♪ Stand in the place where you live ♪
♪ Now face north ♪
♪ Think about direction ♪
♪ Wonder why you haven't.. ♪
What are everyone's plans for the weekend?
Ariel?
Um, I'm going to the mall with Brandi and Tiffany.
And then they're having dinner at my house.
'We're going shopping for an outfit for the dance.'
They're gonna be like the same
but we each get a different color.
Mine's gonna be strapless.
'Great.'
Rita, what are you doing this weekend?
Me and my mom are probably getting an iguana.
But they're really big when they're fully matured
so we're maybe building our own habitat.
That's terrific, Rita.
♪ Stand in the place where you work ♪
♪ Now face west ♪
♪ Think about the place where you live♪
♪ Wonder why you haven't before ♪
♪ Your feet are going to be on the ground ♪
♪ Your head is there to move you around
♪ So stand in the place where you work ♪
♪ Now face west ♪
♪ Think about the place where you live ♪
♪ Wonder why you haven't before ♪
Caitlin Gaither.
White female, 19.
Park ranger found her a few hours ago.
'In the water?'
Yeah. Took us a spell to get her up.
People know this ain't the best place for swimming laps.
Name like "Devil's Pool kind of says it all.
Chestnut Hill kids come here and dive. Local tradition.
The trick is you gotta jump far
and to the left to miss the rocks.
That's how rich kids get a thrill, huh?
Yeah, well, our girl went straight down to the rocks.
Never got back up.
Drowned?
With a little help.
Bruises go round the back.
They held her head in the water?
Yeah. That's not the only reason
I dragged you out in the cold though.
It's alright, it's our pleasure.
What's with the marks?
Magic marker, looks like.
'In 1990'
'a little girl was found in the water here'
broken neck.
Had the same marks all over her body.
And 14 years later to the day this girl's killed.
Big deal case. We worked it to death.
But nothing stuck and it went cold.
Think this is a copycat?
Detail about the marks was never released to the press.
So we're looking at the same doer.
Good chance.
Guy lays low 14 years.
Why come back now?
He got something to say?
'Can I get that for you?'
No, Scotty.
You sit.
Well, they did their due diligence first time around.
They have any ideas on these marks?
Well, at first detectives wondered were they ritualistic
but they couldn't find any pattern to them.
They didn't match anything the FBI had on file.
Seventh grader at Chestnut Collegiate.
Pricey prep school.
Yeah, but Rita was a scholarship kid.
Well, she and her mom were
how the other half lives in Chestnut Hill.
Mother's an art teacher, Community College.
Tucks her daughter in at 10:00 P.M.
Next morning she's two miles from her house.
Blunt-force trauma from hitting the rocks.
Could've snuck out to meet someone.
Or someone snatched her, brought her there.
We got any leads on who killed this new victim?
We do now.
Gil Sherman's bringing in a guy caught speeding toward Jersey
with a car full of Caitlin Gaither's clothes.
'He gave himself upwhen we flashed the lights.'
- Confessed? - For an hour straight.
Now his parents are here, he doesn't want to see them.
That's them.
Detectives Rush and Valens.
Jason Beaudry.
My wife, Holly.
This is a mistake.
Neil is schizophrenic and he's very confused right now.
We know this is a bad time, but I need to ask.
Did you or your son know a girl named Rita Baxter?
She was the girl who died at Devil's Pool years ago.
No, we didn't know her.
Are you trying to pin something else on him now?
She went to school in your neck of the woods.
'We remember the story. It was tragic.'
But that was the only time I'd ever heard her name.
'This is wrong.'
You're taking advantage of a sick person.
Oh, what's he on?
Clozaril.
If you bring it in, we can get that to him.
He might be here a while.
Neil, this is Detective Rush.
She's got some questions for you.
Oh, he ain't in a good way. He's seeing things.
Neil, why did you go to Devil's Pool yesterday?
I, uh, I-I go every year. On the 16th of November.
Why that day?
You know a girl named Rita Baxter?
Everything is the same there.
It's always dead.
So you go there every year.
This year you killed a girl.
Why?
If I...touch things, they'll die.
'Did you put the marks on this girl's body?'
It was my first time.
Did you kill this girl just like you killed Rita, Neil?
