In Plain Sight (2008–2012): Season 3, Episode 12 - WitSec Stepmother - full transcript

- Hey. Come over
to my dad's place.

Let's cram
for the history final.

- Isn't that, like,
next Monday?

- Yeah,
but it's half the grade.

Oh, I just remembered.

I have to get my mom
a birthday present.

She's picking me up
this weekend.

- This place
is super expensive.

Anyway, I though you were mad
at her because she moved out.

- Oh, they just go
through that stuff sometimes.

Anyway, it's her birthday.



I'm not gonna
not get her a present.

So I better go.
See you later?

- Later.

- I don't know.
They're kind of plain.

- Okay.
- Let me see the teardrops.

- Okay.
- Not those. These.

- Get on the ground now!

Don't do anything stupid.

- Hey.
I'm here.

Your mother's pulling up now.

Our inspector said
her flight was late.

- She's always late.

My wife's priorities
are a bit skewed.

- Right, dad,
'cause she flew the plane.



- Oh, my God,
sweetheart.

I'm so sorry.
I came as soon as I could.

Oh.

Thank God you're all right.

What happened?

- I don't know.

It was so fast.
These guys came in,

And apparently...
- It's all right.

It's all right.
It's all right.

Did they catch the men
who did this?

- They're in custody,

But they're part
of a syndicate

That have been robbing jewelry
stores across the northeast.

- I'm sorry.
Who are you?

- We're with the U.S. Marshals
service, ma'am.

I'm inspector Mann.

This is my partner
inspector Shannon.

- Hi.

- Cindy, Sabrina has agreed
to testify.

- I wasn't consulted
about this.

- I signed off on it.
- You signed off on what?

- If you had returned
my calls...

- No, don't start with me
on this.

- Okay, guys, guys,
please.

Just try to stay calm,
okay?

Vince is already up to speed
on this.

So why don't we all sit down,
take a breath,

And we can explain to you
how this will work.

Look, we want
to be candid with you.

Since Sabrina's agreed to
testify, you're all in danger.

You'll all have to be moved.

You'll each be provided
with a new identity.

You'll get assistance
with new employment.

Sabrina will go
to a new school.

- We appreciate
that this is a lot to take in.

- And we understand you two
were recently separated.

Is that right?

Cindy?

- Oh, I-I have a place
in Manhattan.

We don't live together.

- Right now.
- That's okay.

You'll each get
a monthly stipend,

And we can arrange
for you to live separately.

- What about my work?

The foundation I created?

- Any contact with your current
life will have to cease.

- Immediately
and for good.

- You're talking
about our entire lives.

- We're talking about
there being men out there

Whose only job it is
is to find your daughter

And shut her up.

- So then our only option

Is to completely uproot
ourselves?

- WITSEC is optional.

You can choose not to come.

- There must be
some other alternatives.

- We can arrange
for visitations,

Though they're difficult
and dangerous.

- How often
would I get to see her?

- I don't know.

We could push for once a month,
but that's a best-case.

We choose
a different city every month,

And you'd each fly in
for the visitation.

But we strongly urge you to come
into the program with them.

We can't guarantee
your safety otherwise.

- And unfortunately you need
to decide quickly.

- How quickly?
- Now would be good.

- We have no other choice,
Cindy.

We can make this work.

- Oh, I've heard that before.

- Mom. Mom.
It's okay.

You don't have to come
with us.

- But, sweetheart,
once a month?

We can't just see each other
once a month.

- In two years,
I'll be in college,

So it's not like you'll see me
more than once a month then.

- And, Cindy,
Sabrina is gonna go to brown.

- I've got it.
Okay.

You don't have to remind me

That the entire burden
for Sabrina's financial future--

- I didn't say that.
- Yes, you did.

- Guys!

Please.

- I don't know
what to do.

- So this weekend's Eli Becker's
family reunion.

- Wait, that's
actually something?

I thought that was just
an old WITSEC legend.

- Seriously, what hack
at the d.O.J.

Approved
an annual family reunion?

- When you agree to testify

Against
the Colombian drug cartel,

You buy a little leverage.

- Different city every year

For the last ten years.

So this year's our turn.

But brace yourself,
kids, 'cause,

From what I hearing, they're all
at each other's throats.

- Really?

Nothing I enjoy more
than a family

That makes mine
look like the Brady bunch.

