Previously on Tell Me a Story:
The police are useless.
I found him.
Who?
I followed him to his trailer in Queens.
I found his pig mask.
I confirmed his alibi with his girlfriend.
Hes lying, and so is she.
Give me the name
of the guy who killed my fiancée.
I found this. $2 million.
Wheres the money?
We need to hit the road.
Gabe. Hannah.
Hi, Mom.
Time to go.
Oh, at the very least, I deserve
a friendly kiss good night.
Get off her!
Please!
Wonder what happens to a teacher
who sleeps with their students.
Such a flagrant abuse of power.
Jordan?
Time to get up.
Jordan?
Beth?
No.
Mm.
Beth?
Here.
Let me.
Hey.
But... how?
Kayla?
Come on, Kayla.
Uh, just a minute.
Hey, Kayla.
Privacy, please.
I knocked.
I answered.
How long you been up?
A while.
What have you been doing in there?
Are you painting?
Yeah, dont worry about it.
Im not here to fight you.
I just wanted you to know Im making breakfast.
Cool.
Ill be down in a few.
Fuck!
Been a crazy week at the shop.
Yeah?
Hows Kayla been doing?
Uh, fine.
Hey, I made breakfast.
Im late.
No, you have time. Its already made.
Come, sit.
I made omelets.
Something going on I dont know about?
Kayla?
Ask her.
Im good.
Okay, then.
Dont forget
dinner tonight at the restaurant, 8:00.
Oh, right.
I cant make it.
No, thats not gonna work for me.
What is going on here?
We can go another night.
Why is that?
Because two nights ago, I snuck out of the house
and didnt come home until morning.
And then, last night, we got into a big fight because
some aggro asshole came over,
and now shes mad at me because she lied to you about all of it.
Does that about sum it up?
Pretty much.
Asshole? As in a guy?
Why didnt you tell me?
Thats a really good question that has a really bad answer.
Youre grounded indefinitely.
Yeah, well, you know, guess I cant make dinner.
No, no, youre coming tonight.
Consider it punishment.
Whatever. Im out of here.
Hey, Kayla.
We moved here for a new start.
For you. Why are you blowing it like this?
Stop saying that we moved here for me.
This is about you. Its always been about you.
You dont give a shit about me.
D-Dont go. Come on, Kayla.
Kayla, come back.
Kayla.
Thank you.
Please.
Help yourself.
Thank you.
Youre both so grown.
It happens.
Im sorry, Im at such a loss, I...
Im not quite sure what to say to you.
Hannah, what happened to your face?
What the fuck do you care?
Hannah.
Ill get it.
Its the caterers.
What should I tell them?
Give me a minute.
Okay.
Did we come at a bad time?
Not... not at all.
You have to understand, this is a-a lot for your mother.
She needs time to process.
We all do.
So, uh,
I take it youre in some kind of trouble.
Yeah.
Yeah, we are.
What can I do to help?
...the inspector general for being too slow
in his investigation...
and also the fact that the inspector general
doesnt actually have prosecutorial power...
This place looks like shit.
One of the reasons I fell for you
was your ability to clean in the cracks.
What happened? This place looks like a pigsty.
Youre not really here.
No, Im not, but...
you know that.
Im losing my mind.
...ramp up their attack on the Russian investigation...
You need to stop watching this shit.
Its part of the problem. You know?
What are you doing?
Buying a gun online.
Youre not getting a gun, Jordan.
You can buy anything you want on the Internet.
Do you remember that time that we went to go visit
my Uncle Lyle in Texas and he talked you into shooting a gun?
No.
Yes, you do.
He put a target on a tree in the backyard,
you got all serious, and you aimed
your gun at it for ten minutes before you pulled the trigger.
And then...
I did not.
...the gun kicked back in your face, and it left a lump
that lasted a month on your forehead.
I remember a different version of that story.
Its a bad idea, Jordan.
