You Don't Hunt, You Don't Eat

**You Don't Hunt, You Don't Eat** is the fourth episode of Season 1 of *Cruel Summer*. It aired on May 5, 2021.

## Synopsis

Kate, reeling from the lawsuit, prepares her defense and finds friendship in an unlikely source. The annual Wallis hunting trip becomes the setting for an important first meeting.

## Plot

\* *Please note that the flashbacks to Kate's time in captivity are purposefully ambiguous in time. For the purpose of this article and better readability, those times have been recorded as happening in 1993. If or when this time frame becomes clearer the article will be updated.*
The events that are about to unfold take place on approximately July 15th, 1993, 1994, and 1995.

1993. Rod shows his daughter Ashley how to clean and care for a rifle when Kate walks in, taking the rifle to clarify that the rifle is clean. He remarks that his girls think alike which she agrees with, though Ash doesn’t, and walks off. Rod assures Kate that Ash just takes a while to adjust when she gets back from her mom’s.

1994. Kate walks into a formal dining room and looks over the décor before closing the doors.

1993. Kate remembers getting out of a shower and running to the stairs screaming no, but Martin leaves a box of trail mix on the steps before locking the door. She screams that she doesn’t want any more mix and throws it at the door as she just wants to go home.

1994. Kate is joined by Ash and Kate notes that the dining room is redecorated. She can’t believe her family was looking at wallpaper samples while she was locked in a basement. Ash doesn’t know as she’s just here to talk with Kate.

1995. Kate, Rod, and Joy meet with a lawyer who remarks on the tastefulness of the wallpaper. Kate’s reputation and the Wallis family’s reputation are at stake alongside a large sum of money, but Joy just wants to win. Kate wants to know how to win and tells her mother to let the lawyer talk. She remarks that Jeanette was smart to build her case in secret but luckily, Kate is smarter, as she doesn’t go hunting with arming up first. She asks the lawyer how to prepare. Jeanette is alleging that Kate spread false information and will paint Kate as an unreliable narrator, but Kate claims she doesn’t lie. The lawyer knows they will ask everyone and her as her memory is in question. Her legal victory lies in the consistency of the details of her memory. They go over the details of the case to prepare.

1994. Jamie drops Kate off at therapy so she asks what the guys did after the Garden Club Party two weeks ago, and he lies that he and Ben just hung out. He wonders why she asked but she hurries out to therapy. In therapy, Kate is assured that the office is a safe space, even though she feels like there is no such thing anymore. The last time she felt safe was before her kidnapping. She liked her bedroom a lot before her trauma. She notes that it’s meticulously decorated and every piece curated which she loved so much, but now, it just feels like another cage. She belonged to it once but not anymore. She admires ribbons on the wall and slowly pulls the tassels off it. She looks at medals and ribbons on the row and pulls them all of the walls. The world kept spinning without her and now that she’s back everything seems spoiled. She asks if the therapist can fix that to which the therapist decides to go through her memory and process it.

1995. Kate’s lawyer tells her to act like he’s Jeanette’s lawyer for the sake of cross-examination. He asks about the day in question and asks precisely how long she was in captivity but she isn’t sure. She was in captivity for months when she heard someone break in but they left before she could see them. She peered through the cages on the windows and saw Jeanette fleeing the scene. She’s sure as they held eye contact. He notes that Jeanette’s lawyer is good as she’ll dig deeper by picking through her entire time in captivity. They’ll try to spin the trauma to pick apart her memory. He asks about the day she was rescued but she doesn’t want to give much information.

She and Mallory get high in the bathroom where Mallory agrees that Kate shouldn’t have to defend herself against Jeanette - a weasel. Kate suddenly decides to get dunk-a-roos.

1993. Kate and Ash hang out as Rod recounts he married Joy ten years ago. When Ash leaves Kate asks where Joy is and learns that Joy is with Scott. Kate asks Ash in the garage to ask if they can talk later without their parents, but Ash snips that Joy isn’t her parent and storms off. Joy arrives and is excited about the hunting trip.

