CREATED BY

Ryan Murphy | Brad Falchuk | Ian Brennan

EPISODE 1.04

“Gone Girl”

With the election just days away, Payton faces tough questions
about just how far he's willing to go to defeat his opponent.

WRITTEN BY:
Ryan Murphy | Brad Falchuk | Ian Brennan

DIRECTED BY:
Helen Hunt

ORIGINAL BROADCAST:
September 27, 2019

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 MAIN EPISODE CAST

Ben Platt ... Payton Hobart

Zoey Deutch ... Infinity Jackson
Lucy Boynton ... Astrid Sloan
Bob Balaban ... Keaton Hobart
David Corenswet ... River Barkley
Julia Schlaepfer ... Alice
Laura Dreyfuss ... McAfee
Theo Germaine ... James
Rahne Jones ... Skye
Benjamin Barrett ... Ricardo
Jessica Lange ... Dusty Jackson
Gwyneth Paltrow ... Georgina Hobart
Ryan J. Haddad ... Andrew Cashman
Trey Eason ... Luther Hobart
Trevor Eason ... Martin Hobart
Koby Kumi-Diaka ... Pierre
Richard Wharton ... Thomas
Tracy S. Lee ... Vicki
January Jones ... Mrs. Sloan
Dylan McDermott ... Mr. Sloan
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[siren wailing]

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-[siren stops]
-[police radio chatter]

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[door hinges creak]

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[indistinct chatter]

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[flash charging]

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[man] Mr. and Mrs. Sloan?

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Have you spoken to Payton Hobart yet?

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They're running against each other
for student body president.

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I know under normal circumstances
that might not seem like a motive

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to do something like this,
but Payton is not normal.

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Think it's coincidence
my daughter's ex-boyfriend

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happened to shoot himself
in front of this kid?
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That's an open investigation,
so I can't comment on that.

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But if I did, I'd say there's something
janky about that whole situation.

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I knew it. What are you waiting for?
Go arrest him!

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We can't just arrest people.
Not rich people at least.

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This has nothing to do with Payton.

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He was beating her.

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Why mess with her now?

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I mean, I think he...

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[chuckles] I'm sorry.

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My wife is-- She's drunk. And on pills.

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Way she keeps moving her mouth,
I'd guess a combination of Klonopin,

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vodka, and grapefruit juice.

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-He wants to have sex with our daughter.
-What the hell is wrong with you?

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That's why he hates the boys
that have anything to do with her.

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River, Payton. He wants her for himself.

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You know how we met?

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I hired her from a service called
The Girlfriend Experience

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to be my date
at a fundraiser for Ron Paul.

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I'm telling you this because I want you
to know what kind of woman my wife is.

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I'm not ashamed of who I am.

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I was an actress
performing for an audience of one.

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-[chuckles]
-You married a hooker,

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so what does that say about
the kind of man my husband is?

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You two seem to have found a way
 to make a life for yourselves.

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I want Payton handcuffed,
I want a perp walk,

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and I want him humiliated
for what he's done to my daughter!

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I can't just handcuff a high school kid
and march him downtown.

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I have to gather evidence,
interview witnesses.

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There are procedures and...

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protocols, and I could get into
a lot of trouble if I break them.

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How much?

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That's a really nice watch.

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[Sufjan Stevens' "Chicago" playing]

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♪ I fell in love again ♪

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♪ All things go, all things go ♪

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♪ Drove to Chicago ♪
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♪ All things know, all things know ♪

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♪ You came to take us ♪

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♪ All things go, all things go ♪

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♪ To recreate us ♪

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♪ All things grow, all things grow ♪

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♪ We had our mindset ♪

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♪ All things know ♪

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♪ All things know ♪

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♪ You had to find it ♪

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♪ All things go, all things go ♪

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[Latin music plays softly]

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[McAfee]
The numbers are in. It's not great.

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[James] The last poll
before the video was released
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showed us pulling even with Astrid,

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our momentum had us poised
to overtake her by election day.

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The latest poll showed a drop
of four points.

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Largest single-day drop of the campaign.
We've lost all 22 LGBT-plus voters.

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The Haitian vote has turned against us.

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It's really sensitive
to gay rights issues.

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Can we just call him Pierre
instead of the Haitian vote?

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And this is before Astrid
released any official response.

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-We will lose the election by 15 points.
-Okay, let's...

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let's pump the brakes for a second, okay?

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Infinity said "buttmunch."

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 Right?
That's like the weakest burn in history.

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Did you just wake up
from a decade-long nap?

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Infinity screamed "buttmunch"
at a news anchor with highlights

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and a saunter in his step,
if you know what I mean.

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What I mean is he's clearly gay,

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which means that
she was shaming his homosexuality

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and made a bigoted assumption
about his predilection for anilingus.

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It's unacceptable.

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But is there a world in which
that was a good thing?

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You know, like a... "Look,
that's obviously not what she meant,

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we've all gotten a little too PC" angle?

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Right? Could we spin this thing
and attract us some votes?
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Uh, yeah, if you want
to extend the franchise to shop teachers

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and white male janitorial staff
55 and older.

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Also, these nachos are disgusting.

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Can I throw them into the toilet
so we can all skip the middleman?

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Infinity is off the ticket
effective immediately.

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We issue a statement within the hour about
our zero-tolerance policy for hate speech.

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And pray no one finds out
about the cancer thing.

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You mean the doesn't have cancer thing.

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[sighs]

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Can I just say something?

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And I'm not saying "I told you so"
when in fact I did tell you so

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 -numerous times.
-You can't help yourself.

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Infinity was the wrong choice.

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You can't resist a chance
to rub my nose in shit

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-we are all aware we stepped in!
-I am telling you!

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This is a ghost that will be haunting us
for the rest of our lives.

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The skeleton in our closet is
a little shrively one in a wheelchair

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named Infinity Jackson,
who we knew did not have cancer

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and we withheld that information.

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If that were to get out,
and I don't mean next week, I mean ever--

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Noted, James!

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That's not my concern right now.
Who is her replacement?

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-I say we go with the Haitian.
-Do you mean Pierre?
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No. Pierre's not the right pick.
It seems cynical.

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It looks like we're in panic mode,
but we're...

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I mean, we're not dead yet, are we?

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No...

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not yet.

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Okay, get me some more candidates.

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Our VP is out there somewhere. We just...

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we can't see it yet.

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What do we do about Infinity?

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Leave that to me.

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[Latin music continues playing
over speakers]

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[tires screeching]

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 -[police siren chirps]
-[car door slams]

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Payton Hobart,
we'd like you to come with us.

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What? Why?

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You're a person of interest
in the disappearance of Astrid Sloan.

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-Just wanna ask you some questions.
-What?

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[officer]
Palms together, like you're praying.

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I don't have to answer your questions
until I talk to my lawyer.

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Relax. You're not being arrested.
We're just talking.

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Your classmate Astrid went missing
sometime last night

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and there was reason to believe
that she was taken against her will.

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Now if you had nothing to do with that,
just tell me and I'll get you out of here.

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 Where were you last night?

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I was at home.

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Studying.

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For a Mandarin exam.

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Okay.

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And your parents were home?
They'll be able to confirm where you were?

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They were at a benefit.

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Got home around midnight.
Until then, I was alone.

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But you probably called someone.

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Texted somebody while you were home alone?

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I turned my phone off.

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Right. Mandarin.

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It's hard.

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 Gotta concentrate.

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Look... Payton,

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before I brought you in,
I did my homework too.

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I heard you and your buddies like
to hang out at the 24 Diner in Milpas.

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So, I checked it out.

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Two witnesses say they overheard you
talking about somebody named Astrid

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and that you said you were quote,
"Gonna kill her."

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[waitress]
He was rude to me the second I came over.

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I was like, "Can I take your order?"
As nice as can be.

