13 Reasons Why (2017) s03e07 Episode Script
There Are a Number of Problems with Clay Jensen
1 [THEME MUSIC PLAYING.]
[ANI.]
Look, here's the problem with Clay Jensen.
Wait, strike that.
There are a number of problems with Clay Jensen.
Clay, a minute ago you told me you just went over there to talk to him.
I mean, I did.
- That's just talking? - It's not what it looks like.
What do you think it looks like? [ANI.]
Behind that nice guy surface, there's a whole bloody mess.
And if you're a friend of his, you sometimes find yourself getting dragged into that mess along with him.
I talked him down and we walked away.
What would've happened if you hadn't been there to talk him down? I don't think anything.
I mean, Clay wasn't going to If anything, he would've hurt himself.
I was more worried about him than Bryce.
Did you go over there with the intention of killing Bryce? - No, I was just angry.
- About what? It was the day we found out that Bryce was going to get away with everything.
But he didn't get away with everything.
Yeah he did.
So, you were trying to avenge Hannah Baker by killing her rapist? No! If you look, I didn't do anything.
Back then.
Someone stopped you.
Where'd you get the gun? [STAMMERING.]
From this guy I found on the internet.
I never learned his name.
Did you bring it to Bryce's a couple weeks ago when you threatened to kill him then? - No.
- Then where is the gun? What happened to the gun? Justin got rid of it that night.
He threw it in a dumpster downtown somewhere.
I threw it out, behind some restaurant downtown.
I really didn't want Clay to try and hurt himself.
Or try to hurt Bryce again? No.
That night was the end of it.
[SHERIFF.]
It wasn't really, was it? It wasn't the last time you confronted Bryce.
- Clay hadn't told you about this? - No.
Did you know Clay had a gun? Have you ever seen him be this volatile? No.
How well do you know Clay? Not all that well.
Well, he picks you up for school.
- Often.
- We're partners in robotics.
We're not really close friends.
Well, you know he had a long-standing hatred for my son? - I know there was bad blood.
- You knew they fought, brutally, when Clay came over to buy drugs.
I didn't know that.
But you know about Hannah Baker? Only very little.
Clay wasn't terribly eager to talk about Hannah.
Neither was Bryce, for that matter.
Did Bryce and Clay have any reason to fight - over you? - No.
No, I mean, I can't imagine.
Well, the police have Clay and Justin down at the station now.
[MRS.
WALKER.]
They'll sort this out.
Ani, I know this must be a shock, to discover that a boy you cared about, a boy who seemed good, could be capable of something so violent.
[GULPING.]
- My mother - Doesn't need to know.
For now.
[ANI.]
It turned out there was a lot I didn't know about Clay.
We found your fingerprints outside the driver's side door of Bryce's car.
My friend lives at Bryce's house, I've been around there a lot.
- Your friend Ani? - Yes.
- Your girlfriend? - Just friend.
If she had a boyfriend, would you be jealous? She didn't have a boyfriend.
No, but you care for her, feel protective of her? Everyone feels protective of their friends.
Yeah, but maybe you thought you needed to protect Ani, from Bryce, kind of how you thought you were trying to protect Hannah - back then.
- I wasn't protecting Hannah.
- Hannah was dead! - Because you failed to protect her.
Maybe without Hannah, you were looking for another girl to save.
I wasn't trying to save anyone! And Ani was living with the person who hurt Hannah.
That's not the same at all! Ani is nothing like Hannah.
[ANI.]
Clay and I had fun together.
At first.
He had opinions, so did I.
You're speaking insane things.
You're being very defensive.
You just ripped my favorite character to shreds.
That's where you went wrong, choosing Percy as your favorite character.
Terrible decision.
Your taste is shit.
- Sorry.
- Your taste is shit, sorry! You actually root for Astrid and Zymorx! He's a douchebag robot with the good pieces of his brain missing.
- Astrid deserves better.
- Astrid is a self-sufficient healer who chooses to see the best in everyone.
Need I remind you that Percy's only personality trait is to save everyone? ["LOST BOY" PLAYING.]
Oh! Okay, now I get it.
[SCOFFS.]
I hate you so much.
No, you don't.
Now, stop holding my coffee hostage with your bad opinions.
Give it here.
No.
Say you like Percy.
- No.
- Say you like Percy.
- No.
- That's how you're gonna get the coffee.
- You like Percy.
That - Knock knock.
Parent entering.
[DOOR CLOSING.]
Hi, Mom.
Um this is this is Ani.
Very nice to meet you, Mrs.
Jensen.
It's very nice to meet you, too.
I've heard so much about you.
You have? Fascinating.
[ANI.]
We had a good deal in common.
We're both nerds.
It is not "dress up," it's cosplay.
Explain the difference.
Oh, come on.
You're quite deep into at least half a dozen different mythologies and universes, and you're obsessive about what is and isn't AKR canon.
Turtlebot was a spin-off for kids and the creators disavowed it.
Right, and you're pretending you don't know what cosplay is.
And that you haven't been dying to do it.
I hate costumes.
Like, I even hate Halloween, and I love candy.
You spend your life hiding from people and you hate costumes.
Okay.
Don't do that "I'm quite perceptive" thing, it's annoying.
But what you're wearing now is a costume.
We're all in costumes all the time, trying to become the thing we're wearing.
If that were true, I would've become a hoodie a long time ago.
I mean, haven't you ever fantasized about being Percy? About saving the world? Why else do you read AKR? For the story lines and the literary quality.
Oh, yeah, the literary quality, Alien Killer Robots.
Okay.
Well [SCOFFS.]
It lets you escape into another world.
Away from all the things you have to do and be in this one.
You can become someone else.
And that's cosplay, as well.
[SIGHS.]
I don't Look, A, I'm terrible with costumes.
Oh, I've got you.
I already got a start on your look.
And mine.
[ANI.]
We were friends.
Just friends.
So, I never thought there'd be any reason for him to be jealous of anyone.
What do you know about the interactions between Ani and Bryce? She told me they barely talked.
- That she kept her distance from him.
- You believed her? Yes.
[ANI.]
But apparently, I was wrong.
And I learned it wouldn't be the first time Clay loved a girl who didn't love him back like he wanted her to.
- Jess.
- Hey.
- Have you heard from Justin? - No.
Why? He and Clay are with the police.
They found security footage of Clay literally pointing a gun at Bryce and Justin trying to talk him down.
Shit! Of course that house had a security camera.
Wait, you knew this happened? - Yeah, Justin told me about it.
- Jess, do you You don't think Clay You don't think he could've actually done something, do you? No! I don't I don't know.
Was he in love with Hannah? Did he not tell you? - About Hannah, the tapes, the trial? - Almost nothing.
Jesus! In here.
So, Clay went after everyone on the tapes? I mean, I knew he could be obsessive, but And when the trial started, it was like he cared more about Hannah than me or anyone else who was alive.
I mean, that's not fair, because I think he knew that I was hurting, but But he didn't respect that you weren't ready to speak about it? I mean, I'm glad I ended up testifying.
After everything.
It made me feel stronger.
But after that night, after Bryce, I was constantly afraid.
I had to go to school every day and see him.
I was just starting to get over that, and Clay God, he made me feel hunted.
Do you know where Clay went after Homecoming? Did he go home with Justin? Justin was with me.
But Tony was with Clay at the game, maybe he knows where he went after.
- Right.
- You don't think Clay had anything to do with Bryce? - I don't want to.
- The trial was months ago.
Hannah was a year ago.
Why would he? Now? It just I I don't know.
I don't know anything.
[BELL RINGING.]
I have to go.
- Let me know if you hear from them.
- Right.
Yeah.
[ANI.]
That fan boy shit is charming when it's about robots, but when it's about a real live girl, it doesn't seem so charming.
Ani's fingerprints were found all over the inside of Bryce's Range Rover.
