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<i>Previously on Veronica Mars:</i>

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<i>All this time I've been thinking
Mom bolted...</i>

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<i>...because she couldn't
handle losing everything.</i>

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<i>Maybe she just
couldn't handle losing me.</i>

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Did you know that your dad and my mom
were king and queen of the prom?

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- Mr. Kane.
- Veronica, we meet again.

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What are the odds?

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<i>It's been a year since my best friend,
Lilly Kane, was murdered.</i>

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- You're still investigating Lilly's murder.
- Solve the case and your mom comes home.

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Let's solve the case.

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It's the footage of Abel Koontz's arrest.

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I know who you are, Veronica Mars.

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My dad tried to save your life.

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Look in a mirror.

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Are you the product
of a schlubby sheriff...

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...or the king and queen of the prom?

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<i>So Jake Kane is your father.</i>

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<i>Deal with it, Veronica.</i>

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<i>Does Dad know?</i>

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<i>Did he go after Jake Kane so obsessively
because of the affair?</i>

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<i>Oh, God. Does this mean...?</i>

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<i>Is Duncan my...?</i>

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<i>Those photos that were sent to Mom,
the ones with me framed in a gunsight...</i>

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<i>...was that how Jake finally
stuck it to Dad, his old rival?</i>

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<i>If so, I'm taking this bastard down hard.</i>

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<i>I don't care whose father he is.</i>

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<i>This one was taken last year, downtown.</i>

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<i>My sole reason for being in that
part of town was that Mom insisted...</i>

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<i>...I see a counselor after Lilly died.</i>

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<i>Every Thursday for six weeks,
Dr. Dave and I stared across an ottoman...</i>

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<i>...at each other. But which Thursday?</i>

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<i>Book Week?</i>

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Mrs. Murphy, when was Book Week?

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Wow, now, there's an attitude
I like to see in our post-literate age.

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Don't worry, Veronica.
It's still months away.

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- Last year's Book Week.
- It's always the first week in February.

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<i>Okay, now I know which Thursday.</i>

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<i>In the picture,
I'm standing in this exact spot.</i>

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<i>Whoever took those photos
had to be sitting at this exact table.</i>

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<i>It's the only one
where the angle matches.</i>

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Dated and time-stamped. Gotcha.

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Do you keep all your receipts?

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Is it possible for you to pull just the ones
from February 4th, between 4:45 and 5:30?

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- Someone's been stalking me.
- My God.

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I'm positive whoever took these shots
was sitting at that table over there.

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<i>Clarence Wiedman.
Big mistake, paying with a credit card.</i>

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<i>And there he is. The man who took
surveillance photos of me.</i>

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<i>Well, wouldn't you know.</i>

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Kane Software. Main number, please.

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<i>The number you requested is 555-0125.</i>

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<i>Kane Software.
How may I direct your call?</i>

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Give me Clarence Wiedman, please.

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<i>You've reached Clarence Wiedman,
head of security, Kane Software.</i>

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<i>Please leave a message.</i>

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<i>And there it is. I know who's responsible
for scaring Mom away.</i>

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<i>So if Jake Kane is my biological father...</i>

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<i>...that information
is gonna be worth millions.</i>

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<i>And after what that family
has done to mine, I intend to collect.</i>

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- What happened to you?
- It's nothing.

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A little collision at home. Now cover
your eyes and give me your hand.

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A collision at home? Did you fall
in the garbage disposal?

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No, no. Home plate.

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- Safe!
- Did you see a doctor?

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Honey, it's fine. Chicks dig scars.

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Now come on. You gotta see this.

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What is your deal? You're jacked up
like some hillbilly kid...

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...who just stumbled
into Daddy's meth lab.

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Hey, come on.

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Sit.

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- It's a waterbed.
- All right.

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Come on, you've wanted one of these
since you were 5 years old.

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I also wanted to marry Vanilla Ice and build
the world's largest collection of Z-Bots.

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You asked me... No, you begged me for
a waterbed, like, four years in a row.

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It was your obsession.

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It's all coming back to me now.

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The way you explained it,
Santa was cool with the basic concept...

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...but had doubts
about second-floor deployment.

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That well-known bedrock pragmatism
of elvish culture. But I gotta tell you...

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...if it had been my call, I would've...
- You're so full of it.

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But it is incredibly sweet of you.

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- Yard sale, right? Ten bucks, maybe?
- No.

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It's okay. You forgot to remove
the masking-tape price-tag sticker.

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Besides, our money situation
being what it is...

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...I'm glad you didn't blow your wad
on a whim gift.

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You'll be gladder to know
that I got it as a throw-in...

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...with some old Gordon Lightfoot LPs.

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I love you.

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Yeah, you too.

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Well, anyway...

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...sorry it took so long to get
Santa's old dead ass in gear.

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- Night, sweetie.
- Night.

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He was as well-adjusted a kid
as you could ever wanna meet.

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Secure, extroverted, lots of friends
and school activities.

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Super popular, super focused.

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Girlfriends, top grades.

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Not into the drug scene,
as far as we could tell.

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Definitely not a druggie.
You know, Casey is just...

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...not the kind of kid
who just up and joins a cult.

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Well, it's actually the ones who seem
to have everything that so often...

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We know what you're thinking. Spoiled rich
boy, raised in the soulless lap of luxury.

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No material whim denied,
no spiritual need met.

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Six weeks ago, Casey kisses me goodbye
and drives to school, same as always...

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...but he never comes home.
- He's gone off to live...

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...at some place called the
Mooncalf Collective and, basically:

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"Thanks for all you've done, guys,
but I can take it from here. "

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- The Porsche.
- That's right, the Porsche.

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He sold his Boxster
and gave all the money over to the cult.

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Look, Mr. Mars, here's what we need...

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...and what we're prepared
to pay handsomely for you to do.

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- Thank you, Mr. Mars.
- You're welcome.

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- Thank you very much.
- Thank you.

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Now what?

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I'm trying to draw a blood sample.
Our health teacher said she'll give...

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...extra credit for anyone taking
a self-administered HIV test.

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I ordered this thing online...

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...but I am seriously punking
on this finger stick.

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This is so endearing.

