[Ema] Previously on Shelter...
Shira told me about this kid.
[Spoon] Dylan Shakes.
He disappeared right after his baseball game.
[Mickey] My dad had the same hat
as Dylan Shakes in this photo.
[Shira] They were best friends.
If arresting my nephew is your twisted way
of trying to get my attention...
[Taylor] Don't flatter yourself.
I stopped thinking about you a long time ago.
Ooh, I'm so sorry.
Shira?
Hannah.
Oh, my God.
Kitty will be out in a minute.
I just wanted to speak with you both for a moment.
Just make sure to take it easy for a bit, okay?
[Kitty] Mickey!
Mom. I missed you so much.
So we have to assume whoever attacked Dr. Kent
is connected to Ashley's disappearance.
Yeah, yeah, and that they believed
the Kents were Ashley's parents too.
[Mrs. Kent] The man who did this to my husband,
he had a tattoo on his face.
A tattoo of what?
[Mrs. Kent] An octopus.
[dramatic music]
[Octoface] That doesn't belong to you.
Did you say that the guy
that you and Spoon saw at Bat Lady's house
had a shaved head and sunglasses on?
[Ema] Holy fuck, is that guy watching us right now?
Hey, stop! Stop!
Who are you?
Why were you at Bat Lady's house,
and why are you following me?
[Sunglasses] You're not yet ready for those answers.
Bat Lady said my dad is still alive.
- Believe me. - She shouldn't have said that.
I don't know where my mom is. She never came home.
♪ ♪
[door slams]
[Spoon] Mickey, you silly goose,
you left your door unlocked.
♪ ♪
[eerie music]
♪ ♪
[explosions, gunfire]
[train rattling]
[brakes screeching]
[door creaking]
[distant shouting]
[children chattering]
[children laughing]
[soft music]
♪ ♪
[keyboard clacking]
[Bat Lady] Anything?
Anything about Ashley?
Still looking.
[sighs]
You told Mickey he's still alive.
[Bat Lady] I know.
Why?
Come on, there must be something in here on Ashley.
Just this so far.
Well, we will do what we must.
[Sunglasses] But?
But I'm not sure everyone will survive.
[Shippee] We'll reach out
if there are any new developments.
But for now, she just needs some time.
We require no contact during this period.
[exhales] Okay.
All right. Thanks.
[Shippee] You're welcome.
Your mom's been readmitted.
She wasn't ready.
No, she wasn't.
[sighs]
Is this why you didn't want my mom to marry my dad?
The depression?
It's complicated.
I'll get the car.
[tense music]
♪ ♪
[sniffles]
[Octoface] That doesn't belong to you.
♪ ♪
[sobbing]
Rachel Caldwell.
Mickey Bolitar.
Hmm.
- Charlotte. - [Charlotte] Here.
[camera shutter clicks]
- [Friedman] John. - [John] Present.
[phone dings]
[intriguing music]
♪ ♪
[chair scrapes]
[Morris] Sit down, Mr. Taylor. What are you doing?
Hey.
Have you heard anything from Mickey?
No.
He's probably with his mom.
Yeah.
I don't know.
He never reached out to me after I gave him
my dad's coconut pie,
and I just kind of thought he would text me...
Seriously?
You went over there?
You shouldn't have interrupted them.
- What is your problem? - I didn't interrupt them.
Like, there was nobody there.
Well, there was supposed to be.
Well, there wasn't, so...
wait, there was somebody there.
This was kind of scary, actually.
I found this guy.
I mean, he's pretty cute, but also,
doesn't he kind of look like me?
Like, a bit? Like, with a hat?
Did you steal that from their house?
I didn't s...
okay, Mickey would be happy if he knew that I found...
okay.
- Okay. - Yeah.
[Morris] Back to your desk, Mr. Spindell.
[Spoon] On it.
[Whitney] Are you going to assembly next period?
[soft music]
Uh, yeah.
I mean, it's mandatory, right?
Like you care.
You mind if I...
♪ ♪
Wow, what's this?
Oh, that's... that's, like, nothing.
Don't be embarrassed. It's so dark.
I fucking love it.
