01x08 - The Star

[bunniefuu]

Previously on Happy Face...

My name is Jackie Mullins.

I was Heather
Richmond's best friend.

Heather was funny
about her music.

I just finished
writing this one.

I hope you like it.

HEATHER EXTRA: What's
the "L" for anyway?

MELISSA: Her middle
name was Lorelai.

She got that same symbol carved
into the back of her guitar,

you know, like, on
the neck. [sniffles]

Like her own personal
logo. [chuckles]

Your father never loved us.

He tried to k*ll us all.

My father didn't k*ll Heather.

- Elijah for sure didn't do it.
- I know.

Someone else did.

Got a message for Keith?

What if I wanted to punish him?

Lot of sh*t goes down inside.

In the showers. Out on the yard.

Happens every day.

♪ ♪

[alarm chiming]

[groaning]

[alarm continues chiming]

[sighs]

[retching]

- [panting]
- [toilet flushes]

Oh, God.

♪ ♪

HAZEL: Wait, so what happened?

MAX: Okay, so,

the whole room went silent.

He farted.

- HAZEL: He farted?
- Yeah. And it was like...

- [mimics flatulence, laughs]
- And everyone heard?

It was so embarrassing for him.

I feel bad.

HAZEL: Was it bad?
Did it blow you away?

MAX: Oh, my God.
Just ran away.

HAZEL: Just ran away?

MAX: [laughs] Oh, my God.

Whoa.

♪ ♪

[breathing heavily]

[quietly]: f*ck.

FRANKIE: All you got to
do is talk about him.

Say whatever sh*t you want.

Just call the guy.

He's a reporter or
something like that.

Tell him a story
about Happy Face.

The as*h*le will put a few
hundred in your canteen.

KEITH: What was that
you said, Frankie?

You hard of hearing, old man?

No, I am not hard of hearing.

And I think that you better
keep my name out of your mouth

if you know what's good for you.

And if I don't? [groans]

[grunting]

Easy! Easy!

- I'm on it, I'm on it.
- Do you hear that, Frankie?

- CHAVEZ: Take Jesperson in his cell!
- [Keith laughing]

KEITH: Okay, okay, okay.

[laughs]

Did you hear that?

[chuckles]

[panting]

I've got a proposition for you.

IVY: Okay, so, the
main questions are,

how did Heather get
to Ziggy's Basement?

And how did she get
back to Jefferson?

If her car wasn't working,

then maybe she called a friend.

And there was that payphone
near the park back then.

And that friend has
something to hide.

That's version one.

Version two is

Heather got herself
to the bar somehow

and then met someone there.

And that someone is the
one that k*lled her.

Yes. Ziggy is sending us

a list of employees
he had from the '90s.

I can check their
criminal histories

and try to narrow it down.

And then there's version three,

which is Heather
hitchhiked to Ziggy's

and then that person
hung around and then...

- k*lled her after the show.
- Yeah.

- I hate version three.
- Yeah, me, too.

It is the most "needle in
a haystack." And, worse,

- it just...
- Do we have Heather's yearbook?

[rock music playing
through headphones]

I've sent you, like,


Yeah, my mom took my
phone and my laptop, so...

[scoffs] Why? 'Cause
we left you out there?

No. 'Cause she found out I
was talking to my grandfather

and I was selling his
drawings with you.

Ooh. [chuckles]

Pretty, uh... pretty shitty
week for you then, huh?

I'm not talking to my
grandfather anymore,

so you can stop pretending
like you like me.

I was not pretending, okay?

I-I never cared
about any of that.

No, you only cared about Summer.

Okay. For, like, the tenth time,

I'm-I'm not... I'm not with her.

Okay? I like you.

Is that why you left me all
alone in the middle of nowhere?

Okay, it was a stupid prank.

All right? It was. And...

I thought you were
smart. And I just...

I thought you could
make your way back home.

And you did. Right? So...

Just wait. Wait.

I got you something.
I got you something.

You like snow leopards, right?

Can I put it on you?

There you go.

I'm sorry.

Okay? Like, I'm-I'm-I'm
really sorry.

Fine.

JACKIE: Okay.

I'm here.

What's the big top
secret emergency?

Thank you, thank you, thank
you, Jackie, for coming.

Um...

We don't think that
my dad k*lled Heather.

IVY: And...

that stays within these
four walls for now.

