Slasher (2016–…): Season 1, Episode 4 - As Water Is Corrupted Unless It Moves - full transcript
[ Phone ringing ]
Previously on "Slasher".
No!
I can't stay here.
All right, that's it.
Let's hit the road.
- Can I talk to you for a second?
- You're not coming.
[ Screaming ]
This is my fault.
Grandma, what did you do?
GRANDMA:
So I waited on that bridge.
And when they drove by, I...
[ Car crashing ]
[ Screaming ]
You could have died out there.
[ Groaning ]
[ Screaming ]
No! Stop!
SARAH: He could have killed me
multiple times, but he didn't.
I'm safe. I'm not a target.
[ Alarm sounding ]
[ Footsteps approaching ]
[ Knock at the door ]
You awake?
Yeah.
[ Sighs ]
[ Birds chirping ]
I love that photo.
She had such a green thumb.
She could make anything grow.
I think that's where
I'll scatter her ashes...
in her garden.
She'd like that.
I should have been there.
There's nothing you could do.
There was no stopping him.
I'm so sorry.
[ Doorbell ringing ]
[ Sniffs ]
- I'll get it.
- No, no, let me.
Dylan, it's the police!
Well, the truck
was found abandoned.
Not too far
from where your grandmother
was forced off the road.
Who does it belong to?
Trent McBride.
Verna McBride's nephew.
Her nephew?
There's no way
that's a coincidence.
So you're saying
he's The Executioner?
Well, Trent inherited
Verna McBride's entire estate.
And he did have a falling out
with Justin Faysal
over his property.
But my grandmother...?
We're working on that.
We will bring Trent in...
...and we will question him.
This nightmare
might well come to an end.
[Animal groaning ]
[ Birds chirping ]
[ Cracking noise ]
[ Gunshot ]
Aw, come on!
What the hell, asshole?
You didn't see me, right?
Confirm your target
before you take a shot.
That buck's mine!
[ Gunshot ]
[ Gunshots continue ]
This is done! You hear me?!
Done!
I'm not movin', and I...
[ Gunshots ]
[ Screaming ]
Oh, no, shit.
[ Screaming continues ]
Oh, shit.
[ Birds singing ]
TRENT: Hey, help... help me.
Help me, please. Hey!
Oh, God!
What do you want!?
[ Screaming and panting ]
What's that?
Oh, no! What are you...?
What are you doing?
No! No, no, no.
[ Screaming ]
[ Snake hissing ]
TRENT:
No! No, no, no. Don't!
Don't! No!
[ Trent groaning ]
[ Trent screaming ]
[ Screaming continues ]
[ Police sirens ]
Side door... we're going in.
Come on. Come on.
[ Birds chirping ]
CAM: Trent McBride,
if you're in here, come out!
Hands where we can see 'em!
Trent?
OFFICER: Clear!
McBride residence, clear.
- Let's sweep the area.
- FEMALE OFFICER: Copy that.
Get the dog.
[ Dog barking ]
Whoa.
Hold up. Hold up.
[ Dog whining ]
Trent McBride!
This is Officer Cam Henry,
Waterbury Police.
I am armed, so stand down.
[ Snakes hissing ]
[ Phone ringing ]
CHIEF: All right,
so here's the update.
We traced the truck
back to Trent McBride,
but when my guys
got there to question him...
...they found him dead.
That's a pit of snakes.
Brought in a herpetologist.
She identified a bunch
of different species.
Four of them venomous.
The others just common snakes,
like garter snakes.
There's a nasty little thing
called a Blue Racer.
Then there's this guy.
The eastern brown snake.
CHIEF: All the way
from Australia.
Second deadliest snake
in the world,
right behind the inland taipan.
My expert believes
it is the snake responsible
for the bite
that killed Trent McBride.
I don't get it.
Why snakes?
With sloth, you're thrown in...
Because the pit
is punishment.
Goes back
to the seven deadly sins.
Punishment for sloth is being
thrown into a pit of vipers.
Did I get that right, Sarah?
So Trent's not The Executioner?
And he's a victim.
CHIEF:
Looks that way.
With sloth...
It doesn't make sense.
Trent McBride is the last person
I'd call lazy.
I mean,
he was June's partner for years.
He was a paramedic, he...
He competed
in a bunch of Iron Mans.
That's why we gotta look
into this guy's past.
See if he's got any skeletons
hanging in his closet.
So you're back to square one.
- How many times is that now?
- Look, I get it, Sarah.
You don't like me.
You think I suck at my job.
Well, lucky for me...
I don't give a shit.
You have yourself
a nice day now.
Okay, come on.
[ Door opening ]
[ Door closing ]
Now I hate him. He is
ineffectual, incompetent, rude.
Yeah, well, he's a cop, love.
That's how they are.
Cam's not.
Cam is not in charge.
Vaughn is.
So what's the use of butting
heads with him, you know?
Y'know, Tom Winston's
made more breaks in this case
than Chief Vaughn.
Maybe it's time for Tom...
...to speak to the residents
of Waterbury directly?
Okay, right, Dylan.
I need you to be my husband
right now, not a journalist.
I'm speaking to you
as your husband.
Are you kidding?
That be like giving Charles
Manson his own talk show.
Then, you take it.
Seriously, let me interview you.
Somebody's going to do the story
on you eventually, right?
- So why not you?
- Your husband.
Someone you trust.
- And I can talk about anything?
- Anything.
No holds barred.
You ready?
Your parents were murdered by
Tom Winston nearly 30 years ago.
And recently your grandmother...
succumbed to the same fate.
If you could look
The Executioner in his eye...
No, no, I think you mean
if I could look him in the mask.
He's too much of a coward
to show his face.
What would you say?
I would say...
I would say that Brenda Merritt
did a terrible thing,
and my grandmother
deserved to be punished.
But you took the law
into your own hands
and on whose authority?
And I... I think he'd probably
say, "God's authority."
Wow, I'm not really religious,
but I think the Bible's pretty
clear, "Thou shalt not kill."
- You're angry?
- Yeah.
Of course, I'm angry.
And I'm sad. And I'm upset.
But I'm not afraid.
No?
When something
like this happens...
You know,
at first, you're numb.
Hmm.
And then
when you start to be able
to wrap your mind around it,
your imagination can take you
to some pretty dark places.
You think about
what your loved ones
went through before they died.
About how terrified they were.
About how much they suffered.
And then you find the pain.
And the rage.
And you want revenge.
I despise The Executioner's
actions, but I don't hate him.
Because hate is just fear,
and I am not afraid.
The Executioner is afraid.
He's a coward.
Him, Tom Winston,
anyone who's ever taken
the life of another person.
Co wards.
I'm a coward.
I'm a coward?
I'm a coward!
Tom Winston is a coward?!
How dare you!
How dare you!
How dare you!
[Yelling 1
Pain!
I'm the coward?!
So let's, uh, bury the water
symposium story
as far back in the paper
as possible.
It's an important issue up here.
Psycho killer's stalking
our town's citizens...
Shoreline water erosion.
We have a little bit
of a toss up, right?
Okay, there is a hole
in page 5.
The A-frame pulled
their one-quarter vertical.
We can put
the water story there.
And that's tomorrow's paper.
Thank you, everyone.
Not enough tourists
ordering the onion and liver
poutine, are they, eh?
Oh, less business for them
means less business for us.
