Previously on "In the Dark..."
Circuit court is now in session.
Murphy Mason murdered Nia Bailey in cold blood.
Do not fall for the innocent act
the defense will play.
Great. You're lying to me.
Ever since we started prepping for the trial,
you developed this thing you do when you lie...
you tuck your hair behind your ears.
Hey, Chloe. It's Murphy.
Look, I really...
need you not to testify tomorrow.
Chloe Riley?
By the way, um...
Chelsea is apparently testifying against me.
I don't even know why the prosecution wants me on the stand.
The only person I blame is Ben.
It wasn't your fault or Murphy's.
You are here to decide if evidence proves guilt.
There is none.
Not even a murder weapon.
I do know...
why they never found the gun.
I didn't bury it in the woods.
I hid it with Mary's.
Okay.
Then let's at least get Murphy.
How?
The gun's with Mary, right?
Okay.
Let's find this Mary.
Hey. I checked all of their social media accounts.
Now, the only person that Felix knows named Mary
lives in San Francisco.
Now, there's no way he would've stashed the gun there.
I just feel like he would have hid it as soon as possible
after burying the bodies.
Let's look around the woods.
For people who live in the area named Mary?
Yeah, and the stores, street names, anything.
Yeah. I'm on it.
Hey. Uh,
Murphy's trial resumes in about a half hour.
You want me to handle this so you can go?
No. I'd rather focus on this.
Yeah, I can't stomach watching how smug she gets
when everything seems to be going her way.
Yeah. Yeah, I don't think there'll be any big surprises.
Ms. Chelsea Green,
do you swear or affirm on the penalty of perjury...
Don't worry. She's surprisingly cool about it all.
Sorry.
How do you know?
I do.
Thank you. You may be seated.
Ms. Green,
how do you know the defendant?
She murdered my brother.
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Objection.
Sustained.
The jury will disregard.
How did you first meet Murphy?
I was a bartender at the Linsmore.
And since Murphy is a raging alcoholic,
- Objection. - I'd watch her get blackout drunk...
...and have sex with whatever
- random dude was there. - Objection.
- Your Honor. - Ms. Green.
Please,
keep your answers factual.
That is a fact.
You have some strong feelings
about the defendant.
Can you help the jury understand why?
My brother was an addict.
In recovery, I might add.
Murphy and her friends got him mixed up
in their heroin business.
And he ended up dead from an overdose.
And then they dumped his body in the woods
and pretended he never existed.
It's unconscionable.
Your witness.
This is all speculation.
Can we focus on facts, please?
For example, isn't it true that...
It's a fact that your brother bought me drinks last night
to butter me up.
I'm not an expert or anything,
but isn't that witness tampering?
She texted me.
She texted me f-first. I'll show you...
I'm sorry.
Sorry.
Your Honor, motion to strike from the record.
This is completely irrelevant.
Motion denied.
I got the name and number of the bartender if you need proof.
If the prosecution continues to throw out
prejudicial accusations, how can my client
get the fair hearing that she deserves?
"Deserves"?
Honestly, it's sort of hilarious that you're defending someone
who had sex with your boyfriend last night.
Felix walked in on them.
Oh.
He didn't tell you?
Move to strike witness' last answer as irrelevant.
Sustained.
No more questions.
Lesley...
Listen to me.
Chelsea's lying.
She lied.
She's just mad about her brother.
Nothing happened between me and Max.
You know that?
Nothing. We did nothing. Abso...
I'm out there fighting for you.
I know.
For your entire life!
Not to mention, do you have any idea
how much trouble you've gotten me in?! And then you just...
I'm sorry that I got you mixed up in all of this.
I'm sorry, but...
Oh, my God, you're unbelievable.
I love Max.
I-I know. I'm sorry. I...
Please, I...
I love him, and...
You must be so tired.
Running from lie to lie,
making sure you ignore the pieces of the puzzle
that tell you who you actually are.
- Lesley... - 'Cause the thing is,
you're a bad person, Murphy.
Every single person who testified against you
didn't have to be here.
They did it because they hate you that much.
Oh, God.
Okay. Running a search
for people by the name of Mary off Exit 45.
Ooh, that's a long list.
Oh. Perfect.
Guys, I've been playing the recording from the basement
on repeat. Listen to this.
I hid it with Mary's.
Yeah, I know. We're looking for whoever Mary is.
I don't think it's one person.
You what?
I hid it with Marys.
Did he say "Marys"?
What, like more than one Mary?
Okay.
Oh, come on. There are still, like, 13 households
in the area with at least two people named Mary.
Wow. Must be a pretty Catholic neighborhood.
- Yeah, Right. - Yeah.
- Wait a second. - What's up?
Didn't you say there was a church off this highway exit?
Yeah? So?
Well...
what if the Marys he's referring to are, like,
I don't... I don't know...
you know, depictions of-of...
The Virgin Mary?
- Yeah. - You serious?
I'll call the church and see if they have security footage.
All right.
Maybe this is... We can start.
It's better than that big-ass list of Marys that we just saw.