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And he's like,

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"Nobody wants any food, all right?
Here's some money, bitch.

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Please go away."

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And I tell you, we get those rich kids
in there all the time.

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They're drunk, they're high.

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But he wasn't.

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He was just angry,

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and I could tell they were hatching
some sort of a plan.

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But I didn't think anything of it.

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Then I hear...

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Screw Astrid! I'm gonna kill her!

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I gotta find out what's on that tape.

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[Payton] You are aware
of the term hyperbole, right?

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So, it's an exaggerated statement
that isn't meant to be taken literally.

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So, for example,
if a sportscaster reports that

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 the Dodgers "killed"
the Colorado Rockies on Sunday night,

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it doesn't usually trigger
a mass murder investigation.

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-So you did say it?
-I was angry.

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She's my opponent
for student body president

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and she knows she can't beat me on
the merits, so she chose to fight dirty.

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Now, she had just released private video
footage of my running mate on the internet

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in an effort to discredit my campaign.

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Footage that she likely
obtained illegally, I might add.

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So I raced out of the diner to try
to get on the same page with my VP,

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and try to mitigate some of the damage.

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Not, as you are suggesting,
to kidnap and murder Astrid.

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This, uh...
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running mate of yours,
is she still your running mate?

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Sort of. What do you mean?

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Who's Pierre Toussaint?

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He's a classmate. Why?

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Are you aware he was also
in the diner that night?

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[Pierre]
Yeah. I was pulling an all-nighter

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to try to get a term paper finished.

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I saw them all come in,
but I didn't want them to see me

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because they're always asking me
about the race.

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Seriously, I've probably been polled,
like, 25 times.

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And they're always like, "We're really
interested in getting a feel for where

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 the Haitian vote is."

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And I'm like, "What Haitian vote?
It's just me, I'm one dude!"

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And when I heard him yelling,
I didn't think anything of it.

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Even when Astrid went missing
the next day, I was like,

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"Well, there's no way Payton did it."

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But, what weirded me out was the next day,
one of his campaign people was polling me

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and asking me questions about
the Haitian perspective or whatever.

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And then she brought up something else.

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Can I ask you something off the record?

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If Payton were to offer you the VP slot,
would you take it?

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And then I started thinking
about the Astrid thing.

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Like, Payton clearly knew
that we're in trouble.
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But with her out of the way,
he's guaranteed to win.

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Just...

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it seemed like the whole thing
moved really fast.

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Does this thrilling and entirely
irrelevant twist of a classmate

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speculating that
I had something to do with this

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mean that I'm under arrest right now?

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Or am I free to go?

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Hey!

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Hey!

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Hey, you can't just leave me in here!
[pounding] Come back!

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[jiggles door handle]

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We live in a world
where women are silenced.
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Astrid Sloan has joined the 40,000 women
in this country who have disappeared.

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Vanished without a trace.

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At this point,
she's been missing for almost 48 hours.

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A fact that demands we come to grips
with an unsettling fact:

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Astrid is probably dead.

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Another woman gone.

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A woman whose only crime was
that she dared to speak her mind,

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dared to try to make this world
a better place.

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And once again,

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this bravery,

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this audacious sense of optimism,

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is not met with applause.

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No shouts of "You go, girl!"

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It is met with murder.

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What can we do, O Lord,
in the face of this grief?

230
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This... anger?

231
00:11:35,361 --> 00:11:37,947
Listen. Really listen.

232
00:11:38,030 --> 00:11:39,073
Can you hear her?

233
00:11:39,156 --> 00:11:41,325
She's calling to us.
She's saying, "Students!

234
00:11:41,409 --> 00:11:42,576
Voters!

235
00:11:44,870 --> 00:11:45,788
Vote!"

236
00:11:45,871 --> 00:11:47,164
And vote we shall!

237
00:11:47,623 --> 00:11:50,501
Astrid, I will carry this burden.

238
00:11:50,584 --> 00:11:52,837
I will run in your place.

239
00:11:53,379 --> 00:11:56,006
God bless this campaign!

240
00:12:00,553 --> 00:12:01,804
[keys jingling]

241
00:12:03,848 --> 00:12:05,975
Oh, thank God. It's about time.

242
00:12:06,058 --> 00:12:08,018
-[officer] Yeah, it is.
-Hey! Hey!

243
00:12:10,271 --> 00:12:11,480
Where are you taking me?

244
00:12:15,234 --> 00:12:17,153
[Payton grunting, gasping]

245
00:12:18,863 --> 00:12:20,156
[tires screeching]

246
00:12:25,578 --> 00:12:27,580
[breathing heavily]

247
00:12:29,165 --> 00:12:31,333
-[thud on road]
-[Payton gasps]

248
00:12:34,754 --> 00:12:36,213
[tires screech]

249
00:12:39,467 --> 00:12:40,634
[Payton] Where are we?

250
00:12:40,718 --> 00:12:41,886
Where the hell are we?

251
00:12:45,723 --> 00:12:46,974
Oh, Mom and Dad!

252
00:12:47,057 --> 00:12:48,225
Get him out of there.

253
 00:12:50,603 --> 00:12:51,604
That's right.

254
00:12:52,313 --> 00:12:53,439
Oh, thank God.

255
00:12:54,315 --> 00:12:56,275
[father]
They didn't hurt you, did they, son?

256
00:12:56,358 --> 00:12:58,486
The police station
was surrounded by press.

257
00:12:58,569 --> 00:13:00,696
No, we couldn't walk you out
and have you photographed.

258
00:13:00,780 --> 00:13:02,990
We thought you might feel compelled
to make a statement.

259
00:13:03,073 --> 00:13:04,492
Of course I would've been compelled.

260
00:13:04,575 --> 00:13:07,119
I wrote it out on the toilet paper
in my cell. It was brilliant.

261
00:13:07,203 --> 00:13:08,954
Best to lay low for a few days.

262
00:13:09,038 --> 00:13:10,456
The election is next week!

263
00:13:10,539 --> 00:13:12,208
My lawyer will be in touch?

264
00:13:12,291 --> 00:13:13,167
Yes, yes.

265
00:13:13,250 --> 00:13:16,462
 We agreed to buy him a timeshare
in Mexico for sneaking you out.

266
00:13:16,545 --> 00:13:17,963
Let's get you a cup of cocoa.

267
00:13:23,177 --> 00:13:24,220
Where's Dad?

268
00:13:25,054 --> 00:13:27,014
A new shipment came from Henry Boards.

269
00:13:28,057 --> 00:13:29,433
First edition Yeats.

270
00:13:30,309 --> 00:13:32,686
He was a fascist. Yeats, not Dad.

271
00:13:37,274 --> 00:13:38,442
So you two are okay?

272
00:13:40,152 --> 00:13:43,280
We are... what we need to be
to protect you:

273
00:13:43,572 --> 00:13:44,573
a family.

274
00:13:47,535 --> 00:13:48,702
That makes me sad.

275
00:13:50,913 --> 00:13:53,791
"The light of light looks on the motive,
not the deed.

276
00:13:54,333 --> 00:13:57,336
The shadow of shadows
looks on the deed alone."

277
00:13:58,170 --> 00:13:59,171
Yeats.
 278
00:14:00,381 --> 00:14:01,674
Did you do it, Payton?

279
00:14:03,300 --> 00:14:04,385
Hurt Astrid?

280
00:14:06,428 --> 00:14:07,888
How can you ask me that, Mom?

281
00:14:10,391 --> 00:14:11,225
No.

282
00:14:12,393 --> 00:14:13,561
I was gonna beat her.

283
00:14:14,645 --> 00:14:15,771
Could you have?

284
00:14:17,398 --> 00:14:18,315
I don't know.

285
00:14:20,234 --> 00:14:21,110
Yes.

286
00:14:22,319 --> 00:14:23,362
Why this dream?

