Catfish: The TV Show (2012–…): Season 2, Episode 4 - Lauren & Derek - full transcript
Lauren met Derek on MySpace nearly 8 years ago! Since then she's relied on him for everything and knows that Derek is the man of her dreams. The only problem is, they've never met in real life or even video chatted.
>> OH, MY GOD. HOLD MY ARM.
MY HEART'S POUNDING, YOU GUYS.
TAKE A BREATH, OKAY. WHEW.
[doorbell rings]
OH, MY GOD.
OH, MY GOD.
THIS CAN'T BE REAL.
OH, MY GOD.
>> HI, I'M NEV, AND THIS IS MY
FILMMAKER BUDDY MAX.
LAST YEAR, WE TRAVELED ACROSS
THE COUNTRY FIGURING OUT
THE TRUTH BEHIND ONLINE
ROMANCES.
I'M READY TO COME MEET YOU IF
YOU THINK YOU'RE REALLY READY.
>> I'M DEFINITELY READY.
>> ALONG THE WAY, WE OPENED
DOORS TO SOME BIG SURPRISES.
>> WAIT, GUYS, GUYS, GUYS, GUYS.
>> WE MADE A FEW LOVE
CONNECTIONS...
>> FEELS AMAZING.
>> AND EVEN DID OUR FAIR SHARE
OF MENDING BROKEN HEARTS.
>> I'M SO HAPPY EVERY DAY WHEN I
WAKE UP NOW.
[sniffles]
>> SUDDENLY, THE IDEA OF
CATFISHING--HIDING WHO YOU
REALLY ARE TO HOOK SOMEONE INTO
AN ONLINE RELATIONSHIP...
>> PROBABLY A PAGEANT WINNER,
A MODEL.
>> WAS BEING TALKED ABOUT BY
A LOT OF YOU.
GOT AN EMAIL HERE.
"WHO DID I REALLY FALL IN LOVE
WITH?"
SO MAX AND I ARE HEADED BACK OUT
ON THE ROAD...
MAX, WE'VE GOT WORK TO DO.
TO INVESTIGATE STORIES THAT SEEM
TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE...
>> I AM IN DEREK'S DRIVEWAY.
>> OR TOO WILD TO MAKE UP.
>> HE WAS CARJACKED, AND HE WAS
RAN OVER BY THE CAR.
>> JESUS, MAN.
WILL HOPE BECOME LOVE...
>> OH, MY GOD.
>> OR IS LOVE IN FOR A GIANT
SHOCK?
>> [cries] I DON'T KNOW.
>> YOU CAN BE SURE THAT MAX AND
I WILL FIND OUT ALL
THE ANSWERS, BECAUSE SOMETIMES,
A LITTLE BIT OF FICTION...
>> WOW, CATFISH CURVE BALL.
>> LEADS TO A WHOLE LOT OF
REALITY.
THINGS WILL NEVER BE THE SAME.
>> [laughs]
>> ARE WE READY?
>> LET'S DO IT.
>> CATFISH THE MOVIE WAS MY
STORY.
CATFISH: THE TV SHOW IS YOURS.
>> MAX, LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU'RE
READY.
ALL RIGHT, CHECK IT OUT, MAX.
NEW EMAIL.
JUST CAME IN.
"SUBJECT: EIGHT YEARS.
IT'S NOW OR NEVER.
MY NAME IS LAUREN.
I'M 21 YEARS OLD, AND I LIVE IN
TYLER, TEXAS.
I'M WRITING YOU BECAUSE I MET
THE LOVE OF MY LIFE ONLINE EIGHT
YEARS AGO, AND HAVE YET TO MEET
HIM FACE TO FACE.
>> WAIT, EIGHT YEARS AGO?
HIS NAME IS DEREK, AND I MET HIM
RANDOMLY ON MYSPACE AND
INSTANTLY HIT IT OFF.
I WAS 14, AND DEREK WAS 16.
GOD.
FROM THE BEGINNING, I KNEW THERE
WAS SOMETHING ABOUT HIM THAT
WOULD MAKE IT HAD TO EVER LET
HIM GO.
EVEN THOUGH WE BOTH STILL FEEL
THIS WAY ABOUT EACH OTHER, WE
HAVE DATED OTHER PEOPLE THROUGH
THE YEARS.
AROUND FOUR YEARS AGO, I ENDED
UP GETTING PREGNANT.
NOW THAT I AM A SINGLE MOM, HE
IS COMPLETELY ACCEPTING OF MY
SON MASON AND TALKS ABOUT ALL
THE WAYS THAT HE WOULD CARE FOR
MASON.
THERE AREN'T A LOT OF GUYS OUT
THERE LIKE THAT.
>> * ALL MY LOVE
* IS CIRCLING THE DRAIN NOW
>> ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS, I
ASKED DEREK TO VIDEO CHAT WITH
ME.
>> UH-HUH.
>> THERE WERE ALWAYS DIFFERENT
REASONS WHY HE WASN'T ABLE TO
VIDEO CHAT.
>> OH, MY GOD.
HE'S READY TO TAKE CARE OF HER
KID, BUT HE'S NOT READY TO VIDEO
CHAT WITH HER?
>> RIGHT.
THROUGHOUT THE PAST FEW YEARS,
WE'VE BEEN THROUGH A FEW UPS AND
DOWNS.
I BECAME ENGAGED TO ANOTHER GUY,
AND DEREK DELETED ME FROM
FACEBOOK AND JUST QUIT TALKING
TO ME ALTOGETHER.
I DECIDED TO END THE ENGAGEMENT
AND REACH BACK OUT TO DEREK.
OH, MY GOD.
THIS IS INCREDIBLE.
I KNOW WITH YOUR HELP I WILL BE
ONE STEP CLOSER TO MEETING THE
LOVE OF MY LIFE.
THANK YOU BUNCHES.
HOPE TO HEAR FROM YOU SOON.
LAUREN.
>> THIS GIRL BROKE OFF HER
ENGAGEMENT BECAUSE THIS GUY THAT
WOULDN'T VIDEO CHAT WITH HER
DELETED HER FROM FACEBOOK?
>> THERE'S GOTTA BE MORE TO THIS
STORY THAT WE'RE GETTING.
>> LET'S GET HER ON VIDEO CHAT.
[phone line ringing]
>> HI!
>> both: [laughing] HI.
>> HOW ARE YOU GUYS?
>> GREAT. FIRST OF ALL, IT'S
CRAZY TO ME THAT THERE'S THIS
GUY THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, AND
YOU HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO MEET
HIM, IT'S LIKE--
>> WE CAN'T MEET UP.
AND PLANS JUST DIDN'T WORK OUT
FOR HIM.
BUT I STRONGLY BELIEVE HE IS THE
PERFECT GUY FOR ME.
I MEAN, I LOVE HIM.
I JUST--I LOVE HIM.
>> AND SO DOES YOUR FAMILY KNOW
ABOUT DEREK?
>> THEY KNOW ABOUT HIM, YES.
THEY DON'T KNOW THAT I'VE NEVER
MET DEREK.
THE FACT THAT I'VE MET HIM OR
NOT, THAT DOESN'T MATTER.
I KNOW WHAT I WANT FOR MYSELF,
FOR MY SON, AND I WANT THAT
MARRIAGE WITH MY BEST FRIEND.
BUT I CAN'T KEEP WAITING.
I DON'T WANT TO GO EIGHT MORE
YEARS.
I ALREADY HAVE THIS FABULOUS
RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM, AND NO
MATTER WHAT WE GO THROUGH, WE
ONLY GET STRONGER AS WE COME
BACK TOGETHER.
AND THAT IS WHAT--OH, THAT MAKES
ME LOVE HIM SO MUCH.
>> NOW...YOU'RE AWARE HOW CRAZY
THIS ALL SOUNDS, RIGHT?
>> [laughs] YES.
>> YOUR STORY IS...INCREDIBLE.
SO, I GUESS, OFF TO TEXAS.
>> YEAH.
>> I'M SO EXCITED, AND THANK YOU
GUYS SO MUCH FOR HELPING ME.
>> OKAY. BYE.
>> BYE.
>> WOW.
>> THIS IS ALARMING.
LOOK AT HER!
SHE'S--SHE'S AMAZING.
THERE IS SOMETHING MAJOR THAT
THIS GUY IS HIDING.
>> CAN WE JUST AGREE THAT OUR
PURPOSE IS TO HELP HER FIGURE
OUT WHO THIS GUY IS SO THAT SHE
CAN EITHER, "A," FALL HEAD OVER
HEELS IN LOVE, OR, "B," MEET
HIM FINALLY, FACE TO FACE, AND
NOT ALWAYS BE HUNG UP ON THIS
MYSTERY DEREK.
>> TRUE.
>> ALL RIGHT.
[hands smack]
>> LET'S GO TO TEXAS.
>> * GONNA SEE THAT LOVE
* WELL, I SEE IT EVERYWHERE
[both laugh]
[ding]
>> * THIS LOVE
* YOU CAN'T REPAIR *
>> HERE WE COME, TYLER, TEXAS.
WE'RE STAYING IN THE SHERLOCK
SUITE.
>> [British accent] WE'RE ON THE
CASE...HELLO?
LONG HAUL TO GET OUT HERE.
>> * YEAH
* THIS LOVE YOU CAN'T REPAIR *
>> AHH.
*
I'M JUST AFRAID THAT, LIKE,
EIGHT YEARS OF BUILT-UP
EXPECTATIONS OF TRUE LOVE IS
GONNA COME CRASHING DOWN ON HER,
AND THEN SHE'S GONNA BE LIKE,
"I CAN'T BELIEVE I BLEW OFF MY
ENGAGEMENT FOR THIS GUY WHO IS
LYING TO ME.
I BELIEVED THIS COULD WORK."
>> POINT OF NO RETURN.
[doorbell rings]
>> HI!
>> [laughing] HEY.
>> HOW'S IT GOING?
>> WHO'S THIS LITTLE GUY?
>> THIS IS MASON.
>> MASON, WHAT'S UP?
>> HEY, WHO IS IT?
QUIT LOOKING OUT THE WINDOW.
SAY HI.
>> LOOK HOW CURIOUS HE IS.
THAT'S OUR CREW.
>> HE'S LIKE, "WHAT IS GOING
ON?"
>> THESE GUYS MAKE TV SHOWS.
YOU WATCH TV?
YEAH?
THEY MAKE TV.
[laughter]
COOL, RIGHT?
THIS IS A REALLY NICE PLACE.
>> IT'S MY DAD'S HOUSE.
>> WOW.
BEFORE WE GET TO DEREK,
I JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT YOU.
ARE YOUR PARENTS DIVORCED?
>> UM, MY MOM PASSED AWAY WHEN I
JUST TURNED SIX.
AND THEN MY DAD, UM, HE WAS IN
THE NAVY, SO WE MOVED ALL THE
TIME.
>> HAS MOVING AROUND SO MUCH
LIKE MADE YOU REALLY, LIKE,
CRAVE STABILITY?
LIKE, DO YOU WANT TO JUST BE--
>> YES.
>> YEAH?
>> DEREK IS ONE PERSON THAT,
THROUGH EIGHT YEARS, UM, WAS
ALWAYS THERE, YOU KNOW?
>> LET'S JUST SORT OF REWIND.
TAKE ME BACK EIGHT YEARS AGO.
YOU'RE ONLINE.
>> I WAS 14.
SO I WAS BROWSING THROUGH
PEOPLE.
BUT I SAW DEREK, I WAS LIKE,
"OH, MY GOD, HE'S CUTE."
OF COURSE, NEXT THING I KNOW,
I'M SPENDING MANY NIGHTS, LIKE,
3:00 IN THE MORNING, JUST
TALKING TO HIM AND STUFF.
AND WE CREATED THIS LIFE.
AND SAYING, "OH, YEAH.
WE'RE GONNA GET MARRIED.
THEN HE SAID SOMETHING ABOUT
GOING ON A TRIKE RIDE
INTO THE SUNSET.
>> TRIKE?
>> A TRIKE RIDE?
[laughs] IT WAS WEIRD.
IT WAS VERY STRANGE.
WE HAVE THIS HISTORY, AND WE
ALREADY KNOW WHAT WE WANT
TOGETHER, AND THE WHOLE TIME
I WAS WITH SOMEBODY ELSE, YOU
KNOW, THERE'S DEREK.
AND I'M THINKING, "WHY CAN'T I
HAVE YOU?"
>> IN ALL OF YOUR TRAVELS OVER
THE LAST EIGHT YEARS, YOU'VE
NEVER BEEN IN MARYLAND?
>> I'VE BEEN FIVE HOURS AWAY
FROM HIS HOUSE IN MARYLAND.
>> DID YOU TRY TO MEET HIM?
>> I TOLD HIM, "HEY, IT'S 5 1/2
HOURS."
AND HE WAS LIKE, "WELL, I HAVE
ROOMMATES."
LIKE, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.
I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY'D TAKE
THAT."
>> AND HE SAID, "DON'T COME AND
MEET ME."
>> IT WAS JUST BAD TIMING.
>> BAD TIMING?
>> YOU'VE BEEN ENGAGED.
YOU'VE HAD A KID.
IT'S LIKE HE DOESN'T REALLY HAVE
MUCH MORE TIME.
>> I MEAN, AND, LIKE, OKAY,
EIGHT YEARS AGO, NOT EVERYBODY
HAD WEBCAMS AND SMARTPHONES.
>> RIGHT, BUT SEE, LIKE, I HAVE
EVEN TOLD HIM, LIKE, I WILL BUY
YOU A WEBCAM.
AND HE WAS LIKE, "NO, YOU'RE NOT
SPENDING MONEY ON ME," SO...
>> THAT'S--THAT'S BOGUS.
>> I MEAN--
>> COME ON. YOU DON'T BUY THAT,
DO YOU?
I MEAN, HOW DO YOU KNOW, AND HOW
STRONGLY DO YOU FEEL THAT, LIKE,
DEREK IS THE GUY, AND THAT YOU
DO REALLY WANT TO BE IN, LIKE,
IN A RELATIONSHIP AND MARRIED TO
HIM?
>> WHEN YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW.
THERE'S SOMETHING THAT'S ALWAYS
BEEN THERE THAT MAKES IT
IMPOSSIBLE TO JUST LET HIM GO.
SO THIS IS DEREK'S FACEBOOK.
>> OKAY.
>> HE LIVES IN MARYLAND.
HE SAYS, UM, "YOU ARE MY PERFECT
MATCH, AND YOU ARE THE PERFECT
GIRL FOR ME, THEREFORE, YOU ARE
PERFECT."
I MEAN, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT
GETTING MARRIED AND STUFF.
AND WE TALK ABOUT FUTURE STUFF.
>> "FEEL LIKE EVEN WITH THE
RESPONSIBILITY OF PUTTING MASON
BEFORE BOTH OF US, IT'D BE
100% WORTH IT."
>> WOW, YOU GUYS ARE LAYING IT
ON THICK.
>> YEAH.
>> WOW, SO THESE ARE ALL JUST
SCREEN GRABS OF CONVERSATIONS
YOU HAD WITH HIM?
>> YEAH!
>> THAT YOU JUST LIKE TO KEEP
AND LOOK THROUGH?
