Catfish: The TV Show (2012–…): Season 4, Episode 19 - Devan & Rylan - full transcript

>> Okay.

You guys just hang here.

>> Look at--

Somebody's looking right there.

>> You see somebody up there?

>> Yeah. Uh-oh.

>> Someone's looking.

Don't just be walking

into peoples' houses.

This woman is crazy.

>> Hello?



>> Nev, what's happening?

>> You're rolling.

Everyone good?

Thumbs up?

Okay, so, Max is busy...

>> Action.

>> Again, with his movie,

again.

Really excited to announce

the one and only Todrick Hall.

>> Whoo.

>> Whoa.

>> Hey. How are you?

>> There he goes.



You became a YouTube sensation

through your songs

and dance videos.

>> * Just OMG, you're so VIP *

* Yup, yup, yup

>> "American Idol" was sort of

how you broke out.

>> Yeah.

I sang an original song

for them.

>> Wow.

>> Yeah, that's what I do.

>> Let's hear it.

>> * Do I have to get down

* On my knees?

* 'Cause I would *

* Just send me to Hollywood

>> Amazing, and you have

a new series on MTV

coming out.

>> Mm-hmm.

>> About making

awesome music videos.

>> Yes.

>> First things first.

This is Max's camera.

Your duty this week

will be to be in charge of this.

>> Can I wear it as a bracelet?

>> It's an accessory.

See that?

>> You haven't seen that before.

>> No one's ever done that.

>> Pulling some new [bleep]

out on you.

>> Look at that. All right, so,

we got an email here,

says, "Help me find her.

Dear Nev and...Todrick."

>> Thank you for--

>> I'll edit it as we go.

>> Thank you.

>> "My name is Devan.

I'm 21 and from

Canyon, Texas."

>> That's so crazy.

I'm from Plainview, Texas,

which is maybe, like,

45 minutes away.

>> Wow, weird.

"I am attending college

with a small part-time job

delivering pizza.

I'm writing you

because I met a girl named Rylan

on MeetMe

about a year and a half ago.

She is from the Austin area

and is 23.

Talking online, we exchanged

numbers and have been talking

and texting ever since."

>> * Romanticize

* My very being

>> "I think she could be

the one for me."

This is where your heart's

aflutter.

>> [laughs] Yes.

>> True love.

>> * I just want the truth

* Baby

>> "We've gotten very serious

with each other.

I am her shoulder to cry on

when times are hard at home.

I've even asked her to come live

with me while I finish college."

>> * Just want the truth

* Baby

>> "She's so special to me

and I can't imagine

her not in my life,

but we haven't been able

to make that happen.

Throughout the relationship,

I have had my questions

about if she is really

who she says she is.

It's been over a year now and

she's never been able to Skype."

>> Suspicious.

>> "This is the most important

relationship of my life,

and I want to believe

she is who she says she is,

but I really will never actually

know until I meet her.

Help me find her.

Devan."

>> A year and a half

is a long time.

>> Guy's waited long enough.

[Skype alert ringing]

Hey!

>> Hey.

>> How you doing, man?

>> Good to see you.

>> Good.

>> I have a very good friend,

Todrick, who's gonna

help us out this week.

>> Hello, Devan.

Nice to meet you.

>> Nice to meet you.

>> Okay, so, you were on MeetMe

and you saw Rylan's profile

and she lived in the area?

>> When we first met,

she lived about an hour away

and then she ended up

moving to the Austin area.

>> I'm sure you must have said,

like, "Hey, let me deliver you

some deep dish pizza."

>> [laughs] Right.

>> Right? Like--

>> Some sausage pizza.

>> We had talked about it,

but when she moved far away,

we would try to meet up.

She would say

she was getting close

and she would get nervous

and drive back,

and I actually gave her

gas money for that.

>> Whoa, wait a second.

>> That changes things.

>> So hold on.

You sent her how much money?

>> $100.

>> Have you sent her money

any other times?

>> Once, in, like,

a birthday card.

>> Did she say that she

received the card?

>> She actually said she got it

but one of her friends

ripped it up.

>> Has it ever crossed your mind

that maybe Rylan isn't

telling you the whole truth?

>> I believe that she is

who she says she is,

but there is

just that little chance.

>> Have you ever looked her up

on Facebook?

>> She doesn't have Facebook.

She had tried to make one

and never did.

>> You do have to recognize

that it's odd that in 2015

someone would be walking around

with no Facebook and just

MeetMe app on her phone.

>> Right.

>> If it were me,

being the investigative person

I am, I would say,

"Can you send me video

of you saying,

'Supercalifragilistic--

expialidocious'?

I need to just make sure

that this is you."

>> Right.

>> But you don't have

that concern?

You're 100% positive

in your heart that that's her?

>> I do believe it is.

>> So you think Rylan could be,

like, wife material?

