- I'm gonna interrupt.
I feel like you're unbelievably smooth.
That's not how this is gonna go
because that's the worst thing you can do for her.
The worst thing you can do for her right now is that.
If you care about someone, be real with them.
- Our next episode comes from season four
and features a young woman named Blaire
who was being emotionally tormented
by a former internet love interest.
- During a time when Blaire had been down on her luck,
homeless and depressed,
she met a girl named Markie on Instagram,
and Markie really gave Blaire the support she needed
to pick herself up and get back on her feet.
- She happened to just call
every time I was gonna do something stupid.
So, she literally saved my life.
Without her, who knows if we'd even be sitting here.
- Around four months after meeting online,
we decided to meet in person.
The problem is a week before I was supposed to meet her,
she got kidnapped.
A week after that, she calls me from a mental hospital
and Markie decided it was best if we were just friends.
I was completely devastated
and never found out what really happened.
- I bought her a plane ticket from California to New York,
and then no one knows where she is.
I called her dad, and I was basically like, where is she?
And he's like, well, I'm not gonna get into it,
but she doesn't wanna be with you.
(sighing)
- Once we began investigating,
we soon uncovered disturbing details about Markie.
- Go to the Instagram account.
- Whoa, I'm a terrifying person.
I'm not normal.
The numerous things I could tell you I've done
are very scary.
Hashtag scary, terrifying, crazy, troubled.
- I don't know what this is, man.
We could be dealing with a very troubled individual.
- We managed to get Markie to agree to meet with us.
- The question was
would we meet caring and supportive Markie
or crazy and troubled Markie?
You okay? - Yeah.
- Nice to meet you. - Nice to meet you, too.
- Nev.
- Nice to meet you, I'm Markie.
- Wow.
- [Nev] You're very excited.
- I'm very very excited.
I'm trying not to jump into her arms
and plow her down to the floor.
- That's not exactly the reaction that I expected.
- [Max] Yeah, if anything, we've been kind of ready for...
- The worst?
- I mean, look, we all wanna be excited, obviously,
but I just wanna get some things out of the way first.
- Of course.
- Do you guys wanna go sit down at that table in the shade?
- So, okay, from what we gathered from Blaire's story
was that you didn't come to New York
and then she got a strange phone call from you
a couple days afterwards
saying that you were in a hospital of some kind
and that you weren't gonna come
and you were still in love with your ex-girlfriend,
and then it was over.
- I never got answers, I never got reasons,
and that's all I want is why.
- So, I was 17, and the man pretty much didn't kidnap me.
I went on my own.
- What, what?
- He persuaded me to go with him
because of issues that would happen in New York that he saw.
- He saw issues.
How could he...
- Who's he? - I don't get this.
- Is he an ex of yours? - No.
- So, I don't know who she... Just he, I don't know.
- It's a very private situation.
I can't really let out names.
What had happened was I had a dream that I went to New York
and I died, and I told him about the dream,
and he told me that if I didn't go and repent my sins,
I guess, I don't know.
He didn't make it clear,
but he told me pretty much
if I didn't confess everything to him,
I would die in New York.
And so, that pushed me to the limit
as to where I felt like I needed to go
for you, for me, for my family so I could stay alive.
- I mean, were you far away in the middle of nowhere?
- I was up in the mountains.
- Why does this person have so much influence over you?
- [Markie] He was a close personal friend.
- You don't think you could've told this guy
you need to let me know that you're not coming?
- No, because he didn't wanna talk to you.
He didn't want anything to do with you.
- [Blaire] You couldn't talk to me?
- It's a terrible story, and I'm sorry that I still don't...
- Fully understand? - I don't understand it.
Did that story make any sense to you?
- Of course not.
Nothing about what she says makes any sense.
In fact, it felt disrespectful to have come all that way
only to be fed garbage like that.
But the fact that Blaire was still sitting there
was a testament to just how strong her feelings
still were for Markie.
That's why I reacted the way I did when this happened.
- Hey, I'm a psychotic, crazy person.
I have a semi-lying problem,
and I'm absolutely in love with you.
- I'm gonna interrupt
because that's the worst thing you can do for her.
The worst thing you can do for her right now is that.
If you care about someone, be real with them.
It's really dangerous to say I love you to someone,
I wanna spend my life with you,
even though we just met 10 minutes ago
and not have them go into a tailspin.
- I love it when you get worked up.
It's like you were possessed.
- I felt like Markie was possessed.
I mean, she was being completely reckless with her words,
and I couldn't let her do that to Blaire.
I mean, listen,
it was clear that Markie was struggling on her own
with some serious issues,
but I just didn't want Blaire to get dragged down
after coming so far.
- And in the end,
Blaire decided it was best not to pursue
a romantic relationship with Markie.
- Time for me to make myself happy.
- How are things going between you and Markie now?
- Well, if our handshake's any indication,
(maniacal laughter)
you could say we're still on the outs.