God Friended Me (2018): Season 2, Episode 11 - A New Hope - full transcript
Miles discovers a new clue as to who is behind the God Account when Joy reveals that his friend suggestions have all been clients of the same insurance company. Her theory is reinforced ...
- Previously on
"God Friended Me"...
- Miles Finer?
- That's right.
- I got a friend request
from someone calling themselves
God on Facebook,
and they sent me your name.
- I have been doing this
for a very long time--
- Yes, and now it's my turn.
I'm not sure I'm going
to be helping Friend
Suggestions anymore.
I've decided to go back
to Chicago.
- I am ready to be your wife
as soon as possible.
- The God Account brought
you two together to test you,
to make sure you would
sacrifice love
to prove your worth.
- We can't let the God Account
come between us.
- It didn't.
Miles, you did.
You chose the God Account
over me.
That's why I need to walk away
from the God Account
and from you.
I love you,
but it's over.
- If I can figure out who's
behind the God Account
then maybe I can convince them
to find someone else
to take over,
and when they do,
Cara and I can be together.
- Miles?
I just got back into town.
The Friend Suggestions,
they're not picked at random.
I found a connect connection
between all of them.
[dramatic music]
[door opening]
- Okay.
You said you have a lead on
who's behind the God Account.
I'm all ears.
- Do you wanna call Cara first?
She's gonna wanna hear this.
- Uh, actually,
if it's about the God Account,
I think she'll pass.
- What are you talking about?
- Well, Cara and I broke up.
- I'm sorry, Miles.
What happened?
- It's a very long story,
but if I can track down
who's behind the God Account
and tell them to find
a replacement,
we can be together.
- Wait, you wanna give it away?
- Yes.
- Are you serious?
- Yeah.
Are you interested
in reclaiming the job?
- Absolutely not.
- You didn't even think
about it, Joy.
- I didn't need to.
I stopped getting
Friend Suggestions
when I decided to go back
to Chicago
because the God Account knew
that being a public defender
is what I'm supposed
to be doing with my life.
However, I can help you
find out who's behind it all.
- I'm listening.
- I came to town to
interview a witness
for a fraud case involving
a company
called New York Sun Insurance.
During discovery
they turned over a list
of thousands of clients,
and when I was scanning it,
I recognized a few names.
- Like who?
- Every single one
of your Friend Suggestions
from John Dove and Cara
to Miguel Solano
are clients of New York Sun.
- That's how the God Account
is choosing
your Friend Suggestions.
It's actually genius.
- What do you mean?
- Well, insurance companies,
they know everything about you,
from health records to hobbies.
- He's right.
Whoever's accessing
New York Sun's database,
there's a good chance
they could be behind
the God Account.
- This is the lead
I've been looking for.
We find them;
I get my answers;
I walk away.
♪
- The wedding's on?
When did this happen?
- Last night when I surprised
Trish at the Blue Danube.
- Congratulations!
- Okay, so now we need
to set a new date.
- Actually, we already have.
What are you two doing
this weekend?
[laughs]
- This weekend?
- Yeah.
We'll be walking down
the aisle
at Harlem Episcopal,
reception's gonna be
at Trish's farm house,
and I gotta go 'cause I got
a ton of things to do,
including coming up with
a very reduced guest list.
Oh, and--and please tell
Rakesh and Cara
that they are
of course welcome.
- Yeah, I'll--I'll
let them know.
- Thanks.
- Mm-hmm.
- I'll see you.
[distant pop music playing]
[door closing]
- Why didn't you tell him
about Cara?
- Because I don't want
to bother him
with my breakup drama.
- Have you heard from her?
- No, I haven't.
- How are you doing?
- I can't imagine her not being
in my life, Ali.
[dramatic music]
But thankfully I have a way
to fix things.
- What do you mean?
- I might have a way
to track down
who's behind the God Account,
and if I can find them
then I'm gonna tell them
to give it to someone else.
- But it means so much to you.
I mean, even you can't deny
that you are a different person
ever since the God Account
came into your life.
I mean, it's changed you,
Miles, for the better.
- Yes, it's changed me,
but so did Cara.
- Then you need
to tell her that.
Make sure she's on board
so you're not doing this
for nothing.
- So how are you doing
now that Paul's gone?
- I know we're lucky he only
got a year sentence,
but a year feels so far away.
- Look, I'm here for you,
whatever you need.
- Thank you, sweetheart.
On a brighter note,
got an interview
for an open nurse's position
at the hospital
where I used to work.
- Wait, I didn't realize
you were thinking
about going back to work.
- I have been but now that
Paul's assets are frozen,
I gotta do something.
- If only the God Account
had sent us his name earlier,
you wouldn't be
in this position.
- Paul made his choice,
God Account or no.
[dramatic music]
Have you talked to Miles?
- No, not since
the other night.
- Are you sure you two
can't work this out?
- I don't see how.
I can't be a part
of the God Account
after what it did
to our family,
and I can't ask Miles
to walk away.
It's not like there's
a third option.
- Cara, I know you.
You've always been a fighter,
so why aren't you fighting
for Miles?
- Because this is a fight
that I know I can't win.
♪
- So New York Sun suffered
a major security breach,
but I couldn't really find
anything about it online,
but I did find this.
♪
- What are we looking at,
exactly?
- Oh, I'm sorry.
Um, that is a backdoor
that whoever created
the breach left behind
so they could secretly
access client files
at New York Sun at any time.
- So whoever set it up could be
behind the God Account?
- Precisely, and it shouldn't
really take me that long
to trace it back
to whoever created it.
- Good job, Rakesh.
[chuckles]
[cell phone chimes
and buzzes]
Hey, I got a Friend Suggestion.
Abe Cohen.
Is he on the list?
♪
- Abe Cohen.
Yep, Abe is a client
of New York Sun.
- According to his
Facebook page,
he lives in Brooklyn at
someplace called Mount Gardens.
Looks like
a retirement community
for independent seniors.
All right,
I'll head down there.
Rakesh, you coming?
- Uh, I'm gonna sit
this one out.
I've got some tracing to do,
but how about
you take Joy instead?
- It'll be just like old times.
♪
- Hi, we are looking
for Abe Cohen.
- That would be him over there.
- I listen to you kvetch
about your daughter
Elaine's boyfriend,
who, by the way,
is not right for her.
- Thank you.
- But you can't do
a small thing for me?
- $80,000 is not a small thing,
Abe.
It's going to take
a couple days.
- Jerry, it's my money!
Just sign the approval.
Give me a check.
- You know as well as I do
when you moved in here,
you signed over guardianship
of your finances.
- Damn it, Jerry!
I need that money
in the next three hours.
Three hours!
- Uh, excuse me,
don't mean to interrupt,
but is there any way
that we can help?
- Who are you?
- Apologies.
My name is Miles.
This is Joy.
We were on our way
to visit a friend,
but we overheard the commotion.
- What friend?
- Oh, it's not important,
but I'm a lawyer,
and I specialize
in age discrimination
so I was just trying to see
if you wanted any help.
- It's not age discrimination.
It's the rules.
I'm sorry.
There's nothing else I can do.
[sighs]
- If I don't get that money,
I can never know the truth.
[dramatic music]
Wait, excuse me!
Excuse me!
Uh, wait up.
Excuse me!
Can we--can we talk to you
for a second?
- What do you want?
- We want to help.
Your retirement community,
they can't restrict access
to your money.
- Jerry, he's just doing
his job.
It's the community's way
of making sure
the crazy old men
don't drain their life savings
on a trip to Atlantic City.
- Is that what you want
the money for?
- Of course not.
I'm a Vegas man, myself.
- Oh.
- I'm pulling your leg, kid.
Anyway, what's the difference,
huh?
It's my money.
Who cares what I spend it on?
- I'll make you a deal.
If you tell us why
you need the money,
I'll make sure that Jerry
writes that check today.
- What are you two?
Some kind of a team?
- Something like that, yes.
- What makes you so sure
you can get me my money?
- I just defended
a multimillion dollar case.
I think I can handle 80K.
- We just want to help.
We promise.
[dramatic music]
- Don't know why,
but you seem believable.
♪
All right.
Call me Abe.
- Well, Abe,
it's a beautiful
place you have here.
How long have you lived here?
- A couple years.
It's all right.
Ladies.
[dramatic music]
- You seem pretty popular, Abe.