>> YEAH, I HAVE AN ALBUM.
>> YOU GOT A DEREK ALBUM.
THAT'S THE REAL DEAL.
>> JUST BE REALISTIC.
THERE'S SOMETHING HE'S HIDING.
I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS
AND IF IT'S GONNA BE A
DEAL BREAKER FOR YOU.
>> AND YOU HAVE TO BE PREPARED
TO DEAL WITH THE CONSEQUENCES.
>> NOW THAT YOU GUYS ARE LAYING
IT OUT ON ME, I DON'T KNOW.
EVEN THOUGH THE TRUTH MAY HURT,
THAT'S STUFF THAT I NEED TO
KNOW, 'CAUSE INSTEAD OF PLANNING
THIS AWESOME FUTURE WITH
SOMEBODY, UM, THAT COULD BE
HAVING SECRETS AND STUFF LIKE
THAT, I MEAN...IT'S A WASTE
OF MY TIME.
>> WE'RE HERE TO HELP YOU.
AND, OBVIOUSLY, THE GOAL IS
INTRODUCE YOU FACE TO FACE TO
DEREK, AND YOU HAVE TO BE
PREPARED TO...
>> TO TAKE IT.
>> OKAY.
>> WE'LL LET YOU KNOW WHAT WE
FIND.
>> LET'S GET OUT OF HERE.
>> THERE SHOULD BE NOTHING
HOLDING THIS GUY BACK FROM GOING
TO VISIT HER--NOTHING.
>> THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG, IF
THIS GUY HAS BEEN RESISTING FOR
THIS LONG, OR AVOIDING IT.
LIKE, WHAT IS HE HIDING?
>> WHAT IS HE HIDING?
>> YOU KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS?
>> INVESTIGATION TIME?
>> YEAH, TIME TO TURN UP THE
HEAT ON THIS DEREK CHARACTER.
YOU WANNA BRING THAT WITH US?
>> THE WHOLE THING?
>> YEAH.
>> REALLY?
>> YEAH, BRING IT.
I'LL BRING MY LAPTOP.
YOU BRING THE BREAKFAST.
YOU READY?
>> YES.
>> OKAY.
>> DEREK AND LAUREN.
HERE'S WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW.
NUMBER ONE, IS DEREK THE GUY
FROM THE PICTURES?
NUMBER TWO, IF HE ISN'T WHO HE
SAYS HE IS...
>> WHO IS HE?
>> THE THIRD QUESTION IS,
WHAT IS HE HIDING?
>> RIGHT.
>> SO SHOULD WE PROCEED?
>> PERHAPS, YEAH.
>> GO TO HIS FACEBOOK PAGE.
I WANT TO GET A LITTLE SENSE OF
WHO IS HE.
>> GOOD, KEEP ON GOING DOWN THE
PAGE.
>> "I SHOULDN'T BE ALLOWED TO
HAVE MONEY.
I BOUGHT A $39 BIRDBATH.
AND, GRANTED, IT WAS DROPPED
FROM A $200 ORIGINAL PRICE."
SO MONEY'S OBVIOUSLY AN ISSUE.
BUT HE HAD ENOUGH MONEY TO BUY
A BIRDBATH FOR 40 BUCKS.
>> THAT'S TRUE, AND 40 BUCKS CAN
BUY YOU A WEBCAM.
>> WHY WOULD YOU BUY A BIRDBATH
INSTEAD OF A WEBCAM?
GO TO HIS PICTURES.
>> WE SHOULD JUST DO AN IMAGE
SEARCH--THIS IS CRAZY.
>> YEAH.
>> PULLING PHOTOS, PROFILE
PICTURES OF DEREK, SO THAT WE
CAN REVERSE IMAGE SEARCH THEM.
SEE IF ANYTHING COMES UP.
ALL RIGHT, MOMENT OF TRUTH.
AND...WHAT DO WE GOT?
NOTHING.
>> NOTHING.
>> ALL RIGHT, NEXT ONE. NOTHING.
>> NOTHING.
>> IF IT ISN'T DEREK...
>> THEY'RE FINDING PHOTOS OF HIM
THAT ARE HARD TO FIND.
>> LET'S LOOK AT DEREK'S
FRIENDS.
YEAH, OKAY, THE FRIENDS...
CLASS OF 2007.
BOTH FROM MARYLAND.
>> SO THAT'S GOOD, THAT'S A GOOD
SIGN.
>> YEAH, THEY'RE ALMOST THE SAME
AGE.
>> IF YOU GET ONE OR TWO FRIENDS
THAT WENT TO HIS HIGH SCHOOL,
MAYBE IT WOULD BE FAKE.
BUT, LIKE, IT SEEMS LIKE
EVERYONE HERE IS FROM MARYLAND
OR WENT TO HIS HIGH SCHOOL.
ALL THESE PEOPLE CAN'T BE FAKE.
THAT'S GREAT NEWS, MAX.
THIS GUY--
>> DON'T GET TOO EXCITED.
>> COME ON, I'M JUST SAYING.
WE FOUND A SOLID PIECE OF
EVIDENCE THAT HE IS WHO HE SAYS
HE IS.
>> WHY HASN'T HE GONE TO MEET
HER?
>> MAYBE THE FACT THAT SHE NOW
HAS A SON FREAKS HIM OUT.
AND HE DOESN'T KNOW THAT HE
WANTS THAT YET.
>> DOESN'T EXPLAIN THE VIDEO
CHAT.
>> TRUE.
HOLD ON A SECOND.
LET'S JUST SEARCH THIS PHONE
NUMBER.
COPY-PASTING HIS PHONE NUMBER.
BOOM! YOU READY FOR THIS, MAX?
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> HERE WE GO.
>> AND THE WINNER IS...
LEVOURNE.
>> GOD, THAT'S WEIRD.
LET'S JUST SEARCH THIS GUY.
WHOA.
>> THAT'S HIM.
THAT'S A PRETTY BIG PHYSICAL
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PERSON
SHE THINKS SHE'S TALKING TO.
>> WELL, HE'S MARRIED.
>> OH, WAIT, OKAY.
>> UH-OH.
>> HE'S ON A MOTORCYCLE.
>> IS IT A TRIKE OR A
MOTORCYCLE?
THAT COULD BE A TRIKE.
>> OH, MY GOD.
>> WOW. THAT'S A TRIKE.
I'M 90% SURE.
OKAY, HOLD ON--LET'S JUST SEE
WHAT ELSE COMES UP.
>> LOOKS LIKE HE HAS KIDS.
OR NIECES OR NEPHEWS.
>> SO IF THIS IS OUR GUY...
>> HE SEEMS TO BE A HAPPY FAMILY
MAN.
THAT'S A REASON TO LIE.
>> NOT ONLY IS HE A COMPLETELY
DIFFERENT PERSON, BUT HE'S ALSO
GOT A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT LIFE.
>> THE TRIKE THING IS ALARMING.
>> LET'S JUST FIGURE OUT WHAT
WE'VE GOT HERE.
WE'VE GOT A LOT OF EVIDENCE THAT
SUPPORTS HIS STORY.
THE ONLY THING THAT'S REALLY
WEIRD IS THAT HIS PHONE NUMBER
BELONGS TO A LEVOURNE.
>> OR IT COULD BE THAT LEVOURNE
FOUND DEREK, MAYBE BACK ON
MYSPACE, AND HE STARTED A
PROFILE FOR HIM.
HE'S JUST BEEN, LIKE, LIVING A
TOTALLY SEPARATE, DOUBLE LIFE.
>> THAT'S POSSIBLE.
>> WHY DOESN'T HIS PHONE NUMBER
CONNECT TO HIM?
>> IS DEREK THE GUY FROM THE
PICTURE? WHAT IS UP?
>> THERE HAS TO--THERE HAS TO BE
SOME HUGE SECRET.
>> * THIS ONE WICKED ROAD
* YOU'RE GONNA MAKE IT RIGHT *
>> * WE ARE HEADING OVER TO A
PLAYGROUND TO MEET UP WITH
LAUREN.
>> AND I JUST HOPE THAT SHE CAN
GET OVER THE FACT THAT SOMEONE
WHO SHE BELIEVES THAT SHE'S
CLOSER TO THAN ANYONE ELSE IN
THE WORLD COULD HAVE BEEN LYING
TO HER FOR EIGHT YEARS.
[upbeat music]
*
>> HEY-O!
>> RYAN.
>> HEY, RYAN.
>> NICE TO MEET YOU.
>> GOOD TO MEET YOU.
>> HEY, RYAN.
>> IT'S NICE TO MEET YOU.
>> HOW YOU DOING?
>> GOOD. HOW ARE YOU?
I'M GOING TO THE SWINGS.
COME ON.
>> FAR OUT, LET'S GO SWING.
>> MASON CAM.
>> [grunts]
>> SO HOW LONG HAVE YOU GUYS
BEEN FRIENDS?
>> SINCE SHE WAS ABOUT 11.
>> IN CHURCH.
>> MY DAD USED TO BE HER SUNDAY
SCHOOL TEACHER.
>> OH, NICE.
>> YEAH.
THIS GUY, DEREK, WHAT DO YOU
KNOW ABOUT HIM?
>> HE SEEMED LIKE A GOOD GUY.
IT'S JUST, IF I HAD SOMEONE THAT
I REALLY CARED ABOUT FOR, I
WOULD DO EVERYTHING I CAN
POSSIBLY DO TO GET HERE.
>> THE VIDEO CHAT THING, YOU
KNOW, WHAT'S YOUR THEORY ON WHY
HE WON'T MEET HER?
>> I REALLY DON'T UNDERSTAND.
'CAUSE IF I WAS TALKING TO
SOMEONE FOR EIGHT YEARS, I WOULD
WANT TO TALK TO THEM.
>> RIGHT.
>> SHE ALSO HAS TO UNDERSTAND,
IT'S NOT JUST HER GOING IN THERE
WITH HIM--IT'S MASON ALSO.
>> RIGHT.
>> SO I TOLD HER, I SAYS, I WANT
YOU TO GO IN AND JUST BE KIND OF
GUARDED, 'CAUSE IF SHE GETS
HURT, SHE'S GONNA COME BACK HERE
AND SHE'S GONNA BE DEVASTATED.
>> WHEE!
>> WHEE!
>> YESTERDAY, MAX AND I, WE
FOUND SOME STUFF, SO...
>> OH, MY GOD, MY HEART'S
POUNDING.
>> WE WERE...LOOKING AT HIS
FACEBOOK PAGE.
WE CLICKED ON HIS FRIENDS AND
LOOKED THROUGH HIS FRIENDS.
A LOT OF THEM ARE FROM MARYLAND,
WHICH IS A GOOD SIGN.
AND THEY ALL SEEM TO HAVE
LEGITIMATE PROFILES WITH PHOTOS.
>> SO WE RAN A BUNCH OF HIS
IMAGES, AND NONE OF THEM CAME
UP AS BEING LISTED ANYWHERE ELSE
ON THE WEB.
>> REALLY?
>> SO, AT THIS POINT, ALL SIGNS
ARE POINTING TO...HIM BEING
LEGIT.
>> OH, MAN.
>> THERE IS ONE THING, WHICH
DEFINITELY SORT OF HAD US
RAISING OUR EYEBROW, OKAY?
WE RAN HIS PHONE NUMBER.
APPARENTLY, THIS NUMBER IS
REGISTERED TO A GUY NAMED
LEVOURNE.
>> HE'S HAD THAT NUMBER FOR AS
LONG AS I'VE KNOWN HIM,
FOR EIGHT YEARS.
>> REALLY?
>> HIS NUMBER'S NEVER CHANGED?
>> IT'S NEVER CHANGED.
>> OKAY.
>> OKAY, THAT'S STRANGE.
>> SO THIS IS LEVOURNE.
>> IT'S LIKE, WHAT'S YOUR JUST
KIND OF GUT INSTINCT?
>> UM...HE'S NOT GONNA BE
LEVOURNE.
UM, IT'S DEREK.
I KNOW--I KNOW THAT FACE,
AND I KNOW THAT VOICE IS DEREK.
I MEAN...WHEN I LOOK AT DEREK,
THAT'S MY FUTURE, YOU KNOW?
I'VE BEEN TALKING TO THIS GUY,
UM, MAKING FUTURE PLANS WITH
HIM.
>> WHETHER IT'S HIM OR NOT,
LIKE, WHOEVER THIS PERSON IS,
THEY'VE BEEN...
>> THERE'S SOMETHING THAT
THEY'RE HIDING FROM YOU.
>> RIGHT.
>> HE SAYS HE'S IN LOVE WITH
YOU, HE SAYS HE WANTS TO SPEND
THE REST OF HIS LIFE--
>> MAYBE HE DOES LOVE ME.
MAYBE HE DOES WANT TO BE WITH
ME, BUT MAYBE HE'S NOT READY
FOR--
>> SO THEN, IS HE JUST LEADING
YOU ON?
>> I DON'T THINK SO.
>> SO YOU STILL--YOU'RE PRETTY--
>> I'M HOPEFUL.
YOU KNOW, I CAN'T SAY 100% FACT,
"YEAH, IT'S HIM," BUT I'M
HOPEFUL THAT IT IS HIM.
>> TIME TO CALL DEREK OUT.
>> WELL, ALL RIGHT, STRATEGY
FOR DEREK...
>> I THINK YOU'VE GOT TO USE--
HIS WINDOW IS CLOSING, AND HE'S
HAD MORE THAN ENOUGH TIME TO
TAKE ACTION.
>> YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET ANOTHER
CHANCE.
>> OTHERWISE, YOU'RE WASTING HER
TIME.
>> OKAY, HERE, I GOT HIS NUMBER.
>> YOU READY?
>> YEAH.
>> YOU INTO PHONE CALL MODE?
[phone line ringing]
>> MY NAME IS NEV.
UM, I HAVE A SHOW CALLED
CATFISH.
YOUR FRIEND LAUREN GOT IN TOUCH
WITH ME BECAUSE SHE, AS YOU
KNOW, IS IN LOVE WITH YOU.
SO I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO
HELP YOU GUYS FINALLY MEET FACE
TO FACE FOR THE FIRST TIME.
I REALLY HAVE A HARD TIME
UNDERSTANDING WHY YOU CAN'T FIND
A COUPLE DAYS, A LONG WEEKEND.
RIGHT NOW, THERE'S AN
OPPORTUNITY.
TO...WAIT MIGHT MEAN WAITING
TOO LONG.
SHE CAN'T WAIT ANYMORE.
THIS IS YOUR CHANCE.
>> OH.
>> THIS IS MAX. I MEAN, WE DON'T
WANT TO TWIST YOUR ARM HERE.
BUT IT--
>> AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, AND LIKE
MAX SAID, THIS IS REALLY
AWESOME, I MEAN--
ALL RIGHT, WELL, I'M GLAD TO
HEAR IT.
ALL RIGHT, MAN. LATER.
>> BYE.
>> I DON'T--I--
I DON'T MEAN TO RAIN ON THE
PARADE HERE, I JUST, LIKE--
SOMETHING WAS JUST A LITTLE OFF
ABOUT HIS RESPONSE.
>> IT'S STILL HARD TO UNDERSTAND
WHY HE'S BEEN SO KIND OF CASUAL.
