1 00:00:04,922 --> 00:00:06,523 Previously on Velma... 2 00:00:07,203 --> 00:00:10,802 Fred, this is my living grandmother, Dr. Edna Perdue. 3 00:00:11,443 --> 00:00:12,482 What? 4 00:00:12,482 --> 00:00:16,122 Oh, God. No. My mother really was a killer. 5 00:00:17,602 --> 00:00:21,003 Wait. What's going on? What am I? 6 00:00:21,523 --> 00:00:23,843 Velma, I have to tell you something. 7 00:00:24,882 --> 00:00:26,762 I really like Amber. 8 00:00:27,363 --> 00:00:28,643 Okay... 9 00:00:28,643 --> 00:00:33,122 But I like you more. And that's it. 10 00:00:33,122 --> 00:00:34,722 That's all I have to tell you. 11 00:00:36,522 --> 00:00:40,043 So not only were all the victims aware of Project SCOOBI, 12 00:00:40,043 --> 00:00:42,482 they took a meeting with a lawyer at the hospital. 13 00:00:42,482 --> 00:00:44,003 Do you remember what he looked like? 14 00:00:44,003 --> 00:00:46,003 Yes. It was your dad. 15 00:00:46,683 --> 00:00:47,683 What? 16 00:00:50,442 --> 00:00:52,442 Spend enough time solving mysteries, 17 00:00:52,442 --> 00:00:54,722 and you learn that everyone's hiding something. 18 00:00:54,722 --> 00:00:56,842 I don't know nothing about no murders. 19 00:00:56,842 --> 00:00:59,122 Well, we tried. Can't blame us for asking. 20 00:00:59,122 --> 00:01:01,963 You also learn that people hate hiding things. 21 00:01:01,963 --> 00:01:05,362 Okay, fine. You got me. I'll tell you everything I know. 22 00:01:05,362 --> 00:01:07,963 Telling the truth always feels better, which is great, 23 00:01:07,963 --> 00:01:10,323 because in addition to saving lives and helping people, 24 00:01:10,323 --> 00:01:12,163 another reason I love solving mysteries 25 00:01:12,163 --> 00:01:13,723 is to hear people's messed up junk. 26 00:01:14,362 --> 00:01:17,443 Stop. This messed up junk is classified. 27 00:01:17,443 --> 00:01:21,163 I'm shutting this interrogation down on behalf of the US military. 28 00:01:21,163 --> 00:01:24,002 But just like a man with a big, expensive car, 29 00:01:24,002 --> 00:01:26,603 you can't keep your messed up junk hidden forever. 30 00:01:26,603 --> 00:01:29,323 Secure the area. No one gets in or out. 31 00:01:29,323 --> 00:01:31,683 You have to tell Velma what you know. 32 00:01:31,683 --> 00:01:33,083 And stop making toilet wine. 33 00:01:33,083 --> 00:01:35,122 You're under military house arrest, not in jail. 34 00:01:35,122 --> 00:01:37,122 Telling Velma would only make things worse. 35 00:01:37,122 --> 00:01:39,482 Also did you put my shiv in the dishwasher? 36 00:01:39,482 --> 00:01:41,603 Telling me what? How you know about the murders? 37 00:01:41,603 --> 00:01:43,243 How you're the link between all the victims? 38 00:01:43,243 --> 00:01:46,202 - Why the toilet is stained purple? - I can't talk about the murders, Velma. 39 00:01:46,202 --> 00:01:47,963 The army would disappear me forever. 40 00:01:47,963 --> 00:01:50,482 Sophie wants me to tell you that the night after the seance... 41 00:01:50,482 --> 00:01:54,762 Daddy and I saw Daphne cheat on you. 42 00:01:54,762 --> 00:01:56,362 What? Give me your shiv. 43 00:02:04,562 --> 00:02:08,522 Oh, God. See, this is why we don't do chores, Amanda. 44 00:02:08,522 --> 00:02:10,682 So that's what my dad said happened. 45 00:02:10,682 --> 00:02:13,242 And now, I don't know what to do. Do I break up with her? 46 00:02:13,242 --> 00:02:15,443 Or do I hold it against her and use it as an excuse 47 00:02:15,443 --> 00:02:17,802 for every bad thing I do for the rest of my life? 48 00:02:17,802 --> 00:02:19,403 You came to the right place. 49 00:02:19,403 --> 00:02:22,843 As popular girls, we're experts in cheating and getting cheated on. 50 00:02:22,843 --> 00:02:25,723 And this is really bad. I mean, you didn't just get cheated on. 51 00:02:25,723 --> 00:02:28,482 You got cheated on before tomorrow's field trip to Sacramento. 52 00:02:28,482 --> 00:02:30,082 It's a six-hour bus ride to the city 53 00:02:30,082 --> 00:02:32,082 equivalent of a six-hour bus ride. 54 00:02:32,082 --> 00:02:33,603 You know what that means. 55 00:02:33,603 --> 00:02:36,962 Oh, no. Bus gossip. Rumors expand to fill the boredom, 56 00:02:36,962 --> 00:02:39,482 destroying innocent reputations just for fun. 57 00:02:39,482 --> 00:02:41,563 Mary Louis had to get an emotional support dog 58 00:02:41,563 --> 00:02:44,403 just because kids said she put her mouth on the water fountain. 59 00:02:44,403 --> 00:02:46,762 And it wasn't even her. It was me. 60 00:02:46,762 --> 00:02:49,043 Okay. But won't everyone just be focused on the fact 61 00:02:49,043 --> 00:02:52,482 Gigi's dad has my dad under house arrest in connection to the murders? 62 00:02:52,482 --> 00:02:54,163 Only if we fight about it. 63 00:02:54,163 --> 00:02:56,283 And as always, my dad promised me a new phone 64 00:02:56,283 --> 00:02:57,802 if I swallowed my questions about his work. 65 00:02:57,802 --> 00:02:59,482 - So I'm good if you are. - I am. 66 00:02:59,482 --> 00:03:02,082 But how do I keep people from seeing things aren't normal 67 00:03:02,082 --> 00:03:04,922 between Daphne and me and spreading mean rumors? 