Cruel Summer

We should make a list of all the things we wanna do this summer.

Ooh, we have to do them all.

Previously on "Cruel Summer"...

- Jeanette. - Jeanette. Martin.

But you should probably call me Mr. Harris.

I'm the new assistant principal there.

Welcome to the neighborhood, Mr. Harris.

- She discarded us. - She didn't do that.

We all changed. We went our separate ways. Why can't that be good enough?

- Cool necklace. - Thanks.

I-I got it for my birthday.

When I saw you, uh...

They found Kate.

- She's alive. - Oh, my God.

Bitch!

Get her out of here, go!

Jamie's parked outside your house again.

I know.

You know I didn't do the things.

Kate's saying I did, right?

I just don't know what to think.

You know I would never lie to you.

I would never lie to you, okay?

Jeanette Turner saw me while I was held captive.

Greg and Cindy's little girl.

If she wasn't there,

then how would I have this?

We want the jury to root for you.

I have nothing, and you want me to be more likable?

A strange twist

in the shocking story of Jeanette Turner,

the young Texas woman accused

of failing to report Kate Wallis missing last year,

is that these two will now face off in a legal battle.

Vindictive, lying little worm is gonna sue us?

Eww!

Ah! Thanks, Mom.

What?

I just love seeing your whole face, honey.

What do you say we give contact lenses another try?

No. You know how much I hate touching my eyes.

Let's go live to Molly Green.

Locals will be gathering for Skylin's Annual Fourth of July celebration

and city officials are saying, "Get ready

for lots of fireworks."

Reporting live from...

- Holy shit! - Jeanette!

Reporting live from Skylin, I'm Molly Green,

and the Fourth is starting off with a bang.

The police would only say that Kate Wallis has,

at this point, been interviewd

and an investigation into her abduction is underwa.

Her parents have released a statement suggesting that Kate

will likely come forward and share her story publicly in the near future.

Meanwhile, this once sleepy town prepares

for its annual Fourth of July celebration.

Mom...

They're saying...

They're saying that Kate Wallis is gonna share her story.

The things she's saying about Jeanette

if she, if she shares those things publicly,

then more people are gonna find out and then...

Well, half the town already knows.

- Don't say that! - Mom, it's true.

I've gotten uninvited from two parties already.

Dad said Hank Stevenson had a "change of heart" about Dad listing his house...

No, no, no, stop, stop. This is crazy!

These are... these are rumors.

These are ridiculous, baseless teenage rumors.

Jeanette would never do anything like what Kate is accusing her of!

- I know. - Okay, well, then you should tell your friends that.

That's a good idea.

Well, then tell their parents.

You!

Shit, shit.

How dare you?

Get out of the car.

Get out!

Come on, light, turn green.

You stole my life because yours was pathetic.

- Come on. - But you're seriously gonna come after my family's money

with this lawsuit?

What other sloppy seconds of mine do you want, huh?

Speak! Get out of the car, you chickenshit coward!

Get out!

Where are you going?!

Stop! Get back here!

You are actual trash, Jeanette Turner.

- Hey, Dad. - Good news.

- The problem's not the connector cables... - Yeah, we got another problem.

I just heard some guys at the gym say Jamie gave Jeanette her black eye.

- Why would Jamie... - Because of the Kate Wallis thing.

People are really taking that seriously, huh?

I keep telling you and Mom, this is not going away.

Jamie hit your daughter.

My sister.

Relax.

- Greg. - I need to talk to Jamie, Paola.

Is something wrong?

Did you hit my sister?

I'm gonna need an answer.

Look, sir, I know what I did was wrong, but what Jeanette...

You like punching people? Let's go.

- Stop. You're gonna make things worse! - Try me, huh?

What's going on out here?

Jamie, care to answer?

You will not hit my daughter.

Who hit Jeanette... What?

You don't talk to her, you don't even look at her.

Do you understand?

You need to leave, Greg.

Jeanette's not who you think she is.

- What was that, huh? - Get in the car.

Touch her again,

and you and I are gonna have a very serious problem.

Inside.

Thank you for bringing him home.

We talked about loitering...

"Stalking" is the actual term,

at least that's what Greg Turner's calling it.

It's a public street.

Pick another one.

I don't wanna get another call about you, Jamie.

- Do you understand? - Yes, sir.

Lookie what I got!

Contraband.

Wh... What are we supposed to do with that?

We're gonna get high.

List item number nine.

Swipe contraband from our respective homes.

From Janis's not-so-secret stash

in the tampon box under the bathroom sink.

I snagged my grandma's cooking sherry.

But it kinda tastes like salt and ass.

- Huh. - I swiped my brother's dirty magazine.

It has boobs in it, and you brought drugs?

Well, if this were a contest, I guess I would be declared the winner then, right?

Wait. Mallory, have you ever smoked pot?

No.

But my Uncle Rick did take me to a Hole concert last summer

and I got a contact high.

It was mad crazy.

Wait, have you?

Me?

- No way. - We're not smoking it.

- Would you chill, please? - No.

The list item was swipe contraband, not consume it.

Look, I'm gonna have to agree with Jeanette on this one, okay?

- It just feels wrong. - Yeah.

Since when are you guys the arbiters of what's right and wrong in the world?

This list is filled with "wrong" things, that's the point.

Hey, guys, sorry to spoil the fun,

but, Mallory, your mom called.

She wants you home.

Janis?

Oh, um, okay. Cool.

Totally cool.

I will be right back.

Oh, my God, that was too close.

I'm sweating.

The pot is over the line, right?

It's pushing it, for sure.

What are we supposed to do? Give it away?

Pretty sure that's drug dealing.

We can bury it in the yard?

What if it takes root and pot plants start to grow?

Good point.

Wait, I know.

I can tear it into little pieces and flush it down the toilet.

No evidence, no crime.

She's gonna be super pissed at you.

It's for her own good, Vincent. Okay?

I got this.

Wow. Jeanette Turner is suing Kate Wallis?

Now that's a bombshell.

You know, as someone who's covered this story for over a year,

I'll say that some people have little to no moral compass.

They're able to blur the lines

between right and wrong to suit their needs.

It's not that they're evil.

They're just simply wired differently,

in a way that can be detrimental to those around them.

At every turn, Jeanette Turner seems to be one of those people.

Well, thank you so much...

Jeanette Turner, I'm Detective Anderson. This is my...

Officer William.

Jeanette, this is serious.

Hey, Will. What's going on?

It's, uh, Officer Kingsley.

Sure, Officer Kingsley.

Is this about Henson? I didn't touch him.

Jamie? What about him?

- This is not about Jamie Henson. - Then what's it about?

We have some questions about Kate Wallis.

We'd like for Jeanette to come down to the station.

Is she obligated to?

No... but it would be helpful if she did.

Uh...

Anything to help. Right?

Let me get my wife.