Catfish: The TV Show (2012–…): Season 4, Episode 10 - Blaire & Markie - full transcript
Even though a young woman faced heartache from an instagram lover, she is still eager to meet.
>> We are getting close.
>> How you feeling?
>> Do I thank the girl for not
letting me walk into that street
that day I wanted to end
my life?
>> Keep in mind that she's
probably more nervous
and freaked out than you are.
>> Yeah.
>> Unless she comes--
Oh, is that the red--
Oh, look--
>> That's her dad.
>> The red truck--
it's coming home.
>> Whoa.
>> Oh, my God.
Like, this is really happening.
>> She could be playing
a very dark, twisted game.
>> Hello.
Where's the coffee?
>> All right, well, let's find
out who needs our help.
We have an email here
from Superman.
>> Is Superman a catfish?
>> Well, no, the question is,
"Which is the real version?"
He is really Superman.
He poses as Clark Kent.
So Superman's the catfish.
>> Right, Superman
is the catfish, and Clark Kent
is the mask.
>> Anyway, the subject
is "Catfished or Kidnapped"
"Hey, Nev and Max.
My name is Blaire.
I'm 22 and currently live
in San Antonio, Texas.
I just moved here
with my best friend, Terah,
around two months ago.
I'm originally from New York
and when I was there,
I met an amazing girl
named Markie from Fresno,
California, on Instagram.
We started talking immediately
and had an amazing connection.
When I first met Markie,
I was basically homeless.
I did not see eye to eye with
my parents about anything, and
I was kicked out with nothing
but the clothes on my back.
Markie is really the only person
who helped me out
of that dark place.
>> * Stand by me
* And I'll stand by you *
>> We poured our hearts out
to each other.
She gave me a purpose
and a reason not to end my life.
>> * Let your heart go boom
* Let your heart go boom
>> She was my girlfriend.
I loved her completely,
and I trusted no one but her.
>> * Boom
>> But we never got the chance
to video chat.
I asked all the time.
Around four months after meeting
online, we decided to meet
in person.
Problem is, a week before I was
supposed to meet her,
she got kidnapped.
A week after that, she calls me
from a mental hospital?
And Markie decided it was best
if we were just friends.
I was completely devastated
and never found out
what really happened."
Can we just talk about this?
>> Yeah, okay.
This is a pretty wild story.
>> It sounds sort
of preposterous
that this Markie girl
got kidnapped and then ended up
in a mental hospital.
>> This sounds more like kind
of the front page
of a supermarket tabloid.
>> "A few weeks ago,
I met a great girl.
We started dating,
and I posted this on Facebook.
Markie yelled at me on Facebook
to call her.
She told me I should not
date anyone, but she doesn't
want to date me either.
I'm so confused.
I want to move on,
but something holds me back.
Save me, guys!
Blaire."
So now Blaire is dating someone.
>> And then, boom.
>> And Markie shows up
and yells at her.
>> It's unfair.
>> We definitely need to find
out more about this.
[line ringing]
>> both: Hey.
>> Hello.
>> How you doing, Blaire?
>> Good, how are you?
>> I have to admit, we thought
we were getting an email
from Superman.
>> What's the connection
to Superman?
>> Everything that I've
came through made me, like,
stronger, so the girl of steel.
>> How are things going
in San Antonio?
What's going on?
>> I'm living with my best
friend, Terah, and her nephew.
We're in a hotel.
Hopefully getting an apartment
soon.
I'm in the process
of getting a job.
It's just really hard to deal
with, like, the money situation.
That's really my life
at this point.
>> So at what point did Markie
come into your life?
>> I met Markie when I became
homeless.
I had nothing.
I was living in my friend's car.
I was a mess, and when she
came in my life, I went out,
I got an apartment, a job,
and she was the reason why,
'cause I wanted to see her,
and I wanted to get her
a ticket.
>> Before you moved, you were
supposed to meet in New York.
>> Yeah.
>> And then...
>> She gets kidnapped.
>> She just kind of fell off
the grid?
>> Yeah, like, a few days,
I haven't heard from her.
I get a message from her sister
asking me,
"Have you seen Markie?
She hasn't been seen in,
like, the past few days."
I was devastated.
I was crying, panicking.
I was thinking the worst.
>> Did she explain
what happened?
>> She basically tells me,
"I was kidnapped.
I'm in a hospital,"
and that she doesn't want to be
in a relationship anymore
'cause she still has feelings
for her ex.
>> Markie does not sound
like the kind of person
who you should be with.
>> You're probably 100% right,
but I think it's the fact
that she was the only one
that was there for me
when I really needed someone.
I was living out of a car
in the middle of winter.
Who are you that you saved
my life?
I need to be able to move on
and be happy, and knowing
what really happened with her
is gonna give me that.
Deep inside, I know that
I do have feelings for her also,
and I want to know the person
that I was in love with and if
I am still in love with her.
>> I feel like you deserve
a break.
We want to come and help you
find out what really happened
and see if you can figure out
what the future looks like.
>> Well, I would love
your guys' help.
>> All right, hang in there,
and we'll see you really soon.
Bye, Blaire.
>> Bye.
>> Gee whiz.
I mean, this is way more
than just a catfish story.
>> Back to Texas.
>> * I'm just messing around *
>> * Around
>> * I'm just messing around *
>> * Around
>> * And I like it, yeah, yeah
* Yeah, I like it, like it
* Like it, yes, I do
>> We're going to see Blaire
at the hotel she lives in.
Definitely have to hand
it to her.
Given nothing, she's figured
out a way to cobble together
her life.
This is it.
Hey!
>> Hello.
>> How are you?
>> I'm good. How are you?
>> Come on, guys.
I like what you've done here.
>> Here's my living room,
kitchen thing.
>> How is it living here?
>> It's a roof over your head.
You have a bed, a blanket,
and a heater.
What else do you need?
I'd been living in cars before,
so this is a big upgrade.
>> What's, uh--
>> That's Ja'Kayden.
That's the baby.
He is really my world.
With him not having a mother
or a father around, that's me
and Terah's role right now.
>> When you met her,
was it a romantic thing?
Were you guys--
>> There was flirting, but we
came to the conclusion we're,
like, better friends.
And she's my backbone through
what I'm going through
right now.
Me and my family never seen
eye to eye, and they basically
said, "Get out of my house."
>> So you have a friend
who lets you stay in their car?
>> Yeah, I stayed in his car
for a few nights.
>> And then, like, what happens?
>> That's when I meet Markie.
>> Was it all texting?
>> I tried to Skype with her,
but she would always avoid it.
So it was just no point.
>> What are you thinking
you're gonna do at this point?
Like, are you looking for a job?
Are you, like--
>> At that point, honestly,
I thought I was gonna be dead...
'cause I'm just gonna
kill myself.
>> This is the time in your life
when, obviously, things are
worst, and you're thinking,
like, "It might just be better
to--"
>> Just end it, yeah.
There was a freeway.
And it was always cars going,
like, 70, so I was just gonna
walk into the traffic.
And then Markie would call.
And she happened to just call
every time I was gonna do
something stupid.
So she, like, literally
saved my life.
>> And what would you guys
talk about?
>> Everything.
She didn't have it easy either.
Her brother passed away.
Her and her dad have not
always gotten along.
She was always making me laugh,
and that's, like, what I needed.
It was like a new light
inside me.
I got a job, I was saving money,
and without her, who knows
if we'd even be sitting here?
I saved money from work,
and I bought her a plane ticket
from California to New York.
And then no one knows
where she is.
The cops are looking for her.
I called her dad, and I was
basically like, "Where is she?"
And he's like, "Well, I'm not
gonna get into it,
but she's not coming."
It's like she just disappeared.
Then, recently, I had myself
a girlfriend, Katarina,
and I put it on Facebook,
and Markie was like,
"You can't have a girlfriend,
but I don't want
to be with you."
>> [exhales deeply]
Roller coaster.
>> Pretty much.
>> I'd like to know a little
bit more about Markie,
if that's cool.
>> Yeah.
>> She's cute.
>> She's got, like,
a pretty full account.
Like, lots of profile pictures
over the years.
2,011 friends--
that's a lot of friends.
People have liked
and commented for a long time.
Her look has changed a bunch,
but it's clearly her.
>> This is a pretty
real-looking page.
>> Yeah.
>> Do you believe that getting
an explanation from Markie
could spark your relationship
with her again?
>> It all comes down to, like,
what the truth is.
I mean, why would you pull me
out of such a bad spot,
make me so happy, and throw me
back in the hole?
And I don't want to have
to ask why anymore.
I want to know the reason.
>> I think you need to think
about what opening this door
is really going to bring.
>> Whichever way it goes, I'll
just have to pick myself up,
dust my shoulders off,
and keep moving.