287
00:14:24,446 --> 00:14:25,698
Because I'm compelled.

288
00:14:27,366 --> 00:14:28,200
Like...

289
00:14:29,827 --> 00:14:31,662
like when they give you an answer
on a math test

290
00:14:31,745 --> 00:14:34,707
and it's your job to work your way
backwards until you find the problem.
 291
00:14:34,790 --> 00:14:37,418
I don't know what I'll find
when I get there, but...

292
00:14:38,252 --> 00:14:39,587
[inhales deeply]

293
00:14:39,920 --> 00:14:41,589
...I know this is my only path.

294
00:14:45,301 --> 00:14:46,677
Why does that make you cry?

295
00:14:47,386 --> 00:14:49,722
[sniffles] Because I love you so much.

296
00:14:51,599 --> 00:14:55,102
And I know I'm gonna do whatever it takes
to help you get what you want.

297
00:14:56,770 --> 00:14:59,648
And I'm sad for the person
that's gonna turn me into.

298
00:15:02,359 --> 00:15:05,529
[woman on TV] Four days now,
and I have not heard anyone mention

299
00:15:05,613 --> 00:15:07,239
the real villain in all of this:

300
00:15:07,323 --> 00:15:08,490
legal pot.

301
00:15:08,574 --> 00:15:11,744
Don't tell me marijuana
did not have something to do with

302
00:15:11,827 --> 00:15:14,538
-this poor girl's disappearance.
-[man on TV] I'm not disagreeing.
 303
00:15:14,622 --> 00:15:15,706
[TV clicks off]

304
00:15:16,332 --> 00:15:17,791
What'd you shut it off for?

305
00:15:18,375 --> 00:15:21,378
I just wanted to make sure
they had no clue about where we are.

306
00:15:21,545 --> 00:15:22,588
Yet.

307
00:15:25,549 --> 00:15:26,967
They're not gonna find us.

308
00:15:27,301 --> 00:15:28,427
We're only using cash.

309
00:15:28,510 --> 00:15:30,554
We checked in here using my fake ID.

310
00:15:30,638 --> 00:15:33,891
We're 3,000 miles away from anyone
who's looking for us.

311
00:15:34,642 --> 00:15:37,895
New York City's the place to go
if you wanna get lost in a crowd.

312
00:15:39,855 --> 00:15:40,940
Let's bang again.

313
00:15:41,023 --> 00:15:42,107
[chuckles] No!

314
00:15:43,317 --> 00:15:44,276
No!

315
00:15:44,360 --> 00:15:46,612
We've done it, like,
 four times already today.

316
00:15:46,695 --> 00:15:48,489
My pecker is raw, Astrid.

317
00:15:50,282 --> 00:15:53,077
I'd always heard that dumb people
were better at sex.

318
00:15:54,745 --> 00:15:56,080
Why do you think that is?

319
00:15:56,455 --> 00:15:58,624
Maybe it's 'cause
you're not thinking about other things.

320
00:15:58,707 --> 00:16:00,542
So you can just be, like, present.

321
00:16:04,630 --> 00:16:05,464
I am dumb.

322
00:16:06,882 --> 00:16:07,925
I'm so dumb!

323
00:16:08,300 --> 00:16:10,761
They're gonna put me in the gas chamber
for being part of this.

324
00:16:10,844 --> 00:16:12,388
There's no death penalty in California.

325
00:16:13,389 --> 00:16:15,224
Then they're gonna
throw me in jail forever.

326
00:16:15,307 --> 00:16:17,977
For what? I'm the one
who forced you to take me here.

327
00:16:18,644 --> 00:16:20,938
Now get back into bed
 and gimme that big, dumb wiener

328
00:16:21,021 --> 00:16:22,982
or I'm gonna tell everybody
you kidnapped me.

329
00:16:24,984 --> 00:16:26,068
[softly] Okay.

330
00:16:27,444 --> 00:16:30,322
[Donna Summer's "I Feel Love" playing]

331
00:16:30,572 --> 00:16:32,783
[Astrid]
I've never been happier in my life.

332
00:16:34,326 --> 00:16:35,911
You took my sunshine away!

333
00:16:36,161 --> 00:16:38,038
[Astrid] I felt trapped by my life.

334
00:16:38,372 --> 00:16:39,581
There was no way out.

335
00:16:40,082 --> 00:16:43,502
But then this idiot showed up
and I knew he was my ticket to freedom.

336
00:16:43,836 --> 00:16:46,338
His price was cheap: $300.

337
00:16:47,881 --> 00:16:48,924
Get me out of here.

338
00:16:51,301 --> 00:16:52,261
Pull it off.

339
00:16:52,720 --> 00:16:53,554
All of it!

340
 00:16:53,637 --> 00:16:55,973
For that, he would trash my room
and take me away.

341
00:16:56,056 --> 00:16:56,890
[Ricardo] Ow!

342
00:16:57,182 --> 00:16:59,685
[Astrid]
I took nothing. I wanted to start fresh.

343
00:16:59,768 --> 00:17:03,313
♪ Ooh, it's so good, it's so good
It's so good... ♪

344
00:17:03,397 --> 00:17:04,481
Push it over.

345
00:17:04,565 --> 00:17:07,484
♪ So good... ♪

346
00:17:08,902 --> 00:17:10,154
-Come on.
-[Ricardo] Okay.

347
00:17:12,906 --> 00:17:16,410
[Astrid] We traveled like real Americans:
poor people.

348
00:17:16,952 --> 00:17:19,997
For once in my life,
I wanted to be average and normal.

349
00:17:20,456 --> 00:17:22,499
Being lame was liberating.

350
00:17:22,875 --> 00:17:24,293
I waited in lines.

351
00:17:24,376 --> 00:17:26,253
I ate at chain restaurants.

352
 00:17:26,628 --> 00:17:30,591
I craved being a tourist,
out of place, uncomfortable.

353
00:17:30,758 --> 00:17:33,427
My whole life has been an exercise
in pursuing comfort

354
00:17:33,510 --> 00:17:35,512
so I could tolerate how miserable I was.

355
00:17:35,596 --> 00:17:38,974
How much I hated my house,
my parents, my friends.

356
00:17:39,058 --> 00:17:41,560
-School pressure, social pressure.
-Come on!

357
00:17:41,643 --> 00:17:42,728
Not anymore.

358
00:17:42,811 --> 00:17:45,898
♪ I feel love... ♪

359
00:17:46,148 --> 00:17:47,483
-Pose!
-[camera clicking]

360
00:17:47,566 --> 00:17:48,776
New York hoochie!

361
00:17:48,859 --> 00:17:51,945
[Astrid] Ricardo is not the best company,
but he's perfect for this adventure.

362
00:17:52,446 --> 00:17:53,280
Whirlie girlie!

363
00:17:53,363 --> 00:17:55,824
I won't keep him forever,
but I don't think I'll ever go back.
 364
00:17:55,908 --> 00:17:58,285
Oh, you hot New York bitch.

365
00:17:58,368 --> 00:18:01,288
In my dream, I escape to Orlando,
or someplace just as basic,

366
00:18:01,371 --> 00:18:04,166
and they pin my disappearance
on Payton and he goes to jail.

367
00:18:04,249 --> 00:18:05,125
For life.

368
00:18:05,209 --> 00:18:07,461
-[gasping]
-[Ricardo groaning]

369
00:18:07,669 --> 00:18:08,670
[Astrid crying out]

370
00:18:08,754 --> 00:18:10,089
Infinity!

371
00:18:10,923 --> 00:18:12,758
[panting]

372
00:18:14,176 --> 00:18:15,135
Sorry.

373
00:18:16,512 --> 00:18:17,429
I miss her.

374
00:18:19,932 --> 00:18:21,225
Don't you miss anyone?

375
00:18:22,684 --> 00:18:23,519
No.

