Sam, I don't want to leave. Now I know how to take care of my problems.
I guess I'm gonna have to take on Tammy.
We have a chance of figuring this out together.
Or I can start getting answers on my own.
No one listens to me.
I've never been a problem for you.
I took care of my little
Tammy's gonna arrest me for arson problem.
All you have to do is sign this affidavit.
She knows. I'm so sorry.
I'll fix it.
This is Allison's.
We think there's been an accident.
Where is she? I don't know.
♪
[Indistinct conversations]
♪
What?
♪
Can I get you another tea?
Uh, I'd love one. Thank you.
Patron: Allison.
Actually, I'm okay. Thanks.
♪
Kevin, you have to start doing dishes.
I tried that one time.
No, you licked all the dishes and put them back.
Pete, what do you think "licked it clean" means?
[ Laughter ]
I guess I'm... just bad at it
because dishes... remind me of Allison.
[ Laughter ]
Sometimes I wonder if I'll ever recover
from her untimely passing.
Hey, hon.
Oh, hey, babe!
You were saying?
I don't know. Was I talking?
Hey, Molly.Hello, boys.
Oh, you brought my Miller Lite! Yeah.
How much do I owe ya?
Oh, my treat.
Also, I'm cooking later for the big game.
You're hear a lot, Molly.
Yeah, well, Kevin needs me.
You know, like that time he got his arm stuck
in the refrigerator.
It's true. I might've died of starvation.
Which is ironic.
Alanis Morissette taught me that.
[Patting]
So Kevin would've died without you?
Maybe you should go home sometimes.
[Laughs]
Ahh...
No, no, she -- she shouldn't go home, Neil,
because she's my girlfriend.
Like, you know how you feel about curly fries?
Imagine if another human being felt that way about you.
That's what we have.Aww.
I like having Molly here.
You made everything so much better.
Y-You've given me, us, our lives back these last six months.
Well, that's nice, Neil.
Uh, but Kevin and I have only been together for four.
Yeah, Allison's been gone six months.
Huh. Well, I'd say, "Ding-dong, the witch is dead,"
but that would be insensitive.
So I won't say it. Adiós.
Yeah.
♪
[Breathes deeply]
♪
Yeah. What do you think?
I think it's rearranging deck chairs
on the Titanic at this point.
But it's nice.
Gonna be $85, Judi.
Okay.
Thank you.
Oh. And here.
Oh.
Small print.
Oh, stop that. You'll like it.
You been reading much?
Yeah. Sometimes.
I've been busy.
That's stupid.
I don't care what you have going on, okay?
Or who you live with.
You don't forget who you are.
Okay.
Mm!
[Door opens, bell jingles]
[Door closes]
♪
Yeah, hi. Uh...
I'm looking for a number in New Brunswick County.
Gertrude Fronch?
[Thunder rumbling]
[ Laughter ]
[High-pitched ringing]
[Birds chirping]
♪
[Grunts]
♪
[Lock clicks]
♪
[Keys jingling]
♪
Hey, Dad! Can you come in here real quick?!
And, uh, bring some pancakes!
[ Laughter ]
Oh. Oh, boy. This is tough.
But I knew this day would come.
Buddy, I said "pancakes," not "suitcase."
[ Laughter ]
Kevin, it's time I leave.
I've been sticking around 'cause you're in mourning,
but it's starting to feel like you're taking advantage.
I don't know what you're talking about.
This morning, you made me tie your shoes
'cause it reminded you of Allison.
I do bunny ears, and she loved Easter so much.
I guess you just forgt about all that
because of your just-on-time-set Alzheimer's.
I do not have --
Look, Kevin, Lorraine has a condo down in Florida.
We're gonna be going there for the winter.
-It's summer. -And all the other seasons.
Fine! Go follow that old crone down to Florida!
I'll see you for three weeks in February to work on my tan!
You think I'm gonna tell you the address?
Come on.
Oop. Okay.
[Groans]
Why don't you sit down and I will just serve you?
Mm! If you insist.
♪
We need a bigger place.
What?
Four people lived in this apartment
for the first 11 years of my life.