>> You've done that before.
>> Yes, I have, and I can do
it one more time.
[chuckles]
>> Okay.
Hopefully we'll get you
some answers.
Good to meet you.
>> You too.
>> Later, Blaire.
See ya.
>> Bye, thank you.
>> Life is complicated
for Blaire.
>> Nothing is simple for her.
Markie is more than just a girl
that she was in love with.
>> Right.
>> It's a girl who totally
reset her perspective on life.
>> Which is why I think
it's important for Blaire
to believe that Markie
is a good person.
>> When we find out
what really happened,
the kidnapping story
is gonna seem light.
I think it could be much,
much darker than that.
>> Oh, pancakes.
>> Surfing the Web
at this pancake house.
>> It's a beer garden.
>> All right, pancakes and beer,
please.
All right, so we're dealing
with a very sensitive situation
here, because we've got Blaire,
who had a very difficult
past couple of years.
>> And on the verge of suicide,
she meets Markie on Instagram...
>> Yeah, on Instagram.
>> Who pulled her out
of her depression, saved her.
A week before they were going
to meet in New York after Blaire
bought a plane ticket
for Markie,
Markie gets kidnapped.
And then a week later, she calls
from a mental institution.
>> And she says, "I'm not
into you right now."
No explanation, nothing.
Let's do a couple image
searches quickly.
Let's see if any of Markie's
pictures hits.
No.
All right, here, there's
another one we can try.
None of the pictures
are coming back with any hits.
>> Well, it seems like Markie
might be exactly who she says
she is, but when the story
checks out, then there's
generally a much more sinister
reason why they're not meeting.
>> Let's run Markie's
phone number.
Here we go.
>> Oh.
>> We have an address--
Clovis, California.
So that's promising.
We can use that.
Markie was allegedly
kidnapped back in July.
So I want to see what was
going on on her Facebook page
back then.
Okay, here we go.
July 4th.
>> Whoa.
>> Whoa.
>> Yeah, look at that one--
all caps.
>> "Does anyone know where
Markie is or could be?
She was supposed to be
home yesterday.
Please contact me
with what you know."
>> So that was July 4th.
>> Then July 5th--
"Markie is still missing.
If you know anything,
please message me."
And then two days later,
"I love you, Markie,
and I'm glad you're safe."
>> So by the 7th, she's safe.
>> And then here's Blaire's
post on the 10th.
"Call me. I need to know
what's going on asap, please,"
because she was supposed to fly
out on the 11th.
>> Yeah.
So Blaire's freaking out.
>> Look, on the 14th,
she changed her profile picture.
But this was the exact time that
she was apparently not okay.
She had just been kidnapped,
held hostage, and now
in a mental institution.
>> Right.
>> This is weird.
>> Whoa.
And look what someone said.
>> "I guess this thread
is for telling lies."
And then who liked that?
>> Markie liked it.
>> That's pretty weird.
Look, here's another comment
on this picture.
Christopher [bleep].
So here's a guy that seems
to know her.
See what his deal is.
He went to Clovis too,
and he's from Fresno.
>> Yep, lives in Fresno.
Let's send this guy a message.
All right, let's just go back
to where we were, because
there was a lot going on
at the beginning of December,
including this, which is--
>> Alex [bleep].
Is that a guy?
>> December 6th.
Wait a sec.
I think we need to reach out
to this guy.
>> Do it.
What if you go to the Instagram
account?
Whoa.
Look at these pictures.
>> Yeah, okay, look at her.
>> What does this say?
"I'm a terrifying person.
I'm not normal.
The numerous things I could tell
you I've done are very scary,
and I like it.
#scary, #terrifying,
#crazy, #troubled."
>> I don't know what this is,
man.
We could be dealing with a very
troubled individual.
[cell phone rings]
Oh, shoot.
>> Oh, wait, we're getting
a call.
>> Oh, my God.
>> Who is this?
>> It's from Fresno.
>> So that's legit?
>> Yeah.
Hello?
Hey, Alex, this is Nev,
and I'm here with Max,
and I'd just love to ask
you a couple questions
about your friend Markie.
Oh, okay.
>> How would you describe
Markie, in general, as a person?
Would you say she's
a compulsive liar?
>> The reason we're calling
is because there's a girl
who for a while now has been
talking to Markie
and was supposed to meet up
with her back in July when
she apparently got kidnapped.
And so I'm just wondering,
could you see her lying about
something as big as that?
Wow. Okay.
Thank you for calling us back
so quickly.
We really appreciate it.
Later, man.
>> Later.
>> Wow.
>> So we're dealing with someone
who's capable of anything.
>> Why would she go out
of her way to be so nice
and so supportive for four
or five months just to pull
the plug and break her heart?
>> She plays with people.
>> The thing that scares me
is that Blaire says she wants
to sort of finally get the truth
so she can move on,
but it's pretty clear
that Blaire still has very
strong feelings for Markie.
I don't know.
I mean, she could be playing
a very dark, twisted game.
>> All right, let's pick up
where we left off.
It seems very likely that Markie
is who she appears to be.
>> But she twists the truth.
>> She might just be
a compulsive liar.
[cell phone chimes]
>> Oh, oh, oh.
What'd you get?
>> It says, "Hey, Nev.
Sorry I didn't get your message
till late at night, but, yeah,
give me a call."
Doesn't say who it is.
Let's give 'em a call.
[line trilling]
Yeah, hello, this is Nev.
Who is this?
Oh, hey, Chris.
Thanks for getting back to me.
Are you in the same class
with a girl named Markie?
>> A switchblade?
>> Wow.
Does she get into trouble a lot?
Did anything, like, crazy
happen to her last summer?
Was there ever an explanation
that you got about
what happened?
Do you happen to know if she's
dating anybody right now?
That's all really helpful.
Appreciate it.
>> Okay.
>> Whoa, okay.
>> There's a lot going on
in both of these girls' lives.
Still, why would she go
out of her way to save Blaire
and then--
>> And not video chat with her?
>> Right.
>> I think we need to go
talk to Blaire, and see
what she wants to do next.
>> *Love child *
* Love child of delusion
* Love child of confusion
* Oh
>> What's up, guys?
>> Come on in.
>> Come here, little man.
Oh, yeah.
>> Say hi.
>> Papa Nev.
>> There you go.
>> both: Hi.
>> I'm Terah. Nice to meet you.
>> Hey, Terah.
So this is your sister's kid?
>> Mm-hmm, yeah.
I've had him since he was
three months old.
>> How did you guys meet?
Was there, like, any chemistry,
or was it more just friendship?
>> No, just to have somebody,
'cause at that point, you know--
>> Just for the companionship?
>> Yeah.
>> Mm-hmm.
>> Where are you guys now?
>> Do you have a job?
>> Um, no, not yet.
>> How do you guys afford
anything or pay for food--
>> With what I have.
>> Which is almost gone.
>> Yeah.
>> You guys are in a pretty
tough situation.
>> We make it work, though.
>> Why do you think you ended
up sharing a motel room
and raising a kid?
>> It's what I've been missing
my whole life, is having
people around you.
>> Oh, a family.
>> both: Yeah.
>> It sounds like you--
>> That's what we are.
>> Why don't we talk to Blaire
about everything that we found
yesterday...
>> Okay.
>> Figure things out?
>> I'm gonna go to my mom's,
so...
>> both: All right.
>> For the most part,
what we found were the things
you already knew.
She's got her Facebook page.
She's got an Instagram.
Pictures seem to be her.
This girl seems pretty legit.
We searched her phone number,
and the number came back
registered to this address.
Have you ever seen that address?
>> No.
>> The next thing we did was we
went back to her Facebook page,
and we were just curious to see
what was going on around
the time that she got kidnapped,
and we found some people close
to her that were involved.
One of them was this guy Alex.
>> I think that's her ex.
>> Yeah.
>> He said she would lie
about everything.
The next person we heard back
from was this guy Chris.
>> One of the first things
he told us was that she had just
gotten suspended from school
for bringing a switchblade.
>> Oh, boy.
>> He remembers hearing
about this kidnapping,
but that it turned out
she just sort of ran away
because she wanted attention.
>> Like, if you wanted
attention, come to New York.
You'll get all the attention
you want.
>> The only other thing
that Chris told us was that she
was dating some girl.
>> Mm-hmm.
>> He said at school, she video
Skypes with her, like, every
day, all day long.
>> I have asked her
so many times.
That just pisses me off.
>> So then we were just
cruising through her Instagram,
and, actually, this jumped out
at us.
She wrote, "I am a terrifying
person.
The numerous things I could tell
you I've done are scary,
and I like it.
#terrifying, #crazy, #troubled."
>> Wow.
