Catfish: The TV Show (2012–…): Season 1, Episode 8 - Tyler & Amanda - full transcript
Tyler seems to have it all--which is why his friends were so surprised when he fell for Amanda online. After a year and a half of chatting and texting, Tyler thinks they could have a future together.
>> GAME FACE?
>> GAME FACE.
>> GAME FACE. >> ALL RIGHT, LET'S DO THIS.
>> ALL RIGHT, LET'S DO THIS.
HOLD ON, HOLD ON.
[doorbell rings]
I'M DEFINITELY A LITTLE NERVOUS.
[door opens]
SOMEONE OVER THERE?
>> UH-OH.
HI, I'M NEV.
A COUPLE YEARS AGO, I FELL IN
LOVE ONLINE.
TURNS OUT, MY CRUSH WASN'T WHO
I THOUGHT SHE WAS.
I THOUGHT I FELL IN LOVE WITH
MEGAN, BUT MEGAN WAS REALLY
ANGELA.
I WAS HEARTBROKEN.
BUT THE WEIRDEST PART OF IT ALL,
ANGELA AND I ACTUALLY BECAME
FRIENDS.
NOT ONLY THAT, MY BROTHER AND
HIS FILMMAKING PARTNER SHOT
THE WHOLE THING AND TURNED IT
INTO A DOCUMENTARY THAT WAS
A PRETTY BIG HIT.
SUDDENLY, MY INBOX WAS
EXPLODING WITH EMAILS.
"WHEN I SAW YOUR MOVIE CATFISH,
I COULDN'T BELIEVE
THE SIMILARITIES."
IT FELT LIKE EVERYONE ON
THE INTERNET WANTED TO TELL ME
ABOUT THEIR BIZARRE ONLINE
ROMANCE.
I COULD JUST PURSUE EVERY
SINGLE ONE OF THESE LEADS, AND
WE SHOULD MAKE A SHOW OF IT.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE DECIDED TO DO.
I'M HITTING THE ROAD WITH MY
FILMMAKER BUDDY MAX AND A CREW
FROM MTV TO HELP PEOPLE MEET
THEIR ONLINE LOVES FOR THE FIRST
TIME.
OKAY, I THINK THIS IS IT.
IT'S GO TIME RIGHT NOW.
>> GO TIME.
>> ALL RIGHT.
IS THE PERSON THEY'VE FALLEN FOR
TELLING THE TRUTH...
>> MAYBE SHE'S, LIKE, SOME SUPER
SEXY FARMER'S DAUGHTER.
>> OR HIDING BEHIND LIES?
>> I DON'T KNOW IF I SHOULD
SMILE OR CRY.
>> WILL THEY FIND LOVE...
>> GUYS, GUYS, GUYS, GUYS.
>> OR HEARTACHE?
DEFINITELY DID NOT SEE THIS
COMING.
>> I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY
RIGHT NOW.
>> NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS, WE'RE
HERE TO HELP SOLVE THE MYSTERY.
>> I CANNOT BELIEVE IT'S YOU.
>> HOPEFULLY FIND THE LIGHT AT
THE END OF THE TUNNEL IF IT'S,
YOU KNOW, HAPPY OR NOT.
>> WHAT ARE YOU BLATHERING
ABOUT?
>> I DON'T KNOW.
CATFISHTHE MOVIE WAS MY STORY.
CATFISHTHE MOVIE WAS MY STORY. CATFISH: THE TV SHOWIS YOURS.
CATFISH: THE TV SHOWIS YOURS.
HAPPY CATFISH DAY, EVERYONE.
YES, YOU HEARD ME RIGHT.
IN 1987, RONALD REAGAN DECLARED
JUNE 25TH NATIONAL CATFISH DAY.
WHAT BETTER WAY TO OBSERVE
NATIONAL CATFISH DAY THAN TO GO
FISHING, YOU KNOW, ONLINE?
>> SO DID YOU GET ANY EMAILS ON
YOUR CATFISH ACCOUNT?
>> HERE'S ONE.
"HEY, NEV.
I'M TYLER HAYDEN.
A MICHIGAN BOY FROM THE GREATER
FLINT AREA.
I'VE BEEN TALKING TO THIS GIRL
ONLINE FOR A YEAR OR TWO NOW.
HER NAME IS AMANDA MILLER.
NORMALLY, I'M NOT THE TYPE OF
GUY WHO WOULD GO FOR CHICKS
ONLINE.
BUT THERE'S SOMETHING DIFFERENT
ABOUT AMANDA.
SHE GOES TO COLLEGE IN KALAMAZOO
AND IS SO MUCH MORE TOGETHER
THAN THE GIRLS AROUND HERE.
I NEVER THOUGHT I COULD BE SO
ATTRACTED TO SOMEONE I'VE NEVER
EVEN MET.
AND I'M MORE OF A FACE-TO-FACE
TYPE OF GUY, SO I'VE BEEN KIND
OF PUSHING TO MEET HER IN REAL
LIFE.
THE PROBLEM IS THAT SHE LIVES ON
THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE STATE
AND IS SEEMINGLY IMPOSSIBLE TO
GET A HOLD OF BECAUSE SHE
DOESN'T EVEN HAVE A CELL PHONE.
WHEN I TRY TO GET HER TO VIDEO
CHAT, SHE ALWAYS HAS AN EXCUSE.
I FIGURE YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH
THIS, AND I COULD USE SOME HELP
FINDING OUT IF SHE'S ALL SHE
SEEMS."
>> ♪ HOLD ME CLOSE
♪ DON'T LET ME GO
>> "THANKS.
TYLER."
WHAT POSSIBLE EXCUSE COULD THERE
BE FOR SOMEONE NOT TO HAVE A
CELL PHONE OR EVEN A LANDLINE?
>> THEY HAVE A CELL PHONE.
I MEAN, I'M TELLING YOU, THAT'S
A CLEAR LIE.
>> I KNOW.
>> NO EXCUSE.
>> I'M JUST PLAYING THE DEVIL'S
ADVOCATE.
>> SAYING THAT YOU DON'T HAVE A
CELL PHONE IS LIKE SAYING THAT
YOU DON'T WEAR PANTS.
>> [chuckles]
[phone rings]
>> HEY, NEV.
>> HEY-O, TYLER!
>> HEY, HOW'S IT GOING?
>> SO I JUST READ YOUR EMAIL.
FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS, YOU'VE
BEEN TALKING TO THIS GIRL, AND
YOU'VE NEVER MET.
>> RIGHT.
>> WHAT IS IT ABOUT HER THAT YOU
LIKE SO MUCH?
>> WHEN YOU TALK TO AMANDA,
IT'S, LIKE, VERY ANTI-DRAMATIC.
I THINK THAT'S PRETTY RARE TO
FIND.
>> OKAY, BUT NEVER ACTUALLY
HEARD HER VOICE?
>> NO, I HAVE NOT.
>> THAT'S PRETTY STRANGE.
>> IT IS.
BUT IF I MEET AMANDA AND SHE IS
WHO SHE SAYS SHE IS AND ALL THE
CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD HAVE
BEEN REAL, THEN SHE'D BE A SUPER
COOL GIRL TO HAVE IN MY LIFE.
>> IT'S INCREDIBLE THAT YOU
DON'T EVEN TALK ON THE PHONE.
IT'S ALL JUST SORT OF VIA
TEXTING AND MESSAGING, BUT
THERE'S A REAL CONNECTION HERE.
>> YEAH.
>> SO IF IT'S COOL, MAX AND I
AND OUR CREW, WE'LL FLY UP TO
MICHIGAN.
WE'LL--WE'LL DO WHAT WE CAN.
WE'LL HELP YOU OUT.
>> YEAH, LET'S GO.
>> LET'S DO IT.
CLICK.
NICE.
[laughs]
>> BYE.
>> THIS GUY--HE'S A GOOD-LOOKING
LACROSSE JOCK.
>> HE'S A DUDE; HE'S A BRO.
>> GOD KNOWS HOW MANY GIRLS HE'S
JUST, LIKE, "HANGING OUT WITH."
>> WHAT IS IT ABOUT GIRLS ONLINE
THAT'S SO EXCITING?
>> YOU CAN JUST IMAGINE THEM
BEING ANYBODY.
>> I KNOW.
>> I THINK YOU AND TYLER ARE
GONNA FIND THAT YOU ARE KINDRED
SPIRITS.
I CAN ALREADY FEEL IT.
>> OKAY, LET'S GO.
>> ALL RIGHT, GUYS.
COME ON, GUYS.
>> LET'S GO. MICHIGAN.
>> ♪ IT'S AN ILLUSION, BABE
♪ IT'S JUST A MOVEMENT MADE
♪ YOU'RE TRAVELING
>> KOA CAMPGROUNDS?
IT MIGHT BE A CABIN.
I'M DOWN FOR AN ADVENTURE.
>> COUPLE OF CITY BOYS STAYING
IN THE STICKS.
YOU HAVE ANY ACCOMMODATIONS FOR
ILL-EQUIPPED CITY FOLK?
>> ♪ IT'S A DELUSION
>> I GOT DIBS ON TOP BUNK.
[laughs]
IN SOME WAYS, TYLER AND I ARE,
IN OUR ONLINE DATING EXPERIENCE,
VERY SIMILAR.
HE'S GOT HIS LIFE, HE'S GOT HIS
FRIENDS, HE'S GOT GIRLS THAT HE
COULD DATE, BUT HE'S LOOKING FOR
SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
>> WHAT'S UP?
AW, THE DOG'S OUT.
>> TYLER, HEY, MAN.
>> HOW'S IT GOING?
>> HOW YOU DOING?
>> GOOD, HOW ARE YOU?
>> GOOD TO MEET YOU.
MAX, TYLER.
>> NICE TO MEET YOU.
>> COOL.
>> WHO'S THIS GUY?
>> OH, THIS IS SPRINGER.
>> LET'S, UH--
>> DO YOU WANNA TAKE US ON A
LITTLE TOUR?
>> YEAH, SHOW US AROUND.
>> ALL RIGHT.
WE GOT THE CITY PARK IN THE
BACK, WHICH IS KINDA COOL 'CAUSE
THERE'S A BASKETBALL HOOP.
FIRE PIT FOR...
>> NICE.
>> KICKIN' IT AT NIGHT.
>> LOOK AT THIS, GUYS.
YOU THINK THIS IS A SIGN?
WOW.
EITHER THAT YOU'RE GONNA GET
BURNED AND YOUR HEART'S GONNA
GET SINGED OR THAT SOMEHOW
WE'RE HERE BECAUSE OF TRUE LOVE.
I MEAN, LOOK AT THAT.
>> TAKE A PICTURE.
TAG ME ON FACEBOOK, ALL RIGHT?
>> WE'RE HAVING A HARD TIME
UNDERSTANDING YOUR INTEREST IN
THIS GIRL.
I MEAN, I WAS ON YOUR PAGE LAST
NIGHT.
IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF
GIRLS AROUND HERE THAT ARE
BEAUTIFUL.
WHAT'--WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE
GIRLS AROUND HERE?
>> THE MATURITY THING, THEY'RE
JUST VERY IMMATURE, THEY PLAY
LITTLE HEAD GAMES.
>> SO YOU DON'T LIKE GIRLS THAT
PLAY HEAD GAMES, SO YOU'D RATHER
HAVE A GIRL WHO'S KIND OF...
>> FOR A YEAR AND A HALF, LIKE,
YOU KNOW, LEADS YOU ON THIS
SORT OF WILD GOOSE CHASE?
WHAT KEEPS YOU GOING, LIKE, WHAT
MAKES YOU KEEP DOING THIS?
>> THERE'S ALWAYS, LIKE, WHAT IF
THIS IS ACTUALLY REAL?
I MEAN, YOU NEVER KNOW.
THAT'S WHY YOU GOTTA HELP ME
OUT.
YOU NEVER KNOW.
>> YEAH.
>> YOU WANNA GO INSIDE AND
TRY TO BE...
>> YEAH, YEAH.
>> BE IN THE SHADE?
[dog barks]
SHH.
>> I WANNA SEE WHAT A YEAR AND A
HALF OF DIGITAL LOVEMAKING LOOKS
LIKE.
>> DIGITAL LOVEMAKING?
>> [laughs]
>> BOLD.
>> SHE'S VERY PRETTY.
>> CAN YOU GO INTO THE MESSAGES?
>> I MEAN, THIS IS CRAZY.
THESE ARE ALL MESSAGES.
JUST BEEN SCROLLING, IT'S ALL IN
THE SAME DAY.
>> HOLD ON.
STOP.
WHAT DID THAT SAY?
>> THIS IS JUST A VERY GRAPHIC
SEXUAL TEXT ABOUT AMANDA'S
DESIRES TO ENGAGE IN...
>> both: FELLATIO...
>> [chuckles]
>> WITH TYLER.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> AND HIS BALLS.
>> CENSOR IT, CENSOR IT.
>> [laughs]
>> I'M TELLIN' YOU--
>> YEAH, THAT'S, LIKE--THAT'S
PRETTY--THAT'S DIRTY TALK.
>> DID YOU SEND HER A PICTURE?
>> YEAH.
>> [laughs]
>> WELL, AS LONG AS YOUR FACE
WASN'T IN IT, YOU CAN ALWAYS
DENY.
>> FOR US, THE BIGGEST RED FLAG
WAS THE FACT THAT YOU GUYS HAVE
NEVER TALKED ON THE PHONE.
>> LIKE, THAT'S VALID, BUT AT
THE SAME TIME, I CAN'T--I NEVER
WAS LIKE, "HEY, CALL ME."
I REALLY DON'T LIKE TALKING ON
THE PHONE.
>> EXPLAIN TO ME EXACTLY WHAT
HER PHONE SITUATION IS.
>> APPARENTLY...
>> SHE'S HAD A PHONE--
>> SHE'S HAD A PHONE, BUT WHEN
SHE WENT AWAY TO COLLEGE, I
GUESS, LIKE, HER AND HER DAD
WERE ON BAD TERMS.
HER DAD WAS THE ONE THAT WAS
PAYING FOR HER PHONE.
SO SHE DIDN'T HAVE A PHONE,
DIDN'T HAVE MONEY TO GET A NEW
ONE.
>> RIGHT.
>> THESE ARE FROM HER YAHOO
ACCOUNT.
SHE'LL TALK ABOUT HER PARENT
ISSUES AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
AND HER MOM'S SICK, AND SHE
TALKS ABOUT, LIKE, HER LITTLE
SISTERS.
SHE SAYS I'M A LUCKY GUY.
I KNOW, RIGHT?
>> YOU GUYS DO HAVE, LIKE, A
VERY SORT OF PERSONAL, INTIMATE
RAPPORT.
>> IF I WERE GIVEN THE CHANCE TO
MEET HER, THAT COULD LEAD TO A
RELATIONSHIP.
THAT'S WHY I REALLY WANNA SEE
THIS THING OUT.
>> I'M CURIOUS.
I WANNA KNOW HOW THIS IS GONNA
END, YOU KNOW?
>> RIGHT.
>> WE'RE HERE FOR YOU...
>> THANK YOU.
>> WHATEVER HAPPENS, YOU KNOW?
WE'LL BE IN TOUCH.
I'LL CALL YOU A LITTLE LATER ON.
WHEW.
>> HE'S VERY MEASURED.
>> YEAH.
>> HE WATCHES HIMSELF.
IT WOULD BE GREAT TO KIND OF
LOOSEN HIM UP.
>> RIGHT.
AND I THINK MAYBE THIS IS WAY
MORE IMPORTANT TO HIM THAN HE
MORE IMPORTANT TO HIM THAN HE WANTS TO ADMIT.
WANTS TO ADMIT.
>> TIME TO WAKE UP.
>> OKAY.
I'M GONNA CALL TYLER, SEE WHAT
HE'S UP TO.
>> HEY, WHAT'S UP?
>> GOOD MORNING.
I'D LOVE TO GO FISHING.
IS IT OKAY IF MAX COMES?
>> OF COURSE.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> WELL, SEE YA.
>> BYE.
>> CAN WE DO A SLIGHT RECAP ON
TYLER?