No! No!
Rita has the same marks on her body.
No. I killed this girl, but not Rita.
- Sit down. - He's got a pace. They do that.
Why do you go to Devil's Pool every year
the same day Rita died?
You're going away anyway, Neil.
- You got nothing to lose. - No!
I'm sorry.
We give him his meds, it'll be easier.
'Rita had a thing for cats, huh?'
Muse of choice and she was prolific.
I could paper the walls in felines in costumes.
I said, "You're 12. What about boys?"
So..
We came across someone.
Neil Beaudry.
'Big shot, Chestnut Hill family.'
Father was an importer.
Yeah, I know that name.
Brandi Beaudry.
She was in Rita's year at Chestnut Collegiate.
That's Neil's kid sister.
- What did the boy do? - He's a murder suspect.
Girl died at Devil's Pool.
'Had the same marks on her.'
Rita went to school with his sister since she was five.
- I'm sure he knew who she was. - Parents said he didn't.
All those people weren't around enough
to have any idea who their kids knew.
And while they were busy jetting off
spending their bags of money
their daughter was tormenting Rita.
'She goes into the water'
and with her mind, she calls the dolphins.
They swim and they have a friendship
even without, like, words.
That sounds great.
It's by the same writer as"A Wrinkle In Time."
I don't feel so well.
All of a sudden? What's wrong?
Please, momma, can we go home?
Hey, there's Ariel.
Mom, we're not friends anymore.
- Why not? - She's friends with Brandi now.
- Brandi doesn't like me. - Well, then Brandi's an idiot.
Brandi's mean.
She always says, "What are you looking at?"
And one time she took my jacket and said it was from sears
and gave it to the janitor, but I took it back.
Rita, listen to me
everyone who's ever been anything
in the history of time has been a loser in junior high.
And six years from now you're gonna be in college
and you are gonna be the coolest girl around.
Because you're smart and you're different
and you're wacky
and that's what's important in this world.
Not what those idiot girls think of you.
Girls that age it's, it's like the Serengeti.
Kill or be killed.
I fought with my sister.
Every time I tried to change the channel
from"The Hardy Boys", she'd shriek like a banshee.
Why Rita?
- 'Why'd he pick her?' - It's not for sure yet.
That family.
They just couldn't let Rita be.
How you feeling?
The medication makes me, um...
...underwater.
But a little clearer, right?
Hmm.
Okay.
Rita Baxter.
Your sister had a thing for picking on her.
You remember?
Yeah.
Do you ever see her?
Sometimes.
When you do..
You see these markings?
On her skin. All over.
Black pen.
You put those on her?
No.
But you put them on Caitlin Gaither.
Why?
To make her like Rita.
And you wanted to hurt her like you hurt Rita?
No.
I wasn't...poison back then.
- Maybe without meaning it. - No!
- Okay, Neil-- - You don't understand.
Go ahead.
It was my first time.
♪ Something so strong ♪
'Okay, Neil.'
Eww, it's over.
So, now you've gone to first base.
You can go. We're done with you.
Neil, come back and visit later.
Not!
So, how was it?
'Specifically?'
Warm.
Now Rita's getting hot!
'So when was that?'
- The night she died. - You sure?
My sister had her over for a..
...a sleepover.
So did you do something to Rita later that night?
It wasn't me.
I killed that other girl, but..
...not Rita.
Who did?
It was the house.
It's an evil house.
Neil, the whack-job, can say what he wants.
I know he's our guy.
Parents were out of town that night.
He's in charge. That's opportunity.
- Motive? - He's a whack-job.
'Whether Neil's telling the truth or not'
we still got three girls who never spoke up
about being with Rita that night.
Fourteen years, biggest case
to hit Chestnut Hill and they clam up?
That's shady.
Brandi Beaudry, Ariel Shuman, Tiffany O'Connell.
Those were the girls the mother remembers hassling Rita.
Kill her over a game of Barbies?
Beat her with the dream Corvette?
We went to the school first time around.
How did those girls get overlooked?
Three most popular girls in school
having a sleepover with Rita?
Violates the social order.
Especially if Buffy, Muffy and Trixie ain't talking.
Sounds like it's time to introduce yourselves
to the divas of Chestnut Collegiate.
