WEBVTT 00:04.984 --> 00:06.944 [Velma] Previously on Velma... 00:07.027 --> 00:09.447 I had to find you because I still didn't know if you'd listened to my VMs, 00:09.530 --> 00:12.158 voice mails, let alone responded. Did you? 00:12.241 --> 00:13.784 [Velma] The police found my mom's car 00:13.868 --> 00:17.121 abandoned and empty, except for her glasses, 00:17.204 --> 00:18.998 and a single wrapped gift. 00:19.081 --> 00:20.458 [Velma] It's like what I said. 00:20.541 --> 00:23.043 Someone is trying to recreate Dr. Perdue's work. 00:23.127 --> 00:25.796 Which means... Brains, where's my mom? 00:25.880 --> 00:29.300 Best of luck in all your future endeavors, Wilhelmina. 00:30.760 --> 00:32.678 [door slams] 00:32.762 --> 00:35.806 Would you ever consider interning for me at Jones Gentlemen's Accessories? 00:35.890 --> 00:37.141 [Daphne] Really? Oh, my God, yes. 00:39.059 --> 00:40.311 -[kissing] -[Fred] Mmm. 00:40.394 --> 00:41.395 [all] Aw! 00:42.772 --> 00:45.483 What the actual hell? 00:45.566 --> 00:48.611 Oh, my God, I do remember who the serial killer is. 00:48.694 --> 00:49.820 -[Diya] It's... -[all gasp] 00:49.904 --> 00:51.822 -[Diya] It's... -[both gasp] 00:51.906 --> 00:53.073 [Diya] It's me. 00:59.371 --> 01:01.499 [Velma] So, uh, yeah. 01:01.582 --> 01:05.377 After all that, it turned out my mom wasn't kidnapped by the serial killer. 01:05.461 --> 01:08.088 Apparently, she was the serial killer. 01:08.172 --> 01:09.924 And yet, it got worse. 01:10.007 --> 01:10.883 -[crushes] -Ahhh! 01:10.966 --> 01:12.927 [camera shutter clicks] 01:13.010 --> 01:16.013 Because it made no sense. Reading Dr. Perdue's journals, 01:16.096 --> 01:18.349 I couldn't understand why my mom 01:18.432 --> 01:20.559 would recreate the work of a mad scientist. 01:20.643 --> 01:22.269 I have to talk to her. 01:22.353 --> 01:23.896 Huh? 01:23.979 --> 01:26.065 Nothing added up. And yet, no one seemed to care. 01:26.148 --> 01:28.400 Okay, the next item on the block 01:28.484 --> 01:30.569 is this 1969 van, 01:30.653 --> 01:32.905 recently used by Diya Dinkley, 01:32.988 --> 01:36.325 one of America's only female serial killers. 01:36.408 --> 01:38.369 You can own a piece of her-story. 01:38.452 --> 01:40.037 [Velma] And yet, it still got worse. 01:40.120 --> 01:41.831 -[all clamoring] -[sighs in exasperation] 01:41.914 --> 01:43.541 Velma. There you are. 01:43.624 --> 01:45.501 Any comment on today's front page story? 01:45.584 --> 01:47.795 Because I'd also lost my best friends. 01:47.878 --> 01:51.215 Norville, I'm sorry I accused your dad of being the serial killer. 01:51.298 --> 01:53.175 -Hmm. -Norville, that's enough. 01:53.259 --> 01:54.927 -[scoffs] -Velma needs us. 01:55.010 --> 01:57.972 The only thing I need is to kick your ass for kissing Fred. 01:58.055 --> 01:58.889 [Velma yells] 01:58.973 --> 02:00.224 -[grunts] -[thuds] 02:00.307 --> 02:02.393 And yet, it somehow got even worse. 02:02.476 --> 02:05.396 Okay, the swelling from your daughter's beating has gone down. 02:05.479 --> 02:09.567 Can I go do your job for you and question my obviously innocent mom now? 02:09.650 --> 02:10.860 No. We need you 02:10.943 --> 02:12.403 -to watch something. -[clicks] 02:12.486 --> 02:14.488 So, why did you do it, Doo-dad? Huh? 02:14.572 --> 02:17.783 Your choices on the lady confession form are 02:17.867 --> 02:19.994 "revenge, jealousy," 02:20.077 --> 02:22.621 or "You know how we get!" 02:22.705 --> 02:24.623 Okay, I'll tell you. 02:24.707 --> 02:27.668 I did it because I wanted to put the brain of a popular girl 02:27.751 --> 02:29.879 into the head of my daughter, Velma. 02:29.962 --> 02:30.963 What? 02:31.046 --> 02:33.132 [theme music playing] 02:35.676 --> 02:36.886 But that makes even less sense. 02:36.969 --> 02:38.804 If she's now saying she's guilty, 02:38.888 --> 02:40.472 why did she pretend to have amnesia? 02:40.556 --> 02:43.392 Or try to frame me with Brenda and Krista's bodies. 02:43.475 --> 02:45.603 [Donna] Velma, we're struggling too, 02:45.686 --> 02:47.396 but Diya insists she did it. 02:47.479 --> 02:49.857 Meaning this afternoon, she'll be sentenced to death row, 02:49.940 --> 02:53.444 and, worse, brutally hounded by true crime podcasters. 02:53.527 --> 02:54.820 Death row? 02:54.904 --> 02:56.447 Then please, just give me five minutes down there 02:56.530 --> 02:58.240 to figure out what's really going on. 02:58.324 --> 02:59.283 What's that? 03:00.659 --> 03:02.786 Look, you didn't hear it from us, 03:02.870 --> 03:06.957 but the only way Cogburn's letting you anywhere near your mom's cell 03:07.041 --> 03:08.959 and potentially messing up his case 03:09.043 --> 03:11.629 is if you get arrested yourself. 