- What can I say?
I still got it.
[chuckles]
That plus the ladies like me
because I can still
drive at night.
- [chuckles]
- Yeah, Pearl would say,
"Don't let that
go to your head."
- Who's Pearl?
- My wife.
It was just the two of us.
She died a couple years ago.
You wanted to know
why I needed the $80,000?
Page 22.
- A watch?
- Uh-uh.
That's no ordinary watch.
That's an 1885 solid gold
Pierre Reno pocket watch
with a C engraved on the front.
- Hey, it's beautiful.
- And the C stands for Cohen.
It was my father's watch.
There's a picture of my family.
Those are my parents,
Mendel and Molly,
and myself and my sister, Rose.
My father gave that watch
to Rose to hide.
[dramatic music]
The last time
I saw that watch was 1944
on the train to Auschwitz,
which is...
where both
my parents died.
♪
- You're a Holocaust survivor.
- Well, luckily,
Rose and I were able
to jump off the train
before it got to the camp.
We ran into the forest,
but, um,
we got separated.
♪
My whole life I've wondered
what happened to her.
Where is she?
- You ever try looking
in the survivor records?
- There's no trace of her
at Yad Vashem
or the Shoah Foundation.
♪
But I've never given up hope
that she made it away
and lived her life
just like I did.
And that watch,
that's gonna give me my truth.
- How?
- Once I buy it,
I'll be given
the seller's information
and the chain of custody,
and that'll allow me
to trace the origin,
and maybe find out, uh,
what happened to Rose.
- You know,
if you have proof
that this watch belonged
to your father,
I could make a claim
on your behalf.
It's yours.
You shouldn't have to pay
to get it back.
- I have no proof,
but that's all right.
I don't need it.
I'm gonna win that watch
at auction.
Provided, of course,
you can get me my money.
♪
You two are gonna help me
or what?
- You held on to your end
of the deal.
We will hold on to ours.
Joy?
- Yep.
I'm gonna go, uh,
talk to Jerry.
Shouldn't take me too long.
[clicks tongue]
- Young man,
why don't you sit?
Well, now that that's settled,
why don't you tell me
what this deal is
with your Good Samaritan act?
- [chuckles]
It's not an act,
and if I told you
what brought us here,
you would think I was crazy.
- Oh, lucky for you,
I like crazy.
- [chuckles]
[uplifting music]
♪
[indistinct chatter]
- You mean HaShem Himself
is talking to you on Facebook
so you should help people?
- Yes, except the God part.
- You know, I'm not sure...
[grunts]
I believe a single word
you're saying,
but since Joy got Jerry
to release my money,
I'm willing to give you
the benefit of the doubt,
all right?
- Believe me, Abe.
It's true.
- Mm.
- I can verify that.
- I mean, if that's the case,
then, uh,
I'm not sure that walking away
on something like this
is a good idea.
- You're a wise man,
Abe Cohen.
- Amen.
Listen, Miles.
If this Cara is the woman that
you're supposed to be with,
then you'll end up with her.
Mm?
You just have
to have some faith.
- After everything that
you have been through,
how can you still have
so much faith?
- I get that question a lot,
but, well, I mean,
the truth is,
uh, my faith was shaken
after the war.
In fact, uh,
I did lose it for a bit,
but it's like, uh, Bob Dylan.
- Uh, excuse me?
- Bob Dylan.
First he's Jewish,
then he's not,
then he is again,
but the whole time
he's making music.
See, the--the thing about faith
is that it's always there
for you
when you're ready
to return to it.
- All right.
Please be seated,
ladies and gentlemen.
Good afternoon
Welcome to Berkley's
and our 19th-century fine art,
jewelry, and watch auction.
We begin with lot 1C,
a rare, solid gold vintage 1888
Pierre Reno pocket watch.
Pristine condition.
And we will start the bidding
at $30,000.
Who has the $30,000
to get us started?
Do I have $30,000?
30,000?
Thank you, sir.
$30,000 here in the front.
I've got the 30.
Who's got the 40?
I have 30--$40,000 in the back.
Thank you very much, sir.
I've got $40,000.
Who's got $50,000?
Give me the $50,000.
$50,000, 50 thou--
I've got $50,000.
Thank you, madam.
I've got $50,000.
Looking for $60,000.
$50,000 here.
Looking for $60,000.
$60,000 in the front.
Thank you, sir.
$60,000 going once.
Looking for $70,000.
All finished?
$60,000 going tw--
$70,000.
Thank you, bidder
on the telephone.
I've got $70,000 here.
Who has the 80,000?
Who's got the $80,000?
I've got $70,000.
Who's got...
- This is as high as I can go.
- Who's got the $80,000?
$80,000.
Thank you, sir.
A bid $80,000 here down
in the front.
Who's got 90?
Who's got 90?
I've got $80,000.
Everybody happy?
Sir in the back,
$90,000?
Madam, $90,000?
All done, no regrets?
$80,000.
$80,000 going once.
80,000 going twice.
$90,000, the bidder
on the telephone.
I've got $90,000.
Who's got $100,000?
You, sir, $100,000?
$100,000,
$100,000.
I've got $90,000 going once,
going twice.
All done?
Everybody happy?
Sold.
[gavel clacks]
$90,000 to the bidder
on the telephone.
Congratulations.
- It's over.
- Moving on.
- Abe, I'm so sorry.
- The next item is lot 4C.
Charles X bronze mantel clock.
- It's gone.
♪
- Can't believe it.
After 75 years,
I find my father's watch
only to lose it.
- Look, I know this
is gonna sound crazy,
but the God Account wouldn't
have sent us your name
if we couldn't help you.
- Help?
How?
Without that watch,
we can't track down
what happened to Rose.
- I spoke to the auctioneer.
The only thing he would say
was the buyer came
from out-of-state.
Most likely a collector.
- Mm.
- Abe, we are not
gonna give up.
All I'm asking is that
you don't give up, either.
- Miles is right.
We've seen some
pretty amazing things
happen to people
who have faith.
- So have I.
[dramatic music]
When I escaped that train
from Auschwitz,
I remember
I was walking for days
when this family that
was in hiding
found me and took me in,
and they told me
if I had faith,
that my sister was still alive
and that I would see her again,
as they had faith
that they would survive
and make it to America,
and you know something?
They did,
and they took me with them.
For 75 years, I've never
forgotten that lesson.
So you're right.
Why should I forget it now?
♪
- Even if the watch
has been sold,
the most important thing
is the chain of custody.
Maybe we can see if Berkley's
will show it to us.
- We need to find a way
to compel them to turn it over.
- Well, why shouldn't we
just tell them the truth?
That it was my father's watch,
no matter who owned it
after the Holocaust.
- The Holocaust.
[tense music]
- There are residents
at Mount Gardens
who drift off just like that.
- The Holocaust Expropriated
Recovery Act.
It allows people
to claim ownership
over items that were lost
or stolen during the Holocaust.
- Good.
So how do we do that?
- I need you to swear
in an affidavit
stating the watch
belonged to your father.
- Yeah, I can do that.
- Without any corroboration,
it probably won't be enough
to gain ownership,
but if all we're asking
is to look at
the chain of custody,
it might work.
[cell phone chimes
and buzzes]
- Oh.
Oh, wait.
I--I'm so sorry.
I have to go see Cara.
You guys got this?
- Abe and I will work
on the affidavit
and text you later.
- Yeah.
- You're in good hands, Abe.
- Good luck with your girl.
[dramatic music]
- So, you hungry?
Might as well do this
over lunch.
- You know something?
You and I are on
the same wavelength.
There is a deli right here
that makes a brisket
that borders on spiritual.
Shall we?
- [laughs]
Yeah.
♪
- Hey, thanks for meeting me.
- Of course.
- I think we may have
a way of figuring out
who's behind the God Account.
- What?
How?
- Joy has a lead--
an insurance company
that is connected
to all of my
Friend Suggestions.
- Joy?
- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
She's here working on a case
from Chicago.
Cara, this is the break
that we have been waiting for.
We figure out
who's behind this,
and then I tell them
to replace me
and we
can finally be together.
[dramatic music]
♪
Aren't you gonna say something?
- Um...
Yeah, it's--it's just
a lot to take in.
- I--I know, but
I at least thought
you would be happy.
