01x01 - My So-Called Death

[bunniefuu]

[SCHOOL BELL RINGING]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[MICROPHONE FEEDBACK]

Everyone, please quiet down.

Please, people.

Thank you.

[CLEARS THROAT]

Now

[PROJECTOR BEEPS]

[EXHALES]

It has been a very trying

last few days, as we know.

The Split River Police

are considering this

a missing person investigation.

I know this is alarming

news, but we have

every hope she will be found

What was her name again?

Maggie somebody?

Hmm.

They found a bunch of blood smeared

all over the janitor's closet.

I thought it was the boiler room?

They think her phone's, like,

still in the school somewhere.

I guess they tried to

Oh my God.

She doesn't have her phone?

That's so sad.

Hey.

Can you two please focus?

I'm sorry, Claire.

Did you sleep?

No.

You?

we can band together to

show off just how great

No.

And I remind you, if you know anything,

anything at all,

please come forward.

And now a little levity.

[CHUCKLES]

Yes, a routine from our very

own Split River cheer squad.

Yes!

[APPLAUSE]

Thank you.

All right, let's have

the cheer squad come

to the center of the court, please.

Thank you.

I just want to take a moment

to acknowledge the debate team.

They placed third at the

regional championships.

Yes! [CHUCKLES]

Hey, at least they used

a nice photo of you.

I'm trying to focus.

Ready?

[TOGETHER] OK!

Hey, Split River, what do you say?

If you ask me, what's really

missing here is a little tact.

[TOGETHER] Come on, Split

River, get on your feet.

The Bandits gonna bring the

Heat, heat, heat!

[TOGETHER] B-A-N-D-I-T-S!

Go, Bandits, go!

For Maggie!

It's Maddie!

OK.

Say it with me now, just one more time.

They can't hear you.

congratulations to Mr. Anderson.

They've reached their fundraising goal.

The good news is, it's

only a matter of time

till they realize you're dead.

will make their debut at the state

tournament in Waukesha.

OK.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

♪

Don't forget me when I'm gone ♪

♪

Don't forget me when I'm gone, gone ♪

♪

Don't you forget me ♪

Don't forget me when I'm gone ♪

♪

Don't forget me when I'm gone ♪

This is ridiculous.

I've been wandering the

halls for three days,

and I still don't know

where I'm supposed to be.

If you're looking for it

to make sense, you can stop.

It's not going to.

Are you sure I'm dead?

Mm-hmm.

Maybe maybe I'm in a

coma in a hospital somewhere

and some overworked nurse is

stepping on my breathing tube.

- And I just need to wake up.

- OK, wow.

Yeah, no.

Someone's been reading

way too much Stephen King.

A coma is a lovely thought, but no.

If you're here, you're here.

I hate it here.

Oh, listen.

I get it.

It's just moving from

one prison to another.

Only difference is that high school

used to feel like an eternity,

and now it actually is.

[BASKETBALL BOUNCING]

Hey, you.

What are you doing?

You can't bounce that in the hall.

Come on, give it here.

You can grab it after school.

Yeah, that's one thing

that hasn't changed for me

since I went here in the '90s.

I was basically invisible

when I was alive too.

You going to go back

to the senior assembly?

That assembly is a joke.

I'm going to look for my friend.

Nicole.

Nicole.

Nicole.

Nicole, look at me.

I'm right here.

Nicole.

Nicole.

Come on.

There's some people I

think you should meet.

I already have friends.

Just try one meeting, OK?

And and if you hate it, I'll never

bother you about it again.

I'm holding you to that.

OK.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

Oh, are we playing basketball, now?

Oh my God, no.

Please leave the sports

to the living kids.

We're over here.

No need to flinch.

They can't see you,

and they can't hurt you.

It's one of the small perks

of the whole being dead thing.

Come on.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

I'm sitting there.

Oh, that's Rhonda.

She's really into Kerouac

poems and confrontation.