Plus, my Uncle Tim when he first got out of jail.
Oh, yeah, I can see why you're dying to stay here.
Hate to leave all those great Worcester memories behind.
Tammy.
Would a new place be so bad?
Especially after everything that happened with Allison?
♪
I know I shouldn't have helped her.
But she needed the pills. And it got Nick off her back.
I know, I know. I don't need to go through it again.
I know why you wanted me to move in here.
It would have been a lot of change all at once.
But it's been, like, six months,
and I feel like we're...stuck.
Don't you?
I don't know.
Maybe.
♪
What's really keeping us here?
My business. Your job.
You can cut hair from anywhere.
And my job -- [Scoffs] I just watched another
Patrick O'Irishwhatever make detective
after two years on the job.
And in another two years, he'll probably be my boss.
I'm fine with leaving Worcester.
♪
This is the only place I've ever lived.
♪
Look, Patty.
This is the only place you've ever lived.
♪
Hey, you settle the register?
-Yep. Even. -Ah. Nice work.
Pam would've liked you.
Pam, as in...?
Oh. From the name.
I didn't know she was real. [Chuckles]
I know I only brought you on for the summer, but...
how'd you like to stay?
I-I feel like you belong here.
Yeah? Yeah.
You caught on really quick, and it's only been a few weeks,
and you're practically a pro.
Well, technically, I am. You pay me.
[Chuckles] Right. And you're funny, too.
You don't think someone named Gertrude would be funny,
but you are.
Well, yep. [Chuckles]
Think about it. Okay.
♪
Neil, best buddy, you are not gonna believe this!
My dad w--
[ Laughter ]
W-W-- Uh...
[Laughing] Whoa!
Uh, uh...no.
No. No, no, man. No. She -- She fell on top of me!
Uh, uh, she needed my gum.
I'm dreaming?
I could argue that I am the one slumming it here.
[Laughing]
But, no, Diane. I --
[Laughing]
[Laughter slowing]
Whew.
[Laughter resumes]
[Laughter continues]
[ Laughter ]
♪
[Indistinct conversations]
Sorry. I got caught up with some stuff.
Mm. That's fine.
I ordered a bacon egg-n-cheese.
Yeah.
♪
Oh. Okay.
Anything new?
So, I'm pretty sure she ws working at a Dollar Store
in Vermont a few weeks ago.
Vermont.
She might be moving south.
You look tired.
Are you an actual idiot? Saying that to a woman?
Probably. Um, I'm still gonna ask.
Uh, are you okay?
Are you sleeping?
I just want to make sure she's alright.
I think about her. Don't you?
No.
Liar. I don't.
She left on her own, and I don't think she wants to be found.
Yes, she does. She's Allison.
Yeah, and I know Allie, too, and -- Oh, no.
Because you still call her that like she's 17? Jesus.
Well, yeah, she's still the same person, right?
I mean, people don't change.
But sh-- she actually...did.
♪
I don't even think she realized it.
She gave up everything to protect me.
And now that I'm left here without her,
I don't feel better off.
I just feel...left.
♪
I think the most fun I ever had was sitting on my couch
next to her trying to pull her teeth out.
What?
Well.
It's complicated.
Yeah, well, Allison's a complicated person.
She's my favorite person.
And she did this because she thought it would fix everything,
not because she wanted to.
She wants to be found.
♪
Then why is she so good at running?
♪
Here you go.
Another one?Yep. [Chuckles]
I guess, uh, Doris Lyman spent half her life
at Eileen Fisher's.
[Chuckles] Lucky us.
These are pretty!
Sure.[Door closes]
Hey, you said your brother was a handyman, right?
Hmm. Michael. The golden boy.
Right. Do you think he could, uh,
come by my apartment to fix my window?
It's been like two weeks, and I can't get it shut.
I'll ask him, but he's too busy to come to mine.
At least your garbage disposal
isn't backing up into your bathtub.
Be grateful.
Mm. Gratitude.
Mm! Right.
Whew! I swear, all these bags smell like Chanel No. 5.
I know. These are some fancy ladies.
Yeah. Fancy dead ladies.
