[pages flipping]
[Nico] Previously, on Marvel'’sRunaways...
I used to have someone, and now I'’m all alone.
You'’re not alone. Promise.
Something really weird is going on with me.
[grunts, screams]
[Karolina] The day that you get your bracelet
is one that you'’ll never forget.
Kind of feel like I was born with mine.
I'’ve actually never taken it off.
Get away from her!
[fight grunts]
Hey!
You'’re dead!
Chase? What happened?
I'’m getting you out of here.
It'’s the damn box.
It'’s having dematerialization problems.
It'’s time.
Destiny, she'’s in the church. I know that girl!
I wanna see, too!
-Wait, don'’t! -No!
[Geoffrey] What the hell was that?
I think our parents killed that girl.
"I, at this time, saw blessings spread around me like a sea.
Thus, while the days flew by and the years passed on...
from nature overflowing on my soul...
I had received so much...
that every thought was steeped in feeling.
I was only then contented, when with bliss ineffable
I felt the sentiment being spread over all that moves
and all that seemeth still.
Over all that, lost beyond the reach
of thought and human knowledge,
to the human eye, invisible,
yet liveth to the heart."
Babe.
Sorry.
[kids giggling, chattering]
It'’s your turn.
Uh, red!
Thoughts?
Yes, please.
To Gene and Alice.
Gone too soon.
I keep thinking what if it was Alex
that was over there by himself.
You know it could'’ve been one of us in that fire.
Don'’t do that. What happened to them was an accident.
And at least they did well.
Molly will never have to worry about money.
True, but sometimes the money just makes it harder.
[sighs]
Hummus isn'’t bad. I think it'’s Trader Joe's.
What?
We'’re supposed to be a family.
We-- we are.
I saw her hand, Robert.
She burned herself on a frying pan.
Is that a fact?
The Hernandezes were good people.
They didn'’t deserve this.
I don'’t know what the hell you think happened...
but Tina didn'’t do this.
I would know.
We don'’t keep secrets from each other.
I wish I could believe you.
[Stacey] You okay?
Yeah.
-We'’re doing the right thing. -What if the PRIDE realizes
that we spoke to Gene and Alice that night?
What if they think we know something?
I don'’t give a shit. We owe it to them and we owe it to her.
Well, they could come after us.
Then we find a way to protect ourselves.
-Wait, you don'’t... -It'’s fine.
Excellent.
Hey, pumpkin, you hungry?
-Elian is. -Oh, yeah? Well.
I think we might have some Stipagrostis downstairs.
That'’s a type of grass typically found
in the African and Asian continents.
I want to be an elephant when I grow up.
Is that right?
Well, I think you would make
a wonderful elephant, Molly,
because you'’re strong.
Honey...
You know that we loved your mommy and daddy very much,
and we know how much they love you. And--
We know that they would want you to have a good home,
so we were wondering if maybe...
you'’d want to come live with us.
What do you say?
Yeah.
We just want to try and give you a normal life.
With lots of Stipagrostis for your elephant.
[imitates trumpeting]
[breathing shakily]
Where are you?
Okay. Okay.
Come on. We'’re gonna be late.
What the hell'’s going on here?
I can'’t find my kitty cat pin.
You can look for your dumb hair thing later.
It'’s not dumb. My mom gave it to me.
You'’re right. I'’m sorry. I forgot.
I think there might be something wrong with me.
It'’s like when I freak out, something happens.
Like a panic attack?
I get it.
Mine started when I was around your age, too.
I'’d say it's genetic,
but we'’re not actually related, so...
[Leslie on device] Find a light source
to focus your concentration.
Surround yourself with an object or two
that you find personally meaningful, even sacred.
Breathe deeply.
Look into the light.
Search it as you think about your objects.
You'’re creating a space for yourself
-that is safe, loving... -[knocking]
I thought I heard me.
You'’re listening to my Spectral Guided Meditation?
Felt like I needed a little more light in my life.
-Everything okay? -Totally. You?
