His & Hers (2026) s01e06 Episode Script
Episode 6
1
[peaceful music playing]
[door closes]
[man scatting happily]
You ready, girls?
Let's go, Kelly clan.
We're burnin' daylight.
Clouds are clearing. Perfect time to sail.
-Did you get my wine coolers?
-[dad] What do you think?
[mom] I want life jackets on you
before we get in the boat.
Do we have to do this every weekend?
[mom] Do you have any idea
how lucky you are?
How many girls do you know
who have families with boats?
-Doesn't even have a motor.
-Catherine Alexis.
-It's Lexy now.
-[snickers] Of course it is.
[mom] Just get in the boat.
[Andrea] Um, can I offer you some advice?
I don't know, Andrea. Can you?
Look at what you're doing to yourself.
[Lexy] That's not advice.
Oh, and, I don't know.
Maybe, um, make better choices.
[tense music playing]
Also,
go easy on the junk food.
You're gonna tip the boat.
Can you grab my inhaler off the counter?
[dad] Catherine! Come on, pumpkin!
[inhaler puffing]
[inhaler continues puffing]
[Anna] My mother used to say
if you're going to do something,
you might as well do it right.
[inhaler puffing]
[Anna] And like most things in life,
the more you do something,
the easier it gets.
[inhaler clicking emptily]
-Did you get my inhaler?
-Yeah.
[Anna] I suppose the same rule applies
to killing people.
[music fades]
[Andrea gasping wheezily]
[mom] Andrea?
-Andrea, honey?
-[labored gasping]
-Rick!
-[Rick] Oh my God!
-Where's her inhaler?
-[mom] Catherine, help her!
-Relax! Just breathe, honey.
-[mom crying]
[Rick] Help! Somebody help!
[mom screaming, anguished] No!
[dramatic music sting]
[ominous music playing]
[Anna breathing heavily]
[outgoing call tone]
[cell phone ringing]
[sobs]
[Anna, hushed] Jack, it's me.
I need you to get here as soon as you can.
-I dropped you a pin. Look, I
-[anguished] She's gone.
Jesus. My sister… My… my sister's gone.
What do you mean? How?
[Jack sobs] I don't know.
Somebody killed her.
[sobbing]
And I told her she was gonna be okay.
-[Anna] Oh my God, Jack.
-I told her…
Look, I know who murdered her.
It was Lexy Jones.
She killed Rachel and Helen too.
I think Richard might've helped.
-[Richard] Who are you talking to?
-[tense music stab]
Who is that?
Oh fuck. Who is that?
I'm coming. I'm coming. Anna!
[Jack shouting] Anna?
Anna!
Anna, I'm on my way, okay?
I'm coming, Anna. You hear me?
-I'm coming right now.
-[Priya] Jack, I gotta talk to you.
-The fuck are you doing?
-[Priya] What happened?
Anna's in trouble, okay?
She's out at Lake Zwerner.
Lexy Jones's the killer.
Richard's helping.
-[Priya] Lexy Jones?
-That's right.
-[Priya] I need to talk to you.
-If you wanna come with me, come.
Stop. Stop right there.
Stop.
-Are you outta your fucking mind?
-I need to talk to you.
Are you pulling
a fucking gun on me, Priya?
[Priya] Why did you go to the morgue
looking for a ring you didn't lose?
I told you my wife's in trouble.
-I don't have time for this bullshit!
-Stop right there. You need to talk to me.
-Hey!
-You are covered in blood!
Fuck's sake!
Will you put the fucking gun down?
You turned in contaminated DNA,
kept redirecting me towards Clyde Duffie.
-You canceled phone records.
-Put the gun down.
-[Priya] I need you to talk to me.
-Put the gun down now.
-Will you put the
-Stop!
-Jesus.
-Stop right there!
What are you gonna do? You gonna shoot me?
You gonna shoot me, Priya?
We're not going anywhere
until I get some answers.
[Jack] Fuck.
This is Detective Patel. I need backup at
Det. Jack Harper's house immediately!
[Richard] Oh my…
You fucking people.
What people, Richard?
Rich, entitled,
manipulative assholes.
Oh, those people.
Think you can do whatever you want,
say whatever you want,
sleep with whoever you want
without any fucking consequences.
You know that is not me.
That is exactly you.
I think maybe you don't realize
who you're married to.
-Stop! We're waiting here!
-[Jack] Priya…
Priya, hang on. [shushes]
I just want you to think, okay?
Just think. It's me, okay?
You gotta trust me, okay?
It's Jack. It's your friend Jack.
It's all it is, okay?
I promise everything
will make sense, okay?
I promise you.
-[grunts]
-[Priya] Oh!
[softly] Fuck.
[Anna] Richard,
you don't have to do this anymore.
-You don't have to help her.
-[Richard] Help her what?
Help kill those women?
That's the story you're gonna revive
your little career with?
You are fucking pathetic, Anna.
-Am I?
-[Richard] Yeah.
-[Anna panting]
-[gasps]
What the fuck?
Stop! [yelps]
Jesus fucking Christ! [breathing heavily]
-[gun clicking]
-[Richard yelps]
Told you you should've learned
how to use that fucking gun!
Wait, no, no, no!
Open the door right fucking now!
[yelling manically]
-[Lexy] Stupid bitch!
-[Richard] Jesus Christ!
-Hey! Be careful with her!
-[Lexy screaming]
[Anna and Lexy grunting]
-[Jack] Anna, pick up!
-[outgoing call tone]
-Come on!
-[horn honking]
Pick up, goddammit!
[sirens wailing]
-[cop 1] Check inside!
-[cop 2] Got it.
-Detective Patel, are you okay?
-[cop 3] Heads up!
Yeah.
[Richard yelling angrily]
-Babe! Babe!
-[Anna panting]
-[Richard] Babe!
-[Lexy] Richard! [grunts]
-[Anna and Lexy panting]
-[Lexy] Richard!
You psycho!
-You're insane!
-Me?
How long have you been planning this,
to lure me here?
You lured me into the woods 20 years ago!
I didn't know
what they were gonna do, Catherine!
You fucking liar! You are a liar!