376
00:18:25,896 --> 00:18:27,439
Hey, wanna go back to Bubba Gump's?
 377
00:18:28,190 --> 00:18:29,066
Okay.

378
00:18:29,650 --> 00:18:32,111
[seagulls calling]

379
00:18:38,700 --> 00:18:39,576
[Infinity] Hi.

380
00:18:39,910 --> 00:18:41,578
-Hi.
-You wanted to see me?

381
00:18:41,662 --> 00:18:42,496
Yeah.

382
00:18:42,579 --> 00:18:44,706
I didn't know that there was a chapel
at this school.

383
00:18:44,790 --> 00:18:45,916
-Yeah.
-Payton?

384
00:18:46,458 --> 00:18:50,045
-Hmm?
-Okay. I-- I'm sorry. I'm so, so sorry.

385
00:18:50,129 --> 00:18:52,047
-Mm-hmm.
-I just-- I can't believe that...

386
00:18:53,048 --> 00:18:55,509
Ricardo would do something like this.
It has to be him.

387
00:18:55,592 --> 00:18:57,803
I was with him when he saw the tape.
I just--

388
00:18:57,886 --> 00:19:01,306
 I never thought in a billion years
that he would betray me like that.

389
00:19:01,598 --> 00:19:03,100
I think that we can fix this.

390
00:19:03,350 --> 00:19:06,019
-Infinity--
-I stayed up all night thinking about it,

391
00:19:06,103 --> 00:19:07,855
and the plan that I have,
I'm very excited--

392
00:19:07,938 --> 00:19:10,357
I wanted to do you the honor
of telling you this in person now.

393
00:19:10,440 --> 00:19:13,735
Number one, you're off the ticket.
Okay? You are no longer my vice president.

394
00:19:13,819 --> 00:19:15,279
-What?
-Number two,

395
00:19:15,362 --> 00:19:16,947
and this-- this is somewhat delicate--

396
00:19:17,030 --> 00:19:17,906
How could you?

397
00:19:18,157 --> 00:19:19,241
Excuse me, how could I?

398
00:19:19,324 --> 00:19:21,034
You're just like everybody else.

399
00:19:21,118 --> 00:19:22,077
All right then.

400
00:19:22,953 --> 00:19:24,329
 -I had a dream...
-You--

401
00:19:24,413 --> 00:19:25,831
-[scoffs] OK.
-...you're ruining it.

402
00:19:25,914 --> 00:19:28,083
Point of fact,
I was sorta the one with the dream.

403
00:19:28,167 --> 00:19:30,502
Right? I don't think you spent your life
dreaming about being

404
00:19:30,586 --> 00:19:32,796
the vice president of anything.
Let's just slow your roll.

405
00:19:32,880 --> 00:19:34,548
What about everything
you promised me?

406
00:19:34,631 --> 00:19:36,884
Infinity, I think that
you're a very damaged person,

407
00:19:36,967 --> 00:19:39,678
but I respect you enough as an individual
to give this to you straight.

408
00:19:40,429 --> 00:19:42,723
I don't have enough proof
to say so for sure,

409
00:19:42,890 --> 00:19:46,435
but I am fairly certain that
your grandmother has been poisoning you.

410
00:19:49,104 --> 00:19:50,022
Payton...

411
00:19:50,480 --> 00:19:52,900
 -It's called Munchausen by proxy.
-It's called what?

412
00:19:52,983 --> 00:19:54,902
[loudly] So it's "Munchausen by proxy."

413
00:19:54,985 --> 00:19:56,778
I don't have Munchausen.

414
00:19:57,487 --> 00:19:59,781
She is making you sick, Infinity.

415
00:20:00,073 --> 00:20:02,034
I am sick, Payton.

416
00:20:02,117 --> 00:20:03,493
I have cancer.

417
00:20:03,827 --> 00:20:05,287
I don't know that you do.

418
00:20:08,207 --> 00:20:09,708
You're trying to take advantage of me.

419
00:20:09,791 --> 00:20:12,586
I'm trying to-- How--
How am I taking advantage?

420
00:20:12,669 --> 00:20:15,589
Infinity, I want you to listen
very closely to what I'm about to tell you

421
00:20:15,672 --> 00:20:18,675
because I'm not gonna repeat myself
and if I'm asked about this in the future,

422
00:20:18,759 --> 00:20:21,553
I will have to deny it.
We tested your blood, Infinity.

423
00:20:23,347 --> 00:20:24,806
There was no sign of cancer.
 424
00:20:26,350 --> 00:20:27,309
[whimpers]

425
00:20:27,726 --> 00:20:28,810
Okay?

426
00:20:31,980 --> 00:20:32,814
[whispers] Liar.

427
00:20:32,898 --> 00:20:35,525
-I'm lying. Great. Mm-hmm.
-You're trying to trick me.

428
00:20:36,068 --> 00:20:38,445
You probably just want
to have sex with me.

429
00:20:38,528 --> 00:20:40,781
-You wanna have sex with me.
-Oh my-- Yep!

430
00:20:40,864 --> 00:20:44,284
You know what? You're right, Infinity.
That's what I've been after.

431
00:20:44,368 --> 00:20:47,204
This whole thing has been about
just getting the chance to seduce you.

432
00:20:47,287 --> 00:20:50,499
Listen, the next time that she tries to
put a needle in your arm, don't let her.

433
00:20:50,582 --> 00:20:52,209
Okay? You don't accept medicine

434
00:20:52,292 --> 00:20:55,254
or "treatments" from anyone for...
six months.

435
00:20:55,837 --> 00:20:56,838
 See if you feel better.

436
00:20:56,922 --> 00:20:58,548
And then you graduate
from this high school

437
00:20:58,632 --> 00:21:01,218
and you get as far away from here
as you possibly can.

438
00:21:01,885 --> 00:21:04,263
But can...
you at least give me some money?

439
00:21:04,346 --> 00:21:06,390
No. No, no, no.
I cannot be responsible for you. Okay?

440
00:21:06,473 --> 00:21:09,142
There's legal ramifications here.
That's like an admission of guilt.

441
00:21:09,226 --> 00:21:10,978
That'd be like
I played a part in all this.

442
00:21:11,061 --> 00:21:11,979
But you did.

443
00:21:13,146 --> 00:21:15,148
-Goodbye, Infinity.
-Why won't you help me?

444
00:21:15,232 --> 00:21:17,150
I just did! I just saved your life!

445
00:21:21,196 --> 00:21:24,283
-["You Light Up My Life" plays softly]
-[Dusty] Boy, this is something, isn't it?

446
00:21:24,366 --> 00:21:25,284
[chuckles]
 447
00:21:25,742 --> 00:21:28,745
I mean, this is the kind of treatment
you are gonna have to get used to.

448
00:21:29,329 --> 00:21:32,457
This is what being a celebrity
is all about.

449
00:21:32,541 --> 00:21:34,793
You never have to pay for anything.

450
00:21:35,836 --> 00:21:36,878
Look at that.

451
00:21:37,546 --> 00:21:41,341
Now, look, honey, I know that you are
upset about this videotape thing,

452
00:21:41,425 --> 00:21:43,802
but I talked to Ray.

453
00:21:44,469 --> 00:21:45,595
He has a great idea.

454
00:21:45,679 --> 00:21:48,974
He said all we have to say
is that it's a fake.

455
00:21:49,224 --> 00:21:55,063
I honestly don't understand
why calling that gay man a buttmunch

456
00:21:55,147 --> 00:21:56,481
was such a scandal.

457
00:21:56,565 --> 00:21:58,317
I mean, whatever floats your boat.

458
00:21:59,067 --> 00:22:00,777
That's what gays do.

459
 00:22:01,320 --> 00:22:02,863
Munch butts and...

460
00:22:03,405 --> 00:22:04,865
celebrate Halloween.

