NARRATOR: Previously on "The Girl from Plainville"...
OFFICER: You called in a missing person?
Name's Conrad Roy III.
What's your son driving? LYNN: Ford F250, black.
- There's yellow tape around our son's truck.
GAIL: Michelle, what is it?
- Conrad's dead.
- Who's Conrad?
GORDON: Michelle Carter. Know her?
ROB: Not really.
- They were dating?
- They only met up, like, once or twice.
- Florida? That's where you guys met?
I remember that trip. He came back happy.
He left you a note, sweetheart.
- He did? Well, can I read it?
- I was thinking of putting something together for Coco,
for, like, mental health or something.
- I would be honored.
♪ Until the end of the Earth for you ♪
♪ To make you feel my love ♪
[melancholy music]
♪ ♪
[serene music]
♪ ♪
DONNA: Dinner is at 5:00 sharp every night,
and don't be late, or you'll be eating crumbs.
CAROLYN: Okay. DONNA: Come on!
CO: Coco, come on, help me.
Bags aren't gonna grow legs.
Move it.
[indistinct chatter]
TEEN: [laughing]
CO: Getting really good grades,
doing really, really well. They're both doing great.
- Yeah, but no, she's bad at it.
CO: All right. - Shut up.
- What? You suck.
CO: Sydney! - Hey, he does too.
- All right, that's enough.
DONNA: Math wasn't my thing either.
- Hey, put it down.
There's a new girlfriend. She's from...
- Ohio. - Ohio.
- How nice. Is she pretty?
- We don't know. They met on the computer.
- Dad.
- Hey, listen, by the way, your mom says
you can't go visit her.
- What?
- Yeah, Coco, her dad doesn't even know you.
- Mom said she would talk to him.
- And she did talk to him, and he said no.
You've got a problem with it, talk to your mom, all right?
I'm just the messenger this time.
- Is baseball good?
- It's off-season, so it's in the spring.
- How do you like your new school?
- He dropped out. DONNA: What?
CO: Oh, my gosh. DONNA: You dropped out?
- Will you put something in your mouth?
- I--I didn't drop out. I'm just doing online classes.
- Yeah, he does everything from the computer right from home.
COCO: So it's still school.
I just don't have to deal with stupid people.
- That's nice.
- And I've been taking him to work with me too.
Yeah, he's doing great. We go out, you know,
three weeks out, a couple days in.
- Is this the famous Roy clan? - Indeed, it is.
- All she does is gush about you.
DONNA: Ruth lives a few houses down.
This is my nephew, Conrad Jr.
- Hi, call me Co.
RUTH: Your tugboat towed Sully in off the Hudson.
- Oh, that was just, you know, right place, right time.
DONNA: And this is his beautiful wife, Carolyn.
- She's-- - Actually, we're not--
- And these are the kids, Paige and Sydney and Coco,
who is quite the baseball player.
RUTH: My granddaughter plays softball.
CO: Oh.
- He's also working in the family business.
- Such a beautiful and talented family.
Right to be proud.
- Nice to meet you.
She's nice.
You guys are lucky.
I mean, this food is incredible.
SINGER: ♪ One life ♪
♪ Come save me, being committed is crazy ♪
♪ No way back home only eight feet deep ♪
♪ Keep dying ♪
♪ Oh, this life is amazing ♪
♪ Give praises, you stay in the shape ♪
♪ Knowing when day end ♪
♪ I'm in the place with some great friends ♪
♪ Shining like a light for you to take in ♪
♪ Why we cover the mic, my mother was right ♪
♪ We get scared of becoming too bright ♪
♪ Place up, make your face up letting them know ♪
♪ It ain't us you can play just X's and O's ♪
♪ Penthouse popping try to tell 'em before ♪
♪ Keep waiting-- ♪
[line trilling]
LILY: Hey, it's Lily. Leave me a message.
- Are you ghosting me?
I don't care what your dad thinks.
Call me back.
[children at play]
[phone ringing]
LILY: Hey, it's Lily, leave me a message.
- I'm sorry. I'm just pissed off...
not at you.
Just call me, please.
RUTH: Coco.
Come here.
