Secrets in a Small Town (2019) Movie Script

Sarah!

Sarah?

- Sarah?

- What?

- Where is the toaster?

- What?

The toaster. I can't find it.

Uh, have you looked in the box

labelled "Toaster?"

Uh, yup.

I think

you hired dyslexic movers.

Yes.

Hey. Think fast.

Always!

You're ready? We can't be late

for our day ones.

- I'll meet you in the car, okay?

- Uh, mom?

What?

Right. Good call.

It's like the town

that time forgot.

Nothing wrong with a small town.

People know their neighbors.

They help each other out.

- It's nice.

- Adorable.

Is there a spot

to hit your horse?

Yeah, right between

the OK Corral saloon

and the Tumbleweed

general store.

Uh, mom?

Do you mind

if we don't walk in together?

Oh.

Of course. I get it.

Thanks.

And, uh, that's

Vice Principal Porter to you.

At least between 8:00 and 3:00.

Cruel and unusual, mom.

Cruel and unusual.

- Love you, Sare-Bear.

- Love you, too.

It's a great reports and stuff,

but, um,

that's only every other week.

- Okay.

- Welcome to the head office.

This is Denise. This place

would fall apart without her.

- Hi, Denise. Nice to meet you.

- Welcome to Mattawa High.

- Thank you.

- Um, a little tip.

You might wanna go mark your,

uh, yogurt in the staff fridge,

otherwise Denise will eat it,

claim she thought it was hers.

Anyways, um, this is you.

This is great.

Well, we're very excited

to have you join our team.

Uh, it might be a bit slower

paced than what you're used to.

Oh. Well,

that sounds nice, actually.

I'll let you get settled in.

If you have, um,

any questions, any concerns,

I'm in the, uh, big office.

Thanks, Andre.

Well, that's good to know.

We were wondering

if you were cool or not.

Oh, it's my mom. She--

So, Chicago, huh?

Yeah. How did you know?

We're a small town.

It's what we do.

So you guys

have a pretty good team, huh?

- Undefeated.

- That's cool.

Well, I guess you'd know.

Ignore Maddie.

She has trust issues.

Look, first day sucks.

So if you have any questions

or whatever,

don't be shy.

See you around.

Okay.

♪ Dangerous ♪♪

- I'll see you tomorrow, Jerry.

- Have a great night.

So... how was it?

Everything I dreamed of

and more.

Ooh! I do note sarcasm.

You do note correctly.

Green or red peppers?

- Red.

- Red it is.

Can you grab the chocolate milk?

Let me get the cash.

- Hm.

- Okay.

Oh, and can you get

tomato paste?

Yeah.

Oh, shoot.

- Oh! Huh!

- I got it. Here.

- You got a runner.

- Thank you.

You're welcome.

Was that your daughter?

Uh, yes, that's Sarah.

Yeah, I saw her taking some

shots in the gym earlier today.

I'm Ruth Simmons, I coach

the girls'

high-school basketball team.

Oh. I'm Claire Porter.

I'm the new vice principal.

Well, I guess

that makes you my new boss.

From the sounds of it,

you're doing a pretty good job.

Well, thank you.

Your daughter, she look good.

She is good.

She was on the team back home.

MVP every year.

Wow! Well, that's good to know.

I could use

another strong player.

We've got nationals coming up.

Uh... I don't know

if she'd be up for it.

She's having a little bit

of a hard time transitioning.

- Trying to fit in--

- Oh. It's the age.

My daughter was the same way.

Believe me,

I am an expert on teenage girls.

It's like I got ten of 'em.

Yeah. I don't know

how you do that.

I only have one

and I don't even know

if I'm doing a good job at that.

You know, I think only good moms

ask themselves that question.

- Thank you for saying that.

- Can I just...

I don't mean to overstep

my bounds or anything,

but joining the team

might be exactly

what your daughter needs.

And my daughter Kat

during the team,

she just blossomed.

She's team captain this year.

Not to toot my own horn,

but she'd be joining

a championship team.

Scouts regularly check out

our games.

Number of my girls

have gotten scholarships

at the top schools.

Well, that's impressive.

Tell her to come check out

practice tomorrow.

If she wants.

- I will. Thank you.

- Good.

Welcome to town.

- Hey, I'll see you at school.

- Absolutely.

Oh, this is not good.

What did...

Oh, my gosh.

- You liked that one?

- Yes.

- That's so mean!

- Whatever!

Hm. This one sounds good.

- Magic tablecloth.

- Oh.

- Ready?

- Mm-hmm.

Hey there.

Say hi to my rabbit...

Hey, that's the same tablecloth

we have.

What's he doing?

Come on, Harry. Here you go.

Oh, you're kidding.

Why does he have a bunny?