You've always been a fucking liar!
You laughed at me!
"Come sit with us, Catherine!"
"Come to my birthday party, Catherine!"
Well, I'm not drinking piss anymore!
[Lexy screaming] No! No!
-[Anna] Stop it!
-[screams]
-[Lexy panting]
-[Anna] No.
No!
-[Lexy grunts]
-[Richard] Babe!
[grunts]
-[grunts]
-[dramatic music stab]
[gasping]
[tense music building]
[tooth clattering]
-[seething breaths, furious yell]
-[both grunt]
[Sheriff] Patel,
what the hell's going on at Jack's?
-[Priya] Sir, Zoe Harper is dead.
-[Sheriff] What? Fuck!
I'm here at Duffie's.
He's here with his lawyer.
He claims that his wife and Helen Wang
tried to blackmail Lexy Jones
a while back. Got her face slapped.
Rachel Hopkins tried
to blackmail Lexy Jones?
-Why?
-Something about her sister's death.
What? Wait, Lexy Jones's sister?
Wait, Rachel Hopkins knew Lexy Jones?
They went to St. Hilary's together.
Now, according to Clyde, Lexy made
the mistake of confiding in Rachel.
-What is the dead sister's name?
-[Sheriff] Andrea.
Andrea Kelly.
-Catherine Kelly's sister.
-[Sheriff] You bet.
[Priya] Sir,
Catherine Kelly is Lexy Jones.
I need you to meet me
at the Kelly house immediately.
I'll send you the address.
-Go, go, go, go!
-[siren wailing]
-[Anne grunts]
-[furious screeching, groan] Oh my God!
[panting]
[enraged yelling]
[Anna grunts]
[siren wailing]
[both yelling]
Pick up, Anna.
Just pick up the fucking phone!
-[Anna groans]
-[grunts angrily]
-[frenzied grunting]
-Ah!
[Lexy screeching angrily]
[pained groaning]
-[Anna breathing heavily]
-[Lexy moaning]
[car approaching]
[brakes screeching]
-[Jack yells] Anna!
-[weakly] Jack…
-Jack…
-[Jack] Anna!
[Anna grunts painfully]
[Jack] Anna!
[dramatic music playing]
[determined grunting]
[seething grunt]
[Richard] Babe?
-[Jack] Anna!
-[thudding on door]
[Jack] Anna! Hey!
Anna!
Anna!
[gun clicking]
-[gunshot]
-[gurgles]
[snooker balls clacking]
[tense music playing]
[Anna breathing heavily]
[Anna exhales slowly]
[music fades]
[indistinct chatter over police radio]
You okay?
[sighing] Yeah.
I'm really sorry about Zoe, Jack.
I don't know what I'm gonna say to Meg.
Maybe I can help.
[softly] Yeah, maybe.
What was it between you guys?
You and my sister and Lexy?
What's this whole thing about?
[Anna sighs]
Rachel was the, uh…
Ringleader.
But Helen and…
Zoe knew about it too.
They, uh…
They led Lexy…
Catherine and I into the woods.
On my 16th birthday.
They said it was gonna be a party,
and, uh…
And these men showed up.
Men that Rachel had
sent these pictures of us to.
Uh, these men…
Attacked Catherine.
[uneasy music playing softly]
And Rachel and Helen and
your sister watched.
[sighs emotionally]
[sighs]
I wanted to tell you. I… I…
I started to, like, a hundred times,
and, uh, I just, uh…
I couldn't. I… I… I… I thought maybe…
[Jack sniffles]
[Anna] …I shouldn't because of Zoe,
and then the truth is, Jack…
[breathes shakily]
I've just never been able to tell anyone.
I don't know. I…
I thought maybe I could
just pretend that it didn't happen.
-And so that's what I did.
-[Jack] Yeah.
-I'm sorry.
-[Jack] No, it's all right.
-I wish I told you.
-Hey…
Shit. I'm…
I'm so sorry.
[softly] I'm sorry.
[Jack sniffles]
[Anna sighs]
[Sheriff] Sweet baby Jesus.
I remember when that Kelly girl died,
Andrea, this one's older sister.
Asthma attack, I think.
They were out on the lake, sailing,
if you can believe that.
Poor girl… [sighs] …suffocated
before they could get her to shore.
Whole department went to the funeral.
It was sad as hell.
And odd.
What was odd?
I don't think I've ever seen a body cry
like Catherine Kelly.
I mean, she sobbed so hard
I thought she was gonna vomit.
Her sister just died.
[Sheriff] I went
to the funeral home basement
to get coffee or a donut or something.
There's Catherine Kelly,
eating Krispy Kremes and
smilin'.
Like she just got
the last parking spot at Cracker Barrel.
[Priya] Sheriff.
[unsettling music playing softly]
[Sheriff] The hell?
I'll be damned.
[Priya] Rachel Hopkins' nails?
Well, I sure as hell hope so.
[cop] Sheriff.
We got a knife.
[Richard] Get your fucking hands off me!
Can you tell me why I am under arrest?
I didn't fucking do anything!
My wife didn't do…
Wanna look at somebody?
Look at this fucking bitch! Huh?!
She's the fucking crazy one!
I didn't fucking do anything, man!
-[cop] Sir, you gotta calm down.
-[Richard] Fuck you! Fuck you!
-[cop] Sir!
-[Richard] I didn't do anything! Get off!
-[cop] This will not help your case.
-Guess you gotta go do your thing.
-[Richard] Ow! Fuck! Get off!
-Yeah. I guess so.
-You wanna clean up a little bit first?
-Ah…
No need.
Okay.
Some things never change, huh?
[chuckles]
[inhales, exhales slowly]
[woman] Miss Andrews? Miss Andrews!
[man] How does this reflect
on the safety of Lumpkin County?
[woman] Were you investigating
the Kelly family?
Anna, what do you think
is going on? Please!
-Hey.
-Hey.
I'm so sorry about Zoe, Jack.
[Jack, softly] Yeah.
You think I'll be okay?
I do.
-Even though her gun wasn't loaded?
-Yeah. [inhales deeply]
Just forget it, Boston.