[gentle music]
♪ ♪
This is my granddaughter, Michelle.
Michelle, this is Coco.
- Conrad. RUTH: What?
- Conrad Henri Roy III.
RUTH: This is the young man I was telling you about.
Lives in Mattapoisett.
- Hi.
RUTH: Michelle lives in Plainville.
What are the chances?
- Cool.
RUTH: She's here for a couple more days.
Thought you two could hang.
I'm gonna go wrangle the gear. Be right back.
- Grandma.
Where's Mattapoisett?
- South Coast.
- I've heard stuff about it.
- Stuff?
- That's it's rough.
- Hmm.
[phone buzzing]
I gotta go.
Hey.
LILY'S DAD: This is Lily's dad.
I thought I was very clear with your mom.
- Can I just please--
LILY'S DAD: Stop calling or we'll have a problem.
[phone beeps]
- What do you think?
- They're just texts, a lot of goddamn texts.
- Due respect, those are fucked-up texts.
- Was there a missing person's report?
- Yeah. Put out a BOLO
even though it was just 12 hours.
SUTTER: Did he deal with depression at all?
- Yeah.
SUTTER: Was this his first suicide attempt?
- No.
SUTTER: So how's this girl responsible this time?
- Look, her texts to him get even more insistent
in the final 24 hours.
And according to the records, they spoke on the phone
for 42 minutes before he died.
Last person to talk to him.
- Her statement?
- Haven't gotten one yet.
- So what do you want?
- A warrant for her phone.
Okay, look.
She says, "You keep pushing it off,
"and you say you'll do it, but you never do.
"It's always gonna be that way if you don't take action.
"You're just making it harder on yourself by pushing it off.
You just have to do it."
- Bring me something that can prove intent, contradiction,
even a cover-up, and we'll talk.
You haven't got it yet.
[melancholy music]
♪ ♪
TARA: Cass, I saw your Insta.
You went to the Keith Urban concert?
CASSIE: Yeah, it was amazing. NATALIE: It was so fun.
We were, like, five rows back--
- So it's my birthday this weekend.
I was thinking we could go maybe into Boston,
do dinner. It could be really fun.
Maybe we could get matching tattoos.
I'll be 18, so I could get one.
- Yeah. Um, that sounds so fun,
uh, but I think I'm working that night.
CASSIE: Yeah, I have to check with my parents.
- Mm-hmm. Same.
- Sure.
I was thinking we could've talked
about the fundraiser.
I'm gonna call it "Homers for Conrad."
You guys said that you would help me,
but if you're too busy, it's totally fine.
I--I can plan it on my own. It's not really a big deal.
- That's what you want to do for your birthday?
- Yeah. Is that weird?
- No, no, it's just, you should be celebrating.
- I just really want to get it right for Conrad.
Sometimes I feel like he's here with me.
I don't want to let him down.
- You know what?
I could probably get someone to cover my shift, right?
CASSIE: Yeah, oh yeah, for sure.
- Thanks.
[soft music]
♪ ♪
- [sighs]
[waves crashing]
- Hi.
Sorry, I didn't--
- It's okay. Just wasn't expecting anyone.
Conrad, right?
- Sorry, you are, um...
- Michelle. CONRAD: Right, right.
MICHELLE: See you later.
- Oh, okay, cool.
- I know a trick that helps me sleep.
- Works great.
- I could teach it to you if you want.
- Sure.
- Turtle.
- What?
MICHELLE: You have to say the first thing
that pops into your head. - Oh.
- It's a word game.
Eventually, your brain just drifts,
trying to think of a random word.
- So basically, you're boring yourself to sleep.
- Turtle.
- Ninja.
- Ninja turtles? Really?
- It's the first thing that came to my mind.
What would you have said?
- Like, pizza.
- Dude, that-- that is ninja turtles.
MICHELLE: Okay, bread.
- Cheese.
- Mouse.
- Ratatouille. - Chef.
- Ratatouille.
- No, you can't say the same word.
- So many rules. Um...
Disney.
- Princess.
- Prince.
- Romance.
- Kiss.
- Girl.
- Pretty.