Please don't hurt the bunny.

The bunny has no idea

what's going on.

I'll tell you now,

it's totally real.

- It's totally a trick.

- No, he's gonna do it.

Abracadabra!

That's so cool!

- That's such a trick.

- No!

- That is totally a trick.

- No, that was totally real.

- Mm-mm. I don't buy it.

- Oh, my God!

Mm!

Remember, uh, I told you

I was talking

to the coach today?

Mm-hmm.

She said she saw you

taking shots in the gym,

and that she thought

you were really good.

- Really?

- Mm-hmm.

And she also said that they need

a shooting guard

and to swing by practice

tomorrow after school

if you want.

I don't know.

Well, season's almost over,

anyway.

So? Sarah, you love to play.

And I, I think

it'd be really good for you.

Maybe make some friends

and show that team

a thing or two.

I do have a badass team.

Just try.

What's the worst

that can happen?

I guess it wouldn't be right

to let all this God-given talent

go to waste.

Yes, it would be

terribly selfish of you

to deny the world your gifts.

But don't you know, mother,

that I have an even greater gift

than basketball?

Oh...

What are you do...

No, no, no, no.

- I can totally do it.

- No, no, no.

- Sarah, it was a trick.

- Come on.

I'm telling you, this is

what I was born to do.

No. It was a trick.

Abracadabra!

Oops.

Move it! Move it! Pass!

- Sarah! Sarah!

- I got it!

- Come on, come on!

- Yes!

Oh. Yes!

Good. Talk to each other.

Nice shot, Kat.

You guys, I need more talking

to each other, okay?

All right, no mistakes,

no excuses.

- Be your best or...

- Stay home.

Amen.

We've got Dina T. on the bench

and we need

as much offensive help

as we can get, especially

with Wilma next week, right?

I wanna introduce you guys

to Sarah Porter.

She's just moved here

from out of town and she's gonna

check out our practice today.

Show us what she's got. Right?

All right.

Sarah, why don't you cover Kat?

Take it from the top.

Come on, girls!

Let's go!

Let's see what you got,

big city.

- Go, now!

- Ball, ball.

Yeah. Catch the middle.

- No!

- Yes!

- Nice. Nice.

Over here. Over here.

- Yes.

- Come on, Kat. Step up to her.

Don't let her chase you down.

Come on.

Here.

Open.

Oh, boom! Way to go, Sarah.

Yes. I like it.

Nothing without pain, girls,

nothing without pain.

Come on, back up.

You okay?

Great.

So what do you guys

think?

Sarah have what it takes

to be a Viper?

- Yeah.

- Yeah?

It seems unanimous.

What do you say?

Join the team?

- Like, right now?

- Like, right now.

- Absolutely.

- Heh-heh. Good.

'Cause we don't take no

for an answer around here.

Congratulations.

You're joining

something really special.

Every single one of these girls

has your back

and they expect the same

from you.

Okay? Okay.

This year

we're taking nationals.

Come on, cap.

- Two, three...

- Vipers!

Sorry about the elbow.

I practice like I play.

From now on,

save it for the other team.

So, listen, we're all going

to Maddie's tonight.

Her dad works nights.

You should come.

Okay. Cool. I'm in.

Big city is in!

Whoo!

Mom. What are you doing here?

I was too excited to wait.

- So?

- I'm on the team.

Yes! I knew it.

Oh! Honey, congratulations.

I'm so proud of you.

We have to celebrate.

Tonight let's watch

The Princess Bride

and peg out on

mint, chocolate-chip ice cream.

That sounds awesome, but, uh,

I got invited

to this team-bonding thing.

- Tonight?

- Yeah.

Everyone's heading

over there now.

Oh.

Okay. I'm...

I mean, that's great.

We can do girls' night

another time.

Totally.

So is this like a,

it's like a party?

I don't know. Kinda, I guess.

Is there gonna be

an adult there?

- No, it's just the team I think.

- Oh.

- Well, I don't really like that.

- Mom.

What about boys?

What about them?

Come on. It's just the team.

I told you.

- Will there be any alcohol?

- You know I don't drink.

- Oh, I know.

- Hey, Sarah.

If you want a ride,

you can come with us.

Okay. Cool.

I can drive you.

That would literally

be the worst.

Well, I want you home by 11:00.

You're being

a total helicopter mom.

- A what?

- A helicopter mom.

You're always

hovering around me.

I am not. I am just trying to--

Mom, I'll be fine. I promise.

I love you.

Hm.

Hey, this is Sarah.

Hey, Sarah, it's mom calling.

Um, just noticed

you haven't texted me back

at all tonight,

so I just wanted to check in

and make sure you're okay.

I'm sure you are.

You're probably having a blast.