>> Yeah.

I would really like to get

into that phase

in the relationship.

>> I'm hoping for true love

so bad.

Help is on the way.

>> We'll see you soon, my man.

>> See ya.

>> Later.

>> Bye.

>> This kid needs us.

All right.

Let's do it.

You're on "Catfish" right now.

>> Are we having bromance

this week just a little bit?

Like, don't--we don't have to

take it too far.

We could just, like, cuddle.

I'll be whichever spoon.

>> * This morning

* We are living

* A spectacular life

>> That bag is amazing.

>> * She sits

* Front of the car

>> All right, we made it.

Good night.

>> Good night.

>> Ah, home sweet home.

A hotel room.

How's it feel to be back

in your old home town?

>> It's crazy.

I haven't seen this, like,

open land like this

in such a long time.

What we know is that Devan

is a stand-up guy.

>> This is a major relationship

for both of them.

A year and a half in.

They've been exclusive

almost that whole time.

>> And he just seems

like he's just, like,

such a loyal guy.

Rylan has his breadsticks

at her fingertips.

She's not choosing to eat them.

>> All right, this is it.

Here we go.

>> Do this.

[doorbell ringing]

>> Hello!

>> How's it going, guys?

>> How's it going, dude?

>> Good.

>> Good to see you.

>> Hi, how are you?

Nice to meet you.

>> Nice purple shirt.

Look at that. Look.

Bold choice.

Wow, look at this

college living.

This is a futon, Todrick,

so if you wanted to crash--

>> I love this.

>> And there you go, bedroom.

>> That's perfect.

>> Todrick zone.

Gentlemen, we came here

for a reason.

So, tell us what it is

about this relationship

that's kept you on the hook

for the last year and a half?

>> She actually likes me

for who I am.

You know, she pays attention.

She wants to listen

to me, you know--

you know, how my day went

or stuff like that.

>> Do you really feel

like you're in love with her?

>> I really do feel like I am.

I've never really

felt it before.

I've never, you know,

said it to anyone or,

like, really meant it.

I was always pretty shy, so--

and, I mean,

it was kind of hard.

>> Would you say you have

a problem talking to a girl?

Like, if I was a girl

in the club

and you just thought, you know,

like I was good-looking

or something, would you

walk up to me and say something,

or would you stand

on the other side and say, "Man,

I wish I could go talk to her,

but there's just--"

>> I would be that guy.

>> The second one?

>> Yeah.

The Internet made it easier,

I guess you could say.

Breaking the ice

and stuff like that.

>> Yeah.

So Rylan gave you the chance

to be brave and go up

and talk to her and, like,

be yourself, what you would

be afraid to do in person?

>> Uh-huh.

And she's okay with that.

>> Can you show us

some pictures of her, please?

So that we can--

>> I'm so excited to see this.

>> Yeah, I'm really curious.

Okay.

Cute.

>> Oh, she's beautiful.

>> Very cute, little nose ring.

Oh, yeah.

Those look like regular-person

photos, which is good.

When you look at those pictures,

what do you feel?

>> I feel like I love her.

You know, she doesn't have

the greatest home life.

Her parents are divorced and she

doesn't have a good relationship

with her dad and stepdad.

>> * I'm the answer *

* To your strange equation

>> Her mom would kind of,

you know, belittle her

and I would, you know,

help her through it

and talk to her all the time.

>> But she was--she would

call you upset?

>> Yeah.

>> Like, crying and--

>> Right.

I feel like I could give her,

you know, like, a safe haven,

you know, give her a place to,

you know, be happy for once.

>> Walk us through

all the key moments

in the relationship

from the beginning.

>> Well, I sent her

the first message.

I said something sweet,

you know, and we exchanged

numbers and started

to talk and, you know,

get interested in each other.

I actually went to go,

you know, meet her once

when she lived close

and I went to her aunt

and uncle's house.

I knocked on the door

and her uncle answered

and I asked if Rylan was here,

and he told me that no one

by that name lived there.

>> Whoa.

That's, like, a major red flag.

>> Yeah, we've talked about that

and she said that it was

her uncle, you know, just--

he didn't know who I was,

which was kind of depressing.

>> And then she said,

"I need a little help

with gas money?"

>> Mm-hmm.

>> And so she said, "Can you

send me 100 bucks?"

>> Well, I--she didn't ask

for a specific number.

I just sent her

whatever I thought would help.

>> And if you just said,

"Hey, can we FaceTime today,"

what would her response be?

>> Probably that she couldn't.

She doesn't have the data

or something like that to do it.

>> I'm sure she has places

she can go, like a Starbucks,

to get on free Wi-Fi, so, like,

you understand that

there's a lot of things that

add up to her maybe not being?

>> Yeah, I do understand that,

but I'm very hopeful

that she is the girl

in the pictures, you know?

