After Carlos, an impoverished teen from a fractured home, receives a desperate note from Sarah, a pen pal he lost touch with a year ago HD ( Drama, Thriller, Mystery )
After Carlos, an impoverished teen from a fractured home, receives a desperate note from Sarah, a pen pal he lost touch with a year ago HD ( Drama, Thriller, Mystery )
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00:00:00Get off my dog!
00:00:07Hey, so what do you know?
00:00:22Hassle over rings, huh?
00:00:23How long have I been out?
00:00:24Three days.
00:00:26Drove up right when I heard.
00:00:27Got to head back tonight.
00:00:28My mom, she's gonna be ...
00:00:29I got ahold of her yesterday.
00:00:38I got ahold of her yesterday.
00:00:43She give me anything to be back in the states, so what do you know?
00:00:52Talked to your landlord.
00:00:54Got you fixed up till the end of the month.
00:00:56But I don't appreciate that you use my...
00:00:58I needed your name.
00:01:01Credit.
00:01:03My application would have been bust otherwise.
00:01:06Oh, fuck.
00:01:08How'd you get my social?
00:01:10Uh...
00:01:12Heh.
00:01:14A little digging.
00:01:16A little... bullshit.
00:01:19Ha, ha, ha.
00:01:21Probably wasn't easy to find.
00:01:23Should have just asked.
00:01:25You would have said no.
00:01:27You're moving to Houston.
00:01:29And I wanted you to come with.
00:01:30I stay here because of her.
00:01:33Who the hell got you?
00:01:34♪♪
00:01:40She stopped by.
00:01:43Oh, come on, man.
00:01:45Are you s...
00:01:47School's gonna send homework from now on.
00:01:51Did you say anything else?
00:01:54No.
00:01:56♪♪
00:02:01♪♪
00:02:06♪♪
00:02:11♪♪
00:02:16♪♪
00:02:22Mom?
00:02:24Is he still here?
00:02:26No.
00:02:28♪♪
00:02:32Can you get dressed?
00:02:34I don't need to be there.
00:02:37It... it helps if you're there.
00:02:40You mean it looks good if I'm there?
00:02:43♪♪
00:02:45Yeah.
00:02:47♪♪
00:02:52♪♪
00:02:57♪♪
00:03:02♪♪
00:03:08I'm gonna stop.
00:03:10Look, once my back heals, I'll stop.
00:03:13Look, if my back hurts,
00:03:16then I'm gonna drop below 40 hours,
00:03:19and I can't work.
00:03:21And if my hours drop below 40, the probation officer, I...
00:03:24Look, Sarah, you know that that can't happen.
00:03:26It just can't.
00:03:28Me knowing doesn't make it an excuse.
00:03:31It's not an excuse.
00:03:33I just need to feel like I used to.
00:03:36I used to.
00:03:38I need us to feel like we used to.
00:03:43Some of you have to work on your caps key.
00:03:46We also need to work on writing things by hand,
00:03:50with paper and actual pens.
00:03:53And in order to do this, we're gonna...
00:03:55be writing letters.
00:03:57But...
00:03:59Let me finish before you start to cry.
00:04:01These are gonna be your pen pals.
00:04:04No addresses chosen randomly
00:04:06from participating schools across the country.
00:04:09As you can see, you have to write
00:04:11at least four letters to them
00:04:14in the course of the semester.
00:04:16And in order for me to grade these letters,
00:04:20we're gonna be using...
00:04:23this box.
00:04:25You will drop off your sealed envelopes,
00:04:28which I will send and mark as received
00:04:31as part of your grade.
00:04:33The other part is to see if your pen pal brought you back.
00:04:36And, guys, this is important.
00:04:38Do not give out any personal information.
00:04:42None of that.
00:04:44But smile. Enjoy it.
00:04:46We're gonna have fun with this.
00:04:48Thank you so much. Have a good one.
00:04:56Your pen pal is in Tulsa, Oklahoma,
00:04:59Central High School.
00:05:02Your pen pal's name is Carlos.
00:05:27Dear Carlos,
00:05:29Is it weird to say dear?
00:05:32This diamond says my greeting
00:05:34is supposed to be affectionate,
00:05:36whether I know you or not,
00:05:38but I guess that's the point, to get to know you.
00:05:41So let's see.
00:05:43I'm a senior, born and bred in Baton Rouge.
00:05:46I've never left, but I'm dying to.
00:05:52My playlist consists of anything with powerful lyrics.
00:05:56Lorde, Billie Eilish, Florence and the Machine.
00:06:00Dear Sarah,
00:06:02It was nice to get your letter.
00:06:04Any distraction from this hospital room
00:06:06is a good distraction.
00:06:08Do you write a lot?
00:06:10Because you read really well.
00:06:12I don't write often, but I try.
00:06:14I'm also a senior.
00:06:16I was born in Mexico,
00:06:18but moved to Texas and then to Tulsa.
00:06:20I don't think you'll like
00:06:22the type of music I listen to,
00:06:24but I love Slayer, Metallica,
00:06:26Linkin Park.
00:06:28Dear Carlos,
00:06:30You can't just say hospital
00:06:32and not say more.
00:06:34Are you alright?
00:06:36Also, wow!
00:06:38You're a metalhead?
00:06:40I didn't see that coming.
00:06:42But if you're going to try writing,
00:06:44then I'll try something new too.
00:06:46I'm going to listen to Slayer.