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My badass, action-figure daughter is afraid
to draw a teensy little drop of blood.

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You know, if you really were
a good father...

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...you'd let me draw some of your blood
for the test.

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Nobody will know the difference.
Besides, you've been sexually active.

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- I haven't.
- Oh, for crying out loud.

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You're serious about this, aren't you?

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Let me have that.

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You wuss.

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So those are the parents of Casey Gant.
Do you know him?

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Unfortunately, yeah.

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He's just another slice off the loaf
of shallow, vapid...

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...pain in the ass 09erdom.
- Well, despite your assessment...

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...his parents are still a little irked
about his decision to run off and join a cult.

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He joined a cult?

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What do they worship?
Wedgies? Keggers?

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- Their parents' platinum cards?
- Doesn't matter.

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He's 18, so there's little the law can do.

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If we get him back,
the Gants are offering a 5-grand bonus...

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...so it's time to focus,
like the proverbial laser.

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Target acquired and locked on.

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What they'd be paying us for
is proof of any unlawful activity out there...

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...like firearms, drugs, kidnapping.
Anything will work.

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All we need is a sound legal basis for the
sheriff's department to shut them down.

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- I'm still with you.
- He's a classmate of yours.

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Maybe you can find something
that'll shed some light.

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His parents say
he's still showing up at school.

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For a $5000 bonus
I'll get you his genetic code.

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Veronica, do not, under pain of slow,
agonizing death...

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...even think about going
to the compound yourself.

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I'll run the title search, do the background
check, take the recon shots, all of that...

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Got you, Frenchy.

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<i>Okay, so there's no
health-class extra credit.</i>

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<i>There is, however, an online company
that does paternity testing.</i>

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<i>I need to know, without a doubt,
who my father is.</i>

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<i>- Hey.
- I am not ready to face Duncan.</i>

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<i>Too many sweet memories
have become chilling what-ifs.</i>

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Hacky sack?

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The final arena of unquestioned
white domination.

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- New crush?
- Hardly.

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That's Casey Gant.

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He sold his Porsche, joined a cult
and took up hacky sack.

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He looks normal enough.

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Not if you knew him before.

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"The prisoners pray
when they're on death row.

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Hear the angels sing.

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The junkie cries for love,
but it's all run out. "

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Go on, Eli.

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"When the angels sing
the sins of the world...

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...and it's cold on the streets
when you're alone...

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...and the tears, they start to fall...

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...when it all comes down,
hear the angels sing. "

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Casey Gant, you can learn good manners
or go see Mr. Clemmons.

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Eli, it's amazing work.

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- You're doing great.
- Miss, that's not original poetry.

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That's a Social Distortion song.

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Is that true, Eli?

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I know who will give me
all the dirt I want.

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- Who?
- His ex-girlfriend.

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I'm as clueless as anyone
about this trip he's on.

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I mean, one day he's totally cool
and the next he's, like, alien lobotomy boy.

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- Any explanation?
- Nothing that made a bit of sense.

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Just a lot babbling about
"renouncing the toxic death style...

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...of a late-stage capitalist society"...

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...and "un-remembering
the consumer siren song. "

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I think composting came up too, once.

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It was just so bizarre.
I mean, I had to cut him loose.

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Did he talk about any new friends
he'd made...

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...before he starting weirding out,
I mean.

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No, but...

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...you know what?

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I think he's got something going on
with Miss Mills.

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- You mean, like sexually?
- Yeah.

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It got to where they were
doing everything together.

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He even started working
for the literary magazine.

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This is the same guy who's been
downloading every writing assignment...

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...since the seventh grade. He used to think
Cliff Notes were for the intellectual poseurs.

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There's no way they're not getting it on.

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<i>How to get in tight
with the lit mag crowd.</i>

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<i>I've got it. Become one of them.</i>

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<i>The attributes and style
of crap teen poetry:</i>

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<i>Must be written in a funky color of ink.</i>

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<i>Must include dominant themes
of alienation...</i>

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<i>...sexual ambivalence,
self-loathing, death, et cetera.</i>

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Dad, you're en ex-cop.
You know gangland enforcer types.

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Can't someone intimidate
the maintenance supe to fix...

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...the hot water problem?
- He swears he's putting new copper pipes...

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...new 5000-gallon tank, the works.

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That nimrod has been feeding us
the same line for five months.

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Just try to tough it out.

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Hey, if we get that 5-grand bonus,
maybe we can go look for a new place.

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10:05, ladies and gents.
Time to get cracking.

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Hope y'all have those editorial content
analyses I assigned last week. Everybody?

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Okay, then. Let's break into groups of four
and start comparing notes.

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<i>Can you feel the love?</i>

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Hey, Veronica.

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Miss Mills, what's up?

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I read the poem you submitted
for the literary journal.

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- "I Cut Because I Can. "
- Oh, yeah.

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There are a bunch I thought about
submitting, but that one seemed more...

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...I don't know,
relevant to where I am now.

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So are you gonna publish it?

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You have a very
unique outlook, Veronica.

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If you ever feel like sharing, there's a place
where you're always welcome to do so.

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We're kind of like family.

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Yeah, I have some friends who work
on your literary magazine...

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...and they say it's really cool.
- I'm talking about the folks...

224
00:14:15,154 --> 00:14:18,715
...out at the Mooncalf Collective.
That's where I live.

225
00:14:18,891 --> 00:14:21,223
Something tells me
you'd really enjoy visiting.

226
00:14:21,393 --> 00:14:25,124
You know, if you'd like,
I could even take you out there today.

227
00:14:25,297 --> 00:14:27,822
<i>- How's that sound?
- So Miss Mills lures kids...</i>

228
00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:29,763
<i>...out to cult headquarters?</i>

229
00:14:29,935 --> 00:14:32,062
That sounds...

230
00:14:32,238 --> 00:14:34,001
...great.

231
00:14:34,640 --> 00:14:36,335
I'm ready to go whenever you are.

232
00:14:36,508 --> 00:14:39,170
<i>Wait. What did Dad say
about going out there?</i>

233
00:14:47,286 --> 00:14:48,981
Come on over.