Sorry.

Is this seat taken?

Uh, not anymore.

That was Janet's.

What happened to her?

All right, everyone. Let's get started.

Hello.

I'm glad you decided to join us.

I'm Mr. Martin.

Well, we have a new

student with us today.

Um, would you like

to introduce yourself?

I'm good.

[CLEARS THROAT]

Um, sure.

Hey.

I'm, uh, Madison Nears, but

everyone calls me Maddie.

[TOGETHER] Hi, Maddie.

Welcome to the Split River

High Afterlife Support Group.

It takes a lot of courage to be here,

especially when you're new.

Thanks.

Would you like to tell us

a little about yourself?

What do you need to know?

Well, you could start

with how your day is going.

Has Charley been a helpful guide?

How'd you die?

OK, Rhonda.

Why don't we try to

raise our hands if we're

going to ask a question?

Uh, one minute I was

ditching study hall,

and then the next I'm here.

But I don't know who did this to me.

- Oh, you were m*rder*d.

- Welcome to the club.

Can we maybe exchange

names first so Maddie

feels a little more welcome?

I don't know, exactly.

Exactly?

Look, they haven't found my body yet.

But I know that there was blood

on the walls of the boiler room,

and I'm here now.

Huh.

Huh?

What's huh?

Uh.

What?

Is that is that weird or something?

Not knowing?

Well, um, it's a first.

So then what do you

remember, cherry pop?

OK, Rhonda.

Um, clearly Maddie doesn't

want to talk about it,

and she doesn't remember.

Do you think it hurts?

[CHEERLEADERS CHANTING]

What?

[TOGETHER] Get on your feet.

Smiling that much.

I wouldn't know.

I'm too scared to try it.

But you really should smile more.

Ow!

Asshat.

[TOGETHER] Go, Bandits, go!

The Bandits gonna bring

the heat, heat, heat.

B-A

Hey, Simon!

Wait up.

OK.

- I'll see you in study hall?

- Yeah.

[SCHOOL BELL RINGS]

So what did you think?

Well, I think you may have overhyped it.

What?

Look. I just think,

why mess with a classic?

The original "Carrie" was great.

- Why remake it?

- Oh my God, here we go.

Tell me. Seriously.

What bold new statement

do you get from the reboot?

Feminism?

It's a story about an underdog loser

who gets covered in loads of pig blood

and then burns everyone who crossed

her to death at the prom.

It's inherently feminist.

So you hate women?

- [LAUGHS]

- I swear I don't.

OK. Are you still up for

"Night of the Living Dead"

- at the Apex tonight?

- Yeah, wouldn't miss it.

Did you print your ticket?

I forgot.

Si, I texted you a reminder,

which I know you read.

You know, your trust

issues run pretty deep

when you require the people in your life

to turn on the read receipts.

I'll print it later.

Is it cool with you if Xavier joins?

Why?

He doesn't even like horror movies.

Yeah, but he's never seen it.

And I thought it could be fun.

Yeah, no.

It'll be fun.

What is this?

I hope the poor son of a

b*tch is getting extra credit.

While we're here, should

we ask him if he wants

to come to the movies too?

[LAUGHS] Stop.

How's, uh how's your mom?

She's fine.

She's sobering up.

She'll be back in, like, two weeks.

So until then, the castle is all mine.

Oh.

Man, should we throw a sick party

and invite all of our friends?

We're throwing a party?

Nicole.

- You want to come to a party?

- Sure.

[CHUCKLES]

- OK, I invited all of our friends.

- It's going to be a rager.

Hitting the hard stuff a

little early, huh, Nicole?

No, I had this portfolio

review last night,

and it was pretty intense.

I was, like, buzzing all night.

Nicole, what? For schools?

How'd it go?

Really well.

Two schools in Chicago

said they loved my stuff.

Dude, that's amazing.

Damn, look at us!

We're all making it out.

Sayonara, sh*t River!