461
00:22:05,282 --> 00:22:07,534
It's over. Payton fired me.

462
00:22:08,535 --> 00:22:09,453
What?

463
00:22:10,162 --> 00:22:11,330
When did this happen?

464
00:22:11,413 --> 00:22:12,414
And I know.

465
00:22:14,708 --> 00:22:15,792
I know, Nana.

466
00:22:17,169 --> 00:22:19,671
I know what you have been doing to me.

467
00:22:19,755 --> 00:22:21,715
What are you talking about?

468
00:22:21,798 --> 00:22:24,426
Munchausen by proxy.

469
00:22:26,678 --> 00:22:29,681
Payton told me.
Nana, I know that I don't have...

470
00:22:31,016 --> 00:22:31,892
cancer.

471
00:22:31,975 --> 00:22:33,477
Is this some kind of joke?

472
00:22:33,560 --> 00:22:35,979
 I don't know why you want to
make me sick, I just know that...

473
00:22:36,855 --> 00:22:37,731
really I'm...

474
00:22:40,108 --> 00:22:41,151
I'm not sick.

475
00:22:41,234 --> 00:22:42,736
What are you talking about?

476
00:22:42,819 --> 00:22:44,613
That I want to make you sick?

477
00:22:44,696 --> 00:22:46,365
What are all the injections, Nana?

478
00:22:46,907 --> 00:22:48,241
You know what they are.

479
00:22:48,784 --> 00:22:50,786
They're the chemo for your cancer.

480
00:22:50,869 --> 00:22:56,041
Why is it that you and Ray are the only
ones who can give me the injections

481
00:22:56,124 --> 00:22:58,043
when a doctor is supposed to do that?

482
00:22:58,126 --> 00:23:00,128
Oh, a doctor! A doctor?

483
00:23:01,296 --> 00:23:03,632
If I left this in the hands of a doctor,

484
00:23:03,715 --> 00:23:06,218
you would not be going to school,

485
00:23:06,343 --> 00:23:10,138
you would not be sleeping in your own bed.

486
00:23:10,222 --> 00:23:11,932
If I left it to a doctor,

487
00:23:12,015 --> 00:23:14,684
you would be living your life
in a hospital room.

488
00:23:15,018 --> 00:23:18,397
It is only through my sacrifice,

489
00:23:18,480 --> 00:23:22,150
I have given up my life
so you could live the life you wanted,

490
00:23:22,234 --> 00:23:24,069
and this is how you repay me?

491
00:23:24,152 --> 00:23:26,947
And I don't know why that boy
would tell you something like that,

492
00:23:27,030 --> 00:23:29,616
but if he did, then he is evil.

493
00:23:29,699 --> 00:23:31,493
They tested my blood, Nana!

494
00:23:33,203 --> 00:23:35,080
-Sit down.
-I don't care! I'm not gonna sit down!

495
00:23:35,163 --> 00:23:36,957
-I don't care!
-Sit down!

496
00:23:37,040 --> 00:23:40,377
Everybody should know
what she has been doing to me!

497
00:23:40,460 --> 00:23:43,130
 You should have to pay
for all of this pasta!

498
00:23:43,213 --> 00:23:45,632
You-- You sit down!

499
00:23:46,091 --> 00:23:47,092
Sit down!

500
00:23:52,722 --> 00:23:54,099
Why did you lie to me?

501
00:23:56,059 --> 00:23:57,602
I didn't lie to you.

502
00:23:59,020 --> 00:24:00,772
You've taken everything from me.

503
00:24:01,273 --> 00:24:02,607
You've taken my boyfriend.

504
00:24:02,941 --> 00:24:04,985
Your boyfriend. Ha!

505
00:24:05,068 --> 00:24:07,195
He is taking advantage of you.

506
00:24:07,446 --> 00:24:09,698
You have the IQ of a kindergartner.

507
00:24:10,282 --> 00:24:11,366
I'm gonna kill that boy.

508
00:24:11,450 --> 00:24:14,619
I lost my shot
at being vice president of my school.

509
00:24:16,955 --> 00:24:18,748
And I lost my trust in you.

510
00:24:23,962 --> 00:24:26,256
-No, no, no. Where are you going?
-I don't know.

511
00:24:26,965 --> 00:24:28,508
Maybe I'm gonna turn you in.

512
00:24:29,843 --> 00:24:31,261
I haven't decided yet.

513
00:24:33,680 --> 00:24:35,223
No more injections.

514
00:24:36,892 --> 00:24:38,268
No more medicine.

515
00:24:44,858 --> 00:24:46,693
-[cell phone rings]
-[whispers] Who is that?

516
00:24:48,028 --> 00:24:48,862
Hello?

517
00:24:49,279 --> 00:24:50,447
[Ricardo] You answered.

518
00:24:53,742 --> 00:24:54,701
Where are you?

519
00:24:55,035 --> 00:24:56,578
In hell without you, baby.

520
00:24:57,370 --> 00:25:00,624
I saw that Frozen musical
and all I could think was,

521
00:25:01,291 --> 00:25:03,043
"Infinity is my Elsa."

522
00:25:03,710 --> 00:25:05,545
You saw a musical without me?

523
 00:25:05,754 --> 00:25:06,755
Do you hate me?

524
00:25:07,797 --> 00:25:10,175
Because all I was trying to do
was be your hero.

525
00:25:10,383 --> 00:25:12,636
Those people are taking advantage of you.

526
00:25:12,719 --> 00:25:13,970
And I see that now.

527
00:25:15,722 --> 00:25:16,932
You're the only one

528
00:25:17,849 --> 00:25:19,226
who really loves me.

529
00:25:19,726 --> 00:25:21,520
I'm comin' home to you, Infinity.

530
00:25:22,187 --> 00:25:23,438
As soon as I can.

531
00:25:23,855 --> 00:25:25,023
I love you so much.

532
00:25:25,106 --> 00:25:26,608
I love you, Ricardo.

533
00:25:42,832 --> 00:25:45,544
[door opens, shuts]

534
00:25:45,961 --> 00:25:48,171
-Where's my lamb and rice platter?
-What?

535
00:25:48,255 --> 00:25:51,633
You left to get me a lamb and rice platter
from the Halal cart down the block.
 536
00:25:52,551 --> 00:25:54,302
Whatever. Let's just have sex again.

537
00:25:54,386 --> 00:25:55,220
No!

538
00:25:55,637 --> 00:25:56,680
Never again.

539
00:25:57,097 --> 00:25:59,057
I love one woman and one woman only.

540
00:25:59,140 --> 00:26:00,225
Now and forever.

541
00:26:00,725 --> 00:26:02,852
I'm going back to her. Today.

542
00:26:03,478 --> 00:26:04,896
Where's my $300?

543
00:26:06,439 --> 00:26:07,983
Top drawer of the dresser.

544
00:26:11,903 --> 00:26:13,113
Take an extra hundred

545
00:26:14,322 --> 00:26:15,949
for smokes and food on the road.

546
00:26:16,575 --> 00:26:17,492
Thanks.

547
00:26:21,997 --> 00:26:23,164
What are you gonna do?

548
00:26:23,957 --> 00:26:25,917
Change my name. Dye my hair.

549
00:26:26,251 --> 00:26:27,252
 Disappear.

550
00:26:32,090 --> 00:26:33,466
This is gonna get old.

551
00:26:34,426 --> 00:26:36,177
I've lived poor and invisible.

552
00:26:37,554 --> 00:26:40,223
It may be fun
for someone like you to visit,

553
00:26:41,808 --> 00:26:43,643
but there's no honor in living here.

554
00:26:44,394 --> 00:26:45,812
We had a cool time and all,

555
00:26:46,313 --> 00:26:47,564
but you should go home.

556
00:26:47,897 --> 00:26:48,815
To what?