Like, that just makes me think,
"You brought me out of this dark
place to put me back there,
'cause that's what you enjoy
doing."
>> Maybe she's there.
>> * When you've withered *
* Into nothing
* 'Cause your lover's *
* Done you wrong
>> We're dealing with someone
who for years now is dealing
with some very dark,
troubling demons.
>> Yeah, I have no idea
who this person is.
>> The only way we're gonna
get any closer to the truth
than we are sitting here
is to try and meet this girl.
>> She's got the answers.
>> * It's all *
* We can do
>> The only way we're gonna
get any closer to the truth
than we are sitting here is
to try and connect with Markie,
find out if she wants
to meet up.
>> Yeah.
>> All right, so I'm gonna give
her a call.
>> Okay.
[line trilling]
>> Hi, is this Markie?
This is Nev from the show
Catfish.
I am in Texas with Blaire.
Yeah, we're down here because
she never got a chance to meet
you, so she thought maybe we
could help make that happen.
Is meeting Blaire something
that you want to do?
>> There's so much to be angry
about and so much to be
thankful for.
It's like she was the only one
that, like...
cared, I guess.
>> We would fly up there
tomorrow.
You need to appreciate
that Blaire...
has a lot of drama
in her life also.
If you maybe aren't in
a good place, that could be
really bad for her.
She's very vulnerable right now.
We'll see you really soon.
Hey.
So I asked Markie
if she wants to meet you.
She said she does.
She's freaking out,
but she'll do it.
It's definitely not a guarantee
that we can count on, but...
>> I hope so.
>> We can definitely try.
>> I need answers,
and I need them, like, now.
I just want to know why you
put someone through your hell
that you're living.
Why drag someone down with you?
>> Right.
>> * Would you bleed for me?
>> Off to Cali.
>> What are you thinking about?
>> If I do see her, like,
what am I gonna do?
Do I thank you, or do I,
like, curse you out first?
>> * But I've got my mind *
* Made up this time
* 'Cause there's a menace *
* In my bed
* Can you see his silhouette?
* Can you see his silhouette?
* Can you see his silhouette?
* And light a cigarette
* Set a fire in my head
* Tonight, tonight, tonight
[line trilling]
>> Come on.
Uh-oh.
That's a lot of rings.
>> It's my favorite game,
waiting for a text to come back.
>> I know.
>> Well, let's just see
how Blaire is doing.
>> Good morning.
>> Hey.
>> Morning.
>> Have you heard from Markie?
>> I texted her that, like,
I can't believe I'm here.
>> Did she respond to that?
>> She was like, "Yay."
>> We tried calling her
to find out where and when
we can meet up.
I don't think she's written
back yet.
>> Should I try calling her?
>> Yeah.
I just don't want her
to disappear.
[line trilling]
>> This is annoying.
Come on.
She knows we're here.
This is the pattern.
>> Right.
We're here.
We have an address.
I think we could hit
the streets, get some coffee
and doughnuts, and do
an old-fashioned...
>> Stakeout.
>> both: Stakeout.
>> I'm totally game with it.
>> Let's go fishing
for this catfish.
>> Reel her in.
>> Reel her in.
Let's find this girl.
>> Markie's here.
We know she's here, somewhere.
>> We're on the hunt.
>> All right, well, the address
we're going to is pretty close.
Oh, man, this place is coming
up pretty quick.
Here's the turn and then--
Okay, wait a second.
So this address is, like,
not a residential area.
>> Nowhere, no.
>> It doesn't look like it.
And this is, like, a strip mall.
So that's not--
Okay.
So this is not it, obviously.
>> This is the strip mall
where she doesn't live.
>> I'm just getting pissed off.
Like, this is just...
>> At this point, if she's not
gonna get back to us, I think
we should just try to find her
by doing whatever it takes.
>> I've, like, seen pictures
of her house.
So, like, if I saw it,
I'd know that that was it.
>> Can you describe it,
or is it more just sort of
imprinted in your memory?
>> I just remember it was
on a turn.
I think her dad drives
a red pickup truck.
So there's, like, a truck
in the driveway.
>> That's something.
Go to her Instagram.
Has she ever posted a picture
of her house?
>> No.
>> Does she have the maps thing?
If you go to the top--
go back to the top.
>> Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Go to the top.
>> Has she geo tagged anything?
Yeah, yeah, click on those.
Yeah, yeah, here we go.
Look, we got some geo tags.
>> Smart, smart.
>> Whoa.
Look, a couple locations pop up.
Got her.
We're gonna get her
from the geo tag.
>> The geo tag.
>> This one was taken
in her house, and that was
her birthday.
So this is--
>> Where--
>> Bam, what is it?
What's the address?
>> What's that street?
That's--
>> West [bleep].
>> [bleep] , Max.
>> We got it!
>> We're gonna turn around,
guys.
>> Flip it, Nev, flip it.
Just go over this median.
>> Oh, man, we are hot
on the trail.
All right, so here's the corner.
>> Is it this one?
>> This is the corner.
>> So it's that house.
>> Or it's that one.
>> No, no, it's that one,
right there on the corner.
>> Yeah.
>> That's it, right there.
>> Oh, my God.
Like, this is really happening.
>> Keep in mind that she's
probably more nervous
and freaked out than you are.
>> Yeah.
>> Unless she comes--
Oh, is that the red--
Oh, look...
>> That's her dad.
>> The red truck--
it's coming home.
>> Oh, my God, is that her dad?
>> That's her dad.
>> You recognized him?
>> That was her dad.
>> Whoa.
Well, then we should go
right now.
>> Yeah.
>> Let's just do it.
[Blaire sighs]
>> Get some frantic...
All right, well, I'm just gonna
ring this bell.
Let's cross over.
I'm not sure if that did
anything.
>> My heart is racing right now.
>> I can't see in that window.
Can you see in that window?
I don't know.
>> [exhales deeply]
>> I don't see anyone inside.
>> I don't know.
My heart's racing, though.
Hi.
>> Hello.
>> Hey, good afternoon.
How you doing?
>> Good, how are you?
>> I'm Nev Schulman.
Pleasure to meet you.
>> Okay, I'm Mark.
>> We are looking for--
or hoping to speak
with your daughter.
>> Markie, or--
>> Yes, Markie.
>> Okay.
>> We spoke to her yesterday.
>> Mm-hmm.
>> Told her we were coming,
and we're trying to get
in touch with her.
We're unable to.
>> Uh, yeah, she went with some
friends yesterday, and I haven't
seen her since, so...
>> Oh, as in, she hasn't been
home since then?
>> Right.
>> Oh.
>> Can I, like, walk away?
I just feel so stupid.
[scoffs] Gone again.
>> Markie explained everything
that was going on.
>> She told you about it?
>> Yes.
>> She told you about Blaire,
her friend in New York?
>> Mm-hmm.
>> Okay.
>> Like, this just went to,
like, I might give you a hug
to now, like...
>> If you speak to her...
>> Mm-hmm.
>> Or send her a text, just let
her know we stopped by.
>> Okay.
>> We're looking--we're waiting
for her to let us know when
and where to meet up with her.
>> Okay.
>> Thanks.
>> No problem.
>> Appreciate it.
>> My pleasure.
>> Take care.
>> You guys be good.
>> This is stupid.
>> I mean, if you have to chase
someone this much just to meet
'em, then they might not be
worth meeting.
>> * 'Cause you've been *
* Acting strange
* Now I'm in your veins *
* You don't know what *
* You're running from *
>> You want to call her again?
She always wants to be
in control.
>> Hey, guys, sorry I couldn't
answer your phone call.
>> So just say, like...
>> We're here.
>> "You weren't here.
We're leaving."
[beep]
>> Markie, it's Blaire.
You're not here, so I think
we're just gonna go, 'cause
I'm not chasing this anymore.
>> * Pictures out the frame
* Nothing left to blame
* Don't waste your love *
* Don't waste your love *
* Don't waste your love away *
>> People can only mess with you
and upset you as much
as you'll let them.
So, for the moment, let's make
the best of it.
Let's just wait an hour
or something and see if
she reaches out.
All right, we're gonna go
to a park.
>> I just wish the games
would end.
>> There doesn't seem to be
any way to win.
So, at a certain point,
you just got to say,
"I'm done playing this game."
[cell phone rings]
Oh, [bleep].
>> Hello?
>> Hey, I'm sitting here
with the guys.
Yeah, we've been looking for you
all day.
Where are you?
Okay.
>> We are at Wood--Woodford Park
or something.
>> Yeah, Woodward.
Yeah.
Great.
See you soon.
>> I mean, she could have
said "sorry."
>> Right, it would have been
great if she had been
considerate and texted.
I'm just saying.
Let's not scare her off.