Lesley.
Hello?
Lesley.
Scuse me. I'm looking
for my trial. I don't know...
I don't know which room it's in. Can you help me?
- Murphy Mason. - No, sorry.
You can check the court assignments up front.
What?
Murph.
Oh, thank God.
Where's-where's Lesley?
I don't know. Been looking for you.
I need, I need to fix this.
I don't know what to do.
- I need her. - Okay.
This is such a disaster.
All right, look, court's not back in session
for another 45 minutes.
I'll go try to find her, talk to her.
I'll do what I can. All right?
This is so bad.
Here, just sit down. Sit down.
Just... stay here, please.
Oh, God.
Hey.
- Did you find her? - No.
I tr... I tried calling her, like, a million times.
Oh, my God.
Where the hell is she?
I don't know.
Fe-Felix is also looking.
What do I do?
We should get back in there.
Without a lawyer?
I don't know, Murphy.
Ms. Mason.
- Your counsel? - I know.
Just give me a second.
Please.
So, I checked the parking lot,
and her car is... gone.
Lesley did a great job.
Just say the defense rests.
The defense rests.
Can I call myself to the stand?
No. Uh...
No, no.
Oh, God.
It's unusual.
But in light of the circumstances, I'll allow it.
Murphy, you don't want to do that.
The-the prosecution's gonna cross-examine you.
I can take her.
Thank you.
Step.
Raise your right hand.
Do you swear or affirm on the penalty of perjury
that the testimony you're about to give is the truth
and nothing but the truth?
I do.
Please be seated.
Um...
I've always wondered, uh...
sort of wondered if I'm a bad person.
And if there's anything I've learned
in the last two days, uh...
it's that I am.
I'm a really, really bad person.
I'm this tornado that, uh, sucks people in
and spits them out
worse than they were before they met me.
I'm sure that's no surprise to you guys
after, uh, everything you've heard.
If I was on trial for being a bad friend
or a bad daughter...
I don't know, someone who sleeps with a guy
to get his hoodie, then yes,
you could convict me.
But you're here to decide if I'm guilty of murder,
and there's no evidence that proves that.
Because I didn't do it.
I didn't do it.
I would never kill anyone.
Ever.
I'm done.
Your witness.
You know something, Ms. Mason?
You bring up a good point.
We could use a little evidence bolstering.
So do you want to tell me where you were
on November 27, around 5:00 p.m.,
three hours before you fled the country?
No idea.
I'll jog your memory.
You were standing outside Sacred Heart Catholic Church,
where the gun that was used to shoot Nia Bailey
was found earlier today.
Objection! Did she disclose that?
Sit down, young man.
Not that I owe this young man an explanation,
but this evidence came to light during our recess.
I was going to ask for a sidebar,
but the defendant's lawyer seems to be missing.
Obviously, this is going to prolong the trial a little bit.
I'd like to see the paperwork for the evidence at hand.
We'll adjourn for the day.
- Okay. - All right. Three...
- Two... - two, one.
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I need the bag.
- The plastic bag. - Hold on.
- Here, look, look. - Whatcha got? Whatcha got?
It's a button. From Murphy's jacket.
It's the same color.
Wait, wait, wait. Let me see.
There's blood on this, man.
- Hey! Hey! - Run.
Let's go! Let's go! Let's go! Let's go!
Damn it.
Almost there. We're almost there.
Pull the car around. I'm gonna cover our tracks.
We can point fingers all day,
but what's done is done.
They're gonna find Murphy's DNA,
probably mine, too.
All our footprints, by the way.
And it's only a matter of time before they find the bodies.
- It's over. - Hey, I'm, uh,
I'm gonna go see if there's a bathroom here I can use.
A bathroom? Are you kidding me?
I gotta go!
I knew if, by some small chance
the cops managed to find the bodies,
they'd also find the gun, since it wasn't that far away
and I had to separate the lock from the key.
I'm sorry, okay? I'm so, so sorry.
I, you know, I just, I hid the gun
thinking no one would find it.
I honestly have no idea how they did.
And the Chelsea thing, I just, you know,
I wanted to get a drink with her so she could, like,
clear my conscience.
But I had just walked in on you and Max,
and she was being so nice.
And then I just stupidly...
I stupidly confided in her, okay?
I-I spilled the beans.
But look, this gun is not necessarily
a nail in the coffin.
We were all in that parking lot.
You, me, Max, Jess...
Don't.
I know, Murphy,
but we are out of options. Okay?
You aren't the one who shot Nia,
and you're about to get convicted
- for something Jess did. - She did it to save me.
- But you can't go back to prison! - Maybe I deserve to!
I might not have killed anyone, but I...
I did so many other horrible things, Felix.
- We were both in that courtroom. - It's just...
...just karma finally caught up to me, I guess.
It's okay.
I'll be okay.
I always am.
You ready to go, sweetheart?
You need some rest.
Oh, God. Yeah.
So what would you like to eat?
Not hungry.
Oh, I gotta...
Call Chloe.
I need to thank her. Not that it mattered.
