05x08 - Folie a Deux

[bunniefuu]

[Joe] Previously on You…

Okay, where is Reagan?

She's dead.

[Teddy] So Maddie is Reagan.

Reagan is dead because Joe
forced Maddie to k*ll her.

Kate, what the f*ck?

- [Henry] Where are we going?
- To London.

Because Mummy did something bad,

we have to go so I
can make it better.

- Hi, Nadia.
- I know who you are. What do you want?

What I want is to
get you out of here.

[Joe] Are you happy, Bronte?

According to my lawyer, it doesn't
matter if it's all wild speculation.

You have f*cked my chances
of getting Henry back.

Joe Goldberg is a serial k*ller.

[Dottie] Joe Goldberg
k*lled both my babies.

That psycho absolutely
k*lled my best friend, Peach.

[Joe] Or maybe I know
a way to fix this.

The hard truth is that
he was hurting Bronte.

I had to save her
because I loved her.

What? You saved me?

Clayton started the fight.

What Joe did wasn't m*rder.
It was self-defense.

[Joe] Is it possible what
we had wasn't all a lie?

- Thanks very much. I'm such a klutz.
- Have a good night.

- It's Louise, right?
- What?

[gasps]

[grunts] Wait! No!

[contemplative music playing]

[Joe] Emily Brontë wrote,

"Whatever our souls are made
of, his and mine are the same."

- Are our souls the same?
- [sizzling]

[Bronte] Mm. Mmm.

[Joe] I think they are.

- But I've been wrong before.
- [pan clangs]

Relationships are delicate.

Tricky.

In the past I was afraid
to show all of myself.

Maybe because, deep down,
I knew they'd reject me.

You're broken.

I'm not the problem, my
husband is the problem.

I thought you'd be
happy to see me.

You're a m*rder*r, Joe.

You have k*lled so many people.

[Joe] But you, Bronte, led me to
believe you can love all of me.

- Can you?
- [Bronte grunting softly]

[Joe] I need to know for sure.

[Bronte breathing heavily]

[Joe] Because if not, you're just
the woman who destroyed my life.

[Bronte breathing shakily]

[Joe] And there will
be consequences.

[suspenseful music playing]

[music fades]

Joe, why the f*ck am
I chained to the bed?

[sputters] Oh, here,
I'll… I'll help you.

Your ankle was swollen.

I thought it might be sprained, so
I didn't want you to walk on it.

I'll get you out…

[handcuffs clatter]

- Ow! f*ck!
- Yeah, I'll… I'll get you some ice.

- I was attacked by that…
- [refrigerator opens]

- …guy with the van?
- [refrigerator closes]

Yeah. He hit your head
pretty hard. You fell.

I think that's when, you know…

Here. Your ankle.

[soft pensive music playing]

You were there.

[Joe] You're afraid of me.

I guess I don't blame you
after what you've seen.

But honestly, Bronte, you're
the one with more to answer for.

I saw the threats you
were getting online.

Some as*h*le with more
followers than sense

put a hit out on you.

- [Bronte inhales]
- It's crazy

how some people will just believe what
strangers say about you on the Internet.

Isn't it?

I guess we, um… [clears throat]

We should probably…
[inhales] talk about that.

Do you mean the catfishing?

Yes.

Specifically about
the catfishing.

[chair thuds]

[Joe] I…

I just want to know why.

Well, I told you that, um…

I read Guinevere
Beck's book. [inhales]

Uh, what I didn't tell you is

she was my friend.

[Joe] Now, that I
didn't see coming.

So, when Beck died, it…

[scoffs] …completely rattled me.

And I just ended up being
a part of this group

who thought that you could
be her actual k*ller.

Then I got to know you and I began
to suspect that we were wrong.

So what happened
between you and me…

was that real?

Not at first.

But it became real. [inhales]

Despite my best efforts to think
of you as a monster, I just…

I couldn't.

[Joe] So it's true. It was real.

- [distant siren wailing]
- [distant train horn blares]

So there was DNA evidence.

And you made that go away.

It was an unforgivable mistake.

I know I can't give you the last
few years of your life back,

but I want to make this right.

[inhales sharply]

Has this got anything to do with that
little TikTok video that I heard about?

The whole world knows you married a
sicko and now you've gotta save your skin

and convince yourself that
you are a good person.

- No, it's not about me.
- [Nadia] Yeah, right.

