Sorry Ms Jackson (2025) Movie Script
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All right, let's continue to review.
Newton's Laws of Motion.
Hey, Ms. Jackson,
your husband left you 'cause of that wig?
(students laughing)
Maybe she can't afford a
new one on a teacher's salary.
If you're done, I'd like to continue.
My grandma has that dress
and it's actually from 1985.
(students laughing)
Malorie Harper, one
more disruption from you,
and I'm going to
And what?
You wanna cry again? Aw.
Hey (speaking faintly).
(marker squeaking)
(paper smacks)
(students laughing)
Calvin.
Get out now!
How about your leggins?
[Students] Ooh.
Watch this. I learned at theater camp.
You stole my man!
I can't take the pain!
(Malorie grunts and thuds)
Oh my God, Malorie!
(Ms. Jackson exclaiming)
It's all fake.
Learned it at theater camp.
I can teach you some time, Ms. J, I hope.
Line you up with it.
(students laughing)
Thank you, Cymone. I'll be here all year.
(students laughing)
Hey, Ms. J, you should
have seen your face.
Yeah, I thought she was
gonna pass out. (Laughs)
Get out, Calvin!
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(whoopee cushion farts)
(students laughing)
You should really go see a
doctor about that, Ms. Jackson.
This is totally going on Facebook.
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(Ms. Jackson sobbing)
And three, two...
Enough!
Stop it, y'all, stop it!
(students laughing)
Hey, I told ya I could break her now.
This is better than
I thought it would be.
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(door slams)
Yo, that lady is crazy.
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(bell ringing)
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(students clattering)
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Hmm. Let's see if everything
is up to my standards.
At least they have a mirror.
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Okay.
Welcome to your escape.
So we're just supposed to survive
off of granola bars and bottled water?
It's an escape, yo, Mal,
not a five-star resort.
Yeah, well, you're right about that.
And this one bad thing, babe.
I don't even know who packs this light.
We're the first ones in
here, all right? Relax.
Well, I would relax if
there was actual food.
[Calvin] Well, I got
something for you to eat.
You are so freaky.
- Come here.
- Come here.
(somber music)
(suitcase rattling)
Not bad.
Okay.
Exactly.
Email, red line, (vocalizing).
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(all chattering)
Hey, hey, hey.
Hey, girl.
Hey, girl.
You look so cute.
You know, it's too bad that
you had to come all this way
just to lose her usual.
Girl, please.
The only thing you've ever been good
at beating me at is being dramatic.
Oh, really?
Well, need I remind you
of the senior showcase?
Yes, the first place trophy
looks really pretty on my shelf.
Okay, you win one time
and you ran it for the next 15 years?
Here they go.
Some things never change.
You know, speaking of
things that never change,
I saw a little Instagram post.
That school that you're teaching at,
you're using my go-to still.
Really? My students
actually going to competition.
Oh, wow.
(all chattering)
All right, all right, all right.
Hey, hey, hey, hey.
(indistinct) That's enough.
Let's go see the rest of the house.
(Calvin vocalizing)
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You sure about this place?
My colleague said it changed him, so.
Mal's already complaining.
This better be different
than that (vocalizing).
Is she always like this?
Since high school,
but once you get past the
attitude, she all right.
Actually, no. Okay, just Mal.
Oh, well. Change the room.
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So y'all don't know that, huh?
(all chattering)
Hey, guys!
Hey. Oh my God.
- It's been so long.
- Girl, we missed you.
[Cymone] I know.
(all chattering)
Hey, brother.
Welcome to the service, man.
[Karter] Appreciate it.
I'll be waiting for this cool.
I got the (indistinct) man.
Oh, please.
You have not seen us in
competition mode yet.
I don't think I wanna see that.
Too late. You're about
to witness pure domination.
Okay, in your dreams,
because my husband and I are undefeated.
Girl, please.
So, was that a grand feast?
Yeah, I think they want
us to starve or something.
I think we're supposed
to ration, you know,
for our level of challenge thing.
All right, I'll hook ya up, don't worry.
I'm sure Malorie's gonna
find us at steak somewhere.
Please.
Any escape room, bros?
Shit, I thought you was a pro.
Cymone said this was your idea.
Cymone said you guys
go on two trips a year.
Spa, skiing with kids.
Well, she wanted you
do something different.
My colleague and his wife, they did,
so there was more than
just books and puzzles.
Said it built trust, kind of
like relationship therapy.
Relationship therapy?
Hello, hello and welcome.
I hope that you all are ready
for an unforgettable experience.
I'm Kannon Wildes, your
host for this experience.
I'll be walking you through the rooms
and recollections of the escape garden.
But, before I start,
does anyone have any questions?
(pensive music)
What?
Why are y'all looking at me?
Because you always
have something to say.
Yeah, whatever, Harper.
Anyways, I do have one question.
Do you know what's up
with those Kibbles 'n Bits back there?
I mean, we're supposed
to be running, jumping,
solving riddles, things like that.
I should think that we should have
something substance on our stomachs,
like you know what I mean?
Yes, I totally agree.
So tonight you all get a hearty dinner
to get all the nutrients
needed for tomorrow.
Is that cool, Mal?
That's fine.
Good.
So you all should have received an email
in regards to your
assigned rooms for tonight.
- Mm-hmm.
- Mm-hmm.
Now, let me walk you
through what's ahead.
After dinner tonight,
you all will have time
to get settled into your rooms and unwind.
Breakfast is at 7:00 AM sharp.
7:00 AM?
Miss Kannon, is it?
- Mm-hmm.
I don't get up till about nine.
Trust me, you'll need the fuel.
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By 7:30 AM, you all will gather here
for your very first challenge.
Each room will be soundproof.
Soundproof. Why is that?
So that all of you
can enjoy your challenge
without any interruptions.
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Each room will test different skills,
observation,
logic and instinct.
You know the type of things that show you
who people really are?
But more importantly,
it will test how well you work together,
how much you trust each other.
After all, isn't that
what you all are here for?
That's right.
Yes.
Tomorrow morning there will be envelopes
waiting right here for you.
Each will contain starting points.
Follow the instructions precisely
because there is no room for failure.
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I'll join you for dinner tonight,
but after that,
the next time you will see me
is tomorrow evening at 9:00 PM.
- Sharp.
- Exactly.
So enjoy your evening,
get comfortable,
because tomorrow,
well, (chuckling)
let's just say some of
you people aren't coming.
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Good luck.
(heels clomping)
Wow.
Okay, what was that about?
Someone's taking their
job a little too seriously.
Right, like she was
auditioning for horrible.
The dynamic you all start in.
Oh, please, you loved it.
Yeah, I did.
I'm not sure why, but.
You ready, baby?
[Karter] Yeah, let's go.
It's been a long drive.
Nice to meet you folks.
- Yes, sir.
(Malorie vocalizing)
Actually that's not a bad idea.
Go freshen up.
Okay, well, guys just abandon me.
Okay, I guess I'll eat those
Kibbles 'n Bits in there.
[Calvin] Come on, darling.
- What?
- Let's go check out
this luxury (indistinct).
(door squeaking)
(zipper zips)
Okay.
(Malorie speaking faintly)
This is it?
What's wrong with it?
I mean, this is basic.
I mean, my parents' guest
room is better than this.
(door squeaking)
(Karter vocalizing)
[Cynome] Yeah, nice.
What's wrong?
[Cymone] Nothing.
It's just, this is our first
trip together with everyone.
Listen, I can handle
your crazy friends, okay?
They can be alive.
Yeah, so can I.
Come here.
(gentle music)
You all right?
- Mm-hmm.
You know, you're pretty
good at this husband thing.
- Think so?
- Mm-hmm.
Huh?
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(both vocalizing)
(music drowns out speakers)
They understand that.
Just wait for later, okay?
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All right, I'm gonna hold you to that.
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(Harper grunts)
Really, Harper?
What? You gotta stay ready.
You know how competitive Malorie can get.
It's a couple's retreat,
not "The Hunger Games."
Nobody's handing out medals.
That's exactly what somebody
who doesn't wanna win would say.
You're ridiculous, you know that?
No, I'm prepared.
There's a difference.
We're here to bond, relax,
maybe learn something
new about each other,
not to crush everyone else.
Says the man who just folded his socks
with military precision.
All right, superstar.
Carry us through this weekend.
I'll just sit back and let you shine.
Finally. Now you get it.
And if you start
talking about unpacking,
I'm walking out.
Well don't tempt me.
(door squeaking)
Oh my God. (Yelling)
What now?
This bathroom is tiny.
The lighting is bad.
I don't even know how you
expect me to get ready in there.
You'll manage, okay?
We're just here for the weekend.
You are not shooting
that music video, Mal.
(pillow thunks)
I bet you would have me
just walking around here,
frizzy hair, bad lighting, just...
I'm just asking, babe.
Why you gotta complain
about everything, baby?
It's gonna be a long weekend.
Well, maybe we could leave.
You just say the words.
Okay.
Like you going miss the
opportunity to outshine Harper.
Yeah, you're right about that.