>> I DON'T KNOW, IF I WERE HIM,
I WOULD BE LIKE, "YOU'RE RIGHT.
IT'S TIME TO RIP OFF THE BAND
AID--LET'S DO IT."
BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT HE SAID.
>> AND THAT'S STILL A CONCERN.
I THINK WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO
SAY THAT TO HER.
JUST CONSIDER THAT, LIKE, THIS
GUY'S A LOT OF TALK.
AND NOT A LOT OF SHOW.
>> RIGHT.
>> HEY-YO.
>> HELLO.
>> OKAY...
I CALLED DEREK.
EXPLAINED EVERYTHING.
>> YEAH.
HE'S...READY TO MEET YOU.
>> OH, MY GOD.
[laughing] OH, MY GOD.
OH, MY GOD!
OH, MY GOD, I'M SO SORRY.
AGH! IT'S JUST BEEN EIGHT YEARS.
>> WHAT ARE YOU SORRY ABOUT?
COME ON, THIS IS, LIKE, CRAZY.
>> I'M LIKE, EMOTIONAL.
EXCITED, BUT I'M NERVOUS.
>> I KNOW, WE'RE ALL KIND OF
NERVOUS, 'CAUSE THERE'S STILL
THIS WEIRD, LIKE...
>> SOMETHING WAS JUST A LITTLE
OFF ABOUT HIS RESPONSE.
THERE'S SOME REASON WHY HE
HASN'T AGREED TO MEET YOU TILL
NOW.
AND MAYBE, ONCE WE SEE HIM IN
PERSON, IT MIGHT BE VERY CLEAR
WHY HE DIDN'T WANT TO MEET YOU.
>> I MEAN, THE LEVOURNE THING IS
LIKE THE ONLY HICCUP.
THAT WAS THE ONLY THING THAT WAS
STILL KIND OF LIKE A WEIRD THING
FOR ME.
>> WELL, LET'S JUST WAIT TILL WE
GET THAT RIGHT.
>> PROBABLY GONNA WANNA TELL
YOUR DAD.
>> YEAH. THEY SHOULD BE HOME
SOON, SO DO YOU GUYS WANT TO
HELP ME TELL THEM?
>> ARE YOU NERVOUS?
WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID--
>> YES, I'M NERVOUS!
>> AFRAID HE'LL SAY?
>> I DON'T KNOW.
IT COULD GO GOOD, OR IT COULD GO
BAD.
>> OH, BOY.
>> [laughs]
>> I'M MAX.
>> JEFF.
>> NICE TO MEET YOU.
>> MELINDA. NICE TO MEET YOU.
>> IT'S A PLEASURE.
>> HELLO.
>> MAX AND NEV.
>> YEAH.
>> THE INFAMOUS TWO.
>> YEAH, RIGHT? UH--
>> WHAT'S GOING ON?
>> YOU WANT TO COME SIT DOWN,
AND WE CAN TALK? COME SIT--
>> YEAH, LET'S ALL SIT AROUND
THE TABLE AND--AND SIT DOWN A
MINUTE.
>> OKAY, SO WHO ARE YOU AGAIN?
>> WE ARE THE SORT OF COHOSTS OF
THIS SHOW.
>> WE HELP PEOPLE WHO HAVE
BASICALLY FALLEN IN LOVE OVER
THE INTERNET WITH SOMEONE THEY
HAVEN'T MET.
>> UH, THIS IS NEWS TO ME.
>> WHEN I WAS 14, YOU GUYS
REMEMBER, I CAME ACROSS DEREK.
WELL, EIGHT YEARS LATER, NO
MATTER WHAT I'VE GONE THROUGH,
DEREK HAS ALWAYS BEEN THERE.
AND MY RELATIONSHIPS HAVE FAILED
BECAUSE I HONESTLY BELIEVE
THAT DEREK IS SUPPOSED TO BE
IN MY LIFE NOW, AND, YES, I DO
BELIEVE THAT.
>> I HAVE SO MUCH GOING THROUGH
MY HEAD.
>> IT BLOWS MY MIND HOW YOU
THINK THAT SOMEBODY CAN BE THERE
FOR YOU OVER THE PHONE.
>> THEY CAN. THEY CAN.
AND HE HAS BEEN.
>> IF THIS PERSON WAS REALLY ON
THE UP AND UP, WHY CAN'T HE
COME HERE ON, YOU KNOW,
A COUPLE OF DAYS.
OR WHY CAN'T HE BUY A WEBCAM?
YOU DON'T KNOW IF THIS GUY IS
REALLY MARRIED OR NOT, OR WHAT
HIS, YOU KNOW, CRIMINAL HISTORY
IS.
YOU JUST NEED TO BE GUARDED.
THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING.
>> MY BIGGEST THING IS YOU HAVE
A HEART THIS BIG.
THAT'S WHAT I'M WORRIED ABOUT.
PEOPLE...
>> TAKE ADVANTAGE OF PEOPLE...
>> TAKE ADVANTAGE OF YOU.
>> WITH A HUGE HEART.
>> YEAH.
>> YOU KNOW WHAT HE'S TOLD YOU,
BUT YOU DON'T KNOW FOR SURE,
100%--
>> OKAY, SO LET ME ASK YOU THIS:
WHAT IF, WHEN I GET THERE,
THINGS ARE WHAT THEY SEEM TO BE?
>> THEN THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
I'M GLAD THAT Y'ALL ARE FRIENDS.
'CAUSE I THINK YOU CAN BUILD A
RELATIONSHIP BETTER ON THAT.
'CAUSE I'VE LEARNED THAT WITH
HER.
>> OHH.
>> DAD, DON'T CRY.
WHY ARE YOU CRYING?
>> HE WORRIES ABOUT YOU A LOT.
>> WHY ARE YOU WORRIED?
>> IT'S WHAT I'M SUPPOSED TO DO.
THE ONLY REASON WHY I JUST GOT
EMOTIONAL, YOU PROBABLY KNOW--
>> MOM?
>> SHE WAS MY BEST FRIEND.
>> MM-HMM.
>> BUT YOUR MOTHER WAS MINE TOO.
>> MM-HMM.
>> [crying] I GET TO LOVE MY
BEST FRIEND.
>> I KNOW, IT'S JUST YOUR MOM'S
NOT GONNA BE HERE.
>> YES, SHE IS, DAD.
>> I KNOW.
>> THEY JUST GOTTA KNOW,
YOU KNOW?
>> YEAH.
>> WHO'S GOING WITH WHO?
>> THESE GUYS, UM, RYAN.
I WAS GONNA ASK IF IT'S OKAY IF
HE GOES.
HE COULD HELP WITH MASON.
LIKE, WHEN I GO TO MEET DEREK,
AND HE COULD KIND OF--
>> SURE.
>> IF THAT MAKES YOU FEEL
BETTER, SAFER, MORE COMFORTABLE,
SURE.
>> WELL...PACK SOME BAGS.
>> YEAH.
>> [laughs]
>> JUST PLAYIN'.
TAKE GOOD CARE OF HER.
>> [kiss] YOU'RE STILL MY BABY.
>> I KNOW, DAD. I LOVE YOU.
[doorbell rings]
>> HO!
BAM.
>> WHO'S READY TO GO TO
MARYLAND?
>> HOW YOU DOING, MAN?
READY FOR TODAY'S VOYAGE?
>> YEAH, FIRST TIME ON AN
AIRPLANE--IT'S GONNA BE
EXCITING.
>> ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY READY?
>> AIRPLANE.
>> ALL RIGHT...
>> AIRPLANE.
>> LET'S DO IT!
[all cheer]
>> * GET ON YOUR KNEES
* AND I THOUGHT
* YOU CAN LEAVE IT ALL
* IN YOUR MIND
* IT'S ALL IN YOUR MIND *
>> IT'S SO WEIRD.
LIKE, I'M LITERALLY ABOUT TO GET
ON AN AIRPLANE TO GO TO
MARYLAND.
AFTER EIGHT YEARS.
I'M SCARED.
>> YOU'RE SCARED HOW?
>> 'CAUSE I DON'T WANT TO LOSE
THIS PERSON.
>> OH, WOW! WOW, WOW, WOW!
>> WHOA, LOOK, LOOK, LOOK, LOOK,
LOOK, LOOK!
>> OH, MY GOSH!
*
[indistinct chatter]
>> IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN
MARYLAND.
[door alarm pinging]
>> OKAY, IN LESS THAN 10 MINUTES
NOW.
LET'S JUST KEEP OUR GUARD UP.
REMINDING OURSELVES OF THE
THINGS WE DON'T KNOW.
>> RIGHT?
>> I JUST THINK THERE'S STILL A
FEW QUESTIONS HERE THAT NEED TO
BE ANSWERED.
COULD IT BE THAT HE IS THIS
OTHER GUY, LEVOURNE?
IF HE HAS A GIRL LIKE YOU,
WHAT'S TAKING HIM SO LONG?
>> YOU'RE MAKING ME FEEL LIKE
[bleep].
>> WHO?
>> YEAH, Y'ALL ARE TRYING TO
MAKE ME FEEL LIKE [bleep].
>> WHAT?
>> I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING.
>> YOU GUYS ARE MAKING ME FEEL
LIKE [bleep] BEFORE I MEET HIM.
>> NO, NO, NO, NO.
>> YEAH, I FEEL LIKE I'M BEING
INTERROGATED.
>> NO, NO, NO, WHAT MAX IS
SAYING IS YOU--YOU'RE CLEARLY
THE KIND OF PERSON WHO KNOWS--
>> YEAH, BUT THOSE ARE ANSWERS
THAT I DON'T KNOW.
I'M SITTING HERE SAYING I DON'T
KNOW--IT'S JUST BAD TIMING,
APPARENTLY.
BUT, YOU GUYS, IT'S NOT ALWAYS
BULL-[bleep].
>> THE WHOLE THING KIND OF
STRANGELY GOT TWISTED INTO A
WEIRD PLACE.
THAT'S NOT AT ALL WHAT WE WERE
TRYING TO DO.
>> WE JUST HAVE TO PREPARE YOU.
AND IF ALL WE DO IS PUMP YOU UP
AND SAY, "THIS IS GONNA BE
PERFECT, YOU GUYS ARE GONNA...
GET MARRIED, AND IT'S GONNA BE
AMAZING," AND, LIKE, SOMETHING
IS WRONG OR SOMETHING DOESN'T
WORK OUT, THEN WE'RE [bleep].
>> Y'ALL DO THIS ALL THE TIME
FOR PEOPLE, BUT TO ME, IT'S NEW.
I MEAN, I DON'T DO THIS.
LIKE, UH, LIKE, IT'S GONNA MAKE
ME CRY.
I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO BE CRYING
RIGHT NOW.
BUT, LIKE, THIS IS SO NEW.
>> THIS IS NOT A SHOW FOR YOU.
THIS IS YOUR LIFE.
>> YEAH.
OH, MY GOD.
>> IT'S GOOD TO REMIND US THAT
THIS IS VERY REAL AND THAT YOU--
YOUR FEELINGS ARE VERY
VULNERABLE RIGHT NOW.
>> THANK YOU, GUYS.
>> IT'S A LITTLE EARLY...
>> YEAH.
>> FOR WATERWORKS.
>> [laughs]
>> DO WE HAVE ANY TISSUES?
WIPES?
ONCE I PULL UP TO THAT DRIVEWAY,
WE'RE THERE.
>> OH, MY GOD.
>> YOU CAN DO IT.
>> OH, MY GOD.
I AM IN DEREK'S DRIVEWAY.
OH, MAN.
>> TAKE A DEEP BREATH.
>> [inhales deeply]
COME ON, DEEP BREATH.
BIG BREATH.
ALL RIGHT.
>> I'M READY.
>> AFTER YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT. OH, MY GOD.
DO I KNOCK?
>> YEAH, YOU SHOULD KNOCK.
>> IS HE GONNA JUST COME OUT
OR--
>> LET'S CHECK IT OUT.
>> I AM FREAKING OUT.
>> WE'LL TAKE A STEP BACK AND
WE'LL...LET HIM COME--
>> HE CAN SEE ME ALREADY,
AND I CAN'T SEE HIM.
OH, MY GOD, I CAN'T DO IT.
HOLD ON.
I'M SO NERVOUS.
MY HEART'S POUNDING, YOU GUYS.
TAKE A BREATH, OKAY.
WHEW. WHEW.
[doorbell rings]
OH, MY GOD.
I DON'T WANNA LOOK AT HIM.
I DON'T WANNA LOOK AT HIM.
I'M SO NERVOUS, I CAN'T DO IT.
IT'S REALLY DEREK.
IT'S REALLY GONNA BE DEREK.
OH, MY GOD, IT'S REALLY GONNA BE
DEREK.
DEREK, COME ON.
OH, MY GOD.
I CAN'T TURN AROUND.
OH, MY GOD.
I CAN'T TURN AROUND.
OHH, MY GOD!
>> GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> [sobbing] OH...
>> YOU'RE SHAKING SO MUCH.
>> I COULDN'T EVEN TURN AROUND.
I LIKE--ARE--ARE YOU REAL?
>> I'M REAL.
>> OH, MY GOD!
OH, MY GOD, YOU'RE A LIFEFORM.
>> THIS IS CRAZY.
>> OH, MY GOD.
QUIT SHAKING. QUIT SHAKING.
>> I CAN'T.
>> QUIT SHAKING.
>> IT'S EIGHT YEARS OF SHAKING
DONE RIGHT THERE.
OOH.
>> I NEED TO SEE IF THIS GUY'S
REAL.
NICE TO SEE YOU.
>> [laughing]
>> THANK YOU FOR BRINGING HER
TO ME.
>> I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS.
>> I CAN'T STOP SHAKING.
>> YOU LOOK SO GREAT.
>> IT'S JUST WEIRD ACTUALLY
TOUCHING YOU.
>> I KNOW.
>> I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT TO
SAY, LIKE...
>> THANK YOU FOR BEING YOU.
>> I TOLD HER.
SHE DIDN'T BELIEVE ME.
>> WE'LL GET TO ALL THAT.
LET'S--LET'S SIT DOWN.
LOTS TO TALK ABOUT.
>> OH, MY GOD.
>> I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY.
[laughter]
THIS IS JUST SO NUTS.
>> BELIEVE ME, EVERYBODY FEELS
THE, UH, STRANGENESS.
>> I'M LIKE SWEATING AND SHAKING
AND I'M NEV--I DON'T REALLY GET
NERVOUS VERY EASILY.
>> I'M VERY GLAD YOU AREN'T...
>> AND I'M SO GLAD YOU'RE HERE.
>> LEVOURNE.
>> HMM?
[laughter]
>> WELL...
>> WE LOOKED UP YOUR PHONE
NUMBER.
>> YOUR PHONE IS ACTUALLY
REGISTERED TO...
>> OH, REALLY?
>> THIS GUY, LEVOURNE.
>> IT'S SO STRANGE.
>> IT IS VERY STRANGE.
>> OKAY, I GOTTA ASK THIS.
SO EVERYTHING SAID OVER THE
YEARS AND TO US IS ALL...
>> IT'S TRUE.