- Okay.
- That's not odd to you? You said she kept her distance from him.
Maybe he gave her a ride to the store or something.
She helps her mom out with groceries sometimes.
Sure, that could be it.
Or, maybe Ani and Bryce hung out together sometimes.
- Maybe they were friends.
- They weren't.
Living together, being around each other all the time.
Hard to believe they didn't get to know one another.
I think they knew each other a little bit, but that's all.
You don't think it's possible that they were intimate? No.
[SHERIFF.]
We found those in Bryce's room.
Had them tested.
We found semen that belongs to Bryce, and some blood that doesn't, not his type.
We thought maybe they were his ex-girlfriend's.
So, we asked Chloe Rice.
Turns out not her blood type either.
How was there blood? Just traces.
Not uncommon.
Maybe menstrual.
Might be aggressive sex.
They never had sex.
Those aren't Ani's.
We're gonna get a DNA sample.
We'll know for sure in about a week.
I think those underwear do belong to Ani.
And that she and Bryce were intimate.
Maybe it was consensual.
Maybe it wasn't.
Either way, I think you found out, and it was more than you could handle.
You have to breathe, so I can get your true measurement.
- I'm breathing.
- You're not.
At all.
So I can still hold you Just as tight And everybody knows that day like It's possible I'm sensitive about my chest.
You have nothing to be sensitive about.
I think partial nudity is always sensitive.
But men walk around with their shirts off all the time.
I am not now, nor have I ever claimed to be, a man.
Okay.
Well, my turn.
You have to get a close measurement.
For the leggings.
[STAMMERING.]
Wait.
We can just measure over your clothes - and subtract the - Just calm down and measure.
Clay, is there something you want to tell me? There's got to be a reason for those.
She - She didn't have sex with Bryce.
- I know it's got to be upsetting to think of those two together.
Because you loved her, didn't you? You loved Ani.
Just like you loved Hannah.
And Bryce destroyed them both.
- Excuse me.
- We're done here.
Clay, let's go.
We're having a friendly conversation.
No, you're interrogating him.
And you're harassing him.
And we're done.
- Clay gave his consent.
- Did Justin? He's 17.
- We left word for you.
- At my old firm.
That's hardly reasonable effort to contact.
- This is a homicide investigation! - Are you making an arrest? I'm taking them both home.
Now! [ANI.]
I learned that even his best friends have very different ideas - of who he really is.
- [ALEX.]
That's fucked up.
I mean, I knew Clay was messed up back then, but I didn't know it got that bad.
It was a rough time for everybody though.
- For you, too.
- [ALEX.]
Yeah, but Do you guys know where Clay went after Homecoming? It was his night with Tyler, and they left together after the game.
- In the Prius? - Yeah.
- Do you know where they went? - [ALEX.]
Ask Clay.
- Or Justin.
- [ANI.]
Jess said that Justin was with her after Homecoming, not Clay.
Wait, she told you that? Clay didn't do anything.
- He threatened to shoot Bryce.
- That was a long time ago.
- Where did he even get a gun? - It was one of Tyler's.
[TONY.]
Clay and Justin got rid of it after.
Look, Clay doesn't have it in him to do something like this.
He thinks too much.
He doesn't just go off on people.
He went off on Bryce.
About Hannah.
Everyone heard it.
Wait, you mean the fight at Bryce's house? That was one time.
Okay, I'm just saying.
He got crazy about Hannah.
Like, when he found out that Zach slept with her, even when he found out that I just kissed her, like, as a friend.
That was just jealousy.
What does he got to be jealous about now? So, you don't I mean, going with your whole imagining thing, like, immersing yourself in the AKR world, you just, like, don't find Percy attractive at all? He's just not my type.
Well, what what is your type? I don't know, really.
I don't believe that I have just one type, now that I think of it.
So, you don't have a type, but Percy is not your type? This is very important to you.
No, it's not.
It's [NERVOUS LAUGH.]
It's totally not.
Just joking.
I sometimes worry that Percy might take everything too seriously, and some things are meant to be just fun.
Yeah.
I get it.
[ANI.]
I learned Clay could be jealous.
Which I hadn't realized.
If you want to catch a nap under the table, we'll kick you at the bell.
I was up till midnight.
- Mm-hmm? - Doing laundry.
My mom makes me do it.
Yeah, mine too.
Yeah, but at midnight? Like, it can't wait a day? [ANI.]
Well, you have to learn how to work.
Nothing will be handed to you on a plate.
Yeah, she made sacrifices so that I could have opportunities.
Mm-hmm.
My mom used to make me clean, but then I just made a point of being really bad at it, so [SNORTING.]
Yeah, I don't really have that option.
And then on top of that, I asked my mom if she could make a list of, like, which chores I had to do on which day, but she doesn't show me the list.
She doesn't show me anything.
Then every day, there's this new list and that list just never ends.
Well, she doesn't want to leave you any time for trouble.
Yeah, well, if I actually do have free time and I want to spend it, I have to come up with a really elaborate lie.
Oh, yeah.
I know.
I'm a member of at least six non-existent academic clubs.
- Six? - Mm-hmm.
- Can I join? - Oh, absolutely.
[ANI AND ZACH LAUGHING.]
[MRS.
JENSEN.]
Why didn't you call me right away? I didn't want you to worry.
- Well, we're worried.
- Clay Justin said you were brought in last week, too.
It was just random.
They were talking to a lot of kids.
So why would you agree to talk to them again without a lawyer when they clearly think you had something to do with this? Because I don't have anything to do with it.
- We're getting you a lawyer.
- Clay didn't do any Okay, let's just Let's take a minute.
He had a gun in his hand, Matt.
- Yeah, that was nothing.
- Nothing? A gun is nothing? Where did you get it? Where is it now? Clay, what the fuck were you thinking? It doesn't matter, okay? I was upset and I borrowed the gun from a friend - and gave it back.
- What friend? - Justin, do you know? - Leave him out of this.
Clay, you don't understand what's going on here.
- I didn't do anything.
- But the police think that you did.
Yeah, but I didn't! You know as well as I do the court system is not perfect and that innocence is not a perfect defense.
You don't believe me? You think I did something? I don't fucking believe this! Okay.
Hey, let's just take a breath.
- Dad, you believe me, right? - Of course I do.
[MRS.
JENSEN.]
Clay, we will take care of this.
We will move heaven and earth to keep you safe.
But you need to tell us everything.
No more lies.
- I never lie! - You withheld.
You think I could kill someone? It doesn't matter what I think.
Yes, it does! [GASPING.]
[DOOR OPENING AND SLAMMING.]
[PANTING.]
[YELLING.]
Fuck! Fuck.
[SOBBING.]
He was a little out of his mind that night, but it was just that night.
I drove him home.
I talked him down.
- He was fine.
- And the gun? He gave it back.
To? When you say he was out of his mind, how do you mean that? It was that day.
All the stuff that Bryce said in court, he couldn't get Hannah out of his head.
Like he couldn't stop thinking about her, or like he was hearing her in his head? Just that he was he was thinking about her, a lot, - I guess.
- Is Clay having his nightmares again? Justin, we know that you care about Clay and you want to keep his secrets, - but the time for secrets has passed.
- I know, I just I was one of his secrets once.
He dropped me off around 11:00, then left again.
Did he say where he was going? No, but I figured he was headed home.
Clay didn't do anything to Bryce.
He wouldn't.
He hated him.
Everybody hated him.
But Clay's a really good person, and he wouldn't hurt anyone.
Jessica told me that he hurt you once.
He sent a photo of you around.
Yeah.
He did.
And I guess I hated him for it.
Back then.
I mean, I did worse.
To Hannah.
And Courtney.
That doesn't make it right, though.
I don't know what makes what right anymore.
All these people hurt me.
And I hurt some of them, and I don't know how any of that gets made right.