[scoffs softly]
It's Dahlonega.
[solemn music playing]
[Anna] And finally…
Oh, now this is so sweet.
Congratulations are in order
for Atlanta's own Ji-woo Park.
Now, Ji-woo, just 13,
advanced to the final round
of the National Spelling Bee.
-Just 13?
-[chuckling] Just 13.
-A brilliant young lady.
-I know.
Now, who can spell
Ji-woo's winning word, "cozenage"?
-Takers?
-Definition.
-The practice of deception or trickery…
-Meg, we gotta move, baby. Let's go.
-[Meg] We were playing dodgeball.
-[Jack] Okay.
-With soft balls.
-Can you help me get these clothes up?
Because Lauren got hit in the face.
-[Jack] She got hit in the face?
-Yep.
Was she all right?
-No, she bawled like a big baby.
-[chuckling]
-Did you check on her?
-Mm-mm.
Baby, I feel like we don't need the desk.
-We need the desk?
-We do!
It's, like, essential?
All right, go ahead. Put it in there.
[Meg squeals happily]
-Uncle Jack, guess what?
-What's that, baby?
So it was show-and-tell,
and Andre brought his snapping turtles,
which he wasn't supposed to do.
-How come?
-Because Ms. Fong said no pets allowed.
-He brought it anyway?
-Yeah. He thinks his shit don't stink.
Ooh.
-But you know it does stink, right?
-Yeah.
Sure does. All right.
Hop in, baby. Buckle up, buttercup.
[Anna] This is why
I love being with you in the morning,
but I'm gonna have to leave you.
But you will be in good hands.
I'll see you back Monday.
Until then, from all of us here at WSK,
I'm Anna Andrews.
-I'm Brenning Dunnington.
-And good morning to you.
-[man] And we're off. Good job, everyone.
-[bell ringing]
-Thank you.
-Have a good weekend.
-I'm gonna try.
-Take it easy, Anna.
-All right. Ooh.
-Let me set up your interview.
See, what would I do
without you, Danny? Tell me.
Guess I'm gonna find out soon.
Gotta get out of these heels.
Okay, Jim, what do you got for me?
We got the paperwork today
from Richard's attorneys.
-The non-disclosure agreement?
-Everything.
Uh-huh. Okay, and?
Your defamation suit
would've wiped him out.
-[Anna] Yeah.
-[Jim] God.
Guy lures you
into his wife's batshit crazy kill box
and tries to pin it on you.
I would've sued him
into a cardboard box under an overpass.
Oh, come now.
I considered it, but anger and resentment
only hurts the person holding onto 'em.
Uh, speaking of angry people,
mind having a chat with your agent?
-Is there a problem?
-No, no.
It's with your new contract and all,
she's being a little… What's the word?
Assertive?
-No, pushy.
-Mm.
Tell her to turn the volume down a little.
Be a little more
-Subordinate.
-Reasonable.
All right. I'll handle her.
Great. Thank you.
You know, she just gets
a little feisty sometimes. [chuckles]
-Sorry.
-[Jim] Okay.
I bet she swung the Today Show offer
at you like an axe, huh?
[elevator pings]
[Jim] Wait, whoa. The what then?
Apparently, that's just the tip
of the offer iceberg. She's just excited.
10% of $4 million keeps her
in Louis Vuitton and Louboutins.
Okay. Here's what I'm gonna do.
I'm gonna talk to the powers that be.
I'm gonna tell 'em if you go, I go.
You'd do that for me, Jim?
Hey, leave it to the boss.
Thank you.
-Have fun.
-[Anna] Mm-hmm.
-[man] Have a good weekend.
-[Anna] Thank you so much.
-Wowee, wow! [chuckles]
-There she is! Ooh!
Ooh. Ooh. Let's just keep
the lifting to a minimum.
[Anna] There are at least two sides
to every story.
[pensive music playing]
[Anna] Yours and mine.
Ours and theirs.
His and hers.
Which means someone is always lying.
It took a long time,
but I understand now
why things went wrong.
It all leads back here,
to this place,
to the people who did
what they shouldn't have.
People might recognize my face.
They may even know my name.
But they'll never know who I am.
We all hide behind the version
of ourselves that we present to the world.
Hi, Clara.
[Anna] But people don't change.
Not really.
Not inside.
[indistinct chattering]
[Anna] We humans are capable
of inflicting such misery.
-[Alice] You've grown.
-[Anna] I know.
[Anna] Such cruelty.
Such pain.
And yet, the most dangerous thing
we do is lie
to others
and to ourselves.
They say that anger only hurts
the person holding onto it.
But I disagree.
Anger gets me up in the morning.
Yes, you can let it destroy you.
Or you can let it sustain you.
[uneasy music playing]
[Anna] It all comes down
to how you use your anger.
And who you aim it at.
"My mother used to say
if you're going to do something,
you might as well do it right."
[indistinct chattering]
[Anna] "And like most things in life,
the more you do something,
the easier it gets."
"I suppose the same rule applies…"
[Alice] To killing people.
[dramatic music playing]
[inaudible]
[Alice] All I ever wanted
was for you to be happy.
And you were.
We bring you to a story that has evolved
over the last couple of hours.
[Alice] I didn't think it was possible
to be prouder of you
until I saw you with little Charlotte.
-Is that Mama?
-[Charlotte grumbling]
[Jack chuckles]
[Alice] When Jack asked me to watch
that precious grandbaby of mine…
I was thrilled.
[indistinct chattering]
[tense music playing]
[Jack] What's goin' on?
Alice? Alice!
-Alice!
-[cop] No!
[tense, solemn music playing]
[Alice] The doctor called it crib death…
No! What… what is this?
[Anna] No!
[Alice] …said no one was to blame,
but Charlotte was my responsibility.
And I failed you.
[anguished screaming]
[music fades]
[Alice] A few months later,
you disappeared.
Your old tapes were all I had of you.
[Lexy] You all have a wonderful
holiday weekend and not get stuck…
[Alice] They were how
I kept you here with me.
-I'm Lexy Jones…
-[Alice] They were how I kept you close.
