Betrayal (2013–2014): Season 1, Episode 3 - If You Want the Fruit... - full transcript
Sara is distracted by heart-racing fantasies as she tries to resist.
Previously on "betrayal"...
Frank perkins.
Lou's partner? Is he here?
No. He's in hong
kong on business.
Thatcher karsten thought your
husband was stealing from him.
That's why karsten sent t.J.
To take care of him.
If anyone asks, you
were with brandy.
T.J. Karsten, you're
under arrest.
What happened was a mistake,
and I'll never forgive myself.
It isn't like that. We'll
figure out what this is.
Meet me tonight, 8:00, here.
If you don't come, I will
never bother you again.
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Elaine: God, I hate this.
I mean, I don't know
how can they hold t.J.
Since when has the legal process
ever been about fairness?
Since when did you
get so cynical?
I think it was the first time
I ever walked into a courtroom.
Yeah, it doesn't help that
aunt connie told them
That she saw t.J. And
lou argue that night.
Well, what else could she do?
Anyway, he's innocent.
Yeah, he's also a karsten.
So t.J.'s being
used as a scapegoat
That my father has pissed
off over the years?
We should have gotten away
from this screwed-up family
When we had a chance.
When was that, exactly?
Can you zip me?
We could still do it, you know.
Escape, show the kids the world.
We should get going.
That would really give
them some perspective.
We have a bail
hearing in an hour.
Drew: That sleaze mcallister
has a hooker as an alibi.
I have a widow's sworn statement
Placing t.J. Karsten
at the scene.
What's a hooker?
Nothing, honey. Eat your cereal.
A sleaze is somebody who
doesn't play by the rules.
Like a cheater?
Exactly. Oliver:
Why do they cheat?
Oliver, you're gonna be late.
Honey, no, look, there's...
There's certain harsh
truths in this world
That you just can't avoid,
You can't sweep under the rug.
He's too smart for it.
Sleazes cheat because they think
They're better than
everybody else,
And it's my job to
tell them they aren't.
So sleazes are bad guys.
Right.
But I need to make sure they
don't get away with being bad.
Like I said, the kid's a genius.
Go get your stuff, baby.
Okay.
My client is a young man with
roots in this community.
And the means to
flee, your honor.
Furthermore, the state
has no direct evidence
Linking him to this crime.
Over the missing money and
the widow's statement.
The first or the second one
you pressured her into?
She places him as the
last known person
There's no gun, your honor,
and he has a strong alibi.
Will testify that at the
time of the murder...
A girlfriend? Is that what
we're calling her now?
Put away the swords, boys.
Considering the
seriousness of the crime
And the defendant's
risk of flight,
I find for the state.
Counselor, you're free to
petition for another hearing.
We'll get you out, son.
You be strong.
Like you were, right, dad?
When you went away
when I was little.
That's right.
Just like that.
You take care of
yourself, "teej," okay?
He shouldn't be in there
with regular criminals.
The only alternative was
a psychiatric facility.
Would that have been better?
At some point, you are going
to have to acknowledge
That he's different.
What he needs is for us to
get the cops off his back
And bring him home.
Jack.
Saying perkins is
back from hong kong.
Lou's partner on
the lofts project.
We think he stole some money,
lou found out about it.
Perkins may have killed
lou to keep it quiet.
So, as long this guy
perkins is out there,
T.J. Is gonna be stuck in jail.
Give these bastards
a better theory
Than the one they've got.
Sara: I only sold three?
And two were to the same guy
Who spent three hours in
the back room deciding.
Turns out most of our clients
aren't so into staged realism.
Okay, well, I have a new idea
I've been thinking about.
It's a series on obsession.
I'm... I'm trying to capture
How things can take over your
thoughts and consume you.
Sara, your portraits
are stunning.
But your work is too
commercial for us,
Too controlled, too vanity fair.
Yeah, but this new
obsession story,
It's a different direction.
It's more conceptual.
When you have
something to show me,
But in the meantime, my two cents...
don't force it.
You're good with glossy.
You could be the next
annie leibovitz.
Run with that.
I'd really appreciate
you getting back to me.
It's urgent.
Numbers came in on
the river project.
Oh, thanks, fred.
Break them down
for me, will you?
Laura: Hey, jack, a
couple of things...
And osha is dropping all charges
against the park development.
That'll probably depend on
whether you were charming jack
Or ball-buster jack.
Can't I be both? Not
at the same time.
Hey, mr. Mcallister,
do you have a sec?
I'm jules whitman from I.T.
It's that closet full of nerds
Over there by the
service elevator.
How old are you?
20... In April.
I was looking into reorganizing
our corporate database,
And there's a major issue.
Oh, jack, I forgot...
Someone waiting in
the conference room.
Been here a while.
If you have a computer issue,
you take it up with...
I can't talk now.
Somebody's waiting.
Jack.
Sorry about the short notice.
I just got in from hong kong.
I am so sorry about your loss.
And you are?
Oh, god, what a dummy.
My name's perkins...
Frank perkins.
I hear you're looking for me.
So, were you and
uncle lou close?
No, not really. You
know, I'm a money guy.
I went in as a silent partner
on the lofts project
Lou was managing for you guys.
I met him six months ago
to hammer out a deal.
Dealt with him via phone
mostly since then.
I've got a bookkeeping issue
you might have heard about?
I'm hoping you can
help clear things up.
Sure. Anything I can do.
A million dollars allocated for
the lofts project vanished.
I thought we might be able
to answer some questions
By comparing lou's
records with yours.
I'll have my guys send the
financials right over.
Oh, I brought you something.
This was taken on the day we
broke ground on the lofts.
I guess you knew lou
was a big bulls fan.