We have built up

a good relationship throughout,

you know, a year and a half,

ups and downs and everything.

I just try to remain hopeful

and, you know, believe

that she is who she says she is.

>> * Thought that this was

* Meant to be

>> If you're willing

to sort of roll the dice--

>> I'm ready.

>> You're ready for real?

>> Yeah.

Hopefully, we can figure

all of this out.

>> All right, let's do this.

>> So you hang tight.

We're gonna start searching

and digging up whatever we can.

>> That'll work.

>> All right, man.

>> Thank you.

>> I can tell that he would

treat her well.

>> I'm not feeling great

about her story

checking out 100%.

>> No.

>> I mean, I want that

to be true.

>> He's put everything

in his life on hold

for this person.

It's just, like,

so heart-wrenching

if it's not who he thinks it is.

>> * I like your style

* It's making me hot *

>> Look at those buns of steel,

people.

He goes to the gym.

>> Hello, ladies.

>> all: Hi.

>> How are ya?

>> Hey, ladies.

>> Are we filming

in the bathroom?

Whoa.

This feels like a set

for a naughty film.

>> Dance with me,

that's what I've been dying for.

[laughs]

Yes!

Can I seduce you like this?

>> All right.

[claps]

What do we know?

>> We know that Devan

is obsessed with Rylan.

He loves her.

>> It started a year and a half

ago.

They start talking.

He decides,

"I'm gonna be romantic

and show up at her house,"

and then there didn't seem

to be any history of her

ever having been there.

He's totally in love

and he wants to know,

"Who is this person?"

[phone ringing]

Hold on a second.

It's Max.

>> My gosh.

I'm so excited. How do I look?

>> Nev!

>> Max!

>> Max!

>> Hey.

>> And Todrick.

>> Where are you guys?

Hey, Todrick.

>> Hi. Nice to--

>> Nice to meet you.

>> Thank you very much.

Thank you.

>> I'm a fan. I think

your work is incredible.

>> I'm a fan of you.

I think your face is incredible.

>> Just your face, though.

>> Any words of wisdom for me?

>> When Nev is in a bad mood,

you got to call him out on it.

>> Will I know when

you're getting cranky?

>> Oh, yeah.

>> Have you been cranky yet?

>> No.

>> Okay.

>> All right, well, we got

work to do, Max.

>> All right.

Good luck, guys.

>> Bye.

All right, so,

let's just start with a little

searching for Rylan Collins.

Facebook search.

Let's see.

Okay.

Not a single female Rylan

shows up.

"Rylan" seems to be

pretty exclusively a guy's name.

Let's do a phone number search.

>> My God, this is

so interesting.

>> Okay, let's copy-paste

and let's see what we get.

>> Ahh, I'm so excited!

Ooh.

>> Ooh.

>> Cassie [bleep].

>> In Georgetown.

That's near Austin area.

I'm so cracked right now.

>> Let's just do a search for

Cassandra [bleep], Georgetown,

if anything shows up.

Indictments.

Does that look--a mugshot?

Oh, boy.

"18-year-old takes police

on stolen vehicle chase."

So she could have

a little bit of a record.

>> I don't know, but I would not

want to mess with her.

>> What is this?

"Credit or debit card abuse."

>> Nev!

What's happening?

>> Well, she's a criminal.

Maybe she scams people.

>> Maybe she asks people

for money to drive to see them.

>> And that--and this could just

be one of her, like, scams.

>> I've seen on the show before

that you take peoples' pictures

and search their pictures.

>> So look, it's really easy.

Just go to Images

and you just click and drag

into the search window,

and you let go and it searches.

Let's see.

Okay, no.

No direct hit on that one.

Let's try the second one.

Whoa, what is this?

This picture came back

with a result

for Savanah [bleep]?

A Facebook page.

Yes. Yes!

>> Oh, my gosh.

>> Oh, my God, look,

there's that picture.

Oh, boy.

Here's another picture.

>> Shut up.

>> That's another one.

And as a--

>> She has a ring on her finger.

>> She has a ring on her finger

and this was from January.

>> This is crazy.

>> Oh, boy.

Wow.

So there she is with this guy

over the last, like, year.

They're definitely together...

>> Wow.

>> For a while now.

>> And we don't know

where she lives,

but if we go to her friends

and we look through

where they mostly live.

Marble Falls.

Texas connection.

San An--okay, so this girl

lives in Texas.

So what's the connection

between Savanah and Rylan?

Is there a connection?

We need to message Savanah.

There's a chance she might know

who's behind this fake profile.

>> "Please text/call me

at this number. Thanks."

>> Great.

Right now, there's, like,

two scenarios.

Either he's talking to this girl

who is potentially a con artist

of some kind, or he's actually

talking to this girl Savanah.

Looks like she's engaged,

in which case--

>> We have a whole

different scenario.