>> I MEAN, 'CAUSE, FROM THE
OUTSIDE, WHEN SHE TOLD US THE
STORY AND SHOWED US YOUR
PROFILE, IT WAS REALLY EASY FOR
US TO ASSUME LIKE, "OH, THIS GUY
IS HIDING SOMETHING.
HE'S NOT WHO HE SAYS HE IS."
>> MM-HMM. YEAH, I'VE ALWAYS
BEEN HONEST WITH HER.
I BELIEVE YOU CAN'T START OR DO
ANYTHING IN A RELATIONSHIP OR A
FRIENDSHIP UNLESS IT'S BUILT OFF
TRUST, SO...
I LOVE YOU, AND I WOULD NEVER
DO ANYTHING TO HURT YOU.
>> I KNOW.
>> ESPECIALLY LIE TO YOU.
>> YOU HAVEN'T.
>> CONSIDERING THAT YOU GUYS
HAVE KNOWN EACH OTHER AS LONG AS
YOU HAVE...
>> MM-HMM.
>> YOU'VE WATCHED HER COME VERY
CLOSE TO BEING IN OTHER SERIOUS
RELATIONSHIPS.
I'M SURE THAT MUST HAVE
BEEN TOUGH FOR YOU.
>> YEAH. I GUESS WHEN YOU--
YOU'RE TALKING TO SOMEONE YOU
SEE AS, LIKE, THE PERFECT PERSON
FOR YOU, YOU WANT EVERY ASPECT
OF YOUR LIFE TO BE PERFECT
TO ACCOMMODATE IT.
SO I THINK I ALWAYS JUST KIND OF
SECOND GUESSED MYSELF, AND
MEETING HER, WHERE I'M LIKE,
"I'M NOT READY FOR THIS.
LIKE, I GOTTA GET SOME MORE
STUFF TAKEN CARE OF AND..."
MONEY WAS ALWAYS AN ISSUE TOO.
I ENDED GOING OUT, GETTING A NEW
JOB.
LIKE, EVERYTHING'S GOING VERY
WELL.
IT'S ALL STEPS TOWARDS MEETING
LAUREN.
>> RIGHT, SO THEN I GUESS THE
BIG QUESTION FOR US IS LIKE, OF
ALL THE STEPS TO TAKE, THE
EASIEST IS A VIDEO CHAT.
>> MM-HMM.
>> AND SO I JUST WONDER IF YOU
WERE AWARE OF THE FACT THAT,
LIKE, THAT WAS A REAL CONCERN
FOR HER.
>> I HAD NO IDEA SHE HAD ANY
DOUBTS ABOUT IT.
YOU KNOW?
>> I MEAN, I--YEAH, I FEEL LIKE
WE WERE HOPING FOR A BETTER
EXPLANATION FOR--
>> YEAH, NO, I'M SORRY.
IT'S JUST--
>> IT'S NOT--NOT, IT'S--
>> IT WAS NEVER REALLY LIKE
SOMETHING THAT I WAS LIKE TRYING
TO PUT OFF, YOU KNOW WHAT I
MEAN?
IT'S JUST I THINK I WAS KIND OF
SCARED TO MEET HER.
>> WHAT ABOUT WHEN LAUREN, SHE
SAID SHE COULD VISIT YOU.
>> I WAS FIVE HOURS AWAY.
>> I MEAN, I THINK I WAS JUST
REALLY SCARED AT THAT POINT.
IT WAS JUST SUCH AN INTIMIDATING
THOUGHT.
IT'S LIKE MEETING YOUR DREAM
GIRL.
WHEN YOU'RE IN THAT SCENARIO,
YOU WANT TO SO BAD, BUT YOU'RE
JUST SO AFRAID.
>> TO HAVE A GIRL WHERE SHE HAD
A CHILD, LIKE, DIDN'T YOU FEEL
LIKE, "OH, MAN."
>> YEAH, THAT ALSO INTIMIDATED
ME EVEN MORE.
THAT'S ONE OF MY BIGGEST FEARS,
IS IF MASON DOESN'T LIKE ME.
I'M SO NERVOUS ABOUT THAT, SO...
I'M JUST GLAD YOU'RE HERE.
>> ME TOO.
>> I CAN'T EVEN DESCRIBE IT.
IT'S INSANE.
IT'S LIKE TALKING TO SOMEONE
AND KNOWING SOMEONE FOR SO LONG
AND JUST LIKE ACTUALLY BEING
ABLE TO HOLD THEM WHEN YOU
HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO FOR, LIKE,
EIGHT YEARS.
IT'S RIDICULOUS, LIKE, I DON'T
WANT TO LET GO OF HER.
IT'S PRETTY AWESOME.
>> LAUREN, I'M SO SORRY...
THAT WE EVER DOUBTED YOU.
>> [laughing]
>> WELL, WHAT--WHAT DO YOU WANT
TO DO?
>> WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO?
>> YOU WANT TO GO ON A DATE?
>> I DO.
>> WELL, THEN, YOU KNOW, WE
DON'T WANT TO TAKE UP ANY MORE
OF YOUR TIME.
>> LET'S DO IT.
>> ARE YOU READY?
>> I'M READY.
>> HAVE FUN, KIDS. SEE--
>> YEAH.
>> [laughing]
>> ALL RIGHTY.
>> I FEEL LIKE I'M, LIKE, 15,
GOING ON MY FIRST DATE.
>> [mocking her accent] ON YOUR
FIRST DATE?
>> BYE, GUYS.
>> AMAZING.
>> AMAZING.
>> A-MAZING.
>> OOH!
OH, LOOK AT THEM.
>> IT'S SO WEIRD THAT I'M HERE.
>> GET THIS BUG OFF.
>> I DIDN'T KNOW THAT I'D BE
SITTING UNDER A TREE WITH YOU.
>> EIGHT YEARS AGO?
>> WELL, YEAH.
>> THE FIRST DAY YOU MESSAGED
ME?
>> YEAH, OF COURSE.
I WAS 14.
HERE I AM, ALMOST 22.
I'VE GONE THROUGH A FAILED
ENGAGEMENT.
I'VE GONE THROUGH HAVING A KID
AND ALMOST HAVING A LIFE WITH
SOMEBODY.
BUT I'VE GROWN WITH YOU,
AND I WANT TO KEEP GROWING WITH
YOU.
>> * OH, MY LOVE
* LOVE IS BEGINNING
* WE HAVE FOUND
* SOMETHING WORTH LIVING FOR
* I'VE GOT MY HEAD *
* IN THE CLOUDS
>> I'M ACTUALLY KISSING YOU.
>> I KNOW.
>> AND SMELLING YOU.
>> I LOVE YOU.
>> I LOVE YOU.
>> AND NOW MORE CATFISH: THE TV
SHOW.
STICK AROUND.
>> HOW'D YOU SLEEP?
>> DIDN'T GET ENOUGH SLEEP.
I WAS UP, WORRIED ABOUT...
LAUREN AND DEREK.
>> ISN'T THAT SWEET?
NERVOUS MAX OVER HERE.
HEY, CHECK THIS OUT.
I GOT A TEXT MESSAGE.
AT, UH, 3:38 A.M.
"I HAVE A LOT TO TELL!!"
EXCLAMATION, EXCLAMATION.
SMILEY FACE, EXCLAMATION.
ALL RIGHT, I WANNA KNOW
EVERYTHING.
>> HEY...
>> HEY.
>> ANYBODY ELSE IN THERE?
>> NO, YOU CAN COME IN IF YOU
WANT TO.
>> ARE YOU SURE?
>> YEAH!
[all laughs]
GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING.
HOW DID IT GO?
>> EVERYTHING WENT EXACTLY THE
WAY THAT IT SHOULD HAVE,
IF NOT BETTER.
>> SO YOU HAD AN AMAZING DATE.
>> IT WAS SO GREAT.
>> AND THEN YOU--WELL, YOU HUNG
OUT, LIKE, TE--'CAUSE YOU TEXTED
ME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.
YOU TEXTED ME LIKE 3:30.
WERE YOU GUYS HANGING OUT THE
WHOLE TIME?
>> WELL, I GOT HOME AT 3:00.
>> AND THERE'S NOTHING, LIKE,
AWKWARD, PHYSICALLY?
>> NO.
>> LIKE THE SIZE OF HIS HANDS?
>> [laughing]
>> [laughs]
>> NO! NO.
AND I'M HOPING THAT, TODAY
WILL GO GOOD TOO.
>> WHAT IS THE PLAN TODAY?
>> HE'S GONNA MEET MASON.
>> THAT'S HUGE.
>> I'M SO EXCITED.
[Mason chattering]
>> OOH, I THINK WE'RE GETTING
CLOSE.
>> IT'S DEREK.
>> HEH, HE LOOKS NERVOUS.
>> IT'S A BIG DEAL.
>> HERE'S MAMA.
>> DO YOU WANNA GO SEE DEREK?
>> THIS MUST BE MASON.
YOU READY TO SEE SOME TRACTORS?
>> HEY.
>> HEY. HOW'S IT GOING?
>> OKAY. SAY, "HI, DEREK."
>> HI.
>> HI.
>> I'M MASON.
>> IT'S NICE TO MEET YOU, MASON.
>> NICE TO MEET YOU, DEREK.
>> [chuckles]
>> YOU READY?
>> HERE WE GO!
>> [laughing] WHOO! OH, MY GOD!
OH, MY...
[laughing]
YOU'RE TALLER THAN US NOW.
ONE, TWO, THREE!
WHOO HOO HOO!
>> THERE YOU GO.
>> OH, MY GOD.
WANNA GO HOME WITH ME?
WE'LL NAME HIM ROO.
>> OW!
>> all: OHH!
>> OH, MY GOD.
>> COME ON, MASON, YOU WANNA GET
SOME FOOD?
YOU WANNA FEED 'EM?
>> YEAH!
>> WHAT'S YOUR SORT OF FEELING
ON THIS GUY?
>> I MEAN, SHE MEANS THE WORLD
TO ME, AND SO DOES MASON.
SO I'M HAPPY FOR HER.
>> [squeals and laughs]
IT'S A PICKLE.
>> WANNA GO GET SOME MORE?
>> NOW PICK THAT ONE.
>> NOW PICK THAT ONE?
>> SO WHAT'S THIS ALL LIKE FOR
YOU NOW? YOU JUST MET--
>> THE BIGGEST THING I WAS
NERVOUS ABOUT WAS MASON, SO I'M
GLAD, LIKE, WE KIND OF
SEPARATED IT, UH, A LITTLE BIT,
BECAUSE IF I HAD MET THEM BOTH
AT THE SAME TIME, I PROBABLY
WOULD HAVE PASSED OUT.
BUT, UM, NEVER REALLY, UH,
DATED SOMEONE WITH A KID.
AND, IF ANYTHING, IT JUST MAKES
ME LOVE HER EVEN MORE.
>> DO YOU THINK YOU ARE READY TO
BE A STEPDAD IF IT COMES TO
THAT, OR EVEN JUST TAKE CARE OF
MASON?
>> MASON'S A PART OF HER, AND SO
I'LL LOVE HIM JUST AS MUCH AS I
LOVE HER.
>> HOW DO YOU THINK DEREK IS
DOING WITH MASON?
>> PRETTY GOOD.
YOU KNOW, HE'S COMMUNICATING
WITH HIM, SO...
[whispering] EVERYTHING IS GOOD.
>> DO YOU REGRET THAT YOU WAITED
THIS LONG?
>> I-I DO REGRET THAT I'VE
WAITED THIS LONG, BUT, ON THE
OTHER HAND, I HAVE GOTTEN TO
KNOW HER SO WELL OVER THE YEARS
THAT, IF ANYTHING, IT'S JUST
MADE OUR BOND STRONGER.
I LOVE HER.
>> DO YOU THINK YOU'LL GET A
WEBCAM NOW?
>> I THINK THAT'S, UH, PROBABLY
GONNA BE IMPORTANT AT THIS
POINT.
>> COOL, MAN.
>> I APPRECIATE IT SO MUCH.
THANK YOU.
>> YEAH, DUDE.
>> GONNA GET SOME MORE.
>> LOOK AT THIS GUY.
>> YOU GOT A BIG BOY IN THE SEAT
TOO.
>> LET'S TAKE A PICTURE ON THE
TRACTOR.
>> LOOK THIS WAY! GONNA SAY...
>> HERE.
>> TRACTOR!
>> TRACTOR!
AH BLAH-BLAH-BLAH-BLAH-BLAH!
[laughter]
>> OH, HEY, GOT IT.
>> HERE WE GO, READY?
ONE, TWO...
>> * WANNA FEEL IT TOO
>> WE GOT A LOT OF NEW STEPS TO
WORK TOWARDS, NOW THAT WE'VE
MET EACH OTHER.
BUT WE CAN DO THAT TOGETHER.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> WE DID IT, BUDDY.
>> JUST ONE BIG, HAPPY FAMILY.
>> LET ME START THAT BIG OL'
TRACTOR!
>> IS IT GONNA START?
>> YEAH!
>> ALL RIGHT, LET'S CALL LAUREN.
SEE HOW THINGS WITH HER AND
DEREK ARE.
>> WHOA!
>> HI!
>> WHOA!
>> OH, MY GOSH, WHAT ARE YOU
GUYS DOING TOGETHER?
>> JUST HANGIN' OUT.
>> JUST VISITING EACH OTHER.
>> SO HOW'S EVERYTHING GOING?
>> REALLY, REALLY WELL.
I'VE MET MOST OF THE FAMILY,
WHICH, UH, I THINK WE REALLY--
>> MY DAD ACTUALLY CONVERSATED
WITH HIM.
>> WOW, SO, DEREK, HOW WAS THAT?
>> IT WAS A LITTLE INTENSE AT
FIRST--HE WAS JUST LIKE, "SO WHY
HAVEN'T YOU TALKED TO LAUREN
FOR SO LONG?"
AND I WAS LIKE, "AH..."
I CAN'T REALLY PICTURE MY LIFE
WITHOUT HER.
>> THE FUTURE, WHAT DOES IT LOOK
LIKE?
>> OH, WE ACTUALLY HAVE SOME
PRETTY BIG PLANS FOR THE FUTURE.
>> WE WANNA GET ENGAGED WITHIN A
YEAR, MAYBE LESS, DEPENDING.
I HOPE.
[laughter]
>> WITHIN A YEAR.
WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT.
>> WELL, IT'S REALLY NICE SEEING
YOU GUYS LIKE THIS.
>> WE'RE VERY HAPPY.
>> ALL BECAUSE OF ME, GUYS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> ALL RIGHT, WELL, ENJOY THE
REST OF YOUR TIME TOGETHER.
AND, WELL, HOPEFULLY I'LL CATCH
UP SOON.
>> BYE, GUYS.
>> BYE.
>> BYE, GUYS. SEE YOU LATER.
>> JESSICA, JESSICA.
SHE'S A BEAUTIFUL GIRL.
>> YOU'RE IN LOVE WITH JESSICA.
BUT YOU'VE HAD A GIRLFRIEND.
>> IT'S JUST BREAKING MY HEART.
>> DO YOU FEEL BAD?
>> OF COURSE IT MAKES ME FEEL
GUILTY.
