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a reason for killing Michael.

I didn't say anything,

but...

I wasn't prepared.

I'm sorry.

[hangs up, phone beeps]

- Everything okay?

- Mm-hmm.

A friend of mine's

gonna visit here soon,

and she's got...

we've got nine possible plans

for us to do together...

Am I allowed to ask you

a question?

[Jonah] All right.

Um...

Have you ever heard

of a case in which a person

committed a crime in car

and then drank after the fact,

to make it seem like they'd

just been drinking and driving?

The person was sober before?

- That's right.

- Not that I can think of.

[Mar] So does anybody ever

question drunk driving or...

[Jonah]

Uh, question how?

Well, let's say you wanted

to kill someone, right?

You could just go ahead

and do it and say,

"Yep, I did it,"

you could do that.

Or, you could try to claim

that you were mentally ill.

But then there's a whole...

what, a vetting process,

and you run the risk

of being institutionalized

- or medicated...

- This seems to be getting off topic.

No, no, it's the topic.

So, hypothetically,

let's just say that Valerie

wanted to kill my father,

which we know isn't true,

because she thought he was warm,

but let's just say she did.

She saw him.

She ran him down.

Could she not then drink

after the fact,

plead guilty

to a lesser charge?

Well, I'm not sure

what the point would be.

She swerves from a dog,

hits someone,

six months' jail, maybe.

Well,

pretend there's no dog.

Well, there would need

to be motive.

Otherwise,

people make mistakes.

What would be her motive?

Hypothetically.

[mark] Well, yeah,

I mean, that's... that's...

that's just it, isn't it?

I'm getting

the distinct feeling

that I was missing some context

before I suggested talking,

the three of us.

Do you want me to fill him in,

or do you want to?

Go ahead.

Mark thinks I'm lying.

That's very clear to me now.

And I should've told you,

but I didn't want to alarm you,

and I didn't think

he'd come over here and make

- a fool out of himself.

- You have lied.

Why would you give details about

something you weren't sure...

The dog? That's the big lie

you've uncovered?

Well, the dog, the cat,

the f***ing hamster

you swerve around

is inconsequential

- when you're drunk.

- But you weren't drunk, though.

What didn't you understand

about the penalty being worse

for driving drunk?

Why would I drink after?

[Mark] So you wouldn't

be charged with murder!

And if you drink beforehand,

you you run the risk

of missing your target,

I mean, come on!

You don't accelerate towards

somebody unless you're trying

- to commit murder...

- I'm gonna show you to the door now.

Maybe we can all meet

in a more controlled setting

once you both

have calmed down.

[Mark] Hang on a second.

[thumps table]

Could you sit down, please?

Jonah, I'm sorry that you

had to be here for this.

[Mark] Why?

[car approaching]

[car stops]

[engine turns off]

- [door opens]

- [Jim] Jonah, I got you some of that black bean...

- Oh. Stay back girls.

- [door closes]

Will the three of you come

into this room here, please?

And, um, put your phones

on the table and have a seat?

Thank you.

Do they know?

I mean,

I'm guessing Jim knows, right?

Mark, what are you doing?

Oh, uh, your mom

killed my dad on purpose.

Wendy Barnes told me.

[Valerie]

Wendy didn't say anything.

Mom, you tell him right now

or I will.

- Eleanor.

- [Mark] Tell me what?

Mark... it's time

to go home, son.

Don't call me that.

Tell me what?

Mom?

[Mark] Nothing.

Wow.

You took

my f***ing family from me.

The least you can do

is tell me why.

[Eleanor] Mark...

I think we should all just

take a moment and reassess.

No...

[Jonah grunts]

[Jonah] BB gun.

[Eleanor] Are you okay?

Think I should get

to a hospital.

May have nicked a vein.

[Eleanor]

Get... get me my phone.

[Zoe] I'll get a towel.

[Eleanor] Hi, could I get

an ambulance to 240 Dunsmere?

Someone has been shot

in the neck by a... a BB,

and a young man has been struck

in the head by a blunt object.

Road, 240 Dunsmere Road.

Okay, bye.

Is what Mark said the truth?

Yeah.

You okay, Zoe?

[garage door whirring]

[buzzer buzzes]

[engine starts]

[woman on radio] Diana, now,

before I deliver

the bad news for Canadians,

know that the US

is facing cold,

brutal weather as well.

In Waco, Texas,

drivers are having trouble

getting traction

on all of the major roads,

and people are being asked

to stay inside their homes

until road crews

can solve the problem.

Further north,

downed power lines

have cut off electricity to

thousands in much of Michigan

where, over the past week,

there's been a record number

of school closures

for the month of April.

Our country is finished

with what are likely

its most significant systems

until next winter,

but there are several

other systems on the way

that could cause significant

trouble and concern.

The Pacific flow threatens

to bring uncomfortable weather

to our west coast, including

the metro Vancouver area,

where heavy amounts

of snow will be followed

by heavy amounts of rain.

Luckily we have some

warm weather and rain...

- Love you.

- Love you, too.

[woman onr adio] It's a very

different story for Ontario.

We have watches and warnings

nearly everywhere on the map

due to the Texas flow

in Alberta...

[continues indistinctly]

[woman]

Mid pleasures

And palaces

Though we may roam

Be it ever so humble

There's no place like home

How sweet it is

To sit 'neath

A fond father's smile

And the caress of a mother

To soothe and beguile

Home

Home

Sweet, sweet home

There's no place

like home

There's no place

Like

Home

[whistling tune]

An exile from home

Splendor dazzles in vain

Oh, give me my lowly

Thatched cottage

Again

The birds singing gaily

That came at my call

Give me them with

A peace of mind

Dearer than all

Home

Home

Sweet, sweet home

There's no place like home

There's no place

Like

Home

[whistles tune]

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