>> Maybe Savanah

was a little unhappy

and she could have been

using this fake name as a mask

because she wanted to have

a relationship with someone and

not have them know who she was.

>> Yeah.

I mean, Cassandra, if she's

really that much of a criminal

and if she only was using

this girl for pictures,

she could've found pictures from

somebody who lives in any state.

Why Texas?

>> Right.

>> This could be a possibility

that it is her.

>> We wait to hear back

from Savanah, and then

we take all this to Devan

tomorrow and, you know,

we figure out what to do next.

>> My heart is, like,

fluttering right now.

>> When we arrived here

in Amarillo, Todrick and I

went to Waffle House.

It's front page news.

There I am, top story.

Todrick's mentioned too.

[knocking at the door]

>> Hello.

How are you?

>> Hey, man.

"Amarillo Times," front page.

>> Shut up!

I was like, "Why are you

bringing me the paper?"

>> Look at that.

>> "Schulman invited

Todrick Hall."

>> Hey.

>> Yeah!

>> Crazy.

I've never been involved

in a Waffle House story before.

>> I know, right?

>> Have we gotten any news?

>> Maybe she got back to me

on the Facebook.

Ugh, no.

>> She didn't write us back?

>> Nothing? Really?

>> So in this situation,

what do we do?

>> The other thing we can

check--

>> Is Instagram?

>> Yeah, is Instagram.

>> I was gonna say that

last night, I was like,

"Why didn't we check

her Instagram?"

>> All right, hold on,

let's do a search for "Savanah."

>> Okay, so--

>> Here we go.

Oh, yeah, that's her.

>> That's her.

>> Wow, Savanah.

There's actually

a lot more photos here.

So the girl in the pictures

is definitely Savanah

it would appear.

So let's send her a message.

>> Okay.

>> "Hey."

>> "Girl."

>> "I'm with @toddyrockstar

filming an episode of "Catfish"

and you are involved.

Please call me."

I'm sending this message to her.

>> Wait, you need an emoji

for sure.

>> Okay.

Sending.

>> both: Okay.

>> Now, I want to see if any

of her pictures are geotagged.

Selfie Thursday.

Oh, she just posted this.

"At mi casa."

See that?

>> Yeah.

>> And that's geotagged.

Marble Falls.

So Savanah lives

in Marble Falls.

>> Okay.

>> Is that where Rylan

said she lived?

>> I don't remember what city.

I thought she said

that she just lived near--

>> Hold on, Let's look

at the email.

[bleep] Drive, Marble Falls.

Okay, hold on.

Let's plug in the address

that Devan sent her

birthday card in Marble Falls.

Oh, man, yeah.

So Marble Falls is a small town.

Look, [bleep] Drive.

[bleep] Drive and Ocotilla.

>> Shut up.

>> And look, [bleep] Drive,

Ocotilla.

Oh, man.

They're in the exact same spot.

Okay, this is weird now.

Okay, so wait a second.

>> [laughs]

>> So that means that

if Savanah is real,

he's either talking to her

and the boyfriend she was, like,

kind of seeing him on the side.

>> That's her real Instagram.

That has to be

her real Instagram.

>> I think it is.

Or Rylan who's been pretending

to be her with a different name,

really sort of, like,

knows Savanah in real life

and got her actual address

and gave it to Devan.

>> This is so crazy.

We need to just check in

with Devan.

>> We need to check in

with Devan, although

I think he's gonna be

just as baffled as we are.

>> You look really great

right now in this lighting.

Squint your eyes a little bit.

Tilt you head down.

That's the money shot.

>> [laughs]

>> That's it, that's what's

gonna make you the big bucks,

Nev.

>> We need to check in

with Devan.

>> Maybe she has a legitimate

reason for why she had to lie

about something.

You never know.

>> Ooh, here we are.

Hello?

>> Yeah.

>> Hello?

>> Hey.

>> How's it going?

How was your night?

>> Good.

>> I, for one, was so stressed

out about this all night.

>> [laughs]

>> And we found some

interesting stuff.

>> I'm ready.

>> Let's start

from the beginning.

When we ran her phone number,

we got a hit.

Cassie [bleep].

>> I've never heard that name

before and she's never

mentioned that name before.

>> This is where it gets

kind of weird.

>> Okay.

>> Because the thing that

comes up is a picture

from a mugshot website.

>> Mm-hmm.

>> And when we go to that

website,

there's a police report,

and it says, "An 18-year-old

girl led the Amarillo police

on a stolen vehicle

police chase.

The driver is identified

as Cassandra, female, 18."

That's from May.

>> Which was near the time

that she was coming to see you.

>> I mean, she's had trouble

with the law and she got

arrested not too long ago,

but she said that

they got it all taken care of.

>> Did she say what for?

>> Mm-mmm.