Martha Stewart was cleared
of insider trading…
[Alice] Before going to bed,
I'd treat myself to just five minutes.
Try to make you last.
[solemn music playing]
[Alice] Mostly I'd go to the only place
I thought you might come back to.
You never came.
-[car crunching gravel]
-[Alice] But someone else did.
[ominous music playing]
[Alice] Like clockwork.
[tense, suspenseful music playing]
[Rachel] Thanks, baby.
[Alice] I know that I was nosy.
-[Jack] Get home safe.
-Try not to miss this.
[Alice] Sue me.
See you next week!
-[Alice] But all I cared about was you.
-[indistinct news report]
[Alice] Watching your videos,
I managed to make you last
the better part of six months.
I'm Lexy Jones,
and from all of us here at WSK News,
good evening, Atlanta.
[Alice] Until I only had one tape left.
It was unmarked,
but as soon as I put it in,
I knew what it was.
[squealing, laughter]
[Alice] Your 16th birthday party.
[Rachel] Don't worry. You'll be fine.
-[Zoe] Whoo!
-[laughter]
[Rachel] Nice, Anna!
[unsettling music building]
-[Rachel] Catherine, try.
-[Zoe] Make yourself comfortable.
[Catherine whimpering fearfully]
-Anna? Stop! Get off me! Stop!
-Hey, what are you doing?
[Catherine] Stop! Stop! [yelps]
Get off of me! Get off me!
-Help! Someone help me!
-[Nick] Hey, calm the fuck down, bitch.
[men grunting]
[girls laughing cruelly]
-Wait, wait, wait…
-[Anna screaming] No, get off me!
Catherine!
-Help!
-[Nick] Get down, bitch!
Just use her. I'll give you a discount.
-[Nick] Get your ass on the ground.
-Catherine! Please!
-Catherine!
-Fuck you.
-[Anna] Please!
-[Nick] Damn, Rachel, what the fuck?
No, stop!
[Nick] I'm gonna give this bitch
a birthday present
she'll never fucking forget.
[Anna screams] No!
[Anna sobbing] No!
-[gasps, sobs]
-[Nick] Stop fighting!
[singing eerily] Happy birthday to you ♪
-Happy birthday… ♪
-[Helen laughs]
Dear Anna… ♪
-[man 1] Happy birthday!
-[girls] Happy birthday to you ♪
-[unsettling music builds dramatically]
-[gasping sobs]
[music stops]
[static buzzing]
[heavy rain pattering]
-[slow, seething breaths]
-[thunder rumbling]
[thunder clapping]
[thunder clapping]
[Alice] On the anniversary
of Charlotte's death,
I prayed you wouldn't come back.
[Jack grunting]
-[Alice] But you did.
-[Rachel moaning]
[Alice] And you saw them.
[uneasy music playing]
[Alice] And I wanted to shout at you,
"Leave this place!"
"Come home to me."
"Your mama's here now."
[car beeping]
[Alice] "She can't hurt you anymore."
[Rachel] Ugh, seriously?
[thunder clapping]
[Rachel] Jack!
-[ominous music playing]
-[groans softly]
Fuck.
[thunder clapping]
[Rachel] Hello?
[Alice] Whoever said,
"two wrongs don't make a right…"
[Rachel] Hey.
…lacked imagination.
And a sharp knife.
[Rachel screams]
-[unsettling music fades]
-[poignant music playing]
Like this, baby. Come on.
[Alice] No one expects a woman
to be a serial killer.
-[Alice grunts, breathes heavily]
-[Rachel moans]
[Alice] Add the sin of old age.
[horns honking]
[Alice] Mistake determination
for dementia.
There I am.
The picture of frailty.
[vacuum cleaner whirring]
[Alice] But as for my mind…
-[wrapper rustling]
-[Lexy reading news]
[Alice] My memory?
[Lexy] …the site were secured and treated,
and the facility is no longer emitting…
[Alice] It's as strong…
[tense music playing]
…as a bear trap.
Fuck you.
[Lexy] From all of us here at WSK News,
good evening, Atlanta.
I got you, you little bitch.
That's the thing about older folks.
Like back doors
and the workers who use them,
we're usually forgotten.
Hey, Mom,
I'm going to Rachel's after school.
[Alice] Ignored.
[mom] Here you go, hon.
-[Alice] Invisible.
-[ominous music playing]
[Alice] Year after year
after year.
Same locks.
[lock opening]
[Alice] Same doors.
Same keys.
-[lock turns]
-[door opens]
[jangling keys echo]
[Alice] They could've stopped me.
But we see what we wanna see,
even when the truth
is right in front of us.
Or under us.
I never intended to kill Catherine.
I thought prison
for abandoning you that night was fair.
And I needed a killer for a juicy story.
[woman] Dahlonega Manor.
Hello? I'd like to cancel
a reservation, please.
-I knew you'd be safe.
-[Lexy grunts]
[Alice] Jack will always be there for you.
[Priya] Oh my…
[Alice] What I didn't plan on was
Detective Patel being such a good shot.
[glass breaks]
[Alice] But I'd be lying
if I said I lost any sleep over it.
[windscreen wipers squeaking]
[Alice] Killing Rachel brought you home.
[indistinct chattering]
[Alice] Killing Helen…
-[grunts]
-[Helen splutters]
…kept you here.
[unsettling music building]
[Alice] And killing Zoe…
Gave you the family you lost.
[music fades]
[Alice] I'm writing this now, baby,
'cause soon, you'll be a mother again.
[poignant music playing]
[Alice] Love my grand babies
as I've loved you.
Teach them the value of hard work
and planning.
[unsettling music playing]
[Alice] Prepare them for a life both ugly
and beautiful.
[Jack and Anna chuckling happily]
[indistinct chattering]
[Alice] Unpredictable.
Always changing.
Except for one thing.
[Anna speaking indistinctly on TV]
[Alice] Show them that a mother's love
never dims,
never weakens.
It's constant.
[shushing]
Continual.
[Zoe grunting, muffled]
[Alice] Relentless.
[poignant music building dramatically]
[Alice] All my love, my precious girl.
Your mother.
