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00:04ETHAN, I'd do anything for you.
00:06Anything? Then you jump down?
00:14Claire.
00:15Claire!
00:17Claire!
00:21Was that a warning?
00:22Claire dies because she keeps chasing him?
00:26Mom, put me on the first flight to New York.
00:34Claire, hit the campus door.
00:36Coconut turkey sandwich.
00:39New hair, same obsession.
00:41Does she really think ETHAN will notice?
00:43So this is what they do to her.
00:47I brought breakfast.
00:49One for you, one for Chloe.
00:50We're not your charity case.
00:53Are you mad I missed yesterday?
00:55Let me get lunch. My treat.
00:57You going?
00:59If you are, my sister isn't their friend.
01:02She's their unpaid assistant.
01:07Wow. Professional freeloaders.
01:09Her money, your breakfast, and somehow she's the one begging.
01:14Claire, you're home.
01:15If I hadn't come back, were you planning to bankroll him and his little fan club forever?
01:18If you have something to say, say it to my face.
01:21Sis, I haven't eaten since the airport.
01:24I'm starving.
01:27Here, take mine.
01:31Lunch with me. Cafeteria.
01:33Of course.
01:35Sorry, ETHAN.
01:36I'm eating with my sister.
01:42Almost forgot your delivery.
01:46What the hell is wrong with you?
01:51You ordered a Coke.
01:52I delivered.
01:53I thought you were Claire.
01:55So it's fine when you order my sister around?
01:56That doesn't give you the right to hit him.
01:58And you don't get to preach while eating the food you refused.
02:02People who me know don't keep the perks.
02:04Hypocrite.
02:06I still can't believe you're here.
02:10Believe it.
02:11And stop feeding people who don't deserve you.
02:14What exactly did ETHAN do for you?
02:17He helped me once.
02:18I wanted to repay him.
02:20He never asked for any of this.
02:21You buy his meals, carry his things, fund his whole circle?
02:25What does he do for you?
02:27It doesn't matter. I owe him.
02:29That's not gratitude.
02:31That's him keeping you on a leash.
02:33If you had to choose, him or me.
02:35You.
02:35Always you.
02:42Perfect.
02:42I skipped breakfast.
02:48Sit with me, sis.
03:02Meals, drinks, collectibles.
03:04Begging really is your varsity sport.
03:07Claire, don't come near me again.
03:09Promise?
03:10You're not mad at me, are you?
03:11I just hate watching them use you.
03:13I'm not mad.
03:14Come on.
03:18Last time, Claire gave them everything,
03:20and they left her with nothing.
03:21Not this time.
03:22Anyone who uses my sister loses access to her.
03:25Starting now.
03:31There are two of you?
03:34Blair, does your father know you've transferred to Kingsley?
03:36Not yet.
03:37He will at dinner.
03:38Is there anything to eat?
03:40I'll have the kitchen prepare something.
03:42I'm going upstairs to finish my homework.
03:43I'll call you when dinner's ready.
03:47Claire, don't just sit there.
03:48Come get these bags.
03:51So this is how they treat Claire in her own home.
03:54Anything in those bags for Claire?
03:55Or my dad?
03:57You weren't with us.
03:58We didn't know your size.
03:59Then why would I carry them?
04:01Claire, have you lost your mind?
04:03Miss Claire, that is no way to speak to your mother and sister.
04:06She's not my mother.
04:07And who are you?
04:08Mr. Harris.
04:10Blair?
04:11Blair?
04:11What's going on?
04:14Blair.
04:15Blair, I didn't realize you were home.
04:17We mistook you for Claire.
04:18Fire her.
04:19Effective tonight.
04:23Please, Blair.
04:24I need this job.
04:25I have a family.
04:28Marlene is Mrs. Whitmore's cousin.
04:30Vanessa hired her under a personal contract.
04:33Only your father can terminate it.
04:36Then get my father on the phone.
04:38Interesting.
04:39How many of your relatives are on my father's payroll?
04:43Marlene needed help.
04:45I gave her a job.
04:47That's all.
04:49She ordered a Whitmore daughter around in the Whitmore house.
04:52It was a misunderstanding.
04:54Great.
04:55Dad can misunderstand it with us.
04:57Don't call him.
04:58Marlene will leave tonight.
05:00That was easy.
05:02Dinner is ready, Blair.
05:07Come eat with me.
05:09Okay.
05:13Is my room ready?
05:15It is, but Madison has been using it.
05:17Have her things moved out tonight?
05:20No!
05:21Mom, that's my room!
05:22Of course.
05:23Blair is our guest.
05:24We'll make sure she's comfortable.
05:26Fine.
05:27Please arrange the move.
05:28Right away.
05:29Let her enjoy it.
05:30Guests leave.
05:34Give her two days.
05:36When Richard hears how she treated us, she'll be on a plane back to London.
05:41Claire does whatever we ask.
05:42Why does Blair get to walk in and control everything?
05:45Because you keep showing your anger.
05:48When your stepfather gets home, you say nothing.
05:51Let me speak.
05:53I understand.
05:59Blair came home today.
06:01She also transferred to Kingsley Prep.
06:04Blair's home.
06:07Dad, I won!
06:08This deserves a raise in my allowance!
06:11After dinner!
06:12Come here, both of you!
06:20Dad, we need to talk.
06:23Did something happen?
06:24Why come home without telling me?
06:26I was fine in London.
06:27We can discuss school later.
06:29Start with why Madison is sleeping in my room,
06:30and why Vanessa's cousin thinks she can order Claire around in her own home.
06:33They came back with thousands of dollars in shopping bags.
06:36Nothing for you.
06:37Nothing for Claire.
06:39Then they told me to carry everything upstairs.
06:41Who spoke to you that way?
06:44Am I your daughter?
06:46Or the help?
06:47Pick one.