03:11.712 --> 03:13.589 Arrested? I see. 03:13.672 --> 03:15.966 Well, then call me a medieval minstrel 03:16.050 --> 03:17.676 'cause I'm about to loot. 03:17.760 --> 03:19.303 Yeah. Unfortunately, 03:19.386 --> 03:21.805 he's so worried about you talking to your mom, 03:21.889 --> 03:25.643 the only thing he'd arrest you for right now is murder. 03:25.726 --> 03:27.311 Murder? 03:27.394 --> 03:28.479 [Victoria] Now, Daphne. 03:28.562 --> 03:30.105 Though I married into this company, 03:30.189 --> 03:33.192 I'm the one who built it from a small ascot shop 03:33.275 --> 03:34.818 into the multi-billion dollar 03:34.902 --> 03:37.488 target of child labor lawsuits it is today. 03:37.571 --> 03:39.823 -And I did it all by-- -Moxie! 03:39.907 --> 03:43.327 Aggressively supporting politicians who look the other way. 03:43.410 --> 03:45.329 And I have impeccable taste. 03:45.412 --> 03:48.207 Like this. Our newest fragrance. 03:48.290 --> 03:50.668 Oh, I love that. What's it called? 03:50.751 --> 03:52.670 "Smells Like Mommy." 03:52.753 --> 03:54.129 Oh. Mm. 03:54.213 --> 03:56.840 Yes, it's terrible. Freddie named it. 03:56.924 --> 03:58.926 Which brings us to the point of your internship. 03:59.009 --> 04:01.428 [gasps] You mean I'm not just a diversity hire 04:01.512 --> 04:03.305 -for the company photo shoot? -No. 04:03.389 --> 04:05.349 See, Freddie doesn't listen to me. 04:05.432 --> 04:09.019 But yesterday you were able to coax him back to being popular like-- 04:09.103 --> 04:12.523 -A modern-day Anne Sullivan. -A celebrity dog trainer. 04:12.606 --> 04:14.650 Regardless, if Fred has any hope 04:14.733 --> 04:17.069 of running this company one day, I need your help 04:17.152 --> 04:20.698 teaching him that same kind of strategic thinking and drive. 04:20.781 --> 04:23.117 So, I'd have to spend more time with Fred? 04:23.200 --> 04:25.869 [sighs] I have to sort out some personal stuff with Velma first. 04:25.953 --> 04:28.831 Oh, hey, this is a good business lesson to learn. 04:28.914 --> 04:30.207 Nobody cares. 04:32.334 --> 04:33.877 Fred, open up. 04:33.961 --> 04:35.754 I need your help to get arrested and save my mom's life. 04:35.838 --> 04:36.880 [cell phone ringing] 04:36.964 --> 04:39.174 -Ugh, not now. -[beeps] 04:39.258 --> 04:40.759 -[Fred screaming] -[objects crashing] 04:40.843 --> 04:41.760 [message sent chimes] 04:41.844 --> 04:43.554 [Fred screaming gets louder] 04:43.637 --> 04:45.347 -Fred? -[grunts] 04:45.431 --> 04:49.226 Fred, why are you raging out? Can I assume sports? 04:49.309 --> 04:50.728 No, Velma. 04:50.811 --> 04:52.646 I'm raging out because my mom doesn't think I'm capable 04:52.730 --> 04:54.815 of running the family business. 04:54.898 --> 04:56.066 But she's wrong. 04:56.150 --> 04:58.277 Look how good I paint the company logo. 04:58.360 --> 05:00.946 Your company logo is an asterisk? 05:01.030 --> 05:04.324 Oh, to indicate a troubling footnote about child labor. 05:04.408 --> 05:06.869 It's not an asterisk. It's a flower. 05:06.952 --> 05:08.454 I painted those ones better. 05:08.537 --> 05:10.998 Wait, Fred. You bought this van? Why? 05:11.081 --> 05:14.418 Because all cool fashion advertising for teens 05:14.501 --> 05:16.754 is just trashy, pedo-tinged sex stuff. 05:16.837 --> 05:18.589 So, maybe if I drive this thing around, 05:18.672 --> 05:20.674 I can make Gentlemen's Accessories cool 05:20.758 --> 05:22.384 and prove to my mom I'm not a joke. 05:22.468 --> 05:25.012 Because nothing's trashier or more pedo-tinged 05:25.095 --> 05:28.348 than teens in an old van. That's actually not a bad idea. 05:28.432 --> 05:29.808 Ahhh! 05:29.892 --> 05:32.728 Wrong! It is a good idea! I can run the family business. 05:32.811 --> 05:34.938 Oh, wait. You just agreed with me. Sorry, I'm... 05:35.022 --> 05:38.609 [sighs] I'm just sensitive from always being wrong about everything. 05:38.692 --> 05:40.944 Well, then I have good news, 'cause I'm taking you 05:41.028 --> 05:43.864 to the one place no one will ever doubt you. 05:43.947 --> 05:45.032 [police siren chirps] 05:45.115 --> 05:47.117 Officers, arrest me. 05:47.201 --> 05:50.287 I've committed the only crime worse than eating ethnic food on an airplane. 05:50.370 --> 05:51.789 Don't care. Until your mom 05:51.872 --> 05:54.458 is removed from our custody and goes to death row, 05:54.541 --> 05:58.128 your presence here is like a condom in a porno. 05:58.212 --> 05:59.630 Not wanted! 05:59.713 --> 06:02.257 [Fred] But would you arrest her if someone like me 06:02.341 --> 06:06.470 said someone like her was bothering him? 06:06.553 --> 06:08.097 Well, yeah, that would do it. 06:11.058 --> 06:13.602 Norville, have you seen Velma? She wasn't at the pep rally. 06:13.685 --> 06:16.814 And you know how much she loves knocking over cheerleader pyramids. 06:16.897 --> 06:19.900 Sorry, Daph. But I'm just too tired of Velma's bullshit 06:19.983 --> 06:22.319 to care where she is. 06:22.402 --> 06:24.696 Norville never swears. [gasps] 06:24.780 --> 06:25.739 Oh, my God. 06:26.532 --> 06:27.366 [sighs] 06:29.660 --> 06:31.453 Huh? A geode? 