Are you going to tell me now

that you didn't know Joe
was the Eat the Rich k*ller?

[grim music playing]

The Eat the Rich k*ller?

- [softly] That was Joe.
- No.

I take it it's now landing on
you just how obvious this all is?

Your friends died. Starting
with your boyfriend.

Joe was just clearing a path for
himself and you ate it all up.

I didn't know.

But I know now.
And I promise you…

I'm going to put
Joe away forever.

But first I'm going to
get you out of here.

[Harrison] Use your
words, lambchop.

Tell me what's wrong.

[Gretchen sighs] I couldn't
find my purple Adidas

and now I have green shoes and
a purple bag and I look so dumb.

[Harrison] Hey, you are way too
cool to care about things like that.

In fact, I think we both know

that by this time next week, everyone's
going to be wearing purple and green.

Come on! Bring it in.

[soft music playing]

[Harrison grunts] Oh!

[exhales] Okay! Go on.
Nanny's waiting in the car.

- If you're not early, you're late.
- You're late.

[door opens]

[door closes]

You okay?

What a good daddy you are.

[chuckles softly]

Thanks.

You know…

I was going to go to the gym,

but maybe you can work me out
instead. [chuckles softly]

- [laughs] Really?
- Mm-hmm.

- Uh, I mean, it's just we… [sputters]
- [chuckles]

We haven't done that
since, you know… [inhales]

- Mm?
- Does this mean you forgive me?

- Oh…
- For cheating?

[Maddie breathes deeply]

Are you trying to k*ll
the vibe? [scoffs softly]

You know what?

[inhales] We can talk
about forgiveness later.

After about a half
a dozen orgasms.

Okay, loser?

Okay… Whoa, 'kay! [laughs]

[Maddie breathing heavily] Mmm!

[both moaning]

Oh, my God. Oh,
my God. [kissing]

Oh, I missed you.

Oh, so much, baby!
[continues kissing]

- [yelps]
- [Harrison] "Baby"?

- What the f*ck?
- Maddie?

- [Maddie panting]
- [tense music playing]

What did you just call me?

No, no, wait, stop.
Maddie, I know it's you.

Why… Why are you
pretending to be Reagan?

How long you been
pretending to be Reagan?

- Where is she?
- Can you stop being crazy?

No, no, stop! Stop.
[sputtering] Where's Reagan?

Why is she doing this? Why
are you doing this, Maddie?

Stop calling me that! You really
are on thin f*cking ice here, buddy.

- Know that?
- Where's Reagan?

- Please don't ask me that!
- Where is Reagan?

- Don't ask me that! Please!
- Come on!

[music fades]

Oh, hey, here's a good one. "I heard
Joe Goldberg is a clone." [chuckles]

- Oh! [chuckles]
- [Joe] Yeah.

- "This, uh, Bronte b*tch…"
- Hmm.

"…looks like she eats people."

- [inhales] Ooh, this is nice.
- [chuckles]

"Joe Goldberg, you
immortal or what?"

And there's a picture
of a civil w*r soldier,

who could basically be anybody
with mutton chops added.

[laughs]

I'm not sure that
that's not you.

- [Joe] This…
- [laughs]

[Joe] It feels like soulmates.

But fool me once…

Tell me something true.

[cell phone thuds]

- Like?
- Like,

something you would be embarrassed
for people to know about you.

And let's skip the small stuff, please.
We've all stolen candy from a bodega.

- Hmm.
- I think we can do better than that.

[sighs heavily] Let's see. Um…

[chuckles] Uh…

I once crashed a
stranger's funeral.

- Okay. All right. Okay. For… Why?
- Mm-hmm.

Uh, I guess to… Just
to see if I'd cry.

I didn't cry at my mom's.

I guess actually the…

the real confession
is… [inhales]

[somber music playing]

I wanted my mom to die.

[Bronte breathing shakily]

She was just, um…

It was so dark.

Seeing her like that for so
long. I sometimes thought about

just giving her some extra morphine,
maybe she'd just fall asleep.

[inhales shakily]

[exhales] In the end I
didn't have the guts, so…

I wonder what was more cruel?
Like, what I did do for her or…

what I didn't do.

One of the hardest situations
anybody would ever have to face.

There's no… right answer.

[softly] Okay.