>> And you just didn't

care to know?

>> What, I'm gonna try to push?

>> Man!

>> Next thing we did, we took

the pictures that you sent us

and we ran them through

a Google Image Search,

and the last picture--

which was this one--

actually got a hit

with a Facebook profile.

>> Hmm.

That's weird.

I'm a little astounded.

>> I don't know if you can--

if see that, but...

>> Yeah.

>> There is a ring.

It kind of looks like she

might be married to this guy...

in which case, maybe Savanah

was a little unhappy during

the course of her relationship

and she could have been

using this fake name as a mask

because she wanted to have

a relationship with someone

and not have them know

who she was.

>> What's going through

your head right now?

>> I-I don't know.

A lot of lies.

I'm really dumbfounded.

I mean, it's not fun

when you're lied to, ever, so.

>> So we thought

the girl in the picture is

someone named Savanah.

A lot of photos.

>> Did it say

where she was from?

>> Well, sure enough,

we found Savanah on Instagram.

So when we click on "the places

you've been," where she's

tagged photos, two are in a

little town called Marble Falls.

>> That's crazy.

>> They're not just

in Marble Falls.

They're literally

in the exact same spot

as the address

you sent that birthday card to,

so that means that if Savanah

is Rylan, she might be

married to this guy.

>> That's weird.

>> What the hell is going on?

>> Mm-hmm.

>> We also sent her a message,

by the way, and we still

haven't heard from her.

I don't know, man,

but whoever you're taking to,

we know their phone number.

>> Mm-hmm.

>> So the only sort of thing

left to do is to just call

and give her an opportunity

to tell us the truth and to go

meet her wherever she is,

if you're prepared to do that.

>> * The rain is here

*

>> It sucks to be lied to.

>> Want to think about it

for a minute?

Think about it.

>> I-I don't know.

I don't know if I want

to meet this person.

* I don't want to go *

>> So, what do you think?

>> I'm at that point

where I, you know, need to know

and would like to know.

>> I'll be right back.

>> Okay.

>> Let me see if I get her

on the phone.

[phone ringing]

>> Yes, hi.

This is Nev.

Who am I speaking with?

>> Hi, Rylan, um...

not sure if you are familiar

with the TV show "Catfish."

We are here in Texas with Devan

and he asked us for our help

in, you know, bringing you guys

to hopefully meet each other

at some point.

>> When I saw your face

look at that computer,

I was just like,

"I can only imagine how much

his heart is racing right now."

What's going on in your head?

>> I honestly don't believe it.

I want to believe her,

but I can't.

>> Devan's been

in this relationship with you

for a while now, and he really

feels like if he wants to keep

being in this relationship

he does need

to meet you face-to-face.

>> I think you kind of owe it

to him to level up and...

come clean.

>> Well, yeah, I mean, look--

>> Are you in Texas?

>> And will you be there

for the next few days?

>> So we will see you soon.

>> All right, thanks.

Whew, okay, got an update.

>> Okay.

>> She was surprised, but she

agreed to meet up with us.

>> Okay.

>> She has something

she wants to tell you,

but she does sound very nervous.

The longer we take,

the more likely she is

to have second thoughts.

>> Right.

>> We should probably catch

sort of the next flight

out of here to Austin.

>> We can do that.

>> Well then, pack a bag

and let's go.

>> You're gonna fit all

your clothes in there?

>> This is crazy, dude.

>> Mm-hmm.

>> We're gonna fly to Austin

to meet this girl.

I mean, this situation really

has me a little bit on my heels.

All right, let's do this.

Airport, here we come.

>> * I still remember

* Your innocence

* Oh, the days

* When your heart was in it

>> * Oh, oh, oh

We made it.

Man, what a long day.

>> Nev?

>> Big day.

>> I'm just as nervous today

as I was yesterday.

Have you found out

any new information?

>> I don't think so.

Let's check Instagram.

Oh, [bleep], she did write back.

She said, "Oh, my gosh, no way,

that's insane.

I'm available to talk whenever."

>> Would you recognize the voice

that you talked to yesterday?

>> Oh, yeah.

>> Okay.

Whoo!

>> It's the time, here we go.

We're calling Savanah.

[phone ringing]

>> Hello?

>> Hello, hi, this is Nev.

Is this Savanah?

>> Yes, this is Savanah.

Hi, how are ya?

>> I'm good. How are you doing?

>> I'm really good.

So, I have a lot of questions

for you.

I'd love to do it

via, like, a Skype.

>> Yeah, that's totally fine.

>> Okay, great.

Bye.

>> Ahh!

What is happening?

>> Before we totally lose

our [bleep], let's get him

down here.

[knocking at the door]

>> Oh, my--oh, hey.

>> Yeah, yeah.

There he is.

>> How are y'all?

>> Pretty good.