HE'S, LIKE, THE COOL HIGH SCHOOL
JOCK, WHICH MEANS THAT HE
DOESN'T, LIKE, WEAR HIS HEART
ON HIS SLEEVE.
>> WELL, HE SAID HE'S NEVER BEEN
IN A RELATIONSHIP LIKE THIS
BEFORE.
>> RIGHT.
>> THERE'S DEFINITELY A LOT MORE
GOING ON IN THIS GUY'S HEAD AND
HEART THAN I THINK HE'S WILLING
TO ADMIT.
>> CAN WE LEAN ON HIS FRIENDS TO
HELP BRING IT OUT OF HIM?
>> YEAH.
>> NEV, HOW'S IT GOING?
>> YO, DUDE.
>> ALL RIGHT, LET'S DO IT.
WHAT'S UP, FELLAS?
>> HI, TYLER.
>> TYLER!
>> I'M NEV.
GOOD TO MEET YOU.
>> I'M KEEGAN, IT'S GOOD
TO MEET YOU, SIR.
>> YOU TOO.
HEY, MAN--OH, WHAT?
YOU GOT SOMETHING OR JUST--
>> YEAH, I GOT A FISH ON HERE.
PRETTY GOOD-SIZED BASS.
>> WE'RE RIGHT IN TIME.
>> YOU TIE IT LIKE YOU'RE TYING
A SHOE.
>> JUST LET IT GO AS YOU LET IT
GO.
>> ALL RIGHT, NOT--NOT GREAT.
BUT NOT A BAD FIRST CAST.
I GOT SOMETHING.
YEAH!
IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
>> IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT'S GOT
MUCH FIGHT IN IT.
>> WELL DONE.
TROPHY SHOT.
>> THERE WE GO, RIGHT HERE.
YEAH.
>> ♪ LET'S GO
>> ♪ LET'S GO
>> WOW.
>> HE'S GIVIN' ME SOME TROUBLE.
>> LOOK AT HIM RUN.
>> WHOA!
CAT.
>> CHECK IT OUT.
>> YEAH.
>> OH, NICE.
>> OH, THAT'S A GOOD ONE.
>> YEAH.
WHOA!
>> THERE HE GOES.
>> WOULD YOU TELL ME A LITTLE
BIT ABOUT KIND OF YOUR GROUP
OF FRIENDS HERE?
>> I HAVE THE BEST FRIENDS THAT
YOU COULD EVER ASK FOR.
I CAN CALL ANY ONE OF THESE
GUYS AT ANY TIME OF THE DAY, AND
I KNOW THEY'LL PICK UP, YOU
KNOW, "WHAT'S UP, TY?"
>> WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THIS
ONLINE RELATIONSHIP THING HE'S
DOING?
>> YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE TALKING
TO HIM, YOU'D THINK HE REALLY
DOESN'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT.
BUT I THINK HE DOES HAVE
FEELINGS FOR HER.
HE PUTS ON A FRONT, DEFINITELY.
>> HOW IS TYLER WITH THE LADIES?
>> TYLER, HE'S A GOOD GUY,
YOU KNOW?
>> HE'S NOT A PLAYER?
>> NOT AT ALL.
>> GIRLS AREN'T USED TO IT
THESE DAYS.
SO THEY'RE KIND OF TAKEN ABACK
BY HIM, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT.
I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE SOMEONE
THAT HE CAN BE HIMSELF AND
SOMEONE WHO JUST TRULY
APPRECIATES ACTUALLY HOW GOOD
OF A GUY THAT HE IS.
THOSE ARE HARD TO FIND.
>> I DON'T KNOW.
THE FACT THAT SHE, UH, KIND OF
AVOIDS THE PHONE.
>> YEAH, WHO DOESN'T HAVE A
PHONE?
AND WHO DOESN'T TALK
ON THE PHONE?
>> WHO CAN'T EVEN JUST, LIKE,
VIDEO CHAT
OR SOMETHING, YOU KNOW?
IT'S LIKE, IT SEEMS CRAZY TO ME.
>> THERE'S ALWAYS THAT CHANCE
IT'S A GUY.
>> YOU GUYS THINK YOU'LL BUST
HIS CHOPS IF IT TURNS OUT TO BE
A DUDE THAT'S HE'S BEEN SORTA
SEXT MESSAGING WITH AND...
>> [laughs]
HE WILL NEVER--HE WILL--
>> SENDING PICTURES TO?
>> WE WOULDN'T LET HIM FORGET
IT.
>> NOPE.
>> TREVOR, WHAT DO YOU HOPE
HAPPENS?
>> HOPEFULLY, THEY--
>> I HOPE SHE'S A KNOCKOUT.
>> YEAH.
>> HOPEFULLY SHE'S REAL.
>> HOPEFULLY SHE'S REAL. >> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT.
>> HERE'S A GUY THAT HAS LIVED
ALMOST, LIKE, A TEXTBOOK
ALL-AMERICAN LIFE.
>> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT?
AND HE'S NEVER REALLY PUSHED
HIMSELF TO, LIKE, TAKE A BIG
RISK.
NOW, LET'S JUST TALK ABOUT
AMANDA.
WE DON'T HAVE A LOT TO GO ON.
>> NO.
>> UNFORTUNATELY.
>> CAN UNDERSTAND NOT VIDEO
CHATTING, BUT I CANNOT REALLY
UNDERSTAND MONTHS OF
COMMUNICATION WITHOUT
A PHONE CALL.
>> YEAH.
>> SOMETHING DOESN'T FEEL RIGHT.
HERE WE GO.
>> THAT LOOKS PRETTY GOOD.
ALL RIGHT.
LET'S LOOK AT AMANDA MILLER'S
PAGE AND SEE THE COMMENTS.
SHE'S PUTTING OUT THESE FLIRTY
FACEBOOK MESSAGES LIKE,
"WHY CAN'T SEX BE LIKE IT IS IN
THE MOVIES?
MUSIC IN THE BACKGROUND, GUY
WITH ABS, AND ONE THAT REALLY
CARES."
BUNCH OF GUYS ARE LIKE, "IT CAN
BE IF YOU GO OUT WITH ME."
NO ONE'S SAYING ANYTHING THAT
WOULD IMPLY THAT THEY ACTUALLY
KNOW HER.
>> WELL, THIS GUY JUST RECENTLY
POSTED ON SOMETHING.
>> MIKHAIL?
>> YEAH.
"HEY, MIKHAIL.
MY NAME IS NEV, AND I'M MAKING A
SHOW FOR MTV ABOUT ONLINE
RELATIONSHIPS."
BRENDON.
LET'S, UH, MESSAGE HIM.
"IF YOU CAN GIVE ME A CALL, THAT
WOULD BE AWESOME."
LET IT REST FOR A LITTLE BIT.
>> SEE IF SOMEONE GETS BACK TO
US.
[phone rings]
>> OH.
HERE WE GO.
HELLO?
YEAH, DUDE, UH, THANKS FOR
CALLING.
MY NAME IS NEV.
I KNOW I DIDN'T EXPLAIN MUCH IN
MY EMAIL, BUT BASICALLY WE'RE
MAKING A TV SHOW FOR MTV RIGHT
NOW.
WE'RE MEETING PEOPLE WHO ARE IN
ONLINE RELATIONSHIPS, AND I WAS
JUST WONDERING IF YOU WOULD MIND
HELPING US OUT A LITTLE BIT.
YEAH, ALL RIGHT, COOL.
SO HOW DO YOU KNOW AMANDA?
YOU'VE NEVER ACTUALLY MET HER IN
REAL LIFE?
SO IN YOUR MESSAGES, LIKE, WHAT
SO IN YOUR MESSAGES, LIKE, WHAT DO YOU GUYS SAY, GENERALLY?
DO YOU GUYS SAY, GENERALLY?
SHE'S SENT YOU MESSAGES THAT ARE
PRETTY SEXUAL AND, LIKE, KIND OF
RISQUE?
HAVE YOU GUYS EVER TALKED ON THE
HAVE YOU GUYS EVER TALKED ON THE PHONE?
PHONE?
THANKS A LOT.
>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.
>> OH, MAN.
>> THAT GUY DIDN'T KNOW.
I'M WONDERING WHAT, LIKE, THESE
OTHER GUYS--HOW LONG THEY'VE
BEEN TALKING TO HER.
>> NO--YEAH, NO [bleep].
[phone rings]
WHOA.
WOW, SO [bleep] FAST.
YEAH, HELLO?
UH, YEAH, THANKS--THANKS FOR
GETTING BACK TO ME SO FAST.
SO HOW LONG HAVE YOU GUYS
BEEN FRIENDS?
WHAT--WHAT KIND OF STUFF DO YOU
GUYS TALK ABOUT?
YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO INTO
DETAIL, BUT, LIKE, WHAT'S THE
DETAIL, BUT, LIKE, WHAT'S THE NATURE OF THE MESSAGES?
NATURE OF THE MESSAGES?
HAVE YOU ACTUALLY EVER SPOKEN TO
HER THOUGH, LIKE, ON THE PHONE?
ALL RIGHT.
WELL, UH, THANKS FOR HELPING
OUT.
>> ALL RIGHT, MAN.
>> LATER.
>> BYE.
>> OH, MAN, THIS IS A CLASSIC
MAN-EATER.
>> [groans]
THIS GIRL IS LEAVING A WAKE.
SHE'S GOT A--GOT A TRAIL OF GUYS
JUST DROOLING, PICKING UP
CRUMBS, SCRAPS.
>> SHE'S A CATFISH.
>> I'M GRABBING A BUNCH OF
PICTURES OFF AMANDA'S PROFILE
TO RUN THROUGH GOOGLE IMAGE
SEARCH AND SEE IF MAYBE THEY POP
UP ANYWHERE ELSE.
AND, YES, IT DID.
SO THIS IS A MYSPACE PROFILE OF
SOMEONE NAMED TRINA.
>> MYSPACE, ALWAYS MYSPACE.
>> LOOK, LOOK, LOOK.
THIS IS, LIKE, LITERALLY ALL OF
THE PHOTOS...
>> FROM HER FACEBOOK.
>> THESE ARE PHOTOS FROM AT
LEAST FIVE YEARS AGO.
OH, MY GOD.
BASICALLY, WE KNOW FOR CERTAIN
THAT IN 2007 THERE WAS A PROFILE
CREATED ON MYSPACE USING ALL OF
THE PHOTOS THAT HAVE NOW BEEN
REUSED FIVE YEARS LATER AS
AMANDA MILLER.
>> RIGHT.
MYSPACE IS THE TREASURE TROVE OF
FACEBOOK CATFISH.
>> IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT I
FEEL PRETTY CONFIDENT ABOUT,
IT'S THAT AMANDA MILLER ISN'T
THE GIRL SHE CLAIMS TO BE.
SO NOW WE JUST HAVE THIS SORT OF
MYSTERY PERSON...
>> RIGHT.
>> WHO IS CONTROLLING
THIS PROFILE.
>> RIGHT.
>> WHO ARE THEY?
WHAT ARE THEY DOING?
WHY ARE THEY DOING IT?
AND CAN WE CONNECT WITH THEM AND
AND CAN WE CONNECT WITH THEM AND CONVINCE THEM TO MEET TYLER?
CONVINCE THEM TO MEET TYLER?
>> ALL RIGHT, TYLER.
WHY DON'T YOU STEP INTO MY
OFFICE?
>> [sighs]
>> WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT
AMANDA.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> WE'VE GOT STUFF TO TELL YOU.
>> ANXIOUS TO SEE WHAT IT IS,
INDEED, UH, YOU WERE ABLE TO
FIND.
>> SO THE FIRST THING THAT WE
DID WAS WE WENT TO AMANDA'S
PROFILE.
>> OKAY.
>> SHE GETS A BUNCH OF COMMENTS
FROM A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT DUDES
EVERY TIME SHE POSTS SOMETHING.
>> RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT.
>> SO WE SENT OUT A HANDFUL OF
MESSAGES TO SOME OF THESE GUYS
WHO HAVE BEEN COMMENTING.
TWO OF 'EM GOT BACK TO ME, AND
I ACTUALLY SPOKE TO 'EM ON
THE PHONE.
THEY'VE NEVER MET HER IN PERSON.
THEY'VE NEVER TALKED TO HER
ON THE PHONE.
AND MORE THAN THAT, THE
CONVERSATIONS THAT THEY HAVE
PRIVATELY HAVE BEEN VERY
FLIRTATIOUS...
>> YEAH.
>> AND AT TIMES SEXUAL.
SO WE GRABBED A COUPLE OF THESE
PICTURES.
WE JUST RAN 'EM THROUGH
GOOGLE SEARCH.
DID YOU KNOW THAT YOU COULD
JUST--YOU COULD SEARCH AN IMAGE
ON GOOGLE...
>> I DIDN'T KNOW THAT.
>> AND IF THE IMAGE EXISTS
ANYWHERE ELSE ON THE INTERNET,
HOPEFULLY, IT WILL FIND IT.
AND WE GOT A HIT.
TOOK US TO THIS MYSPACE PROFILE
FOR THIS GIRL NAMED TRINA.
THE INTERESTING THING ABOUT THIS
IS THAT EVERY ONE OF THESE
PICTURES EXISTS ON AMANDA'S
PICTURES EXISTS ON AMANDA'S PROFILE.
PROFILE.
>> MAKES ME WONDER, LIKE, WHO
HAVE I BEEN TALKING TO?
>> ♪ THERE'S SO MUCH
♪ TO BE JUDGED
♪ IF YOU ONLY KNEW
>> AFTER A YEAR AND A HALF OF
TALKING, FEELING A LITTLE BIT,
UM, LIKE, I GUESS, BETRAYED.
>> ♪ ALL I WANT IS YOU
>> NOW I KINDA FEEL LIKE IT'S
NOT WHO IS IN THE PICTURES, BUT
THERE'S SOMEONE OUT THERE.
>> RIGHT, THERE IS SOMEONE OUT
THERE.
YOU STILL THINK THE RIGHT MOVE
IS GOING AHEAD WITH THIS?
>> OF COURSE.
>> I THINK THE NEXT STEP IS
MAYBE ME AND MAX LATER TODAY TRY
TO CONNECT WITH AMANDA, SEE IF
WE CAN ORGANIZE TIME FOR YOU
GUYS TO MEET UP THIS WEEKEND.
GUYS TO MEET UP THIS WEEKEND. >> ♪ DON'T BE SCARED
>> ♪ DON'T BE SCARED
>> SHOULD WE SEND, UH, SEND A
LITTLE MESSAGE TO AMANDA AND
FIGURE OUT ABOUT MEETING UP?
>> KIND OF A LITTLE WEIRD THAT
YOU CANNOT CALL HER, SO DO YOU
WANNA CHAT WITH HER?
>> YEAH.
>> LET'S DO IT.
>> "MY NAME IS NEV, AND I AM
MAKING A SHOW FOR MTV ABOUT
ONLINE RELATIONSHIPS."
"GOOD MORNING, NEV."
SMILEY FACE.
"YOUR FRIEND TYLER REALLY WANTS
TO MEET YOU IN PERSON."
"I DON'T KNOW.
THIS IS ALL KIND OF CRAZY.
I REALLY DO WANNA MEET TYLER.
HE'S MY FAVORITE PERSON TO TALK
TO."
>> WHY DON'T WE ASK HER, "WHY
HAVEN'T YOU?"
>> "I JUST REALLY HATE LETTING
PEOPLE DOWN.
AND THAT'S WHAT I FEEL WOULD
HAPPEN."
"WHY DO YOU THINK HE WOULD BE
LET DOWN?"
>> "I JUST FEEL THAT WAY.
LOL IDK."
>> "LIKE, HONESTLY HE IS VERY
NICE."
NICE.
SHE'S BEING VERY...
>> COY?
>> YEAH.
DO YOU REALLY LIKE HIM, OR,
LIKE--I DON'T KNOW, IT JUST
FEELS REALLY--
>> WAIT, SHE'S TYPING MORE.
>> OH. WOW. OKAY.
>> OH, BIG ONE.
>> "I DO LIKE HIM, AND I
ACTUALLY CONSIDER HIM SUCH A
GOOD FRIEND, AND SO MANY TIMES
IN LIFE, I JUST FEEL LIKE I LET
GUYS DOWN.
