01x09 - Cages

[bunniefuu]

[Diggins] Good luck.

[Heather] People tell lots of
stories about how Panic began.

But none of them matter.

What really matters...

is how it ends.

[Ray] Looks like it's
down to you and me

for Joust.

You or me.

Pretty tight work getting
yourself back in the game.

I'd almost think you rigged it.

[chuckles softly]

You'd know all about that,
wouldn't you?

[Ray] Oh!

What's that supposed to mean?

It means I know
about the gambling.

And I know Luke sold us out.
And I also know Luke doesn't

do sh*t unless
there's money it for him.

So did you help him?

What's the difference
if you're not gonna believe me?

That's a yes or no question,
Ray.

Well, I'd be doing a pretty
shitty job of it, wouldn't I?

Why, because I wasn't
supposed to go up against you?

Because I wasn't
supposed to care.

Thought you didn't.

You want to know
the truth, Heather?

You want me to be honest
with you?

I honestly have no idea what
the f*ck is going on right now.

I have no idea
who has Luke by his ba*ls

and I don't even know why.

All I know is we're both f*cked.

Did Luke put Dodge's sister
in that wheelchair

- on Halloween three years ago?
- Maybe you shouldn't listen
to everything

your little boyfriend tells you.

Are you talking about Bishop?
Because he's not my boyfriend.

Well, you might want
to clear that one up with him.

'Cause he seems to have
a different idea

- about what's going on.
- Know what?
He didn't even tell me.

Cortez told Dodge
and Dodge thinks it's true.

So did he do it?

I don't know.

I don't know what to believe.

But I guess that's the
difference between you and me.

You got the whole story
figured out, don't you?

What's that supposed to mean?

Be careful.

Is that a threat?

It's a warning.

You're not the one writing
the rules in this game.

[engine starts]

♪ ♪

[Natalie] Dodge! Dodge, wait!

My individual challenge, Nat.

You told the judges
the truth about Dana.

Stay away from me and my family.

I had no choice.

- [door closes]
- [engine starts]

Dodge!

f*ck.

♪ ♪

How are you sure that Jimmy
switched the g*ns at roulette?

He's the only other one
who had access to that g*n safe.

The sheriff has
access to it, too.

It was for his own protection.

A few years back,

we started having money issues.

James started drinking again.

Oh, I didn't know that.

Then he started saying that we
might be better off without him.

So I started locking up
his g*n with mine

when he got home from work,
just to be safe.

I gave Jimmy the code

one weekend when I was
down visiting my mom.

I haven't touched

that safe since Jimmy
started senior year.

You know, James was...

doing better.

Last night,

I found a training g*n
in place of the revolver.

And a note.

Jimmy k*lled himself.

Don't say anything to James.

Not yet.

I should be the one to tell him.

[Langley] Melanie?

Why'd you go into that safe
last night?

I missed my son.

I was so jealous of you
when your dad bought this thing.

It was just a con
to keep me off the furniture.

[Natalie] I'm gonna miss
the Texas sky.

They say in L.A.
the pollution's so bad

you can't even see
the stars at night.

So you're still serious
about California, huh?

No reason to stay here.

You're leaving for college.

Heather hates me,
Dodge thinks I'm a liar.

- Well, can you blame him?
- It was only a lie
at the beginning.

Well, that's the problem.

In the end, it's hard
to tell the difference.

Have you tried calling Heather?

She's not picking up.

What if she never forgives me?

Give it time.

You'll find a way
to make it up to her.

You always do.

Uh, you ever wish you could
just, uh, you-you know...

hit stop and-and freeze
everything right where it is?

I guess.

I screwed things up.

I don't know if I can fix it.

Maybe you don't need to fix it.

Maybe it's just something new.

Something different
for you both.

Maybe it's better.

Maybe, yeah...

[exhales]

You know,

how come it's scarier
to have the thing you want

than to want the thing
you can't have?

Because...

you're scared to lose it?

A toast then.

- A toast? Here?
- Yeah.

Right on this trampoline.

- You got a problem with that?
- Uh, no, sir.