68 00:03:04,922 --> 00:03:07,762 Maybe we just need to talk it out. Womano a womano. 69 00:03:07,762 --> 00:03:10,443 Talk it out? This isn't Camp David, Velma! 70 00:03:10,443 --> 00:03:12,642 And it's not just your reputation on the line. 71 00:03:12,642 --> 00:03:15,403 If Daphne doesn't pay, she'll cheat on you again. 72 00:03:15,802 --> 00:03:16,962 I know I would! 73 00:03:16,962 --> 00:03:19,922 So the plan is you'll become the best girlfriend ever. 74 00:03:19,922 --> 00:03:22,403 Like, take her podcast recommendations level girlfriend, 75 00:03:22,403 --> 00:03:26,082 but also keep her at a distance to make her want you like crazy. 76 00:03:26,082 --> 00:03:28,603 Then when you have her in the palm of your hand, 77 00:03:28,603 --> 00:03:30,123 you confront her about cheating 78 00:03:30,123 --> 00:03:32,802 in the middle of the State Capitol building rotunda. 79 00:03:32,802 --> 00:03:35,163 The only thing people will gossip about after that 80 00:03:35,163 --> 00:03:37,603 is where we should hold Daphne's social funeral. 81 00:03:37,603 --> 00:03:40,642 So the only way to keep from being destroyed socially by rumors 82 00:03:40,642 --> 00:03:42,843 is to destroy Daphne first? 83 00:03:42,843 --> 00:03:46,003 Exactly. You're, like, so good at being popular. 84 00:03:46,802 --> 00:03:49,283 Okay, if that's how it has to be. 85 00:03:50,403 --> 00:03:54,962 Good morning, class. It's field trip time. 86 00:03:54,962 --> 00:03:58,362 As devoted mothers, we'll be your chaperones. 87 00:03:58,362 --> 00:04:01,163 And as victims of education budget cuts, 88 00:04:01,163 --> 00:04:03,082 we'll also be your tour guides. 89 00:04:03,082 --> 00:04:05,003 So today, we'll see the Capitol, 90 00:04:05,003 --> 00:04:07,242 learn Leland Stanford was a monster... 91 00:04:07,242 --> 00:04:09,762 And then end the day by forgetting all our troubles 92 00:04:09,762 --> 00:04:11,003 at the amusement park. 93 00:04:13,563 --> 00:04:15,723 Wait. Why aren't you cheering? We're kids. 94 00:04:15,723 --> 00:04:19,362 Amusement parks were made for us and adults with bad personalities. 95 00:04:19,763 --> 00:04:20,763 Do we tell him? 96 00:04:20,763 --> 00:04:24,083 He might go "minorly-inconvenienced teenager" on us. 97 00:04:24,802 --> 00:04:28,523 Sweetie, look around. You're not in middle school anymore. 98 00:04:28,523 --> 00:04:30,843 The only roller coaster these kids care about 99 00:04:30,843 --> 00:04:33,043 is the emotional roller coaster of hooking up. 100 00:04:33,043 --> 00:04:35,242 What? That can't be true. 101 00:04:40,002 --> 00:04:42,122 - Did you bring it? - One blanket to cover us. 102 00:04:42,122 --> 00:04:44,603 People will think we're napping, but really, we're hooking up. 103 00:04:44,603 --> 00:04:46,203 Brilliant. Just one thing. 104 00:04:46,203 --> 00:04:47,963 Have you thought about how we hook up? 105 00:04:47,963 --> 00:04:50,562 I'm down for anything. I just don't want to get a concussion. 106 00:04:50,562 --> 00:04:53,002 Okay, well, tell me if I'm moving too fast. 107 00:04:53,002 --> 00:04:56,122 But I thought maybe we could read to each other 108 00:04:56,122 --> 00:04:59,043 from the classic, erotically charged novel, 109 00:04:59,043 --> 00:05:00,163 Portnoy's Complaint? 110 00:05:00,163 --> 00:05:01,922 Oh, Norville! 111 00:05:02,643 --> 00:05:06,603 Okay. I spent all night imagining Daphne's make out sesh with Amber 112 00:05:06,603 --> 00:05:08,283 to psych myself up to destroy her. 113 00:05:08,283 --> 00:05:11,562 - Wait. No. I'm starting to cry. - Velma, play it cool. 114 00:05:11,562 --> 00:05:14,322 Bus gossip is a terrible beast, and it feasts on tears. 115 00:05:15,122 --> 00:05:18,122 We haven't even left yet and we already have a crier. 116 00:05:18,122 --> 00:05:20,843 - Oh, no. - Hey, Velma. what's wrong? 117 00:05:20,843 --> 00:05:22,203 Nothing, nothing. 118 00:05:22,203 --> 00:05:24,763 I'm just overwhelmed by this opportunity to hug you. 119 00:05:24,763 --> 00:05:26,362 Damn it. False alarm. 120 00:05:26,362 --> 00:05:28,482 Well, then, good thing I brought a blanket. 121 00:05:29,482 --> 00:05:32,002 But I actually have to sit next to Gigi. 122 00:05:32,002 --> 00:05:35,083 As long as we seem good with her dad detaining my dad, 123 00:05:35,083 --> 00:05:36,482 the kids won't be interested in gossip. 124 00:05:36,482 --> 00:05:39,322 And we are good. Thanks to my dad's preference to bribe me 125 00:05:39,322 --> 00:05:41,403 rather than just tell me what the hell is going on. 126 00:05:41,403 --> 00:05:43,763 - It's all good. - Are you sure? 127 00:05:43,763 --> 00:05:46,643 I always thought that when I was on the California 33 North, 128 00:05:46,643 --> 00:05:48,403 it would be with my girlfriend, 129 00:05:48,403 --> 00:05:50,403 spreading mean rumors to pass the time. 130 00:05:50,403 --> 00:05:52,643 I know. But since we can't sit together, 131 00:05:52,643 --> 00:05:54,002 I made you this care package. 