EVEN IF IT HAS BEEN TWO YEARS,
I JUST FEEL LIKE EVERYTHING WILL
BE RUINED."
I MEAN, I THINK THE STRATEGY
HERE JUST HAS TO BE TO, LIKE,
MAKE HER FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE,
AND THAT WHATEVER SHE THINKS
SHE'S HIDING, THAT I'M SURE IT'S
NOT THAT BAD.
"I THINK YOU SHOULD CONSIDER
THAT HE WANTS TO KEEP YOU IN HIS
LIFE BUT CAN'T DO THAT WITH
COMPLETE CONFIDENCE WITHOUT
MEETING YOU IN PERSON.
IF YOU ARE REALLY SERIOUS ABOUT
BEING FRIENDS WITH TYLER OR
EVEN MORE THAN THAT, THIS MIGHT
BE YOUR LAST CHANCE."
OH.
"WILL YOU BE THERE?"
I SAID, "OF COURSE, BUT ONLY TO
HELP IF NEEDED."
>> RIGHT.
>> "GOT YOU.
THAT MAKES ME FEEL A LITTLE
BETTER.
YES, I WOULD LOVE TO MEET BOTH
OF YOU.
IT'S ONLY FAIR TO TYLER."
>> "WHERE ARE YOU?"
>> SHE SAID, "I'M ACTUALLY NOT
IN KZOO RIGHT NOW.
I AM AT A FRIEND'S HOUSE IN
ATTICA."
>> CAN YOU LOOK UP ATTICA?
>> WHOA, THAT'S--
>> WOW.
>> SHE'S REALLY CLOSE.
>> CONVENIENTLY SHE'S NOT IN
KZOO.
IT'S JUST A LIE.
>> I GET THE SENSE THAT AMANDA
DESPERATELY NEEDS THIS.
TYLER NEEDS TO BE READY FOR
THAT.
>> RIGHT.
>> THERE'S A LOT AT STAKE HERE,
NOT JUST FOR HIM, BUT ALSO FOR
HER.
HER. >> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT.
>> THE REASON THAT WE CAME OVER
HERE IS THAT WE DID TALK TO
AMANDA, FINALLY.
BUT, OF COURSE, IT WAS VIA...
>> both: FACEBOOK CHAT.
>> OKAY.
>> I HAD A PRETTY LONG CHAT
WITH HER.
AND SHE'S DOWN TO MEET.
>> HEY, I'M EXCITED.
THE BIG MOMENT HAS ARRIVED.
>> SHE SAID SHE'S AT A FRIEND'S
HOUSE IN...
>> ATTICA.
>> ATTICA.
>> WHAT BRINGS HER TO ATTICA,
THOUGH?
>> WHAT I WAS SORT OF SURPRISED
TO FEEL AFTER ALL THAT WAS,
LIKE, JUST HOW IMPORTANT AND
SORT OF SCARY THIS IS FOR HER.
SHE'S OBVIOUSLY KEEPING
SOMETHING FROM YOU, FROM US.
SHE'S VERY WORRIED ABOUT...
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> FINALLY TELLING YOU.
JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND BECAUSE
SHE'S VERY CONCERNED WITH HOW
YOU'LL REACT.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> IF THAT'S COOL WITH YOU, WE
SHOULD--
>> LET'S MAKE IT HAPPEN.
>> LET'S DO IT.
>> 30 MINUTES.
>> 30 MINUTES AWAY.
>> WOW.
TYLER, YOU WANNA HIT GO?
>> IT'S A REAL PLACE AND
EVERYTHING.
EVERYTHING. >> ATTICA.
>> ATTICA.
>> NERVES ARE SETTING IN.
>> YEAH?
>> MAYBE SHE'S, LIKE, SOME SUPER
SEXY FARMER'S DAUGHTER.
>> YEAH.
>> YOU KNOW?
WHATEVER THE OUTCOME MAY BE,
WHATEVER THE OUTCOME MAY BE, GO IN THERE WITH AN OPEN MIND.
GO IN THERE WITH AN OPEN MIND.
KIND OF IN A FAMILIAR TOWN.
SHE'S BEEN HERE THE WHOLE TIME.
ALL RIGHT.
>> THIS IS THE HOME STRETCH.
>> THIS IS THE STREET.
>> YEP.
>> HER DRIVEWAY.
>> LET'S GO.
>> GOING THE RIGHT WAY.
>> I'M READY TO GO.
HOPEFULLY, IT'S A COOL CHICK.
EVEN IF IT'S NOT THE GIRL THAT
IS IN THE PICTURES, IF IT'S
STILL A COOL CHICK, THEN, HEY.
I CONSIDER THAT A WIN.
>> YOU READY, MAX?
>> I'M READY.
>> ALL RIGHT, LET'S DO THIS.
>> YOU GUYS GOOD?
>> WE GO AND KNOCK ON THE GARAGE
OR THE FRONT DOOR?
>> I DON'T KNOW.
>> I WANNA DO FRONT DOOR.
>> I WANNA DO FRONT DOOR. >> FRONT DOOR IS PROBABLY GOOD.
>> FRONT DOOR IS PROBABLY GOOD.
HOLD ON, HOLD ON.
YOU GUYS GOOD?
DOING GOOD?
>> YEAH.
>> DO YOU WANNA--
>> YEAH, YEAH.
>> I THINK IT WORKED.
>> I THINK IT WORKED TOO.
>> I'M DEFINITELY A LITTLE
NERVOUS.
[door opens]
SOMEONE OVER THERE?
>> HEY, HOW'S IT GOING?
I'M TYLER HAYDEN.
ALL RIGHT.
YOU'RE AMANDA MILLER.
>> YES, I AM.
>> THE AMANDA MILLER.
>> YES, WHICH I DO OWE YOU AN
APOLOGY.
I'M REALLY SORRY.
>> OKAY.
>> I'M NEV.
>> NICE TO MEET YOU.
>> THIS IS MAX.
>> HI.
>> HI.
>> WE'VE GOT, UH, OBVIOUSLY OUR
GUYS AROUND.
CREW.
UM...
>> DO YOU WANNA STEP--STEP BACK?
>> YEAH, LET'S GIVE OURSELVES
SOME SPACE.
>> YEAH, KINDA CLUMPED UP.
>> YEAH.
>> ALL SORT OF STAND AROUND AND
TALK FOR A MINUTE.
OKAY.
WELL, I GUESS FIRST BIG KINDA
QUESTION'S ANSWERED AS FAR AS
TYLER GOES.
UH...
LOOKING FOR AMANDA.
>> RIGHT.
>> YOUR NAME IS AARON.
>> WH--WHAT DOES IT FEEL LIKE TO
BE IN FRONT OF TYLER?
>> WEIRD, AWKWARD.
BUT NICE AT THE SAME TIME
BECAUSE IT'S, LIKE--
>> I'M KINDA SHOCKED.
>> REALLY?
>> YEP.
I--LIKE, YOU HEAR ABOUT STORIES
LIKE THIS ALL THE TIME.
I JUST NEVER REALLY FEEL LIKE I
WOULD BE INVOLVED IN SOMETHING
LIKE THIS.
>> MM-HMM.
>> YOU KNOW?
SO IT'S, LIKE, KINDA LIKE, A
LITTLE SHOCK FACTOR.
IT'S LIKE, OH, MY GOD.
HAPPENED TO ME.
THE SUCKER.
>> HOW LONG HAVE YOU HAD THE
PROFILES?
>> AMANDA'S?
>> YEAH.
>> I STARTED WHEN I WAS A
SOPHOMORE, ACTUALLY, IN HIGH
SCHOOL.
>> ABOUT HOW MANY GUYS WOULD YOU
SAY YOU'VE BEEN TALKING TO
CURRENTLY?
>> CURRENTLY, NOT THAT MANY.
I ACTUALLY STOPPED BECAUSE I DID
START TO LIKE TYLER.
BUT BEFORE THAT, THERE WAS
PROBABLY--PROBABLY OVER 100 OR
PROBABLY--PROBABLY OVER 100 OR SO.
SO.
>> YOU EVER THOUGHT ABOUT JUST,
LIKE, COMING OUT, EVEN ON THE
COMPUTER JUST SAYING--OR MAYBE
ADDING ME WITH YOUR REAL PROFILE
AND SAYING, "HEY, THAT'S ME"?
>> I HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT THAT,
BUT I JUST COULDN'T GO THROUGH
WITH IT.
LIKE, I FELT LIKE IT WOULD HAVE
RUINED THINGS.
>> ALL RIGHT, SO I'M ASSUMING
THIS IS YOUR HOUSE?
>> MY GRANDPARENTS' HOUSE.
>> YOUR GRANDPARENTS' HOUSE.
SO YOU NEVER--NEVER WAS A KZOO
NATIVE?
>> I ACTUALLY WENT TO
SOUTHWESTERN MICHIGAN COLLEGE...
>> OKAY.
>> WHICH IS IN KALAMAZOO, SO,
YES, I WAS.
>> YOU'RE GOING BACK, RIGHT?
>> TO SOUTHWESTERN? NO.
GOING TO A DIFFERENT COLLEGE.
I ENDED UP TALKING TO MY R.A. AS
AMANDA, AND HE DID FIGURE IT
OUT, SO THAT KIND OF GOT ME IN
TROUBLE.
>> AMANDA GOT YOU KICKED OUT OF
SCHOOL?
>> YEAH.
>> I MEAN, THAT'S--THAT'S A BIG
DEAL.
>> YEAH.
>> TO GET KICKED OUT OF COLLEGE.
>> OH.
>> UM--
>> YOU GUYS WANNA SIT DOWN ON
THE BENCH?
>> YEAH, LET'S TAKE A SEAT.
>> COOL, TAKE A SEAT.
>> [sighs]
>> UM, WHAT DOES IT FEEL LIKE
TO BE AMANDA?
>> UM...
IT JUST FEELS BETTER, I GUESS,
THAN BEING MYSELF.
WHEN I REALIZED OTHER PEOPLE
HAD A PROBLEM WITH ME BEING
GAY, THAT'S WHEN I WENT TO
AMANDA, AND I CAN CONVINCE A
STRAIGHT GUY TO LIKE ME, LIKE
STRAIGHT GUY TO LIKE ME, LIKE MY PERSONALITY.
MY PERSONALITY.
I DON'T KNOW.
I DON'T WANT TO BE GAY, TO BE
HONEST.
BUT THAT'S SOMETHING YOU CAN'T
CHANGE, AND I KINDA ACCEPTED
THAT A WHILE AGO, SO...
>> WOULD YOU RATHER BE A
STRAIGHT GIRL THAN A GAY GUY?
>> YES.
>> YES. I, LIKE--YES.
I, LIKE--YES.
>> NOW THAT WE'RE HERE AND WE'RE
STANDING IN FRONT OF YOU, HERE'S
TYLER.
I MEAN, LIKE, WHAT--WHAT DO YOU
WANT TO GET OUT OF THIS?
>> DEFINITELY, I WOULD STILL
LIKE TO BE YOUR FRIEND.
LIKE, APPARENTLY THERE WAS
SOMETHING ABOUT AMANDA THAT YOU
DID LIKE AS A FRIEND, SO--THAT
YOU KEPT TALKING TO HER.
BUT...
>> PROBABLY WON'T BE FRIENDS
WITH AMANDAANYMORE.
YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT THE PATH
YOU'D EXPECT TO GO DOWN WHEN
TALKING TO SOME CHICK ONLINE.
>> DEFINITELY A LOT, YOU KNOW,
AT THE END OF A YEAR AND HALF OF
COMMUNICATIONS TO SORT OF TAKE
IN ALL THIS NEW INFO AND--I
THINK WE CAN HEAD OUT FOR NOW,
SORT OF PROCESS ALL THIS,
GIVE YOU A CALL LATER ON.
MAYBE TOMORROW.
>> ALL RIGHT, COOL.
>> AARON.
>> NICE MEETING YOU.
>> REALLY NICE TO MEET YOU.
>> REALLY NICE TO MEET YOU. >> YOU'RE IN THE END.
>> YOU'RE IN THE END.
>> I'M JUST GONNA GET SO MUCH
[bleep] ON TOP OF [bleep] ON TOP
OF [bleep] FROM TREV.
MAN, HE WAS LIKE, THE WHOLE
TIME, HE WAS LIKE, "IT'S GONNA
BE A MAN," FROM THE GET-GO.
DID NOT EVEN SECOND-GUESS.
"IT'S GONNA BE A MAN.
DON'T EVEN KNOW WHY YOU'RE
TRYING TO DO THIS BECAUSE IT'S
GONNA BE A MAN."
YOU'RE TAKING THE WHOLE THING
VERY LIGHTLY.
>> NO ONE'S LIVES GOT MESSED UP
IN THIS.
>> I FEEL SAD THAT WE ARE HIS
CLOSEST FRIENDS.
>> IT UPSETS ME THAT THIS HAS
BEEN GOING ON SO LONG AS A JOKE.
BEEN GOING ON SO LONG AS A JOKE. YOU'RE LIVING A LIE.
YOU'RE LIVING A LIE.
>> LAST NIGHT, AARON STARTED
FOLLOWING ME ON TWITTER.
AND I JUST SORT OF SCROLLED DOWN
HIS TIMELINE.
I THINK THERE'S SOME REALLY
INTERESTING THINGS IN HERE.
THIS IS BEFORE WE MET.
"TODAY I GET TO MEET SOMEBODY
I HAVE LOVED TALKING TO SO MUCH
THE PAST TWO YEARS.
TILL THIS DAY, I HAVE BEEN
TWO PEOPLE.
TODAY, I HAVE BECOME ONE.
THINGS I WANT IN LIFE:
TO ALWAYS BE HAPPY.
TO BE LOVED BACK."
>> HE MAKES A LOT OF THESE
LISTS.
>> YEAH.
I MEAN, WE WOULD NEVER HAVE
KNOWN TO LOOK FOR AARON ON
TWITTER, BUT NOW THAT WE DO
KNOW, IT'S PRETTY INTERESTING.
[dog barks]
YOU UNFRIENDED AMANDA.
>> YEAH. CORRECT.
>> WHEN DID YOU DO THAT?
>> UH, LAST NIGHT.
>> WE WERE GONNA GO OVER TO TALK
TO AARON TODAY, UH, JUST KIND
OF GET MORE OF AARON'S STORY,
AND WE WERE WONDERING IF MAYBE
YOU WANTED TO COME.
>> UH--
>> IF ANYBODY CAN RELATE TO THIS
EXPERIENCE PROBABLY BEST, IT'S
YOU.
>> RIGHT.
>> SO...
>> OKAY.
>> DID YOU EXPECT TO BE HEADING
OVER THERE TODAY?
OVER THERE TODAY? >> NO.
>> NO.
>> HOW YOU FEELING ABOUT ALL
THIS?
>> THERE IS NO MORE SURPRISES
I'M HOPING.
>> RIGHT.
COME ON IN, GUYS.
HEY.
>> HELLO, I'M TAYLOR.
>> THIS IS REBECCA AND TAYLOR.
>> NEV.
>> THAT'S TYLER.
>> TAYLOR, BECCA, HEY.
>> BECCA.
>> THAT'S MAX, HE'S THE CUTEST.
>> TAYLOR.
>> BECCA. HI.
>> HOW DO YOU GUYS ALL KNOW EACH
OTHER?
>> FROM HIGH SCHOOL.
>> WHAT DO YOU GUYS KNOW ABOUT
AARON'S WHOLE AMANDA PROFILE
ONLINE?
>> WELL, WE'VE KNOWN THAT HE'S
MADE FAKE PROFILES FOR A WHILE.
WE HAD ALWAYS HEARD RUMORS ABOUT
IT BECAUSE DIDN'T YOU MAKE OTHER
FAKE PROFILES TOO?
>> YEAH, THERE WERE ALWAYS
RUMORS ABOUT IT.
>> WHAT DO YOU MEAN, "OTHER FAKE
PROFILES?"
>> IT WASN'T ALWAYS AMANDA.
IT WAS DIFFERENT PEOPLE BEFORE
THAT.
>> SO HOW MANY OTHER PROFILES
HAVE YOU--
>> THERE WERE JUST THREE.
