Impulse (2018–…): Season 2, Episode 8 - The Tether - full transcript

(GENTLE MUSIC)

BILL: You took my family
away from me.

Show me!

Four.

I trusted you,
and you lied to me.

Three.

HENRY: No, no, no, no!

Two.

(SIGHS)

(GROANS SOFTLY)

(EXHALES)



(KIMBRA'S
TOP OF THE WORLD PLAYING)

♪ On my knees, all my life

♪ I've been sold a chase

♪ Hustling hope for dollars,
try cope a day

♪ A day

♪ Under condition,
we on our way to the top

♪ We got the world
at our fingers

♪ We make the penny drop

(BREATHING HEAVILY, CHUCKLES)

♪ I'll say it loud
till I mean it

♪ Talk like I be the messiah

♪ When I'm on top, I'm on top,
I'm on top of the world

♪ See me run, see me run,
see me run with the girls

♪ I'm on top, I'm on top,
I'm on top of the world



♪ Need a break, then I'll take
to the top of the world

♪ On my knees, all my life

♪ I've been sold a chase

♪ Hustling hope for dollars,
try cope a day

♪ A day

♪ Euphoria, I missed you
like a new treasure

♪ We go so good together

♪ Search all my life
to find better

♪ But I won't hold my breath

♪ I'll just fill up and deliver

♪ They got attention deficit

♪ Wait for the good Lord
to visit

♪ All my life turned to dust

Oh, no, I don't have a degree.

♪ No one knew who to trust

♪ Had a chance for good life

But, um, I'm a hard worker.

♪ See me on tele,
see me on billboards and banners

♪ See me white picket fences

♪ Now watch me build up
my palace

♪ Ha, ha, ha

And a fast learner.

♪ Won't forget where I started
when we would

♪ Pray from the gutters

♪ 'Cause I'm on top, I'm on top

♪ I'm on top of the world

♪ Send me up, send me up
with the diamonds and pearls

♪ I'm on top, I'm on top,
I'm on top of the world

♪ And they can talk,
they can talk

♪ But I got the good word

♪ Man, it's crazy,
undefined, brand-new

♪ It's amazing
I got high on a view

♪ But tonight I'm feeling
tired and alone

♪ Dear Lord,
I hope we didn't go wrong

♪ I think I'm winning

♪ Feel like I might

♪ Feels like I'm in it

♪ Feel like a god ♪

(GROANS)

(CHOKING)

(GROANING)

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

WOMAN: I'm so sorry about that.

WOMAN: Is she all right?

MAN: Did you see that?

(INDISTINCT WHISPERING)

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

(WIND WHISTLING)

(GROANS)

(AMY STROUP'S MAGIC PLAYING)

(HENRY CHUCKLES)

♪ I'm sticking with you, honey ♪

♪ You make
the whole world sunny ♪

♪ Hey, hey, hey ♪

♪ Hey, hey, hey ♪

♪ You got that golden heart ♪

♪ Been loving it
from the start ♪

♪ Hey, hey, hey ♪

♪ Hey, hey, hey ♪

(LUC'S GLOW PLAYING)

Surf's Up.

(SIGHS) Uh, do you have
any... Oh.

And what about...

Parmesan is on the table.

♪ You're living dreams

♪ You're living like a Kennedy

♪ Isn't what you had envisioned

Miss?

♪ So you're fading out

These mushrooms are burnt.

They're full of carcinogens.

♪ You're fading now

Okay. I'll take care of it.

GRADY: Sorry, no deliveries today.
Carryout only.

Hello?

These mushrooms have cancer.

♪ You wonder if there's
light if you could fly away

♪ You're gonna leave this town

♪ But you're holding out

Hey, did you get
a hold of Jason?

He caught whatever Casey has.

Oh, right.

Hey, did you get the Tsunami...

The Tsunami pizzas out? Yeah.

- Did you drop...
- Drop table six?

Yeah, they're good.

♪ You shine brighter
than all the others

♪ You fly higher
than the stars above

Oh, thanks.

♪ You glow

♪ Oh, you know ♪

(SIGHS) Where did all
of these people come from?

It should die down soon.
(CHUCKLES)

Uh-oh.

(LAUGHTER, CHATTER)

Yeah, we're totally screwed.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

(BREATHES HEAVILY)

Okay.