Well, he ended every
phone call saying,
"just wait till
rose comes around."
Thanks.
Thatcher will appreciate it.
Least I can do.
It's a terrible
tragedy, what happened.
Yeah, it is.
Any idea why someone
would want lou dead?
No, not at all.
But, you know, the
way street crime is,
It could've just been
a mugging gone bad.
I appreciate your time, mr.
Perkins.
Please... "frank" is fine.
And if you think
of any other way
I can be helpful, let me know.
Lou wouldn't pay a contractor.
Wanted to manage it all himself.
I'll have to find someone to
finish the work, I guess.
I don't think t.J. Did it.
He loved lou.
But I couldn't keep lying,
Even though I promised
jack and your father.
They asked you to
lie to the cops?
They were just
looking out for t.J.
They thought lou was stealing.
That's the only reason he
agreed to work with the feds.
And after thatcher
talked to him,
He promised he wouldn't
go through with it.
A few hours later...
Oh, connie, that's crazy.
Dad wouldn't do this. Then who?
I don't know. What about
that perkins guy?
Maybe he's involved. Perkins?
No, I can't imagine.
Lou liked him.
God, I feel like a
bird in a cage.
That's charlie.
He works days.
Is all this protection
really necessary?
The prosecutor
thought I needed it.
Lainie, I-I want to go.
Just... Go.
What do you mean? Where?
Escape. See the world.
I-I...
I can't spend my life afraid.
Connie, no one is
trying to hurt you.
You don't know that.
My father is capable
of a lot of things,
But nothing like
what you're saying.
He threatened me, too, lainie.
At lou's memorial. Connie...
I know it's hard to hear.
But sometimes people are capable
of things we never imagine.
Sorry.
Hotshot argentinean pianist
is doing a series of concerts
At the conservatory.
We're running a feature.
You are going to photograph
his rehearsal today.
Do you think wagner could do it?
Wagner is shooting milkshakes.
To spend the day on
my obsession series.
Cool. When you're done
with the musician,
Well, I-I don't know anything
about classical music.
So?
So I'm thinking it might
not be a great fit for me.
What are you talking about?
This is totally up your alley.
It's... it's personalities
and portraits.
It's what you do.
I'm thinking that maybe
I should just get away
From portraits for a while.
Sara, what's going
on with you today?
Natalia stark from the gallery
Said my stuff is too commercial.
Natalia stark is a snob.
She only sold three
of my prints.
Well, so you have to be
edgy and experimental
And sell stuff?
Did I mention I hate art?
Look, I adore you,
But if you are becoming
somehow disillusioned
Then we need to have a
bigger conversation.
Aurelio voltan...
He's got a good face.
And she's back.
Hallelujah.
They're expecting
you in an hour.
Get off me!
Stop it!
Hey!
Come on!
That's it... to the office!
Why did you have
to fight him, vic?
You want me to let some jerk
say stuff about our family?
I'm sorry, but this is
now an actual emergency.
Karsten allied has
a security breach.
A big, fat worm is working
its way through your system.
It's what we call a
blended threat...
A worm/virus/trojan horse
with a time-to-live field
That's getting shorter by the minute.
Speak english, please.
I searched our
system algorithms,
And we are now t-minus
12 from total takeover.
Guess what happens then.
The computers shut down?
And the water and
the electricity
It's gonna look like "the
walking dead" in here.
What can you do to fix it?
I need your authorization
to modify the a.C.L.
I don't know what you're saying.
Just... you have my authorization.
Just fix it.
All right, I'm gonna
run with that.
Hey. I got your message.
You tell your father
what happened.
I need to talk to my dad.
Vic, what's going on?
But in his defense, the
kid was talking crap.
About what?
About uncle t.J., about
us, and our family.
Look, I don't want to
talk about this here.
Dad, he's, like,
totally losing it.
Look, I'll be right in.
We just have a bit
of a situation here.
Okay.
Hey.
Hey.
Shouldn't you be
averting a crisis?
I did not threaten her... ever!
Then why is she so scared?
How the hell should I know?
Because she's senile.
Her memory's fading.
She never could keep
anything straight anyway.
Dad, come on. Connie's fine.
Then why did she
change her story?
And why is she feeding
you all this crap
About us forcing her to lie?
Guys, I can hear
you down the hall.
Connie's doing a
number on elaine.
You know, she's holed
up in her house.
She's got police guarding her.
Because she didn't do
what you asked her to,
Because she thinks dad is
involved in lou's murder.
Now she's not playing along,
he's gonna go after her, too.
That's absurd. Just
listen to yourself!
Look, we only asked
connie to be selective.
Jack... When did you
become that guy?
Pressuring people...
My own aunt...
Into lying to the police?
When I started trying to get
your brother out of jail.
Wow.
Wow, dad.
You really do know
how to turn people
Into exactly what you need
them to be, don't you?
Oh, do I know that look.
So critical. So absolute.
Everything's black
and white, isn't it?
No shades of gray for you.
People are either good
or they're rotten.
You love or you hate.
I don't know when our
relationship switched
From one to the other, lainie, but...
I miss it.
I miss being the
father who loves you.
I'm surprised you
remember that...
Because I sure don't.
Well, if you'd listened to
me in the first place...
Uh, slight power outage...
We're working on it.
Don't call me "boss."
you got it, chief.
Or that, either.
So, he's your dad, huh?
Yeah.
Nice guy.
These things can
be pretty pesky.
You ever hear of
the morris worm?
Code red? Mafiaboy?
No idea what you're
talking about.
Iloveyou?
What?
Iloveyou... it was this worm
That spread throughout the
whole world in a day,
Disguised as a love letter.
Proving love really
does suck, I guess.
Yeah.