All I know is the only one who ever reached out, the only one who ever really gave a shit about me, was Clay.
[ANI.]
I knew Clay didn't like Bryce.
I just didn't know how much.
Sorry to disturb.
I was looking for my mum.
She's bathing my grandfather.
She's a fucking saint, you know that? - It's her job.
- Nah.
She cares about people.
She's gentle with him.
He stops cursing.
Mm-hmm, well, she's not gentle all the time.
Oh, don't get me wrong, I'm scared shitless of her.
Yeah.
Me too.
But she's all I have, so She loves you.
Yeah, quite a lot.
[CLEARING THROAT.]
So nice watch, that.
My dad's in Geneva.
He sent me an apology.
No note or anything, but it's implied by the price tag.
Do you miss him? Kind of hope I never see him again.
So you and Clay Jensen are hanging out? We're just friends.
I bet he has some things to say about me.
Well, he doesn't like you.
[CHUCKLING.]
Yeah.
That's an understatement.
Do you? Like me? [ANI.]
I didn't understand the depth of his feelings.
All his feelings.
[DOOR CLOSING.]
[JUSTIN.]
Holy shit! Your side looks like my side.
They talk to you about me? Yeah.
I didn't say anything.
- How does it feel? - What? - To be the good kid.
- Dude - come on.
I'm on your side.
- Whatever.
What did the cops say to you? They think Bryce and Ani had a relationship.
- Had sex.
- What, like, he raped her - or, like, they had a thing? - Either, - I guess.
- What do you think? She told me they never did.
You believe her? I don't know.
[ANI.]
I should have realized that Clay was invested in our friendship in a different way than I was.
[MACHINE HUMMING.]
I just continue to be impressed that you can sew.
My dad taught me.
Which, like, I think is supposed to be embarrassing for me or my dad.
When, in fact, it's neither.
Uh, why do we why do we only do this here? What do you mean? I mean, we only ever work over here, you leave all your stuff here.
If I'm not supposed to be embarrassed about any of this, then are you? It's just easier.
You have the place to yourself.
My mom makes an excuse to come in here at least twice every time you're here.
And there's always the threat of Justin.
Mm-hmm.
Does your mom know that we're working on this together? Does your mum know everything you do? Well, clearly yes, lately.
Well, it's just This is for me.
You know? Mum doesn't need to know.
She has this idea of who I am, and it's It's best I leave her to it.
Separate worlds, you know? She doesn't know the things you love, like cosplay and stuff? [SIGHING.]
It's just easier.
- Seems harder.
- Trust me, it is way easier for all involved if I just be what people need me to be when they need me to be it.
That seems like a lot of pressure.
No, not really.
I like how it works.
[ANI.]
I should've seen that he has a problem with boundaries.
I just want to point out that Zymorx would rudely drive up the hill and introduce themself to your mother, and possibly atomize her.
- Percy, however - Is well trained.
I'm starting to come round to the virtues of Percy.
Okay, I'm just saying [CHUCKLING.]
Listen, you know you don't have to be anyone with me, right? Like, any particular anyone, except you.
Is all you have to be.
For me.
I mean, not that you have to be for me Although I'm glad you are being for me.
With me.
Near me.
Shit, sorry.
I shouldn't have done that.
I fundamentally disagree.
[CAR HORN BEEPING.]
Hey, what up, Jensen? - Ani, you need a ride up the hill? - She's fine.
She likes to walk.
Who likes to walk? Ani, ride? No, thanks.
- Ani, are you okay? - All good.
See ya.
Wait, you There was never anything romantic between me and Clay.
I mean, we never even kissed or anything.
[ANI.]
But I realize now that didn't stop him from being jealous.
[CLAY.]
How can I go in there? Everyone thinks I'm a murderer.
Shall we just skip or something? That seems like not a good idea, right? You know, you just gotta walk back in there like like you know the truth and just fuck everybody else.
It's the only way to walk back in there.
[TONY.]
Clay.
- Hey, Tony.
- What the hell? They had you down there all day.
Yeah, I was trying to break your record and stay all night, but - Sorry, that was humor.
- Listen, Ani has been asking around.
About Homecoming.
About where you were after the game.
She was? If you need cover, I got you.
- Cover? - For whatever.
Why would I need cover if I didn't do anything? - Come on, Clay.
- Where were you that night, Tony? Can you account for every minute? Wait, Clay Clay! Are you fucking kidding me? You're lying for Justin? Alex, Jesus.
Calm down.
You told Ani that you were with Justin after Homecoming? - What the fuck? - Alex, you need to calm down.
How far will you go for him? - He didn't do anything.
- What the fuck are you doing? - Alex, I'm afraid of you right now.
- Why? Why are you afraid of me? Justin told me that you've been juicing? For months? Of course Justin told you that.
It has nothing to do with anything.
This, the way you are, all of this.
This This isn't you.
Fine.
Okay.
Keep lying, Jess.
You know, keep lying so that you can keep fucking Justin! [KIDS MURMURING.]
[FRUSTRATED SIGH.]
He came home at, like, 1:30.
Where was he before that, do you know? Any ideas? - He wasn't killing Bryce.
- How do you know? Because that's not who he is.
But he's the guy that brings a gun to Bryce's house? The guy - you have to talk out of using it? - One night.
He was that guy one night.
The rest of the time, he's the guy that'd save your life if it needs saving.
One night he was that guy, he could've been once more.
Do you really think he could do it? Do you believe that? Or are you trying to do anything to deflect the fact that you fucked Bryce? What? I'm sorry, what gives you the idea - that I - I don't have secrets with Clay.
Do you? If he wasn't with you that night, then where were you? You know what, Ani? Fuck off.
We agreed, not at the funeral.
No, you said not at the funeral, we did not agree.
People were in mourning! They were in pain! Well, fuck their pain, what about your pain? And every girl he raped? And every girl who got attacked in that fucking clubhouse or at every party? What about the girl who went over to hang out with friends and got raped on a basement floor? - Look, I get it.
- No, you don't.
You don't get shit.
If you did, you wouldn't be back with Justin.
I don't have to defend my choices to you.
My personal life has nothing to do with this.
Your personal life has everything to do with it, are you fucking kidding me? This is a fight, Jess, and you started it! And you can't finish it, and that's fine.
That's fine! But you are not going to stand in the way of those of us who actually want to make things change! But you're not making any change, you're just making noise! I am making them uncomfortable! I am reminding them that their actions have consequences.
When I shout, they look in my direction and they see the pain that I feel every minute! I will make them understand that I will never yield from this and I am not okay! And you going back to the guy who let you get raped is not okay! Things are always way more complicated than you think.
Not this one, this one seems pretty fucking simple.
[CHEERING.]
What the fuck's going on, guys? I just have to say, with respect to everybody, you're my fucking hero.
Jessica Davis is scary as shit, but she's so hot.
What the fuck are you talking about? You've been holding out on us! Turns out the reason she wants to shut down guys' sports is so you'll have more time to bone her.
[COACH.]
Let's go! On the field! - I don't want to hear it, Zach.
- You love her, right? So, don't listen to what anybody else says.
Just take care of her.
Yeah, I mean I will.
So [COUGHING.]
The cops.
They don't think you actually have anything to do with Bryce, do they? - They think Clay did it.
- What? Why, what do they think? I mean, he hated Bryce.
Dude, how the fuck did everyone find out? - About me and Jess.
- Who knows, man? No one's secrets are safe these days.
[ANI.]
I know Justin feels like Clay saved him, but in the beginning, at least, it was for Clay's own purposes.
And "saved" is debatable.
[CLAY.]
I'm sorry about kissing you.
Well, I kissed you, technically.
Yes.
I'm sorry you regret it.
No, I don't regret it.
I don't have regrets, ever.
I just - shouldn't have done it.
- That seems like regret.
Can we not talk about this? Oh, yeah.