Thank God, we're selling
like hotcakes right now.
All this talk of breakfast
is making me hungry.
Forget breakfast.
What are you doing for dinner?
No plans. Why?
Because you're gonna have dinner
with me tonight.
Me and Lisa-Ann Follows.
- The Lisa-Ann Follows?
- Mm-hm.
She's flying up from New York
to cover the murders
and some local experts.
And dinner is our audition.
[ Phone ringing ]
You should maybe wear
something tighter.
Tight.
I... I can do tight.
Yeah, no, tight's good.
[ Cell phone ringing ]
Hello?
OPERA TOR: Sarah Bennett,
you have a call from...
TOM: Tom Winston.
OPERATOR:
Press one to accept.
TOM: Hello, Sarah.
SARAH: What do you want
to tell me?
I read your article
in The Bulletin.
Okay-
Yeah.
Is that what you really think?
About The Executioner?
He's a coward?
I wouldn't have said it
if I didn't mean it.
The Executioner doesn't think
like you do.
You can't... shame him.
You can't... reason with him.
All you can do is fuel him
and his obsession.
Yeah, you'd know this how, huh?
I was obsessed
with your parents.
I know you think
he can't hurt you,
but the last thing
you wanna do
is make that a challenge
for him.
Okay, I'm hearing you.
Good.
Torn?
Yes?
You wouldn't ever consider
talking to my husband,
would you, for The Bulletin?
Is this something
you want me to do?
Simple yes or no.
TOM: On one condition.
Well, he can't pay you.
I'd like a memento.
What kind of memento?
A lock of your hair.
Forget I asked.
You know, if Trent
was The Executioner,
that would make sense.
[ Shivers ]
That boy was seriously
disturbed.
Norman Bates
meets the Unabomber.
I still figure it could be
Heather Peterson.
Yeah, but it wasn't so,
who could it be?
In this town?
I think we'll be here
till next week.
Well, let's start
with who it isn't.
You, me, obviously.
Anyone who was at your party
the night Verna McBride
was killed.
Well, it's not
my little guardian angel
who saved my life.
It's obviously not Dylan.
He was with you the night
Verna got sliced and diced.
No, no, he wasn't actually.
He... he had to go back
into work.
This is your husband
we're talking about?
And he's not even from here.
His only tie to Waterbury
is you. Is there a motive?
Chief Vaughn.
Well, he's either
a complete idiot or a suspect.
So I'm gonna say both.
- Cam?
“No-
No, Cam is innocent. I mean,
I don't have any proof, but...
So he could go either way?
Like me in university.
Uh... June?
She was Trent's partner.
You really think June
would come up
with something this complicated?
Rawr.
Enough, okay.
That wasn't very nice.
- I like June, I do.
- I know.
- She's pretty.
- She's pretty.
She's sweet and...
I'm not making this
any better, am I?
- Okay, I'm gonna stop.
- Okay.
- Moving on.
- Yeah.
Tom Winston.
Well, he's crazy enough,
but he's behind bars.
So what?
Serial killers have groupies.
What if Tom is the brains,
and he's got someone
on the outside being the brawn?
Yeah, but he doesn't see anyone.
I mean, except for me.
Yes, he does.
Alan Henry.
- Alan's his religious counselor?
- Uh-huh.
And these are religious murders,
right?
No, wait,
that doesn't make sense.
No, Tom tried to kill Alan.
No, he actually didn't.
Tom spared him. He told me.
Oh, shit.
[ Phone ringing ]
CHIEF: Tell me about your
relationship with Trent McBride.
We were co-workers.
CHIEF: How long
did you work together for?
A few years.
Three years and a bit.
CHIEF: Did he have
any romantic relationships
that you knew about?
I... I don't know. I haven't
talked to Trent for a while.
What about back then?
He liked women.
I don't know any specifics
beyond that.
Did Trent have a temper, June?
Trent's... bark
was worse than his bite.
He was a good guy.
Great worker, always on time --
I'm not looking
for a job reference here.
I wanna know
what this guy's interests were,
what his hobbies were,
what he did with his free time.
He liked to hunt and go camping.
You know all this.
Did you know about his interest
in taxidermy?
- Sewing up dead animals.
- I know what taxidermy is.
No.
Did he ever mention or talk
about The Executioner?
No.
I feel like you're trying to get
me to say something about Trent
that wasn't true.
Trent was a stand-up guy.
He didn't deserve to die.
June, we're asking everyone
who knew Trent McBride
these questions.
He was hunted down and killed.
Okay-
Now, when he left, did he leave
on good terms or bad terms?
Any employees,
were they enemies?
Any family members or patients
that might've had a grudge?
- Is everything okay?
- Deputy Henry!
Yeah, I'm fine.
All right, why don't you
head home?
I'll see you in a bit.
[ Phone ringing ]
Beautiful day, huh?
[ Sighs ]
[ Continues to sigh ]
[ Crickets chirping ]
Right, say it was Alan Henry.
I mean, why'd he go around
killing people?
His son's a cop, he doesn't even
have to call 911.
Have you ever read
the Old Testament?
God is one angry father.
Commanding His followers
to spill oceans
of nonbeliever blood.
Trust me, Sunday school
was darkside as shit.
JUNE: You can't cut me off.
I'll tell you
when I've had enough!
Asshole!
Hey! June!
Maybe, wait up a sec, huh?
SARAH: June?
HEY, hey, June.
Urn, honey?
Sweetie. Sweetie. Hey!
'Hi!
"HEY!
Oh, what are you guys
doing here?
It is so good to see you.
You're... you're not going home
already, are you?
Well, I don't want to,
but those bastards in there...
I mean, all I wanted to do was
have a drink in honor of Trent.
Hey, why don't you hang out with
us tonight?
SARAH: Yeah, yeah.
- SARAH: Yeah.
- You guys got anything to drink?
JUNE: You got any tequila.
I'll keep these keys here.
June, that's a little too close
to the water.
Whoa! June! June!
- What? No...
- June, be careful. Be care...
- Oh! June what are you doing?
- June!
Going for a swim.
You should come.
I forgot my Speedo at home,
babe. Uh...
You don't need a bathing suit.
- Oh!
- You wanna...
Oh, wow!
Come on, Robin.
It's not like I haven't seen you
naked before.
Remember? Ken Simon's pool?
Okay-
JUNE: We all went
skinny dipping.
- You keep an eye on her.
-...at her parents' hot tub.
-[ June laughing ]
- ROBIN: Yeah, she'll be fine.
She's got built-in
life preservers.
Okay, come on, sweetie.
Let's get out of there.
Come on!
Cam. Hey, um, it's Sarah.
Yeah, I'm at the A-frame,
and June...
June's gonna be right home.
I was living in L.A.
when the "Grim Sleeper"
was killing black women.
I've had mass murderers,
wife killers, terrorists,
kidnappers, you name it,
dregs of society on my show.
Takes a lot to shake me.
These killings...
scare the shit out of me.
I know exactly
what you're saying.
When the original murders
took place...
Your wife's parents
were the victims?
- Yeah, yeah they were.
- FOLLOWS: I can't even imagine.
Oh, it was terrible.
Actually, I can, because you did
such an incredible job,
telling Sarah's story,
all of these stories,
bringing them to life.
Thank you.
Uh, you know,
with material like this,
it kind of writes itself.
Okay... Dylan.