Um, I am heading to sleep,

so send me a text and let me

know when to expect you, okay?

Oh, and don't get your hopes up.

There's absolutely no ice cream

left in the house whatsoever.

Okay.

Love you, Sare-Bear. Bye.

Rise and shine, party animal.

What? You forgot

how to send a text?

Good morning, Denise.

It's Claire Porter.

Listen. I'm just on my way in.

I was wondering

if you could check

what class Sarah has

this morning for me.

Biology 205. Great.

Thank you.

Yes, I'll see you soon.

Buh-bye.

- That's not true.

- Yes.

Hey.

Um... hey.

Guys, hold up a second.

Oh. Hi, Vice Principal Porter.

Uh, I'm Kat, team captain.

Hi, Kat. Nice to meet you.

Um, I was just wondering

if any of you

have seen Sarah this morning.

- Um, no.

- No.

I'm sorry, I just, I...

She didn't come home last night,

so I thought

she just might have

stayed over at, um...

- Uh, who hosted?

- That's me.

Hi. So Sarah didn't stay over

at your place last night?

- No.

- Did she leave?

- Uh-huh.

- What time?

I don't really remember.

Do you remember, Kat?

It was after we did

our Dream Boards for sure,

but I wasn't really

looking at the time.

Did she seem upset?

Did she say anything?

No, she seemed cool.

Don't worry. She probably

just skipped or something.

Okay, Sarah doesn't skip, so--

Sorry, we gotta go to practice.

But it was nice to meet you,

Ms. Porter.

- Hey, coach.

Coach.

Come on, we're already late

today. Let's get to it.

All right?

All right, go.

Hey, is this Cindy?

Hi, Cindy, it's Claire Porter,

Sarah's mom.

Yes, no...

We're great, we're great.

Yes. Um, have you heard

from Sarah recently?

Okay. No, no, no. No,

everything, everything is fine.

Would you do me a favor

and let me know

as soon as you hear from her?

Hi, is this Bruce? Hi,

it's Claire Porter, Sarah's mom.

Yeah, I, no, I just thought

she, she might've

reached out and said hey.

Oh. Okay, yeah.

Can you text me Rhea's number?

Hey, hi, yeah, this is, um,

Claire Porter, Sarah's mom.

Uh, have you heard from Sarah?

Have you seen her online at all?

Yeah, that'd be great.

Can you call me if you hear

anything? I don't, I don't care.

I don't care what time it is.

I need you to call me.

Yeah, I have, I have,

I have checked everywhere.

I'm looking everywhere.

It is just not like her.

Yes, thank you.

I have called her.

Yeah, I don't, I don't know.

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

What do you... Lauren?

Of course, I've called...

She was the first person

that I actually even...

S-Sarah?

Oh, gosh.

Sarah?

Sarah.

- Uh...

- Oh, I... Oh, I am so sorry.

I am so sorry.

I thought you were...

- What's up with that?

- I have no idea.

May I help you?

My daughter.

She didn't come home last night.

Who didn't come home?

My daughter.

You're the ones

who just moved in to the, uh,

Henderson's old house, huh?

Yes. I'm Claire Porter.

M-my daughter's name is Sarah.

Please, take a seat.

This is Sheriff Mosley.

I'm Rick.

Why don't you tell us

what happened?

Uh, S-Sarah made

the basketball team yesterday

and left to go

to this team-bonding thing

with the other girls.

Congratulations

to your daughter.

My niece is on the team.

What time was this?

Around 3:30.

She was supposed

to be back at 11:00,

but she didn't come home

last night.

So I just assumed

that she stayed over

at one of the girl's places,

but she didn't come

to school today, so I checked in

with the teammates

and they said that they all

saw her leave last night.

Okay. Slow, slow down now.

Uh, you tried calling her.

- Right?

- Yes, I've tried calling her.

I've been calling her non-stop.

She's not answering.

The last time you saw her,

was she acting strange?

Did she seem upset?

No, she had just made the team.

She was so happy.

Hm, she probably partied

too hard

and she's sleeping it off

somewhere.

No, that is,

that is not my Sarah.

- She's a teenager.

- I know my daughter.

- Are you sure about that?

- Doug.

Look, I'm just saying.

I mean, who knows what goes on

in a teenage girl's mind?

I mean, I sure as hell don't.

Hm. Does she have a boyfriend,

maybe back in...

Chicago.

Yes, an ex-boyfriend.

But I've called him

and everyone else she knows,

and no one has heard from her.

What about her father?

Where is he?

He...

Um, he-he, he passed away

seven months ago.

Cancer.

- Very sorry.

- Did you check to see--

Look, I, I have already done

all of the things

you're going to ask me, okay?

I have checked with her friends.

I have...

I drove around looking for her.