>> I FEEL LIKE WHERE AARON
COMES FROM, IT'S HARMLESS,
YOU KNOW?
LIKE, HE DOESN'T--HE DOESN'T
REALLY MEAN TO--HE DOESN'T
MEAN TO HURT ANYONE.
HE'S JUST TRYING TO--
>> WELL, I LIKE TO THINK, LIKE,
A HARMLESS LIE IS SAYING, "YEAH,
BACK IN HIGH SCHOOL WHEN I
SCORED 30 POINTS AGAINST THE
CROSS-TOWN RIVALS," AND REALLY
YOU ONLY SCORED FIVE.
>> YEAH.
>> THAT'S A HARMLESS LIE.
I FEEL LIKE NONE OF WHAT HE HAS
BEEN TALKING ABOUT AND ALL HIS
LIES OVER THE LAST SIX OR SEVEN
YEARS--
IT UPSETS ME THAT THIS HAS BEEN
GOING ON FOR SO LONG AS A JOKE,
AND YOU DON'T SEE IT AS--
YOU'RE LIVING A LIE.
>> YEAH, LIKE, DID YOU MESS WITH
PEOPLE'S LIVES KIND OF BECAUSE
THEY THOUGHT--
>> NO, NO ONE'S LIVES GOT MESSED
UP IN TH--I DON'T THINK SO.
DID YOUR LIFE GET MESSED UP?
WELL, I GUESS--
>> WELL, I MEAN, LIKE, IF THEY
LIKED YOU--
>> WHAT ABOUT YOUR LIFE?
YOU GOT KICKED OUT OF SCHOOL--
>> MY LIFE DID GET MESSED UP, SO
YES, MY LIFE DID GET MESSED UP.
>> YOU GOT KICKED OUT OF SCHOOL?
>> YES, THEY DON'T KNOW THAT
PART YET.
>> FOR WHAT?
>> HE WAS TALKING TO HIS R.A. AS
AMANDA.
>> BEFORE HE BECAME MY R.A.
>> OH, MY--AARON.
>> WHAT?
>> WOW.
>> AND THEY FOUND OUT AND--
>> SEE, WHY WOULD YOU NOT TELL
ME SOMETHING LIKE THAT?
>> YEAH, I HAD NO IDEA.
>> AGAIN BECAUSE OF THE WHOLE
JUDGING THING, LIKE, YOU GUYS
DON'T JUDGE ME.
>> BUT WE WOULDN'T.
>> I KNOW YOU WOULDN'T, BUT--
>> WE NEVER DO, COME ON.
>> I JUST DON'T KNOW--
>> THAT'S CRAZY 'CAUSE, LIKE, I
TRY TO REALLY BE THERE FOR YOU,
BUT YOU NEVER TELL ME
EVERYTHING.
>> LIKE, I KNEW YOU LIED, BUT,
LIKE, THIS IS ALL JUST REALLY,
LIKE, SHOCKING ME.
>> I FEEL SAD THAT WE ARE HIS
CLOSEST FRIENDS.
I DON'T KNOW.
I JUST--I FEEL SAD FOR YOU.
>> YOU GUYS WANNA SORTA JUST
TAKE A LITTLE, TWO-SECOND BREAK?
>> THAT'S FINE WITH ME.
>> SO WHAT'S SORT OF GOING ON
RIGHT NOW IN YOUR HEAD FROM THE
LAST TWO DAYS AND ALL THIS?
>> I DEFINITELY DO NEED TO
CHANGE, THAT THERE'S A LOT OF
ISSUES THAT I NEED TO WORK
THROUGH, AND THERE'S SOME PEOPLE
TO TALK TO ABOUT 'EM.
AND I NEED TO FIND THOSE PEOPLE.
I NEED TO START GETTING HELP.
>> WHAT--WHAT IS IT ABOUT WHAT
YOU'VE DONE THAT YOU'RE UPSET
ABOUT?
>> JUST LYING TO ALL THE PEOPLE
THAT TRY TO GET CLOSE TO ME.
LYING TO MY GRANDPARENTS, LYING
TO MY MOTHER, LYING TO, LIKE,
ALL MY FRIENDS, TALKING TO ALL
THESE GUYS ONLINE.
MY LIFE COULD HAVE BEEN SO MUCH
BETTER THAN WHAT IT IS, AND I'M
THE ONE WHO CHOSE TO MAKE IT
THIS WAY, YOU KNOW?
THIS IS SO HARSH TO SAY, AND I
HATE SO MUCH THAT I THINK THIS,
BUT SOMETIMES I WISH I DIDN'T
HAVE MY FAMILY.
BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE, IF I DIDN'T
HAVE MY FAMILY, I WOULD HAVE
LEFT BY NOW AND WENT SOMEWHERE
ELSE.
A DIFFERENT STATE, A DIFFERENT
PLACE, SOMEWHERE WHERE BEING GAY
ISN'T AS--WHERE THERE'S MORE GAY
PEOPLE, A BIGGER GAY POPULATION.
BUT I CAN'T LEAVE BECAUSE I JUST
FEEL HORRIBLE ABOUT HURTING
SOMEBODY ELSE THAT I DO LOVE.
I CARE SO MUCH ABOUT WHAT OTHERS
ARE FEELING.
I WANT EVERYONE TO LIKE ME.
I WANT EVERYTHING TO JUST BE
HANDY-DANDY WITH EVERYBODY.
AND I WILL MANIPULATE THAT
PERSON INTO LIKING ME.
>> BUT YOU DON'T EVEN LIKE YOU?
>> NO, NOT REALLY.
I DON'T KNOW WHO I AM YET, SO
THERE'S ALWAYS CHANGE.
>> I THINK YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF
CREATIVITY, AND YOU CERTAINLY
HAVE A VOICE THAT I THINK A LOT
OF PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR.
>> YEAH.
>> I MEAN, EMBRACE THAT AND BE--
YOU KNOW, AND REALLY OWN WHO YOU
ARE AND YOUR PROBLEMS AND YOUR
FAILURES AND YOUR INSECURITIES
BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT ALONE.
AND JUST TO SEE HOW WILLING YOU
WERE TO OPEN UP AND REALLY MAKE
THIS CHANGE A REAL THING, LIKE,
IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING YOU
CAN DO.
>> YEAH, DEFINITELY TOOK THIS
TO KIND OF GET ME OUT OF
EVERYTHING ELSE.
THIS IS WHAT I WAS HOPING IT WAS
GONNA DO, IS GET ME OUT OF IT.
BECAUSE TRYING BEFORE JUST TO
STOP DIDN'T HELP.
SO I FEEL LIKE BEING EXPOSED
DEFINITELY HELPED ME.
I AM TELLING THE TRUTH, AND I DO
TRUST MYSELF ENOUGH TO KNOW
THAT I CAN STOP.
>> HOW DO YOU FEEL? GOOD?
>> PRETTY GOOD. THANK YOU.
[chuckles]
>> REALLY, I'M PROUD OF YOU,
MAN
MAN >> THANKS.
>> THANKS.
>> AND NOW MORE
CATFISH: THE TV SHOW.
STICK AROUND.
>> I JUST CAN'T WRAP MY HEAD
AROUND THE IDEA THAT YOU'RE
HAPPY LIVING A LIFE OF LIES FOR
SIX OR SEVEN YEARS.
>> I NEVER SAID I WAS HAPPY,
THOUGH.
>> TALKING WITH YOUR FRIENDS,
LIKE, WHEN YOU'RE AROUND YOUR
FRIENDS, I FEEL LIKE YOU WERE
TAKING THE WHOLE THING VERY
LIGHTLY.
THE ONLY THING THAT I CAN--I
KNOW FOR A FACT THAT I CAN
CONFIRM IS THAT YOU ARE JUST A
COMPULSIVE PATHOLOGICAL LIAR,
AND TO BE HONEST, I DON'T HAVE
ANY ROOM FOR THAT IN MY LIFE.
>> I CAN'T EVEN WRAP MY OWN MIND
AROUND WHY I DID IT.
I STILL CAN'T.
I DON'T KNOW 100%.
I LIVED SEVEN YEARS DOING THIS,
AND I STILL DON'T KNOW 100% WHY
AND WHAT MADE ME KEEP GOING BACK
TO IT BECAUSE I STILL DON'T KNOW
WHO I AM EXACTLY.
I KNOW I COULD EASILY SAY THAT
I'M DONE AND THAT I'M OVER THIS
AND THE FACEBOOKS ARE GONE AND
STUFF, BUT I'M PRETTY SURE,
LIKE, 99% THIS TIME, I MEAN IT.
IT'S DONE WITH.
I ALSO THINK THAT HAVING PEOPLE
LIKE REBECCA AND TAYLOR AND
YOU AND OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE
HERE NOW WOULD HELP ME A LOT.
I'M SORRY IF IT CAME OFF AS A
JOKE TO YOU.
BECAUSE THAT'S NOT WHAT IT WAS.
YOU DID HELP ME OUT A LOT
THROUGHOUT THE PAST TWO YEARS.
SO IF YOU DON'T WANNA BE MY
FRIEND, I UNDERSTAND THAT 100%.
I'LL NEVER FORGIVE MYSELF
BECAUSE I DID MESS WITH PEOPLE'S
LIVES, I GUESS.
THAT'S ALWAYS GONNA STICK WITH
ME.
DEFINITELY I'LL TAKE YOUR HELP.
I AM SORRY FOR WHAT I DID.
I DO KNOW IT WAS WRONG.
>> I ACCEPT THAT APOLOGY, AND I
DO BELIEVE IT'S SINCERE.
I FEEL LIKE FACEBOOK WAS YOUR
SANCTUARY, YOUR, LIKE, LITTLE
HIDING SPOT AWAY FROM REALITY.
NOW YOU'RE NOT GONNA HAVE THAT,
SO I FEEL LIKE YOU GOTTA BE ABLE
TO PUT YOURSELF OUTSIDE YOUR
COMFORT ZONE TO REALLY TAKE A
STEP BACK AND REEVALUATE WHO YOU
ARE.
AND, UM, I THINK I'LL BE ABLE TO
FORGIVE AND FORGET IN THIS
SITUATION.
LET'S GO SEE WHAT...
>> EVERYONE ELSE IS DOING.
HEY.
>> MIND IF WE INTERRUPT?
>> SURE, COME ON--COME ON OVER.
>> LOOKS LIKE YOU FOUND A SHADY
SPOT.
>> HEY, AARON.
>> HI.
>> WHAT'S UP?
>> I FEEL WE WERE ABLE TO COME
TO A LITTLE BIT MORE CLOSURE.
>> I JUST WANNA KNOW ABOUT YOUR
LIFE.
I WANT YOU TO TALK TO ME ABOUT
WHATEVER HAPPENS, YOU KNOW?
KNOW THAT YOU CAN TALK TO ME
ABOUT STUFF LIKE THIS.
>> NOW THAT LIFE IS ACTUALLY
GONNA START.
>> WHOA!
OH, MY GOD.
>> [laughs]
>> AARON, DO YOU THINK MAYBE
THAT'S YOUR SPIRIT ANIMAL?
THE TURTLE?
>> ♪ WHEN I WAKE UP
>> MAYBE.
>> THAT'S A GREAT--
>> AND NOW IT'S TIME TO COME OUT
OF YOUR SHELL?
IT MIGHT BE SLOW GOING BUT SLOW
AND STEADY.
>> ♪ IS ALL I HAVE TO DO
♪ OH
>> COME ON, LITTLE GUY.
YAY.
>> HOME SWEET HOME.
[all chuckle]
>> SO CUTE.
>> IT'S SO CUTE.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> YOU KNOW, JUST TAKE IT EASY.
>> BYE, TYLER.
>> ALL RIGHT, WISE DECISIONS OUT
OF YOU, OKAY?
>> THANK YOU, YOU TOO.
WATCH WHO YOU TALK TO.
>> ALL RIGHT, WE'LL SEE YOU.
>> BYE.
>> ALL RIGHT, MAN.
>> ALL RIGHT, MAN. SEE YA.
SEE YA.
>> HOW'S IT GOING?
>> HOW YOU DOING, MAN?
>> NOT TOO BAD. [grunts]
>> HOW YOU DOING?
>> WHAT HAPPENED?
>> SO WE GO KNOCK ON THE DOOR.
A AFRICAN-AMERICAN GAY MAN
SHAKES MY HAND, AND I SAY,
"I'M LOOKING FOR AMANDA MILLER."
INDEED, IT WAS, UH--I'VE BEEN
TALKING TO THE GAY MAN.
>> [laughs]
>> I WAS RIGHT!
>> SO HOW FAR DID YOU GO ON THE
FIRST DATE?
>> [laughs]
>> THIS KID, HE'S, UH, HE'S HAD
A TOUGH LIFE.
HE MADE THIS FAKE PERSONA ONLINE
TO FULFILL AN EMPTINESS HE HAD.
SO, YOU KNOW, YOU GOTTA LOOK AT
IT THAT WAY TOO.
YOU COULD TELL HE GENUINELY FELT
BAD ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT HE HAD
BEEN DOING.
>> WELL, AT LEAST YOU FINALLY
KNOW.
>> NO MORE WHAT IFS.
>> NO MORE WHAT IFS.
CLOSURE.
>> TAKE WHAT LIFE GIVES YOU, AND
YOU ROLL WITH IT.
>> YOU GUYS GONNA STAY FRIENDS?
>> I DON'T KNOW.
IT'LL BE INTERESTING.
WE'LL HAVE TO SEE.
>> THANKS FOR BEING A GOOD
FRIEND TO THIS GUY.
>> ♪ I'M A BEGGAR
♪ IN THE MORNING
>> YOU READY?
ALL RIGHT, TAKE IT EASY, GUYS.
>> ALL RIGHT, SEE YOU GUYS.
>> ♪ MAY COME
♪ WITHOUT WARNING
♪ AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT
♪ MAKE IT SHINE SO PRETTY
♪ MAKE IT SHINE SO PRETTY ♪ MAKE IT SHINE SO BRIGHT
♪ MAKE IT SHINE SO BRIGHT
>> YO, BUDDY.
>> YO, TYLER.
>> WHAT'S UP, MAN?
HOW YOU DOING?
>> I'M GOOD, I'M BUSY.
SUPER BUSY.
GOT ONE MORE CLASS, AND I'M DONE
FOR THE WEEKEND, AND THEN PARTY
TIME.
>> ANY LADIES IN YOUR LIFE RIGHT
NOW?
>> NOT REALLY.
JUST MEETING A LOT OF NEW PEOPLE
REALLY.
>> MEETING ANYONE ONLINE?
>> NO.
>> [laughs]
>> CAN'T SAY THAT I HAVE.
>> ♪ I THINK I'VE COME
♪ A LONG, LONG WAY
♪ TO SIT BEFORE YOU HERE TODAY
>> ARE YOU FEELING YOU MIGHT
FIND LOVE?
>> I DO DEFINITELY THINK SO.
HERE I ACTUALLY HAVE A CHANCE TO
DO THINGS I LOVE, BE AROUND
PEOPLE THAT ARE GONNA SUPPORT
ME.
IT'S INTERESTING TO SEE,
OUTSIDE OF MICHIGAN, WHAT IT'S
LIKE WHEN PEOPLE DON'T HAVE THAT
PRE-JUDGMENT OF ME.
AND AS OF RIGHT NOW, I CAN SAY
AND AS OF RIGHT NOW, I CAN SAY I AM HAPPY.
I AM HAPPY.
>> REALLY HAPPY TO HEAR THAT
YOU'RE DOING SO WELL.
I'M EXCITED THAT YOU MADE THE
MOVE.
MOVE. I THINK THAT'S AWESOME.
I THINK THAT'S AWESOME.
>> HAVE YOU EVER BEEN THIS CLOSE
TO SOMEONE?
>> NEVER.
>> "AT THE TIME WE FIRST STARTED
CHATTING, SHE TOLD ME SHE WAS A
TRANSGENDER."
THAT IS INTERESTING.
SO THIS IS WHO SHE THINKS YOU
ARE?
>> YEAH.
>> WHOA.
KJ WANTS TO MEET YOU.
>> I'M SCARED.
>> OH, MY GOD, TELL ME ABOUT IT.