She doesn't stand a chance. (Laughing)
(gentle acoustic guitar music)
Good evening, everyone. (Chuckling)
I hope that you all are
enjoying your first evening.
Dinner is just a little
something to give you fuel
before tomorrow's big adventure.
Well, this is nice.
Okay now, say what
you're really thinking.
Well, I thought that this would be,
you know, a little more elevated.
Please excuse, Malorie.
She's never satisfied.
That's because some of
us have standards, Harper.
And some of us are just
trying to enjoy a quiet meal.
Well, I think it's great.
It's not about the food, it's
about the company, right?
Exactly.
That's what the company is
for, to make the moment.
Don't forget it.
Here's to the weekend.
[All] Cheers.
(intense music)
Well said, Karter.
You know, I couldn't have put
it in any better words myself.
Use this time wisely.
Reflect.
Connect.
And maybe you'll uncover
more than you expected.
I'll see you when the
dust settles. (Chuckling)
(eerie music)
Who says that shit?
Yeah.
- Oh.
- You know it, silly.
[Calvin] You and Harper,
y'all going to the same braider now?
(all laughing)
Hey.
Is that extra small?
This is the large.
(all chattering and laughing)
It's muscles. Muscles.
Okay, okay, you know what?
You guys remember that time when Harper
tried to convince Coach Williams
to coordinate the whole homecoming dance?
Man, that was fire.
It was something.
What was your dance for that?
(Malorie vocalizing)
Don't hate. Don't hate.
At least I tried something new.
Yeah, new is one word.
What about prom?
(Cymone vocalizing)
Now, now.
That shit would've been legendary.
Come on.
If by legendary you mean
legend stupidness, yeah.
I thought y'all did stuff
like that all the time.
No, we did it.
It's just that Calvin here
wanted to fly the helicopter.
(Miles vocalizing)
Man, we was always doing stupid shit.
Kind of like the time
where we snuck into the school
pool during senior week.
- Holy.
- Every alarm
in the building.
And security guards
faked one of your calls.
Oh no, hold on.
How about Ms. Jackson's face the next day
when we were in class.
What was that she called us?
Professional generation.
Hey, yo, we was that
lady's worst nightmare.
But at least we made her famous.
I mean, everybody knew
about Ms. Jackson's class.
- For days.
- That's true.
Ms. Jackson.
You never messed with Ms. Jackson.
Oh yeah, she was our
science teacher senior year.
You mean more like our
victim of senior year.
Now.
What? It's true.
Look, we were terrible.
Oh my gosh, we were wild.
(Harper and Malorie chattering)
Whole lab had to be evacuated.
At the end of the day, we
was just kids being kids.
Maybe we should talk
about something else.
Why? Girl, it's ancient history.
Look, you should have seen her.
She would always wear these tragic wigs.
And then it comes slide inside
and then those huge glasses.
And the weird floral dresses.
You remember how they never fit right?
Whatever.
And how her voice would crack
every time she would try to yell at us.
Wow.
We got more loud.
(friends laughing)
You know, thinking about it now.
Calvin, tell Karter
about the worm incident.
No, I don't know.
Now this is funny shit, come on.
Look, bro. So we in class, right?
And Ms. Jackson, she has us
doing some type of dissection.
You know, Calvin decided to liberate
all of the worms, and
instead of taking them out,
he puts stuff inside of her desk drawer.
(friends laughing)
She screams the before we get out.
And then she started crying.
Oh my God.
Looking back, we were pretty cruel, huh?
No, we were just high
school kids after her.
Did she continue to teach after that?
She had took a leave absence.
She had some kind of breakdown.
Yeah, no one really
knows what happened to her.
I think she moved away.
That's funny how people can disappear
and everything just keep going
on like they never existed.
(upbeat beat music)
(singer vocalizing)
(yawning) Mm, mm, mm, mm.
Well, if we're gonna
win this crown tomorrow,
then I need to get my
beauty sleep, right, babe?
Now, when do you go
to bed before midnight?
When I plan on winning.
Maybe we should all turn in.
7:00 AM sharp, remember?
Sharp.
(Malorie chuckling)
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(singer vocalizing)
(all chattering)
(gentle upbeat music)
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It's been a while since we've done this.
Hmm. Just us, no work, no stress.
No distractions.
(gentle upbeat music continues)
(Harper vocalizing)
(gentle upbeat music continues)
Hey, babe. Think I'm gonna
wear your hat tomorrow.
You hear me?
Yeah, I do.
(gentle upbeat music continues)
Damn.
And here I was thinking you was mad
at the small bathroom.
Well, maybe I just need to
make the space work for me.
You make it work for sure.
(gentle upbeat music continues)
Come make it work over here.
Okay.
(gentle upbeat music continues)
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I told you my friends were a lot.
Seems like they were way
worse back in high school.
That's pretty messed up what
they did to your poor teacher.
Yeah.
It was.
I always wanted to say something.
I really felt bad for her.
(gentle music)
Don't be so hard on yourself.
Yeah.
I know.
I mean, we were just kids.
Yeah, exactly, and
sometimes kids do stupid shit.
You're right.
I do wish I could go
back and change things.
You're not like them.
I know this, okay?
But never be afraid to
stand up for what is right.
I love you and I care about you.
You getting sentimental on me?
No, just reading this book,
thinking about how
quickly things can change.
Hmm.
Well save out those deep thoughts
for after we win this thing.
Yeah.
Goodnight.
(gentle music continues)
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Does anyone actually told ready
to solve anything this early?
Harper, you ain't solved
anything since high school.
No, you never have.
And yet, here I am, thriving.
Let's save the competition
for the rooms, shall we?
Mm-hmm.
It's about that time.
We don't wanna get yelled
at by the escaper lady.
Come on.
This is my cue.
(eerie somber music)
(all chattering)
(hands banging)
(all laughing)
(intense music)
Well, can't be no worse
than Malorie's yoga retreat.
Hey, I was supposed to start it.
Um, room three?
Room two.
Wait, we're splitting up.
That's usually how these
things work, Malorie.
That's the best way to
see what everybody does.
Well, sitting here won't solve anything.
Let's do this.
Patty cake, may the best one win.
Thank you.
- See ya.
- Thank you.
(couple chattering)
(Malorie chattering)
(heels clicking)
(eerie intense music)
(door clunks)
What the hell is this? "Breaking Bad"?
Oh my God. You know I love that show.
This is perfect. Let's check it out.
(intense music continues)
Come on, now.
Pretty light.
What do we have here?
(intense music continues)
Combine the element of life
with the element of fire.
Add the stabilizer to complete the cure.
Okay, so why don't they just say
mix the red with the blue.
Makes sense.
Okay, maybe oxygen is
light and fire's hydrogen.
Okay. Since when do you know chemistry?
You ain't gotta know chemistry
to have chemistry, baby.
Know what I'm talking about?
Oh, no, no, no, no, no, go on.
I'm trying to do this.
Let me see this.
Maybe this is the point, but stuff.
If you get stuck, ask for help.
They cost you?
[Calvin] Yeah, let's
not find out what that is.
Yeah.
Well, blue is calming, right?
(intense music)
- Hold it.
- Oh, just spill it.
[Alarm Voice] Warning,
experiment failure detective.
Oh, now baby, what did you do?
[Calvin] You're the one touching shit.
(Malorie vocalizing)
Look, look, look, look.
Try again, try again.
Oh, shit.
One at a time.
(Malorie yelling)
The element of life is oxygen.
- Fire.
- Fire.
[Calvin] What if it's
not about elements?
What if it's set?
Come on, babe.
Fire's weight, right? Water is life.
Yes, and that's one mistake.
Okay, hurry up.
See?
(intense music continues)
(lock clunking)
Let's see if shit works.
This is it?
Examine the evidence.
Find what connects them all.
(intense music)
This is from Westbrook.
How would they know
when we went to school?
(eerie music)
Miles.
This isn't random. This
is specifically about us.
(eerie music continues)
They'll never understand
what they've done.
Who the fuck set this up?
(eerie music continues)
(Ms. Jackson vocalizing)
That's Ms. Jackson's voice.
[Ms. Jackson] The administration
appears to take action.
They were explaining it's
just kids being kids.
They can't continue like this.
(eerie music continues)
Man, what is this?
(eerie music continues)
So what's the connection?
How are we supposed to know?
(eerie music continues)
I don't like this game anymore, I'm done.
Why won't it open?
It's an escape apartment.
We have to solve it to get out.
No, there has to be some kind
of emergency exit or something.
They can't just lock us in here.
(hand banging)
Hello! We wanna leave!
It's soundproof, remember?
Sooner we figure this out,
the sooner we get out.
I did not sign up for this.
(eerie music continues)
(eerie music continues)
Us.
We are the connection.
Me, you, Malorie, Cymone and Calvin.
(eerie music continues)
It was on left to hear.
Yeah.
Amazing.
It looks like somebody's
trying to (indistinct).
We're first.
(eerie music continues)
(door squeaking)
(door clunking)
(eerie music continues)
Answer the questions
to move to the next room.
