01x06 - I'm A Good Person

[bunniefuu]

Do you believe in monsters?

Abel says there's

a swamp monster.

Who's Abel?

♪

Something very bad

happened here.

It wasn't a hallucination.

It happened, Pete.

I remember the man.

I'm not crazy.

John: You came across her,

didn't you,

my friend Andrea Black?

I knew he was gonna r*pe me.

I know what you did, Mary.

I have a daughter.

I messed her up, too.

-Mary: She is a monster.

-Get out!

-Get out! Get out!

-She's part of him.

They took my daughter.

You have Karen Miller?

She can tell me the truth.

No one's ever gonna find her.

I'd be safe and warm ♪

I'd be safe and warm ♪

-If I was in L.

-A. ♪

Oh, come on, baby, sing with me.

-I can't see anything, Mom!

-California dreamin' ♪

-On such a winter's day ♪

-[ Horn blares ]

[ Crash ]

Oh, my God. Karen!

Oh, my God.

Are you okay?

Are you hurt?

♪

[ Police radio chatter ]

♪

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Woman: She admits to

an alcohol problem.

The mother had her drive.

They went into a ditch.

She's in custody.

I want my mom.

Looks like you're gonna stay

with us for a while, Karen.

We have accommodation tonight

but we'll need to place her

in foster care tomorrow.

Thanks.

[ Receiver hangs up ]

Emma: No one should take a child

from her mother.

Mommy!

She's back!

-Hi, little girl.

-What's wrong?

Little Bitty. Ooh.

Honey!

Get out here and see this!

-[ Cat meowing ]

-Hi, little Bitty.

Honey!

I missed you!

Where have you been?

♪

I'm just gonna stand with

my bag hanging off my left arm ♪

I'm just gonna walk home ♪

Kicking stones

at parked cars ♪

But I had a great night ♪

'Cause you kept rubbing

against my arm ♪

Hey. Come here.

It's okay. Come here.

-No!

-Come here.

It's all right.

Thank you for giving me

the time off.

[ Breathing heavily ]

You take as much time

as you need.

We'll be here waiting for you.

so I can adore you ♪

You seen Tom around?

I want the entire street

out of town ♪

♪

I adore you ♪

♪

♪

[ Footsteps approach ]

[ Birds chirping ]

[ Sighs ]

[ Sighs ]

My grandmother died.

I had to go say goodbye.

Or maybe you're just a liar.

♪

Maybe everything Emma Hall ever

said was just one big fat lie.

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[ Door opens ]

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[ Door closes ]

I didn't know what you'd like.

Rose: You get one for yourself?

Emma: That would be weird.

I was ready to go with you.

I was gonna leave my family,

my home, this town.

You think that some candy and

a keychain makes up for that?

I was sad.

People do crazy things

when they're sad.

[ Water running ]

You told me

some really dark sh*t

about bad stuff happening here,

and then you just went.

But you know what?

Maybe you're the bad stuff

that's happened here.

-Emma: What?

-You told me my mom was right,

that it isn't safe

here in Saint James.

But maybe that's because of you.

♪

What if you're not

who I thought you were?

Maybe I need to tell my dad

it was you who broke my nose.

Hey. Wait.

Rose.

Rose!

Hey, I do care about you.

And it's true

something bad has happened here.

What?

♪

[ Sniffles ]

♪

Jess is dead.

♪

And I think they know about it

at St. Jerome.

I think they're lying.

How do you know?

How can you be sure?

I saw her.

I saw her. I saw her dead.

No. No.

I'm trying to be

honest with you.

What if it was you?

-What?

-What if you hurt her?

-No. Rose, listen to me--

-You hurt me.

Yes, I was protecting her.

I was protecting Jess.

-What if you're lying?

-I'm not.

If you've done nothing wrong,

why don't you tell someone?

Because I have

done something wrong.

I have.

What did you do?

I was in an accident.

I hit someone, and I left.

And I can't have that come out.

So I need you not to say

anything about Jess. I

I need you to trust me,

trust that I will

♪

I'll find out what happened.

Do you trust me?

Do you trust me?

You won't lie anymore?

I promise.

♪

I trust you.