["Somebody That I Used to Know" by Pentatonix playing]
SCOTT: ♪ I think of when we were together ♪
MITCH: ♪ But you didn't have to cut me off ♪
♪ Make out like it never happened ♪
♪ And that we were nothing ♪
♪ I don't even need your love ♪
♪ But you treat me like a stranger ♪
♪ And it feels so rough ♪
♪ No you didn't have to stoop so low ♪
♪ Have your friends collect your records ♪
♪ And then change your number ♪
♪ I guess that I don't need that though ♪
♪ No you're just somebody that I used to know ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Now you're just somebody that I used to know ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Now you're just somebody that I used to know ♪
[phone chimes]
KIRSTIN: ♪ Now and then I think of all the times ♪
♪ You screwed me over ♪
♪ But had me believin' ♪
♪ It was always something that I'd done... ♪
[phone chiming]
[uneasy music]
♪ ♪
[tense music]
♪ ♪
[footsteps pounding]
♪ ♪
- [panting]
Ten, nine...
- How you holding up?
- People ask me that like there's gonna be a good answer.
- I guess maybe people don't know what to say.
- You can say nothing.
- Yeah. Um, okay.
Uh, look, I--I just have, um, a--a couple questions
to close the case.
Um, just routine.
Did your son have, um, a computer?
- Yeah. It's at his dad's.
- Can I get it?
It would be helpful, tie up some loose ends.
Like I said, it's--it's just something we do.
- Are your loose ends gonna tell me
why what happened happened?
- Do you have--do you have any sense, any--any idea?
- I mean, how many kids you know spend a day
on the beach with their moms and then go kill themselves?
Mine did.
I--I gotta swing by there to drop the girls off.
I can--I can get the laptop.
GORDON: Um, okay.
I, um--I don't want to cause
any, you know, strife.
- It's all fucking strife.
- Better for me to go?
- A cop showing up unannounced?
Definitely not better.
CAROLYN: Okay, well, the brisket looks good.
JANICE: It looks amazing.
Oh, look.
CONRAD SR.: Did you bring me my beers?
JANICE: Yes.
Here they are.
SYDNEY: Hi, Grandma. PAIGE: Hi.
JANICE: Hey. Come here, you guys.
CONRAD SR.: Ah! Sydney.
SYDNEY: Hi.
CONRAD SR.: Uh, you better be hungry.
Grab a plate.
- Yeah, what about you, Lynn? You hungry?
- I'm not staying.
- Conrad, get her a plate.
- She said she ain't staying.
- Well, look at her. She needs to eat.
- Well, we'll have to do some rationing.
I didn't plan for an extra body.
LYNN: Look, it's fine.
I'd hate for y'all to go hungry.
- See? It all works out.
- Hey.
LYNN: Hey.
- How you doing?
You saw they brought Coco's truck back?
- Yeah. Can I--
- They also brought that, um-- that water pump too.
I didn't know what to do with it.
I put it in the garage. It's like--
- Can we not talk about that now?
- Yeah. Sorry.
- Look, I--I need your house key.
CO: How come?
- The detective wants Coco's laptop,
something about closing up the investigation.
- Why didn't he just call me?
- Well, you can call and ask him,
or you can just give me the key.
- Don't you think that's a little weird?
- No, I don't.
CO: Come on, Lynn.
I can't just give you my house key.
- It'll take two minutes.
CO: Put yourself in my shoes. - In your shoes?
You're in my house all the goddamn time.
- Not by myself, I'm not in your house all the time.
- Jesus Christ, what, do you think
I'm gonna snoop around? - All right.
Keep it down. Just calm down.
- I divorced you. - Co, Co,
just get her the keys.
SYDNEY: Have you guys seen this?
Michelle's hosting a baseball tournament for Coco.
CO: Michelle? Who's Michelle?
- Coco's friend from Plainville, that girl.
- Oh, right. - I think it's weird.
LYNN: She's just trying to do something nice for Coco
and for us.
- So what? Are you gonna go to this?
- What, you're not? - I don't know.
Dad, you want to go?
CONRAD SR.: Huh?
SYDNEY: They're having a baseball tournament
in Plainville for Coco.
- Plainville?