1995. Kate and Mallory are raiding the fridge when Joy arrives with a note that was taped to the front door. Now that news about the lawsuit is out the tides are changing. The only word on the paper is Liar.

1993. Kate gets out of the car and hugs Jamie happily. Her mom still won’t let him sleep in her cabin so he runs off to get his bag. Ash approaches Derek and teases him. Joy arrives and notes that Derek being there is a surprise, but Ash reminds Joy that it isn’t as he comes every year. Derek and his friends including Tucker grab their things and head to the woods. Joy remarks to Babs that she invited another shooter, Martin Harris, and she welcomes him to the home away from home. Kate joins them and Joy explains it’s a thank you for escorting Kate back after the party. Martin promises to keep it between them. Kate watches Derek and the boys wrestle then smiles at Martin before skippering off.

1994. Kate leaves therapy and sees Mallory in the waiting room and they both see the same therapist. Mallory doesn’t think therapy should be a secret but Sylvia is cool and helps. Kate asks what Mallory sees her for, and Mallory notes that it’s because she’s the child of a divorce but the other stuff is heavy. She clarifies that heavy isn’t like what Kate went through, it’s more verbal abuse. She introduces herself but Kate remembers as Mallory came to her third-grade party. She asks if Mallory and Jeanette are best friends but Mallory reveals they’re no longer friends. Kate asks if she can tell her something and takes a seat next to her. She reveals that she saw Jeanette kiss Jamie but decides not to call her out since the police will deal with her. She has evidence that will bite her any minute now. Mallory confesses that she used to dislike Kate which surprises her, and Mallory understands why.

1995. Mallory notes that everyone in the town is Team Wallis except Jeanette, so the letter had to be from her. Joy tells her that there might be a cockroach or two that believes Jeanette and if they undermine her story, they’ll lose the house and her college fund. They’ll lose everything. Joy invites her to Hartwood for the hunting trip so they can pledge their allegiance with a blood oath if needed. Joy wants to fill Babs’ big mouth with their story. Joy leaves so Kate invites Mallory along to the hunting trip.

Mallory refuses to partake in the shooting so Kate decides not to, and they both admit to being vegetarians. Rod practices his skeet shooting.

1993. Joy applauds herself for her shooting and Kate tells Martin that he’ll get used to the startle after a while.

1995. Joy and Rod tell people that Jeanette’s lawyers are deposing people, and Tucker remarks that Vince Fuller was already deposed. No one is safe and they felt obligated to warn them as they’re allies, but Babs wonders if they’ll be under oath. Joy questions why that would be a problem since Kate always tells the truth. Kate jumps when the gun goes off.

1993. Martin compliments Kate for her shooting.

1994. Kate rolls over in bed and opens her eyes to see Martin there watching her. She jumps up startled but he’s gone.

1993. Kate talks with Ash outside about family stuff as she can’t talk about it with anyone else. She tried to talk with Joy but it ended in a fight which surprises Ash as they’re the perfect duo. Kate opens up about thinking Rod was having an affair which offends Ash so Kate apologizes. Ash pushes that a rumor like that could ruin Rod, as they don’t have the privilege that comes from looking like the Wallis’s. She remarks that Joy is probably the one stepping out as she’s a gold digger and loves each other. Ash tells her to stop trying the whole sister thing and leaves.

1994. Kate tells Sylvia about the nightmare which is common after a traumatic experience. People try to protect themselves so they misremember things, replace memories with a version that makes them more comfortable. Kate retorts that she remembers everything about the kidnapping. She tells her about how in the beginning they were both learning their roles since the basement didn’t come with a learning guide. She was in the dark, wondering what he was planning, which wasn’t even the worst part. Eventually, it was clear what their roles were - she was a lion and him the lion tamer, he stood between her and her freedom, and when he realized she would claw him to death if she had the chance. After she tried to escape things got worse - much worse.

1993. Martin ensures that the shower downstairs is running before unlocking the bolts on the door to bring Kate toast with jelly on it. He steps over a creaky step and enters the basement. Kate hides behind a wall and waits for the moment where she can run, but the door is locked behind Martin. He watches her stoically so she retreats to the basement as she asks him why she’s doing this or what he wants. He wants her to eat and extends the plate toward her. She takes it then throws it aside as she attacks him. He throws her aside and quickly runs away and locks the door.