It was so great seeing all you kids
together again last night.
Must'’ve been so fun to catch up, huh?
[messages dinging rapidly]
Karolina?
Hmm? Oh.
Yeah, it was.
Like old times...
but different.
Well, I hope you'’ll all stay in touch.
We'’ll see.
Okay.
[message tone]
[gratified sigh]
Yo, Gert, wait up!
Yo, yourself.
-Morning, Molly. -Good morning.
Hey, Alex!
-Hey. -Hey.
[scoffs]
Let'’s just get this over with.
It'’s five out of six. We do have a quorum.
No, we should wait for Karolina.
Maybe she'’s not coming.
Hey, guys, sorry! You have to see this.
-Holy shit. -Is that--?
-It'’s her. -So what does this mean?
Means I could'’ve slept in.
♪
See? Destiny is fine. We don'’t have to worry.
Uh, Photoshopped much?
This picture could be a total fake.
I know you want to believe, but this just isn'’t proof to me.
My mom seemed fine this morning.
She wouldn'’t have acted so normal
if she'’d killed a parishioner last night.
Most serial killers are completely devoid of empathy.
-Serial killers? -This is more ritualistic.
[Gert] Maybe we should consider a LARPing scenario.
-Live-action roleplay? -Where people dress up
-like cute animals and have sex? -No way.
-Our parents? -That'’s furries. -That'’s a thing?
[Alex] There'’s an easy way
to get to the bottom of this.
We do some P.I. work
and let cooler heads prevail.
Hopefully in a couple hours we know that our parents
are just weird, and not killers.
-You had me at P.I. -I could check in
with the youth group at my church,
make sure Destiny'’s actually on this trip.
-Not that I think we need to. -Cool. I'’ll go with her.
I'’m all for the buddy system, but we need to prioritize.
-Aw, bummer! -You said it yourself--
your dad'’s new Leapfrog has a mega-sized trunk.
I'’m thinking he put that glowing box in back and took it home.
-Destiny could still be in there. -He'’ll be psyched
when he catches me digging through his shit.
Then he better not catch you.
If you had an awesome sleuth
like me as your lookout, you'’d be safe.
Good call, Gert. Pairing up here actually makes sense.
I haven'’t agreed to anything yet.
It'’ll take five minutes,
and afterward we can prepare for your Spanish quiz.
I have flashcards.
I guess that'’s not a terrible idea.
Okay. I'’ll try and check out that secret ceremony room.
Might be some clues down there,
seeing as it'’s a secret ceremonial room.
I could, uh, use a lookout, too.
Think I'’d better check out my Mom'’s staff,
see what it really does.
-Prioritizing, right? -Prioritizing.
Okay, how about we use that text chain,
keep in touch, important business only.
There'’s something else we could look into,
a monster in our basement.
These last 24 hours haven'’t been crazy enough.
No, seriously, Dale and Stacey could'’ve engineered a creature.
Anxiety'’s often linked to paranoia.
I'’m not paranoid!
And it could all be related.
Fine. Go ahead. Don'’t believe me.
Let'’s just let Destiny get eaten alive.
Just leave me alone.
So, I'’ll see you at your place.
Hey, can I talk to you for a sec?
I'’m sorry, this team's at capacity,
and don'’t you have some church thing to attend to?
No. I saw what Brandon and Lucas posted online,
and they seem super pissed about something.
Did you get in a fight at the party?
Some stupid lacrosse shit. They couldn'’t take a joke.
So it wasn'’t about a girl?
No. No. I'’ll call you later.
Okay.
[Destiny] Victor... Victor, please.
Let me out of here, and I swear I will not tell anyone.
Please.
Please, I'’m begging you.
[sighs]
[distorted] Victor?
[fades into Janet'’s voice] Have you been here all night?
We'’re gonna be late.
The Heal the Bay charity luncheon?
The Nemo car that you donated
is the centerpiece of the auction,
which starts in half an hour-- are you okay?