That's...kinda dark. [Chuckles]
♪
Hm.
[Chuckles]
[Laughter]
Oh, hey.Ah, well, well!
If it isn't my supposed best friend,
here in the bar of mine enemies.
You can add that to the list of things
I'll be expecting an apology for tonight!
We came here to get an apology?
I thought this was date night.
Um, explain to me why you deserve the apology.
Because you've been lying
and ditching me to star in your very own
Barnum & Bailey sideshow with that grandma!
Diane is not a grandma!
But, I mean, even if she was a grandma,
that'd be okay, right?
I mean, my grandma, she's only 30 years older than me.
[ Laughter ]
Okay. So then you're...
If your mom was...If your mom was...
[ Laughter ]
They were both very young.Oh.
Whatever! Diane is not a grandma!
She's an aunt who smells like Herbal Essences
and is very nice to me.
Well, she is practically my aunt!
It's like you hooked up with my family!
Well, then, you're related, almost, huh?
Whatever happened to loyalty, Neil?
Gee, Kev, I don't know. Maybe it went out the window
when you ditched me and I got arrested alone!
Neil, you misunderstand.
I'm talking about your loyalty to me,
not the other way around.
You know what, man? I'm done.
You've been a jerk to me for -- for -- for -- forever, I think.
Oh, yeah? Name one time.
The time you ditched me and I got arrested!
That's real mature, Neil.
About as mature as your new girlfriend.
[Chuckles]
No.
[ Laughter ]
Goodbye, Kevi. It's time for you to go.
Fine. Whatever.
I got my own smoking-hot girlfriend
to take care of me, so...
Oh, no, I-I didn't even shower today.
Babe, how about you don't announce it
to the whole bar when you don't shower?
[ Laughter ]
♪
[Breathing sharply]
♪
[Keys jingle, lock clicks]
♪
[Grunts]
[Knock on door]
[Thunder rumbles]
♪
Hi, Allison.
Hi.
[Thunder rumbling]
You did this to get me to stop asking questions?
To give Patty an out?
Patty didn't need an out.
I deserve the blame.
And she knows you're alive, I'm assuming.
Yeah. I -- Yeah, I think so.
[Sighs] This explains why she won't leave Worcester.
Like one of those captain's widows,
waiting for him to come back.
You're surprised that Patty doesn't want to leave Worcester?
I don't think you can put that one me.
Right. But there's plenty that I can.
For the last year, since Wyndorff broke into your house,
I feel like everything's been a little...off,
like a fraction of an inch, and I just can't move on.
So I'm just gonna say what I think happened out loud,
and we'll take it from there.
You faked your own death. That's obvious.
But before that, you and Patty
assaulted a trucker in Vermont for his pills.
Those pills and cash were given to Nick Wyndorff
in exchange to break into your house.
And that's where I lose the thread.
♪
Or really where I want to drop the thread.
[Thunder rumbles]
♪
Right.
♪
That was you, uh, following me in the Jeep?
♪
I had a friend up here looking for you.
I must say, you're really great at running.
Well, not good enough, apparently.
♪
Is the rest of the Worcester PD out there?
It's just me.
Why?
Because I don't think
it will do anyone any good to tell them.
I think Kevin might disagree.
I'm not really concerned with protecting Kevin.
Or anyone like him, really.
That's been my job for years, so...
But...
[Sighs]
Nick Wyndorff died last week.
And as far as I'm concerned, this died with him.
Ohh.
Thank you.
I'm not doing this to be nice.
I'm doing this because I don't think you're the enemy.
♪
You, either.
But that's about it.
♪
Hey.
Good luck, Allison.
♪
[Door closes][Exhales sharply]
♪
[Indistinct conversations]
[Thunder rumbling]
Laura: [Chuckles] You seem like you hate that.
I kinda do.
Did they give you the wrong thing?
Nope.
Are you okay?Yeah, I'm just homesick.
Where'd you say you were from again?
Uh, I didn't. Uh...
I'm from Worcester.
Oh.
You need money for a train or something? [Chuckles]
No, I don't need money.
Well, why can't you go back?
I can.