Tell me
there's an open bar.

- One additional problem.
- Love it. Go on.

- Eli's brother Joshua
needs an inspector.

- Salt Lake's
a little shorthanded.

Couldn't really spare anyone,

So you'll be his security
blanket this weekend.

- Was it something I said?

Like, "give me
a terrible assignment"?

- No.
No, no, wait.

I'm taking Sabrina to Chicago
to see her mother today.

How am I supposed to revel
in Marshall's misery

From 1,000 miles away?

- Sorry to blow your weekend.

- Visitations,
reunions,

I swear to God
this place has gone soft.

I mean, what's next?
A WITSEC sock hop?

- Oh, my God.
Are you okay?

- Mm.
I've been better.

Doctors say
I've got a couple broken ribs.

- Scott,
what the hell happened?

- I was walking to my car,

And these three guys came at me
from behind,

And they grabbed my wallet.

Took one look inside,

And they figured they'd take
their disappointment out on me.

- Three guys?

- Well, it might have been two.

I had my back turned.

They kind of took me
by surprise.

- Did you talk
to the police?

- Well, they're looking into it,
but...

I don't know.

- In 1977, I would've paid
anything to be a Kilbourne.

Their dad was always washing
his wood-paneled wagon,

A hose at the ready,
the manicured lawn.

And their beautiful mom,
off to practice her serve,

Wore a green-tinted visor,
a fresca on the dash.

Hey.
- Oh, my God, Mary,

I'm so glad you answered.

I'm at the hospital.
- Brandi. Brandi.

Brandi, calm down.
Start at the beginning.

- Scott was mugged.
- What?

Are you serious?

- Yeah, they beat him
pretty bad.

- Wow, say this for the guy,
he sure knows

How to keep his head down,
stay out of trouble.

- Mary,

He's really hurt.
Just do something.

- Like what?

- Like, I don't know.
Catch the guys who did it.

- Look, Brandi,
that's not even--

Okay, look,
I can make a call, okay?

- Thanks.
- Bye.

- Bye.

- People say, "you can't
choose your family."

What you can do
is look beyond the DNA

And redefine the word.

No one knows that better
than I do.

Not even the Killbournes.
They split up in '82.

Sabrina.

Hey.
You ready?

- Who's the foxy gen x-Er,
breen?

Sister or your stepmom?

- Too soon to tell.

Her dad and I just started
facebook poking.

Come on.
We got to go.

- I'll text you.

- What's the story
with you and Jesse James?

Sorry, who's
the upstanding young gentleman

With the tattoos?

- Uh, Brian.

- How long have you and Brian
been going out?

- I don't know.

- Really?

Well, it wasn't yesterday.

The guy had his tongue
so far down your throat,

Pretty sure
you were splitting lunch.

- Gross.

- Sabrina, you know
he can't know anything

About anything, right?

You got that?
- I'm not brain-dead, Mary.

I mean, God,
tell me another time.

- You know
you love the sound of my voice.

Here.
Hand me your cell.

I'll make it your ringtone.
- Oh, yeah.

- Hi, sweetie.

- Hey.
- Hey.

Um, I have a problem.

Cindy is three weeks late
with her child support, so...

- I don't understand.
You get a stipend.

How on earth
are you short on cash?

- Well, this isn't about me
being short on cash.

We have a separation agreement,
period.

She owes me a check.

- Right, but I explained
the protocol.

You write a letter,
I take the letter,

It goes through the system.
- I sent three letters.

You're gonna see her today.

Just tell her
to give me the check.

- It's not how it works, Vince,
and, p.S.,

I'm not your go-between.
- Screw how it works.

I need you to get the check
and put it in your pocket

And give it to me
when you bring back Sabrina.

How hard is this?

- Do you talk to your wife
like that?

Big piece of the puzzle.

- Hi, honey.

Listen,
have a great time, okay?

And, you know, don't stay up
all night watching movies.

You know how your mother likes
to keep you up late.

- Dad, just--bye.

- Okay.

- Okay, now I get
to tell you where we're going.

Chicago.
Exciting, right?

Cubs, second city,
deep-dish pizza.

- I hate baseball,

I don't know
what that second thing is,

And I'm lactose intolerant.

So.

- But we have
your sunny disposition.

So there's that.