Northwestern won't know what hit them!

Sorry, man.

My bad. Sorry.

I got that.

Slow your roll.

We're not even in yet.

Here it comes, my favorite sound.

Yeah.

[SCHOOL BELL RINGS]

You degenerates are late.

- Let's go. Let's go.

- I'm not even in your class.

You're late as well and degenerate.

Come on.

In, in.

Ms. Nears, what is this,

Kurt Cobain cosplay?

Wow, Mr. A. Really aging

yourself with that one.

I'll take that as a compliment.

Everybody in? OK.

[OMINOUS MUSIC]

♪

Everything OK, Maddie?

I just, uh

I have to go to the ladies' room.

Oh, but that's why we have

time between the bells.

I'll be so quick.

You're not coming back,

though, are you? Are you?

I love my job.

- [DOOR SLAMS]

- Jesus!

- Did I spook you?

- A little bit.

What are you doing out of class?

I came out to ask you the same question.

I thought we were

hanging out in study hall.

We are.

I'm skipping gym.

Phone was totally dead.

Came out here to charge it in peace.

But now I can't find my charger.

I told you, those things will k*ll you.

Cell phones?

You know, you don't have to lie to me.

OK.

Fine.

I'm a total burnout

who is skipping class

to get high in his car.

Congratulations. You got me.

For the record, you're the

worst liar in the world.

Maybe you're just the best detective.

Well, I would hop in and join you

if you were finally

driving off into the sunset

and skipping town for good.

But I will leave you to

squander your future in peace.

Thank you for that.

Give up the drugs, Xavier.

You know, I need you

to stay out of juvie

at least until homecoming.

I don't want to skip it alone.

[TENSE MUSIC]

♪

I thought your phone was dead.

[PHONE CHIMES]

No, no, no, no, no.

sh*t.

♪

Are you just going to stare at this guy

your entire afterlife, or

Hmm?

I mean, he's cute.

I'll give you that.

He's not doing very well.

Huh? Uh, OK.

I just wish he knew I'm right here.

Well, he never will.

Sadly, they have no clue we're here.

It blows, but them's the breaks.

Is there any way to go back?

There is no back.

That life you used to have?

It's not an option.

But there may be a way forward.

What?

Forward where?

Well, you know, the great beyond.

Onward, upward, wherever that may be.

We're all just trying to

cross over, which is why it is

important to stick together.

I mean, Janet did it, and

she'd been here since 1960.

She was a total group diehard.

Since 1960?

Yeah.

Well, the alternative is Dawn.

She never comes to group.

No.

Instead, she just sort of,

uh, bops around aimlessly.

[BUBBLE POPS]

- What happened to her?

- Oh, no clue.

No.

But it was the '70s, so,

uh you know, bad acid,

cult initiation gone wrong.

Probably drank the wrong Kool-Aid.

Sweet.

Yeah.

Uh, you can touch it.

But you're never going to

change anything in their world.

- That's depressing.

- Yeah.

If you really want to

depress yourself, follow.

The marching band hit a

really bad storm coming

back from a competition.

Bus spun out and flipped on campus.

Half a dozen kids ended

up here all at once.

Look at them.

Just keep marching around in

their metaphorical circles,

like a bunch of little idiots.

Hmm.

Working with Mr. Martin, being

a part of our little club,

it helps.

Keeps you from getting

stuck in the past.

Oh, great. And we're back to staring.

No. Don't take my advice.

Let me shut up. Uh, OK.

You just come find me when you're ready.

OK.

Before we get started,

are there any questions

on last night's reading?

- I have a question.

- Yes?

Do we seriously think that girl is going

to come back for her jacket?

Don't be a d*ck. Maddie

wouldn't wear that.

No, but I would.

That's mine.

That is Maddie's seat.

We're going to be saving it

for her until she gets back.

[SCOFFS]

Simon, did you have a question?

How's that going to help?