Those are wrinkles. Do you see what I'm saying?
I said creases.
Brandi Beaudry?
Yeah, I'm Brandi.
Detectives Valens and Rush, homicide.
If this is about my brother, I'd be by his side right now
if I didn't have this party to plan.
So, no, I'm not going to help you put him away.
We ain't here about Caitlin Gaither.
What, then?
Why didn't you ever tell anyone
Rita Baxter was at your house
the night she died?
I don't know what you're talking about.
Brandi, a girl was murdered.
Fourteen years go by, and you never say anything?
You realize how that makes you look.
She came by, okay? But she left in the middle of the night.
I don't know anything about how she died.
So, why keep the sleepover secret?
We were afraid.
We thought we'd be blamed just because we'd been with her.
I'm sorry, seriously, but we were 12.
So, what's your excuse now? Seriously.
Girl's club code of silence?
Not at all, I haven't talked to Ariel or Tiffany
in, like, a million years.
Is that an exact figure?
High school. Maybe.
Let's start with this, Brandi.
How's a girl like Rita wind up at a sleepover at your house?
We invited her because we thought
it would be funny to mess with her.
We were brats.
Who came up with this great plan?
It was Ariel's idea.
♪ What you gonna do.. ♪
Hi, Rita.
You could say hi back.
Hi.
Brandi thinks you're cool, and she wants to hang out with you.
I have to go home.
Rita, this is the chance of a lifetime.
It is way better being with them than being a nerd in gifted.
Hey, Rita.
Cute sneakers.
So, my parents are in the Bahamas
and we're having a sleepover tonight.
I want you to come, but you can't tell you mom
because well, I don't really have permission.
Ariel, is this a trick?
No! She for real wants you there.
I do, too.
I could sneak out after my mom goes to bed.
She came over at, like, 10:00.
And, like, two hours later
we hid her glasses from her, she freaked out and left.
Who knows what happened after that?
I mean, she died, obviously.
But you don't know anything about that?
If I did, I would tell you.
I'm glad you know.
It was wrong not to speak up.
It was your idea, though
to invite Rita to the party and razz her.
At the time, I thought I was giving her the keys
to the kingdom, getting her to Brandi Beaudry's house.
How's that?
She was the most popular girl in school.
Rita and I, not so popular.
But when Rita got to the sleepover
you laid into her like you planned?
Not likeI'dplanned.
I mean, I had no idea.
I was JV.
Those two were varsity bitches.
♪ I love it in your room at night ♪
♪ You're the only one who gets through to me ♪
Boys don't think you're anything if you have fat.
Eww! See?
Gross.
Yeah.
Get her butt.
Ariel, it's your turn.
To pick a spot on Rita.
Right here.
Back fat.
You have a fat gut like your mom.
She's really ugly. No offense.
I don't want to do this anymore.
Tiffany! Way to go. Now she's pissed.
So? Did you know there's a rumor your mom is a slut?
Everybody's saying it.
♪ In the warm glow of the candlelight ♪
♪ Oh I wonder what you're gonna do to me ♪
Oh.
- Explains the marks. - Sick, right?
So what happened after the fat fest?
Rita ran out.
Didn't come back.
Anyone go after her?
None of us.
How about Neil?
I didn't see that. I guess it's possible.
I thought Brandi was the ringleader.
Why was Tiffany so nasty?
Tiffany's dad and Rita's mom had a thing going.
And Tiffany knew about it?
But Rita didn't, and Tiffany didn't let on.
Maybe she was just waiting for the right moment.
Why would she sneak out?
And to be with those awful girls?
Popularity stuff?
I did have an affair with him.
We thought we were discreet.
I didn't think Tiffany knew.
You think Tiffany was capable of violence?
I never really got to know her.
After Rita, well, married men lose interest in a woman
who can't get out of bed in the morning.
You hear what Tiffany's doing these days?
I only know she was kicked out of collegiate in eighth grade.
Drinking problem.
She was the apple of her dad's eye before then.
Drinking? That young?
Sounds like something threw Trixie for a loop.
Detective Valens, Philadelphia PD.
Crap.
We know you had it in for Rita
her mom having that affair with your dad.