But it wasn't Elijah?

No. But we've been looking
into other suspects

that were at Ziggy's
Basement that night,

and Tyler, uh, found this.

TYLER: Um...

If you want to just
have a seat here...

So, this is from the night
of Heather's performance.

We found her in the crowd
before she got onstage.

MELISSA: Okay... Can you stop?

Onstage, she was wearing
her black jacket,

but this is a different coat.

TYLER: It's a letterman
jacket, right?

Yeah, blue and gold
were our school colors.

But-but she didn't have

- a letterman.
- MELISSA: Was she

close with anybody back then
who would have worn one?

I mean, it's Texas football.

Most of the guys we graduated
with still wear them.

Well, looks like
a "21" or a "27."

JACKIE: Uh...

there's no 21.

[exhales, mutters]

Here.

Holy sh*t.

Cody.

Patsy's son.

Dude from Whiskey River?

Were he and Heather
in a relationship?

JACKIE: I mean, not really. He was
more like an annoying kid brother.

We-we let him hang around
'cause he always had...

booze and a truck.

Have you ever known
him to be violent?

Yeah, actually, I heard things.

He got arrested some years back.

For domestic violence.

TYLER: Want to
go to the police?

No.

They haven't been
any help so far.

And we were the ones that
broadcast to the world

that-that this was Keith.

So how do... how do
you think it'll look

if we just showed up
with yet another theory?

So how do we get to Cody?

Same as we always do.

Okay. Cody,

so, as we told you,

we're just trying to get
to know Heather better,

uh, hear from people
who really knew her.

Yeah, I'm happy to help.

sh**t.

Great, great.

Um, let's start simple.

Tell us who you are and
how you knew Heather.

Uh, I'm Cody O'Neill.

I own Whiskey River Saloon
here in Jefferson, Texas.

Back in the '90s, it
was my dad's place.

But I grew up here,

and, uh, I started
bar-backing in high school.

And Heather was a few
years older than me.

And, uh...

she was...

She was sweet as hell.

She kind of took me
under her wing over time.

Showed me how to make drinks
when the place was slow.

She was just...

...she was Heather.
[chuckles softly]

Was it ever...

romantic between you two?

No. I was just a...

kid to her, you know?

Even after we graduated.

Three years... that's a...

that's a big gap at that age.

Did you resent that?

What? No.

No. Not at all.

Did you ever hear Heather sing?

Sure. Yeah.

Of course. She used to...

she used to practice
right up there

on the stage after we closed,

when she thought
the place was empty.

I'd be downstairs a few times.

Did you ever hear Heather
at an open mic at...

Ziggy's over in Dallas?

No, I've never been.

Mm.

[clears throat]

What am I looking at here?

MELISSA: That is Heather.

A couple hours before she died.

[sniffs]

MELISSA: Do you
recognize that jacket?

You played football, right?

Isn't that your number? 27?

IVY: Heather was wearing your
jacket the night that she died.

So, this is your
chance to explain why.

What the f*ck is this?

Get the f*ck out of my bar.

- Turn this f*cking thing off.
- Whoa, whoa! - Okay. Okay.

That's fine. I'm-I'm
sure the cops

will take it from here anyways.

Yeah, they already
know you, right?

'Cause you have a
history of hurting women.

[door slams]

["Happy" by Jenny Lewis &
The Watson Twins playing]

♪ So happy ♪

♪ Happy ♪

♪ Oh, so happy... ♪

♪ Happy ♪

♪ Oh, oh-oh, oh ♪

♪ So happy ♪

♪ Happy ♪

♪ Oh, oh-oh, oh ♪

♪ So happy ♪

♪ So happy. ♪

♪ ♪

MELISSA: Can you tell me
exactly what happened?

I was here at Patsy's,

and Cody shows up,
screaming wild,

saying that the TV people are
accusing him of hurting Heather.

Carl's trying to
reason with him,

but he is just going crazy.

Jumps into his truck,

smashing into that
poor lady on his way.

MELISSA: Okay, what did

Cody say exactly?

No, no. You need to tell me

what you were
saying to him first.

I didn't want to tell
you until we were sure,

but we don't think that
my dad k*lled Heather.

It's a long story,

but, um, we think that he
fabricated the evidence.

S... So it was Cody?