Since 1970, the federal
Witness Protection program

Has relocated
thousands of witnesses--

Some criminal,
some not--

To neighborhoods
all across the country.

Every one of those individuals
shares a unique attribute,

Distinguishing them
from the rest

Of the general population.

And that is,
somebody wants them dead.

- Leftover from getting
my teeth done.

it's really strong,
so take half.

- Thank God. I feel like
I've been trampled by a bull.

Twice.
- Mm.

I know mixing pills
with alcohol

Isn't a great idea,
but...

- No, I'm all right, really.
- Yeah?

- Brandi, I wasn't mugged.

I'm in trouble.
- Oh, my God.

I should have given you
the money when you asked for it.

I didn't know
this would happen.

- No, hey, hey, hey, hey.
This is not your fault.

That was your money,
and you already spent it.

I mean, I should never have come
to you about this.

You know, I was--I was begging
to get my ass kicked.

I'm the screwup here,
okay?

- Yeah.
Welcome to the club.

- Inspector Robinson?

- You can call me Donald.
- Hi.

- This is Eli Becker.

- Nice to meet you.
Marshall Mann.

You want to check in
with my chief?

He's right in there.

Your sister Betty
and her family are already

At the hotel,
along with your aunt and Uncle.

Joshua gets in later today,

And I'll be his inspector.

- Josh is coming?
- Yeah.

- God, I can't believe it.

We got in a huge fight

At last year's
family reunion.

- Well, maybe this is a chance
for time to heal old wounds.

- You don't know my brother.

When we were kids, I drowned
his g.I. Joe in the toilet.

What does he do?

He goes into my room
with a pair of scissors,

Cuts up a complete set
of topps baseball cards,

Mint-condition.

He still brings it up.

- Buddha said
holding onto anger

Is like grasping
onto a hot coal

To throw at someone else.

You're the one who gets burned.
- Huh.

I like that.

I'm gonna use it.

Ooh, nice fountain pen.
Can I see?

- Sure.

- Ah.

Uh...

I think you are
kind of a fall person.

It's a pen cozy.

- So it's your opinion
that my pen needs a sweater?

- Well, offices usually hike up
the air.

Eli's cozy keeps the ink
at just the right temperature

So you never have
to shake your pen.

It's my new venture.
What do you think?

- It's unusual.

- Looking for investors.

Want to go wide,
big.

"as seen on TV" big.

And if this isn't your thing,

I got hundreds of ideas.

I'm a bit of an inventor.

- This is inspector Shannon
again.

We're going on two hours

At the meeting location
with no contact.

Call me back asap.

- God,
why are you freaking?

Mom's just late.

It's, like, part of
her genetic code or something.

- Sabrina, these visitations
take weeks to coordinate.

Okay, allocating funds,
hashing out the details,

We leave nothing to chance.

The Marshall
escorting your mother

Should have called me
with an update by now.

That's why I'm freaking.

- Whatevs.

- This stuff sounds scarier
than it is.

- I said whatever.

- Huh.

You gonna eat your salad
or what?

- Ugh.
Hotel salad?

I'd prefer not to die
before losing my virginity.

- I'd be more concerned
about your thumbs falling off

From all the speed-texting.

You'll wind up the one weird
girl with eight fingers.

You'll never even make it
to second base.

- Do you even know
what second base is these days?

- What do you mean, it changed?
It can't change.

- Oh, yeah, it did.
Now it's--

- No, no, no, no, pretty sure
I don't want to know.

thanks.

Hello.

Copy that.

Get up.

- What--
what's happening?

- New York City office lost
touch with their inspector.

- So, what?
- There could be a breach.

- What does that even mean?

- It means that,
until we reestablish contact

With your mother
and the Marshall,

You're officially
on lockdown.

That means no calls,
no texts, no tweets.

Come on.
Let's go.

- Hi, Joshua.
I'll be your WITSEC inspector.

Oh, sorry,
you're on the phone.

Don't hang up on my account.

- Lost reception.
- Really?

- Yeah, Albuquerque's got a
top-notch champagne maker here.

Gruet.

- Gruet is
a fantastic champagne.

If you want to go out there,
though,

I'll have to escort you.

- Oh, no need.

I'm having a few bottles
sent over to the hotel.

Only way I'm gonna make it
through this weekend

Is if I down
every last drop of it.

Reunions.

