Pick Your Poison

Pick Your Poison is the third episode of Stab. It aired on June 22, 2017.

Plot
The killer forces Amanda to make a deadly decision. Meanwhile, Jessica finds a clue as to who the killer is.

Summary
Caroline is seen walking in the woods by herself at night with a flashlight. She stops and waits for a few seconds before Evelyn shows up. They both greet each other before Evelyn asks if Caroline burnt the picture Amanda found of them at the abandoned building. Caroline says she did and Evelyn tells her that she better have because nobody can find out about what they've been doing. Caroline agrees and tells Evelyn not to worry and that Amanda has no idea.

The next day, Amanda and Caroline are seen in Sheriff Dylan's office. He asks Amanda if she had been in contact with the killer since she and her friends went to the abandoned building and she says she hasn't. Sheriff Dylan also asks her if she knows anyone who would have a motive to kill Kevin and she says she doesn't. Sheriff Dylan tells Amanda she's free to go as he doesn't have any more questions for her. Amanda gets up and leaves to go to school. When Amanda arrives at school she sees Jessica and Drew standing in the hallway. She walks up to them and asks how they're doing. They both tell her that they're shocked about Kevin's death. Amanda asks them if they can keep a secret. They both say yes. Amanda tells them that while they were at the abandoned building that she found a picture of her mother and Jennifer's mother from 1997 standing in front of the building. She also mentions that Kyle saw the picture too. Jessica asks if she could see it. Amanda tells her that she took it away from her but she reveals that before she got it confiscated that she took a picture of the picture and shows it to Drew and Jessica on her phone. Jessica asks her if she showed Jennifer. Amanda says she was going to but then Kevin died and that she was going to give Jennifer some time to cope with losing Kevin. At that moment, Jennifer walks in. She walks down the hallway up to Amanda, Drew and Jessica. Amanda asks her how she's doing while they all walk to class. Jennifer tells her that she's in complete shock but still decided to come to school out of fear of being home alone. Amanda asks her where her mother, Evelyn, was if she wasn't home and Jennifer says she told her she had some "business to attend to". In class, Miss Miranda reveals to the class that there will be a group project and that everyone will work in pairs assigned by her. The pairs are: Drew and Amanda, Stephanie and Paul, Jessica and Kyle, and Jennifer and Michelle. Miss Miranda continues discussing the group project. Meanwhile, at Amanda's house, Caroline is seen in the kitchen talking to Evelyn. Caroline keeps on trying to convince Evelyn to "finish what they started 20 years ago", however, Evelyn says she has plans of her own. Caroline asks her to elaborate. Back at school, everyone is seen leaving class. As Jennifer's about to leave the class Miss Miranda asks her to stay behind to talk. Once everyone leaves, Miss Miranda tells Jennifer that she's sorry to hear about Kevin. Jennifer says that it's alright and that she's managing. Miss Miranda tells her that if she wants to talk to a psychiatrist she could refer her to one. Jennifer says it's fine. Miss Miranda tells her if she needs anything to let her know. Jennifer says ok. As Miss Miranda picks up her purse, a DVD falls out of it but she doesn't notice and walks out of the room. Jennifer picks it up and notices Amanda's name written on it.