[CLAY.]
Why didn't you tell me? You don't know the whole story.
You were lying to me the whole time.
- As long as I've known you.
- No! You're a liar! You even told me that yourself.
I was so stupid.
People always tell you who they are.
You just have to listen.
- And you're a fucking liar.
- That's not fair.
You know, all this shit about Bryce that keeps coming out, I keep giving you the benefit of the doubt.
And all that time, I thought I did something wrong.
You didn't want to kiss me because you were kissing him.
No, that's not the whole story! Then what is the fucking story, Ani? Because I had to sit there as the cops showed me your underwear with Bryce's fucking cum on them! Okay.
Right.
You need to calm down.
You're always whoever you need to be, right? Who were you with Bryce who you couldn't be with me? You just thought I was some lonely girl with her walls up, waiting for the right guy to break them down and save me from myself.
Bryce! To save you from Bryce! The guy who Who you refused to see as anything but a monster rather than a human being who was actually trying to change.
- Bullshit! - Would you want your entire life to be judged by the worst thing you'd ever done? He was a rapist! Okay, Tyler nearly murdered all of you and you did everything you could to help him.
That is not the same.
Bryce didn't deserve So only Clay Jensen gets to decide who's worth saving? Oh, so that's why you fucked him? - To save him? - Clay, just don't be a fucking child.
- Were you in love with him? - It's not that simple! It's super simple, Ani.
Yes or no? Yes or no? He was never gonna get better, Ani.
No matter what you did.
He was always going to be who he was.
This whole fucking world is better without him in it.
Where did you go after Homecoming? After the fight? What did you do? [CELL VIBRATING.]
It's my mum.
I've got to go.
Of course you do.
[ANI.]
Clay sees the world the way he sees it.
Does what he thinks is right.
And has trouble seeing it any other way.
[SHERIFF.]
Are these your underwear? No, sir.
Ani, did Bryce ever do anything or try to do anything to you that you didn't want him to? No, sir.
And you're friends with Clay Jensen, is that correct? Yeah, we're school friends.
Classmates.
Did Clay ever mention anything about Bryce to you? When we first met, he warned me about things Bryce had done.
Did you ever say anything to Clay about your home life with Bryce? Clay knew that I lived there.
But other than that, I keep my home life and my school life separate.
And you and Bryce, you were friends? Not really.
- [DOOR OPENING.]
- [ANI SHUSHING.]
That was so close! I thought my mum was off tonight? I'm so fucked! Oh no, it's fine.
Come on, we'll sneak out the window.
No.
We're on the third floor.
Oh, shit.
You're right.
I didn't even think of that.
I'm so sorry.
- Mm-hmm.
- Maybe she won't recognize you in your hat.
Why do I ever say yes to you? Oh, come on.
There's some amazing shit in that attic.
I'm never hanging out with you ever again.
You're evil.
I I know.
I'm I'm sorry.
I didn't mean it.
No, I know, but I just I shouldn't have risked you getting in trouble.
You've been really nice to me.
[ANI.]
When Sheriff DÃaz called me in last week for that first interrogation, - I lied.
- [SHERIFF.]
Do you think it's possible that Clay thought Bryce had done something to you and he went after him on your behalf? - There was nothing for him to think.
- Okay.
Good.
So you wouldn't mind taking a DNA test for us? Amorowat is a good girl.
She has nothing to do with any of this.
She knows better than to get caught up in schoolboy drama.
[ANI.]
I lied about Bryce.
And if Clay had known the truth, well it could've been enough motive for him to kill.
You're obliterating me.
And this is surprising? No.
[BRYCE LAUGHING.]
Are you okay? You seem kind of somewhere else today.
Do we have to talk? We can do whatever you want.
Great.
[ANI.]
Bryce and I, I mean we were just two kids, alone in that big empty house, you know? It was just it was something that happened.
[BOTH GASPING.]
Wait, slower.
Slow, slow, slow, slow.
- I'm almost there.
- Okay.
Slower.
[ANI GASPING.]
[BRYCE.]
Fuck! [BRYCE GRUNTS.]
[BRYCE GROANING.]
Oh, fuck! Fuck.
Sorry.
It's all good.
No, you said slower.
I just I don't know.
Hey - It's okay.
- No, it's not okay.
We shouldn't be doing this.
It's not good.
Well, it seemed good for you.
Just now.
I mean for you.
[BRYCE SIGHS.]
Why would you Why do you even want to? I like you, I guess.
Why? I don't even like me.
Hey.
- Hey, come on now - There's something wrong with me.
There's something seriously wrong.
You shouldn't be here.
[SIGHING.]
I'm fucked up.
Maybe not forever.
Let me do you.
Do you even know how? Yes, I do.
I think.
You know what? I'm actually not sure.
- But I bet you can instruct me further.
- I can.
[ANI.]
No, I didn't love him.
It was I wasn't thinking.
You want things even when you shouldn't, and you don't know why.
Ani Your mom's gonna be up soon.
You should go.
No.
Five more minutes! [SLEEPY SIGH.]
[BRYCE SIGHING.]
- Hey, Ani? - Mmm? You're um I've never felt like this with anyone about anyone before.
So yeah, I don't know what that means, but I just wanted to tell you that.
[ANI.]
What happened between me and Bryce I can't explain it.
And I certainly couldn't talk about it in front of my mother.
[BRYCE.]
Hey, buddy.
Ah you knew this was coming, right? The dead don't stay dead in your life.
Not for long.
- You're not here.
- You think I'm gone? You think you got rid of me? I'm fucking immortal, Jensen.
I'll live as long as you do.
Every time you look at Jessica, or think about Hannah or look at Ani, - I'll be right there.
- Fuck you.
You think you're gonna get out of this town, go off to college I'll be there.
Graduate, get some shit job, I'll be there.
Or maybe you get some sweet gig in finance, maybe you'll be a lawyer, like your mom, and I will be all over that shit.
I'll be everywhere you look as long as you live.
Fucking Jessica.
Fucking Hannah.
- Fucking Ani.
- No! You can't punish me but you can punish her.
You're dead.
You are gone from this Earth, you are a bloated corpse with a hole in your head! I may be gone from this Earth, but I will be reborn in the bodies of a million men.
And there is nothing, there is nothing you can do to stop me.
You're not well, Clay.
You need help.
The minute you hire a lawyer, it looks like you're hiding something.
Not hiding, preparing.
Protecting.
I spoke to Dennis about a plea bargain, we might come at it from a mental health angle.
Are you even listening to yourself? Justin said Clay had Hannah in his head, not just thinking about her, but in his head.
You remember how angry Clay was? If it comes out he had something, - anything to with this - He didn't.
He got a gun.
He went to that boy's house.
He pointed it at him.
He pointed the gun at Bryce, - then he pointed it at his own head.
- Yes.
- Matt, I saw the tape.
- He was out of his mind.
Exactly! You don't seriously believe Clay is capable of taking life? Can you tell me that in the past two years you haven't been surprised by what Clay is capable of? [ANI.]
You were right about a lot of things.
Clay Jensen is a dangerous kid.
He's self-righteous, entitled and obsessive.
[ANI.]
Clay? [DOOR CLOSING.]
Clay, are you here? [ANI.]
But could he kill someone? Could he take a life? I'll admit, I was beginning to wonder.
What are you doing? - What happened to you? - I walked home from school.
What the fuck are you doing in my room? Are you afraid of me? ["SLAVES OF FEAR" PLAYING.]
Slaves of fear Till we're dead in the ground Why do we waste our years? [HANNAH.]
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Save your tears We're here on our own Why do we waste our years? Till it's somebody else's turn Save your tears For the moments to come We want to give up When there's nowhere else to run Slaves of fear Slaves of fear Till you're dead in the ground Why do we waste our years? When there's nothing to fight about? Save your tears We're here on our own Why do we waste our years? Till it's somebody else's turn? [MAN.]