There's a video

of Heather wearing
Cody's letterman jacket

on the night that she died,
when she was at Ziggy's.

What? Sh...

IVY: Callaway's up to speed.

Uh, cops were looking for Cody

for leaving the
scene of an accident,

but now he's wanted for
questioning about this.

I can't believe
this is happening.

- Denise.
- Did you know?!

All those years?

There's nothing to
know. It's not true.

Then why is he running?

He's scared. And you know

- he loved Heather. We all...
- Oh, shut up!

[inhales]

[groans]

Denise?

- Where are you going?
- Can't be here!

[Patsy crying]

- MELISSA: Hey.
- [sniffles]

Patsy, are you okay?

Hey, hey. Hey.

I just heard the scanner.
The cops are tailing Cody.

I-I-I think that we should
head that way and film it.

- Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, we should go.
- Yeah. Yeah.

Are you coming?

I'm... No. I'm gonna...
stay here with Patsy.

I'm gonna see if she knows
anything. You guys go.

♪ ♪

[panting]

[sighs]

[exhales]

♪ ♪

[lock buzzes, latch clicks]

Yo, Happy Face.
I want a rematch.

[indistinct chatter]

I think I'll just
stretch my legs.

I'd just kick your
a*s again anyway.

PRISONER: Yo, Happy
Face, you want in?

KEITH: [grunts] Two on two.

sh**t it.

[siren wailing]

[cars honking]

Why can't they stop him?

Well, did they
say anything else?

Fine. F...

Bye.

[sighs]

Carl doesn't know anything.

He's with the sheriff
answering questions.

[Patsy sighs]

MELISSA: Oh,
Patsy, I'm so sorry

that you're having
to go through this.

I know it's a lot.

You're sorry? [laughs]

You're the one who
started all this.

First it's your daddy,
now it's my son.

[sighs]

- [sniffles]
- What was Cody yelling earlier?

I know that Denise said
he was going crazy.

What was he saying?
It might help.

[sighs]

Patsy...

I know exactly how you feel.

No. No, you don't.

Your mind is on overdrive.
You're obsessing

over every detail, every memory,

thinking could this
actually be true?

Was there a sign?

Something you missed?

Something...

you ignored?

- [sighs] - And then
you hate yourself for...

thinking any of that.
Of course it's not true.

You love this person.
You live for this person.

You're afraid you don't
exist without this person.

I don't know anything.

All I heard Cody say
was, "Kept the guitar."

Kept the guitar?

Kept the guitar...

Kept Heather's guitar?
Is that what he meant?

I don't know. I don't
know. What does it matter?

[sniffles, moans]

Do you have any idea...

[crying]

...where the guitar might be?

No. No! [stammers]

All I know, my son
isn't capable of this.

[crying]

♪ ♪

- sh**t!
- [indistinct chatter]

[panting]

[indistinct chatter continues]

- MAN: Let's go, baby.
- MAN 2: You're the man.

MAN: Come on.

There you go. Ah, oh.

[Keith groans in frustration]

[panting]

sh*t, sh*t, sh*t.
sh*t, sh*t, sh*t, sh*t.

[sirens wailing]

[tires screech]

[Keith panting]

PRISONER: Yo, Happy
Face. What's wrong?

You okay?

[grunts]

All right.

♪ ♪

- Everyone on the ground!
- [alarm blaring]

[clamoring]

f*ck.

[sirens wailing]

Ah! No, no.

[tires screeching]

OFFICER: Over here!

[indistinct shouting]

♪ ♪

LES: Hey.

He's in here.

[indistinct P.A. announcement]

Don't stand there. Sit.

Man's your godfather.

I'll be back.

Talk to him.

Hey, Smitty.

It's nice to see you.

It's Keith.

[train horn blowing]

[train rattling on track]

Hello?

- [creaking]
- [wind whooshing]

OFFICER: Freeze
right there! Stop!

- [panting]
- [sirens wailing]

OFFICER: Over here!

[overlapping chatter]

♪ ♪

[air whooshing]

KEITH: ...last time Dad and
I went fishing in Chilliwack,

- I caught a white...
- LES: What are you doing?

You said, "Talk to him."

He's dead, son.

I'll go get a nurse.

♪

[groans quietly]

[sighs]

f*ck.

[grunts]

♪ ♪

[panting]

- OFFICER: There he is!
- Go around!

Stop right there!

