Pretty Little Liars (2010–2017): Season 6, Episode 13 - The Gloves Are On - full transcript

The girls find themselves back in familiar territory with the Rosewood P.D.; With Lucas' help, Hanna tries to come up with an alibi with her mother's job on the line; Emily comes clean about the last five years; Aria goes the extra mile to keep Ezra's book in play with her boss.

SPENCER: Previously on
Pretty Little Liars...

Charlotte was dead
when she was thrown from the bell tower.

She was murdered?

I think the person the cops
should be talking to

is right over there.

She chose to help Charlotte torture us.

(GROANS) God, I missed you.

Never been really good with needles.

You live in California,
but you're doing your treatments here?

SPENCER: A family that campaigns together,
stays together.

They won't take back the advance.



They're not going to love the follow up.

It's time to tell us
what really happened that night.

You left the hotel with Ezra

and you came back a half hour
after Charlotte was killed.

We didn't see each other the night
that Charlotte was killed.

You didn't call me.
I didn't leave the hotel.

We didn't walk or talk or go anywhere.

Whatever you say, Aria.

♪ (SOOTHING SITAR MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

I've never had a salt rub. Does it hurt?

Can't be worse than a sugar wax.

Why didn't she meet us here?

Spencer, let it go.

Why lie? Why not just say,
"I snuck out to go meet Ezra"?



She's got a boyfriend in Cambridge.

Oh, please, this is about
so much more than that.

If we had never told her
about that security tape, she wouldn't--

This is so not relaxing.

Hanna, the police didn't ask us
to stick around to exfoliate.

There are gonna be questions.

Aria doesn't know where Ezra went
after she left him.

Yeah, but she knows
that he was in a dark place.

Just 'cause you're depressed
doesn't mean you pick up a weapon.

Okay, you guys, my mom
gave us these passes as a gift.

We're here to chill. Not spill.

It's just so twisted.

She hasn't even spoken to Fitz
in like five years,

and now if he did this for her,
they're gonna be bound together forever.

Not because of the tape. It's gone.

What? You erased it? When?

HANNA: Doesn't matter. It's done.

What do you guys think this room was

before they turned
the nut house into a spa?

Why?

The sauna smelled like burned hair.

SPENCER: Okay, that's it.
I'm done chilling.

Wait, what are you guys doing?

I'm gonna go get dressed.
I have to meet with Melissa.

We have a meeting
with my mom's campaign team.

- Yeah, I think I wanna go, too.
-(EXHALES)

No, we can't leave. We have appointments.

You can't do this. Come on, guys.

EMILY: I left my key in there.

Sara?

How long have you been there?
And why are you following me?

First the cemetery, and now here?

I wasn't following you.
I was saying goodbye to someone.

Who? Charlotte?

The person you claimed in court
scrambled your brains and stole your soul?

Why did you even come to Rosewood?

(SHOUTS) Answer me!

Last time I checked,
this was the quiet room.

♪ (THEME SONG) ♪

LIAM: No sweat if you can 't find it.

No, I had printed everything out.
This whole stack is coverage.

Just resend the email.
Jillian's not back till tomorrow.

Is that a stuffed pig behind you?

Yeah. That's Pigtunia.

Wait, is there a picture of Justin
Timberlake on one of those walls?

Wait a second. I thought you said
that Jillian wasn't back till Friday.

No, she's coming back early.

But don't freak about the Fitz pages.
She's, um, kind of over him.

What does that mean?

I guess she called
your old teacher yesterday

and said he sounded wasted
at 11:00 in the morning.

He wasn't wasted.

The man is dealing
with a lot of grief right now.

Whoa. Whoa, don't scorch me. I'm a fan.

I think the guy's definitely
got more stories to tell.

I gotta go.
Hey, don't lose sleep over Fitz.

He'll share when he's ready. Okay?

Detective Calderon? What's this regarding?

My colleagues are studying
the hotel's security footage

from the night
Charlotte DiLaurentis was murdered.

Yes. I already gave them
access to everything.