If this is gonna work,
you need to drop all of that,
"Gee golly, aw shucks"
polite crap.
I'll eat you up and spit you out
like a bad piece of sushi.
You want that?
You don't want that.
These murders have terrorized
this community.
The Executioner has acted
like judge, jury, and hangman.
If we don't give a voice
to these people, who will?
We owe it to them.
Kinda like that
or is that too much?
What do you think?
Do that tomorrow,
and you're gold.
[ Laughing ] Now,
this original Executioner,
the one rotting in jail,
have you met him?
I... No, I have not.
I think you should try
to book him.
- Yeah?
- It's ratings dynamite.
Robin, get in here!
I know you like dudes,
but I promise I won't bite.
If you love me, you'll swim with me.
I can't get my arms wet.
Now, you're just making up excuses.
Shit, why is he here?
Come on.
That's a good girl.
Cam...
Listen, don't be upset.
She's just taking Trent's murder
really hard, okay?
June, come on, its time to go home.
All right.
What are you doing here?
Cam's just come to take you
home, you know?
You get there, you have a hot
shower, and you know...
Home and warm, and have a...
You're telling me
what my husband's gonna do?
What?
You speak for him now?
No, I'm sick of it!
Ever since she came here,
she's been like, like a stalker.
Going for walks together,
having private conversations.
Hugging each other!
June, Cam and I
are just friends.
You want Cam,
and you always have!
June, I'm married, so...
That didn't stop
your slut of a mom.
Hey, June, that's enough.
I'm so sorry.
[ Crickets chirping ]
I'm attracted to this story
for a bunch of reasons.
One, it's great drama.
Who doesn't love a series
of murders in a small town?
Two, it's got an incredible
back story.
And it's happening in real time.
Three, it's not on the radar.
Not yet.
That's why I wanted
to be here first.
Trust me, I'm not in Waterbury
for the fine dining.
[ Laughing ]
Right.
Well, Lisa-Ann, I speak
for Dylan, but we are thrilled.
Yeah, and we're
print journalists, so...
-...the opportunity.
- I started as a lawyer.
And you... got a face for T.V.
Oh, no, no, no.
I'll get that.
No, no, please.
You are our guest.
Now, I will go settle the bill.
And then, um, we'll take you
back to your B&B.
Which is very exciting to say.
Isn't it?
Um, we'll, uh, meet you outside.
You're in the majors now,
rookie.
You ready?
Ready as I can be, I guess.
Well, here's the thing, Dylan.
Every story, even as big as this,
has a finite lifespan.
So what are you gonna do when
The Executioner gets eclipsed
by the next young mom
who drowns her eight kids,
or a cosmetic surgeon who
murders his wife with Botox?
“Flu-n?
Well, I guess I really
haven't thought about...
You should.
Yeah, well, I guess
that's a conversation
you, Alison, and I can have.
Hmm, I'm having it with you.
Well, then, let's talk.
SARAH: I thought
writing was your thing.
It is my thing, darling,
but it's a dying thing.
You don't want me to do it?
SARAH: No, I'm just surprised,
you know.
It's T.V.
It's a big shift.
Yeah, but it's still journalism.
You don't have to watch
if it's gonna make you weird.
Of course,
I'm gonna watch, and...
Do you have to wear makeup?
- You'd like that, wouldn't you?
- Mm-hm.
[ Birds chirping ]
So I spoke to Tom Winston.
And what did he have to say?
He said he'd do it.
- Huh.
- For a lock of my hair.
- That's creepy.
- Yeah.
Wow.
For what?
I don't know,
and I don't wanna know.
God.
I'm sorry I even
asked you to do that.
You know, I'm gonna
make some coffee.
- You want one?
- No, I'm good. I'm good.
Thanks anyway.
[ Birds chirping ]
SARAH: What about some
breakfast? You want cereal?
No, I'm fine, honey.
Thank you.
[ Website playing church music ]
[ Typing ]
[ Door bell rings ]
Hi.
Can we talk?
Yeah.
I only remember snippets.
I get like that
when I drink hard alcohol.
So I stick to wine or cider.
Not that I'm trying
to find an excuse.
'Cause I really am sorry, Sarah.
And I'm...
I'm sorry about Trent.
You two worked together?
Yeah.
We were partners.
Drove the same ambulance.
[ Sighs ]
A lot of late nights,
like one of those things,
you get pretty close.
[ Sniffling ]
God, what is wrong with me?
No, it's okay, June.
[ Sniffs ]
Anyway, I came here
to apologize.
I was a crazy woman last night.
That wasn't me.
I should go.
June.
Was Trent more
than just a friend from work?
No.
Okay-
I'm upset because he was
murdered. That's normal.
It is. You're right.
I'm sorry.
[ Sobbing ]
Does Cam know?
[ Sniffs ]
We ended it years ago.
Me and Trent...
And I love Cam.
We went to counseling
and worked it all out.
Trent even quit
because of all of it.
But...
But you still cared for him.
Oh, June, it's okay.
No, I can't mourn.
I can't act sad because
then Cam might think
that we were still...
but we were...
...honest.
- I mean, you can't tell anyone.
- No. No, I promise I won't.
June, I'm sure Cam has told you,
but this killer is targeting
his victims.
Is there anything
in Trent's past?
Something he might have clone?
People will hate him.
That can't hurt him now.
But if you know something,
you've gotta speak up.
[ Birds chirping ]
[ Sighs ]
JUNE: It was five years ago.
The night Ariel Peterson
went missing.
[ Crickets chirping ]
Me and Trent, we worked
an 18-hour shift.
It was a long, brutal day.
I was wiped, so Trent
dropped me off at home.
He said he'd take the ambulance
back and sign us both out.
He told me he drove past Ariel
on the way to the hospital.
She was drunk.
She's been sick, and he knew
if he picked her up,
his 18 hour shift
would turn into 22
by the time they processed her
in the hospital.
So he made sure she was okay...
and left her to walk home.
[ Crickets chirping ]
Ask any paramedic,
when you come across a kid
who's been drinking
but who can still
make it home, you...
You turn a blind eye.
- Trent never imagined that...
- CHIEF: What?
Ariel wouldn't make it home?
That she'd just disappear?
No.
CAM: You've known this
for five years, June.
Never thought to tell us?
I wanted to.
But I...
I promised Trent.
This town would have never
forgiven him
if I told you what happened.
- So, that's it?
- Hmm.
That's what you were
worried about?
CHIEF: Did Trent say
where he saw Ariel last,
what street was she on?
Sheridan, I think.
Just outside of town,
Sheridan and Market.
All right,
I'm gonna go to the vaults,
and I'm gonna pull all
the closed-circuit TV footage
that I filed for that night.
Anything on Sheridan Street,
I'll go through with
a fine-tooth comb again.
I'm sorry.
- You're sorry?
- Cam... Cam you're not helping.
- June, you're sorry?
- Cam...
A 15-year-old girl went missing
that night, June!
And you protected the piece
of shit who did that.
You did!
[ Buzzing ]
[ Door unlocking ]
[ Chains jingling ]
- Mr. Winston, thank you for...
-[ Door closing ]
...agreeing to meet with me.
As Sarah told you, I work
for the Waterbury Bulletin,
and I think...
you would provide invaluable
insight to this story.
Okay, right.
Can I ask you
why you want that?
How much does Sarah know?