00:06:48Liner notes in hand.
00:06:50And yes, I do write a lot.
00:06:52It's something I can control.
00:06:54The words can be mine,
00:06:56with no one able to barge in
00:06:58and change them.
00:07:00Little blue line's the only guides.
00:07:02Everything else is just
00:07:04white and wide open space.
00:07:06Sometimes being with people
00:07:08is lonelier than being alone.
00:07:10But I never feel lonely
00:07:12when I'm writing.
00:07:14I love my best friend,
00:07:16but we couldn't be more different.
00:07:18She sees this place
00:07:20and she thinks it's enough.
00:07:22Don't even get me started
00:07:24There's one friend though.
00:07:26He's different.
00:07:28I know he's a good guy,
00:07:30but he sometimes gets pulled down
00:07:32into all the bad stuff.
00:07:37It's hard feeling like
00:07:39you don't belong in the world around you.
00:07:43Dear Sarah,
00:07:45It's awesome that you're going to listen to Slayer.
00:07:47Most people,
00:07:49they wouldn't.
00:07:51They just say it's noise.
00:07:53Wouldn't even bother to pay attention to the lyrics.
00:07:57I'm looking forward to reading what you think,
00:07:59even if you don't love them as much as I do.
00:08:01As for the hospital room,
00:08:03well, I just say you can't save everyone.
00:08:07Lesson learned.
00:08:09Again.
00:08:11Dear Carlos,
00:08:13Dear Sarah,
00:08:15Dear Carlos,
00:08:17Dear Sarah,
00:08:19Dear Carlos,
00:08:21Dear Sarah,
00:08:25Dear Sarah,
00:08:29Dear Sarah,
00:08:33Dear Sarah,
00:08:37I'm not sure if any of my letters are getting to you anymore.
00:08:41I hope so.
00:08:45I know you're dealing with a lot,
00:08:47but this is probably the last time I write.
00:08:49So I've included my number
00:08:51and address below.
00:08:53I'm glad I got to know you,
00:08:55Sarah.
00:08:57And I hope you're okay.
00:09:01You once wrote that I'm not doing it all alone.
00:09:03And neither are you.
00:09:07Know that I'll always be a friend.
00:09:19I love you.
00:09:21I love you.
00:09:47Alright.
00:09:51Fifty-five cents.
00:09:55What?
00:09:57No postage.
00:09:59So, fifty-five cents.
00:10:01Jeez.
00:10:03That's charging for everything.
00:10:11Here you go.
00:10:17You have a great day.
00:10:21Bye.
00:10:37Dear Carlos,
00:10:39I killed him.
00:10:45It's my fault.
00:10:47I wanted to ask for help,
00:10:49but I didn't know who to ask.
00:10:51I'm sorry.
00:10:53Remember me as a friend.
00:11:19Bye.
00:11:41We good, Caleb?
00:11:43You didn't...
00:11:45No.
00:11:47Maybe I can get us a script next week, Caleb.
00:11:49A week's a long time, Jackson.
00:11:51And my uncle, if he finds out...
00:11:53He won't. Caleb, fuck, it'll work.
00:11:57Look, this is what we agreed to.
00:11:59Alright? All we're doing,
00:12:01we're taking out a loan, alright?
00:12:03It's a quick buck for a quick fucking buck.
00:12:09Sarah, I've texted him.
00:12:11Can we talk?
00:12:13I don't know, Mia. Listen, what I did,
00:12:15Then don't. An explanation won't fix anything.
00:12:17Wait, Sarah, wait!
00:12:19She's a piece of shit.
00:12:21She didn't used to be.
00:12:23That was before she slept with Mike.
00:12:25Why are you standing up for her?
00:12:27I'm not standing up for her, Zoe.
00:12:29Things changed.
00:12:31No, she changed, and you got screwed over by it.
00:12:45Here.
00:13:01Dear Carlos,
00:13:03You're right.
00:13:05You can't save everyone.
00:13:07Sometimes you can help.
00:13:09You might think you're doing it all alone.
00:13:11But you're not.
00:13:15I'm sorry.
00:13:25Every letter you've sent matters.
00:13:27I feel like you get me.
00:13:29That you're listening.
00:13:31Being heard means a lot.
00:13:33Especially at a time like this.
00:13:35I'm sorry to leave you hanging.
00:13:45So,
00:13:47The least I can say is
00:13:49I'm listening.
00:13:51I'm a friend
00:13:53Who has her share of bruises, too.
00:13:55And I happily care.
00:13:57Just like you do.
00:13:59I'm sorry to leave you hanging.
00:14:01I'm sorry to leave you hanging.
00:14:03Just like you do.
00:14:34Dad, stop!
00:14:36No, please don't!
00:14:38I'm sorry.
00:15:00Hey.
00:15:02It doesn't mean anything, Liv.
00:15:04We're just
00:15:06Just having fun.
00:15:08I know.
00:15:10I just want to do this for you.
00:15:14I heard you're not with Mike anymore.
00:15:18You heard right?
00:15:20Yeah.
00:15:22I get it.
00:15:26I don't think you do.
00:15:28No, I do.
00:15:32I couldn't keep a girl like you happy.
00:15:36A girl like me?
00:15:42How you act?
00:15:46Talk?
00:15:50You deserve better than this place.
00:15:56You ain't like others.
00:15:58Like her.
00:16:02I'm just saying.
00:16:04I see it.
00:16:06And I get it.
