smacks lips] I hate me, okay? I hate…

[yells] I hate me, okay?

I hate me! I hate me!

I hate me!

You understand? I… [breathing shakily]

[voice breaking] I hate me.

["You There" by Aquilo playing]

♪ You there ♪

[Marcus grunts, inhales sharply]

♪ You're better off here… ♪

Mom, he has a problem, and he needs help.
He needs rehab.

I don't want him to fall behind.

Who cares
if it means he's helping himself?

He's already having a hard enough time,
Max, and I don't wanna make it worse.

I… [cries]

♪ To fall back down ♪

[phone vibrating]

♪ Funny it takes some time… ♪

[operator] Hello. Do you want
to accept a call from Shane Reilly,

an inmate
from the New Mexico State Penitentiary?

Yes.

-[phone beeps]
-[exhales]

[Shane] Mary? Are you there?

Don't call me that.

[Shane] God, your voice.
I haven't heard it since you were little.

Why do you keep calling, Dad?

[Shane] I've wanted
to talk to you for so long,

and if I can find you, anyone can.

Your mom, your stepdad.

Mary… Mary, you have to be careful.

[yells] I'm not Mary anymore!

♪ You're better off here… ♪

Ginny, hey.

[grunts] Hi.

[music fades]

Are you okay?

Yeah. See?

[Marcus inhales]

[Ginny] You're really drunk.

[inhales] Can I hear it?

What?

[gulps] The, uh…

"Sunshine" poem.

[Marcus inhales]

Marcus…

what did you mean when you said
you weren't graduating?

I'm a…

I'm a loser. Um…

[inhales, gulps]

I… I failed this year.

[Marcus inhales]

You are not a loser.

Marcus…

-I… I think you wet the bed.
-Mmm?

[softly] Oh.

I'm sorry, I'm just…

sh*t, I'm… I'm drunk.

-Marcus.
-Mmm?

I love you. I want…

[exhales] I wanna hear
the "Sunshine" poem.

-[door opens]
-I wanna… I wanna hear it.

Ginny.

I think you should leave, honey.

[sad music playing]

[Marcus inhales] What?

[breathing shakily]

-[exhales]
-[knocking on door]

[door opens]

[door creaks]

Austin, hey.

[birds chirping]

Are you okay?

[sighs]

[breathing shakily]

[tense music playing]

You broke your glasses?

Get out of my room.

Austin--

[yells] I said, get out!

-[tense music swells]
-[door slams]

["The End" by Tom Odell playing]

[Ginny] It's impossible
to go through things unscathed.

[inhales]

But the question is,
can you control how you change?

Are you in control at all?

[breathing shakily]

-[car engine revving]
-["The End" continues]

This is bullshit.

I think maybe
we just don't talk for this drive.

[paper rustling]

[Ginny] You're here

Like the time you touched my face

And promised you always would be

My biggest fear

That hand will disappear

And you'll be gone

Like sunshine in the dark

Swallowed in the night

The dark falls and consumes

It convinces, it grooms

It takes you away

And I'm left with the echoes
Of words you used to say

But I know the heart underneath the pain

It has hope, and so do I

That one day, the dark will leave the sky

I see your sunshine through the dark

It's stark

It warms me still

I know you're there, somewhere

Today, tomorrow, forever

♪ It made me sad ♪

♪ Did it make you cry? ♪

♪ I thought of you ♪

♪ I don't know why ♪

♪ Oh ♪

♪ Give me back my oxygen ♪

♪ You'll say ♪

♪ "Do you think we can be friends?" ♪

♪ Or maybe we have reached the end… ♪

[Ginny] Or do some things change you

so it's impossible to ever find
your way back to who you used to be?

♪ Maybe we have reached the end ♪

["Angel Baby"
by Rosie & The Originals playing]

[car engine revving]

[Ginny] I think my mom has changed…

or is capable of change…

but I don't know.

I never really know.

I changed.

I had to.

♪ You're like an angel ♪

♪ Too good to be true ♪

♪ But after all ♪

♪ I love you, I do ♪

♪ Angel baby ♪

♪ My angel baby ♪

♪ When you are near me… ♪

Mom?

You can't escape change.

Didn't you say you drink milk
when you're pregnant?

♪ Angel baby… ♪

[Ginny] Change is inevitable.

♪ Ooh-ooh-ooh ♪

[music fades]

[lullaby music playing]

[baby cooing]

[baby cooing]

[baby cooing]

[baby cooing]

[baby cooing]

[baby cooing]

-[baby cooing]
-[lullaby music fades]