Sorry.
How much does Sarah know?
About me being here? She gave me
your conditions. That's...
How much does Sarah know
about you?
Not sure I follow.
I'm the one here to interview
you, not the other way around.
[ Chains moving ]
Sarah might've told you,
I don't always read the letters
that are sent to me.
But I did keep them.
And I got a great memory...
...for names.
So again, Dylan.
How much does Sarah know?
I told you I went
through all this footage,
and I didn't find anything.
Look, top left-hand corner.
There.
That's Trent's ambulance.
Now, watch closely.
She's still there.
Can you zoom in on this?
Blow it up?
No, not on this.
But that's the intersection.
[ Phone ringing distantly ]
Shit.
Yeah.
She got in the car.
Now, I don't have plates, but...
It's a start.
[ Birds chirping ]
McBrides have always been
a troubled family.
You know, I worked with Trent.
I was his youth group leader.
I tried and,
succeeded in putting him
on the right path.
You're being sentimental.
Of course,
I'm being sentimental.
For Christ's sake...
- Sometimes, Tom...
- What?
Sometimes I forget
you're a Christian.
[ Moving chains ]
Yeah.
"God is jealous,
and the Lord revengeth;
The Lord revengeth,
and is furious;
the Lord will take vengeance
on His adversaries,
and He reserveth wrath
for His enemies."
[ Moving chains ]
It's not about turning off
your emotions, Alan.
Grieve for them.
Pray for them.
[ Moving chains ]
But let that bolster
and strengthen your faith,
rather than diminish it.
God's work is being done.
Open your Bible.
Which Scripture would you
have me...?
Just open it.
Now you don't owe me anything.
But if you revere the truth,
the way you claim to,
you'll do this for me.
None of you are safe!
Your secrets!
And your lies!
He sees them.
And He exposes them,
and they lie there...
grunting in the sun,
stinking to high heaven.
You repent now,
or you will join them in Hell!
Verna McBride!
Can't walk.
Can't touch.
Justin Faysal, the rat.
In life and in death.
Okay, Heather,
you need to stop, okay?
Brenda Merritt, like Sisyphus!
She just keeps rolling
that rock.
Up the hill, into the water.
[ Giggling ]
Trent McBride, that snake!
If there is a God,
I pray you let that snake devour
its own tail!
And then start all over again!
Until the end of time!
Why?
Why did you have to leave
Ariel behind?
It would have taken...
five minutes.
Five minutes.
All you had to... stop
and to pick up my baby!
And then bring her
home to me!
[ Sobbing ]
You would be here
with me instead!
Oh, my God!
[ Screaming ]
If I could go back,
I'd take her place.
I would.
[ Sobbing ]
What are you looking for
exactly?
Well, Sheridan and Market
are north of here.
So a vehicle would pass
by here south
heading towards the hospital,
right?
Probably.
It's the most direct route.
Why did you have CCTV installed
outside the paper, anyway?
You make more enemies than
friends in this line of work.
Especially in a small town.
Shit.
What?
That lying bitch
was with Trent that night.
She was.
That means she's next.
You should know this will be
in the paper tomorrow,
and on our site, as soon
as the story is written.
Look, Alison, I know that you
have a business to run,
but this is evidence.
Which I gave you. Now
I'd like my tablet back, please.
We're also talking about the
wife of one of my officers here.
- He's got a point.
- No, actually, he doesn't.
Okay, start downtown,
you find June Henry,
you bring her back here,
you put her in Interview 1.
Make sure she doesn't
talk to anybody,
and you stay with her
until I get back.
What's goin' on?
[ Sighs ]
It's June.
What the hell's going on, Chief?
She was in the ambulance
that night with Trent McBride.
Her life is in danger,
so I'm bringing her in.
But you've got her, right?
She's comin' in?
I've got our guys
picking her up.
Listen, Cam, I'm gonna need you
to sit this one out.
JUNE: Hey, it's June.
Leave a message.
June, it's me. Just call me
when you get this message.
- Try her at work.
- It's her day off!
All right, listen Cam.
Her not answering her phone
doesn't mean anything.
Maybe she didn't hear
the ringer,
but I'll stop by your house
and see if she's there.
Okay, yeah.
Well, I'm comin' with you.
No, you're not. Just... go for a
coffee with Sarah or something.
Yeah, you know, absolut...
- I'm coming with you.
- No, you're not.
You're too close to this.
I need the keys to your house.
Give me the keys
to your house, Cam.
[ Keys jingling ]
All right, everyone, listen up.
I want every available officer
to search downtown.
You find June Henry, and you
bring her back here right away.
Cam, you leave
your cell phone on,
and I'll call you the minute
I know anything.
Kelly, grab my gun belt!
Let's go!
Come on.
SARAH: Let's get coffee.
Thank God for you, Sarah.
If you hadn't, uh,
looked for that footage...
You're so loyal, Cam, you know?
It's one of the things
I love most about you,
but this keeps happening
over and over.
That's Chief Vaughn, okay?
He's just overwhelmed.
He's incompetent...
and dangerous.
June wasn't home.
If she was home, they would
have called by now.
No. That doesn't mean anything.
It's her clay off.
She could be anywhere.
Uh, I just can't sit here
and wait.
For once, Vaughn, he's right.
That is exactly
what you need to do.
Could you do that, Sarah?
Could you just sit here and wait
if that was happening to Dylan?
No, no.
Anyone can reach me.
But I gotta join the search.
June?
June, are you here?
June?
June, it's Vaughn.
June?
Put your hands up!
Right now!
This is Chief Vaughn.
I'm gonna need forensics
over at the Henry household.
We got ourselves
a crime scene now.
I'm gonna rejoin the search
for June.
DISPATCHER:
...sending units now.
Son of a bitch.
Please, Lord.
Bring Ariel back to her mother...
...end their suffering
for our mistake.
Please, God, I beg you.
I would do any...
[ Doors swing open ]
I knew you'd come for me.
[ Muffled screaming ]
Where the hell have you been?
You leave work, you don't
tell me where you're going.
You don't answer your phone.
I was out hunting a story.
But if you prefer me sitting
at my desk from 9 to 5,
we can have that.
I'm asking
for some common courtesy.
Yeah, and I'm asking
for the same.
'Cause I don't really appreciate
being made to feel
like a teenager cutting class.
I met with Tom Winston.
Sarah didn't tell me.
You called Sarah?
Are you kidding me?
No, she came in.
With an actual lead
on an actual story.
One that I wanted you to write,
but instead I did my own
shit job of it
because you wouldn't
answer your phone.
Okay, I'm here.
What is it?
When I hired you,
I took a chance.
Yeah, you'd written
for some major publications.
But you have never
run a paper. Okay?
I hope you don't forget that.
Send me what you got on it.
Get right on it.
[ Crickets chirping ]
Alan. Hey.
I heard you found June's purse
in your church.
Yes.
Any word on June herself?
How's he doing?
I don't know.
- Sarah, I should...
- Oh, yes, of course. I'm sorry.
[ Crickets chirping ]
Can I sit?
[ Crickets continue chirping ]
Why did you have to come back
to Waterbury, Sarah?
- I...
- No.
It's just this...
...this darkness.
It follows you everywhere.
Your whole life.
Now, it's latched onto us.
Okay...
