Max is a vigilante serial killer who specializes in hunting down men who hurt women. After his latest murder, he takes shelter from a storm at a roadside diner, where he meets Josie—a waitress with a past she can't quite escape.

Content Warning: This episode contains dark themes, including domestic violence, murder, and stalking. Please listen with care.

* Max writes Josie a letter confessing his crimes—he is a serial killer who targets men who hurt women, starting with the stepdad who killed his mother.
* After burying yet another in the woods, Max gets caught in a storm and takes shelter at a roadside diner.
* Josie, the waitress, spots a bloody cut on his arm and insists on stitching him up in the back.
* In a moment of unexpected intimacy, Max recognizes Josie's pattern of behavior, and finds himself warming up to her.
* When one of the bodies of Max's victims is unearthed near the diner, Max decides to tie up loose ends and eliminate Josie, whom he considers a witness.
* At the diner, Josie surprises him with an apple pie just like his mother's, and Max realizes that he can't go through with the kill.
* To put his mind at ease, Max starts following Josie to learn more about her.
* Max breaks into Josie's apartment and learns that she is on the run from her ex, Derek.
* One day, Max encounters Derek at the diner, and fights him off before driving Josie home.
* Back at her apartment, Josie confronts Max about the stalking, and he comes clean, swearing he only did it to keep her safe.
* Josie kisses him, and they have sex on the couch. Afterward, Max promises himself he's done killing, unless in self-defense.

Narrated by Wilson Bethel
Written by Julianna Costa
Directed by Nicolette Chin

Come back for Episode Two: Check, Please, dropping Wednesday, October 28, at 9 a.m. PDT / 12 p.m. EDT.