132 00:05:55,122 --> 00:05:57,643 Face lotion and body lotion. 133 00:05:57,643 --> 00:05:58,723 And hand lotion. 134 00:05:58,723 --> 00:06:00,682 Is it all lotion? Because that's my dream gift. 135 00:06:01,442 --> 00:06:04,603 - Why are you acting weird, Velma? - You're acting weird, Amber. 136 00:06:05,203 --> 00:06:07,843 - Drama. - I mean, see you on the bus. 137 00:06:10,643 --> 00:06:14,203 Well, this care package makes me feel even worse, Amber. 138 00:06:14,203 --> 00:06:16,322 We have to tell her what we did, 139 00:06:16,322 --> 00:06:18,723 even if it threatens your moral superiority. 140 00:06:18,723 --> 00:06:21,283 What we did? That was all you. 141 00:06:21,283 --> 00:06:23,242 And I'll always be morally superior. 142 00:06:23,242 --> 00:06:25,723 I'm the only one in school not looking at Brenda's nudes. 143 00:06:25,723 --> 00:06:27,843 - That's an MRI. - I don't have time for this. 144 00:06:27,843 --> 00:06:29,203 I have to talk to Fred. 145 00:06:29,603 --> 00:06:33,523 Fred. Hey, I have something that might interest you. 146 00:06:33,523 --> 00:06:36,163 And not just the novelty of a pairing we haven't seen before. 147 00:06:36,802 --> 00:06:38,963 Sacramento is a deeply haunted place. 148 00:06:38,963 --> 00:06:40,122 Want to catch a ghost? 149 00:06:40,122 --> 00:06:42,322 Nah. Now that I know that my mom wasn't possessed, 150 00:06:42,322 --> 00:06:45,682 I don't believe in ghosts. Except for the ghost of my childhood. 151 00:06:48,963 --> 00:06:50,723 Look who's trying to claw their way 152 00:06:50,723 --> 00:06:52,802 back up the social ladder after the seance. 153 00:06:52,802 --> 00:06:54,283 I don't know what you're talking about, 154 00:06:54,283 --> 00:06:56,603 But given the number of ghosts in the Capitol, 155 00:06:56,603 --> 00:07:00,203 by the end of this field trip, you'll be begging me to do a seance. 156 00:07:01,963 --> 00:07:03,322 Ghosts? 157 00:07:09,122 --> 00:07:11,163 Norville, you're not hooking up. 158 00:07:11,163 --> 00:07:13,603 You're just reading about the Jewish American experience. 159 00:07:13,603 --> 00:07:15,963 Like me, you must be saving your body 160 00:07:15,963 --> 00:07:17,362 for the amusement park. 161 00:07:17,362 --> 00:07:19,322 Please. I can't even go. 162 00:07:19,322 --> 00:07:22,002 The park says I count as a beverage in a glass container. 163 00:07:22,002 --> 00:07:24,043 And why are you even talking to us? 164 00:07:24,043 --> 00:07:26,083 Aren't you mad that I forced you to meet my grandmother 165 00:07:26,083 --> 00:07:27,603 and accept your mom's a serial killer? 166 00:07:27,603 --> 00:07:30,523 No. Now that I have the truth, I can finally move on. 167 00:07:30,523 --> 00:07:33,242 Plus, we're about to be in coaster heaven. 168 00:07:33,242 --> 00:07:36,203 They call it that 'cause of all the people who've died there. 169 00:07:36,203 --> 00:07:38,002 Now, since you're not doing anything, 170 00:07:38,002 --> 00:07:40,763 what are your top 50 favorite rides? 171 00:07:44,083 --> 00:07:46,163 What's the bus gossip? Anything about me? 172 00:07:48,083 --> 00:07:50,283 Billy's losing his virginity on this trip. 173 00:07:51,562 --> 00:07:53,283 Portnoy masturbated with a liver. 174 00:07:53,283 --> 00:07:55,043 I, like, heard Daphne... 175 00:07:55,763 --> 00:07:57,682 - What? - Shh! I didn't get it. 176 00:07:58,603 --> 00:08:00,203 I also heard Daphne... 177 00:08:01,002 --> 00:08:02,643 I keep missing it. Help me. 178 00:08:03,523 --> 00:08:05,682 Are you guys talking about how sad Daphne is 179 00:08:05,682 --> 00:08:07,603 that Velma is sitting with Gigi? 180 00:08:08,322 --> 00:08:10,403 No one suspects that Daphne cheated on me. 181 00:08:10,403 --> 00:08:13,083 - Your plan is working great. - What plan? 182 00:08:13,083 --> 00:08:16,242 My plan to sound totally unsuspicious. 183 00:08:16,242 --> 00:08:17,322 Okay. 184 00:08:17,322 --> 00:08:20,882 I got passed a note that someone wants to see you at the back of the bus. 185 00:08:23,882 --> 00:08:26,083 There's no one here. So who wrote this? 186 00:08:26,083 --> 00:08:27,562 It was me. 187 00:08:28,283 --> 00:08:31,242 Dad? You escaped house arrest and you're here? 188 00:08:31,242 --> 00:08:33,883 I'd rather you be the serial killer than a bus perv. 189 00:08:33,883 --> 00:08:35,962 I'm not a bus perv or the serial killer. 190 00:08:35,962 --> 00:08:37,322 I'm trying to figure out what's going on. 191 00:08:37,322 --> 00:08:38,643 And Don will never suspect 192 00:08:38,643 --> 00:08:40,442 I escaped house arrest to go to Sacramento. 193 00:08:40,442 --> 00:08:42,403 It's a lateral move. Now pay attention. 