Ooh, I see you've scored one
of my brother's pen cozies.

Lucky.

It's gonna be a hot item.

- Look, I won't pretend
I understand this feud

Between you and Eli.

- Let me tell you
about me and Eli.

If mom and pop
could have mounted

His dirty diapers
on the wall,

They would have.

He gets mixed up

In this international
drug ring,

And they still tell themselves

He's working for the u.N.

- Parents' love
is unconditional.

- Yeah, well,
not a brother's.

I don't even know
what I'm doing here.

I mean, I only came
to these things

Because of my parents.

They're dead now.

Well, after this,
I'm done with Eli.

No matter
how chilly my pen gets.

Want to see what's on?

Hey, Sabrina,
your mom's okay.

She's safe, really.

She'll be here any minute.

- I wish I could go back to
that day and that jewelry store

And just never walk in.

- Hey.

Look, there she is.

Can I help you?
- Roberta Holt.

- Hi, sweetheart,
I am so, so sorry.

- Oh, it's okay.

- Oh, you would not believe

The day I've just had.

So sorry.
- Stop apologizing.

You're here.

- I missed my connection

At Charles De Gaulle
and then JFK.

And there was so much weather.
- No, we heard all about it.

Just--she was pretty worried,
that's all.

- I said that I was sorry.

I have
a very hectic schedule.

- So what should we do
tomorrow?

There's signs all over
for this van Gogh exhibit.

That'd be kind of fun.

- Sabrina, sweetheart,

I'm not gonna be able
to stay all weekend.

- What?
Why?

- I have to be in Montreal
tomorrow afternoon

For this last-minute thing.

I tried everything
to reschedule.

It just wasn't possible.
You have no idea...

- How sorry you are.

I get it.

- Maybe the hotel restaurant
is still open,

And we can catch up
over dessert.

- You know,
it's been a long day.

I'm actually kind of tired.

- Oh. Okay.

I understand.

- Mom, it's all right.

I'll just see you
next month.

I'm gonna shower
and go to bed.

- All right, sweetheart.
I'll see you in the morning

Before I leave.
- Sure.

- Good.

Why don't we schedule
another visit for next weekend?

- Do you have any idea the kind
of hoops we jump through

To arrange these meetings?

The logistics?
The money?

- What if I pay for it?

- I'll talk to my boss.

- Thank you.

- Oh, and while we're alone,

You're late
with the child support.

Vince wants a check.

- Do me a favor,
tell my husband that--

- No, no, no,
this isn't study hall.

Okay, I'm not passing notes
for you two.

Write a letter to him
and mail it to the marshals.

- Okay, I'll write him
a check.

- Cindy, you know you can't make
the check out to Vince.

Make it out
to the marshal service.

Just from now on,
send the check on time.

- Fine.

What's going on
with Sabrina's new look?

That eye makeup--she looks
like Adam Lambert's sister.

- Here's a thought.
Ask her yourself.

- Look, I don't know
what you think of me,

But I love Sabrina.

And I am doing my best.

- That's exactly
what I think of you.

That this is you
doing your best.

All right, look,

I'm the last person
who should be giving advice.

I'm not a mother,

And the one I have
isn't the kind

You look to
for life skills.

So how about this?

If I see something going on
with Sabrina

You should be aware of,

I'll let you know,
okay?

- Fine.

- Did you watch Jeopardy!
Last week?

It was college week.

- Mom, that is, like,
so lame.

- Oh, come on,
we love that show.

You always know
all the answers.

- Yeah, well,
I've been busy.

I have a hectic schedule.

- I promise
this won't happen again.

- I'm sorry.
We have to go.

- We'll have a great time
next month.

- Yeah.

- I love you so much.

- Hey.

Hey.
God, my ears are bleeding.

How can you stand that?

- Relax.
You're not my mother, Mary.

- I'm not?
It must be the time change.

I get so addled.
Who am I again?

Sabrina.
Sabrina.

Are you okay?

- Yeah.

Why wouldn't I be?

- Your weekend with your mom

Didn't really go
as planned.

I mean,
you didn't even get--

- I don't want
to talk about it, okay?

- So you called gruet,

And they confirmed
Josh ordering

A delivery to the hotel?

- Yeah, but my radar's
still humming with these two.

- As in?
- As in I won't be comfortable

Till I make sure
Joshua's merely disgruntled

As opposed to a legitimate
threat to a witness.