(TRAFFIC WHIZZING)

(SOFT CLATTER)

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

Cleo.

Hi, Iris.

Um, is Greg around?

I was hoping to talk to him

about getting back
on the schedule.

You know, after everything
that happened with Bill

and the dealership, I...

Which part exactly?

Iris, I did not sleep with Bill.

Come on, it was just a job.

Okay. Sorry.

I... I'm truly sorry, Cleo.

I am, but you quit,
and we had to replace you.

Well, there has to be something.

I mean, maybe I could
cover some shifts

or just fill in
until something...

(ROCK MUSIC PLAYING SOFTLY)

I don't really know
if that's a good idea.

(SIGHS)

Hi, Cleo.

(TENSE MUSIC)

Lucas.

Sorry, I... I know...

I know it's weird
just showing up like this.

Um, I just, uh...

You following me?

No, no, I, uh...

I heard what my dad did.

Are you, uh...

I mean, how are you?

I'm okay.

Cool, good, good.

Um...

look, I just, uh...

I just want to thank you for...

everything that you said
to me in that car.

I don't know what I would
have done if you hadn't.

You were always so nice to me,
and... and I'm doing better.

I'm a better man now
because of you.

And I want to thank you
for not pressing charges.

Most people, they wouldn't
be so forgiving, so...

It's not about forgiveness.

I... just want to move on.

Henry and I, we...
we want to put this whole thing behind us.

Henry.

Yeah.

I'm glad you're okay, Lucas.

Really, I am.

You too.

Lucas.

Do you know where your dad is?

You don't have
to worry about him.

You're safe now.

GRADY: All right,
let's see what we got here.

$10.50,

$11.50,

$12.33.

Wow, that's really impressive.

And that's not all.

Oh.

Staci with an I and no E.

And a heart.

Are you gonna text her?

(SCOFFS) No.

She's not really my type.

Well, I got $19 even, so...

Damn it! You beat me.

I know.

Well, then that's good.

Yeah, you'll need it
for all your, um...

your fancy bio textbooks, right?

Um, I'm actually thinking
of going to art school.

Art, really?

Like, uh, drawing, painting?

I do murals

on buildings, I guess.

It's like street art.

That's cool.

So like, um...

No.

It's not bad.

Really?

Mm-mm, no!

(CHUCKLES)

Well, if you squint a little,
I mean...

What?

- Okay, it's not great.
- (CHUCKLES)

All right, but it's Venice.

- (LAUGHS)
- Right?

You should go see it
before it sinks.

(CHUCKLES)

I mean, I got a whole list
of places I want to go see.

I mean, I'm not rich yet,
so it'll take a while,

but I'll get there.

What about you, hmm?

What about me?

Well, is there anyplace
you're itching to get to?

Um... (SIGHS)

I don't know.

I don't know,
I'm kind of just, like,

getting used to life here.

MAN: The reason why most
people need snacks before...

Get back to work.

Yeah. Oh.

YVETTE: Oh, God.

That must have been, what,
ten years ago?

Yeah.

So your room at home
is good to go.

I cleared out all the swords
and diamond necklaces.

Ruby's been using it
as her princess castle.

(CHUCKLING) Oh.

Kitchenware.

Thanks.

I'm gonna get a coffee.

Your, uh, machine doesn't work.

(DOOR OPENS, CLOSES)

He's worried about you.

Is that what that is?

Can't even be
in the same room as me.

He still blames me
for what happened in...

Uh-uh, no.

I don't wanna hear it.

You icing me out, too?

No, look,

I just don't want to be
the middleman anymore.

(SIGHS)

I am glad you're coming home,

but you've got to at least try
to fix things with Dad.

(SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC)

If you keep carrying
all this stuff around with you,

you are gonna break.

More than you already have.

(SIGHS)

(SIGHS)

(TENSE MUSIC)

(SOBS)

(SOBBING)

(GRADY SINGING INDISTINCTLY)

(SINGING IN PORTUGUESE)

Shit, uh, I was just, uh...

Um, we're closed.

So we can go now.

Well, I've still got
some boxes to restock,

but you can take off.

I'll finish up.

What are you listening to?

Uh, this band out of Brazil.

Here.

(SOFT ROCK MUSIC PLAYING)

(HUMMING ALONG)

Ooh.

