Damages (2007–2012): Season 2, Episode 8 - They Had to Tweeze That Out of My Kidney - full transcript

NARRATOR: Previously
onDamages...

Why would the lead counsel of an
energy company be defending a hooker?

There was someone else
in the car, Finn Garrety.

He screwed up.

But he's in a unique
position to help us.

I caught wind of
something you should know.

Okay. It's about your wife.

Then you have to forget
about this whole thing.

Patty, Kendrick is
too well-connected.

Frobisher had my fiance killed.

Frobisher is the
only shareholder



who is willing to sue right now.

And you're gonna stop all
contact with Patty Hewes.

How'd you find me?

You have to take a vacation.

Is it because of that
girl we went after?

How long have you
known Uncle Pete?

Since I was a kid.

If Pete McKee knows where Patty's
skeletons are buried, we'll find them.

You give us Patty Hewes, or are you
going to abandon your dying wife?

I gotta give Stefania her
medication before I leave.

[THUDDING]

Shit!

[GASPING]

[SOBBING]



DAVID: Can't sleep?

David?

You're not dreaming.

Technically speaking, you're
having a hypnopompic hallucination.

Your mind doesn't know
if it's asleep or awake.

Oh.

I only take them
when I can't sleep.

I had to move out
of the apartment.

Good.

I always hated that place.

David, I'm so sorry.

You were right. You were
right about everything.

It's okay.

I just want to know why you haven't
opened your wedding present.

I really... I don't know.

It's nothing special. But
you'll know what it means.

And it'll make you laugh.

[CELL PHONE RINGING]

Is that Patty?

It's the FBI.

That's right.
You're a fed now.

An informant.

[RINGING CONTINUES]

You want to get that?

I'll just be one minute. Okay?

David?

WERNER: Ellen?

Are you there? What is it?

Pete McKee tried
to kill himself.

Is he going to live?

We don't know.

[WHEN I AM THROUGH
WITH YOU PLAYING]

♪ Little lamb

♪ Smile

♪ When I am through with you

♪ There won't be anything left

♪ When I am through with you

♪ There won't be anything left

♪ When I am through with you ♪

PATTY: Why did Pete do this?

STEFANIA: I don't know.

But last night, he
bring home two clients.

It's strange he never
did that before.

Whose clients were they?

He say yours.

But I think maybe
they be no clients.

They go away with him.

But then I go to bathroom

and I find pills.

[CRYING] Peter take pills.

He leave this.

Please, dear God,
let him wake up.

Please. Please, please.

[LAUGHING]

[VEHICLE APPROACHING]

[ENGINE TURNS OFF]

[VEHICLE DOOR CLOSING]

MAN: Where's my wife?

PETE: I told you not to
come back here drunk.

Where's my goddamn wife?

She doesn't want to see
you and neither does Patty.

Get out of my way, Pete.

[CARDIOGRAPH BEEPING
RHYTHMICALLY]

What the hell happened?

Pete swallowed a bottle
of his wife's meds.

Why?

So that he wouldn't have to
give us evidence on Patty.

We got him to the hospital,
but he's in a coma.

What did Patty say?

She knows about the overdose,
but she has no idea why.

We got surveillance in place
to monitor the situation.

What's gonna happen if
he regains consciousness?

[SIGHS] We've still
got leverage on him.

He wakes up, he's
got to make a choice.

He either gives us Patty
or he goes to jail.

So you said on the phone
there's an opportunity.

Phil, there's a thing people say

when they want you to do
something you don't want to do.

What's that?

You're gonna thank me someday.

Invest in UNR.

Look, we've done a lot of
business together over the years.

Have I ever steered you wrong?

Dave, I've gone over all of the
data, and this merger is a dud.

Grapevine says Walter Kendrick has
assembled a group of private investors

and they're about to invest a
significant amount of capital.

A very significant amount.

There's also a conflict
of interest here.

And I think the
world of your wife.

But the basis for her shareholder suit
was the plunge in UNR's stock price.

It's gonna start creeping up,
and she's gonna lose this one.

Patty doesn't lose.