♪

[ Laughter, indistinct talking ]

[ Mid-tempo music plays ]

Not just a debt ♪

And all that you left

is debts that you don't pay ♪

Pay, pay ♪

Well, you need

to make a quick call ♪

Just call it a loss,

but you can't just ♪

Theresa: Your shot.

No, no, no ♪

You can't just write me off ♪

Thank you.

I needed a friend tonight.

Can't just write me off ♪

You can't just write me off ♪

[ Both laugh ]

You can't just write me off ♪

No ♪

You can't just write me ♪

Off ♪

You can't just write me ♪

Off ♪

You can't just write me off ♪

[ Cellphone chimes ]

You can't just write me off ♪

♪

[ Bottles clink ]

♪

Did you make a friend

at the spa?

Although these look like

more of a funeral.

I guess you mourned

the loss of sugar, right?

Wow. You really did not

kick that habit.

So didn't miss

my moral conscience.

Oh. I don't believe you.

[ Chuckles ]

Who are they from?

♪

Mary: John, where are you?

Are we gonna get

into the weeds again?

Don't you just want a phone call

one of these days

with some really good news?

I don't think I'm gonna get

that phone call anymore, John.

And even if I did,

I don't think you're

the right man to make it.

Are you suggesting that I get

an assistant, have him call you?

I know of several candidates,

although I'm not sure

you'd like their methods.

I'm suggesting you stop.

Okay?

I'm suggesting that this,

you and me

it's it's over.

It's over, John.

After everything I've done?

What have you done?

I am closer than you

could ever imagine.

Closer to what? To Miller?

Why don't you just stop

asking questions, Mary?

Why don't you lie back and relax

and let me call you

with some good news?

And I will call you, Mary.

I promise.

Do you know what I think?

That you're the only one

in pain?

I think you like

your credit card,

you like your car,

and you don't want to go back

to the grocery store

to stock shelves anymore.

I think you've strung this out

just as long as you can.

And I think you don't know me.

I do.

I do.

I know what you've done,

and it scares me

that nobody else does.

Turn yourself in, John.

For Andrea Black.

Turn yourself in

before I do.

♪

[ Cellphone closes ]

♪

Did you like your gift?

Tom: Nobody's bought me

a keychain since I was like 10.

Georgia said you lost

your grandma.

I'm sorry.

Yeah, me too.

So, um, do you paint?

Uh, I draw.

I mean, not great,

but, uh, that's more my thing.

No, I mean, like, paint walls.

Oh. [ Chuckles ]

I'm painting my room, and

I don't have a ladder

or paintbrushes

or paint.

Uh-huh.

[ Birds chirping ]

Tom: I wouldn't have

assumed pink.

There is such a thing

as too much wood.

Was it a big funeral?

We're not a big family.

What, like, your

your mom, your your dad?

I mean, I don't know

if you got any brothers

or sisters or anything?

Copy that.

Marthe LeGrande broke my heart.

Five years ago.

She married me,

left me, took my house.

She still live in this town

Marthe LeGrande?

[ Laughing ] Whatever?

[ Laughs ]

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

You point her out.

I'll mess her up.

The pink's nice.

Yeah.

And I think she's gonna love it.

Who?

My daughter.

I have a daughter, Tom.

A beautiful,

beautiful little girl.

And I can't have her

with me right now,

because I went through

a really dark time.

And a lot of bad stuff

happened, and

and I'm still trying

to work through all of it.

What's her name?

Freya.

It's a beautiful name.

[ Sniffles ]

I want to make something here.

A new life.

And I wanna forget

all the bad things

all of them.

Oh, Mickey, what a pity

you don't understand ♪

You take me by the heart

when you take me by the hand ♪

Oh, Mickey, you're so pretty,

can't you understand ♪

It's guys like you, Mickey ♪

Oh, what you do,

Mickey, do, Mickey ♪

Don't break my heart, Mickey ♪

I didn't know you had a brother.

-What?

-A brother!

-I

-Brother!

Uh

♪

Hey. Ooh, sorry.

[ Laughing ]

Uh

Sadie, go dance with your dad.

He's not my dad.

He's my stepdad.

Go dance with him.

It was nice to meet you, John.

Here. Thank you.