194 00:08:42,403 --> 00:08:45,202 This flash drive contains top secret military info 195 00:08:45,202 --> 00:08:47,082 I ripped off of Don's laptop this morning 196 00:08:47,082 --> 00:08:49,123 as he exercised like a chump. 197 00:08:49,123 --> 00:08:52,202 It might explain why men connected to Project SCOOBI are dying, 198 00:08:52,202 --> 00:08:53,922 but we need to find a computer at the Capitol 199 00:08:53,922 --> 00:08:55,523 and print whatever info was on this drive. 200 00:08:55,523 --> 00:08:57,163 But someone will need to use the bathroom. 201 00:08:57,163 --> 00:08:58,682 Sure, they're under their blankets now, 202 00:08:58,682 --> 00:09:01,523 but some of these kids will want to enter the eight-foot high club. 203 00:09:01,523 --> 00:09:05,763 And I need you to make sure that no one comes in here. 204 00:09:05,763 --> 00:09:09,003 No. Please, Dad. You don't know what you're asking. 205 00:09:09,003 --> 00:09:12,322 The gossip will destroy me before I can destroy Daphne. 206 00:09:12,322 --> 00:09:15,643 Velma, I don't know what that means, but lives are at stake. 207 00:09:15,643 --> 00:09:16,682 Okay. 208 00:09:18,602 --> 00:09:21,243 Nobody go in there for the rest of the ride. 209 00:09:21,243 --> 00:09:22,763 If you know what I mean. 210 00:09:22,763 --> 00:09:25,763 Oh, man. Velma destroyed the bathroom. 211 00:09:25,763 --> 00:09:26,763 Everyone, gossip. 212 00:09:28,003 --> 00:09:30,842 I also heard it was her mouth that touched the water fountain, 213 00:09:30,842 --> 00:09:32,322 and she liked it. 214 00:09:35,523 --> 00:09:38,123 I meant you should put up an out of order sign. 215 00:09:38,962 --> 00:09:40,243 What have I done? 216 00:09:46,123 --> 00:09:47,523 Hey, guys, wait for me. 217 00:09:47,523 --> 00:09:49,202 No! We don't know you, Velma. 218 00:09:51,403 --> 00:09:52,722 Velma, over here! 219 00:09:52,722 --> 00:09:54,562 Dad, you can't be out in the open. 220 00:09:54,562 --> 00:09:56,722 Don't worry. I have a disguise. 221 00:09:56,722 --> 00:10:00,442 As long as I hit this vape every 30 seconds, we are good. 222 00:10:00,442 --> 00:10:02,202 That's the stupidest thing I've ever... 223 00:10:02,202 --> 00:10:04,082 Excuse me, familiar seeming teenager. 224 00:10:04,082 --> 00:10:05,682 Have you seen Lola and Norville? 225 00:10:05,682 --> 00:10:07,082 They're over there, son. 226 00:10:07,082 --> 00:10:08,363 - I mean peer. - Thanks. 227 00:10:08,363 --> 00:10:10,403 And Velma, sorry, but I can't be seen with you. 228 00:10:10,403 --> 00:10:13,082 You're as unpopular as water restrictions in the Central Valley. 229 00:10:13,602 --> 00:10:15,243 I'm really learning a lot on this trip. 230 00:10:17,442 --> 00:10:19,883 I can't believe Fred talked the whole bus ride. 231 00:10:19,883 --> 00:10:21,763 Nobody should know that much about churros. 232 00:10:22,243 --> 00:10:24,163 Well, at least we can get back on the bus and hook up now. 233 00:10:25,562 --> 00:10:26,922 Spooky. 234 00:10:26,922 --> 00:10:30,123 They're over here, Fred. By the haunted statue of Jerry Brown. 235 00:10:30,123 --> 00:10:31,643 Oh, wait. No, that's just Jerry Brown. 236 00:10:31,643 --> 00:10:34,883 Cap and trade! 237 00:10:36,043 --> 00:10:39,202 Thanks, but I still don't want to hunt ghosts with you. 238 00:10:39,202 --> 00:10:40,802 And I have to tell Lola and Norville 239 00:10:40,802 --> 00:10:42,883 the hottest souvenir roller coaster photo poses. 240 00:10:42,883 --> 00:10:46,403 Let's just say finger guns are back, baby. 241 00:10:46,403 --> 00:10:48,043 Norville, wait up. 242 00:10:48,483 --> 00:10:50,003 Haunted statue? 243 00:10:50,003 --> 00:10:53,043 Your attempts to befriend Fred are getting pathetic. 244 00:10:54,322 --> 00:10:55,562 You were saying? 245 00:10:59,123 --> 00:11:01,322 Stay back, sad Sacramento-an! 246 00:11:01,322 --> 00:11:02,842 Hey, Daphne. Sup? 247 00:11:02,842 --> 00:11:05,922 "Sup"? You committed social suicide on the bus. 248 00:11:05,922 --> 00:11:07,802 And I wanted to make sure you're okay. 249 00:11:07,802 --> 00:11:09,003 I'm fine. 250 00:11:09,523 --> 00:11:10,962 Oh, who am I kidding? 251 00:11:11,883 --> 00:11:14,722 If you cared about me, you wouldn't have kissed Amber. 252 00:11:14,722 --> 00:11:15,922 - What? - Yeah, I know. 253 00:11:15,922 --> 00:11:18,403 And worse, I had to find out about it from my dad. 254 00:11:18,403 --> 00:11:21,043 Not even weird looks in the halls from strangers. 255 00:11:22,243 --> 00:11:24,602 I'm sorry. I wanted to tell you, 256 00:11:24,602 --> 00:11:26,763 but I knew how bad it would be. 257 00:11:26,763 --> 00:11:28,883 That time I didn't text you back for a day, 258 00:11:28,883 --> 00:11:30,562 you threw my bike off a cliff. 259 00:11:30,562 --> 00:11:33,602 So how could you do this? If we'd been together ten years, 260 00:11:33,602 --> 00:11:35,442 sure, married, not buried, I get it. 261 00:11:35,442 --> 00:11:37,842 - But it's been like three weeks. - I know. 262 00:11:37,842 --> 00:11:41,403 I was just so hurt after what you said at the seance, 263 00:11:41,403 --> 00:11:43,602 and I made the biggest mistake of my life. 264 00:11:43,602 --> 00:11:45,123 Can you forgive me? 265 00:11:45,562 --> 00:11:48,842 No. Rot in hell. Actually, wait. This is weird. 