Twisted

Previously on Twisted...

Desai's return to Green Grove High

from the juvenile detention facility

that has held him for the past five years

since he strangled his aunt...

Karen never changes.

She's always ready for her close-up.

Karen: Principal Tang,

once everyone gets used to having him back,

things will return back to normal.

I am throwing a party at my house tonight.

- You in? - Where'd you get that necklace?

Jo: I know about last night.

Lacey: Please don't tell anyone.

I won't because you have to tell everyone.

I was asleep.

Danny: Regina texted me.

- Kyle: That necklace look familiar? - Not at all.

- Jo: Why did you kill her? - Danny: I didn't.

I need you to trust me.

Lacey: Yes, Regina definitely knew how to have fun.

But she was more than just the life of the party.

She was smart...

in her own way,

supportive, loyal.

The kind of friend you could open up to,

who you could tell anything to.

And she was always there ready to listen

and then offer her great, funny,

Regina-patented advice.

Regina loved The Beatles.

We'd always listen to "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds."

Young Lacey: Last one there starts the fire.

Young Danny: I say first one gets to.

Jo: Danny, you're such a pyro.

Me? You always start it.

Lacey: You fools keep talking.

I'm gonna win.

Tess: Jo...

honey, you okay?

Yeah.

Lacey: We always used to love to listen

to the Motion City Soundtrack

and drive to the mall.

- Hey. - Hey.

- Thanks for coming. - Sure.

It was a good speech.

Um, it was well-structured.

Oh, well, thanks.

Tess: Lacey...

I'm so sorry.

Thanks, Mrs. Masterson.

We were proud of you up there.

How are you and your friends doing?

Okay.

We're hanging in there.

In a weird way, losing Regina

has brought us all closer.

I know it's a difficult time, Lacey,

but I do need you to come in

and give your official statement.

- My statement? - We're talking to everyone

that was at that party, anyone who knew Regina,

whoever can help us.

Jo: Don't wait too long

or he'll drag you out in front of the entire school.

It's kind of his thing.

- We talked about that. - You talked.

Can we not do this right now, please?

I'm sure I don't have to remind you,

but Danny Desai

is not someone that you should associate with right now,

at least until we can piece together what happened,

which is why we need to gather

these statements as fast as possible.

I'll come in, but I won't be able to tell you anything useful.

You never know what might be useful.

Yeah, you never know.

I've got to run. I'm late to meet someone.

Rico, right?

Of course, dad. Who else?

Well, you're probably the only 16-year-old left

who reads the paper.

Just catching up on the news.

The Middle East is still a mess, huh?

I already read it, Danny.

I wake up early for pilates, remember.

How could I forget?

Well, at least they used a cool picture.

Menacing...

really works for my complexion, don't you think?

Well, I'm glad you can make jokes.

Well, dad always said

if you can't laugh, you might as well be dead.

If your father was here,

he would want you to do everything possible

to solve your situation.

Mother, we've discussed this.

I'm not using Lacey as an alibi.

She was with you the whole night.

Yeah, and we were asleep.

I'm not dragging her into this.

If the police find some way to pin this on you,

you could go to jail for the rest of your life.

Real jail this time.

- Not juvie. - You think I don't know that?

I want to help you so badly.

But I'm gonna figure this out.

Okay? And Jo's helping me.

Jo's a sweet girl.

It's the Mastersons that can't be trusted.

Well, I get hating Chief Masterson,

but what do you got against Tess?

Nothing.

Well, Jo has been pretty freaking forgiving.

So she must have inherited it from someone.

Cheer up, mother.

Everyone may hate me now,

but the police need real evidence to pin this on me.

Evidence they clearly don't have.

Lacey: Staking out a memorial service...

Wow, keep it classy, local news.

Archie: Chill, baby, Regina would love it.

Yeah, she did always want to be famous.

She told me once that she wanted to be

a weather person like Al Roker...

but you know, white,

and a lady.

Well, thanks to psycho boy,

she's definitely getting her 15 minutes.

Lighten up. We can't be eulogy-profound all the time.

Phoebe: She was my Regina,

you know? It's like...

I lost a part of me...

like one of my ribs or my spleen.

You only have one spleen.

I only had one Regina.

Are you hearing this?

Yeah, did she just compare Regina to a spleen?

That's so gross.

Phoebe hated Regina.

They haven't been friends for months.

If there is a heaven,

I am sure that Regina is there.

And I know that she is wearing the cutest outfit.

Okay, she literally told Regina she'd see her in hell.

Phoebe's a theater freak. Let her perform.

Doesn't it piss you guys off?

The only thing pissing me off is the food at the Memorial.

Weak.

Let's get some pizza.

When is this gonna air?

The text was the only reason he brought you in, right?

Yeah, that's it.

One booty-call text... one really disturbing booty-call text.

God, I hate when that happens.

It's hard out there for a pimp.

What else did he ask you?

Not much.

Okay, in murder mystery parlance

the text is known as a red herring.

Yeah, a red herring my Dad's basing

his entire case on.

Well, then it's a weak case. They have nothing

unless they can connect Danny to the crime scene.

You sure you want to do this, Rico?

I mean, Jo is kinda stuck with me

after her little speech to the whole school,

but you could still avoid the hassle.

No.

If Jo trusts you, I trust you.

Besides,

I love solving mysteries.

"Murder she wrote" Is Rico's favorite show.

He has a weird thing for Angela Lansbury.

No.

I have a thing for her character, Jessica Fletcher.

There's really a big difference.

Is there?

Yeah, Angela Lansbury is the actress and singer.

And Jessica Fletcher is the mystery writer

and amateur detective.

What is it that attracts you?

Is it like the tweed? Do you like tweed?

- I don't... - She's just a classy lady.

So if my dad's focused on this text,

we need to figure out who else had a reason to hurt Regina.

Okay, well, Jessica Fletcher

would start with the people closest to the victim.

Well, Archie's an ass.

Scott's a groping douche with impulse control problems.

Sarita probably drowns kittens for fun.

What about Lacey?

I mean she's Regina's bff, right?

Yeah, but Lacey wouldn't hurt anyone.

No stone unturned, right?

J. Fletcher would totally agree with that.

Scott: Danny said that he'd kill me.

And that he'd enjoy it.

Just like last time.