06:48Because tonight you're going to prove it.
06:52Richard, you're home.
06:54Dad!
06:56Vanessa has been managing the house.
06:57I didn't know any of this.
06:59There are 12 bedrooms here.
07:01You can have any room you want.
07:02It's already handled.
07:03Madison moved out.
07:04If Blair wants Madison's room...
07:06Madison's room?
07:07I grew up in that room.
07:08When did it become hers?
07:10You moved into my home, took my room,
07:13and now you're acting like you're giving it back?
07:15I'm sorry, Blair.
07:16I packed everything.
07:17You can have it back.
07:19So tears are the currency in this house?
07:20Fine.
07:22So that's it?
07:24You got a new daughter and forgot the old one?
07:27I'm your daughter!
07:28Why does someone else get my room,
07:30my things, and my place in this house?
07:34Everyone says a new wife means a new family.
07:37I guess they were right.
07:38I get it.
07:40I won't interrupt your family.
07:41I'll leave.
07:42No.
07:43Blair, look at me.
07:44You are my daughter.
07:45Nothing and no one changes that.
07:49No one enters Blair's room without her permission.
07:52Ever.
07:52And Marilyn's contract ends tonight.
07:54Pay what she's owed and remove her access.
07:55Understood.
07:58Don't ever walk out because you think you don't belong.
08:00This will always be your home.
08:05Don't cry.
08:06No one could ever replace you, not to me.
08:14Kingsley is a good school,
08:15but you've always attended private academies.
08:18If you want St. James, say the word.
08:21Madison is already there.
08:22She can help you settle in.
08:23If I transfer, Claire transfers with me.
08:26You don't have to plan around me.
08:28Go wherever you want.
08:30No.
08:31We go together, or I stay at Kingsley.
08:34Then the choice belongs to both of you.
08:46Where is it?
08:49Where were my things stored?
08:51In the third floor storage room.
08:52Everything was returned today.
08:54A vintage ruby bracelet is missing.
08:56I'm sending you a photo.
08:58Check every storage log in every room it passed through.
09:01We find this tonight.
09:04Mr. Harris,
09:05I think I've seen that bracelet.
09:10I saw Madison wearing it
09:12more than once.
09:16Don't discuss this with anyone else.
09:20Madison, of course.
09:23Give the housekeeper a $1,000 bonus
09:25and make sure Vanessa can't fire her for telling the truth.
09:27I'll handle it.
09:31I may have just talked myself out of a job.
09:35Best decision I've made all year.
09:37Team Blair.
09:38Not tonight.
09:39I already made one move.
09:41Dad may be married to his work,
09:43but he isn't blind.
09:44As long as this is still his house,
09:46Vanessa can't erase us.
09:50Morning.
09:51I had the kitchen make your favorite breakfast.
09:56Thank you, sis.
09:58Good morning, Blair.
10:00Morning, sis.
10:01I'm not your sister.
10:02Dad isn't here.
10:03You can drop the act.
10:04We aren't acting.
10:06If you don't want Madison to call you her sister,
10:08there you are.
10:11She stole it and wore it to breakfast.
10:14That's almost impressive.
10:17If you don't want Madison to call you her sister,
10:19she'll use your name.
10:20Fine.
10:21Anything but sis.
10:24Where are you going?
10:28Don't tell me that's for Ethan.
10:30He has early practice.
10:31He won't have time to get anything.
10:33No.
10:35Blair.
10:37I crossed an ocean to come home,
10:39and you'd rather spend your morning feeding him?
10:42Do you blame me for leaving with Mom?
10:46Do you think I stopped being your sister?
10:51No.
10:52Never.
10:54You're my sister.
10:55My best friend.
10:57Then stop bringing Ethan breakfast.
11:00Show me I matter more than he does.
11:04Right.
11:05I shouldn't have come back.
11:06Maybe I should return to Ashford.
11:08Wait.
11:10I won't take it to him.
11:11I'll stay with you.
11:13No more breakfast runs?
11:15No more.
11:18Good.
11:19Then you're shopping with me today?
11:20I came home with one suitcase.
11:22All right.
11:23I'm coming.
11:26Where are you?
11:28Practice starts in five.
11:31Dad put this card in my name.
11:33Buy whatever you need.
11:36You said whatever.
11:37Remember that.
11:43Blair, that's for me.
11:45Exactly.
11:49I don't need all this.
11:51Use the card for yourself.
11:52Dad gave this card to you.
11:54Not so you could save every dollar
11:55and spend it all on Ethan.
11:59Vanessa and Madison don't feel guilty
12:01spending his money.
12:03Why should his actual daughter go without?
12:06If I have it, you have it.
12:08That's the rule.
12:09Okay.
12:11Don't thank me.
12:12Enjoy it.
12:16Keep the card with you.
12:18I will.
12:19And from now on,
12:21spend less on people who use you
12:23and more on the woman in the mirror.
12:25I'll try.
12:30Good.
12:33What do I have tonight?
12:34Dinner with Daniel Merker from Hallisane Capital.
12:37Move it.
12:37I'm going home.
12:38Of course.
12:42Where are Claire and Blair?
12:45Upstairs, I think.
12:46They went shopping.
12:47The first SUV couldn't hold everything,
12:49so Mr. Harris sent a second one.
12:50Good.
12:51Blair came home with one suitcase.
12:54Book of private fitting for both girls.
12:56Day wear, formal wear, the full season.
12:59Blair always preferred made to tizer.
13:01I'll arrange it.
13:05I forgot to give you your own card.
13:08You shouldn't have to borrow Claire's
13:10every time you need something.
13:15What's the limit?
13:17Keep it under $100,000 a month.
13:20If you need more, call me.
13:25Sorry.
13:26It slipped.
13:28Could I have another fork?
13:29Right away.
13:32Dad, I got so distracted shopping for Claire
13:35that I forgot gifts for Vanessa and Madison.