Of course I am. Why wouldn'’t I be?
I just--
You were having trouble with the box yesterday,
and it kind of seemed like maybe
it wasn'’t the box that was the problem.
I need you on my side, Janet.
I carry you. I carry this whole family,
and the least you could possibly do is give me some support.
So let'’s go.
We'’re late, aren'’t we?
[Stacey] The nightmares I had after last night, Dale!
It'’s all so horrible.
At least it'’s almost over and I never have
to see Tina Minoru'’s face ever again.
Surprise!
My goodness. Hello!
Uh, it'’s not our birthdays.
Or our anniversary.
-[whispers] Is it? -No.
It is the Synnergy Serum.
On the cover of the American Journal of Experimental Medicine!
The hard copy arrived today.
Wow, that is so sweet...
-...and totally unexpected. -Yeah.
Now, let the pharmaceutical companies start their bidding.
Or you could reach out to DARPA.
The government needs this for PTSD treatment...
...terrorist reprogramming.
One of those little cartridges does
make people forget a lot of bad things.
All to be discussed.
As your angel investors, we'’re just here to say congratulations.
Nothing says "we believe in you" more than a big, fat startup check.
Which they now expect a big return on.
Which shall be yours,
because we are going to sell the shinola out of this,
make everybody rich.
Or even more rich, am I right, Bob?
Robert.
Sweetheart, some cake?
Ah! Okay! Look at that.
That was nice. I'’m glad we did it.
Yeah, well, it was your idea.
-Hey. -I'’ll be right back.
Remember when we'’d go
to that terrible 24-hour sushi bar near here,
and drink all those Ramunes whenever we had a deadline?
Your hands would shake from all that sugar.
But now we have other people to hit our deadlines for us.
What if we go out tonight?
Have some real sushi?
A date.
Quality time.
Together.
We'’ll spend time together packing up Amy'’s room.
This isn'’t about Amy, Robert, it'’s about us.
We may not be able to get back to the way things were,
but we can try.
We have to try.
Maybe we should invite Nico. She really needs us now.
Thank you.
You'’re all clear.
You said that two seconds ago.
I was providing you with an update, Jock Jams.
How do you say "whatever" in Spanish?
Hey, I read about these in Wired.
-Oh, yeah? I love that site. -Totally. Yeah.
Aren'’t these supposed to let you, like, see through everything?
Whoa.
Were you just checking out my junk?
Huh? Hmm?
Why? Why would you say that?
The x-ray goggles on your head.
I-- Maybe I gave it a cursory glance,
purely out of scientific curiosity.
Ahem.
Chase, there'’s something back here.
Come on, open it.
What if she'’s still in there?
I'’ve never seen a dead person before.
You'’re all clear. It'’s empty.
Good, '’cause I can't figure out how to open this thing.
Hopefully that means Destiny is chilling in some sick club in London now.
Should we call it a day?
-I'’m afraid our work here isn'’t done. -What do you mean?
We checked the box. The box was empty.
My parents experiment on living things all the time.
Molly said she heard something weird in the basement.
What if Destiny is their latest test subject?
I guess we could check it out.
And we can use these goggles
to scour the basement from the outside.
No sense in risking our wellbeing.
[scoffs]
No sense at all.
It'’s definitely Molly's.
If she was fooling around in my study,
she could'’ve found the stairs.
Or maybe she never went near '’em.
We got no way of being sure.
That'’s not true, and you know it.
Don'’t you think we need a little more proof?
I'’d say we have it.
We all saw that flash when we were down there.
That was the breakers.
What if it wasn'’t?
Cat, this stuff is dangerous.
We saw what it did to Frank Dean.
He'’s never been the same.
You'’re gonna mess with a young girl'’s mind?
How do you suggest we handle this?
Look, I have represented kids not much older than Molly.
Two minutes with her, and I'’ll know,
and if she did see something--
-Let'’s hope it doesn'’t come to that. -Baby...
We cannot let anyone undermine what we'’re doing.