Okay, we just got off the phone

with Savanah, and we're just

like, "Can we get on,

like, a Skype call with you?"

>> Right.

>> All right?

So we wanted you here for this.

All right, you ready?

It's ringing.

[Skype alert ringing]

Oh.

>> Hi! [laughs]

>> How are ya?

>> Good. How are you doing?

>> I'm good.

I'm gonna put the camera

on all three of us here.

I'm not really sure exactly

where to start, but--

>> I mean, do you recognize

this person at all?

>> I--no.

>> So you don't know Devan,

nor have to ever spoken to him

as far as you know?

>> Nope.

>> * You have found

* A beautiful thing

>> Sorry.

>> It's okay.

No, I just--I'm upset.

It sucks.

>> So, here's sort of

what's going on.

For the past year and a half,

Devan's been talking to a girl

whose name was Rylan,

who's been using

pictures of you.

>> Okay.

>> Are you aware though

that there at least at one time

was a profile

with pictures of you?

>> Actually, my neighbor

knocked on my door

and told me that

her roommate or friend

or whatever was using

my pictures to talk to somebody.

>> Wait a second.

Wait, wait, wait.

When did that happen?

>> Mm.

Three weeks ago or so.

>> Okay, so let me just

get this straight.

So three weeks ago,

a girl who's your neighbor--

>> Yeah, about [bleep] doors

down.

Yeah.

[laughs]

And I know the girl

that was using my pictures.

>> What's her name?

>> Her name is Michelle.

I have her on Facebook.

She added me a couple years ago.

>> So your neighbor,

she said her friend Michelle

is using your pictures?

>> Yes.

>> And you're friends

with Michelle on Facebook?

>> Yes.

I have never met her in person.

She just messaged me on Facebook

a couple times.

She sent me one

a couple years ago saying

how she didn't know how we

became friends on Facebook,

but she wanted to let me know

I was super-gorgeous

and then she invited me to go

to, like, some "get-togethers"

that they had down the street,

and I was just like,

"I don't really know you,"

but I never went.

>> That's pretty weird.

Where does Michelle live?

>> She did live with my neighbor

a little bit, but I think

she moved or something,

or they got in a fight

or something.

>> Sounds sort of like Rylan.

>> Mm-hmm.

>> The girl that Devan's been

talking to calls herself Rylan.

Have you ever met a girl

named Rylan?

[text alert]

>> Nope.

>> Whoa, check this out.

I just got a text from Rylan.

>> Yay.

Yay!

>> All right, so, we got

a lot of stuff we gotta

figure out, so we're gonna go

sort all this out,

but thank you so much for

getting back in touch with us.

All right, bye, Savanah.

>> both: Bye.

>> Bye.

>> I just got a text saying

she's at her friend's house

all day long and an address,

and we can meet her there.

>> Okay.

>> How you feeling?

>> Nervous.

>> Well, we don't want

to give her too much time...

>> Yeah.

>> To change her mind.

>> Let's get out of here.

>> All right.

Okay.

>> If I were in your shoes,

I would be freaking out.

>> I'm trying not to.

>> Are you freaking out

on the inside?

>> Just a little, yeah.

>> Okay.

>> But I just--I want

the truth now.

>> Where's this?

There it is.

Okay.

Keep your cool.

Right on, let's do it.

All right.

You guys just hang here.

>> Okay.

>> I'll be right back.

>> [sighs]

>> Look at--

Somebody's looking right there.

>> They are.

>> You see somebody up there?

>> Yeah.

>> Someone's looking.

>> Could you see them?

>> I saw somebody looking at us.

>> Just that they're peeking

through?

>> both: Yeah.

[knocking at the door]

[phone ringing]

>> Hello?

Hello?

>> Yes. Hi, I'm--

We're just outside the house.

>> Are you at the window now?

>> Okay. We're out here...

>> She knows we're out here.

>> Waving.

>> Sure.

Should I come in the house?

>> All right, I'll come to the

front door in the second.

>> She's trying to play

little Reindeer Games with us

right now.

>> It is open.

>> Don't just be walking

into peoples' houses.

This woman is crazy.

>> Hello?

>> [sniffling]

>> Hello?

Hello?

>> Oh, yeah, feel my heart

beating.

>> Yours is beating faster

than mine.

>> I know, it's--[laughs]

Need to get it together.

>> [sniffling]

>> How you doing?

Nev.

>> Nice to meet you.

And I understand that

you're nervous.

Is there anything in particular

that, like, is making you

nervous about this?

[shudders]

>> What is going on?

Just calm the [bleep] down.

>> [shudders]

>> You're gonna feel so much

better once he knows.

But, like, he needs to meet you

and he needs to find out

what's going on.

>> Okay.

[door opening]

>> Michelle, this is Devan.

>> Hey.

>> This is Todrick.

Thanks for agreeing

to come out here.