>> We'll see if she gets lost
on the way here.
>> Okay.
>> Not okay.
It's not okay.
>> Oh, jeez, Louise.
>> [sighs]
>> Here's a truck.
>> Is that her?
>> Yeah.
>> All right.
Well, she showed up.
>> You okay?
>> Yeah.
>> Nice to meet you.
>> Nice to meet you too.
>> Nev.
>> Nice to meet you.
Markie.
>> Wow.
>> Well, you're very excited.
>> I'm very, very excited.
I'm trying not to, like, jump
into her arms and plow her down
to the floor.
>> It's not exactly the reaction
that I expected.
>> Yeah, if anything, we've been
kind of ready for--
>> The worst?
>> I mean, look, we all want
to be excited, obviously,
but I just want to, like,
get some things
out of the way first.
>> Of course.
>> Do you guys want to go sit
down at that table in the shade?
>> So, okay, from what we
gathered from Blaire's story
was that you didn't come
to New York, and then she got
a strange phone call from you,
like, a couple days afterwards
saying that you were
in a hospital of some kind
and that you weren't gonna come
and you were still in love
with your ex-girlfriend
and that it was over.
>> I never got answers.
I never got reasons,
and that's all I want--is why.
>> So I was 17, and...
>> What?
What?
>> He persuaded me to go
with him because of issues
that would happen in New York
that he saw.
>> He saw issues?
How could he--
>> Who's "he"?
>> I don't get this.
>> Is he an ex of yours?
>> No.
>> So I don't know who she--just
"he"?
>> It's a very private
situation.
I can't really let out names.
What had happened was I had
a dream that I went to New York
and I died.
And I told him about the dream,
and he told me that if I didn't
go and repent my sins,
I guess--I don't know.
He didn't make it clear,
but he told me pretty much
if I didn't confess everything
to him, I would die in New York.
And so that pushed me
to the limit as to where I felt
like I needed to go...
for you, for me, for my family,
so I could stay alive.
>> I mean, were you--were you,
like, far away in the middle
of nowhere?
>> I was up in the mountains.
>> Why does this person
have so much influence over you?
>> He was a close, personal
friend.
>> You don't think you could've
told this guy you needed to let
me know that you're not coming?
>> No, because he didn't want
to talk to you.
He didn't want anything
to do with you.
>> You couldn't talk to me?
>> I'm--
It's a terrible story,
and I'm sorry that I still
don't--I don't--
>> Fully understand?
>> I don't understand it.
>> I know this probably
feels like an interrogation.
I don't want it to.
But does it come as a surprise
that you have a reputation
for not telling the truth?
>> No, because I have had people
in my past say that I have
a lying problem.
But I do try my best
not to lie to Blaire.
>> But you still do it.
>> I try not to.
>> But, of course, that also
means that it's hard now for us
to know what is and isn't true.
But, I mean, are there things
that you either haven't been
honest about or just haven't
told her?
'Cause right now Blaire needs
to figure out her life,
and the only way she can know
that is to get something close
to the real you.
>> Hey, I'm Markie.
>> I'm Blaire.
>> I'm a psychotic crazy person.
I have a semi-lying problem,
and I'm absolutely in love
with you.
I want to be a part
of your life.
I want to be there for you.
I want to be the person
you can cry on.
I want to be the girl
you come home to,
and I want to be the girl
wearing your ring.
>> I'm gonna interrupt.
I feel like...
you're unbelievably smooth.
A week ago, you told her not
to keep dating the girl
she's dating because you didn't
want her to.
You know exactly what to say.
It feels like I'm listening
to a script for, like,
the perfect scene out of
the perfect movie
from the perfect guy who says
exactly the right thing
to the girl, and they walk off
happily into the sunset.
That's not how this is gonna go,
because that's the worst thing
you can do for her.
The worst thing you can do
for her right now is that.
If you care about someone,
be real with them.
>> And if she doesn't want
to be with me, she doesn't have
to be with me.
>> She does want to be with you.
That's the problem.
Because she's not good
at recognizing things
that are bad for her.
So I'm trying to help her
do that.
Now, I know you were incredibly
supportive for a period of time
that was tremendously important
for her.
So I am sure you have
a genuine connection as a
result of that.
But I just think you need
to be much more careful
with the words you choose.
It's really dangerous to say
"I love you" to someone.
"I want to spend my life
with you, even though we just
met ten minutes ago," and not
have them go into a tailspin.
You're just lying without
intentionally doing it
and giving the wrong signals
to the wrong person
and just hurting both of you.
This is the opportunity
to finally clear things up,
not complicate them more.
Anyway, I'm--I'm sorry.
I'm just trying to help.
So...
>> This episode of
Catfish: The TV Show
continues now.
>> You know I care about you.
If I didn't care about you,
why would I be sitting here?
>> I don't know.
You know the spot I was at,
and then for you to just
basically fall off the face
of the Earth, like, why?
You were all I had at that time.
You were the only one I had.
All you had to do was say,
"I'm scared."
And you know that's why
you didn't come...
'cause you were scared.
That's why you got--
whatever happened.
>> I was scared.
You're right, but that doesn't
mean I wasn't gonna bail out on
you.
>> You kind of did, though,
if you think about it.
So, yeah, you did bail out on
me.
I spent my last penny to get you
to New York...
'cause you were what I had.
The simple two words,
"I'm scared."
>> I don't really want
you to leave.
I don't want you to leave
at all.
>> Then be honest.
Be honest with me.
You're such a smart person.
You have so much to offer
the world, but if you would cut
the lies out, I think a lot
more people would see that.
Like, I don't know.
I'm angry, and I'm hurt,
and I'm--I'm--
Ugh.
>> Then let me make things
right.
>> I don't know what...
I want to trust you so bad.
How?
I was crazy about you.
So why [bleep] that up?
I mean, if you feel so strongly
about me, why do it?
>> I do want to be a part
of your life.
I do, and I've told you
that multiple times.
>> I need stability in my life.
I cannot have someone
that's gonna be here one day
and gone the next.
I can't deal with liars anymore.
So, if you want to be a part of
my life, the lies need to stop.
Every word out of your mouth
has to be truthful.
That's where this is gonna start
as a new friendship,
and I'm totally willing
to do that, 'cause I don't want
to lose someone that has
brought me out of a hole.
It's freezing.
I'm freezing.
So you want to head back?
[sighs]
>> Good talk?
>> Yeah.
>> I hope so.
>> I hope we didn't get off
on the wrong foot.
Take it as a sign of endearment
that I see a lot of me in you.
>> Thank you.
>> I want the best for you.
I really do.
>> Thank you.
>> Bye.
It's all right.
Bye.
>> * I want to make it right
>> Whoa.
What are you feeling?
>> I feel fresh...
like a lot of stuff just got
off my shoulders.
I mean, there's still feelings
there, but it's not what it was,
and I don't think it could be.
And I need to be able to do
for me as I do for others,
'cause I just haven't been happy
in such a long time.
It's time for me to make
myself happy.
I think this is a start to that.
>> * I follow soon
* I follow soon
* I follow
* Oh
[line ringing]
>> Hey, Markie.
What's the sort of current state
of your friendship with Blaire?
>> We're actually
doing really well.
We talk almost every day.
>> Do you feel like maybe now
you have permission to be
a little bit more honest
and genuine?
>> Yeah, I have, and I'm really
proud of myself for being honest
because we're getting back
to being really close together.
It feels good to be honest
with her.
>> What's your plan
after high school?
>> All right.
>> Congratulations.
>> We're gonna check in
with Blaire, but it was really
nice talking to you, and
hopefully we'll talk again soon.
>> Okay.
>> Bye, Markie.
>> Blaire!
>> Hey!
>> What's up?
>> What up?
>> Nothing.
I'm headed to Florida next
weekend.
>> Wait.
>> What's going on?
>> What?
>> Me and Terah kind of parted
ways, I guess, for now.
She's staying in Texas
with her girlfriend,
and I got my apartment
in Florida.
>> Wow.
>> Katarina is coming down.
>> And then you're gonna
go together to Florida?
>> Yeah, I'm excited.
>> What's going on
with Ja'Kayden?
>> He is coming back to Florida
with me, and I'm getting legal
guardianship over him.
>> You are?
>> Yeah.
>> Wow.
>> Your life just keeps on
changing.
>> Yeah, I'm excited.
>> And you're still talking
to Markie?
>> Yeah, I actually Skyped
with her yesterday.
>> All right, well, cool.
I'm excited for you.
>> Thank you guys so much.
>> Good luck, Blaire.
>> Bye.
>> both: Bye.
>> This kid could throw
his whole life away for a girl
he doesn't even know.
>> I'm gonna be that guy
that had his mom on Catfish.