I DON'T WANT TO SIT HERE HAVING
TO CHOOSE BETWEEN THE TWO.
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO BE
A MAN AND DO IT THE RIGHT WAY.
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00:40:58.
MY HEART'S POUNDING, YOU GUYS.
TAKE A BREATH, OKAY. WHEW.
[doorbell rings]
OH, MY GOD.
OH, MY GOD.
THIS CAN'T BE REAL.
OH, MY GOD.
>> HI, I'M NEV, AND THIS IS MY
FILMMAKER BUDDY MAX.
LAST YEAR, WE TRAVELED ACROSS
THE COUNTRY FIGURING OUT
THE TRUTH BEHIND ONLINE
ROMANCES.
I'M READY TO COME MEET YOU IF
YOU THINK YOU'RE REALLY READY.
>> I'M DEFINITELY READY.
>> ALONG THE WAY, WE OPENED
DOORS TO SOME BIG SURPRISES.
>> WAIT, GUYS, GUYS, GUYS, GUYS.
>> WE MADE A FEW LOVE
CONNECTIONS...
>> FEELS AMAZING.
>> AND EVEN DID OUR FAIR SHARE
OF MENDING BROKEN HEARTS.
>> I'M SO HAPPY EVERY DAY WHEN I
WAKE UP NOW.
[sniffles]
>> SUDDENLY, THE IDEA OF
CATFISHING--HIDING WHO YOU
REALLY ARE TO HOOK SOMEONE INTO
AN ONLINE RELATIONSHIP...
>> PROBABLY A PAGEANT WINNER,
A MODEL.
>> WAS BEING TALKED ABOUT BY
A LOT OF YOU.
GOT AN EMAIL HERE.
"WHO DID I REALLY FALL IN LOVE
WITH?"
SO MAX AND I ARE HEADED BACK OUT
ON THE ROAD...
MAX, WE'VE GOT WORK TO DO.
TO INVESTIGATE STORIES THAT SEEM
TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE...
>> I AM IN DEREK'S DRIVEWAY.
>> OR TOO WILD TO MAKE UP.
>> HE WAS CARJACKED, AND HE WAS
RAN OVER BY THE CAR.
>> JESUS, MAN.
WILL HOPE BECOME LOVE...
>> OH, MY GOD.
>> OR IS LOVE IN FOR A GIANT
SHOCK?
>> [cries] I DON'T KNOW.
>> YOU CAN BE SURE THAT MAX AND
I WILL FIND OUT ALL
THE ANSWERS, BECAUSE SOMETIMES,
A LITTLE BIT OF FICTION...
>> WOW, CATFISH CURVE BALL.
>> LEADS TO A WHOLE LOT OF
REALITY.
THINGS WILL NEVER BE THE SAME.
>> [laughs]
>> ARE WE READY?
>> LET'S DO IT.
>> CATFISH THE MOVIE WAS MY
STORY.
CATFISH: THE TV SHOW IS YOURS.
>> MAX, LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU'RE
READY.
ALL RIGHT, CHECK IT OUT, MAX.
NEW EMAIL.
JUST CAME IN.
"SUBJECT: EIGHT YEARS.
IT'S NOW OR NEVER.
MY NAME IS LAUREN.
I'M 21 YEARS OLD, AND I LIVE IN
TYLER, TEXAS.
I'M WRITING YOU BECAUSE I MET
THE LOVE OF MY LIFE ONLINE EIGHT
YEARS AGO, AND HAVE YET TO MEET
HIM FACE TO FACE.
>> WAIT, EIGHT YEARS AGO?
HIS NAME IS DEREK, AND I MET HIM
RANDOMLY ON MYSPACE AND
INSTANTLY HIT IT OFF.
I WAS 14, AND DEREK WAS 16.
GOD.
FROM THE BEGINNING, I KNEW THERE
WAS SOMETHING ABOUT HIM THAT
WOULD MAKE IT HAD TO EVER LET
HIM GO.
EVEN THOUGH WE BOTH STILL FEEL
THIS WAY ABOUT EACH OTHER, WE
HAVE DATED OTHER PEOPLE THROUGH
THE YEARS.
AROUND FOUR YEARS AGO, I ENDED
UP GETTING PREGNANT.
NOW THAT I AM A SINGLE MOM, HE
IS COMPLETELY ACCEPTING OF MY
SON MASON AND TALKS ABOUT ALL
THE WAYS THAT HE WOULD CARE FOR
MASON.
THERE AREN'T A LOT OF GUYS OUT
THERE LIKE THAT.
>> * ALL MY LOVE
* IS CIRCLING THE DRAIN NOW
>> ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS, I
ASKED DEREK TO VIDEO CHAT WITH
ME.
>> UH-HUH.
>> THERE WERE ALWAYS DIFFERENT
REASONS WHY HE WASN'T ABLE TO
VIDEO CHAT.
>> OH, MY GOD.
HE'S READY TO TAKE CARE OF HER
KID, BUT HE'S NOT READY TO VIDEO
CHAT WITH HER?
>> RIGHT.
THROUGHOUT THE PAST FEW YEARS,
WE'VE BEEN THROUGH A FEW UPS AND
DOWNS.
I BECAME ENGAGED TO ANOTHER GUY,
AND DEREK DELETED ME FROM
FACEBOOK AND JUST QUIT TALKING
TO ME ALTOGETHER.
I DECIDED TO END THE ENGAGEMENT
AND REACH BACK OUT TO DEREK.
OH, MY GOD.
THIS IS INCREDIBLE.
I KNOW WITH YOUR HELP I WILL BE
ONE STEP CLOSER TO MEETING THE
LOVE OF MY LIFE.
THANK YOU BUNCHES.
HOPE TO HEAR FROM YOU SOON.
LAUREN.
>> THIS GIRL BROKE OFF HER
ENGAGEMENT BECAUSE THIS GUY THAT
WOULDN'T VIDEO CHAT WITH HER
DELETED HER FROM FACEBOOK?
>> THERE'S GOTTA BE MORE TO THIS
STORY THAT WE'RE GETTING.
>> LET'S GET HER ON VIDEO CHAT.
[phone line ringing]
>> HI!
>> both: [laughing] HI.
>> HOW ARE YOU GUYS?
>> GREAT. FIRST OF ALL, IT'S
CRAZY TO ME THAT THERE'S THIS
GUY THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, AND
YOU HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO MEET
HIM, IT'S LIKE--
>> WE CAN'T MEET UP.
AND PLANS JUST DIDN'T WORK OUT
FOR HIM.
BUT I STRONGLY BELIEVE HE IS THE
PERFECT GUY FOR ME.
I MEAN, I LOVE HIM.
I JUST--I LOVE HIM.
>> AND SO DOES YOUR FAMILY KNOW
ABOUT DEREK?
>> THEY KNOW ABOUT HIM, YES.
THEY DON'T KNOW THAT I'VE NEVER
MET DEREK.
THE FACT THAT I'VE MET HIM OR
NOT, THAT DOESN'T MATTER.
I KNOW WHAT I WANT FOR MYSELF,
FOR MY SON, AND I WANT THAT
MARRIAGE WITH MY BEST FRIEND.
BUT I CAN'T KEEP WAITING.
I DON'T WANT TO GO EIGHT MORE
YEARS.
I ALREADY HAVE THIS FABULOUS
RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM, AND NO
MATTER WHAT WE GO THROUGH, WE
ONLY GET STRONGER AS WE COME
BACK TOGETHER.
AND THAT IS WHAT--OH, THAT MAKES
ME LOVE HIM SO MUCH.
>> NOW...YOU'RE AWARE HOW CRAZY
THIS ALL SOUNDS, RIGHT?
>> [laughs] YES.
>> YOUR STORY IS...INCREDIBLE.
SO, I GUESS, OFF TO TEXAS.
>> YEAH.
>> I'M SO EXCITED, AND THANK YOU
GUYS SO MUCH FOR HELPING ME.
>> OKAY. BYE.
>> BYE.
>> WOW.
>> THIS IS ALARMING.
LOOK AT HER!
SHE'S--SHE'S AMAZING.
THERE IS SOMETHING MAJOR THAT
THIS GUY IS HIDING.
>> CAN WE JUST AGREE THAT OUR
PURPOSE IS TO HELP HER FIGURE
OUT WHO THIS GUY IS SO THAT SHE
CAN EITHER, "A," FALL HEAD OVER
HEELS IN LOVE, OR, "B," MEET
HIM FINALLY, FACE TO FACE, AND
NOT ALWAYS BE HUNG UP ON THIS
MYSTERY DEREK.
>> TRUE.
>> ALL RIGHT.
[hands smack]
>> LET'S GO TO TEXAS.
>> * GONNA SEE THAT LOVE
* WELL, I SEE IT EVERYWHERE
[both laugh]
[ding]
>> * THIS LOVE
* YOU CAN'T REPAIR *
>> HERE WE COME, TYLER, TEXAS.
WE'RE STAYING IN THE SHERLOCK
SUITE.
>> [British accent] WE'RE ON THE
CASE...HELLO?
LONG HAUL TO GET OUT HERE.
>> * YEAH
* THIS LOVE YOU CAN'T REPAIR *
>> AHH.
*
I'M JUST AFRAID THAT, LIKE,
EIGHT YEARS OF BUILT-UP
EXPECTATIONS OF TRUE LOVE IS
GONNA COME CRASHING DOWN ON HER,
AND THEN SHE'S GONNA BE LIKE,
"I CAN'T BELIEVE I BLEW OFF MY
ENGAGEMENT FOR THIS GUY WHO IS
LYING TO ME.
I BELIEVED THIS COULD WORK."
>> POINT OF NO RETURN.
[doorbell rings]
>> HI!
>> [laughing] HEY.
>> HOW'S IT GOING?
>> WHO'S THIS LITTLE GUY?
>> THIS IS MASON.
>> MASON, WHAT'S UP?
>> HEY, WHO IS IT?
QUIT LOOKING OUT THE WINDOW.
SAY HI.
>> LOOK HOW CURIOUS HE IS.
THAT'S OUR CREW.
>> HE'S LIKE, "WHAT IS GOING
ON?"
>> THESE GUYS MAKE TV SHOWS.
YOU WATCH TV?
YEAH?
THEY MAKE TV.
[laughter]
COOL, RIGHT?
THIS IS A REALLY NICE PLACE.
>> IT'S MY DAD'S HOUSE.
>> WOW.
BEFORE WE GET TO DEREK,
I JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT YOU.
ARE YOUR PARENTS DIVORCED?
>> UM, MY MOM PASSED AWAY WHEN I
JUST TURNED SIX.
AND THEN MY DAD, UM, HE WAS IN
THE NAVY, SO WE MOVED ALL THE
TIME.
>> HAS MOVING AROUND SO MUCH
LIKE MADE YOU REALLY, LIKE,
CRAVE STABILITY?
LIKE, DO YOU WANT TO JUST BE--
>> YES.
>> YEAH?
>> DEREK IS ONE PERSON THAT,
THROUGH EIGHT YEARS, UM, WAS
ALWAYS THERE, YOU KNOW?
>> LET'S JUST SORT OF REWIND.
TAKE ME BACK EIGHT YEARS AGO.
YOU'RE ONLINE.
>> I WAS 14.
SO I WAS BROWSING THROUGH
PEOPLE.
BUT I SAW DEREK, I WAS LIKE,
"OH, MY GOD, HE'S CUTE."
OF COURSE, NEXT THING I KNOW,
I'M SPENDING MANY NIGHTS, LIKE,
3:00 IN THE MORNING, JUST
TALKING TO HIM AND STUFF.
AND WE CREATED THIS LIFE.
AND SAYING, "OH, YEAH.
WE'RE GONNA GET MARRIED.
THEN HE SAID SOMETHING ABOUT
GOING ON A TRIKE RIDE
INTO THE SUNSET.
>> TRIKE?
>> A TRIKE RIDE?
[laughs] IT WAS WEIRD.
IT WAS VERY STRANGE.
WE HAVE THIS HISTORY, AND WE
ALREADY KNOW WHAT WE WANT
TOGETHER, AND THE WHOLE TIME
I WAS WITH SOMEBODY ELSE, YOU
KNOW, THERE'S DEREK.
AND I'M THINKING, "WHY CAN'T I
HAVE YOU?"
>> IN ALL OF YOUR TRAVELS OVER
THE LAST EIGHT YEARS, YOU'VE
NEVER BEEN IN MARYLAND?
>> I'VE BEEN FIVE HOURS AWAY
FROM HIS HOUSE IN MARYLAND.
>> DID YOU TRY TO MEET HIM?
>> I TOLD HIM, "HEY, IT'S 5 1/2
HOURS."
AND HE WAS LIKE, "WELL, I HAVE
ROOMMATES."
LIKE, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.
I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY'D TAKE
THAT."
>> AND HE SAID, "DON'T COME AND
MEET ME."
>> IT WAS JUST BAD TIMING.
>> BAD TIMING?
>> YOU'VE BEEN ENGAGED.
YOU'VE HAD A KID.
IT'S LIKE HE DOESN'T REALLY HAVE
MUCH MORE TIME.
>> I MEAN, AND, LIKE, OKAY,
EIGHT YEARS AGO, NOT EVERYBODY
HAD WEBCAMS AND SMARTPHONES.
>> RIGHT, BUT SEE, LIKE, I HAVE
EVEN TOLD HIM, LIKE, I WILL BUY
YOU A WEBCAM.
AND HE WAS LIKE, "NO, YOU'RE NOT
SPENDING MONEY ON ME," SO...
>> THAT'S--THAT'S BOGUS.
>> I MEAN--
>> COME ON. YOU DON'T BUY THAT,
DO YOU?
I MEAN, HOW DO YOU KNOW, AND HOW
STRONGLY DO YOU FEEL THAT, LIKE,
DEREK IS THE GUY, AND THAT YOU
DO REALLY WANT TO BE IN, LIKE,
IN A RELATIONSHIP AND MARRIED TO
HIM?
>> WHEN YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW.
THERE'S SOMETHING THAT'S ALWAYS
BEEN THERE THAT MAKES IT
IMPOSSIBLE TO JUST LET HIM GO.
SO THIS IS DEREK'S FACEBOOK.
>> OKAY.
>> HE LIVES IN MARYLAND.
HE SAYS, UM, "YOU ARE MY PERFECT
MATCH, AND YOU ARE THE PERFECT
GIRL FOR ME, THEREFORE, YOU ARE
PERFECT."
I MEAN, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT
GETTING MARRIED AND STUFF.
AND WE TALK ABOUT FUTURE STUFF.
>> "FEEL LIKE EVEN WITH THE
RESPONSIBILITY OF PUTTING MASON
BEFORE BOTH OF US, IT'D BE
100% WORTH IT."
>> WOW, YOU GUYS ARE LAYING IT
ON THICK.
>> YEAH.
>> WOW, SO THESE ARE ALL JUST
SCREEN GRABS OF CONVERSATIONS
YOU HAD WITH HIM?
>> YEAH!
>> THAT YOU JUST LIKE TO KEEP
AND LOOK THROUGH?
>> YEAH, I HAVE AN ALBUM.
>> YOU GOT A DEREK ALBUM.
THAT'S THE REAL DEAL.