Your turn and, um… [clears throat]
it better be good. [inhales]

[Joe] You baring your heart
makes me want to bare mine,

but now that we're here,
what if I scare you?

Say it.

The confession that's

peeking behind your
eyes, just say it.

I wanted to k*ll Clayton.

I saw his hands on you

and I knew right then
that I would k*ll him.

And I would do whatever
I had to to protect you.

And I looked at you.

And I think part of
you wanted me to.

[clears throat]

What do you think about that?

That scares me.
[chuckles softly]

But I…

I find it comforting.
[inhales sharply]

So you don't want to leave?

I've been asking myself

why I haven't just
gone back to Ohio.

[inhales]

[chuckles]

It's… It's you.

I don't want to run.
I want to be here

with you.

[soft music playing]

I have something for you.

- All right.
- Oh, God, whatever this is,

it better be worth it.

- [Joe] Ah…
- Okay.

- No peeking, no peeking.
- Oh! [chuckles]

Okay.

- Mm.
- [Joe grunts softly]

- Warmer. And a little bit warmer.
- [chuckles] Okay.

- Okay, there's a chair.
- Okay.

Yep, yep, yep, yep…

[Bronte] Okay. [sighs]

[ominous music playing]

[Dane] I'm Dane, by the way.

- It's Louise, right?
- What? [gasps]

Joe…

What is this?

This is for you.

This man

targeted you.

He hurt you.

He was going to take you somewhere,
I don't know what he had planned,

but the zip ties in his
van painted a picture.

Bronte. I don't want to
hide who I am anymore.

So think of this… [inhales]

…as a kind of offering.
A life with me means

no one would ever
hurt you again.

Whatever you want me to do to
him, I'll do it. Let him out?

Never let him out.

The choice is yours.

Joe, this… [chuckling]
This is crazy.

- [Bronte inhales deeply]
- [chair creaks]

You really trust me? [hesitates]

How do you know I
won't call the cops?

Honestly, I don't. You fooled me
before, you could do it again. [inhales]

But… I think

I have figured out who you are.

Have you?

Well, you write about
taking down abusers.

You catfished someone you
thought could be a serial k*ller

to avenge a friend.

You didn't create Bronte just for me.
I think you decided who you want to be.

Then you dared the
world to see you.

[cell phone vibrating]

I saw you.

[cell phone continues vibrating]

Sorry.

[Bronte exhales]

- f*ck me. That's… [sighs]
- [Bronte clears throat]

[vibrating continues]

[sighs] Just one second, one second.
I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry, just…

What? What is it?

Boo-Boo? I did a bad
thing. [breathing heavily]

Harrison realized
that I wasn't Reagan,

and then he kept asking where she was
and I think he could tell I was lying,

but I was afraid he was gonna
call the cops so I bonked him,

and now I don't know what to do!

Joe, please, you're the
only one that can fix this.

[softly] Okay, I'll
be right there.

Hurry.

[low suspenseful music playing]

[Joe] f*cking Maddie.
Worst timing ever.

Going somewhere?

Hey, it's an actual emergency.

I'll be back as soon as
possible. I'm so sorry.

You can't just leave me here with
him. What am I supposed to do?

Oh. You… You talk to him.
See what he deserves.

- You need to make your own decision.
- [breathing shakily]

Really. Here.

- I'll leave you a key.
- [keys jangle]

Just in case.

If you want to wash
your hands of all this,

go back to Ohio, be Louise,

I will understand.

But in my experience,
finding who you are starts…

with taking your power back.

[kisses]

Come on, Bronte.

Be who I know you can be.

Show me you're the one.

[suspenseful music
intensifies, fades]

[distant siren wailing]

- Darlings!
- [door closes]

- It's Lady Phoebe!
- [Phoebe] Ah! [laughs]

Are you joking? [gasps]

Who is this strapping
young lad I see before me

and where is my tiny,
baby nephew? [chuckles]

You didn't come to New York
for Christmas. You promised.

I know. I'm so
sorry, sweetheart.

I got snowed in in Ljubljana.

They hadn't seen that
much snow in 60 years.

Henry, can you go get dressed for dinner?
We have reservations in 30 minutes.

Sushi?

- Of course.
- [Henry] Yes!

[Kate laughs]

[door opens, closes]

How's he doing?

He's, um…

He's having a hard time.

But it's only the beginning
of the ugliness, I suppose.