[sweeping mysterious music playing]
[music fades]
[gentle emotional music playing]
[music fades out]
[peaceful music playing]
[door closes]
[man scatting happily]
You ready, girls?
Let's go, Kelly clan.
We're burnin' daylight.
Clouds are clearing. Perfect time to sail.
-Did you get my wine coolers?
-[dad] What do you think?
[mom] I want life jackets on you
before we get in the boat.
Do we have to do this every weekend?
[mom] Do you have any idea
how lucky you are?
How many girls do you know
who have families with boats?
-Doesn't even have a motor.
-Catherine Alexis.
-It's Lexy now.
-[snickers] Of course it is.
[mom] Just get in the boat.
[Andrea] Um, can I offer you some advice?
I don't know, Andrea. Can you?
Look at what you're doing to yourself.
[Lexy] That's not advice.
Oh, and, I don't know.
Maybe, um, make better choices.
[tense music playing]
Also,
go easy on the junk food.
You're gonna tip the boat.
Can you grab my inhaler off the counter?
[dad] Catherine! Come on, pumpkin!
[inhaler puffing]
[inhaler continues puffing]
[Anna] My mother used to say
if you're going to do something,
you might as well do it right.
[inhaler puffing]
[Anna] And like most things in life,
the more you do something,
the easier it gets.
[inhaler clicking emptily]
-Did you get my inhaler?
-Yeah.
[Anna] I suppose the same rule applies
to killing people.
[music fades]
[Andrea gasping wheezily]
[mom] Andrea?
-Andrea, honey?
-[labored gasping]
-Rick!
-[Rick] Oh my God!
-Where's her inhaler?
-[mom] Catherine, help her!
-Relax! Just breathe, honey.
-[mom crying]
[Rick] Help! Somebody help!
[mom screaming, anguished] No!
[dramatic music sting]
[ominous music playing]
[Anna breathing heavily]
[outgoing call tone]
[cell phone ringing]
[sobs]
[Anna, hushed] Jack, it's me.
I need you to get here as soon as you can.
-I dropped you a pin. Look, I
-[anguished] She's gone.
Jesus. My sister… My… my sister's gone.
What do you mean? How?
[Jack sobs] I don't know.
Somebody killed her.
[sobbing]
And I told her she was gonna be okay.
-[Anna] Oh my God, Jack.
-I told her…
Look, I know who murdered her.
It was Lexy Jones.
She killed Rachel and Helen too.
I think Richard might've helped.
-[Richard] Who are you talking to?
-[tense music stab]
Who is that?
Oh fuck. Who is that?
I'm coming. I'm coming. Anna!
[Jack shouting] Anna?
Anna!
Anna, I'm on my way, okay?
I'm coming, Anna. You hear me?
-I'm coming right now.
-[Priya] Jack, I gotta talk to you.
-The fuck are you doing?
-[Priya] What happened?
Anna's in trouble, okay?
She's out at Lake Zwerner.
Lexy Jones's the killer.
Richard's helping.
-[Priya] Lexy Jones?
-That's right.
-[Priya] I need to talk to you.
-If you wanna come with me, come.
Stop. Stop right there.
Stop.
-Are you outta your fucking mind?
-I need to talk to you.
Are you pulling
a fucking gun on me, Priya?
[Priya] Why did you go to the morgue
looking for a ring you didn't lose?
I told you my wife's in trouble.
-I don't have time for this bullshit!
-Stop right there. You need to talk to me.
-Hey!
-You are covered in blood!
Fuck's sake!
Will you put the fucking gun down?
You turned in contaminated DNA,
kept redirecting me towards Clyde Duffie.
-You canceled phone records.
-Put the gun down.
-[Priya] I need you to talk to me.
-Put the gun down now.
-Will you put the
-Stop!
-Jesus.
-Stop right there!
What are you gonna do? You gonna shoot me?
You gonna shoot me, Priya?
We're not going anywhere
until I get some answers.
[Jack] Fuck.
This is Detective Patel. I need backup at
Det. Jack Harper's house immediately!
[Richard] Oh my…
You fucking people.
What people, Richard?
Rich, entitled,
manipulative assholes.
Oh, those people.
Think you can do whatever you want,
say whatever you want,
sleep with whoever you want
without any fucking consequences.
You know that is not me.
That is exactly you.
I think maybe you don't realize
who you're married to.
-Stop! We're waiting here!
-[Jack] Priya…
Priya, hang on. [shushes]
I just want you to think, okay?
Just think. It's me, okay?
You gotta trust me, okay?
It's Jack. It's your friend Jack.
It's all it is, okay?
I promise everything
will make sense, okay?
I promise you.
-[grunts]
-[Priya] Oh!
[softly] Fuck.
[Anna] Richard,
you don't have to do this anymore.
-You don't have to help her.
-[Richard] Help her what?
Help kill those women?
That's the story you're gonna revive
your little career with?
You are fucking pathetic, Anna.
-Am I?
-[Richard] Yeah.
-[Anna panting]
-[gasps]
What the fuck?
Stop! [yelps]
Jesus fucking Christ! [breathing heavily]
-[gun clicking]
-[Richard yelps]
Told you you should've learned
how to use that fucking gun!
Wait, no, no, no!
Open the door right fucking now!
[yelling manically]
-[Lexy] Stupid bitch!
-[Richard] Jesus Christ!
-Hey! Be careful with her!
-[Lexy screaming]
[Anna and Lexy grunting]
-[Jack] Anna, pick up!
-[outgoing call tone]
-Come on!
-[horn honking]
Pick up, goddammit!
[sirens wailing]
-[cop 1] Check inside!
-[cop 2] Got it.
-Detective Patel, are you okay?
-[cop 3] Heads up!
Yeah.
[Richard yelling angrily]
-Babe! Babe!
-[Anna panting]
-[Richard] Babe!
-[Lexy] Richard! [grunts]
-[Anna and Lexy panting]
-[Lexy] Richard!
You psycho!
-You're insane!
-Me?
How long have you been planning this,
to lure me here?
You lured me into the woods 20 years ago!
I didn't know
what they were gonna do, Catherine!
You fucking liar! You are a liar!
You've always been a fucking liar!