>> JUST BE REALISTIC.
THERE'S SOMETHING HE'S HIDING.
I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS
AND IF IT'S GONNA BE A
DEAL BREAKER FOR YOU.
>> AND YOU HAVE TO BE PREPARED
TO DEAL WITH THE CONSEQUENCES.
>> NOW THAT YOU GUYS ARE LAYING
IT OUT ON ME, I DON'T KNOW.
EVEN THOUGH THE TRUTH MAY HURT,
THAT'S STUFF THAT I NEED TO
KNOW, 'CAUSE INSTEAD OF PLANNING
THIS AWESOME FUTURE WITH
SOMEBODY, UM, THAT COULD BE
HAVING SECRETS AND STUFF LIKE
THAT, I MEAN...IT'S A WASTE
OF MY TIME.
>> WE'RE HERE TO HELP YOU.
AND, OBVIOUSLY, THE GOAL IS
INTRODUCE YOU FACE TO FACE TO
DEREK, AND YOU HAVE TO BE
PREPARED TO...
>> TO TAKE IT.
>> OKAY.
>> WE'LL LET YOU KNOW WHAT WE
FIND.
>> LET'S GET OUT OF HERE.
>> THERE SHOULD BE NOTHING
HOLDING THIS GUY BACK FROM GOING
TO VISIT HER--NOTHING.
>> THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG, IF
THIS GUY HAS BEEN RESISTING FOR
THIS LONG, OR AVOIDING IT.
LIKE, WHAT IS HE HIDING?
>> WHAT IS HE HIDING?
>> YOU KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS?
>> INVESTIGATION TIME?
>> YEAH, TIME TO TURN UP THE
HEAT ON THIS DEREK CHARACTER.
YOU WANNA BRING THAT WITH US?
>> THE WHOLE THING?
>> YEAH.
>> REALLY?
>> YEAH, BRING IT.
I'LL BRING MY LAPTOP.
YOU BRING THE BREAKFAST.
YOU READY?
>> YES.
>> OKAY.
>> DEREK AND LAUREN.
HERE'S WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW.
NUMBER ONE, IS DEREK THE GUY
FROM THE PICTURES?
NUMBER TWO, IF HE ISN'T WHO HE
SAYS HE IS...
>> WHO IS HE?
>> THE THIRD QUESTION IS,
WHAT IS HE HIDING?
>> RIGHT.
>> SO SHOULD WE PROCEED?
>> PERHAPS, YEAH.
>> GO TO HIS FACEBOOK PAGE.
I WANT TO GET A LITTLE SENSE OF
WHO IS HE.
>> GOOD, KEEP ON GOING DOWN THE
PAGE.
>> "I SHOULDN'T BE ALLOWED TO
HAVE MONEY.
I BOUGHT A $39 BIRDBATH.
AND, GRANTED, IT WAS DROPPED
FROM A $200 ORIGINAL PRICE."
SO MONEY'S OBVIOUSLY AN ISSUE.
BUT HE HAD ENOUGH MONEY TO BUY
A BIRDBATH FOR 40 BUCKS.
>> THAT'S TRUE, AND 40 BUCKS CAN
BUY YOU A WEBCAM.
>> WHY WOULD YOU BUY A BIRDBATH
INSTEAD OF A WEBCAM?
GO TO HIS PICTURES.
>> WE SHOULD JUST DO AN IMAGE
SEARCH--THIS IS CRAZY.
>> YEAH.
>> PULLING PHOTOS, PROFILE
PICTURES OF DEREK, SO THAT WE
CAN REVERSE IMAGE SEARCH THEM.
SEE IF ANYTHING COMES UP.
ALL RIGHT, MOMENT OF TRUTH.
AND...WHAT DO WE GOT?
NOTHING.
>> NOTHING.
>> ALL RIGHT, NEXT ONE. NOTHING.
>> NOTHING.
>> IF IT ISN'T DEREK...
>> THEY'RE FINDING PHOTOS OF HIM
THAT ARE HARD TO FIND.
>> LET'S LOOK AT DEREK'S
FRIENDS.
YEAH, OKAY, THE FRIENDS...
CLASS OF 2007.
BOTH FROM MARYLAND.
>> SO THAT'S GOOD, THAT'S A GOOD
SIGN.
>> YEAH, THEY'RE ALMOST THE SAME
AGE.
>> IF YOU GET ONE OR TWO FRIENDS
THAT WENT TO HIS HIGH SCHOOL,
MAYBE IT WOULD BE FAKE.
BUT, LIKE, IT SEEMS LIKE
EVERYONE HERE IS FROM MARYLAND
OR WENT TO HIS HIGH SCHOOL.
ALL THESE PEOPLE CAN'T BE FAKE.
THAT'S GREAT NEWS, MAX.
THIS GUY--
>> DON'T GET TOO EXCITED.
>> COME ON, I'M JUST SAYING.
WE FOUND A SOLID PIECE OF
EVIDENCE THAT HE IS WHO HE SAYS
HE IS.
>> WHY HASN'T HE GONE TO MEET
HER?
>> MAYBE THE FACT THAT SHE NOW
HAS A SON FREAKS HIM OUT.
AND HE DOESN'T KNOW THAT HE
WANTS THAT YET.
>> DOESN'T EXPLAIN THE VIDEO
CHAT.
>> TRUE.
HOLD ON A SECOND.
LET'S JUST SEARCH THIS PHONE
NUMBER.
COPY-PASTING HIS PHONE NUMBER.
BOOM! YOU READY FOR THIS, MAX?
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> HERE WE GO.
>> AND THE WINNER IS...
LEVOURNE.
>> GOD, THAT'S WEIRD.
LET'S JUST SEARCH THIS GUY.
WHOA.
>> THAT'S HIM.
THAT'S A PRETTY BIG PHYSICAL
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PERSON
SHE THINKS SHE'S TALKING TO.
>> WELL, HE'S MARRIED.
>> OH, WAIT, OKAY.
>> UH-OH.
>> HE'S ON A MOTORCYCLE.
>> IS IT A TRIKE OR A
MOTORCYCLE?
THAT COULD BE A TRIKE.
>> OH, MY GOD.
>> WOW. THAT'S A TRIKE.
I'M 90% SURE.
OKAY, HOLD ON--LET'S JUST SEE
WHAT ELSE COMES UP.
>> LOOKS LIKE HE HAS KIDS.
OR NIECES OR NEPHEWS.
>> SO IF THIS IS OUR GUY...
>> HE SEEMS TO BE A HAPPY FAMILY
MAN.
THAT'S A REASON TO LIE.
>> NOT ONLY IS HE A COMPLETELY
DIFFERENT PERSON, BUT HE'S ALSO
GOT A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT LIFE.
>> THE TRIKE THING IS ALARMING.
>> LET'S JUST FIGURE OUT WHAT
WE'VE GOT HERE.
WE'VE GOT A LOT OF EVIDENCE THAT
SUPPORTS HIS STORY.
THE ONLY THING THAT'S REALLY
WEIRD IS THAT HIS PHONE NUMBER
BELONGS TO A LEVOURNE.
>> OR IT COULD BE THAT LEVOURNE
FOUND DEREK, MAYBE BACK ON
MYSPACE, AND HE STARTED A
PROFILE FOR HIM.
HE'S JUST BEEN, LIKE, LIVING A
TOTALLY SEPARATE, DOUBLE LIFE.
>> THAT'S POSSIBLE.
>> WHY DOESN'T HIS PHONE NUMBER
CONNECT TO HIM?
>> IS DEREK THE GUY FROM THE
PICTURE? WHAT IS UP?
>> THERE HAS TO--THERE HAS TO BE
SOME HUGE SECRET.
>> * THIS ONE WICKED ROAD
* YOU'RE GONNA MAKE IT RIGHT *
>> * WE ARE HEADING OVER TO A
PLAYGROUND TO MEET UP WITH
LAUREN.
>> AND I JUST HOPE THAT SHE CAN
GET OVER THE FACT THAT SOMEONE
WHO SHE BELIEVES THAT SHE'S
CLOSER TO THAN ANYONE ELSE IN
THE WORLD COULD HAVE BEEN LYING
TO HER FOR EIGHT YEARS.
[upbeat music]
*
>> HEY-O!
>> RYAN.
>> HEY, RYAN.
>> NICE TO MEET YOU.
>> GOOD TO MEET YOU.
>> HEY, RYAN.
>> IT'S NICE TO MEET YOU.
>> HOW YOU DOING?
>> GOOD. HOW ARE YOU?
I'M GOING TO THE SWINGS.
COME ON.
>> FAR OUT, LET'S GO SWING.
>> MASON CAM.
>> [grunts]
>> SO HOW LONG HAVE YOU GUYS
BEEN FRIENDS?
>> SINCE SHE WAS ABOUT 11.
>> IN CHURCH.
>> MY DAD USED TO BE HER SUNDAY
SCHOOL TEACHER.
>> OH, NICE.
>> YEAH.
THIS GUY, DEREK, WHAT DO YOU
KNOW ABOUT HIM?
>> HE SEEMED LIKE A GOOD GUY.
IT'S JUST, IF I HAD SOMEONE THAT
I REALLY CARED ABOUT FOR, I
WOULD DO EVERYTHING I CAN
POSSIBLY DO TO GET HERE.
>> THE VIDEO CHAT THING, YOU
KNOW, WHAT'S YOUR THEORY ON WHY
HE WON'T MEET HER?
>> I REALLY DON'T UNDERSTAND.
'CAUSE IF I WAS TALKING TO
SOMEONE FOR EIGHT YEARS, I WOULD
WANT TO TALK TO THEM.
>> RIGHT.
>> SHE ALSO HAS TO UNDERSTAND,
IT'S NOT JUST HER GOING IN THERE
WITH HIM--IT'S MASON ALSO.
>> RIGHT.
>> SO I TOLD HER, I SAYS, I WANT
YOU TO GO IN AND JUST BE KIND OF
GUARDED, 'CAUSE IF SHE GETS
HURT, SHE'S GONNA COME BACK HERE
AND SHE'S GONNA BE DEVASTATED.
>> WHEE!
>> WHEE!
>> YESTERDAY, MAX AND I, WE
FOUND SOME STUFF, SO...
>> OH, MY GOD, MY HEART'S
POUNDING.
>> WE WERE...LOOKING AT HIS
FACEBOOK PAGE.
WE CLICKED ON HIS FRIENDS AND
LOOKED THROUGH HIS FRIENDS.
A LOT OF THEM ARE FROM MARYLAND,
WHICH IS A GOOD SIGN.
AND THEY ALL SEEM TO HAVE
LEGITIMATE PROFILES WITH PHOTOS.
>> SO WE RAN A BUNCH OF HIS
IMAGES, AND NONE OF THEM CAME
UP AS BEING LISTED ANYWHERE ELSE
ON THE WEB.
>> REALLY?
>> SO, AT THIS POINT, ALL SIGNS
ARE POINTING TO...HIM BEING
LEGIT.
>> OH, MAN.
>> THERE IS ONE THING, WHICH
DEFINITELY SORT OF HAD US
RAISING OUR EYEBROW, OKAY?
WE RAN HIS PHONE NUMBER.
APPARENTLY, THIS NUMBER IS
REGISTERED TO A GUY NAMED
LEVOURNE.
>> HE'S HAD THAT NUMBER FOR AS
LONG AS I'VE KNOWN HIM,
FOR EIGHT YEARS.
>> REALLY?
>> HIS NUMBER'S NEVER CHANGED?
>> IT'S NEVER CHANGED.
>> OKAY.
>> OKAY, THAT'S STRANGE.
>> SO THIS IS LEVOURNE.
>> IT'S LIKE, WHAT'S YOUR JUST
KIND OF GUT INSTINCT?
>> UM...HE'S NOT GONNA BE
LEVOURNE.
UM, IT'S DEREK.
I KNOW--I KNOW THAT FACE,
AND I KNOW THAT VOICE IS DEREK.
I MEAN...WHEN I LOOK AT DEREK,
THAT'S MY FUTURE, YOU KNOW?
I'VE BEEN TALKING TO THIS GUY,
UM, MAKING FUTURE PLANS WITH
HIM.
>> WHETHER IT'S HIM OR NOT,
LIKE, WHOEVER THIS PERSON IS,
THEY'VE BEEN...
>> THERE'S SOMETHING THAT
THEY'RE HIDING FROM YOU.
>> RIGHT.
>> HE SAYS HE'S IN LOVE WITH
YOU, HE SAYS HE WANTS TO SPEND
THE REST OF HIS LIFE--
>> MAYBE HE DOES LOVE ME.
MAYBE HE DOES WANT TO BE WITH
ME, BUT MAYBE HE'S NOT READY
FOR--
>> SO THEN, IS HE JUST LEADING
YOU ON?
>> I DON'T THINK SO.
>> SO YOU STILL--YOU'RE PRETTY--
>> I'M HOPEFUL.
YOU KNOW, I CAN'T SAY 100% FACT,
"YEAH, IT'S HIM," BUT I'M
HOPEFUL THAT IT IS HIM.
>> TIME TO CALL DEREK OUT.
>> WELL, ALL RIGHT, STRATEGY
FOR DEREK...
>> I THINK YOU'VE GOT TO USE--
HIS WINDOW IS CLOSING, AND HE'S
HAD MORE THAN ENOUGH TIME TO
TAKE ACTION.
>> YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET ANOTHER
CHANCE.
>> OTHERWISE, YOU'RE WASTING HER
TIME.
>> OKAY, HERE, I GOT HIS NUMBER.
>> YOU READY?
>> YEAH.
>> YOU INTO PHONE CALL MODE?
[phone line ringing]
>> MY NAME IS NEV.
UM, I HAVE A SHOW CALLED
CATFISH.
YOUR FRIEND LAUREN GOT IN TOUCH
WITH ME BECAUSE SHE, AS YOU
KNOW, IS IN LOVE WITH YOU.
SO I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO
HELP YOU GUYS FINALLY MEET FACE
TO FACE FOR THE FIRST TIME.
I REALLY HAVE A HARD TIME
UNDERSTANDING WHY YOU CAN'T FIND
A COUPLE DAYS, A LONG WEEKEND.
RIGHT NOW, THERE'S AN
OPPORTUNITY.
TO...WAIT MIGHT MEAN WAITING
TOO LONG.
SHE CAN'T WAIT ANYMORE.
THIS IS YOUR CHANCE.
>> OH.
>> THIS IS MAX. I MEAN, WE DON'T
WANT TO TWIST YOUR ARM HERE.
BUT IT--
>> AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, AND LIKE
MAX SAID, THIS IS REALLY
AWESOME, I MEAN--
ALL RIGHT, WELL, I'M GLAD TO
HEAR IT.
ALL RIGHT, MAN. LATER.
>> BYE.
>> I DON'T--I--
I DON'T MEAN TO RAIN ON THE
PARADE HERE, I JUST, LIKE--
SOMETHING WAS JUST A LITTLE OFF
ABOUT HIS RESPONSE.
>> IT'S STILL HARD TO UNDERSTAND
WHY HE'S BEEN SO KIND OF CASUAL.
>> I DON'T KNOW, IF I WERE HIM,
I WOULD BE LIKE, "YOU'RE RIGHT.