- Do you have a uDOu? - No.
- Uh, I mean, no. - [Whitney] Get one.
You should totally post your art there.
[bell rings]
I, uh, gotta... gotta go.
[snores]
[Ellen] Allen, has she gained weight?
I can't tell if her ankles are swollen
or it's just those unfortunate socks.
Ellen, they're ankles.
I think she looks gorgeous.
Not as gorgeous as her mother, of course.
[scoffs] Smooth talker.
Just being romantic.
You're hoping to get some.
I'm hoping to get a lot.
[Ellen] Hello.
[snorts]
Mom?
- Hi, honeybunch. - Hi, Dad.
[Ellen] I see you're still snoring.
There's an app for that, you know.
Yeah, it's called the App-nea.
- [Ellen snorts] - Oh, God. Wow.
Why are you guys here?
We need an invitation to our own home?
I told you we should have called first.
I texted. What's the problem?
Okay, I need some coffee.
Uh... [scoffs]
I'm... I'm not in college anymore.
You don't need to stock my fridge.
Oh, honey, these aren't for you.
They're for our party guests.
[laughs] What party?
Our 49th wedding anniversary.
You forgot, right?
Anyway, we were all set to go on a cruise.
[Ellen] To the Bahamas, from Fort Lauderdale.
Cabin upgrade.
[Allen] But with what happened to Kitty...
It's better this way.
More family time.
It'll be good for Mickey.
And when exactly is this party?
In, uh, five hours.
[sighs]
Welcome, Kasselton Camels.
[howls] Yeah.
[crowd howls] Yeah!
[Friedman] Thank you all for coming.
Still no sign of Mickey.
I'm sure it's fine.
[Friedman] ...European history.
And do I have huge news for all of you.
But first, a bit of bad news.
Our beloved drama instructor, Mr. V,
he was called away on a family emergency,
and, uh, we wish him well.
What's up with all the paparazzi?
[Friedman] But that means I'll be in charge
of the school musical this year.
- I don't know. - Hmm.
- How's my hair? - [Friedman] Fear not.
I have some experience in this.
Have you ever seen a bird's nest
after a raccoon attack?
God, I wish.
Curtain Call is a nonprofit for the arts
that chooses a celebrity to sponsor
one high school musical a year.
[Spoon] Ema, Ema, Ema, Ema...
[Friedman] Our celebrity sponsor needs
no introduction, kids.
May I present to you
the one and only Angelica Wyatt.
[cheers and applause]
[upbeat music playing]
♪ ♪
Ooh!
Can you, like, fucking chill, please?
Not even a little bit.
Angelica Wyatt's my favorite actor ever.
Bar none. I mean, she has an EGOT.
She has an Emmy. She has a Grammy.
- She has an Oscar... - I really don't care, Spoon.
Have you ever seen Flipping for Love?
I wished for a dolphin 12 Hanukkahs in a row.
That's 96 nights of wishing.
[clearing throat] You're hot!
[both laugh]
Art.
Art for art's sake.
[sighs]
It makes life so much more interesting,
so much more manageable.
And the truth is,
the medium is not what's important.
The important thing is getting out there and doing.
Doing things you like.
Doing things that scare the shit out of you.
- [crowd gasping] - Oh. Oops, sorry.
- Can I say shit? - [cheers and applause]
- [laughing] - Oh, she's bad, dude.
[Angelica sighs]
All right, let's get to the reason I'm here,
shall we?
This year's musical is...
Phantom of the Opera.
[wild cheers and applause]
Ema, I'm gonna audition,
and I'm gonna get the Phantom,
and then she's gonna pull
a truthful performance from out of me,
and then we're gonna get really, really close,
and we're gonna bond
and we're gonna start going on walks
and she'll invite me over for dinner,
and then we're gonna enter an open marriage,
- and it's gonna be beautiful. - Whoa, that's foul, Spoon.
- You should stop. - Just grow up, Ema.
It takes a very brave and bold spirit
to truly inhabit the role of Phantom.
[student] Buck! Buck!
[crowd chanting] Buck! Buck!
Come on. Hey.
[crowd chanting] Buck! Buck! Buck! Buck!