The stock will rise,
the case will vanish.

We'll see.

Invest in UNR, Phil. Someday,
you're gonna thank me.

This is where it happened.

I was standing right here.
I was looking that way.

And I turned...

[GUNSHOT]

[GROANS]

This is a key moment in
your healing process.

Yeah.

[CLEARING THROAT]
Listen, about that.

See, I own all of
this land, Manu.

You know, I could just as easily sell
it and be done with it, you know.

I could just put all
of this behind me.

But this patch of
earth changed my life.

How can I help you, Arthur?

I want to build a healing
center right on this very spot,

and I want you to run it for me.

A healing center?

Yeah.

Yeah. Look, see, you know, we could
do that holotropic breathing thing.

We could do that over here.

And then we could have the
drumming circle right in this area.

And then out back, you
could have stables for the,

you know, that thing they do with
the horses... Equine therapy.

Yes, exactly.

It'll be like one-stop shopping

for all the shit that
we've been doing together.

What do you think?

Hey, wait, wait, wait, look.
I want to show you this.

This is the bullet
that he shot me with.

I mean, they had to tweeze
that out of my kidney.

Well, we're gonna put
it right down here.

I'm gonna bury this. There.

Consider that the cornerstone
of this whole place.

Why are you looking skeptical?

Every gesture has two sides.

One faces the sun,
the other, darkness.

No, I know that. I know that.

As part of your ongoing journey,

building a healing center
is an excellent idea.

But if it's a shortcut
to peace, Arthur...

No, no, no, it's not. It's
not. Listen to me, listen.

My entire life, I've
pursued the wrong things,

and I've been shackled
to negativity.

I've been guarded, I've been
competitive and calculating,

all that stuff we talk about.

See, this could be
my new beginning.

Then you have my blessing.

[CRYING] Thank you, man.

Mrs. McKee.

Patrick, is that you?

I thought you went away.

I came back when I heard
Pete was in the hospital.

Yeah. What happened?

There's trouble for
Peter. Someone rat on him.

Who?

I don't know, but the men
from government, they come.

They want information.

Information about what?

His boss.

I must go.

Where are you going?

[CHUCKLING] I go to store
to get liquorice for Peter.

You want a lift?
I'll take you.

Yeah, thank you, Patrick.

[CHUCKLES]

[DOOR OPENING]

Oh. I'm sorry. I
saw the light on.

It's all right. Come in, sit.

How's Uncle Pete doing?

He's still unconscious.

Have I ever told
you about my father?

No.

He was a complicated man.

Brilliant, I think, but
frustrated and angry,

never accomplished
what he wanted to,

and then one day he
just picked up and left.

That's when Pete stepped in.

He was your mother's
brother, right?

Her screwup brother.

He was always in trouble,
in and out of jail.

But he took care of us.

You warned me that
this would happen.

When the FBI came to you,
and you turned them down,

then they went after Pete.

I think he was protecting me.

Does Pete have anything
incriminating on you?

If he wakes up, Patty, the
feds could still flip him.

What are we gonna do?

The only thing we can do.

Wait.

Mr. Frobisher.

For Christ's
sake. Who are you?

He works for me.

So now you bring someone
along to intimidate me?

No, he has information.

He's been keeping an
eye on Ellen Parsons.

Well, what the hell for?

She believes you were
behind her fiance's murder.

You come here and talk
this kind of crap?

Hey, asshole,

you want to ignore what I've
got to say? Fine, go ahead.

What is this?

Listen to him.

When you were in the hospital,
Ellen Parsons visited you.

She stood at your bedside deciding
whether she wanted you dead.

How could you
possibly know that?

She told me. She tells
me a lot of things.

You're lucky I've been
keeping an eye on her.

But she has been using
Patty Hewes' firm

to investigate her
fiance's murder.

I am not going to let anyone
connect that to us, you understand?

No! You know, I am sick of
this shit! You don't get to...

[CLEARING THROAT]
I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

I'm not gonna tell
you this again.

You're gonna drop this lawsuit.

No, I'm not.