- [grunts]
- Stop!

[distant sirens wailing]

[siren wailing]

- Okay... No, no, don't sh**t!
- Hands up!

Get down on your knees!

♪ ♪

[exhales]

[grunting]

CALLAWAY: Deputy.

Okay if I have a word?

[Cody panting]

You got anything you
want to say to me, Cody?

My father is a good man.

You're not supposed to be here.

[gate hinges squeaking]

Relax.

I'll make you a drink.

[ice clattering]

[ice clattering]

You should've seen me

back when I was
running this place.

I was a rounder, you know?

[grunts]

Just like my son.

Drinking, stepping
out on my wife...

...refusing to grow up.

[sniffles]

Whiskey sour.

[Carl chuckles quietly]

Go ahead. Try it.

[ice clatters]

It's Heather's favorite drink.

[glasses clinking]

[sets glass on bar]

So you two were close?

She was such a good girl.

She was an amazing girl.

Talented, too.

You loved her, huh?

We loved each other.

For a time.

What happened?

I wish I could take it all back.

But...

what's done is done, hmm?

Carl?

My dad r*ped and k*lled
eight women, and guess what?

I love him anyway.

Whatever you did,

you're not gonna find
any judgment here.

You can just tell
me what happened.

[guitar playing gentle melody]

[guitar continues playing]

♪ Walk alone ♪

♪ Pretending no one
knows I'm here... ♪

CARL: I followed her to the
park that night, from work.

We worked the day
shift together,

and I wanted to
see her that night.

She said no, reminded
me that we were through.

S-She said she had somewhere
to be that night anyway.

And of course, I wanted
to know where, with who...

[Heather laughing]

[Elijah speaks indistinctly]

MELISSA: What
were they saying?

CARL: I don't know.

I was too far away.

I just remember
she looked happy.

- Thank you.
- You're very welcome.

I needed that.

Did you know Elijah?
What'd you think of him?

I thought he was on my girl.

- ELIJAH: All right, cornbread.
- [Heather laughs]

♪ Walk alone ♪

♪ Pretending no one
knows, oh, why would... ♪

- CARL: Hey.
- [gasps]

Jesus, Carl.

Sorry, I didn't, didn't
mean to scare you.

What are you doing here?

I needed to see you.

Well, I have somewhere to be.

You're gonna meet
him somewhere else?

No.

I'm going to Dallas.
I have an open mic.

In whose car?

I had to jump that
thing twice this week.

I'll be fine.

Let me drive you.

You know I don't like
anyone watching me.

I get too nervous.

I'll wait outside.

Okay, I won't come in.

MELISSA: What did you guys
talk about on the drive there?

CARL: I wish I could remember.

[singing along with radio]:
♪ An American girl ♪

♪ Slow dance, second
chance, Mama needs romance ♪

♪ And a live-in maid... ♪

Hey, roll down the
window, would you?

You know I hate the
smell of that sh*t.

♪ Really isn't
all that hard... ♪

Come on, r-roll it down.

♪ She used to tie her hair
up in ribbons and bows ♪

[singing along]: ♪ Sign her
letters with X's and O's ♪

♪ Got a picture of her mama
in heels and pearls... ♪

[whoops] It's cold.

♪ An American... ♪

Hold this.

♪ An American girl... ♪

And that's how she
got Cody's jacket.

♪ ♪

He used my truck all the time.

You think he's all right?

The last I heard, the
cops were chasing him.

He tried to get me
to turn myself in.

Said he couldn't take the fall.

Of course I-I never wanted that.

I-I just...

I needed a little more time.

Hey, Carl?

Why don't I check
my phone, and then,

we can get an update on Cody?

Don't you want to hear
the rest of the story?

Mm-hmm.

♪

[crowd chatter]

Uh, double whiskey, neat?

I'm Lorelai.

I just finished writing this
one. I hope you like it.

[applause]

[guitar playing gentle melody]

♪ She walks around
pretending she don't... ♪

Buddy.

♪ Know who I am ♪

♪ Her fear of me
is building up ♪

♪ About to break the dam ♪

♪ I know I said I didn't do it ♪

♪ But the truth is that I did ♪

♪ Had an angel on one shoulder ♪

♪ Who took the devil's bid ♪

♪ Sometimes I get angry ♪

♪ Sometimes I get mad ♪

♪ But sometimes I get crazy ♪

♪ Thinking about the past ♪

♪ I guess I knew
I had it in me ♪

♪ But kept it hidden well ♪

♪ The devil in the details ♪

♪ A face behind the veil... ♪

Thanks for waiting.