(CHUCKLING)
Look at your dance moves.

(CHUCKLES)

It's a little, um, lo-fi,
but that's the charm, you know?

Um, do you speak Portuguese?

- Mm-hmm, fluently.
- Really?

Mm-hmm, yeah.
(SPEAKING PORTUGUESE)

It means, uh,
"Please speak more slowly."

It's a...
it's a good one to know.

(CHUCKLES)

Hey, you know
how you asked me, um,

like, where I would go
if I could?

Mm-hmm.

I think Barcelona.

Yeah.

Yeah, I can see that.

Yeah, the museums,
the art scene.

Yeah, I mean, yes,

but it's not, like,
really about that.

Um, my mom and I used
to move around a lot,

and we'd always, like,
pass through these small towns

on the way to somewhere else,

and people were always asking us

where we were coming from,

and my mom would say Barcelona,

which I guess
was probably easier

than saying, like,
we were running away

from some asshole
in Grafton, New Hampshire,

or wherever, but...

yeah.

It sort of became like a game.

Like, we would find a diner

and we'd order Shirley Temples,

and we'd tell the waitress
that they weren't as good

as the ones we had in Barcelona.

And I don't even know if they
have Shirley Temples in Barcelona,

but I don't know
what they have there.

So yeah, Barcelona.

You'll have to send me
a postcard.

Deal.

Hey, um, thank you
for covering today.

Oh, yeah, it was fun.

Yeah, I got to spend time with
you, so I'm not complaining.

(CHUCKLES)

(OBJECTS CLATTER)

- HENRY: Sorry.
- GRADY: I got it.

HENRY: Ow.

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

- HENRY: Please. I'm being serious.
- CLAY: Don't worry.

HENRY: Ow.

HENRY: I don't want... please.

- Please.
- (MUFFLED) What's wrong?

CLAY: You'll get wet soon.

HENRY: Get the... get the...

CLAY: Jesus, Henry.

GRADY: Henry.

HENRY: Get the fuck off of me!

(OBJECTS RATTLING)

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

(OBJECTS CRASHING)

- (GRUNTING)
- (WHOOSHING)

Henry?

(WHOOSHING)

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

CLEO: Henry, I thought
you were at work.

I got to go. I'm gonna be late.

Yeah, so then I installed
these really cool RGB lights,

and also this arm
has a rotating wrist,

which is awesome.

Cool.

Hey, is that
the Enterprise NCC-1701-E?

Okay, some people think
it's the Enterprise D.

With that engine chamber?

(CHUCKLES)

(ALARM BEEPING)

Oh.

I have to go to bed,
but my mom wants to know

if you have any dietary
restrictions or food allergies.

I already told her, no walnuts.

We're good, then.

Are you sure you're cool with me

crashing your family game night?

Yes, my parents like
when I have company,

but you can't be game master
on your first visit.

And if we play
Settlers of Catan,

you can't build a road
through an enemy's settlement.

It's a common mistake.

Why would I waste my time
building roads

when I know the Knight Cards

get me just
as many victory points

and I control the Robber?

Okay.

(CHUCKLES)

(CHUCKLES)
I'll see you Saturday.

I love you.

I love you, too.

(COMPUTER CHIMES)

For fuck's sake, kid,
stop clicking on random links.

No, I'm not hacking
your computer again.

Go away!
I'm not a part of this anymore!

If you're talking,
I can't hear you,

because if you are
watching this, I'm dead,

probably for a couple days now,

if this fail-safe shit
actually worked.

All my other contacts
are dead, too,

so you're the closest thing
I have to a protege by default,

and I'm leaving you
my life's work.

Well, the work of my middle age.

Everything I have
on the teleporters

and their operations.

Obviously they got to me
before I could stop them.

Listen. (SIGHS)

I didn't plan on getting
involved in this shit.

I was just in the wrong place
at the wrong time,

and I decided to do
the right thing.

Just don't let this
fuck you over like me.

No family, no friends.

Christ, it's not lost on me
that I'm sending my last words

to some kid I met fucking once.

Okay, I'm sending you
encrypted coordinates

and a lock code.

I want you to memorize it
and then delete them,

and then delete this.

And good luck, kid.

Valar morghulis.

Valar dohaeris.