06:32.496 --> 06:34.498 "My dearest daughter..." 06:34.581 --> 06:37.000 [Carroll] I almost died while finding this. 06:37.084 --> 06:38.669 [screams, grunts] 06:38.752 --> 06:41.046 I think it has something to do with the murders. 06:41.130 --> 06:45.676 "And while I know it can never make up for having abandoned you twice, 06:45.759 --> 06:47.511 please consider us even 06:47.594 --> 06:51.890 for the $10 I took from your locker!" [grunts in frustration] 06:52.766 --> 06:55.310 [gasps] 06:55.394 --> 06:58.605 Be quick. Your mom doesn't have much time before her sentencing. 06:58.689 --> 07:02.025 And the creature that lives in the toilet feeds at 2:00. 07:02.109 --> 07:03.777 -[door closes] -Mom? 07:03.861 --> 07:05.320 -Velma? -Mom! 07:05.404 --> 07:07.281 I know you didn't really wanna change my brain, right? 07:07.364 --> 07:10.784 I assume you misspoke and meant change my bra? 'Cause I get that. 07:10.868 --> 07:13.537 Velma, I did it because I wanted to put the brain 07:13.620 --> 07:17.749 of a popular girl into the head of my daughter, Velma. 07:17.833 --> 07:18.959 Oh. 07:19.042 --> 07:21.587 -But why? -No, Velma, listen to me. 07:21.670 --> 07:23.380 I did it because I wanted to put the brain 07:23.463 --> 07:26.717 of a popular girl into the head of my daughter, Velma. 07:26.800 --> 07:28.677 Yeah, Mom. I get it. Wait. 07:28.760 --> 07:30.721 You keep saying the exact same thing. 07:30.804 --> 07:33.515 Yes! When I try to say what actually happened, 07:33.599 --> 07:35.058 that's what comes out. 07:35.142 --> 07:37.811 I don't think I had amnesia, I think I was hypnotized. 07:37.895 --> 07:40.898 Hypnotized? I thought that only worked in '70s cartoons 07:40.981 --> 07:42.399 and '80s comedy clubs. 07:42.482 --> 07:44.735 Wait. But the cure is always snapping. 07:44.818 --> 07:48.405 Sorry. Time to go to death row. You failed, Velma. 07:48.488 --> 07:51.158 You're not ruining this for me. 07:51.241 --> 07:53.327 -[roaring] -[bubbling] 07:57.998 --> 07:58.999 Let me out of here. 07:59.082 --> 08:00.584 My mom was hypnotized, 08:00.667 --> 08:02.669 and the serial killer is still out there. 08:02.753 --> 08:04.922 [mysterious voice] Yes, he is, Velma. 08:05.005 --> 08:05.881 [gasps] 08:08.050 --> 08:09.384 Oh, no, he's here! 08:10.385 --> 08:11.762 -[Velma] Daphne? -[clears throat] 08:11.845 --> 08:13.972 Sorry. I just had to clear my throat. 08:14.056 --> 08:15.432 My moms told me you were here. 08:15.515 --> 08:17.726 Ugh, I'd rather you were the serial killer. 08:17.809 --> 08:19.228 Well, then, good news. 08:19.311 --> 08:22.648 Because I have something that might help us find him. 08:22.731 --> 08:24.274 [Velma] A pocket watch? 08:24.358 --> 08:26.026 Wait, I remember that from somewhere. 08:26.109 --> 08:28.862 [in demonic voice] And do you remember me? 08:28.946 --> 08:31.198 [Velma screaming] 08:33.283 --> 08:34.993 How am I on a dirt road? 08:35.077 --> 08:38.455 [gasps] Oh, no! I died, and hell is a cross country race. 08:38.538 --> 08:40.457 [gasps] Wait. This is a memory 08:40.540 --> 08:43.293 of the night I started hallucinating, two years ago. 08:43.377 --> 08:44.878 [young Velma in echoing voice] I'll never find my mom. 08:44.962 --> 08:46.922 My mystery solving caused this. 08:47.005 --> 08:48.465 -No one will ever believe me... -[gasps] 08:48.548 --> 08:49.716 ...because I'm a weirdo. 08:50.759 --> 08:52.678 Oh, my God. I remember! 08:54.054 --> 08:56.265 [screaming] 08:56.348 --> 08:58.308 That pocket watch belongs to the serial killer. 08:58.392 --> 09:01.270 I recognize it because he didn't just hypnotize my mom, 09:01.353 --> 09:03.814 he hypnotized me two years ago as well, 09:03.897 --> 09:06.775 to cause my hallucinations and keep me from finding her. 09:06.858 --> 09:08.735 -[Daphne gasps] -Now, did you check the watch 09:08.819 --> 09:10.570 -for fingerprints or semen? -No need. 09:10.654 --> 09:12.030 There's an inscription. 09:12.114 --> 09:14.157 Okay, but Daphne, it belonged to a serial killer. 09:14.241 --> 09:17.703 It's 100% caked in semen, and you're just, like, holding it in your hand. 09:17.786 --> 09:19.121 -[exclaims in disgust] -[clicks open] 09:20.455 --> 09:22.583 "Harry Meeting?" [gasps] Of course! 09:22.666 --> 09:25.210 General Harry Meeting hired Dr. Edna Perdue 09:25.294 --> 09:27.879 to run his Project SCOOBI brain-swapping program. 09:27.963 --> 09:30.382 And he was a master of hypnosis. 09:30.465 --> 09:31.800 But, wait, he's dead. 09:31.883 --> 09:34.344 -Man! -[Daphne] Exactly. 09:34.428 --> 09:35.846 Which can only mean one thing. 09:35.929 --> 09:38.015 [in echoing voice] It's General Meeting's ghost, 09:38.098 --> 09:40.309 back to finish Dr. Perdue's work! 09:40.392 --> 09:42.853 For the last time, ghosts do not exist. 