Not after all that we'’ve been through.
What'’s with the cocktail attire?
There'’s still plenty of time before the reservation
if you'’d like to change.
I texted you... about dinner?
My phone'’s been off all day.
Trying to clear up my energies.
We'’re happy to wait for you.
You know, you guys haven'’t had date night
since the Obama Administration.
Why not go without me?
I think our daughter has a point, don'’t you?
[Robert] Be good.
Always.
♪
[rapping in Spanish]
Hello, Molly.
Mrs. Wilder, hi.
I was in the neighborhood
and I stopped by for an iced tea,
and here you were. How funny!
Yeah, hilarious.
I'’m glad I ran into you. I have something of yours.
Geoffrey found it.
Oh, wow, thanks.
It was quite a ways off from where you kids were hanging out.
Was anything wrong?
Actually, I was trying to find the bathroom.
I'’ve been going through some changes,
you know, puberty-type stuff.
Okay, well, that is completely normal.
Every woman goes through the same kind of thing.
I think I feel more changes coming. Um, excuse me.
[rapping in Spanish]
[groans]
Molly, are you in there?
You sure you'’re okay?
Molly!
Excuse me, ma'’am? There'’s a line.
[yells]
Awesome.
Seriously...
[phone chirps]
Shit.
[dialing]
-[Geoffrey] What'’s up? -Hey, just checking in.
You said you wouldn'’t be back till later.
Meeting ended early.
Mom'’ll be gone all day, though.
You hungry?
I could do food from that place on San Vicente,
you know, if it'’s on your way.
And also, when you'’re home,
maybe I could use that girl advice.
What about right now? I'’m in the kitchen.
Where are you?
You said-- you texted you were headed home.
I sent that, like, 30 minutes ago.
You know how the hills are.
You in the guest house?
[phone beeps off]
Hey, Alex, I lost you. Where you at?
[phone ringing]
How'’s it going?
She went to the bathroom and never came back.
She snuck out, which means she saw something.
You'’d better make damn sure first.
I will, once I find her.
Molly!
Dad, hey! I'’m over here.
This girl trouble must really got you down.
You'’re looking stressed.
Just '’cause we don't usually talk about this stuff doesn'’t mean we can't.
Feeling any better?
I was worried about you.
Probably dehydrated.
Stacey says caffeine'’s a diuretic.
You still call her Stacey, huh?
Well, she'’s not my mom...
although she is probably wondering where I am right now.
I should get going.
I'’m curious, Molly...
are you sure everything is okay?
Uh...no.
I lied to you before.
Um, last night in your house
I went someplace I shouldn'’t have.
The kids sent me to spy on you and the other parents.
They wanted me to find out if you were still in Mr. Wilder'’s office,
so they could raid your liquor cabinet.
I know what I did was wrong, but, um, they made me.
I'’m the youngest, so...
[sighs]
You think I'’m lying, don'’t you?
Nobody ever believes me.
Not my parents, not the other kids.
I'’m just the adopted girl who everyone got stuck with.
Hey! Nobody is stuck with you.
Dale and Stacey love you like their own.
I just wish I knew more about them.
My birth parents.
You knew they were part of PRIDE, right?
Now that you'’re older,
I would be happy to tell you more about your mom and dad.
You mean it?
Whatever you want to know.
[sighing]
Bitch took your diary.
[grinding noise]
[Wizey] Manual override activated.
♪
Ow!
[chuckles]
[gasps]
[chuckles]
This shiro maguro is fantastic.
-So'’s the halibut. -You have to try this.
Mm!
Mm-mm-mm!
I'’ve missed this, Robert,
just the two of us, alone.
I booked us a room five minutes away.
It worked for Dakota Johnson...
We'’re not characters in some trashy movie.
This is real life.
We'’re in a real marriage.
I mean, never mind last night.
What we do, it doesn'’t take anything out of you?
Of course. I'’m just trying to have some fun, Rob.
Remember fun?