(GENTLE MUSIC)

(WHOOSHING)

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

(GROANS)

(KNOCK AT DOOR)

(TENSE MUSIC)

What happened?

Had a panic attack and ended up
in my fucking room.

Somebody hurt you?

No.

No one did anything.

I just...

I just felt like I was back
in that fucking truck

like the first time,
and I'm just mad,

because I thought I was
past this shit.

It gets worse before it gets
better, if that's any comfort.

It's not.

What if your sister uses that
fake room against me and...

I took care of it, I told you.

Yeah, but what does that mean?

It's fine.

We wouldn't be here
if it wasn't, trust me.

I'm just...

(GENTLE MUSIC)

I painted my room.

I took down all my shit.

I thought I was different.

I felt different.

You're tethered to your room
because of what it represents,

not what it looks like.

It doesn't represent anything.

It's a fucking room.

It's where you feel safe.

Without a place to go back to,
in the beginning,

we'd be lost.

At least that's how I've...

rationalized it for myself.

So what's yours?

Well...

apartment I grew up in,

but I don't go back there
anymore.

Why not?

Something happened,

and it stopped feeling
like it used to.

So I can break it,

this... tether connection,
whatever.

I did, but it's not
an easy trade,

losing safety for freedom.

(SIGHS)

Why do our bodies
do such weird shit?

I don't know.

What do you think we are?

Fuck if I know.

Are you not even curious at all?

I'm not sure if it'd change
anything if I knew.

So that's it?

Hey...

you know more than I did
when I was your age,

and I didn't have somebody

who'd been through
this shit before.

I had an uncle

who was scared of me.

Thought I was Moroi,

a ghost.

Not exactly
an inspiring thought.

What about an angel?

Do you feel like an angel?

No.

Yeah.

Me neither.

FISHER: After Mr. Boone
shot you...

CLEO: I don't remember anything.

I woke up in the hospital.

FISHER: And you didn't
regain consciousness

- at any point before that?
- HENRY: Cops?

CLEO: No, not until
after the surgery.

Oh, Henrietta.

Sheriff Fisher.

CLEO: Apparently there have been
some new developments in the case.

You mind if I ask you
a couple questions?

Is there a better time
to do this?

It's a school night.

Oh, and I appreciate that.

We have reason to believe
there was a struggle

here at the house.

I already talked
to Anna Hulce about that.

Unfortunately the former sheriff

wasn't in her best state
of mind to execute her duties,

so I'm taking over.

Well, you've already
took our statements.

Yes, but we want
to wrap the case up.

Yeah, keep things local
before the feds get involved.

I imagine you folks want...
want that as well.

See, the truth is, Henry,

we got 25 guys out there,

and they are working
day in and day out.

They're combing the woods,
knocking on doors,

but they don't have any leads.

I'm just wondering
if I'm wasting my time.

Hey.

What are you suggesting?

(TENSE MUSIC)

What happened to Bill Boone?

Are you serious?

I don't believe this.

Bill came into our house
with a gun.

He shot me
and abducted my daughter.

We are the victims here.

How 'bout this, huh?

I'll take a quick look around,
and then we'll get settled.

Have you got a warrant?

Well, there's no need
for that yet, Mr. Hope.

I'm just keeping things
friendly.

Oh, okay, well, in that case,
I will ask you

with a big, friendly smile,
get the fuck out of our house.

All right.

I'll get that warrant.
I'll be seeing you soon.

You folks have
a good night, now.

THOMAS: Yes, yes, thank you.

(DOOR OPENS)

(DOOR SLAMS)

What are we gonna do?
They're gonna search our house.

It's okay.
They won't find anything.

Are you sure?

Yes.

I'm, like, 90% sure.

Okay, no, I can't...
I can't do this anymore.

How can you keep doing this?

I don't have a choice.

What if... what if we just
tell them the truth?

No, not the cops. Our parents.

If we tell them about Bill,

we have to tell them about me.

Okay, but your mom loves you.
She'll accept who you are.

I don't even know what I am.

And she already treats me like there's
something fucking wrong with me.

If she knew the truth,
she would never be able

to look at me again.

Maybe she'd think
you're so much cooler.

How would I even say it?

"I teleport."

Or, "I'm a teleporter."

Nikolai said that
we might be ghosts.