09:42.936 --> 09:45.439 So, if you'd like to join me back in reality, 09:45.522 --> 09:48.817 I'm gonna see if this watch jogs any memories for the Brains. 09:48.900 --> 09:50.777 I'll come with. But first... 09:50.861 --> 09:53.780 [sighs] I'm sorry about kissing Fred. Forgive me? 09:53.864 --> 09:57.951 And I promise nothing will ever come between us again. 09:58.827 --> 10:00.620 [cell phone ringing] 10:00.704 --> 10:03.498 Hold up. I have to take this. Victoria. 10:03.582 --> 10:05.083 What? Fred was caught 10:05.167 --> 10:07.586 trying to lure teens into a van for trashy sex stuff? 10:07.669 --> 10:09.046 I'll be right there. 10:09.129 --> 10:11.840 I am so sorry. I have to go. But here. [sprays] 10:11.923 --> 10:13.175 Perfume? 10:13.258 --> 10:14.718 Is that to remember you while we're apart? 10:14.801 --> 10:16.595 Yes. But Victoria also wants to know 10:16.678 --> 10:18.847 if you like it and or get a terrible rash. 10:18.930 --> 10:21.099 Text me your thoughts and be safe. 10:23.101 --> 10:26.563 Fred, tell your mom I'm getting in the car you sent right now. 10:26.646 --> 10:29.775 What do you mean you didn't send a car? Oh, God! 10:29.858 --> 10:31.902 Ugh, fine. You sent a limo. 10:31.985 --> 10:34.404 Yes, I know the difference, you asshole. 10:36.615 --> 10:38.992 -[girls chuckling] -[Brenda] Okay. 10:39.076 --> 10:41.244 Clap, clap. Group shower discussion of the day. 10:41.328 --> 10:45.916 Aren't you so over characters making dramatic entrances on TV shows? 10:45.999 --> 10:47.459 -For sure. -[Krista] Totally. 10:47.542 --> 10:49.836 I like the quiet characters who don't get much to do. 10:49.920 --> 10:52.255 I actually love dramatic entrances. 10:52.339 --> 10:54.341 -[Brenda] Velma? -Yeah. 10:54.424 --> 10:56.927 And before you say anything, my mom didn't kill you and put you in those jars. 10:57.010 --> 10:59.179 She was hypnotized by whoever took you. 10:59.262 --> 11:01.765 So please, tell me you recognize this. 11:01.848 --> 11:04.393 -Where was that? -[Brenda] I do... 11:04.476 --> 11:05.811 ...not know. 11:05.894 --> 11:07.813 -[Krista] Sorry. -[Lola] I don't either. 11:07.896 --> 11:10.440 Well, great! Now I have nothing and my mom's going to the chair. 11:10.524 --> 11:13.193 Which is exactly what you deserve, Velma. 11:13.276 --> 11:14.736 Well, not your mom going to the chair. 11:14.820 --> 11:16.613 But you were given the best thing in the world, 11:16.696 --> 11:19.866 and every day you treated it like worthless garbage. 11:19.950 --> 11:22.536 Hair that's full of bounce and easy to style? 11:22.619 --> 11:24.204 No! Norville! 11:24.287 --> 11:26.206 And now, he's transferring schools 11:26.289 --> 11:28.667 because it's too hard for him to be around the person who betrayed him. 11:28.750 --> 11:30.293 What? That's impossible. 11:30.377 --> 11:32.295 I know I messed up by accusing Lamont, 11:32.379 --> 11:34.923 but Norville would've told me if he was leaving school. 11:35.006 --> 11:35.966 He did. 11:36.049 --> 11:38.218 He left you a voice mail. 11:38.301 --> 11:41.221 Just one of the 1,000 you never listened to. 11:41.304 --> 11:42.264 I don't... 11:42.347 --> 11:43.557 I don't have time for this. 11:43.640 --> 11:45.350 I have to save my mom. 11:45.434 --> 11:47.602 And where did her phone come from? 11:47.686 --> 11:48.854 We're naked! 11:48.937 --> 11:50.689 [upbeat music playing on car radio] 11:50.772 --> 11:51.940 What's wrong, baby? 11:52.023 --> 11:53.650 Three Chaka Khan songs have come on 11:53.733 --> 11:55.819 and you haven't even bobbed your head. 11:55.902 --> 11:57.446 Ugh, nothing. 11:57.529 --> 11:58.989 I'm just wondering if I made the right decision to leave... 11:59.072 --> 12:00.866 Oh, my God! I'm home! 12:04.286 --> 12:06.329 [giggling gleefully] 12:06.413 --> 12:09.833 So Brenda and Krista's bodies were used to frame me. 12:09.916 --> 12:12.627 But, wait. Lola's was found by someone else. 12:12.711 --> 12:15.046 [sighs] Norville, where are you when I need you? 12:15.130 --> 12:16.047 [cell phone buzzing] 12:16.882 --> 12:18.592 [sighs] Fine. 12:18.675 --> 12:20.385 -[clicks] -[Norville] Velma, 12:20.469 --> 12:22.846 it's Norville. I'm switching schools. See you in hell. 12:22.929 --> 12:25.599 If I ever visit from the Halls of Mandos. 12:25.682 --> 12:29.186 That's a Tolkien reference, which I know you hate. 12:29.269 --> 12:31.897 Damn it, Velma. Why didn't you ever listen to these? 12:31.980 --> 12:33.356 -[clicks] -[Norville] Hey, Velma, 12:33.440 --> 12:35.942 it's Norville, and I have huge news. 12:36.026 --> 12:39.362 It's banana pudding day in the cafeteria. 12:39.446 --> 12:40.363 Call me back! 12:40.447 --> 12:43.575 ♪ I will remember you ♪ 12:43.658 --> 12:45.160 Hey, Velma, it's Norville. 12:45.243 --> 12:47.829 Who's got two thumbs and wants to say good morning? 