It's a reminder, to keep your

classmate in our thoughts.

I'm so sick of all this stupid

virtue signaling bullshit.

It's phony.

Two seconds after keeping

her in our thoughts,

we're doing cheer routines,

draping blazers over desks,

pretending that everything is normal?

People are laughing about it.

There's a sign-up sheet

for a search party.

No one put their name on it.

No one.

Simon.

Including you.

Shouldn't your name be

first on the list, Xavier?

Simon.

Let's all take a breath.

We don't know what happened yet.

We can't give up hope.

- He knows something.

- Simon.

- What do I know?

- I need you both

No, no, no. You think you're so smart.

Tell me what the f*ck you think I know.

- You know where she is.

- Gentlemen.

I'm not taking this sh*t.

Hey, you're not going anywhere.

- Excuse me, I don't think so.

- Stop!

[OBJECTS CLATTERING]

Why do you have Maddie's phone?

[TENSE MUSIC]

♪

You had this the whole time? Hmm?

Anything you want to say about it?

Been a couple, two, three days.

You've got the phone.

You don't say anything.

Don't fixate.

There are much better ways

to pass your time here.

He has that phone for a reason.

He's probably trying

to use it to figure out

what happened to me.

By not giving it to the cops?

I don't know, OK?

I mean, maybe he knows something,

and then there's something on the phone.

- Maybe he needs it to prove something.

- No, no, no, no. All right.

I'm calling a time-out. Mm-kay?

I think you need to take a chill pill.

Let's go to my office.

[WATER RUSHING]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

Isn't this nice?

How is this supposed to help me?

OK. Wow.

You are not very good at

first impressions, huh?

It's very me, me, me, me, me with you.

I know we're going to

be spending a lot of time

together, but it wouldn't k*ll you

to at least pretend to be

interested in getting to know me.

OK, fine.

Uh, how did you die?

Oh, OK. Wow.

Yeah, we're skipping small talk,

going straight for the heavy stuff?

I give up.

[SIGHS]

Wouldn't you know it, the

one day I forget my EpiPen

is the one day they cook the

French fries in peanut oil.

- God.

- No, don't sweat it.

The bigger disappointment

was me thinking

I would get to haunt

all the assholes who

tortured me while I was here.

But uh, instead I was

haunted by all the jokes

they made once I was gone.

What do you mean?

I was a g*y kid in the

'90s who died because

he was allergic to nuts.

OK, that's where you're

supposed to laugh.

Still fixating, aren't you?

Xavier's got to have

that phone for a reason.

Maybe.

But maybe it doesn't matter in the end.

Why wouldn't it matter?

I'm just trying to

prepare you for the fact

that you might not like the answers

to all of your questions.

If people thought your

boyfriend k*lled you,

wouldn't you want to know?

No one ever called me their boyfriend.

And besides, even if they

did, we'd have to hide it.

That is why I love this place.

Can't hide anything in here.

And don't try to tell me that

this is predatory behavior.

I'm a ghost.

What the heck am I going to do?

[LOCKER CLATTERS]

You're going to get us in trouble.

You're the one who's trouble.

I really like you, Maddie Nears.

[DOOR OPENS]

[WHISPERS] sh*t, sh*t, sh*t. Come on.

I got an idea.

- Come on.

- Where are you going?

sh*t.

Hide, hide!

Hello? Anybody in here?

- [WATER RUSHING]

- Hello?

Hello?

Somebody in here?

You can't be in here.

Xavier, what what

the hell are you doing?

- Mr. G, what are you doing?

- I'm showering.

Xavier, the school

is closed at 6:00 p.m.

- You can't be in here.

- Mr. G, I'm sorry.

I just don't really

feel comfortable with you

watching me like this.

I I wasn't.

I was just closing up.

Uh, just finish up what you're doing.

You've got you've

got to get out of here.

I just feel very

exposed to you right now.

It's a very compromising position.

I feel compromised. Wonder what

Damn it, just finish up.