Can you just put it

on the table?

Hey, Sis.

[ Sighs ]

Man, what have you done now?

Uh, could I get a bottle

of your most expensive

champagne, please?

-No! I--

-My sister just got married.

Shh! Quiet.

No one here knows

who I am, right?

I mean, Sadie doesn't

even remember me.

-She's my niece.

-Come on, John.

Don't do this.

It's been seven years.

What do you want me

to say to her?

"Hey, baby,

this is your uncle, John.

-The r*pist."

-Don't say that, please.

Don't call me that.

I-I've worked so hard.

Look, I-I don't know, I don't

know what you want from me.

But this is my wedding.

-You can't be here.

-I just

I-I just really need

to talk to someone.

Why?

Here.

Um

[ Sighs ]

I, uh I have a job.

I'm, uh, working

for someone very important.

A lady.

What, uh What job?

Uh, I can't actually

share the details.

-My work, it's confidential.

-Oh, screw you.

Then why-why are you even

talking it about if you can't

-Well, screw you. You asked.

-share the details?

Come on, you always

were a busybody.

Oh.

Thank you. Thank you.

[ Glasses clink ]

You look beautiful.

-Thank you.

-As always.

So, what are you doing for her?

Looking for someone.

Why?

Um, she may know something about

something bad that happened

or she may have

done something bad.

No. John, quit the job.

You're a convicted r*pist,

out of state.

Even if you weren't my brother,

I would be really concerned

about the person employing you.

I want to be a family again.

I want to be a good uncle

to Sadie,

and I-I want to meet Derek.

It's Derek, right?

Mm-hmm.

I've never found baldness

to be unattractive.

[ Chuckles ]

You, um

You can't be

in my daughter's life.

[ Voice breaking ] Ever.

I'm sorry.

Just, um, give up the job.

It is not, uh, a good thing.

Stay away from women, okay?

You can't just wipe away

those things you did, John.

You didn't just r*pe those

two women, you destroyed them.

-I got to go.

-Here.

No. No. It's not much.

It's just a

♪

Barman: Card's declined.

Just, uh, run it again.

I did. It says it's canceled.

Do you have another card, cash?

I already opened the bottle,

so

♪

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[ Cheers and applause ]

Hey, Emily. Emily.

The boosters keep talking

about state about the record.

-It's pretty exciting, huh?

-I try not to think about it.

Theresa's record isn't coming

down anytime soon, Mrs. Barlow.

Oh, you don't,

you don't have to say that.

She was more than a record.

For the record.

So, go for it.

Really, go for it, okay?

Sure. I-I gotta go.

Of course. Of course.

Bye. Bye, Emily.

Hey, Marty, how's Tammy doing?

Hi.

Mary.

Hey.

Girls looking good.

-Yeah.

-Focused.

God, remember that day when

Theresa swam those five races,

-won 'em all?

-You know I remember everything.

You never have to remind me

of any detail.

Because it is all stored right

up here, every minute of it.

So you don't have to

have those conversations.

I like having

those conversations.

You don't have to

come by anymore.

I like coming by.

Please don't come by.

Why?

I can't accept your support

as a booster anymore.

The blog.

The mother of that missing girl.

Just the recording

that you shared,

it made a lot of people,

a lot of our parents

uncomfortable, so--

I know. I mean, that whole thing

got overblown.

Yeah.

I th-I think Kamala herself

would admit that she

You know, she misinterpreted

my, uh my intentions.

Yeah, well, everybody knows

what you've been through,

and-and you get

a free pass from from me, okay?

That-That

That goes without saying.

But I-it's what you did.

Mary, it shows

a lack of control.

It's not good for you

to be here.

It's not good for us

to have you here.

♪

Look, I am one of the biggest

boosters of this team.

So you tell the PTA to-to

back off.

In one week, no one's

gonna remember that blog,

but my checks will still clear.

It's not the PTA,

it is the board.

They took a vote. It's done.

I'm sorry.

I have to ask you to leave.

♪

Look, let me walk you out.

Don't touch me.

♪

[ Cellphone vibrating ]

♪

It's over, John.

Canceling my card, Mary?!

-That was a bad move!

-Go to hell.