You laughed at me!
"Come sit with us, Catherine!"
"Come to my birthday party, Catherine!"
Well, I'm not drinking piss anymore!
[Lexy screaming] No! No!
-[Anna] Stop it!
-[screams]
-[Lexy panting]
-[Anna] No.
No!
-[Lexy grunts]
-[Richard] Babe!
[grunts]
-[grunts]
-[dramatic music stab]
[gasping]
[tense music building]
[tooth clattering]
-[seething breaths, furious yell]
-[both grunt]
[Sheriff] Patel,
what the hell's going on at Jack's?
-[Priya] Sir, Zoe Harper is dead.
-[Sheriff] What? Fuck!
I'm here at Duffie's.
He's here with his lawyer.
He claims that his wife and Helen Wang
tried to blackmail Lexy Jones
a while back. Got her face slapped.
Rachel Hopkins tried
to blackmail Lexy Jones?
-Why?
-Something about her sister's death.
What? Wait, Lexy Jones's sister?
Wait, Rachel Hopkins knew Lexy Jones?
They went to St. Hilary's together.
Now, according to Clyde, Lexy made
the mistake of confiding in Rachel.
-What is the dead sister's name?
-[Sheriff] Andrea.
Andrea Kelly.
-Catherine Kelly's sister.
-[Sheriff] You bet.
[Priya] Sir,
Catherine Kelly is Lexy Jones.
I need you to meet me
at the Kelly house immediately.
I'll send you the address.
-Go, go, go, go!
-[siren wailing]
-[Anne grunts]
-[furious screeching, groan] Oh my God!
[panting]
[enraged yelling]
[Anna grunts]
[siren wailing]
[both yelling]
Pick up, Anna.
Just pick up the fucking phone!
-[Anna groans]
-[grunts angrily]
-[frenzied grunting]
-Ah!
[Lexy screeching angrily]
[pained groaning]
-[Anna breathing heavily]
-[Lexy moaning]
[car approaching]
[brakes screeching]
-[Jack yells] Anna!
-[weakly] Jack…
-Jack…
-[Jack] Anna!
[Anna grunts painfully]
[Jack] Anna!
[dramatic music playing]
[determined grunting]
[seething grunt]
[Richard] Babe?
-[Jack] Anna!
-[thudding on door]
[Jack] Anna! Hey!
Anna!
Anna!
[gun clicking]
-[gunshot]
-[gurgles]
[snooker balls clacking]
[tense music playing]
[Anna breathing heavily]
[Anna exhales slowly]
[music fades]
[indistinct chatter over police radio]
You okay?
[sighing] Yeah.
I'm really sorry about Zoe, Jack.
I don't know what I'm gonna say to Meg.
Maybe I can help.
[softly] Yeah, maybe.
What was it between you guys?
You and my sister and Lexy?
What's this whole thing about?
[Anna sighs]
Rachel was the, uh…
Ringleader.
But Helen and…
Zoe knew about it too.
They, uh…
They led Lexy…
Catherine and I into the woods.
On my 16th birthday.
They said it was gonna be a party,
and, uh…
And these men showed up.
Men that Rachel had
sent these pictures of us to.
Uh, these men…
Attacked Catherine.
[uneasy music playing softly]
And Rachel and Helen and
your sister watched.
[sighs emotionally]
[sighs]
I wanted to tell you. I… I…
I started to, like, a hundred times,
and, uh, I just, uh…
I couldn't. I… I… I… I thought maybe…
[Jack sniffles]
[Anna] …I shouldn't because of Zoe,
and then the truth is, Jack…
[breathes shakily]
I've just never been able to tell anyone.
I don't know. I…
I thought maybe I could
just pretend that it didn't happen.
-And so that's what I did.
-[Jack] Yeah.
-I'm sorry.
-[Jack] No, it's all right.
-I wish I told you.
-Hey…
Shit. I'm…
I'm so sorry.
[softly] I'm sorry.
[Jack sniffles]
[Anna sighs]
[Sheriff] Sweet baby Jesus.
I remember when that Kelly girl died,
Andrea, this one's older sister.
Asthma attack, I think.
They were out on the lake, sailing,
if you can believe that.
Poor girl… [sighs] …suffocated
before they could get her to shore.
Whole department went to the funeral.
It was sad as hell.
And odd.
What was odd?
I don't think I've ever seen a body cry
like Catherine Kelly.
I mean, she sobbed so hard
I thought she was gonna vomit.
Her sister just died.
[Sheriff] I went
to the funeral home basement
to get coffee or a donut or something.
There's Catherine Kelly,
eating Krispy Kremes and
smilin'.
Like she just got
the last parking spot at Cracker Barrel.
[Priya] Sheriff.
[unsettling music playing softly]
[Sheriff] The hell?
I'll be damned.
[Priya] Rachel Hopkins' nails?
Well, I sure as hell hope so.
[cop] Sheriff.
We got a knife.
[Richard] Get your fucking hands off me!
Can you tell me why I am under arrest?
I didn't fucking do anything!
My wife didn't do…
Wanna look at somebody?
Look at this fucking bitch! Huh?!
She's the fucking crazy one!
I didn't fucking do anything, man!
-[cop] Sir, you gotta calm down.
-[Richard] Fuck you! Fuck you!
-[cop] Sir!
-[Richard] I didn't do anything! Get off!
-[cop] This will not help your case.
-Guess you gotta go do your thing.
-[Richard] Ow! Fuck! Get off!
-Yeah. I guess so.
-You wanna clean up a little bit first?
-Ah…
No need.
Okay.
Some things never change, huh?
[chuckles]
[inhales, exhales slowly]
[woman] Miss Andrews? Miss Andrews!
[man] How does this reflect
on the safety of Lumpkin County?
[woman] Were you investigating
the Kelly family?
Anna, what do you think
is going on? Please!
-Hey.
-Hey.
I'm so sorry about Zoe, Jack.
[Jack, softly] Yeah.
You think I'll be okay?
I do.
-Even though her gun wasn't loaded?
-Yeah. [inhales deeply]
Just forget it, Boston.
[scoffs softly]
It's Dahlonega.