But, also, I can't. I, uh -- I don't deserve it.
You don't deserve... Worcester?
♪
Mm. I'm just not a good person.
Sure you are!
Well, now's the time you tell me
that everyone has some good in them?
Fuck no.
I mean, you think I loan out my asshole brother
to be just anyone's handyman?
♪
[Door opens and closes]
Oh. Hey.
Hello.
I just quit.
You quit?
Like, your job? Yes.
Just like that?Well, not just like that.
I've been miserable for a while. You know that.
Yeah, Tam, but isn't that just sort of life for everybody?
Not me. I'm not staying stuck
in things that are not working anymore.
I wanted options, and now I have them.
Oh.
This is the part where you tell me again that we should move.
Patty, you know we need to get out of Worcester.
No. No, I don't.
What is so wrong with staying where you grew up?
Why should I want to leave?
Because this place is haunted.
Everywhere I look, I see somewhere you lied to me.
I know I messed up.
And I'm sorry.
But are we ever gonna be able to just move past it?
Maybe, but not here, where everything happened.
I need something to change.
I understand, and I want you to be happy.
But I can't uproot my life just to make you happy.
Okay, Patty.
What do you want?
I'm sorry.
But not this.
♪
I need you to talk to Diane for me.
Excuse me?
She's all pissed because I didn't propose
or whatever after Kevin found us making out upstairs.
What do you want me to do about it?
Tell her I've been off lately 'cause you messed me up.
Tell her Dad used to hit us, and she should feel bad for me.
I don't know. Make something up.
You have to leave.
Not 'til you say you're gonna talk to Diane.
No, I mean you have to move out, for both of us.
You can't make me.
Yeah, I can.
I should've done it years ago, and I'm doing it now.
You're not just gonna throw me out on the street
because I asked you to do one thing.
One thing?
One thing?!
Jesus. Calm down.
You spent the last 30 years asking me to do
one thing after another, and I've done them!
But I don't remember you ever asking me
what it is that I want!
Fine. What do you want?
I want to sit out there and smoke
and not worry about what anybody else needs.
[Scoffs]
That's the one thing I haven't been doing for you?
Jesus. That's pathetic.
It's the most I could come up with.
Maybe if I could do that, I could figure something else out.
♪
But as long as you're here, even that's impossible.
♪
Where am I supposed to go?
You're 36 years old, Neil.
Don't you think it's time you figured that out without me?
[Exhales sharply]
♪
Jesse, could you put on some more decaf? Jesus Christ.
I-I did some back from the dead,
so you're not entirely wrong.
Sorry. I'm not serious. I know I'm not Jesus Christ.
[Both laugh]
I really thought I'd never see you again.
Thought or hoped?
Uh, no. Not hoped.
I'm glad I was wrong.
I really thought it was the right thing to do.
Well, but you know we're not actually better off
without you, right?
Trying to believe that.
Well, Patty really does know you better than I do.
And, um... how is Patty?
I think she'll really want to see you again.
Yeah. Yeah. Not yet.
I-I still have a few things I need to figure out first.
Yeah. Wait.
So, how are you gonna explain to everyone
that you're back here, alive?
Kevin basically buried you.
He made a really big deal about it. People know.
Those are the things I need to figure out.
What are you gonna say?
That I ran,
that I got away from Kevin the only way I knew how.
So the truth, I guess.
How's that feel?
New.
So Kevin really made a big deal when I died?
He grew a beard.
Mnh. Yeah.
He had this elaborate memorial service at a bowling alley.
Mm-hmm. Yeah.
That's where he met Molly.
Who?
[Groans softly]
Sam, who the fuck is Molly?
[Bowling pins crashing]
[Spray can hissing]
♪
Thank you.
Hi.
Aren't you...?
Allison McRoberts. Yeah.
I was gonna say "dead."
Well, about that --
uh, I was hoping you had a second to talk.
[Bowling pins crash]
[Pounding]Diane!
Diane, come on!
Neil?! What the hell are you thinking?!
I made a mistake. I can't just let this go.
I-I think I'm in love with you.
Oh. Shut up. Shut up. Come here.