00:16:34I'm sorry.
00:17:04Dear Sarah,
00:17:06No one's asked me
00:17:08about my favorite memory,
00:17:10but it was my first bike.
00:17:12I was old with a long banana seat
00:17:14meant for a girl,
00:17:16but I didn't care.
00:17:18I ripped off the front basket
00:17:20and it was mine.
00:17:22I remember riding around
00:17:24a dusty lot next to our apartment
00:17:26crashing constantly,
00:17:28dust flying each time I did
00:17:30like in cartoons,
00:17:32but the whole time
00:17:34my mom was right behind me
00:17:36hand on the seat
00:17:38her maid uniform still on,
00:17:40smiling
00:17:42like it was gonna make me go faster.
00:17:44I kept turning back to see her
00:17:46and when I did,
00:17:48I turned the handle and lost my balance.
00:17:50But she was there
00:17:52ready to let go when I had enough speed
00:17:54or hang on when I didn't.
00:17:58Yo,
00:18:00do you know where the English teacher would be at?
00:18:02Uh, yes, around the corner.
00:18:04Around the corner?
00:18:06Thank you.
00:18:08To the left or the right after this?
00:18:10To the right, obviously.
00:18:12I appreciate it.
00:18:14How did you get your address?
00:18:16I gave it to her.
00:18:18You weren't supposed to.
00:18:20I mean, you can't tell us to be friends
00:18:22and then just expect us to stop.
00:18:24It's not fair.
00:18:30I never
00:18:32read any of these.
00:18:34I always just assumed
00:18:36students would write one line and send it.
00:18:38But Sarah was...
00:18:40Expressive.
00:18:44She was.
00:18:46She attended
00:18:48a yearbook meeting or two.
00:18:50I was hoping she'd put her writing talents
00:18:52to use there.
00:18:54But see, she didn't in these.
00:18:56I'd like to help you,
00:18:58but I can't.
00:19:00All I need is a number, an email, anything.
00:19:02If I give out personal information,
00:19:04I could lose my job.
00:19:06I won't tell anyone.
00:19:10But what I can do
00:19:12is say
00:19:14that everyone's in the yearbook
00:19:16even if they don't want to be.
00:19:18Okay.
00:19:20That everyone's in the yearbook
00:19:22even if they don't want to be.
00:19:24Sarah, come on!
00:19:46There you are.
00:19:48Sarah Blake.
00:19:54I'm sorry.
00:19:56I'm sorry.
00:19:58I'm sorry.
00:20:00I'm sorry.
00:20:02I'm sorry.
00:20:04I'm sorry.
00:20:06I'm sorry.
00:20:08I'm sorry.
00:20:10I'm sorry.
00:20:12I'm sorry.
00:20:14I'm sorry.
00:20:16I'm sorry.
00:20:18I'm sorry.
00:20:20I'm sorry.
00:20:22I'm sorry.
00:20:38I wonder why you always forget the last layer.
00:20:40My stuff always looks better on you.
00:20:46Through the night we rise in pairs.
00:20:48Towards the night we die.
00:20:50What?
00:20:52It's nothing.
00:20:54They're just lyrics.
00:20:56I don't know how you can stand
00:20:58that thoughtful dream pop shit.
00:21:00It's from Slayer, actually.
00:21:02Fuck.
00:21:04I can't even.
00:21:06Your pen pal is turning you into a freak
00:21:08one letter at a time.
00:21:10Carlos is just
00:21:12introducing you to something new.
00:21:14The guys are here.
00:21:16Let's go.
00:21:40Do you want one?
00:21:43Do you want one?
00:21:45No, I'm okay.
00:21:47Can I get a beverage, though?
00:21:49Like a drink or something?
00:21:51Yeah.
00:21:55Excuse me.
00:22:03I'm sorry
00:22:05for what Mike and I did.
00:22:09He cheated on me.
00:22:11I know.
00:22:13But I want to fix what's between us.
00:22:15I mean, whatever you need
00:22:17me to do.
00:22:19The moment I needed you is when you had a choice.
00:22:21Whether to pick him
00:22:23or me.
00:22:25And you chose.
00:22:41I got you.
00:23:05Kayla!
00:23:07What the fuck, man?
00:23:09Stay where you at, man.
00:23:11Don't be acting all dumb.
00:23:13You ain't do this alone.
00:23:15Is anyone in there?
00:23:21Go.
00:23:25Not him.
00:23:27Just you.
00:23:31I had to hear it from fucking Ruby
00:23:33who was pushing behind my back.
00:23:35Now, if I wanted to talk to you,
00:23:37I'd do it in my own house where your mom abandoned you.
00:23:39But you want man up now, we could do that.
00:23:41Huh?
00:23:43Or you want to let your little friend handle it like you always do?
00:23:49Man, get your ass back in that house.
00:23:51Come on, man!
00:23:53Get in there!
00:23:57Hey, look, man.
00:23:59Caleb and me, we're gonna pay you back, right, Ruby?
00:24:01Now, my nephew's in there for a reason.
00:24:03It's fucking dumb as shit, but...
00:24:05Blood.
00:24:09You need to convince me
00:24:11not to do something about this
00:24:13because, boy,
00:24:15I'm itching to.
00:24:19We got a guy that's coming through with a script.
00:24:21We're peddling yours,
00:24:2315 for the 10s,
00:24:2540 for the Roxies.
00:24:27We pay him, we put your drugs back
00:24:29without you knowing, and we give money in between.