Buck! Buck! Buck!
- [cheers and applause] - Buck! Buck! Buck!
I'm gonna destroy his world.
[Angelica] I so look forward
to starting this process with you today.
We're going to go on a journey together,
and we're going to create something magical.
[distant cheering]
And now she's...
she's been readmitted.
[sniffling]
Mickey, I'm really sorry.
Really. I second that.
Truly.
We need to focus on finding Ashley.
You guys said you had something new?
Let's show him.
Mickey, I'm so sorry.
I stole this from you.
Not that thing, Spoon.
The Ashley thing.
- Oh, yes. - What is this?
It's okay. Don't worry about it.
[intriguing music]
♪ ♪
What is this place?
This, my gorgeous, gorgeous girls,
is the Spindell Spot.
A secret to most,
a haven for the lucky few.
Okay.
It's also an abandoned boiler room
that hasn't been used since, like, the 1950s or something.
[voices echoing]
What's that sound?
[Spoon] Oh, teachers.
- What? - [Spoon] Yeah.
So you know how old pipes carry sound?
This pipe runs straight to the sink
in the teachers' lounge.
I hear the craziest stuff.
These teachers are very, very complicated people.
Also, they really, really hate us.
How did you find this place?
My dad's head janitor here, remember?
He lets me use the space for my MILF Club.
- [Mickey] What? - What the fuck is that?
Musicals I Love Foundation.
Who's in this MILF Club?
Well, there's me...
Just show him the thing, Spoon.
[Spoon] Yes.
♪ ♪
What is all of this?
Dylan Shakes.
The little boy that they're holding the memorial for.
Yeah, okay.
So ever since we talked about him a few days ago,
my brain just developed this deep, uh, itch.
Dylan Shakes, missing kid from Kasselton.
Ashley Kent, missing kid from Kasselton.
They're connected?
[Spoon] Dylan Shakes goes missing
after his little league game in 1995.
[Mickey] Don't people say his dad killed him?
Yeah, the police considered him their number one suspect,
but there was never really enough evidence
to actually go through with an arrest.
- Where's his dad now? - Nobody knows.
He left Kasselton right after.
Okay, well, it's definitely weird
that two kids from the same town went missing.
What does one have to do with the other?
Well, that's the kicker.
Dylan Shakes goes missing on September 8th.
The same day Ashley went missing.
Yeah, 27 years earlier.
But okay, what do we think that means?
That Dylan's dad took Ashley?
Potentially, a stretch, right?
But potentially could be.
I think we should be looking for connections
- between Dylan and Ashley. - [Mickey] But how?
There's nothing about Ashley online.
No social media, anything. It's like she doesn't exist.
We forgot to look in the most obvious place.
Where is that?
Her locker.
And it's completely empty.
Yeah, the school must have cleared it out
after Ashley... withdrew.
Yeah, I guess.
Guys.
This shit tracks her every move all day long.
If we could get all the security footage
the day Ashley disappeared,
we might be able to reconstruct her day.
And maybe we can see what happened to her.
[Mickey] Well, how do we get that footage?
Yeah, it would definitely be... really hard
to download every second of every surveillance camera
the day Ashley disappeared.
Okay.
So I downloaded every second
from every surveillance camera on the day Ashley disappeared.
- How'd you pull that off? - You're serious.
I suspected Bailey Barrios of faking her limp last year
to get out of gym class, so I...
hacked into the security system for proof.
She has arthritis, you asshole.
Yeah, I didn't say I was right, did I?
I don't know what the fuck's wrong with him.
Guys, okay, it's gonna take us days
to go through that kind of footage.
We should take turns.
[Spoon] I can take the first shift.
I've trained my teachers not to expect regular attendance.
You?
I learn when I want to learn, Mickey.
If it's cool with you, I don't mind going first.
[light pop music]
♪ ♪
[school bell rings]
[singer] ♪ Started the conversation ♪
♪ With you in my head... ♪
I'm really nervous, Mickey.
[in Spanish] Are you nervous?
[in English] Hey, hey, you'll be okay.
Mickey, that's easy for you to say, show-off.