234
00:14:50,956 --> 00:14:52,753
This is all so amazing.

235
00:14:52,925 --> 00:14:55,723
I feel like I'm on a movie set
or something.

236
00:14:55,895 --> 00:14:57,988
Thank you so much for inviting me,
Miss Mills.

237
00:14:58,163 --> 00:15:00,028
Oh, around here, I'm just Holly.

238
00:15:00,199 --> 00:15:02,531
And as far as you can see is all ours.

239
00:15:02,701 --> 00:15:05,329
You should wander around later,
get a feel for the place.

240
00:15:05,671 --> 00:15:09,573
Just stay out of the barn.
You do not wanna go in there, trust me.

241
00:15:09,742 --> 00:15:11,903
<i>Hey, way to throw me
off your trail, Holly.</i>

242
00:15:12,077 --> 00:15:15,240
<i>"Wander freely? Don't go in the barn,
whatever you do "?</i>

243
00:15:15,414 --> 00:15:18,872
<i>Maybe I should play this needy,
despondent waif card more often.</i>

244
00:15:19,084 --> 00:15:20,711
Come meet my man.

245
00:15:20,886 --> 00:15:25,118
Well, really, he kind of belongs
to all of us.

246
00:15:30,095 --> 00:15:31,653
Hey.

247
00:15:39,004 --> 00:15:40,596
<i>Forbidden barn? Check.</i>

248
00:15:40,773 --> 00:15:42,673
<i>Implied polygamy? Check.</i>

249
00:15:42,841 --> 00:15:45,469
<i>Ladies and gentlemen, we have a cult.</i>

250
00:15:45,644 --> 00:15:48,704
Veronica, this is Josh.

251
00:15:48,881 --> 00:15:50,439
Hey there.

252
00:15:50,616 --> 00:15:52,379
Hi.

253
00:15:53,819 --> 00:15:57,380
<i>Help. I knew I should have included
a few discreet lesbian overtones...</i>

254
00:15:57,556 --> 00:15:59,319
<i>...in that poem.</i>

255
00:16:00,192 --> 00:16:02,126
Hey, Veronica.

256
00:16:02,661 --> 00:16:05,425
I heard you were coming,
but I had to see to believe.

257
00:16:05,898 --> 00:16:10,358
Yeah, I don't blame you.
This is off my beaten path a bit.

258
00:16:12,271 --> 00:16:15,104
It makes sense that you'd wind up here
sooner or later.

259
00:16:15,274 --> 00:16:16,798
- Yeah.
- Cool.

260
00:16:16,976 --> 00:16:21,538
I'm sure I'll be seeing a lot more of you,
and I'll catch up with you later, okay?

261
00:16:24,016 --> 00:16:26,644
Veronica, it's only a few hours
till dinnertime.

262
00:16:26,819 --> 00:16:28,309
Why don't you stay and join us?

263
00:16:28,921 --> 00:16:32,687
As you can see, the gardens
have really blessed us this year.

264
00:16:32,858 --> 00:16:34,792
Sure, that would be great.
I'm starving.

265
00:16:34,960 --> 00:16:39,920
All I had today was a beef MexiMelt
and some cinnamon crispas.

266
00:16:41,033 --> 00:16:44,764
Those crispas are awesome, aren't they?
Frankly, I'd give my body to anybody...

267
00:16:44,937 --> 00:16:47,462
...for one of those Choco Taco
ice cream desserts.

268
00:16:47,639 --> 00:16:51,735
Believe it or not, I think we can raise
the culinary bar a bit higher.

269
00:16:51,910 --> 00:16:54,708
As you can see, we get a lot done
through teamwork.

270
00:16:54,880 --> 00:16:58,816
In fact, if you wanna jump in you're more
than welcome, if you're interested.

271
00:16:58,984 --> 00:17:00,576
Sure. Fair warning, though:

272
00:17:00,753 --> 00:17:02,721
My idea of gourmet cooking...

273
00:17:02,888 --> 00:17:06,016
...is sprinkling on some three-year-old
Bac-Os to my microwave soup.

274
00:17:07,126 --> 00:17:11,085
Yeah, same here, actually, but most of us
are just grunt workers anyways.

275
00:17:11,263 --> 00:17:15,495
We find our satisfaction in realizing
the visions of Chef Django here.

276
00:17:16,835 --> 00:17:18,860
Secret ingredient's love.

277
00:17:21,940 --> 00:17:23,999
I'm Rain. Glad to meet you.

278
00:17:24,176 --> 00:17:26,576
Veronica. Likewise.

279
00:17:26,745 --> 00:17:29,339
So this thing you're doing
seems easy enough...

280
00:17:29,515 --> 00:17:34,179
...even I can do it. Where do I start?
- Actually, I'm just about done here...

281
00:17:34,353 --> 00:17:37,186
...but I'll hook you up with a job
that's a little more fun.

282
00:17:40,025 --> 00:17:42,016
That's a good girl, Isis.

283
00:17:44,029 --> 00:17:45,462
See, Veronica?

284
00:17:45,631 --> 00:17:48,293
It's pretty easy
once you get the rhythm down.

285
00:17:55,441 --> 00:17:57,807
Easy for you, but I'm not
getting a freaking drop.

286
00:17:57,976 --> 00:17:59,409
She may be a little nervous.

287
00:17:59,578 --> 00:18:01,671
Are you nervous, sweetie?

288
00:18:01,847 --> 00:18:05,874
<i>Okay. Got the youngest Moonie away
from the herd. Time to dig up dirt.</i>

289
00:18:06,051 --> 00:18:08,645
You can tell I learned all I know
about country life...

290
00:18:08,821 --> 00:18:10,914
<i>...from Dr. Quinn,
Medicine Woman reruns.</i>

291
00:18:11,090 --> 00:18:13,752
- What do you mean?
- Well, for example...

292
00:18:13,926 --> 00:18:20,058
...I was under the assumption that milking
takes place in, you know, a barn.

293
00:18:20,866 --> 00:18:22,561
Yeah, sometimes, I guess.

294
00:18:22,734 --> 00:18:26,465
But I don't think
there's any hard, fast rule, though.

295
00:18:28,107 --> 00:18:30,268
So Josh is cool, huh?