So you're from this area?

>> Yes.

>> How had you come across

pictures of Savanah?

>> I had her on Facebook.

>> So just random connection?

>> Yes.

>> And you thought she was

pretty?

>> Who is the neighbor

of Savanah

that you're friends with?

>> Well, it was my best friend,

but we're not on good terms

right now.

>> So how much of the story

that you told Devan was

accurate to what was

happening in your real life?

>> Everything.

The only thing that wasn't true

was obviously who I was

and my name, but everything

was real.

>> He said at one point you said

you were a personal trainer.

>> Oh, no, I was actually

working at a prison

whenever I told him.

>> Little different.

He drove to some house

up in Amarillo once to meet you.

>> Yes.

I was inside.

>> You were in the house?

>> Mm-hmm.

>> So was that your uncle?

>> Yes.

>> And he covered for you

and just said,

"I don't know who that is?"

>> No, he didn't know

anything about it.

>> Oh, so he genuinely didn't

know who you were because

you were asking for...

>> Rylan.

>> Rylan.

What was it about Devan

that you liked?

>> How I could tell him anything

and he never judged me.

Things I can't tell anybody.

>> You know, I-I really am

upset.

For over a year and a half,

I really wanted to finally

meet, you know,

the person I was talking to

and it was just a long road

where we tried to meet

and it never happened

and it really sucked.

>> It kind of just--

it just happened.

I don't have anybody to talk to

and you were there.

You helped me through so much.

>> I thought I was talking

to someone different.

>> I feel like Devan would have

been there for you anyway,

just as a friend

if that's what you truly needed.

It's really not fair

for you to have wasted his time

and you just kind of

are making all these excuses

and saying everything was real

but everything wasn't real.

It's not just that the picture

that you sent was not right.

A lot of it was fabricated.

>> [sniffs]

I've got a lot of problems

and he was always there.

[sniffs]

>> Well, look.

I know this wasn't easy for you,

talking or identifying

exactly how he feels, to be

fair, is not his strong suit.

So I think for Devan's sake,

he needs a little bit of time

to sort of understand

what he's feeling and then

maybe more accurately

express that.

Maybe tomorrow

would be better for that?

>> I'm okay with that.

>> So we can meet back up

with you?

>> Mm-hmm.

>> Well, it was nice to meet

you.

>> Nice to meet you.

>> Thanks for coming out.

>> Thank you.

>> I don't think it's okay.

I mean, you should be truthful

with people

you're trying to meet and talk

to or I wouldn't do it at all.

>> * I'm feeling things *

* I never wanted to

>> Do you think you'll continue

to talk to her?

* Ooh, ooh, ooh

>> Probably not.

I'm really upset.

I don't feel the same way

anymore.

>> This episode of "Catfish:

The TV Show" continues now.

>> Come on.

>> How's everyone feeling?

>> Tired.

>> What are you feeling

this morning?

>> Thought of, you know,

a couple of things

that I want to ask.

I want to know how long was it

gonna take for her to tell me.

>> Right.

All right, let's call her up.

[phone ringing]

>> Hello, Michelle?

>> Hi, it's Nev.

>> How do you feel about

meeting up with us

and talking some more?

>> Listen, if you leave

my black ass outside

in the heat again

like you did yesterday...

[laughter]

Things are not gonna

be cute at all.

Don't be peaking

through the peephole.

Get your ass downstairs

and be ready to come out

when we knock on that door,

you understand me, Miss Thing?

>> Okay.

>> So we will head over there

and see you in a little bit.

>> * I only really want

* The truth

* A little more

* Than I want you

>> This is it.

We are back.

All right.

>> Okay, Michelle.

>> Don't keep us waiting.

>> Don't keep me waiting, honey.

How are you?

[laughter]

>> Good, how are you?

>> Good to see you.

>> Hello.

Come on in, everybody.

Okay, here we are.

You want to try and start us up

a little bit?

>> So if the show didn't

happen, would you have ever

told me?

>> Maybe not.

I don't think so.

I wouldn't have the balls

to do it.

I made a MeetMe

with my actually pictures,

but literally nobody

was talking to me.

>> No one?

>> Nobody would talk to me.

It made me feel awful.

>> I'm really curious

to know about your family

and what your family is like.

>> My father was never

there at all,

and my mom--

we're so much alike that we

can't get along for anything,

and I'm the only mixed one

in my family.

>> So, you have brothers

and sisters?

>> I have a half-sister.

I don't have any full siblings.

>> You have a half-sister and--

>> On my dad's side, I have 30.

>> 30?

>> Well, 30-something.

I don't even think

he really knows how many.

>> Wow.

>> That must be so strange

for you, but--

>> It was really strange.

That's when he came up and,

like, "I've got 30-some kids

I haven't done nothing for,

and I'm gonna be there

for them now."