I mean, you speak fluent Spanish.
- [Mickey] Okay. - When I try to speak Spanish,
all the words get jumbled in my head.
Hey, listen, you're overthinking it.
Spanish is like poetry.
It's meant to be consumed in your heart,
absorbed in your bones.
Did you just say "absorbed in your bones"?
- Yeah. - [teacher] OK, Spanish speakers.
- [Ashley] Okay. - [both laugh]
Let's see your version of an impassioned conversation.
Ashley, Mickey, you're up.
Hey! Stop!
This is my parking spot!
No, sir. This par...
This one is the mine.
No, I don't think you understand.
This has been my parking spot for many years.
[stammering]
[whispering indistinctly]
Prove it to me or I will park here!
Well, my name is on the sign.
[laughter]
Oh, yeah!
Oh, yeah.
Your name is on the sign. So I will let you park here.
Yes, thank you.
[applause]
♪ ♪
- Hey. - You okay?
[Mickey] Yeah. Yeah, I'm fine.
What time is it?
It's 5:00. It's my turn.
Oh, shit, I gotta go.
- Uh, where? - Home.
Rachel and I are doing a history project together,
and I'm late, so bye.
Bye.
[scoffs]
Can't keep Cheer Princess waiting.
That's for sure.
[upbeat music playing]
♪ ♪
[Ellen] There he is.
My handsome boy.
[Mickey] Grandma!
[Ellen] Give your grandma smooches.
I'll settle for some hugs, kiddo.
Aye!
I can't believe I get to see you guys here.
[Allen] Did you get tall? He got taller, a foot at least.
[Ellen] He got more handsome, that's for sure.
Although I'm not surprised.
What I am surprised about
is why you would let a pretty girl like Rachel
wait so long for you.
I'm sorry about that.
It's cool. It's cool. You were busy with smooches.
[laughter]
You must be famished.
I'll make you a schmear with lox.
Oh, Grandma, don't worry about it.
We gotta go downstairs and do a history project.
Oh, they have homework, Ellen.
Dad, stop. Seriously.
Actual homework, Pops.
Mm-hmm.
What's the project on?
It's on a little girl named Lizzy Sobek.
Lizzy... Lizzy Sobek?
- [Rachel] Yeah. - You've heard of her?
[Allen] Absolutely, we have.
She rescued kids on a train to Auschwitz.
Most people never heard of her.
Some think she didn't exist, that she's an urban legend,
but she's a hero to us.
Very inspirational.
[Rachel] Wow.
Well, we hope to do right by her.
I don't doubt it.
Dad, let them go work.
All right. All right.
Keep that door open, you two.
Pops.
[laughs]
It's okay.
You don't have to worry.
[♪ Mr Little Jeans: "Forgetter"]
♪ ♪
[singer] ♪ Slow my heart to half the speed ♪
♪ Until I'm barely ♪
♪ Breathing ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Leave me for the wolves ♪
♪ To drag me through the ditches ♪
♪ Bleeding ♪
[tense music]
Ashley.
♪ ♪
Oh, shit.
[Shira] We're doing fine, Dad.
- Just relax and have fun. - [door slams]
- [indistinct chatter] - [Ellen] Surprise.
[chuckles]
Hey, Shira.
Hi... hey, guys.
I actually ran into your dad at the supermarket,
and he told your mom, and your mom called us,
and here we are, so...
Just like old times.
Hey.
[Hannah] Hey, Rachel.
- You look so nice. - Oh, thanks.
I've haven't seen you at the house lately, Rachel.
Cheerleading taking up a lot of your time?
- Dad. - [Taylor] What?
Um, something like that.
I actually have a lot of homework to do,
so I gotta go, but it was so nice to see you.
I'll see ya.
Hey, what's your deal?
You're not responding to my texts.
You don't show up to school today.
I'm just really busy.
Yeah, you're not too busy for Bolitar.
We're doing a history project together,
one of the many stressful things
- I have going on right now. - Hey, hey, hey. Come here.
Do you ever think that maybe I could have something...
Come here.
If you're stressed, just tell me, okay?
I can help.
Okay?