I have texted her,

I've sent her messages,

I have checked her social media.

Sarah would not just disappear

without letting me know.

That is not like her.

My daughter is missing.

Do you hear me?

She is missing!

Okay. Okay.

Doug, I think we should bring in

the girls from the team.

- Excuse me?

- Well, they were the last ones.

To see Sarah.

Hold on here.

What exactly

are you accusing them of?

Well, no one's accusing anyone,

chief.

These girls are

the gold standard of this town.

My niece Maddie is looking

at a full sports scholarship

to Michigan State.

Well, then I hope that doesn't

cloud your judgement, sheriff.

Deputy, you get her statement.

I'll make some calls.

There we go.

- You ready?

- Mm-hmm.

Okay, so tell me now,

in your own words, okay?

What do you remember

about Sarah Porter?

I mean, and what happened

last night?

Well, I invited her

to Maddie's house,

and, uh, we were

all pretty excited

to have her on the team.

It's, it's more

of a sisterhood.

- So we just...

- Well, you can't be in here.

I'm not going anywhere.

Just don't tell Doug.

So what time

did Sarah come by?

Um, I think

it was just before 7:00.

Um, just before seven o'clock.

All right.

So who's there?

- Uh, it was just the team.

- No adults?

- Her dad was at work.

- Okay.

So was this a party?

A party?

Hardly, Uncle Doug.

We just ordered Chinese food

and just wanted

to get to know Sarah.

How did Sarah seem

when she came by?

She had this huge bottle

of vodka.

And when she got there,

she was just taking

shot after shot.

She was kinda just drinking

alone in the corner.

- She was getting, like...

- Wasted.

And you know

we, uh, we don't drink.

We signed it in honor code,

so...

I don't know. We were all

pretty weirded out by it.

Okay. Then what happened?

She was just, like, really pissy

and kept drinking.

She was saying how much

she hated moving to this town.

How much

Chicago was so much better.

- She called us hicks.

- How'd that make you feel?

Her behavior

made me feel uncomfortable.

Okay.

Um, w-what did she do then?

Kat told her to go get some air

and she went out...

You know, the big chair

on the back porch?

She went out for some air,

I guess to, like, cool off.

Yeah, we just stayed inside

and worked on our place

and our drills.

I just figured, you know,

let her do her own thing.

Kat went to go check on her,

and she was gone.

- She was just gone?

- Yeah.

I mean, I assumed

she just went home.

That's what we all thought.

- Nobody saw her leave?

- No.

We all thought,

for sure, she went home.

Do you remember

what time it was?

I think it was around 10:45.

- 10:45.

- 10:45 I wanna say.

- 10:45 p.m.

- It was 10:45.

- Are you sure?

- Positive.

I feel responsible.

Why?

Well, I'm team captain.

You know, I just...

I don't know, I just,

I wish I'd have done more.

You did good.

Nothing to worry about.

Sheriff?

Wait, none of this

makes any sense, okay?

Uh, what those girls were saying

about Sarah, it's...

That's, it's, it's not Sarah.

- Hold on. Hold on a second.

- All the things they were...

You let her watch the interview?

Damn it, Rick.

- Sorry, Doug. It just--

- I-I told--

Well, you've seen it all then,

okay? Look.

I've seen it a million times,

all right?

Emotional teenage girl,

she gets,

she-she-she, she gets upset,

she runs away for a day or two,

then she calms down--

No, I'm telling you,

that is not--

What kind of crap is this, Doug?

Okay.

Her girl didn't come home, Reg.

What do you want me to do?

What the hell does that have

to do with Maddie and the girls?

Well, nothing, as it turns out,

all right?

You've got some goddamn nerve

accusing these kids.

Who the hell

do you think you are?

Okay, hold off, all right?

Dial it down.

- Shut up, Doug!

- Don't you...

- You don't even know that!

- Take it easy.

Dial it down, Reggie.

- Who the hell are you--

- Hey!

Hey! Reggie, are you kidding me?

You back down.

Her girl's missing.

You'd do the same thing

if it were Maddie.

Come on.

And in front of the girls?

You should set a better example.

- Everyone okay? Girls? Yeah?

- Yes, coach. Yeah.

Okay. Come on, Doug.

Can they go home?

- Yeah, they can go home.

- Everybody, go home. You guys.

We've got practice

early in the morning, okay?

Everything's gonna be fine.

We'll talk about it tomorrow.

You wait for me in the truck.

- Okay?

- Let's go.

- Go home, Reggie. Come on.

- Come on.

- Come on, Rick.

- Go home.

Claire. Claire, listen to me.

You gotta know

that if my girls knew anything,

if they had anything

to do with this, I would know.

I guarantee you that.

All right, you need

to stay positive. Sarah's fine.