266 00:11:48,842 --> 00:11:50,602 I don't think I want you to rot in hell. 267 00:11:50,602 --> 00:11:52,442 That can't be right. Rot in hell! 268 00:11:52,442 --> 00:11:54,483 Nope. What's going on? Where's my anger? 269 00:11:54,483 --> 00:11:57,363 I don't know. That's weird. But sometimes, 270 00:11:57,363 --> 00:11:59,922 getting things out in the open can make you feel better. 271 00:11:59,922 --> 00:12:03,363 I don't feel better, Daphne. I just don't want you to rot in hell. 272 00:12:04,043 --> 00:12:07,202 - And it was just a kiss, right? - It was just a kiss. 273 00:12:07,202 --> 00:12:09,403 You sure? Because I can ask my dad right now. 274 00:12:09,403 --> 00:12:12,123 He snuck aboard our bus to give me top secret military info. 275 00:12:12,123 --> 00:12:15,202 Velma, what's wrong with you? You just implicated Daphne. 276 00:12:15,202 --> 00:12:17,163 If we're caught, she could go to jail. 277 00:12:17,163 --> 00:12:19,962 It's fine. I'm not one of those high-maintenance girlfriends 278 00:12:19,962 --> 00:12:22,643 who gets mad at things like being implicated in crimes. 279 00:12:22,643 --> 00:12:25,202 See, this is why I can't stay mad at you. 280 00:12:28,043 --> 00:12:31,283 And then Leland Stanford used the fortune he'd made 281 00:12:31,283 --> 00:12:34,043 exploiting the Chinese immigrants he hated 282 00:12:34,043 --> 00:12:36,043 to build Stanford University. 283 00:12:36,043 --> 00:12:38,643 - The end. - Roller coaster time. 284 00:12:38,643 --> 00:12:41,403 Shit. He still wants to go. 285 00:12:41,403 --> 00:12:44,082 Fred, look. We didn't want to tell you earlier, 286 00:12:44,082 --> 00:12:45,562 but there's been budget cuts. 287 00:12:45,562 --> 00:12:47,483 Great, teachers make too much as it is. 288 00:12:47,483 --> 00:12:48,883 This day just gets better. 289 00:12:48,883 --> 00:12:51,962 No. They cut the amusement park. 290 00:12:51,962 --> 00:12:53,243 We're really sorry. 291 00:12:53,243 --> 00:12:55,283 What? No, they can't do this. 292 00:12:55,283 --> 00:12:58,643 My father paid for the governor's campaign and his new chin. 293 00:12:58,643 --> 00:13:00,163 I demand to speak to him. 294 00:13:00,962 --> 00:13:02,722 See? Everyone agrees with me. 295 00:13:02,722 --> 00:13:06,123 No. We demand to speak with the governor 296 00:13:06,123 --> 00:13:07,643 so we can thank him. 297 00:13:07,643 --> 00:13:09,883 Now that we don't have to go to the amusement park, 298 00:13:09,883 --> 00:13:12,322 we have more time on the bus to hook up. 299 00:13:12,322 --> 00:13:14,442 Wait, what? No, no. Listen to me. 300 00:13:14,442 --> 00:13:16,763 You're all making a huge mistake. 301 00:13:16,763 --> 00:13:18,562 Look, I get the urge to hook up. 302 00:13:18,562 --> 00:13:21,123 The whole point of being a teenager is losing your innocence. 303 00:13:21,123 --> 00:13:23,883 But trust me, once it's lost, you'll miss it. 304 00:13:23,883 --> 00:13:27,202 'Cause it's not just about learning people can be fun to squeeze. 305 00:13:27,202 --> 00:13:30,123 It's also about learning that people, even mothers, 306 00:13:30,123 --> 00:13:31,523 can be monsters. 307 00:13:31,883 --> 00:13:34,602 And that's why amusement parks are important. 308 00:13:34,602 --> 00:13:36,722 They're the only place you can be a kid 309 00:13:36,722 --> 00:13:39,123 whose only fear is getting decapitated on a ride. 310 00:13:39,123 --> 00:13:41,602 We can't let the governor take that from us. 311 00:13:41,602 --> 00:13:42,962 Who's with me? 312 00:13:47,483 --> 00:13:49,403 Okay, okay. Fred's right. 313 00:13:49,403 --> 00:13:51,123 And they can't keep cutting our budget. 314 00:13:51,123 --> 00:13:53,043 Soon, school will just be a lunch lady 315 00:13:53,043 --> 00:13:55,043 handing out flash cards and guns. 316 00:13:55,043 --> 00:13:56,523 Worse. If they cut the amusement park, 317 00:13:56,523 --> 00:13:57,962 they might cut the chorus overnight. 318 00:13:57,962 --> 00:14:01,082 - And that's the real hook up trip. - Oh, God, no! 319 00:14:01,082 --> 00:14:03,523 Not the chorus overnight! 320 00:14:03,922 --> 00:14:05,562 Wow. Thank you, Norville. 321 00:14:05,562 --> 00:14:07,842 Thank Lola. I wanted to get busy on the bus, 322 00:14:07,842 --> 00:14:09,043 but she nudged me to speak up. 323 00:14:09,043 --> 00:14:10,763 No, I didn't. I was pushed. 324 00:14:10,763 --> 00:14:13,643 Wait. But who pushed her? 325 00:14:13,643 --> 00:14:15,682 There was no one around her. 326 00:14:16,363 --> 00:14:17,763 Exactly. 327 00:14:19,802 --> 00:14:22,442 Okay. It might take a second for these documents to download. 328 00:14:22,442 --> 00:14:24,562 These are state government computers. 