13:42I don't need a gift.
13:43Vanessa has her own account.
13:45They can buy what they need.
13:47That's different.
13:48A gift says I thought of you.
13:50I'll go out again tomorrow.
13:52If that's what you want.
13:53I get $40,000 a month.
13:55Madison gets two.
13:56He gives Blair $100,000 without banking.
14:00Dad, I found something missing from my room.
14:02What is it?
14:02Replace it.
14:03I can't.
14:04It was a gift from my closest friend.
14:06What does it look like?
14:07I'll help you search.
14:08We can ask the staff, too.
14:13Actually, I just found it.
14:16That bracelet looks exactly like mine.
14:19Take it off.
14:20It's not yours.
14:20I bought it.
14:22Then you won't mind letting me check.
14:25I'm sure Madison bought it.
14:27If yours is missing, I'll commission an identical one.
14:31Whatever it costs.
14:32I don't want a replica.
14:34I want my stolen bracelet off her wrist.
14:40That bracelet is worth $150,000.
14:44I only asked to inspect it because it isn't yours.
14:48Why are you running?
14:50I'm not running.
14:51I paid for this.
14:54You don't get to claim everything you like.
14:57Your name isn't on it.
14:59Funny.
15:00It is.
15:04Dad, if she hands it over now, I won't make this bigger than it needs to be.
15:09Madison, give Blair the bracelet.
15:15There are no initials.
15:18You couldn't find them.
15:20That's not the same thing.
15:24Mr. Harris, bring me a jeweler's loop.
15:26Of course.
15:28Before we look, the engraving reads BW plus LH.
15:32BW is me.
15:34LH is the friend who gave it to me.
15:36Let's see who paid for it.
15:38B-W plus LH.
15:41Exactly what Blair said.
15:43If you want something, ask your mother to buy it.
15:46You do not take from my daughters.
15:48And you do not lie to my face.
15:52Blair Madison was wrong.
15:54I apologize for her.
15:57I'll make sure she returns anything else that belongs to you.
16:02Good.
16:03Because this isn't the only thing that disappeared from my room.
16:07I'll have every item inventoried by morning.
16:11I'm going to check on Madison.
16:14Stop cleaning up after her.
16:15Parent her.
16:16I understand.
16:19A full inventory.
16:21Every item.
16:22Every storage log.
16:23Every person with access.
16:25On my desk by breakfast.
16:27If everything comes back and Madison apologizes, I'll let this end here.
16:33I came home to be with my family, not to fight one every night.
16:37You shouldn't have had to fight at all.
16:40$150,000 is a serious gift.
16:43Who gave it to you?
16:44An old friend from St. James Middle School.
16:46His family did well.
16:48Then don't answer a gift like that with something careless.
16:51If you need money to return the vesture, ask.
16:55I know.
16:56You taught me relationships go both ways.
16:58You don't keep taking from someone and call it friendship.
17:03Finish dinner while it's warm.
17:05Yes, Dad.
17:08Blair.
17:09Landon Hayes gave you that bracelet, didn't he?
17:13Landon Hayes gave you this, didn't he?
17:15He did.
17:17Have you called him?
17:19He'd be so happy you're back.
17:22I haven't called anyone from before.
17:24He might not care anymore.
17:27And don't tell Dad who gave it to me.
17:31I won't.
17:33I've been gone for years.
17:35People change.
17:36They find new friends.
17:38They move on.
17:40Not Landon.
17:40You two were inseparable.
17:42Didn't you teach me that some friendships are seasonal?
17:44When one season ends, another starts.
17:47I'm sleeping in your room tonight.
17:49You just got your own room back.
17:51I know.
17:52But now that we're talking about old friends,
17:54you owe me the full story.
17:58Why did you drop everyone else and start following Ethan and Chloe?
18:02Who dressed you for a funeral?
18:04Is it really that bad?
18:07This one swallows you.
18:09This one fights your skin tone.
18:11And this one is two sizes too small.
18:12Vanessa said they looked elegant.
18:14Madison agreed.
18:15Every time I wore something I liked,
18:17they said it looked wrong on me.
18:19Madison even said strangers were laughing.
18:21Okay.
18:23Now I understand.
18:24Tomorrow, the staff packs every one of these.
18:26Donation, recycling, I don't care.
18:28They're gone.
18:32Look at us.
18:33We're gorgeous.
18:37This neckline pinches.
18:38You'll be uncomfortable all night.
18:41This head cuts you at the worst possible length.
18:44This lining is scratching my hand.
18:48Did Vanessa buy this for you?
18:53Tomorrow, all of this goes.
18:57I'm bringing the tailor back.
18:58From now on, you wear clothes that fit,
19:00feel good, and actually look like you.
19:05Thank you for coming home.
19:06Which one of us is supposed to be the older sister?
19:09Forget it.
19:10I've always been the stronger twin.
19:11You don't have to be scared anymore.
19:13Your backup is home.
19:16Ethan helped me when I was alone.
19:19After I transferred, I started bringing him breakfast.
19:22When his friends needed things, I paid sometimes.
19:25I thought it was the least I could do.
19:28That's Madison with better branding.
19:32Don't be alone with them again.
19:33People who care about you don't turn gratitude into a subscription.
19:36The day you were absent, they mistook me for you.
19:38They didn't ask if I was okay.
19:40They ordered me around like staff.
19:41What did they do to you?
19:43What?
19:44Did they hurt you?
19:45They tried.
19:46That's why I need you on my side.
19:49You're my sister.
19:51Stop protecting people who wouldn't protect you.
19:53I won't be alone with them again.
19:55If they ask me for anything, I'll tell you first.
19:58Deal.
20:04I'm sorry, Blair.
20:06I took something that wasn't mine.
20:12Then I lied about it.
20:15I'm sorry.