I mean, you said that
if I could find a way
to walk away
from the God Account
without risking
my Friend Suggestions,
you would be all for it.
- I know.
I know what I said,
but we've had leads before,
Miles.
Pria, Simon, and Henry,
and none of them worked out,
and honestly,
none of them will.
- So that's it?
You're not even willing to try?
- Miles, how long are we
gonna wait for something
that may never come?
- I don't know.
But I know that I love you
and I don't wanna lose you,
and I thought that you felt
the same way.
But if you don't,
I need to know.
♪
[knocks]
- Miles.
Just the man I wanted to see.
- Really?
Why?
- Well, planning this wedding
has put me in a very
self-reflective mood.
I've been thinking about how
much we've all gone through
this past year and a half,
how blessed I feel
that you and I
ended up where we ended up.
- Me, too.
- Which is why
I can't think of anyone
I'd rather have standing
beside me than you, Miles.
- Dad, you--you want me
to be your best man?
- Nothing would make
me prouder.
- Dad, I'll be honored.
- [laughs]
- [laughs]
[both chuckling]
[exhales sharply]
- What?
What's wrong?
- The reason I came down here
to talk to you
was about Cara.
- Mm-hmm.
[dramatic music]
- We broke up.
- I'm so sorry.
♪
What happened?
- She doesn't want anything
to do with the God Account,
but she doesn't think
I should walk away
and abandon my
Friend Suggestions, either.
- So what are you gonna do?
- Well, Dad, I thought
I had a plan to get her back,
but now I don't know
where we stand.
- I see.
[cell phone chimes
and buzzes]
♪
- Uh, it's Rakesh.
He has a lead on the hacker
we believe is behind
the God Account.
I gotta go.
- Sure.
Miles, um...
Don't lose hope about Cara.
These things have a way
of working themselves out
when we least expect it.
♪
- I'm sorry about Cara, bro.
- Dude, I just want to find out
who's behind this.
You sure 4G is our hacker?
- Yeah, I was able
to back trace
the ISP to this apartment.
And the source is still
up and running,
so whoever lives here, Miles,
was behind the hack
into New York Sun
and also creating the backdoor
to all the client files,
which means there's
a good chance
they're at least involved
with the God Account.
- All right.
- All right.
[knocks]
[dramatic music]
[exhales sharply]
♪
Hi.
♪
- Yeah?
- My name's Rakesh.
I go by Neolicious online.
You might have heard of me.
- No.
Should I have?
- Well, you know,
I got promoted at work,
so I haven't really been
in the chat rooms
as much as I'd like.
I used to be pretty active.
- Rakesh.
- Sorry.
We know you hacked
New York Sun.
We just wanna ask you
some questions.
All right, look, man.
You decided to hack the system
through the entry field?
Really?
Sloppy.
- Not if you know they don't
use parameterized queries.
- Ooh, so you did
hack New York Sun, then?
- Please.
It's important.
It will only take
a few minutes.
♪
- Let's get one thing clear.
I am not a hacker.
- Oh, yeah.
Me, neither.
- I mean,
not in the way you think.
I was hired by New York Sun
to infiltrate their system.
It's more of a side job.
I make most of my money
playing online poker.
I'm in the middle
of a big hand,
so you wanna just tell me
what this is about?
- Something strange happened
to me around the time
that you hacked New York Sun.
We were just hoping that you
could shed some light on that.
- I don't see how.
- Who hired you?
- [laughs]
I don't usually
discuss clients.
You want answers,
you need to ante up
with something.
- Okay, let's try this
a different way.
We know about the backdoor
you created in the system.
You wanna talk about that?
- Oh, I'm impressed,
Neolicious,
only that backdoor
wasn't for me.
- Then who is it for?
- It was for the person
who hired me.
Guy by the name
of Alphonse Jeffries.
He had just bought the company.
- If Alphonse owns the company
then why would he need
a backdoor
to access his own system?
- So he'd have access
to the files
without anyone knowing.
♪
Dude, whoever this
Alphonse Jeffries is,
it sounds like he could be
behind the God Account.
- Oh, we actually have
a real lead.
By the way,
Neolicious?
- Well, it was either that
or FrodoHackins.
- [chuckles]
[cell phone chimes
and buzzes]
Hey, it's Joy.
She got Berkley's
to agree to show Abe
the chain of custody
for his father's watch.
Okay, you dig into Jeffries.
I'll check in later.
- All right.
[elevator bell dings]
- Hey.
How'd it go with Cara?
- Not good.
- I'm sorry.
- Here's something
that'll make you smile.
The head of auctions is pulling
the seller's information
and chain of custody
as we speak.
- That's great news.
- Yeah, I can't believe this.
I'm finally gonna get
some answers.
Oh, uh, you know,
I don't know how
to thank you two enough.
All right.
- Mr. Cohen, um, the watch
was sold by a collector
out of Amsterdam who owned it
for 60 years.
Unfortunately, the earliest
known provenance
is an inventory list from
Auschwitz concentration camp
in 1945.
I'm so sorry.
[dramatic music]
- Okay, thank you.
♪
- Auschwitz.
♪
She never had a life.
Not any life that
I'd hoped she would.
♪
She died in hell all alone.
With nothing but a watch.
[dramatic music]
♪
- We're so sorry, Abe.
- Mm.
- Is there anything we can do?
- No.
I appreciate all your help,
but there's nothing anyone
can do anymore.
- Maybe we can track down
the buyer,
see if they would sell you
the watch.
Tell them how much
it means to you.
- I want nothing more to do
with that watch.
I only wish I hadn't found it
in the first place.
- No, Abe, you don't mean that.
- Like hell I don't.
♪
Before I found that watch,
I had faith that Rose
was still alive.
- Well, you had
to know the truth.
- The truth?
♪
The truth is, it's my fault
that she's dead.
♪
- Abe, she died in Auschwitz.
That's not your fault.
- No, no.
I never told anyone the story
about when we got separated,
not even my wife.
♪
When we jumped from the train,
we took off on foot.
♪
I heard the shouting
from the German soldiers.
♪
It all happened so fast.
♪
I lost my grip on Rose's hand,
and I got scared,
and I ran.
I ran.
And I got to the woods,
turned around,
and she wasn't there anymore.
♪
And then she was gone.
♪
- Abe, you were a child.
You can't blame yourself.
- Oh, yes I can.
♪
I could have held on tighter.
I should have gone back.
♪
I was her big brother.
I was supposed to protect her,
yes?
Hmm?
No, I didn't.
♪
And there's nothing you
or your God Account
can change about that.
No.
♪
- So Miles is trying
to give back the God Account,
and that's a good thing, right?
It means you two
can be together.
- In theory, yes,
but we've never really
gotten close
to finding out
who's behind this,
and even if we did,
I mean, there's no reason
that they would just
let him walk away.
- Isn't it worth
trying to find out?
- If I go down this road again
and it doesn't work out,
my heart would be broken twice,
and I don't think
I could take that.
- So that's what this
is all about.
Oh, honey, I understand.
Believe me, I do.
I spent a big part
of my life avoiding pain,
but the problem is,
if you do that,
the best parts of life
will pass you by.
Reaching out to me,
you risked heartbreak
all over again.
And yet here we are.
Can you tell me
it wasn't worth it?
- It was.
- So if there's some small
chance Miles can pull this off
and there's hope for you two,
then I think it's worth
taking that risk again.
[dramatic music]
♪
- Poor Abe.
He waited 75 years to find out
his sister died in Auschwitz?
- He blames himself
for what happened to Rose.
I don't know
how we can fix that.
- Maybe there's something else
we're supposed to do for him.
- Yeah, well, this would be
a great time
for the God Account to point
you in the right direction.
[cell phone chimes
and buzzes]
- Wait, no, don't bother.
It's my phone.
[dramatic music]
And it's not the God Account.
It's just a reminder
for my interview
with New York Sun,
which is in 30 minutes.
That can't be right.
- When was it supposed to be?
- I swear it was scheduled
for later today.
I--I--I must have gotten
the time mixed up.
I'm sorry.
I have to go.
- Oh, speaking of New York Sun,
were you able to find anything
on Alphonse Jeffries?
- 65 years old,
graduated from
Howard University in 1979,
and a member of Spring Meadow
Golf Club.
Also we've always assumed
whoever's behind this
has some type
of connection to you,
but I can't find
anything online
that links the two
of you together.