Plus,
I've got this magic stress stick.
Makes it all go away.
You always know how to ruin it.
- It's so fucked up, honestly. - [Troy] Baby, come on.
I can't believe I could even talk...
[Troy] I was joking.
[Rachel screams]
[grunts]
Get the fuck away from me!
[scoffs] What the fuck, Rachel?
[Rachel] I'm sorry. I didn't mean to do that.
I...
[breathing heavily]
[intense music]
♪ ♪
Stop right there!
[Rachel grunts]
Get the fuck away from me!
[breathing heavily]
[Allen] So I turned to your grandmother
and said, "Where's Brad?"
As soon as the bus drove off, we realized
your father never got off.
He was only six.
[Allen] But Shira had memorized the bus number.
463.
[Allen] Took us two hours to track your father down.
When we found him,
he'd become best friends with the driver.
Passengers shared food with him.
That's the kind of kid he was.
Magnetic.
Didn't you have, like, a thing
back in high school with my dad?
Hey, hold up there, Troy.
Oh, it's okay, Ken.
Yes.
In fact, we were a thing.
And you were friends with my mom?
Best friends.
Is that weird now,
that your ex-boyfriend is now married to your best friend?
Come on, son. It's ancient history now.
I left town after graduation, so all bets were off.
[Ellen] And it all turned out for the best.
Hannah and Ken have a wonderful life together,
amazing children.
[chuckles] What's your point, Mom?
[Ellen] No point.
Life reflects choices.
You, for example,
have a successful law career in Seattle.
Hmm, which is Mom code
for a failed marriage and a dormant womb.
Well, it's not my fault
if your uterus has an expiration date.
[Shira] I don't care. I don't want kids.
I never have, and I'm okay with that.
But clearly, you aren't.
Well, it's just that...
[sighs]
...now you have no parenting skills
when you need them the most.
[laughs]
Okay, whatever you say.
[♪ Holly Humberstone: "Sleep Tight"]
♪ ♪
[singer] ♪ Sleep tight, I'm on my way back ♪
♪ And feeling kind of sad... ♪
[Hannah] I knew I'd find you up here.
[sighs] Here we are again.
Feels like we're back in high school.
- Oh, God. - [laughing]
Okay, back to the roof.
Welcome.
[sighs]
You gonna share that?
Ask and you shall receive.
[laughs]
Your mom's in rare form.
The only form she knows.
You gonna be okay?
Yeah, I'm fine.
It's just, is she saying that because I've never given birth,
I don't have any maternal instincts?
- She can just fuck right off. - [both laugh]
Of course you do. You know you do.
I just don't know why I let her get to me still.
She is your mom.
You know, you're genetically programmed
to let her get under your skin.
I see it with Troy right now.
Oh, my God, my voice is like nails on a chalkboard to him.
[laughs] Ditto, with Mickey.
Sorry I was so weird at the station the other night.
- I was... - Don't be.
I don't know what I was thinking.
No, don't be.
You are allowed some well-placed anger.
My 18-year-old self was a selfish shit.
I own it.
Well, what if we start fresh, you know?
Just forget all the other stuff.
That'd be great.
Even though you did steal my man.
Oh, do you want him back?
[laughs]
- Please. - I don't.
I don't, actually. I don't. Here.
I could have something arranged.
- Oh, God. - [laughs]
So when I found the footage of Ashley crying,
I followed her backward.
Oh, to find out why.
[Ema] But the problem is, once Ashley goes outside,
I completely lose her.
How many cameras are covering the door she came through?
Two.
Let's each take one.
Deal.
[Allen] El...
[Ellen] This is not the right time, Allen.
[Allen] It's never the right time,
but here we are.
Our son's gone. We have to talk about it.
Don't you think I know that?
I don't know what you know because you don't tell me!
That's how I survive.
That's how I get myself out of bed every morning.
[soft dramatic music]
That's how I keep myself from screaming with fury
because our son was taken away from us!
[Mickey] Dad?
Dad, you're washing blood off your hands.
What happened?
[Brad sighs] Nothing.
- Where's Mom? - [Brad] She's fine.
We're gonna meet her in a few hours.