329 00:14:24,562 --> 00:14:27,163 Well, in the meantime, tell us what you know about the murders. 330 00:14:27,163 --> 00:14:28,243 It's not much. 331 00:14:28,243 --> 00:14:31,523 As you know, I handle a lot of shady illegal work for the military. 332 00:14:31,523 --> 00:14:34,442 Well, a couple of months ago, Mr. S came to see me. 333 00:14:34,442 --> 00:14:36,003 It turns out, he, the coroners 334 00:14:36,003 --> 00:14:38,283 Father O'Rourke and Sheriff Cogburn 335 00:14:38,283 --> 00:14:41,483 all secretly worked for Project SCOOBI. 336 00:14:41,483 --> 00:14:44,363 Wait, really? Cogburn, Mr. S and the other victims 337 00:14:44,363 --> 00:14:47,003 had second jobs working for Project SCOOBI? 338 00:14:47,003 --> 00:14:48,883 The things you can do when you don't have kids, right? 339 00:14:48,883 --> 00:14:51,442 Tell me about it. But their lives were far from perfect. 340 00:14:51,442 --> 00:14:54,682 Mr. S also told me something I'm still struggling to believe. 341 00:14:54,682 --> 00:14:56,883 Apparently a fellow soldier 342 00:14:56,883 --> 00:14:59,682 was creating an uncomfortable work environment 343 00:14:59,682 --> 00:15:01,082 at Project SCOOBI. 344 00:15:01,082 --> 00:15:02,682 An uncomfortable work environment? 345 00:15:02,682 --> 00:15:04,562 And let me guess, you struggle to believe that 346 00:15:04,562 --> 00:15:07,082 because most guys don't believe that's an actual thing. 347 00:15:07,082 --> 00:15:10,763 Bingo. Regardless, I agreed to meet with Mr. S 348 00:15:10,763 --> 00:15:12,123 and the others off-site. 349 00:15:12,123 --> 00:15:14,883 But before I got any more details, Don told me to drop it. 350 00:15:14,883 --> 00:15:16,123 Hey, Don. What's up? 351 00:15:16,123 --> 00:15:17,962 Drop it? You got it, buddy. 352 00:15:17,962 --> 00:15:21,202 So I did. But then when guys started turning up dead, 353 00:15:21,202 --> 00:15:22,602 Don refused to talk to me. 354 00:15:22,602 --> 00:15:25,163 Okay, but who is the soldier who made them uncomfortable? 355 00:15:25,163 --> 00:15:27,363 - He has to be the killer. - I never got a name. 356 00:15:27,363 --> 00:15:29,883 So last night, when Don stepped away from his laptop, 357 00:15:29,883 --> 00:15:31,602 I searched for Project SCOOBI. 358 00:15:31,602 --> 00:15:34,802 One soldier was listed by only their service number, 359 00:15:34,802 --> 00:15:37,123 and it appeared in these documents. 360 00:15:37,123 --> 00:15:40,442 But these are just a reprimand for missing Fourth of July festivities. 361 00:15:40,442 --> 00:15:42,962 And requisition forms for some electrical components 362 00:15:42,962 --> 00:15:45,082 and white sneakers. Hold on. 363 00:15:45,082 --> 00:15:48,802 These are the same sneakers my attacker in the cemetery wore. 364 00:15:48,802 --> 00:15:50,442 So the killer hates the Fourth of July, 365 00:15:50,442 --> 00:15:53,003 likes electronics and wears comfortable sneakers. 366 00:15:53,003 --> 00:15:55,003 Jeez, are we looking for a soldier or a grandpa? 367 00:15:57,483 --> 00:15:59,082 Thanks, Daph. I knew it was funny, 368 00:15:59,082 --> 00:16:00,562 but not like Vegas magician funny. 369 00:16:00,562 --> 00:16:03,602 Hey, Daphne, could you grab this from the printer for us? 370 00:16:04,003 --> 00:16:05,802 She's still hiding something. 371 00:16:05,802 --> 00:16:07,363 What? Sorry, I was just thinking about 372 00:16:07,363 --> 00:16:09,003 what a good girlfriend Daphne is. 373 00:16:09,003 --> 00:16:10,722 Velma, as a former cheater, 374 00:16:10,722 --> 00:16:13,883 I know cheaters, and she's being way too nice. 375 00:16:13,883 --> 00:16:16,123 - Our relationship isn't like that. - Here's the document. 376 00:16:16,123 --> 00:16:19,442 And I got you this cute stuffed cow from some lobbyists. 377 00:16:19,442 --> 00:16:21,602 All I had to do was agree to be the spokesperson 378 00:16:21,602 --> 00:16:23,322 for meat-based vegetables. 379 00:16:24,562 --> 00:16:28,922 - No funnel cake. - No peace. 380 00:16:30,322 --> 00:16:32,123 Oh, God. A ghost. 381 00:16:32,123 --> 00:16:34,883 No. The cops are locking us in to break up our protests. 382 00:16:34,883 --> 00:16:38,163 And we don't have any flowers to stick in their gun barrels for photo ops. 383 00:16:38,163 --> 00:16:39,802 - So, run! - No! Come back. 384 00:16:39,802 --> 00:16:41,802 The cops coming means it's working. 385 00:16:41,802 --> 00:16:43,922 Amber, I'm sorry I doubted you. 386 00:16:43,922 --> 00:16:45,163 Make the ghost go away, 387 00:16:45,163 --> 00:16:47,243 and I'll forgive you for hooking up with Daphne. 388 00:16:47,243 --> 00:16:50,243 What? I didn't hook up with Daphne. 389 00:16:50,243 --> 00:16:51,802 Are you sure you want to do this? 390 00:16:51,802 --> 00:16:53,082 Stop doubting me. 391 00:16:53,082 --> 00:16:56,643 That's Velma's thing. And yes, I'm so mad at her, 392 00:16:56,643 --> 00:16:58,003 I want to put a curse on her. 393 00:16:58,003 --> 00:16:59,883 What? You put a curse on me? 394 00:16:59,883 --> 00:17:02,842 And instead of telling me, you just let me think you cheated on me? 395 00:17:02,842 --> 00:17:04,443 Told you she was hiding something. 