- Yeah, Coco's friend. She lives up there.
- It's a little fundraiser thing.
- A fundraiser? Who do you think we are?
We're like we need a goddamn handout?
CO: Dad. - It's not a fundraiser for us.
They're...
they're donating the money to mental health awareness.
- The hell's that mean?
- Like, suicide awareness.
- You fucking kidding me? CO: All right, Dad--
CONRAD SR.: This is how you want to honor your son,
by saying he was crazy?
- How is this about me?
- Dad, she didn't have anything to do with this.
- Mental health awareness. LYNN: Co?
CONRAD SR.: You got some nerve, Lynn.
JANICE: All right, Conrad--
CO: Dad, come on-- - You've got some nerve.
You never even took Coco to church.
- All right, that's enough. Mom, you gotta do something.
- Your kids wouldn't know the Lord's Prayer
from their ass or elbow if it weren't for us.
And then you go, and you desecrate Coco's body...
CO: All right, Pop. SR: By dumping it in the water
like, uh, some heathen,
and Co just goes along with it, right like he always does.
Along with it, right?
- It's enough. It's enough.
- Co, gimme the goddamn key. - Leave it, leave it.
Come on, let's go.
- I'm sorry. Go.
[phone buzzing]
- Hey, Rob.
- Hey, Michelle. I got the Facebook invite.
Um, why is it in Plainville?
- I live here.
ROB: Yeah, but Coco didn't.
- Yeah, I know.
I just didn't know how to organize it in a town
where I didn't know anyone.
- Well, you do: me.
That's why I thought we were doing this together.
- Are you mad at me?
- No. I'm--I'm just saying
it might be tough for everyone to make it up there.
You know, if-- if we have it down here,
there's a better chance his whole family can come,
you know?
- I mean, we can change it,
but then, like, my friends and family
are gonna have a hard time making it down there too.
- But Coco didn't know any of them.
- Oh, my God, wait. I just realized
this would be such a nice getaway
for Lynn and the girls, don't you think?
ROB: I guess.
MICHELLE: A fun adventure to take their mind off things.
Are you still there?
- Yeah.
- I already paid the deposit for the field.
It's non-refundable.
But I could change it if you want.
I don't want this to be a thing.
- No, no, it's fine.
I'll call Coco's league and see who wants to make the drive.
- That would be amazing. Conrad would've loved that.
- Yeah.
MICHELLE: You're such an amazing friend, Rob.
We're gonna make this event perfect for him.
You can be my co-captain to finalize organizing.
- Co-captain?
MICHELLE: I'm so excited. I got to go,
but, uh, let's--let's talk about it later, okay?
Bye. Thank you, bye.
[dramatic music]
- Michelle, everything okay? MICHELLE: I'm fine.
Can we put the deposit down now?
GAIL: Sure.
[birds chirping]
COCO: Gotta do something fun for your last day.
- Cute.
SYDNEY: Hey, wait for me.
- Why?
- Dad said I could come.
- Are you fucking--
- Hi, I'm Sydney.
- Michelle.
- You Coco's girlfriend?
- Mm-mm.
- Where are we going?
You're prettier than the girls Coco usually likes.
- Seriously, Sydney, shut up.
- You shut up.
- I have a sister about your age.
- She an asshole?
- Sometimes, yeah.
- Can you go hang out with Paige?
- No. - Please?
- No. [cell phone buzzes]
- Are the girls in high school mean?
- No, everybody's super nice.
- Yeah, I-- I bet you're popular.
- I'm hungry. Do you want something?
- I'm good. - Hey, get in line.
We'll, uh, guard the bikes.
- No way. - I'll pay for your slice.
- Hey, let's go.
- What?