1994. Kate plays cards with herself as Joy happily enters as the police just called about the case and want her to go down to the station to talk with her. They have news and want her now, to which Kate hopes that Jeanette’s fingerprints are on the necklace. Joy remarks that she has to get her lipstick before they leave.

1993. Kate is out walking alone when Martin, who sits on a lawn chair, remarks that she’s sneaking out but the secret is safe with him.

1995. Joy asks Mallory if it was her who sent the letter, but Mallory rejects the idea that she would send her best friend that letter. Joy thinks it makes sense since Mallory doesn’t want to lose Kate, who is no longer a meat-lover or gunslinger. Mallory is stunned that Joy is worse then she seems but Joy is worse when it comes to protecting her family. She doesn't trust Mallory and if she fiend out it was Mallory who sent it she’ll be held responsible. Mallory quips that she didn’t send the letter and goes to walk away when Joy snaps that she’s not a nice young lady, so Mallory retorts that Joy isn’t a nice old one.

1994. Joy and Kate wait in the interrogation room as they discuss what Jeanette will be charged with. Joy wants her to be an accomplice behind a kidnapping. Detective Anderson enters to tell them that they don’t have a case against Jeanette, which shocks Joy. She tells Anderson that the police station is a disgrace. Kate asks about the necklace but fingerprints are inconclusive and Jeanette denied it was her. Joy tells her to do a lie detector test but Anderson isn’t keen on going after a teenaged girl, and the worst they could do to her would be community service. Kate is astounded that Jeanette could get away with it but Joy is sure the court of public opinion will hold Jeanette accountable. Kate can’t believe she’s the only one who suffers consequences and storms out.

1994. Kate returns home to see Ash hovering over her computer. Ash claims she’s doing nothing which Kate remarks is on-brand for her. She brings up last year's hunting trip but Ash knows she was a crappy sister. Kate laughs at the claim that they’re sisters now, but Ash is trying to be. Kate snaps that she left her alone to fend for herself after twisting her words, to which Ash is sorry that she left her alone.

1993. Kate points out the constellations to Martin who is impressed. She tells him about the antipodes of the world and she wonders what Skylin’s antipode sky looks like. He remarks that it would be different in South America which sounds like a dream to her. He gives her a blank as she’s cold and points out another constellation, explaining that the woman it was named after has a lot of family drama. She remarks that things aren’t great now either. He asks ifs he wants to talk so she opens up about there being a thing that’s eating her up inside. He knows the feeling as something tragic happened to his family when he was her age. It was a big family secret that he never talked about. She asks what it was to which he admits that his father committed suicide but that’s why he’s jumpy around guns. She understands and he tells her about the last fight they had which was their last conversation. He tells her to pick and choose her battles with her family. She remarks that she can finally fall asleep and gives back the blanket and he tells her to sleep tight.

1994. Kate tells Ash about the incident and that she’s been a ghost in the house and their parents barely know each other. When Ash remarks that they’re sisters Kate denies it. She asks the group chat if anodyne is out there as she needs to talk.

1993. Kate ate half of her toast but laid on the floor unmoving as she looked at Martin. He remarked that this part would be over soon and she passed out.

1993. At the annual hunting trip, Jamie greets Kate eagerly and asks where she disappeared too so she tells him that she crashed early. Babs remarks that it couldn’t have been too early as her sister was blaring music. Jamie remarks that he tapped on her window but the bed was empty, to which he thought she was scared of the woods.

1995. Kate asks Mallory if she believes Babs is staring at her as they walk. Mallory tells her that Kate is her favorite person. She then reveals that Joy thought she wrote the letter. She assures Kate she never sent it and Kate approaches her family around the bonfire and glares at Joy. Tucker is supposed to tell a ghost story but Kate has one better. She tells a tale about Annabelle, a girl who found herself alone in the woods at night. She was on a hunting trip with her family who were hypocrites. Rod and Joy agree that the story might not be appropriate, and Kate subtly says that people had secrets, a thirst for gossip, and accusations. Little Annabelle was alone until she wasn’t. A man joined her, one that grown-ups trusted, so Annabelle trusted him too. That trust leads to something unspeakable which puts blood on the grown-up’s hands too as they were responsible for what happened to Annabelle. She warns their stories better be straight because Annabelle has hers. She tells them to sleep tight.