IT'S TIME TO RIP OFF THE BAND
AID--LET'S DO IT."
BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT HE SAID.
>> AND THAT'S STILL A CONCERN.
I THINK WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO
SAY THAT TO HER.
JUST CONSIDER THAT, LIKE, THIS
GUY'S A LOT OF TALK.
AND NOT A LOT OF SHOW.
>> RIGHT.
>> HEY-YO.
>> HELLO.
>> OKAY...
I CALLED DEREK.
EXPLAINED EVERYTHING.
>> YEAH.
HE'S...READY TO MEET YOU.
>> OH, MY GOD.
[laughing] OH, MY GOD.
OH, MY GOD!
OH, MY GOD, I'M SO SORRY.
AGH! IT'S JUST BEEN EIGHT YEARS.
>> WHAT ARE YOU SORRY ABOUT?
COME ON, THIS IS, LIKE, CRAZY.
>> I'M LIKE, EMOTIONAL.
EXCITED, BUT I'M NERVOUS.
>> I KNOW, WE'RE ALL KIND OF
NERVOUS, 'CAUSE THERE'S STILL
THIS WEIRD, LIKE...
>> SOMETHING WAS JUST A LITTLE
OFF ABOUT HIS RESPONSE.
THERE'S SOME REASON WHY HE
HASN'T AGREED TO MEET YOU TILL
NOW.
AND MAYBE, ONCE WE SEE HIM IN
PERSON, IT MIGHT BE VERY CLEAR
WHY HE DIDN'T WANT TO MEET YOU.
>> I MEAN, THE LEVOURNE THING IS
LIKE THE ONLY HICCUP.
THAT WAS THE ONLY THING THAT WAS
STILL KIND OF LIKE A WEIRD THING
FOR ME.
>> WELL, LET'S JUST WAIT TILL WE
GET THAT RIGHT.
>> PROBABLY GONNA WANNA TELL
YOUR DAD.
>> YEAH. THEY SHOULD BE HOME
SOON, SO DO YOU GUYS WANT TO
HELP ME TELL THEM?
>> ARE YOU NERVOUS?
WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID--
>> YES, I'M NERVOUS!
>> AFRAID HE'LL SAY?
>> I DON'T KNOW.
IT COULD GO GOOD, OR IT COULD GO
BAD.
>> OH, BOY.
>> [laughs]
>> I'M MAX.
>> JEFF.
>> NICE TO MEET YOU.
>> MELINDA. NICE TO MEET YOU.
>> IT'S A PLEASURE.
>> HELLO.
>> MAX AND NEV.
>> YEAH.
>> THE INFAMOUS TWO.
>> YEAH, RIGHT? UH--
>> WHAT'S GOING ON?
>> YOU WANT TO COME SIT DOWN,
AND WE CAN TALK? COME SIT--
>> YEAH, LET'S ALL SIT AROUND
THE TABLE AND--AND SIT DOWN A
MINUTE.
>> OKAY, SO WHO ARE YOU AGAIN?
>> WE ARE THE SORT OF COHOSTS OF
THIS SHOW.
>> WE HELP PEOPLE WHO HAVE
BASICALLY FALLEN IN LOVE OVER
THE INTERNET WITH SOMEONE THEY
HAVEN'T MET.
>> UH, THIS IS NEWS TO ME.
>> WHEN I WAS 14, YOU GUYS
REMEMBER, I CAME ACROSS DEREK.
WELL, EIGHT YEARS LATER, NO
MATTER WHAT I'VE GONE THROUGH,
DEREK HAS ALWAYS BEEN THERE.
AND MY RELATIONSHIPS HAVE FAILED
BECAUSE I HONESTLY BELIEVE
THAT DEREK IS SUPPOSED TO BE
IN MY LIFE NOW, AND, YES, I DO
BELIEVE THAT.
>> I HAVE SO MUCH GOING THROUGH
MY HEAD.
>> IT BLOWS MY MIND HOW YOU
THINK THAT SOMEBODY CAN BE THERE
FOR YOU OVER THE PHONE.
>> THEY CAN. THEY CAN.
AND HE HAS BEEN.
>> IF THIS PERSON WAS REALLY ON
THE UP AND UP, WHY CAN'T HE
COME HERE ON, YOU KNOW,
A COUPLE OF DAYS.
OR WHY CAN'T HE BUY A WEBCAM?
YOU DON'T KNOW IF THIS GUY IS
REALLY MARRIED OR NOT, OR WHAT
HIS, YOU KNOW, CRIMINAL HISTORY
IS.
YOU JUST NEED TO BE GUARDED.
THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING.
>> MY BIGGEST THING IS YOU HAVE
A HEART THIS BIG.
THAT'S WHAT I'M WORRIED ABOUT.
PEOPLE...
>> TAKE ADVANTAGE OF PEOPLE...
>> TAKE ADVANTAGE OF YOU.
>> WITH A HUGE HEART.
>> YEAH.
>> YOU KNOW WHAT HE'S TOLD YOU,
BUT YOU DON'T KNOW FOR SURE,
100%--
>> OKAY, SO LET ME ASK YOU THIS:
WHAT IF, WHEN I GET THERE,
THINGS ARE WHAT THEY SEEM TO BE?
>> THEN THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
I'M GLAD THAT Y'ALL ARE FRIENDS.
'CAUSE I THINK YOU CAN BUILD A
RELATIONSHIP BETTER ON THAT.
'CAUSE I'VE LEARNED THAT WITH
HER.
>> OHH.
>> DAD, DON'T CRY.
WHY ARE YOU CRYING?
>> HE WORRIES ABOUT YOU A LOT.
>> WHY ARE YOU WORRIED?
>> IT'S WHAT I'M SUPPOSED TO DO.
THE ONLY REASON WHY I JUST GOT
EMOTIONAL, YOU PROBABLY KNOW--
>> MOM?
>> SHE WAS MY BEST FRIEND.
>> MM-HMM.
>> BUT YOUR MOTHER WAS MINE TOO.
>> MM-HMM.
>> [crying] I GET TO LOVE MY
BEST FRIEND.
>> I KNOW, IT'S JUST YOUR MOM'S
NOT GONNA BE HERE.
>> YES, SHE IS, DAD.
>> I KNOW.
>> THEY JUST GOTTA KNOW,
YOU KNOW?
>> YEAH.
>> WHO'S GOING WITH WHO?
>> THESE GUYS, UM, RYAN.
I WAS GONNA ASK IF IT'S OKAY IF
HE GOES.
HE COULD HELP WITH MASON.
LIKE, WHEN I GO TO MEET DEREK,
AND HE COULD KIND OF--
>> SURE.
>> IF THAT MAKES YOU FEEL
BETTER, SAFER, MORE COMFORTABLE,
SURE.
>> WELL...PACK SOME BAGS.
>> YEAH.
>> [laughs]
>> JUST PLAYIN'.
TAKE GOOD CARE OF HER.
>> [kiss] YOU'RE STILL MY BABY.
>> I KNOW, DAD. I LOVE YOU.
[doorbell rings]
>> HO!
BAM.
>> WHO'S READY TO GO TO
MARYLAND?
>> HOW YOU DOING, MAN?
READY FOR TODAY'S VOYAGE?
>> YEAH, FIRST TIME ON AN
AIRPLANE--IT'S GONNA BE
EXCITING.
>> ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY READY?
>> AIRPLANE.
>> ALL RIGHT...
>> AIRPLANE.
>> LET'S DO IT!
[all cheer]
>> * GET ON YOUR KNEES
* AND I THOUGHT
* YOU CAN LEAVE IT ALL
* IN YOUR MIND
* IT'S ALL IN YOUR MIND *
>> IT'S SO WEIRD.
LIKE, I'M LITERALLY ABOUT TO GET
ON AN AIRPLANE TO GO TO
MARYLAND.
AFTER EIGHT YEARS.
I'M SCARED.
>> YOU'RE SCARED HOW?
>> 'CAUSE I DON'T WANT TO LOSE
THIS PERSON.
>> OH, WOW! WOW, WOW, WOW!
>> WHOA, LOOK, LOOK, LOOK, LOOK,
LOOK, LOOK!
>> OH, MY GOSH!
*
[indistinct chatter]
>> IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN
MARYLAND.
[door alarm pinging]
>> OKAY, IN LESS THAN 10 MINUTES
NOW.
LET'S JUST KEEP OUR GUARD UP.
REMINDING OURSELVES OF THE
THINGS WE DON'T KNOW.
>> RIGHT?
>> I JUST THINK THERE'S STILL A
FEW QUESTIONS HERE THAT NEED TO
BE ANSWERED.
COULD IT BE THAT HE IS THIS
OTHER GUY, LEVOURNE?
IF HE HAS A GIRL LIKE YOU,
WHAT'S TAKING HIM SO LONG?
>> YOU'RE MAKING ME FEEL LIKE
[bleep].
>> WHO?
>> YEAH, Y'ALL ARE TRYING TO
MAKE ME FEEL LIKE [bleep].
>> WHAT?
>> I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING.
>> YOU GUYS ARE MAKING ME FEEL
LIKE [bleep] BEFORE I MEET HIM.
>> NO, NO, NO, NO.
>> YEAH, I FEEL LIKE I'M BEING
INTERROGATED.
>> NO, NO, NO, WHAT MAX IS
SAYING IS YOU--YOU'RE CLEARLY
THE KIND OF PERSON WHO KNOWS--
>> YEAH, BUT THOSE ARE ANSWERS
THAT I DON'T KNOW.
I'M SITTING HERE SAYING I DON'T
KNOW--IT'S JUST BAD TIMING,
APPARENTLY.
BUT, YOU GUYS, IT'S NOT ALWAYS
BULL-[bleep].
>> THE WHOLE THING KIND OF
STRANGELY GOT TWISTED INTO A
WEIRD PLACE.
THAT'S NOT AT ALL WHAT WE WERE
TRYING TO DO.
>> WE JUST HAVE TO PREPARE YOU.
AND IF ALL WE DO IS PUMP YOU UP
AND SAY, "THIS IS GONNA BE
PERFECT, YOU GUYS ARE GONNA...
GET MARRIED, AND IT'S GONNA BE
AMAZING," AND, LIKE, SOMETHING
IS WRONG OR SOMETHING DOESN'T
WORK OUT, THEN WE'RE [bleep].
>> Y'ALL DO THIS ALL THE TIME
FOR PEOPLE, BUT TO ME, IT'S NEW.
I MEAN, I DON'T DO THIS.
LIKE, UH, LIKE, IT'S GONNA MAKE
ME CRY.
I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO BE CRYING
RIGHT NOW.
BUT, LIKE, THIS IS SO NEW.
>> THIS IS NOT A SHOW FOR YOU.
THIS IS YOUR LIFE.
>> YEAH.
OH, MY GOD.
>> IT'S GOOD TO REMIND US THAT
THIS IS VERY REAL AND THAT YOU--
YOUR FEELINGS ARE VERY
VULNERABLE RIGHT NOW.
>> THANK YOU, GUYS.
>> IT'S A LITTLE EARLY...
>> YEAH.
>> FOR WATERWORKS.
>> [laughs]
>> DO WE HAVE ANY TISSUES?
WIPES?
ONCE I PULL UP TO THAT DRIVEWAY,
WE'RE THERE.
>> OH, MY GOD.
>> YOU CAN DO IT.
>> OH, MY GOD.
I AM IN DEREK'S DRIVEWAY.
OH, MAN.
>> TAKE A DEEP BREATH.
>> [inhales deeply]
COME ON, DEEP BREATH.
BIG BREATH.
ALL RIGHT.
>> I'M READY.
>> AFTER YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT. OH, MY GOD.
DO I KNOCK?
>> YEAH, YOU SHOULD KNOCK.
>> IS HE GONNA JUST COME OUT
OR--
>> LET'S CHECK IT OUT.
>> I AM FREAKING OUT.
>> WE'LL TAKE A STEP BACK AND
WE'LL...LET HIM COME--
>> HE CAN SEE ME ALREADY,
AND I CAN'T SEE HIM.
OH, MY GOD, I CAN'T DO IT.
HOLD ON.
I'M SO NERVOUS.
MY HEART'S POUNDING, YOU GUYS.
TAKE A BREATH, OKAY.
WHEW. WHEW.
[doorbell rings]
OH, MY GOD.
I DON'T WANNA LOOK AT HIM.
I DON'T WANNA LOOK AT HIM.
I'M SO NERVOUS, I CAN'T DO IT.
IT'S REALLY DEREK.
IT'S REALLY GONNA BE DEREK.
OH, MY GOD, IT'S REALLY GONNA BE
DEREK.
DEREK, COME ON.
OH, MY GOD.
I CAN'T TURN AROUND.
OH, MY GOD.
I CAN'T TURN AROUND.
OHH, MY GOD!
>> GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> [sobbing] OH...
>> YOU'RE SHAKING SO MUCH.
>> I COULDN'T EVEN TURN AROUND.
I LIKE--ARE--ARE YOU REAL?
>> I'M REAL.
>> OH, MY GOD!
OH, MY GOD, YOU'RE A LIFEFORM.
>> THIS IS CRAZY.
>> OH, MY GOD.
QUIT SHAKING. QUIT SHAKING.
>> I CAN'T.
>> QUIT SHAKING.
>> IT'S EIGHT YEARS OF SHAKING
DONE RIGHT THERE.
OOH.
>> I NEED TO SEE IF THIS GUY'S
REAL.
NICE TO SEE YOU.
>> [laughing]
>> THANK YOU FOR BRINGING HER
TO ME.
>> I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS.
>> I CAN'T STOP SHAKING.
>> YOU LOOK SO GREAT.
>> IT'S JUST WEIRD ACTUALLY
TOUCHING YOU.
>> I KNOW.
>> I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT TO
SAY, LIKE...
>> THANK YOU FOR BEING YOU.
>> I TOLD HER.
SHE DIDN'T BELIEVE ME.
>> WE'LL GET TO ALL THAT.
LET'S--LET'S SIT DOWN.
LOTS TO TALK ABOUT.
>> OH, MY GOD.
>> I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY.
[laughter]
THIS IS JUST SO NUTS.
>> BELIEVE ME, EVERYBODY FEELS
THE, UH, STRANGENESS.
>> I'M LIKE SWEATING AND SHAKING
AND I'M NEV--I DON'T REALLY GET
NERVOUS VERY EASILY.
>> I'M VERY GLAD YOU AREN'T...
>> AND I'M SO GLAD YOU'RE HERE.
>> LEVOURNE.
>> HMM?
[laughter]
>> WELL...
>> WE LOOKED UP YOUR PHONE
NUMBER.
>> YOUR PHONE IS ACTUALLY
REGISTERED TO...
>> OH, REALLY?
>> THIS GUY, LEVOURNE.
>> IT'S SO STRANGE.
>> IT IS VERY STRANGE.
>> OKAY, I GOTTA ASK THIS.
SO EVERYTHING SAID OVER THE
YEARS AND TO US IS ALL...
>> IT'S TRUE.
>> I MEAN, 'CAUSE, FROM THE
OUTSIDE, WHEN SHE TOLD US THE
STORY AND SHOWED US YOUR
PROFILE, IT WAS REALLY EASY FOR
US TO ASSUME LIKE, "OH, THIS GUY
IS HIDING SOMETHING.