- Maybe we dig into Jeffries
the old-fashioned way.
- What do you mean?
- Come with me to my interview
at New York Sun.
Maybe we can talk
to him in person
and ask him directly
what his association is
with the God Account.
- Don't you think
it might be a little weird
if I just showed up
to your meeting?
- Hmm, every lawyer needs
a good paralegal.
You got a suit?
♪
[knocks]
Mr. Baker?
- Can I help you?
- Hi, I'm Joy Chen
from the Cook County
Public Defenders Office.
This is my colleague
Miles Finer.
I'm here regarding
my fraud case out of Chicago.
- So--I'm sorry but I thought
our meeting was at 4:00.
- You know,
I thought the same thing.
You wouldn't happen to have
a few moments right now?
- Unfortunately I'm about
to head into a meeting,
but I've already
prepared everything
that you'll need for your case.
You're more than welcome
to come back later
if you have any questions.
- I will do that.
- In the meantime I was hoping
you could introduce me
to Alphonse Jeffries.
His expertise would be
very beneficial to my case.
- I don't know
how that'll help,
but even so,
Mr. Jeffries splits his time
between here
and the Hartford office.
He's in Connecticut today.
- Sorry to interrupt
but can I have a quick word?
- Excuse me for a second.
[dramatic music]
- Can I ask you something?
What are the chances
both of you got the time
for this meeting wrong?
- Slim to none.
What are you thinking?
- Check this out.
It's a list of all
of the companies
New York Sun
does business with,
one of which
is Berkley's Auction House.
- You think the God Account
somehow changed our meeting?
- Maybe that's why
the God Account
brought us down here early.
- Sorry to cut this short
but I need to get
to my meeting.
- Just one final question.
I couldn't help but notice
you're in partnership
with Berkley's.
What exactly do you guys
do with them?
- We handle
the consignment insurance
for all the items they sell.
Funny you should ask.
The reason I stepped out
was an out-of-town client
who just flew in to pick up
a high-end antique
from Berkley's.
- That item wouldn't happen
to be an 1885 Pierre Reno
pocket watch, would it?
- How'd you know that?
♪
- Any chance we could speak
to that client?
- Oh, excuse me, Miss?
- Yeah?
- Uh, you were just
picking up a watch?
- That's right.
- Our friend was trying
to buy the watch
that you won
at auction yesterday.
We were wondering
if you might
consider dropping your bid
so we could buy
the watch instead?
- I'm sorry
but I can't do that.
- Please,
it's incredibly important.
That watch
was a family heirloom,
and he's been searching
for it for 75 years.
- It belonged to his father.
- That's impossible.
The--the watch belonged
to my grandmother's father.
[dramatic music]
♪
- All right, you said you would
tell me what's so important
when we got here.
All right, so we're here.
Now what?
♪
- Abe.
I want you to meet Shayna.
- Hello.
Nice to meet you.
- Yeah, you, too.
- Shayna is in town from
Florida to pick up the watch
that she won at auction--
the 1885 Pierre Reno
pocket watch
that belonged
to her great-grandfather.
- [gasps]
- But that's impossible.
Th--that would mean
that you--
- She's Rose's granddaughter.
♪
- She lived?
- Yes.
- How?
- I thought maybe you
could ask her.
♪
- Rose?
- Abraham?
- Rose!
- Oh!
- Rose!
- Oh, my brother!
- She was alive.
You survived.
- [chuckles]
- It's you!
- Yes, yes!
- I'm so sorry.
I should have held on tighter.
I should have gone back
for you.
How--how--how did you survive?
- Because you saved me.
- I don't understand.
- I saw the guards chasing you
into the woods.
I saw you fall to the ground.
I thought you were dead.
- No.
♪
- It gave me and so many others
a chance to get away.
- But the watch.
- The watch?
- It ended up in Auschwitz.
How did that happen?
- Because I dropped it
on the train.
- On the train?
- Yes.
[chuckling]
Yes.
And here you are.
- Here I am.
And so are you.
- Yes.
♪
I always told the story
of my brother,
the hero.
Mm.
[kisses]
- I want you to meet
my new friends.
This is Miles and this is Joy.
- Hello, Miles.
- Hello.
- Rose, we wouldn't be here
if it wasn't for them.
- And hello, Joy.
Thank you so very much.
- You're welcome.
Abe, it looks like
a lot of people
came to see you.
♪
You should go
meet your family.
- Go, go.
- Oh, my.
There's too many.
[all laughing]
Wow.
Yeah.
Much too many!
- It's such a pleasure
meeting you!
Oh, my God!
[both laughing]
- Clever!
Clever!
[laughing]
♪
- I'm so happy for Abe.
- It took him 75 years
to get his answer,
but he never gave up hope.
He made me realize
that I can't, either.
I want Cara in my life.
So no matter how long it takes
to track down whoever's
behind the God Account,
I'm not gonna give up,
because I know it's all gonna
be worth it in the end.
I just need to convince Cara
of that.
- Actually, Miles,
it might not
take you that long.
- What are you talking about?
- Well,
I did some more digging
into Alphonse Jeffries
and turns out he's a veteran
of the U.S. Army.
Served in Vietnam,
more specifically,
7th Cavalry Regiment,
5th Battalion.
[dramatic music]
- I'm not following.
What does that have
to do with anything?
- That's my dad's battalion.
- Miles, this is the connection
we've been looking for.
- Well, this just
got interesting.
[knock at door]
- Miles, I got your message.
Is everything all right?
- I just needed to talk
to you about something.
- Okay.
- What can you tell me
about Alphonse Jeffries?
- We served
in the war together.
Why?
- I know how this
is gonna sound,
but I think he may be behind
the God Account.
- [laughs]
Miles.
I seriously doubt that's true.
- Every single one
of my Friend Suggestions
is a client
of Alphonse's company,
New York Sun.
Think about it.
It would explain why you
have been at the center
of so many
of my Friend Suggestions.
Not to mention,
the God Account brought
us back together.
Seems like a very
personal thing to do.
Can you think of a reason
why he would do that?
- There is.
[dramatic music]
I saved his life.
It was one of my last days
in Vietnam.
My unit was getting ready
to evacuate
when we were ambushed.
Most of the troops
were already gone,
so we retreated
into the jungle.
Figured we'd wait it out
until air support showed up.
Finally found cover
when I realized
Alphonse wasn't with us.
It was almost dark.
It was pouring rain.
I knew I had to go back.
I searched for several hours,
and by some miracle,
I found him
wounded, but alive.
- Maybe this is his way
of returning the favor.
I mean, Dad, all I'm asking
is for you to introduce us.
I will drive up to Connecticut
and meet him
if that's what it takes.
- Well, that won't
be necessary.
Alphonse is coming
to the wedding.
He'll be here in a few days.
♪
[knock at door]
♪
- Hi.
- HI.
Do you have a sec?
[dramatic music]
♪
- I'm sorry about earlier,
Miles.
♪
The truth is the idea
of waiting to find out
to find out who's behind
all of this scares me,
because I don't wanna
get my hopes up
and have it not work out.
- Neither do I,
but I have to hope
that it will.
♪
- I completely agree.
- [chuckles]
You do?
- [chuckles]
- What changed your mind?
- I realized that some things
are worth the risk,
no matter the odds.
♪
Hey.
- Hey.
What are you doing here?
- Liv told me
you were down here.
Look, I came to apologize.
I spoke to Miles,
and you were right.
As long as there's hope,
it's worth the risk.
- It is.
- And I got so wrapped up
in what was going on in my life
that I forgot about how excited
you are about
what's going on in yours.
- Oh, you're actually here
at the perfect time.
- What do you mean?
- I got the job.
- Oh, my gosh!
Congratulations!
- Thank you.
I'm really excited about it.
I think it's just
what I need right now.
[dramatic music]
- Well, it looks like we both
have something to celebrate.
How about I buy you dinner?
- Oh, perfect.
Let me go grab
my start paperwork
and we can get going, okay?
- Okay.
♪
[dramatic music]
♪
- Cara.
- Hey.
- What are you doing here?
- I'm waiting on my mom.
She actually just
got a job here.
- That's great.
- [sighs]
What about you?
- I'm just visiting a friend.
- Okay, well,
I'll catch you later.
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
- Okay.