FOLLOWING YOUR LEAD, MAN.
FOLLOWING YOUR LEAD, MAN. >> [sighs]
>> GAME FACE.
>> GAME FACE. >> ALL RIGHT, LET'S DO THIS.
>> ALL RIGHT, LET'S DO THIS.
HOLD ON, HOLD ON.
[doorbell rings]
I'M DEFINITELY A LITTLE NERVOUS.
[door opens]
SOMEONE OVER THERE?
>> UH-OH.
HI, I'M NEV.
A COUPLE YEARS AGO, I FELL IN
LOVE ONLINE.
TURNS OUT, MY CRUSH WASN'T WHO
I THOUGHT SHE WAS.
I THOUGHT I FELL IN LOVE WITH
MEGAN, BUT MEGAN WAS REALLY
ANGELA.
I WAS HEARTBROKEN.
BUT THE WEIRDEST PART OF IT ALL,
ANGELA AND I ACTUALLY BECAME
FRIENDS.
NOT ONLY THAT, MY BROTHER AND
HIS FILMMAKING PARTNER SHOT
THE WHOLE THING AND TURNED IT
INTO A DOCUMENTARY THAT WAS
A PRETTY BIG HIT.
SUDDENLY, MY INBOX WAS
EXPLODING WITH EMAILS.
"WHEN I SAW YOUR MOVIE CATFISH,
I COULDN'T BELIEVE
THE SIMILARITIES."
IT FELT LIKE EVERYONE ON
THE INTERNET WANTED TO TELL ME
ABOUT THEIR BIZARRE ONLINE
ROMANCE.
I COULD JUST PURSUE EVERY
SINGLE ONE OF THESE LEADS, AND
WE SHOULD MAKE A SHOW OF IT.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE DECIDED TO DO.
I'M HITTING THE ROAD WITH MY
FILMMAKER BUDDY MAX AND A CREW
FROM MTV TO HELP PEOPLE MEET
THEIR ONLINE LOVES FOR THE FIRST
TIME.
OKAY, I THINK THIS IS IT.
IT'S GO TIME RIGHT NOW.
>> GO TIME.
>> ALL RIGHT.
IS THE PERSON THEY'VE FALLEN FOR
TELLING THE TRUTH...
>> MAYBE SHE'S, LIKE, SOME SUPER
SEXY FARMER'S DAUGHTER.
>> OR HIDING BEHIND LIES?
>> I DON'T KNOW IF I SHOULD
SMILE OR CRY.
>> WILL THEY FIND LOVE...
>> GUYS, GUYS, GUYS, GUYS.
>> OR HEARTACHE?
DEFINITELY DID NOT SEE THIS
COMING.
>> I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY
RIGHT NOW.
>> NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS, WE'RE
HERE TO HELP SOLVE THE MYSTERY.
>> I CANNOT BELIEVE IT'S YOU.
>> HOPEFULLY FIND THE LIGHT AT
THE END OF THE TUNNEL IF IT'S,
YOU KNOW, HAPPY OR NOT.
>> WHAT ARE YOU BLATHERING
ABOUT?
>> I DON'T KNOW.
CATFISHTHE MOVIE WAS MY STORY.
CATFISHTHE MOVIE WAS MY STORY. CATFISH: THE TV SHOWIS YOURS.
CATFISH: THE TV SHOWIS YOURS.
HAPPY CATFISH DAY, EVERYONE.
YES, YOU HEARD ME RIGHT.
IN 1987, RONALD REAGAN DECLARED
JUNE 25TH NATIONAL CATFISH DAY.
WHAT BETTER WAY TO OBSERVE
NATIONAL CATFISH DAY THAN TO GO
FISHING, YOU KNOW, ONLINE?
>> SO DID YOU GET ANY EMAILS ON
YOUR CATFISH ACCOUNT?
>> HERE'S ONE.
"HEY, NEV.
I'M TYLER HAYDEN.
A MICHIGAN BOY FROM THE GREATER
FLINT AREA.
I'VE BEEN TALKING TO THIS GIRL
ONLINE FOR A YEAR OR TWO NOW.
HER NAME IS AMANDA MILLER.
NORMALLY, I'M NOT THE TYPE OF
GUY WHO WOULD GO FOR CHICKS
ONLINE.
BUT THERE'S SOMETHING DIFFERENT
ABOUT AMANDA.
SHE GOES TO COLLEGE IN KALAMAZOO
AND IS SO MUCH MORE TOGETHER
THAN THE GIRLS AROUND HERE.
I NEVER THOUGHT I COULD BE SO
ATTRACTED TO SOMEONE I'VE NEVER
EVEN MET.
AND I'M MORE OF A FACE-TO-FACE
TYPE OF GUY, SO I'VE BEEN KIND
OF PUSHING TO MEET HER IN REAL
LIFE.
THE PROBLEM IS THAT SHE LIVES ON
THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE STATE
AND IS SEEMINGLY IMPOSSIBLE TO
GET A HOLD OF BECAUSE SHE
DOESN'T EVEN HAVE A CELL PHONE.
WHEN I TRY TO GET HER TO VIDEO
CHAT, SHE ALWAYS HAS AN EXCUSE.
I FIGURE YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH
THIS, AND I COULD USE SOME HELP
FINDING OUT IF SHE'S ALL SHE
SEEMS."
>> ♪ HOLD ME CLOSE
♪ DON'T LET ME GO
>> "THANKS.
TYLER."
WHAT POSSIBLE EXCUSE COULD THERE
BE FOR SOMEONE NOT TO HAVE A
CELL PHONE OR EVEN A LANDLINE?
>> THEY HAVE A CELL PHONE.
I MEAN, I'M TELLING YOU, THAT'S
A CLEAR LIE.
>> I KNOW.
>> NO EXCUSE.
>> I'M JUST PLAYING THE DEVIL'S
ADVOCATE.
>> SAYING THAT YOU DON'T HAVE A
CELL PHONE IS LIKE SAYING THAT
YOU DON'T WEAR PANTS.
>> [chuckles]
[phone rings]
>> HEY, NEV.
>> HEY-O, TYLER!
>> HEY, HOW'S IT GOING?
>> SO I JUST READ YOUR EMAIL.
FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS, YOU'VE
BEEN TALKING TO THIS GIRL, AND
YOU'VE NEVER MET.
>> RIGHT.
>> WHAT IS IT ABOUT HER THAT YOU
LIKE SO MUCH?
>> WHEN YOU TALK TO AMANDA,
IT'S, LIKE, VERY ANTI-DRAMATIC.
I THINK THAT'S PRETTY RARE TO
FIND.
>> OKAY, BUT NEVER ACTUALLY
HEARD HER VOICE?
>> NO, I HAVE NOT.
>> THAT'S PRETTY STRANGE.
>> IT IS.
BUT IF I MEET AMANDA AND SHE IS
WHO SHE SAYS SHE IS AND ALL THE
CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD HAVE
BEEN REAL, THEN SHE'D BE A SUPER
COOL GIRL TO HAVE IN MY LIFE.
>> IT'S INCREDIBLE THAT YOU
DON'T EVEN TALK ON THE PHONE.
IT'S ALL JUST SORT OF VIA
TEXTING AND MESSAGING, BUT
THERE'S A REAL CONNECTION HERE.
>> YEAH.
>> SO IF IT'S COOL, MAX AND I
AND OUR CREW, WE'LL FLY UP TO
MICHIGAN.
WE'LL--WE'LL DO WHAT WE CAN.
WE'LL HELP YOU OUT.
>> YEAH, LET'S GO.
>> LET'S DO IT.
CLICK.
NICE.
[laughs]
>> BYE.
>> THIS GUY--HE'S A GOOD-LOOKING
LACROSSE JOCK.
>> HE'S A DUDE; HE'S A BRO.
>> GOD KNOWS HOW MANY GIRLS HE'S
JUST, LIKE, "HANGING OUT WITH."
>> WHAT IS IT ABOUT GIRLS ONLINE
THAT'S SO EXCITING?
>> YOU CAN JUST IMAGINE THEM
BEING ANYBODY.
>> I KNOW.
>> I THINK YOU AND TYLER ARE
GONNA FIND THAT YOU ARE KINDRED
SPIRITS.
I CAN ALREADY FEEL IT.
>> OKAY, LET'S GO.
>> ALL RIGHT, GUYS.
COME ON, GUYS.
>> LET'S GO. MICHIGAN.
>> ♪ IT'S AN ILLUSION, BABE
♪ IT'S JUST A MOVEMENT MADE
♪ YOU'RE TRAVELING
>> KOA CAMPGROUNDS?
IT MIGHT BE A CABIN.
I'M DOWN FOR AN ADVENTURE.
>> COUPLE OF CITY BOYS STAYING
IN THE STICKS.
YOU HAVE ANY ACCOMMODATIONS FOR
ILL-EQUIPPED CITY FOLK?
>> ♪ IT'S A DELUSION
>> I GOT DIBS ON TOP BUNK.
[laughs]
IN SOME WAYS, TYLER AND I ARE,
IN OUR ONLINE DATING EXPERIENCE,
VERY SIMILAR.
HE'S GOT HIS LIFE, HE'S GOT HIS
FRIENDS, HE'S GOT GIRLS THAT HE
COULD DATE, BUT HE'S LOOKING FOR
SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
>> WHAT'S UP?
AW, THE DOG'S OUT.
>> TYLER, HEY, MAN.
>> HOW'S IT GOING?
>> HOW YOU DOING?
>> GOOD, HOW ARE YOU?
>> GOOD TO MEET YOU.
MAX, TYLER.
>> NICE TO MEET YOU.
>> COOL.
>> WHO'S THIS GUY?
>> OH, THIS IS SPRINGER.
>> LET'S, UH--
>> DO YOU WANNA TAKE US ON A
LITTLE TOUR?
>> YEAH, SHOW US AROUND.
>> ALL RIGHT.
WE GOT THE CITY PARK IN THE
BACK, WHICH IS KINDA COOL 'CAUSE
THERE'S A BASKETBALL HOOP.
FIRE PIT FOR...
>> NICE.
>> KICKIN' IT AT NIGHT.
>> LOOK AT THIS, GUYS.
YOU THINK THIS IS A SIGN?
WOW.
EITHER THAT YOU'RE GONNA GET
BURNED AND YOUR HEART'S GONNA
GET SINGED OR THAT SOMEHOW
WE'RE HERE BECAUSE OF TRUE LOVE.
I MEAN, LOOK AT THAT.
>> TAKE A PICTURE.
TAG ME ON FACEBOOK, ALL RIGHT?
>> WE'RE HAVING A HARD TIME
UNDERSTANDING YOUR INTEREST IN
THIS GIRL.
I MEAN, I WAS ON YOUR PAGE LAST
NIGHT.
IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF
GIRLS AROUND HERE THAT ARE
BEAUTIFUL.
WHAT'--WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE
GIRLS AROUND HERE?
>> THE MATURITY THING, THEY'RE
JUST VERY IMMATURE, THEY PLAY
LITTLE HEAD GAMES.
>> SO YOU DON'T LIKE GIRLS THAT
PLAY HEAD GAMES, SO YOU'D RATHER
HAVE A GIRL WHO'S KIND OF...
>> FOR A YEAR AND A HALF, LIKE,
YOU KNOW, LEADS YOU ON THIS
SORT OF WILD GOOSE CHASE?
WHAT KEEPS YOU GOING, LIKE, WHAT
MAKES YOU KEEP DOING THIS?
>> THERE'S ALWAYS, LIKE, WHAT IF
THIS IS ACTUALLY REAL?
I MEAN, YOU NEVER KNOW.
THAT'S WHY YOU GOTTA HELP ME
OUT.
YOU NEVER KNOW.
>> YEAH.
>> YOU WANNA GO INSIDE AND
TRY TO BE...
>> YEAH, YEAH.
>> BE IN THE SHADE?
[dog barks]
SHH.
>> I WANNA SEE WHAT A YEAR AND A
HALF OF DIGITAL LOVEMAKING LOOKS
LIKE.
>> DIGITAL LOVEMAKING?
>> [laughs]
>> BOLD.
>> SHE'S VERY PRETTY.
>> CAN YOU GO INTO THE MESSAGES?
>> I MEAN, THIS IS CRAZY.
THESE ARE ALL MESSAGES.
JUST BEEN SCROLLING, IT'S ALL IN
THE SAME DAY.
>> HOLD ON.
STOP.
WHAT DID THAT SAY?
>> THIS IS JUST A VERY GRAPHIC
SEXUAL TEXT ABOUT AMANDA'S
DESIRES TO ENGAGE IN...
>> both: FELLATIO...
>> [chuckles]
>> WITH TYLER.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> AND HIS BALLS.
>> CENSOR IT, CENSOR IT.
>> [laughs]
>> I'M TELLIN' YOU--
>> YEAH, THAT'S, LIKE--THAT'S
PRETTY--THAT'S DIRTY TALK.
>> DID YOU SEND HER A PICTURE?
>> YEAH.
>> [laughs]
>> WELL, AS LONG AS YOUR FACE
WASN'T IN IT, YOU CAN ALWAYS
DENY.
>> FOR US, THE BIGGEST RED FLAG
WAS THE FACT THAT YOU GUYS HAVE
NEVER TALKED ON THE PHONE.
>> LIKE, THAT'S VALID, BUT AT
THE SAME TIME, I CAN'T--I NEVER
WAS LIKE, "HEY, CALL ME."
I REALLY DON'T LIKE TALKING ON
THE PHONE.
>> EXPLAIN TO ME EXACTLY WHAT
HER PHONE SITUATION IS.
>> APPARENTLY...
>> SHE'S HAD A PHONE--
>> SHE'S HAD A PHONE, BUT WHEN
SHE WENT AWAY TO COLLEGE, I
GUESS, LIKE, HER AND HER DAD
WERE ON BAD TERMS.
HER DAD WAS THE ONE THAT WAS
PAYING FOR HER PHONE.
SO SHE DIDN'T HAVE A PHONE,
DIDN'T HAVE MONEY TO GET A NEW
ONE.
>> RIGHT.
>> THESE ARE FROM HER YAHOO
ACCOUNT.
SHE'LL TALK ABOUT HER PARENT
ISSUES AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
AND HER MOM'S SICK, AND SHE
TALKS ABOUT, LIKE, HER LITTLE
SISTERS.
SHE SAYS I'M A LUCKY GUY.
I KNOW, RIGHT?
>> YOU GUYS DO HAVE, LIKE, A
VERY SORT OF PERSONAL, INTIMATE
RAPPORT.
>> IF I WERE GIVEN THE CHANCE TO
MEET HER, THAT COULD LEAD TO A
RELATIONSHIP.
THAT'S WHY I REALLY WANNA SEE
THIS THING OUT.
>> I'M CURIOUS.
I WANNA KNOW HOW THIS IS GONNA
END, YOU KNOW?
>> RIGHT.
>> WE'RE HERE FOR YOU...
>> THANK YOU.
>> WHATEVER HAPPENS, YOU KNOW?
WE'LL BE IN TOUCH.
I'LL CALL YOU A LITTLE LATER ON.
WHEW.
>> HE'S VERY MEASURED.
>> YEAH.
>> HE WATCHES HIMSELF.
IT WOULD BE GREAT TO KIND OF
LOOSEN HIM UP.
>> RIGHT.
AND I THINK MAYBE THIS IS WAY
MORE IMPORTANT TO HIM THAN HE
MORE IMPORTANT TO HIM THAN HE WANTS TO ADMIT.
WANTS TO ADMIT.
>> TIME TO WAKE UP.
>> OKAY.
I'M GONNA CALL TYLER, SEE WHAT
HE'S UP TO.
>> HEY, WHAT'S UP?
>> GOOD MORNING.
I'D LOVE TO GO FISHING.
IS IT OKAY IF MAX COMES?
>> OF COURSE.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> WELL, SEE YA.
>> BYE.
>> CAN WE DO A SLIGHT RECAP ON
TYLER?
HE'S, LIKE, THE COOL HIGH SCHOOL
JOCK, WHICH MEANS THAT HE
DOESN'T, LIKE, WEAR HIS HEART
ON HIS SLEEVE.