Karter, what is this?
[Computer Voice] Reconstruct
the past. Type the truth.
(eerie music continues)
Who taught 217 science?
Wait.
Why are they asking for my high school?
That's always specific.
[Computer Voice] Correct.
(eerie music continues)
What happened after the worm incident?
This doesn't make sense.
How do they even know about that?
It seems like somebody did the homework.
(eerie music continues)
(computer keys typing)
(eerie music continues)
This isn't normal.
What was written on the board
the day Ms. Jackson walked out?
(eerie music continues)
(chair scooting)
(eerie music continues)
Do you remember?
(eerie music continues)
I'm not doing this, no.
[Computer Voice] You must finish.
(eerie music continues)
(computer keys clicking)
(eerie music continues)
Who laughs the loudest?
(eerie music continues)
Why are they asking me this?
How can they even know?
Maybe they wanna see if
you're gonna tell the truth.
Who said that?
He said...
Type.
(eerie music continues)
(eerie music continues)
No.
(door clunking)
(dramatic music)
I need to talk to Malorie.
(dramatic music continues)
What the hell?
(door clunking)
This thing goes.
Okay, all this fog
is gonna upset my hair.
We need to get the fuck out of here.
(eerie music)
[Computer Voice] The keeper
of knowledge hides the key
where young minds once sought to see.
Teacher's desk.
Okay, that's...
No, babe, I got it.
I don't need you to
control everything, okay?
Okay.
Okay, okay.
They are fucking with us.
What is Ms. Jackson's desk doing here?
(eerie music continues)
This is fucked up.
This is really fucked up.
(drawers clattering)
(both gasping)
(dramatic music)
Is that worms?
Oh, hell, no, no, no, no.
(Calvin vocalizing)
[Computer Voice] Bravery earns rewards,
but patience is key.
Have a seat while you think.
Yeah, right, I'm not
gonna fall for that.
Okay, so now you're scared on me?
Skip it.
(whoopee cushion farts)
(both laughing)
And they got you again. (Laughing)
Ha ha ha. So what?
(eerie music continues)
What is that?
Is that gas?
(Malorie coughing)
Why would you do that?
(both coughing)
Open the door, that door.
(both coughing)
Baby, it's locked!
[Computer Voice]
Subjects have consequences.
Complete the task or it's elimination.
(dramatic music)
(both coughing)
(dramatic music continues)
Keep going!
(dramatic music continues)
[Computer Voice] Eliminated.
I'm not sure about
this after that last one.
Needs really well, let's
just solve the other one.
Well, we just got done solving it.
- Miles.
- Just stay close.
[Computer Voice] Miles must
enter the maintenance closet
alone to retrieve the key.
It's okay.
No, I don't trust this.
It'll be fine.
I'll be quick.
(eerie music)
(door clunking)
(door squeaking)
(eerie music continues)
I think I see something in the back.
(dramatic music)
Miles!
(hand banging)
Miles!
Miles!
(Miles grunting)
(hand banging)
Miles, can you hear me?
(Miles vocalizing)
[Computer Voice] Now
you know how it feels
to watch someone disappear.
(eerie music)
Miles!
Miles!
(hand banging)
[Computer Voice] He's exactly
where he deserves to be.
What the hell is this?
We signed up for an escape room.
That's some twisted fun house.
[Computer Voice] Did Ms. Jackson sign up
for what you did to her?
How did you know about?
[Computer Voice] The
pranks, the torture,
or the day she finally broke?
Who are you?
[Computer Voice] Someone
who watched it all.
Someone who remembers.
This is insane.
Just let us out, please.
[Computer Voice] Like she
begged to be left alone.
Your choice, Harper.
Leave now or find out
what happens to Miles.
I can't leave Miles.
[Computer Voice] To save
Miles, answer correctly.
What happened to Ms. Jackson?
Did she die of natural causes,
have a stroke, or did she hang herself?
How am I supposed to know that?
[Computer Voice] Choose now,
or you won't see your
precious Miles again.
Okay, natural causes.
She died of natural causes.
[Computer Voice] Wrong choice.
(object thuds)
- Miles!
(hand banging)
Miles, baby! Wake up!
Miles!
Miles!
(hand banging)
Wake up, babe, please.
Miles!
[Computer Voice] The
answer was none of the above.
She put a bullet in her head.
What?
(eerie music continues)
You didn't have to kill him.
[Computer Voice] Did any of
you have to do what you did?
Please.
Just let me be with my husband, please.
I just wanna be with my husband.
[Computer Voice] Your
wish is my command.
(door squeaking)
No, wait!
(gunfire bangs)
(Harper thuds)
(footsteps thumping)
(door slams)
(eerie music)
Karter, I have a feeling
the others did leave.
Maybe they're here now.
Others trying to scare you.
Doesn't make sense.
[Computer Voice] Truth is
the foundation of all things.
Lies destroy.
One of you must reveal
a secret, a real one.
Only then will the door unlock.
What kind of secret?
[Computer Voice] One that is true.
The room will know.
She responds.
And how the hell would the room know?
(eerie music continues)
Okay.
(intense music)
I stole money out of my mom's purse once.
(computer voice sighing)
What the hell was that?
[Karter] Try again, babe.
Okay.
In high school, I had a crush on Calvin,
even when I was dating someone else.
[Computer Voice] Truth
should not be trivial.
Truth should expose.
Try again.
Fine, okay.
When my mom got sick,
I told her I'd take care of her, but.
I left.
Couldn't stand seeing
her waste the way, so
stopped coming home.
[Computer Voice] Ah.
That was a serious confession.
Wanna know a real secret?
I knew someone in Ms. Jackson's class
who suffered 'cause of what happened.
Why are you mentioning that?
Maybe you weren't paying attention.
[Computer Voice] Truth
detected. Challenge complete.
(eerie music continues)
(door slams)
(eerie music continues)
(door slams)
(eerie music continues)
Karter.
I thought you said this
was an escape room.
It is.
No, everything about this place,
the secrets, the questions,
it's all about Ms. Jackson's class.
You said a colleague told
you about this place.
That it was about trust.
It seems to me like someone's trying
to walk us through to not be seen again.
Hm.
Like you just broke?
What does that mean?
You know it's funny
how people disappear.
Wipe the chalkboard clean,
they come back from behind,
find this.
What's really going on here?
Let's just say
some people need to be taught a lesson.
Like my mother said.
You're scaring me.
I'm scaring you?
Imagine having your medicine taken
and everybody laughing
till you can't breathe anymore.
That's pretty scary too.
What are you talking about?
I'm talking about you should have seen
her my face every day.
Every day, walking into that classroom.
(door slams)
- Wait.
(Karter vocalizing)
(fist banging)
Open this door!
(hand banging)
(door handle rattling)
Open it!
(hand banging)
Why you did her this?
A curse?
Curse lives?
(intense music)
Who are you?
Who am I?
Somebody who watched his mother crumble.
Think about that.
Till finally...
Oh my God.
Let me outta here!
Open that door.
[Karter] Time for another challenge.
No more.
No more challenges.
Open this door.
You're not going anywhere.
(intense music continues)
Oh my God!
What did you do?
(laughing) Looking
glass looks both ways.
You can observe and be upset.
Your friend's gonna never know that.
I got dreams.
If you're willing to prove
how sorry you really are,
watch, stay inside.
Sit here.
(chair scooting)
Sit!
Experience what she
experienced day by day.
Every note, every laugh,
every joke.
I'm not sitting next to you.
You're friend's dead.
I already know they're already dead.
[Karter] You don't.
(intense music continues)
(eerie music)
You remember what y'all
called her behind her back?
Say it!
We called her crazy Jake.
Come on.
(eerie music continues)
(zipper zips)
(jacket rustling)
Hear this!
Karter, could you just...
(intense music)
Not gonna say no more.
(intense music continues)
(intense music continues)
You're hurting me.
Yeah.
(intense music continues)
(chair clattering)
Now you get to see what it was like.
Every note being passed, every joke,
every cruel word.
How does it feel?
Huh?
To be powerful.
Try!
God, we were just kids.
We didn't know any better.
[Karter] They didn't
know any better. You did!
You knew what you was doing.
You watched them.
You sat there, silent, said nothing.
I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.
Sorry just ain't good enough.
[Cymone] But you stayed behind.
(eerie music)
I lied.
I lied.
Every laugh, every smile,
every moment for the past year,
I needed you to bring me
into your inner circle,
and you did so beautifully.
Why?
You didn't tell me she was your mother!
Now you see what it feels
like to get the chain.
If I told you she was my mother,
you would've run out fast.
What are you gonna do to me?
(eerie music)
Every day after that,
couldn't even ride past the school.
She would have panic attacks
every time she see yellow buses.
She stopped answering the phone.
She wouldn't leave the house.
She had to take medication
just to go to sleep!
(eerie music continues)
I wanted to stop them, believe me.
But you didn't.
(eerie music continues)
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry, okay?
Baby, sorry just ain't
good enough anymore.
[Cymone] Maybe you should
have gotten her some help.