♪
Actually...
♪
I'm not here visiting a friend.
♪
- Ali, are you okay?
♪
- No.
- I have an idea!
"God Friended Me"...
- Miles Finer?
- That's right.
- I got a friend request
from someone calling themselves
God on Facebook,
and they sent me your name.
- I have been doing this
for a very long time--
- Yes, and now it's my turn.
I'm not sure I'm going
to be helping Friend
Suggestions anymore.
I've decided to go back
to Chicago.
- I am ready to be your wife
as soon as possible.
- The God Account brought
you two together to test you,
to make sure you would
sacrifice love
to prove your worth.
- We can't let the God Account
come between us.
- It didn't.
Miles, you did.
You chose the God Account
over me.
That's why I need to walk away
from the God Account
and from you.
I love you,
but it's over.
- If I can figure out who's
behind the God Account
then maybe I can convince them
to find someone else
to take over,
and when they do,
Cara and I can be together.
- Miles?
I just got back into town.
The Friend Suggestions,
they're not picked at random.
I found a connect connection
between all of them.
[dramatic music]
[door opening]
- Okay.
You said you have a lead on
who's behind the God Account.
I'm all ears.
- Do you wanna call Cara first?
She's gonna wanna hear this.
- Uh, actually,
if it's about the God Account,
I think she'll pass.
- What are you talking about?
- Well, Cara and I broke up.
- I'm sorry, Miles.
What happened?
- It's a very long story,
but if I can track down
who's behind the God Account
and tell them to find
a replacement,
we can be together.
- Wait, you wanna give it away?
- Yes.
- Are you serious?
- Yeah.
Are you interested
in reclaiming the job?
- Absolutely not.
- You didn't even think
about it, Joy.
- I didn't need to.
I stopped getting
Friend Suggestions
when I decided to go back
to Chicago
because the God Account knew
that being a public defender
is what I'm supposed
to be doing with my life.
However, I can help you
find out who's behind it all.
- I'm listening.
- I came to town to
interview a witness
for a fraud case involving
a company
called New York Sun Insurance.
During discovery
they turned over a list
of thousands of clients,
and when I was scanning it,
I recognized a few names.
- Like who?
- Every single one
of your Friend Suggestions
from John Dove and Cara
to Miguel Solano
are clients of New York Sun.
- That's how the God Account
is choosing
your Friend Suggestions.
It's actually genius.
- What do you mean?
- Well, insurance companies,
they know everything about you,
from health records to hobbies.
- He's right.
Whoever's accessing
New York Sun's database,
there's a good chance
they could be behind
the God Account.
- This is the lead
I've been looking for.
We find them;
I get my answers;
I walk away.
♪
- The wedding's on?
When did this happen?
- Last night when I surprised
Trish at the Blue Danube.
- Congratulations!
- Okay, so now we need
to set a new date.
- Actually, we already have.
What are you two doing
this weekend?
[laughs]
- This weekend?
- Yeah.
We'll be walking down
the aisle
at Harlem Episcopal,
reception's gonna be
at Trish's farm house,
and I gotta go 'cause I got
a ton of things to do,
including coming up with
a very reduced guest list.
Oh, and--and please tell
Rakesh and Cara
that they are
of course welcome.
- Yeah, I'll--I'll
let them know.
- Thanks.
- Mm-hmm.
- I'll see you.
[distant pop music playing]
[door closing]
- Why didn't you tell him
about Cara?
- Because I don't want
to bother him
with my breakup drama.
- Have you heard from her?
- No, I haven't.
- How are you doing?
- I can't imagine her not being
in my life, Ali.
[dramatic music]
But thankfully I have a way
to fix things.
- What do you mean?
- I might have a way
to track down
who's behind the God Account,
and if I can find them
then I'm gonna tell them
to give it to someone else.
- But it means so much to you.
I mean, even you can't deny
that you are a different person
ever since the God Account
came into your life.
I mean, it's changed you,
Miles, for the better.
- Yes, it's changed me,
but so did Cara.
- Then you need
to tell her that.
Make sure she's on board
so you're not doing this
for nothing.
- So how are you doing
now that Paul's gone?
- I know we're lucky he only
got a year sentence,
but a year feels so far away.
- Look, I'm here for you,
whatever you need.
- Thank you, sweetheart.
On a brighter note,
got an interview
for an open nurse's position
at the hospital
where I used to work.
- Wait, I didn't realize
you were thinking
about going back to work.
- I have been but now that
Paul's assets are frozen,
I gotta do something.
- If only the God Account
had sent us his name earlier,
you wouldn't be
in this position.
- Paul made his choice,
God Account or no.
[dramatic music]
Have you talked to Miles?
- No, not since
the other night.
- Are you sure you two
can't work this out?
- I don't see how.
I can't be a part
of the God Account
after what it did
to our family,
and I can't ask Miles
to walk away.
It's not like there's
a third option.
- Cara, I know you.
You've always been a fighter,
so why aren't you fighting
for Miles?
- Because this is a fight
that I know I can't win.
♪
- So New York Sun suffered
a major security breach,
but I couldn't really find
anything about it online,
but I did find this.
♪
- What are we looking at,
exactly?
- Oh, I'm sorry.
Um, that is a backdoor
that whoever created
the breach left behind
so they could secretly
access client files
at New York Sun at any time.
- So whoever set it up could be
behind the God Account?
- Precisely, and it shouldn't
really take me that long
to trace it back
to whoever created it.
- Good job, Rakesh.
[chuckles]
[cell phone chimes
and buzzes]
Hey, I got a Friend Suggestion.
Abe Cohen.
Is he on the list?
♪
- Abe Cohen.
Yep, Abe is a client
of New York Sun.
- According to his
Facebook page,
he lives in Brooklyn at
someplace called Mount Gardens.
Looks like
a retirement community
for independent seniors.
All right,
I'll head down there.
Rakesh, you coming?
- Uh, I'm gonna sit
this one out.
I've got some tracing to do,
but how about
you take Joy instead?
- It'll be just like old times.
♪
- Hi, we are looking
for Abe Cohen.
- That would be him over there.
- I listen to you kvetch
about your daughter
Elaine's boyfriend,
who, by the way,
is not right for her.
- Thank you.
- But you can't do
a small thing for me?
- $80,000 is not a small thing,
Abe.
It's going to take
a couple days.
- Jerry, it's my money!
Just sign the approval.
Give me a check.
- You know as well as I do
when you moved in here,
you signed over guardianship
of your finances.
- Damn it, Jerry!
I need that money
in the next three hours.
Three hours!
- Uh, excuse me,
don't mean to interrupt,
but is there any way
that we can help?
- Who are you?
- Apologies.
My name is Miles.
This is Joy.
We were on our way
to visit a friend,
but we overheard the commotion.
- What friend?
- Oh, it's not important,
but I'm a lawyer,
and I specialize
in age discrimination
so I was just trying to see
if you wanted any help.
- It's not age discrimination.
It's the rules.
I'm sorry.
There's nothing else I can do.
[sighs]
- If I don't get that money,
I can never know the truth.
[dramatic music]
Wait, excuse me!
Excuse me!
Uh, wait up.
Excuse me!
Can we--can we talk to you
for a second?
- What do you want?
- We want to help.
Your retirement community,
they can't restrict access
to your money.
- Jerry, he's just doing
his job.
It's the community's way
of making sure
the crazy old men
don't drain their life savings
on a trip to Atlantic City.
- Is that what you want
the money for?
- Of course not.
I'm a Vegas man, myself.
- Oh.
- I'm pulling your leg, kid.
Anyway, what's the difference,
huh?
It's my money.
Who cares what I spend it on?
- I'll make you a deal.
If you tell us why
you need the money,
I'll make sure that Jerry
writes that check today.
- What are you two?
Some kind of a team?
- Something like that, yes.
- What makes you so sure
you can get me my money?
- I just defended
a multimillion dollar case.
I think I can handle 80K.
- We just want to help.
We promise.
[dramatic music]
- Don't know why,
but you seem believable.
♪
All right.
Call me Abe.
- Well, Abe,
it's a beautiful
place you have here.
How long have you lived here?
- A couple years.
It's all right.
Ladies.
[dramatic music]
- You seem pretty popular, Abe.
- What can I say?
I still got it.
[chuckles]
That plus the ladies like me
because I can still
drive at night.