557
00:26:49,065 --> 00:26:50,900
You worked so hard on that election.

558
00:26:51,318 --> 00:26:54,446
I don't get how someone
can care so much about something,

559
00:26:54,529 --> 00:26:56,865
and then just run away
right before the end.

560
00:26:57,449 --> 00:26:58,950
I just don't like to lose.

561
00:26:59,909 --> 00:27:01,995
My father really doesn't like me to lose.

562
 00:27:02,787 --> 00:27:05,206
Pretty, rich girls like you never lose.

563
00:27:06,958 --> 00:27:08,627
They just don't win sometimes.

564
00:27:09,628 --> 00:27:12,756
And thanks to me,
Infinity isn't running anymore.

565
00:27:13,048 --> 00:27:16,551
And that Payton guy is screwed.

566
00:27:23,183 --> 00:27:24,225
[door opens]

567
00:27:27,228 --> 00:27:29,856
If you're not home in a week,
I'm gonna tell them where you are.

568
00:27:30,398 --> 00:27:31,858
You really think I could win?

569
00:27:33,318 --> 00:27:34,486
I'd vote for you.

570
00:27:44,204 --> 00:27:45,372
[sighs]

571
00:27:50,585 --> 00:27:51,753
[man] Raise your arms.

572
00:28:05,183 --> 00:28:07,143
-[machine beeps]
-[man] Let me get a baseline here.

573
00:28:07,227 --> 00:28:08,770
Is your name Alice Charles?

574
00:28:10,814 --> 00:28:11,648
Yes.
 575
00:28:11,731 --> 00:28:15,026
Was Payton Hobart involved
with the disappearance of Astrid Sloan?

576
00:28:19,739 --> 00:28:22,909
Let's go live to Janet Harcour,
who is outside police headquarters...

577
00:28:22,992 --> 00:28:24,035
What's going on?

578
00:28:24,119 --> 00:28:25,370
...is about to make a statement.

579
00:28:25,453 --> 00:28:27,539
Hello. While the whereabouts
of Astrid Sloan...

580
00:28:27,622 --> 00:28:29,207
-What is she doing?
-We have no idea.

581
00:28:29,290 --> 00:28:33,002
...her disappearance has caused some wild
speculation throughout our community about

582
00:28:33,086 --> 00:28:35,255
who may or may not be involved

583
00:28:35,338 --> 00:28:38,425
and I wanted to provide
as much information as I can

584
00:28:38,508 --> 00:28:43,054
in regard to who is and who isn't
an active person of interest at this time.

585
00:28:43,138 --> 00:28:46,474
Payton Hobart was brought in for
questioning and held for several hours,

586
00:28:46,558 --> 00:28:50,812
but Alice Charles has passed a polygraph
test confirming Payton's whereabouts

587
00:28:50,895 --> 00:28:52,313
during the night in question.

588
00:28:52,397 --> 00:28:53,606
[Alice] Thank you, Chief.

589
00:28:56,025 --> 00:28:57,861
As the chief just indicated,

590
00:28:57,944 --> 00:29:01,197
I was with Payton Hobart
the night that Astrid disappeared.

591
00:29:01,698 --> 00:29:03,992
Payton was reluctant
to name me as an alibi

592
00:29:04,075 --> 00:29:06,911
as he wished to protect me
from even the hint of scandal.

593
00:29:07,454 --> 00:29:09,998
But I felt compelled to come forward
to clear his name.

594
00:29:10,081 --> 00:29:12,917
-You were with her that night?
-Why didn't you just tell the police that?

595
00:29:13,001 --> 00:29:13,960
[Alice] In the meantime,

596
00:29:14,043 --> 00:29:17,630
our thoughts and prayers
are with Astrid's family

597
00:29:17,714 --> 00:29:19,674
as we hope and pray for her return.

598
 00:29:22,385 --> 00:29:23,595
[tires screech]

599
00:29:31,186 --> 00:29:33,354
You told the police
I was with you that night.

600
00:29:33,897 --> 00:29:34,773
I wasn't.

601
00:29:34,856 --> 00:29:36,065
But I said you were.

602
00:29:36,858 --> 00:29:39,986
They were suspicious,
so I agreed to a lie detector test,

603
00:29:40,361 --> 00:29:41,529
which I passed.

604
00:29:41,863 --> 00:29:43,406
Which means it wasn't a lie.

605
00:29:44,073 --> 00:29:46,493
You were with me that night.

606
00:29:46,576 --> 00:29:49,329
But I don't understand.
How did you pass a polygraph?

607
00:29:53,166 --> 00:29:54,751
A polygraph isn't a test.

608
00:29:55,126 --> 00:29:56,503
It's an interrogation tool,

609
00:29:56,586 --> 00:29:59,506
and the only role the polygraph plays
is to intimidate.

610
00:29:59,589 --> 00:30:02,008
You can't record truth or deception.
 611
00:30:02,091 --> 00:30:04,594
There's no such thing as a lying reaction.

612
00:30:05,261 --> 00:30:07,514
What a polygraph records is nervousness.

613
00:30:08,640 --> 00:30:11,768
And you didn't have anything to do with
Astrid's disappearance.

614
00:30:12,268 --> 00:30:14,103
I knew that in my heart.

615
00:30:15,563 --> 00:30:17,982
Which meant I had nothing
to be nervous about.

616
00:30:18,066 --> 00:30:20,485
But still, you were making statements
that you knew were false.

617
00:30:20,568 --> 00:30:22,237
The machine had to have picked it up.

618
00:30:22,779 --> 00:30:25,990
In a polygraph exam,
you're asked two types of questions:

619
00:30:26,741 --> 00:30:28,993
relevant questions and controls.

620
00:30:29,077 --> 00:30:32,789
Do you live at 4353 Sycamore Drive?

621
00:30:34,123 --> 00:30:35,083
Yes.

622
00:30:35,667 --> 00:30:39,128
Besides what you've told me,
have you ever lied to get out of trouble?
 623
00:30:39,754 --> 00:30:40,630
No.

624
00:30:40,922 --> 00:30:44,217
Are you lying to protect Payton Hobart?

625
00:30:44,968 --> 00:30:45,802
No.

626
00:30:45,885 --> 00:30:47,428
The key to passing a lie detector test

627
00:30:47,512 --> 00:30:49,514
is showing a reaction
to the control questions...

628
00:30:49,597 --> 00:30:52,809
Are you a student
at St. Sebastian High School?

629
00:30:52,892 --> 00:30:55,144
-...with a series of short, rapid breaths.
-[quick breaths]

630
00:30:55,228 --> 00:30:56,187
Yes.

631
00:30:56,271 --> 00:30:57,772
When they asked a relevant question...

632
00:30:57,856 --> 00:31:00,942
Were you with Payton Hobart
on the night of Astrid's disappearance?

633
00:31:01,025 --> 00:31:04,988
...I pictured you and me on the limo ride
down Pennsylvania Avenue

634
00:31:05,071 --> 00:31:07,574
toward the White House
on the day of your first inaugural.
 635
00:31:07,657 --> 00:31:08,658
Yes.

636
00:31:09,200 --> 00:31:10,869
Did you spend the night with him?

637
00:31:11,744 --> 00:31:12,579
Yes.

638
00:31:13,329 --> 00:31:14,372
She's telling the truth.

639
00:31:14,622 --> 00:31:15,582
I can't believe it.

640
00:31:15,665 --> 00:31:16,666
Believe what?

641
00:31:17,125 --> 00:31:19,711
That I'm a stone-cold bitch
with ice water in my veins?

642
00:31:21,254 --> 00:31:22,714
Yes. Exactly.

643
00:31:25,592 --> 00:31:26,718
I've missed you.

644
00:31:28,469 --> 00:31:29,679
I've missed you too.