So do worms.
Let's go on a mission to
make them both obsolete.
Thatcher: My footwork stunk,
But I had a hell of a right hand
And I could always take a punch.
They used to call
boxing the manly art.
Because it forces you to deal
with your fear and your rage,
Not just physically,
but also up here.
You need to answer the question,
"what's the balance
between self-defense
And naked aggression?"
Hitting the other guy
harder than he hits you.
If you want to be powerful...
Really powerful...
You need to develop
self-restraint.
Power without self-control
counts for nothing.
Vic, we have to finish our talk.
I don't want to talk.
You can't hit people.
It doesn't matter what they say.
You take things too personally.
You can take things as
personally as you want, vic,
If you can handle yourself.
Yeah, thatcher, I've
got this, really.
Oh, come on, jack.
He's becoming a man.
Don't baby him.
Power's back.
Val, come on. We're going.
You need to shore up
the security system
So that doesn't happen again.
I'm assuming, with your
particular skill set,
You'd know how to hack into
someone's financial records
Without them knowing.
In my sleep.
All right, check this guy out.
See what his deal
is, his history.
Frank perkins... You
got it, big mac.
That's not working for
you, either, is it?
Got it.
Are you all right?
Mr. Voltan?
The first movement always
makes me feel sick.
What do you mean?
The brooding progressions,
the unresolved dissonance,
The relentless tumult...
It's torture.
But I thought this was one of
your favorite sonatas to play.
It's a concerto.
Sorry. Concerto.
Why play something that
makes you want to throw up?
In argentina, we say,
"el que algo quiere,
algo le cuesta."
"if you want the fruit,
you must climb the tree."
Okay.
The first movement of the brahms...
it is torture.
But it is the struggle
that makes...
Makes the joy of
the rest so sweet.
Isn't that something
one tells oneself
Just to justify being miserable?
I don't have to
justify anything.
You are an artist, right?
I mean, do you not
sometimes see things
That both inspire
you and hurt you?
The fantasy that you
have to make real?
There's no... No
passion without pain.
I suppose I always thought
it was a bit of a cliché.
You would make a
very lazy pianist.
Your boy perkins is
a colorful dude.
Bunch of fiscal inconsistencies,
the financials are whack,
No cellphone, no utilities.
You ask me, his company
isn't a company at all.
Can you get me some
paper copies, please?
Paper is so 2010, jack.
Consider the environment.
So he's a con man?
His business address...
It's a p.O. Box.
Frankie boy's running this
thing out of a post office.
Son of a bitch.
Hello, frank.
Jack.
What a surprise.
Jack: How about we take a ride?
You know what? I'm right
around the corner.
Look, I know you think
I stole your money.
Did you? I-I... no! I... hey!
Did you kill lou to cover it up?
I didn't kill anybody!
Look, times are tough, okay?
I got in on the lofts
project with lou
To help me get back on my feet.
Shut up.
Where's our money? I
don't have it, jack.
Me and lou, we were
on the up-and-up.
All right, all right, I was
skimming a little, okay?
I can help you figure
out where it went.
What about who killed lou?
I got nothing for you there.
Honestly.
You have a cellphone?
Yeah, yeah.
I'm gonna see what
you've been up to.
In the meantime,
you stay in touch,
Or I swear, I will
track you down,
And I won't be so
friendly next time.
All right, all right.
Get off my car.
Let go of me!
Hey, hey! Calm down, connie.
What's going on?
When they offered me protection,
I didn't think it
meant house arrest.
You're under a lot
of stress right now.
You don't understand.
No, I do.
Well, then make
these cops go away,
Because I can't live like this.
Okay, let me go with her,
and if you really need to,
You can just follow behind us.
Ma'am, I have my orders.
I know, but please...
It's gonna be fine.
All I want to do is
get milk for my tea.
I can't even breathe.
Oh, it's like a chess game, vic.
Got to have a strategy,
got to use your head.
Unh-unh. Get your
feet under you.
We tie the car bomb to karsten,
We get him on attempted murder,
Intimidating a witness,
Impeding a criminal
investigation.
Come on, drew, I already
have a phone sheet
Littered with calls
from the fbi.
Let's turn it around, then.
Make the feds want
to work with us.
It's not all about throwing
punches, you know.
You've got to be in control.
Just as important to
know when not to punch.
Drew: It's all wrapped
together, larry...
The old man's death, the
attempt on the widow,
The embezzlement scheme,
the federal probe.
You pick that fight, you
either win or you lose bad.
Control yourself.
Contain your emotion.
Don't get carried away, drew.
Feel that anger, that rage?
Good. Now use it.
Don't let it use you.
Larry, you're retiring in,
what, a few weeks, right?
Why not bring down the karsten
empire on your watch...
But don't force it.
Spend your last day signing
the arrest warrant
For the great man himself?
If you're gonna go
for the knockout...
You take a shot at the king...
You better know how to land it.
Be sure you don't miss.
We can't risk anything
happening to you.
Our entire case depends on
your testifying at trial.
You want to m-move me somewhere?
Yes...
Under the cloak of protection.
What happened yesterday
will never happen again.
I need time to say
goodbye to my family
And get things in order.
Now is better. Now is safest.
I need a day.
What's all this?
I'm a dedicated
guy, you know that.
But this karsten case,
this guy mcallister...
It's like nothing I've
ever experienced.
I can't eat, I can't sleep,
I can't think about
anything else.
Well, I-I am taking photos of
a classical concert tonight.
I have two v.I.P. Passes.
And I was thinking
we could both go.
Drew?
I would love to, babe,
but I am on a roll here.
It's right next to
that sushi place.
We could get a bite first.
I have janey coming
over to babysit.