[exhales]

How'd it go?

It was amazing.

[engine starts]

Heather made you angry, huh?

She was leaving me.

She was going to Nashville
and she wasn't coming back.

Of course I'll be back.

I have to visit my mom.

Your mom?

[tires screech]

Where are we going?

♪

I don't want to go to the river.

- One last time.
- No.

You're married.

I hate thinking about what
I've done to your wife.

I even wrote a song about it.

Oh, I know.

You watched me?

[country song playing on radio]

You get a song out of me,

I get one last song out of you.

- Look, I don't want to.
- Hey, hey.

- Stop.
- Come, come...

[struggling, muttering]

Well, she wanted to at first.

Then she changed her mind
and she started screaming.

- [bottle clatters]
- I...

I-I put my hand on
her mouth and...

...and I don't
remember what happened.

[panting]

I looked down.

Somehow, my hands
were on her neck.

I lost control.

And then all of a sudden,
she-she went straight

for the glove box, where
she knew I had a .38.

You had no choice, right?

She w-wiggled out from
underneath me somehow,

and she got a good kick
to my head with her boot.

That kick, I-I saw red.

f*ck!

♪ Know one day in hell ♪

♪ I'll make amends ♪

[grunts]

♪ Hmm... ♪

That...

...that drink

that I had in Ziggy's

was the last drink I had...

...till today.

Carl?

[whispers]: Hey.

What about the guitar?

I burned it one weekend
when Patsy was out of town.

And then...

you kept this part
and had it made?

I needed reminding

about my biggest mistake

- on a regular basis.
- Hmm.

And if I came back in here

and I thought about
having a drink...

...this tap handle

was right there.

I could... I...

Oh, hey. Okay, Carl,
we're just talking, right?

[stammers]

Let's just talk, okay?

Okay?

- [Melissa whimpers]
- [g*nsh*t]

[high-pitched ringing]

♪

CALLAWAY: Melissa?

Your phone.

We got the video off it.

Brave, what you did.

Take care of yourself, Melissa.

- [indistinct chatter]
- [siren whooping]

[phone buzzing]

SHANE [over phone]: Uh,
where the hell have you been?

Dad had a heart attack.

What?

Is he okay?

Um, I don't, I don't know.

They rushed him to the hospital.

He's in surgery right now.

f*ck.

Okay, is it bad?

Yeah.

Hey, look, um...

if there's anything that,
uh, you need to say to him,

I-I think you should
get here right now.

Um, I'm in Texas.

Uh, so, I need to
go home and then...

[sighs] ...maybe I'll
drive down after.

Yeah, I-I'm just not sure
he's gonna make it that long.

Shane, I don't care.

[wheels rattling]

Hey. Come here.

- [Melissa exhales]
- Are you okay?

[whispers]: Just
happy I'm home.

I'm so happy you're home.

I can't believe you
went through all that.

[exhales]: Oh, baby.

I didn't get to tell you, but...

I didn't want to
tell you, but...

My dad had a heart attack.

What?

- Did-did he... Is...
- No.

No. He's not good, though.

Um...

Shane said they rushed
him into surgery and...

could be the end.

He thinks I should
visit, but I...

Are they sure it
was a heart attack?

I guess so. What do you mean?

Nothing, I just...

I have to tell you something.

Okay.

What?

- Hey, you're freaking me out.
- Um...

I didn't get regional manager.

Oh.

Okay, I'm so sorry you
didn't get it, but...

Hey. It's okay, we're fine.

- Yeah.
- We'll be fine.

- Yeah.
- Yeah.

- [whispers]: I'm gonna go kiss the kids.
- Okay.

[grunts softly] Come on...

[birds singing]

HAZEL: You're home.

Hey.

Oh, I am.

Oh. Missed you.

Missed you so much.

You okay?

Hey. What's going on?

Does this have anything
to do with Josh?

He, um, sent a lot
of apology messages.

Yeah, because he's an as*h*le.

Oh.

- I see.
- [glass scrapes]

You want to talk about it?

No, it...

I was just stupid.

Okay, um...

Josh is an as*h*le
but you are stupid?