[inhales] Drink? [sighs]

Just a sparkling water please,
darling. Four months dry.

- [drink pouring]
- [Kate] Good on you.

Kate…

Kate, come on, it's me.

[somber music playing]

[sighs] He k*lled
our friends, Phoebs.

He k*lled Malcolm.

I've been…

I've been sleeping…
for three years,

next to the man who...

Kate, it's my fault.

I… I kept bringing Joe into our orbit.
I encouraged you to give him a chance.

No, no, no, no…

- [glass thuds]
- None of this is your fault, Phoebe.

No one told me to marry Joe or to
help put an innocent girl in prison.

Can you promise me when this is
over that we'll swear off men

and grow old in the
countryside together?

- Yes. [laughs]
- Yes?

[music fades]

[straining] No! Come on!

[grunts] You!

Putting people in
cages? Who even are you?

I thought we were bros!

[Joe] Never bros.

Okay. All right, let's just calm
down. I know how this must sound...

How it sounds? [scoffing]
Are you f*cking nuts?!

[panting] You're going
down for this, you psycho.

[Joe] What a mess. I should be with
you, not listening to this grown man

- have a temper tantrum.
- [panting] What? You're gonna k*ll me too?

[Joe] Probably. Double homicide.

Accidental OD, m*rder/sui.
Really, it'd be too easy.

Joe. Joe! Can we just…

- [Joe] Uh…
- Come… [breathes heavily]

- [Harrison straining]
- You cannot k*ll him! Okay?

I mean, I would rather
go to jail. Just…

Just do your mind
magic. You know?

Get him on our side.
Like you did with me.

- [restraints crinkling]
- [intriguing music playing]

You can do this
without violence.

Please?

[exhales] He's everything to me.

[Joe] I guess I have just narrowly
escaped a flurry of m*rder allegations

and I'm nothing if not romantic.

All right. Fine.

Mind magic it is.

[music fades]

[chair scrapes, thuds]

[Dane] What…

- What the… [grunts]
- [chair creaking]

[Dane groaning] Jesus.

[Bronte exhales]

Where am I?

[suspenseful music playing]

Oh, sh*t. It's you.

Oh!

Hi, Dane.

- It is Dane, right?
- What the f*ck is this?

Try not to panic. I know
it can be intimidating.

I got locked in there
once. [chuckles]

I saw this in the
interview. Wait…

Wait, he put me in here? Why?

Why did you attack me?

Wait, is he here?

- [sighs] Answer the question.
- No, I want to talk to him.

- I want to talk to him!
- Well, you're talking to me.

And I have been tasked with
deciding what Joe does to you,

- so if you want to walk out of here alive…
- [groans]

…you're gonna have to
answer my questions.

[Dane panting]

Fine.

I wanted to teach you a lesson.

[inhales] Women like you
are always selling guys out.

That's kind of ironic,
right? [chuckles]

The guy that you were looking
out for, he put you in a cage.

[inhales] What was the plan
then, um, with the zip ties?

What were you planning on doing with
me after you got me to the next place?

Let me out of here.

[scoffs]

Just talk to me, Dane.

- Let me out of here, you f*cking b*tch!
- [gasps]

Stupid f*cking wh*re!

Let me out!

[suspenseful music continues]

[scraping]

[Dane breathing heavily]

[glass squeaking]

Interesting.

wh*re! wh*re! You…

[door unlocks loudly]

[door creaks, thuds]

[guard] Fareedi. You're
being transferred.

What?

[vehicle rumbling]

- [brakes squeal]
- [rain pattering]

[vehicle door opens]

- [door closes]
- [suspenseful music playing]

- [footsteps approaching]
- [keys jangling]

[door unlocks]

[officer] Get out.

[suspenseful music continues]

[car door opens]

[car door closes]

Hi, Nadia.

What the f*ck are
you playing at?

Do you think this is
some f*cking spy movie?

- Did… Did you just bust me out of prison?
- You were released legally.

- Oh, my...
- Albeit expeditiously and discreetly.

I gave them a chance to vacate this
shoddy conviction without stain.

What do you want from me?

Help me take down Joe. I have a
mountain of evidence against him.

What I don't have is an eyewitness
who is not in his corner.

Unlike me, you had the guts
not to look the other way.

You saw the real Joe.

It ruined me.

Do you even get that?

And my dad's heart gave
up just after my trial.