You think my mother needed help! Huh?
No, what she really needed
was to not run across some
rich entitled motherfucker
who thought banging
people was entertaining.
Mother was the strongest woman I knew
till your friends came along.
Till you!
Yes.
(Cymone vocalizing and gasping)
(intense music)
Karter, I wanted to trust you.
Married to those demons.
- I know.
- Yes, say it!
Please.
Stop. (Claps)
(Malorie coughing)
(Malorie gasping and coughing)
Baby.
No, baby.
Baby, no!
No, baby, don't leave me!
(somber music)
Don't leave. (Sobbing)
We were supposed to grow old together.
Baby.
We were supposed to be together.
(somber music continues)
(Malorie sobbing)
(somber music continues)
Yes, baby.
I gotta make this right, baby.
(dramatic music)
You go ahead. You wanna play funny games?
Then let's fucking play.
(dramatic music continues)
[Karter] So,
for this next game,
we're gonna play more memory exercise.
No more games.
Every day you watched her
walk into that classroom.
Every day
you watched
as they chipped away at her.
(intense music)
So, let's have a game.
You're gonna list every joke,
every prank,
every cruel word
y'all ever said to her.
If you forget even one...
And if I refuse?
If you refuse.
(intense music continues)
(Karter vocalizing)
(dramatic music)
(Malorie panting)
(intense music)
(intense music continues)
(door clunking)
Come on.
(buttons beeping)
(door clunking)
Come on! Come on!
(buttons beeping)
(door clunking)
No!
(dramatic music)
(dramatic music continues)
(door clunking)
(hand banging)
(Malorie vocalizing)
(Cymone screams)
Cymone?
(Malorie speaking faintly)
(intense music)
(intense music continues)
(intense music continues)
(intense music continues)
(drawers clunking)
(drawers clunking)
(intense music continues)
(drawer sliding)
(intense music continues)
(drawer slams)
(intense music continues)
(intense music continues)
(dramatic music)
(dramatic music continues)
You wanna talk about your mother?
Well...
[Karter] Careful.
Let's talk about her.
[Karter] Careful.
Did you ever think maybe it wasn't us.
Maybe your mother couldn't handle having
such a weak-ass son.
- Listen now.
- Yeah.
- You better stop talking.
- Oh, yeah.
Maybe if you would've been better,
if you would've been stronger.
Maybe this is why she did it
because her own son
wasn't enough to live for.
(Karter yells)
(Cymone thuds)
(pencil snaps)
(dramatic music)
(feet shuffling)
(intense music)
(knuckles rapping)
(intense music continues)
(door slams)
(knuckles rapping)
(intense music)
(Malorie screaming)
(dramatic music)
(both vocalizing)
(dramatic music continues)
(both vocalizing)
(dramatic music continues)
(Malorie vocalizing)
(Karter yelling)
(both screaming)
(dramatic music continues)
- Let's go.
- All right.
Hello! I'm back.
(Malorie and Cymone screaming)
[Kannon] What the hell is going on?
Let us out!
(intense eerie music)
(Malorie and Cymone screaming)
(intense music continues)
(Malorie and Cymone panting)
What happened?
Wasn't that your husband?
Yes.
[Kannon] What?
He turned on us.
What do you mean?
I don't know what
happened to the others.
All I know is Karter is Ms. Jackson's son.
What?
Wait, who the hell is Ms. Jackson?
Wait, where's your phone?
We need to call the police now.
Where's your phone?
I left it in the car.
- You did what?
- No.
Wait, wait, wait a minute.
I remember now.
I set it in my cup holder.
Oh my God.
We are screwed.
(knuckles rapping)
(intense music)
Wait.
What is it?
What is happening?
Why would he knock?
(intense music continues)
I don't see anyone.
Because he's fucking with us.
(knuckles rapping)
- Don't open it!
- Don't open it!
Listen.
I don't think he would (speaking faintly).
(dramatic music)
He's not here.
It's just my brother.
Sister.
She peeped you just like your mama.
(Kannon laughing)
Please don't.
(intense music)
(Malorie yells)
She used to cry in her car
every morning before class.
Did you know that?
No, no, no.
I don't know.
She would sit there for 20 minutes
trying to find the energy
to walk into that building.
Medication didn't help.
Therapy didn't help.
We watched her dwindle away
piece by piece,
while you laughed.
For five years.
All of you laughed.
For five years.
She suffered.
(intense music)
Listen, if we knew that we were causing
her any kind of harm, we would've done it.
I'm so sorry.
If I knew the type of
pain I was causing her,
the type of pain I was
causing her children,
I would've never done anything like that.
You think sorry
is going to erase the smell of
that blood when we found her!
Please, please, please, please don't.
Please, no, please.
Time to finally end.
[Malorie] Please.
(Kannon laughing)
Sit down there.
[Malorie] I can stand.
That would be crazy.
Bitch, sit down now.
[Malorie] Okay.
This is how this is gonna go.
[Karter] No hesitation.
[Kannon] Take it.
No hesitation.
Now, every wrong answer, every hesitation,
you're gonna stab her until you see blood.
Consider it payback
for all the times your
sorry ass stayed silent.
Please, buy me dinner first.
Shut up.
First question.
What's Newton's First Law of Motion?
Are you serious? That
was like 15 years ago.
Okay.
I think motion that stays in motion
unless acted on by an outside force.
Right.
Now, let's move on to chemistry.
What's the atomic number for mercury?
I don't know. I don't know.
I don't know.
- Do it.
- Karter, please.
- Now!
I want a divorce.
(intense music)
I'm sorry, Mal.
(blood squishing)
(Malorie crying)
(Kannon chuckling)
You're sick.
Good job, babe.
(Kannon laughing)
Next question.
What's the formula for photosynthesis?
Can you please let me recover first?
Okay.
Carbon dioxide plus water,
with some glucose and oxygen.
I guess you did learn
something in class,
you evil little bitch.
What's the difference
between mitosis and meiosis?
Mitosis is a regular cell division.
Not good enough.
Oh, please.
Don't make me do it.
(intense music continues)
Do it.
I'm sorry.
(Malorie screaming)
(Kannon laughing)
(Malorie crying)
Now, for your final question.
What did my mother take to help her sleep?
What?
[Cymone] That's not fair.
How would she even know that?
That's not fair.
Life isn't fair.
I don't know, okay, I don't know!
Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
She took sleeping pills.
That's correct.
But the answer was for Malorie.
(Kannon and Karter laughing)
Sorry, Mal. (Laughing)
You better stab her good
because I will shoot you.
(intense music continues)
Stab her and stab her good.
(intense music continues)
- I'm sorry.
- No, it's okay.
It's okay.
I always wanted to go out (vocalizing).
(dramatic music)
(Malorie grunts)
(Kannon laughing)
[Cymone] Oh my God.
I'm sorry, Mal.
(Kannon laughing)
[Karter] Move.
(Malorie yelling)
Oh.
Oh my God. Malorie, are you okay?
It's all fake.
I learned that at theater camp.
I can teach you sometime, Ms. J., I hope.
Line you up with it.
(gunfire bangs)
- No!
(Malorie thuds)
(intense music)
[Karter] Wake up. Wake up.
Wake up.
(gunfire bangs)
(Karter thuds)
(somber music)
(dramatic music)
(dramatic music continues)
(device beeping)
Cymone, if I die,
can you please tell me my plastic
surgeon I need a touch up?
Malorie, how can you be thinking
about plastic surgery right now?
(sirens screeching)
(device beeping)
Can you do it?
(sirens screeching continues)
15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20,
21, 22, 23, 24, 25,
26, 27, 28, 29, 30.
(air whooshing)
- Is there a pulse?
- No.
(dramatic music)
(emergency worker screams)
(upbeat beat music)
Up, down, it's not a choice
I had to
Yep, yep, play his games
(singer vocalizing)
I hate have choice
Every time I talk to you is bad news
I believe the chase 'cause
I had to grow my mind
Grow, grow my mind, mind
Hanging off the rafters
(singer vocalizing)
I just sit back and laugh every time
The girl wanna clone me tonight
I told her it's all right
I told her I got it from hidden light
I'm fighting battles
and taking flights
Up, it not a choice
I had to
Everything is playing games
Sitting by you
Oh, fake death if you know
I hate half truths
But every time I talk
to you is bad news
I haven't lead the
chase 'cause I had to
Grow my mind
Grow my mind
(singer vocalizing)
I put it on
(singer vocalizing)
My life
Of my life
I had to sacrifice (vocalizing)
I've been thinking about
(intense music)
(chimes music)
(gentle jazzy music)
(somber music)
(somber music continues)
(somber music continues)
(somber music continues)
(somber music continues)
(students and staff chattering)
(somber music)
(students chattering continues)
(somber music continues)
(somber music continues)
(somber music continues)
(somber music continues)
(somber music continues)
(somber music continues)
(somber music continues)
(somber music continues)
(somber music continues)
(somber music continues)
(somber music continues)
(somber music continues)
All right, let's continue to review.
Newton's Laws of Motion.