If Parsons traces this back to either
of us, there will be consequences.

Every action has two sides, one
faces the sun, the other, darkness.

And what does that mean?

It means I am prepared
to take responsibility,

but you, you are still
stuck in the past.

I'm not. I'm free.

Today, I walk without fear.

Thanks for meeting me.

I just wanted to make sure
there was a friendly face.

Listen, it'll be
good for me, too.

I actually haven't been
coming as much as I should.

Ellen, welcome
back. Have a seat.

David sent me a wedding gift.

It was sent to
our old apartment.

And what was the gift?

I don't know. I haven't
opened it. I can't.

THERAPIST: Why not?

Maybe I'm protecting myself.

How so?

I don't want to be
reminded of the past.

I'm trying to move on.

I don't think so.

Wes.

No, it's okay. What
were you gonna say?

That gift, whatever it is,

it's your last piece of David.

Once you open it, it's over.

There'll be nothing left.

But if you don't,

you'll always have one more moment
with him to look forward to.

Isn't that the
opposite of moving on?

What did the doctors say?

It's possible Pete
will never wake up.

I know you have a lot
on your mind right now,

but I've gotten some
new information on UNR.

Yes?

Apparently, they're expecting
an influx of capital,

and the word is it's gonna
turn the stock around.

Who would put up the capital?

Everyone knows
it's a bad merger.

Last week, UNR's lead counsel
was in a courtroom in New Jersey

defending a prostitute
on drug charges.

Don't tell me she was
shtupping Walter Kendrick.

No, she was with
an energy trader,

Finn Garrety.

Now, apparently,
Garrety devises formulas

for speculating
on energy futures.

And you think he might have something
to do with UNR's new capital?

Kendrick could be using him to
manipulate the energy market.

Hold back supply,
drive up the price.

They'd make a killing and
get the capital they need.

Susie? Miss Samble?

Who are you?

Hopefully a friend, but
that will be up to you.

[CHUCKLES] I'm sorry, I don't know
you. Have we had a date before?

No, no.

Well, if you want to book my
time, please go to the website.

Actually, I'd like
a couple of minutes

to ask you a question
about Finn Garrety.

Should that name mean something?

I hope so. You were arrested
with him a couple of weeks ago,

and he's up in your hotel room.

What do you want?

How do you know Claire Maddox?

I don't.

Lonnie, I know your johns
want you to lie to them,

but I want honest intercourse.

Who are you?

I'm an attorney

who knows that if a hooker

gets a corporate litigator to
defend her on cocaine charges,

it ain't because
she's a good lay.

Go screw yourself.

I may have to, due to our
obvious lack of chemistry.

I'm trying to help
you here, Lonnie.

You've let some very dangerous
people into your life.

I'm gonna prosecute them.
Either you can talk to me,

or I'm gonna take
you down with them.

Here's my cell.

I'd hate to see you end up on
the wrong side of this thing.

I want to take a position
in UNR. No, long.

I'm looking to buy. Yeah.

I'm watching it right now. I
think it's due for a turnaround.

Mmm-hmm.

And do me a favor, run this
through the subsidiary fund.

I want to keep this quiet.

All right.

MIKEY: I swear, you should have seen
the size of this guy I laid out.

[EXCLAIMS] One punch.

Get out of here.
Get out of here.

Where you been, Patrick?

What happened, Mikey?

What happened when?

[GROANS]

[COUGHING]

I heard Pete was
set up, who was it?

Timmy. Timmy McAdams!

We get pinched selling
bootlegs. The feds talk to us.

Next thing I know,
they grab up Pete.

[COUGHS]

I'm worried, Patrick.
Pete could turn us all in.

Shut your mouth. Pete
would never do that.

[GASPS]

Nurse!

Hello, Pete.

You remember me?

Where's the other asshole?

He's out in the waiting room,
talking to your lovely wife.

God, I wish they fed
me through a tube.

I am so sick of
all that chewing.

You got something to
say to me, say it.

Well, we know you have
evidence on Patty.

Why else would you
try to off yourself?

Your wife was devastated
by your little stunt.