[Dog barking]
You cannot just show up here.
Do you have any idea what Chuck would do to you?
To -- To me?That-- That's the thing.
I don't care. I don't care who knows.
Not -- Not Chuck, not Kevin.Well, that must be nice,
'cause I had to pay Kevin 500 bucks
to not "let it slip" at bowling last night.
I care if Chuck knows.
Why? He's a dick to you.
Are you drunk?
Diane, I need you. When -- When we're together,
I feel...a lot.
And mostly, it's good.
We could -- We could leave together.
We could leave together.Who says I want to leave?
I mean, I-I tried that once.
It -- It was -- It was --
[Sighs]
I-It's possible. It's possible. Maybe.
But -- But not with you like this.
I haven't had a drink for 212 days,
and if I was gonna go somewhere and start over again,
stuff would have to be different.
I can be better.
You -- You can make me better.
That's not my job, Neil.
You figure it out. And maybe.
But I can't do it for you.
♪
[Dog barking]
[Sighs]
♪
It's quiet in here.[Chair squeaks]
[ Laughter ]
A little too quiet.
So quiet that if I stop talking,
it'll be complete silence, which I cannot handle,
so I am just gonna say words that I think sound cool.
[ Laughter ]
Swashbuckler.
Noodle.
Spelunking. Hey.
Quadru-- Oh. Oh! Hey.
[Exhales deeply] I'm so glad you're here.
Really? Yeah. Of course.
Um, it's just last time I stopped by
without calling first,
you called me a "stage five clinger."
[ Laughter ] I did not!
Yes, you did, because then I said,
"Oh, do we still quote 'Wedding Crashers'?"
And you said, "I'll stop quoting 'Wedding Crashers'
when they pry it from my cold, dead hands."
And then I said, "What -- Who's 'they'?
What are 'they' prying?"
And then you said, "It's a figure of speech.
It's probably Shakespeare."
And then I said -- Whoa, whoa.
Where was this memory
when you were ordering pizza over the phone?
What?
Sorry. That was the other one.
But if I did say that, it was just a joke.
Oh. Yeah.
Well, four months together,
still never knowing when you're serious.
Rule of thumb --
If you're offended by what I said, I was just joking.
But don't worry.
You're gonna have plenty of time to figure this stuff out,
because -- big exciting news --
you're moving in!
[ Laughter ]
I'm moving in?
I know. I'm a catch.
It's okay to get a little excited.
Kevin, t-this is --
We...We -- We are moving very fast.
Lovebug... [Chuckles]
...when do you think we can start, uh, moving your stuff in?
You know, get going?
[ Laughter ]
Kinda backing up there, huh?
No. No. It's just -- just 'cause I'm gonna go.
I'm gonna, uh... What?
I gotta go -- I gotta go get some cigarettes.
Oh. Okay. Phew! I thought you were leaving.
Oh! [Laughs]
[Laughing] No.
No!
[Laughing]
[Laughs]
[ Laughter ]
But wait. She doesn't smoke cigarettes.
[ Laughter ]
What the hell is with everyone?
Allison: Bad day? Oh, my God!
[ Laughter ]
This is some sort of horrible nightmare!
Or it's some sort of wonderful dream!
Oh! Allison, you're alive!
This is amazing!
And you have great timing, too,
because I'm pretty sure I just got dumped.
Where have you been? What -- What is going on?
I'm here to do what I should have done for the last 15 years.
I'm gonna be honest.
Six months ago, I ran.
I thought you were hiking when you fell down that mountain.
No. Kevin, I didn't go for a run.
I ran from you.
Did you hit you head when you fell down that mountain?
[ Laughter ] Jesus Christ, Kevin.
There was no mountain.Oh, okay.
So you were running on flat ground when you hit your head.
I mean, you must have some sort of brain trauma,
'cause right now, you sound a lot like Neil this one time --
Kevin, shut up. [ Audience murmuring ]
I'm gonna talk, and you're gonna listen.
I want a divorce.
[ Audience gasps ]
[Chuckles] Sorry.
I-I thought you said "divorce." [Chuckles]
[ Light laughter ] I did.