It is not over until I say

that it is over!

[ Screams ]

[ Screams]

♪

[ Cellphone vibrates ]

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[ Birds chirping ]

-Tom: You get my note?

-Emma: No .

No note. What did it say?

Oh. That I liked you.

That's weird.

Uh you think maybe

your landlord took it?

No. I talked to him.

I think we're

straightened out.

He's still got sealed records.

It was a misunderstanding.

Some girl he got close to

but not in a

You know, it wasn't, um

It wasn't sexual.

According to him?

I don't wanna talk about Pete.

Don't go home.

I kind of feel

like we're being watched.

What?

♪

[ Laughs ]

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[ Both laugh ]

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[ Bubbling ]

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You live by yourself?

There's enough room.

You wanna stay?

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Your love line is strong

but, like, dominant, you know,

like there's gonna be

someone powerful in your life.

You can see that?

Not like a real reader,

but I was at a festival once.

I learned from a shaman.

There are things to look for.

You can really see stuff.

I see this energy around you.

It could be good.

But it could be

kind of dark, too.

Why don't you want to go home?

Don't you want to be found?

♪

Tom: Emma?

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♪

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I want you to stay,

so if you don't like my guests,

let's just take 'em all down.

♪

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What's that?

♪

[ Drawer opens, closes ]

♪

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Taxidermy needle.

That's what was in your leg?

How the hell did that--?

I was in the bayou.

You got a needle in the bayou?

♪

You know a man called Abel?

It says "Andrew Bellevue."

I know, but I think

it means something else.

You ever hear anything

about a

a swamp monster?

Something dangerous?

Look, we got a bunch

of folklore around here, okay?

Stories about man/creature thing

out in the bayou.

-But they're just stories.

-Nothing ever happened?

No girls went missing?

-This is getting weird.

-Please just tell me.

Have any girls

ever disappeared from here?

Years ago, uh, you know,

maybe 10,

there was a girl that was

found out in the bayou, but--

I was chased out there.

A man caught me,

and I felt this pain.

The

It was the needle in my leg.

I think that it's him.

I think that Andrew Bellevue

is Abel.

Who's Abel?

The man who put the needle

in my leg.

The swamp monster.

Emma.

Andrew Bellevue's

been dead five years.

♪

[ Breathing shakily ]

Oh, God. Oh, God.

[ Click ]

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[ Breathing heavily ]

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So, Missouri?

What are the highlights?

What should I see

while I'm here?

If you like country music, you

should probably go to Branson.

Do you like country music?

No, I'm not big into music.

There's a gas station coming up.

You can just set me down

right there, and I'll

-have a friend take me--

-[ Chuckles ] No.

Ah, I wouldn't dream of it.

A knight in a shiny Dodge

does not abandon his maiden.

It was nice enough of

you to pick me up from

the side of the road.

I'll be fine

from the gas station.

It's just It's just up ahead.

♪

[ Shower running ] Shh.

♪

[ Humming ]

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[ Sniffs ]

♪

I don't want to go

to the gas station anymore.

[ Lock clicks ]

[ Train whistle blowing ]

John: "Love is a virtuous mind

that creates only peace

and happiness,

whereas attachment

is never virtuous

and it only causes pain

and problems."

♪

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[ Train whistle blows ]

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[ Ringing ]

♪

John: Hello.

John?

Uh

I think I was unkind before.

I was hard on you.

Yeah, you made it pretty clear

how you feel about me.

You-you scared me,

John, back there.

Finding out about

Andrea Black was

I did not expect that of you.

-You didn't?

-No.

I believed you

when you came to my office.

I think you're that guy.

I-I was surprised to learn

there were things

-about you I didn't know.

-Yeah, well, ditto.

There is the not inconsequential

matter of Esther.

I feel very alone right now.

I feel like you let me down,

and you let her down,

and maybe you even

let yourself down.

What are you gonna do?

What are you gonna do?

What do you mean?

Are you gonna say

that you're sorry?

For what?

For, uh, firing me,

canceling my cards,

for being a m*rder*r.

♪

I hate myself

for what I've done.

Yeah, and for what

you made me do.

What did I make you do?