Well, you ride her hard enough, she leaves the sleepover.
Then what?
Then nothing.
Follow her into the woods, get rid of her at Devil's Pool?
You're way off. Sorry.
Now, how's a rich girl from Chestnut Hill
wind up on house arrest in Mount Airy
after multiple DUI's?
How? Tequila.
Somethin' went wrong, Tiffany.
- Real wrong. - That's your opinion.
To me, I'm glad I got out of Chestnut Hill.
Yeah?
Do me one favor?
Is that bitch Brandi still a bitch?
I knew it.
Oh, what a bitch!
I hated Rita and her slut mom
about as much as I hated my jackass dad.
But I didn't have it in me to kill her.
- No? - Not like they did.
My father, his attitude..
Why does Sporto like the ugly girl?
Claire's much prettier.
It'd suck to have red hair.
Oh, my God!
Rita thinks the nerd is cute.
No, I don't.
Give me your glasses.
- Why? - 'Cause I want to see them.
♪ Drive my car into the ocean ♪
Eww! You're blind.
You have weird eyes in real life. No offense.
Can I have them back, please?
No.
My parents. Hide!
Hide!
Hi, there.
What's your name, hon?
Rita Baxter.
Where's your brother?
- Asleep. - Will you get him up?
Why?
- Holly? - 'Yeah, hon?'
Will you run a bath upstairs?
Sure.
How many people did my daughter have over tonight, Rita?
Wall.
- How many girls were here? - Um...just one. Just me.
So you're a liar, too, Rita?
Brandi.
Want to tell your friend what we do to liars in this house?
The Beaudrys said they were out of town that night.
And you believed them 'cause they didn't look the type.
What type is that?
The lying-and-beating-their-kids type.
Thinktheycould have hurt Rita?
I got out of there after that.
But you know things are bad when the biggest bitch in school
looks like she's gonna piss in her Calvin's.
Someone's been telling you lies.
Yeah, you.
Rita was at your house the night she died.
Didn't you think that was worth mentioning to the cops?
It's my daughter, isn't it?
You talked to her.
Well, keep in mind, she's a drug addict and a liar.
Brandi wasn't supposedto have friends over unsupervised.
So, who got in trouble, Brandi or the friend?
I'm sorry if we scared the Baxter girl
but we didn't touch her.
Our children needed special attention.
Sometimes, yes, we were physical with them.
And other times you were on vacation.
We were afraid of her.
'When they're really little'
'you can't tell the difference.'
Biting, kicking.
And she's older?
And it's nothin' normal kid stuff.
What's not?
We had a...a cat.
The nanny came in and found her wrapping it up in a towel.
Brandi said it drowned, but..
...what's the cat doing in a full bathtub?
Right.
She was capable of things
no parent wants to think about.
Like killing Rita?
I have a meeting in 40 minutes and this takes 20.
A wash-and-go is gonna have to do today.
I can't have my whole life thrown off over this thing--
Your parents think you killed Rita.
My parents are freaks.
- You gotta stop lying, Brandi. - What?
Your mom and dad came home that night discovered the sleepover.
You said they were in the Bahamas.
They were always somewhere. Maybe I got confused.
We know they were violent with you and Neil when you were kids
but they said, they had to be because you were disturbed.
Hurt things.
If they're talking about that stupid cat.
Hurting animals means something, Brandi.
I was an angry kid.
Guess why?
Tell me about them coming home that night.
They didn't like when I had friends over.
Mom, I told them all to go home.
It's too late, Brandi.
You lied.
'Dad, it's not her fault.'
I was in charge.
Dad, no! No!
- No! - Neil, honey, please.
This is important.
♪ On candy-stripe legs the Spiderman comes ♪
♪ Softly through the shadow ♪
♪ Stealing past the windows of the blissful dead ♪
Dad.
Dad!
Hold.
Done.
She was supposed to go home.
I don't know why she came back.
Then my mom saw her.
Neil and I were sent to our rooms.
And in the morning..
...she was dead.
Thank you.
I know that was hard.
No.
I've said it a million times in my head.
The parents were right about the drugs.
Brandi was picked up for forging a prescription
back in July.
Charges were dropped.
Dilaudin. Synthetic morphine.