[chuckles]

May we always be scared

out of our f*cking minds.

Amen.

- Let the bouncing commence.
- Let the bouncing commence!

[Natalie whooping]

Wow, that's
how I'm gonna get it!

[laughter]

[Dodge] How did the judges
get your voice recorded?

Natalie said it was for an
audition. She asked me to read

lines with her
the day before the derby.

She lied.

She needed your voice
to help the judges

rig my individual challenge.

The question is,
why would she help the judges?

[Dayna] I don't know.

She just asked me to meet her in
the stockroom at the pharmacy.

That's where she keeps
everything she doesn't want

her dad to find.

I remember thinking how crowded
it was with all her Panic stuff.

What Panic stuff?

I saw a Panic scrapbook when she
knocked over one of the boxes.

A scrapbook of notes
and all her photos

and maps and things.
It was super detailed...

what little I saw of it.

Oh, but please don't tell her
I told you.

She seemed really embarrassed.

I mean, I guess she doesn't
want anyone knowing

how hard she's studied
for Panic...

She hasn't been studying.
She's been planning.

Natalie's one of the judges.

♪ ♪

[Natalie] If you get through
this challenge, Heather,

you're headed to Joust.

[horses neighing]

Oh... I feel kind of weird

leaving you, you know,

when you just moved in, but...

my sister and I planned
this trip... eons ago.

Oh, it's okay.
You'll have a good time.

Yeah, okay. Um...

Lily knows not to go up
on the hill, right?

It's best if she doesn't
even go anywhere near there.

- Yes.
- Wookie! Wisp!

- Hi, guys.
- Hi.

I left the, uh,
feeding schedule for the tiger

- on the refrigerator.
- Okay.

And I keep forgetting.

Somebody dropped
a package off for you.

I left it in the kitchen.

- Who was it?
- I have no idea.

It was on the porch
when I got home.

Maybe you have an admirer.

[engine starts]

♪ ♪

"Bishop."

I just wanted to say thank you.

Like, in real life,
come and say thank you.

Oh, so you liked it.

Yeah, yeah. I mean, it's like...

the nicest thing ever.

Like, the-the nicest.

I figured, you know, since
you got your first book out,

you won't be so scared
to do a follow-up.

Oh, yeah, I'll get
right on that.

I wanted to give it
to you right away

because I'm leaving so soon.

What are you talking about?

I thought you weren't leaving
for, like, a couple weeks.

Yeah, no, that's...
that's when classes start.

Orientation's next week.

You-you can't leave
in seven days, Bishop.

I have to.

Look, my whole life,

"away" is the only place
I've wanted to go.

Away from my dad,
away from his shadow.

But this summer,

the only thing
I've wanted to do is stay,

because all those years
that I pictured away,

it was never away from you.

What the f*ck am I gonna do
without you?

I don't know, kick some a*s,

take some names.

Write a couple new stories.

[chuckles softly]

[♪ Lil Nas X: "Bring U Down"]

♪ I don't know what's
gonna bring you down ♪

[siren wailing]

♪ I don't know what's
gonna bring you down ♪

♪ I don't know, but I'm gonna
bring you down ♪

♪ I don't know, but I'm gonna ♪

♪ Bring you down ♪♪

sh*t... I thought it was you.

You should think about
getting a new muffler.

I could hear you coming
all the way from Oklahoma.

- We got a problem, Officer?
- No.

You know where I could
find your brother?

I haven't seen him.

- You try calling?
- No.

Well, you got his number,

- don't you?
- I do.

Tell Luke I'm looking for him.

Oh, and, Ray,

you Hall brothers have a history
of getting into trouble.

Careful you don't go
looking for any.

[♪ Viagra Boys: "Ain't Nice"]

♪ ♪

♪ You can have me...

- Hey, little brother.
- Celebrating something?

Not a f*cking thing.

Care to join?

What the f*ck's your problem?
What the sh*t, Ray?

Remember that girl you told me
about three years ago?

Which one?

The one that you and Conrad...
You know, that one.

Yeah. What about her?

She isn't dead.

What the f*ck are you
talking about?