And Lucas thinks I'm an angel.

Wait, Lucas Boone?

Yeah, he found me at the dance.

What?
Why didn't you say anything?

Because it's...
it's fine, I think.

He just wanted to talk

or check on me, protect me.

I don't fucking know.

Apparently he's religious now,
like, really religious.

And he thinks you're an angel.

(SIGHS)

Could be worse.

He could think I was the devil.

Right.

Jenna.

I... I will figure
something out,

and we will get through this
like we always do,

but we have to stick together.

Please, don't say
anything to anyone.

I'm not ready
for what that might do

to all of us.

Okay, I won't.

Okay.

But the cops aren't
gonna just go away.

I know.

(GLASSES SINGING)
♪ Now it's over ♪

♪ Yeah-ah-ah ♪

(SLURPING)

Hey, what level clearance
did they give you?

Orange.

Right. (CHUCKLES) Right.

I forgot, it's been so long
since my training.

What level are you?

Orange.

Okay, so...

the same.

It's not an easy job.
It's pretty hard.

My last partner couldn't cut it.

Now he's at corporate
pushing papers.

(SCOFFS)

So, like, a promotion?

No, I mean, that's not
what he called it.

That would be a promotion
if he's at corporate now.

It's not...

(LOUD CLATTER)

Fuck was that?

- Stay here.
- I'll come with you.

No, no, no, no, no.

Rookie, I got it.

(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)

(SCUFFLING)

(GLASSES GROANING)

(GROANS)
(WHISPERING) Behind you.

Who the fuck are you?

GLASSES: She's my new partner.

Gun.

Where's the Factor?

Oh, come on, man,
you know we can't do that.

Requires a call-in.
We're radio silent.

(GROANING)

- (WHOOSHING)
- (GUNSHOT)

Oh, fuck!

Oh, God.

(GROANING)

(SIGHS)

Oh, fuck you. (GROANING)

Factor.

Elaine will kill me.

Okay, okay.

You motherfucker.

(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)

Hurry.

That's all we have left.

I'd stop waiting on Elaine and
start looking for a new job.

Dick!

(WHOOSHING)

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

(GROANS)

(EERIE MUSIC)

Shit.

(BELL RINGS)

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

Hey.

Are you okay?

Um, I don't know.

Last night...

last night, I got a message.

Excuse me, Jenna,
can I steal you for a minute?

Um...

Sure, of course.

I'll call you later?

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

Can I ask what this is about?

We'll explain soon enough.

(TENSE MUSIC)

Miss Hope.

Please have a seat.

Am I in trouble?

LUCAS: Hey.

Hey.

I'm glad that you called.

- Do you wanna...
- Yeah.

(LUCAS SIGHS)

It's a shitty feeling, right?

Looking at me...

and seeing him.

Yeah.

Yeah, I get it.

With Esther...
Esther Miller, Amos' mom...

(SIGHS)
I'd see him all the time.

It's permanent.

Taking a life.

That's...

that's my fault, too, Lucas.

I'm... I'm the one
who pointed him out, so...

It's not your fault.

It's not, Henry.

Listen, I need your help.

Yeah, of course. Anything.

What... what do you need?

This cop Fisher
came by the house,

and he was asking questions.

I think he's close to figuring
out what happened to your dad.

Uh, okay.

What does he know?

He found blood,

um, your dad's blood,

and I don't know what else,
but he's getting a search warrant.

Could you call him and say
that you've seen your dad?

That he came to you

after he left my house

and that he's, um...

that he's alive
and out there somewhere?

I think he'll believe you.

Yeah, but where
do I say he went?

And then what happens when
they don't find him there?

I don't know. I'm just...

This is gonna buy me some time,
so that's all I need.

And then what?

Maybe he'll keep going
in that direction.

I don't know. I just need to get him
off my back so that I can figure it out.

There's another way...

To stop Fisher...

Just make... all of this

go away.

But you need to trust me.

ANNA: Shit.

We, uh... we need
more packing tape.

Okay.

Take a walk with me.

Look, I know
what you're thinking.

I'm a disgrace to the uniform.

I messed up at home with Ortez.
I came here. I made it worse.

I know you blame me
for Ortez's death.

I think about him every day.

I didn't see what happened.
I wish I did, but I didn't.