00:24:31So, you playing a game with my docs?
00:24:33Man, how much you got left?
00:24:39This ain't enough.
00:24:41Hey, no, man, that's enough.
00:24:43It was enough before you fucked me over,
00:24:45but now I need double.
00:24:47Double?
00:24:49Fucking, that's impossible.
00:24:51It's fucking generous!
00:24:55Welcome to the table.
00:24:57Welcome to the table.
00:25:27Welcome to the table.
00:25:57Oh!
00:26:07Sarah,
00:26:09you okay?
00:26:11I'm sorry, I'm just...
00:26:13Yeah, just leave me.
00:26:27Fuck.
00:26:57Fuck.
00:27:27Fuck.
00:27:57Fuck.
00:28:27Be the way
00:28:31I wish
00:28:37That you would
00:28:39Hello?
00:28:43Gosh, sorry.
00:28:45You know I get a little lost in here.
00:28:49Um, do you want some coffee?
00:28:51It'll be ready in a few.
00:28:53I have that tea around here
00:28:55somewhere.
00:28:57No, um,
00:28:59where am I?
00:29:01My shoes? Phone?
00:29:03It's okay, honey.
00:29:05You're safe.
00:29:07And you're here, so
00:29:09everything's fine.
00:29:13Hello. I'm Wee Maiden.
00:29:15She knows.
00:29:17Diane.
00:29:21Sarah Blake.
00:29:23That's wonderful.
00:29:25How about we get your shoes
00:29:27and I give you a minute?
00:29:29Diane, maybe coffee?
00:29:39I heard a noise, and I thought
00:29:41someone had backed into my cans again.
00:29:43But I found you
00:29:45passed out.
00:29:49Sorry, I was...
00:29:51It's none of my business.
00:29:55I brought you in, but
00:29:57Diane made sure you were tucked in.
00:30:21Okay.
00:30:51Hi.
00:31:03That's my daughter, Hilda.
00:31:05She's beautiful.
00:31:07Yeah, she was.
00:31:13She, um,
00:31:15she left for a friend's house
00:31:17almost three years ago.
00:31:19She never got there
00:31:21and she never came back.
00:31:23And the police?
00:31:25They started off strong,
00:31:27but
00:31:29Hilda's case was never closed.
00:31:31And they never legally
00:31:33declared her, so...
00:31:35So they never found out what happened to her?
00:31:37No.
00:31:39I didn't
00:31:41mean to. I'm sorry.
00:31:43Yeah, well,
00:31:45you know we are, too.
00:31:49Thank you.
00:31:59Thank you for everything.
00:32:01Wait!
00:32:05The morning still carries a chill.
00:32:07Oh, I couldn't, but
00:32:09thank you.
00:32:11Here.
00:32:13If you ever need anything,
00:32:15you know where we are.
00:32:19Thank you.
00:32:35Dear Carlos,
00:32:37that memory is amazing.
00:32:39I remember when I was young,
00:32:41seven, maybe,
00:32:43my friend and I would spread out our toys
00:32:45on a carpet, running down
00:32:47a small hallway.
00:32:49The carpet had large blue stripes
00:32:51circling around these
00:32:53green wisps, like branches.
00:32:55At one
00:32:57moment, the design was a road
00:32:59and our little cars would speed
00:33:01around.
00:33:03The next, an ocean, where her brother's
00:33:05action figures would swim vast distances
00:33:07to save the Barbie we shared
00:33:09between us.
00:33:11The carpet was whatever we wanted it to be.
00:33:13Everyone else
00:33:15just stepped on our roads or oceans.
00:33:17They didn't see that it was important
00:33:19to two little kids
00:33:21and that it's still important to me.
00:33:45♪♪♪
00:33:55♪♪♪
00:34:05♪♪♪
00:34:15♪♪♪
00:34:25♪♪♪
00:34:35♪♪♪
00:34:45♪♪♪
00:34:55♪♪♪
00:35:05♪♪♪
00:35:15♪♪♪
00:35:26Mom?
00:35:28Is it just you?
00:35:32Yeah.
00:35:34Yeah, it's just us, Kitten.
00:35:38Baby girl, come sit with me.
00:35:47We don't sit and talk.
00:35:50Do we?
00:35:53Uh...
00:35:55No, um...
00:35:57There's nothing, um...
00:36:00I gotta go to the store.
00:36:03Um...
00:36:05I just... First, I just need to, uh...
00:36:07Oh!
00:36:09Oh, God.
00:36:11Oh.
00:36:13Oh.
00:36:15Oh, Kitten.
00:36:17Oh.
00:36:19Oh.
00:36:21You have such pretty hair.
00:36:27You got hair like your daddy.
00:36:31Oh, this is nice, too.
00:36:33Oh.
00:36:49Dear Sarah, I don't know what to write.
00:36:52It's...
00:36:54It's terrible. I'm sorry.
00:36:56Your mom is right there, but not in the way you need her to be.
00:37:00You deserve better.
00:37:02Sometimes I wish it was just that easy.
00:37:05My mom still tells me over the phone...
00:37:08Sana, sana, colita de rana.
00:37:10Si no sanas hoy, sañaras mañana.
00:37:13If you don't heal today, you'll heal tomorrow.
00:37:18And it might not be better now, but it...
00:37:20It will be.
00:37:23I promise.
00:37:25Sarah, wait!
00:37:27Wait. Hey, I got your letters.