12:47.913 --> 12:49.664 This guy! 12:49.748 --> 12:51.833 Yeah, that's maybe more of a visual joke. Call me back. 12:51.917 --> 12:54.377 [mimicking Arnold Schwarzenegger] Hey, Velma, it's Arnold, 12:54.461 --> 12:57.589 the Actornator. [in normal voice] JK, JK, it's Norville. 12:57.672 --> 12:58.715 Call me back. 12:58.798 --> 12:59.716 Call me back. 12:59.799 --> 13:00.800 Call me back. 13:02.469 --> 13:05.680 Wow. This is the first voice mail he ever left me. 13:05.764 --> 13:07.432 [Norville hesitating] Uh, hey, hey, Velma. 13:07.516 --> 13:10.268 It's Norville Rogers from... From math. 13:10.352 --> 13:12.270 I know we don't really know each other, 13:12.354 --> 13:14.397 but I... I just wanted to say 13:14.481 --> 13:16.399 I'm sorry your mom got taken, 13:16.483 --> 13:19.110 and I think it's cool that you're wearing glasses now. 13:19.194 --> 13:22.572 Wow. He even noticed these. 13:22.656 --> 13:27.035 [gasps] Mom's frames are made by Jones Gentlemen's Accessories? 13:32.499 --> 13:33.583 A pocket watch! 13:34.543 --> 13:35.418 [gasps] 13:38.880 --> 13:40.715 Oh, my God! Harry Meeting used 13:40.799 --> 13:43.009 Jones Gentlemen's Accessories pocket watches 13:43.093 --> 13:45.262 for his hypnosis. That's it! 13:45.345 --> 13:46.846 Dad! Dad! I figured it out! 13:46.930 --> 13:48.098 How to wash that sweater? 13:48.181 --> 13:49.766 You've literally never smelled better. 13:49.849 --> 13:52.686 No, that's just some dumb perfume Daphne sprayed on me. 13:52.769 --> 13:53.853 Mom's innocent. 13:53.937 --> 13:54.938 What? How? 13:55.021 --> 13:57.607 My glasses! It was my glasses! 13:57.691 --> 14:00.652 Mom didn't drop them in her car the night she was taken. 14:00.735 --> 14:02.904 She left them as a clue for me to find. 14:02.988 --> 14:04.781 But how are glasses a clue? 14:04.864 --> 14:08.118 Unless they solve the mystery of why a girl can't get a date, right? 14:08.201 --> 14:10.370 [chuckles] Sorry, I'm drunk. Please continue. 14:10.453 --> 14:13.081 I'll explain everything on the way to the Jones estate. 14:13.164 --> 14:16.251 If I'm right, Daphne and Fred are in trouble. 14:16.334 --> 14:19.796 [Aman] So, if the serial killer caused your hallucinations with hypnosis, 14:19.879 --> 14:23.967 how did me believing that your mom was kidnapped stop them? [grunts] 14:24.050 --> 14:26.344 Because my hallucinations preyed on my insecurity 14:26.428 --> 14:28.305 that I'm a weirdo no one would believe. 14:28.388 --> 14:30.599 So, you believing me counteracted that. 14:30.682 --> 14:33.184 Same with Norville saying he liked me. [grunts] 14:33.268 --> 14:35.395 I thought it was because he made me laugh. 14:35.478 --> 14:37.814 But it was because he made me feel cared for, 14:37.897 --> 14:41.526 the way a cool-ass boss bitch like myself deserves to be. 14:41.610 --> 14:42.944 And I'm falling off the wall. 14:43.028 --> 14:44.487 -[grunts] -[Aman] Velma! 14:44.571 --> 14:47.073 Are you okay? 'Cause if not, we can definitely sue. 14:47.157 --> 14:48.575 I'm fine. Just go get the cops. 14:48.658 --> 14:51.161 On it. But could you maybe fake an injury? 14:51.244 --> 14:54.164 -The Joneses are a cash cow. -[Velma] Get the cops! 14:56.291 --> 14:59.085 Okay. How do I sneak into this lab again? 15:00.712 --> 15:02.505 [gulps] 15:02.589 --> 15:06.551 Hey, Angela Lansbury, or whoever is in charge up there now, 15:06.635 --> 15:08.428 please don't let me die today. 15:08.511 --> 15:11.056 There are so many things I haven't done yet in life. 15:11.139 --> 15:13.808 Like, make a bucket list. Or this. 15:13.892 --> 15:15.685 -[cell phone dialing] -[Norville] Hello. 15:15.769 --> 15:17.312 You've reached Norville Rogers. 15:17.395 --> 15:19.689 And, if this is Velma, don't forget 15:19.773 --> 15:21.566 -you're a piece of... -[beep] 15:21.650 --> 15:25.487 Norville, look, I know you hate me, but in case I die tonight, 15:25.570 --> 15:29.032 I just wanted to say you'll always be my best friend. 15:29.115 --> 15:32.535 That's it. Bye. Love you. 15:32.619 --> 15:35.205 Love you? Oh, no! [clicks cell phone] 15:35.288 --> 15:37.165 -Ah! What's happening? -[bats screeching] 15:38.291 --> 15:39.417 -[grunting] -[clangs] 15:39.501 --> 15:42.462 Don't donate my body to science! 15:44.339 --> 15:46.341 -[bats screeching] -[gasps] 15:47.801 --> 15:49.719 [gasping] 15:51.721 --> 15:53.014 Ugh, great. 15:53.098 --> 15:55.558 My phone's dead. Now I can't call back Norville, 15:55.642 --> 15:57.227 or order Thai food. 15:59.646 --> 16:02.565 "To find the lab entrance, walk 32 steps. 16:02.649 --> 16:05.819 The jersey number of the great O.J. Simpson"? 16:05.902 --> 16:09.489 Ugh, God. Dr. Perdue, could this journal be more dated? 16:09.572 --> 16:12.075 "Now, look for the stone that is as perfect 16:12.158 --> 16:15.578 as Woody Allen and Mia Farrow's marriage"? 16:15.662 --> 16:16.538 Wait, there it is. 16:18.623 --> 16:19.457 [grinds] 16:24.504 --> 16:25.338 [gasps] 16:26.881 --> 16:28.925 [gasps] My glasses. 