>> 'Cause my mind's going crazy
about what this secret could be.
>> Here we go.
[knock at door]
[door opens]
1558
00:41:02.
>> How you feeling?
>> Do I thank the girl for not
letting me walk into that street
that day I wanted to end
my life?
>> Keep in mind that she's
probably more nervous
and freaked out than you are.
>> Yeah.
>> Unless she comes--
Oh, is that the red--
Oh, look--
>> That's her dad.
>> The red truck--
it's coming home.
>> Whoa.
>> Oh, my God.
Like, this is really happening.
>> She could be playing
a very dark, twisted game.
>> Hello.
Where's the coffee?
>> All right, well, let's find
out who needs our help.
We have an email here
from Superman.
>> Is Superman a catfish?
>> Well, no, the question is,
"Which is the real version?"
He is really Superman.
He poses as Clark Kent.
So Superman's the catfish.
>> Right, Superman
is the catfish, and Clark Kent
is the mask.
>> Anyway, the subject
is "Catfished or Kidnapped"
"Hey, Nev and Max.
My name is Blaire.
I'm 22 and currently live
in San Antonio, Texas.
I just moved here
with my best friend, Terah,
around two months ago.
I'm originally from New York
and when I was there,
I met an amazing girl
named Markie from Fresno,
California, on Instagram.
We started talking immediately
and had an amazing connection.
When I first met Markie,
I was basically homeless.
I did not see eye to eye with
my parents about anything, and
I was kicked out with nothing
but the clothes on my back.
Markie is really the only person
who helped me out
of that dark place.
>> * Stand by me
* And I'll stand by you *
>> We poured our hearts out
to each other.
She gave me a purpose
and a reason not to end my life.
>> * Let your heart go boom
* Let your heart go boom
>> She was my girlfriend.
I loved her completely,
and I trusted no one but her.
>> * Boom
>> But we never got the chance
to video chat.
I asked all the time.
Around four months after meeting
online, we decided to meet
in person.
Problem is, a week before I was
supposed to meet her,
she got kidnapped.
A week after that, she calls me
from a mental hospital?
And Markie decided it was best
if we were just friends.
I was completely devastated
and never found out
what really happened."
Can we just talk about this?
>> Yeah, okay.
This is a pretty wild story.
>> It sounds sort
of preposterous
that this Markie girl
got kidnapped and then ended up
in a mental hospital.
>> This sounds more like kind
of the front page
of a supermarket tabloid.
>> "A few weeks ago,
I met a great girl.
We started dating,
and I posted this on Facebook.
Markie yelled at me on Facebook
to call her.
She told me I should not
date anyone, but she doesn't
want to date me either.
I'm so confused.
I want to move on,
but something holds me back.
Save me, guys!
Blaire."
So now Blaire is dating someone.
>> And then, boom.
>> And Markie shows up
and yells at her.
>> It's unfair.
>> We definitely need to find
out more about this.
[line ringing]
>> both: Hey.
>> Hello.
>> How you doing, Blaire?
>> Good, how are you?
>> I have to admit, we thought
we were getting an email
from Superman.
>> What's the connection
to Superman?
>> Everything that I've
came through made me, like,
stronger, so the girl of steel.
>> How are things going
in San Antonio?
What's going on?
>> I'm living with my best
friend, Terah, and her nephew.
We're in a hotel.
Hopefully getting an apartment
soon.
I'm in the process
of getting a job.
It's just really hard to deal
with, like, the money situation.
That's really my life
at this point.
>> So at what point did Markie
come into your life?
>> I met Markie when I became
homeless.
I had nothing.
I was living in my friend's car.
I was a mess, and when she
came in my life, I went out,
I got an apartment, a job,
and she was the reason why,
'cause I wanted to see her,
and I wanted to get her
a ticket.
>> Before you moved, you were
supposed to meet in New York.
>> Yeah.
>> And then...
>> She gets kidnapped.
>> She just kind of fell off
the grid?
>> Yeah, like, a few days,
I haven't heard from her.
I get a message from her sister
asking me,
"Have you seen Markie?
She hasn't been seen in,
like, the past few days."
I was devastated.
I was crying, panicking.
I was thinking the worst.
>> Did she explain
what happened?
>> She basically tells me,
"I was kidnapped.
I'm in a hospital,"
and that she doesn't want to be
in a relationship anymore
'cause she still has feelings
for her ex.
>> Markie does not sound
like the kind of person
who you should be with.
>> You're probably 100% right,
but I think it's the fact
that she was the only one
that was there for me
when I really needed someone.
I was living out of a car
in the middle of winter.
Who are you that you saved
my life?
I need to be able to move on
and be happy, and knowing
what really happened with her
is gonna give me that.
Deep inside, I know that
I do have feelings for her also,
and I want to know the person
that I was in love with and if
I am still in love with her.
>> I feel like you deserve
a break.
We want to come and help you
find out what really happened
and see if you can figure out
what the future looks like.
>> Well, I would love
your guys' help.
>> All right, hang in there,
and we'll see you really soon.
Bye, Blaire.
>> Bye.
>> Gee whiz.
I mean, this is way more
than just a catfish story.
>> Back to Texas.
>> * I'm just messing around *
>> * Around
>> * I'm just messing around *
>> * Around
>> * And I like it, yeah, yeah
* Yeah, I like it, like it
* Like it, yes, I do
>> We're going to see Blaire
at the hotel she lives in.
Definitely have to hand
it to her.
Given nothing, she's figured
out a way to cobble together
her life.
This is it.
Hey!
>> Hello.
>> How are you?
>> I'm good. How are you?
>> Come on, guys.
I like what you've done here.
>> Here's my living room,
kitchen thing.
>> How is it living here?
>> It's a roof over your head.
You have a bed, a blanket,
and a heater.
What else do you need?
I'd been living in cars before,
so this is a big upgrade.
>> What's, uh--
>> That's Ja'Kayden.
That's the baby.
He is really my world.
With him not having a mother
or a father around, that's me
and Terah's role right now.
>> When you met her,
was it a romantic thing?
Were you guys--
>> There was flirting, but we
came to the conclusion we're,
like, better friends.
And she's my backbone through
what I'm going through
right now.
Me and my family never seen
eye to eye, and they basically
said, "Get out of my house."
>> So you have a friend
who lets you stay in their car?
>> Yeah, I stayed in his car
for a few nights.
>> And then, like, what happens?
>> That's when I meet Markie.
>> Was it all texting?
>> I tried to Skype with her,
but she would always avoid it.
So it was just no point.
>> What are you thinking
you're gonna do at this point?
Like, are you looking for a job?
Are you, like--
>> At that point, honestly,
I thought I was gonna be dead...
'cause I'm just gonna
kill myself.
>> This is the time in your life
when, obviously, things are
worst, and you're thinking,
like, "It might just be better
to--"
>> Just end it, yeah.
There was a freeway.
And it was always cars going,
like, 70, so I was just gonna
walk into the traffic.
And then Markie would call.
And she happened to just call
every time I was gonna do
something stupid.
So she, like, literally
saved my life.
>> And what would you guys
talk about?
>> Everything.
She didn't have it easy either.
Her brother passed away.
Her and her dad have not
always gotten along.
She was always making me laugh,
and that's, like, what I needed.
It was like a new light
inside me.
I got a job, I was saving money,
and without her, who knows
if we'd even be sitting here?
I saved money from work,
and I bought her a plane ticket
from California to New York.
And then no one knows
where she is.
The cops are looking for her.
I called her dad, and I was
basically like, "Where is she?"
And he's like, "Well, I'm not
gonna get into it,
but she's not coming."
It's like she just disappeared.
Then, recently, I had myself
a girlfriend, Katarina,
and I put it on Facebook,
and Markie was like,
"You can't have a girlfriend,
but I don't want
to be with you."
>> [exhales deeply]
Roller coaster.
>> Pretty much.
>> I'd like to know a little
bit more about Markie,
if that's cool.
>> Yeah.
>> She's cute.
>> She's got, like,
a pretty full account.
Like, lots of profile pictures
over the years.
2,011 friends--
that's a lot of friends.
People have liked
and commented for a long time.
Her look has changed a bunch,
but it's clearly her.
>> This is a pretty
real-looking page.
>> Yeah.
>> Do you believe that getting
an explanation from Markie
could spark your relationship
with her again?
>> It all comes down to, like,
what the truth is.
I mean, why would you pull me
out of such a bad spot,
make me so happy, and throw me
back in the hole?
And I don't want to have
to ask why anymore.
I want to know the reason.
>> I think you need to think
about what opening this door
is really going to bring.
>> Whichever way it goes, I'll
just have to pick myself up,
dust my shoulders off,
and keep moving.
>> You've done that before.