- That's heavy self-medicating. - And she's the healthy kid.
Not the way the parents tell it.
Brandi thinks her parents killed Rita to keep the abuse a secret.
And they're saying she's the violent one.
Happy home.
Maybe I'll go talk to Neil.
They moved him to western psychiatric.
Go see Elisa while you're there?
Nah. It's not the right time.
I know what your parents made you do to your sister.
- The dunking? - Yeah.
That's what you did to Caitlin, right? You held her down.
I didn't want to hurt her.
What happened?
I, uh, I go every year
'cause... I miss Rita.
And this time I thought I saw her.
But it was Caitlin Gaither.
I thought she was Rita. I don't know why.
And you put those marks on this girl like Rita's
to kind of...recreate her?
But this girl..
...didn't care about me.
She was afraid and screamed.
I guess I needed her to be quiet
and we were at the water, so, I held her down.
For too long.
Well, Rita was pushed, not held down.
I didn't do that to Rita.
She was kind. I wouldn't hurt her.
What about your parents that night?
They never left their room after we were punished.
And Brandi?
- She was violent, right? - It's not her fault.
So what happened after Rita saw you in the bathroom?
She tried to save us.
♪ Step by step ♪
♪ Heart to heart ♪
♪ Left right left ♪
♪ We all fall down ♪
♪ Like toy soldiers ♪
I saw what your parents were doing.
It's wrong.
You should tell another adult.
We could go right now and tell my mom.
She could help us.
It's not right.
You're not bad.
- We could go. - What are you talking about?
Get out of my room.
You don't need to be embarrassed.
It happens to other kids, too.
- Brandi? - Nothing is happening!
Get out of my room, loser! Get out!
I can help you. We can go to my mom.
I don't need your help. You're a loser.
You are dead.
Close the door.
- Why are you guys still here? - We can't go home.
It's 2:00 in the morning.
Your parents didn't see us. We snuck up.
Are you guys in a fight?
I hate her.
And I want her to die!
She needs to die.
Right?
Right.
What then, Neil?
They kicked me out, and I left her in there..
...with all of them.
We know one of you killed Rita.
The two of you who didn't, should save yourselves.
You got something to tell, huh?
I'm getting a cup of coffee and I'll be back.
It's better than a reunion, right?
Yeah, I bet they're wishing we had an open bar.
You've sure changed.
Are they serious?
- This doesn't even seem real. - It's not me. Clearly.
Oh, clearly.
- One of you said something. - There's nothing to tell.
Ariel's pretty insistent.
It was you, wasn't it?
- You'd love to see me go down. - I think they can hear us.
Middle school's over. I'm not hung up about you anymore.
Oh, Tiffany's got something.
- 'Are you threatening her?' - 'It's okay.'
I mean, look at her.
She's just sad.
Guess what, bitch? Time to buy a diary.
'Cause I'm not keeping your secrets anymore.
Shut up.
Don't tell me what to do!
Tiffany, sit down!
Ah, they're good and ready now.
I'll pull Tiffany.
Those two were your best pals, huh?
Brandi and Ariel.
Friggin' time warp in there.
Haven't changed much?
Shows you what crap taste you have in friends when you're 12.
You're different though.
Ain't buying into the games.
I'm the only sane one of the three.
I'm not perfect though.
Whatever you did, bet it wasn't as bad as them.
They get their perfect lives. Me?
I'm innocent, and I get wrecked.
That's 'cause I'm the one who saw her face.
♪ What you gonna do when you start.. ♪
Well, we could poison her.
Or hang her. I learned knots at sailing.
I think I better go home.
Guard the door, she'll get out.
This is lame.
When can we do ouija board?
After we kill her.
Blood sisters?
Right.
Eww.
You have to. It's a pact.
'Okay.'
You're crazy.
This is seriously the worst sleepover
I've ever been to in my entire life.
You can't leave.
- Brandi wants to make a pact. - Ariel, get over it.
Rita, come on.
'No.'
She's ours.
Whatever.
I was gonna go home.
But?
I went downstairs.
And I met the love of my young life.
An adult's liquor cabinet.
I drank whatever was open
and right before I passed out
I thought, "I gotta start hanging out with boys instead."
This is killing me.