16:29.008 --> 16:31.970 I hope this doesn't keep happening. 16:32.053 --> 16:33.888 -[creaking] -[breathing heavily] 16:46.359 --> 16:47.485 Daphne, wake up. 16:47.569 --> 16:50.029 [gasps] Velma! Get me out of here. 16:50.113 --> 16:51.448 Oh, and Fred, if there's time. 16:51.531 --> 16:53.783 I will. I just have to figure out how. 16:53.867 --> 16:55.493 [gasps] Oh, that's it. 16:55.577 --> 16:56.786 Excuse me! 16:56.870 --> 16:58.413 Wait. Do you think seeing us fool around 16:58.496 --> 17:00.248 will give the serial killer a heart attack? 17:00.331 --> 17:02.125 [chuckles] Worth a shot. [gasps] Oh, God! 17:02.208 --> 17:04.627 -Ahhh! -And now you die, Velma. 17:04.711 --> 17:08.173 Then I guess I better smell good for Angela Lansbury. 17:08.256 --> 17:09.549 [grunts, coughs] 17:10.383 --> 17:12.427 [laughs] 17:13.219 --> 17:14.804 [bats screech] 17:14.888 --> 17:16.973 [grunts] 17:17.056 --> 17:18.141 -[groans] -[crashes] 17:20.185 --> 17:22.103 Oh, my God, you're a genius. 17:22.187 --> 17:24.189 How did you know the perfume would do that? 17:24.272 --> 17:26.649 My shrill voice usually repels bats. 17:26.733 --> 17:28.443 So when they attacked me in the well, 17:28.526 --> 17:30.820 I knew it had to be the perfume driving them crazy. 17:30.904 --> 17:33.198 Ahhh! Get, them off! Get them off! 17:33.281 --> 17:36.993 Wait, no. Keep them on. 17:37.076 --> 17:39.245 Velma, how did you know we were down here? 17:39.329 --> 17:42.624 [scoffs] Was Fred right about the government putting trackers in those vaccines? 17:42.707 --> 17:46.836 No. After connecting General Meeting to Jones Gentlemen's Accessories, 17:46.920 --> 17:48.463 it was obvious. 17:48.546 --> 17:51.174 So, it is the ghost of Dr. Edna Perdue. I knew it! 17:51.257 --> 17:53.510 Don't be an idiot, Fred. It's the ghost 17:53.593 --> 17:55.386 -of General Harry Meeting. -[Velma exclaims] 17:55.470 --> 17:58.139 Stop before I think less of you. Just let me explain. 17:58.223 --> 18:01.100 This all began when the serial killer tried to frame me 18:01.184 --> 18:02.852 for the murders of Brenda and Krista 18:02.936 --> 18:05.522 by putting them in my locker and recycling bin. 18:05.605 --> 18:07.565 But then Fred raged out in court 18:07.649 --> 18:09.609 and went to prison for those murders instead. 18:09.692 --> 18:11.528 Oh, yeah, I remember that. 18:11.611 --> 18:13.196 Wow, crazy couple of weeks. 18:13.279 --> 18:17.534 But the third body, Lola's, wasn't used to frame me. Why? 18:17.617 --> 18:20.703 Because the serial killer needed a body fast 18:20.787 --> 18:22.705 to exonerate Fred and get him out of prison. 18:22.789 --> 18:25.750 But why would the serial killer want Fred out of prison, 18:25.834 --> 18:27.794 only to then take him at Fog Fest? 18:27.877 --> 18:30.463 Because the serial killer is... 18:30.547 --> 18:32.715 -[Fred] Mother? -[Daphne] Victoria Jones? 18:32.799 --> 18:35.218 Formerly known as Victoria Meeting, 18:35.301 --> 18:37.345 the daughter of General Harry Meeting. 18:37.428 --> 18:39.389 Once I learned of her past, it all made sense. 18:39.472 --> 18:41.891 I mean, first off, only a real monster 18:41.975 --> 18:43.726 has a destination wedding in Bali. 18:43.810 --> 18:46.521 What? Mother, how could you? 18:46.604 --> 18:49.399 Because she wanted to replace your brain 18:49.482 --> 18:50.900 with that of someone more capable 18:50.984 --> 18:53.653 of one day running Jones Gentlemen's Accessories. 18:53.736 --> 18:55.947 Replace my brain? Hold up. 18:56.030 --> 18:58.741 Am I not your special number-one little guy? 18:58.825 --> 19:00.994 I tried to encourage you, Freddie, but in the end, 19:01.077 --> 19:04.372 I couldn't let your incompetence ruin my life's work. 19:04.455 --> 19:07.667 The way my father's incompetence ruined Project SCOOBI. 19:07.750 --> 19:09.752 Huh? I thought Project SCOOBI failed 19:09.836 --> 19:12.922 because Dr. Perdue went insane trying to swap people's brains. 19:13.006 --> 19:16.676 That's the public story. The truth is 19:16.759 --> 19:21.097 Dr. Perdue succeeded in her brain-swapping procedure. 19:24.601 --> 19:26.936 [both screaming] 19:27.020 --> 19:30.523 But then my father tried to take all the credit for her work. 19:30.607 --> 19:31.983 -[men screaming] -[camera flashes] 19:32.066 --> 19:33.651 When Dr. Perdue found out, 19:33.735 --> 19:35.278 she undid the experiment, 19:35.361 --> 19:37.614 bricked up her lab and hid her journal, 19:37.697 --> 19:41.034 so her work couldn't be recreated. 19:41.117 --> 19:42.827 But hoping to make her talk, 19:42.911 --> 19:46.456 my father had her institutionalized. 19:46.539 --> 19:48.541 But Dr. Perdue didn't crack, 19:48.625 --> 19:52.295 and without the journals, my father couldn't reproduce her results. 19:52.378 --> 19:54.797 -Project SCOOBI was shut down. -[gasps] 19:54.881 --> 19:58.134 -No! -And we lost everything. 