No gun.
I cant let them get away with it.
You got beaten to a pulp last night.
You cant do this.
Youre not the vigilante type.
Youre too... gentle and kind.
Youll get yourself killed.
Hey.
Thats why I need a gun.
Revenge isnt the way to remember me
or to honor what we had.
Stop this now. You have a choice, Jordan.
You have a choice.
No.
My choice was taken from me.
Hey, I got your text.
Hey. Hey, we only have a-a few minutes.
Whats... whats wrong?
Just...
You havent heard from Ethan?
No.
He hasnt contacted you at all?
Since last night?
Nothing. Why?
Nah, I...
I just... I just wanted to make sure you were okay.
That guy has me worried.
Well, thank you for your concern.
Um, thank-thank you for your help, Mr. Sullivan.
Sure. Sure thing.
He tried to get to Carla?
He tried to get her to snitch.
What happened?
I kicked his ass. I roughed him up a little bit.
You did what?
Look, I was just
trying to scare him, get him to leave us alone.
Did it work?
I dont fucking know.
I think he has my mask, Mitch.
What?
The pig mask, the one you told me to burn.
I was gonna, but I couldnt find it.
Listen to me.
I think he broke in and stole it.
Are you... are you sure you didnt get high
and forget where you put it?
Its gone.
Goddamn it!
Look, maybe Sam could do something.
Sam?
Sam will kill him, and then hell kill us.
I dont want anyone else to die.
No one was supposed to die.
I cant fucking take this shit anymore, Mitch.
Were gonna be fine.
You both take after your father.
Oh, were not white,
if thats what you mean.
Your father was a beautiful man.
So you left him.
Not because of who he was. I left because of who I was.
Whats all the setup for?
Oh, its just a cocktail party
for some of Richards clients. It was too late to cancel.
Well leave.
Oh, Hannah.
I will never forgive myself for what I did to you and Gabe,
so I dont expect you to, but...
I am your mother,
and if that could ever mean anything to you again...
Ive gone my whole life without a mother. I dont need one now.
Okay.
Ive arranged for my company plane
to take you to Puerto Rico.
They have a house there.
Its a little worse for wear from the hurricane,
but, uh, its livable.
You can stay there as long as you like.
Come on, Hannah, you got to be happy about this.
This is good news.
Its great.
Thank you.
Hon, maybe, uh, Gabe and Hannah
would like to clean up? Sure.
Oh, um, let me show you the guest room.
No.
Damn it.
Piece of shit.
Hello?
Laney?
Looking for this?
What the hell are you doing in my hou...
Hey, babe.
Hey.
Okay.
Egg shell white, cottage white?
Bedroom trim.
Mm...
No.
Ill be right back.
Where are you going?
Watch it, asshole!
Jesus, Shell!
Whats going on? Nothing.
Youre acting weird.
Im fine. Come on, lets go inside.
If your arm still bothers you,
you should go to the doctor.
Im good.
Thanks.
Wakey, wakey.
What the fuck, Sullivan?
Im gonna ruin you for this.
Youre so done.
You left me no choice.
I texted you.
I called you. You...
didnt answer.
Bad phone etiquette, Ethan.
So you break into my fucking house and attack me?
I mean, you started this.
Whats the password to your phone?
Go fuck yourself.
Thats funny, they only
let me put in numbers here.
As a teacher, Ive learned that theres
several ways to deal with students.
Some with love.
Some with patience.
Some with pressure.
Jesus, what do you want?
I want to know who else
you sent that photo of me and Kayla to.
Nobody. Check.
Youll see. I didnt send it to anyone.
Okay, now its time to check your laptop and cloud.
Look, I sent it to you.
Thats it. Come on, man, this is fucking crazy.
Password to your computer?
And youll untie me?
Ill untie you, and Ill never bother you again.
"Finger my hole."
All one word.
All caps.
Look who just got interesting.
Hannah, can I come in?