[ Crickets chirping ]
[ Door closing ]
[ Birds chirping ]
[ Labored breathing ]
[ Rodent squeaking ]
Previously on "Slasher".
No!
I can't stay here.
All right, that's it.
Let's hit the road.
- Can I talk to you for a second?
- You're not coming.
[ Screaming ]
This is my fault.
Grandma, what did you do?
GRANDMA:
So I waited on that bridge.
And when they drove by, I...
[ Car crashing ]
[ Screaming ]
You could have died out there.
[ Groaning ]
[ Screaming ]
No! Stop!
SARAH: He could have killed me
multiple times, but he didn't.
I'm safe. I'm not a target.
[ Alarm sounding ]
[ Footsteps approaching ]
[ Knock at the door ]
You awake?
Yeah.
[ Sighs ]
[ Birds chirping ]
I love that photo.
She had such a green thumb.
She could make anything grow.
I think that's where
I'll scatter her ashes...
in her garden.
She'd like that.
I should have been there.
There's nothing you could do.
There was no stopping him.
I'm so sorry.
[ Doorbell ringing ]
[ Sniffs ]
- I'll get it.
- No, no, let me.
Dylan, it's the police!
Well, the truck
was found abandoned.
Not too far
from where your grandmother
was forced off the road.
Who does it belong to?
Trent McBride.
Verna McBride's nephew.
Her nephew?
There's no way
that's a coincidence.
So you're saying
he's The Executioner?
Well, Trent inherited
Verna McBride's entire estate.
And he did have a falling out
with Justin Faysal
over his property.
But my grandmother...?
We're working on that.
We will bring Trent in...
...and we will question him.
This nightmare
might well come to an end.
[Animal groaning ]
[ Birds chirping ]
[ Cracking noise ]
[ Gunshot ]
Aw, come on!
What the hell, asshole?
You didn't see me, right?
Confirm your target
before you take a shot.
That buck's mine!
[ Gunshot ]
[ Gunshots continue ]
This is done! You hear me?!
Done!
I'm not movin', and I...
[ Gunshots ]
[ Screaming ]
Oh, no, shit.
[ Screaming continues ]
Oh, shit.
[ Birds singing ]
TRENT: Hey, help... help me.
Help me, please. Hey!
Oh, God!
What do you want!?
[ Screaming and panting ]
What's that?
Oh, no! What are you...?
What are you doing?
No! No, no, no.
[ Screaming ]
[ Snake hissing ]
TRENT:
No! No, no, no. Don't!
Don't! No!
[ Trent groaning ]
[ Trent screaming ]
[ Screaming continues ]
[ Police sirens ]
Side door... we're going in.
Come on. Come on.
[ Birds chirping ]
CAM: Trent McBride,
if you're in here, come out!
Hands where we can see 'em!
Trent?
OFFICER: Clear!
McBride residence, clear.
- Let's sweep the area.
- FEMALE OFFICER: Copy that.
Get the dog.
[ Dog barking ]
Whoa.
Hold up. Hold up.
[ Dog whining ]
Trent McBride!
This is Officer Cam Henry,
Waterbury Police.
I am armed, so stand down.
[ Snakes hissing ]
[ Phone ringing ]
CHIEF: All right,
so here's the update.
We traced the truck
back to Trent McBride,
but when my guys
got there to question him...
...they found him dead.
That's a pit of snakes.
Brought in a herpetologist.
She identified a bunch
of different species.
Four of them venomous.
The others just common snakes,
like garter snakes.
There's a nasty little thing
called a Blue Racer.
Then there's this guy.
The eastern brown snake.
CHIEF: All the way
from Australia.
Second deadliest snake
in the world,
right behind the inland taipan.
My expert believes
it is the snake responsible
for the bite
that killed Trent McBride.
I don't get it.
Why snakes?
With sloth, you're thrown in...
Because the pit
is punishment.
Goes back
to the seven deadly sins.
Punishment for sloth is being
thrown into a pit of vipers.
Did I get that right, Sarah?
So Trent's not The Executioner?
And he's a victim.
CHIEF:
Looks that way.
With sloth...
It doesn't make sense.
Trent McBride is the last person
I'd call lazy.
I mean,
he was June's partner for years.
He was a paramedic, he...
He competed
in a bunch of Iron Mans.
That's why we gotta look
into this guy's past.
See if he's got any skeletons
hanging in his closet.
So you're back to square one.
- How many times is that now?
- Look, I get it, Sarah.
You don't like me.
You think I suck at my job.
Well, lucky for me...
I don't give a shit.
You have yourself
a nice day now.
Okay, come on.
[ Door opening ]
[ Door closing ]
Now I hate him. He is
ineffectual, incompetent, rude.
Yeah, well, he's a cop, love.
That's how they are.
Cam's not.
Cam is not in charge.
Vaughn is.
So what's the use of butting
heads with him, you know?
Y'know, Tom Winston's
made more breaks in this case
than Chief Vaughn.
Maybe it's time for Tom...
...to speak to the residents
of Waterbury directly?
Okay, right, Dylan.
I need you to be my husband
right now, not a journalist.
I'm speaking to you
as your husband.
Are you kidding?
That be like giving Charles
Manson his own talk show.
Then, you take it.
Seriously, let me interview you.
Somebody's going to do the story
on you eventually, right?
- So why not you?
- Your husband.
Someone you trust.
- And I can talk about anything?
- Anything.
No holds barred.
You ready?
Your parents were murdered by
Tom Winston nearly 30 years ago.
And recently your grandmother...
succumbed to the same fate.
If you could look
The Executioner in his eye...
No, no, I think you mean
if I could look him in the mask.
He's too much of a coward
to show his face.
What would you say?
I would say...
I would say that Brenda Merritt
did a terrible thing,
and my grandmother
deserved to be punished.
But you took the law
into your own hands
and on whose authority?
And I... I think he'd probably
say, "God's authority."
Wow, I'm not really religious,
but I think the Bible's pretty
clear, "Thou shalt not kill."
- You're angry?
- Yeah.
Of course, I'm angry.
And I'm sad. And I'm upset.
But I'm not afraid.
No?
When something
like this happens...
You know,
at first, you're numb.
Hmm.
And then
when you start to be able
to wrap your mind around it,
your imagination can take you
to some pretty dark places.
You think about
what your loved ones
went through before they died.
About how terrified they were.
About how much they suffered.
And then you find the pain.
And the rage.
And you want revenge.
I despise The Executioner's
actions, but I don't hate him.
Because hate is just fear,
and I am not afraid.
The Executioner is afraid.
He's a coward.
Him, Tom Winston,
anyone who's ever taken
the life of another person.
Co wards.
I'm a coward.
I'm a coward?
I'm a coward!
Tom Winston is a coward?!
How dare you!
How dare you!
How dare you!
[Yelling 1
Pain!
I'm the coward?!
So let's, uh, bury the water
symposium story
as far back in the paper
as possible.
It's an important issue up here.
Psycho killer's stalking
our town's citizens...
Shoreline water erosion.
We have a little bit
of a toss up, right?
Okay, there is a hole
in page 5.
The A-frame pulled
their one-quarter vertical.
We can put
the water story there.
And that's tomorrow's paper.
Thank you, everyone.
Not enough tourists
ordering the onion and liver
poutine, are they, eh?
Oh, less business for them
means less business for us.
Thank God, we're selling
like hotcakes right now.