>> Yes, I have, and I can do
it one more time.
[chuckles]
>> Okay.
Hopefully we'll get you
some answers.
Good to meet you.
>> You too.
>> Later, Blaire.
See ya.
>> Bye, thank you.
>> Life is complicated
for Blaire.
>> Nothing is simple for her.
Markie is more than just a girl
that she was in love with.
>> Right.
>> It's a girl who totally
reset her perspective on life.
>> Which is why I think
it's important for Blaire
to believe that Markie
is a good person.
>> When we find out
what really happened,
the kidnapping story
is gonna seem light.
I think it could be much,
much darker than that.
>> Oh, pancakes.
>> Surfing the Web
at this pancake house.
>> It's a beer garden.
>> All right, pancakes and beer,
please.
All right, so we're dealing
with a very sensitive situation
here, because we've got Blaire,
who had a very difficult
past couple of years.
>> And on the verge of suicide,
she meets Markie on Instagram...
>> Yeah, on Instagram.
>> Who pulled her out
of her depression, saved her.
A week before they were going
to meet in New York after Blaire
bought a plane ticket
for Markie,
Markie gets kidnapped.
And then a week later, she calls
from a mental institution.
>> And she says, "I'm not
into you right now."
No explanation, nothing.
Let's do a couple image
searches quickly.
Let's see if any of Markie's
pictures hits.
No.
All right, here, there's
another one we can try.
None of the pictures
are coming back with any hits.
>> Well, it seems like Markie
might be exactly who she says
she is, but when the story
checks out, then there's
generally a much more sinister
reason why they're not meeting.
>> Let's run Markie's
phone number.
Here we go.
>> Oh.
>> We have an address--
Clovis, California.
So that's promising.
We can use that.
Markie was allegedly
kidnapped back in July.
So I want to see what was
going on on her Facebook page
back then.
Okay, here we go.
July 4th.
>> Whoa.
>> Whoa.
>> Yeah, look at that one--
all caps.
>> "Does anyone know where
Markie is or could be?
She was supposed to be
home yesterday.
Please contact me
with what you know."
>> So that was July 4th.
>> Then July 5th--
"Markie is still missing.
If you know anything,
please message me."
And then two days later,
"I love you, Markie,
and I'm glad you're safe."
>> So by the 7th, she's safe.
>> And then here's Blaire's
post on the 10th.
"Call me. I need to know
what's going on asap, please,"
because she was supposed to fly
out on the 11th.
>> Yeah.
So Blaire's freaking out.
>> Look, on the 14th,
she changed her profile picture.
But this was the exact time that
she was apparently not okay.
She had just been kidnapped,
held hostage, and now
in a mental institution.
>> Right.
>> This is weird.
>> Whoa.
And look what someone said.
>> "I guess this thread
is for telling lies."
And then who liked that?
>> Markie liked it.
>> That's pretty weird.
Look, here's another comment
on this picture.
Christopher [bleep].
So here's a guy that seems
to know her.
See what his deal is.
He went to Clovis too,
and he's from Fresno.
>> Yep, lives in Fresno.
Let's send this guy a message.
All right, let's just go back
to where we were, because
there was a lot going on
at the beginning of December,
including this, which is--
>> Alex [bleep].
Is that a guy?
>> December 6th.
Wait a sec.
I think we need to reach out
to this guy.
>> Do it.
What if you go to the Instagram
account?
Whoa.
Look at these pictures.
>> Yeah, okay, look at her.
>> What does this say?
"I'm a terrifying person.
I'm not normal.
The numerous things I could tell
you I've done are very scary,
and I like it.
#scary, #terrifying,
#crazy, #troubled."
>> I don't know what this is,
man.
We could be dealing with a very
troubled individual.
[cell phone rings]
Oh, shoot.
>> Oh, wait, we're getting
a call.
>> Oh, my God.
>> Who is this?
>> It's from Fresno.
>> So that's legit?
>> Yeah.
Hello?
Hey, Alex, this is Nev,
and I'm here with Max,
and I'd just love to ask
you a couple questions
about your friend Markie.
Oh, okay.
>> How would you describe
Markie, in general, as a person?
Would you say she's
a compulsive liar?
>> The reason we're calling
is because there's a girl
who for a while now has been
talking to Markie
and was supposed to meet up
with her back in July when
she apparently got kidnapped.
And so I'm just wondering,
could you see her lying about
something as big as that?
Wow. Okay.
Thank you for calling us back
so quickly.
We really appreciate it.
Later, man.
>> Later.
>> Wow.
>> So we're dealing with someone
who's capable of anything.
>> Why would she go out
of her way to be so nice
and so supportive for four
or five months just to pull
the plug and break her heart?
>> She plays with people.
>> The thing that scares me
is that Blaire says she wants
to sort of finally get the truth
so she can move on,
but it's pretty clear
that Blaire still has very
strong feelings for Markie.
I don't know.
I mean, she could be playing
a very dark, twisted game.
>> All right, let's pick up
where we left off.
It seems very likely that Markie
is who she appears to be.
>> But she twists the truth.
>> She might just be
a compulsive liar.
[cell phone chimes]
>> Oh, oh, oh.
What'd you get?
>> It says, "Hey, Nev.
Sorry I didn't get your message
till late at night, but, yeah,
give me a call."
Doesn't say who it is.
Let's give 'em a call.
[line trilling]
Yeah, hello, this is Nev.
Who is this?
Oh, hey, Chris.
Thanks for getting back to me.
Are you in the same class
with a girl named Markie?
>> A switchblade?
>> Wow.
Does she get into trouble a lot?
Did anything, like, crazy
happen to her last summer?
Was there ever an explanation
that you got about
what happened?
Do you happen to know if she's
dating anybody right now?
That's all really helpful.
Appreciate it.
>> Okay.
>> Whoa, okay.
>> There's a lot going on
in both of these girls' lives.
Still, why would she go
out of her way to save Blaire
and then--
>> And not video chat with her?
>> Right.
>> I think we need to go
talk to Blaire, and see
what she wants to do next.
>> *Love child *
* Love child of delusion
* Love child of confusion
* Oh
>> What's up, guys?
>> Come on in.
>> Come here, little man.
Oh, yeah.
>> Say hi.
>> Papa Nev.
>> There you go.
>> both: Hi.
>> I'm Terah. Nice to meet you.
>> Hey, Terah.
So this is your sister's kid?
>> Mm-hmm, yeah.
I've had him since he was
three months old.
>> How did you guys meet?
Was there, like, any chemistry,
or was it more just friendship?
>> No, just to have somebody,
'cause at that point, you know--
>> Just for the companionship?
>> Yeah.
>> Mm-hmm.
>> Where are you guys now?
>> Do you have a job?
>> Um, no, not yet.
>> How do you guys afford
anything or pay for food--
>> With what I have.
>> Which is almost gone.
>> Yeah.
>> You guys are in a pretty
tough situation.
>> We make it work, though.
>> Why do you think you ended
up sharing a motel room
and raising a kid?
>> It's what I've been missing
my whole life, is having
people around you.
>> Oh, a family.
>> both: Yeah.
>> It sounds like you--
>> That's what we are.
>> Why don't we talk to Blaire
about everything that we found
yesterday...
>> Okay.
>> Figure things out?
>> I'm gonna go to my mom's,
so...
>> both: All right.
>> For the most part,
what we found were the things
you already knew.
She's got her Facebook page.
She's got an Instagram.
Pictures seem to be her.
This girl seems pretty legit.
We searched her phone number,
and the number came back
registered to this address.
Have you ever seen that address?
>> No.
>> The next thing we did was we
went back to her Facebook page,
and we were just curious to see
what was going on around
the time that she got kidnapped,
and we found some people close
to her that were involved.
One of them was this guy Alex.
>> I think that's her ex.
>> Yeah.
>> He said she would lie
about everything.
The next person we heard back
from was this guy Chris.
>> One of the first things
he told us was that she had just
gotten suspended from school
for bringing a switchblade.
>> Oh, boy.
>> He remembers hearing
about this kidnapping,
but that it turned out
she just sort of ran away
because she wanted attention.
>> Like, if you wanted
attention, come to New York.
You'll get all the attention
you want.
>> The only other thing
that Chris told us was that she
was dating some girl.
>> Mm-hmm.
>> He said at school, she video
Skypes with her, like, every
day, all day long.
>> I have asked her
so many times.
That just pisses me off.
>> So then we were just
cruising through her Instagram,
and, actually, this jumped out
at us.
She wrote, "I am a terrifying
person.
The numerous things I could tell
you I've done are scary,
and I like it.
#terrifying, #crazy, #troubled."
>> Wow.
Like, that just makes me think,
"You brought me out of this dark
place to put me back there,
'cause that's what you enjoy
doing."