No. No, no, no.
No. [Chuckles] No.
Uh, Allison, you... you don't want to do this.
[Chuckles] Of course I do.
[ Cheers and applause ]
[High-pitched ringing, heart beating]
[Cheering stops]
[Laughing]
[Down-tempo music plays]
Honey, you're not serious about this.
Yes, I am. No, you're not.
Because you know how this'll go.
You leave me, and you will be back,
begging for help or money or attention before you know it.
That's not true. It is true.
Because this is just like when you thought we should move
or -- or you should try school or you had to go to Paris.
Eventually, you come to your senses and calm down.
So what do you say we just skip this part
where you think you want a divorce, okay?
This is happening.
No. No, no.
It's not, because, babe, you're not capable.
Well, it's not up to you.
Allison... everything is up to me.
[Chuckles]
[Clock ticking]
Kevin, where is everyone?
Everyone who?[Dramatic music plays]
Pete, Neil, Molly.
What do you know --
What did you say to Molly?
Just the truth.
What Pete knew... and Neil.
That you're a goddamn cancer.
No. No, no, no. No.
No. This -- This is not happening to me.
Not from my wife.
♪
No! [Gasps]
Allison...
without me, you will have nothing,
because I will fucking destroy you.
[Clock ticking]
Do your worst.
[Down-tempo music plays]
[Dog barking]
♪
[Clock ticking]
[Exhales deeply]
[Chuckles softly]
[Table rattles]
[Dramatic music plays]
♪
Dad, pick up your goddamn phone.
♪
Hey, Molly, it's Kevin.
Uh, I'm not really sure what happened there,
but, um...call me back.
I'm, uh, I'm worried about you.
♪
Hey, Neil, uh, I'm planning some revenge on somebody,
and you're not here. [Chuckles]
But you're supposed to be to help me out.
So how about you just stop being a fucking idiot
and you call me back, okay?
♪
Whatever. Bye.
[Cellphone clatters]
♪
[Lighter clicks]
♪
[Exhales deeply]
[Bottle thuds]
[Down-tempo introduction plays]
[Dog barking in distance]
♪
♪ You see this guy
♪
♪ This guy's in love with you
♪
♪ Yes, I'm in love
♪ Who looks at you the way I do? ♪
♪ When you smile, I can tell
Hey.
[Indistinct conversations]
Can I get one of your stupid fancy IPAs?
We don't have any today.
I'm sorry.
Oh. Right. Sure.
I had a terrible, terrible day...
and you're the only person I hang out with now.
Is that okay?
Yeah. Yeah. Of course.
Jesus.
♪
She's here.
♪
Allison?[Cellphone ringing]
Allison's here?
Or at least she was.
Wait. W--
When?
Did she leave again?I really don't know.
I wasn't sure if I was supposed to say anything, so...
[Cellphone ringing]Jesus Christ.
Why wouldn't she just -- Ugh!
Neil, I swear to God --
♪ ...my heart keep breaking, 'cause ♪
What?
♪ I need your love
♪
♪ I want your love
♪
♪ Say you're in love
♪ In love with this guy ♪
♪
♪ If not, I'll just die
[Music continues]
[Fire crackling]
♪ Do-do-do-do-do-do-do
Oh, my God.♪ Tell me now
♪ Is it so?
♪ Don't let me be the last to know ♪
♪ My hands
♪ My heart keep breaking 'cause... ♪
♪ I need your love
♪
♪ I want your love
[Sirens wailing]
♪ Say you're in love
♪ In love with this guy ♪
♪
♪ If not, I'll just die
[Insects chirping]
Allison: Patty.
I missed you.
I know.
For once he finally did something you wanted him to.
I didn't want this.
Not anymore.
I want to stay.
Let's die alone together.
[Down-tempo music plays]
♪
Let's die alone together.
♪
♪ Just tell old Satan how you feel ♪
♪ Get that old devil right off your heel ♪
♪
♪ Shout, sister
♪ Shout, sister, shout
♪ Oh, Lord
♪ Shout
♪ Oh, Lord
♪ Mm ♪ Oh, Lord
♪