You did. But apparently,
there was nothing recorded after midnight.

The tape skips to noon the next day.

Oh. Well, I'm not really well-versed
in the technical--

Me neither. But we have
an IT specialist trying to determine

whether there was a malfunction
in the device or...

or?

Whether it was deleted.

I'm sorry. What are you implying?

We haven't reached
any conclusions yet, ma'am,

but I will need a list of the staff
that worked that shift.

And the hotel guests
who stayed here that night.

No, there are no
health food stores here, Claudia.

Believe me. I grew up here.
I thought butter was a side dish.

Yeah. Yeah, I'll open up the magnesium.

Well, what day is it in Tokyo?

Okay, well, then you'll get it yesterday.

Hello? Claudia?

Hanna.

Lucas.

Oh, my God, what are you doing here?

(CHUCKLES) Didn't you see me waving?
I honked at you.

Wait, that was you in the silver Jag?

Yeah. Can you look a little less shocked?

I'm not shocked, I'm impressed.

How are you?

Last time I heard,
you were, like, moving to Chicago.

Well, Seattle. But I sold that company.
I do game apps now.

Uh, do you still live with your folks?

Oh. Uh, no, I have a condo in Palo Alto
and a townhouse in Hong Kong

and a loft above the grill.

But hey, lucky you.

Sporting bling. Did Caleb finally propose?

No. No. (CHUCKLES)

Uh, Caleb and I,
we split up a few years ago.

But my fiancé, Jordan,
we live in New York.

Wow. Now I'm shocked.

Well, you know, we're still friends.

-(PHONE BEEPING)
-(SIGHS) It's probably my boss.

Oh.

Is everything okay?

Yeah. Yeah, everything's fine.

Um, you know what? I gotta go.
But I wanna drive that car.

(SIGHS)

Oh. I forgot you were camping out here.

Yeah. Me and the other water-bugs.

Where is Spencer?

She's just finishing up
the strategy session with Gale.

Hey, what about her college paper?
How'd they react to that?

They asked her to
adjust her interview style.

I know I had more clothes here.

- Hey.
- Hi.

- How'd it go?
- Not good.

They asked me to lie.

They don't want you to lie.

Okay, they want me to use
a non-denial denial.

- So, lying.
- Yeah.

If you could avoid addressing
certain things, you should.

No, don't take off your shoes.
We have to be at Hollis in 30 minutes.

What is this Hollis thing?
Gill asked me to post about it.

We're registering college kids to vote.

Try to reverse the political apathy
of our youth.

- That's noble.
-lt's really not.

It's a photo-op
for the candidate's children,

who are starving.

Okay, well, I'll make you some eggs.
Do you want some toast?

Oh, my God, please. Burned.

That's the only way I make it.

I'm gonna go steal some stuff
from the campaign headquarters.

SPENCER: Mmm. (SNICKERS)

When did that happen?

What? Caleb? We're friends.

Really?

'Cause I know how you like
to shop out of other people's carts.

(SCOFFS)

If you're referring to Hanna,
that "cart" is engaged to someone else.

It really doesn't matter
because there's nothing going on.

Maybe you're more comfortable with lying
than you think.

(STUTTERS) Are you leaving?
I thought we were having lunch today.

Yeah, I just had to pick up a few things
from the drugstore.

You know, I only plan on being here
for a day or two.

Do you need anything?

- No.
- Okay, Mom.

You know, I, um...
I spoke with Will Perkins.

Your dad's friend, the medic.

And he'd be happy to write you
a recommendation for grad school.

Um, you didn't have to do that.

Are you kidding? I wanted to.

All right. Um, see you later.

(CAR ENGINE STARTING)

Em! Emily!

-(CAR DRIVES OFF)
-(SIGHS)

Hear what?

That you had nothing to do
with that security tape.

- If you or your friends tampered--
- I didn't.

Why would I have to tamper with it?
I'm not in high school anymore.

Ashley, excuse me,
Jen just took this message for you.

Thank you.

Well, it gets worse.