Hey, Ms. Jackson,
your husband left you 'cause of that wig?
(students laughing)
Maybe she can't afford a
new one on a teacher's salary.
If you're done, I'd like to continue.
My grandma has that dress
and it's actually from 1985.
(students laughing)
Malorie Harper, one
more disruption from you,
and I'm going to
And what?
You wanna cry again? Aw.
Hey (speaking faintly).
(marker squeaking)
(paper smacks)
(students laughing)
Calvin.
Get out now!
How about your leggins?
[Students] Ooh.
Watch this. I learned at theater camp.
You stole my man!
I can't take the pain!
(Malorie grunts and thuds)
Oh my God, Malorie!
(Ms. Jackson exclaiming)
It's all fake.
Learned it at theater camp.
I can teach you some time, Ms. J, I hope.
Line you up with it.
(students laughing)
Thank you, Cymone. I'll be here all year.
(students laughing)
Hey, Ms. J, you should
have seen your face.
Yeah, I thought she was
gonna pass out. (Laughs)
Get out, Calvin!
(dramatic music)
(whoopee cushion farts)
(students laughing)
You should really go see a
doctor about that, Ms. Jackson.
This is totally going on Facebook.
(somber music)
(Ms. Jackson sobbing)
And three, two...
Enough!
Stop it, y'all, stop it!
(students laughing)
Hey, I told ya I could break her now.
This is better than
I thought it would be.
(eerie somber music)
(eerie somber music continues)
(eerie somber music continues)
(door slams)
Yo, that lady is crazy.
(eerie somber music continues)
(bell ringing)
(eerie somber music continues)
(students clattering)
(dramatic music)
(eerie somber music)
(gentle upbeat music)
(gentle upbeat music continues)
Hmm. Let's see if everything
is up to my standards.
At least they have a mirror.
(gentle upbeat music continues)
Okay.
Welcome to your escape.
So we're just supposed to survive
off of granola bars and bottled water?
It's an escape, yo, Mal,
not a five-star resort.
Yeah, well, you're right about that.
And this one bad thing, babe.
I don't even know who packs this light.
We're the first ones in
here, all right? Relax.
Well, I would relax if
there was actual food.
[Calvin] Well, I got
something for you to eat.
You are so freaky.
- Come here.
- Come here.
(somber music)
(suitcase rattling)
Not bad.
Okay.
Exactly.
Email, red line, (vocalizing).
(somber music continues)
(all chattering)
Hey, hey, hey.
Hey, girl.
Hey, girl.
You look so cute.
You know, it's too bad that
you had to come all this way
just to lose her usual.
Girl, please.
The only thing you've ever been good
at beating me at is being dramatic.
Oh, really?
Well, need I remind you
of the senior showcase?
Yes, the first place trophy
looks really pretty on my shelf.
Okay, you win one time
and you ran it for the next 15 years?
Here they go.
Some things never change.
You know, speaking of
things that never change,
I saw a little Instagram post.
That school that you're teaching at,
you're using my go-to still.
Really? My students
actually going to competition.
Oh, wow.
(all chattering)
All right, all right, all right.
Hey, hey, hey, hey.
(indistinct) That's enough.
Let's go see the rest of the house.
(Calvin vocalizing)
(gentle upbeat music)
You sure about this place?
My colleague said it changed him, so.
Mal's already complaining.
This better be different
than that (vocalizing).
Is she always like this?
Since high school,
but once you get past the
attitude, she all right.
Actually, no. Okay, just Mal.
Oh, well. Change the room.
(gentle upbeat music continues)
So y'all don't know that, huh?
(all chattering)
Hey, guys!
Hey. Oh my God.
- It's been so long.
- Girl, we missed you.
[Cymone] I know.
(all chattering)
Hey, brother.
Welcome to the service, man.
[Karter] Appreciate it.
I'll be waiting for this cool.
I got the (indistinct) man.
Oh, please.
You have not seen us in
competition mode yet.
I don't think I wanna see that.
Too late. You're about
to witness pure domination.
Okay, in your dreams,
because my husband and I are undefeated.
Girl, please.
So, was that a grand feast?
Yeah, I think they want
us to starve or something.
I think we're supposed
to ration, you know,
for our level of challenge thing.
All right, I'll hook ya up, don't worry.
I'm sure Malorie's gonna
find us at steak somewhere.
Please.
Any escape room, bros?
Shit, I thought you was a pro.
Cymone said this was your idea.
Cymone said you guys
go on two trips a year.
Spa, skiing with kids.
Well, she wanted you
do something different.
My colleague and his wife, they did,
so there was more than
just books and puzzles.
Said it built trust, kind of
like relationship therapy.
Relationship therapy?
Hello, hello and welcome.
I hope that you all are ready
for an unforgettable experience.
I'm Kannon Wildes, your
host for this experience.
I'll be walking you through the rooms
and recollections of the escape garden.
But, before I start,
does anyone have any questions?
(pensive music)
What?
Why are y'all looking at me?
Because you always
have something to say.
Yeah, whatever, Harper.
Anyways, I do have one question.
Do you know what's up
with those Kibbles 'n Bits back there?
I mean, we're supposed
to be running, jumping,
solving riddles, things like that.
I should think that we should have
something substance on our stomachs,
like you know what I mean?
Yes, I totally agree.
So tonight you all get a hearty dinner
to get all the nutrients
needed for tomorrow.
Is that cool, Mal?
That's fine.
Good.
So you all should have received an email
in regards to your
assigned rooms for tonight.
- Mm-hmm.
- Mm-hmm.
Now, let me walk you
through what's ahead.
After dinner tonight,
you all will have time
to get settled into your rooms and unwind.
Breakfast is at 7:00 AM sharp.
7:00 AM?
Miss Kannon, is it?
- Mm-hmm.
I don't get up till about nine.
Trust me, you'll need the fuel.
(intense music)
By 7:30 AM, you all will gather here
for your very first challenge.
Each room will be soundproof.
Soundproof. Why is that?
So that all of you
can enjoy your challenge
without any interruptions.
(intense music continues)
Each room will test different skills,
observation,
logic and instinct.
You know the type of things that show you
who people really are?
But more importantly,
it will test how well you work together,
how much you trust each other.
After all, isn't that
what you all are here for?
That's right.
Yes.
Tomorrow morning there will be envelopes
waiting right here for you.
Each will contain starting points.
Follow the instructions precisely
because there is no room for failure.
(intense music)
I'll join you for dinner tonight,
but after that,
the next time you will see me
is tomorrow evening at 9:00 PM.
- Sharp.
- Exactly.
So enjoy your evening,
get comfortable,
because tomorrow,
well, (chuckling)
let's just say some of
you people aren't coming.
(intense music continues)
Good luck.
(heels clomping)
Wow.
Okay, what was that about?
Someone's taking their
job a little too seriously.
Right, like she was
auditioning for horrible.
The dynamic you all start in.
Oh, please, you loved it.
Yeah, I did.
I'm not sure why, but.
You ready, baby?
[Karter] Yeah, let's go.
It's been a long drive.
Nice to meet you folks.
- Yes, sir.
(Malorie vocalizing)
Actually that's not a bad idea.
Go freshen up.
Okay, well, guys just abandon me.
Okay, I guess I'll eat those
Kibbles 'n Bits in there.
[Calvin] Come on, darling.
- What?
- Let's go check out
this luxury (indistinct).
(door squeaking)
(zipper zips)
Okay.
(Malorie speaking faintly)
This is it?
What's wrong with it?
I mean, this is basic.
I mean, my parents' guest
room is better than this.
(door squeaking)
(Karter vocalizing)
[Cynome] Yeah, nice.
What's wrong?
[Cymone] Nothing.
It's just, this is our first
trip together with everyone.
Listen, I can handle
your crazy friends, okay?
They can be alive.
Yeah, so can I.
Come here.
(gentle music)
You all right?
- Mm-hmm.
You know, you're pretty
good at this husband thing.
- Think so?
- Mm-hmm.
Huh?
(gentle music)
(both vocalizing)
(music drowns out speakers)
They understand that.
Just wait for later, okay?
(gentle music continues)
All right, I'm gonna hold you to that.
(gentle music continues)
(Harper grunts)
Really, Harper?
What? You gotta stay ready.
You know how competitive Malorie can get.
It's a couple's retreat,
not "The Hunger Games."
Nobody's handing out medals.
That's exactly what somebody
who doesn't wanna win would say.
You're ridiculous, you know that?
No, I'm prepared.
There's a difference.
We're here to bond, relax,
maybe learn something
new about each other,
not to crush everyone else.
Says the man who just folded his socks
with military precision.
All right, superstar.
Carry us through this weekend.
I'll just sit back and let you shine.
Finally. Now you get it.
And if you start
talking about unpacking,
I'm walking out.
Well don't tempt me.
(door squeaking)
Oh my God. (Yelling)
What now?
This bathroom is tiny.
The lighting is bad.
I don't even know how you
expect me to get ready in there.
You'll manage, okay?
We're just here for the weekend.
You are not shooting
that music video, Mal.