This… This whole thing,
it literally k*lled him!

How f*cking dare you ask me
for anything but forgiveness?

I'll never ask you for
forgiveness, Nadia.

I don't deserve it.

Together, we can make Joe
pay for what he's done.

[music fades]

[Joe] The plan is
simple, Harrison.

You just have to go on living like
you have been for a few more days.

And then Reagan will
have a boating accident.

And… she'll be declared dead.

And that's it. No more lying.

You and Maddie get to be
together for real, above board.

[Maddie chuckles softly]

You don't have to hide anymore.

[inhales] Just like we
always dreamed of, Har.

A boating accident?

Yeah. Joe's got it all
planned out. It's… [inhales]

It's gonna make it look
like she rented a boat

and went overboard
and just drowned.

Oh, my God. No.

Hey, hey, hey. [snaps fingers]
Listen, listen, listen, listen…

It's just like Maddie told you.

Reagan pushed us into
an impossible corner.

It came down to
either her or Maddie.

I know I'm glad it's
Maddie. Aren't you?

[suspenseful music playing]

She didn't have to die, though.

[angrily] Oh, my God!

[Joe] I can't believe I have
to deal with these two morons.

Come on, Joe, this is
not rocket science.

How hard could it be to
get these two past this?

I've been where they are, got through
it. May have taken some therapy, but…

Wait. That's it.

All right, Maddie.
Come on. Sit down.

What?

- [Joe] Come here. Sit down.
- Okay. Okay, okay.

[Maddie exhales]

Look at her. Harrison.

[intriguing music playing]

She is the love of your life.

She is the mother of your child.

Yeah, I know all about how you agreed
to let Maddie carry your child.

And stood by and watched while
Reagan tormented her, bullied her,

pushed her out of
Gretchen's life.

You did, uh, nothing.

No. No. Hey, I'm sorry…
[inhales] I didn't… I tried.

- And still look at how much she loves you!
- [mouths] I love you.

She would risk her life for
you, she would k*ll for you.

If you ask me, man,
you don't deserve her.

[voice breaking] You're right.

[inhales] I don't.

And yet, you can
still do right by her.

The two of you can have
everything now. Love, freedom.

Family.

Don't you want that?

- More than anything.
- [Joe] Yeah.

All you have to do is
keep this between us.

Stick to the plan, man.

You got that?

[intriguing music continues]

[Joe] Yes. Here we go.

I'm sorry, Maddie.

[Joe] No, no, no,
no, no, no, no.

Reagan was mean. She was… cruel.

But if there's one thing I
know it's that m*rder's wrong.

[Joe] f*cking
sanctimonious twat.

I'm very sorry to hear that.

[Joe clears throat]

[Maddie] Joe?

Joe. Joe, wait!

[Joe] I've had enough of this
nonsense. Mind magic isn't working.

[panting] Wait, wait,
you can't k*ll him!

We tried, Maddie.

- No, Joe, please!
- I don't have time for this!

We are getting closer.
He's gonna break.

I swear, I swear, just… just let me
try, Joe, please? Please? [panting]

[tense music playing]

[knife scrapes]

[knife thuds]

You have 15 minutes.

[gasps] Okay. Okay.

- [running footsteps]
- [Maddie whimpers]

- [footsteps approaching]
- [Maddie panting] Okay.

Harrison? Hey, Harrison.

I need you to
listen to me. Okay?

[panting]

If you don't start cooperating,

Joe is gonna do something very bad to you
and I don't think that I can stop him.

At least I'll die with my honor.

Honor? [scoffs] Really?

[chuckles incredulously]

[inhales] Well, then, why
were you f*cking me then?

[scoffs] I mean, you were
unfaithful to your wife for years.

Where was your little
superiority complex then, huh?

Or do you just adjust your moral
compass to suit your needs?

[sighs]

[voice breaking] You're right.

[sobbing] I'm such a piece of sh*t.
I'm just a f*cking piece of sh*t.

That's all… I'm so stupid.

No.

- No, no, please don't, no, baby, shush.
- I'm a stupid man.

- No stop it. Shut up!
- Help.

- Can't you please, I'm so…
- Stop it. Just shut up! Shut up! [grunts]

- [music stops]
- [gasping softly]

Uh…

Now, you listen to me.

You are a piece of sh*t
and I still love you

and that is the
whole f*cking point.