00:37:29I ain't got nothing.
00:37:31Please don't hurt me. I'll do whatever you want.
00:37:33Hey, whoa, whoa, whoa.
00:37:35I ain't gonna try to hurt you.
00:37:38I just thought you were...
00:37:40Thought you were someone else.
00:37:42I just wanted to talk, that's all.
00:37:45Just talk.
00:37:47I'm just gonna sit right here.
00:37:53It was already trashed when I got here.
00:37:58Trailers don't have much copper in them.
00:38:00So the pickers, they don't attack them
00:38:02like they do the houses in howell park?
00:38:05Right.
00:38:08And, uh, and sarah blade, she...
00:38:10I told you I don't know no sarah.
00:38:14Yeah.
00:38:22I've never seen her.
00:38:25You know her.
00:38:30So we warn her.
00:38:34And caleb couldn't find it anywhere?
00:38:38No, he said he looked everywhere.
00:38:45I'm sorry. I'll buy you another one.
00:38:49I don't care about the sweater.
00:38:51It always made me look vampiric anyways.
00:38:57You don't know who it was?
00:39:00No.
00:39:03It happened so quick, he, um...
00:39:06He tried.
00:39:09He just ripped off the sweater, and I just ran.
00:39:12Just got away.
00:39:14I'll handle it.
00:39:18We sold them.
00:39:20And we ain't got double.
00:39:22What about the guy with the scripts?
00:39:23He'll come through.
00:39:25Fuck, man, we should have never done this.
00:39:27Well, it's done. Right?
00:39:29We wanted this.
00:39:33No, I mean, it's what you wanted.
00:39:35And I was kind enough to cut you in.
00:39:37And what is it that you've ever wanted that you actually got?
00:39:40Without me.
00:39:41Is it money? Is it a place of your own?
00:39:46Is it sarah?
00:39:48No, I see it.
00:39:50But she don't, though. Right?
00:39:53And she never fucking will.
00:39:56If it wasn't for me, she wouldn't even be near you.
00:39:58She wouldn't even fucking look at you.
00:40:00I'm just lucky that we're there.
00:40:03Lucky or not, it's weird.
00:40:05Some girl's bedroom, covering you with stuffed animals.
00:40:10I can't remember the last time someone tucked me in.
00:40:15They want me to come back and have dinner with them.
00:40:18Crazy woman cooking, but...
00:40:20No, she just...
00:40:22She wanted me to be someone else.
00:40:24It's a free meal, I guess.
00:40:27What's trying to come, though?
00:40:30Cameron looked like a CVS.
00:40:32Vicodin, Valium, Oxy.
00:40:34Bullshit.
00:40:35Full bottles.
00:40:37Christ.
00:40:38Sounds like she needs a farm just to stay on both feet.
00:40:53Where did you get this?
00:40:55Mom, stop. I...
00:40:56What did you do for it, huh?
00:40:58What did you fucking do for that?
00:40:59I didn't do anything for it!
00:41:00What? What is it?
00:41:01It's Zoey's.
00:41:03Zoey lent it to me.
00:41:07You have no idea what I go through.
00:41:11Every single day for shit like this.
00:41:16You'll never fucking know.
00:41:18Never.
00:41:29I'm gonna need you to do something for me.
00:41:49He just needs you to steal some.
00:41:51Only a few to come clean with Adam.
00:41:53Half the kickers, some perks.
00:41:55Leave the rest, and I'll deliver them.
00:41:57Why did you have to tell him?
00:41:59I didn't.
00:42:01I didn't.
00:42:03Then why are you doing this?
00:42:05I mean, it's not our problem. It's his.
00:42:07It's his.
00:42:09It's his.
00:42:11It's his.
00:42:13It's his.
00:42:15It's his.
00:42:17Adam, it's his. Theirs.
00:42:19You're asking me to crack something that I don't need to.
00:42:22I'm asking you to help.
00:42:24He needs me, and I can't do this without you.
00:42:27Please, for me.
00:42:47Hi, Mr. Hayden.
00:42:58What?
00:43:00Good morning.
00:43:02I'm looking for Sarah Blake.
00:43:04I don't know any Sarah.
00:43:18Did she send that photo to you?
00:43:20No, I found it at her house.
00:43:25I'm surprised that shit's still standing.
00:43:32Sarah, does she ever reach out?
00:43:34I haven't seen or heard from her in, like, a year, so...
00:43:41So you don't know where she's at?
00:43:43I don't know.
00:43:45I don't care.
00:43:55But you used to care.
00:43:59Yeah, so did she.
00:44:05She used to talk about you, you know.
00:44:08About your letters.
00:44:10Your Slayer shit.
00:44:12I always thought you were itching to fuck her, but you never showed.
00:44:15No, it was never about that.
00:44:20Did she ever mention me?
00:44:23No.
00:44:29She mentioned friends and...
00:44:33Family, but...
00:44:35It was mainly about her...
00:44:37About her thoughts and her feelings.
00:44:39You never knew what was going on inside of her head.
00:44:42But everyone wanted to know.
00:44:44Everyone wanted to get to know Sarah.
00:44:48Did she have any other...
00:44:50Friends, family, anybody else?
00:44:52There's no one else.
00:44:54Literally anything you tell me can help me.
00:44:56I told you, I don't know anything.
00:44:58You don't know or you can't tell me.
00:45:00Can't do one without the other.
00:45:03Can't do one without the other.