296
00:18:30,442 --> 00:18:32,342
He's kind of sexy.

297
00:18:32,511 --> 00:18:34,138
Really?

298
00:18:34,746 --> 00:18:38,238
I hadn't really noticed.
But you're right, he's a great guy.

299
00:18:38,417 --> 00:18:40,612
You're really gonna enjoy
getting to know him.

300
00:18:40,786 --> 00:18:42,014
I'll bet.

301
00:18:42,187 --> 00:18:44,917
Holly says it's looking like a kick-ass
harvest this year.

302
00:18:45,691 --> 00:18:48,125
I don't think I asked what
you guys were growing.

303
00:18:48,293 --> 00:18:51,091
I guess you could say
it's the ultimate cash crop.

304
00:18:51,597 --> 00:18:52,825
<i>Yahtzee.</i>

305
00:18:52,998 --> 00:18:56,490
- And what's that?
- I can't even begin to describe it.

306
00:18:57,236 --> 00:18:59,500
But it'll blow your mind.

307
00:19:04,776 --> 00:19:08,473
<i>Enough already with this mellow
"Incense and Peppermints" vibe.</i>

308
00:19:08,647 --> 00:19:10,740
<i>Let's break out the mushrooms
and dance naked.</i>

309
00:19:10,916 --> 00:19:14,113
<i>Strap on the goat-skull headgear.
Sacrifice a few infants.</i>

310
00:19:14,286 --> 00:19:17,187
<i>Come on, people, you're cultists.
Start acting like it.</i>

311
00:19:17,356 --> 00:19:19,119
Veronica, over here.

312
00:19:19,825 --> 00:19:21,156
Hey, Mars.

313
00:19:21,326 --> 00:19:23,157
Why don't you come on over here?

314
00:19:23,328 --> 00:19:26,559
I feel like I gave you the hit-and-run
treatment earlier.

315
00:19:26,732 --> 00:19:30,293
<i>Wow, it's Bizarro World.
Out here, I'm Miss Popular.</i>

316
00:19:32,304 --> 00:19:33,965
I'm serious.

317
00:19:34,540 --> 00:19:38,169
Look, we've been going to classes
together for, what, three years...

318
00:19:38,644 --> 00:19:41,807
...and I don't think
we actually ever really talked.

319
00:19:42,714 --> 00:19:45,308
Lately, I feel like
I've been missing out on a lot.

320
00:19:47,753 --> 00:19:49,482
- Okay.
- That was great.

321
00:19:49,655 --> 00:19:52,783
So how was everybody's day?
What's up?

322
00:19:54,459 --> 00:19:56,689
I woke up scared.

323
00:19:57,529 --> 00:20:00,157
I felt like I was in a dream...

324
00:20:00,332 --> 00:20:03,995
...of peace and happiness.

325
00:20:04,169 --> 00:20:06,501
<i>Do not roll your eyes, Veronica.
You're undercover.</i>

326
00:20:06,905 --> 00:20:08,202
It's strange, isn't it?

327
00:20:08,874 --> 00:20:11,809
How we believe more
in the reality of pain.

328
00:20:11,977 --> 00:20:17,916
Suddenly I realized I was conscious only
of my own voice and delivery. I was like...

329
00:20:18,083 --> 00:20:21,746
I feel you there, brother. I have to
watch out for that all the time myself.

330
00:20:21,920 --> 00:20:23,888
This is scary.

331
00:20:24,056 --> 00:20:27,548
I'm 32 years old and I feel like
I'll never have a better moment than this.

332
00:20:27,726 --> 00:20:31,321
Veronica Mars. Hey, how about a big
Mooncalf welcome for the honored guest?

333
00:20:31,496 --> 00:20:32,963
- Yeah.
- All right.

334
00:20:38,670 --> 00:20:41,833
Veronica's a writer, a poet.

335
00:20:42,007 --> 00:20:45,170
She has a unique voice
I think you'd all appreciate.

336
00:20:45,644 --> 00:20:49,808
Would you honor us with the one
you showed me earlier?

337
00:20:49,982 --> 00:20:52,314
<i>I was reading in last month's
Koreshian Bride...</i>

338
00:20:52,484 --> 00:20:56,113
<i>...that four out of five cult leaders
like their handmaidens nubile, flighty...</i>

339
00:20:56,288 --> 00:20:59,189
<i>...and teetering on the edge
of a breakdown.</i>

340
00:20:59,358 --> 00:21:01,053
Go for it, Veronica.

341
00:21:02,361 --> 00:21:04,625
I'm sorry. I have to go.

342
00:21:09,601 --> 00:21:13,662
<i>There. That performance should have
them asking me back.</i>

343
00:21:32,057 --> 00:21:34,218
Veronica. You all right?

344
00:21:34,393 --> 00:21:37,055
Oh, God. I'm so sorry, everybody.

345
00:21:37,229 --> 00:21:39,697
I was freaked out
and just wanted someplace to sit...

346
00:21:39,865 --> 00:21:43,164
...and pull myself together before driving.
- It's my fault, Veronica.

347
00:21:43,335 --> 00:21:46,930
I shouldn't have teased you earlier
about the forbidden barn.

348
00:21:47,105 --> 00:21:51,439
It's a project we're undertaking. One of our
neighbors was gonna put down Hildegard.

349
00:21:51,610 --> 00:21:53,635
We're nursing her back.

350
00:21:53,912 --> 00:21:56,540
Slowly but surely. It's okay.

351
00:22:05,924 --> 00:22:09,587
- You're covered in mud.
- See? That's why you make the big bucks.

352
00:22:10,329 --> 00:22:12,991
So, what did you find out
about my boy Casey?

353
00:22:13,165 --> 00:22:17,761
His ex-girlfriend confirms what his
parents said. He's a full-blooded cultist.

