[Gina] Leni! We have to get out of here and get Dad out!
Dad's gone. It's just us.
Like always. The two of us forever.
Now we made a promise, didn't we?
Now I'm just asking you to keep that promise.
[grunts] Leni!
[Leni] Gina!
Gina.
[Maria gasping]
[bathtub squeaking]
[door knob rattles]
[eerie music playing]
[gasps]
-[door slams] -[gasps]
-[window rattling] -[breathing heavily] Shit.
Come on. [grunts]
-Come on! -[banging on door]
[gasps]
[Dylan grunting]
[Dylan and Gina panting]
[Dylan and Gina kissing]
-[Leni] Ouch. Shit. -[thuds]
[Gina] What was that?
I don't know.
[panting]
[flames sputtering]
There's somebody in here.
There's no one here.
-[Dylan] You want me to check? -Please.
[coughing]
[thudding on roof]
[horse whinnies]
Gina!
Gina, stop! Please!
Leni! Are you okay?
Where's Victor? What happened?
[sighs]
What happened, Leni? Leni!
Hey, it's Jack Beck.
We got a fire out at our place. 105 River Bend Road.
Please hurry.
[horse whinnies]
[Leni] Gina, come on!
[Gina grunts in pain]
[gasps] God!
Oh, fuck.
[grunts]
-[Leni yelling] Gina! -[gasps]
Come on, Gina! It's over!
[Gina grunting]
Jack, any sign of Victor?
No. I tried to get in, but the place was engulfed when I got to it.
[Floss] The boys have got this. It won't spread.
They'll figure out how it started.
Did you say they both took off on horseback?
-Yeah. -Which way did they go?
Into the woods.
[Floss] Well, maybe we just let them go this time.
Yeah, I don't know.
Those two, they're…
They're in a whole mess of trouble.
[Floss] Yes, they are, my friend. Yes, they are.
-[Gina groans] -[Leni] Keep an eye out for poison ivy!
You know how allergic we are!
Mattie's the same way. I… I use baking soda, just like Mama.
Remember that?
Cakes up, falls off, leaves a trail wherever she goes.
Hey, look! I got a plan and it's gonna work, Gina.
It's gonna work. It's gonna allow us to go back to the way life used to be.
I mean, not with Jack or anything like that.
I guess we fucked that up.
Why don't we start something new, okay?
You know, we can both leave Mount Echo.
That's a great idea. You can become whatever you want.
All right? How does that sound?
[Gina yells]
[speaking secret language]
Good. Now together.
[both speaking secret language]
[high-pitched ringing]
[grunts]
[breathing heavily]
[gasps]
[Leni] Come on, Gina! It's over!
Gina!
Come on, Gina!
[grunts]
[Leni] Gina.
Come out of the water!
There's nowhere else to go.
Come home!
I have no home.
I'm your home.
You've consumed me.
And now, you've lost me.
Forever.
[both grunting]
[both gasping and struggling]
[Gina yells]
[gasps]
[Maria screaming]
-[Maria gasps] -[Leni gasps]
Leni.
I only tried to protect you from that first night.
What night?
What night, Leni?
[water sloshing]
[sloshing continues]
[sloshing intensifies]
[gasping]
[Maria coughing]
[breathing heavily]
[footsteps approaching]
[Victor] Gina!
Leni!
[Victor breathing heavily]
He killed Mom, Gina, and I never told you.
No, Leni. That's not what happened.
I saw it.
They…
You remember there were apple blossoms everywhere, right?
They planned it. Together.
It's what she wanted!
I saw it!
No, listen to me.
You remember, she was so sick that spring and she loved the apple blossoms.
-[Maria groans, chuckles] -Oh, I got you.
[Victor] Come here.
[Maria laughing]
You're wrong.
No.
You've got it all wrong. It's what she wanted.
That's not what it was.
That's not what I saw.
It's what she wanted.
Were there apple blossoms there?
It's proof.
It's proof, Leni. They planned it.
That's why Dad thought it was so important for me to know.
He said he didn't want us to see
because there was no way for us to understand it.
Leni, we were kids!
No.
He wanted to protect us the way that you protected me,
but it all got fucked up!
Because that secret…
That one thing that you believed that wasn't true…
It started everything.
[voice trembling] Because I was bad Gina.
Dad thought it was me who saw.
No.
No, no, no.
You don't understand. I had to take care of us.
I always take care of us.
I'm trying to help you.
I promise I'll never keep a secret from you again.
Just come back to me, all right?
All right? So we…
So we can be together, okay?
[sniffs] Like always.
No.
[yells] No!
My granddaddy had a saying,
"Trouble follows some people like an old yellow dog."
And I'd have to say that about this bunch.
You got that right.
I'll be right back.
-Jack? Uh… -Yeah?
You ever seen this before?
Yeah. Yeah, they wore those when they were kids. Why?
Never mind.
Hey, Paula. Feels like it's time to get our search party back together.
[Floss] So when you looked down there, she was gone?
You didn't see her swimming or…
No. Nothing.