[sniffles] I am asking you to
love me for my piece of shitness.

Have you calmed down now?

Gotten all your big, mad,
woman-hating feelings out?

I do not hate women.

I just wish that
they talked less.

[scoffs] Okay, did Mommy coddle
you too much or was she mean?

You shut your mouth
about my mother.

Oh!

I'm guessing coddled.

My mom was the epitome of
what a woman should be.

My mom was perfect.

Was?

- [grunts]
- Oh, f*ck you, you don't care.

She passed?

She's sick.

For four years now
she's been sick.

You take care of her?

That's…

f*ck, that's… that's hard.

[soft somber music playing]

I took care of my mom, um,

right till the end. [inhales]

[sobbing quietly]

[sniffles] I don't know
what's happening to me.

This never happens, I…

f*ck!

[sniffles] No, I'm
just… [clears throat]

[sniffles]

I'm just tired.

It's the cage.

There's nowhere to hide. I
mean, it… it strips you down

until you're made of
nothing… but fear. [inhales]

So you feel compelled
to confess everything.

Because you never felt so seen.

[chair creaking]

[breathes deeply]

[music fades]

[Joe] You're still there.

Haven't let him go.

Could it be because you
know what he deserves,

because I'm right about you?

[intriguing music plays, fades]

Literally a couple of
hours ago, I was in prison

with absolutely no end in sight,

and now I'm in a five-star
hotel in designer trainers

being served tea by
Lady f*cking Phoebe.

[Phoebe exhales]

Can't imagine what
you've been through.

[softly] Thanks.

Yeah, I sort of feel like I should
know better than to trust any of this.

Especially when it's from someone
that would marry Joe Goldberg.

Well, you overlook a
lot when you're in love.

- Kate may seem cold and ruthless.
- [soft music playing]

But she loves harder
than anyone I know.

And whilst we've both had
questionable taste in men,

what is never in question is
when Kate's in your corner,

you can trust her to the end.

[Kate] Remember how we
talked about visiting Oxford

where Tolkien and Oscar
Wilde went to university?

Well, Auntie Phoebe is going
to take you there tomorrow

and when you get there...

I want to go home to see
Dad. I'm not afraid of him.

Your dad is in a bit of trouble.

And we aren't going
to be able to see him

for a long time.

- [somber music playing]
- Because he hurt people?

That's right.

And the police are
very angry with him.

He's going to jail?

Well, yes. Probably.

You're lying.

- No.
- I don't believe you.

- Henry. Henry…
- You made Daddy mad.

[Henry] This is all your fault.

- [door slams]
- Henry! [sighs]

[sighs]

- [horn honking]
- [distant siren wailing]

[Bronte] So, you got
kicked out of school at 15?

[groans, winces]

Go on.

What, are you trying to…

Trying to humanize me?

So you won't have to tell your man
to come in here and k*ll me? [scoffs]

You know, I hate to
break it to you, Dane,

but this has nothing
to do with you.

This is about me.

Well, for what it's worth…

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry for attacking you.

Thank you for your apology.

Turns out… [chuckles]

Turns out you're not so bad.

[Bronte clears throat, chuckles]

I'm gonna be more
careful next time.

[sinister music playing]

"Next time"?

[smacks lips]

I just mean I'm only
going to go after females

that really deserve it.

But nobody… nobody deserves
that, Dane, f*cking ever.

Don't you f*cking get loud
with me, you little b*tch.

[Bronte] God, Joe was right.

You are a waste of
time. God damn it.

Yeah? Yeah?

[Bronte] My friend, Beck,

was m*rder*d by an angry, fragile,
little sh*t heel just like you!

Well… [exhales]

I hope she died screaming.

[sinister music continues]

[exhales]

[music fades]

[Maddie breathing shakily]
Harrison, look at me.

I still love you,
but you know what?

f*ck it. [scoffs] Don't love me,

but can you just
think of Gretchen?

She needs you.

[exhales] And I think that
maybe she might need me too.

We could give her…
[chuckles softly]

…a father and a mother

who truly love her.

- [soft music playing]
- [Maddie sighs]

Oh, Harrison… [inhales]

I need you.

I do.

Because I don't think I
could cope with what I did…

without you.

[soft music continues]

[music fades]

[suspenseful music playing]

[vibrating]

Phoebe?

Hi, Dad.