354
00:22:21,273 --> 00:22:22,740
<i>I can't get it out of my mind.</i>

355
00:22:22,908 --> 00:22:25,968
<i>Somewhere in Pennsylvania,
a lab tech is determining if I'm heir...</i>

356
00:22:26,144 --> 00:22:27,611
<i>...to a billion-dollar fortune.</i>

357
00:22:27,946 --> 00:22:30,972
<i>It's not about the money.
It's about making Jake Kane pay.</i>

358
00:22:31,283 --> 00:22:32,773
<i>But if I am an heiress...</i>

359
00:22:32,951 --> 00:22:36,682
<i>...as God is my witness,
I'll never take cold showers again.</i>

360
00:22:39,558 --> 00:22:42,823
Casey? Hey, wait up.

361
00:22:42,994 --> 00:22:46,327
I'm so ashamed of myself
for my meltdown last night.

362
00:22:46,498 --> 00:22:48,932
I was a rampaging jackass.

363
00:22:50,936 --> 00:22:52,836
Have you forgotten
who you're talking to?

364
00:22:53,004 --> 00:22:55,632
I'm Casey Gant, okay?
I wrote the jackass bible.

365
00:22:55,807 --> 00:22:59,436
The jackass Koran. The jackass Talmud.

366
00:23:00,812 --> 00:23:03,212
Why don't you come back?
It would mean a lot to me.

367
00:23:03,382 --> 00:23:06,374
<i>If I'm not an heiress,
Dad and I could really use this 5 grand.</i>

368
00:23:06,551 --> 00:23:10,214
<i>And if it means me having to save
this homely boy from cultists, so be it.</i>

369
00:23:10,389 --> 00:23:14,883
Veronica, I can't tell you
how happy I am to see you again.

370
00:23:16,261 --> 00:23:19,355
I guess you can see everyone else
feels the same way.

371
00:23:19,831 --> 00:23:21,093
- Hello.
- Hey, Veronica.

372
00:23:21,266 --> 00:23:24,064
<i>Get your game face on, Mars.</i>

373
00:23:24,236 --> 00:23:26,932
- I'm floored.
- Hey, listen, would you like to join me...

374
00:23:27,105 --> 00:23:28,504
...for a walk?

375
00:23:30,976 --> 00:23:35,538
<i>I knew it. This is when the cult leader
claims me as his new bride.</i>

376
00:23:38,884 --> 00:23:41,512
I'm not judging you.
I'm saying what you already know.

377
00:23:41,686 --> 00:23:44,678
<i>That fake fur was a poor choice
to infiltrate utopia?</i>

378
00:23:44,856 --> 00:23:48,792
You've built a fortress around yourself.
It offers a limited amount of protection.

379
00:23:48,960 --> 00:23:51,952
It also keeps other people
and all they have to offer at bay.

380
00:23:52,130 --> 00:23:57,534
It's starving your soul. Now, you might
wanna consider opening yourself up.

381
00:23:57,702 --> 00:24:00,603
<i>- Letting other people inside.
- Let other people inside?</i>

382
00:24:00,772 --> 00:24:04,970
<i>Got anyone particular in mind?
Maybe if I discreetly flash Mr. Taser...</i>

383
00:24:05,143 --> 00:24:06,633
So...

384
00:24:07,446 --> 00:24:09,437
...has anyone told you
what we grow here?

385
00:24:09,614 --> 00:24:12,481
I heard it was the ultimate cash crop.

386
00:24:12,651 --> 00:24:14,380
That it is.

387
00:24:16,321 --> 00:24:19,722
- Impressive, isn't it?
- Aren't these poinsettias?

388
00:24:19,891 --> 00:24:22,257
And Christmas is right around the corner.

389
00:24:23,161 --> 00:24:27,097
We never could've finished the greenhouse
if Casey hadn't given us that money.

390
00:24:27,566 --> 00:24:31,969
I wish I wasn't so broke right now.
Otherwise, I'd try to chip in too.

391
00:24:32,137 --> 00:24:34,298
Oh, well, our goal
isn't to be a charity case.

392
00:24:34,473 --> 00:24:38,534
I mean, it's not that we have
anything against money. It's just...

393
00:24:38,710 --> 00:24:43,079
...it's kind of like water. Lots of symbolic
power, but really just a lifeless substance.

394
00:24:43,248 --> 00:24:47,480
But the paradox is that life as we know it
would be impossible without it.

395
00:24:47,919 --> 00:24:50,319
<i>- You see what I'm saying.
- You don't want my money...</i>

396
00:24:50,489 --> 00:24:53,686
<i>...you don't want my body, you don't
want me working in your ganja fields.</i>

397
00:24:53,859 --> 00:24:56,453
<i>You just want me to be happy. Strange.</i>

398
00:25:18,350 --> 00:25:22,081
Listen up, this is important. We've got
Sal from the County Water Department.

399
00:25:22,254 --> 00:25:26,953
He's here to check for lead, so try not
to use the water for the next 15 minutes.

400
00:25:45,510 --> 00:25:47,842
<i>That's it. I'm dead.</i>

401
00:25:59,190 --> 00:26:01,886
There you are. What the hell
were you thinking, Veronica?

402
00:26:02,060 --> 00:26:06,690
That's gotta be the worst decision I've seen
by someone who wasn't brain-damaged.

403
00:26:06,865 --> 00:26:10,631
Since when do you reserve the right
to totally blow off my instructions?

404
00:26:10,802 --> 00:26:14,636
Does my judgment, my concern for your
safety, carry that little weight with you?

405
00:26:14,806 --> 00:26:16,467
I'm sorry.

406
00:26:16,841 --> 00:26:19,901
Dad, I screwed up bigtime. I know.

407
00:26:20,078 --> 00:26:21,602
Trust me.

408
00:26:21,780 --> 00:26:24,840
I'll be following your game plan
the rest of the way.

409
00:26:25,016 --> 00:26:27,849
They just seemed so harmless.

410
00:26:28,019 --> 00:26:30,249
What is your basis for that call?

411
00:26:30,722 --> 00:26:33,156
The absence of swastikas
engraved on their foreheads?

412
00:26:33,325 --> 00:26:36,123
Please, reassure me that you
aren't that dense.

413
00:26:36,728 --> 00:26:38,696
I'm sorry.

414
00:26:39,397 --> 00:26:41,058
Really.

415
00:26:45,570 --> 00:26:48,198
So did you plant any bugs
when you were out there?