If you were gone, how long you
think she would make it without you?

Go to hell.

I guess we're back
where we started.

What's it gonna be, Pete?

Your wife or Patty Hewes?

You are going to
a prison hospital.

You got to decide, Pete.

Get me a bedpan. I
gotta take a shit.

All right, that's right.
You do what daddy tells you.

[CLEARS THROAT]

What are you trading?

Baby, I told you, this is
work. This is pleasure.

[YEAH ALRIGHTPLAYING]

There's another deal. Done.

Undress me.

Finn, yesterday a guy came up to me
and started asking questions about you.

What guy?

He didn't give a
name. What guy?

He said he was an attorney.

Now he's an attorney?
An attorney for who?

He didn't say. What did
you tell him about me?

Nothing. What did you
tell him about me?

Nothing! What do I
even know about you?

Look, if you're lying
to me, you're dead.

All right, don't talk
to him ever again.

I won't.

I'm sorry I said that
thing about you being dead.

All right, now undress me.

Am I interrupting?

There is no interruption.
Though Arthur's not here.

I've been reading your books.

That rabbit reminds me
of a story you told.

Oh, yes?

A monkey, an otter,
a jackal and a rabbit

each decide to practice charity.

Hmm.

A blind man comes
along begging for food.

So the monkey gathers fruit for
him. The otter gathers fish.

And the rabbit, only able to gather
grass, makes the ultimate sacrifice.

He throws himself on the fire so
the old man's hunger may be sated.

And when the blind
man sits down to eat,

the jackal slits his throat and
takes the bounty for himself.

That is not the ending.

No?

Can I hold him?

Why have you come?

Long before you were
Arthur's teacher,

he sought my guidance.

I want you to tell him
that he is still my pupil.

My lessons aren't finished.

What did they arrest you for?

They witnessed me
receiving a payoff.

They flipped one of my boys.
He told them everything.

The feds have got
me by the balls.

You promised me you'd stop.

Why, Pete?

It's just, well,
you know me, Patty.

I really screwed
things up for you.

I failed you worse
than your old man.

Don't say that.

If I wasn't such
a goddamn screwup,

I would have taken more pills
and finished the job right.

Why didn't you come to me?

We can fight the feds in court.

They've got enough on me to put
me away for the rest of my life.

What did the feds ask you for?

Everything I've got on you.

If I don't give them enough to put
you in jail, they're putting me there.

The man with the beard came to
see me. He is not your friend.

What did he want?

Remember, Arthur, whatever he may
do to your physical embodiment,

he cannot touch your soul.

My physical embodiment?
Did he threaten me?

I believe he wished me to
convey that message, yes.

I've begun to think, perhaps, you
have set these events in motion.

Yes, I did.

Are there authorities
to which you can appeal?

No, no, no, I can't
go to the police.

Arthur, you have invited
a jackal into your life.

And it is the jackal's nature to
hunt until he has made his kill.

What's that supposed to mean?

It means you have a choice,

you must either spend the rest of
your life running from this man

or turn yourself in and face
the repercussions of your past.

That's my choice?

I'm sure your decision
will be well considered.

Yeah, I need to see
you. Right away.

WOMAN: Oh, God! Oh,
God! You are bad boy!

[ARTHUR GRUNTING]

[MOANING]

More! More! Oh, God!

Oh, you stallion!

[SCREAMING]

Oh, God, yes! Oh, God.

[LAUGHS]

Oh, God.

[SNIFFING]

Yes.

[CHUCKLES]

You just keep getting
better and better.

[SNORTS] Get off, will you?

Yeah. I'll do it.

[CHUCKLING]

PETE: Think about your
daughter for a change.

MAN: Get the hell
out of my way, Pete.

One step closer
and I'll slug you!

WOMAN: Stop it!

Both of you stop it! Get out, Pete,
and let me talk to my husband.

Where were you?
Where did you go?

I went out. Leave me alone!

WOMAN: You're
constantly going out.

You're constantly
spending our money.

I don't want to hear it
tonight. I had a long day.

WOMAN: We're so...

MAN: Shut up!