What? What's wrong? Who's it from?

It's from Detective Calderon.

They just confirmed
that the tape was erased.

And they want me to go down
to the precinct this afternoon

for further questioning.

Why do they need to speak to you?

They're investigating a murder, Hanna.

I have a daughter who is staying here,
who was once tortured by the victim.

Don't look so surprised.

(INAUDIBLE)

Do you know what you want?

What?

Oh, no. Uh, I'm good. Just whatever
you're having, you can order two of them.

Excuse me, sorry. Are you our waiter?

Great. Um, I'll have a beer.
Anything you have on draft would be great.

What about you?

Iced tea. Thank you.

So, um.

I looked at that thumb drive
that I took from your place.

That's just research.

Ezra, there's some horrifying images.

Yeah, I know. I...

ls there anything else on there
other than research?

Here.

There, that's what I have.

I started the first chapter in Colombia,

and I was about halfway through the second
when Nicole...

Look, it's crap. It's crap.

And I know that you don't want to give up
until I hand it over, so there it is.

Hello, there. Forgive the interruption.

Your waiter will be right over
with two iced teas.

Um, I... I ordered a beer.

I know, Ezra. We can't serve you that.

(LAUGHS) Are you kidding me?

What's going on?

Please, this is awkward.

Look, Ashley, nobody broke a chair--

It was an incident.

I'm sorry.

Enjoy your lunch.

Thank you.

DAMIAN: What's your take on that?

Why is the turnout of millennial voters
so sluggish?

Well, most young people
don't have a permanent address.

So, it's very difficult
for them to register.

So, are you sticking around Rosewood
solely for your mom?

Or are there other things
keeping you here?

The death of Charlotte DiLaurentis
must have thrown you?

Yes. How could it not?
This person had a huge impact on my life.

And it does take time to process
an upsetting event before one can move on.

I'm surprised
you'd use the word "upsetting."

Most people on social media
assume that you're celebrating.

Well, the media's gonna create
the narrative that they wanna tell.

So you object to that narrative?

No. What I object to are people
who are desperate to find a connection.

Sometimes, a cigar is just a cigar.

Can you excuse me for just one moment?

Sure.

What are you doing here?

My mom's in trouble.

- PAM: Emily!
-(ZIPS BAG)

Emily!

(EMILY EXHALES)

Emily.

Mom, what's the matter?

Maybe you can explain this.

Was it all just lies?
I mean, all the details from--

(SIGHS) Mom, please.

I must have looked like an idiot.
Sending you care packages

because you didn't like
the food in the cafeteria.

When did you drop out?

Mom, can we please not talk
about this here? Please.

No. (swans) Fine.

Lorenzo knows the tape was erased.

All right, so you have to ask your mom--

No, my mom's not an attorney right now,
she's a candidate.

I cannot ask her anything.

I can't talk to you right now,
I'm in the middle of an interview.

Spencer, the police have
a list of everyone

who stayed at the hotel that night.

Someone was murdered,
and you're gonna get questioned.

We all are.

(BREATHES DEEPLY)
Hey. I'm so sorry about that.

Wasn't that one of the other girls
from the Bunker?

Is she still in town because of Charlotte?

You know what?

I think that maybe I should just get back
to registering the students.

Wait. Just one more question.

No, I'm sorry, I really don't have time.

I'm only here to spread the message,

"Be inspired to create the future
that you imagine by voting." Thank you.

PAM: I don't understand, Em.

It wasn't a decision. It just happened.

- Did you get kicked out?
- No.

Honey, why didn't you call me
if you were going through something?

Mom, you worried if I skipped a meal.

How was I supposed to tell you
I was skipping school?

Did you get that at a costume shop?

(SIGHS)

I'm going home.

(KNOCK ON DOOR)

- Hi.
- Hi.

I need your help.

Do you want anything to drink?

I haven't been here in awhile,
but there might be an old coconut water

-in the fridge.
-l'll pass. Uh...

Do you live here alone?