Her name's Dayna Mason.

Dodge Mason's sister.

She was hit on Halloween
three years ago.

She's alive, and she's
in a f*cking wheelchair!

A word of advice, Ray.

When you don't know what
the f*ck you're talking about,

keep your f*cking mouth shut.

That girl was dead as f*ck
when we found her.

I know because I pulled
her cold-a*s carcass

out of that truck.

That's the only time
I touched her.

Yeah, well, Sheriff Cortez
seems to think

you're the one that
ran her down.

Well, Cortez is gonna have
his own f*cking story

just like everybody else.

Yeah, but his story has you
on the hook

for what happened
three years ago.

Has you going down
for the gambling ring,

and it has you going down
for all of it!

I mean, do you know
how f*cked you are?

Don't worry about where the fist
is gonna land, all right?

Ain't gonna be on you.

Are you listening to me?

The fist always lands
on me, Luke.

Always.

You just focus on winning
the game, all right?

Joust will f*ck you up
if you're not focused.

Oh, and by the way,
Halloween, three years ago?

I was sitting in county.

♪ ♪

- [entry bell chimes]
- What do you want?

I need your help.

Hmm, let me think about it. No.

It's about Dodge's sister.

You got two minutes.

I need you to ask your dad

to pull up my brother's
arrest report.

Mm. And why would I do that?

Halloween, three years ago.
The night Dayna got hurt.

My brother was in county jail.

- Is that what he told you?
- Yeah.

And if that's true, then
somebody's been spreading

a whole lot of lies
for the last three years.

And wouldn't you think Dodge
would want to know why?

- [kids] Bye!
- Have a great day.
See you tomorrow.

[indistinct chatter]

I don't know, Lily, a sleepover?

Please? McKenzie's going.

McKenzie,
Summer's little sister?

And you said they live
right down the road from Anne?

Please?

Do you have room for one more?

Of course. Come on.

- The more the merrier.
- All right, go.

Don't stay up too late.

- Yay! Whoo-hoo! Whoo-hoo!
- Thanks, Mrs. Walker.

♪ ♪

[breathing heavily]

Welcome to your individual.

Tonight's challenge is
an escape room.

The next 30 minutes
will decide if, for you,

Panic ends in a trap,

or the chance to
win it all at Joust.

Crack the codes to unlock
your victory.

Every minute wasted
is a point lost.

Your challenge awaits.

Careful on those stairs.

Now cross the bridge.

Time starts... now.

- [rats squeaking]
- Oh, oh...

Oh! Rats!

Why did it have to be
f*cking rats?

Good luck.

- [rats squeaking loudly]
- [phone ringing]

f*ck. f*ck, f*ck, f*ck.

Oh, gross.

[phone continues ringing]

Summer, what is it?

[Summer] Mrs. Walker
just called me.

Our sisters are-are missing.

Can you see if they're at
Anne's? I'm really scared.

I'll be right there.

Lily!

[panting]

Lily?

"The key"?

What the f*ck?

Oh, sh*t.

[girl screaming in distance]

Lily! Don't move!

Heather.

- [tiger growling]
- Lily, don't move.

I'm scared.

I know, but everything
is gonna be okay.

All right?

[bushes rustling]

[tiger growling]

[all whimpering]

Okay, Lily...

I need you to stay very still.

I don't want to.

You have to, Lily.
And don't run.

We're gonna be
really brave, okay?

[growling grows louder]

[bell rings]

[snarling]

Okay, Lily. Hey, Lily.

Hi. Hey.

We're gonna be good, okay?

Hi. Okay.

- [roars]
- [screams]

No, no, no, Lily, don't do that.
Don't do... Lily?

We're gonna be good, okay?

I'm gonna throw this, okay?

Don't move.

Okay, ready?

[low growl]

[panting]

Okay. All right,
come back towards me.

Come back towards me
really slowly, okay?

Okay...

Everything's fine.

Okay, come back. Come on back.

Come on back. Come on.

You got it, you got it,
you got it.

- [Skylar] Come on, you got it!
- [Aisha] Go, Lily!

