Caught Up

Nico “Junior” Tocci and his three younger brothers (Alec, Stefan, and Greg) all watch as Tommy Marchetti’s body and car sink into the river. It is Junior’s 29th birthday, and the brothers consider going out to celebrate, but instead, Junior returns his apartment to be alone. Noting the dead look in his brothers’ eyes, Junior thinks about his father, Nico Trocci Sr., who is their boss in the mafia and never gets his hands dirty. After Junior’s cousin, Aly, and her boyfriend, Josh, killed Bradley Bluhm during the events of Lights Out, Junior’s father became more paranoid than ever. (All four brothers usually stay at their parents’ house.)

When Junior was in high school, an as-yet-unspecified conflict occurred between him and Lauren, Tommy Marchetti’s daughter. As a result, Lauren was transferred to a different school, and Tommy beat Junior up. Now, Junior sees Tommy’s death as an opportunity to reunite with Lauren. He goes to his small apartment and goes online to find Lauren’s social media page, where she recently posted a picture of her and Marion Blackwell, a politician whom Lauren convinced to pass legislature in protection of sex workers. Junior goes to Lauren’s Me4U page, where Lauren posts sexually explicit content of herself.