- What do you need?

- Phone records'd be nice,

Bank statements,
anything that might help confirm

Suspicious behavior.

- I got eight people
in town for this reunion. Eight.

Joshua's story checks out,

We can't go digging around just
because he hates his brother.

Do me a favor.
Just keep an eye on him.

- Oh, my God, daddy!
- Welcome home, honey.

- Are you kidding me?

Oh, my God!
- Oh, hey.

- This is for me?
- This is for you.

It's brand-new,
it's loaded,

It's got anti-lock brakes,
air bags,

A satellite radio,
everything.

- Oh, my God, I love it.
I love it.

Can I take it out?

- Heck, yes.
- Yes.

- It's your car.
Take it out.

- Hey, it's me.
Guess what?

My dad got me a new car.

I know, I know.
I can't believe it.

Yeah,
it's a red Toyota corolla.

I know.

Okay, see you in 15.

- All right, honey,
drive it safely.

It's your first time in there,
and put on your seatbelt.

That's it.

- You're the best.

- Okay, I love you,
honey.

- I love you.

- So, Vince,
I got your check.

I'll bring you the funds
tomorrow.

Should help you pay
for that.

Did she say anything?

- Yeah, she's writing you
a letter.

Brace yourself
for a lot of exclamation points.

- I'm used to that.

- Listen, Vince, it's probably
none of my business,

But do you
really think bribery

Is the best way
to connect with Sabrina?

- It's not bribery.

It's just
since we've come to Albuquerque,

Sabrina's been miserable.

- Right, well, she's 16.

I mean, she's fighting off
hormones and insecurities

With a whip and a chair.

Every time she looks
in the mirror,

Something's changed.

And on top of that,
she's going through a divorce.

- And she was held hostage
at gunpoint.

- I was getting to that.

- Okay.

She's going to brown
in a couple of years.

I just--I just want to enjoy
the time we have left.

That's all.
- Yeah, well,

You're probably gonna have
more than a couple of years.

Chances are,
she's not going to brown.

I mean, not if some of her
old classmates might be there.

- Which they definitely will.

- Then she definitely needs
to stay in-state.

- It's gonna break her heart.

- Buying her a car
won't put it back together.

- Look, I want her happy,
all right?

If she wants
one of Saturn's rings,

I will get it for her.

And like you said,
it is none of your business.

- Hey.

- What's this?
- Chicken soup.

For Scott.

- The guy was beaten
to a pulp.

Want to punish him further?

- Heated up.
Not to worry.

- Oh, in that case.

So...

He's here then?

- Crashed in mom's old room.

- Brandi, saying what I'm about
to say while you're armed

With scalding liquid
probably isn't my best move,

But I'm tired.
- What?

- Well, I spoke to a friend of
mine at the police department.

They don't think
Scott was mugged.

- No?

- No.

My guess is he's gambling again,
and the guys he owes

Paid him a visit.

- Mary, you didn't tell
your friend that, did you?

- No, I didn't,
but...

- Okay, good,
'cause, like you said,

You don't really know
for sure.

It's just a guess.
- Yeah, right.

Right, well,
I gave him a shot.

My world, one strike,
you're out.

- He's our brother.

- He's also apparently
a danger magnet, Brandi.

What happens
when one of these guys

Comes after you
to get to him?

- So, what, Mary,

He's only half-related,

So you only half-care
if he lives or dies?

- Who says I even care half?

- Wow.

- Hello.
What?

Shoplifting?
Did you call the police?

Okay, I'm on my way.

We're not done with this.

you're in WITSEC for a reason.

How do you not get
why shoplifting is a bad idea?

- I wasn't shoplifting.

I told you, I was just going
outside for a minute.

I couldn't get cell reception.

I wasn't gonna steal anything.
- No, it makes total sense.

Seriously. Sometimes
when I'm searching for a signal,

I tuck three shirts
into my waistband too.

- Look, the lady let me off,
okay?

So just ease up
on the drama, Cleopatra.

- Hey!
This is not a game, Sabrina.

People want you dead.

Okay, if you get arrested,

You lose any and all protection
from us.

Is that what you want?
- Sabrina.

Sabrina.
- Great.

- Mary, thanks for dealing
with that.

- Let me explain something
to you.

I'm Sabrina's
WITSEC inspector.