19:59.552 --> 20:01.596 Wait. Our family was also poor? 20:01.679 --> 20:03.723 [exclaims] Can this day get any worse? 20:03.806 --> 20:06.559 [Veronica] To save us from financial ruin, 20:06.643 --> 20:09.687 I married William Jones, the man whose family business 20:09.771 --> 20:14.025 supplied the pocket watches my father used for hypnosis. 20:14.108 --> 20:16.653 -You love me, right? -Shh. 20:16.736 --> 20:19.614 [Velma] And after building Jones Gentlemen's Accessories 20:19.697 --> 20:21.491 into a global brand, 20:21.574 --> 20:23.993 you couldn't stand to see it undone by your own son. 20:24.077 --> 20:26.329 So you decided to give him a better brain 20:26.412 --> 20:27.664 by buying this house 20:27.747 --> 20:30.166 and finding Dr. Perdue's journals. 20:30.249 --> 20:32.543 [Veronica] But your mom had already found them. 20:32.627 --> 20:34.963 [Velma] So, when my mom showed up here two years ago, 20:35.046 --> 20:36.506 you hypnotized her 20:36.589 --> 20:38.549 and made her rebuild the lab, while you found 20:38.633 --> 20:40.969 the perfect brain to put in Fred's head. 20:41.052 --> 20:42.512 Case closed. 20:42.595 --> 20:44.931 Okay, but why pick the brain of a hot, popular girl? 20:45.014 --> 20:47.976 We're literally the only murders people care about. 20:48.059 --> 20:49.811 Because I wanted someone like me. 20:49.894 --> 20:52.188 An ambitious, status-conscious young woman 20:52.271 --> 20:54.524 who could appreciate what she might achieve 20:54.607 --> 20:58.361 as the male president of a global corporation. 20:58.444 --> 21:01.406 But now I see the perfect brain for Fred 21:01.489 --> 21:04.701 is the one I tried hardest to keep away. 21:06.077 --> 21:07.412 William. 21:08.663 --> 21:11.666 Oh, God. Look at his eyes. He's hypnotized. 21:11.749 --> 21:12.917 I had no choice. 21:13.001 --> 21:14.877 The poor fool figured out what I was up to. 21:15.670 --> 21:16.546 [thuds] 21:17.505 --> 21:19.132 [metallic creaking] 21:21.009 --> 21:22.802 [gasps] Victoria! 21:22.885 --> 21:25.221 Think this through. Once my brain is in Fred, 21:25.304 --> 21:26.514 I'll just go to the police. 21:26.597 --> 21:28.433 Right after I've looked at myself naked. 21:28.516 --> 21:30.059 No, you won't, Velma, 21:30.143 --> 21:32.311 because not only are you brilliant, 21:32.395 --> 21:34.605 who more than you would truly appreciate 21:34.689 --> 21:38.192 the advantages of being a handsome, rich white man? 21:38.276 --> 21:40.361 Oh, advantages? You think we like 21:40.445 --> 21:44.198 being president of the United States 97% of the time? 21:44.282 --> 21:45.658 The job sucks! 21:45.742 --> 21:47.243 Having spent time with the Brains, 21:47.326 --> 21:49.537 I was reminded that hot, popular girls your age 21:49.620 --> 21:54.167 don't yet realize just how much the deck is stacked against them. 21:54.250 --> 21:56.419 But a stumpy know-it-all with bad eyes 21:56.502 --> 21:59.130 and a worse haircut, such as myself, would. 22:00.048 --> 22:01.632 You know what, Victoria? 22:01.716 --> 22:04.093 You're right. I am so in. 22:04.177 --> 22:05.511 -What? -Velma! 22:05.595 --> 22:08.264 -Fred will die. -And worse, be embarrassed! 22:08.347 --> 22:12.143 Exactly. I am so sick of rich guys like you 22:12.226 --> 22:15.521 not only not realizing how much is handed to them, 22:15.605 --> 22:17.774 but still thinking they're the victims 22:17.857 --> 22:19.609 when they mess everything up 22:19.692 --> 22:23.112 because of their lazy entitlement and fragile egos. 22:23.196 --> 22:25.865 -[Fred's heart beating] -My ego is not fragile. 22:25.948 --> 22:26.949 -Ahhh! -Yes! 22:27.033 --> 22:28.826 Rage, Fred. Rage with the anger 22:28.910 --> 22:31.788 of a dad who just bumped his head and break your restraints. 22:31.871 --> 22:33.581 No! What are you doing? Stop! 22:34.832 --> 22:35.875 -[Fred grunts] -[thuds] 22:35.958 --> 22:37.585 [William grunts] 22:37.668 --> 22:39.462 Fred, your mom is getting away! 22:40.755 --> 22:42.048 [glass shatters] 22:44.717 --> 22:46.260 You did this! 22:46.344 --> 22:49.305 No, Fred. I only said those things to rile you up. 22:49.388 --> 22:51.057 I mean, yes, I feel that way, but-- 22:51.140 --> 22:52.016 [gun fires] 22:53.893 --> 22:55.978 No. I'm glad you said it, Velma. 22:56.062 --> 22:58.189 Only friends tell each other the truth. 22:58.272 --> 22:59.982 And I'm proud to call you a friend, 23:00.066 --> 23:02.360 no matter how annoying I find your voice. 23:02.443 --> 23:06.280 Wow. I'm already loving our new truth dynamic. 23:06.364 --> 23:08.741 Now get out of here. I'll stop my mom. 23:11.244 --> 23:13.204 -[gasps] -[gun cocking] 23:13.287 --> 23:14.497 [breathes heavily] 23:14.580 --> 23:15.665 Hello, Mother. 23:15.748 --> 23:17.959 Freddie, I'm sorry. 23:18.042 --> 23:20.586 But I, um... I have an excuse. 23:20.670 --> 23:23.005 -A good one. -Really? 