20:16Fine.
20:17We're done.
20:20Wait.
20:22That outfit is doing you no favors.
20:26Funny how honesty only hurts when it's pointed back at you.
20:31The cut exaggerates every line you don't want exaggerated.
20:37Sorry.
20:38I'm just being honest.
20:40You and Vanessa don't mind honesty, do you?
20:42It makes you look like you're trying to buy taste by the label.
20:45I like it.
20:47Then wear it.
20:49Your opinion should matter more than mine.
20:51I'm only sharing a perspective.
20:53What matters is that you're happy, right?
20:56Blair is right.
20:59They used to say things like that every time I dressed up.
21:01Then we're done letting them grade us.
21:03And if they ask for honesty, we'll be extremely honest.
21:06Okay.
21:07Okay.
21:12Mom, do I really look that bad?
21:16Mom, do I really look that bad?
21:20Of course not.
21:21Blair wanted to get under our skin, and you let her.
21:25If you don't believe me, ask your friends.
21:27They've always said Claire is prettier.
21:30Pretty isn't power.
21:32Claire wastes her time at Kingsley with kids who'll never enter our world.
21:36You're at St. James with legacy families.
21:39Build the right circle, and you'll have the life she never will.
21:43I'm meeting friends.
21:44I'll see you later.
21:45Have fun.
21:51Okay.
21:52My grades are officially a disaster.
21:54The curriculum in London was different.
21:56You'll catch up.
21:57Then I'm counting on you.
21:59I'll help.
22:00Every day if I have to.
22:03You start with a tutor.
22:07London and Kingsley teach the same subjects in completely different sequences.
22:12I need a tutor before this gets worse.
22:14Done.
22:15I'll find someone who can close the gap, not just help with homework.
22:19Thank you, Dad.
22:25Watch the curb.
22:26Thanks.
22:29Claire!
22:30Over here!
22:33Why were you riding with him?
22:35I told you not to be alone with that group.
22:38Ethan defended them after they treated me like your personal replacement.
22:41You're right.
22:42I'm sorry.
22:43I won't do it again.
22:44Come on.
22:52That one's right.
22:54Finally.
22:56Tudor confirmed.
22:57She'll be waiting at home after school.
23:00You're coming with me?
23:04Let's go.
23:05The tutor is already at home, and you're not abandoning me to calculus.
23:08I wasn't planning to.
23:14I'm Blair.
23:15This is my sister, Claire.
23:18Dad said you're a Whitmore Foundation scholar.
23:21I am.
23:22I'm a junior at Columbia, studying applied mathematics.
23:26Your problem isn't ability.
23:28You learn the material in a different order.
23:30We'll rebuild the sequence.
23:31Perfect.
23:32Start wherever the damage begins.
23:36My birthday's Saturday.
23:38Let's get everyone together for dinner.
23:40Are we inviting Claire?
23:41I want the Marlin, but the private rooms are impossible without a member.
23:45Claire can book one.
23:46Don't invite her.
23:47She won't come.
23:48If you text her, she will.
23:50Drop it.
23:51Blair wouldn't let her come anyway.
23:53My parents sent birthday money.
23:55We can still eat at the Marlin, just not in a private room.
23:58Fine.
23:59Main dining room.
24:06My beret.
24:07If we're eating out, how about the Marlin?
24:09Perfect.
24:10I left my hat in the last store.
24:11Go order for us.
24:12I'll be two minutes.
24:13Watch the traffic.
24:17Good evening.
24:18How many?
24:20Two.
24:20A private room, please.
24:22Of course, Mrs. Whitmore.
24:23Right this way.
24:27Claire?
24:27You actually came!
24:29What?
24:32We didn't invite you, but perfect timing.
24:34It's Chloe's birthday.
24:36You brought a gift, right?
24:38Since you're here, sit with us.
24:41All of those are for Chloe, aren't they?
24:43Open them.
24:44A Whitmore gift has to be good.
24:48That's not Claire.
24:52She looks exactly like Claire.
24:54Claire just changed her bangs.
24:56Bangs can be pinned back.
24:57Entitlement is harder to hide.
24:59So this is how you treat Claire.
25:01No invitation, no hello.
25:02You see shopping bags and decide they belong to Chloe.
25:04That's not friendship.
25:06That's a shakedown with birthday candles.
25:08I'm sorry.
25:09We thought you were Claire.
25:11And if I were Claire, this would be acceptable?
25:13She still wouldn't owe you a gift.
25:15Let me guess.
25:16After she brought the expensive gifts, you'd expect her to cover dinner, too.
25:19It was a joke!
25:20Funny how every joke ends with Claire paying.
25:25You don't have to humiliate them.
25:27So you do recognize humiliation.
25:28When they reach for my sister's money, you stayed seated.
25:31Chloe gets embarrassed and suddenly you find your spine?
25:33They were joking.
25:33You're turning it into something ugly.
25:35They tried to open my bags and inventory a gift they were never promised.
25:38You all rely on Claire liking you, then treat her like an ATM.
25:40Anything Claire gave, she gave willingly.
25:42Her generosity doesn't make you entitable.
25:45Asking anyway makes all three of you freeloaders.
25:48Stop acting like you know everything.
25:50We all know how much Claire cares about Ethan.
25:51If Ethan asked, she'd be here.
25:57I'm back.
25:58They had my hat.
26:00See?
26:02Ethan?
26:03What are you all doing here?
26:04It's Chloe's birthday.
26:06Since you're here, aren't you going to do something for her?
26:09Claire, I could...
26:10No.
26:11You're here to have dinner with me, not sponsor their birthday.
26:14What happened?
26:14They thought I was you.
26:15The second they saw these bags, they decided everything inside was Chloe's gift.
26:18Paige even wanted to open them and inspect the hall.
26:20It was a joke!
26:22Right.