Well done, Ed, well done.
[ANI.]
Look, here's the problem with Clay Jensen.
Wait, strike that.
There are a number of problems with Clay Jensen.
Clay, a minute ago you told me you just went over there to talk to him.
I mean, I did.
- That's just talking? - It's not what it looks like.
What do you think it looks like? [ANI.]
Behind that nice guy surface, there's a whole bloody mess.
And if you're a friend of his, you sometimes find yourself getting dragged into that mess along with him.
I talked him down and we walked away.
What would've happened if you hadn't been there to talk him down? I don't think anything.
I mean, Clay wasn't going to If anything, he would've hurt himself.
I was more worried about him than Bryce.
Did you go over there with the intention of killing Bryce? - No, I was just angry.
- About what? It was the day we found out that Bryce was going to get away with everything.
But he didn't get away with everything.
Yeah he did.
So, you were trying to avenge Hannah Baker by killing her rapist? No! If you look, I didn't do anything.
Back then.
Someone stopped you.
Where'd you get the gun? [STAMMERING.]
From this guy I found on the internet.
I never learned his name.
Did you bring it to Bryce's a couple weeks ago when you threatened to kill him then? - No.
- Then where is the gun? What happened to the gun? Justin got rid of it that night.
He threw it in a dumpster downtown somewhere.
I threw it out, behind some restaurant downtown.
I really didn't want Clay to try and hurt himself.
Or try to hurt Bryce again? No.
That night was the end of it.
[SHERIFF.]
It wasn't really, was it? It wasn't the last time you confronted Bryce.
- Clay hadn't told you about this? - No.
Did you know Clay had a gun? Have you ever seen him be this volatile? No.
How well do you know Clay? Not all that well.
Well, he picks you up for school.
- Often.
- We're partners in robotics.
We're not really close friends.
Well, you know he had a long-standing hatred for my son? - I know there was bad blood.
- You knew they fought, brutally, when Clay came over to buy drugs.
I didn't know that.
But you know about Hannah Baker? Only very little.
Clay wasn't terribly eager to talk about Hannah.
Neither was Bryce, for that matter.
Did Bryce and Clay have any reason to fight - over you? - No.
No, I mean, I can't imagine.
Well, the police have Clay and Justin down at the station now.
[MRS.
WALKER.]
They'll sort this out.
Ani, I know this must be a shock, to discover that a boy you cared about, a boy who seemed good, could be capable of something so violent.
[GULPING.]
- My mother - Doesn't need to know.
For now.
[ANI.]
It turned out there was a lot I didn't know about Clay.
We found your fingerprints outside the driver's side door of Bryce's car.
My friend lives at Bryce's house, I've been around there a lot.
- Your friend Ani? - Yes.
- Your girlfriend? - Just friend.
If she had a boyfriend, would you be jealous? She didn't have a boyfriend.
No, but you care for her, feel protective of her? Everyone feels protective of their friends.
Yeah, but maybe you thought you needed to protect Ani, from Bryce, kind of how you thought you were trying to protect Hannah - back then.
- I wasn't protecting Hannah.
- Hannah was dead! - Because you failed to protect her.
Maybe without Hannah, you were looking for another girl to save.
I wasn't trying to save anyone! And Ani was living with the person who hurt Hannah.
That's not the same at all! Ani is nothing like Hannah.
[ANI.]
Clay and I had fun together.
At first.
He had opinions, so did I.
You're speaking insane things.
You're being very defensive.
You just ripped my favorite character to shreds.
That's where you went wrong, choosing Percy as your favorite character.
Terrible decision.
Your taste is shit.
- Sorry.
- Your taste is shit, sorry! You actually root for Astrid and Zymorx! He's a douchebag robot with the good pieces of his brain missing.
- Astrid deserves better.
- Astrid is a self-sufficient healer who chooses to see the best in everyone.
Need I remind you that Percy's only personality trait is to save everyone? ["LOST BOY" PLAYING.]
Oh! Okay, now I get it.
[SCOFFS.]
I hate you so much.
No, you don't.
Now, stop holding my coffee hostage with your bad opinions.
Give it here.
No.
Say you like Percy.
- No.
- Say you like Percy.
- No.
- That's how you're gonna get the coffee.
- You like Percy.
That - Knock knock.
Parent entering.
[DOOR CLOSING.]
Hi, Mom.
Um this is this is Ani.
Very nice to meet you, Mrs.
Jensen.
It's very nice to meet you, too.
I've heard so much about you.
You have? Fascinating.
[ANI.]
We had a good deal in common.
We're both nerds.
It is not "dress up," it's cosplay.
Explain the difference.
Oh, come on.
You're quite deep into at least half a dozen different mythologies and universes, and you're obsessive about what is and isn't AKR canon.
Turtlebot was a spin-off for kids and the creators disavowed it.
Right, and you're pretending you don't know what cosplay is.
And that you haven't been dying to do it.
I hate costumes.
Like, I even hate Halloween, and I love candy.
You spend your life hiding from people and you hate costumes.
Okay.
Don't do that "I'm quite perceptive" thing, it's annoying.
But what you're wearing now is a costume.
We're all in costumes all the time, trying to become the thing we're wearing.
If that were true, I would've become a hoodie a long time ago.
I mean, haven't you ever fantasized about being Percy? About saving the world? Why else do you read AKR? For the story lines and the literary quality.
Oh, yeah, the literary quality, Alien Killer Robots.
Okay.
Well [SCOFFS.]
It lets you escape into another world.
Away from all the things you have to do and be in this one.
You can become someone else.
And that's cosplay, as well.
[SIGHS.]
I don't Look, A, I'm terrible with costumes.
Oh, I've got you.
I already got a start on your look.
And mine.
[ANI.]
We were friends.
Just friends.
So, I never thought there'd be any reason for him to be jealous of anyone.
What do you know about the interactions between Ani and Bryce? She told me they barely talked.
- That she kept her distance from him.
- You believed her? Yes.
[ANI.]
But apparently, I was wrong.
And I learned it wouldn't be the first time Clay loved a girl who didn't love him back like he wanted her to.
- Jess.
- Hey.
- Have you heard from Justin? - No.
Why? He and Clay are with the police.
They found security footage of Clay literally pointing a gun at Bryce and Justin trying to talk him down.
Shit! Of course that house had a security camera.
Wait, you knew this happened? - Yeah, Justin told me about it.
- Jess, do you You don't think Clay You don't think he could've actually done something, do you? No! I don't I don't know.
Was he in love with Hannah? Did he not tell you? - About Hannah, the tapes, the trial? - Almost nothing.
Jesus! In here.
So, Clay went after everyone on the tapes? I mean, I knew he could be obsessive, but And when the trial started, it was like he cared more about Hannah than me or anyone else who was alive.
I mean, that's not fair, because I think he knew that I was hurting, but But he didn't respect that you weren't ready to speak about it? I mean, I'm glad I ended up testifying.
After everything.
It made me feel stronger.
But after that night, after Bryce, I was constantly afraid.
I had to go to school every day and see him.
I was just starting to get over that, and Clay God, he made me feel hunted.
Do you know where Clay went after Homecoming? Did he go home with Justin? Justin was with me.
But Tony was with Clay at the game, maybe he knows where he went after.
- Right.
- You don't think Clay had anything to do with Bryce? - I don't want to.
- The trial was months ago.
Hannah was a year ago.
Why would he? Now? It just I I don't know.
I don't know anything.
[BELL RINGING.]
I have to go.
- Let me know if you hear from them.
- Right.
Yeah.
[ANI.]
That fan boy shit is charming when it's about robots, but when it's about a real live girl, it doesn't seem so charming.
Ani's fingerprints were found all over the inside of Bryce's Range Rover.
- Okay.
- That's not odd to you? You said she kept her distance from him.
