Ari Callahan has no idea how to talk to boys -- or how to talk to anyone for that matter. Enter Zac, the cute new guy in town who won't stop texting her. But is his interest real, or does he have a hidden agenda?
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The Transcript (Final Segment)
Broadcast: THE TRUTH FILES
Episode Title: The Mermaid Hypothesis
Air Date: June 28, 2020
COMPLETE TRANSCRIPT OF TELEVISION BROADCAST TELEVISION BROADCAST
HOST: We now return with the conclusion of tonight's program, The Mermaid Hypothesis: What really happened on that fateful summer night in Seabreeze Point? Zac Pierce, are you still with us over satellite?
ZP: I'm here.
HOST: And I'm told we have another guest joining us. Is she there?
ZP: Yeah, she's right here next to me. This is Ari Callahan.
HOST: Ari, thank you so much for agreeing to appear on the program tonight. For our viewers, Ari's face has been blurred at her request, and she has a keyboard in order to speak with us by text. Her words will appear in closed captioning at the top of the screen.
AC: No, it's OK. I want to do some of it out loud.
HOST: Your selective mutism has improved?
AC: Sometimes. I still have rough moments, but I've made a lot of progress in therapy this year.
HOST: That's wonderful news.
AC: I want to try to talk tonight. There are some things I need to say with my own voice.
HOST: Ari, can you tell us where you and Zac are right now?
ZP: No, she can't. We agreed before the broadcast that you wouldn't—
AC: It's OK, Zac. I can speak for myself.
HOST: Go ahead Ari.
AC: I can't say exactly. I'm at a private treatment facility. My family sent me here after my suicide attempt.
HOST: I see. Your family led us to believe that you had, in fact, drowned last summer.
AC: Yeah, that's the story they spread. They talk about me in the past tense and stuff. It's kind of creepy. They don't know I'm doing this show tonight either. They're going to freak when they find out.
HOST: They lied about your death? That seems extreme. Why would they do that?
AC: To protect me. So no one comes looking for me.
HOST: To protect you from what, Ari?
ZP: You know what. There's no telling what Torrent might do when he finds out that Ari's still alive.
AC: But Zac, that's why I'm speaking out. I can't hide forever. That's what Mae tried to do, and look how it ended. That's why I'm here. I'm getting this on the record. It's June 28, 2020, and I'm alive. My vocal chords are intact and fully functional. If anything happens to me going forward, the world will know where to lay the blame.