>> WELL, HE SAID HE'S NEVER BEEN
IN A RELATIONSHIP LIKE THIS
BEFORE.
>> RIGHT.
>> THERE'S DEFINITELY A LOT MORE
GOING ON IN THIS GUY'S HEAD AND
HEART THAN I THINK HE'S WILLING
TO ADMIT.
>> CAN WE LEAN ON HIS FRIENDS TO
HELP BRING IT OUT OF HIM?
>> YEAH.
>> NEV, HOW'S IT GOING?
>> YO, DUDE.
>> ALL RIGHT, LET'S DO IT.
WHAT'S UP, FELLAS?
>> HI, TYLER.
>> TYLER!
>> I'M NEV.
GOOD TO MEET YOU.
>> I'M KEEGAN, IT'S GOOD
TO MEET YOU, SIR.
>> YOU TOO.
HEY, MAN--OH, WHAT?
YOU GOT SOMETHING OR JUST--
>> YEAH, I GOT A FISH ON HERE.
PRETTY GOOD-SIZED BASS.
>> WE'RE RIGHT IN TIME.
>> YOU TIE IT LIKE YOU'RE TYING
A SHOE.
>> JUST LET IT GO AS YOU LET IT
GO.
>> ALL RIGHT, NOT--NOT GREAT.
BUT NOT A BAD FIRST CAST.
I GOT SOMETHING.
YEAH!
IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
>> IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT'S GOT
MUCH FIGHT IN IT.
>> WELL DONE.
TROPHY SHOT.
>> THERE WE GO, RIGHT HERE.
YEAH.
>> ♪ LET'S GO
>> ♪ LET'S GO
>> WOW.
>> HE'S GIVIN' ME SOME TROUBLE.
>> LOOK AT HIM RUN.
>> WHOA!
CAT.
>> CHECK IT OUT.
>> YEAH.
>> OH, NICE.
>> OH, THAT'S A GOOD ONE.
>> YEAH.
WHOA!
>> THERE HE GOES.
>> WOULD YOU TELL ME A LITTLE
BIT ABOUT KIND OF YOUR GROUP
OF FRIENDS HERE?
>> I HAVE THE BEST FRIENDS THAT
YOU COULD EVER ASK FOR.
I CAN CALL ANY ONE OF THESE
GUYS AT ANY TIME OF THE DAY, AND
I KNOW THEY'LL PICK UP, YOU
KNOW, "WHAT'S UP, TY?"
>> WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THIS
ONLINE RELATIONSHIP THING HE'S
DOING?
>> YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE TALKING
TO HIM, YOU'D THINK HE REALLY
DOESN'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT.
BUT I THINK HE DOES HAVE
FEELINGS FOR HER.
HE PUTS ON A FRONT, DEFINITELY.
>> HOW IS TYLER WITH THE LADIES?
>> TYLER, HE'S A GOOD GUY,
YOU KNOW?
>> HE'S NOT A PLAYER?
>> NOT AT ALL.
>> GIRLS AREN'T USED TO IT
THESE DAYS.
SO THEY'RE KIND OF TAKEN ABACK
BY HIM, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT.
I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE SOMEONE
THAT HE CAN BE HIMSELF AND
SOMEONE WHO JUST TRULY
APPRECIATES ACTUALLY HOW GOOD
OF A GUY THAT HE IS.
THOSE ARE HARD TO FIND.
>> I DON'T KNOW.
THE FACT THAT SHE, UH, KIND OF
AVOIDS THE PHONE.
>> YEAH, WHO DOESN'T HAVE A
PHONE?
AND WHO DOESN'T TALK
ON THE PHONE?
>> WHO CAN'T EVEN JUST, LIKE,
VIDEO CHAT
OR SOMETHING, YOU KNOW?
IT'S LIKE, IT SEEMS CRAZY TO ME.
>> THERE'S ALWAYS THAT CHANCE
IT'S A GUY.
>> YOU GUYS THINK YOU'LL BUST
HIS CHOPS IF IT TURNS OUT TO BE
A DUDE THAT'S HE'S BEEN SORTA
SEXT MESSAGING WITH AND...
>> [laughs]
HE WILL NEVER--HE WILL--
>> SENDING PICTURES TO?
>> WE WOULDN'T LET HIM FORGET
IT.
>> NOPE.
>> TREVOR, WHAT DO YOU HOPE
HAPPENS?
>> HOPEFULLY, THEY--
>> I HOPE SHE'S A KNOCKOUT.
>> YEAH.
>> HOPEFULLY SHE'S REAL.
>> HOPEFULLY SHE'S REAL. >> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT.
>> HERE'S A GUY THAT HAS LIVED
ALMOST, LIKE, A TEXTBOOK
ALL-AMERICAN LIFE.
>> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT?
AND HE'S NEVER REALLY PUSHED
HIMSELF TO, LIKE, TAKE A BIG
RISK.
NOW, LET'S JUST TALK ABOUT
AMANDA.
WE DON'T HAVE A LOT TO GO ON.
>> NO.
>> UNFORTUNATELY.
>> CAN UNDERSTAND NOT VIDEO
CHATTING, BUT I CANNOT REALLY
UNDERSTAND MONTHS OF
COMMUNICATION WITHOUT
A PHONE CALL.
>> YEAH.
>> SOMETHING DOESN'T FEEL RIGHT.
HERE WE GO.
>> THAT LOOKS PRETTY GOOD.
ALL RIGHT.
LET'S LOOK AT AMANDA MILLER'S
PAGE AND SEE THE COMMENTS.
SHE'S PUTTING OUT THESE FLIRTY
FACEBOOK MESSAGES LIKE,
"WHY CAN'T SEX BE LIKE IT IS IN
THE MOVIES?
MUSIC IN THE BACKGROUND, GUY
WITH ABS, AND ONE THAT REALLY
CARES."
BUNCH OF GUYS ARE LIKE, "IT CAN
BE IF YOU GO OUT WITH ME."
NO ONE'S SAYING ANYTHING THAT
WOULD IMPLY THAT THEY ACTUALLY
KNOW HER.
>> WELL, THIS GUY JUST RECENTLY
POSTED ON SOMETHING.
>> MIKHAIL?
>> YEAH.
"HEY, MIKHAIL.
MY NAME IS NEV, AND I'M MAKING A
SHOW FOR MTV ABOUT ONLINE
RELATIONSHIPS."
BRENDON.
LET'S, UH, MESSAGE HIM.
"IF YOU CAN GIVE ME A CALL, THAT
WOULD BE AWESOME."
LET IT REST FOR A LITTLE BIT.
>> SEE IF SOMEONE GETS BACK TO
US.
[phone rings]
>> OH.
HERE WE GO.
HELLO?
YEAH, DUDE, UH, THANKS FOR
CALLING.
MY NAME IS NEV.
I KNOW I DIDN'T EXPLAIN MUCH IN
MY EMAIL, BUT BASICALLY WE'RE
MAKING A TV SHOW FOR MTV RIGHT
NOW.
WE'RE MEETING PEOPLE WHO ARE IN
ONLINE RELATIONSHIPS, AND I WAS
JUST WONDERING IF YOU WOULD MIND
HELPING US OUT A LITTLE BIT.
YEAH, ALL RIGHT, COOL.
SO HOW DO YOU KNOW AMANDA?
YOU'VE NEVER ACTUALLY MET HER IN
REAL LIFE?
SO IN YOUR MESSAGES, LIKE, WHAT
SO IN YOUR MESSAGES, LIKE, WHAT DO YOU GUYS SAY, GENERALLY?
DO YOU GUYS SAY, GENERALLY?
SHE'S SENT YOU MESSAGES THAT ARE
PRETTY SEXUAL AND, LIKE, KIND OF
RISQUE?
HAVE YOU GUYS EVER TALKED ON THE
HAVE YOU GUYS EVER TALKED ON THE PHONE?
PHONE?
THANKS A LOT.
>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.
>> OH, MAN.
>> THAT GUY DIDN'T KNOW.
I'M WONDERING WHAT, LIKE, THESE
OTHER GUYS--HOW LONG THEY'VE
BEEN TALKING TO HER.
>> NO--YEAH, NO [bleep].
[phone rings]
WHOA.
WOW, SO [bleep] FAST.
YEAH, HELLO?
UH, YEAH, THANKS--THANKS FOR
GETTING BACK TO ME SO FAST.
SO HOW LONG HAVE YOU GUYS
BEEN FRIENDS?
WHAT--WHAT KIND OF STUFF DO YOU
GUYS TALK ABOUT?
YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO INTO
DETAIL, BUT, LIKE, WHAT'S THE
DETAIL, BUT, LIKE, WHAT'S THE NATURE OF THE MESSAGES?
NATURE OF THE MESSAGES?
HAVE YOU ACTUALLY EVER SPOKEN TO
HER THOUGH, LIKE, ON THE PHONE?
ALL RIGHT.
WELL, UH, THANKS FOR HELPING
OUT.
>> ALL RIGHT, MAN.
>> LATER.
>> BYE.
>> OH, MAN, THIS IS A CLASSIC
MAN-EATER.
>> [groans]
THIS GIRL IS LEAVING A WAKE.
SHE'S GOT A--GOT A TRAIL OF GUYS
JUST DROOLING, PICKING UP
CRUMBS, SCRAPS.
>> SHE'S A CATFISH.
>> I'M GRABBING A BUNCH OF
PICTURES OFF AMANDA'S PROFILE
TO RUN THROUGH GOOGLE IMAGE
SEARCH AND SEE IF MAYBE THEY POP
UP ANYWHERE ELSE.
AND, YES, IT DID.
SO THIS IS A MYSPACE PROFILE OF
SOMEONE NAMED TRINA.
>> MYSPACE, ALWAYS MYSPACE.
>> LOOK, LOOK, LOOK.
THIS IS, LIKE, LITERALLY ALL OF
THE PHOTOS...
>> FROM HER FACEBOOK.
>> THESE ARE PHOTOS FROM AT
LEAST FIVE YEARS AGO.
OH, MY GOD.
BASICALLY, WE KNOW FOR CERTAIN
THAT IN 2007 THERE WAS A PROFILE
CREATED ON MYSPACE USING ALL OF
THE PHOTOS THAT HAVE NOW BEEN
REUSED FIVE YEARS LATER AS
AMANDA MILLER.
>> RIGHT.
MYSPACE IS THE TREASURE TROVE OF
FACEBOOK CATFISH.
>> IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT I
FEEL PRETTY CONFIDENT ABOUT,
IT'S THAT AMANDA MILLER ISN'T
THE GIRL SHE CLAIMS TO BE.
SO NOW WE JUST HAVE THIS SORT OF
MYSTERY PERSON...
>> RIGHT.
>> WHO IS CONTROLLING
THIS PROFILE.
>> RIGHT.
>> WHO ARE THEY?
WHAT ARE THEY DOING?
WHY ARE THEY DOING IT?
AND CAN WE CONNECT WITH THEM AND
AND CAN WE CONNECT WITH THEM AND CONVINCE THEM TO MEET TYLER?
CONVINCE THEM TO MEET TYLER?
>> ALL RIGHT, TYLER.
WHY DON'T YOU STEP INTO MY
OFFICE?
>> [sighs]
>> WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT
AMANDA.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> WE'VE GOT STUFF TO TELL YOU.
>> ANXIOUS TO SEE WHAT IT IS,
INDEED, UH, YOU WERE ABLE TO
FIND.
>> SO THE FIRST THING THAT WE
DID WAS WE WENT TO AMANDA'S
PROFILE.
>> OKAY.
>> SHE GETS A BUNCH OF COMMENTS
FROM A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT DUDES
EVERY TIME SHE POSTS SOMETHING.
>> RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT.
>> SO WE SENT OUT A HANDFUL OF
MESSAGES TO SOME OF THESE GUYS
WHO HAVE BEEN COMMENTING.
TWO OF 'EM GOT BACK TO ME, AND
I ACTUALLY SPOKE TO 'EM ON
THE PHONE.
THEY'VE NEVER MET HER IN PERSON.
THEY'VE NEVER TALKED TO HER
ON THE PHONE.
AND MORE THAN THAT, THE
CONVERSATIONS THAT THEY HAVE
PRIVATELY HAVE BEEN VERY
FLIRTATIOUS...
>> YEAH.
>> AND AT TIMES SEXUAL.
SO WE GRABBED A COUPLE OF THESE
PICTURES.
WE JUST RAN 'EM THROUGH
GOOGLE SEARCH.
DID YOU KNOW THAT YOU COULD
JUST--YOU COULD SEARCH AN IMAGE
ON GOOGLE...
>> I DIDN'T KNOW THAT.
>> AND IF THE IMAGE EXISTS
ANYWHERE ELSE ON THE INTERNET,
HOPEFULLY, IT WILL FIND IT.
AND WE GOT A HIT.
TOOK US TO THIS MYSPACE PROFILE
FOR THIS GIRL NAMED TRINA.
THE INTERESTING THING ABOUT THIS
IS THAT EVERY ONE OF THESE
PICTURES EXISTS ON AMANDA'S
PICTURES EXISTS ON AMANDA'S PROFILE.
PROFILE.
>> MAKES ME WONDER, LIKE, WHO
HAVE I BEEN TALKING TO?
>> ♪ THERE'S SO MUCH
♪ TO BE JUDGED
♪ IF YOU ONLY KNEW
>> AFTER A YEAR AND A HALF OF
TALKING, FEELING A LITTLE BIT,
UM, LIKE, I GUESS, BETRAYED.
>> ♪ ALL I WANT IS YOU
>> NOW I KINDA FEEL LIKE IT'S
NOT WHO IS IN THE PICTURES, BUT
THERE'S SOMEONE OUT THERE.
>> RIGHT, THERE IS SOMEONE OUT
THERE.
YOU STILL THINK THE RIGHT MOVE
IS GOING AHEAD WITH THIS?
>> OF COURSE.
>> I THINK THE NEXT STEP IS
MAYBE ME AND MAX LATER TODAY TRY
TO CONNECT WITH AMANDA, SEE IF
WE CAN ORGANIZE TIME FOR YOU
GUYS TO MEET UP THIS WEEKEND.
GUYS TO MEET UP THIS WEEKEND. >> ♪ DON'T BE SCARED
>> ♪ DON'T BE SCARED
>> SHOULD WE SEND, UH, SEND A
LITTLE MESSAGE TO AMANDA AND
FIGURE OUT ABOUT MEETING UP?
>> KIND OF A LITTLE WEIRD THAT
YOU CANNOT CALL HER, SO DO YOU
WANNA CHAT WITH HER?
>> YEAH.
>> LET'S DO IT.
>> "MY NAME IS NEV, AND I AM
MAKING A SHOW FOR MTV ABOUT
ONLINE RELATIONSHIPS."
"GOOD MORNING, NEV."
SMILEY FACE.
"YOUR FRIEND TYLER REALLY WANTS
TO MEET YOU IN PERSON."
"I DON'T KNOW.
THIS IS ALL KIND OF CRAZY.
I REALLY DO WANNA MEET TYLER.
HE'S MY FAVORITE PERSON TO TALK
TO."
>> WHY DON'T WE ASK HER, "WHY
HAVEN'T YOU?"
>> "I JUST REALLY HATE LETTING
PEOPLE DOWN.
AND THAT'S WHAT I FEEL WOULD
HAPPEN."
"WHY DO YOU THINK HE WOULD BE
LET DOWN?"
>> "I JUST FEEL THAT WAY.
LOL IDK."
>> "LIKE, HONESTLY HE IS VERY
NICE."
NICE.
SHE'S BEING VERY...
>> COY?
>> YEAH.
DO YOU REALLY LIKE HIM, OR,
LIKE--I DON'T KNOW, IT JUST
FEELS REALLY--
>> WAIT, SHE'S TYPING MORE.
>> OH. WOW. OKAY.
>> OH, BIG ONE.
>> "I DO LIKE HIM, AND I
ACTUALLY CONSIDER HIM SUCH A
GOOD FRIEND, AND SO MANY TIMES
IN LIFE, I JUST FEEL LIKE I LET
GUYS DOWN.
EVEN IF IT HAS BEEN TWO YEARS,
I JUST FEEL LIKE EVERYTHING WILL
BE RUINED."