[solemn music playing]
[Anna] And finally…
Oh, now this is so sweet.
Congratulations are in order
for Atlanta's own Ji-woo Park.
Now, Ji-woo, just 13,
advanced to the final round
of the National Spelling Bee.
-Just 13?
-[chuckling] Just 13.
-A brilliant young lady.
-I know.
Now, who can spell
Ji-woo's winning word, "cozenage"?
-Takers?
-Definition.
-The practice of deception or trickery…
-Meg, we gotta move, baby. Let's go.
-[Meg] We were playing dodgeball.
-[Jack] Okay.
-With soft balls.
-Can you help me get these clothes up?
Because Lauren got hit in the face.
-[Jack] She got hit in the face?
-Yep.
Was she all right?
-No, she bawled like a big baby.
-[chuckling]
-Did you check on her?
-Mm-mm.
Baby, I feel like we don't need the desk.
-We need the desk?
-We do!
It's, like, essential?
All right, go ahead. Put it in there.
[Meg squeals happily]
-Uncle Jack, guess what?
-What's that, baby?
So it was show-and-tell,
and Andre brought his snapping turtles,
which he wasn't supposed to do.
-How come?
-Because Ms. Fong said no pets allowed.
-He brought it anyway?
-Yeah. He thinks his shit don't stink.
Ooh.
-But you know it does stink, right?
-Yeah.
Sure does. All right.
Hop in, baby. Buckle up, buttercup.
[Anna] This is why
I love being with you in the morning,
but I'm gonna have to leave you.
But you will be in good hands.
I'll see you back Monday.
Until then, from all of us here at WSK,
I'm Anna Andrews.
-I'm Brenning Dunnington.
-And good morning to you.
-[man] And we're off. Good job, everyone.
-[bell ringing]
-Thank you.
-Have a good weekend.
-I'm gonna try.
-Take it easy, Anna.
-All right. Ooh.
-Let me set up your interview.
See, what would I do
without you, Danny? Tell me.
Guess I'm gonna find out soon.
Gotta get out of these heels.
Okay, Jim, what do you got for me?
We got the paperwork today
from Richard's attorneys.
-The non-disclosure agreement?
-Everything.
Uh-huh. Okay, and?
Your defamation suit
would've wiped him out.
-[Anna] Yeah.
-[Jim] God.
Guy lures you
into his wife's batshit crazy kill box
and tries to pin it on you.
I would've sued him
into a cardboard box under an overpass.
Oh, come now.
I considered it, but anger and resentment
only hurts the person holding onto 'em.
Uh, speaking of angry people,
mind having a chat with your agent?
-Is there a problem?
-No, no.
It's with your new contract and all,
she's being a little… What's the word?
Assertive?
-No, pushy.
-Mm.
Tell her to turn the volume down a little.
Be a little more
-Subordinate.
-Reasonable.
All right. I'll handle her.
Great. Thank you.
You know, she just gets
a little feisty sometimes. [chuckles]
-Sorry.
-[Jim] Okay.
I bet she swung the Today Show offer
at you like an axe, huh?
[elevator pings]
[Jim] Wait, whoa. The what then?
Apparently, that's just the tip
of the offer iceberg. She's just excited.
10% of $4 million keeps her
in Louis Vuitton and Louboutins.
Okay. Here's what I'm gonna do.
I'm gonna talk to the powers that be.
I'm gonna tell 'em if you go, I go.
You'd do that for me, Jim?
Hey, leave it to the boss.
Thank you.
-Have fun.
-[Anna] Mm-hmm.
-[man] Have a good weekend.
-[Anna] Thank you so much.
-Wowee, wow! [chuckles]
-There she is! Ooh!
Ooh. Ooh. Let's just keep
the lifting to a minimum.
[Anna] There are at least two sides
to every story.
[pensive music playing]
[Anna] Yours and mine.
Ours and theirs.
His and hers.
Which means someone is always lying.
It took a long time,
but I understand now
why things went wrong.
It all leads back here,
to this place,
to the people who did
what they shouldn't have.
People might recognize my face.
They may even know my name.
But they'll never know who I am.
We all hide behind the version
of ourselves that we present to the world.
Hi, Clara.
[Anna] But people don't change.
Not really.
Not inside.
[indistinct chattering]
[Anna] We humans are capable
of inflicting such misery.
-[Alice] You've grown.
-[Anna] I know.
[Anna] Such cruelty.
Such pain.
And yet, the most dangerous thing
we do is lie
to others
and to ourselves.
They say that anger only hurts
the person holding onto it.
But I disagree.
Anger gets me up in the morning.
Yes, you can let it destroy you.
Or you can let it sustain you.
[uneasy music playing]
[Anna] It all comes down
to how you use your anger.
And who you aim it at.
"My mother used to say
if you're going to do something,
you might as well do it right."
[indistinct chattering]
[Anna] "And like most things in life,
the more you do something,
the easier it gets."
"I suppose the same rule applies…"
[Alice] To killing people.
[dramatic music playing]
[inaudible]
[Alice] All I ever wanted
was for you to be happy.
And you were.
We bring you to a story that has evolved
over the last couple of hours.
[Alice] I didn't think it was possible
to be prouder of you
until I saw you with little Charlotte.
-Is that Mama?
-[Charlotte grumbling]
[Jack chuckles]
[Alice] When Jack asked me to watch
that precious grandbaby of mine…
I was thrilled.
[indistinct chattering]
[tense music playing]
[Jack] What's goin' on?
Alice? Alice!
-Alice!
-[cop] No!
[tense, solemn music playing]
[Alice] The doctor called it crib death…
No! What… what is this?
[Anna] No!
[Alice] …said no one was to blame,
but Charlotte was my responsibility.
And I failed you.
[anguished screaming]
[music fades]
[Alice] A few months later,
you disappeared.
Your old tapes were all I had of you.
[Lexy] You all have a wonderful
holiday weekend and not get stuck…
[Alice] They were how
I kept you here with me.
-I'm Lexy Jones…
-[Alice] They were how I kept you close.
Martha Stewart was cleared
of insider trading…
[Alice] Before going to bed,
I'd treat myself to just five minutes.