416
00:26:48,373 --> 00:26:51,274
- Yes.
- You've been listening in?

417
00:26:51,876 --> 00:26:54,538
- Heard anything incriminating yet?
- Nope.

418
00:26:54,713 --> 00:26:57,773
<i>It's like listening to The Brady Bunch
with a reggae soundtrack.</i>

419
00:26:58,416 --> 00:27:02,113
What about your background check on Josh.
Anything shady, out of line?

420
00:27:02,287 --> 00:27:08,248
Until four years ago, he was the manager
of a ring development team at E-Tones.

421
00:27:08,426 --> 00:27:11,156
Without warning, he quit his job,
cashed out his stock...

422
00:27:11,329 --> 00:27:13,820
...and used it to buy the land
for the collective.

423
00:27:13,999 --> 00:27:17,298
- Holly's totally clean as well.
- So, what's our next step?

424
00:27:17,469 --> 00:27:19,664
There's no "our" about it.

425
00:27:19,838 --> 00:27:23,103
You are officially off this case.
I'll take it home from here.

426
00:27:23,274 --> 00:27:26,072
What? That makes no sense whatsoever.

427
00:27:26,244 --> 00:27:29,338
- Aren't you interested in what I've learned?
- What's the point?

428
00:27:29,514 --> 00:27:32,574
I'm prepared to admit that these
Mooncalves probably don't merit...

429
00:27:32,751 --> 00:27:35,811
...the full ATF fire-bombing treatment.

430
00:27:36,521 --> 00:27:39,718
I mean, my guess is they're just
a bunch of tie-dyed Oliver Twists...

431
00:27:39,891 --> 00:27:42,655
...who scam naive kids to pay the bills.

432
00:27:44,262 --> 00:27:46,423
- Mr. Gant.
- I'm sure you have a lot to report...

433
00:27:46,598 --> 00:27:48,623
...but there's something
you need to know.

434
00:27:49,000 --> 00:27:52,959
Mr. Mars, my mother,
Casey's grandmother, is dying.

435
00:27:53,438 --> 00:27:55,668
She had a severe stroke
on Tuesday night.

436
00:27:55,840 --> 00:27:58,968
She's effectively brain-dead
and not expected to make it...

437
00:27:59,144 --> 00:28:01,169
...more than a couple of days.

438
00:28:01,579 --> 00:28:03,604
- My condolences.
- Thanks.

439
00:28:03,782 --> 00:28:07,718
This has been a tough,
disorienting time for us.

440
00:28:07,886 --> 00:28:11,481
Even more so because of something else
we've just learned from her attorney.

441
00:28:11,656 --> 00:28:13,089
What's that?

442
00:28:13,258 --> 00:28:17,524
If she dies, the bulk of her fortune...

443
00:28:18,196 --> 00:28:21,188
...about $80 million, goes to Casey.

444
00:28:22,834 --> 00:28:27,567
We're afraid he's simply gonna
hand it all over to that cult.

445
00:28:27,739 --> 00:28:30,367
I appreciate that information.

446
00:28:30,542 --> 00:28:33,943
I wish I could say that I've found
something that we could nail them on...

447
00:28:34,112 --> 00:28:37,445
...but that's not the case.
I mean, not yet, anyway.

448
00:28:37,615 --> 00:28:40,778
You should know that I've seen
no evidence that Casey's in danger.

449
00:28:40,952 --> 00:28:43,216
I'm sorry to contradict you, Mr. Mars...

450
00:28:43,388 --> 00:28:46,357
...but I have substantial experience
with these groups.

451
00:28:46,524 --> 00:28:49,118
The sooner we get him
off of that farm, the better.

452
00:28:49,294 --> 00:28:51,922
If your current strategies
aren't working...

453
00:28:53,331 --> 00:28:55,765
...perhaps you should try something new.

454
00:28:55,934 --> 00:29:00,928
Any relevant experience you can share,
I'll be happy to consider it.

455
00:29:01,306 --> 00:29:04,070
What's your background anyway,
if you don't mind my asking?

456
00:29:04,809 --> 00:29:07,778
Technically, my field is SMSPI.

457
00:29:07,946 --> 00:29:11,746
Systematic Manipulation
of Social and Psychological Influence.

458
00:29:12,550 --> 00:29:15,883
One vulgar term is "deprogramming. "

459
00:29:16,187 --> 00:29:17,950
No kidding.

460
00:29:18,156 --> 00:29:21,091
I've heard of that.
How does that work anyway?

461
00:29:31,336 --> 00:29:33,566
In simple terms...

462
00:29:34,205 --> 00:29:38,301
...I control the elements of a subject's
social and psychological environment...

463
00:29:38,476 --> 00:29:42,276
...to eradicate undesirable
modes of behavior.

464
00:29:42,447 --> 00:29:46,907
I'm then able to instill,
or re-instill, desirable ones.

465
00:29:47,085 --> 00:29:50,748
- I'm quite good at my work.
- Yeah.

466
00:29:50,922 --> 00:29:52,480
I bet.

467
00:29:52,657 --> 00:29:56,252
We just want Casey back home again.

468
00:29:56,895 --> 00:29:58,419
Soon.

469
00:29:58,596 --> 00:30:03,397
This is a sensitive situation,
and we ask that you proceed accordingly.

470
00:30:03,701 --> 00:30:05,498
Of course.

471
00:30:16,114 --> 00:30:18,207
Not to sweat you, V,
but when will we see...

472
00:30:18,383 --> 00:30:20,874
...the "FBI Swarms Cult Compound"
headlines?

473
00:30:21,052 --> 00:30:23,247
The case is dead in the water.

474
00:30:23,421 --> 00:30:27,517
We found diddlysquat on the Mooncalves,
and I doubt there's anything to find.

475
00:30:27,692 --> 00:30:32,152
Plus, my dad caught me out at the farm,
so now it's seriously off-limits.

476
00:30:32,330 --> 00:30:35,094
- Dang.
- As if that weren't enough...

477
00:30:35,266 --> 00:30:37,860
...I'm doubting the whole rationale
for what we're doing.

478
00:30:38,036 --> 00:30:42,700
Casey... Obnoxious, overbearing,
09er, butthead Casey.