Why are you blaming yourself?

'Cause I should've known.

Nope. No, no, no.

I'm not gonna let my daughter
fall into that narrative.

When a guy does something bad,

why is a girl so quick
to blame herself, hmm?

When we know that
something's going on,

it's our fault for
not stopping it.

And when we don't know
that something's going on,

it's our fault for being
too stupid to see it.

We can't win.

Yeah, that's true.

You know what else is true?

Josh is stupid.

[both laugh]

Um, I have something
for you that might...

think might cheer you up.

Dad and I are gonna
trust you, okay?

♪ ♪

I have one for you, too.

Thank you.

Um...

I want you to hear
it from me that...

Keith had a heart attack
and he might not survive.

Oh.

Okay.

Are you gonna see him?

Nope.

Uh, part of me doesn't want
to give him the satisfaction.

What about the
other part of you?

I want him to know
that he didn't trick me

the way that he thinks he did.

Maybe you should tell him.

And you should tell Josh...

that he's stupid.

[laughs]

Yeah, right.

Hey, Hazel, I'm serious.

I wish that I'd spoken
up when I was your age,

and demanded to be treated

the way that I
deserved to be treated.

You have the strength
to do it. I see that.

I see it in you, too.

When did you get to be so
grown up? My little girl?

- MAX: I'm starving.
- You're starving?

What do you want for breakfast?

He says that he
wants a hamburger.

For breakfast? No!

Can you scooch me in?

Trying to make sure you
get some protein in?

- I guess he's beefing up.
- I'm beefing up.

- Get the man a hamburger.
- Yeah, he's working out, didn't you know?

♪ Fine for some ♪

♪ 'Cause you're not the one ♪

♪ You're not the one ♪

♪ There ♪

♪ There ♪

♪ There, there ♪

- ♪ There... ♪
- Hey.

Thank you.

Here for Keith Jesperson.

SHANE: Hey.

- Hey!
- Hey.

Oh, my God.

How is he?

Uh... rough shape.

Oh, my goodness. I'm so glad

- that the two of you are here.
- Ma'am, ma'am.

You're not getting in.

You said I couldn't go in
without immediate family.

These are his children.
I am with them.

No, you're not.

Shane?

Yeah, I'm-I'm sorry, Gillian.

What? Why?

Because you fabricated evidence
in a m*rder investigation.

[scoffs]

I didn't fabricate evidence.

I-I did what I needed to do

to get the world to believe him.

MELISSA: Gillian...

You believed him?

Of course I did. I still do.

I don't care what the news says.

He didn't k*ll Heather Richmond.

This was all just
a game for him.

Including you.

No.

I don't think that's
true. [chuckles]

It is true.

[sighs]

[sobbing]

Sorry.

I need to know who the girl
in the evidence warehouse was.

The one that was fleecing Bob.

We can just leave-leave
her out of this.

No, I need to know, for me.

You owe me that much.

My niece is an aspiring actress.

Okay.

The best thing you can
do is go back to Florida

and never ever
speak to him again.

Take away his access
to the outside world.

That's what he deserves.

SHANE: Come on.
I'll walk you out.

- Come on.
- [sobs] Okay.

[indistinct chatter]

Mm. Hey, Hazel. What's up?

f*ck you, Josh.

f*ck all of you.

[indistinct chatter]

[door closes]

Oh, Missy girl. Miss...

Missy...

How you doing?

I'm still here.

Mm. I can see that.

[chuckling]

Maybe Texas will get
its shot after all, huh?

You can drop the act now, Dad.

I know what you
did. Everybody does.

Wha...?

You didn't k*ll
Heather Richmond.

I know about the wrench,

I know about Bob and
the evidence warehouse,

I know about Joyce
carving the tree,

I know about Gillian
and her niece.

[raspy groan]

[mumbles]

[slurping]

[coughs]

Well.

G-Good for you

I always knew you were
the smarter one, huh?

[groans]

So, where's the camera?

Isn't this your gotcha moment?

No, we're done giving
you airtime, Dad.

Ah, well... [sighs]

It was fun while
it lasted, I guess.

[Keith sighs]

So, who k*lled her, then?

Elijah?

[scoffs]

It was a guy named Carl O'Neill.

He owned the Whiskey
River Saloon back then.

