The One That Got Away

**The One That Got Away** is the fourth episode of Stab. It aired on June 29, 2017.

## Plot

After Jessica finds evidence on who the killer might be she turns it in to the police. Meanwhile, Amanda realizes she wants to get back together with Paul.

## Summary

Amanda and Caroline are seen exiting the police station. Jennifer arrives at the police station and sees Amanda and Caroline. Jennifer notices tears on Amanda's face and runs up to her and asked what happened. Amanda tells her that Drew is dead because she and Caroline both abandoned him there thinking that Jennifer was in danger. Jennifer tells her that it's not her fault. At that moment, Sheriff Dylan arrives at the police station and sees Amanda, Caroline and Jennifer standing at the entrance. He apologizes for being late and tells Amanda that he was told by other police officers about what happened to Drew on his way back to the station. Detective Cox then comes to the front entrance and tells Sheriff Dylan that she and the other police officers looked everywhere for the killer but couldn't find him. Sheriff Dylan acknowledges her and tells Amanda, Caroline and Jennifer that he doesn't have any more time to discuss what happened to them but if they have any evidence as to who the killer might be to give it to him. Amanda tells him that the reason why she went to the police station was to give him a video that her teacher, Miss Miranda, took and that he needs to watch it as it might be incriminating. He asks her how she found the video and Jennifer tells him that it fell out of Miss Miranda's bag and she picked it up. Sheriff Dylan tells them that he'll look into it and goes into the police station. While making his way through the station he sees Drew's corpse on the floor while a medical examiner is seen taking pictures of the crime scene. He walks into his office and sits at his desk. He turns his laptop on and puts the disk that Amanda gave him into the laptop and starts watching the video Miss Miranda made.

The next morning, Jessica walks into the police station and sees Detective Lorraine standing at the main desk. She asks her if she could see Sheriff Dylan and she tells her to wait. A moment later, she returns and tells Jessica that Sheriff Dylan is ready to see her. She walks into his office and closes the door behind her. Sheriff Dylan asks her what she wanted to see him about. She tells him that she found something in Kyle's house the night before that looks really suspicious and that at the time that Drew was being murdered, Kyle had left the house and left Jessica alone. She also tells Sheriff Dylan that she left his house before Kyle returned and texted him saying she didn't feel well as a cover up as to why she left. Sheriff Dylan asks her why she left and she said because she was a little freaked out by what she saw in his drawer and put the three separate pictures of her, Jennifer and Amanda with red X's drawn on their faces and also shows him the drawing of the killer's mask she found in Kyle's room. Sheriff Dylan takes all the evidence she gave him and puts it in a file and says he'll look into it. Jessica thanks him and leaves for school. At school, Amanda and Jennifer are seen sitting next to each other in class. Jessica walks in and sees Kyle motion her to sit next to him but decides to sit next to Jennifer instead. Jessica asks how Jennifer and Amanda are doing and they both say that they're still in shock from what happened to Drew. Behind them are Paul and Michelle who join in on the conversation. Michelle says she can't believe Drew was murdered and Amanda says that she can't either. At that moment, Miss Miranda walks in and tells the class that she can't believe the news about Drew and that due to the murders of Becky, Kevin and Drew that their group projects have been put on hold for the moment. Detective Lorraine walks in the classroom with two other police officers and tells Miss Miranda that they'd like to take one of her students in for questioning on Drew's murder. Detective Lorraine asks Kyle to get up and go with her. Kyle, who has a stunned look on his face, gets up and walks up to her. They both leave the room and Miss Miranda continues her class. Amanda and Jennifer both look at Jessica and she tells them both and Paul and Michelle that she found things in his house and reported it to Sheriff Dylan and that she'd fill them in later. Miss Miranda asks them to stop talking and they do and continue to pay attention to Miss Miranda. Meanwhile, Kyle is taken into the interrogation room at the police station where he is being questioned by Detective Lorraine. She asks him where he was last night at the time of Drew's murder and he says that he was with Jessica at his house. Detective Lorraine tells him that Jessica told Sheriff Dylan that he had left the house at one point: the same time that Drew was murdered. Kyle tells her that he forgot a book in his locker at school and needed to go get it. Detective Lorraine tells Kyle that the school was closed at the time of Drew's murder and Kyle pulls the janitor's spare key out of his pocket, throws it on the table and tells her that he "borrowed" a spare key to the school's main entrance. Detective Lorraine takes the key away from him and tells him it's considered stealing but she'll let it slide as there are currently bigger problems on their hands. Kyle tells her that he's not the killer and doesn't know who is. She then asks him to explain something and pulls out the pictures of Amanda, Jennifer and Jessica with the red X's on their faces and the drawing of the killer's mask and puts it on the table. Kyle looks at the pictures and drawing and then stares at Detective Lorraine.