Well, I had a hamster,
but I'm out of town all the time, so he--

Were you here the night
that Charlotte DiLaurentis was killed?

Why?

After the hearing,
we all went back to the hotel.

And we got trashed.

And?

We collapsed in my room.

But now the police think
that we snuck out, and we killed A.

Or Charlotte.

Well, I was thinking maybe...

Maybe you could say
that you came to my room.

And you brought me takeout,
and we talked until the sun came up.

(SIGHS)

(SIGHS) You know what? Forget that. Um...

I'm sorry I even asked.

- You want me to be your alibi?
- No.

No, I don't.
I really didn't think this through.

Let's just pretend that I never came here.

Hey, when you're in New York,
let's get dinner.

Hanna.

You need me. I'm there for you.

ARIA: "And so, there they were,
stars reeling overhead,

“the earth barely moving beneath them,

"he knew in that moment, whether
they made it through this night or not,

"he'd finally found his match."

Okay, is it just me or is this amazing?

I mean, there's some stuff
that needs connective tissue, but--

ls he writing about you?

What? What are you talking about?
No, this book is about him and Nicole.

I'm just saying, the description--

She was small, like me. Big deal.
Ezra likes small women. Get a grip.

Why would you say that?

Aria, you guys went through
a lot together.

- That was high school.
- Not for him!

Why're you so upset?

It's just been a rough couple of days.

And we're reading an unfinished novel
by somebody who may have--

Emily, don't.

He said he went home.

Okay. Well, tell me why Sara Harvey won't.

Go home.

Everywhere I go, she's been shadowing me
like some dark cloud.

I'm afraid that she might know something.

Was she sitting in the lobby that night?

Wait, can't Hanna's mom
just kick her out of the hotel?

For what?

You can't evict somebody
for eating fried chicken with gloves.

Okay, well, stop thinking about her.
Go have dinner with your mom.

No. I'll sit here.

- Hi.
- Hi.

Uh, come in.

What's this?

(SIGHS) Research.

My boss wants me to buy her a cat
while she's in Asia.

They have this weird breed
with super short legs.

They call them “Munchkins“.

That's only slightly offensive.

Yeah, well, so is my boss.

Look, I'm really sorry
about the way that I talked to you today.

I was just so focused
on trying to be my mom's savior--

No, it's fine. Lucas is gonna help us.

He's gonna be our alibi.

Really?

♪ (POP MUSIC PLAYING AS RINGTONE) ♪

(CHUCKLES)

(LAUGHS) ls that Munchkin-lover?

(LAUGHS) No, it's Jordan calling me
to say goodnight.

- Oh, let me give you guys some--
- No, it's fine.

I'll just call him back.

You seem really happy.

(SNICKERS)

So, um, is it weird now for you to...

For you to see Caleb?

No. I'm getting married, Spencer.

God, why does everybody
keep asking me about Caleb?

I didn't realize anybody else had.

Oh.

So, do you have feelings for...

(SIGHS)

So, when you, um...

When you guys, uh, met up in Spain,
did you--

No. No. I would never do that to you. No.

And I don't even know
if he feels the same way.

Well, then,

I think that you should find out.

I figured if anyone could decipher
your chicken scratch, it'd be me.

But there are even a few words
that I couldn't--

Why did you do this?

'Cause I thought that maybe
if you saw it in a different form,

it would inspire you
to pick up where you left off.

It's really good, Ezra.

Really good.

Look, forget about who I work for.

Okay? I don't give a damn
what anyone else thinks.

This is me talking.

You need to finish this book.

I want the entire world
to know who you really are.

You are compassionate, sensitive.

You're kind.

Maybe I'm not.

(KEYBOARD CLACKING)

- Damian.
- Spencer.

- Hey.
- Hi.

Uh, I wasn't expecting you.
Are you here to finish our interview?

I came to ask you if your article
was really about millennials and politics,

or if you have another angle.

The Bunker girls.

(LAUGHS NERVOUSLY)

I think you need to relax.