[Floss] Uh-huh.
-[exhales] -You don't believe me.
[Floss] Well, it seems convenient.
What do you mean?
Leni, I can't confirm anything you just told me.
That Gina confessed to killing Dylan.
That your daddy died of a heart condition before the fire started.
See, it's all so complicated now that you've admitted to switching.
Was she the troubled one or you?
You think she's dead?
The only thing I think is that she wanted to get away.
And now she has.
I'll see you and your lawyer in the morning.
[knocking at door]
-What happened tonight? -[door closes]
-Didn't the sheriff find you? -She did.
They think it was a suicide. I don't believe that.
I tried to stop her.
-She went over the falls. -Yes.
Why? What did you do?
Well, I didn't push her, Jesus!
That's not what I meant. I just want to know what happened.
I followed her into the forest.
I told her how much I loved her.
It didn't matter.
[sniffles] There was something so broken inside of her that
no amount of love could heal.
I know there's a deep hurt in both of you.
And you…
You knew after all these years.
Why didn't you say anything?
I thought I was doing the right thing.
Being present, accepting, loving you.
Watching, judging, playing along.
Was it play for you, Leni?
Because it wasn't for me. It was a life.
Two lives.
Yes.
And now?
Do you think she's dead?
I don't know.
I thought I'd know.
Wouldn't I know?
You know, there's two images that I… I can't get rid of.
The first one is… her body.
On the shore of the river somewhere in the darkness now.
Waiting. Which, uh…
[voice shaking] The second one is she's on a bus.
Or a plane or something. And…
She's happy.
But in both cases, I can't talk to her.
I can't touch her. I can't hear the sound of her voice.
She's just gone. Without a goodbye or any kind of… a resolution.
It's… unfinished.
[inhales]
You are her.
And not her.
Fuck.
I am so sorry, Charlie.
I never judged.
I watched.
I went along.
I never judged.
And I loved both of you.
I love you too.
[door opens]
[door closes]
-Paula! -Yeah?
Can you pull all those boxes relating to the church fire again?
-Uh, all of them? -Uh-huh.
I'll fire up some popcorn in the microwave.
That'll make it better, won't it? [laughs]
Um… But do you mind if I ask why?
[sighs wearily] Slowly, slowly, slowly, something's starting to creep up on me.
I need to stop thinking of these sisters as two people
and start thinking of them as one.
So anything that Gina did, Leni might be guilty of too.
How do you prove that?
Leni claims that she never went inside the church that night.
So I need a piece of physical evidence that proves that she did go inside
and she started that fire.
The good sister.
[man] I'm checking right now.
[sighs]
[officer 1] Have a good night, Deputy.
[officer 2] Good night.
[Ernie] I'm pretty sure Floss is going to file murder one against you
for the Dylan thing.
That was Gina.
Well, that may give us reasonable doubt, if we can confuse the jury, but…
What?
I've known Floss a long time.
We both have.
She doesn't go into a fight unless she thinks she can win it.
So I have to ask you, is there something else?
No.
I mean, the switching…
That's going to make everybody think that we're evil, pulling a con,
but that wasn't the point.
It didn't benefit us in any criminal way.
But there is a moral component to it that doesn't reflect well, let's just say.
Yeah.
Well, if they were putting people in jail for moral failure,
we wouldn't have anybody to sit on a jury. So I wouldn't worry about it.
We'll just wait and see what she has to say and take it from there.
Now my guess is that on the preliminary hearing,
they're going to ask you to turn in your passport, check in daily.
That sort of thing. So, just be prepared.
One last thing. Jack and Mattie.
[sighs] I'm a criminal lawyer, Leni.
I can give you a referral to a good divorce attorney.
But do you think he'll get Mattie?
I wouldn't hazard a guess.
And my condolences on your daddy.
Victor was a good man. It was a terrible tragedy.
Yeah.
-Thank you. -You're welcome.
[whispering] What is she doing here? I thought she was arrested!
-Did you hear? -She burnt down his house.
-[elderly woman] She's gonna hear you! -[elderly man] I don't care if she hears.
[bell rings]
Hey, thanks for coming right over.
Yeah, well, you said it was important.
Look, I shouldn't be here, but…
I feel sort of connected to you.
I guess. I don't know why, but you…
Well, Gina, really. Um…
But your whole family…
You were really the only ones who were nice to me when I moved here.
And, uh, not Southern fake friendly. But real.
Look, I don't think you and your sister are bad.
Here's what I'm trying to say.
I think that things have been unfair in your life
and I know what that feels like.
Look, Floss, she's searching for something.
A piece of evidence that she thinks will pin the church fire on you.
Why does she care about this?
I mean, that was decades ago.
She's building a bigger case against you than just Dylan.
What's this?
I wanted to help.
I took it out of the evidence box.
Floss hasn't seen it yet,
but it's also logged in the evidence inventory,
and I took that page too.
It'll slow her down,
but she'll pull the digital copy eventually and find out it's missing.
She knows I let Gina see the box a few weeks ago
and she'll assume your sister took it to protect you.