00:45:13Why the fuck are you looking for her?
00:45:22I don't know what happened, but she wasn't home.
00:45:26The last time I saw her, she wasn't there.
00:45:29Where was she?
00:45:33A house.
00:45:36In Eden Park.
00:45:38Birds painted on the mailbox.
00:45:43You're not gonna find anything.
00:45:46Maybe not.
00:45:50But I'm already here.
00:45:59You got money this time?
00:46:01Someone's asking about Sarah.
00:46:03What'd you tell them?
00:46:05I'll make it worth your while, Zoe.
00:46:15Now, I know you don't eat meat,
00:46:17so let me know if the potato...
00:46:23Sorry.
00:46:26Sarah.
00:46:28Just let me know if you need anything else.
00:46:31Thank you. This looks amazing.
00:46:51You know,
00:46:53Diane hates when I do dishes.
00:46:56And she says I never do them right.
00:46:59My mom used to tell me that one cooks and one cleans.
00:47:02Well, your mom sounds like a good woman.
00:47:09You look so much like our daughter Ella.
00:47:17That's why I hesitated bringing you in that night.
00:47:20And...
00:47:22And Diane, well,
00:47:24yeah, you noticed.
00:47:28When Ella left us,
00:47:30Diane did too.
00:47:34Would you mind if I stayed over?
00:47:36It's just, um,
00:47:38my house is a little far, and
00:47:40my mom, she...
00:47:42Of course you can.
00:47:44You're the best thing that we could wake up to.
00:47:47And...
00:47:50Even if tonight is the only night
00:47:52we get to have dinner with you,
00:47:55I'm really glad you're here.
00:48:16Okay.
00:48:43Justin, stop it.
00:48:47Stop it.
00:48:59Dear Carlos,
00:49:01I hope tomorrow is better.
00:49:04I'm glad you think it will be.
00:49:07You hear people say they want to be rich,
00:49:09famous, or both.
00:49:12But I find myself sometimes wishing to be something else.
00:49:16Like...
00:49:18A community college student working part-time at a grocery store.
00:49:23It's not a big wish.
00:49:25Just a push to get into a life that is better than the one we have.
00:49:28Simple.
00:49:30Safe.
00:49:46I love you.
00:50:16I love you.
00:50:46Hello?
00:50:50Excuse me, uh...
00:50:52Do you know who used to live here? Do you...
00:50:55No? Who do you...
00:51:03You keep looking for that bitch, you're gonna wind up like she did.
00:51:07I'm sorry.
00:51:10I'm sorry.
00:51:12I'm sorry.
00:51:14You keep looking for that bitch, you're gonna wind up like she did.
00:51:45I'm sorry, okay? He just trusted you.
00:51:48I was willing to do this for you, not for him.
00:52:15Get the hell out of my house right now!
00:52:18We don't want...
00:52:32Sir, wait.
00:52:35Carl, let's fucking go!
00:52:39We need help! We need to get him out!
00:52:41Help!
00:52:43Help!
00:53:01Fuck, dude.
00:53:03Fuck, fuck.
00:53:05You think he knew where I was?
00:53:07We got what we needed, and we got out.
00:53:10He just fell.
00:53:12No, dude. He fucking fell!
00:53:17Let me out.
00:53:20Jackson, let me out.
00:53:23Let me fucking out!
00:53:27Get out of the way!
00:53:30Just stay fucking silent.
00:53:32Don't say nothing.
00:53:34We're all gonna be fine, just so long as you don't say nothing.
00:53:37Let go of me.
00:53:39Jackson, I mean, let her go.
00:53:41I will.
00:53:43I will.
00:53:46But just know, we're all in this.
00:53:49You didn't have to be. I was giving you what you wanted.
00:53:52And now, we have to call them. We need to tell them.
00:53:55And tell them what?
00:53:57Dinner with Mom, pie out of the kindness of your own heart?
00:53:59You agreed to this.
00:54:01Now, what happened there, that was an accident.
00:54:04But don't make it out to be more than it is. You understand me?
00:54:07She ain't wrong, man. We...
00:54:09We can't just...
00:54:11Yes, we fucking can!
00:54:13Yes, we fucking can.
00:54:15Fuck.
00:54:17Fuck.
00:54:19Fuck.
00:54:22All of us fucking can.
00:54:38You stay fucking silent.
00:54:40You understand?
00:54:44Fuck you!
00:54:50She won't say anything, man.
00:54:52Sarah, nothing was supposed to...
00:54:54But it did, so...
00:54:56You used me.
00:54:58I was doing this for you, not for him.
00:55:01Not the one who...
00:55:04Let's look in the trunk, Zoe.
00:55:06Just fucking look.
00:55:07What do you mean? Wait, Sarah, wait!
00:55:11Mom.
00:55:15I just need you to be here, please.
00:55:33Fuck.
00:55:56Dear Carlos,
00:55:59Every surface of my life is dirty,
00:56:02and I can't wipe it clean.
00:56:06The filth just builds,
00:56:09hiding what's below until it's forgotten.
00:56:13In a place where nothing reaches,
00:56:16friends,
00:56:18sun,
00:56:19sounds,
00:56:20life.
00:56:22I wonder if what's being hidden is broken,
00:56:25beyond repair,
00:56:26cracked to the point where you can't see who's looking back at you.
00:56:33If you're the person you want to become,
00:56:36or the person you're so scared of being,
00:56:39no one will let you in.