Yeah.
Oh, look at you.
Nice.
Beats tea time with the witch.
Shes not a witch.
Yeah. I dont get it.
How can you just forgive her?
Who said I forgive her?
Im trying to understand her.
Whats to understand? She left her husband
and children, and ran off with another man.
Who is now helping us.
Tomorrow morning, were gonna be on a plane to Puerto Rico.
Thats something.
It doesnt forgive what she did.
You watched Dad eaten alive with cancer,
and she didnt show up once.
How many times did you come?
I was fighting for this country.
I was fighting for you and me.
I told Mom that wed stay up here during the party.
Yeah?
Hide us away upstairs?
Its not like that.
I just dont want to spend our one night here
explaining to strangers who we are.
I dont get you.
You know, at-at some point, youre gonna have to let go
of all this anger youre holding onto.
Its eating you alive.
Thanks.
Hmm.
What do they serve in this dump?
I can guess.
I know all of his greatest hits.
There will be duck confit,
rack of lamb and some weird fish that youve never heard of.
Well, it all sounds yummy to me.
Yeah.
Cookings the only thing your sons good at.
I-I know things are bumpy right now,
but your dad, he...
he cares for you very much.
Yeah, you have no idea what he was like back in Oakland.
He was never around to be a father.
That was my fault.
He learned how to be an absent parent from me.
I was never around for him when he was growing up.
I put my career first. I was always working,
traveling, touring.
I was happier doing something I was good at
than being a stay-at-home mom.
Dont try to excuse him.
No, Im not.
Just like to think that people can change.
Im sorry I disappointed you.
I know.
I told you.
And you told the truth.
Im impressed.
C-Can you cut this tape off of me?
It fucking hurts.
Id like to. I just...
How do I know I can trust you?
Trust is...
really hard for me, Ethan.
Particularly when I have to trust
some rich, white, fucked-up poster child
for everything thats wrong with America.
Honestly, its not like anyones gonna miss you.
Okay. Look, Im an asshole,
but I-Im not a... Im not a snitch.
Mm-mm.
Just... just cut me loose.
I wont say anything.
You dont have to worry about me.
Pretend this never happened.
You dont have to do this.
But Im all worked up.
Just want to see it through.
Help! Fucking help!
Help me!
Hows your fish?
Tastes like fish.
Your Yelp review needs a few more adjectives.
So, why arent you dating anyone?
Hey.
I told you already.
I know you did.
Im just not buying it.
I have my reasons.
That guy you kicked out the other night--
his names Ethan.
Hes nobody.
But hes not the guy I was with
the night I didnt come home.
So there is someone else?
Yeah. But hes nothing like Ethan.
Hes so different.
Hes nice.
Someone from school?
Yeah.
Yeah, we-we go to the same school.
I havent liked anyone
in a long time, and...
I really like him.
Then Id like to meet him one day.
Hey, guys. Hows everything so far?
Absolutely delicious.
Ah, its about to get even better.
Mmm.
Its your favorite, chocolate soufflé.
Great.
Oh, Mom, Kayla, I want you to meet, uh,
the hotels general manager, Katrina Thorn.
Nice to meet you both. Enjoying your dinner?
Very much.
Well, Tim is a star around here.
Overnight, he turned everything around.
We love him.
Thank you.
Yeah, hes a great guy, isnt he?
Do you want any of this soufflé, Katrina?
Cause Im full.
Kayla.
No, Im good.
It was a pleasure meeting you both.
Have a lovely evening.
Thank you.
Really, Kayla?
You just cant help yourself, can you?
What does that mean?
It means Im over it.
Youre so fucking clueless.
Lets just get the check.
Its all right. Ill just...
Wh-What am I clueless about, Kayla?
Its late, and its a school night.
I second that.
What am I clueless about?
Its not the place, Tim.
Ill see you at home.
Im gonna go sneak another beer. Do you want anything?