You put me back on a bad path.

you made me think things

that I didn't want to think,

You made me feel things

I don't want to feel.

Well, when it comes

to Theresa, I have

I have tunnel vision.

I know she's out there,

somewhere,

and I all I can think about

is getting to her.

But I have not been

appreciative of

all your-your good work

your feelings.

Well, then, here we are, huh?

I-I-I know something,

and you know something.

Both-We've both got our

our fingers on the button,

like Khrushchev and Kennedy.

I'm guessing that I'm Kennedy,

'cause I-I have the hair.

Do I mean something to you?

Your work is very

important to me.

Not my work me.

I couldn't do it without you.

Well, what-what-what

does that mean?

I mean, what does that

actually mean?

Actually.

That I want you to stay.

That I want us to

go forward together again

as colleagues.

Not colleagues.

Friends.

As friends.

Thank you.

Goodbye, Mary.

♪

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Jess: Abel says

there's a swamp monster

10 foot tall, skin all scale,

like an alligator

one red eye, one black.

Emma: Who's Abel?

Jess: I can't talk about Abel.

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[ Banging, shattering ]

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[ Pounding on door ]

Hey! What are you doing?!

[ Pounding ]

What are you doing?!

[ Pounding ]

[ Pounding ]

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Emma: I'm onto you.

[ Organ music playing ]

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Mary: Bless me, Father,

for I have sinned.

Priest:

What's your sin, my child?

I have a dog a hunting dog.

It's had a bad life.

I thought I rescued it.

That sounds like a kindness,

not a sin.

There's an unpredictability

to it, an anger.

And the more he grows,

the less I can control him.

He's dangerous, Father.

What exactly are you confessing?

♪

My selfishness.

My

want for what the dog brings me.

For as great as my fears are

my desire

to keep the dog is greater.

Don't look at me like that.

You had a miracle

bring your kid back.

I've got to make mine.

♪

Hail Mary.

♪

[ Phone ringing ]

Bella: Hello?

John: Well, hello.

Who is this?

Bella.

And is Bella

little Bitty's mommy?

Yes.

Good.

And where in Louisiana

does little Bitty live?

Saint James.

How'd you know my kitty's name?

♪

-Hey.

-Hey.

Want to go to dinner?

Jake: Oh. Uh, Dad and I

actually got take-out.

-Sushi.

-Oh.

You got him to get out

of the trailer.

Good for you.

Did you order for me, too?

Of course we did. Nothing more

annoying than having to share.

And you wonder why we broke up.

[ Doorbell rings ]

Oh. I can smell

the wasabi from here.

[ Door opens ]

♪

Detective Samuelson,

Lake Elsinore precinct,

Minnesota.

Sit down, please, Mrs. Barlow.

Jake: What is this?

I'm so sorry, Jake.

I didn't mean to --

Mom what?

I'm-I'm-I'm-I'm so sorry.

What's going on?

Mrs. Barlow,

Mr. Barlow

I have some very difficult news.

A couple of hikers came across a

shallow grave in Elsinore woods.

The grave contained

human remains.

What does this

have to do with us?

We found a necklace

on the remains

correlating to an FBI's

missing-persons report.

Mrs. Barlow, I have to ask

do you recognize this necklace?

♪

It's our daughter's.

♪

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Just breathe. Breathe.

♪

Theresa: So, you do

live with someone?

Karen: My boyfriend.

I thought I said.

No. You didn't say.

[ Door opens ]

Kit?

[ Keys scraping, jangling ]

♪

Karen: This is Theresa.

I-I told her she could stay.

Hello.

Hey.

Karen: You want a beer?

We have beer and cold,

mutilated pizza.

I'll be through in a minute.

♪

Baby, come on.

I'm coming.

♪

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[ Cellphone buzzes ]

[ Buzzing continues ]

Pete?

Oh, God, I'm glad it's you.

I just had such a weird feeling.

Pete: Emma.

I've got some real tough news.

What?

Emma

What is it? What?

There's been some remains found

in Minnesota,

close to where

Esther Moses lived.

They think it's from

around the time of your arrest.

♪

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[ Knocking ]

We're closed.

I said we're closed.

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I hoped I'd just catch you.

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Child: Tell me a story