(pillow thunks)
I bet you would have me
just walking around here,
frizzy hair, bad lighting, just...
I'm just asking, babe.
Why you gotta complain
about everything, baby?
It's gonna be a long weekend.
Well, maybe we could leave.
You just say the words.
Okay.
Like you going miss the
opportunity to outshine Harper.
Yeah, you're right about that.
She doesn't stand a chance. (Laughing)
(gentle acoustic guitar music)
Good evening, everyone. (Chuckling)
I hope that you all are
enjoying your first evening.
Dinner is just a little
something to give you fuel
before tomorrow's big adventure.
Well, this is nice.
Okay now, say what
you're really thinking.
Well, I thought that this would be,
you know, a little more elevated.
Please excuse, Malorie.
She's never satisfied.
That's because some of
us have standards, Harper.
And some of us are just
trying to enjoy a quiet meal.
Well, I think it's great.
It's not about the food, it's
about the company, right?
Exactly.
That's what the company is
for, to make the moment.
Don't forget it.
Here's to the weekend.
[All] Cheers.
(intense music)
Well said, Karter.
You know, I couldn't have put
it in any better words myself.
Use this time wisely.
Reflect.
Connect.
And maybe you'll uncover
more than you expected.
I'll see you when the
dust settles. (Chuckling)
(eerie music)
Who says that shit?
Yeah.
- Oh.
- You know it, silly.
[Calvin] You and Harper,
y'all going to the same braider now?
(all laughing)
Hey.
Is that extra small?
This is the large.
(all chattering and laughing)
It's muscles. Muscles.
Okay, okay, you know what?
You guys remember that time when Harper
tried to convince Coach Williams
to coordinate the whole homecoming dance?
Man, that was fire.
It was something.
What was your dance for that?
(Malorie vocalizing)
Don't hate. Don't hate.
At least I tried something new.
Yeah, new is one word.
What about prom?
(Cymone vocalizing)
Now, now.
That shit would've been legendary.
Come on.
If by legendary you mean
legend stupidness, yeah.
I thought y'all did stuff
like that all the time.
No, we did it.
It's just that Calvin here
wanted to fly the helicopter.
(Miles vocalizing)
Man, we was always doing stupid shit.
Kind of like the time
where we snuck into the school
pool during senior week.
- Holy.
- Every alarm
in the building.
And security guards
faked one of your calls.
Oh no, hold on.
How about Ms. Jackson's face the next day
when we were in class.
What was that she called us?
Professional generation.
Hey, yo, we was that
lady's worst nightmare.
But at least we made her famous.
I mean, everybody knew
about Ms. Jackson's class.
- For days.
- That's true.
Ms. Jackson.
You never messed with Ms. Jackson.
Oh yeah, she was our
science teacher senior year.
You mean more like our
victim of senior year.
Now.
What? It's true.
Look, we were terrible.
Oh my gosh, we were wild.
(Harper and Malorie chattering)
Whole lab had to be evacuated.
At the end of the day, we
was just kids being kids.
Maybe we should talk
about something else.
Why? Girl, it's ancient history.
Look, you should have seen her.
She would always wear these tragic wigs.
And then it comes slide inside
and then those huge glasses.
And the weird floral dresses.
You remember how they never fit right?
Whatever.
And how her voice would crack
every time she would try to yell at us.
Wow.
We got more loud.
(friends laughing)
You know, thinking about it now.
Calvin, tell Karter
about the worm incident.
No, I don't know.
Now this is funny shit, come on.
Look, bro. So we in class, right?
And Ms. Jackson, she has us
doing some type of dissection.
You know, Calvin decided to liberate
all of the worms, and
instead of taking them out,
he puts stuff inside of her desk drawer.
(friends laughing)
She screams the before we get out.
And then she started crying.
Oh my God.
Looking back, we were pretty cruel, huh?
No, we were just high
school kids after her.
Did she continue to teach after that?
She had took a leave absence.
She had some kind of breakdown.
Yeah, no one really
knows what happened to her.
I think she moved away.
That's funny how people can disappear
and everything just keep going
on like they never existed.
(upbeat beat music)
(singer vocalizing)
(yawning) Mm, mm, mm, mm.
Well, if we're gonna
win this crown tomorrow,
then I need to get my
beauty sleep, right, babe?
Now, when do you go
to bed before midnight?
When I plan on winning.
Maybe we should all turn in.
7:00 AM sharp, remember?
Sharp.
(Malorie chuckling)
(upbeat beat music continues)
(singer vocalizing)
(all chattering)
(gentle upbeat music)
(gentle upbeat music continues)
It's been a while since we've done this.
Hmm. Just us, no work, no stress.
No distractions.
(gentle upbeat music continues)
(Harper vocalizing)
(gentle upbeat music continues)
Hey, babe. Think I'm gonna
wear your hat tomorrow.
You hear me?
Yeah, I do.
(gentle upbeat music continues)
Damn.
And here I was thinking you was mad
at the small bathroom.
Well, maybe I just need to
make the space work for me.
You make it work for sure.
(gentle upbeat music continues)
Come make it work over here.
Okay.
(gentle upbeat music continues)
(gentle upbeat music continues)
(gentle upbeat music continues)
I told you my friends were a lot.
Seems like they were way
worse back in high school.
That's pretty messed up what
they did to your poor teacher.
Yeah.
It was.
I always wanted to say something.
I really felt bad for her.
(gentle music)
Don't be so hard on yourself.
Yeah.
I know.
I mean, we were just kids.
Yeah, exactly, and
sometimes kids do stupid shit.
You're right.
I do wish I could go
back and change things.
You're not like them.
I know this, okay?
But never be afraid to
stand up for what is right.
I love you and I care about you.
You getting sentimental on me?
No, just reading this book,
thinking about how
quickly things can change.
Hmm.
Well save out those deep thoughts
for after we win this thing.
Yeah.
Goodnight.
(gentle music continues)
(gentle music continues)
(gentle music continues)
Does anyone actually told ready
to solve anything this early?
Harper, you ain't solved
anything since high school.
No, you never have.
And yet, here I am, thriving.
Let's save the competition
for the rooms, shall we?
Mm-hmm.
It's about that time.
We don't wanna get yelled
at by the escaper lady.
Come on.
This is my cue.
(eerie somber music)
(all chattering)
(hands banging)
(all laughing)
(intense music)
Well, can't be no worse
than Malorie's yoga retreat.
Hey, I was supposed to start it.
Um, room three?
Room two.
Wait, we're splitting up.
That's usually how these
things work, Malorie.
That's the best way to
see what everybody does.
Well, sitting here won't solve anything.
Let's do this.
Patty cake, may the best one win.
Thank you.
- See ya.
- Thank you.
(couple chattering)
(Malorie chattering)
(heels clicking)
(eerie intense music)
(door clunks)
What the hell is this? "Breaking Bad"?
Oh my God. You know I love that show.
This is perfect. Let's check it out.
(intense music continues)
Come on, now.
Pretty light.
What do we have here?
(intense music continues)
Combine the element of life
with the element of fire.
Add the stabilizer to complete the cure.
Okay, so why don't they just say
mix the red with the blue.
Makes sense.
Okay, maybe oxygen is
light and fire's hydrogen.
Okay. Since when do you know chemistry?
You ain't gotta know chemistry
to have chemistry, baby.
Know what I'm talking about?
Oh, no, no, no, no, no, go on.
I'm trying to do this.
Let me see this.
Maybe this is the point, but stuff.
If you get stuck, ask for help.
They cost you?
[Calvin] Yeah, let's
not find out what that is.
Yeah.
Well, blue is calming, right?
(intense music)
- Hold it.
- Oh, just spill it.
[Alarm Voice] Warning,
experiment failure detective.
Oh, now baby, what did you do?
[Calvin] You're the one touching shit.
(Malorie vocalizing)
Look, look, look, look.
Try again, try again.
Oh, shit.
One at a time.
(Malorie yelling)
The element of life is oxygen.
- Fire.
- Fire.
[Calvin] What if it's
not about elements?
What if it's set?
Come on, babe.
Fire's weight, right? Water is life.
Yes, and that's one mistake.
Okay, hurry up.
See?
(intense music continues)
(lock clunking)
Let's see if shit works.
This is it?
Examine the evidence.
Find what connects them all.
(intense music)
This is from Westbrook.
How would they know
when we went to school?
(eerie music)
Miles.
This isn't random. This
is specifically about us.
(eerie music continues)
They'll never understand
what they've done.
Who the fuck set this up?
(eerie music continues)
(Ms. Jackson vocalizing)
That's Ms. Jackson's voice.
[Ms. Jackson] The administration
appears to take action.
They were explaining it's
just kids being kids.
They can't continue like this.
(eerie music continues)
Man, what is this?
(eerie music continues)
So what's the connection?
How are we supposed to know?
(eerie music continues)
I don't like this game anymore, I'm done.
Why won't it open?
It's an escape apartment.
We have to solve it to get out.
No, there has to be some kind
of emergency exit or something.
They can't just lock us in here.