Honey, I know my work craziness
May be hard for you
to understand.
No. No, it's not.
So why is this so
important to you, sarah?
It's just a concert.
And besides, we hate
classical music.
Lou was gonna testify
to the feds.
You threatened him
the night he died.
Who told you that?
Elaine, who got it from connie.
Of course she did.
So what does elaine think?
She's shook up.
She thinks you're behind it all.
I knew about lou and the feds.
And I did have a fight with him
that night, and that's it.
And why did you fail to
mention any of this to me?
Lou was dead. What
was the point?
If you're lying, if you're letting t.J.
Take the heat...
It wouldn't be the first
time we lied to the police
After a family tragedy,
now, would it, jack?
The accident with t.J., that was...
that was different.
Why? Because it involved you?
Do your job, jack, okay?
So, where do we stand
with frank perkins?
His company was a shell.
Then he stole the money?
He was skimming a little off
the top but not much...
The guy's crooked,
but he's small-time,
And I doubt he's a killer.
Anyone can be a killer, jack.
You just need to
make the effort.
I'm not a killer, lainie.
You got to tell them that.
We are gonna get you
out of here very soon.
I heard aunt connie told
them that I did it.
No. N... she told them that
she saw you that night
Before it happened.
They said my own
aunt ratted me out.
No, t.J., it's not like that.
Look... she had to
tell the truth.
There's a new truth.
Did she tell them about
that, the new truth?
Don't... don't... don't...
Let's not talk about that.
Don't talk about
that with anyone.
What happened to your eye, t.J.?
I can take care of
myself, lainie.
I know how to.
Of course you do.
You're a karsten, after all.
We both are.
Till the day we die.
Whiskey neat... A girl
after my own heart.
I've never seen you
in here before.
Just passing through.
On vacation?
No. Work.
What do you do?
I'm a classical pianist.
I'm on tour.
I've never really
understood classical music.
Well, it's like any
other kind of music.
There's tiny vibrations
that make you feel things.
And if you're really listening,
It can make you feel joy...
Or pain.
Or both.
Later, mom.
Wait. Wait. Where are you going?
Uh, batting cage with mike.
Oh, okay. Come here.
First things first.
I love you, kid.
You know that, right?
Be careful.
Mom?
Yeah.
Is everything okay?
Yeah.
Because you're acting
kind of weird.
Oh, I'm just worried
about uncle t.J.
He'll be fine.
Dad will get him out.
Yeah. Yes, he will.
I'll be back in a minute.
What?
Where are you going?
If you're gonna go
for the knockout,
You better know how to land it.
A treasure trove.
He's got the racetrack
on speed dial,
A serious relationship with
a hemp clinic in skokie,
The phone was registered to an m.
Hendricks.
Perkins isn't even
the guy's real name.
So who was perkins?
Nobody. An alias. But get this.
Hendricks makes 87 phone calls
In the past month to one number.
Who was he calling?
Lou mrozek.
Bingo.
But here's where it gets weird.
The calls get more
frequent in the past week
After your uncle died.
You know why?
Because he wasn't
calling uncle lou.
Connie?
Connie?
Connie?
I'm sorry, jack.
I didn't want it
to be like this.
Frank perkins.
She embezzled the
million dollars
He let thatcher take advantage
of him for 30 years.
I had to get us our due.
A small-time accountant
named matthew hendricks.
She paid him a cut to
help siphon the money.
I came up with the
name frank perkins.
A shell company that allowed
them unmonitored access
To our project money.
Perkins was a silent partner,
almost never around.
Hendricks... Well,
he played the role
At the occasional
project meeting.
And after I tracked him down,
hendricks got panicky.
He talked to connie.
She knew it was only
a matter of time
Before it all fell apart.
So she convinced hendricks
To help her do
something drastic.
Why would she stage this
elaborate piece of theater
To convince elaine that her
life was in imminent danger.
Connie needed her
help to escape.
She stole a million dollars
of your father's money.
He's not gonna miss it.
Why would you agree to help her
After she manipulated
you like that?
Ja... I'm used to being
manipulated, jack.
Handled.
That's normal to me now.
You know, connie
was a good person.
She just got all turned
around by this family.
And my brother is innocent.
He's gonna get eaten
alive in jail.
So with connie gone,
they're both free.
Two birds, one stone, jack.
You really are a
karsten after all.
Until the day I die.
Do you ever think about
How things could
have been different?
Oh, come on.
No. Do you?
Yeah, I do sometimes.
Connie had a shot at escape
and a chance to start over.
I mean, that's... that's
more than I can say for us.
Whoa.
You're working hard.
What are you doing here so late?
Clearance issues, the
bane of my existence.
How was the concert?
It was, um... It was
kind of incredible.
Look.
Sara. Wow.
It was like nothing
I'd ever seen before.
He was totally consumed,
Transported to this other plane.
And suddenly everything
he said to me made sense.
I've been lazy.
Lazy? How?
Avoidant. Afraid.
What are you talking about?
W-what are you afraid of?
Joy, pain, all of it.
I want to do a
series on obsession,
But what do I know about it?
What do I know about anything?
All I've ever done
throughout my life
Is be on the outside observing
because I'm just afraid.
I'm afraid of feeling.
Feeling what?
The magnitude of things.
♪ I can hear the things
you're dreaming about ♪
Something happened
to me a week ago,
And it changed me.
Changed you how?
I've been trying to make
it go away, but I can't.
It's like there's this door,
And once I opened it,
everything shifted.
What happened a week ago?
I met someone.
♪ I hear the secrets
that you keep ♪
And now there's no going back.
♪ I hear the secrets
that you keep ♪
♪ when you're talking
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Frank perkins.
