The Girl from Plainville

Previously on The Girl from Plainville ...

Katie Rayburn--she's tough,

and she's not gonna bring charges

unless she's got something solid enough for an indictment.

So, if she's convicted,

what kind of a sentence is she facing?

Up to 20 years.

On the boat, it never felt

like you didn't know what was coming.

There was order, calm.

- Susie? Enough.

She doesn't want me talking to you anymore.

She thinks you're obsessed with me.

I'm not.

I'm not into girls, Michelle.

I'm not into you.

- 2014, Conrad Junior's son got into a physical altercation.

- If I'm Cataldo, I just figured out Conrad's motive

for killing himself, and it is not Michelle Carter.

The jury can't see this.

- When you were on the phone with Conrad

the night of his death,

did you--did you tell him to get back in the truck?

More.

More.

What would you do with those fingers?

You're beautiful.

How would you touch me?

Like this?

Yes.

Please.

Please.

- She is a child. - She's not.

She's 18. Look at this.

All the things they're saying about her online.

The best you can do right now

is keep your heads up and your mouths closed.

You're gonna try to get the case dismissed, right?

- Yeah, but we won't be able to.

Oh, this is ridiculous.

- Gail-- - David.

Why not?

- They've got too much evidence for dismissal.

- She wasn't anywhere near that boy that night.

- You're right. - So tell that to the judge.

- We will. - You don't get it.

I want to tell our story.

You mean testify?

Yeah, exactly.

I would advise against that.

- The jury needs to understand us,

our love story.

Your--your love story?

Right. Yeah.

Um...

Can you, uh, read that for me? Out loud, please.

- "So you do have hope, I told you."

- Uh, no, uh, the one below that one.

- "I don't want you to live like this every day, though."

Yeah, and that one.

Go on.

- "Why don't you just drink bleach?"

Okay, "I never had feelings for another girl.

"It was only her that I felt that way about,

"so she really messed me up

"because, for a while, I was confused,

and then her mom got involved and ruined our lives."

That is copy and pasted to all of her friends.

You don't think that sounds like a girl

who would do anything to get Susie's attention?

She sounds heartbroken to me.

The fucking paper?

Mrs. Roy.

- I'm gonna give you two a moment.

- I have to learn about this from the paper?

So you think he didn't kill himself?

No, um...

No, he--he did. Um...

but leading up to his suicide,

Michelle was in constant contact,

encouraging him.

How do you know?

- There are text messages between the two of them,

thousands of them.

Why would she do that?

- We're still piecing that together.

There is something that you could do.

We'd like you to testify at trial,

talk about Coco, his life, uh, what he wanted for his future.

We'd also like you to talk about Michelle.

- Me? Why?

You have a relationship with her.

She reached out to you.

- So you think she'll go to jail?

- I will do everything in my power to make that happen.

- Uh, what about Co? He'll testify, too?

- Uh, the defense would bring up the--uh, the incident

that happened last year.

It would discredit him.

- He loved Coco. - I know, um,

but it's the defense's job

to make it seem like it's anyone's fault but Michelle.

We need you.

I'll think about it.

We were close,

but that was a long time ago.

- She spoke to Conrad about you quite a bit.

We interviewed a couple of Michelle's friends,

and they said you were important to her,

but you two had some kind of falling out.

- Well, he was obsessed with Susie.

- Do you mind if, um, she tells us?

No.

- She wasn't getting along with her friends from school.

Same for me, so we talked.

Why did you stop talking?

- After a while, she became needy.

Intense.

Michelle kept Susie up all night,

so I told her to cut it out,

but that girl wouldn't take no for an answer,

so I took Susie's phone, and even that didn't stop her.

She messaged her online. She left notes in the car.

Do you have any of those?

Yeah.

- When was the last time you talked to Michelle?

- After I saw the news. I texted her.

I thought it was the nice thing to do.

She texted me a couple more times.

I didn't respond.

Here you go.

- Do you mind if we keep this? - No.

Have you read that?

- Michelle texted the other girls

that you were her first kiss.

- What? - It's not true.

What is this all about?

- We are looking into Michelle's involvement

in Conrad's death.

What does this have to do with us?

- We can't go into the details, but it's possible

that Michelle's actions were an attempt

to get your daughter's attention.

I think we should go to the lake.

What? Why?

- To get away from the press and our neighbors, this house.

Any of it. All of it.

- Then it will look like we have something to hide.

Don't we?

She told him to drink bleach.

You don't know the context.

- Can you think of a context in which any of this is okay?

And can you imagine what other late-night exchanges

she had with that boy?

- Hayden? - Go away.

- What's wrong? Tell me what's wrong.

- I'm the murderer's sister. That's what's wrong!

Get the fuck out.

Natalie.

Hey, Natalie.

- I'm not allowed to talk to you.

- I know a lot of people are saying a lot of things.

I just wanted to explain.

I think, if I could just explain,

you would understand.

- The lawyer said we can't talk to you.

I'm sorry.

- The lawyer? - Yeah, I'm--I'm sorry.

I, um--me and Cassie--

I can't say anything else.

- Hate to be her next boyfriend.

Brad's a dick,

which is funny, 'cause I hear he has a micro penis.

Don't let people like that get to you.

Yeah, thanks.

You're going to prom?

I don't know.

I don't think anybody really wants me there.

- Look, I've been a part of enough rumors to know

that they're usually bullshit.

I don't want you to miss out

just 'cause of what's going on.

What are the rumors?

Currently, that I'm having an affair

with the swim coach.

He's too old for me.

I meant about me.

It's just stupid gossip.

I don't believe any of it, if that matters.

Of course it does.

- Yes, sir? - You wanna bring her in?

- The boat? - Yes, the boat.

You see another her around here?

You don't have to.

I just thought you'd like to give it a try.

- No, no, no. I do.

- Come on. Get over here, hotshot.

All right. She's all yours.

Keep her steady.

Very nice.