She's fine.

They're gonna find her.

Okay? And you should get home

just in case she shows up.

Try to get some rest.

Okay? And you know what?

If you need anything,

anything at all,

you know where I am.

Okay? I mean it.

- Thank you.

- Okay.

Come on.

Hello? Hello?

Sarah, honey, is this you?

Honey, talk to me please.

Who is this?

Hello?

Thanks, Margie.

I appreciate

you meeting me here.

I just didn't wanna

deal with the sheriff.

I understand.

So I checked your phone records,

and whoever called you

used a payphone.

I'm sorry,

but it could've been anyone.

You've upset a lot of people.

They're upset?

My daughter is missing.

You have to understand, uh,

folks around here

are very protective

of the girls on that team.

It's a high-school

basketball team.

It's a lot more than that, too.

And for most of those girls,

that team is their only way

out of Mattawa.

You go after the team,

you go after the town.

I am not trying to go

after anybody.

But, come on,

I mean, those girls

are not telling the whole truth.

They're hiding something.

All their stories

are consistent.

Well, that's just it,

when do even two people

remember an event the same way,

let alone ten?

And all those details?

Maybe they remember

the same thing

because that's what happened.

Or they rehearsed it.

- Look, Mrs. Porter, I--

- Okay.

When I spoke to them

yesterday at school,

none of them had any idea

what time Sarah left.

Now, all of a sudden,

they all remember the exact time

to the minute.

Yeah.

I have to show you something.

This is Sarah stealing

a large bottle of alcohol

from Reg's liquor store

last night.

6:53 p.m.

You c...

You can't see her face.

She's wearing the clothes

you described.

I mean, she...

She doesn't drink.

She certainly doesn't steal.

Look, Claire,

I think the sheriff

might be right on this one.

All right,

maybe she's just acting out.

She seems like a good kid,

but...

She'll come to her senses

and come right back.

We do see this often enough.

Uh, sorry,

it's not Sarah-related,

but I gotta get back

to the station.

Listen. Go home.

Okay? I'll call you

if I hear anything.

I promise.

What the...

Yeah, I've to go through

the tour again.

Hi, um, can you guys

just take that?

And that's my daughter and,

uh, I haven't seen her

in a little while.

If you can just let me know.

My number's right there.

Great. Thank you.

Oh, hey...

Have you seen her? You haven't?

Can you, can you take that

with you and, and just call it?

And my number's there,

just call me if you,

if you see her. Thank you.

Hi. Excuse me.

Um, have you seen her anywhere?

Nowhere, okay.

Can you please let me know

if you see her,

and can you share that

with your friends?

My daughter's missing.

My number's written on it.

If you could, um,

just keep your eyes open

and maybe ask your friends...

Sir, would you mind, um...

Um, if you could let me know

if you see her,

that would be great.

Thank you.

She's about my height

and if you see her, I...

Please call the number.

What?

We're organizing

a search party.

And time is of the essence,

so we need volunteers.

As many feet on the ground

as we can muster.

Base camp

will be the Community Center.

Also, we've set up an anonymous

hotline that you can call

if anyone has information

regarding

the whereabouts of Sarah Porter.

Sarah's mother, Claire, would

like to say a few words now.

If you are a person involved...

in the disappearance

of my daughter

or you know anything about it,

I am begging you

to please do the right thing.

I just want my daughter back.

Sarah...

if you're watching this...

Oh, sweetie,

I-I miss you so much.

I hope that wherever you are,

you are safe and warm.

And, honey, I want you to know

that I will never

stop looking for you.

I won't.

I, I just won't.

I w... I...

- Mrs. Porter?

Thank you all. Uh, no questions.

- One more question.

- Do you have any leads?

Mrs. Porter?

- That's us right there.

- So we're here.

- We're gonna have three groups.

- Okay.

One, two and three.

Well, then how long

does it actually take?

Claire.

- I am so sorry.

- Thank you.

- Um--

- What can we do?

Y-you guys all came out?

- Of course, we came out.

- Yeah, Sarah's one of us.

We all just...

We wanted to help.

Thank you.

All right, everyone,

listen up.

Thank you all for coming.

Well, so Sarah went missing

Thursday night,

so she couldn't have gotten

that far.

We're gonna get out there,

we're gonna cover as much ground

as we possibly can.

We're gonna separate

into three groups.

Each assigned

with very specific areas

highlighted on these maps.

Each group leader

will be given a walkie-talkie

so we can stay

in constant communication.

Let's keep our eyes and our ears

and all of our senses open.

Stay vigilant.

Let's find Sarah.

Sarah?

Sarah!

- Sarah!

Sarah!

- Sarah!

- Sarah! Sarah Porter!

Sarah!