And obviously, two years later,

I haven't talked to him, so.

>> My dad was never there

for me either, and we think

it's normal, but it's not

normal, and when people

aren't there for you,

situations like this happen

because you're out there

searching for love

in all these places

that you should've gotten

from inside your own home.

>> Mm-hmm.

>> Well, when--when we first

started talking, why?

Why didn't you tell me then?

>> You're the person I could

talk to about anything,

and I felt if I went out there

and told you the truth then,

then I wouldn't have anybody.

But I guess it goes back

to how I'm mixed and

I've never liked how I look

because I've always wanted

to be just straight white.

>> There's a whole huge world

outside of this,

like, small area in Texas

of people who literally

are like, "I love me

a tall, caramel, curly-haired,

like, girl with a gap

in her front teeth."

It's like the--

You shouldn't cover it up.

You should just be like,

"Yes, this is my gap.

This is what I'm working with,"

and just realize that

there are people out there

and those are the people

that you need to find.

The question is,

what are you gonna do

when you do find that person?

I see you have

a little letter with you.

What is that?

>> Oh, I wrote him a letter.

>> Really?

>> Mm-hmm.

It's to let him know

how I feel, like,

if I couldn't tell him then

I could just write it all down

and tell him that way.

>> Is this something we

should all be in the room for?

>> Oh, yeah.

"The thing is, you make me

happy, you know

exactly what to say

at exactly the right times.

You don't judge me.

I felt safe with you

when we talked.

I loved how you knew

exactly how I was feeling,

how you always knew what to say

so I don't feel a certain way.

I love your smile and the way

you laugh at my stupid jokes,

but honestly, I loved

how caring and loving you are.

I'll always love you.

You're my best friend

and you deserve to be happy,

and I pray that everything

you set out for,

that you achieve it.

Love you, Devan Joe Witt.

>> I see.

I do want to be there

for you still.

I just--I don't--

I lost the little romantic

part of it.

But, I still want to be

your friend and you can

always still call me.

>> We're at a pretty good place.

>> Mm-hmm.

>> I feel great.

>> Let's get out of here.

Todrick, you want to, like,

sing us out?

>> * Well

* I never thought you'd ask *

[laughter]

>> All right, ready?

Look at the nice colors, huh?

>> Well, I'm a little bit--

>> We look like

a Hallmark commercial.

>> * I'm terrified *

* No more defences here

* To hide behind

>> So I'll see you later.

>> Bye.

>> Bye.

>> Aww, guys.

* Now that I'm awake *

>> See ya.

>> Bye.

* Of letting go tonight

>> That happened.

>> It did.

* 'Cause we found strength *

* In each other's arms *

It was very eye-opening

and makes me look at myself

a different way.

>> Would you say you've become

more confident from this?

>> I do feel that way.

I feel like I can put myself

out there in different places,

you know, try different things

instead of just settling

for the Internet.

* We built this love

* And we made it our--

[Skype alert ringing]

>> Hey!

>> How's it going?

>> What's up, man?

>> How you doing, home slice?

>> So what's going on

with Michelle?

>> We've texted a few times,

but we haven't really talked

like we used to.

She's still cool and all

and still stay friends.

>> Have you met any hot girls

on your pizza delivery route?

>> No.

I'm just doing me right now.

>> Like, how often

are you doing you?

>> That's personal.

>> [laughs]

Okay, so things are good.

You found the positive

side of all this.

>> Right. Correct.

>> That's good.

>> I haven't gotten hardly

any text messages from you.

>> I tried to add you

on Facebook, but you have

too many people

trying to be your friend.

>> Well, I'll add you

first, then.

>> Okay.

>> Let's do that.

>> We'll talk soon, okay?

>> See y'all later.

>> All right.

>> Bye.

[Skype alert ringing]

>> Hey!

>> Hey.

>> Hey, Michelle.

>> Hi.

You look beautiful.

>> Oh, stop it.

[both laughing]

>> How is everything?

>> It's actually been

pretty good.

It's a lot better

now that everything's been

out in the open.

I can actually talk to him as me

and not as somebody else.

I can be myself, it's awesome.

>> Do you have any plans

for the future?

>> I'm trying to get a job

right now.

I'm not worried about being

with anybody right now.

I'm trying to do myself

right now.

>> You and Devan have that

in common.

You're both doing yourself.

It's awesome.

>> Thank you for everything.

If it weren't for y'all, then

this wouldn't have happened.

I really appreciate it.

>> Aww!

>> Good luck with everything

and talk soon, okay? Bye.

>> He is a marine with PTSD.

>> I need answers from him,

'cause there's some things

I feel like he's hiding from me.

>> "I need to get outta Japan."

We might have to go to Japan?

>> What?

[sobs]

>> Keep your eyes open

for a dark alley.

>> I just want to know

who it is.

>> Hello?

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