Later that day after school, Jennifer shows up to Amanda's house to talk to her. In Amanda's room, Jennifer tells her about the DVD that fell out of Miss Miranda's bag. She tells her she picked it up and wants to watch it with her. At first, Amanda is reluctant but finally agrees with Jennifer and puts the disk into her laptop and presses play. The video starts off showing Amanda being watched and filmed as she walks down the hallway with Paul. Then, the video suddenly cuts to Jennifer and Kevin are seen walking in the hallway. Once again the video suddenly cuts to Michelle walking in the hallway by herself and also cuts to Stephanie walking in the hallway with Drew. The video cuts for one last time and shows Miss Miranda sitting in front of the camera and discussing how she's been watching and studying Amanda and her friends' habits. She also mentions that she has plans to learn their habits before the camera cuts off and the video ends. Amanda closes her laptop and looks at Jennifer with a confused look on her face. Meanwhile, Stephanie and Paul are seen in the school's library doing research for their project. Stephanie tells Paul that since studying for a school project is boring, they should talk about something else. Paul agrees and asks Stephanie why she and Amanda have had a feud since the eighth grade. Stephanie tells him that Amanda was a stone cold bitch back then but doesn't give him an exact reason. She then asks Paul why he and Amanda broke up. Paul tells her that Amanda left him because she felt like they were only bringing each other pain. Stephanie asks Paul if he still has feelings for Amanda. Paul asks Stephanie if she has feelings for Kyle. Stephanie tells Paul that they are only friends and changes the subject to continue discussing their school work. Meanwhile, back at Amanda's house, she and Jennifer continue discussing the video they watched and Amanda tells Jennifer to give the DVD back to Miss Miranda the next day and to pretend that she hadn't watched the video. They both start to wonder if Miss Miranda is the killer.

The next day, Jennifer is seen walking in the hallway and sees Miss Miranda. She walks up to her and pulls the DVD out of her bag. She tells her she found it on the floor in her classroom after she left the room. Miss Miranda takes the DVD out of Jennifer's hands and thanks her for returning it. She also asks Jennifer if she watched the video and she says no but she asks why Amanda's name is written on the disk. Miss Miranda tells her that she has a friend named Amanda who is currently in the hospital and she made her a "get better soon" video. Miss Miranda thanks Jennifer once again and then says she has a class to teach in 5 minutes so she walks away. Once Miss Miranda is gone, Jennifer tells Amanda she can come out of hiding. Amanda reveals that she'd been hiding behind the corner of the hallway and heard the entire conversation. Jennifer and Amanda begin to discuss the conversation she just had with Miss Miranda and they both start to wonder why Miss Miranda would lie to them. Amanda tells Jennifer she thinks Miss Miranda is up to no good and texts Drew, Stephanie, Jessica, Kyle, Paul and Michelle to meet them in the library in 5 minutes. In the library, they are all seen sitting together. Amanda begins to tell everyone about Miss Miranda's DVD and how Jennifer found it. They all seem shocked to find out that Miss Miranda had secretly filmed them all without their permission. Amanda tells everyone that she made Jennifer give the DVD back to Miss Miranda and Drew complains that now they have no evidence of the video ever existing. Amanda tells him not to worry and pulls out from her bag a copy of the DVD that she made before Jennifer gave it back to Miss Miranda. She tells everyone if they really want to see it to go to her house after school. Drew says he thinks they should turn it in to the police. Stephanie agrees. Amanda is worried that if she turns it in to the police that someone will die. Michelle cuts in and tells Amanda that if Miss Miranda really is the killer and she doesn't turn it in to the police that more people could die. Amanda says Michelle is right and decides to turn it in to the police. She says she'll go later that night after school but doesn't want to go alone. Drew and Jennifer agree to go with her. The bell rings and they all start heading towards class. Kyle walks up to Jessica and pulls her aside. He asks her if she could go over to his house after school to work on their project. Jessica says sure and tells him to text her his address and that she'll be there after school.