23:23.089 --> 23:25.007 Quick, find the button that makes the bucket go up. 23:25.091 --> 23:27.844 It doesn't work like that. We have to climb. 23:27.927 --> 23:29.095 I see. 23:29.178 --> 23:30.680 So, I guess I just live down here now? 23:30.763 --> 23:32.014 [gunshot] 23:32.098 --> 23:35.143 -[Velma] Victoria? How? -It's not Victoria. 23:35.226 --> 23:37.395 Mother never could have wanted to swap my brain. 23:37.478 --> 23:42.066 She told me she's been possessed by the ghost of Dr. Edna Perdue. 23:42.150 --> 23:43.943 It made so much sense when she told me, 23:44.026 --> 23:46.320 I accidentally dropped the gun and, well... [chuckles] 23:47.155 --> 23:48.072 Here we are. 23:48.156 --> 23:49.866 So, say your goodbyes, girls, 23:49.949 --> 23:53.619 as I'm about to transfer your brains to these cave walls. 23:55.079 --> 23:57.290 Velma, if this is the end, 23:57.373 --> 24:00.334 I need you to know that I love you. 24:01.711 --> 24:03.421 [kissing] 24:03.504 --> 24:05.715 -I love you too, Norville. -What? 24:05.798 --> 24:07.216 -Norville? -Daphne! 24:07.300 --> 24:08.843 I mean, I love you, Daphne. 24:08.926 --> 24:12.430 Velma, I got your VM. Voice mail. 24:12.513 --> 24:14.974 And I love you too! 24:15.057 --> 24:16.434 Norville, watch out! 24:22.815 --> 24:25.401 Well, it appears I've gotten away with it, 24:25.484 --> 24:28.279 -you meddling ki-- -[crumbling] 24:28.362 --> 24:29.864 -[screams] -[squelches] 24:31.782 --> 24:35.494 Mother? Ghost of Dr. Perdue? Hello? 24:35.578 --> 24:38.581 -[Norville retches] -Oh, my God. She's dead. 24:38.664 --> 24:39.916 Like, really dead. 24:39.999 --> 24:41.209 -[sighs] It's over. -[Norville vomits] 24:41.292 --> 24:42.877 It's finally over. 24:42.960 --> 24:45.171 This feels amazing! 24:45.254 --> 24:49.133 Like, best day ever! I solved the case! Happy dance! 24:49.217 --> 24:50.343 -It's true. -[Norville retches] 24:50.426 --> 24:52.386 I'd solved the case for good. 24:52.470 --> 24:54.805 But like all prestige detectives, 24:54.889 --> 24:57.475 had I actually lost more than I found? 24:57.558 --> 24:59.393 Vermin Dorkley Day! 24:59.477 --> 25:01.270 [crowd cheering] 25:01.354 --> 25:04.148 And we also have keys for your friends. 25:04.232 --> 25:06.484 We're not friends. Norville killed my mother. 25:06.567 --> 25:08.611 She tried to kill me first. 25:08.694 --> 25:11.781 Only because she was possessed by the ghost of your grandma. 25:11.864 --> 25:13.616 Fred. Ghosts are not real. 25:13.699 --> 25:15.368 Oh, what a surprise. 25:15.451 --> 25:17.703 Velma's standing up for Norville, the love of her life. 25:17.787 --> 25:19.622 [Velma] No, that's stupid. 25:19.705 --> 25:23.125 Sure, my personal life was in shambles, but I got my mom back! 25:23.209 --> 25:26.796 Okay, so it's a dark mystery origin story of Boo Boo Bear. 25:26.879 --> 25:29.340 TV got even better while you were kidnapped. 25:29.423 --> 25:31.717 All right, sounds great. Turn it up. 25:31.801 --> 25:33.261 [movie plays on TV] 25:33.344 --> 25:34.845 -[knocking at door] -And maybe shut the curtains. 25:34.929 --> 25:37.181 Velma, did you change the locks again? 25:37.265 --> 25:40.601 Let us in. We still live here. Hello? 25:40.685 --> 25:45.147 [Velma] Still, all our lives were changed forever by what had happened. 25:45.231 --> 25:47.733 [sighs] I can't sleep, Dad. 25:47.817 --> 25:49.819 It's either my Spanish test tomorrow, 25:49.902 --> 25:51.612 or the fact that I killed Fred's mom. 25:51.696 --> 25:53.531 Have you tried marijuana? 25:54.115 --> 25:55.366 What? 25:55.449 --> 25:56.993 [Velma] And events had been set in motion 25:57.076 --> 25:58.911 -that could not be reversed. -[Donna grunts] 25:58.995 --> 26:00.538 [grunting] 26:00.621 --> 26:01.497 [doorbell rings] 26:06.252 --> 26:07.128 [gasps] 26:14.093 --> 26:15.594 [Velma] Because little did we know 26:15.678 --> 26:18.180 the real mystery was just starting. 26:27.440 --> 26:30.943 Well, Cogburn, here's everything I used to catch the serial killer, 26:31.027 --> 26:34.363 bring home my mom, and basically embarrass your entire force. 26:34.447 --> 26:36.699 Oh, it takes more than that to embarrass us. 26:36.782 --> 26:41.120 But you ever feel like becoming a real detective, we could use you. 26:41.203 --> 26:43.289 You've got a sharp brain. 26:43.372 --> 26:44.373 Thank you. 26:44.457 --> 26:46.125 That actually means a lot. 26:46.208 --> 26:49.420 [Sheriff Cogburn] Uh, yeah, almost like a man. 26:49.503 --> 26:50.421 [sighs in exasperation] 27:01.140 --> 27:03.684 [whistling "Strangers in the Night"] 27:11.609 --> 27:13.903 Another thing Velma was right about. 27:13.986 --> 27:15.905 No such thing as ghosts. 27:16.697 --> 27:17.907 [exclaims] 27:17.990 --> 27:20.951 Hello? Hello, hello? 27:21.035 --> 27:22.161 [exclaims] 27:22.870 --> 27:24.580 [screaming] 27:26.499 --> 27:28.584 [theme music playing]