- [chuckles]
- Yeah, Pearl would say,
"Don't let that
go to your head."
- Who's Pearl?
- My wife.
It was just the two of us.
She died a couple years ago.
You wanted to know
why I needed the $80,000?
Page 22.
- A watch?
- Uh-uh.
That's no ordinary watch.
That's an 1885 solid gold
Pierre Reno pocket watch
with a C engraved on the front.
- Hey, it's beautiful.
- And the C stands for Cohen.
It was my father's watch.
There's a picture of my family.
Those are my parents,
Mendel and Molly,
and myself and my sister, Rose.
My father gave that watch
to Rose to hide.
[dramatic music]
The last time
I saw that watch was 1944
on the train to Auschwitz,
which is...
where both
my parents died.
♪
- You're a Holocaust survivor.
- Well, luckily,
Rose and I were able
to jump off the train
before it got to the camp.
We ran into the forest,
but, um,
we got separated.
♪
My whole life I've wondered
what happened to her.
Where is she?
- You ever try looking
in the survivor records?
- There's no trace of her
at Yad Vashem
or the Shoah Foundation.
♪
But I've never given up hope
that she made it away
and lived her life
just like I did.
And that watch,
that's gonna give me my truth.
- How?
- Once I buy it,
I'll be given
the seller's information
and the chain of custody,
and that'll allow me
to trace the origin,
and maybe find out, uh,
what happened to Rose.
- You know,
if you have proof
that this watch belonged
to your father,
I could make a claim
on your behalf.
It's yours.
You shouldn't have to pay
to get it back.
- I have no proof,
but that's all right.
I don't need it.
I'm gonna win that watch
at auction.
Provided, of course,
you can get me my money.
♪
You two are gonna help me
or what?
- You held on to your end
of the deal.
We will hold on to ours.
Joy?
- Yep.
I'm gonna go, uh,
talk to Jerry.
Shouldn't take me too long.
[clicks tongue]
- Young man,
why don't you sit?
Well, now that that's settled,
why don't you tell me
what this deal is
with your Good Samaritan act?
- [chuckles]
It's not an act,
and if I told you
what brought us here,
you would think I was crazy.
- Oh, lucky for you,
I like crazy.
- [chuckles]
[uplifting music]
♪
[indistinct chatter]
- You mean HaShem Himself
is talking to you on Facebook
so you should help people?
- Yes, except the God part.
- You know, I'm not sure...
[grunts]
I believe a single word
you're saying,
but since Joy got Jerry
to release my money,
I'm willing to give you
the benefit of the doubt,
all right?
- Believe me, Abe.
It's true.
- Mm.
- I can verify that.
- I mean, if that's the case,
then, uh,
I'm not sure that walking away
on something like this
is a good idea.
- You're a wise man,
Abe Cohen.
- Amen.
Listen, Miles.
If this Cara is the woman that
you're supposed to be with,
then you'll end up with her.
Mm?
You just have
to have some faith.
- After everything that
you have been through,
how can you still have
so much faith?
- I get that question a lot,
but, well, I mean,
the truth is,
uh, my faith was shaken
after the war.
In fact, uh,
I did lose it for a bit,
but it's like, uh, Bob Dylan.
- Uh, excuse me?
- Bob Dylan.
First he's Jewish,
then he's not,
then he is again,
but the whole time
he's making music.
See, the--the thing about faith
is that it's always there
for you
when you're ready
to return to it.
- All right.
Please be seated,
ladies and gentlemen.
Good afternoon
Welcome to Berkley's
and our 19th-century fine art,
jewelry, and watch auction.
We begin with lot 1C,
a rare, solid gold vintage 1888
Pierre Reno pocket watch.
Pristine condition.
And we will start the bidding
at $30,000.
Who has the $30,000
to get us started?
Do I have $30,000?
30,000?
Thank you, sir.
$30,000 here in the front.
I've got the 30.
Who's got the 40?
I have 30--$40,000 in the back.
Thank you very much, sir.
I've got $40,000.
Who's got $50,000?
Give me the $50,000.
$50,000, 50 thou--
I've got $50,000.
Thank you, madam.
I've got $50,000.
Looking for $60,000.
$50,000 here.
Looking for $60,000.
$60,000 in the front.
Thank you, sir.
$60,000 going once.
Looking for $70,000.
All finished?
$60,000 going tw--
$70,000.
Thank you, bidder
on the telephone.
I've got $70,000 here.
Who has the 80,000?
Who's got the $80,000?
I've got $70,000.
Who's got...
- This is as high as I can go.
- Who's got the $80,000?
$80,000.
Thank you, sir.
A bid $80,000 here down
in the front.
Who's got 90?
Who's got 90?
I've got $80,000.
Everybody happy?
Sir in the back,
$90,000?
Madam, $90,000?
All done, no regrets?
$80,000.
$80,000 going once.
80,000 going twice.
$90,000, the bidder
on the telephone.
I've got $90,000.
Who's got $100,000?
You, sir, $100,000?
$100,000,
$100,000.
I've got $90,000 going once,
going twice.
All done?
Everybody happy?
Sold.
[gavel clacks]
$90,000 to the bidder
on the telephone.
Congratulations.
- It's over.
- Moving on.
- Abe, I'm so sorry.
- The next item is lot 4C.
Charles X bronze mantel clock.
- It's gone.
♪
- Can't believe it.
After 75 years,
I find my father's watch
only to lose it.
- Look, I know this
is gonna sound crazy,
but the God Account wouldn't
have sent us your name
if we couldn't help you.
- Help?
How?
Without that watch,
we can't track down
what happened to Rose.
- I spoke to the auctioneer.
The only thing he would say
was the buyer came
from out-of-state.
Most likely a collector.
- Mm.
- Abe, we are not
gonna give up.
All I'm asking is that
you don't give up, either.
- Miles is right.
We've seen some
pretty amazing things
happen to people
who have faith.
- So have I.
[dramatic music]
When I escaped that train
from Auschwitz,
I remember
I was walking for days
when this family that
was in hiding
found me and took me in,
and they told me
if I had faith,
that my sister was still alive
and that I would see her again,
as they had faith
that they would survive
and make it to America,
and you know something?
They did,
and they took me with them.
For 75 years, I've never
forgotten that lesson.
So you're right.
Why should I forget it now?
♪
- Even if the watch
has been sold,
the most important thing
is the chain of custody.
Maybe we can see if Berkley's
will show it to us.
- We need to find a way
to compel them to turn it over.
- Well, why shouldn't we
just tell them the truth?
That it was my father's watch,
no matter who owned it
after the Holocaust.
- The Holocaust.
[tense music]
- There are residents
at Mount Gardens
who drift off just like that.
- The Holocaust Expropriated
Recovery Act.
It allows people
to claim ownership
over items that were lost
or stolen during the Holocaust.
- Good.
So how do we do that?
- I need you to swear
in an affidavit
stating the watch
belonged to your father.
- Yeah, I can do that.
- Without any corroboration,
it probably won't be enough
to gain ownership,
but if all we're asking
is to look at
the chain of custody,
it might work.
[cell phone chimes
and buzzes]
- Oh.
Oh, wait.
I--I'm so sorry.
I have to go see Cara.
You guys got this?
- Abe and I will work
on the affidavit
and text you later.
- Yeah.
- You're in good hands, Abe.
- Good luck with your girl.
[dramatic music]
- So, you hungry?
Might as well do this
over lunch.
- You know something?
You and I are on
the same wavelength.
There is a deli right here
that makes a brisket
that borders on spiritual.
Shall we?
- [laughs]
Yeah.
♪
- Hey, thanks for meeting me.
- Of course.
- I think we may have
a way of figuring out
who's behind the God Account.
- What?
How?
- Joy has a lead--
an insurance company
that is connected
to all of my
Friend Suggestions.
- Joy?
- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
She's here working on a case
from Chicago.
Cara, this is the break
that we have been waiting for.
We figure out
who's behind this,
and then I tell them
to replace me
and we
can finally be together.
[dramatic music]
♪
Aren't you gonna say something?
- Um...
Yeah, it's--it's just
a lot to take in.
- I--I know, but
I at least thought
you would be happy.
I mean, you said that
if I could find a way
to walk away
from the God Account
without risking
my Friend Suggestions,
you would be all for it.
- I know.