(hand banging)
Hello! We wanna leave!
It's soundproof, remember?
Sooner we figure this out,
the sooner we get out.
I did not sign up for this.
(eerie music continues)
(eerie music continues)
Us.
We are the connection.
Me, you, Malorie, Cymone and Calvin.
(eerie music continues)
It was on left to hear.
Yeah.
Amazing.
It looks like somebody's
trying to (indistinct).
We're first.
(eerie music continues)
(door squeaking)
(door clunking)
(eerie music continues)
Answer the questions
to move to the next room.
Karter, what is this?
[Computer Voice] Reconstruct
the past. Type the truth.
(eerie music continues)
Who taught 217 science?
Wait.
Why are they asking for my high school?
That's always specific.
[Computer Voice] Correct.
(eerie music continues)
What happened after the worm incident?
This doesn't make sense.
How do they even know about that?
It seems like somebody did the homework.
(eerie music continues)
(computer keys typing)
(eerie music continues)
This isn't normal.
What was written on the board
the day Ms. Jackson walked out?
(eerie music continues)
(chair scooting)
(eerie music continues)
Do you remember?
(eerie music continues)
I'm not doing this, no.
[Computer Voice] You must finish.
(eerie music continues)
(computer keys clicking)
(eerie music continues)
Who laughs the loudest?
(eerie music continues)
Why are they asking me this?
How can they even know?
Maybe they wanna see if
you're gonna tell the truth.
Who said that?
He said...
Type.
(eerie music continues)
(eerie music continues)
No.
(door clunking)
(dramatic music)
I need to talk to Malorie.
(dramatic music continues)
What the hell?
(door clunking)
This thing goes.
Okay, all this fog
is gonna upset my hair.
We need to get the fuck out of here.
(eerie music)
[Computer Voice] The keeper
of knowledge hides the key
where young minds once sought to see.
Teacher's desk.
Okay, that's...
No, babe, I got it.
I don't need you to
control everything, okay?
Okay.
Okay, okay.
They are fucking with us.
What is Ms. Jackson's desk doing here?
(eerie music continues)
This is fucked up.
This is really fucked up.
(drawers clattering)
(both gasping)
(dramatic music)
Is that worms?
Oh, hell, no, no, no, no.
(Calvin vocalizing)
[Computer Voice] Bravery earns rewards,
but patience is key.
Have a seat while you think.
Yeah, right, I'm not
gonna fall for that.
Okay, so now you're scared on me?
Skip it.
(whoopee cushion farts)
(both laughing)
And they got you again. (Laughing)
Ha ha ha. So what?
(eerie music continues)
What is that?
Is that gas?
(Malorie coughing)
Why would you do that?
(both coughing)
Open the door, that door.
(both coughing)
Baby, it's locked!
[Computer Voice]
Subjects have consequences.
Complete the task or it's elimination.
(dramatic music)
(both coughing)
(dramatic music continues)
Keep going!
(dramatic music continues)
[Computer Voice] Eliminated.
I'm not sure about
this after that last one.
Needs really well, let's
just solve the other one.
Well, we just got done solving it.
- Miles.
- Just stay close.
[Computer Voice] Miles must
enter the maintenance closet
alone to retrieve the key.
It's okay.
No, I don't trust this.
It'll be fine.
I'll be quick.
(eerie music)
(door clunking)
(door squeaking)
(eerie music continues)
I think I see something in the back.
(dramatic music)
Miles!
(hand banging)
Miles!
Miles!
(Miles grunting)
(hand banging)
Miles, can you hear me?
(Miles vocalizing)
[Computer Voice] Now
you know how it feels
to watch someone disappear.
(eerie music)
Miles!
Miles!
(hand banging)
[Computer Voice] He's exactly
where he deserves to be.
What the hell is this?
We signed up for an escape room.
That's some twisted fun house.
[Computer Voice] Did Ms. Jackson sign up
for what you did to her?
How did you know about?
[Computer Voice] The
pranks, the torture,
or the day she finally broke?
Who are you?
[Computer Voice] Someone
who watched it all.
Someone who remembers.
This is insane.
Just let us out, please.
[Computer Voice] Like she
begged to be left alone.
Your choice, Harper.
Leave now or find out
what happens to Miles.
I can't leave Miles.
[Computer Voice] To save
Miles, answer correctly.
What happened to Ms. Jackson?
Did she die of natural causes,
have a stroke, or did she hang herself?
How am I supposed to know that?
[Computer Voice] Choose now,
or you won't see your
precious Miles again.
Okay, natural causes.
She died of natural causes.
[Computer Voice] Wrong choice.
(object thuds)
- Miles!
(hand banging)
Miles, baby! Wake up!
Miles!
Miles!
(hand banging)
Wake up, babe, please.
Miles!
[Computer Voice] The
answer was none of the above.
She put a bullet in her head.
What?
(eerie music continues)
You didn't have to kill him.
[Computer Voice] Did any of
you have to do what you did?
Please.
Just let me be with my husband, please.
I just wanna be with my husband.
[Computer Voice] Your
wish is my command.
(door squeaking)
No, wait!
(gunfire bangs)
(Harper thuds)
(footsteps thumping)
(door slams)
(eerie music)
Karter, I have a feeling
the others did leave.
Maybe they're here now.
Others trying to scare you.
Doesn't make sense.
[Computer Voice] Truth is
the foundation of all things.
Lies destroy.
One of you must reveal
a secret, a real one.
Only then will the door unlock.
What kind of secret?
[Computer Voice] One that is true.
The room will know.
She responds.
And how the hell would the room know?
(eerie music continues)
Okay.
(intense music)
I stole money out of my mom's purse once.
(computer voice sighing)
What the hell was that?
[Karter] Try again, babe.
Okay.
In high school, I had a crush on Calvin,
even when I was dating someone else.
[Computer Voice] Truth
should not be trivial.
Truth should expose.
Try again.
Fine, okay.
When my mom got sick,
I told her I'd take care of her, but.
I left.
Couldn't stand seeing
her waste the way, so
stopped coming home.
[Computer Voice] Ah.
That was a serious confession.
Wanna know a real secret?
I knew someone in Ms. Jackson's class
who suffered 'cause of what happened.
Why are you mentioning that?
Maybe you weren't paying attention.
[Computer Voice] Truth
detected. Challenge complete.
(eerie music continues)
(door slams)
(eerie music continues)
(door slams)
(eerie music continues)
Karter.
I thought you said this
was an escape room.
It is.
No, everything about this place,
the secrets, the questions,
it's all about Ms. Jackson's class.
You said a colleague told
you about this place.
That it was about trust.
It seems to me like someone's trying
to walk us through to not be seen again.
Hm.
Like you just broke?
What does that mean?
You know it's funny
how people disappear.
Wipe the chalkboard clean,
they come back from behind,
find this.
What's really going on here?
Let's just say
some people need to be taught a lesson.
Like my mother said.
You're scaring me.
I'm scaring you?
Imagine having your medicine taken
and everybody laughing
till you can't breathe anymore.
That's pretty scary too.
What are you talking about?
I'm talking about you should have seen
her my face every day.
Every day, walking into that classroom.
(door slams)
- Wait.
(Karter vocalizing)
(fist banging)
Open this door!
(hand banging)
(door handle rattling)
Open it!
(hand banging)
Why you did her this?
A curse?
Curse lives?
(intense music)
Who are you?
Who am I?
Somebody who watched his mother crumble.
Think about that.
Till finally...
Oh my God.
Let me outta here!
Open that door.
[Karter] Time for another challenge.
No more.
No more challenges.
Open this door.
You're not going anywhere.
(intense music continues)
Oh my God!
What did you do?
(laughing) Looking
glass looks both ways.
You can observe and be upset.
Your friend's gonna never know that.
I got dreams.
If you're willing to prove
how sorry you really are,
watch, stay inside.
Sit here.
(chair scooting)
Sit!
Experience what she
experienced day by day.
Every note, every laugh,
every joke.
I'm not sitting next to you.
You're friend's dead.
I already know they're already dead.
[Karter] You don't.
(intense music continues)
(eerie music)
You remember what y'all
called her behind her back?
Say it!
We called her crazy Jake.
Come on.
(eerie music continues)
(zipper zips)
(jacket rustling)
Hear this!
Karter, could you just...
(intense music)
Not gonna say no more.
(intense music continues)
(intense music continues)
You're hurting me.
Yeah.
(intense music continues)
(chair clattering)
Now you get to see what it was like.
Every note being passed, every joke,
every cruel word.
How does it feel?
Huh?
To be powerful.
Try!
God, we were just kids.
We didn't know any better.
[Karter] They didn't
know any better. You did!
You knew what you was doing.
You watched them.
You sat there, silent, said nothing.
I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.
Sorry just ain't good enough.
[Cymone] But you stayed behind.
(eerie music)
I lied.
I lied.
Every laugh, every smile,
every moment for the past year,
I needed you to bring me
into your inner circle,
and you did so beautifully.
Why?
You didn't tell me she was your mother!
Now you see what it feels
like to get the chain.