Stay up here.
Im going to the kitchen.
Be right back.
Thank you.
We havent met. Im Patrick. This is my wife, Leah.
How do you know
Madeline and Richard?
Its actually a sad story.
Really?
Its a party, Hannah.
Nobody wants
to hear a sad story.
When I was 11 and my brother was six,
our mother walked out on us.
Oh, no. How could a mother just abandon her own children?
For years, I wonder the same thing.
Who raised you?
Luckily, we had an amazing dad who did everything for us.
But he couldnt send us to college,
because he couldnt work.
He got sick,
so I joined the Army to pay for his medical bills.
His illness dragged on for a while.
And then one day, my brother calls me and says,
"Dad died."
Oh.
I am so sorry.
Thank you.
I took a leave and went to the funeral,
turned back around
and went right back overseas for my next tour,
just in time for my unit
to get blown up by an IED.
Lucky me.
My back caught on fire,
and sometimes I can still smell my skin burning.
And it causes me trauma all over again,
so my-my therapist taught me
replacement therapy.
Whenever I start to smell it again,
I just replace it with a smell of a happy memory:
the smell of my mothers hair.
Despite her walking out on us,
that is still my happiest memory of her.
Anyway, long story cut short,
the gracious Madeline
was kind enough to show me some hospitality.
It was really lovely meeting you.
Oh.
Yes.
Thank you for your service.
My God.
Hannah, I had no idea. I am so sorry.
No, its too fucking late for an apology.
I know its important that you hate me,
but someday youre gonna have to forgive me.
I forgive you for leaving.
But I cant forgive you for not coming back.
Well, that was interesting.
Sorry about my daughter.
Were having trouble connecting.
Cant seem to get through to her no matter what I say or do.
Anyway, she thinks were a thing.
Mm, not yet.
You havent asked me out.
Would you like to...
Before you do, I just have to say one thing.
Which is?
You seem like a great guy, and its probably not my place,
but try harder.
What do you mean?
Youre the father.
Try harder.
Im getting hit from every side tonight, huh?
Sorry.
No.
Im-Im just with your daughter on this one.
Its your job.
Duly noted.
You can ask me out now.
If you still want to.
You know I know the door code, asshole.
Ethan!
I can hear the music. I know youre in here.
Okay, fuck you. Im leaving.
Where you been?
Oh, I went for a walk...
after I crashed the party.
Oh, God.
What happened?
We shouldnt have come here.
Well be gone in the morning.
I cant stay here.
I got to go.
Stop running.
Im not running.
Im starting over.
Hannah, youre always judging Mom
for leaving, but whenever theres a problem,
your instinct is to do the same thing.
Dont you dare compare me to her.
Stay here.
I cant stay here with her.
No, not here.
Stay with me.
Come on.
Do you remember when we were kids
we had to share the same bed?
I remember.
Everythings gonna be okay.
Kayla,
we need to talk.
Not tonight.
Im too tired. No, no.
Hey, look, whatever it is you think Ive done,
whatever is wrong between us, lets just deal with it.
No, Im not doing this with you.
We have to stop
running from our problems.
Kayla, just stop, please.
Wait, wait.
Get out! Stop!
You cant just barge in here like this! Go away!
Oh, my God.
Its beautiful.
Youre so talented.
Youre just like her.
I had no idea. I had no idea.
How could I not know?
Just stop. Just get out.
Just tell me what to do, and I will do it.
I just want to change us.
Just stop.
What am Im stopping? Stop what?
Stop acting like you dont know what Im talking about.
I know.
What do you think you know?
You were cheating on Mom.
Thats why you guys were fighting.
Kayla, you dont understand the first thing about what happened.
I heard her! She was upset.
Thats why she got in the car that night.
Thats why shes dead!
Youre why shes gone.
Listen to me.
No.
Listen to me.
There is nothing to say, because there are no words
for what you did.