I MEAN, I THINK THE STRATEGY
HERE JUST HAS TO BE TO, LIKE,
MAKE HER FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE,
AND THAT WHATEVER SHE THINKS
SHE'S HIDING, THAT I'M SURE IT'S
NOT THAT BAD.
"I THINK YOU SHOULD CONSIDER
THAT HE WANTS TO KEEP YOU IN HIS
LIFE BUT CAN'T DO THAT WITH
COMPLETE CONFIDENCE WITHOUT
MEETING YOU IN PERSON.
IF YOU ARE REALLY SERIOUS ABOUT
BEING FRIENDS WITH TYLER OR
EVEN MORE THAN THAT, THIS MIGHT
BE YOUR LAST CHANCE."
OH.
"WILL YOU BE THERE?"
I SAID, "OF COURSE, BUT ONLY TO
HELP IF NEEDED."
>> RIGHT.
>> "GOT YOU.
THAT MAKES ME FEEL A LITTLE
BETTER.
YES, I WOULD LOVE TO MEET BOTH
OF YOU.
IT'S ONLY FAIR TO TYLER."
>> "WHERE ARE YOU?"
>> SHE SAID, "I'M ACTUALLY NOT
IN KZOO RIGHT NOW.
I AM AT A FRIEND'S HOUSE IN
ATTICA."
>> CAN YOU LOOK UP ATTICA?
>> WHOA, THAT'S--
>> WOW.
>> SHE'S REALLY CLOSE.
>> CONVENIENTLY SHE'S NOT IN
KZOO.
IT'S JUST A LIE.
>> I GET THE SENSE THAT AMANDA
DESPERATELY NEEDS THIS.
TYLER NEEDS TO BE READY FOR
THAT.
>> RIGHT.
>> THERE'S A LOT AT STAKE HERE,
NOT JUST FOR HIM, BUT ALSO FOR
HER.
HER. >> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT.
>> THE REASON THAT WE CAME OVER
HERE IS THAT WE DID TALK TO
AMANDA, FINALLY.
BUT, OF COURSE, IT WAS VIA...
>> both: FACEBOOK CHAT.
>> OKAY.
>> I HAD A PRETTY LONG CHAT
WITH HER.
AND SHE'S DOWN TO MEET.
>> HEY, I'M EXCITED.
THE BIG MOMENT HAS ARRIVED.
>> SHE SAID SHE'S AT A FRIEND'S
HOUSE IN...
>> ATTICA.
>> ATTICA.
>> WHAT BRINGS HER TO ATTICA,
THOUGH?
>> WHAT I WAS SORT OF SURPRISED
TO FEEL AFTER ALL THAT WAS,
LIKE, JUST HOW IMPORTANT AND
SORT OF SCARY THIS IS FOR HER.
SHE'S OBVIOUSLY KEEPING
SOMETHING FROM YOU, FROM US.
SHE'S VERY WORRIED ABOUT...
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> FINALLY TELLING YOU.
JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND BECAUSE
SHE'S VERY CONCERNED WITH HOW
YOU'LL REACT.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> IF THAT'S COOL WITH YOU, WE
SHOULD--
>> LET'S MAKE IT HAPPEN.
>> LET'S DO IT.
>> 30 MINUTES.
>> 30 MINUTES AWAY.
>> WOW.
TYLER, YOU WANNA HIT GO?
>> IT'S A REAL PLACE AND
EVERYTHING.
EVERYTHING. >> ATTICA.
>> ATTICA.
>> NERVES ARE SETTING IN.
>> YEAH?
>> MAYBE SHE'S, LIKE, SOME SUPER
SEXY FARMER'S DAUGHTER.
>> YEAH.
>> YOU KNOW?
WHATEVER THE OUTCOME MAY BE,
WHATEVER THE OUTCOME MAY BE, GO IN THERE WITH AN OPEN MIND.
GO IN THERE WITH AN OPEN MIND.
KIND OF IN A FAMILIAR TOWN.
SHE'S BEEN HERE THE WHOLE TIME.
ALL RIGHT.
>> THIS IS THE HOME STRETCH.
>> THIS IS THE STREET.
>> YEP.
>> HER DRIVEWAY.
>> LET'S GO.
>> GOING THE RIGHT WAY.
>> I'M READY TO GO.
HOPEFULLY, IT'S A COOL CHICK.
EVEN IF IT'S NOT THE GIRL THAT
IS IN THE PICTURES, IF IT'S
STILL A COOL CHICK, THEN, HEY.
I CONSIDER THAT A WIN.
>> YOU READY, MAX?
>> I'M READY.
>> ALL RIGHT, LET'S DO THIS.
>> YOU GUYS GOOD?
>> WE GO AND KNOCK ON THE GARAGE
OR THE FRONT DOOR?
>> I DON'T KNOW.
>> I WANNA DO FRONT DOOR.
>> I WANNA DO FRONT DOOR. >> FRONT DOOR IS PROBABLY GOOD.
>> FRONT DOOR IS PROBABLY GOOD.
HOLD ON, HOLD ON.
YOU GUYS GOOD?
DOING GOOD?
>> YEAH.
>> DO YOU WANNA--
>> YEAH, YEAH.
>> I THINK IT WORKED.
>> I THINK IT WORKED TOO.
>> I'M DEFINITELY A LITTLE
NERVOUS.
[door opens]
SOMEONE OVER THERE?
>> HEY, HOW'S IT GOING?
I'M TYLER HAYDEN.
ALL RIGHT.
YOU'RE AMANDA MILLER.
>> YES, I AM.
>> THE AMANDA MILLER.
>> YES, WHICH I DO OWE YOU AN
APOLOGY.
I'M REALLY SORRY.
>> OKAY.
>> I'M NEV.
>> NICE TO MEET YOU.
>> THIS IS MAX.
>> HI.
>> HI.
>> WE'VE GOT, UH, OBVIOUSLY OUR
GUYS AROUND.
CREW.
UM...
>> DO YOU WANNA STEP--STEP BACK?
>> YEAH, LET'S GIVE OURSELVES
SOME SPACE.
>> YEAH, KINDA CLUMPED UP.
>> YEAH.
>> ALL SORT OF STAND AROUND AND
TALK FOR A MINUTE.
OKAY.
WELL, I GUESS FIRST BIG KINDA
QUESTION'S ANSWERED AS FAR AS
TYLER GOES.
UH...
LOOKING FOR AMANDA.
>> RIGHT.
>> YOUR NAME IS AARON.
>> WH--WHAT DOES IT FEEL LIKE TO
BE IN FRONT OF TYLER?
>> WEIRD, AWKWARD.
BUT NICE AT THE SAME TIME
BECAUSE IT'S, LIKE--
>> I'M KINDA SHOCKED.
>> REALLY?
>> YEP.
I--LIKE, YOU HEAR ABOUT STORIES
LIKE THIS ALL THE TIME.
I JUST NEVER REALLY FEEL LIKE I
WOULD BE INVOLVED IN SOMETHING
LIKE THIS.
>> MM-HMM.
>> YOU KNOW?
SO IT'S, LIKE, KINDA LIKE, A
LITTLE SHOCK FACTOR.
IT'S LIKE, OH, MY GOD.
HAPPENED TO ME.
THE SUCKER.
>> HOW LONG HAVE YOU HAD THE
PROFILES?
>> AMANDA'S?
>> YEAH.
>> I STARTED WHEN I WAS A
SOPHOMORE, ACTUALLY, IN HIGH
SCHOOL.
>> ABOUT HOW MANY GUYS WOULD YOU
SAY YOU'VE BEEN TALKING TO
CURRENTLY?
>> CURRENTLY, NOT THAT MANY.
I ACTUALLY STOPPED BECAUSE I DID
START TO LIKE TYLER.
BUT BEFORE THAT, THERE WAS
PROBABLY--PROBABLY OVER 100 OR
PROBABLY--PROBABLY OVER 100 OR SO.
SO.
>> YOU EVER THOUGHT ABOUT JUST,
LIKE, COMING OUT, EVEN ON THE
COMPUTER JUST SAYING--OR MAYBE
ADDING ME WITH YOUR REAL PROFILE
AND SAYING, "HEY, THAT'S ME"?
>> I HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT THAT,
BUT I JUST COULDN'T GO THROUGH
WITH IT.
LIKE, I FELT LIKE IT WOULD HAVE
RUINED THINGS.
>> ALL RIGHT, SO I'M ASSUMING
THIS IS YOUR HOUSE?
>> MY GRANDPARENTS' HOUSE.
>> YOUR GRANDPARENTS' HOUSE.
SO YOU NEVER--NEVER WAS A KZOO
NATIVE?
>> I ACTUALLY WENT TO
SOUTHWESTERN MICHIGAN COLLEGE...
>> OKAY.
>> WHICH IS IN KALAMAZOO, SO,
YES, I WAS.
>> YOU'RE GOING BACK, RIGHT?
>> TO SOUTHWESTERN? NO.
GOING TO A DIFFERENT COLLEGE.
I ENDED UP TALKING TO MY R.A. AS
AMANDA, AND HE DID FIGURE IT
OUT, SO THAT KIND OF GOT ME IN
TROUBLE.
>> AMANDA GOT YOU KICKED OUT OF
SCHOOL?
>> YEAH.
>> I MEAN, THAT'S--THAT'S A BIG
DEAL.
>> YEAH.
>> TO GET KICKED OUT OF COLLEGE.
>> OH.
>> UM--
>> YOU GUYS WANNA SIT DOWN ON
THE BENCH?
>> YEAH, LET'S TAKE A SEAT.
>> COOL, TAKE A SEAT.
>> [sighs]
>> UM, WHAT DOES IT FEEL LIKE
TO BE AMANDA?
>> UM...
IT JUST FEELS BETTER, I GUESS,
THAN BEING MYSELF.
WHEN I REALIZED OTHER PEOPLE
HAD A PROBLEM WITH ME BEING
GAY, THAT'S WHEN I WENT TO
AMANDA, AND I CAN CONVINCE A
STRAIGHT GUY TO LIKE ME, LIKE
STRAIGHT GUY TO LIKE ME, LIKE MY PERSONALITY.
MY PERSONALITY.
I DON'T KNOW.
I DON'T WANT TO BE GAY, TO BE
HONEST.
BUT THAT'S SOMETHING YOU CAN'T
CHANGE, AND I KINDA ACCEPTED
THAT A WHILE AGO, SO...
>> WOULD YOU RATHER BE A
STRAIGHT GIRL THAN A GAY GUY?
>> YES.
>> YES. I, LIKE--YES.
I, LIKE--YES.
>> NOW THAT WE'RE HERE AND WE'RE
STANDING IN FRONT OF YOU, HERE'S
TYLER.
I MEAN, LIKE, WHAT--WHAT DO YOU
WANT TO GET OUT OF THIS?
>> DEFINITELY, I WOULD STILL
LIKE TO BE YOUR FRIEND.
LIKE, APPARENTLY THERE WAS
SOMETHING ABOUT AMANDA THAT YOU
DID LIKE AS A FRIEND, SO--THAT
YOU KEPT TALKING TO HER.
BUT...
>> PROBABLY WON'T BE FRIENDS
WITH AMANDAANYMORE.
YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT THE PATH
YOU'D EXPECT TO GO DOWN WHEN
TALKING TO SOME CHICK ONLINE.
>> DEFINITELY A LOT, YOU KNOW,
AT THE END OF A YEAR AND HALF OF
COMMUNICATIONS TO SORT OF TAKE
IN ALL THIS NEW INFO AND--I
THINK WE CAN HEAD OUT FOR NOW,
SORT OF PROCESS ALL THIS,
GIVE YOU A CALL LATER ON.
MAYBE TOMORROW.
>> ALL RIGHT, COOL.
>> AARON.
>> NICE MEETING YOU.
>> REALLY NICE TO MEET YOU.
>> REALLY NICE TO MEET YOU. >> YOU'RE IN THE END.
>> YOU'RE IN THE END.
>> I'M JUST GONNA GET SO MUCH
[bleep] ON TOP OF [bleep] ON TOP
OF [bleep] FROM TREV.
MAN, HE WAS LIKE, THE WHOLE
TIME, HE WAS LIKE, "IT'S GONNA
BE A MAN," FROM THE GET-GO.
DID NOT EVEN SECOND-GUESS.
"IT'S GONNA BE A MAN.
DON'T EVEN KNOW WHY YOU'RE
TRYING TO DO THIS BECAUSE IT'S
GONNA BE A MAN."
YOU'RE TAKING THE WHOLE THING
VERY LIGHTLY.
>> NO ONE'S LIVES GOT MESSED UP
IN THIS.
>> I FEEL SAD THAT WE ARE HIS
CLOSEST FRIENDS.
>> IT UPSETS ME THAT THIS HAS
BEEN GOING ON SO LONG AS A JOKE.
BEEN GOING ON SO LONG AS A JOKE. YOU'RE LIVING A LIE.
YOU'RE LIVING A LIE.
>> LAST NIGHT, AARON STARTED
FOLLOWING ME ON TWITTER.
AND I JUST SORT OF SCROLLED DOWN
HIS TIMELINE.
I THINK THERE'S SOME REALLY
INTERESTING THINGS IN HERE.
THIS IS BEFORE WE MET.
"TODAY I GET TO MEET SOMEBODY
I HAVE LOVED TALKING TO SO MUCH
THE PAST TWO YEARS.
TILL THIS DAY, I HAVE BEEN
TWO PEOPLE.
TODAY, I HAVE BECOME ONE.
THINGS I WANT IN LIFE:
TO ALWAYS BE HAPPY.
TO BE LOVED BACK."
>> HE MAKES A LOT OF THESE
LISTS.
>> YEAH.
I MEAN, WE WOULD NEVER HAVE
KNOWN TO LOOK FOR AARON ON
TWITTER, BUT NOW THAT WE DO
KNOW, IT'S PRETTY INTERESTING.
[dog barks]
YOU UNFRIENDED AMANDA.
>> YEAH. CORRECT.
>> WHEN DID YOU DO THAT?
>> UH, LAST NIGHT.
>> WE WERE GONNA GO OVER TO TALK
TO AARON TODAY, UH, JUST KIND
OF GET MORE OF AARON'S STORY,
AND WE WERE WONDERING IF MAYBE
YOU WANTED TO COME.
>> UH--
>> IF ANYBODY CAN RELATE TO THIS
EXPERIENCE PROBABLY BEST, IT'S
YOU.
>> RIGHT.
>> SO...
>> OKAY.
>> DID YOU EXPECT TO BE HEADING
OVER THERE TODAY?
OVER THERE TODAY? >> NO.
>> NO.
>> HOW YOU FEELING ABOUT ALL
THIS?
>> THERE IS NO MORE SURPRISES
I'M HOPING.
>> RIGHT.
COME ON IN, GUYS.
HEY.
>> HELLO, I'M TAYLOR.
>> THIS IS REBECCA AND TAYLOR.
>> NEV.
>> THAT'S TYLER.
>> TAYLOR, BECCA, HEY.
>> BECCA.
>> THAT'S MAX, HE'S THE CUTEST.
>> TAYLOR.
>> BECCA. HI.
>> HOW DO YOU GUYS ALL KNOW EACH
OTHER?
>> FROM HIGH SCHOOL.
>> WHAT DO YOU GUYS KNOW ABOUT
AARON'S WHOLE AMANDA PROFILE
ONLINE?
>> WELL, WE'VE KNOWN THAT HE'S
MADE FAKE PROFILES FOR A WHILE.
WE HAD ALWAYS HEARD RUMORS ABOUT
IT BECAUSE DIDN'T YOU MAKE OTHER
FAKE PROFILES TOO?
>> YEAH, THERE WERE ALWAYS
RUMORS ABOUT IT.
>> WHAT DO YOU MEAN, "OTHER FAKE
PROFILES?"
>> IT WASN'T ALWAYS AMANDA.
IT WAS DIFFERENT PEOPLE BEFORE
THAT.
>> SO HOW MANY OTHER PROFILES
HAVE YOU--
>> THERE WERE JUST THREE.
>> I FEEL LIKE WHERE AARON
COMES FROM, IT'S HARMLESS,
YOU KNOW?