Lou's partner? Is he here?
No. He's in hong
kong on business.
Thatcher karsten thought your
husband was stealing from him.
That's why karsten sent t.J.
To take care of him.
If anyone asks, you
were with brandy.
T.J. Karsten, you're
under arrest.
What happened was a mistake,
and I'll never forgive myself.
It isn't like that. We'll
figure out what this is.
Meet me tonight, 8:00, here.
If you don't come, I will
never bother you again.
♪
♪
Elaine: God, I hate this.
I mean, I don't know
how can they hold t.J.
Since when has the legal process
ever been about fairness?
Since when did you
get so cynical?
I think it was the first time
I ever walked into a courtroom.
Yeah, it doesn't help that
aunt connie told them
That she saw t.J. And
lou argue that night.
Well, what else could she do?
Anyway, he's innocent.
Yeah, he's also a karsten.
So t.J.'s being
used as a scapegoat
That my father has pissed
off over the years?
We should have gotten away
from this screwed-up family
When we had a chance.
When was that, exactly?
Can you zip me?
We could still do it, you know.
Escape, show the kids the world.
We should get going.
That would really give
them some perspective.
We have a bail
hearing in an hour.
Drew: That sleaze mcallister
has a hooker as an alibi.
I have a widow's sworn statement
Placing t.J. Karsten
at the scene.
What's a hooker?
Nothing, honey. Eat your cereal.
A sleaze is somebody who
doesn't play by the rules.
Like a cheater?
Exactly. Oliver:
Why do they cheat?
Oliver, you're gonna be late.
Honey, no, look, there's...
There's certain harsh
truths in this world
That you just can't avoid,
You can't sweep under the rug.
He's too smart for it.
Sleazes cheat because they think
They're better than
everybody else,
And it's my job to
tell them they aren't.
So sleazes are bad guys.
Right.
But I need to make sure they
don't get away with being bad.
Like I said, the kid's a genius.
Go get your stuff, baby.
Okay.
My client is a young man with
roots in this community.
And the means to
flee, your honor.
Furthermore, the state
has no direct evidence
Linking him to this crime.
Over the missing money and
the widow's statement.
The first or the second one
you pressured her into?
She places him as the
last known person
There's no gun, your honor,
and he has a strong alibi.
Will testify that at the
time of the murder...
A girlfriend? Is that what
we're calling her now?
Put away the swords, boys.
Considering the
seriousness of the crime
And the defendant's
risk of flight,
I find for the state.
Counselor, you're free to
petition for another hearing.
We'll get you out, son.
You be strong.
Like you were, right, dad?
When you went away
when I was little.
That's right.
Just like that.
You take care of
yourself, "teej," okay?
He shouldn't be in there
with regular criminals.
The only alternative was
a psychiatric facility.
Would that have been better?
At some point, you are going
to have to acknowledge
That he's different.
What he needs is for us to
get the cops off his back
And bring him home.
Jack.
Saying perkins is
back from hong kong.
Lou's partner on
the lofts project.
We think he stole some money,
lou found out about it.
Perkins may have killed
lou to keep it quiet.
So, as long this guy
perkins is out there,
T.J. Is gonna be stuck in jail.
Give these bastards
a better theory
Than the one they've got.
Sara: I only sold three?
And two were to the same guy
Who spent three hours in
the back room deciding.
Turns out most of our clients
aren't so into staged realism.
Okay, well, I have a new idea
I've been thinking about.
It's a series on obsession.
I'm... I'm trying to capture
How things can take over your
thoughts and consume you.
Sara, your portraits
are stunning.
But your work is too
commercial for us,
Too controlled, too vanity fair.
Yeah, but this new
obsession story,
It's a different direction.
It's more conceptual.
When you have
something to show me,
But in the meantime, my two cents...
don't force it.
You're good with glossy.
You could be the next
annie leibovitz.
Run with that.
I'd really appreciate
you getting back to me.
It's urgent.
Numbers came in on
the river project.
Oh, thanks, fred.
Break them down
for me, will you?
Laura: Hey, jack, a
couple of things...
And osha is dropping all charges
against the park development.
That'll probably depend on
whether you were charming jack
Or ball-buster jack.
Can't I be both? Not
at the same time.
Hey, mr. Mcallister,
do you have a sec?
I'm jules whitman from I.T.
It's that closet full of nerds
Over there by the
service elevator.
How old are you?
20... In April.
I was looking into reorganizing
our corporate database,
And there's a major issue.
Oh, jack, I forgot...
Someone waiting in
the conference room.
Been here a while.
If you have a computer issue,
you take it up with...
I can't talk now.
Somebody's waiting.
Jack.
Sorry about the short notice.
I just got in from hong kong.
I am so sorry about your loss.
And you are?
Oh, god, what a dummy.
My name's perkins...
Frank perkins.
I hear you're looking for me.
So, were you and
uncle lou close?
No, not really. You
know, I'm a money guy.
I went in as a silent partner
on the lofts project
Lou was managing for you guys.
I met him six months ago
to hammer out a deal.
Dealt with him via phone
mostly since then.
I've got a bookkeeping issue
you might have heard about?
I'm hoping you can
help clear things up.
Sure. Anything I can do.
A million dollars allocated for
the lofts project vanished.
I thought we might be able
to answer some questions
By comparing lou's
records with yours.
I'll have my guys send the
financials right over.
Oh, I brought you something.
This was taken on the day we
broke ground on the lofts.
I guess you knew lou
was a big bulls fan.
Well, he ended every
phone call saying,
"just wait till
rose comes around."
Thanks.
Thatcher will appreciate it.
Least I can do.
It's a terrible
tragedy, what happened.
Yeah, it is.
Any idea why someone
would want lou dead?