All this talk of breakfast
is making me hungry.
Forget breakfast.
What are you doing for dinner?
No plans. Why?
Because you're gonna have dinner
with me tonight.
Me and Lisa-Ann Follows.
- The Lisa-Ann Follows?
- Mm-hm.
She's flying up from New York
to cover the murders
and some local experts.
And dinner is our audition.
[ Phone ringing ]
You should maybe wear
something tighter.
Tight.
I... I can do tight.
Yeah, no, tight's good.
[ Cell phone ringing ]
Hello?
OPERA TOR: Sarah Bennett,
you have a call from...
TOM: Tom Winston.
OPERATOR:
Press one to accept.
TOM: Hello, Sarah.
SARAH: What do you want
to tell me?
I read your article
in The Bulletin.
Okay-
Yeah.
Is that what you really think?
About The Executioner?
He's a coward?
I wouldn't have said it
if I didn't mean it.
The Executioner doesn't think
like you do.
You can't... shame him.
You can't... reason with him.
All you can do is fuel him
and his obsession.
Yeah, you'd know this how, huh?
I was obsessed
with your parents.
I know you think
he can't hurt you,
but the last thing
you wanna do
is make that a challenge
for him.
Okay, I'm hearing you.
Good.
Torn?
Yes?
You wouldn't ever consider
talking to my husband,
would you, for The Bulletin?
Is this something
you want me to do?
Simple yes or no.
TOM: On one condition.
Well, he can't pay you.
I'd like a memento.
What kind of memento?
A lock of your hair.
Forget I asked.
You know, if Trent
was The Executioner,
that would make sense.
[ Shivers ]
That boy was seriously
disturbed.
Norman Bates
meets the Unabomber.
I still figure it could be
Heather Peterson.
Yeah, but it wasn't so,
who could it be?
In this town?
I think we'll be here
till next week.
Well, let's start
with who it isn't.
You, me, obviously.
Anyone who was at your party
the night Verna McBride
was killed.
Well, it's not
my little guardian angel
who saved my life.
It's obviously not Dylan.
He was with you the night
Verna got sliced and diced.
No, no, he wasn't actually.
He... he had to go back
into work.
This is your husband
we're talking about?
And he's not even from here.
His only tie to Waterbury
is you. Is there a motive?
Chief Vaughn.
Well, he's either
a complete idiot or a suspect.
So I'm gonna say both.
- Cam?
“No-
No, Cam is innocent. I mean,
I don't have any proof, but...
So he could go either way?
Like me in university.
Uh... June?
She was Trent's partner.
You really think June
would come up
with something this complicated?
Rawr.
Enough, okay.
That wasn't very nice.
- I like June, I do.
- I know.
- She's pretty.
- She's pretty.
She's sweet and...
I'm not making this
any better, am I?
- Okay, I'm gonna stop.
- Okay.
- Moving on.
- Yeah.
Tom Winston.
Well, he's crazy enough,
but he's behind bars.
So what?
Serial killers have groupies.
What if Tom is the brains,
and he's got someone
on the outside being the brawn?
Yeah, but he doesn't see anyone.
I mean, except for me.
Yes, he does.
Alan Henry.
- Alan's his religious counselor?
- Uh-huh.
And these are religious murders,
right?
No, wait,
that doesn't make sense.
No, Tom tried to kill Alan.
No, he actually didn't.
Tom spared him. He told me.
Oh, shit.
[ Phone ringing ]
CHIEF: Tell me about your
relationship with Trent McBride.
We were co-workers.
CHIEF: How long
did you work together for?
A few years.
Three years and a bit.
CHIEF: Did he have
any romantic relationships
that you knew about?
I... I don't know. I haven't
talked to Trent for a while.
What about back then?
He liked women.
I don't know any specifics
beyond that.
Did Trent have a temper, June?
Trent's... bark
was worse than his bite.
He was a good guy.
Great worker, always on time --
I'm not looking
for a job reference here.
I wanna know
what this guy's interests were,
what his hobbies were,
what he did with his free time.
He liked to hunt and go camping.
You know all this.
Did you know about his interest
in taxidermy?
- Sewing up dead animals.
- I know what taxidermy is.
No.
Did he ever mention or talk
about The Executioner?
No.
I feel like you're trying to get
me to say something about Trent
that wasn't true.
Trent was a stand-up guy.
He didn't deserve to die.
June, we're asking everyone
who knew Trent McBride
these questions.
He was hunted down and killed.
Okay-
Now, when he left, did he leave
on good terms or bad terms?
Any employees,
were they enemies?
Any family members or patients
that might've had a grudge?
- Is everything okay?
- Deputy Henry!
Yeah, I'm fine.
All right, why don't you
head home?
I'll see you in a bit.
[ Phone ringing ]
Beautiful day, huh?
[ Sighs ]
[ Continues to sigh ]
[ Crickets chirping ]
Right, say it was Alan Henry.
I mean, why'd he go around
killing people?
His son's a cop, he doesn't even
have to call 911.
Have you ever read
the Old Testament?
God is one angry father.
Commanding His followers
to spill oceans
of nonbeliever blood.
Trust me, Sunday school
was darkside as shit.
JUNE: You can't cut me off.
I'll tell you
when I've had enough!
Asshole!
Hey! June!
Maybe, wait up a sec, huh?
SARAH: June?
HEY, hey, June.
Urn, honey?
Sweetie. Sweetie. Hey!
'Hi!
"HEY!
Oh, what are you guys
doing here?
It is so good to see you.
You're... you're not going home
already, are you?
Well, I don't want to,
but those bastards in there...
I mean, all I wanted to do was
have a drink in honor of Trent.
Hey, why don't you hang out with
us tonight?
SARAH: Yeah, yeah.
- SARAH: Yeah.
- You guys got anything to drink?
JUNE: You got any tequila.
I'll keep these keys here.
June, that's a little too close
to the water.
Whoa! June! June!
- What? No...
- June, be careful. Be care...
- Oh! June what are you doing?
- June!
Going for a swim.
You should come.
I forgot my Speedo at home,
babe. Uh...
You don't need a bathing suit.
- Oh!
- You wanna...
Oh, wow!
Come on, Robin.
It's not like I haven't seen you
naked before.
Remember? Ken Simon's pool?
Okay-
JUNE: We all went
skinny dipping.
- You keep an eye on her.
-...at her parents' hot tub.
-[ June laughing ]
- ROBIN: Yeah, she'll be fine.
She's got built-in
life preservers.
Okay, come on, sweetie.
Let's get out of there.
Come on!
Cam. Hey, um, it's Sarah.
Yeah, I'm at the A-frame,
and June...
June's gonna be right home.
I was living in L.A.
when the "Grim Sleeper"
was killing black women.
I've had mass murderers,
wife killers, terrorists,
kidnappers, you name it,
dregs of society on my show.
Takes a lot to shake me.
These killings...
scare the shit out of me.
I know exactly
what you're saying.
When the original murders
took place...
Your wife's parents
were the victims?
- Yeah, yeah they were.
- FOLLOWS: I can't even imagine.
Oh, it was terrible.
Actually, I can, because you did
such an incredible job,
telling Sarah's story,
all of these stories,
bringing them to life.
Thank you.
Uh, you know,
with material like this,
it kind of writes itself.
Okay... Dylan.
If this is gonna work,
you need to drop all of that,
"Gee golly, aw shucks"
polite crap.