I'm not her mommy,
I'm not her nanny,

I'm not her fairy godmother.

My job is to protect her

From people who want to cut
her ungainly, sarcastic

Teen years short.

That's it.
You're her dad.

You buy the groceries.
You lay down the law.

And, oh, yeah, you teach her
to behave like,

You know, a human.

- Look, I'm sorry.

I don't know why she called you
instead of me.

- Because she needs discipline,

Even if she doesn't know
she needs it.

She wants to get a rise
out of somebody, anybody.

It shows they give a damn.

- Well, I give a damn.

Of course,
I give a damn.

I'm her father.
- Then act like it.

Ground her.
Take away the car.

Do something.
Put her in line, Vince.

Grow a pair.

Jesus.

♪ ♪

- Betty, I love
your new haircut.

- I wanted to look my best
for the reunion.

- We made the semifinals
in divisional basketball--

- What are you doing here?

- Well, Sabrina's mom
screwed the pooch,

Showed up four hours late
and cut the weekend short.

So sad for them.

So sweet for me.

Free food, fights,

Food fights.

- You're actually hoping

For violence?

- I'm not hoping.

Rooting.

- I don't know
what to do about him.

He said three words to me
so far.

- What were they?
- Pass the bread.

- See, that's a good sign.

You're breaking bread
together.

Even among the Neanderthals,
if you--

No, you know,
Marshall, you're right.

It's like they say
in my entrepreneur class,

"never take no
for an answer."

- Exactly.
Send over a glass of wine.

And better yet,
bring it yourself.

Toast your wonderful family.

- Thanks. Don't forget about
the opportunity I mentioned,

Eli's cozies, right?

You can get in
on the ground floor.

- Huh. Eli's cozies.

- Thinking about it.

Let's go back
to the party.

- We're at the party.

- I just--I think
I feel more comfortable

With everybody else around,
okay?

- Will you take it easy?

- Brian.

I said no.

Come here.

I'm going home.

- In my car?

- I mean it.

- Slow your roll.

God.

I'll take you home.

- How many times
do I have to say I'm sorry?

What, do you want me
to slit my wrists and bleed out?

- Let me get a knife.

- Let's all keep calm.
No knives.

No cutlery of any sort.

- You ruined me, Eli.

You did.

Like a jerk,
I invested my life savings

In your ridiculous schemes.

The coffee table book

With the celebrities
sitting on the bed?

- Yeah, it was a good idea.

- As if celebrities
are gonna let you, Eli,

Into their bedroom.
- Fellas.

- No, no, no.
It's not funny.

This guy is nuts.

I lost a three-bedroom house,

My wife left me, and then,
as if that's not enough,

He gets mixed up with drug
dealers, and I have to live

In an efficiency
in a town

Where you can't even get a drink
on a Sunday.

- Okay! Okay!
Mom and pop were right--

- Go ahead.

Tell me I'm a loser.

- You said that.
I didn't.

Excuse me
if the shoe fits.

- First punch thrown,
last punch thrown,

Time to call it a night.

- Thought you were rooting
for a fight.

- I was in theory.

- Get off.

Aunt Phyllis,
good night.

Uncle Henry.
Good night, Betty.

- Guess I'll be escorting
my witness

Back to his room.

- I guess I'll be escorting
these meatballs

To a secure location.

- You ready?

Just want to get back
to my room.

- Can I borrow your phone
for a second?

I don't have any bars.

- Yeah, sure.

- Just have to call
my date

And tell her I'll be late.

- It's Stan.
- Stephanie, hey,

It's me, Marshall.

I'm running a little behind.

- Marshall?

- Yeah, don't call me back
on this phone.

I borrowed it
from my friend Josh,

'cause I have no service.

It shouldn't be
much longer.

- Got it.
I'll run the last calls

From the phone you're on now.

- Perfect.
See you later, hon.

- No problem...
Sweetheart.

Thanks.

- Yeah.

- What are you doing?

What are we doing?

- I just--I'm not ready
to go home yet.

- Brian, stop.

Brian! No!
- Come on.

You know you like me.

- Yeah, just like I know
I'm ready to go home, okay?

- Come on.
Just a little bit.

- Don't!
Stop!

Ah.

- Mary!
Mary, help me!

- Hey, Sabrina,
I'm here.

I'm at the field.