Maybe he gave her a ride to the store or something.
She helps her mom out with groceries sometimes.
Sure, that could be it.
Or, maybe Ani and Bryce hung out together sometimes.
- Maybe they were friends.
- They weren't.
Living together, being around each other all the time.
Hard to believe they didn't get to know one another.
I think they knew each other a little bit, but that's all.
You don't think it's possible that they were intimate? No.
[SHERIFF.]
We found those in Bryce's room.
Had them tested.
We found semen that belongs to Bryce, and some blood that doesn't, not his type.
We thought maybe they were his ex-girlfriend's.
So, we asked Chloe Rice.
Turns out not her blood type either.
How was there blood? Just traces.
Not uncommon.
Maybe menstrual.
Might be aggressive sex.
They never had sex.
Those aren't Ani's.
We're gonna get a DNA sample.
We'll know for sure in about a week.
I think those underwear do belong to Ani.
And that she and Bryce were intimate.
Maybe it was consensual.
Maybe it wasn't.
Either way, I think you found out, and it was more than you could handle.
You have to breathe, so I can get your true measurement.
- I'm breathing.
- You're not.
At all.
So I can still hold you Just as tight And everybody knows that day like It's possible I'm sensitive about my chest.
You have nothing to be sensitive about.
I think partial nudity is always sensitive.
But men walk around with their shirts off all the time.
I am not now, nor have I ever claimed to be, a man.
Okay.
Well, my turn.
You have to get a close measurement.
For the leggings.
[STAMMERING.]
Wait.
We can just measure over your clothes - and subtract the - Just calm down and measure.
Clay, is there something you want to tell me? There's got to be a reason for those.
She - She didn't have sex with Bryce.
- I know it's got to be upsetting to think of those two together.
Because you loved her, didn't you? You loved Ani.
Just like you loved Hannah.
And Bryce destroyed them both.
- Excuse me.
- We're done here.
Clay, let's go.
We're having a friendly conversation.
No, you're interrogating him.
And you're harassing him.
And we're done.
- Clay gave his consent.
- Did Justin? He's 17.
- We left word for you.
- At my old firm.
That's hardly reasonable effort to contact.
- This is a homicide investigation! - Are you making an arrest? I'm taking them both home.
Now! [ANI.]
I learned that even his best friends have very different ideas - of who he really is.
- [ALEX.]
That's fucked up.
I mean, I knew Clay was messed up back then, but I didn't know it got that bad.
It was a rough time for everybody though.
- For you, too.
- [ALEX.]
Yeah, but Do you guys know where Clay went after Homecoming? It was his night with Tyler, and they left together after the game.
- In the Prius? - Yeah.
- Do you know where they went? - [ALEX.]
Ask Clay.
- Or Justin.
- [ANI.]
Jess said that Justin was with her after Homecoming, not Clay.
Wait, she told you that? Clay didn't do anything.
- He threatened to shoot Bryce.
- That was a long time ago.
- Where did he even get a gun? - It was one of Tyler's.
[TONY.]
Clay and Justin got rid of it after.
Look, Clay doesn't have it in him to do something like this.
He thinks too much.
He doesn't just go off on people.
He went off on Bryce.
About Hannah.
Everyone heard it.
Wait, you mean the fight at Bryce's house? That was one time.
Okay, I'm just saying.
He got crazy about Hannah.
Like, when he found out that Zach slept with her, even when he found out that I just kissed her, like, as a friend.
That was just jealousy.
What does he got to be jealous about now? So, you don't I mean, going with your whole imagining thing, like, immersing yourself in the AKR world, you just, like, don't find Percy attractive at all? He's just not my type.
Well, what what is your type? I don't know, really.
I don't believe that I have just one type, now that I think of it.
So, you don't have a type, but Percy is not your type? This is very important to you.
No, it's not.
It's [NERVOUS LAUGH.]
It's totally not.
Just joking.
I sometimes worry that Percy might take everything too seriously, and some things are meant to be just fun.
Yeah.
I get it.
[ANI.]
I learned Clay could be jealous.
Which I hadn't realized.
If you want to catch a nap under the table, we'll kick you at the bell.
I was up till midnight.
- Mm-hmm? - Doing laundry.
My mom makes me do it.
Yeah, mine too.
Yeah, but at midnight? Like, it can't wait a day? [ANI.]
Well, you have to learn how to work.
Nothing will be handed to you on a plate.
Yeah, she made sacrifices so that I could have opportunities.
Mm-hmm.
My mom used to make me clean, but then I just made a point of being really bad at it, so [SNORTING.]
Yeah, I don't really have that option.
And then on top of that, I asked my mom if she could make a list of, like, which chores I had to do on which day, but she doesn't show me the list.
She doesn't show me anything.
Then every day, there's this new list and that list just never ends.
Well, she doesn't want to leave you any time for trouble.
Yeah, well, if I actually do have free time and I want to spend it, I have to come up with a really elaborate lie.
Oh, yeah.
I know.
I'm a member of at least six non-existent academic clubs.
- Six? - Mm-hmm.
- Can I join? - Oh, absolutely.
[ANI AND ZACH LAUGHING.]
[MRS.
JENSEN.]
Why didn't you call me right away? I didn't want you to worry.
- Well, we're worried.
- Clay Justin said you were brought in last week, too.
It was just random.
They were talking to a lot of kids.
So why would you agree to talk to them again without a lawyer when they clearly think you had something to do with this? Because I don't have anything to do with it.
- We're getting you a lawyer.
- Clay didn't do any Okay, let's just Let's take a minute.
He had a gun in his hand, Matt.
- Yeah, that was nothing.
- Nothing? A gun is nothing? Where did you get it? Where is it now? Clay, what the fuck were you thinking? It doesn't matter, okay? I was upset and I borrowed the gun from a friend - and gave it back.
- What friend? - Justin, do you know? - Leave him out of this.
Clay, you don't understand what's going on here.
- I didn't do anything.
- But the police think that you did.
Yeah, but I didn't! You know as well as I do the court system is not perfect and that innocence is not a perfect defense.
You don't believe me? You think I did something? I don't fucking believe this! Okay.
Hey, let's just take a breath.
- Dad, you believe me, right? - Of course I do.
[MRS.
JENSEN.]
Clay, we will take care of this.
We will move heaven and earth to keep you safe.
But you need to tell us everything.
No more lies.
- I never lie! - You withheld.
You think I could kill someone? It doesn't matter what I think.
Yes, it does! [GASPING.]
[DOOR OPENING AND SLAMMING.]
[PANTING.]
[YELLING.]
Fuck! Fuck.
[SOBBING.]
He was a little out of his mind that night, but it was just that night.
I drove him home.
I talked him down.
- He was fine.
- And the gun? He gave it back.
To? When you say he was out of his mind, how do you mean that? It was that day.
All the stuff that Bryce said in court, he couldn't get Hannah out of his head.
Like he couldn't stop thinking about her, or like he was hearing her in his head? Just that he was he was thinking about her, a lot, - I guess.
- Is Clay having his nightmares again? Justin, we know that you care about Clay and you want to keep his secrets, - but the time for secrets has passed.
- I know, I just I was one of his secrets once.
He dropped me off around 11:00, then left again.
Did he say where he was going? No, but I figured he was headed home.
Clay didn't do anything to Bryce.
He wouldn't.
He hated him.
Everybody hated him.
But Clay's a really good person, and he wouldn't hurt anyone.
Jessica told me that he hurt you once.
He sent a photo of you around.
Yeah.
He did.
And I guess I hated him for it.
Back then.
I mean, I did worse.
To Hannah.
And Courtney.
That doesn't make it right, though.
I don't know what makes what right anymore.
All these people hurt me.
And I hurt some of them, and I don't know how any of that gets made right.
All I know is the only one who ever reached out, the only one who ever really gave a shit about me, was Clay.