Have a good night.

[LAUGHS]

There's no way he did it.

Wait, what?

Where are you going?

Simon. Slow down.

Simon.

Hey!

Sorry.

Simon.

I knew it.

I f*cking knew it.

We don't know everything yet.

He has her phone, Nicole.

- That's evidence.

- Evidence of what?

You're acting crazy. Look.

What if she just gave

him her phone for

I don't know, so she could

go out of town for a few days?

Out of town? Where?

Where would Maddie go?

And what about the blood?

Why are you doing this?

Going to the worst-case scenario?

How does that help anything?

What?

What's Claire Z doing?

Oh!

Hey.

Now's not really a great time.

Wally Clark.

Class of '84.

I was laid out by a tackle during

my senior year homecoming game.

Never made it off the field.

Nice to meet you.

Um, Maddie.

Current unsolved mystery.

Pleasure.

Wait, Wally Clark?

Yeah.

Why does that sound familiar?

- Oh, well, they named the stadium after me.

- Ah.

That must feel nice.

Look, I can't really chat right now,

because I've got some

holes in my memory to fill.

Hey. Well, that's why I'm here.

I can I can totally

help you fill your holes.

- Excuse me?

- Oh.

Um, OK.

I obviously did not mean it

for it to come off that way.

In my head, it was more

of, like, a metaphoric

I can help you figure

things out, if you need it.

- OK. I can handle myself.

- OK.

And I don't really think

I need to take advice

from someone who looks like

they're headed to aerobics class.

Yeah, right? I mean, I'm

glad I had this in my locker,

or else I would have been

rocking shoulder pads.

Which would have sucked, because I think

those are totally out now.

I do wish I brought my

Walkman to school that day.

Or clean socks. Or deodorant.

Wait. Were you missing

anything when you came here?

I mean, other than a

pulse and a heartbeat?

No. No, not really. Why?

My phone and my backpack,

they were with me.

Ugh.

The tickets are in here somewhere.

- I printed them out this morning.

- [PHONE CHIMES]

Aha.

Here they are.

Oh, sh*t.

Uh, I can't make it tonight.

Come on.

Sorry, I completely spaced.

I have band practice.

Wouldn't it be easier just to tell me

- that you don't want to see this movie?

- That is not it, OK? I do.

It's just it's the

only night we could do it.

And you know what they say.

What do they say?

Bros before strong, independent

women with bright futures.

It's a very popular phrase.

You're stupid.

You're lucky you're cute.

What the Lord deny in

brain, He deliver in beauty.

And boy, did He deny.

[CHUCKLES]

[TIRES SCREECHING]

Mads?

[ENGINE TURNING OVER]

[SIGHS]

I have to go take care of some things.

Are you OK?

And I'm missing my necklace too.

Huh.

Can you please stop saying huh?

Hey.

Maybe it's a good thing you

don't remember everything, OK?

Sometimes I wish I could forget.

Xavier?

Xavier, listen to me.

They let you out?

Just leave me alone.

You had her phone for three days.

Why didn't you say anything?

I don't have to tell you anything.

Why don't you just come clean?

Spare us having to force it out of you.

Who's going to force

it out of me, Simon?

- You?

- Hey.

Chill out.

- [YELLS]

- Simon, enough!

Hey, you two!

Stop!

Knock it off!

- Stop, stop, stop!

- Knock it off!

Stop, stop! Xavier, please stop!

Stop it!

What do you kids think you're doing?

Are you OK?

Don't give me another

reason to expel you.

Are you OK?

Let me see.

You still wonder where

the blood came from?

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

Maddie? Hello.

We we just started the session.

You want to help me, big shot?

Fine. Help me.

I need you to force a

confession out of someone.

You know, rattle some chains.

Inhabit his body. Scare

the life out of him.

Whatever it takes.

What's the problem?

I need you to channel

all your ghostly energy

and dangle this sack of sh*t

out of a window until he cracks.