Whoa! Be careful.

You don't want to fall.

It's very slippery.

Your hands are freezing.

Oh. I forgot my gloves.

Here. Take mine.

- No. It's okay.

- You sure?

Yes, I'm fine.

You, you'll need them.

Thanks.

I hope we don't find her.

What do you...

What do you mean?

If we don't find her, there's

a chance she's still alive.

- Yeah.

Sarah!

- Hey.

- You holding strong?

- Mm-hmm.

Yeah, look at me.

It's just like on the court.

All right?

You're lost in your head...

- You've lost the game.

- That's right.

- Mom?

- Yeah?

Stay here.

- Sarah!

- Coach?

- Oh.

- C-coach.

- Sarah.

- Coach, please, please help me.

- Are you okay?

- Um...

My leg hurts really bad, um...

Do you remember anything? Do you

remember how you got here?

I fell...

I woke up

and I didn't know where I was.

- I walked for a while--

- Okay.

- Please help me.

- Okay.

Please--

Okay, just...

You stay right here.

I'm gonna go get help.

No. Please take me with you,

please.

- Can't move you. Can't move you.

- Please. Please.

- I'm really scared, please--

- I can't move you. It's...

I'm gonna get help.

You're gonna be fine.

- I'll be back, I promise.

- Please.

- Stay here.

- Please.

Sarah, I'm gonna be right back.

- Stay there.

- Coach. Coach.

Don't leave me.

Please don't leave me.

Coach, please.

Don't leave me, please.

Don't leave me...

C-coach...

Coach?

What are you doing, coach?

Coach?

Please don't close. Please.

Please...

Mom?

You told me she was dead.

- She's not gonna make it.

- What are we gonna do?

We've to call somebody

or do something--

No, no, no.

We're not calling anybody.

You have any idea

what's gonna happen

if she walks out of there?

You go to prison

for a very long time.

Your life will be ruined.

She's still alive.

We have to do some--

You already lied to the police.

Are you willing to throw

your whole life away

for that girl?

The lives of all

of your teammates for that girl?

Group two,

you find anything? Over.

Group two, find anything?

Over.

No.

Nothin' in this area. Over.

We're calling in

for today. Over and out.

But...

My baby girl.

I'm not gonna let anything

happen to you.

I promise.

Oh... Okay.

Okay.

All right, let's go.

Where are you going?

Please, please, no.

Help me...

- Good morning, Steve.

- Hey.

- How you doing?

- Good.

No Kat today?

No.

No. Yesterday was hard on her.

- She was upset.

- Hey.

So we're gonna head a few miles

further south today.

Down the escarpment,

it's a densely wooded area

and, I don't know,

I feel like we could have

missed something from the air.

Okay.

Hey, don't you think that...

You don't think

we should stay along the river?

And if Sarah found the river,

don't you think

she would follow it down?

It's a good point.

Okay. Let's head

further downriver then.

- Okay.

- Hey, folks, change of plan!

We're going to, uh, we're gonna

be headin' downriver.

- You guys have all your maps?

- Yeah.

Sarah!

I found something

over here.

- What's that?

- Easy, easy, easy.

We don't know.

Right now it's just a canoe.

That's Sarah's phone.

Ranger, I need to get

everybody down here

to search every inch

of this riverbank.

Okay, you got it, Rick.

Also, call the divers,

we need to drag this river.

Come in, base camp.

Base camp, copy that.

Over.

We found

an abandoned canoe on--

Claire.

- Claire. It's just a precaution.

- No.

And we're gonna

need a diver.

No.

- Claire...

- No!

- Do it now.

- Sarah!

Mom.

Hi, honey.

You remember that lullaby

you used to always sing to me

when I got sick?

I sang that to you

ever since you were a baby.

Ballyeamon.

Would you sing it to me?

Of course.

♪ Rest ♪

♪ Tired eyes a while ♪

♪ Sweet is my baby's smile ♪

♪ Angels are guarding ♪

♪ And they watch over thee ♪

♪ The primrose ♪

♪ In the sheltered nook ♪

♪ The crystal stream ♪

♪ The babbling brook ♪

♪ All these things ♪

♪ God's hands have made ♪

♪ For very love of thee ♪

♪ Twilight and shadows fall ♪

♪ Peace to His children all ♪

♪ Angels are guarding ♪

♪ And they watch over thee ♪

♪ As you sleep ♪

♪ May angels ♪

♪ Watch over thee ♪♪

Claire?

Coach.

How are you holdin' up?

I've been, uh...

I've been playing this whole

thing over and over in my head

and, and there is just one thing

I can't make sense of at all.

What was Sarah doing

way out there in the woods?

I have no idea.

I need to ask you something.

And I need you

to be honest with me.

Of course.