My struggle with you, Anna,
is not with what you saw

or didn't see,
it's with what you know.

You didn't trust your instincts.

You didn't assert
what you knew was true.

I didn't see William shoot Ortez.
That's the truth.

What was I supposed to...

What truth is more important?

The fact that a kid was shot

in cold blood
for the color of his skin

or that you were facing
the other way when it happened?

Well, if I had said something,

what difference
would it have made?

My partner still would
have gotten off,

whether I saw him or not.

I would have lied under oath.

Either way,
I would have let you down.

I didn't raise you
to make me proud.

I raised you to figure out
what that means for yourself.

I'm sorry, Anna, but you're
held to a different standard.

So the choices you make
will always be harder,

but you have to make them.

You left the city with regrets.

Don't leave here the same way.

No matter
what people are saying,

you are gonna have to live
with yourself.

♪ Baby, you see

♪ You're so right for me

♪ And I'm right for you

♪ I love the things you do

♪ Like sweet-tasting wine

♪ Your lips are so divine

♪ Your loving turns me on

♪ My lonely days are gone

♪ That's why I'm never
gonna let you go

♪ Never gonna let you go

♪ Babe, I'm never
gonna let you go

♪ No, no, never gonna let you go

♪ Baby, never gonna let you go

♪ Never gonna let you go

♪ Babe, I'm never
gonna let you go

♪ No, no, never gonna let you go

(DOOR CLOSES)

Hey, my car is making
that clicking sound again.

♪ Never gonna let you go

Hey, now.

(THOMAS CHUCKLES)

What's the occasion?

To celebrate your car
making that clicking sound.

How was your day?

(GROANS)

Aw, come here. Welcome home. Mm.

(PHONE RINGING)

I should probably get that,
just in case it's a job.

Yes, yes, yes, yes.

- This is nice.
- Yeah.

Girls, dinner, come on!

CLEO: Hello?

THOMAS: Henry.

Madam.

Jenna.

Madame.

Ooh, sparkling cider.

♪ Never gonna let you go

♪ Never gonna let you go

(CELL PHONE BUZZING)

♪ Never gonna let you go

♪ Never gonna let you go

♪ Babe, I'm never
gonna let you go ♪

CLEO: Bye. Thank you.

Bill Boone is dead.

(TENSE MUSIC)

What?

Lucas just confessed
to killing him.

(CLEO SIGHS)

I just saw Lucas.

What? When?

The other day at The Yolk.

He seemed like...
I don't know. I...

I can't believe it.

I think that it's a good thing

that Bill's not out there
anymore, that we are safe.

Yeah.

That this is finally,

finally over.

(CIDER POURING)

Right.

CLEO: Of course, yes.

THOMAS: Okay.

Okay, then.

Now, Jenna,

how... how was school today?

I'm failing.

(CHUCKLES)

What?

I'm failing school.

They told me today.

Okay, how... wait.
Okay, wait, wait, wait.

They told you that you're
failing what subject?

All of them.

I don't know.
I don't know how it happened.

What if I don't get
into Colgate or... anywhere?

I mean, I had a plan.

Jenna, it's gonna be okay.

Grades aren't, like,
the end of the world.

Yeah, maybe to you, they're not,
but I actually have a future, Henry.

- THOMAS: Whoa, sweetie...
- CLEO: Jenna...

No, I know my life
is some sort of joke to you.

That's not what I was saying.

This is your fault.

What?

Everybody takes care of you,

and you don't even give a shit.

I mean, my own dad
told me to take care of you.

And that's my fault?

Yes.

Henry dragged Jenna
off to a party.

Henry was acting out.
Jenna followed suit.

I took care of it.

Followed suit?

What?

Well, come on.

She must have had
some influence.

Dude, I'm sitting right here.

Why do you say that?

Oh, sneaking off to parties,

failing classes.

Jenna was not like this before.

(SCOFFS) Wow, okay.

No, he's right.
Everything was fine before you got here.

Jenna, what the fuck?

This is your shit.

Don't try to make this about me.

Right, I'm sorry,
that's your job.

I didn't ask you to, like,
hang out with me

or help me
or whatever the fuck it is

you think that I'm doing.

I have no choice!

I mean, you live in my house.

Jenna.

Hey, don't.

So you can criticize my daughter,
but I can't interrupt yours?