I'm writing about the 20-something
children of senatorial candidates

I don't... I don't have an agenda.

- Really?
- Really.

Then why are you playing phone-tag
with Mona Vanderwaal?

Is she gonna offer you some fresh insight
into Charlotte's dollhouse?

Uh, no. She's scheduling a sit-down
with the opponent's daughter.

What?

Mona's working for the other camp.

(SCOFFS) I'm sorry, when did this happen?

Well, don't look at me.

Apparently, Mona approached your mom
about working for her campaign first,

but was shown the door.

Wow.

You really didn't know.

I've heard of inner circles,
but leaving your daughter out?

That's cold.

When do you have to go in?

5:00. He already grilled my mom.

Remember, Hanna,
don't forget this is Lorenzo, not Wilden.

He's not bent on making Ali's friends
look like we're--

"Friends"? Have you heard from Ali
since that dinner? Have you?

Alison is not looking to make
any more friendship bracelets.

I thought you said Lucas was gonna help.
You worried he won't come through?

I'm worried about everything, Emily.

My mom losing her job, my boss firing me

because I didn't send
the right laxatives to Tokyo.

Everything.

- Do you wanna mix that with water?
- No.

(HANNA swans)

God, I hate that I'm in this place,

and being forced to lie
like I'm in 11th grade all over again.

(LAPTOP TRILLING)

-lt's Liam.
-(LAPTOP BEEPS)

LIAM: Hey, you got a minute?

Sure, what's up?

Why are you unbuttoning your shirt?

Uh, I have to go pick up Jillian's mother
at Logan

and take her to this trustee thing
at the gardener.

I'm now officially a male escort
for 80-year-old cougars.

- ARIA: Um, Liam?
- M m m-h m m.

- L'm not alone. Han and Emily are here.
- Oh.

Hey- guys-

- Hi.
- Hi.

LIAM: {just wanted to give you
a quick update. Um...

Jillian said if she doesn't have something
from Fitz by tomorrow, she's moving on.

What? Why?

She left me this long message
saying that he was a fraud,

and he was 2 months away from teaching
creative writing on a cruise ship.

Okay, well, she's wrong.

She'll have something
on her desk by tomorrow.

Will you tell her that, please?

Yeah.

I miss you.

- I miss you, too.
-(LAPTOP BEEPS)

What?

Why are you worried about his book?

Those are words.
Who cares about the stuff he makes up?

Why don't you ask him for the truth
about the night Charlotte was killed?

(CELL PHONE DINGS)

- What's that?
- Timer on my phone.

My mom asked me to meet her.
I have to use the bathroom.

(SIGHS)

What are you gonna say
if the police call you in?

Are you telling them
that you met up with Fitz?

No. I was asleep the whole time, remember?

Oh, Hanna, no, no.
Please drop that in the kitchen.

Hey. Are you getting out of here?

Yeah. I just have a few work emails
to deal with.

Emily, I saw you in the bathroom.

I don't know what you mean.

Em.

It's me.

(SIGHS) Are you sick?

No.

I'm broke.

What... What about the Salk Institute?

Yeah, it's not real.

I mean, the place is. I just...
I don't have a job there.

What's going on?

(SIGHS)

The last couple of years have just been
a lot harder than I made them sound.

I left school, and I blew through
all the money that my dad left me.

And that's why when one of the girls
that I bartend with told me about it...

Told you about what?

Donating my eggs.

Wait. That's what the injections are for?

You have to take a lot of hormones
before the procedure.

That's why I'm having it done here.

Em, you don't have to do this.

-I'll lend you the money.
- No. No, it's okay.

I want to.

I mean...

(SIGHS) For the first time in forever,

I actually feel good
about a choice I've made.

I'm gonna help two people start a family.

(EMILY swans)

I just wish you would have told me sooner.

I didn't know how.

Well, whoever they are,

they are the luckiest couple in the world.

(BEEP)

So, you reached out to a friend
you hadn't seen in, what, five years?

Lucas and I were close.

And were any of the others awake
for this 3:00 a.m. snack?