I'll eat you up and spit you out
like a bad piece of sushi.
You want that?
You don't want that.
These murders have terrorized
this community.
The Executioner has acted
like judge, jury, and hangman.
If we don't give a voice
to these people, who will?
We owe it to them.
Kinda like that
or is that too much?
What do you think?
Do that tomorrow,
and you're gold.
[ Laughing ] Now,
this original Executioner,
the one rotting in jail,
have you met him?
I... No, I have not.
I think you should try
to book him.
- Yeah?
- It's ratings dynamite.
Robin, get in here!
I know you like dudes,
but I promise I won't bite.
If you love me, you'll swim with me.
I can't get my arms wet.
Now, you're just making up excuses.
Shit, why is he here?
Come on.
That's a good girl.
Cam...
Listen, don't be upset.
She's just taking Trent's murder
really hard, okay?
June, come on, its time to go home.
All right.
What are you doing here?
Cam's just come to take you
home, you know?
You get there, you have a hot
shower, and you know...
Home and warm, and have a...
You're telling me
what my husband's gonna do?
What?
You speak for him now?
No, I'm sick of it!
Ever since she came here,
she's been like, like a stalker.
Going for walks together,
having private conversations.
Hugging each other!
June, Cam and I
are just friends.
You want Cam,
and you always have!
June, I'm married, so...
That didn't stop
your slut of a mom.
Hey, June, that's enough.
I'm so sorry.
[ Crickets chirping ]
I'm attracted to this story
for a bunch of reasons.
One, it's great drama.
Who doesn't love a series
of murders in a small town?
Two, it's got an incredible
back story.
And it's happening in real time.
Three, it's not on the radar.
Not yet.
That's why I wanted
to be here first.
Trust me, I'm not in Waterbury
for the fine dining.
[ Laughing ]
Right.
Well, Lisa-Ann, I speak
for Dylan, but we are thrilled.
Yeah, and we're
print journalists, so...
-...the opportunity.
- I started as a lawyer.
And you... got a face for T.V.
Oh, no, no, no.
I'll get that.
No, no, please.
You are our guest.
Now, I will go settle the bill.
And then, um, we'll take you
back to your B&B.
Which is very exciting to say.
Isn't it?
Um, we'll, uh, meet you outside.
You're in the majors now,
rookie.
You ready?
Ready as I can be, I guess.
Well, here's the thing, Dylan.
Every story, even as big as this,
has a finite lifespan.
So what are you gonna do when
The Executioner gets eclipsed
by the next young mom
who drowns her eight kids,
or a cosmetic surgeon who
murders his wife with Botox?
“Flu-n?
Well, I guess I really
haven't thought about...
You should.
Yeah, well, I guess
that's a conversation
you, Alison, and I can have.
Hmm, I'm having it with you.
Well, then, let's talk.
SARAH: I thought
writing was your thing.
It is my thing, darling,
but it's a dying thing.
You don't want me to do it?
SARAH: No, I'm just surprised,
you know.
It's T.V.
It's a big shift.
Yeah, but it's still journalism.
You don't have to watch
if it's gonna make you weird.
Of course,
I'm gonna watch, and...
Do you have to wear makeup?
- You'd like that, wouldn't you?
- Mm-hm.
[ Birds chirping ]
So I spoke to Tom Winston.
And what did he have to say?
He said he'd do it.
- Huh.
- For a lock of my hair.
- That's creepy.
- Yeah.
Wow.
For what?
I don't know,
and I don't wanna know.
God.
I'm sorry I even
asked you to do that.
You know, I'm gonna
make some coffee.
- You want one?
- No, I'm good. I'm good.
Thanks anyway.
[ Birds chirping ]
SARAH: What about some
breakfast? You want cereal?
No, I'm fine, honey.
Thank you.
[ Website playing church music ]
[ Typing ]
[ Door bell rings ]
Hi.
Can we talk?
Yeah.
I only remember snippets.
I get like that
when I drink hard alcohol.
So I stick to wine or cider.
Not that I'm trying
to find an excuse.
'Cause I really am sorry, Sarah.
And I'm...
I'm sorry about Trent.
You two worked together?
Yeah.
We were partners.
Drove the same ambulance.
[ Sighs ]
A lot of late nights,
like one of those things,
you get pretty close.
[ Sniffling ]
God, what is wrong with me?
No, it's okay, June.
[ Sniffs ]
Anyway, I came here
to apologize.
I was a crazy woman last night.
That wasn't me.
I should go.
June.
Was Trent more
than just a friend from work?
No.
Okay-
I'm upset because he was
murdered. That's normal.
It is. You're right.
I'm sorry.
[ Sobbing ]
Does Cam know?
[ Sniffs ]
We ended it years ago.
Me and Trent...
And I love Cam.
We went to counseling
and worked it all out.
Trent even quit
because of all of it.
But...
But you still cared for him.
Oh, June, it's okay.
No, I can't mourn.
I can't act sad because
then Cam might think
that we were still...
but we were...
...honest.
- I mean, you can't tell anyone.
- No. No, I promise I won't.
June, I'm sure Cam has told you,
but this killer is targeting
his victims.
Is there anything
in Trent's past?
Something he might have clone?
People will hate him.
That can't hurt him now.
But if you know something,
you've gotta speak up.
[ Birds chirping ]
[ Sighs ]
JUNE: It was five years ago.
The night Ariel Peterson
went missing.
[ Crickets chirping ]
Me and Trent, we worked
an 18-hour shift.
It was a long, brutal day.
I was wiped, so Trent
dropped me off at home.
He said he'd take the ambulance
back and sign us both out.
He told me he drove past Ariel
on the way to the hospital.
She was drunk.
She's been sick, and he knew
if he picked her up,
his 18 hour shift
would turn into 22
by the time they processed her
in the hospital.
So he made sure she was okay...
and left her to walk home.
[ Crickets chirping ]
Ask any paramedic,
when you come across a kid
who's been drinking
but who can still
make it home, you...
You turn a blind eye.
- Trent never imagined that...
- CHIEF: What?
Ariel wouldn't make it home?
That she'd just disappear?
No.
CAM: You've known this
for five years, June.
Never thought to tell us?
I wanted to.
But I...
I promised Trent.
This town would have never
forgiven him
if I told you what happened.
- So, that's it?
- Hmm.
That's what you were
worried about?
CHIEF: Did Trent say
where he saw Ariel last,
what street was she on?
Sheridan, I think.
Just outside of town,
Sheridan and Market.
All right,
I'm gonna go to the vaults,
and I'm gonna pull all
the closed-circuit TV footage
that I filed for that night.
Anything on Sheridan Street,
I'll go through with
a fine-tooth comb again.
I'm sorry.
- You're sorry?
- Cam... Cam you're not helping.
- June, you're sorry?
- Cam...
A 15-year-old girl went missing
that night, June!
And you protected the piece
of shit who did that.
You did!
[ Buzzing ]
[ Door unlocking ]
[ Chains jingling ]
- Mr. Winston, thank you for...
-[ Door closing ]
...agreeing to meet with me.
As Sarah told you, I work
for the Waterbury Bulletin,
and I think...
you would provide invaluable
insight to this story.
Okay, right.
Can I ask you
why you want that?
How much does Sarah know?
Sorry.
How much does Sarah know?