- You almost got it.
- Keep coming, come on.

- You almost got it!
- [Heather] Keep coming.

- You got it.
- You almost got it!

You got it, come on.
Keep coming.

- Come on!
- Come on!

- Come on. Come to me.
- [whimpers]

Come here. Just keep coming.

- Come on, come on.
- You're gonna be okay!

[screams]

[all screaming]

[roaring]

♪ When everyone
has gone to bed ♪

♪ I find myself all in my head ♪

♪ I'm walking down
this lonely road ♪

♪ 'Cause I ain't got
no place to go ♪

♪ I want to find
this peace of mind ♪

♪ That people speak of ♪

♪ It stopped dropping ♪

♪ I'm walking down
this lonely road ♪

♪ 'Cause I ain't got
no place to go...

[Heather] If anything had
happened to her, or to them...

[Summer] Don't think about it.

Our sisters are okay.

That's what's important.

- Coming?
- Uh, one minute. Heather?

Heather, I just want to say
that I'm really sorry.

Okay? About Lily
and the timing and everything.

In my book, going
head-to-head with a tiger,

that should at least
get you into Joust, but I...

I know.
You don't make the rules.

[engine starts]

Hey, at least
it's all over, right?

Panic i-is a really dumb game.

It's very dangerous.

But... it's...

It's ours.

Maybe that's what
makes it even scarier.

♪ Changing of the tides,
changing of the tides ♪

♪ Everybody sees her,
everybody sees her ♪

♪ Breaking, breaking, ooh ♪

♪ Everybody needs a,
everybody needs a...

[Heather] "Doc Magic."

♪ Changing of the tides ♪

♪ Everybody sees her ♪

♪ Everybody sees her
breaking, breaking ♪

♪ I'm not going ♪

♪ Home ♪

♪ And I'm not going home ♪

♪ I'm not going home...

Melanie?

♪ I'm not going home ♪

♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ♪♪

What are you doing, Mel?

It's time, don't you think?

Time, huh?

Did something happen?

I found this.

What is it?

"Dear Mom,

I love you.

I'm sorry."

Where'd you find this?

In the g*n safe.

It's from Jimmy.

He's the one
who switched out the g*n.

No. No, that's wrong.

He k*lled himself, James.

Do you really think
Jimmy would...

You think Jimmy would ever
do something like this?

- Hmm?
- People do things all the time

doesn't seem like they could.

Why is the r*fle out?

[Melanie] There was a coyote
sneaking around

out back,

so I just fired a few shots
to scare him off.

[insects chirping]

[metal clanging]

[tiger growls]

[Bingo] Check it out.
Good as new, baby.

I even changed the oil
for you, bud.

Thanks for dropping her off.

You, uh, you need a ride?

Nah.

Adios, man.

[Ray] Looks like
I'm ready for Joust.

[Sarah] You're gonna win it.

Hey. What are you doing here?

I had something
I wanted to give to Dayna.

Oh, really?

Was it an apology?

Look, I get it.

- You don't trust me.
- Can I ask you something?

Why would you want to make
a deal with me at all

if you were a judge?

You know,
tricking Dayna into recording

her voice for my challenge
wasn't a smart move.

That's Panic, Dodge.

- It's a game.
- Right. Okay, it's a game.

- So you were just
doing your job.
- Yes.

You're getting to know the
new guy so you can figure out

how to f*ck with his head.

No, I became a judge
so I can make some money

so I can get out of here, okay?

You made a deal with Cortez.

I haven't done sh*t for Cortez!

Everything that I've done has
been for Dayna. You know that!

Are you sure some of it isn't
because you're feeling guilty?

- You don't feel guilty?
- All right, stop.

Everything that you have said
has been nothing but a lie.

And you probably can't even
keep it straight anymore, like

the fact that you tell everyone
about having a dead mom!

My mother might as well be dead.

- Bye, Nat.
- [crying] My God.

Get over yourself!

I came here for Dayna.
I have proof.

I have proof about that night.

Luke Hall couldn't
have been there.

[crying]

Stop.

Natalie printed the report.