I know what I said,
but we've had leads before,
Miles.
Pria, Simon, and Henry,
and none of them worked out,
and honestly,
none of them will.
- So that's it?
You're not even willing to try?
- Miles, how long are we
gonna wait for something
that may never come?
- I don't know.
But I know that I love you
and I don't wanna lose you,
and I thought that you felt
the same way.
But if you don't,
I need to know.
♪
[knocks]
- Miles.
Just the man I wanted to see.
- Really?
Why?
- Well, planning this wedding
has put me in a very
self-reflective mood.
I've been thinking about how
much we've all gone through
this past year and a half,
how blessed I feel
that you and I
ended up where we ended up.
- Me, too.
- Which is why
I can't think of anyone
I'd rather have standing
beside me than you, Miles.
- Dad, you--you want me
to be your best man?
- Nothing would make
me prouder.
- Dad, I'll be honored.
- [laughs]
- [laughs]
[both chuckling]
[exhales sharply]
- What?
What's wrong?
- The reason I came down here
to talk to you
was about Cara.
- Mm-hmm.
[dramatic music]
- We broke up.
- I'm so sorry.
♪
What happened?
- She doesn't want anything
to do with the God Account,
but she doesn't think
I should walk away
and abandon my
Friend Suggestions, either.
- So what are you gonna do?
- Well, Dad, I thought
I had a plan to get her back,
but now I don't know
where we stand.
- I see.
[cell phone chimes
and buzzes]
♪
- Uh, it's Rakesh.
He has a lead on the hacker
we believe is behind
the God Account.
I gotta go.
- Sure.
Miles, um...
Don't lose hope about Cara.
These things have a way
of working themselves out
when we least expect it.
♪
- I'm sorry about Cara, bro.
- Dude, I just want to find out
who's behind this.
You sure 4G is our hacker?
- Yeah, I was able
to back trace
the ISP to this apartment.
And the source is still
up and running,
so whoever lives here, Miles,
was behind the hack
into New York Sun
and also creating the backdoor
to all the client files,
which means there's
a good chance
they're at least involved
with the God Account.
- All right.
- All right.
[knocks]
[dramatic music]
[exhales sharply]
♪
Hi.
♪
- Yeah?
- My name's Rakesh.
I go by Neolicious online.
You might have heard of me.
- No.
Should I have?
- Well, you know,
I got promoted at work,
so I haven't really been
in the chat rooms
as much as I'd like.
I used to be pretty active.
- Rakesh.
- Sorry.
We know you hacked
New York Sun.
We just wanna ask you
some questions.
All right, look, man.
You decided to hack the system
through the entry field?
Really?
Sloppy.
- Not if you know they don't
use parameterized queries.
- Ooh, so you did
hack New York Sun, then?
- Please.
It's important.
It will only take
a few minutes.
♪
- Let's get one thing clear.
I am not a hacker.
- Oh, yeah.
Me, neither.
- I mean,
not in the way you think.
I was hired by New York Sun
to infiltrate their system.
It's more of a side job.
I make most of my money
playing online poker.
I'm in the middle
of a big hand,
so you wanna just tell me
what this is about?
- Something strange happened
to me around the time
that you hacked New York Sun.
We were just hoping that you
could shed some light on that.
- I don't see how.
- Who hired you?
- [laughs]
I don't usually
discuss clients.
You want answers,
you need to ante up
with something.
- Okay, let's try this
a different way.
We know about the backdoor
you created in the system.
You wanna talk about that?
- Oh, I'm impressed,
Neolicious,
only that backdoor
wasn't for me.
- Then who is it for?
- It was for the person
who hired me.
Guy by the name
of Alphonse Jeffries.
He had just bought the company.
- If Alphonse owns the company
then why would he need
a backdoor
to access his own system?
- So he'd have access
to the files
without anyone knowing.
♪
Dude, whoever this
Alphonse Jeffries is,
it sounds like he could be
behind the God Account.
- Oh, we actually have
a real lead.
By the way,
Neolicious?
- Well, it was either that
or FrodoHackins.
- [chuckles]
[cell phone chimes
and buzzes]
Hey, it's Joy.
She got Berkley's
to agree to show Abe
the chain of custody
for his father's watch.
Okay, you dig into Jeffries.
I'll check in later.
- All right.
[elevator bell dings]
- Hey.
How'd it go with Cara?
- Not good.
- I'm sorry.
- Here's something
that'll make you smile.
The head of auctions is pulling
the seller's information
and chain of custody
as we speak.
- That's great news.
- Yeah, I can't believe this.
I'm finally gonna get
some answers.
Oh, uh, you know,
I don't know how
to thank you two enough.
All right.
- Mr. Cohen, um, the watch
was sold by a collector
out of Amsterdam who owned it
for 60 years.
Unfortunately, the earliest
known provenance
is an inventory list from
Auschwitz concentration camp
in 1945.
I'm so sorry.
[dramatic music]
- Okay, thank you.
♪
- Auschwitz.
♪
She never had a life.
Not any life that
I'd hoped she would.
♪
She died in hell all alone.
With nothing but a watch.
[dramatic music]
♪
- We're so sorry, Abe.
- Mm.
- Is there anything we can do?
- No.
I appreciate all your help,
but there's nothing anyone
can do anymore.
- Maybe we can track down
the buyer,
see if they would sell you
the watch.
Tell them how much
it means to you.
- I want nothing more to do
with that watch.
I only wish I hadn't found it
in the first place.
- No, Abe, you don't mean that.
- Like hell I don't.
♪
Before I found that watch,
I had faith that Rose
was still alive.
- Well, you had
to know the truth.
- The truth?
♪
The truth is, it's my fault
that she's dead.
♪
- Abe, she died in Auschwitz.
That's not your fault.
- No, no.
I never told anyone the story
about when we got separated,
not even my wife.
♪
When we jumped from the train,
we took off on foot.
♪
I heard the shouting
from the German soldiers.
♪
It all happened so fast.
♪
I lost my grip on Rose's hand,
and I got scared,
and I ran.
I ran.
And I got to the woods,
turned around,
and she wasn't there anymore.
♪
And then she was gone.
♪
- Abe, you were a child.
You can't blame yourself.
- Oh, yes I can.
♪
I could have held on tighter.
I should have gone back.
♪
I was her big brother.
I was supposed to protect her,
yes?
Hmm?
No, I didn't.
♪
And there's nothing you
or your God Account
can change about that.
No.
♪
- So Miles is trying
to give back the God Account,
and that's a good thing, right?
It means you two
can be together.
- In theory, yes,
but we've never really
gotten close
to finding out
who's behind this,
and even if we did,
I mean, there's no reason
that they would just
let him walk away.
- Isn't it worth
trying to find out?
- If I go down this road again
and it doesn't work out,
my heart would be broken twice,
and I don't think
I could take that.
- So that's what this
is all about.
Oh, honey, I understand.
Believe me, I do.
I spent a big part
of my life avoiding pain,
but the problem is,
if you do that,
the best parts of life
will pass you by.
Reaching out to me,
you risked heartbreak
all over again.
And yet here we are.
Can you tell me
it wasn't worth it?
- It was.
- So if there's some small
chance Miles can pull this off
and there's hope for you two,
then I think it's worth
taking that risk again.
[dramatic music]
♪
- Poor Abe.
He waited 75 years to find out
his sister died in Auschwitz?
- He blames himself
for what happened to Rose.
I don't know
how we can fix that.
- Maybe there's something else
we're supposed to do for him.
- Yeah, well, this would be
a great time
for the God Account to point
you in the right direction.
[cell phone chimes
and buzzes]
- Wait, no, don't bother.
It's my phone.
[dramatic music]
And it's not the God Account.
It's just a reminder
for my interview
with New York Sun,
which is in 30 minutes.
That can't be right.
- When was it supposed to be?
- I swear it was scheduled
for later today.
I--I--I must have gotten
the time mixed up.
I'm sorry.
I have to go.
- Oh, speaking of New York Sun,
were you able to find anything
on Alphonse Jeffries?
- 65 years old,
graduated from
Howard University in 1979,
and a member of Spring Meadow
Golf Club.
Also we've always assumed
whoever's behind this
has some type
of connection to you,
but I can't find
anything online
that links the two
of you together.
- Maybe we dig into Jeffries
the old-fashioned way.
- What do you mean?