645
00:31:31,472 --> 00:31:34,767
And I've never been more attracted to you.

646
00:31:37,812 --> 00:31:39,564
[door whirring]

647
00:32:31,741 --> 00:32:32,784
God!

648
 00:32:32,867 --> 00:32:33,952
My baby!

649
00:32:34,702 --> 00:32:36,746
My baby! My baby!

650
00:32:37,914 --> 00:32:39,499
-Oh, are you hurt?
-No.

651
00:32:39,999 --> 00:32:42,293
Thank God.
[stammers] How did you escape?

652
00:32:42,377 --> 00:32:45,213
We must call the police. Whoever took you
will know that you'll come here.

653
00:32:45,296 --> 00:32:47,924
Was it one of those situations
like that Brie Larson movie?

654
00:32:48,174 --> 00:32:50,301
No, Mom. I didn't escape. No one took me.

655
00:32:51,427 --> 00:32:53,471
-Wha--
-I ran away from home.

656
00:32:53,805 --> 00:32:56,265
But there was blood all over the place.

657
00:32:56,349 --> 00:32:57,976
They tested it, it wasn't yours.

658
00:32:58,685 --> 00:32:59,852
It was Ricardo's.

659
00:33:00,353 --> 00:33:02,271
I forced him to make it look like
he kidnapped me,

660
 00:33:02,355 --> 00:33:05,191
but the honest truth is
that I kinda kidnapped him.

661
00:33:07,402 --> 00:33:08,736
I needed to get away.

662
00:33:10,405 --> 00:33:11,572
I'm not happy.

663
00:33:12,240 --> 00:33:13,908
I don't wanna hate my life anymore.

664
00:33:15,410 --> 00:33:18,246
Not happy is not a reason
to put us through all of this.

665
00:33:18,663 --> 00:33:20,873
Not happy is what antidepressants are for.

666
00:33:25,211 --> 00:33:27,630
I wanna feel my life, Mom.

667
00:33:29,215 --> 00:33:31,300
If I'm too drugged up
to know if I'm happy or sad,

668
00:33:31,384 --> 00:33:33,219
how am I gonna know
if I need to make changes?

669
00:33:33,302 --> 00:33:35,430
Honey, people like us don't make changes.

670
00:33:35,513 --> 00:33:38,391
Making changes could risk everything
we've worked so hard to attain.

671
00:33:38,766 --> 00:33:41,394
The first thing we're going to do
is come up with a good enough story

672
 00:33:41,477 --> 00:33:43,021
to pin all of this on that Ricardo boy.

673
00:33:43,104 --> 00:33:44,230
-What?
-Sweetheart!

674
00:33:44,480 --> 00:33:47,900
The entire community has gathered
around you like some kid in a well.

675
00:33:48,401 --> 00:33:51,612
If they find out this is just some
silly teenage runaway story,

676
00:33:51,696 --> 00:33:52,947
we will be humiliated.

677
00:33:53,031 --> 00:33:55,658
'Cause people who aren't like us
get humiliated every day, Mom.

678
00:33:55,742 --> 00:33:57,076
I saw it firsthand.

679
00:33:57,660 --> 00:34:00,830
Waitresses, homeless going number two
in the streets,

680
00:34:00,913 --> 00:34:03,249
people on public transportation.

681
00:34:03,332 --> 00:34:04,459
It's hell out there.

682
00:34:06,169 --> 00:34:09,380
Which is why I'm gonna tell the truth
about where I was and what I saw,

683
00:34:09,464 --> 00:34:12,300
and win this election
as a true woman of the people.
 684
00:34:18,473 --> 00:34:19,766
They will see through it.

685
00:34:19,849 --> 00:34:20,808
You're not.

686
00:34:21,267 --> 00:34:22,351
You're one of us.

687
00:34:22,894 --> 00:34:25,229
I'm the daughter
of a drug-addicted hooker.

688
00:34:33,071 --> 00:34:34,530
I'm gonna tell them everything.

689
00:34:35,406 --> 00:34:36,657
And then I'm gonna win.

690
00:34:37,950 --> 00:34:39,702
[camera shutters clicking]

691
00:34:49,545 --> 00:34:50,922
Thank you all for coming.

692
00:34:52,632 --> 00:34:54,300
As you can see, I'm not dead.

693
00:34:54,383 --> 00:34:55,510
[reporters chuckle]

694
00:34:55,593 --> 00:34:57,595
I'd like to give my sincerest apologies

695
00:34:57,678 --> 00:35:00,181
for the media circus
that my disappearance caused.

696
00:35:01,140 --> 00:35:03,267
Please know that
it was never my intention,
 697
00:35:03,351 --> 00:35:07,188
and that I plan to make amends
and repay every taxpayer dollar spent

698
00:35:07,271 --> 00:35:09,023
trying to ascertain my whereabouts.

699
00:35:10,650 --> 00:35:12,777
I ran away because I felt overwhelmed...

700
00:35:15,530 --> 00:35:17,657
by pressures both at home and at school.

701
00:35:18,157 --> 00:35:19,283
But...

702
00:35:19,617 --> 00:35:22,829
I'm here to tell you that running away
really does only make it worse.

703
00:35:22,912 --> 00:35:26,165
To my parents, my teachers,
my peers, and my supporters,

704
00:35:26,499 --> 00:35:28,709
I'm truly sorry to have let you down.

705
00:35:28,793 --> 00:35:30,962
Am I crazy or is she kinda
knocking this out of the park?

706
00:35:31,045 --> 00:35:33,923
This is like '08 Hillary tearing up
in that cafe in New Hampshire.

707
00:35:34,006 --> 00:35:36,509
You're like, "Oh, I thought I hated her.
Maybe I don't hate her."

708
00:35:36,592 --> 00:35:38,928
She could not be more full of shit,
 but I believe everything.

709
00:35:39,011 --> 00:35:41,347
-I don't know how she's doing it.
-We get it. She's amazing.

710
00:35:41,430 --> 00:35:43,850
We need to change the narrative,
announce a new VP right now.

711
00:35:43,933 --> 00:35:45,601
Well, I don't recognize
any of these names.

712
00:35:45,685 --> 00:35:47,603
I'm just saying,
I think Pierre's the best option.

713
00:35:47,687 --> 00:35:50,815
He seems interested, he'd be the first
Haitian candidate in school history,

714
00:35:50,898 --> 00:35:52,733
I think he could really move the needle.

715
00:35:52,817 --> 00:35:55,778
Okay, well, he testified to the police
that he thought we murdered Astrid,

716
00:35:55,862 --> 00:35:57,655
James, he might not be
our strongest advocate.

717
00:35:57,738 --> 00:35:59,657
I'd seriously rather pick a lunch lady.

718
00:36:00,324 --> 00:36:01,868
These are a no, try again!

719
00:36:05,204 --> 00:36:06,789
So, the numbers are in.

720
 00:36:06,873 --> 00:36:08,666
And frankly,
they're a little bit shocking.

721
00:36:08,749 --> 00:36:11,169
They kind of made me question
my own methodology.

722
00:36:11,252 --> 00:36:14,255
But this poll was conducted no differently
than prior polls.

723
00:36:14,338 --> 00:36:16,883
It's the same live caller
likely voter survey

724
00:36:16,966 --> 00:36:18,801
that I've relied on this entire campaign.

725
00:36:18,885 --> 00:36:21,846
And I can honestly stand here
and tell you that I stand by this model.

726
00:36:21,929 --> 00:36:22,763
Kris--

727
00:36:22,847 --> 00:36:24,932
I know, it just, uh, it bears repeating.

728
00:36:25,641 --> 00:36:29,812
Normally, at this phase of a campaign,
a high-profile media event like today's,

729
00:36:29,896 --> 00:36:32,607
I thought we'd see a much larger
swing in the polls than we do.