Murphy, sweetheart, when's the last time you ate?
Mom, I don't...
I don't want to eat right now.
Hello?
Sorry, who is this?
Chloe's in the hospital.
Oh, my God.
It was an overdose.
What?
She doesn't even drink.
Apparently, she does.
She had a bunch of alcohol found in her system, too.
What did... What did she even take?
It's called Bolt.
What is that?
It's this stupid yellow pill
with this stupid lightning bolt on it.
It's everywhere. I can't stop it.
That's why I came here, to see where she got it.
But, uh, obviously it's not a good time for questioning her.
Can you give us a minute?
Yeah.
Chloe.
I'm here, Chloe, it's me.
It's me, okay? I'm right here.
Hi. Hi.
I'm here, okay? I'm right here.
Can you hear me?
I'm here.
I'm right here.
I needed you.
Gene?
Yeah.
Are we alone?
Um, yeah.
You're on the Bolt case?
Yup.
I can help.
I know stuff.
Yeah, I gathered that. What do you know?
I know who was dealing in prison.
She had a lot of power. I think she's, uh...
I think she was pretty high up.
Who?
I think she could lead me to whoever's running this thing.
But, uh...
I don't think I can do that from behind bars.
So you're looking for a deal.
Well, if I get off,
I can help you get this drug off the streets.
Whoever did this to Chloe...
I want to destroy them.
So...
two birds.
You want to work as a CI?
Yes.
Murphy, I don't think you understand
how dangerous something like that is.
- You can get yourself killed. - I don't care.
You can get anyone who knows what you're doing killed.
Everyone in your little posse.
Well, I can't...
Max and Felix, I can't keep it from them, but...
They know me too well. They're not gonna...
You're not hearing me. Max and Felix would be
put in danger by nature of knowing.
This organization is ruthless.
And if Max and Felix are gonna find this out anyway,
- then maybe this isn't the job for you. - No, no. No.
I'll figure it out.
What about your mom?
I'll just tell her I got a job as a...
receptionist or something.
She wants me to get my life together so badly
she'll believe it.
Look, I'll, uh...
I'll think about it. Okay?
Okay.
Excuse me.
Get Mason.
What's up?
Hey. Thanks for coming in so late.
Um, I think I may have found our way
up the Bolt food chain.
- What? - Yeah.
- How? - Murphy Mason.
You're joking.
- She's willing to work with us. - Of course she is.
She'll say anything. She wants a deal.
I mean, not necessarily.
Oh?
So you already gave her one?
Okay, yes.
She's trying to get a deal,
but she also knows someone really high up
that was dealing in prison.
I mean, say what you will about her,
but she's not terrible as this.
Yeah, because she has no moral compass.
We can't trust her.
Okay, well, look, Darnell isn't getting us anywhere.
He's trying.
This organization is tough to penetrate.
Exactly. And my back is against the wall, Sarah.
I kinda didn't have a choice.
Fine.
I don't want you to lose your job, either.
I like seeing your face around here.
It is kind of cute, huh?
Oh, we are gonna have to come up with
one hell of a cover story.
- I already thought of one. - What?
Mistrial.
But if she doesn't do exactly what we say,
then her ass is back in court.
And let's remind her how that ends.
Does she have any idea how dangerous this is?
I told her.
No one can know.
Not even her closest friends.
So they just called you in early?
- Yeah. - I wonder why.
I don't know.
Look, no matter what happens,
I'm always gonna be here for you, okay?
Even if you're found guilty.
I'll visit you every single day,
file a billion appeals, whatever it takes.
At some point you're gonna need to get a life.
I don't want a life without you.
Well, you should.
You heard what they said about me. I'm...
I use everyone, toxic.
- Shut up. - A monster.
They're idiots.
They don't know you like I do.
All right, you ready?
- Yeah. - Okay.
Thank you for coming in on such short notice.
In light of this crucial new evidence appearing
without adequate counsel for the defense,
it is the opinion of this court to declare a mistrial.
Court is adjourned.
How do you feel?
Um, good. Weird.
I'm just kind of in limbo now.
Look, Murphy, I, uh...
I don't know when they're gonna reschedule your trial,
or what's gonna happen when they do...
but I do know that whatever time is left,
that... it's you that I want to be with.
What about everything you said in the basement?
About how everything that happened between us
was meaningless?
I guess I was just trying to convince myself that it was.
Mm-hmm.
But...
...it could never be between us.
What about normalcy?
Yeah, well, I thought I wanted that, too,
but look what I did.
I-I keep staring at my phone
knowing that I should call Lesley, but...
I just don't.
- I don't know. - Mm.
You know, maybe I should stop lying to myself
and be with the only person that I've ever really loved.
I just can't right now.
What?
It'll be too hard if I have to go back to prison.
I... I-I don't understand.
A week ago you were begging me to leave Lesley.
You professed your love for me, and now this?
I know. I'm sorry.
Okay, you're gonna have to tell me
what's really going on here, Murph.
Nothing's going on.
I just don't want to be with you.
Sorry.
Okay.
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