26:23It's a joke when you reach for her money, and another joke when you get caught.
26:27No one is taking advantage of Claire.
26:28I'm paying for dinner tonight.
26:29Then pay.
26:30Hosting means covering your own table, not fishing for luxury gifts.
26:33Enough.
26:33It's Chloe's birthday.
26:34Stop making this miserable for everyone.
26:36Hear that?
26:36They reach for your money, and it's a joke.
26:39I defend you, and all he cares about is Chloe feeling uncomfortable.
26:44Claire, this is a misunderstanding.
26:46It doesn't need to become a scene.
26:48I'm hungry.
26:49Let's go to our room.
26:50I don't want to look at them.
26:52Okay.
26:53I'm coming.
26:55Claire.
26:56Chloe's birthday.
26:57I didn't know it was her birthday.
26:58No one invited me.
27:02Your private room is ready.
27:04This way, please.
27:06How is that restroom still occupied?
27:08Is someone living in there?
27:10You've been gone 20 minutes.
27:12You're part of the problem.
27:14I haven't had a drink.
27:15Why am I seeing two Claires?
27:16Do you know him?
27:17No.
27:19Guys, come look.
27:20Claire cloned herself.
27:25Claire!
27:29When did you get back?
27:30How long have you been here, and why didn't you call me?
27:34You came back and didn't tell me?
27:36Did you decide you don't want me as a friend anymore?
27:39Claire, you disappeared too.
27:41Are you okay?
27:42I'm okay.
27:45We came to eat.
27:46I'll explain later.
27:47I'm starving.
27:48Then eat with us.
27:49We have room.
27:49I'll order more.
27:51No.
27:52Claire and I planned dinner alone.
27:54Then I'm eating with you.
27:55They can survive without me.
27:59How long are you staying?
28:00You're not vanishing again next week, are you?
28:02Claire and I are both at Kingsley now.
28:04I'm staying through graduation.
28:05How long have you been back?
28:06What made you come home?
28:07Everything happened fast.
28:09I had a dream that Claire was being hurt.
28:11I woke up furious and booked the first flight home.
28:14You dreamt someone hurt me?
28:17Tonight, that group saw my bags and assumed they were Chloe's birthday gifts.
28:21If it had been you, they would have taken the gifts and probably handed you the bill.
28:26I don't think Ethan and Chloe are that calculating.
28:28You see them through a filter.
28:29I don't.
28:31Until you can see clearly, stay away from them.
28:34If people keep reaching into your wallet, stop calling them friends.
28:38Are they classmates?
28:40Yeah.
28:41Then Kingsley has terrible quality control.
28:44Why didn't you come back to St. James?
28:47You spent years there.
28:51I thought you'd stay in London.
28:53I go where Claire goes.
28:54I'm here to protect her.
29:00Then bring Claire to St. James.
29:02She can hang out with us.
29:04Let's see who still tries to bully her.
29:06Here. Not yet.
29:07Wherever Claire stays, I stay.
29:09Fine.
29:10But when I invite you out, you don't get to disappear.
29:12If I'm free, I'll come.
29:14We're going to karaoke after this.
29:16Come with us?
29:17We shopped all day next time.
29:19Deal.
29:20The Whitmore sisters just left their room.
29:22They aren't regular guests.
29:25Pull the footage.
29:29Flag Ethan Cross, Chloe Bennett, and Paige Monroe.
29:33No reservations.
29:35No private rooms.
29:36No walk-ins.
29:38They're no longer welcome at any grand property.
29:41Understood.
29:44Mrs. Whitmore, your check has already been covered.
29:49Don't look at me.
29:53We're heading home.
29:55I'll see you another day, Haley.
29:57You'd better.
30:00Claire, you can ride here.
30:01Blair, the second car, has room.
30:03We stay together.
30:05Fine.
30:05Both of you take the second car.
30:07I'll drive everyone else.
30:15We can call Mr. Carter to pick us up.
30:19Get in.
30:20We can't hold the curb.
30:23Fine.
30:30Theo says Landon told Miles to pull the security footage.
30:33They identified Ethan, Chloe, and Paige.
30:36The Marlowe won't serve them again.
30:39Was that you?
30:44He blocked me without a word.
30:46We haven't been friends in years.
30:48Why would he help me now?
30:54Thank you for the ride.
30:57Come on.
31:02She's already back in that circle.
31:09What happened between you and Landon?
31:14Nothing.
31:15We're not friends anymore.
31:17Why?
31:20It's probably the same reason you drifted from your old friends.
31:23I was gone.
31:25He had his own life.
31:28Haley still treats you exactly the same.
31:30And Landon was closer to you than anyone.
31:34Not every relationship survives distance.
31:37I don't want to talk about him.
31:40Every time Ethan, Chloe, or their friends had a birthday,
31:43did you buy gifts?
31:45When that group went out, how often did you pay?
31:48I didn't keep count.
31:51That means often.
31:54Were you the one who introduced them to the Marlin in the first place?
32:00Yes.
32:01I took them to the Marlin.
32:03They're Ethan's friends.
32:05Ethan helped me, so I thought including them was part of repaying him.
32:09Then the next family invitation we get, we're both going.
32:13You need to meet people who don't treat access to you like a prize.
32:16Okay.
32:21I have it.
32:22I'll tell the family.
32:24Very well.
32:27Walter Harrington's birthday gala is next week, right?
32:29Did the invitation arrive?
32:31It arrived this afternoon.
32:32I delivered it to Mrs. Whitford.
32:34I was going to tell everyone tonight.
32:36We'll all attend, so start planning your gowns.
32:39Choose whatever you like.
32:40If the card isn't enough, call me.
32:41Thank you, Dad.
32:46This time, Claire walks in as a Whitford, not anyone's wallet.
32:52How are classes?
32:55If something isn't clicking, ask Claire.