'Brandi's jonesin'.'
Time for her afternoon dose.
And why's she looking for it in Ariel's purse?
You need a doctor to get dilaudin.
Ariel's a doctor.
She could lose her license for prescribing to an addict.
So why is she doing it? Old time's sake?
I think Brandi may have a specific old time in mind.
You look like you could use some fresh air.
Yeah.
Junkies generally don't like these windowless rooms.
What do you want?
Ariel's your supplier, isn't she?
Well, that connection dries up right here and now.
You tell me what you've got on her
you can go home and gobble up
the rest of what she gave you.
That's crazy.
What are you, Brandi, loyal?
You're a survivor.
You take what you need from people
then lose them when they're not useful anymore.
And I'm telling you, Ariel's tapped out.
What do you want to know?
What happened to Rita after Tiffany left her with you two?
I got bored. Said goodnight.
Tiffany can't say anything.
She'll be in as big trouble as us.
I don't care.
- It's over. - What?
I think you should go home with that loser.
Me? No, why? I want to stay.
Because we're not friends anymore.
No offense, but I thought you were cool and you're not.
You two are better off as friends.
I don't want to be her friend.
I want to be your friend.
You're the one who brought her here
and she ruined the sleepover.
I want you two losers to leave my house.
- But-- - Get out.
And don't sit with us at lunch anymore.
Minute later, I looked out the window.
They were cutting through the backyard
heading to the woods.
I could hear Ariel crying
from all the way up in my room.
It's just a lunch table.
Don't go crazy.
What are you looking at?
Nothing.
What did you think would happen when you got caught?
Sorry?
You'd tell the hospital it was a mistake?
'You had no idea'
Brandi Beaudry was an addict.
She just told you she was in pain.
She is in pain.
Her life..
You can't imagine.
How long she been making you do things for her?
It was just a favor that got mixed up.
It was blackmail, Ariel. Always has been.
Because she knows what you did.
No.
Do you hate me?
It doesn't matter what I think of you.
She was just a little kid.
But I was just a little kid, too.
- I didn't know. - You didn't know what?
I didn't know you live through it.
- 'My life is over.' - 'We'll be home soon.'
I don't want to go home.
So what if she thinks we're losers?
We'll be losers for junior high, I don't care.
My mom says everybody who's ever been anything
in the world, was a loser.
I care.
Just because you don't, why do I have to suffer?
In six years we'll be in college
and my mom said we'll be cool.
I can't wait for college.
Six years?
Oh, my God!
Brandi's gonna hate me for six years.
So what if those idiot girls don't like you?
That's not what matters in this world.
It's better to be smart and different, like us.
No.
I don't want to be like us.
But, Ariel, in college, we'll be considered cool.
And maybe before then
we could be best friends to each other.
If you want.
No!
♪ Me ♪
♪ I'm a part of your circle of friends ♪
♪ And we ♪
♪ Notice you don't come around ♪
♪ Me ♪
♪ I think it all depends ♪
♪ On you ♪
♪ Touching ground with us ♪
♪ But I quit I give up ♪
♪ Nothing's good enough for anybody else ♪
♪ It seems ♪
♪ And I quit I give up ♪
♪ Nothing's good enough for anybody else ♪
♪ It seems ♪
♪ And being alone is the ♪
♪ Is the best way to be ♪
♪ When I'm by myself it's the ♪
♪ Best way to be ♪
♪ When I'm all alone it's the ♪
♪ Best way to be ♪
♪ When I'm by myself ♪
♪ Nobody else can say goodbye ♪
♪ Everything is temporary anyway ♪
♪ When the streets are wet ♪
♪ The colors slip into the sky ♪
♪ But I don't know why ♪
♪ That means you and I are ♪
♪ That means you and I quit ♪
♪ I give up ♪
♪ Nothing's good enough for anybody else ♪
♪ It seems ♪
♪ And I quit I give up ♪
♪ Nothing's good enough for anybody else ♪
♪ It seems ♪
♪ And being alone is the ♪
♪ Is the best way to be ♪
♪ When I'm by myself it's the ♪
♪ Best way to be ♪
♪ When I'm all alone it's the ♪
♪ Best way to be ♪
♪ When I'm by myself.. ♪