OK, you're not getting it.

That's not how this works, OK?

It's not like in the movies.

We couldn't do that,

even if we wanted to.

And I do want to.

Yeah. Maybe you're all fine

just accepting this, but I'm not.

I need to know what happened.

We're not in some haunted house, chick.

Maybe this doesn't

jive with your fantasy

of what this should be, but we're

quite literally a world away.

We're not there. We're here.

Stuck.

No. Not good enough.

You know, if my friends can't

get the truth out of him,

then I have to.

What you're feeling right now

is absolutely natural, Maddie.

You're longing for a sense of control.

We've all been there.

Talking through it can help.

I wasn't ready to die.

Talking about it won't change anything.

If I have to search this entire

town for answers, I'll do it.

I'm not willing to just give

up, like the rest of you.

We're not giving up.

- We're moving forward.

- Yeah?

Well, for a guy who's

supposed to be getting

people out of here, this still looks

like a pretty crowded room.

I'm getting the hell out of this place.

[WET LEG'S "ANGELICA"]

♪

Angelica was on her way to the party ♪

She doesn't need to wait for anybody ♪

Knows exactly what she's doing ♪

I watch as she commands the room ♪

Whoa, the ambience was

overrated at the party ♪

I want to run home

before it's even started ♪

I look at my feet,

then I look for the door ♪

Can't find my friends,

so I just take a bit more ♪

A bit more, a bit more, a bit more ♪

A bit more, a bit more, a bit more ♪

A bit more, a bit

more a bit more ♪

And then ♪

It all ♪

f*ck.

Comes to an end ♪

We all go again ♪

[GIGGLES]

Whatcha doing?

I don't know what's happening.

You jumped the fence.

Excuse me?

You can't leave this place.

Happens every time.

It's kind of weird at first,

but after the third or fourth

try, you get used to it.

Fifth try it starts to hurt.

♪

I think I'm going to lose my mind.

Sounds fun.

[GIGGLES]

♪

Good times all the time ♪

Good times all the time ♪

♪

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

[OMINOUS MUSIC]

♪

Stop!

Stop!

♪

[DISTANT CLATTERING]

[SCHOOL BELL RINGS]

[SIGHS]

[GLOOMY MUSIC]

♪

I don't feel bad for Gatsby.

He's a phony, a fake.

No better than the powdered sh*t

they're telling us is orange juice.

Who am I supposed to trust?

My guidance counselor

was supposed to help me.

Said I had it, what it'd take

to make it out of here, you know?

He just sent me six feet under.

♪

You were m*rder*d by

your guidance counselor?

Yeah.

Guided me straight to the light.

[CHUCKLES]

Maddie, welcome back.

Uh, we were having a

discussion about literature.

Got a bit derailed.

How can you laugh at it?

What, you want me to cry?

OK.

You gotta you gotta

try to think about it

as encouraging, right?

Like, at some point,

you'll be able to laugh

about what happened to you.

Or not.

Uh, but look.

Either way, holding on to the past

what happened or didn't

can only hold you back.

And that's what we're working

to learn here together.

Right, Rhonda?

Mm.

Now, I don't know why you got

diverted from the highway of life.

But I really do believe that the easiest

way to miss your exit is

if you're always staring

in the rearview mirror.

He's right, Maddie.

"Nothing behind me,

everything ahead of me,

as is ever so on the road."

Everything ahead of me.

[DOOR OPENS]

What is it?

I think it's your memorial.

Vigil.

No body, no burial.

I can't believe she's here.

Is that

My mom.

[CLEARS THROAT]

Thank you all for coming.

As you know, we are

here to spread awareness

about the disappearance

of Madison Nears,

while we work to bring her home.

What was it doing in your backpack?

I don't know anything, OK?

Then how did her phone

get into your backpack?

And now, we have a few words

from Madison's mother, Sandra.

[CLEARS THROAT] Please.