32:59She was always near the top.
33:03Didn't Claire drop almost 40 places in the last ranking?
33:0640?
33:07I moved up 12 places on my last exam.
33:10Claire had a bad stretch.
33:11When I first came home, she was still recovering from being sick.
33:15This has happened before.
33:16Her grades always come back.
33:17She's the one teaching me now.
33:20She was sick?
33:21Why wasn't I told?
33:24You were handling the acquisition.
33:26I didn't want to interrupt you over a cold.
33:29My child being sick is not an interruption.
33:32From now on, anything concerning either girl comes to me immediately.
33:36That includes you.
33:37Understood, sir?
33:39Dad, I'm fine.
33:40It was just a cold.
33:42If either daughter is sick again, and I hear it from someone else, we have a much bigger problem.
33:48Next time you feel unwell, you tell me.
33:51No matter how busy I am.
33:53You too.
33:54I will.
33:55You know me.
33:56I've never suffered in silence.
33:58That I believe.
34:03Did you go to Walter's Gala last year?
34:06No.
34:07Why not?
34:09Chloe was cornered by a group of guys.
34:12Ethan went to help her, so I followed.
34:16By the time I got home, I learned there had been a gala.
34:20Dad called, but I missed it.
34:22No one told me beforehand.
34:24That dream wasn't random.
34:25They were pulling Claire away from her own life long before I came home.
34:29This year, we go together.
34:30If Walter asks about last year, apologize honestly, then let it go.
34:34Okay.
34:41Ready?
34:43With you?
34:44Yes.
34:47Richard, welcome.
34:49Blair's home, and now I can't tell which twin is which.
34:52I'm Blake, and I'm Claire.
34:55Both grown up, both stunning.
35:00Sebastian, take your cousins in.
35:02Introduce them to everyone.
35:05Good to have you back.
35:07Come on, half the room has been asking about you.
35:15Thank you for celebrating another year with me.
35:18Eat well, dance badly, and give the foundation enough money to forgive both.
35:23Happy birthday.
35:27Happy birthday.
35:27The Whitmore twins, come closer.
35:33Happy birthday, Walter.
35:35Here's to many more.
35:35Happy birthday, Uncle Walter.
35:38Two Claire's, or did Blair finally come home?
35:42I came home.
35:43It's been too long.
35:45A late welcome home gift for both of you.
35:47Be happy, stay healthy, and cause only the interesting kind of trouble.
35:51Thank you, Uncle Walter.
35:55Why do they get something and I don't?
35:58Look around.
35:59This is not the place.
36:01Fine.
36:11Theo wants everyone at Westbrook tomorrow.
36:13A private club?
36:15Won't that turn into family gossip by dinner?
36:17Then skip the club.
36:19Come to our place.
36:23Backyard barbecue.
36:25Games in the screening room.
36:28Pool, if anyone's brave enough.
36:33Better than Westbridge.
36:36Everyone's in.
36:36I'm going to dance.
36:38Go.
36:44One dance?
36:46What do you want?
36:48Three questions.
36:49Privately.
36:50I'll be right back.
36:52Go.
36:53I'm fine.
36:59Haley says you came home because you dreamed.
37:02Something happened to Claire.
37:04You have nerve asking me that.
37:08Before I left, I asked all of you to look after Claire.
37:11I come home and find people ordering her around at Kingsley.
37:16That isn't fair.
37:19After you left, Claire stopped answering invitations.
37:22Then she transferred to Kingsley.
37:24We didn't know anyone was hurting her.
37:26If we'd known, we would have stepped in.
37:31Fine.
37:31I can't blame you for what you couldn't see.
37:36Who was doing it?
37:37I handled it.
37:38Don't get involved.
37:39Then why didn't you call Landon before you came home?
37:41Don't mention him.
37:46What happened between you two?
37:48You haven't said one word to each other.
37:55He lost his mind over nothing.
37:57I stopped wasting mine on him.
38:02So if Landon asked you to dance tonight, you wouldn't care?
38:08He won't.
38:11And if he did, I'd say no.
38:16Treat us like we're done.
38:19Done?
38:20You've known each other since kindergarten.
38:22What could he possibly have done?
38:25Who knows?
38:26Maybe he's been PMSing for two years straight.
38:31I'm not repeating that.
38:33Please do.
38:37Whoa.
38:49What did she say?
38:51She says you're done.
38:55She also says you've been PMSing for two years straight.
39:00When did I ever lose my temper with her?
39:03And what did you do that made her this angry?
39:09The last time we were supposed to meet, I didn't go.
39:12You saw something, asked nothing, and disappeared.
39:16Go to the Whitmore Estate tomorrow.
39:17Talk to her.
39:20We'll see.
39:20You already waited two years.
39:22How's that working out?
39:25Anyone you want at the welcome party?
39:29Can I invite Ethan?
39:31If that's a problem, I won't.
39:33It's your home, too.
39:34You don't need my permission.
39:36You really don't mind?
39:38What I think isn't the point.
39:41Invite him because you want to see him, not because you're afraid he'll be upset if you don't.
39:51Who is it?
39:53Claire.
39:54What does she want?
39:56I thought Blair would have made her block you.
39:59She invited me to Blair's welcome home party.
40:02It's at the Whitmore Estate.
40:05The Whitmore Estate?
40:09Are you going?
40:11Claire's family is loaded.
40:13I've never seen the inside of an estate like that.
40:15No.
40:16I'm not walking into Blair's house so she can tear me apart.
40:20Ask who else is going.
40:22And whether guests can bring someone.
40:25You want to go?
40:26I'm curious.
40:27That's all.
40:42All of Blair's friends will be there.
40:44We're not going.
40:46Okay.
40:47Tell her.
40:51What happened?
40:54What did that ungrateful jerk say now?
40:58Ungrateful jerk?