730
00:36:32,690 --> 00:36:34,817
-Good or bad, Kris?
-Um... [clears throat]

731
00:36:34,901 --> 00:36:38,112
Mostly bad. I thought that your
press conference was masterful, Astrid.

732
00:36:38,196 --> 00:36:40,072
Like, honestly, I would vote for you.

733
00:36:40,364 --> 00:36:42,325
I mean, obviously, I will vote for you.

734
00:36:42,408 --> 00:36:44,702
But you dipped and Payton rose.

735
00:36:44,785 --> 00:36:48,539
We had a three-point lead after the
Busch Gardens tape and now he's up four.

736
00:36:48,623 --> 00:36:50,708
That's a seven-point swing in a week.

737
00:36:51,042 --> 00:36:53,920
Which we could maybe claw back from
if we had more time,

738
00:36:54,003 --> 00:36:55,171
but the election's tomorrow.

739
00:36:55,254 --> 00:36:58,174
Also, your approval rating
is now underwater.

740
00:36:58,257 --> 00:37:00,343
Fifty-one percent say they
have a negative image of you,

741
00:37:00,426 --> 00:37:02,386
thirty-eight percent
say that image is positive.

742
00:37:02,470 --> 00:37:03,721
Is there any good news?

743
00:37:03,804 --> 00:37:06,140
Again, I don't like that term, but, yes.
 744
00:37:06,349 --> 00:37:08,601
Uh, the good news is that
Payton's approve/disapprove

745
00:37:08,684 --> 00:37:10,144
is right there in the same ballpark.

746
00:37:10,228 --> 00:37:12,563
Forty-eight percent disapprove,
forty-one percent approve.

747
00:37:12,647 --> 00:37:15,691
-That still sounds bad for us.
-Yes. Sort of.

748
00:37:15,775 --> 00:37:18,152
Another way of looking at it
is that Payton is vulnerable.

749
00:37:18,236 --> 00:37:20,238
That "buttmunch" tape
was an enormous drag.

750
00:37:20,321 --> 00:37:22,365
If I were you,
I'd keep hammering him on it.

751
00:37:22,448 --> 00:37:25,451
But he dropped his running mate.
Infinity isn't even on the ticket.

752
00:37:25,534 --> 00:37:28,663
But he is. And she was his pick.
Make it about his judgment.

753
00:37:28,746 --> 00:37:30,081
Drive up his unfavorables.

754
00:37:30,164 --> 00:37:33,960
Make it a dirty, low turnout election.
Do that and you might have a shot.
 755
00:37:34,043 --> 00:37:35,127
Might have a shot.

756
00:37:36,087 --> 00:37:39,257
Not exactly where I expected us to be
one day away from election.

757
00:37:39,340 --> 00:37:40,341
Don't start with me, okay?

758
00:37:40,424 --> 00:37:43,135
We could have won this thing
if you hadn't disappeared, Astrid.

759
00:37:43,219 --> 00:37:45,388
We had a solid three-point lead.

760
00:37:45,471 --> 00:37:48,557
That tape was a gift from the heavens
and you squandered it.

761
00:37:49,475 --> 00:37:50,309
You know what?

762
00:37:50,393 --> 00:37:53,729
You are a pampered, stuck-up little phony.

763
00:37:53,813 --> 00:37:55,314
What did you expect was gonna happen,

764
00:37:55,398 --> 00:37:58,234
that you'd waltz back into town
and they'd hand you the key to the city?

765
00:37:58,317 --> 00:37:59,527
That is not what I expected.

766
00:38:08,536 --> 00:38:09,578
[door slams shut]

767
00:38:09,996 --> 00:38:11,330
 [projector whirring]

768
00:38:11,455 --> 00:38:14,166
-[man 1] Modern art.
-[man 2] Dispassionate draftsmen.

769
00:38:14,250 --> 00:38:15,668
-[man 1] Foreign policy.
-[phone vibrates]

770
00:38:15,751 --> 00:38:18,379
-[man 2] Brave new weapons.
-[audience chuckles on film]

771
00:38:18,462 --> 00:38:20,298
-[man 1] Today's youth.
-[man 2] Joyless, guideless.

772
00:38:20,381 --> 00:38:21,590
-[man 1] Today's religion.
-Hello?

773
00:38:21,674 --> 00:38:23,426
-[man 2] Preachment by popularity polls.
-Speaking.

774
00:38:23,509 --> 00:38:25,636
-[man 1] Standard of living.
-[man 2] A TV in every room.

775
00:38:25,720 --> 00:38:27,471
[audience chuckles on film]

776
00:38:27,596 --> 00:38:29,557
-[man 1] Education.
-[man 2] A TV in every room.

777
00:38:29,640 --> 00:38:30,975
I want to join the ticket.

778
00:38:35,730 --> 00:38:37,148
Okay, let me clarify.
 779
00:38:37,231 --> 00:38:42,486
I want to quit Astrid's campaign
and join yours.

780
00:38:42,570 --> 00:38:43,487
Hmm.

781
00:38:44,196 --> 00:38:45,156
We hear you.

782
00:38:45,740 --> 00:38:47,908
This is just a lot
for Payton to process right now,

783
00:38:47,992 --> 00:38:50,494
but we're interested
and it's a matter of how we go about it...

784
00:38:50,578 --> 00:38:51,912
-James.
-...at this point.

785
00:38:53,080 --> 00:38:53,914
Why?

786
00:38:53,998 --> 00:38:57,877
Because without me, you lose,
but with me, I think you win.

787
00:38:57,960 --> 00:38:58,878
She's got a point.

788
00:38:58,961 --> 00:39:00,046
That's not a reason.

789
00:39:01,756 --> 00:39:04,008
-Did Astrid put you up to this?
-Astrid doesn't know.

790
00:39:04,091 --> 00:39:05,593
-Prove it.
-I can't.
 791
00:39:05,676 --> 00:39:07,178
You're gonna have to trust me on this.

792
00:39:07,470 --> 00:39:10,556
I don't appreciate or respect the way
that you've chosen to run your campaign.

793
00:39:10,639 --> 00:39:12,558
I agree.
I don't like our campaign much either.

794
00:39:12,933 --> 00:39:14,143
I need a day to think about it.

795
00:39:14,226 --> 00:39:15,728
The election is tomorrow.

796
00:39:16,228 --> 00:39:18,522
You need a running mate before then.
I'm the obvious choice.

797
00:39:18,606 --> 00:39:20,107
Doesn't mean you're the right choice.

798
00:39:22,318 --> 00:39:23,527
I appreciate your time.

799
00:39:25,363 --> 00:39:26,781
Trust me, we'll be in touch.

800
00:39:31,744 --> 00:39:33,746
[Donna Summer's "I Feel Love" playing]

801
00:39:54,141 --> 00:39:55,101
What happened?

802
00:39:56,811 --> 00:39:59,146
I thought he'd say yes,
but he says he has to think about it.

803
 00:39:59,230 --> 00:40:00,606
I'll get him to say yes, trust me.

804
00:40:00,689 --> 00:40:03,901
It's what's best for him, it's what
he wants. He doesn't know it yet.

805
00:40:08,155 --> 00:40:11,283
♪ Ooh ♪

806
00:40:11,367 --> 00:40:17,665
♪ I'm in love, I'm in love
I'm in love, I'm in love, I'm in love ♪

807
00:40:19,250 --> 00:40:21,001
♪ Ooh... ♪

808
00:40:21,377 --> 00:40:22,294
What?

809
00:40:22,670 --> 00:40:23,587
Nothing.

810
00:40:25,005 --> 00:40:26,590
I want this more than anything.

811
00:40:29,468 --> 00:40:36,434
♪ I feel love ♪

812
00:40:37,059 --> 00:40:44,024
♪ I feel love ♪

813
00:40:53,951 --> 00:40:55,661
[theme music plays]

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