479
00:30:42,874 --> 00:30:45,707
- Has become a really sweet guy.

480
00:30:45,877 --> 00:30:48,675
I think this so-called cult
deserves most of the credit.

481
00:30:48,847 --> 00:30:51,543
Sounds to me like
you've been drinking the Kool-Aid.

482
00:30:51,716 --> 00:30:54,480
- I have not.
- You better recognize.

483
00:30:55,053 --> 00:30:57,647
<i>Thank you for being
my own personal Springer audience.</i>

484
00:30:57,822 --> 00:31:00,017
Should I check myself
before I wreck myself?

485
00:31:00,191 --> 00:31:03,718
All I'm saying is,
is you may be getting a little soft.

486
00:31:04,329 --> 00:31:07,526
- Right. And I'm...
- Hey, Veronica.

487
00:31:07,699 --> 00:31:11,191
Listen, I've gotta go visit my grandma
in the hospital after school.

488
00:31:11,369 --> 00:31:15,362
- Do you wanna come with me?
- Yeah, sure, Casey. I'd love to.

489
00:31:15,874 --> 00:31:17,535
Good.

490
00:31:20,879 --> 00:31:23,609
Soft. Soft.

491
00:31:25,817 --> 00:31:27,842
It's so hard to see her this way.

492
00:31:29,187 --> 00:31:31,280
Wanna hear something sad?

493
00:31:31,656 --> 00:31:33,055
Sure.

494
00:31:33,791 --> 00:31:37,454
My parents' fortune,
every last nickel of it...

495
00:31:37,629 --> 00:31:40,223
...comes from Grandma's
publishing company.

496
00:31:40,398 --> 00:31:44,391
Mom and Dad had nothing to do with it.
Grandma provided for everything.

497
00:31:44,569 --> 00:31:47,470
Then a couple of years ago
when she started having strokes...

498
00:31:47,639 --> 00:31:49,664
...and started forgetting stuff...

499
00:31:50,575 --> 00:31:54,841
...my parents, who call her
"Grandmonster" behind her back...

500
00:31:55,013 --> 00:31:57,607
...just stopped paying
any attention to her.

501
00:31:59,684 --> 00:32:03,279
It's amazing how much better they
treated me once they found out she left...

502
00:32:03,454 --> 00:32:05,649
...all her money to me.

503
00:32:07,392 --> 00:32:11,260
So how long have they known
she was willing her money to you?

504
00:32:12,397 --> 00:32:14,388
They've known for a year.

505
00:32:31,416 --> 00:32:35,352
- I wish I could come with you.
- I know.

506
00:32:36,487 --> 00:32:39,285
Thanks for spending
all this time with me.

507
00:32:40,425 --> 00:32:44,418
<i>- You know, if you wanted to you could.
- Crazy thing? I do want to.</i>

508
00:33:08,353 --> 00:33:09,945
Rain?

509
00:33:24,869 --> 00:33:26,769
That must be good milk.

510
00:33:28,606 --> 00:33:30,665
Recognize her?

511
00:33:32,643 --> 00:33:34,941
That's Rain, one of the girls
from the collective.

512
00:33:35,847 --> 00:33:38,111
Real name, Debbie Meyer.

513
00:33:38,282 --> 00:33:41,251
She's a runaway, a minor.

514
00:33:44,789 --> 00:33:48,987
- We gotta call the Gant family right away.
- Hold it, hold it. Please, Dad.

515
00:33:49,160 --> 00:33:51,458
Let's think about this for a minute.

516
00:33:52,730 --> 00:33:54,698
This is what we're working for.

517
00:33:55,366 --> 00:33:58,358
We were praying for a break,
and now you gave it to us.

518
00:33:58,536 --> 00:34:03,599
Don't tell me having new digs and steady
hot water doesn't sound good to you.

519
00:34:03,775 --> 00:34:05,800
And we can't
just blow this off, Veronica.

520
00:34:05,977 --> 00:34:09,378
They're contributing to the delinquency
of a minor. It's a serious crime.

521
00:34:09,547 --> 00:34:12,983
Oh, please, Dad.
You've been around these people.

522
00:34:13,818 --> 00:34:16,150
Do you honestly think
they're corrupting anyone?

523
00:34:16,320 --> 00:34:18,652
I think they're exactly
what they seem to be.

524
00:34:18,823 --> 00:34:21,451
A bunch of sweet, naive
'60s throwbacks.

525
00:34:21,626 --> 00:34:24,720
That's possibly true,
but definitely beside the point.

526
00:34:24,896 --> 00:34:27,797
Even if they are the utopian sweethearts
you think they are...

527
00:34:27,965 --> 00:34:32,299
...we don't answer, morally or otherwise,
to the Mooncalf Collective.

528
00:34:32,937 --> 00:34:35,167
We answer to our clients,
who pay us to do a job.

529
00:34:35,339 --> 00:34:39,105
And that job is to find
the information they want.

530
00:34:47,118 --> 00:34:51,578
Hey, Veronica. Casey told me
you were out at the farm last night.

531
00:34:51,756 --> 00:34:54,316
I wish you could've stayed a while.
It was so beautiful.

532
00:34:54,492 --> 00:34:56,892
The moon was so bright
you could almost read by it.

533
00:34:57,061 --> 00:35:00,326
Holly, there's something
you need to know about, right now.

534
00:35:01,632 --> 00:35:06,331
The thing is, I work for my dad,
who's a private detective, okay, and...

535
00:35:12,610 --> 00:35:15,545
Mr. Clemmons just called me
to his office.

536
00:35:18,116 --> 00:35:21,882
- My grandma died this morning.
- Oh, Casey.

537
00:35:48,079 --> 00:35:50,604
Josh. Holly.

538
00:35:52,016 --> 00:35:55,747
I've done something I regret.
I found out that Rain was a runaway.

539
00:35:55,920 --> 00:35:57,751
I told my dad about it.

540
00:35:58,322 --> 00:36:02,418
- You have to get her the hell out of there.
- It's okay, Veronica. We get the picture.

541
00:36:02,593 --> 00:36:05,892
Everything will be just fine.
We appreciate you being up-front with us.