Hey, hey. Whoa.

Hey, bub.

What are you doing? Where are you?
Are you with Auntie Lady Phoebe?

We're in London. I'm
going to Oxford tomorrow.

[Joe] What?

[chuckles] Wow! Wow. You're in
London. What are you doing in London?

Mom says you're going
to jail. Is that true?

[tense music playing]

You know what, I'm sure she was just
having a little joke. Um… [chuckles]

Do you… Do you think you could
put Mommy on the phone please?

[tense music continues]

Mom.

Dad wants to talk to you.

Henry, did you call him?

Kate, I'm so sorry. I was
just charging my phone.

Could you take him
into the other room?

[Phoebe] Yes, yes.

Come on, darling. Come on.

Joe?

[quietly] You took my child
overseas? Are you f*cking crazy?

It's in my right to do so based on
the custody agreement you signed.

You told him I'm going to jail?

What kind of sick person
says that to a six-year-old?

I know it was you. The
Eat the Rich k*ller.

I have been stupid and complicit and
blind for too long, but no longer.

I am taking you down.

[in normal voice] You're
making a very big mistake.

And you will never
see your son again.

[grunts]

[Joe] Vengeful c**t!

How I ever thought I loved her.

f*cking Kate. f*cking Maddie!

- [breathing deeply]
- [music intensifies]

[music fades]

What? You left?

[suspenseful music playing]

You let him go?

Fine. I got my answer.
You're not the one.

But I'll deal with
you later, Bronte.

Time's up for these two.

What the…

[Maddie gasps]

It's all good. Really.

I promise. Tell him?

[tense music playing]

You have my word.

I won't say anything.

To be clear, I won't ever forgive
you for your part in any of this.

But we have decided that our
family is all that matters.

We're all f*cking monsters.

- But we can love each other anyway.
- [Joe] "Love each other anyway."

How can these two imbeciles
deserve love more than me?

After everything I've done
for you, everything I've lost.

I have nothing. No one.

- [grunting angrily]
- [Maddie gasping] Um…

[continues grunting]

[exhales deeply]

[breathes deeply] Hmm.

Whoo. [sighs] Okay. Well, don't
make me regret this. [chuckles]

[claps hands]

I'm happy for you guys.

[cell phone vibrates]

[suspenseful music playing]

[Joe] What?

You stayed?

- [door creaks]
- [music fades]

Well, it looks like
we're down a player.

Got his address.
Passwords. [inhales]

Told him we'd be watching him

and we'd come after him
if he called the police

or if he hurt anyone else.

"We"?

At first, I thought this whole
thing was a grand gesture.

Till I realized it was a test.

For me. Not for him.

[soft suspenseful music playing]

[chair creaks]

[chuckles softly]

So I thought… [exhales]

…why don't we cut
through the bullshit?

[Joe] What…

What are you doing?

We both know there's
no lying in here, so…

[inhales, sighs]

…ask me anything.

Are you still catfishing me?

No.

Do you regret it?

Yes and no.

Do you love me?

I wasn't expecting that
one. [chuckles softly]

Do you?

[softly] Yes.

Even when I k*lled for you?

I believe that sometimes

we have to take matters
into our own hands.

[clicks tongue] So then
why'd you let Dane go?

Because I need
autonomy too, Joe.

Guys like Dane, they're a dime a dozen.
You can't protect me from all of them.

- What if I try?
- [chuckles]

What if I k*lled everyone
who tried to hurt you?

What if it's enough for me

that you want to?

[soft contemplative
music playing]

Okay.

Come on, your turn.

Right. Already? I…

Trust begets trust.

[suspenseful music playing]

[thuds]

[lock clicking]

[key thuds]

[suspenseful music continues]

Have you ever k*lled
anyone innocent?

[music fades]

No. Never.

Then what are you so
afraid to tell me?

- Well, I like it. I enjoy it.
- [tense music plays]

The k*lling.

[pensive music playing]

[hesitates] It's…

[sighs]

It's who I am.

Without it, I'm… I, uh...

You're what?

Well, I think there's
always been two sides to me.

And I used to feel
bad about that.

But then something
happened in London.

I accepted… what I am.

Then why do you need
me to sanction it?

I guess I need…

to know you won't leave.

'Cause everybody leaves.

Like your mom?

I stalked you for years, Joe.

So I know she…

She dropped you at a boys'
home when you were 12.