Try to make you last.
[solemn music playing]
[Alice] Mostly I'd go to the only place
I thought you might come back to.
You never came.
-[car crunching gravel]
-[Alice] But someone else did.
[ominous music playing]
[Alice] Like clockwork.
[tense, suspenseful music playing]
[Rachel] Thanks, baby.
[Alice] I know that I was nosy.
-[Jack] Get home safe.
-Try not to miss this.
[Alice] Sue me.
See you next week!
-[Alice] But all I cared about was you.
-[indistinct news report]
[Alice] Watching your videos,
I managed to make you last
the better part of six months.
I'm Lexy Jones,
and from all of us here at WSK News,
good evening, Atlanta.
[Alice] Until I only had one tape left.
It was unmarked,
but as soon as I put it in,
I knew what it was.
[squealing, laughter]
[Alice] Your 16th birthday party.
[Rachel] Don't worry. You'll be fine.
-[Zoe] Whoo!
-[laughter]
[Rachel] Nice, Anna!
[unsettling music building]
-[Rachel] Catherine, try.
-[Zoe] Make yourself comfortable.
[Catherine whimpering fearfully]
-Anna? Stop! Get off me! Stop!
-Hey, what are you doing?
[Catherine] Stop! Stop! [yelps]
Get off of me! Get off me!
-Help! Someone help me!
-[Nick] Hey, calm the fuck down, bitch.
[men grunting]
[girls laughing cruelly]
-Wait, wait, wait…
-[Anna screaming] No, get off me!
Catherine!
-Help!
-[Nick] Get down, bitch!
Just use her. I'll give you a discount.
-[Nick] Get your ass on the ground.
-Catherine! Please!
-Catherine!
-Fuck you.
-[Anna] Please!
-[Nick] Damn, Rachel, what the fuck?
No, stop!
[Nick] I'm gonna give this bitch
a birthday present
she'll never fucking forget.
[Anna screams] No!
[Anna sobbing] No!
-[gasps, sobs]
-[Nick] Stop fighting!
[singing eerily] Happy birthday to you ♪
-Happy birthday… ♪
-[Helen laughs]
Dear Anna… ♪
-[man 1] Happy birthday!
-[girls] Happy birthday to you ♪
-[unsettling music builds dramatically]
-[gasping sobs]
[music stops]
[static buzzing]
[heavy rain pattering]
-[slow, seething breaths]
-[thunder rumbling]
[thunder clapping]
[thunder clapping]
[Alice] On the anniversary
of Charlotte's death,
I prayed you wouldn't come back.
[Jack grunting]
-[Alice] But you did.
-[Rachel moaning]
[Alice] And you saw them.
[uneasy music playing]
[Alice] And I wanted to shout at you,
"Leave this place!"
"Come home to me."
"Your mama's here now."
[car beeping]
[Alice] "She can't hurt you anymore."
[Rachel] Ugh, seriously?
[thunder clapping]
[Rachel] Jack!
-[ominous music playing]
-[groans softly]
Fuck.
[thunder clapping]
[Rachel] Hello?
[Alice] Whoever said,
"two wrongs don't make a right…"
[Rachel] Hey.
…lacked imagination.
And a sharp knife.
[Rachel screams]
-[unsettling music fades]
-[poignant music playing]
Like this, baby. Come on.
[Alice] No one expects a woman
to be a serial killer.
-[Alice grunts, breathes heavily]
-[Rachel moans]
[Alice] Add the sin of old age.
[horns honking]
[Alice] Mistake determination
for dementia.
There I am.
The picture of frailty.
[vacuum cleaner whirring]
[Alice] But as for my mind…
-[wrapper rustling]
-[Lexy reading news]
[Alice] My memory?
[Lexy] …the site were secured and treated,
and the facility is no longer emitting…
[Alice] It's as strong…
[tense music playing]
…as a bear trap.
Fuck you.
[Lexy] From all of us here at WSK News,
good evening, Atlanta.
I got you, you little bitch.
That's the thing about older folks.
Like back doors
and the workers who use them,
we're usually forgotten.
Hey, Mom,
I'm going to Rachel's after school.
[Alice] Ignored.
[mom] Here you go, hon.
-[Alice] Invisible.
-[ominous music playing]
[Alice] Year after year
after year.
Same locks.
[lock opening]
[Alice] Same doors.
Same keys.
-[lock turns]
-[door opens]
[jangling keys echo]
[Alice] They could've stopped me.
But we see what we wanna see,
even when the truth
is right in front of us.
Or under us.
I never intended to kill Catherine.
I thought prison
for abandoning you that night was fair.
And I needed a killer for a juicy story.
[woman] Dahlonega Manor.
Hello? I'd like to cancel
a reservation, please.
-I knew you'd be safe.
-[Lexy grunts]
[Alice] Jack will always be there for you.
[Priya] Oh my…
[Alice] What I didn't plan on was
Detective Patel being such a good shot.
[glass breaks]
[Alice] But I'd be lying
if I said I lost any sleep over it.
[windscreen wipers squeaking]
[Alice] Killing Rachel brought you home.
[indistinct chattering]
[Alice] Killing Helen…
-[grunts]
-[Helen splutters]
…kept you here.
[unsettling music building]
[Alice] And killing Zoe…
Gave you the family you lost.
[music fades]
[Alice] I'm writing this now, baby,
'cause soon, you'll be a mother again.
[poignant music playing]
[Alice] Love my grand babies
as I've loved you.
Teach them the value of hard work
and planning.
[unsettling music playing]
[Alice] Prepare them for a life both ugly
and beautiful.
[Jack and Anna chuckling happily]
[indistinct chattering]
[Alice] Unpredictable.
Always changing.
Except for one thing.
[Anna speaking indistinctly on TV]
[Alice] Show them that a mother's love
never dims,
never weakens.
It's constant.
[shushing]
Continual.
[Zoe grunting, muffled]
[Alice] Relentless.
[poignant music building dramatically]
[Alice] All my love, my precious girl.
Your mother.
[sweeping mysterious music playing]
[music fades]
[gentle emotional music playing]
[music fades out]