1994. Ash is on the swings when she’s joined by Derek Turner who remarks that he should call her Claire from Physics Class. Ash laughs as she needed an alibi since a Wallis can’t be calling a Turner right now. He understands and asks about Kate, who hates her and Jeanette. Derek tells her that the police cleared Jeanette so that should put an end to it. He doesn’t think Jeanette did it but Ash doesn’t know Kate well enough to determine that. Derek tells Ash that Jeanette went through a stage where she was terrified of him, so she spent a month talking to her via puppet that opened her up to the puppet for hours. He recommends getting a puppet which sparks an idea for Ash. She tells him about Cleopatra’s cunning older sister, Berenice, who history had forgotten which made her invisible. Ash talks to Kate through Berenice in the chat rooms. Ash tells Derek that Berenice was beheaded.

1993. Kate wakes up in the basement to see gallons of water, boxes of mouthwash, toilet paper, tampons, food including fruit and vegetables, and cages on the windows.

1995. Kate pulls out her therapy session tapes with Mallory, who worries that Kate isn’t ready yet. She assures Mallory that people are about to doubt her and even though she has her story straight she needs to revisit to feel confident. Mallory reminds her that listening to her tapes can be scary, but Kate has to be brave as this is the only version of her that made it out alive. She puts on the headset and listens to the first tape. She fast-forwards through the tape where she talked about things getting worse. She talks about Martin coming downstairs before she was rescued and something was different, wrong, and that was when she met Annabelle. Kate begins to disassociate as she can’t remember who Annabelle is. Mallory asks if she’s okay but Kate can’t hear her as she tries to recall who Annabelle is.

## Cast

### Starring

* Olivia Holt as Kate Wallis
* Chiara Aurelia as Jeanette Turner (Credit only)
* Froy Gutierrez as Jamie Henson
* Harley Quinn Smith as Mallory Higgins
* Allius Barnes as Vince Fuller (Credit only)
* Blake Lee as Martin Harris
* Michael Landes as Greg Turner (Credit only)
* Brooklyn Sudano as Angela Prescott (Credit only)

### Guest Starring

* Andrea Anders as Joy Wallis
* Barrett Carnahan as Derek Turner
* Benjamin J. Cain Jr as Rod Wallis
* Damon Carney as Hank Stevenson
* Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut as Ashley Wallis
* Jason Douglas as Nick Marshall

### Co-Starring

* Aaron Valentine as Tucker Stevenson
* Rey Robinson as Babs Stevenson
* Tonya Holloway as Detective Karin Anderson
* Lee Eddy as Sylvia Parks
* Samora Goodson as Baby Lawyer

## Notes and Trivia

* This episode took place on July 15th, 1993, 1994, and 1995.
	+ It is the first episode to include multiple time periods within the same year. Kate was seen in 1993 both before and during her kidnapping.
* An exclusive sneak peek was released by *Seventeen* which featured Kate asking Jamie what he did with the guys have the Garden Club Party. It can be viewed here.
* *You Don't Hunt, You Don't Eat* opened with a trigger warning for grooming.
	+ It ended with the RAINN's national sexual assaults hotline and website, which has 24/7 help for people.
* Kate remembers that a woman named Annabelle was present the day before her rescue.
* This is the first episode of Season 1 to not feature Chiara Aurelia as Jeanette Turner.

## Gallery

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## Soundtrack

* Kids with Toys by The Slugs
* Never Coming Home by The Immigrants
* She by Marie Gallo
* Danger UXB by Lois
* Thursday by 99 Tales
* Convince Me by Roberta Jason
* No Guts No Glory by Roberta Jason
* Beautiful Girl by INXS
* Come Undone by Carina Round