Where did you get that?

That girl killed herself

because of what

your team did to her.

That was a very long time ago.

You were the coach then.

And that haunts me...

every single day,

but I dealt with it,

and every single one

of those girls were suspended.

What if something like that

happened to Sarah?

What if it upset her so much

she ran off?

No.

No way.

No way. I would know.

Those girls trust me.

They tell me everything.

How can you be sure?

There is no hazing on my team...

or on any team here.

Hazing is strictly forbidden,

zero tolerance.

If I knew anything,

I would tell you.

I'm not sure I believe that.

I was in the army.

Did you know that?

Deployed to Iraq.

Only woman on my squad.

On my first night there,

I was tested.

I was tested beyond

what you could even imagine.

But my fellow soldiers needed

to know if I could be broken,

and I wasn't broken.

I earned their trust.

And it took me years

to figure it out,

but... what they did...

it was a gift.

It made me strong.

It made me a survivor.

It is a tough world out there,

Claire.

And I'm just trying

to prepare my girls for it.

But they're not soldiers.

They're 17-year-old girls

playing high-school basketball.

I don't see a difference.

Claire, I'm a mother.

And I can only imagine

what you're going through.

Oh.

You just have to know

that your Sare-Bear...

she loved you so much.

How did you know

I called her that?

Like I said...

these girls tell me everything.

Go home, Claire.

Stop fighting windmills

and go home.

And, Claire...

leave my girls alone.

Excuse me.

I'm sorry. What?

You're Claire Porter?

Yes.

M-my son Patrick

goes to school here.

I heard about your daughter.

I am so terribly sorry

for your loss.

Thank you.

I hope

this isn't indelicate of me,

but... I run the funeral home

in town.

Funeral home?

Whenever you're ready,

we are here to help you

in this most difficult time.

What...

What are you saying?

I'm sorry, I-I didn't mean to...

To what?

You didn't mean to what?

How dare you?

There's no, there's no body,

so there's nothing

for you to bury.

Do you get that?

There is no body...

because my daughter is not dead!

Okay? Sarah is alive!

What is the matter

with you people?

Claire, I...

I think it would be best

i-if you took some time off.

- What?

- Paid leave, of course.

Andre, I can't sit in that house

all day. I will go crazy.

How long?

Just enough time

for you to recover from...

To recover from this.

This, you don't recover from.

I-I didn't mean it that way, I--

You know what?

I'm gonna make this easy on you.

I quit.

- Yeah.

- It was on a Tuesday.

H-how can they do that?

Dope garage.

How can they tell you

what you can and cannot do

to your garage? Makes no sense.

It's a city.

Yeah,

you said a mouthful there.

Help.

- You ready?

- Help.

Yeah, absolutely--

Help.

- Yeah.

- I think she followed...

Help.

Help me.

Help.

Sarah?

No.

What? No, no.

No.

Come on! Come on!

Chug! Chug! Chug! Chug! Chug!

Chug! Chug! Chug! Chug!

Oh, you lying bitches.

- Come on!

- Drink it!

Chug! Chug! Chug!

- Chug! Chug! Chug! Chug! Chug!

- Please.

- Chug! Chug! Chug!

- Come on!

What...

- I know you sent me the video.

- What are you doing here?

You need to tell me

what happened to her.

Tell me what happened to Sarah.

Tell me! You tell me.

Tell me!

- Tell me!

- Okay.

We invited her out that night.

Look,

we were gonna initiate her,

but Sarah had no idea.

We forced her to drink and...

And then we blindfolded her and

we merged her through the woods.

And you know

where we brought her to...

- Trust Cliff.

- No.

Okay, my mom named it that

when she brought

her first squad there, it's

where all the girls are taken.

It's where all of the girls go.

What are you doing?

Everybody was freaking out,

eating it up, so was I.

Then, then

the real initiation starts.

What? What did you do?

What did you... What did you do?

They asked her

to trust her sister

and lean in to the,

in to the, the nothing.

And, and she kept asking me

over and over and over again

to pull her back in.

Please stop! Stop!

And I was going to,

I wanted to, but...

- No.

- I didn't mean to.

She just...

She fell...

- No, no, no, no.

- Just went over. She just fell.

- I didn't do it.

- No, no, no, no.

- No.

- It was an accident, I swear.

I never meant

for it to happen.

It was an accident.

- No.

- I'm sorry.

No...

Oh, my God! Oh, my God!

There's something else.

That day that we were all

looking for her...

my mom and I found her in,

like, this, this shack thing.

What?

What? What are you saying?

My mom told me

she wasn't gonna make it.

What? A shack?

Where is the shack at? Where?

Um, it was upstream

from the water. I don't know.

Is Sarah...

Is she, is she?