LIKE, HE DOESN'T--HE DOESN'T
REALLY MEAN TO--HE DOESN'T
MEAN TO HURT ANYONE.
HE'S JUST TRYING TO--
>> WELL, I LIKE TO THINK, LIKE,
A HARMLESS LIE IS SAYING, "YEAH,
BACK IN HIGH SCHOOL WHEN I
SCORED 30 POINTS AGAINST THE
CROSS-TOWN RIVALS," AND REALLY
YOU ONLY SCORED FIVE.
>> YEAH.
>> THAT'S A HARMLESS LIE.
I FEEL LIKE NONE OF WHAT HE HAS
BEEN TALKING ABOUT AND ALL HIS
LIES OVER THE LAST SIX OR SEVEN
YEARS--
IT UPSETS ME THAT THIS HAS BEEN
GOING ON FOR SO LONG AS A JOKE,
AND YOU DON'T SEE IT AS--
YOU'RE LIVING A LIE.
>> YEAH, LIKE, DID YOU MESS WITH
PEOPLE'S LIVES KIND OF BECAUSE
THEY THOUGHT--
>> NO, NO ONE'S LIVES GOT MESSED
UP IN TH--I DON'T THINK SO.
DID YOUR LIFE GET MESSED UP?
WELL, I GUESS--
>> WELL, I MEAN, LIKE, IF THEY
LIKED YOU--
>> WHAT ABOUT YOUR LIFE?
YOU GOT KICKED OUT OF SCHOOL--
>> MY LIFE DID GET MESSED UP, SO
YES, MY LIFE DID GET MESSED UP.
>> YOU GOT KICKED OUT OF SCHOOL?
>> YES, THEY DON'T KNOW THAT
PART YET.
>> FOR WHAT?
>> HE WAS TALKING TO HIS R.A. AS
AMANDA.
>> BEFORE HE BECAME MY R.A.
>> OH, MY--AARON.
>> WHAT?
>> WOW.
>> AND THEY FOUND OUT AND--
>> SEE, WHY WOULD YOU NOT TELL
ME SOMETHING LIKE THAT?
>> YEAH, I HAD NO IDEA.
>> AGAIN BECAUSE OF THE WHOLE
JUDGING THING, LIKE, YOU GUYS
DON'T JUDGE ME.
>> BUT WE WOULDN'T.
>> I KNOW YOU WOULDN'T, BUT--
>> WE NEVER DO, COME ON.
>> I JUST DON'T KNOW--
>> THAT'S CRAZY 'CAUSE, LIKE, I
TRY TO REALLY BE THERE FOR YOU,
BUT YOU NEVER TELL ME
EVERYTHING.
>> LIKE, I KNEW YOU LIED, BUT,
LIKE, THIS IS ALL JUST REALLY,
LIKE, SHOCKING ME.
>> I FEEL SAD THAT WE ARE HIS
CLOSEST FRIENDS.
I DON'T KNOW.
I JUST--I FEEL SAD FOR YOU.
>> YOU GUYS WANNA SORTA JUST
TAKE A LITTLE, TWO-SECOND BREAK?
>> THAT'S FINE WITH ME.
>> SO WHAT'S SORT OF GOING ON
RIGHT NOW IN YOUR HEAD FROM THE
LAST TWO DAYS AND ALL THIS?
>> I DEFINITELY DO NEED TO
CHANGE, THAT THERE'S A LOT OF
ISSUES THAT I NEED TO WORK
THROUGH, AND THERE'S SOME PEOPLE
TO TALK TO ABOUT 'EM.
AND I NEED TO FIND THOSE PEOPLE.
I NEED TO START GETTING HELP.
>> WHAT--WHAT IS IT ABOUT WHAT
YOU'VE DONE THAT YOU'RE UPSET
ABOUT?
>> JUST LYING TO ALL THE PEOPLE
THAT TRY TO GET CLOSE TO ME.
LYING TO MY GRANDPARENTS, LYING
TO MY MOTHER, LYING TO, LIKE,
ALL MY FRIENDS, TALKING TO ALL
THESE GUYS ONLINE.
MY LIFE COULD HAVE BEEN SO MUCH
BETTER THAN WHAT IT IS, AND I'M
THE ONE WHO CHOSE TO MAKE IT
THIS WAY, YOU KNOW?
THIS IS SO HARSH TO SAY, AND I
HATE SO MUCH THAT I THINK THIS,
BUT SOMETIMES I WISH I DIDN'T
HAVE MY FAMILY.
BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE, IF I DIDN'T
HAVE MY FAMILY, I WOULD HAVE
LEFT BY NOW AND WENT SOMEWHERE
ELSE.
A DIFFERENT STATE, A DIFFERENT
PLACE, SOMEWHERE WHERE BEING GAY
ISN'T AS--WHERE THERE'S MORE GAY
PEOPLE, A BIGGER GAY POPULATION.
BUT I CAN'T LEAVE BECAUSE I JUST
FEEL HORRIBLE ABOUT HURTING
SOMEBODY ELSE THAT I DO LOVE.
I CARE SO MUCH ABOUT WHAT OTHERS
ARE FEELING.
I WANT EVERYONE TO LIKE ME.
I WANT EVERYTHING TO JUST BE
HANDY-DANDY WITH EVERYBODY.
AND I WILL MANIPULATE THAT
PERSON INTO LIKING ME.
>> BUT YOU DON'T EVEN LIKE YOU?
>> NO, NOT REALLY.
I DON'T KNOW WHO I AM YET, SO
THERE'S ALWAYS CHANGE.
>> I THINK YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF
CREATIVITY, AND YOU CERTAINLY
HAVE A VOICE THAT I THINK A LOT
OF PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR.
>> YEAH.
>> I MEAN, EMBRACE THAT AND BE--
YOU KNOW, AND REALLY OWN WHO YOU
ARE AND YOUR PROBLEMS AND YOUR
FAILURES AND YOUR INSECURITIES
BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT ALONE.
AND JUST TO SEE HOW WILLING YOU
WERE TO OPEN UP AND REALLY MAKE
THIS CHANGE A REAL THING, LIKE,
IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING YOU
CAN DO.
>> YEAH, DEFINITELY TOOK THIS
TO KIND OF GET ME OUT OF
EVERYTHING ELSE.
THIS IS WHAT I WAS HOPING IT WAS
GONNA DO, IS GET ME OUT OF IT.
BECAUSE TRYING BEFORE JUST TO
STOP DIDN'T HELP.
SO I FEEL LIKE BEING EXPOSED
DEFINITELY HELPED ME.
I AM TELLING THE TRUTH, AND I DO
TRUST MYSELF ENOUGH TO KNOW
THAT I CAN STOP.
>> HOW DO YOU FEEL? GOOD?
>> PRETTY GOOD. THANK YOU.
[chuckles]
>> REALLY, I'M PROUD OF YOU,
MAN
MAN >> THANKS.
>> THANKS.
>> AND NOW MORE
CATFISH: THE TV SHOW.
STICK AROUND.
>> I JUST CAN'T WRAP MY HEAD
AROUND THE IDEA THAT YOU'RE
HAPPY LIVING A LIFE OF LIES FOR
SIX OR SEVEN YEARS.
>> I NEVER SAID I WAS HAPPY,
THOUGH.
>> TALKING WITH YOUR FRIENDS,
LIKE, WHEN YOU'RE AROUND YOUR
FRIENDS, I FEEL LIKE YOU WERE
TAKING THE WHOLE THING VERY
LIGHTLY.
THE ONLY THING THAT I CAN--I
KNOW FOR A FACT THAT I CAN
CONFIRM IS THAT YOU ARE JUST A
COMPULSIVE PATHOLOGICAL LIAR,
AND TO BE HONEST, I DON'T HAVE
ANY ROOM FOR THAT IN MY LIFE.
>> I CAN'T EVEN WRAP MY OWN MIND
AROUND WHY I DID IT.
I STILL CAN'T.
I DON'T KNOW 100%.
I LIVED SEVEN YEARS DOING THIS,
AND I STILL DON'T KNOW 100% WHY
AND WHAT MADE ME KEEP GOING BACK
TO IT BECAUSE I STILL DON'T KNOW
WHO I AM EXACTLY.
I KNOW I COULD EASILY SAY THAT
I'M DONE AND THAT I'M OVER THIS
AND THE FACEBOOKS ARE GONE AND
STUFF, BUT I'M PRETTY SURE,
LIKE, 99% THIS TIME, I MEAN IT.
IT'S DONE WITH.
I ALSO THINK THAT HAVING PEOPLE
LIKE REBECCA AND TAYLOR AND
YOU AND OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE
HERE NOW WOULD HELP ME A LOT.
I'M SORRY IF IT CAME OFF AS A
JOKE TO YOU.
BECAUSE THAT'S NOT WHAT IT WAS.
YOU DID HELP ME OUT A LOT
THROUGHOUT THE PAST TWO YEARS.
SO IF YOU DON'T WANNA BE MY
FRIEND, I UNDERSTAND THAT 100%.
I'LL NEVER FORGIVE MYSELF
BECAUSE I DID MESS WITH PEOPLE'S
LIVES, I GUESS.
THAT'S ALWAYS GONNA STICK WITH
ME.
DEFINITELY I'LL TAKE YOUR HELP.
I AM SORRY FOR WHAT I DID.
I DO KNOW IT WAS WRONG.
>> I ACCEPT THAT APOLOGY, AND I
DO BELIEVE IT'S SINCERE.
I FEEL LIKE FACEBOOK WAS YOUR
SANCTUARY, YOUR, LIKE, LITTLE
HIDING SPOT AWAY FROM REALITY.
NOW YOU'RE NOT GONNA HAVE THAT,
SO I FEEL LIKE YOU GOTTA BE ABLE
TO PUT YOURSELF OUTSIDE YOUR
COMFORT ZONE TO REALLY TAKE A
STEP BACK AND REEVALUATE WHO YOU
ARE.
AND, UM, I THINK I'LL BE ABLE TO
FORGIVE AND FORGET IN THIS
SITUATION.
LET'S GO SEE WHAT...
>> EVERYONE ELSE IS DOING.
HEY.
>> MIND IF WE INTERRUPT?
>> SURE, COME ON--COME ON OVER.
>> LOOKS LIKE YOU FOUND A SHADY
SPOT.
>> HEY, AARON.
>> HI.
>> WHAT'S UP?
>> I FEEL WE WERE ABLE TO COME
TO A LITTLE BIT MORE CLOSURE.
>> I JUST WANNA KNOW ABOUT YOUR
LIFE.
I WANT YOU TO TALK TO ME ABOUT
WHATEVER HAPPENS, YOU KNOW?
KNOW THAT YOU CAN TALK TO ME
ABOUT STUFF LIKE THIS.
>> NOW THAT LIFE IS ACTUALLY
GONNA START.
>> WHOA!
OH, MY GOD.
>> [laughs]
>> AARON, DO YOU THINK MAYBE
THAT'S YOUR SPIRIT ANIMAL?
THE TURTLE?
>> ♪ WHEN I WAKE UP
>> MAYBE.
>> THAT'S A GREAT--
>> AND NOW IT'S TIME TO COME OUT
OF YOUR SHELL?
IT MIGHT BE SLOW GOING BUT SLOW
AND STEADY.
>> ♪ IS ALL I HAVE TO DO
♪ OH
>> COME ON, LITTLE GUY.
YAY.
>> HOME SWEET HOME.
[all chuckle]
>> SO CUTE.
>> IT'S SO CUTE.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> YOU KNOW, JUST TAKE IT EASY.
>> BYE, TYLER.
>> ALL RIGHT, WISE DECISIONS OUT
OF YOU, OKAY?
>> THANK YOU, YOU TOO.
WATCH WHO YOU TALK TO.
>> ALL RIGHT, WE'LL SEE YOU.
>> BYE.
>> ALL RIGHT, MAN.
>> ALL RIGHT, MAN. SEE YA.
SEE YA.
>> HOW'S IT GOING?
>> HOW YOU DOING, MAN?
>> NOT TOO BAD. [grunts]
>> HOW YOU DOING?
>> WHAT HAPPENED?
>> SO WE GO KNOCK ON THE DOOR.
A AFRICAN-AMERICAN GAY MAN
SHAKES MY HAND, AND I SAY,
"I'M LOOKING FOR AMANDA MILLER."
INDEED, IT WAS, UH--I'VE BEEN
TALKING TO THE GAY MAN.
>> [laughs]
>> I WAS RIGHT!
>> SO HOW FAR DID YOU GO ON THE
FIRST DATE?
>> [laughs]
>> THIS KID, HE'S, UH, HE'S HAD
A TOUGH LIFE.
HE MADE THIS FAKE PERSONA ONLINE
TO FULFILL AN EMPTINESS HE HAD.
SO, YOU KNOW, YOU GOTTA LOOK AT
IT THAT WAY TOO.
YOU COULD TELL HE GENUINELY FELT
BAD ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT HE HAD
BEEN DOING.
>> WELL, AT LEAST YOU FINALLY
KNOW.
>> NO MORE WHAT IFS.
>> NO MORE WHAT IFS.
CLOSURE.
>> TAKE WHAT LIFE GIVES YOU, AND
YOU ROLL WITH IT.
>> YOU GUYS GONNA STAY FRIENDS?
>> I DON'T KNOW.
IT'LL BE INTERESTING.
WE'LL HAVE TO SEE.
>> THANKS FOR BEING A GOOD
FRIEND TO THIS GUY.
>> ♪ I'M A BEGGAR
♪ IN THE MORNING
>> YOU READY?
ALL RIGHT, TAKE IT EASY, GUYS.
>> ALL RIGHT, SEE YOU GUYS.
>> ♪ MAY COME
♪ WITHOUT WARNING
♪ AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT
♪ MAKE IT SHINE SO PRETTY
♪ MAKE IT SHINE SO PRETTY ♪ MAKE IT SHINE SO BRIGHT
♪ MAKE IT SHINE SO BRIGHT
>> YO, BUDDY.
>> YO, TYLER.
>> WHAT'S UP, MAN?
HOW YOU DOING?
>> I'M GOOD, I'M BUSY.
SUPER BUSY.
GOT ONE MORE CLASS, AND I'M DONE
FOR THE WEEKEND, AND THEN PARTY
TIME.
>> ANY LADIES IN YOUR LIFE RIGHT
NOW?
>> NOT REALLY.
JUST MEETING A LOT OF NEW PEOPLE
REALLY.
>> MEETING ANYONE ONLINE?
>> NO.
>> [laughs]
>> CAN'T SAY THAT I HAVE.
>> ♪ I THINK I'VE COME
♪ A LONG, LONG WAY
♪ TO SIT BEFORE YOU HERE TODAY
>> ARE YOU FEELING YOU MIGHT
FIND LOVE?
>> I DO DEFINITELY THINK SO.
HERE I ACTUALLY HAVE A CHANCE TO
DO THINGS I LOVE, BE AROUND
PEOPLE THAT ARE GONNA SUPPORT
ME.
IT'S INTERESTING TO SEE,
OUTSIDE OF MICHIGAN, WHAT IT'S
LIKE WHEN PEOPLE DON'T HAVE THAT
PRE-JUDGMENT OF ME.
AND AS OF RIGHT NOW, I CAN SAY
AND AS OF RIGHT NOW, I CAN SAY I AM HAPPY.
I AM HAPPY.
>> REALLY HAPPY TO HEAR THAT
YOU'RE DOING SO WELL.
I'M EXCITED THAT YOU MADE THE
MOVE.
MOVE. I THINK THAT'S AWESOME.
I THINK THAT'S AWESOME.
>> HAVE YOU EVER BEEN THIS CLOSE
TO SOMEONE?
>> NEVER.
>> "AT THE TIME WE FIRST STARTED
CHATTING, SHE TOLD ME SHE WAS A
TRANSGENDER."
THAT IS INTERESTING.
SO THIS IS WHO SHE THINKS YOU
ARE?
>> YEAH.
>> WHOA.
KJ WANTS TO MEET YOU.
>> I'M SCARED.
>> OH, MY GOD, TELL ME ABOUT IT.
FOLLOWING YOUR LEAD, MAN.
FOLLOWING YOUR LEAD, MAN. >> [sighs]