542
00:36:06,097 --> 00:36:10,056
If you'll excuse us.
Come join us later, if you like.

543
00:36:10,234 --> 00:36:13,226
Thanks, Josh. I won't keep him long.

544
00:36:19,310 --> 00:36:21,574
I appreciated you being here.

545
00:36:21,746 --> 00:36:26,615
For no reason that I can see,
you've been a real friend to me lately.

546
00:36:27,151 --> 00:36:30,245
Can you really say that
after what I just told you?

547
00:36:30,755 --> 00:36:33,656
I guess I don't think
you were faking the kindness.

548
00:36:33,824 --> 00:36:35,451
Am I wrong?

549
00:36:40,831 --> 00:36:44,426
Well, I guess I'd better go have
this conversation with my parents.

550
00:36:44,602 --> 00:36:47,503
They wanna hear
that I'm not gonna let them starve.

551
00:37:09,493 --> 00:37:11,688
Hey, come on, what are you...? Hey.

552
00:37:13,197 --> 00:37:14,721
Hey.

553
00:37:15,766 --> 00:37:17,631
What are you doing to him?

554
00:37:18,636 --> 00:37:20,160
Stop.

555
00:37:21,138 --> 00:37:22,730
Stop.

556
00:37:27,812 --> 00:37:31,680
Dad? We have to call the police.
Casey's just been kidnapped.

557
00:37:31,849 --> 00:37:33,874
What are you talking about?
Kidnapped by who?

558
00:37:34,051 --> 00:37:37,543
By his parents and that creepy guy
that was with them at the last meeting.

559
00:37:37,722 --> 00:37:41,453
They grabbed at the funeral
and shoved him in the limo and drove away.

560
00:37:41,626 --> 00:37:45,722
They grabbed him? So it was against
his will, then? He tried to get away?

561
00:37:45,896 --> 00:37:48,421
No, it's not like
he was running from them.

562
00:37:48,599 --> 00:37:52,467
I was kind of far away, but I could tell
he was surprised by what was happening.

563
00:37:52,637 --> 00:37:54,195
Okay.

564
00:37:55,072 --> 00:37:56,300
Okay.

565
00:37:56,474 --> 00:38:00,433
I wasn't there. You saw what you saw.
I'm not doubting your interpretation...

566
00:38:00,611 --> 00:38:05,810
...but if I was still sheriff, and somebody
told me an 18-year-old kid got into a car...

567
00:38:05,983 --> 00:38:08,884
...with his parents
after his grandmother's funeral...

568
00:38:09,253 --> 00:38:13,246
...well, there's nothing I could do about it.
Not for a couple of days anyway.

569
00:38:13,424 --> 00:38:16,552
So let's just hold off,
see what happens, okay?

570
00:38:17,261 --> 00:38:20,992
I wish we hadn't turned over
that information about the collective.

571
00:38:21,599 --> 00:38:23,191
We didn't.

572
00:38:24,602 --> 00:38:26,797
What? You didn't...?

573
00:38:28,739 --> 00:38:32,903
I thought about what you said, what I heard
on the wiretap, and you were right.

574
00:38:33,577 --> 00:38:37,604
Once you get past
all the '60s theme-park trappings...

575
00:38:37,782 --> 00:38:41,218
...that community's a lot more wholesome
and functional than...

576
00:38:41,385 --> 00:38:43,945
...just for example, Neptune is.

577
00:38:46,157 --> 00:38:48,751
I also did a little checking
on Debbie Meyer.

578
00:38:49,360 --> 00:38:51,055
What a life.

579
00:38:52,563 --> 00:38:55,999
Poor kid's been in four foster homes
since she was 8 years old.

580
00:38:56,167 --> 00:38:59,603
Reports of serious abuse in at least two.

581
00:38:59,770 --> 00:39:01,601
I had to admit it.

582
00:39:01,772 --> 00:39:04,240
She's a lot better off where she is.

583
00:39:18,656 --> 00:39:23,787
<i>With each day that passes, I come more
to terms with the question of my paternity.</i>

584
00:39:29,133 --> 00:39:30,930
What's this?

585
00:39:35,272 --> 00:39:38,639
"Free crab Rangoon with purchase
of happy family dinner at Wok 'n' Roll. "

586
00:39:38,809 --> 00:39:41,437
Phat. Don't think
I didn't notice the sacrifice.

587
00:39:41,612 --> 00:39:43,204
My pleasure.

588
00:39:47,518 --> 00:39:50,749
<i>I sent off for those test results
because I wanted the truth...</i>

589
00:39:50,921 --> 00:39:55,722
<i>...but can a lab tech really see the shape of
my soul in a drunken conga line of genes?</i>

590
00:39:55,893 --> 00:39:59,761
<i>Jake Kane could be my father,
but whether he is or isn't...</i>

591
00:39:59,930 --> 00:40:04,367
<i>...would I really claim him as such
and deny the man who raised me?</i>

592
00:40:04,535 --> 00:40:05,832
Veronica, wait up.

593
00:40:06,504 --> 00:40:08,062
What's up?

594
00:40:14,178 --> 00:40:16,237
Now, that's a sweet ride.

595
00:40:17,648 --> 00:40:19,673
What's up, Veronica?

596
00:40:41,205 --> 00:40:43,639
<i>The DNA test results.</i>

597
00:40:48,279 --> 00:40:49,678
<i>It's my call now.</i>

598
00:40:49,847 --> 00:40:54,250
<i>I can open this letter
and find out if my dad is really my dad.</i>

599
00:40:54,418 --> 00:40:57,876
<i>If he's not, then I'm almost certainly
the daughter of Jake Kane...</i>

600
00:40:58,055 --> 00:41:01,650
<i>...and consequently an heiress.</i>

601
00:41:32,089 --> 00:41:33,386
Hey, Dad.

602
00:41:34,692 --> 00:41:37,593
Honey, I don't mean to ask
a silly question, but is...?

603
00:41:38,162 --> 00:41:41,097
Is it really necessary
that you do that right now?

604
00:41:45,236 --> 00:41:46,703
Yeah.

605
00:41:48,372 --> 00:41:50,636
As a matter of fact, it is.