- I don't know. I'm sorry.

- Oh, my God.

- I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I--

I don't care!

What did you do?

Nothing.

What did you tell her, Kat?

Nothing.

What did you tell her?

I-I'm sorry,

I couldn't do it anymore.

That's okay.

You're willing

to throw everything away?

Everything? For who?

Some girl you don't even know?

What are you thinking?

I protected you!

I've done everything!

Kat?

- Kat.

- No, don't touch me!

- No!

- Don't touch me!

- Where's Rick? Rick?

- Mrs. Porter.

- I told you we'd be in contact--

- Rick!

Watch this!

Chug! Chug! Chug!

Chug! Chug! Chug! Chug!

Chug! Chug! Chug! Chug! Chug!

- Okay.

- Where are you, baby?

Let's start from where

she's not. All right.

The search party

was split into three groups.

Group one canvased here,

group two here,

group three here,

so that cancels those.

Okay, which one had

coach in it?

She's group two.

Okay, then that's where we look.

That's where Sarah is--

No, the canoe was found

by Burk's Falls.

- No, she planted it there.

- What, coach?

Okay, I know Sarah is here.

I know it.

It's still a needle

in a haystack.

Okay. Kat...

Kat said that Sarah

was in some kind of, um,

shack thing or-or a cabin.

That wouldn't be on a map

like this.

And she just said a shack, Rick.

A shack.

Hold on, hold on, hold on.

There was Chuck Eagan's

old hunting spot.

But-but-but it's probably

rotted out by now.

That's, that's a two-hour hike

from the cliff at least.

Oh, no, that's too long.

That's too long.

Come on.

Ollie can get us there in 25.

Okay.

Ollie, you're a lifesaver,

buddy.

No probs, Rick. Anytime.

Q-33, you are clear

for take-off.

- How close are we?

- We're almost there.

Okay.

Hold on, baby, I'm comin'.

Come on, baby. Where are you?

There. That's-that's the shack.

That's gotta be it.

How close to that clearing

can you get us, Ollie?

I can get you 30 feet

from the tree line.

Hold on, baby. Hold on.

Sarah?

Oh, my God.

Sarah? Sarah?

You're alive.

Okay, okay, Sarah.

I'm gonna get you out of here.

- I'm gonna get you out--

- Move.

Move.

What are you doing?

I need you to move.

Ruth, y...

You don't have to do this.

Yes, I do.

- No, you don't.

- Move. Claire.

Put the gun down.

Ruth...

- Claire. Claire.

- Ruth.

- Ruth, listen to me.

- Get out of the way!

- No. I'm not moving.

- Get off of her--

- Put the gun down!

- No. Move.

- I am not moving!

- Move!

I have to finish what I started.

I need you to move.

- No.

- Now.

- I won't.

- Ruth, put it down.

No!

Move! I need you to move!

Please!

You are gonna have to shoot me.

Move.

Abracadabra.

Move!

Okay!

Okay. Okay.

It's o... It's okay.

- Mm-hmm.

- It's o...

Oh, my God. Sare-Bear?

Sarah? All right.

It's okay. It's okay.

It's okay.

♪ I can hear the sound ♪

♪ Of your

barely beating heart ♪

♪ Ooh ooh ooh ooh ♪

♪ Pieces on the ground ♪

♪ From a world

that fell apart ♪

♪ Ooh ooh ooh ooh ♪

♪ Just hold on ♪

♪ Ooh ooh ooh ooh ♪

♪ It won't be long ♪

♪ I will find you ♪

♪ Here inside the dark ♪

♪ I will break through ♪

♪ No matter where you are ♪

♪ I will find you ♪

♪ I will ♪

♪ Find you ♪

♪ Like the wind that cries ♪

♪ I can feel you in the night ♪

Did you come here

in a helicopter?

♪ A distant lullaby ♪

Well, I am a helicopter mom.

♪ Ooh ooh ooh ooh ♪

♪ Just hold on ♪

♪ Ooh ooh ooh ooh ♪

♪ It won't be long ♪

♪ I will find you ♪

♪ Here inside the dark ♪

♪ I will break through ♪

♪ No matter where you are ♪

♪ I will find you ♪

♪ I'll be the light

that leads you home ♪

♪ When there's nowhere

left to go ♪

♪ I'll be the voice

you always know ♪

♪ When you're lost

and all alone ♪

♪ I won't let you go ♪

♪ I will find you ♪

♪ Here inside the dark ♪

♪ I will break through ♪

♪ No matter where you are ♪

♪ I will find you ♪

♪ Here inside the dark ♪

♪ I will break through ♪

♪ No matter where you are ♪

♪ I will ♪

♪ Find you ♪

♪ I will ♪

♪ Find you ♪♪

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