Hey, there, Patty.

Hey, there.

PATTY: Can I ask you something?

Why did you stick around?

When?

When Dad took off.

You didn't owe us anything.

You could've left, too.

No responsibility, no debts.

I know you never
wanted a family.

Why did you take care of us?

I don't know.

You give them
whatever you need to.

No.

Yes.

What do you think?

I don't buy it. There's no
way she'll let him talk.

I had one thing on her,
and she tried to kill me.

Can you imagine what Pete knows?

Save yourself.

[GRUNTS]

All right. I'll give
you what you want.

MAN: Good.

I'll drop the suit.

And the funds I need?

Same arrangement as before.

Yes, sir.

[CHUCKLES] Yeah.

Well, you know
how to contact me.

TOM: Lonnie.

You ready to talk?

Did I mention the
woman who was murdered

because her husband
wouldn't play ball?

I'm scared of Finn.

What can you tell me about him?

He's got money everywhere.

I don't understand any of it,

but he's got companies
hidden in companies.

He plays markets
all over the world.

What else?

If I talk to you,
I need protection.

Well, I can provide that.

Does Finn know a guy by the
name of Walter Kendrick?

I don't know.

Well, can you try to find out?

I'll see what I can do.

Keep it.

When the time comes, I'll
let you know what I want.

Frobisher's dropped
out of the case.

Why?

He said all the media attention

was interfering with his
path to spirituality.

[SCOFFS]

Of course it is.

But we got what we needed.

Dozens of plaintiffs
jumping on board,

all having sold their
shares at rock-bottom.

Sounds like a
full-fledged class action.

Any progress with Lonnie Samble?

I think she's almost
ready to talk.

Good.

How you feeling?

What are you doing here?

I told you to get out of
town. You've got to go.

No one can see us here together.

Is it because of what
we did for your boss?

[DOG BARKING]

[SCREAMING]

No, it has nothing
to do with you.

Stefania said the feds want
you to give them information.

Who is that guy? I don't know.

You don't recognize his voice?

No.

If I don't, I go to prison.

Get in there and see
if you can ID him.

PATRICK: What are you gonna do?

This is my problem.
You have to go now.

You're gonna have to give the feds
something big to keep you out of jail.

You're safe, Patrick.

Whatever I decide, I
won't tell them about you.

[CHILDREN CHATTERING]

Need anything before I go?

No. I'm fine.

Listen, this is gonna
mean goodbye, Patrick.

You've got to get
out of town for good.

Hi, there.

Take care, Pete.

[MONITOR BEEPING RAPIDLY]

Oh, my God.

[CELL PHONE RINGING]

This is Patty.

It's me.

Patty, I called the hospital
to check in on Pete.

I'm afraid I have some bad news.

When?

Mikey, come get me.

Let's go before
his boss finds out.

Are we safe?

Pete McKee won't be
talking to anyone.

WOMAN: Where did you
go? MAN: Shut up!

No, no, please!

Hey, there, Patty.

[COUPLE SHOUTING]

Why don't we go
get some liquorice?

Thanks, Uncle Pete.

[WHISTLING]

[CLOSET DOOR OPENING]

ELLEN: Mrs. McKee.

I found something in Peter's
closet that has your name.

♪ Just for a thrill

[CHUCKLING] Actually,
I take that back.

♪ You changed the
sunshine to rain

You should be scared.

You should be terrified.

[SOFTLY] Ellen, don't.

♪ You filled my
heart with pain

It's not who you are.

You're right. You
know me too well.

♪ Although you're free

I would never use this.
It's not even loaded.

♪ To me you're
still the only one

So it's just the two of us.

Face to face.

Just the two of us.

♪ Well, it was
just for a thrill

♪ And, baby, you

♪ You made my
heart stand still

[PATTY CRYING]

♪ Just for a thrill ♪

[GUNSHOTS]

[WHEN I AM THROUGH
WITH YOU PLAYING]

♪ When I am through with you

♪ There won't be anything left

♪ When I am through with you

♪ There won't be anything left

♪ When I am through with you ♪