HE'S NOT WHO HE SAYS HE IS."
>> MM-HMM. YEAH, I'VE ALWAYS
BEEN HONEST WITH HER.
I BELIEVE YOU CAN'T START OR DO
ANYTHING IN A RELATIONSHIP OR A
FRIENDSHIP UNLESS IT'S BUILT OFF
TRUST, SO...
I LOVE YOU, AND I WOULD NEVER
DO ANYTHING TO HURT YOU.
>> I KNOW.
>> ESPECIALLY LIE TO YOU.
>> YOU HAVEN'T.
>> CONSIDERING THAT YOU GUYS
HAVE KNOWN EACH OTHER AS LONG AS
YOU HAVE...
>> MM-HMM.
>> YOU'VE WATCHED HER COME VERY
CLOSE TO BEING IN OTHER SERIOUS
RELATIONSHIPS.
I'M SURE THAT MUST HAVE
BEEN TOUGH FOR YOU.
>> YEAH. I GUESS WHEN YOU--
YOU'RE TALKING TO SOMEONE YOU
SEE AS, LIKE, THE PERFECT PERSON
FOR YOU, YOU WANT EVERY ASPECT
OF YOUR LIFE TO BE PERFECT
TO ACCOMMODATE IT.
SO I THINK I ALWAYS JUST KIND OF
SECOND GUESSED MYSELF, AND
MEETING HER, WHERE I'M LIKE,
"I'M NOT READY FOR THIS.
LIKE, I GOTTA GET SOME MORE
STUFF TAKEN CARE OF AND..."
MONEY WAS ALWAYS AN ISSUE TOO.
I ENDED GOING OUT, GETTING A NEW
JOB.
LIKE, EVERYTHING'S GOING VERY
WELL.
IT'S ALL STEPS TOWARDS MEETING
LAUREN.
>> RIGHT, SO THEN I GUESS THE
BIG QUESTION FOR US IS LIKE, OF
ALL THE STEPS TO TAKE, THE
EASIEST IS A VIDEO CHAT.
>> MM-HMM.
>> AND SO I JUST WONDER IF YOU
WERE AWARE OF THE FACT THAT,
LIKE, THAT WAS A REAL CONCERN
FOR HER.
>> I HAD NO IDEA SHE HAD ANY
DOUBTS ABOUT IT.
YOU KNOW?
>> I MEAN, I--YEAH, I FEEL LIKE
WE WERE HOPING FOR A BETTER
EXPLANATION FOR--
>> YEAH, NO, I'M SORRY.
IT'S JUST--
>> IT'S NOT--NOT, IT'S--
>> IT WAS NEVER REALLY LIKE
SOMETHING THAT I WAS LIKE TRYING
TO PUT OFF, YOU KNOW WHAT I
MEAN?
IT'S JUST I THINK I WAS KIND OF
SCARED TO MEET HER.
>> WHAT ABOUT WHEN LAUREN, SHE
SAID SHE COULD VISIT YOU.
>> I WAS FIVE HOURS AWAY.
>> I MEAN, I THINK I WAS JUST
REALLY SCARED AT THAT POINT.
IT WAS JUST SUCH AN INTIMIDATING
THOUGHT.
IT'S LIKE MEETING YOUR DREAM
GIRL.
WHEN YOU'RE IN THAT SCENARIO,
YOU WANT TO SO BAD, BUT YOU'RE
JUST SO AFRAID.
>> TO HAVE A GIRL WHERE SHE HAD
A CHILD, LIKE, DIDN'T YOU FEEL
LIKE, "OH, MAN."
>> YEAH, THAT ALSO INTIMIDATED
ME EVEN MORE.
THAT'S ONE OF MY BIGGEST FEARS,
IS IF MASON DOESN'T LIKE ME.
I'M SO NERVOUS ABOUT THAT, SO...
I'M JUST GLAD YOU'RE HERE.
>> ME TOO.
>> I CAN'T EVEN DESCRIBE IT.
IT'S INSANE.
IT'S LIKE TALKING TO SOMEONE
AND KNOWING SOMEONE FOR SO LONG
AND JUST LIKE ACTUALLY BEING
ABLE TO HOLD THEM WHEN YOU
HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO FOR, LIKE,
EIGHT YEARS.
IT'S RIDICULOUS, LIKE, I DON'T
WANT TO LET GO OF HER.
IT'S PRETTY AWESOME.
>> LAUREN, I'M SO SORRY...
THAT WE EVER DOUBTED YOU.
>> [laughing]
>> WELL, WHAT--WHAT DO YOU WANT
TO DO?
>> WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO?
>> YOU WANT TO GO ON A DATE?
>> I DO.
>> WELL, THEN, YOU KNOW, WE
DON'T WANT TO TAKE UP ANY MORE
OF YOUR TIME.
>> LET'S DO IT.
>> ARE YOU READY?
>> I'M READY.
>> HAVE FUN, KIDS. SEE--
>> YEAH.
>> [laughing]
>> ALL RIGHTY.
>> I FEEL LIKE I'M, LIKE, 15,
GOING ON MY FIRST DATE.
>> [mocking her accent] ON YOUR
FIRST DATE?
>> BYE, GUYS.
>> AMAZING.
>> AMAZING.
>> A-MAZING.
>> OOH!
OH, LOOK AT THEM.
>> IT'S SO WEIRD THAT I'M HERE.
>> GET THIS BUG OFF.
>> I DIDN'T KNOW THAT I'D BE
SITTING UNDER A TREE WITH YOU.
>> EIGHT YEARS AGO?
>> WELL, YEAH.
>> THE FIRST DAY YOU MESSAGED
ME?
>> YEAH, OF COURSE.
I WAS 14.
HERE I AM, ALMOST 22.
I'VE GONE THROUGH A FAILED
ENGAGEMENT.
I'VE GONE THROUGH HAVING A KID
AND ALMOST HAVING A LIFE WITH
SOMEBODY.
BUT I'VE GROWN WITH YOU,
AND I WANT TO KEEP GROWING WITH
YOU.
>> * OH, MY LOVE
* LOVE IS BEGINNING
* WE HAVE FOUND
* SOMETHING WORTH LIVING FOR
* I'VE GOT MY HEAD *
* IN THE CLOUDS
>> I'M ACTUALLY KISSING YOU.
>> I KNOW.
>> AND SMELLING YOU.
>> I LOVE YOU.
>> I LOVE YOU.
>> AND NOW MORE CATFISH: THE TV
SHOW.
STICK AROUND.
>> HOW'D YOU SLEEP?
>> DIDN'T GET ENOUGH SLEEP.
I WAS UP, WORRIED ABOUT...
LAUREN AND DEREK.
>> ISN'T THAT SWEET?
NERVOUS MAX OVER HERE.
HEY, CHECK THIS OUT.
I GOT A TEXT MESSAGE.
AT, UH, 3:38 A.M.
"I HAVE A LOT TO TELL!!"
EXCLAMATION, EXCLAMATION.
SMILEY FACE, EXCLAMATION.
ALL RIGHT, I WANNA KNOW
EVERYTHING.
>> HEY...
>> HEY.
>> ANYBODY ELSE IN THERE?
>> NO, YOU CAN COME IN IF YOU
WANT TO.
>> ARE YOU SURE?
>> YEAH!
[all laughs]
GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING.
HOW DID IT GO?
>> EVERYTHING WENT EXACTLY THE
WAY THAT IT SHOULD HAVE,
IF NOT BETTER.
>> SO YOU HAD AN AMAZING DATE.
>> IT WAS SO GREAT.
>> AND THEN YOU--WELL, YOU HUNG
OUT, LIKE, TE--'CAUSE YOU TEXTED
ME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.
YOU TEXTED ME LIKE 3:30.
WERE YOU GUYS HANGING OUT THE
WHOLE TIME?
>> WELL, I GOT HOME AT 3:00.
>> AND THERE'S NOTHING, LIKE,
AWKWARD, PHYSICALLY?
>> NO.
>> LIKE THE SIZE OF HIS HANDS?
>> [laughing]
>> [laughs]
>> NO! NO.
AND I'M HOPING THAT, TODAY
WILL GO GOOD TOO.
>> WHAT IS THE PLAN TODAY?
>> HE'S GONNA MEET MASON.
>> THAT'S HUGE.
>> I'M SO EXCITED.
[Mason chattering]
>> OOH, I THINK WE'RE GETTING
CLOSE.
>> IT'S DEREK.
>> HEH, HE LOOKS NERVOUS.
>> IT'S A BIG DEAL.
>> HERE'S MAMA.
>> DO YOU WANNA GO SEE DEREK?
>> THIS MUST BE MASON.
YOU READY TO SEE SOME TRACTORS?
>> HEY.
>> HEY. HOW'S IT GOING?
>> OKAY. SAY, "HI, DEREK."
>> HI.
>> HI.
>> I'M MASON.
>> IT'S NICE TO MEET YOU, MASON.
>> NICE TO MEET YOU, DEREK.
>> [chuckles]
>> YOU READY?
>> HERE WE GO!
>> [laughing] WHOO! OH, MY GOD!
OH, MY...
[laughing]
YOU'RE TALLER THAN US NOW.
ONE, TWO, THREE!
WHOO HOO HOO!
>> THERE YOU GO.
>> OH, MY GOD.
WANNA GO HOME WITH ME?
WE'LL NAME HIM ROO.
>> OW!
>> all: OHH!
>> OH, MY GOD.
>> COME ON, MASON, YOU WANNA GET
SOME FOOD?
YOU WANNA FEED 'EM?
>> YEAH!
>> WHAT'S YOUR SORT OF FEELING
ON THIS GUY?
>> I MEAN, SHE MEANS THE WORLD
TO ME, AND SO DOES MASON.
SO I'M HAPPY FOR HER.
>> [squeals and laughs]
IT'S A PICKLE.
>> WANNA GO GET SOME MORE?
>> NOW PICK THAT ONE.
>> NOW PICK THAT ONE?
>> SO WHAT'S THIS ALL LIKE FOR
YOU NOW? YOU JUST MET--
>> THE BIGGEST THING I WAS
NERVOUS ABOUT WAS MASON, SO I'M
GLAD, LIKE, WE KIND OF
SEPARATED IT, UH, A LITTLE BIT,
BECAUSE IF I HAD MET THEM BOTH
AT THE SAME TIME, I PROBABLY
WOULD HAVE PASSED OUT.
BUT, UM, NEVER REALLY, UH,
DATED SOMEONE WITH A KID.
AND, IF ANYTHING, IT JUST MAKES
ME LOVE HER EVEN MORE.
>> DO YOU THINK YOU ARE READY TO
BE A STEPDAD IF IT COMES TO
THAT, OR EVEN JUST TAKE CARE OF
MASON?
>> MASON'S A PART OF HER, AND SO
I'LL LOVE HIM JUST AS MUCH AS I
LOVE HER.
>> HOW DO YOU THINK DEREK IS
DOING WITH MASON?
>> PRETTY GOOD.
YOU KNOW, HE'S COMMUNICATING
WITH HIM, SO...
[whispering] EVERYTHING IS GOOD.
>> DO YOU REGRET THAT YOU WAITED
THIS LONG?
>> I-I DO REGRET THAT I'VE
WAITED THIS LONG, BUT, ON THE
OTHER HAND, I HAVE GOTTEN TO
KNOW HER SO WELL OVER THE YEARS
THAT, IF ANYTHING, IT'S JUST
MADE OUR BOND STRONGER.
I LOVE HER.
>> DO YOU THINK YOU'LL GET A
WEBCAM NOW?
>> I THINK THAT'S, UH, PROBABLY
GONNA BE IMPORTANT AT THIS
POINT.
>> COOL, MAN.
>> I APPRECIATE IT SO MUCH.
THANK YOU.
>> YEAH, DUDE.
>> GONNA GET SOME MORE.
>> LOOK AT THIS GUY.
>> YOU GOT A BIG BOY IN THE SEAT
TOO.
>> LET'S TAKE A PICTURE ON THE
TRACTOR.
>> LOOK THIS WAY! GONNA SAY...
>> HERE.
>> TRACTOR!
>> TRACTOR!
AH BLAH-BLAH-BLAH-BLAH-BLAH!
[laughter]
>> OH, HEY, GOT IT.
>> HERE WE GO, READY?
ONE, TWO...
>> * WANNA FEEL IT TOO
>> WE GOT A LOT OF NEW STEPS TO
WORK TOWARDS, NOW THAT WE'VE
MET EACH OTHER.
BUT WE CAN DO THAT TOGETHER.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> WE DID IT, BUDDY.
>> JUST ONE BIG, HAPPY FAMILY.
>> LET ME START THAT BIG OL'
TRACTOR!
>> IS IT GONNA START?
>> YEAH!
>> ALL RIGHT, LET'S CALL LAUREN.
SEE HOW THINGS WITH HER AND
DEREK ARE.
>> WHOA!
>> HI!
>> WHOA!
>> OH, MY GOSH, WHAT ARE YOU
GUYS DOING TOGETHER?
>> JUST HANGIN' OUT.
>> JUST VISITING EACH OTHER.
>> SO HOW'S EVERYTHING GOING?
>> REALLY, REALLY WELL.
I'VE MET MOST OF THE FAMILY,
WHICH, UH, I THINK WE REALLY--
>> MY DAD ACTUALLY CONVERSATED
WITH HIM.
>> WOW, SO, DEREK, HOW WAS THAT?
>> IT WAS A LITTLE INTENSE AT
FIRST--HE WAS JUST LIKE, "SO WHY
HAVEN'T YOU TALKED TO LAUREN
FOR SO LONG?"
AND I WAS LIKE, "AH..."
I CAN'T REALLY PICTURE MY LIFE
WITHOUT HER.
>> THE FUTURE, WHAT DOES IT LOOK
LIKE?
>> OH, WE ACTUALLY HAVE SOME
PRETTY BIG PLANS FOR THE FUTURE.
>> WE WANNA GET ENGAGED WITHIN A
YEAR, MAYBE LESS, DEPENDING.
I HOPE.
[laughter]
>> WITHIN A YEAR.
WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT.
>> WELL, IT'S REALLY NICE SEEING
YOU GUYS LIKE THIS.
>> WE'RE VERY HAPPY.
>> ALL BECAUSE OF ME, GUYS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> ALL RIGHT, WELL, ENJOY THE
REST OF YOUR TIME TOGETHER.
AND, WELL, HOPEFULLY I'LL CATCH
UP SOON.
>> BYE, GUYS.
>> BYE.
>> BYE, GUYS. SEE YOU LATER.
>> JESSICA, JESSICA.
SHE'S A BEAUTIFUL GIRL.
>> YOU'RE IN LOVE WITH JESSICA.
BUT YOU'VE HAD A GIRLFRIEND.
>> IT'S JUST BREAKING MY HEART.
>> DO YOU FEEL BAD?
>> OF COURSE IT MAKES ME FEEL
GUILTY.
I DON'T WANT TO SIT HERE HAVING
TO CHOOSE BETWEEN THE TWO.
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO BE
A MAN AND DO IT THE RIGHT WAY.
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