You always used to love going to hotels,
having me come by in the middle of the day.
[server] Can I get you anything else?
-More wine, perhaps? -No, we'’re fine, thank you.
Stay. Have the green tea mochi.
You'’re leaving?
I can'’t do this, Tina.
You shut me out for two years,
and then you show up tonight, 100 miles an hour?
It'’s just too confusing.
I'’m sorry.
I'’ll get a Lyft.
Destiny?
[auto-voice] I'’m sorry, you have reached a number
that has been disconnected or--
Hey! Is there a Youth for the Truth meeting tonight?
Those were banned after some guy tried to swallow a lightbulb.
[laughs] Forgot about that.
So, what brings you to these parts, partner?
I'’m trying to track down Destiny Gonzalez.
Have you seen her?
Not since yesterday afternoon.
She left for that London trip right after
-your Vanity Fairinterview. -Are you sure?
I saw her get in a car headed to the airport.
Wearing it in the warm weather always triggers my eczema.
So, you never take it off?
Once or twice.
Did you see them?
The lights?
You know, the colors?
The colors?
Makes a weird tan line, if that'’s what you mean.
Yeah, same.
Your grandfather sure was a talented painter...
though clearly he did
his fair share of peyote back in the day.
So, when you said snow, you were being literal.
Did you think my smarthouse was having a cocaine malfunction?
Yes, snow is actually coming from the ceiling,
and I need your nerd brain to make it stop.
What does your mom'’s AI say about this?
Wizey? She doesn'’t know what'’s happening--
Wizey! Ixnay on the snoway.
[Wizey] I am not responsible for this precipitation anomaly.
I think... it was this.
I think... it'’s magic!
I mean, with all due respect to your Wiccan beliefs,
there'’s gotta be a scientific explanation.
Bullshit! Okay?
One minute I was looking at one of Amy'’s snowflakes,
and then the next... it was snowing.
It was like it read my mind.
Let me see it for a second.
[hisses]
Ow! What the hell?
-Did you just ask it to stop? -No.
Nico, I have a message from the alpha user.
She is on her way home.
My mom. Shit!
I can'’t believe we actually did it.
I can. We spent years working on that serum.
I know, this is our nest egg, babe.
I know! I'’m so excited
to never, ever get a text about brie again.
And we can finally... stop hurting people.
Yeah.
Yeah. Señor!
Uh... Dos chicharrones y una tinga para la señorita.
And don'’t forget about our friend downstairs.
Oh, right, um, you know what,
we'’ll also take 30 of the carnitas,
15 barbacoas and, uh... Bup bup bup bup bup.
Do you have any whole chickens?
You know what, forget it. Don'’t need the chicken.
Okay, señor, muy guapo.
You know we'’re gonna have to tell the girls.
Tell '’em what?
Oh, that we'’re moving to a remote ranch in the Yucatan
with our prehistoric guard dog.
That is a good idea. They'’re going to love that.
Okay, I was hoping that we could slow-roll it a bit more than that.
Stace, Stace! The key part of a secret plan is that it'’s a secret.
We can'’t just tear them away from their lives without any warning.
Sweetie, listen to me. Let'’s just surprise them.
-Okay... -With some beautiful soft-serve.
-Oh, hon! -What?
-Spontaneous soft-serve? -Yeah, they love soft-serve!
That is so not us. They are gonna know we'’re hiding something.
Yeah, probably. You'’re right.
All I see from here is a giant toad
and something that looks like a dildo with wings.
No naked chick.
-Positive? -Trust me, I'’d know.
Perhaps we should go closer.
Perhaps we should just go in the actual basement!
No, Chase, that is a terrible idea!
Aw, is someone a '’fraidy cat?
Don'’t forget, you do have a strapping lacrosse player at your side.
I'’m gonna bring my pepper spray.
Way more reliable than lacrosse players.
All right, suit yourself, but I'’ll take these biceps
over some spray can any day.
[both giggling]
I'’m just happy to be away from him.
You... have no idea.