[ANI.]
I knew Clay didn't like Bryce.
I just didn't know how much.
Sorry to disturb.
I was looking for my mum.
She's bathing my grandfather.
She's a fucking saint, you know that? - It's her job.
- Nah.
She cares about people.
She's gentle with him.
He stops cursing.
Mm-hmm, well, she's not gentle all the time.
Oh, don't get me wrong, I'm scared shitless of her.
Yeah.
Me too.
But she's all I have, so She loves you.
Yeah, quite a lot.
[CLEARING THROAT.]
So nice watch, that.
My dad's in Geneva.
He sent me an apology.
No note or anything, but it's implied by the price tag.
Do you miss him? Kind of hope I never see him again.
So you and Clay Jensen are hanging out? We're just friends.
I bet he has some things to say about me.
Well, he doesn't like you.
[CHUCKLING.]
Yeah.
That's an understatement.
Do you? Like me? [ANI.]
I didn't understand the depth of his feelings.
All his feelings.
[DOOR CLOSING.]
[JUSTIN.]
Holy shit! Your side looks like my side.
They talk to you about me? Yeah.
I didn't say anything.
- How does it feel? - What? - To be the good kid.
- Dude - come on.
I'm on your side.
- Whatever.
What did the cops say to you? They think Bryce and Ani had a relationship.
- Had sex.
- What, like, he raped her - or, like, they had a thing? - Either, - I guess.
- What do you think? She told me they never did.
You believe her? I don't know.
[ANI.]
I should have realized that Clay was invested in our friendship in a different way than I was.
[MACHINE HUMMING.]
I just continue to be impressed that you can sew.
My dad taught me.
Which, like, I think is supposed to be embarrassing for me or my dad.
When, in fact, it's neither.
Uh, why do we why do we only do this here? What do you mean? I mean, we only ever work over here, you leave all your stuff here.
If I'm not supposed to be embarrassed about any of this, then are you? It's just easier.
You have the place to yourself.
My mom makes an excuse to come in here at least twice every time you're here.
And there's always the threat of Justin.
Mm-hmm.
Does your mom know that we're working on this together? Does your mum know everything you do? Well, clearly yes, lately.
Well, it's just This is for me.
You know? Mum doesn't need to know.
She has this idea of who I am, and it's It's best I leave her to it.
Separate worlds, you know? She doesn't know the things you love, like cosplay and stuff? [SIGHING.]
It's just easier.
- Seems harder.
- Trust me, it is way easier for all involved if I just be what people need me to be when they need me to be it.
That seems like a lot of pressure.
No, not really.
I like how it works.
[ANI.]
I should've seen that he has a problem with boundaries.
I just want to point out that Zymorx would rudely drive up the hill and introduce themself to your mother, and possibly atomize her.
- Percy, however - Is well trained.
I'm starting to come round to the virtues of Percy.
Okay, I'm just saying [CHUCKLING.]
Listen, you know you don't have to be anyone with me, right? Like, any particular anyone, except you.
Is all you have to be.
For me.
I mean, not that you have to be for me Although I'm glad you are being for me.
With me.
Near me.
Shit, sorry.
I shouldn't have done that.
I fundamentally disagree.
[CAR HORN BEEPING.]
Hey, what up, Jensen? - Ani, you need a ride up the hill? - She's fine.
She likes to walk.
Who likes to walk? Ani, ride? No, thanks.
- Ani, are you okay? - All good.
See ya.
Wait, you There was never anything romantic between me and Clay.
I mean, we never even kissed or anything.
[ANI.]
But I realize now that didn't stop him from being jealous.
[CLAY.]
How can I go in there? Everyone thinks I'm a murderer.
Shall we just skip or something? That seems like not a good idea, right? You know, you just gotta walk back in there like like you know the truth and just fuck everybody else.
It's the only way to walk back in there.
[TONY.]
Clay.
- Hey, Tony.
- What the hell? They had you down there all day.
Yeah, I was trying to break your record and stay all night, but - Sorry, that was humor.
- Listen, Ani has been asking around.
About Homecoming.
About where you were after the game.
She was? If you need cover, I got you.
- Cover? - For whatever.
Why would I need cover if I didn't do anything? - Come on, Clay.
- Where were you that night, Tony? Can you account for every minute? Wait, Clay Clay! Are you fucking kidding me? You're lying for Justin? Alex, Jesus.
Calm down.
You told Ani that you were with Justin after Homecoming? - What the fuck? - Alex, you need to calm down.
How far will you go for him? - He didn't do anything.
- What the fuck are you doing? - Alex, I'm afraid of you right now.
- Why? Why are you afraid of me? Justin told me that you've been juicing? For months? Of course Justin told you that.
It has nothing to do with anything.
This, the way you are, all of this.
This This isn't you.
Fine.
Okay.
Keep lying, Jess.
You know, keep lying so that you can keep fucking Justin! [KIDS MURMURING.]
[FRUSTRATED SIGH.]
He came home at, like, 1:30.
Where was he before that, do you know? Any ideas? - He wasn't killing Bryce.
- How do you know? Because that's not who he is.
But he's the guy that brings a gun to Bryce's house? The guy - you have to talk out of using it? - One night.
He was that guy one night.
The rest of the time, he's the guy that'd save your life if it needs saving.
One night he was that guy, he could've been once more.
Do you really think he could do it? Do you believe that? Or are you trying to do anything to deflect the fact that you fucked Bryce? What? I'm sorry, what gives you the idea - that I - I don't have secrets with Clay.
Do you? If he wasn't with you that night, then where were you? You know what, Ani? Fuck off.
We agreed, not at the funeral.
No, you said not at the funeral, we did not agree.
People were in mourning! They were in pain! Well, fuck their pain, what about your pain? And every girl he raped? And every girl who got attacked in that fucking clubhouse or at every party? What about the girl who went over to hang out with friends and got raped on a basement floor? - Look, I get it.
- No, you don't.
You don't get shit.
If you did, you wouldn't be back with Justin.
I don't have to defend my choices to you.
My personal life has nothing to do with this.
Your personal life has everything to do with it, are you fucking kidding me? This is a fight, Jess, and you started it! And you can't finish it, and that's fine.
That's fine! But you are not going to stand in the way of those of us who actually want to make things change! But you're not making any change, you're just making noise! I am making them uncomfortable! I am reminding them that their actions have consequences.
When I shout, they look in my direction and they see the pain that I feel every minute! I will make them understand that I will never yield from this and I am not okay! And you going back to the guy who let you get raped is not okay! Things are always way more complicated than you think.
Not this one, this one seems pretty fucking simple.
[CHEERING.]
What the fuck's going on, guys? I just have to say, with respect to everybody, you're my fucking hero.
Jessica Davis is scary as shit, but she's so hot.
What the fuck are you talking about? You've been holding out on us! Turns out the reason she wants to shut down guys' sports is so you'll have more time to bone her.
[COACH.]
Let's go! On the field! - I don't want to hear it, Zach.
- You love her, right? So, don't listen to what anybody else says.
Just take care of her.
Yeah, I mean I will.
So [COUGHING.]
The cops.
They don't think you actually have anything to do with Bryce, do they? - They think Clay did it.
- What? Why, what do they think? I mean, he hated Bryce.
Dude, how the fuck did everyone find out? - About me and Jess.
- Who knows, man? No one's secrets are safe these days.
[ANI.]
I know Justin feels like Clay saved him, but in the beginning, at least, it was for Clay's own purposes.
And "saved" is debatable.
[CLAY.]
I'm sorry about kissing you.
Well, I kissed you, technically.
Yes.
I'm sorry you regret it.
No, I don't regret it.
I don't have regrets, ever.
I just - shouldn't have done it.
- That seems like regret.
Can we not talk about this? Oh, yeah.
[CLAY.]
Why didn't you tell me? You don't know the whole story.