If I told you she was my mother,
you would've run out fast.
What are you gonna do to me?
(eerie music)
Every day after that,
couldn't even ride past the school.
She would have panic attacks
every time she see yellow buses.
She stopped answering the phone.
She wouldn't leave the house.
She had to take medication
just to go to sleep!
(eerie music continues)
I wanted to stop them, believe me.
But you didn't.
(eerie music continues)
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry, okay?
Baby, sorry just ain't
good enough anymore.
[Cymone] Maybe you should
have gotten her some help.
You think my mother needed help! Huh?
No, what she really needed
was to not run across some
rich entitled motherfucker
who thought banging
people was entertaining.
Mother was the strongest woman I knew
till your friends came along.
Till you!
Yes.
(Cymone vocalizing and gasping)
(intense music)
Karter, I wanted to trust you.
Married to those demons.
- I know.
- Yes, say it!
Please.
Stop. (Claps)
(Malorie coughing)
(Malorie gasping and coughing)
Baby.
No, baby.
Baby, no!
No, baby, don't leave me!
(somber music)
Don't leave. (Sobbing)
We were supposed to grow old together.
Baby.
We were supposed to be together.
(somber music continues)
(Malorie sobbing)
(somber music continues)
Yes, baby.
I gotta make this right, baby.
(dramatic music)
You go ahead. You wanna play funny games?
Then let's fucking play.
(dramatic music continues)
[Karter] So,
for this next game,
we're gonna play more memory exercise.
No more games.
Every day you watched her
walk into that classroom.
Every day
you watched
as they chipped away at her.
(intense music)
So, let's have a game.
You're gonna list every joke,
every prank,
every cruel word
y'all ever said to her.
If you forget even one...
And if I refuse?
If you refuse.
(intense music continues)
(Karter vocalizing)
(dramatic music)
(Malorie panting)
(intense music)
(intense music continues)
(door clunking)
Come on.
(buttons beeping)
(door clunking)
Come on! Come on!
(buttons beeping)
(door clunking)
No!
(dramatic music)
(dramatic music continues)
(door clunking)
(hand banging)
(Malorie vocalizing)
(Cymone screams)
Cymone?
(Malorie speaking faintly)
(intense music)
(intense music continues)
(intense music continues)
(intense music continues)
(drawers clunking)
(drawers clunking)
(intense music continues)
(drawer sliding)
(intense music continues)
(drawer slams)
(intense music continues)
(intense music continues)
(dramatic music)
(dramatic music continues)
You wanna talk about your mother?
Well...
[Karter] Careful.
Let's talk about her.
[Karter] Careful.
Did you ever think maybe it wasn't us.
Maybe your mother couldn't handle having
such a weak-ass son.
- Listen now.
- Yeah.
- You better stop talking.
- Oh, yeah.
Maybe if you would've been better,
if you would've been stronger.
Maybe this is why she did it
because her own son
wasn't enough to live for.
(Karter yells)
(Cymone thuds)
(pencil snaps)
(dramatic music)
(feet shuffling)
(intense music)
(knuckles rapping)
(intense music continues)
(door slams)
(knuckles rapping)
(intense music)
(Malorie screaming)
(dramatic music)
(both vocalizing)
(dramatic music continues)
(both vocalizing)
(dramatic music continues)
(Malorie vocalizing)
(Karter yelling)
(both screaming)
(dramatic music continues)
- Let's go.
- All right.
Hello! I'm back.
(Malorie and Cymone screaming)
[Kannon] What the hell is going on?
Let us out!
(intense eerie music)
(Malorie and Cymone screaming)
(intense music continues)
(Malorie and Cymone panting)
What happened?
Wasn't that your husband?
Yes.
[Kannon] What?
He turned on us.
What do you mean?
I don't know what
happened to the others.
All I know is Karter is Ms. Jackson's son.
What?
Wait, who the hell is Ms. Jackson?
Wait, where's your phone?
We need to call the police now.
Where's your phone?
I left it in the car.
- You did what?
- No.
Wait, wait, wait a minute.
I remember now.
I set it in my cup holder.
Oh my God.
We are screwed.
(knuckles rapping)
(intense music)
Wait.
What is it?
What is happening?
Why would he knock?
(intense music continues)
I don't see anyone.
Because he's fucking with us.
(knuckles rapping)
- Don't open it!
- Don't open it!
Listen.
I don't think he would (speaking faintly).
(dramatic music)
He's not here.
It's just my brother.
Sister.
She peeped you just like your mama.
(Kannon laughing)
Please don't.
(intense music)
(Malorie yells)
She used to cry in her car
every morning before class.
Did you know that?
No, no, no.
I don't know.
She would sit there for 20 minutes
trying to find the energy
to walk into that building.
Medication didn't help.
Therapy didn't help.
We watched her dwindle away
piece by piece,
while you laughed.
For five years.
All of you laughed.
For five years.
She suffered.
(intense music)
Listen, if we knew that we were causing
her any kind of harm, we would've done it.
I'm so sorry.
If I knew the type of
pain I was causing her,
the type of pain I was
causing her children,
I would've never done anything like that.
You think sorry
is going to erase the smell of
that blood when we found her!
Please, please, please, please don't.
Please, no, please.
Time to finally end.
[Malorie] Please.
(Kannon laughing)
Sit down there.
[Malorie] I can stand.
That would be crazy.
Bitch, sit down now.
[Malorie] Okay.
This is how this is gonna go.
[Karter] No hesitation.
[Kannon] Take it.
No hesitation.
Now, every wrong answer, every hesitation,
you're gonna stab her until you see blood.
Consider it payback
for all the times your
sorry ass stayed silent.
Please, buy me dinner first.
Shut up.
First question.
What's Newton's First Law of Motion?
Are you serious? That
was like 15 years ago.
Okay.
I think motion that stays in motion
unless acted on by an outside force.
Right.
Now, let's move on to chemistry.
What's the atomic number for mercury?
I don't know. I don't know.
I don't know.
- Do it.
- Karter, please.
- Now!
I want a divorce.
(intense music)
I'm sorry, Mal.
(blood squishing)
(Malorie crying)
(Kannon chuckling)
You're sick.
Good job, babe.
(Kannon laughing)
Next question.
What's the formula for photosynthesis?
Can you please let me recover first?
Okay.
Carbon dioxide plus water,
with some glucose and oxygen.
I guess you did learn
something in class,
you evil little bitch.
What's the difference
between mitosis and meiosis?
Mitosis is a regular cell division.
Not good enough.
Oh, please.
Don't make me do it.
(intense music continues)
Do it.
I'm sorry.
(Malorie screaming)
(Kannon laughing)
(Malorie crying)
Now, for your final question.
What did my mother take to help her sleep?
What?
[Cymone] That's not fair.
How would she even know that?
That's not fair.
Life isn't fair.
I don't know, okay, I don't know!
Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
She took sleeping pills.
That's correct.
But the answer was for Malorie.
(Kannon and Karter laughing)
Sorry, Mal. (Laughing)
You better stab her good
because I will shoot you.
(intense music continues)
Stab her and stab her good.
(intense music continues)
- I'm sorry.
- No, it's okay.
It's okay.
I always wanted to go out (vocalizing).
(dramatic music)
(Malorie grunts)
(Kannon laughing)
[Cymone] Oh my God.
I'm sorry, Mal.
(Kannon laughing)
[Karter] Move.
(Malorie yelling)
Oh.
Oh my God. Malorie, are you okay?
It's all fake.
I learned that at theater camp.
I can teach you sometime, Ms. J., I hope.
Line you up with it.
(gunfire bangs)
- No!
(Malorie thuds)
(intense music)
[Karter] Wake up. Wake up.
Wake up.
(gunfire bangs)
(Karter thuds)
(somber music)
(dramatic music)
(dramatic music continues)
(device beeping)
Cymone, if I die,
can you please tell me my plastic
surgeon I need a touch up?
Malorie, how can you be thinking
about plastic surgery right now?
(sirens screeching)
(device beeping)
Can you do it?
(sirens screeching continues)
15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20,
21, 22, 23, 24, 25,
26, 27, 28, 29, 30.
(air whooshing)
- Is there a pulse?
- No.
(dramatic music)
(emergency worker screams)
(upbeat beat music)
Up, down, it's not a choice
I had to
Yep, yep, play his games
(singer vocalizing)
I hate have choice
Every time I talk to you is bad news
I believe the chase 'cause
I had to grow my mind
Grow, grow my mind, mind
Hanging off the rafters
(singer vocalizing)
I just sit back and laugh every time
The girl wanna clone me tonight
I told her it's all right
I told her I got it from hidden light
I'm fighting battles
and taking flights
Up, it not a choice
I had to
Everything is playing games
Sitting by you
Oh, fake death if you know
I hate half truths
But every time I talk
to you is bad news
I haven't lead the
chase 'cause I had to
Grow my mind
Grow my mind
(singer vocalizing)
I put it on
(singer vocalizing)
My life
Of my life
I had to sacrifice (vocalizing)
I've been thinking about