[Tommy Roe's "Sweet Pea" playing]
♪ ♪
ROE: ♪ Oh, Sweet Pea, come on and dance with me ♪
♪ Come on, come on, come on, and dance with me ♪
♪ Oh, Sweet Pea, won't you be my girl? ♪
♪ Won't you, won't you, won't you be my girl? ♪
♪ I went to a dance just the other night ♪
♪ I saw a girl there she was out of sight ♪
♪ I asked a friend of mine who she could be ♪
♪ He said that her friends just call her Sweet Pea ♪
♪ Oh, Sweet Pea, come on and dance with me ♪
♪ Come on, come on, come on and dance with me ♪
♪ Oh, Sweet Pea, won't you be my girl ♪
♪ Won't you, won't you, won't you be my girl ♪
♪ I finally got to whisper sweet words in her ear ♪
♪ Convinced her that we ought to get away from there ♪
♪ We took a little walk I held her close to me ♪
♪ And underneath the stars I said to Sweet Pea ♪
♪ Oh, Sweet Pea, I love you, can't you see... ♪
MICHELLE: Found one.
COCO: Not bad, not bad. I can do better.
- Hmm, ugly.
COCO: It's gone.
Okay, what about this one?
- Better.
So where do you go to school down there?
- Uh, Old Rochester.
- You like it?
- I actually didn't go there all last year.
Um, I worked with my dad on his boats.
He owns tugboats.
- Hmm, that's cool.
- Yeah, it's whatever.
My parents pulled me out.
I, um--I wasn't feeling...
Very good. I was...
- Is that why you can't sleep? You don't feel good?
- I'm a thinker.
MICHELLE: Me too.
- Yeah? What you think about?
- I don't know...
Me?
I don't always like me. Is that weird?
- I was weird enough that I had to talk to a bunch of doctors.
- I'm weird enough I have to...
[clicks tongue]
- I have to, like... [clicks tongue]
[both chuckle]
- That's the one.
- So you remember me when you go back to Lameville.
- It's not lame.
You should come, see for yourself.
- What will your boyfriend think about that?
- I don't have a boyfriend.
- Oh. Me neither.
- Ha ha.
I've never had a boyfriend.
- That's okay.
I'm not really dating anybody either.
I'm too much trouble. - Ooh.
- It's charming, right?
- Kind of.
- Kind of cute?
- You said that already.
[emotional music]
♪ ♪
- Are you okay?
- Yeah, no, of course. It's just--it's a lot.
- Okay.
- I like it.
- Me too.
- Gotta go.
- I'm sorry. I didn't mean to, like--
- No, it's not--
My grandma.
- Yeah, definitely.
- Do you want my number?
- Yeah, if you'll give it.
What time are you leaving tomorrow?
- 9:00.
COCO: I'll come say bye.
- Okay.
[both chuckle]
CO: You all right?
- Yeah.
CO: You sure?
You--you look all right. No broken bones, no blood.
- Yeah, I'm fine. What?
- No, I just thought something
really terrible must have happened,
since you left your sister at a pizza shop.
- I went out with a friend.
- Mm-hmm. You have fun?
- Yeah. CO: Good.
- Listen, Dad-- - Shut your mouth.
Take off those stupid fucking ears.
Take 'em off.
What kind of a man abandons his little sister?
- I didn't abandon her. She was fine.
- She had to ask a stranger to get her here.
D'you know that? Came home in tears.
You gotta apologize.
- Sorry.
- To your sister, Coco!
Get that look off your face right now.
Get it off.
Go upstairs,
make it right with Sydney, and go to bed.
- I'm hungry.
CO: Too bad dinner was at 5:00.
- Dick.
CO: What? What did you say to me?
What the fuck did you just say to me?
Say it again. Say it again, come on.
What? - I didn't--
- Fuck.
[rap music playing through headphones]
SINGER: ♪ I said ♪
♪ It's on us ♪
♪ Yeah, O T L A ♪
♪ In the depths of my psyche ♪
♪ Dwells a burning desire ♪
♪ To see through the lies we tell ♪
COCO: Get the hell out of here, you fucking narc.
[yelling] I said get out!
[melancholy music]
♪ ♪
HAYDEN: Come on, Michelle. Let's go.
♪ ♪
[melancholy music]
♪ ♪
- Thank you all for coming.
It means so much to see you all here for Conrad.
These past few weeks have been very hard.
He was my best friend, the love of my life.
But I know, with your support, we will all get through this.
I miss you so much, Conrad.
ADRIAN: We love you, Michelle.
ALL: Yeah, whoo!
[applause]
- Conrad was such a bright light.