Meanwhile, at school, Amanda, Jennifer, Jessica, Paul and Michelle are seen talking in the library when Stephanie walks up to them and sits near them. Amanda asks how Stephanie's doing and she says that her only friend (referring to Drew) is dead and that her newest friend (referring to Kyle) is currently being questioned on Drew's murder. Paul asks her if she thinks Kyle really could be a killer to which Stephanie responds saying she doesn't know what to think. Michelle notices that their next class is in 5 minutes and they all get up to go to class. Amanda looks at Stephanie and tells her to stay while everyone else is leaving the library. After Jennifer, Jessica, Paul and Michelle left, Amanda tells Stephanie that she's sorry for what happened in eighth grade and that she would like to turn the page with her. Stephanie looks at Amanda and asks her why she started a rumor that she was a lesbian back in eighth grade. Amanda tells her it's because she felt like more people were talking to Stephanie than her and was upset that an outcast like Stephanie was more popular than her so she started that rumor as a way to earn popularity for herself. Amanda said that she knows it was a stupid thing to do and that she's sorry for it. Stephanie tells Amanda that what she did caused her to become an outcast and that she wasn't an outcast before Amanda started that rumor. Amanda tells her that she feels bad for what she did and that she'd like to start things over with her. Stephanie reluctantly forgives Amanda but tells her it's going to take some time before she completely forgives her. Amanda cracks a bit of a smile and then gets up to go to class. Meanwhile, Kyle is still being held at the police station and being interrogated by Detective Lorraine. She once again asks him to start talking and explain what those pictures and drawing was doing in his house. Kyle finally gives in and tells Detective Lorraine that the reason why he had those pictures of Amanda, Jennifer and Jessica's faces with red X's drawn on them was because on the first day that he started going to their school he didn't like the way they treated Stephanie. However, he explains that he printed out those pictures and drew the X's on their faces after school that same day but since then his opinions on them have changed. When Detective Lorraine asks Kyle about the drawing of the killer's mask he reveals that he drew the drawing after Amanda had shown him a picture (taken from the video the killer took of Becky being murdered) of the killer's mask and that he decided to draw it for fun. Detective Lorraine mentions that it seems pretty strange to draw a mask that was used in a murder for fun. Kyle agrees with her and asks if he can be released. Detective Lorraine tells him that he can go after some police officers check his house for any more evidence. Meanwhile, back at school, Miss Miranda is seen grading papers in her office when Sheriff Dylan arrives and knocks on the door. He asks if he could speak to her and she lets him in. He sits on a chair on the other side of the desk and tells Miss Miranda that last night a few of her students came to the police station to report a video they had found. Miss Miranda asks Sheriff Dylan what video he is referring to and he pulls out a tablet and plays the video on it. Miss Miranda looks at it for a brief moment and gives Sheriff Dylan the tablet back. He asks her to explain why she filmed her students without their permission and she reveals that she wants to write a book on the psychology of teenage high school students and that she only filmed them because she wanted to keep it as a video series for herself. Sheriff Dylan tells her that it doesn't give her a reason to film her students secretly and she says that she understands and that she won't do it again. Sheriff Dylan tells her that she's right and that she never will be able to film them again because she has been removed from her teaching position. Sheriff Dylan tells her that in other words she's fired. Miss Miranda begs him to let her keep her job but he tells her to consider herself lucky that she's only losing her job and not getting arrested for secretly filming her students. He suggests that she leaves the school and doesn't contact any of the students. She looks at him, grabs her bag and leaves.