- Come with me to my interview
at New York Sun.
Maybe we can talk
to him in person
and ask him directly
what his association is
with the God Account.
- Don't you think
it might be a little weird
if I just showed up
to your meeting?
- Hmm, every lawyer needs
a good paralegal.
You got a suit?
♪
[knocks]
Mr. Baker?
- Can I help you?
- Hi, I'm Joy Chen
from the Cook County
Public Defenders Office.
This is my colleague
Miles Finer.
I'm here regarding
my fraud case out of Chicago.
- So--I'm sorry but I thought
our meeting was at 4:00.
- You know,
I thought the same thing.
You wouldn't happen to have
a few moments right now?
- Unfortunately I'm about
to head into a meeting,
but I've already
prepared everything
that you'll need for your case.
You're more than welcome
to come back later
if you have any questions.
- I will do that.
- In the meantime I was hoping
you could introduce me
to Alphonse Jeffries.
His expertise would be
very beneficial to my case.
- I don't know
how that'll help,
but even so,
Mr. Jeffries splits his time
between here
and the Hartford office.
He's in Connecticut today.
- Sorry to interrupt
but can I have a quick word?
- Excuse me for a second.
[dramatic music]
- Can I ask you something?
What are the chances
both of you got the time
for this meeting wrong?
- Slim to none.
What are you thinking?
- Check this out.
It's a list of all
of the companies
New York Sun
does business with,
one of which
is Berkley's Auction House.
- You think the God Account
somehow changed our meeting?
- Maybe that's why
the God Account
brought us down here early.
- Sorry to cut this short
but I need to get
to my meeting.
- Just one final question.
I couldn't help but notice
you're in partnership
with Berkley's.
What exactly do you guys
do with them?
- We handle
the consignment insurance
for all the items they sell.
Funny you should ask.
The reason I stepped out
was an out-of-town client
who just flew in to pick up
a high-end antique
from Berkley's.
- That item wouldn't happen
to be an 1885 Pierre Reno
pocket watch, would it?
- How'd you know that?
♪
- Any chance we could speak
to that client?
- Oh, excuse me, Miss?
- Yeah?
- Uh, you were just
picking up a watch?
- That's right.
- Our friend was trying
to buy the watch
that you won
at auction yesterday.
We were wondering
if you might
consider dropping your bid
so we could buy
the watch instead?
- I'm sorry
but I can't do that.
- Please,
it's incredibly important.
That watch
was a family heirloom,
and he's been searching
for it for 75 years.
- It belonged to his father.
- That's impossible.
The--the watch belonged
to my grandmother's father.
[dramatic music]
♪
- All right, you said you would
tell me what's so important
when we got here.
All right, so we're here.
Now what?
♪
- Abe.
I want you to meet Shayna.
- Hello.
Nice to meet you.
- Yeah, you, too.
- Shayna is in town from
Florida to pick up the watch
that she won at auction--
the 1885 Pierre Reno
pocket watch
that belonged
to her great-grandfather.
- [gasps]
- But that's impossible.
Th--that would mean
that you--
- She's Rose's granddaughter.
♪
- She lived?
- Yes.
- How?
- I thought maybe you
could ask her.
♪
- Rose?
- Abraham?
- Rose!
- Oh!
- Rose!
- Oh, my brother!
- She was alive.
You survived.
- [chuckles]
- It's you!
- Yes, yes!
- I'm so sorry.
I should have held on tighter.
I should have gone back
for you.
How--how--how did you survive?
- Because you saved me.
- I don't understand.
- I saw the guards chasing you
into the woods.
I saw you fall to the ground.
I thought you were dead.
- No.
♪
- It gave me and so many others
a chance to get away.
- But the watch.
- The watch?
- It ended up in Auschwitz.
How did that happen?
- Because I dropped it
on the train.
- On the train?
- Yes.
[chuckling]
Yes.
And here you are.
- Here I am.
And so are you.
- Yes.
♪
I always told the story
of my brother,
the hero.
Mm.
[kisses]
- I want you to meet
my new friends.
This is Miles and this is Joy.
- Hello, Miles.
- Hello.
- Rose, we wouldn't be here
if it wasn't for them.
- And hello, Joy.
Thank you so very much.
- You're welcome.
Abe, it looks like
a lot of people
came to see you.
♪
You should go
meet your family.
- Go, go.
- Oh, my.
There's too many.
[all laughing]
Wow.
Yeah.
Much too many!
- It's such a pleasure
meeting you!
Oh, my God!
[both laughing]
- Clever!
Clever!
[laughing]
♪
- I'm so happy for Abe.
- It took him 75 years
to get his answer,
but he never gave up hope.
He made me realize
that I can't, either.
I want Cara in my life.
So no matter how long it takes
to track down whoever's
behind the God Account,
I'm not gonna give up,
because I know it's all gonna
be worth it in the end.
I just need to convince Cara
of that.
- Actually, Miles,
it might not
take you that long.
- What are you talking about?
- Well,
I did some more digging
into Alphonse Jeffries
and turns out he's a veteran
of the U.S. Army.
Served in Vietnam,
more specifically,
7th Cavalry Regiment,
5th Battalion.
[dramatic music]
- I'm not following.
What does that have
to do with anything?
- That's my dad's battalion.
- Miles, this is the connection
we've been looking for.
- Well, this just
got interesting.
[knock at door]
- Miles, I got your message.
Is everything all right?
- I just needed to talk
to you about something.
- Okay.
- What can you tell me
about Alphonse Jeffries?
- We served
in the war together.
Why?
- I know how this
is gonna sound,
but I think he may be behind
the God Account.
- [laughs]
Miles.
I seriously doubt that's true.
- Every single one
of my Friend Suggestions
is a client
of Alphonse's company,
New York Sun.
Think about it.
It would explain why you
have been at the center
of so many
of my Friend Suggestions.
Not to mention,
the God Account brought
us back together.
Seems like a very
personal thing to do.
Can you think of a reason
why he would do that?
- There is.
[dramatic music]
I saved his life.
It was one of my last days
in Vietnam.
My unit was getting ready
to evacuate
when we were ambushed.
Most of the troops
were already gone,
so we retreated
into the jungle.
Figured we'd wait it out
until air support showed up.
Finally found cover
when I realized
Alphonse wasn't with us.
It was almost dark.
It was pouring rain.
I knew I had to go back.
I searched for several hours,
and by some miracle,
I found him
wounded, but alive.
- Maybe this is his way
of returning the favor.
I mean, Dad, all I'm asking
is for you to introduce us.
I will drive up to Connecticut
and meet him
if that's what it takes.
- Well, that won't
be necessary.
Alphonse is coming
to the wedding.
He'll be here in a few days.
♪
[knock at door]
♪
- Hi.
- HI.
Do you have a sec?
[dramatic music]
♪
- I'm sorry about earlier,
Miles.
♪
The truth is the idea
of waiting to find out
to find out who's behind
all of this scares me,
because I don't wanna
get my hopes up
and have it not work out.
- Neither do I,
but I have to hope
that it will.
♪
- I completely agree.
- [chuckles]
You do?
- [chuckles]
- What changed your mind?
- I realized that some things
are worth the risk,
no matter the odds.
♪
Hey.
- Hey.
What are you doing here?
- Liv told me
you were down here.
Look, I came to apologize.
I spoke to Miles,
and you were right.
As long as there's hope,
it's worth the risk.
- It is.
- And I got so wrapped up
in what was going on in my life
that I forgot about how excited
you are about
what's going on in yours.
- Oh, you're actually here
at the perfect time.
- What do you mean?
- I got the job.
- Oh, my gosh!
Congratulations!
- Thank you.
I'm really excited about it.
I think it's just
what I need right now.
[dramatic music]
- Well, it looks like we both
have something to celebrate.
How about I buy you dinner?
- Oh, perfect.
Let me go grab
my start paperwork
and we can get going, okay?
- Okay.
♪
[dramatic music]
♪
- Cara.
- Hey.
- What are you doing here?
- I'm waiting on my mom.
She actually just
got a job here.
- That's great.
- [sighs]
What about you?
- I'm just visiting a friend.
- Okay, well,
I'll catch you later.
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
- Okay.
♪
Actually...
♪
I'm not here visiting a friend.
♪
- Ali, are you okay?
♪
- No.
- I have an idea!