He loved baseball.
And I know he'll be looking down on us
with a smile on his face as we honor him today.
Now let's go hit some homers for Conrad.
[cheers and applause]
- Hey, I was gonna give a speech.
- Oh, I didn't know you wanted to say anything.
- He was my best friend.
- I'm sorry. I just--I wasn't thinking.
I just want everything to go perfect today.
- It's okay. Never mind.
- That was weird.
- Be nice.
ALL: Whoo!
PERSON: Yeah. ADRIAN: Come on, Michelle.
COACH: Take your time. Take your time.
[applause] - Ah!
♪ ♪
Yes!
[scattered cheers]
COACH: Whoo!
VAL: Great job, Joey.
- I feel like my heart is missing.
- I know.
- Lynn, hi. I'm so glad you made the drive.
- I wouldn't have missed it.
It's so nice for Michelle to put all this together.
Means a lot.
- Thank you. I wanted to give you this.
If you need something, you want to talk.
- What's a staging company?
- Basically, an interior designer for homes
that are about to go in the market.
It makes it more appealing to buyers.
If you ever want to put your house on the market,
I'd be happy to help.
- I rent. GAIL: Oh.
Well, homeownership is not for everyone.
Out of curiosity, has Michelle been in contact with you?
- Yeah, a bit. Is everything okay?
- She's just so young to be dealing with all...
I worry about her.
I got our Verizon bill a couple of days ago,
and she's been texting your son's phone.
Maybe it's her grieving process,
but sometimes I worry that maybe she's hopeful
that he's somehow going to respond.
I'm--I'm so sorry. This is a lot.
I shouldn't be telling you all this.
- Lynn!
Sorry I didn't say hello earlier.
I've been running around,
trying to make everything perfect.
- This is the famous Michelle Carter.
You've done a great job.
- I would do anything for Conrad.
GAIL: I'll be over there if you need me, okay?
- Yeah, thanks, Mom.
Is there anything I can get you?
- No, I'm just--I'm glad
the kids are having fun out there.
- That weekend in Florida,
he brought me flowers the morning I left.
- Coco? My Coco?
- Flowers?
- Purple lilies. They were beautiful.
- Huh.
I didn't even know he had a romantic bone in him.
Guess that skipped a generation or two.
- We had such deep conversations, you know,
about our lives, about you.
I was wondering if you brought that note.
- What?
- The note Conrad left for me.
I texted you about it a couple of times.
- Oh, no. I--I don't have it.
- It's totally fine, of course.
- What did he say about me?
[quiet music]
You said he talked about me?
- Oh, yeah, he said that--
TEAM: Dogs!
- Sorry, one second.
♪ ♪
ALL: YOLO.
- [laughs]
- What is that? - Is it bad?
- So you friends with Conrad or Michelle?
- Michelle.
GORDON: She's lucky to have you.
Did--did you know Conrad?
- Only what she told us.
- Never met him?
I can't imagine what she's going through right now.
- I know. It's--it's been brutal.
- Yeah, when he went missing, she was, like, freaking out.
- Missing?
- Yeah, he was missing for, like, three days.
- Three days? You're sure about that?
CASSIE: She was texting us the whole time.
Said when he wasn't responding, she knew something was wrong.
She said the family was out looking for him all weekend.
Even you guys.
- The police?
- Isn't this, like, something you should know?
- Yeah, yeah, it is.
- Nat! Cass!
- Nice talking to you. - Yeah.
[cheers and applause]
- Um...
Let's do our own. CASSIE: Yeah?
- Yeah.
ADRIAN: Coming in. Think I got some good ones.
- Thank you. - Oh, that's good.
- Cute.
- Hey, so, um,
Conrad was missing for three days, right?
- Yeah, why? - Some guy was asking.
- What guy?
- I think he's a cop.
[tense music]
♪ ♪
- Michelle? You okay?
- It's fine. Yeah, I'm fine.
♪ ♪
GAIL: I'm really proud of you, Michelle.
- Yeah.
GAIL: I just have to run in. I'll be a minute.
♪ ♪
[motor puttering]
♪ ♪
- [quavering]
[motor rumbling]
♪ ♪