Are you okay?

- Oh, my God, thank you so much
for coming.

You were so right
about Brian.

- How much
have you had to drink?

- What?

- How much have you had
to drink?

- I don't know.
We were doing jell-o shots.

Maybe three.
No big.

- Big, yes, big.
You're 16.

Okay, look,
you could have gotten hurt.

- What?
- Turn around.

Turn around.
Put your hands behind your back.

- What are you
even talking about?

- It's illegal to drink
before you're 21.

Turn around,
or I do it for you.

- What?
- Fine.

- Ow.
- Come on.

- Ah, the peculiar dynamic
of brothers.

The lord loves Abel more,

So Cain has to kill him.

Only in our version,
Eli's doing what he can

To right a terrible wrong,

And Joshua just can't let it go.

- And now that his parents
are dead,

He feels free
to get revenge.

- definitely possible.

- Mary, what the--

- Drunk and 16.
Read the rulebook.

Ball's over, Cinderella.

- Our guys in el Paso
traced a message

From Joshua's cell phone

To a number in Colombia.

They haven't unscrambled
the message yet,

But a number in Colombia
isn't a good sign.

- If there's even a whiff of him
exposing Eli's whereabouts...

- Donald, get Eli
in his room.

No one comes in.
I'm on my way.

Have the detail
secure everyone else.

- You should be
arresting Brian.

He was trying
to get in my pants,

And he's driving drunk.

Trust me, if he were in front
of me right now,

Getting arrested would be
the least of his worries,

But he's not in front of me.
You are.

- You said when I'm in trouble,

I'm supposed to call you.

But you're just like them.
You don't listen ever.

- You're a smart girl, Sabrina,
you really are.

You get good grades,
use your words well,

You're throwing
Cleopatra's name around

Like she's in your gym class,
for God's sakes, but right now,

This stuff,
all you're really doing

Is setting fires
and expecting the rest of us

To read smoke signals.
- Mary.

- If you miss your mother,
Sabrina, just say so.

- Vince is on his way in.

I called him and told him
you just frog-marched

His daughter in here.

- I am this close
to turning her over to the cops.

And I would if I thought it
would knock some sense into her.

- You don't think you've left
the plantation on this one

Just a little bit?

- Stan.

- Teenagers drink.
It's rebellion 101.

- You know how people are always
going on about a cry for help,

And I always roll my eyes?

- You're not her mother, Mary.
- No.

So she said.

But right now,
I'm what she's got.

- I don't understand.
What's happening?

- I hate to be the one
to tell you,

But we believe
your brother leaked

Your location
to the wrong people.

We have to get you
and your family out of here.

- I've tried everything,
everything I know

To make it up to him.

- Whoa.

- Can I get a minute,
please?

I'd like to speak
to my brother.

- That's against protocol.

- I know.
I get all that.

I'm never gonna see him again.

Please.

- Two minutes.

- Joshua.

I'm sorry
I ruined your life.

It wasn't my intention,

But it was my fault.

- Too little, too late.

- If the roles were reversed,

I would still have taken
a bullet for you.

- My two cents,
I honestly think he would have.

Something you might want
to think about in prison.

- Your dad's on his way,
Sabrina.

- Sabrina.

- It's my fault.

This whole thing,
if it hadn't happened,

My mom and dad would have
gotten back together.

- No, they wouldn't.

Look.

I don't know a lot
about relationships

Or how they work or what
they look like when they do,

But I am an expert on what
they look like when they don't.

Okay, and your parents,
as much as you love them,

As a unit,
they don't work.

Okay, I can tell you that.

My parents split up too.

- They did?
- Yes.

And I spent a lot of time

Wishing my dad
would come home.

I used to think
about the night he left.

You know, I should have told him
how much I loved him,

How much I wanted him
to stay.

I used to think--

I was sure of it--

That if I had,
he would have.

But my dad left because he
didn't want to be with my mom.

I'm glad he didn't
stick around for me.

I'm here to help you,
Sabrina.

Okay?

Tell me what you need.

- Can I call my mom?

- I'll get a secure line.

- My flight leaves
in an hour.

We couldn't do this
over the phone?

I had to fly all the way
to Detroit?

- Right,
'cause what I wanted

Was to get back
on the plane too.

Look, this is neutral ground.

It was the only way I could look
you both in the eye, got it?