What happened?

She was afraid of me.

So she threw me away,
started a new family.

Uh, I… I think… I think
I've had enough for now.

Can you please let me out?

Not yet.

I don't think that you're
being honest with yourself.

You don't enjoy
k*lling people, Joe.

Bronte, I blew up
my marriage over it.

- I, uh… I need it.
- No, you don't.

But you have…

You've convinced yourself that you
need to do it in order to earn love.

[somber music playing]

You didn't deserve
to be abandoned.

- [exhales shakily]
- I'm sorry that she did that.

That says more about
her than about you.

And that dark side that took over,
it sounds like… [breathes deeply]

Like that was the
protector that little Joe,

that he needed,
when she left you.

Makes sense that after
years of heartbreak…

the protector would end
up in the driver's seat.

Joe, what if you didn't…

You didn't have to k*ll people

to prove your love.

What if you could trust
that the person you love…

[Joe exhales shakily]

…would not leave you.

[somber music continues]

[Joe exhales shakily]

[keys rattling]

[door unlocks]

[chair scrapes]

I'm not going anywhere, Joe.

[mellow song playing]

♪ Thick as thieves ♪

♪ You know I'm not lying ♪

- ♪ Chalk it up, my sweet ♪
- [Joe sighs]

♪ And say it's time for flying ♪

Who are you?

I'm f*cking Bronte.

And I see you, Joe Goldberg.

[Joe] Now I see that every
heartache, every mistake,

every life I took was necessary

because it all led me to you.

- [song continues]
- [singer vocalizing]

- What are you smiling about?
- [chuckles]

I'm just feeling inspired.

To write.

Dreaming about what's next for
the Huntress and the Magician.

Now that they've overcome
the enemies-to-lovers trope.

[Joe] Mmm.

And fell into another trope.

Really? What's that?

"She fixed him."

[chuckles]

[laughs, inhales]

- I totally did fix you.
- Hmm.

- You slutty, little mess.
- Oh.

[Bronte laughs]

[song fades]

This is some story.

Is it enough?

To put Joe Goldberg in prison
for life? Without doubt.

So long as you're willing
to testify, Miss Fareedi.

It will mean you going public.

Well, so much of my life has already
been made public and it's all lies, so,

whatever it takes.

And you, Miss Lockwood?

To be frank, you're more than
complicit in many of these allegations.

There'll be no
guarantee of immunity.

Whatever it takes.

I'm sorry to say this won't
be a very swift process,

even with the ample
evidence in hand.

- It could take years.
- Years?

It will be worth it, I
promise. I'll be in touch.

Thank you.

[footsteps receding]

- [cell phone ringing]
- [exhales softly]

[low suspenseful music playing]

Christ, it's like he knows.

[ringing continues]

[cell phone beeps]

[Kate sighs]

Hi, Kate. I don't want to
take up too much of your time,

I just want to apologize.

I haven't been myself.

But I have been fortunate enough

to be reminded of
who I really am.

I'm sorry, you never
knew the real me.

What's going on, Joe? What is
this new game that you're playing?

No, no, Kate. [sputters]
It's not… [chuckles]

They're not games.
I'm… I'm free.

I'm unburdened, I'm encouraging
you to unburden yourself too.

I see, and how do I do that?

Give me my son back.

It's wrong to use a
child as a chess piece.

You know, you sound
more deranged than ever.

Joe, I'm well beyond
your manipulation.

One day your son will know that
you're a f*cking serial k*ller.

Kate… [chuckles] Kate,
my conscience is clean.

If we're being honest,

you have k*lled way more people.

I have never k*lled
any children.

[call disconnects]

[music fades]

[grave music playing]

[Joe] You have made me
feel invincible, Bronte.

Because you understand me in
a way the others never could.

I don't need to k*ll
to earn your love.

[keys jangling]

[dramatic music playing]

[Joe] But I know if I do…

[Dane groans, muffled]

[Dane whimpers]

[Joe] …you won't
abandon me for it.

[Dane coughing]

[inhales] I can't.

Years?

He will not stop, you
know that, he won't stop.

There's no other way. [sighs]

- What are you saying?
- I see it now.

[dramatic music playing]

[inhales] It's almost a relief.

We have to f*cking k*ll him.

[dramatic music intensifies]

[music fades]

[gripping instrumental
music playing]