396 00:17:04,443 --> 00:17:06,602 And also, we got to get out of here. 397 00:17:06,602 --> 00:17:07,923 Those aren't cops. 398 00:17:11,562 --> 00:17:13,763 Aman. We know you're here. 399 00:17:13,763 --> 00:17:15,122 - Dad? - Gigi? 400 00:17:15,122 --> 00:17:17,562 That's it. You tell me what the hell is going on right now, 401 00:17:17,562 --> 00:17:19,723 or I will have everyone on the bus gossiping about this, 402 00:17:19,723 --> 00:17:21,842 and it will ruin you. 403 00:17:21,842 --> 00:17:25,203 Gigi, I hear you. So, I'm gonna offer you 404 00:17:25,203 --> 00:17:27,283 two phones to not do that. 405 00:17:27,283 --> 00:17:28,683 Totally. Deal. 406 00:17:28,683 --> 00:17:32,283 - Same seats, same seats. - Everybody sit down and hold on. 407 00:17:34,842 --> 00:17:37,443 Okay. Tell me what the curse was. I can take it. 408 00:17:37,443 --> 00:17:39,082 As long as it wasn't a career in marketing. 409 00:17:39,082 --> 00:17:42,003 I put a curse on you so no one could love you and you'd die alone. 410 00:17:42,003 --> 00:17:43,443 I was wrong. I can't take it. 411 00:17:43,443 --> 00:17:44,882 - Why? - What do you care? 412 00:17:44,882 --> 00:17:46,362 You don't even believe in curses. 413 00:17:46,362 --> 00:17:47,963 I don't believe in Santa Claus either. 414 00:17:47,963 --> 00:17:50,683 But I'd still be mad if he and Amber put a curse on me. 415 00:17:52,203 --> 00:17:53,923 Stop arguing and hold on. 416 00:18:01,402 --> 00:18:02,923 Oh, my God. We're gonna drown. 417 00:18:04,203 --> 00:18:06,882 The river's empty. Thank God for climate change. 418 00:18:23,322 --> 00:18:24,402 What are you doing? 419 00:18:24,402 --> 00:18:27,082 Forgetting about the horrors of the adult world. Come on. 420 00:18:33,082 --> 00:18:35,283 Aman, pull over. 421 00:18:35,283 --> 00:18:38,162 - Never. - I hear you, but you're over 40. 422 00:18:38,162 --> 00:18:41,402 You're gonna need to get out and stretch in the next hour anyway. 423 00:18:42,683 --> 00:18:44,043 Velma, it's over. 424 00:18:44,683 --> 00:18:47,003 Aman, I am only here to help you. 425 00:18:47,003 --> 00:18:48,562 So just come home with me now 426 00:18:48,562 --> 00:18:50,322 and we forget this whole thing happened. 427 00:18:50,322 --> 00:18:52,723 How can we trust you? You said Project SCOOBI was dead. 428 00:18:52,723 --> 00:18:54,362 For your own safety. 429 00:18:54,362 --> 00:18:57,562 The same reason I put your dad under house arrest. 430 00:18:57,562 --> 00:18:59,203 You see, the truth is, 431 00:18:59,683 --> 00:19:02,923 after Dr. Edna Perdue was institutionalized, 432 00:19:02,923 --> 00:19:04,842 Project SCOOBI switched focus 433 00:19:04,842 --> 00:19:08,082 from putting soldiers' brains in meddling kids 434 00:19:08,082 --> 00:19:10,723 to merely keeping tabs on them. 435 00:19:10,723 --> 00:19:13,122 Anywhere meddling kids gathered, 436 00:19:13,122 --> 00:19:16,043 we installed our people to watch them. 437 00:19:16,043 --> 00:19:18,882 Until one day, before your mom was kidnapped, 438 00:19:18,882 --> 00:19:20,963 one of our operatives came across her 439 00:19:20,963 --> 00:19:24,443 reading Dr Perdue's missing journals and took pictures. 440 00:19:24,443 --> 00:19:26,162 My mom? Which operative? 441 00:19:26,162 --> 00:19:27,602 And did they get any candids of me? 442 00:19:27,602 --> 00:19:29,842 - Because those are great. - But that's just it. 443 00:19:29,842 --> 00:19:31,723 The operative hid their identity 444 00:19:31,723 --> 00:19:35,122 and only went by the code name Uncle Scoobi. 445 00:19:37,082 --> 00:19:39,362 Regardless, the military used 446 00:19:39,362 --> 00:19:42,322 Uncle Scoobi's photos of Dr. Perdue's journal pages 447 00:19:42,322 --> 00:19:44,763 to create an invincible super soldier 448 00:19:44,763 --> 00:19:47,402 to infiltrate groups of meddling kids. 449 00:19:47,402 --> 00:19:49,362 But it went bad. 450 00:19:51,322 --> 00:19:52,963 Like, instantly. 451 00:19:53,562 --> 00:19:56,243 Of course it did. Playing God always goes bad, 452 00:19:56,243 --> 00:19:59,362 just like how real God created crocodiles and shit. 453 00:19:59,362 --> 00:20:02,523 Well, this was worse than anything we ever could have imagined. 454 00:20:03,003 --> 00:20:07,402 The super soldier made the men feel uncomfortable at work. 455 00:20:07,402 --> 00:20:10,443 So this super soldier killed the men he made uncomfortable. 456 00:20:10,443 --> 00:20:12,082 Maybe now guys will realize 457 00:20:12,082 --> 00:20:14,122 that where there's smoke, there's always fire. 458 00:20:14,122 --> 00:20:15,723 Maybe. 459 00:20:15,723 --> 00:20:17,602 Thankfully, the fact Aman's alive means 460 00:20:17,602 --> 00:20:20,402 the super soldier is not interested in you. 461 00:20:20,402 --> 00:20:22,723 - Still, we should get you home. - Okay, but real quick. 