Beartown

Kira fears something is the matter with Maya, but she’s trying to be “the cool mom” and not say anything intrusive. Instead, she pours herself into the distraction of a case at work. She knows her firm will win this one, like always.

Peter looks at the resignation papers awaiting Sune’s signature. He thinks about the fact that, while most people want to consider themselves “a good team player,” they rarely consider the cost of what that really means. It’s Sune himself who taught Peter that “[accepting] the worst aspects of your teammates because you love the collective” is what really makes you a team player.

Peter is interrupted by a call from a Canadian NHL scout, an old friend of his. The scout asks about Kevin’s recent progress and asks whether Peter would agree with his decision to include Kevin in the upcoming NHL draft—is Kevin “the right sort of guy?” Peter knows what that means—Kevin can’t just be a good player; his private life needs to be above reproach, too. Peter assures his friend that Kevin’s grades and family life are top-notch.

After practice that day, Amat is invited to join Kevin, Lyt, and Bobo for a movie in Hed. Amat is amaze by how natural his inclusion suddenly feels. After the movie, they stop by the Beartown lake. They play hockey and drink beer, and it all feels “simple […] staying silent in return for being allowed to join in.”

Peter has sometimes had to make moral compromises, like signing players to seven-month contracts and having Tails pretend that they worked for him during the summer months, in order to get by financially as a club. Kira has told Peter that the club has “an unpleasant culture of silence,” but Peter believes that sometimes this is necessary in order to “foster a culture of winning.” Peter signs the resignation form. He knows the form will make it look as if the resignation was Sune’s choice, but that in reality, “he’s just fired his idol.”

Lars wants to discipline Benji for ditching practice, but David says they can’t win the final without him. David picks up a puck, writes something on it, and drives to the cemetery.

Maya alternates between sleeping and reliving what happened in Kevin’s room. She wishes she could rewind to Friday, before everything happened. She even stole some of her mom’s sleeping pills and tried to figure out how many she’d have to take so that she wouldn’t wake up again.

Ana eats a silent dinner with her dad and then takes the dogs out. Her mom was driven away by the silence, but Ana is used to it. She walks along the illuminated jogging trail that the town built so that women could run safely. Later, she notices Kevin running ahead of her. He stops, as if startled by the dogs, but then she realizes that he looks scared.

Ana shows up at Maya’s, having run all the way there. Even though her parents didn’t notice the marks on Maya’s wrists and neck, Ana sees them immediately. Soon they’re both crying. Maya finally reveals all the details of what happened, and the friends sob in each other’s arms.