00:56:41No one will forgive you.
00:56:45Find you underneath the filth that you helped create.
00:57:33And while we don't have all the details,
00:57:36at least two were pronounced dead on the scene,
00:57:39with one a yet-to-be-identified teenager.
00:57:42Gunshots were reported late last night,
00:57:44but as of this airing, no suspects have been identified.
00:57:50At least two were pronounced dead on the scene,
00:57:53with one a yet-to-be-identified teenager.
00:58:03Did he send you?
00:58:04Jackson's seen you going back there to her house.
00:58:07So you never saw what was in his car?
00:58:09What he was holding?
00:58:10No, listen, this is important.
00:58:11He thinks you're gonna talk or tell someone.
00:58:14Tell her what?
00:58:15That it was my fault?
00:58:17You know I can't say anything.
00:58:19Then at least stay away from her.
00:58:21I can't. She didn't deserve any of this.
00:58:23And you're trying to make it right?
00:58:25I'm just trying to get away from things in my life that are wrong.
00:58:28Including me?
00:58:29If you stay with him, yes.
00:58:31Just let her be, please.
00:58:42Where were you?
00:58:44What do you mean? I was...
00:58:45Yesterday!
00:58:46God, I fucking waited for you!
00:58:48I needed you to be there with me at my appointment.
00:58:51But I...
00:58:52I can't be well without you.
00:58:55I can't make any of this work without...
00:58:57I'm not a fucking excuse!
00:58:59You're the reason you're like this!
00:59:00You're the fucking reason!
00:59:02And my life just gets pulled down into it!
00:59:12You need a fucking excuse?
00:59:14What the hell is that, huh?
00:59:17After your father?
00:59:19God, after my accident?
00:59:21You have no idea!
00:59:23None!
00:59:24You don't know the pain that I have been through
00:59:26Goddamn day trying to provide for you!
00:59:29Your sorry, selfish, spoiled little ass!
00:59:32It is constant! Constant!
00:59:35And I just want to provide for you!
00:59:39What kind of providing is this?
00:59:41I come home every day not knowing what I'm going to get!
00:59:45Sometimes I wish that you'd be so goddamn high
00:59:48that you'll just let me slink out of here and never return!
00:59:51Then fucking do it!
00:59:53Leave!
00:59:55Get the fuck out!
00:59:58You're not special.
01:00:01You're not.
01:00:03So why don't you just leave me here
01:00:05with the little enjoyment I have left?
01:00:08Because I don't need your judgment.
01:00:12Fine.
01:00:14You want enjoyment?
01:00:18Fine!
01:00:19This is what you want?
01:00:22If this is more important than me
01:00:24then the least that I can do is help!
01:00:26Stop it! Stop it!
01:00:27No, no, no, no!
01:00:28You said that you wanted me to be a helpful, beautiful daughter!
01:00:31Stop it!
01:00:33God, stop it!
01:00:35I'm always there for you.
01:00:37More than a daughter should be.
01:00:39Just once.
01:00:40Just once.
01:00:41I wish you'd be there for me.
01:00:46Stop!
01:00:50Stop!
01:00:55Who was it?
01:00:56I don't know.
01:00:57No, you do.
01:00:58I told you, I don't know!
01:01:00No, you do.
01:01:02You do.
01:01:03And I was conveniently jumped for it.
01:01:08I looked up what happened at the house.
01:01:12Was it Sarah?
01:01:15Did she die?
01:01:17Please, I need to know.
01:01:19I can't stop now.
01:01:20She didn't stop.
01:01:22I didn't stop.
01:01:24I asked her to stop.
01:01:26To walk away.
01:01:28God, if she would have just listened to me,
01:01:30if she would have just not shut me out,
01:01:31nothing would have happened!
01:01:38So you know what happened?
01:01:42You were warned.
01:01:44Worse can happen.
01:01:47Maybe to me, too.
01:01:49I need to know what happened.
01:01:53I need to know what happened.
01:01:58Who was it?
01:02:20Mom?
01:02:26Hey, kiddo.
01:02:28Mom?
01:02:30Mom?
01:02:32Did you take 280s?
01:02:34No.
01:02:39I wasn't supposed to be like this.
01:02:42Please.
01:02:47Please, I want...
01:02:52I wasn't supposed to be like this.
01:02:58I just wanted you to be happy.
01:03:13Can I just be happy?
01:03:28I always...
01:03:30I always loved your hair.
01:03:36I'm so much like your father.
01:03:42I'm so much like your father.
01:04:13Your eye.
01:04:15What happened to your eye?
01:04:17There's nothing.
01:04:18Wait.
01:04:19L. Joan Hayden.
01:04:21You wait right there.
01:04:22I'm not your daughter!
01:04:23I'm not her!
01:04:24She's not coming back!
01:04:25Okay?
01:04:27Trust me, you'd never want me as your daughter.
01:04:29You'd never even consider me.
01:04:30I'm bringing you...
01:04:35I'm bringing you...
01:04:37I'm bringing you...
01:04:39I'm bringing you...
01:04:41I'm bringing you...
01:05:12No.
01:05:14You can score over at Oaks Junction.
01:05:18I ain't here to score.
01:05:20Then fucking leave.
01:05:22I need to talk to you.
01:05:24No, you need to get the fuck out of here.
01:05:27It's important.
01:05:28It ain't important to me.
01:05:30It is.
01:05:32It's important to me.