No, not at all.
But, you know, the
way street crime is,
It could've just been
a mugging gone bad.
I appreciate your time, mr.
Perkins.
Please... "frank" is fine.
And if you think
of any other way
I can be helpful, let me know.
Lou wouldn't pay a contractor.
Wanted to manage it all himself.
I'll have to find someone to
finish the work, I guess.
I don't think t.J. Did it.
He loved lou.
But I couldn't keep lying,
Even though I promised
jack and your father.
They asked you to
lie to the cops?
They were just
looking out for t.J.
They thought lou was stealing.
That's the only reason he
agreed to work with the feds.
And after thatcher
talked to him,
He promised he wouldn't
go through with it.
A few hours later...
Oh, connie, that's crazy.
Dad wouldn't do this. Then who?
I don't know. What about
that perkins guy?
Maybe he's involved. Perkins?
No, I can't imagine.
Lou liked him.
God, I feel like a
bird in a cage.
That's charlie.
He works days.
Is all this protection
really necessary?
The prosecutor
thought I needed it.
Lainie, I-I want to go.
Just... Go.
What do you mean? Where?
Escape. See the world.
I-I...
I can't spend my life afraid.
Connie, no one is
trying to hurt you.
You don't know that.
My father is capable
of a lot of things,
But nothing like
what you're saying.
He threatened me, too, lainie.
At lou's memorial. Connie...
I know it's hard to hear.
But sometimes people are capable
of things we never imagine.
Sorry.
Hotshot argentinean pianist
is doing a series of concerts
At the conservatory.
We're running a feature.
You are going to photograph
his rehearsal today.
Do you think wagner could do it?
Wagner is shooting milkshakes.
To spend the day on
my obsession series.
Cool. When you're done
with the musician,
Well, I-I don't know anything
about classical music.
So?
So I'm thinking it might
not be a great fit for me.
What are you talking about?
This is totally up your alley.
It's... it's personalities
and portraits.
It's what you do.
I'm thinking that maybe
I should just get away
From portraits for a while.
Sara, what's going
on with you today?
Natalia stark from the gallery
Said my stuff is too commercial.
Natalia stark is a snob.
She only sold three
of my prints.
Well, so you have to be
edgy and experimental
And sell stuff?
Did I mention I hate art?
Look, I adore you,
But if you are becoming
somehow disillusioned
Then we need to have a
bigger conversation.
Aurelio voltan...
He's got a good face.
And she's back.
Hallelujah.
They're expecting
you in an hour.
Get off me!
Stop it!
Hey!
Come on!
That's it... to the office!
Why did you have
to fight him, vic?
You want me to let some jerk
say stuff about our family?
I'm sorry, but this is
now an actual emergency.
Karsten allied has
a security breach.
A big, fat worm is working
its way through your system.
It's what we call a
blended threat...
A worm/virus/trojan horse
with a time-to-live field
That's getting shorter by the minute.
Speak english, please.
I searched our
system algorithms,
And we are now t-minus
12 from total takeover.
Guess what happens then.
The computers shut down?
And the water and
the electricity
It's gonna look like "the
walking dead" in here.
What can you do to fix it?
I need your authorization
to modify the a.C.L.
I don't know what you're saying.
Just... you have my authorization.
Just fix it.
All right, I'm gonna
run with that.
Hey. I got your message.
You tell your father
what happened.
I need to talk to my dad.
Vic, what's going on?
But in his defense, the
kid was talking crap.
About what?
About uncle t.J., about
us, and our family.
Look, I don't want to
talk about this here.
Dad, he's, like,
totally losing it.
Look, I'll be right in.
We just have a bit
of a situation here.
Okay.
Hey.
Hey.
Shouldn't you be
averting a crisis?
I did not threaten her... ever!
Then why is she so scared?
How the hell should I know?
Because she's senile.
Her memory's fading.
She never could keep
anything straight anyway.
Dad, come on. Connie's fine.
Then why did she
change her story?
And why is she feeding
you all this crap
About us forcing her to lie?
Guys, I can hear
you down the hall.
Connie's doing a
number on elaine.
You know, she's holed
up in her house.
She's got police guarding her.
Because she didn't do
what you asked her to,
Because she thinks dad is
involved in lou's murder.
Now she's not playing along,
he's gonna go after her, too.
That's absurd. Just
listen to yourself!
Look, we only asked
connie to be selective.
Jack... When did you
become that guy?
Pressuring people...
My own aunt...
Into lying to the police?
When I started trying to get
your brother out of jail.
Wow.
Wow, dad.
You really do know
how to turn people
Into exactly what you need
them to be, don't you?
Oh, do I know that look.
So critical. So absolute.
Everything's black
and white, isn't it?
No shades of gray for you.
People are either good
or they're rotten.
You love or you hate.
I don't know when our
relationship switched
From one to the other, lainie, but...
I miss it.
I miss being the
father who loves you.
I'm surprised you
remember that...
Because I sure don't.
Well, if you'd listened to
me in the first place...
Uh, slight power outage...
We're working on it.
Don't call me "boss."
you got it, chief.
Or that, either.
So, he's your dad, huh?
Yeah.
Nice guy.
These things can
be pretty pesky.
You ever hear of
the morris worm?
Code red? Mafiaboy?
No idea what you're
talking about.
Iloveyou?
What?
Iloveyou... it was this worm
That spread throughout the
whole world in a day,
Disguised as a love letter.
Proving love really
does suck, I guess.
Yeah.
So do worms.
Let's go on a mission to
make them both obsolete.
Thatcher: My footwork stunk,
But I had a hell of a right hand
And I could always take a punch.
They used to call
boxing the manly art.