About me being here? She gave me
your conditions. That's...
How much does Sarah know
about you?
Not sure I follow.
I'm the one here to interview
you, not the other way around.
[ Chains moving ]
Sarah might've told you,
I don't always read the letters
that are sent to me.
But I did keep them.
And I got a great memory...
...for names.
So again, Dylan.
How much does Sarah know?
I told you I went
through all this footage,
and I didn't find anything.
Look, top left-hand corner.
There.
That's Trent's ambulance.
Now, watch closely.
She's still there.
Can you zoom in on this?
Blow it up?
No, not on this.
But that's the intersection.
[ Phone ringing distantly ]
Shit.
Yeah.
She got in the car.
Now, I don't have plates, but...
It's a start.
[ Birds chirping ]
McBrides have always been
a troubled family.
You know, I worked with Trent.
I was his youth group leader.
I tried and,
succeeded in putting him
on the right path.
You're being sentimental.
Of course,
I'm being sentimental.
For Christ's sake...
- Sometimes, Tom...
- What?
Sometimes I forget
you're a Christian.
[ Moving chains ]
Yeah.
"God is jealous,
and the Lord revengeth;
The Lord revengeth,
and is furious;
the Lord will take vengeance
on His adversaries,
and He reserveth wrath
for His enemies."
[ Moving chains ]
It's not about turning off
your emotions, Alan.
Grieve for them.
Pray for them.
[ Moving chains ]
But let that bolster
and strengthen your faith,
rather than diminish it.
God's work is being done.
Open your Bible.
Which Scripture would you
have me...?
Just open it.
Now you don't owe me anything.
But if you revere the truth,
the way you claim to,
you'll do this for me.
None of you are safe!
Your secrets!
And your lies!
He sees them.
And He exposes them,
and they lie there...
grunting in the sun,
stinking to high heaven.
You repent now,
or you will join them in Hell!
Verna McBride!
Can't walk.
Can't touch.
Justin Faysal, the rat.
In life and in death.
Okay, Heather,
you need to stop, okay?
Brenda Merritt, like Sisyphus!
She just keeps rolling
that rock.
Up the hill, into the water.
[ Giggling ]
Trent McBride, that snake!
If there is a God,
I pray you let that snake devour
its own tail!
And then start all over again!
Until the end of time!
Why?
Why did you have to leave
Ariel behind?
It would have taken...
five minutes.
Five minutes.
All you had to... stop
and to pick up my baby!
And then bring her
home to me!
[ Sobbing ]
You would be here
with me instead!
Oh, my God!
[ Screaming ]
If I could go back,
I'd take her place.
I would.
[ Sobbing ]
What are you looking for
exactly?
Well, Sheridan and Market
are north of here.
So a vehicle would pass
by here south
heading towards the hospital,
right?
Probably.
It's the most direct route.
Why did you have CCTV installed
outside the paper, anyway?
You make more enemies than
friends in this line of work.
Especially in a small town.
Shit.
What?
That lying bitch
was with Trent that night.
She was.
That means she's next.
You should know this will be
in the paper tomorrow,
and on our site, as soon
as the story is written.
Look, Alison, I know that you
have a business to run,
but this is evidence.
Which I gave you. Now
I'd like my tablet back, please.
We're also talking about the
wife of one of my officers here.
- He's got a point.
- No, actually, he doesn't.
Okay, start downtown,
you find June Henry,
you bring her back here,
you put her in Interview 1.
Make sure she doesn't
talk to anybody,
and you stay with her
until I get back.
What's goin' on?
[ Sighs ]
It's June.
What the hell's going on, Chief?
She was in the ambulance
that night with Trent McBride.
Her life is in danger,
so I'm bringing her in.
But you've got her, right?
She's comin' in?
I've got our guys
picking her up.
Listen, Cam, I'm gonna need you
to sit this one out.
JUNE: Hey, it's June.
Leave a message.
June, it's me. Just call me
when you get this message.
- Try her at work.
- It's her day off!
All right, listen Cam.
Her not answering her phone
doesn't mean anything.
Maybe she didn't hear
the ringer,
but I'll stop by your house
and see if she's there.
Okay, yeah.
Well, I'm comin' with you.
No, you're not. Just... go for a
coffee with Sarah or something.
Yeah, you know, absolut...
- I'm coming with you.
- No, you're not.
You're too close to this.
I need the keys to your house.
Give me the keys
to your house, Cam.
[ Keys jingling ]
All right, everyone, listen up.
I want every available officer
to search downtown.
You find June Henry, and you
bring her back here right away.
Cam, you leave
your cell phone on,
and I'll call you the minute
I know anything.
Kelly, grab my gun belt!
Let's go!
Come on.
SARAH: Let's get coffee.
Thank God for you, Sarah.
If you hadn't, uh,
looked for that footage...
You're so loyal, Cam, you know?
It's one of the things
I love most about you,
but this keeps happening
over and over.
That's Chief Vaughn, okay?
He's just overwhelmed.
He's incompetent...
and dangerous.
June wasn't home.
If she was home, they would
have called by now.
No. That doesn't mean anything.
It's her clay off.
She could be anywhere.
Uh, I just can't sit here
and wait.
For once, Vaughn, he's right.
That is exactly
what you need to do.
Could you do that, Sarah?
Could you just sit here and wait
if that was happening to Dylan?
No, no.
Anyone can reach me.
But I gotta join the search.
June?
June, are you here?
June?
June, it's Vaughn.
June?
Put your hands up!
Right now!
This is Chief Vaughn.
I'm gonna need forensics
over at the Henry household.
We got ourselves
a crime scene now.
I'm gonna rejoin the search
for June.
DISPATCHER:
...sending units now.
Son of a bitch.
Please, Lord.
Bring Ariel back to her mother...
...end their suffering
for our mistake.
Please, God, I beg you.
I would do any...
[ Doors swing open ]
I knew you'd come for me.
[ Muffled screaming ]
Where the hell have you been?
You leave work, you don't
tell me where you're going.
You don't answer your phone.
I was out hunting a story.
But if you prefer me sitting
at my desk from 9 to 5,
we can have that.
I'm asking
for some common courtesy.
Yeah, and I'm asking
for the same.
'Cause I don't really appreciate
being made to feel
like a teenager cutting class.
I met with Tom Winston.
Sarah didn't tell me.
You called Sarah?
Are you kidding me?
No, she came in.
With an actual lead
on an actual story.
One that I wanted you to write,
but instead I did my own
shit job of it
because you wouldn't
answer your phone.
Okay, I'm here.
What is it?
When I hired you,
I took a chance.
Yeah, you'd written
for some major publications.
But you have never
run a paper. Okay?
I hope you don't forget that.
Send me what you got on it.
Get right on it.
[ Crickets chirping ]
Alan. Hey.
I heard you found June's purse
in your church.
Yes.
Any word on June herself?
How's he doing?
I don't know.
- Sarah, I should...
- Oh, yes, of course. I'm sorry.
[ Crickets chirping ]
Can I sit?
[ Crickets continue chirping ]
Why did you have to come back
to Waterbury, Sarah?
- I...
- No.
It's just this...
...this darkness.
It follows you everywhere.
Your whole life.
Now, it's latched onto us.
Okay...
[ Crickets chirping ]
[ Door closing ]
[ Birds chirping ]
[ Labored breathing ]
[ Rodent squeaking ]