Towards the middle. Here we go.
[Wizey] The alpha user is four miles away.
Aw...
We good?
What'’s that?
It was Amy'’s. I found it in my mom'’s desk.
-She was hiding it. -Why would she do that?
[Wizey] The alpha user has arrived.
[Tina] I'’m home! Nico?
Okay, what'’s your story?
Um...
[Tina] Nico?
Just, like, look over there for a second.
Yeah.
[Tina] I'’m home!
I said your eyes have to go over there!
-Yeah, no, uh... -Okay.
Oh, okay.
-Wow, I could just go here. -Don'’t you even think about it!
-I wasn'’t gonna-- -[Tina] Where are you?
Did you want me to put '’em--
-I could grab here. -What are you grabbing?
-I just thought that'’s where-- -No.
-I saw it in a video. -My hips at least, dude!
-What'’s wrong with you? -That'’s fine. I like hips.
Here I thought you were thinking of your father and me,
but really you just wanted us out of the house.
Time for you to leave, Alex.
Yeah, I was gonna...
I mean, you could'’ve called anyone for help,
but you called me.
Like I said, I needed a nerd.
I'’m just glad you reached out.
Thanks for coming over.
Whoa, didn'’t you realize what happened in there was an act?
Was it?
[car unlocks, beeps]
Later, Hermione.
Whose place is this?
Work buddy give you their key?
This is ours.
I made a down payment on Monday.
I'’m ready to start living my life...
with you.
I'’m ready to tell Tina.
But we never talked about...
Taking things to the next level?
I have to make sure that none of this blows back on Chase.
And then there'’s PRIDE.
PRIDE won'’t matter for much longer.
We'’re about to break ground,
be done with this thing.
Then we'’ll finally be able to start putting ourselves first.
I just... I just need some time to process, that'’s all.
[chicken clucking]
Who trashed the door?
Must'’ve been Bigfoot.
[both chuckle]
Are you serious? You saw my actual dick.
Isn'’t that what you call, like, a double standard or whatever?
After centuries of patriarchal oppression,
me getting to objectify you
is just called evening the playing field.
[animal noises intensify]
[heavy rolling noise]
Destiny? Are you in there?
That door must be made out of the same stuff as your apron.
I can'’t see inside, which means there'’s only one thing left to do.
-Hold on! -What?
You wanted to check out your parents'’ lab.
What, are you gonna pussy out now?
I resent the usage of that word to imply weakness.
[groans]
I don'’t think that was Destiny.
Now would be a really good time to use those.
[Chase] Oh, God.
Let'’s leave.
I like where your head'’s at.
[both screaming]
What is happening? Deep breaths. Calm down.
[hyperventilating] Okay, calm down. Deep breaths.
Calm down. Okay. Everything'’s under control.
Hey, doggie, do you hear me? I need you to back down.
I'’m under control. Chase is under control.
Even this bloodthirsty dinosaur'’s under control.
[panting sharply]
Actually, it kind of is.
What'’s it doing?
Listening to you.
[horn honks outside]
[snuffles]
[slow respiration hissing]
I don'’t understand.
It'’s never taken this long before.
You don'’t feel anything at all?
[electronically distorted] Nothing.
Sorry to bug you, but I ran into Karolina earlier.
She was asking about Destiny.
She'’s on a mission trip, right?
[phone buzzes]
One second.
[beep] I'’m gonna have to call you back.
Turn on the local news.
-I'’m not near a TV. -I'’ll wait.
You need to see this.
Exactly what happened is still a mystery.
We do know that body has been identified as Destiny Gonzalez.
If you know anything about Destiny Gonzalez,
you are being urged to contact Detective Flores
with the West Los Angeles Division.
-When? -About 30 minutes ago.
-Have you spoken to Victor? -He'’s not picking up his phone.
Neither is his idiot wife.
Or my idiot husband.
This is why... why he isn'’t getting better.
Does this mean what I think?
We'’re gonna need another sacrifice.