462 00:20:22,723 --> 00:20:25,483 Are the three dead bodies I saw on the base more victims? 463 00:20:25,483 --> 00:20:28,362 No. Those are the bodies of the hot girls. 464 00:20:28,362 --> 00:20:31,043 Project SCOOBI tried to restore them for the brains, 465 00:20:31,043 --> 00:20:34,162 but sadly they are too far gone. 466 00:20:34,162 --> 00:20:35,523 - The hot girls? - Yes. 467 00:20:35,523 --> 00:20:38,402 Dad! The phone store closes at 6:00 PM. 468 00:20:38,402 --> 00:20:41,683 And stop trying to find the killer. He's dangerous. 469 00:20:44,923 --> 00:20:47,082 You guys don't have to sit with me. 470 00:20:47,082 --> 00:20:49,802 I just needed some help taking my mind off things. 471 00:20:49,802 --> 00:20:53,203 - And this bus chase really did it. - No, you were right, Fred. 472 00:20:53,203 --> 00:20:54,602 As much as we want to grow up, 473 00:20:54,602 --> 00:20:56,723 sometimes it's good to find ways to stay a kid. 474 00:20:56,723 --> 00:20:58,882 For instance, I thought I was too old to make new friends, 475 00:20:58,882 --> 00:21:02,082 but after everything today, I think that's exactly what we did. 476 00:21:02,082 --> 00:21:04,802 And it wouldn't have happened without slamming doors and a push. 477 00:21:06,243 --> 00:21:07,923 I see you, ghost. 478 00:21:09,642 --> 00:21:11,162 Why did you call me a ghost? 479 00:21:11,162 --> 00:21:13,003 And why is that dog barking at me? 480 00:21:13,802 --> 00:21:15,882 Oh, God. Am I the ghost? 481 00:21:16,322 --> 00:21:17,642 Hey! Quiet that dog down! 482 00:21:17,642 --> 00:21:20,402 Velma's resolving something with Daphne. I want to eavesdrop. 483 00:21:21,842 --> 00:21:23,203 As I was saying, 484 00:21:23,203 --> 00:21:25,882 you were just so mean to me after this seance, 485 00:21:25,882 --> 00:21:28,283 I wanted the universe to make it impossible to love you 486 00:21:28,283 --> 00:21:30,162 so that I could stop loving you. 487 00:21:30,162 --> 00:21:31,483 Wait, Daphne, that's... 488 00:21:31,483 --> 00:21:35,882 I know, the most horrible thing ever. That's why I put myself in the jar. 489 00:21:35,882 --> 00:21:37,723 I couldn't believe I was the kind of person 490 00:21:37,723 --> 00:21:40,683 who would do that to someone I cared for. 491 00:21:40,683 --> 00:21:43,602 I was going to say that's the most romantic thing I've ever heard. 492 00:21:43,602 --> 00:21:44,723 What? 493 00:21:44,723 --> 00:21:48,602 Wanting me to die alone isn't great, but loving me hurt you so much, 494 00:21:48,602 --> 00:21:51,162 you did everything in your power to stop, and you couldn't. 495 00:21:51,162 --> 00:21:52,723 That's beyond romantic. 496 00:21:52,723 --> 00:21:54,963 I feel like a girl in a '90s R&B song. 497 00:21:54,963 --> 00:21:57,003 That's a very positive spin. 498 00:21:57,003 --> 00:21:58,963 I know. So just promise that from now on, 499 00:21:58,963 --> 00:22:01,923 you'll tell me what you've done before you put your brain in a jar. 500 00:22:01,923 --> 00:22:04,162 If I wanted to date someone who'd rather risk their life 501 00:22:04,162 --> 00:22:06,243 than communicate, I'd be straight. 502 00:22:06,243 --> 00:22:07,402 I promise. 503 00:22:08,243 --> 00:22:09,882 Get it away. 504 00:22:11,723 --> 00:22:13,763 Wait. Hold on. That's it. 505 00:22:14,203 --> 00:22:15,842 The killer loves sneakers, 506 00:22:17,683 --> 00:22:19,122 hates the Fourth of July 507 00:22:19,723 --> 00:22:22,243 and the attacks were all low on the body. 508 00:22:22,802 --> 00:22:24,283 But why electronics? 509 00:22:25,443 --> 00:22:28,322 This is the same speaker that's in a Baby Babble Box, 510 00:22:28,322 --> 00:22:31,003 which Don's wife said came from Project SCOOBI. 511 00:22:31,003 --> 00:22:33,802 Daphne, what if the super soldier isn't human? 512 00:22:33,802 --> 00:22:35,523 What if the military built a... 513 00:22:38,443 --> 00:22:39,562 A what? 514 00:22:39,562 --> 00:22:41,362 - A talking... - A talking what? 515 00:22:51,562 --> 00:22:52,723 Velma! 516 00:22:54,562 --> 00:22:56,122 Velma, where are you? 517 00:22:58,763 --> 00:23:00,082 Help! 518 00:23:01,122 --> 00:23:02,203 Velma! 519 00:23:12,923 --> 00:23:15,082 As cops, we don't know how your chaperones 520 00:23:15,082 --> 00:23:16,562 could let Velma go missing. 521 00:23:16,562 --> 00:23:20,602 As you chaperones, we're doing our best, God damn it. 522 00:23:22,763 --> 00:23:24,642 - Hey. - I'm watching the news. 523 00:23:24,642 --> 00:23:27,443 - Was it Victoria... - Who flipped the bus? 524 00:23:27,443 --> 00:23:28,683 I don't know. 525 00:23:28,683 --> 00:23:31,243 Stay close to Fred until you do know. 526 00:23:31,243 --> 00:23:33,443 Remember, you work for me now. 527 00:23:33,443 --> 00:23:35,963 I know. Speaking of, I still haven't been paid. 528 00:23:35,963 --> 00:23:37,243 And it would be really...