- So we're trusting Natalie now?
- Let me finish.

Luke was arrested
in Twin Falls for carjacking

three days before my accident.

But the night
before he was arrested,

a girl was found
dumped in Oak Park.

She looked like she had been
in an accident worse than mine.

She'd been dead a day
before they found her.

[Dayna] He couldn't
have done it.

Natalie was telling the truth.

How could James
have gotten this wrong?

- Langley.
- [Langley] Yeah?

Judge Ramsay finally signed off
on our warrant

for Myra Campbell.

- Let's go.
- Absolutely.

A week before Abby was k*lled,

she received
these threatening notes.

"Only way you're staying
in the game

is with a tag on your toe."

[Williams] Was it you?

- Where'd y'all find these?
- [Langley] It doesn't matter.

What matters is who wrote them.

- There's more.
- What's going on here?

This is a private
police conversation.

Well, I want her to stay.

I'm staying.

You can't seriously
think that I would write...

Abby was my best friend.

[Langley] Well,
that's exactly our point.

Only a best friend
could write notes like these.

I mean, "Tomorrow, everyone
will know you k*lled the baby"?

[Williams] Mm. Abby was keeping
her pregnancy a secret.

She must have told
her best friend, right?

She told Jimmy's parents, too.

Jimmy's parents
weren't playing Panic.

Jimmy's parents weren't worried
about making it to the finals.

- All right, Bug.
- [sirens wailing in distance]

Are you sure you don't want me
to hang out with you today?

- We're getting our camp awards.
- Oh.

Hey, wait.

Heather,
am I gonna get arrested?

Why would you get arrested?

Because of the game.

No, you're not gonna
get arrested.

But look at me.

Look, that can't happen to you

or any of your friends
ever again.

Look at me. So if you know
who sent you that invitation,

you need to tell me.

I already told you,
it doesn't work like that.

It's all secret.

Hey, Lily, come inside.

Come on,
it's time to get started.

Thank you, thank you.

We just got word
there's a tiger on the loose.

They're shutting down
the roads and, uh,

we don't want
any of the kids outside.

So, be careful out there.

Get where you're getting.

[sirens wailing in distance]

[panting]

♪ ♪

[growling]

[Williams] Myra, why did you
continue to play Panic

- after Abby died?
- [Myra] I didn't want to,

but Luke said I couldn't quit.

He said there was a lot
of money riding on me.

Okay. So he told you that people
are gambling on Panic?

- I was scared.
- Scared of what?

- Luke?
- No.

Luke was trying to warn me.

I was scared of whoever
he was scared of.

[receptionist] Can I help you,
hon?

Yeah, um... I mean, no.

I'm just, I'm looking
for Captain Williams.

He's out. Do you want
to tell me what it's about?

U-Uh, no, it's...

I just, I heard about
the tiger this morning.

- [phone ringing]
- Oh. It's the sheriff.

[chuckles] Crazy morning.

Yeah? Mm-hmm. No.

Yes. No, I can, I can find out.

[exhales]

[grunts]

[Sarah] I told you,
you're wasting your time.

John?

[Myra] Jimmy h-had that with him

the night he died.

I don't even remember
taking it with me.

I don't even remember.
It was such a blur.

There was so much going on

and there were
all these people and...

That's Jimmy prom photo.

Wait a second, this...

[Langley] Oh, my God.

"You took everything from me.

- I guess we're even now."
- This isn't Jimmy's jacket.

Lucky 13. This is...

[receptionist] Nothing
from the D.A. yet.

Will do, Doc.

"Doc."

Sorry, that's the sheriff's
football nickname.

Doesn't matter how long
he wears that badge.

For those of us
who knew him when...

[chuckles] ...he's always
gonna be Doc Magic.

♪ ♪

[door bells jingle]

[music playing softly]

♪ Oh, please, my daughter...

[Jessica] Here you go.
Enjoy your lunch.

[Dodge] Hi, Sheriff.

Any news on Heather's
individual challenge?

- [Jessica] Sheriff.
- Jessica.

♪ Do you love once again...

We've been talking.

Okay. A-About what?