No. I mean, I'm the only one
who even eats fried mozzarella sticks.

Do you mind if I
invite someone else to join us?

Can you come in here, please?

(DOOR CLOSES)

Maybe you can help us.

Hanna doesn't seem to recall
letting you into the hotel.

She didn't.

There was another guest leaving
as I got there.

Can you describe this guest?

Uh, a man? (CHUCKLES)

I didn't get a good look.
My hands were full of greasy bags.

Why were you so eager to drop off food
in the middle of the night?

Hanna called,
and I was happy to hear her voice.

And she sounded a little tipsy,

so I thought that maybe
we could have a little bit of fun.

Talking.

He means talking.
We talked until the sun came up.

Hmm. And were you drinking alcohol, too?

Nope. Ice water.

Was it in the room?

I would have thought that ice
set out at turn down would have melted.

I went to get more.

So you left the room.

Just to walk down the hall
to the ice machine.

LORENZO: Was it down the hall?

'Cause according to my records,

Radley doesn't have an ice closet
on the third floor.

Melissa?

What's wrong?

I am an idiot.

I totally botched things
with that reporter from Hollis.

With Damian? You talked to him?

I wouldn't exactly call it "talking."
More like nervous blurting.

Okay, what did you blurt?

Everything was going fine,
but then he got up to take a phone call.

And when he came back,
his questions changed.

And I saw words written on his pad.

What were the words?

I could only make out a few,
but they really freaked me out.

"Source," "cover-up," and "tape."

What ever happened
to that tape I made you?

The one where I talked
about the night that Alison disappeared.

Oh, my God, Melissa, it's... It's gone.
It's gone, I destroyed it.

Stop, don't be paranoid.

(CELL PHONE CHIMES)

Oh, never mind, she's here.

I want an answer to the question
I asked you yesterday.

Why are you here?

The police asked me to stay.
I might be able to help.

I'm talking about the funeral.

If Charlotte was as horrible as you told
the judge she was, why did you go?

Did you lie in court?

Was it all an act
so you could walk out like a victim?

I'm lucky I was able to
walk out of there at all.

What's that supposed to mean?

I don't know about the others,

but I know you feel guilty, Emily.

Guilty? I have nothing
to feel guilty about.

Should I take these gloves off?

Sara. I couldn't have done anything, okay?
None of us could.

It all happened so quick--

(EMILY BREATHES DEEPLY)

SARA: Who are you trying to convince?

Me or you?

(KNOCK ON DOOR)

We need to talk. Others are on their way
and we can't do this in front on them.

- EZRA: What others?
- Look, Ezra,

I know you're lost right now.

I know you're filled with anger
and you're full of despair--

- What the hell are you talking about?
- Charlotte.

(BREATHES HEAVILY)

For God's sake,
don't make me say it, Ezra!

Look, I know why you did what you did.

And I will do whatever it takes
to help you.

I swear, if you want me to lie for you,
I will.

I know that you did this to protect me.

(KNOCK ON DOOR)

Oh, God. No, don't answer it. Not yet.

(ARIA swans)

ls she already here?

Do come in. Join the party.

Anybody bring torches, pitchforks?

Anything like that?

You didn't protect Aria, okay?

- I protected Aria.
- SPENCER: Hanna-

And we are not gonna go down for this

because you thought
that you had to slay the dragon.

- Hanna, please--
- What?

My mom may go down for this, too.
He needs to own up to what he did!

Hanna, just let me talk.

Look, you can say
that it was self-defense.

Charlotte had a very long history
of throwing the first punch,

and nobody would ever question you.

They can't.
You seem to already have all the answers.

Ezra. It wasn't just
some random car that hit her.

Okay. Somebody planned this
to make it look like she jumped.

And you might've already had
that plan in your head.

That paper that I wrote, Texas v. Kelner,

you read it
the summer before I published it,

when we met up at Dupont Circle,
right before your reading.

Okay. It's time for you to leave.

Not until you're honest with us.

"Honest," Emily?