41:00That's what Ethan is to me.
41:02I asked if he wanted to come.
41:04He said no.
41:05Good.
41:06It's my welcome party.
41:08He never belonged there.
41:11Let me see.
41:12Just the last message.
41:16Why we?
41:17You only invited Ethan.
41:19Was he planning to bring Chloe and Paige?
41:22Maybe it was a typo.
41:23And if he brought them, that would have been okay.
41:25It matters.
41:26Ethan helped you once.
41:27Chloe and Paige did not.
41:28If you want to repay him, repay him.
41:30You do not owe his entire social circle.
41:32They're all friends.
41:33No.
41:34Friends don't calculate what you'll buy before they say hello.
41:38Don't grieve people who never treated you well.
41:40You met new people tonight.
41:41Invite them.
41:42You don't have to know someone for years before they can be kind.
41:46Okay.
41:46I'll try.
41:48I want to host my welcome home party here tomorrow.
41:51Of course.
41:52Tell Mr. Harris and Vanessa what you need.
41:54I'll make sure everything is perfect.
41:55This house could use some life.
42:00Backyard barbecue.
42:01Drain and clean the pool, then refill it.
42:03Check the game room.
42:04If there are new releases, download them.
42:06Regular food is fine.
42:07No alcohol.
42:08Soda, mocktails, and everything non-alcoholic.
42:10What time should we expect guests?
42:12Between four and five.
42:15We'll be ready.
42:15Who's confirmed?
42:18Theo Prescott.
42:19From the Prescott family?
42:21Yes.
42:22Miles Grant, too.
42:24Sebastian Harrington is coming.
42:26The Grants and Harringtons are useful.
42:27The Prescotts more so.
42:29Anyone else?
42:31I don't know if Landon is coming.
42:33Landon who?
42:34Landon Hayes.
42:36From St. James.
42:38If a haze is coming, don't waste the opening.
42:42Talk to him.
42:43Make sure he remembers you.
42:45I know.
42:47Wear this.
42:47Look warm, approachable, nothing too aggressive.
42:51Boys notice sweetness before ambition.
42:53Blair isn't sweet.
42:54Everyone still likes her.
42:55Blair has history with them.
42:57She was born at Whitmore and grew up at St. James.
43:00Get inside the circle first.
43:01Once they know you, they'll compare,
43:03and you'll give them something easier to like.
43:07My welcome home party is tonight.
43:09Want to stay after we finish?
43:11It's your friend group.
43:12You don't need your tutor hovering.
43:13You wouldn't be the only person older than 18.
43:15Still no.
43:16I have plans.
43:18Then take cake.
43:18What flavor?
43:19Anything is fine.
43:21Of course.
43:23I'm here.
43:26Late welcome home gifts are still gifts.
43:33Why does your room look completely different?
43:38Someone had 12 empty rooms to choose from and still took mine.
43:43I took it back and replaced everything.
43:46Madison?
43:47In your house?
43:48Is she coming tonight?
43:50Say the word and I'll handle her.
43:52Not tonight.
43:53I want one good party.
43:54Vanessa's here.
43:55If they run to dad and turn this into family drama, the night is ruined.
43:59Besides, I have my own methods.
44:01Tonight isn't villain punishment night.
44:05Fair.
44:06But she's at St. James.
44:08If you ever need help, call me.
44:11I don't even know her class.
44:14Forget her.
44:17I brought things from London.
44:19Pick anything you like.
44:25This is gorgeous.
44:28And I want this.
44:29Your taste is still excellent.
44:31It's yours.
44:33Seriously?
44:35I knew you loved me most.
44:37Mom can send another from London.
44:40Take this one now or wait for a new one.
44:43This one.
44:43I'm carrying it tonight.
44:45Done.
44:46Blair.
44:47Your first guests have arrived.
44:51So you're really at Kingsley now.
44:54How is it compared with St. James?
44:57I heard they're brutal.
44:59It's school.
45:00Strict isn't automatic bad.
45:02Mandatory study hall runs until 8.30, but it helps if self-discipline isn't your gift.
45:068.30?
45:07St. James wins.
45:09They each have strengths.
45:10Kingsley has excellent students, and no one lets you coast.
45:14We're all at St. J's.
45:15Transfer back.
45:16Join our class.
45:17I stay with Claire.
45:19If we decide to transfer, we'll decide together.
45:24Different schools don't stop us from seeing each other.
45:28Then come with us, big sis.
45:30What do you think?
45:32She's my big sister.
45:35You're older than me by four months.
45:38Stop copying what I call her.
45:42It's a habit.
45:44Don't make it a federal case.
45:47Ignore them.
45:48You study wherever you want.
45:50This is my welcome party, not a school transfer intervention.
45:56Exactly.
45:57Welcome home, Blair.
45:58Welcome home.
46:05I don't know everyone here.
46:08We should reintroduce ourselves.
46:10Who don't you know?
46:14The M. Prescott, Landon Hayes, Miles Grant, Julian Wolfe, Ryan Foster, and I don't know him either.
46:22Mason Reed.
46:24I invited him.
46:29Welcome, St. James?
46:31Yeah.
46:35How are you?
46:37So sweet.
46:37Eat, swim, play whatever you like.
46:41If you need anything, tell the staff.
46:53Claire, Blair, Madison, make sure everyone feels welcome.
46:58Of course, Mom.
47:07We need to talk.
47:09About what?
47:10Let go first.
47:13About you telling everyone we're done.
47:16Who ended it?
47:17You told Theo we're not friends.
47:20We aren't.
47:21I'm more surprised you came tonight.
47:23I assumed you'd stay away.
47:25If you're ending a friendship we've had since kindergarten.
47:29Tell me what I did.
47:32You're asking what you did?
47:35I've spent two years wondering what I did to make you cut me off.
47:40I never said I wanted you out of my life.