>> Maybe she's there.
>> * When you've withered *
* Into nothing
* 'Cause your lover's *
* Done you wrong
>> We're dealing with someone
who for years now is dealing
with some very dark,
troubling demons.
>> Yeah, I have no idea
who this person is.
>> The only way we're gonna
get any closer to the truth
than we are sitting here
is to try and meet this girl.
>> She's got the answers.
>> * It's all *
* We can do
>> The only way we're gonna
get any closer to the truth
than we are sitting here is
to try and connect with Markie,
find out if she wants
to meet up.
>> Yeah.
>> All right, so I'm gonna give
her a call.
>> Okay.
[line trilling]
>> Hi, is this Markie?
This is Nev from the show
Catfish.
I am in Texas with Blaire.
Yeah, we're down here because
she never got a chance to meet
you, so she thought maybe we
could help make that happen.
Is meeting Blaire something
that you want to do?
>> There's so much to be angry
about and so much to be
thankful for.
It's like she was the only one
that, like...
cared, I guess.
>> We would fly up there
tomorrow.
You need to appreciate
that Blaire...
has a lot of drama
in her life also.
If you maybe aren't in
a good place, that could be
really bad for her.
She's very vulnerable right now.
We'll see you really soon.
Hey.
So I asked Markie
if she wants to meet you.
She said she does.
She's freaking out,
but she'll do it.
It's definitely not a guarantee
that we can count on, but...
>> I hope so.
>> We can definitely try.
>> I need answers,
and I need them, like, now.
I just want to know why you
put someone through your hell
that you're living.
Why drag someone down with you?
>> Right.
>> * Would you bleed for me?
>> Off to Cali.
>> What are you thinking about?
>> If I do see her, like,
what am I gonna do?
Do I thank you, or do I,
like, curse you out first?
>> * But I've got my mind *
* Made up this time
* 'Cause there's a menace *
* In my bed
* Can you see his silhouette?
* Can you see his silhouette?
* Can you see his silhouette?
* And light a cigarette
* Set a fire in my head
* Tonight, tonight, tonight
[line trilling]
>> Come on.
Uh-oh.
That's a lot of rings.
>> It's my favorite game,
waiting for a text to come back.
>> I know.
>> Well, let's just see
how Blaire is doing.
>> Good morning.
>> Hey.
>> Morning.
>> Have you heard from Markie?
>> I texted her that, like,
I can't believe I'm here.
>> Did she respond to that?
>> She was like, "Yay."
>> We tried calling her
to find out where and when
we can meet up.
I don't think she's written
back yet.
>> Should I try calling her?
>> Yeah.
I just don't want her
to disappear.
[line trilling]
>> This is annoying.
Come on.
She knows we're here.
This is the pattern.
>> Right.
We're here.
We have an address.
I think we could hit
the streets, get some coffee
and doughnuts, and do
an old-fashioned...
>> Stakeout.
>> both: Stakeout.
>> I'm totally game with it.
>> Let's go fishing
for this catfish.
>> Reel her in.
>> Reel her in.
Let's find this girl.
>> Markie's here.
We know she's here, somewhere.
>> We're on the hunt.
>> All right, well, the address
we're going to is pretty close.
Oh, man, this place is coming
up pretty quick.
Here's the turn and then--
Okay, wait a second.
So this address is, like,
not a residential area.
>> Nowhere, no.
>> It doesn't look like it.
And this is, like, a strip mall.
So that's not--
Okay.
So this is not it, obviously.
>> This is the strip mall
where she doesn't live.
>> I'm just getting pissed off.
Like, this is just...
>> At this point, if she's not
gonna get back to us, I think
we should just try to find her
by doing whatever it takes.
>> I've, like, seen pictures
of her house.
So, like, if I saw it,
I'd know that that was it.
>> Can you describe it,
or is it more just sort of
imprinted in your memory?
>> I just remember it was
on a turn.
I think her dad drives
a red pickup truck.
So there's, like, a truck
in the driveway.
>> That's something.
Go to her Instagram.
Has she ever posted a picture
of her house?
>> No.
>> Does she have the maps thing?
If you go to the top--
go back to the top.
>> Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Go to the top.
>> Has she geo tagged anything?
Yeah, yeah, click on those.
Yeah, yeah, here we go.
Look, we got some geo tags.
>> Smart, smart.
>> Whoa.
Look, a couple locations pop up.
Got her.
We're gonna get her
from the geo tag.
>> The geo tag.
>> This one was taken
in her house, and that was
her birthday.
So this is--
>> Where--
>> Bam, what is it?
What's the address?
>> What's that street?
That's--
>> West [bleep].
>> [bleep] , Max.
>> We got it!
>> We're gonna turn around,
guys.
>> Flip it, Nev, flip it.
Just go over this median.
>> Oh, man, we are hot
on the trail.
All right, so here's the corner.
>> Is it this one?
>> This is the corner.
>> So it's that house.
>> Or it's that one.
>> No, no, it's that one,
right there on the corner.
>> Yeah.
>> That's it, right there.
>> Oh, my God.
Like, this is really happening.
>> Keep in mind that she's
probably more nervous
and freaked out than you are.
>> Yeah.
>> Unless she comes--
Oh, is that the red--
Oh, look...
>> That's her dad.
>> The red truck--
it's coming home.
>> Oh, my God, is that her dad?
>> That's her dad.
>> You recognized him?
>> That was her dad.
>> Whoa.
Well, then we should go
right now.
>> Yeah.
>> Let's just do it.
[Blaire sighs]
>> Get some frantic...
All right, well, I'm just gonna
ring this bell.
Let's cross over.
I'm not sure if that did
anything.
>> My heart is racing right now.
>> I can't see in that window.
Can you see in that window?
I don't know.
>> [exhales deeply]
>> I don't see anyone inside.
>> I don't know.
My heart's racing, though.
Hi.
>> Hello.
>> Hey, good afternoon.
How you doing?
>> Good, how are you?
>> I'm Nev Schulman.
Pleasure to meet you.
>> Okay, I'm Mark.
>> We are looking for--
or hoping to speak
with your daughter.
>> Markie, or--
>> Yes, Markie.
>> Okay.
>> We spoke to her yesterday.
>> Mm-hmm.
>> Told her we were coming,
and we're trying to get
in touch with her.
We're unable to.
>> Uh, yeah, she went with some
friends yesterday, and I haven't
seen her since, so...
>> Oh, as in, she hasn't been
home since then?
>> Right.
>> Oh.
>> Can I, like, walk away?
I just feel so stupid.
[scoffs] Gone again.
>> Markie explained everything
that was going on.
>> She told you about it?
>> Yes.
>> She told you about Blaire,
her friend in New York?
>> Mm-hmm.
>> Okay.
>> Like, this just went to,
like, I might give you a hug
to now, like...
>> If you speak to her...
>> Mm-hmm.
>> Or send her a text, just let
her know we stopped by.
>> Okay.
>> We're looking--we're waiting
for her to let us know when
and where to meet up with her.
>> Okay.
>> Thanks.
>> No problem.
>> Appreciate it.
>> My pleasure.
>> Take care.
>> You guys be good.
>> This is stupid.
>> I mean, if you have to chase
someone this much just to meet
'em, then they might not be
worth meeting.
>> * 'Cause you've been *
* Acting strange
* Now I'm in your veins *
* You don't know what *
* You're running from *
>> You want to call her again?
She always wants to be
in control.
>> Hey, guys, sorry I couldn't
answer your phone call.
>> So just say, like...
>> We're here.
>> "You weren't here.
We're leaving."
[beep]
>> Markie, it's Blaire.
You're not here, so I think
we're just gonna go, 'cause
I'm not chasing this anymore.
>> * Pictures out the frame
* Nothing left to blame
* Don't waste your love *
* Don't waste your love *
* Don't waste your love away *
>> People can only mess with you
and upset you as much
as you'll let them.
So, for the moment, let's make
the best of it.
Let's just wait an hour
or something and see if
she reaches out.
All right, we're gonna go
to a park.
>> I just wish the games
would end.
>> There doesn't seem to be
any way to win.
So, at a certain point,
you just got to say,
"I'm done playing this game."
[cell phone rings]
Oh, [bleep].
>> Hello?
>> Hey, I'm sitting here
with the guys.
Yeah, we've been looking for you
all day.
Where are you?
Okay.
>> We are at Wood--Woodford Park
or something.
>> Yeah, Woodward.
Yeah.
Great.
See you soon.
>> I mean, she could have
said "sorry."
>> Right, it would have been
great if she had been
considerate and texted.
I'm just saying.
Let's not scare her off.
>> We'll see if she gets lost
on the way here.
>> Okay.
>> Not okay.