Because it forces you to deal
with your fear and your rage,
Not just physically,
but also up here.
You need to answer the question,
"what's the balance
between self-defense
And naked aggression?"
Hitting the other guy
harder than he hits you.
If you want to be powerful...
Really powerful...
You need to develop
self-restraint.
Power without self-control
counts for nothing.
Vic, we have to finish our talk.
I don't want to talk.
You can't hit people.
It doesn't matter what they say.
You take things too personally.
You can take things as
personally as you want, vic,
If you can handle yourself.
Yeah, thatcher, I've
got this, really.
Oh, come on, jack.
He's becoming a man.
Don't baby him.
Power's back.
Val, come on. We're going.
You need to shore up
the security system
So that doesn't happen again.
I'm assuming, with your
particular skill set,
You'd know how to hack into
someone's financial records
Without them knowing.
In my sleep.
All right, check this guy out.
See what his deal
is, his history.
Frank perkins... You
got it, big mac.
That's not working for
you, either, is it?
Got it.
Are you all right?
Mr. Voltan?
The first movement always
makes me feel sick.
What do you mean?
The brooding progressions,
the unresolved dissonance,
The relentless tumult...
It's torture.
But I thought this was one of
your favorite sonatas to play.
It's a concerto.
Sorry. Concerto.
Why play something that
makes you want to throw up?
In argentina, we say,
"el que algo quiere,
algo le cuesta."
"if you want the fruit,
you must climb the tree."
Okay.
The first movement of the brahms...
it is torture.
But it is the struggle
that makes...
Makes the joy of
the rest so sweet.
Isn't that something
one tells oneself
Just to justify being miserable?
I don't have to
justify anything.
You are an artist, right?
I mean, do you not
sometimes see things
That both inspire
you and hurt you?
The fantasy that you
have to make real?
There's no... No
passion without pain.
I suppose I always thought
it was a bit of a cliché.
You would make a
very lazy pianist.
Your boy perkins is
a colorful dude.
Bunch of fiscal inconsistencies,
the financials are whack,
No cellphone, no utilities.
You ask me, his company
isn't a company at all.
Can you get me some
paper copies, please?
Paper is so 2010, jack.
Consider the environment.
So he's a con man?
His business address...
It's a p.O. Box.
Frankie boy's running this
thing out of a post office.
Son of a bitch.
Hello, frank.
Jack.
What a surprise.
Jack: How about we take a ride?
You know what? I'm right
around the corner.
Look, I know you think
I stole your money.
Did you? I-I... no! I... hey!
Did you kill lou to cover it up?
I didn't kill anybody!
Look, times are tough, okay?
I got in on the lofts
project with lou
To help me get back on my feet.
Shut up.
Where's our money? I
don't have it, jack.
Me and lou, we were
on the up-and-up.
All right, all right, I was
skimming a little, okay?
I can help you figure
out where it went.
What about who killed lou?
I got nothing for you there.
Honestly.
You have a cellphone?
Yeah, yeah.
I'm gonna see what
you've been up to.
In the meantime,
you stay in touch,
Or I swear, I will
track you down,
And I won't be so
friendly next time.
All right, all right.
Get off my car.
Let go of me!
Hey, hey! Calm down, connie.
What's going on?
When they offered me protection,
I didn't think it
meant house arrest.
You're under a lot
of stress right now.
You don't understand.
No, I do.
Well, then make
these cops go away,
Because I can't live like this.
Okay, let me go with her,
and if you really need to,
You can just follow behind us.
Ma'am, I have my orders.
I know, but please...
It's gonna be fine.
All I want to do is
get milk for my tea.
I can't even breathe.
Oh, it's like a chess game, vic.
Got to have a strategy,
got to use your head.
Unh-unh. Get your
feet under you.
We tie the car bomb to karsten,
We get him on attempted murder,
Intimidating a witness,
Impeding a criminal
investigation.
Come on, drew, I already
have a phone sheet
Littered with calls
from the fbi.
Let's turn it around, then.
Make the feds want
to work with us.
It's not all about throwing
punches, you know.
You've got to be in control.
Just as important to
know when not to punch.
Drew: It's all wrapped
together, larry...
The old man's death, the
attempt on the widow,
The embezzlement scheme,
the federal probe.
You pick that fight, you
either win or you lose bad.
Control yourself.
Contain your emotion.
Don't get carried away, drew.
Feel that anger, that rage?
Good. Now use it.
Don't let it use you.
Larry, you're retiring in,
what, a few weeks, right?
Why not bring down the karsten
empire on your watch...
But don't force it.
Spend your last day signing
the arrest warrant
For the great man himself?
If you're gonna go
for the knockout...
You take a shot at the king...
You better know how to land it.
Be sure you don't miss.
We can't risk anything
happening to you.
Our entire case depends on
your testifying at trial.
You want to m-move me somewhere?
Yes...
Under the cloak of protection.
What happened yesterday
will never happen again.
I need time to say
goodbye to my family
And get things in order.
Now is better. Now is safest.
I need a day.
What's all this?
I'm a dedicated
guy, you know that.
But this karsten case,
this guy mcallister...
It's like nothing I've
ever experienced.
I can't eat, I can't sleep,
I can't think about
anything else.
Well, I-I am taking photos of
a classical concert tonight.
I have two v.I.P. Passes.
And I was thinking
we could both go.
Drew?
I would love to, babe,
but I am on a roll here.
It's right next to
that sushi place.
We could get a bite first.
I have janey coming
over to babysit.
Honey, I know my work craziness
May be hard for you
to understand.
No. No, it's not.
So why is this so
important to you, sarah?
It's just a concert.
And besides, we hate
classical music.
Lou was gonna testify
to the feds.