So I gotta pack up camp?
Hey, Mickey? Hey.
We don't have time to pack. We need to go now.
Dad, you're freaking me out.
Come here. Come here.
Listen to me.
Your mom and I do important work, all right?
We help people who cannot help themselves,
but doing the right thing doesn't make you immune
to the bad that's in this world.
And my job is to watch for it, to stay in front of it,
and when that fails, my job is to protect my family.
All right?
And that's what I'm doing right now,
so you and I, we gotta go.
We gotta go.
[Mickey] I miss him too.
But he wouldn't want you guys to fight.
Mickey.
♪ ♪
It's just hard being back at the old house.
We see your dad's face in every room.
Seeing you here makes it better.
[Allen] It's awful down here, right?
Drafty in the winter. Hot as hell in the summer.
Your dad and Myron loved it down here.
They got along so well, those two.
We were lucky. They never fought, right, El?
Never.
Now, your Aunt Shira...
[Allen] Yes, okay, Shira could be a pain in the tuchus,
but nothing made your dad happier
than rebounding baskets for his big sister.
Your aunt and uncle and dad lived on our driveway.
Shooting hoops, hour after hour.
Hey, we heard you might not try out for the team.
[Ellen] Allen, don't push him.
Who's pushing?
I'm just asking my grandson a question.
Uh...
I don't know.
I just don't really want to play anymore.
[breathes deeply]
I get it.
It's up to you.
My grandfather had an expression.
"When the father gives to the son, both laugh.
When the son gives to the father, both cry."
Sounds better in Yiddish.
[laughter]
[tense music]
Hey, I think I found something.
♪ ♪
Here, top corner.
What the actual fuck?
Ensnared in a viper's pit of pom-poms.
Bitches.
♪ ♪
Wait, where'd she go?
Is there a camera that covers this side of the field?
[Spoon] No, I think that's a blind spot.
Let's just keep looking.
Hey, you... you want to play a little game of horse?
Nah, I'm good.
[Shira] What, too scared to lose to me?
I get it. It's fine.
No, I just... I just don't want to hear you whine
when I mop the floor with you.
- Ooh. - [both laugh]
Uh, Grandma told me it got
pretty intense down there.
You want to talk about it?
[Mickey] Nah, not really.
[Shira] Mm-hmm.
By the way, you were right.
I... I didn't think
your mom was the best match for your dad.
Why not?
Well, because out of nowhere,
here comes this famous tennis prodigy
and just sweeps my little brother
off of his feet, and he starts changing
all of his life's plans.
I mean, the two of them together...
It was a lot.
Yeah, intense.
[Shira laughs]
Come on, please tell me
that you are going to try out for the basketball team.
Wasn't planning on it.
Will you at least go
to the basketball pancake breakfast thing with me?
Pancake breakfast?
Yeah, it's an orientation.
It's a lot of carbs, very little commitment.
I think you're...
I know your dad would want this for you.
When a son gives to his father...
- What? - Yeah.
Just something Pops told me.
Hmm. [chuckles]
[phone dings]
[mysterious music]
♪ ♪
Go on. Go be with your friends.
That way, you don't have to lose to me.
- Oh, yeah. Sure. Dream on. - [laughs]
- [Mickey] See ya. - See ya.
Watch this.
Okay, so this footage is from 3:00 a.m.
on the morning after Ashley disappeared.
Okay.
[ominous music]
♪ ♪
The locker was already empty.
Except the William the Hippo magnet on the door.
Is that Octoface?
♪ ♪
Where are you going?
To get answers from Bat Lady.
Okay, let's do it.
[Mickey] No, I'm going alone.
[♪ King Hannah: "All Being Fine"]
♪ ♪
[singer] ♪ When I was a kid... ♪
- Hey. - [Hannah] Hi.
Your mom really knows how to throw a rager.
Yeah, if only she knew how to clean up after one.
Did you forget something?
Uh, yeah, I did.
[singer] ♪ I was around ten ♪
♪ ♪
♪ We saw a nurse... ♪
[Hannah] Welcome home.