I just want to hear her out.
It's not a bad thing to listen.

- As if I don't?
- No. (SIGHS)

All I'm saying is that someone has to
maintain a sense of normalcy around here.

(SCOFFS) What the hell
do you mean by that?

Nothing.

Nothing, it's just...
you know, it's a lot sometimes.

What is, being with me?

No, no, just
parenting everybody.

Jesus, Thomas, you act like
I'm not as good as you.

No, we... Cleo, we just have
a different version of good.

Are you fucking serious?

Dude, lay off.

- He's not talking to you.
- Here we go.

- Here we go?
- Yeah, this is exactly what I'm talking about.

The two of you
are going at it again.

You two love to pick fights.

Will you please
keep her out of this?

- She's already in it!
- You know what? Fuck this.

Yeah, run away.
That'll make everything better.

Whatever works for you, Henry.

Okay.

What did you say to him?

Huh? To get him
to blow up his whole life.

Is it the same shit
you say to me?

Jenna, I am not
responsible for you.

Just like you are not
responsible for me.

Aren't I, though?

Who else is going
to keep your secrets?

You know what? I am so tired

of telling your
stupid fucking lies.

You... you made me
into someone I'm not,

and you just use people up
and spit them out.

What the fuck? No, I don't.

You know exactly what you are.

You're just afraid to admit it.

Jenna, you better
fucking watch it.

- Or what?
- THOMAS: Hey!

CLEO: What the hell is going on?

(TENSE MUSIC)

Well?

- Henry's...
- Jenna's gay.

(STAMMERS)

Jenna...

THOMAS: Henry, give her
a little bit of space, Jesus!

What is wrong with you?
Look what you did.

What she did?
They're both out of control.

How come only one of them
is crying?

You are so fucking blind,
Thomas, you know that?

Henry, come on, let's go.

Un-fucking-believable.

(CELL DOORS CLANG)

(KEYS JANGLE)

(DOOR CLOSES)

(SOMBER MUSIC)

(CELL PHONE CHIMING)

Wendy, hi. Everything okay?

Lucas?

He what?

(SIGHS) No, hold on.
Slow down. I...

No, I didn't know. I've...

I've been on leave.

Let me find out
everything I can.

(MUSIC PLAYING SOFTLY
OVER RADIO)

Is that Jenna?

No, it's work.

You okay?

You're not a bad influence
or a bad person.

Really.

I just totally betrayed Jenna.

So that's true? Jenna's gay?

I should never have said that.

She trusted me.

I say things I shouldn't say
all the time.

I know.

We Coles women are complicated.

I think you mean flawed.

Yeah, but flawed together.

(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

TOWNES: My is
Townes Atticus Linderman,

and if you're watching this,
I'm probably dead.

I'm about to embark
on something new,

something that I hope
will help more than hurt,

but I'm not sure.

(ELECTRONIC ROCK MUSIC)

There are things I've seen that
I never knew were possible,

though I always hoped they were.

Some people might want
to use it to hurt others,

and I just...

I can't let that happen.

♪ ♪

(SOFT MUSIC PLAYING)

TOWNES: So if this leads
to my end,

to whoever's watching this,

tell my parents
and Megan I'll miss them.

I hope you understand
my choices.

Jenna,

it was a pleasure
serving by your side.

You are my friend,

even if you are stubborn

and opinionated.

And, Henry Coles,

thank you for trusting me
and for confiding in me.

I hope whatever killed me
helped you...

or people like you
or people in general.

And, Zoe...

You made me brave.

I love you.

(BREATHES DEEPLY)

Why did you cover your art?

I don't know.

I guess I was feeling stuck...

needed a change.

Did it help?

Not really.

I'm sorry things have been
so chaotic lately.

It's okay.

No, it's not.

You deserve to have a home
that feels secure.

We moved around so much.

I've tried to give
you that, but...

I'm gonna do better, Henry.
I promise.

It's you.

What is?

(SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC)

Doesn't matter where we go.

This room doesn't matter.

It's you. You're my home.

You're what makes me feel safe.

I'm tethered to you.

Come here.

(NELSON CAN'S BREAK
DOWN YOUR WALLS PLAYING)

♪ You've been holding back

♪ For a lifetime

♪ Without even knowing
why you're so afraid

♪ Every day