47:43You removed me first.
47:45Don't rewrite it now.
47:46I didn't.
47:47You blocked me.
47:50Why would I block you if you hadn't cut me off first?
47:54I never removed you.
47:56Then one of us is lying.
47:58I know I didn't.
47:59Are you sure you're remembering it right?
48:01So now I'm imagining things?
48:07You did it.
48:09Refused to admit it.
48:11And somehow I'm the problem?
48:14Ending this friendship was the right call.
48:18Sis.
48:20What's going on?
48:21Are you fighting with Landon?
48:24How is that your business?
48:26He's a guest.
48:27You shouldn't speak to him like that.
48:29I'm sorry for my sister.
48:31I told you not to call me that.
48:35This is my party.
48:36And I'm trying very hard not to make a scene.
48:41Go downstairs before you become one.
48:45Actually, why are you even up here?
48:49The third floor is private.
48:52What are you doing up here shopping for something else to steal?
48:55I didn't steal anything.
48:56Stop lying about me.
48:59She stole from you?
49:00Do I need to remind you about the ruby bracelet?
49:04What ruby bracelet?
49:06The one you gave me.
49:07What other bracelet would I mean?
49:10You took that bracelet?
49:13I...
49:17Forget it.
49:20How did she get it?
49:22You weren't wearing it?
49:24Why would I wear it every day?
49:27When mom and dad divorced,
49:29I left for London with one suitcase.
49:32I wasn't thinking about jewelry.
49:36I...
49:36The bracelet isn't the point.
49:39July 20th, two years ago, at two in the afternoon,
49:42I opened our chat,
49:44your profile was gone,
49:45and my message wouldn't deliver.
49:47I remember the exact minute.
50:16I remember.
50:17So you did block me.
50:18And spent two years acting like I was the one who started it.
50:22It wasn't even two hours.
50:23I unblocked you almost immediately.
50:25By then, you had blocked me.
50:27Two hours doesn't count as blocking me?
50:33I blocked you because you blocked me first.
50:38Landon Hayes,
50:39I did nothing wrong.
50:41This is on you.
50:44I can give this back.
50:46And you can keep the forever friendship speech.
50:53No.
50:54You had a new best friend first.
50:56I saw you.
50:58Saw what?
50:59I lived abroad.
51:00Of course I made friends.
51:02Was I supposed to have only you?
51:04You let him...
51:05Let him what?
51:06He kissed you.
51:08I watched that blonde guy kiss your face.
51:13What?
51:14No.
51:15I saw it.
51:18That was Luca Hartley.
51:21My stepfather's son.
51:22My brother.
51:24Your brother?
51:25It was a French goodbye.
51:26A kiss on the cheek.
51:28Nothing else.
51:29I wasn't used to it either.
51:31I eventually told everyone no cheek kisses.
51:33Hugs only.
51:35You flew all the way to France.
51:37Why didn't you walk over and ask?
51:39What exactly did you think your mouth was for?
51:43Did it ever occur to you that I might have been uncomfortable?
51:46Or needed help?
51:48You saw three seconds.
51:51Invented the rest.
51:52And punished me for it.
51:54And even if someone had kissed me,
51:56that would have been between me and that person.
52:00Hayley kisses my cheek all the time.
52:02Why didn't that send you into a two-year spiral?
52:06Well?
52:08That's different.
52:09How?
52:12I explained everything.
52:14From beginning to end, this was your mistake.
52:18You were an idiot.
52:21I was wrong.
52:24Unblock me.
52:26I'm sorry.
52:29Don't expect instant forgiveness.
52:31We've been upstairs too long.
52:33I'm going back.
52:35Unblock me.
52:36Next time, I ask before I assume anything.
52:38I swear.
52:38Swearing doesn't fix two years.
52:43I know I was wrong.
52:46Now tell me how the bracelet was stolen.
52:50I left it here when I moved to London.
52:53Madison took my room.
52:54She saw it, liked it, and decided it was hers.
52:58She probably thought I was never coming back.
53:00If I never noticed, it became hers.
53:03She took something from your room and lied about it.
53:06Vanessa had to know what was happening.
53:09Want me to handle it?
53:12Back up.
53:15I don't need help.
53:16They know better than to touch my things now.
53:17If that changes, tell me.
53:21Madison is at St. James.
53:22I can make sure people keep an eye on her.
53:24No bullying.
53:25The last thing I need is Vanessa blaming me for whatever your friends do.
53:29If you say no, it's no.
53:33Then unblock me.
53:35You've been gone a long time.
53:36New York changed.
53:41Let me show you.
53:43Free guide.
53:44Limited time offer.
53:45I don't have time to tour New York.
53:50Why are you staring at me?
53:53Claire once got help from a boy named Ethan Cross.
53:57She feels like she owes him.
53:58So, she tolerates everything.
54:01He treats her badly.
54:03Want me to deal with him?
54:04Listen first.
54:07Ethan has a circle.
54:08Chloe, Paige, and a few others.
54:10They look down on Claire for chasing him.
54:12But they also think she has nowhere else to go.
54:15I need you to act like you and Claire were close.
54:18Let them see she has people who choose her.
54:22Just me won't make the point.
54:24If we do this, we all go.
54:30I asked you first, because you're reasonably presentable.
54:36Chloe and Paige have been benefiting from Claire for years.
54:41Bring Theo, Miles, Mason, Hala, everyone.
54:44The more people she has behind her, the harder it is for Ethan to pretend she's alone.
54:49Done.
54:50Monday, after evening study class.
54:52Pick us up at Kingsley.
54:56Dinner's on me.
55:00Weren't they in a Cold War ten minutes ago?
55:02Maybe they finally cleared up the misunderstanding.
55:12So, Landon, is your two-year PMS finally over?
55:15Is that why Blair's talking to you again?
55:16Who's going on?
55:21You