Hi.

I'm Maddie's mom.

Uh, it's funny.

Uh, Maddie would probably

be embarrassed that I'm here.

I, uh

[SIGHS] I just, um

[BREATHING SHAKILY]

I'm sorry.

Excuse me.

Um, I just I just don't

know if I can do this.

No, it's all right.

It's fine. It's fine.

I'm not sure that I can do this.

It's all right. It's all right.

- I just

- You're fine. Thank you.

Um, thank you, Ms. Nears.

Uh, we are all here for you.

Look at me.

What, are you high right now?

Look at me.

You know, I cannot help you unless

you tell me what's going

on. You understand that?

I didn't hurt Maddie.

- I don't know what happened to her.

- Then why the phone?

I was protecting her.

Ladies and gentlemen, let's

reconvene outside in about 10 minutes.

- We're here for you, Maddie.

- And remember

Really.

one candle per person,

please. Don't be greedy.

Now, there are a few safety rules I want

to go over before we head out.

You will see, uh,

several sheriff and police

vehicles in the parking lot.

They will be accompanying us today.

Protecting her?

Protecting her from what?

You got to tell me.

From finding out about me and Claire.

I've been hooking up

with this cheerleader.

Maddie didn't know.

And I'm about to meet

her, and then Maddie

just shows up at my truck.

And I'm I'm freaking out.

And so I text Claire, you know,

warning her to change course.

But instead, that text goes to Maddie.

And since I knew she hadn't seen it

How would you know that?

Read receipts.

I stole Maddie's phone in study hall

so I could delete that text.

I didn't know she

wasn't coming back, Dad.

All right. All right.

It's all right. Come here.

You just cool off.

I'll take care of this.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[PHOEBE BRIDGERS, "I KNOW THE END"]

♪

Somewhere in Germany,

but I can't place it ♪

Man, I hate this part of Texas ♪

Close my eyes, fantasize ♪

Three clicks, and I'm home ♪

When I get back, I'll lay around ♪

Then I'll get up and lay back down ♪

Romanticize a quiet life ♪

Hey, I'll meet you out there.

Just give me a sec.

- What?

- I just need a minute, OK?

But you had to go ♪

I know, I know, I know ♪

[KNOCK AT DOOR]

Mr. Elroy.

Back for round two?

Yeah.

What can I do for you?

♪

And you had to go ♪

I know, I know, I know ♪

♪

I'm sorry.

I know you are, Simon.

And for the record, it

wasn't an empty gesture, OK?

I am just as worried

about her as you are.

Something happened.

I know it did.

Something bad.

I've known Maddie longer than

almost anyone else in my life.

She's a lot of things, but

she isn't a person who runs.

She has seen things.

She has faced things that

no one should ever have to.

She doesn't get scared.

She doesn't run.

And if she was ever going to,

I would be the first person to know.

I know Maddie.

She she's never gone

silent on me before.

That's how I know

something happened to her.

She wouldn't just disappear.

♪

I don't know how I'm going to survive

this place without her.

Oh, Simon.

[SOBBING]

Simon.

Windows down, scream along ♪

To some America First

rap country song ♪

A slaughterhouse, an outlet mall ♪

Slot machines ♪

You just cool out.

I'm going to take care of this.

Windows down, heater on ♪

Big bolt of lightning ♪

Hanging low over the coast ♪

Everyone's convinced

it's a government drone ♪

Or an alien spaceship ♪

Either way, we're not alone ♪

I'll find a new place to be from ♪

A haunted house with a picket fence ♪

To float around and ghost my friends ♪

No, I'm not afraid to disappear ♪

The billboard said the end is near ♪

Simon, you just take all

the time you need, OK?

I'm gonna head down there.

The end is here ♪

♪

The end is here ♪

♪

The end is here ♪

♪

The end is here ♪

♪

The end is ♪

♪

Thank you, Simon.

♪

Maddie?

Simon?