After school, Amanda, Drew, Jennifer and Caroline are all seen at the police station waiting to talk to Sheriff Dylan. Amanda looks at Drew and Jennifer and asks if they're all sure if it's a good idea to turn the evidence in to the police. Drew and Jennifer both tell her that they're doing the right thing. Caroline agrees with them. Meanwhile, Jessica arrives at Kyle's house and he lets her in. They both go to his room where they begin talking about their school project. After a few minutes of them talking, Kyle tells Jessica that he forgot one of the books they needed for their research at school. He tells her to wait in his room and that he should be back within the next half hour. Jessica asks how he's going to enter the school as the building is closed and Kyle reveals he stole one of the spare keys for the main entrance from one of the janitor's. Kyle leaves the house and Jessica begins to walk around his room. She opens one of his drawers and finds some of his clothes. She closes the drawer and opens another drawer where she finds three separate pictures: one of her, one of Jennifer and one of Amanda. Each picture has a red X drawn on their faces. She notices something underneath the pictures and realizes it's a drawing. When she looks at the drawing closer she notices it's a drawing of the killer's mask. She has a worried look on her face and puts the pictures and drawing in her bag. Meanwhile, Amanda, Drew, Jennifer and Caroline are all still waiting for Sheriff Dylan to arrive at the police station. Detective Lorraine walks up to them and says that he should be there in about 10 minutes. After Detective Lorraine leaves, Jennifer gets a text from Evelyn saying "Jennifer come home we need to talk." Jennifer gets up and tells Amanda that her mom texted and that she needs to go home. She tells them she'll meet them back at the police station when she's done. Jennifer gets up and leaves. Caroline gets up to get some water and leaves the room. At that moment, Amanda gets a call from an unknown number. She answers and the killer says "Hello, Amanda. Missing something?" She receives a text from the killer at the same time showing a picture of Jennifer opening the door to her house. She hangs up and tells Drew that Jennifer is in danger and that she needs to help her. She also tells Drew not to tell Caroline where she's going as she's afraid that Jennifer might die if anyone else finds out. Drew tells her not to worry and Amanda thanks him and runs out of the police station. Meanwhile, Jennifer enters her house, which is revealed to be a mansion, and calls out for her mom wondering where she is. She realizes that nobody's home and gets a text from Evelyn saying "I'll be home in 5 minutes. Just wait for me." At the same time, Amanda is seen running down the street texting Jennifer telling her to get out of her house as the killer lured her there but none of her texts are going through to Jennifer. The killer then texts Amanda saying "You're the star of the show. You get to choose. Who's it gonna be?" Amanda is confused by the text and replies saying "what do you mean?" The killer replies saying "There's a boy and a girl. Their fate depends on you. Now you pick your poison, or I will for you." Amanda replies saying "Don't you dare hurt Jennifer." The killer replies saying "As you wish." Meanwhile, at the police station Caroline returns to see only Drew sitting in the lobby. She asks where Amanda went and Drew says she went to the bathroom. Caroline tells him not to lie to her because she was just in the bathroom and Amanda wasn't there. Drew tells her the truth and says Amanda got a call from the killer and is currently on her way to Jennifer's house trying to protect her. Caroline turns around and runs out of the police station. She sees Amanda down the street and starts chasing her and calling out her name. Amanda turns around and sees her mother right behind her. She tells her that she needs to help Jennifer as she's scared the killer is about to kill her. Caroline tells Amanda to go with her back to the police station and they'll get a police car down to Jennifer's house. Amanda then realizes that Drew is all alone at the police station and runs back towards the police station. Meanwhile, Drew gets a text from the killer pretending to be Amanda saying "Drew, it's me Amanda, Jennifer's safe, we're at the back of the police station. Meet us there." Drew gets up and heads to the back of the police station. When he gets there he doesn't see Amanda or Jennifer anywhere so he replies saying "where are you?" to which the killer replies saying "right behind you" Drew turns around and sees the killer standing there. Drew screams and turns around and tries to run away but the killer stabs him in his back. Drew continues running but falls to his knees. He sees Amanda and Caroline walk into the police station and tries to call out for their help but they don't hear him and walk in to the police station. The killer, who is standing right behind Drew, grabs Drew, picks him up, and slits his throat. Meanwhile, inside the police station, Amanda and Caroline notice that Drew is gone so Amanda calls him. At that moment, the killer brings Drew's body up on the roof and throws him through the window on the roof. The glass shatters and Drew falls onto the floor. Amanda and Caroline begin to scream in horror while Detective Cox and Detective Lorraine go out to the back of the police station with a few other police officer's to look for the killer. Amanda realizes she accidentally chose Drew to be the one to die and starts crying. Meanwhile, Jennifer finally receives all of Amanda's text messages she tried sending her before and realizes she could still be in danger and leaves her house and texts Amanda saying "I'm on my way to the police station, I'll be there in a few minutes."

Main cast

 * Emma Roberts as Amanda
 * Evan Peters as Drew
 * 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

Body Count

 * Drew - stabbed in the back and throat slit