A little while later, Amanda and Jessica are seen sitting together at a lunch table. Jessica asks Amanda if she thinks Kyle murdered Becky, Kevin and Drew. Amanda tells her that she kind of hopes that the killer is Kyle so that the murders could end there. She also tells Jessica that ever since Kyle was taken in for questioning that she had not been contacted by the killer once and that it kind of freaks her out. Paul then walks in the room and is seen talking to Michelle, who is sitting at another table. Amanda calls him "the one that got away" and Jessica says if anyone got away that it's Amanda who did because she left him. Amanda asks if it's bad that she might want to get back together with Paul and Jessica tells her to do what she feels is right. Amanda tells her that she'll talk to Paul about it later. Meanwhile, Caroline and Evelyn are seen talking together at Amanda's house in the kitchen. Caroline says she's not so sure if she wants to get involved in Evelyn's "business" once again and that she'd rather avoid anything somewhat dangerous. Evelyn tells Caroline that what their doing isn't dangerous and that she was fine with it 20 years ago. Caroline tells her that times have changed and that she doesn't think that burning down abandoned buildings for insurance money is a good way to make fast money. Evelyn then reveals that she owns most of the abandoned buildings in town and that she'll split the money with Caroline if she helps her. Caroline declines her offer and tells her that with all the murders happening she'd rather not raise any suspicion. Evelyn tells her that if she ever changes her mind to give her a call and leaves. Meanwhile, at school, Amanda is seen standing in front of Paul's locker. Paul walks up to her and asks what she's doing there. Amanda tells Paul that she wanted to talk to him and Paul asks about what. She tells him that she wants to talk about them and their relationship to which Paul says that he thought their relationship ended when Amanda left him. Amanda reveals that she regrets leaving Paul and wants to give it another shot. Paul tells her that he was pretty sure that she thought they were only bringing each other pain in their relationship. Amanda tells him that at the time she did but hasn't told anybody else that and has lied to people about the reason why they broke up and says that she's ready to try having a relationship with him again. Paul tells her that he isn't ready, however, he also tells her that he'll know when the time is right. Amanda seems upset but agrees with Paul and tells him to let her know when the time is right. She steps away from his locker, smiles at him and walks away. She bumps into Jennifer and Jessica in the hallway where Jessica asks Amanda how things went with Paul. Amanda tells her that he's still "the one that got away". Meanwhile, back at the police station, Detective Lorraine walks into the interrogation room again and tells Kyle that he's free to go as no evidence proving that he is the killer was found in his house. He gets up and walks out of the interrogation room and goes to the front desk to collect his things.

Later that day, at school, Kyle returns and goes to the library. He sees Amanda, Jennifer, Jessica, Paul, Michelle and Stephanie sitting together. He walks up to them and asks Jessica why she turned those pictures and that drawing in to the police and she says that she did so because there's a killer on the loose and thought those pictures and drawing looked very suspicious. Amanda tells Kyle that Jessica told her and her friends everything including that he has pictures of her, Jennifer and Jessica with their faces crossed out. Kyle explains that he did that on the first day he started going to school there after getting a bad impression from them. Amanda tells him that if he thought she couldn't trust him before that she really doesn't trust him now. At that moment, Sheriff Dylan walks in and walks up to Amanda and her friends. He tells them that due to the video that Miss Miranda filmed of them that he had no choice but to fire her and thought he should let them all know before making the announcement public. Amanda thanks him and says that she feels a little bit safer. Later that day, when Amanda returns home she sees Caroline in the kitchen and walks up to her. Caroline asks Amanda how her day went and she tells her that Sheriff Dylan fired Miss Miranda and that Kyle was questioned by the detectives on Drew's murder. Caroline tells Amanda to remember that Drew's murder was not her fault but Amanda tells her she shouldn't have ever let Jennifer leave the police station. Caroline tells her that she had no possible way of knowing anything bad could have happened to anyone that night. At that moment, Caroline says that Sheriff Dylan wanted to speak to her down at the police station to ask her about Drew's murder as she was one of the last people to see him alive. She tells Amanda that she'd be back home in a couple of hours and leaves. After some time has passed, Amanda is seen home alone on the couch looking at her phone when the alarm suddenly goes off in her house. She gets up and finds that the front door is unlocked and opened. She turns off the alarm and gets a phone call from an unknown number on her phone. She reluctantly answers it and the killer responds saying "Hello Amanda, did you miss me at all?" Amanda closes and locks the front door and tells the killer that she's not interested in playing any games and that she will eventually find out who the killer is. The killer then tells her that if she doesn't do what he says that he will murder someone else and says that her best bet is to stay on the phone with him. Amanda asks him what he wants and the killer tells her that everyone she knows is lying to her and that he wants to show her the truth. Amanda asks him who is lying to her and the killer says that Amanda's mother, Caroline, is a lying whore. Amanda tells him that she'd rather trust her mother instead of a stranger who is murdering all of her friends. The killer then tells Amanda that he's no stranger to her and that she will see the truth one day. Amanda hangs up and calls Caroline and tells her to come home right away.

## Notes

* This is the first episode in the series not to have a death.
* This episode was viewed live by 0.40 million people.

## Cast

### Main cast

* Emma Roberts as Amanda
* Evan Peters as Drew  (corpse / video footage)
* Billie Lourd as Jennifer
* Taissa Farmiga as Stephanie
* Taylor Lautner as Kevin  (video footage)
* Lea Michele as Jessica
* Finn Wittrock as Kyle

### Recurring cast

* Sarah Paulson as Caroline
* Lily Rabe as Miss Miranda
* Darren Criss as Paul
* Angela Bassett as Detective Cox
* Halle Berry as Detective Lorraine
* Bella Thorne as Michelle
* Jamie Lee Curtis as Evelyn
* Cheyenne Jackson as Sheriff Dylan