Here's the thing.
I'm not a parent.

Okay, I don't have
any experience with kids.

I didn't even like kids
when I was a kid.

And I'm for sure
not a marriage counselor.

I mean, you two start tearing
each other's hair out,

I'm liable to sell tickets
and popcorn.

But my witness
is in trouble.

Her father gives her
whatever she wants

Just to keep her happy,
and her mother's too caught up

On her blackberry to even notice
she's got a tongue ring.

- She has a tongue ring?
- No.

But you shouldn't have
to ask the question.

People,
make some concessions.

Cindy, make Sabrina know
she's a priority.

That's what parenting's about.

- I hear you.
Okay, I do.

And maybe I can stop scheduling
meetings on visitation weekends.

- Gee,
that's a genius idea.

- Hey.

- I'm--I'm sorry.

I really am sorry.

- I know that this is hard
for you, I do.

But maybe one of these days,
you'll be able to admit

That not everything
is my fault.

- I know.

It's...It's the idea
of letting her go,

It's--it's terrifying.

- You love her.

- We both do.

- Good.

One more thing,
I'm not a telephone.

From now on, the two of you
need to suck it up

And communicate
without me.

I know the system
we have is difficult,

But we do the best we can.

Now it's your turn.

- Hey.

You look better.

- Really?
- No, actually.

Your bruises
are making me nauseous.

- Well,
I've been putting on

That Arnica stuff
that you gave me.

I thought
that it was helping.

- It is. A green face is much
better than a purple face.

So you asked me
to come by,

But I kind of thought
Mary didn't want me around.

- She doesn't know
you're here.

I want to give you
something.

I lied before when I said
I couldn't get the money.

And if I had known
this would happen,

I would have just given it
to you when you'd asked for it.

- And you know
what the money's for,

And you still want
to do this?

- At some point, Scott,
you're gonna get better.

You're gonna be the kind
of brother that I can trust.

But that's never gonna happen

If you're found dead
in an alley, so...

Take it.

- So?
- Kaput.

Our eyes have seen the glory
of the final family reunion.

- D.O.J. Tends to frown
on hit men coming into play,

But they're sticklers.
- How's Sabrina?

- Pain-in-the-ass teen
with pain-in-the-ass parents.

Better, I guess.

The threshold for better's
pretty low with these people.

- So you're saying
you're gonna hang out a shingle

As a family counselor?
- Yeah, right.

I'd rather watch Stan
belly dance.

- Where are you going?

- Pick something up.

What's that?

- What?

- What is that?
On your pen?

- It's a cozy.

- Oh. Right.

- It's really comfortable.

- Marshall,
for your own good,

Give me the cozy.

Come on, pal.

It's for the best.

Winston Churchill
famously said

That democracy is the worst
form of government...

Except for all the others.

The same goes for family.

Or as we'd say on our side
of the pond,

"nobody picks on my brother
but me."

- Mary.
What are you doing here?

- Well, I heard your dad
took your car away.

I figured
you might need a lift.

- Yeah, he said
until I start behaving

Like a responsible young woman,
I'm not allowed to drive.

- Well, if you keep on the track
you've been on lately,

I'm sure you'll get
your wheels back soon.

- Wheels?
- No.

- What are you,
like a bajillion years old?

- All right.
Pride and prejudice.

- Mom sent it. She said
it was her favorite book

When she was my age.

I'm already halfway done.

- Huh.

How's your boyfriend?

- Ugh.
No longer my boyfriend.

He's such a loser.

You want to bounce?

- Yeah, let's bounce
in a minute.

I just want to--I just want
to take care of one thing.

You want to wait for me
at the car?

- Oh, yeah, sure.
- Cool.

Hey, Brian,
got a sec?

- What up, gen x?

- What up is you think
you're a badass.

But I want to break it down
for you.

If you touch, talk, or so much
as accidentally glance

At Sabrina,
I will find you.

I will hunt you down like
a lioness looking for dinner.

I will haunt you
in your dreams till you wake up

In your little racecar bed
with your transformers sheets

Soaked through.

Have a nice day.

Spilt apart, reunited,

Or adjusting to new conditions
on the ground,

Family is
a double-edged sword.

They are the best of times,
the worst of times,

Your keys to the kingdom

And the skeletons
in your closet.

If only we didn't have to
eat dinner with 'em.