You threatened him
the night he died.
Who told you that?
Elaine, who got it from connie.
Of course she did.
So what does elaine think?
She's shook up.
She thinks you're behind it all.
I knew about lou and the feds.
And I did have a fight with him
that night, and that's it.
And why did you fail to
mention any of this to me?
Lou was dead. What
was the point?
If you're lying, if you're letting t.J.
Take the heat...
It wouldn't be the first
time we lied to the police
After a family tragedy,
now, would it, jack?
The accident with t.J., that was...
that was different.
Why? Because it involved you?
Do your job, jack, okay?
So, where do we stand
with frank perkins?
His company was a shell.
Then he stole the money?
He was skimming a little off
the top but not much...
The guy's crooked,
but he's small-time,
And I doubt he's a killer.
Anyone can be a killer, jack.
You just need to
make the effort.
I'm not a killer, lainie.
You got to tell them that.
We are gonna get you
out of here very soon.
I heard aunt connie told
them that I did it.
No. N... she told them that
she saw you that night
Before it happened.
They said my own
aunt ratted me out.
No, t.J., it's not like that.
Look... she had to
tell the truth.
There's a new truth.
Did she tell them about
that, the new truth?
Don't... don't... don't...
Let's not talk about that.
Don't talk about
that with anyone.
What happened to your eye, t.J.?
I can take care of
myself, lainie.
I know how to.
Of course you do.
You're a karsten, after all.
We both are.
Till the day we die.
Whiskey neat... A girl
after my own heart.
I've never seen you
in here before.
Just passing through.
On vacation?
No. Work.
What do you do?
I'm a classical pianist.
I'm on tour.
I've never really
understood classical music.
Well, it's like any
other kind of music.
There's tiny vibrations
that make you feel things.
And if you're really listening,
It can make you feel joy...
Or pain.
Or both.
Later, mom.
Wait. Wait. Where are you going?
Uh, batting cage with mike.
Oh, okay. Come here.
First things first.
I love you, kid.
You know that, right?
Be careful.
Mom?
Yeah.
Is everything okay?
Yeah.
Because you're acting
kind of weird.
Oh, I'm just worried
about uncle t.J.
He'll be fine.
Dad will get him out.
Yeah. Yes, he will.
I'll be back in a minute.
What?
Where are you going?
If you're gonna go
for the knockout,
You better know how to land it.
A treasure trove.
He's got the racetrack
on speed dial,
A serious relationship with
a hemp clinic in skokie,
The phone was registered to an m.
Hendricks.
Perkins isn't even
the guy's real name.
So who was perkins?
Nobody. An alias. But get this.
Hendricks makes 87 phone calls
In the past month to one number.
Who was he calling?
Lou mrozek.
Bingo.
But here's where it gets weird.
The calls get more
frequent in the past week
After your uncle died.
You know why?
Because he wasn't
calling uncle lou.
Connie?
Connie?
Connie?
I'm sorry, jack.
I didn't want it
to be like this.
Frank perkins.
She embezzled the
million dollars
He let thatcher take advantage
of him for 30 years.
I had to get us our due.
A small-time accountant
named matthew hendricks.
She paid him a cut to
help siphon the money.
I came up with the
name frank perkins.
A shell company that allowed
them unmonitored access
To our project money.
Perkins was a silent partner,
almost never around.
Hendricks... Well,
he played the role
At the occasional
project meeting.
And after I tracked him down,
hendricks got panicky.
He talked to connie.
She knew it was only
a matter of time
Before it all fell apart.
So she convinced hendricks
To help her do
something drastic.
Why would she stage this
elaborate piece of theater
To convince elaine that her
life was in imminent danger.
Connie needed her
help to escape.
She stole a million dollars
of your father's money.
He's not gonna miss it.
Why would you agree to help her
After she manipulated
you like that?
Ja... I'm used to being
manipulated, jack.
Handled.
That's normal to me now.
You know, connie
was a good person.
She just got all turned
around by this family.
And my brother is innocent.
He's gonna get eaten
alive in jail.
So with connie gone,
they're both free.
Two birds, one stone, jack.
You really are a
karsten after all.
Until the day I die.
Do you ever think about
How things could
have been different?
Oh, come on.
No. Do you?
Yeah, I do sometimes.
Connie had a shot at escape
and a chance to start over.
I mean, that's... that's
more than I can say for us.
Whoa.
You're working hard.
What are you doing here so late?
Clearance issues, the
bane of my existence.
How was the concert?
It was, um... It was
kind of incredible.
Look.
Sara. Wow.
It was like nothing
I'd ever seen before.
He was totally consumed,
Transported to this other plane.
And suddenly everything
he said to me made sense.
I've been lazy.
Lazy? How?
Avoidant. Afraid.
What are you talking about?
W-what are you afraid of?
Joy, pain, all of it.
I want to do a
series on obsession,
But what do I know about it?
What do I know about anything?
All I've ever done
throughout my life
Is be on the outside observing
because I'm just afraid.
I'm afraid of feeling.
Feeling what?
The magnitude of things.
♪ I can hear the things
you're dreaming about ♪
Something happened
to me a week ago,
And it changed me.
Changed you how?
I've been trying to make
it go away, but I can't.
It's like there's this door,
And once I opened it,
everything shifted.
What happened a week ago?
I met someone.
♪ I hear the secrets
that you keep ♪
And now there's no going back.
♪ I hear the secrets
that you keep ♪
♪ when you're talking
in your sleep ♪
♪ I hear the secrets
that you keep ♪
♪ when you're talking
in your sleep ♪
♪ I hear the secrets
that you keep ♪
♪ when you're talking
in your sleep ♪
♪ when you're talking
in your sleep ♪
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