[singer] ♪ Multiple times ♪
♪ ♪
♪ She said, "You'll grow out of it ♪
♪ In no time ♪
♪ ♪
[thunderclap]
[ominous music]
♪ ♪
[door clangs]
♪ ♪
[door clangs]
♪ ♪
[door creaking]
[fire crackling]
Took you long enough.
- [Spoon] Here's the thing. - [Ema sighs]
It's not like I haven't been working on my voice.
I have been working on my voice,
and I know that I fucked the auditions last year
and then the year before that,
but that was during my second puberty,
and that was a complicated time for my voice.
And it was a hard time for me emotionally...
I think we should have gone with Mickey.
He made it pretty clear he didn't want us to come.
Yeah, well, no offense, but you two are pretty stupid
about sensing danger, so...
Fair.
But you do see what's happening, right?
Not to, like, hit the nail directly on the head,
but he's projecting, right?
He couldn't save his dad,
and then he couldn't save his mom...
So he's gotta save Ashley.
Yeah.
That's really deep, Spoon.
I am a plethora of surprises.
You are a plethora of something.
- So what's next? - [Spoon] Okay.
So we know that somebody else must have
cleared out Ashley's locker before Sunglasses Man, right?
- Yep. On it. - [Spoon] Kay.
You got balls, kid.
But your shadow game needs work.
Well, so does yours.
[Sunglasses] Excuse me?
I just saw surveillance footage
of you breaking into Ashley Kent's locker.
Pretty sloppy.
Well, you're here, aren't you?
Listen, I know you and Bat Lady had
something to do with Ashley's disappearance.
[Bat Lady] Oh, you know that, do you?
[mysterious music]
You're gonna tell me where Ashley is right now.
I was hoping that you could tell me.
Me? That's why I'm here.
I have no idea.
Is that the only reason, Mickey?
Your father.
Your father, he's not dead.
He's very much alive.
You said my dad is still alive.
Is he?
Mickey...
♪ ♪
...can you see in the darkness?
I don't understand.
[Bat Lady] Terrible things happen to people every day.
And if they survive, some people
push those horrible memories from their mind,
while others tell their stories
but soften the horror with each telling
because that's how the mind copes.
Self-deception.
It takes strength to live in the darkness,
to remember that darkness exactly how it was.
Not everyone can.
Question is, can you, Mickey?
I am ready.
He's not ready.
I am.
I imagined your Mrs. Friedman has taught you
about little Lizzy Sobek?
Yes.
What did you learn?
She rescued 50 children
from a train heading to Auschwitz.
And did dear Mrs. Friedman tell you the part
about the magical butterflies?
Magical butterflies? I...
The butterflies that led those children to Lizzy
and safety.
They became a crucial part of Lizzy's story
in subsequent tellings because, Mickey,
the truth was unbearable.
I know.
I was there.
There were butterflies,
but not the butterflies like people like to imagine.
They did lead some to safety,
but most were not so lucky.
[suspenseful music]
[children screaming]
♪ ♪
- [gun cocks] - [gasps]
- [gunshot] - [screams]
[gunfire]
♪ ♪
In the end,
only 6 of the 49 children escaped.
You're Lizzy Sobek.
Why that train, and what does this have to do
with Ashley or my father?
The man who executed those 43 children
was called the Butcher of Lodz.
I chose that train because he was on it.
Why?
Because he slaughtered my father.
We have something in common, you and I:
fathers that died in front of our eyes.
♪ ♪
Here is the monster who murdered mine.
♪ ♪
[Mickey] That's impossible.
No.
No!
This can't be.
[Ema] I found someone.
[intriguing music]
♪ ♪
So they clearly knew
the combination to Ashley's locker.
[Ema] Is that Ashley?
I can't see who it is.
It seems like they're trying to hide from the camera.
Maybe use a different angle.
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
That's Rachel Caldwell.
Holy fuck.
Mickey is gonna shit.
[mysterious music]
♪ ♪
[Brad] Your mom and I, we do important work.
We help people who cannot help themselves.
But even if you do the right thing,
it doesn't make you immune
to the bad that's in this world.
It's always there,
and my job is to watch for it.
[lion roars]