Dusty: So, you're saying Buster was performing as the rock monster when the murder allegedly took place?
Is that true, Buster?
Buster: That's what I told you. He asked me to that night.
Dusty: And you'll confirm that on the stand?
Tobias: [English accent] I will. And perhaps I'll do it in an English accent! [normal voice] Nay, nay, I shan't. I shall stick to the script. Not script. Nope. Vérité. I have taken the note vérité. Yes, yes. Great. Now, I do wish I could do this gratis, but I'm having a bit of a shelter crisis of late. And I hate to play hardball-
Dusty: I don't think that they pay witnesses.
Tobias: Hmm... Uh, unrelated, what happens to this room when you leave?
Dusty: Yeah, I think they lock it up at night.
Tobias: Damn it. Damn it, damn it, damn it. Damn it! I just [sniffles, voice breaking] need somewhere to s- All right, well, gentlemen, thank you so much for your time. And I will be seeing you.

Narrator: But back at the model home, an unemployed Michael was doing his own courtroom preparation, - when he had a visit...
George Michael: Hey, Dad.
Narrator: ...from the son who had unemployed him.
Michael: Hello, son.
George Michael: Figured you'd be up here.
Michael: Yeah. Well, that's father-son psychic connection.
George Michael: Well, the drop stairs were down, and you were yelling, "Where is it?"
Michael: Oh, that helps, too.

George Michael: You know, you may not have to get involved, Dad. I mean, is this something maritime law even applies to here?
Michael: It should. He dumped her in the ocean.
George Michael: True.
Michael: Allegedly.
George Michael: Allegedly.
Michael: Obviously allegedly.

George Michael: I'm just worried this is part of that thing that you always do. You try to fix things, and you end up putting yourself in the middle of them. You have to be the hero.
Michael: Oh, well. I do not get in the middle.
George Michael: You dated my girlfriend. You moved into my dorm room.
Michael: You make it sound like I'm always in your business.
George Michael: You bought my business.
Michael: Well-
George Michael: Which has been a huge headache. Now I have to deliver this border wall to the Chinese.
Michael: These are great points. But what you don't know is there's a reason I had to announce that.
George Michael: I know about the foot. It's why I had to fire you, because by trying to fix things, you just end up putting yourself in the middle of a much bigger risk. 'Cause if you think the Chinese are mad now, wait until they find out that Fakeblock is not even perfect yet.
Michael: So I hear. [block tapping] I cannot even get past the logo, so you're close.

George Michael: And I wish I could give her the software to get her back, but it's it's fake.
Michael: I knew it. I knew it. She's not over me?
George Michael: No, Fakeblock. [sighs] It's fake. There is no privacy software. I made the whole thing up.
Michael: Made it up? You told me a lie because you-
George Michael: I lied to you because you seemed so proud of me, and then my lying just got me in deeper and deeper, and then you bought the company, and I had to fire you so you wouldn't get in trouble, and now the whole family is in trouble, and I have no idea how to solve it. [sighs] I'm sorry, Dad. Are you mad?
Michael: Uh, no. Uh-uh. I'm not I'm not mad. I, uh I get it. You had your reasons. Um, I- I do wish that I had not removed all of my privacy software and replaced it with Fakeblock, but on the other hand, it does explain why Pemender from Kuala Lumpur keeps signing into my LinkedIn.

George Michael: Maeby killed Annette?
Tobias: Where did we land with that?
Debrie: Uh, gore- She was gored.
Tobias: Yes. Gored in the running of the bulls.
Murphybrown: People were getting suspicious, so it had to be somewhere where there wouldn't be a body. Or, like, where an animal took off with the body so fast...
Tobias: That you couldn't get it back.

Narrator: Some months earlier, Lucille had enticed Warden Gentles to a private dinner in order to get her son Buster released for a Second of July parade. And through the course of a well-served meal, and even more frequently served bottles of wine, Lucille rekindled a friendship in order to ask for a favor. But as the afternoon turned into evening, intimate details issued forth from a now-drunken Lucille's mouth. Information extremely useful to a warden with ambitions of a screenwriting career, who had heard about an Imagine streaming series about this exact family. So, while Lucille got her son out for a parade, Warden Gentles got a lot more. In fact, the only thing guarded that evening was Warden Gentles' private trailer.
Lottie Dottie: And you shared these stories with Ron Howard?
Narrator: He did.
Warden Stefan Gentles: I did.
Lottie Dottie: Exhibit 3-A, Making of a Monster. I would like to play a clip of the season finale.
Narrator: And so, they played much of the Imagine Bluth project. Now, remember, this is really rough. And our location guy was only able to rent out the cottage for shooting for, like, two days. And it's all temp sound. We haven't licensed most of this music.

[Imagine Entertainment's Making of a Monster:]
Mimi: Oh, you're one to talk about looking out for yourself. I've never been invited to this place even once, and let's not forget who paid for it.
Young Lucille: And this is how you want to be paid back? You think you're gonna walk in here and take away my child?
Mimi: That's not your child. That's my child, and we both know it.
Young Buster: No. It's not true. I still have it! I'll still wear my gentleman's collar! But you're not my mother. Mother's my mother, Grandmother!
[Mimi screams as Buster pushes her down the stairs]
Narrator: You know, it's funny, I was actually worried about them showing this in court, but it it turned out better than I'd remembered. And I actually think it's a good advertisement for the show. Of course, we still haven't gotten Brian's notes. And obviously, we're gonna put Jean Smart's face on the stuntman. And Cobie did a great job, too. You know, I I should send her something.
[in the court room:]
Buster: Did you know about this?
Dusty: No. My dad made us give up Netflix when they went up by two dollars.
Lottie Dottie: Is that an accurate depiction of what Lucille told you was a true story?
Warden Stefan Gentles: I'm not just saying this to suck up to Ron Howard, but I think we nailed it.

Lottie Dottie: So, Buster Bluth has killed before in the exact same manner he killed Lucille Austero!
Lottie Dottie: Prosecution rests.
Judge Stanley: We will reconvene tomorrow.
Lucille: Mistrial! Mistrial!
Buster: Yes, yes! I missed your trial! So you sell me out to Warden Gentles? And we both know you said I wouldn't get in trouble. You made a promise!
Lucille: No, Buster, it was a mistake!
Buster: You can live with her, Dusty. She can be your mother.

[flashback:]
Young Gob: Abra cadaver.