Either way, you're going to get in trouble.
A minor infraction.
I think.
Thank you.
Sincerely.
[Paula on radio] Sheriff, she took the bait. She's on the way out.
[Floss] Copy. We got the front. She's not here! Pearson, you copy?
[Pearson] We didn't see her come out the back.
[Floss] God damn it! All units, find her! Go!
[teacher yelling] Single file!
[children chattering]
[teacher] Easy. Easy there!
[Leni] Mattie! Hey!
Honey, come here.
Hey, hon!
Daddy says I'm not supposed to talk to you.
Yeah, I know. But just this once, okay?
Because, um… You know when I was about your age,
my mom had to go away.
And I have to do the same thing.
Where are you going?
I just have to figure some things out.
Look, what I'm trying to say is that I love you so much, honey.
I hope you can forgive me for what I'm doing.
-Someday, I'm-- -Mattie, Mattie, Mattie!
Come here! Trisha caught a baby bird!
Be there in a minute.
All right.
I love you and I'll see you. Okay?
I'll see you from wherever I am.
Okay.
-[banging] -[Jack] Okay, I'm coming!
Jesus! What's going on, sheriff?
-Leni here? -Of course not.
Sure about that? Could she be hiding?
What is going on? Leni doesn't live here no more.
We checked the hotel. She hasn't been there.
We need to find her now! Go look.
Well, she's not here.
Look upstairs! Have you checked the stables this morning?
[Jack] Yeah, I did. She's not there either.
I haven't seen her since last night.
Did you try Ernie? I mean, he's representing her. Maybe he knows.
He saw her earlier today, but she's not taking his calls.
Mine either. Do you mind trying?
[sighs]
Leni, it's me. Call me back.
Clearly you know something's going on. Let me help you. Call me.
Lions.
Yeah?
These belong to you or, uh…
No, those are Leni's.
Her mom used to call her Leni the Lion.
[woman] Next.
-Afternoon. -Hello.
Got a passport or ID to go along this ticket?
I do.
-So where are you headed today? -Australia.
-Wow, glamorous! -Is it?
I got no idea. I just see the posters. [laughs]
All right, Kira.
-[scanner beeps] -[sighs in exasperation]
[scanner beeps]
This thing has been acting squirrelly all day.
I'm sorry. Do you have a driver's license, Global Entry card or something like that?
[spluttering] No. I thought the passport would be enough.
[sighs]
[scanner chimes]
-Hmm. Got it. It's all good. -[sighs in relief]
Have a pleasant flight, Kira.
Thank you.
Wait. Wait, wait.
Didn't you come past me yesterday?
Um, no.
You look exactly like this woman who came through here yesterday.
Really? Where was she headed?
Kansas, I think.
Kansas. Nope. Wasn't me.
They say everyone has a twin.
-Really? -Yeah.
I just hope mine has a better job.
Have a good one.
Next.
[Charlie] "Dylan represented something we all yearn for,
"the Return to Eden.
"To the way things never really were.
"The myth of eternal return.
"But in our human lives, there is no one true past.
"No one true story.
"For Leni and Gina, their twinship died that day at the Falls.
"Along with the illusion that we can ever truly know another.
"That there is someone out there that will relieve us
"of the fundamental aloneness at our core,
"and at the core of every single human being.
"We are, each of us, islands
"and intimacy is only a story we tell ourselves.
"As Plato knew, we are doomed to forever seek our other half.
"He hoped we might find them, thus healing the wounds that were left on us
"when they were torn from us at the beginning of time.
"But Plato's myth was precisely that,
"a myth.
"A fiction.
"Like the fictions that we each live every day."
Thank you.
Um… [clears throat]
We've got a little time left for some questions, I believe.
Yes. You in the back.
I'm interested to know,
the sister who killed herself in the Falls…
Did they ever find a body?
Uh…
No. No, that was Gina,
my wife.
And the sheriff and the search teams told me that with all the undergrowth,
all of the fallen trees, that the body could have lodged there.
And that's just one of a ton of things that could have happened.
Yes, you.
So I'm an identical twin myself.
And when my brother and I were in junior high,
we'd occasionally swap, because, you see,
I preferred the humanities and he was more into the sciences…
[keys clatter]
You know, it felt silly sometimes, not changing the locks.
Like I was holding out too much hope, you know?
-Not being realistic. -[laughs]
-Doesn't sound like you. -[scoffs]
Well, this changed me.
Probably for the better.
That's nice to hear.
You prefer a twist, if I remember correctly.
-That's right. -Hmm.
[Charlie] I did think the hat and glasses were bit much though.
The hat and glasses?
Yes, at the reading just now.
That was you, right? With the first question?
Uh… [chuckling] No.
I've been waiting here tonight for over an hour.
-Hmm. -Hmm.
[Charlie] I'll find out, you know, which one you are.
Maybe. Maybe even I don't know anymore.
[Charlie] Do you know why you came back?
So many scores to settle, Charlie.
Thought I should start with you.