You are not asking me
to change your grades.

You are asking me to confess to a murder.

Where did you go that night
after you left Aria?

Why the hell can't you tell us?

- Emily, leave him alone.
- Why?

Sara Harvey won't leave us alone.

She's sticking around Rosewood
to punish us, Aria.

Yeah, she's good at that.

And she will use this against us
until it looks like we planned this,

and Ezra just carried out our wishes.

It's time to go.

-(SHOUTS) Now! Get out!
-(GASPS)

Okay. We're gonna leave.

But you two better figure this out.

Before the police do.

- You need to leave, too.
- Ezra.

How long have you known me?

Who do you think I am, hmm?

I don't know.

You're not the same person
I said goodbye to

in front of the Brew that summer.

You're right.

And I am not going to pretend
that I am sorry

that the person who made your life
a living hell,

who tormented you five years later,

I am not going to say I'm sorry
that they are dead, 'cause I am not.

(SPENCER SIGHS)

Hey.

Hey.

Were you waiting up for me?

No, I was just reading

the Gardener's Desk Reference.

Where've you been?

Are you okay?

Yeah, um, just...
I met up with Hanna and Emily and...

Um...

When you first heard
that Charlotte was killed,

where did your mind go?

You mean as in, like, who did it?

I mean, Sara Harvey was pretty high
on that list. Why?

I don't think that she did it,

but I do think that she remembers
more than she's letting on.

I'm not following.

- Hanna really didn't tell you?
- Tell me what?

About what happened the night of the prom.

When we went to Radley and we met
Ali on the roof to try to stop--

Everyone knows that. Even the cops.

Yeah, but something happened before that.

That nobody knows about.

She's headed to the roof. Please help me!

Hey!

I tried to keep you safe.

(CRACKLING)

- No, God--
- Stop. Don't touch her.

(SARA GASPS)

SPENCER: Oh, my God.

You were given an impossible choice.

Yeah, I know, that's...

That's what I always try to tell myself,

but what if that's not true?

What if all of those years
of being stalked and tortured,

what if that hardened me?

Like, maybe it happened so slowly

that I don't even know
that it was happening.

Hey. Listen to me.

You are a good person.

-(SOBS)
- Yes. You are.

You wear your heart on your sleeve.

It just happens to be
the sleeve of a flak jacket.

(LAUGHS)

(CAR DOOR CLOSES)

(CAR LOCK BEEPS)

Hi.

Hey. Sorry I didn't call, I...

Come sit.

I want you to promise me something.

Mom, it's been
a really long day, I just--

I never want you
to go through something alone,

when we can go through it together.

Promise?

Yeah.

Did you get my messages?

Yeah. I had no right
to ask you to do that.

You don't have to answer me,

but did you have something to do

with Alison's sister
falling off that bell tower?

No.

You're braver than my mom.

She's been wanting to ask me
the same thing,

but I think she's scared of the answer.

She can barely look at me.

Waking up in my old room
gets harder and harder every day.

(OBJECT CLATTERING)

What's this for?

I have to go off to San Jose tomorrow.

You're welcome to stay here
as long as you want.

Have you eaten?

(CELL PHONE TRILLING)

Hello?

You okay? Did I wake you?

No. No, what's up?

Um, you know those chapters you sent?
(CHUCKLES)

Jillian ate them up.

She devoured them
like the carnivore she denies she is.

Wait. She read them already?
And she liked them?

You're officially the book whisperer.
(CHUCKLES)

What do you mean?

LIAM: Whatever you're doing,
just keep doing it.

Thank you.

For not judging me.

(SNICKERS)

I just I wish you hadn't judged yourself.

There's, um...

There's something else

that I've been judging myself for.

♪ (SOFT GUITAR INTRO PLAYING) ♪

♪ (POP MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

(CELL PHONE BEEPS)

(CELL PHONE VIBRATING)

(KEYBOARD CLACKING)

(CELL PHONE TRILLING)

(DING)

(KEYBOARD CLACKING)

ENGLISH - SDH