It's not okay.
>> Oh, jeez, Louise.
>> [sighs]
>> Here's a truck.
>> Is that her?
>> Yeah.
>> All right.
Well, she showed up.
>> You okay?
>> Yeah.
>> Nice to meet you.
>> Nice to meet you too.
>> Nev.
>> Nice to meet you.
Markie.
>> Wow.
>> Well, you're very excited.
>> I'm very, very excited.
I'm trying not to, like, jump
into her arms and plow her down
to the floor.
>> It's not exactly the reaction
that I expected.
>> Yeah, if anything, we've been
kind of ready for--
>> The worst?
>> I mean, look, we all want
to be excited, obviously,
but I just want to, like,
get some things
out of the way first.
>> Of course.
>> Do you guys want to go sit
down at that table in the shade?
>> So, okay, from what we
gathered from Blaire's story
was that you didn't come
to New York, and then she got
a strange phone call from you,
like, a couple days afterwards
saying that you were
in a hospital of some kind
and that you weren't gonna come
and you were still in love
with your ex-girlfriend
and that it was over.
>> I never got answers.
I never got reasons,
and that's all I want--is why.
>> So I was 17, and...
>> What?
What?
>> He persuaded me to go
with him because of issues
that would happen in New York
that he saw.
>> He saw issues?
How could he--
>> Who's "he"?
>> I don't get this.
>> Is he an ex of yours?
>> No.
>> So I don't know who she--just
"he"?
>> It's a very private
situation.
I can't really let out names.
What had happened was I had
a dream that I went to New York
and I died.
And I told him about the dream,
and he told me that if I didn't
go and repent my sins,
I guess--I don't know.
He didn't make it clear,
but he told me pretty much
if I didn't confess everything
to him, I would die in New York.
And so that pushed me
to the limit as to where I felt
like I needed to go...
for you, for me, for my family,
so I could stay alive.
>> I mean, were you--were you,
like, far away in the middle
of nowhere?
>> I was up in the mountains.
>> Why does this person
have so much influence over you?
>> He was a close, personal
friend.
>> You don't think you could've
told this guy you needed to let
me know that you're not coming?
>> No, because he didn't want
to talk to you.
He didn't want anything
to do with you.
>> You couldn't talk to me?
>> I'm--
It's a terrible story,
and I'm sorry that I still
don't--I don't--
>> Fully understand?
>> I don't understand it.
>> I know this probably
feels like an interrogation.
I don't want it to.
But does it come as a surprise
that you have a reputation
for not telling the truth?
>> No, because I have had people
in my past say that I have
a lying problem.
But I do try my best
not to lie to Blaire.
>> But you still do it.
>> I try not to.
>> But, of course, that also
means that it's hard now for us
to know what is and isn't true.
But, I mean, are there things
that you either haven't been
honest about or just haven't
told her?
'Cause right now Blaire needs
to figure out her life,
and the only way she can know
that is to get something close
to the real you.
>> Hey, I'm Markie.
>> I'm Blaire.
>> I'm a psychotic crazy person.
I have a semi-lying problem,
and I'm absolutely in love
with you.
I want to be a part
of your life.
I want to be there for you.
I want to be the person
you can cry on.
I want to be the girl
you come home to,
and I want to be the girl
wearing your ring.
>> I'm gonna interrupt.
I feel like...
you're unbelievably smooth.
A week ago, you told her not
to keep dating the girl
she's dating because you didn't
want her to.
You know exactly what to say.
It feels like I'm listening
to a script for, like,
the perfect scene out of
the perfect movie
from the perfect guy who says
exactly the right thing
to the girl, and they walk off
happily into the sunset.
That's not how this is gonna go,
because that's the worst thing
you can do for her.
The worst thing you can do
for her right now is that.
If you care about someone,
be real with them.
>> And if she doesn't want
to be with me, she doesn't have
to be with me.
>> She does want to be with you.
That's the problem.
Because she's not good
at recognizing things
that are bad for her.
So I'm trying to help her
do that.
Now, I know you were incredibly
supportive for a period of time
that was tremendously important
for her.
So I am sure you have
a genuine connection as a
result of that.
But I just think you need
to be much more careful
with the words you choose.
It's really dangerous to say
"I love you" to someone.
"I want to spend my life
with you, even though we just
met ten minutes ago," and not
have them go into a tailspin.
You're just lying without
intentionally doing it
and giving the wrong signals
to the wrong person
and just hurting both of you.
This is the opportunity
to finally clear things up,
not complicate them more.
Anyway, I'm--I'm sorry.
I'm just trying to help.
So...
>> This episode of
Catfish: The TV Show
continues now.
>> You know I care about you.
If I didn't care about you,
why would I be sitting here?
>> I don't know.
You know the spot I was at,
and then for you to just
basically fall off the face
of the Earth, like, why?
You were all I had at that time.
You were the only one I had.
All you had to do was say,
"I'm scared."
And you know that's why
you didn't come...
'cause you were scared.
That's why you got--
whatever happened.
>> I was scared.
You're right, but that doesn't
mean I wasn't gonna bail out on
you.
>> You kind of did, though,
if you think about it.
So, yeah, you did bail out on
me.
I spent my last penny to get you
to New York...
'cause you were what I had.
The simple two words,
"I'm scared."
>> I don't really want
you to leave.
I don't want you to leave
at all.
>> Then be honest.
Be honest with me.
You're such a smart person.
You have so much to offer
the world, but if you would cut
the lies out, I think a lot
more people would see that.
Like, I don't know.
I'm angry, and I'm hurt,
and I'm--I'm--
Ugh.
>> Then let me make things
right.
>> I don't know what...
I want to trust you so bad.
How?
I was crazy about you.
So why [bleep] that up?
I mean, if you feel so strongly
about me, why do it?
>> I do want to be a part
of your life.
I do, and I've told you
that multiple times.
>> I need stability in my life.
I cannot have someone
that's gonna be here one day
and gone the next.
I can't deal with liars anymore.
So, if you want to be a part of
my life, the lies need to stop.
Every word out of your mouth
has to be truthful.
That's where this is gonna start
as a new friendship,
and I'm totally willing
to do that, 'cause I don't want
to lose someone that has
brought me out of a hole.
It's freezing.
I'm freezing.
So you want to head back?
[sighs]
>> Good talk?
>> Yeah.
>> I hope so.
>> I hope we didn't get off
on the wrong foot.
Take it as a sign of endearment
that I see a lot of me in you.
>> Thank you.
>> I want the best for you.
I really do.
>> Thank you.
>> Bye.
It's all right.
Bye.
>> * I want to make it right
>> Whoa.
What are you feeling?
>> I feel fresh...
like a lot of stuff just got
off my shoulders.
I mean, there's still feelings
there, but it's not what it was,
and I don't think it could be.
And I need to be able to do
for me as I do for others,
'cause I just haven't been happy
in such a long time.
It's time for me to make
myself happy.
I think this is a start to that.
>> * I follow soon
* I follow soon
* I follow
* Oh
[line ringing]
>> Hey, Markie.
What's the sort of current state
of your friendship with Blaire?
>> We're actually
doing really well.
We talk almost every day.
>> Do you feel like maybe now
you have permission to be
a little bit more honest
and genuine?
>> Yeah, I have, and I'm really
proud of myself for being honest
because we're getting back
to being really close together.
It feels good to be honest
with her.
>> What's your plan
after high school?
>> All right.
>> Congratulations.
>> We're gonna check in
with Blaire, but it was really
nice talking to you, and
hopefully we'll talk again soon.
>> Okay.
>> Bye, Markie.
>> Blaire!
>> Hey!
>> What's up?
>> What up?
>> Nothing.
I'm headed to Florida next
weekend.
>> Wait.
>> What's going on?
>> What?
>> Me and Terah kind of parted
ways, I guess, for now.
She's staying in Texas
with her girlfriend,
and I got my apartment
in Florida.
>> Wow.
>> Katarina is coming down.
>> And then you're gonna
go together to Florida?
>> Yeah, I'm excited.
>> What's going on
with Ja'Kayden?
>> He is coming back to Florida
with me, and I'm getting legal
guardianship over him.
>> You are?
>> Yeah.
>> Wow.
>> Your life just keeps on
changing.
>> Yeah, I'm excited.
>> And you're still talking
to Markie?
>> Yeah, I actually Skyped
with her yesterday.
>> All right, well, cool.
I'm excited for you.
>> Thank you guys so much.
>> Good luck, Blaire.
>> Bye.
>> both: Bye.
>> This kid could throw
his whole life away for a girl
he doesn't even know.
>> I'm gonna be that guy
that had his mom on Catfish.
>> 'Cause my mind's going crazy
about what this secret could be.
>> Here we go.
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