[water pours]

I'm not letting Dodge
go to Joust.

I need Dodge to beat Ray

so I can prove
that Luke is a bookie.

Right? Texas state law...

He's forfeiting.

Forfeiting?

[laughs]
Are you f*cking kidding?

You want to let Luke Hall win?

Hmm? You want to let him
get away with all that money?

Let him get away
with everything?

Just like he did with Dayna?

♪ Ready to love again...

[dish clatters]

Hey.

I'm sorry.

I'll take it.

I'll take the wheel.

You're right, it's dangerous
and Dodge shouldn't risk it.

But I'm not letting
the Halls win.

Not after everything I've done.
Not, not after

everything Dodge has done
to get us to where we are.

How do you know no one
will see you?

No one's gonna see me.
It'll be dark.

I'll go to the starting gate,
I'll win Joust

and I'll get the hell
out of there.

All you have to do
is make sure that your car

is good and ready for me.

'Cause I'm not letting
the Halls win.

[door bells jingle]

I promise I can
explain everything.

I'm not here because
I'm ready to forgive you.

- So, why did you come?
- Do you know how we thought

Luke Hall was leading
the betting ring?

It's much worse than we thought.

I-I mean, yeah, I-I heard.

Um, my dad called already.

Wait, your dad knows?

I guess he just found out
from Sheriff Cortez?

- Hold up, Cortez confessed?
- Confessed?

- What are you talking about?
- Luke Hall.

He was found in the park
this morning.

Someone beat him up so bad
that they had to use his prints

- to I.D. him.
- Oh, my God. Ray.

No.

No, not the Panic money. f*ck!

[Sarah] Never trust
a rich kid to be the bagman.

Cortez has been gambling
on Panic all along?

Looks like it.

Does Dodge know?

He couldn't. He trusted Cortez.

He believed Luke put Dayna
in that wheelchair.

- But he didn't.
- What do you mean?

Ray asked me to look into
what happened

the night of Dayna's accident.

Luke was in jail.

So Cortez lied about that, too.

What does this mean
about the game?

It means it's not
a game anymore.

[Cortez] I don't know,

have no idea
what Luke was doing there.

Well, maybe he was
just meeting someone.

He wasn't paying attention,
that's for sure.

That's probably how
they snuck up on him.

The first hit dropped him.

[coughs]

f*ck...

[screams]

Now, whoever did this...

they just kept on
going and going.

It was probably about a bet
that didn't pay off.

Somebody was pissed.

So far, no evidence
has been recovered.

[Heather] Ray was right.

Cortez has been using
the game all along.

It doesn't belong to us anymore.

If he's betting on Dodge to win,
he might go after Ray next.

We have to fix it.

[shushes]

♪ Follow, shake me down below ♪

♪ Feeling hollow,
wake the souls ♪

♪ Show me power,
give me control ♪

♪ 'Cause my sickness
runs so cold ♪

♪ Runs so cold ♪

♪ Ah ♪

♪ Are you onto me,
onto me, onto me? ♪

♪ 'Cause I'm onto you,
onto you, onto you ♪

♪ Are you onto me,
onto me, onto me? ♪

♪ 'Cause I'm onto you,
onto you, onto you ♪

♪ Let me tell you a secret ♪

♪ You can try to run
but you won't get free ♪

♪ I see trouble ♪

♪ I see trouble ♪

♪ I see trouble ♪

♪ And I want it ♪

♪ Will you come
and play my games? ♪

♪ Roll the dice and fade away ♪

♪ Try to leave you,
can't escape ♪

♪ Why don't you want to? ♪

♪ Ah ♪

♪ Can't escape ♪

♪ Are you onto me,
onto me, onto me? ♪

♪ 'Cause I'm onto you,
onto you, onto you ♪

♪ Are you onto me,
onto me, onto me? ♪

♪ 'Cause I'm onto you,
onto you, onto you ♪

♪ You can try to run
but you won't get free ♪

♪ I see trouble ♪

♪ I see trouble ♪

♪ Let me tell you a secret ♪

♪ I see trouble ♪♪