Kayla, you dont understand.
Kayla, please just listen to me.
Shes dead!
Please just let me explain! No, no.
Get your hands off of me.
Kayla?
I-I didnt know about that.
You have to believe me.
No, please.
No, no, no.
Please just let me go, please.
No. Ive got you.
No, dont. Dont!
Do not love me.
Youll just end up dead,
because thats what happens to people who love me.
Eddie, open up. Its me.
What the fuck?
Fuck!
You were right about that guy.
I saw him outside my fucking house today!
I told you!
Listen to me.
He had to have followed me from this place.
You got to get the fuck out of here, man!
What is that?
Its him.
Hes on the fucking roof.
What the fuck?
My gun-- its gone. It was right here.
He fucking took it!
Motherfucker!
No, no, no, no, no. Wait. He has my gun.
Are you sure?
Are you sure you didnt put it someplace else?
No. He took it! He fucking took it!
It was right here.
What is that?
Get it off me!
Fuck.
What is that?
Is that a phone?
Where is it?
I think its inside.
Who is this?
Once upon a time, there were three little pigs:
Eddie, Mitch and the third pig.
Whats he saying? What does he want?
Tell me who the third pig is, and this all goes away.
Fuck you, motherfucker.
Whats his name, Mitch?
No, no, no, no, dont go out there!
Show yourself.
Tell me who pulled the trigger.
You tell me who pulled the trigger,
and this stops.
Fuck you! Show yourself!
Yeah.
Thats what I thought, chickenshit.
Now, you listen to me.
Youre out of your depth here.
You have no idea who youre fucking with!
So you better stop your shit right now
unless you want to end up like your woman, you understand me?
No, you listen to me.
I will never go away.
I will hunt you down.
I will torture you
for the rest of your life.
Do you...
understand me?
Eddie? We did this.
Huh?
We did this shit.
We did this.
Eddie. Fuck!
Hey, hey, hey.
We killed her.
Listen, you cant fall apart on me.
No, we didnt kill anybody.
We killed her, Mitch.
We did. People died because of us.
We didnt kill anybody.
Shh. Its okay.
I cant take this shit anymore.
Okay, look at me. Look at me.
Do not fall apart on me now.
Do not fall apart. Look at me. We killed her.
Hey, we didnt kill anyone.
I cant.
We did not kill anyone.
You didnt kill anyone!
Nice huffing and puffing.
Just how far are you going to take
this Three Little Pigs metaphor?
As far as I have to.
Youre no wolf, Jordan. This is not a fairy tale.
Yeah. Yeah, you got that right.
You can stop... right now.
And do what?
Forgive.
I want to.
I do.
Oh, God, Im... Im losing my fucking mind.
Then do it.
Forgive them right here, right now.
Dont be this person.
I dont want to be, okay?
Nobody wants to be, but you were right.
The world we know is gone.
It slipped away right in front of us.
I mean, I should have listened to you.
I should have listened to you.
Theres no good left in this world anymore.
Theres only anger against anger, and rage against rage!
Thats all thats left.
No, Jordan.
No, the seed is sewn, its infected me,
and I cant stop it.
Yes, you can!
You can.
I love you.
I... I miss you so much.
Please...
Please be the man I fell in love with.
That man is gone.
He died with you.
Now...
all thats left
is a man with a gun.
Jordan, no.
Hey.
Is it okay that Im here?
Yeah, come on in.
I got in a fight with my dad, and...
Im so sorry. You want to talk about it?
Is it...? Oh.
Not really.
Let me... let me take a shower, okay?
No, I dont...
Well, Im stinky.
Your feet are all muddy.
Yeah, I was,
uh, walking in the park. I...
slipped in some mud, fell down. It was a stupid move.
Im dirty. Let me... let me take a shower.
Its okay.
Yeah, Ill be really quick.
Get yourself a drink.
You okay?
Oh, yeah. Im great.