[laughing, muttering]

I went through...

every death row case I
could for seven months,

looking for the perfect one
that I could take credit for.

Had to be the right state.

Right year.

And I found Elijah,

who swore he was innocent.

And the girl, she just happened
to work at the same bar

that I just happened
to go into back then.

It seemed like it was
a message from God.

Just saying, "Go
ahead, Keith. Do it."

[scoffs]

But why?

Were you just trying
to f*ck with me?

Were you trying to get
me to come see you?

Were you just trying
to get attention?

No, honey. No, no, no.

No.

I didn't do that
to you, all right?

I did it for you.

[scoffs]

I did it to make you a star.

'Cause that's what you are.

You're, you're so special.
And you always have been.

And look, hey...

Now the whole world
knows it, too.

- [groans softly]
- [sniffles]

If I'm so special, then
why did you try to k*ll me?

Mom told me about the fire.

I know it was you, so don't...

don't even try to deny it.

♪

[sobs] Missy.

[crying]: I'm
sorry. I'm sorry.

So s... sorry.

I just... I just...

I-I-I didn't know you yet.

[scoffs]

I... Missy.

Missy.

You know, when my, when
my heart gave out on me,

I was...

I-I saw all kinds
of things. I saw...

all kinds of things.

I saw my father, I saw Smitty,

I saw, I-I saw the...

the women.

They're all together,
and they're all...

they're just waiting for
me on the other side...

- [laughs]
- ...to get their revenge.

[Melissa sniffles]

[quietly]: They're
all you have left.

We're all done with you now.

Missy...

- Mm.
- [Keith exclaims]

Missy. Missy. M-Missy?

Missy. I have
something to tell you.

♪ ♪

♪ I have decided to
leave you forever ♪

♪ I have decided to
start things from here ♪

♪ Thunder and lightning won't
change what I'm feeling ♪

♪ And the daffodils
look lovely today ♪

♪ Eh-hey. ♪

You must have been terrified,

being trapped alone in
a room with a m*rder*r,

not knowing if anyone was
gonna come and save you.

I was. But I knew
that I was recording,

so I just had to keep
him talking and...

[sighs] ...try to get
him to tell the truth.

You were very brave.

Thanks. I think, also...

I'm used to it? You know,

I've spent a lot of my life
trapped with a m*rder*r, so...

- [audience laughs]
- DR. GREG: That's, uh,

- that's kind of well put.
- [Melissa chuckles softly]

So tell us what's next, Melissa.

Well, I'm gonna spend some
quality time with my family,

and then we are gonna
take a vacation somewhere.

Maybe Italy.

You have certainly earned that.

Thanks. And when we come home,

I won't be working
in makeup anymore.

I have decided that I
want to keep working

with people who
have been touched

by the trauma of crime.

And how exactly do you
plan on doing that?

Well... [chuckles]

I've been offered a
very exciting new job.

And are you willing to
share with our audience

exactly what that is?

I'm, uh, I'm gonna continue

producing alongside
Ivy Campbell,

the most badass
producer on the planet.

- [audience whooping]
- DR. GREG: Fantastic, girl.

And together, we're launching
a new true crime segment

on a fabulous show

called The, uh,

- The Dr. Greg Show. Uh...
- [cheering]

You know, I've heard
about that show.

I hear it's pretty good.

[laughter]

Tell me more.

The segment is gonna be

a deeper dive into true crime.

We want to tell stories that
no other shows are telling.

Which you can do, Melissa.

Because people just
want to open up to you.

I-I-I can't tell you
the response we've had,

mail we've gotten.

People just want to meet
you, share their stories.

And-and I think that's true
because you've been so open

with your life, with your pain.

Which is why I think
you're gonna be the face

of this new segment, right?

That's right.

No more living in
the shadows, I guess.

DR. GREG: The
segment is called

"Impact with Melissa Reed."

And I'm sure you really
will be making an impact.

I have absolutely
no doubt about that.

[cheering]

♪ ♪

[phone ringing]

Yeah, this is Ben.

KEITH [over phone]:
I know what you did.

[chuckling]: Or what
you tried to do.

[laughs]

You couldn't even get that
right, could you, Benny boy?

Benjamin, Benjamin,
Benjamin. Hmm.

Did you really think...

...that it wouldn't
get back to me?

Did you really think
that I wouldn't find out?

Hmm?

♪ ♪

♪ ♪