01:05:34It's important to me.
01:05:37It's important to me.
01:05:40It is.
01:05:42We need to talk.
01:05:44I asked you to leave.
01:05:46You need to fucking get.
01:05:48Caleb's down...
01:05:49The fuck did you just say?
01:05:51We need to talk about Caleb.
01:06:10I'm sorry, Ella.
01:06:40Sarah.
01:06:52You gotta go.
01:06:54You gotta grab everything right now and go.
01:06:56He's here.
01:07:04I'm sorry.
01:07:06I didn't think...
01:07:11Fuck!
01:07:25Now I get why Jackson kept you high.
01:07:29Keep you from being in fucking trouble.
01:07:34You got till I finish.
01:07:37All right.
01:07:39What do you remember from that night?
01:07:42Caleb took my gun.
01:07:45Tried to swap some meds from abroad in Eden Park.
01:07:48Got hairy.
01:07:50But she knows this, so why the fuck do you care?
01:07:53Because Caleb never did that.
01:07:56He went there to help.
01:07:58Bullshit.
01:08:00He went there because it was fucking dumb.
01:08:02Found a man up, got himself fucking shot.
01:08:06Then who shot him?
01:08:08Anyone with a finger in a gun,
01:08:11broads included, can stand their ground.
01:08:15But they never found the gun.
01:08:17Every article, every report,
01:08:20they said the gun was never found.
01:08:22I changed the fact he got a bullet through his chest.
01:08:25Hmm?
01:08:27Hmm?
01:08:29I told the cops he took it.
01:08:32That's all they needed to know.
01:08:35It don't matter to me if they can't find it.
01:08:39But it's not lost.
01:08:41Never was.
01:08:43Why are you telling me this, girl?
01:08:46With him, no less.
01:08:49Because we need to know.
01:08:51Know what?
01:08:54Why he killed your nephew.
01:08:57Any of you did the same to Sarah?
01:09:08Jackson, please.
01:09:14Go.
01:09:16Ella, please, go.
01:09:21Sorry, I...
01:09:25You gotta get out of here.
01:09:27Now.
01:09:29I'm right behind you.
01:09:55Get him the fuck over here.
01:10:11If you wanted the element of surprise,
01:10:13you should have parked around back.
01:10:15Where's Adam?
01:10:17He's out.
01:10:19And I'm not the surprise.
01:10:25Have a seat.
01:10:40Where the fuck did you get that?
01:10:42What does it matter?
01:10:44I'm here because you fucked up,
01:10:46and Sarah paid the price for it.
01:10:49I just need to know how high.
01:10:53The Havens? Caleb?
01:10:55Caleb.
01:10:59He just got in the way.
01:11:02And Sarah?
01:11:04Did you kill her, too?
01:11:23Did you kill her?
01:11:25Why the fuck would I tell you that?
01:11:28You come in here, got your chest fucking popped.
01:11:31Do you think that you're gonna leave?
01:11:34Yeah.
01:11:36And what's the answer?
01:11:41I don't know.
01:11:43I don't know.
01:11:45I don't know.
01:11:47I don't know.
01:11:49I don't know.
01:11:52This whole time that you're trying to act tough,
01:11:54I'm just trying to remember how many bullets I have left in that gun.
01:12:22If you find her, tell her I'm sorry.
01:12:25About everything.
01:12:51Fuck!
01:13:21Fuck!
01:13:51Fuck.
01:14:21Fuck.
01:14:27Sorry, I'm just about done.
01:14:46Sarah and I were friends for as long as we could remember.
01:14:50My family owns this hotel and her mom worked here.
01:14:54And during her shifts, Sarah would come over and we'd...
01:14:59Play on the carpet?
01:15:01Yeah.
01:15:04We'd be in our own innocent world.
01:15:09Just stepping around us.
01:15:13But then we grew up.
01:15:16And I ruined it.
01:15:21It happened just after this photo was taken.
01:15:25She didn't talk to me for a while.
01:15:29I think...
01:15:31She came here.
01:15:34To ask for help.
01:15:37To ask for help.
01:16:07Thank you.
01:16:20I've got clothes for you.
01:16:22I think we're still the same size.
01:16:24These are for tonight and I've got a few more for tomorrow.
01:16:27Thank you.
01:16:30Is everything okay?
01:16:38No.
01:16:40Do you want to talk about it?
01:17:00Thank you.
01:17:08The next day she left.
01:17:10Took a bus.
01:17:12Gave me your address.
01:17:14Told me to wait to send the letter after a year.
01:17:18With nothing to trace back to me.
01:17:21But I guess...
01:17:25She said that if it was meant to make it to you, it would.
01:17:30Did she tell you she was going?
01:17:33No.
01:17:35I tried, but she wanted to protect me.
01:17:38Us, I think.
01:17:40Someone she shouldn't have forgiven, but did.
01:17:43And someone she never met.
01:17:49But that was Sarah.
01:17:51She was...
01:17:53A friend.
01:17:57Are you going to keep looking?
01:18:04I don't know where to look.
01:18:07You were my last.
01:18:16Thank you.
01:18:19Uh...
01:18:21I'm glad that she...
01:18:23She wasn't alone.
01:18:26She had you.
01:18:32No.
01:18:34You keep that.
01:18:36For you to remember her by.
01:18:39Ella.
01:18:43Ella Hayden.
01:18:45She said that she felt better as her.
01:19:15I love you.
01:19:45I love you.