You were lying to me the whole time.
- As long as I've known you.
- No! You're a liar! You even told me that yourself.
I was so stupid.
People always tell you who they are.
You just have to listen.
- And you're a fucking liar.
- That's not fair.
You know, all this shit about Bryce that keeps coming out, I keep giving you the benefit of the doubt.
And all that time, I thought I did something wrong.
You didn't want to kiss me because you were kissing him.
No, that's not the whole story! Then what is the fucking story, Ani? Because I had to sit there as the cops showed me your underwear with Bryce's fucking cum on them! Okay.
Right.
You need to calm down.
You're always whoever you need to be, right? Who were you with Bryce who you couldn't be with me? You just thought I was some lonely girl with her walls up, waiting for the right guy to break them down and save me from myself.
Bryce! To save you from Bryce! The guy who Who you refused to see as anything but a monster rather than a human being who was actually trying to change.
- Bullshit! - Would you want your entire life to be judged by the worst thing you'd ever done? He was a rapist! Okay, Tyler nearly murdered all of you and you did everything you could to help him.
That is not the same.
Bryce didn't deserve So only Clay Jensen gets to decide who's worth saving? Oh, so that's why you fucked him? - To save him? - Clay, just don't be a fucking child.
- Were you in love with him? - It's not that simple! It's super simple, Ani.
Yes or no? Yes or no? He was never gonna get better, Ani.
No matter what you did.
He was always going to be who he was.
This whole fucking world is better without him in it.
Where did you go after Homecoming? After the fight? What did you do? [CELL VIBRATING.]
It's my mum.
I've got to go.
Of course you do.
[ANI.]
Clay sees the world the way he sees it.
Does what he thinks is right.
And has trouble seeing it any other way.
[SHERIFF.]
Are these your underwear? No, sir.
Ani, did Bryce ever do anything or try to do anything to you that you didn't want him to? No, sir.
And you're friends with Clay Jensen, is that correct? Yeah, we're school friends.
Classmates.
Did Clay ever mention anything about Bryce to you? When we first met, he warned me about things Bryce had done.
Did you ever say anything to Clay about your home life with Bryce? Clay knew that I lived there.
But other than that, I keep my home life and my school life separate.
And you and Bryce, you were friends? Not really.
- [DOOR OPENING.]
- [ANI SHUSHING.]
That was so close! I thought my mum was off tonight? I'm so fucked! Oh no, it's fine.
Come on, we'll sneak out the window.
No.
We're on the third floor.
Oh, shit.
You're right.
I didn't even think of that.
I'm so sorry.
- Mm-hmm.
- Maybe she won't recognize you in your hat.
Why do I ever say yes to you? Oh, come on.
There's some amazing shit in that attic.
I'm never hanging out with you ever again.
You're evil.
I I know.
I'm I'm sorry.
I didn't mean it.
No, I know, but I just I shouldn't have risked you getting in trouble.
You've been really nice to me.
[ANI.]
When Sheriff DÃaz called me in last week for that first interrogation, - I lied.
- [SHERIFF.]
Do you think it's possible that Clay thought Bryce had done something to you and he went after him on your behalf? - There was nothing for him to think.
- Okay.
Good.
So you wouldn't mind taking a DNA test for us? Amorowat is a good girl.
She has nothing to do with any of this.
She knows better than to get caught up in schoolboy drama.
[ANI.]
I lied about Bryce.
And if Clay had known the truth, well it could've been enough motive for him to kill.
You're obliterating me.
And this is surprising? No.
[BRYCE LAUGHING.]
Are you okay? You seem kind of somewhere else today.
Do we have to talk? We can do whatever you want.
Great.
[ANI.]
Bryce and I, I mean we were just two kids, alone in that big empty house, you know? It was just it was something that happened.
[BOTH GASPING.]
Wait, slower.
Slow, slow, slow, slow.
- I'm almost there.
- Okay.
Slower.
[ANI GASPING.]
[BRYCE.]
Fuck! [BRYCE GRUNTS.]
[BRYCE GROANING.]
Oh, fuck! Fuck.
Sorry.
It's all good.
No, you said slower.
I just I don't know.
Hey - It's okay.
- No, it's not okay.
We shouldn't be doing this.
It's not good.
Well, it seemed good for you.
Just now.
I mean for you.
[BRYCE SIGHS.]
Why would you Why do you even want to? I like you, I guess.
Why? I don't even like me.
Hey.
- Hey, come on now - There's something wrong with me.
There's something seriously wrong.
You shouldn't be here.
[SIGHING.]
I'm fucked up.
Maybe not forever.
Let me do you.
Do you even know how? Yes, I do.
I think.
You know what? I'm actually not sure.
- But I bet you can instruct me further.
- I can.
[ANI.]
No, I didn't love him.
It was I wasn't thinking.
You want things even when you shouldn't, and you don't know why.
Ani Your mom's gonna be up soon.
You should go.
No.
Five more minutes! [SLEEPY SIGH.]
[BRYCE SIGHING.]
- Hey, Ani? - Mmm? You're um I've never felt like this with anyone about anyone before.
So yeah, I don't know what that means, but I just wanted to tell you that.
[ANI.]
What happened between me and Bryce I can't explain it.
And I certainly couldn't talk about it in front of my mother.
[BRYCE.]
Hey, buddy.
Ah you knew this was coming, right? The dead don't stay dead in your life.
Not for long.
- You're not here.
- You think I'm gone? You think you got rid of me? I'm fucking immortal, Jensen.
I'll live as long as you do.
Every time you look at Jessica, or think about Hannah or look at Ani, - I'll be right there.
- Fuck you.
You think you're gonna get out of this town, go off to college I'll be there.
Graduate, get some shit job, I'll be there.
Or maybe you get some sweet gig in finance, maybe you'll be a lawyer, like your mom, and I will be all over that shit.
I'll be everywhere you look as long as you live.
Fucking Jessica.
Fucking Hannah.
- Fucking Ani.
- No! You can't punish me but you can punish her.
You're dead.
You are gone from this Earth, you are a bloated corpse with a hole in your head! I may be gone from this Earth, but I will be reborn in the bodies of a million men.
And there is nothing, there is nothing you can do to stop me.
You're not well, Clay.
You need help.
The minute you hire a lawyer, it looks like you're hiding something.
Not hiding, preparing.
Protecting.
I spoke to Dennis about a plea bargain, we might come at it from a mental health angle.
Are you even listening to yourself? Justin said Clay had Hannah in his head, not just thinking about her, but in his head.
You remember how angry Clay was? If it comes out he had something, - anything to with this - He didn't.
He got a gun.
He went to that boy's house.
He pointed it at him.
He pointed the gun at Bryce, - then he pointed it at his own head.
- Yes.
- Matt, I saw the tape.
- He was out of his mind.
Exactly! You don't seriously believe Clay is capable of taking life? Can you tell me that in the past two years you haven't been surprised by what Clay is capable of? [ANI.]
You were right about a lot of things.
Clay Jensen is a dangerous kid.
He's self-righteous, entitled and obsessive.
[ANI.]
Clay? [DOOR CLOSING.]
Clay, are you here? [ANI.]
But could he kill someone? Could he take a life? I'll admit, I was beginning to wonder.
What are you doing? - What happened to you? - I walked home from school.
What the fuck are you doing in my room? Are you afraid of me? ["SLAVES OF FEAR" PLAYING.]
Slaves of fear Till we're dead in the ground Why do we waste our years? [HANNAH.]
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Save your tears We're here on our own Why do we waste our years? Till it's somebody else's turn Save your tears For the moments to come We want to give up When there's nowhere else to run Slaves of fear Slaves of fear Till you're dead in the ground Why do we waste our years? When there's nothing to fight about? Save your tears We're here on our own Why do we waste our years? Till it's somebody else's turn? [MAN.]
Well done, Ed, well done.