The Box (2021–…): Season 1, Episode 6 - The Sinner - full transcript

Nice nails.

It's been a fucking year.
You can't get her better?

Something's changed since last year.

You're a believer now, Detective,
aren't you?

Why do I feel like I can't trust you?

Where's Pici?

She's here, looking at you.

-Through me.
-It's me.

What's wrong with her?
Pici, she just told me she's Adina.

I'm gonna have this baby
in Hawaii or...

somewhere,
with rainforest, fresh air.



It's yours.

Now I'd appreciate it

if you would notify
the infamous Sharon Pici

that Hiram Saperstein
is waiting in her domain.

-Fuck!
-It never ceases to amaze me

how love can be even more
of a trigger for murder than hate.

No!

I know it was Pici.

But please, Jenny, please...

Just give me a sign.

Hey.

I...

What happened to Jenny,
it was my fault.

No, it wasn't.
She had her own demons.



See, you can't...

You can't control anybody,
but you can control yourself.

Hey.

Hey...

Look...

We both know what
this job can do to people.

I should have stepped down a year ago
instead of trying to keep up.

Keep up?

You're Sharon Pici.

You're not keeping up with anybody,
you're ten steps ahead.

No...

I lost my way.

I started cutting corners.

Oh...

So that's what Joey had on you?

No...

Jesus Christ,

I think this place is cursed.

You know what?

Maybe it's finally time
that you stepped out of here.

You could go home,
you can go back to Sylvia.

She won't even talk to me.

Let me talk to her.

You'd do that for me
after everything?

I don't know how many times
I'm gonna have to tell you this,

but nobody will ever

-love you like your partner...
-Like your partner.

Exactly. I don't know why you
keep forgetting it. Alright? Here.

Please stay.

Yeah, I want to.

But I'm gonna go.

I'm gonna go
and I'm gonna find Sylvia.

Alright?

Hey...

Hey, Snow, it's me.

Good news, she's off the case.

Is she taking the pills you gave her?

I don't know, but I do know
that she's walking away.

Listen. She might have thought
she was whenever she told you,

but I'm still convinced she's
completely fixated

-on clearing Adina.
-Right...

Part of her is dependent

-on the outcome of this case.
-Fine. let's assume you're right.

What do you suggest?

My job is to get Anderson through the
trauma of Detective Block's suicide.

Your job is to make this go away.

-But look I...
-Bap-bap! Do your job.

Yeah...

Yeah.

Shit. Hello, Tory Snow.

Alright...

Jenny?

I need you to give me a sign.

Jenny, please...

Just give me a sign.

Alright? Yeah?

Rainforest.

Okay.

I'm gonna take care of it.

I'm gonna take care of it.

Lord Jesus, have mercy on me.

A sinner.

Oh...

Fuck!

Hey.

I was looking for you
at the new place.

How are you holding up?

Listen...

It's precinct protocol...

I have to interview
everyone who was...

close to Detective Block.

Since she didn't leave a note.

She didn't leave a note
'cause it wasn't suicide.

What makes you think that?

She wanted to have her baby.

Detective Block was pregnant?

-I'm sorry, Joe.
-Yeah...

Was it yours?

I wish.

Wanna maybe come and talk
back at my office?

I appreciate you, but...

I gotta do something first, so...

You really think it wasn't suicide?

Are you okay, Joe...?

What the hell do you want from me?

It's been a long, emotional day.

Did you maybe forget to eat?

Is your blood sugar low?

Please, just...

Please just go, alright?

Okay, but would you just...

take these?
I'll go and get your kit.

-What are you doing?
-I'm arresting you for the murder

of Detective Jenny Block.

I understand how you're feeling,

-but you've got it wrong.
-You don't know anything.

You're fucking crazy!

I know you did it.
I know you killed her.

She told me she was
worried about you.

I shouldn't have let her come back...

-You need to get out!
-Explain it to Jen.

Anderson, you're gonna have
to get out of here now!

Try to relax, Detective.

Oh god...

Adina?

Hey!

You!

What the hell
are you doing here?

With everything Lovell did
to keep me out,

you think I'm gonna let
a spider bite stop me?

You'd better come back another day.
She's not doing too well.

As I'm sure Detective Block would
tell us were she still with us,

none of us are.

No talking without a union lawyer.

Fine. Get him over here.

I don't...

Why can't we just get along,
Detective?

No, I don't understand...

I destroyed your cross...

And in the process, you helped me.

Because of you...

I'm no longer beholden to that cross.

You tried to destroy me...

but instead you freed me.

I don't understand.
What do you want from me?

We are ending this today.

You're gonna bring my sister in here.

Prove she murdered my husband.

Jenny...

You made me...

You made me kill Jenny.

-Why would you do...?
-Uncuff her now!

-Why are you here?
-Patrolman, stand down!

-You have to get out. It's not safe.
-This shit show's over!

I'm questioning you for the murder of
Joey Cox right here and now!

Please leave!

Get out of here before it's too late!

Water!

Water...

No!

No! no! No!

It's acid! Don't! Please, no...

Please! He's nothing to do with this.
Make it stop!

This is the same man
who sent Zoe home.

Please, don't hurt him!

There, it stopped.

Now do I have
your undivided attention, Detective?

Adina...

Adina, uncuff me.

Uncuff me.

Uncuff me! Now!

Damn!

If I agree...

you will bring my sister back here.

Hey...

Hey, it's okay.

It's gonna be okay. You're gonna be
okay.

It's okay, you're gonna be okay.

It's gonna be okay,
you're gonna be okay.

He's still alive.

Thank you, God.

I have less than nothing
to say to those people.

They can see.

Everything.

Oh, I'm sure they can...

But they can't hear a word.

Jesus Christ!
What the fuck's he doing?

It's a trauma!
He thinks this was a murder.

Fucking thing.

-They locked it from inside.
-There's no lock on the inside.

Wait... Let me try...

Make I can talk him down.

-Oh shit!
-Alright, look.

Pici's trying to talk him down.

I talked to Jed, he's on his way
back from Jenny's autopsy.

We break in and we get her out safe.

Maybe that's not the best idea.

I mean, maybe this isn't
the worst scenario for us.

Are you out of your fucking mind?

My partner,
she has a gun aimed at her head.

Yes, I'm aware.

I heard we got a situation.

Yes...

It's Anderson,
he's grieving for Detective Block.

We think that he's convinced
that Pici's responsible.

That's ridiculous,
he's one of the good ones.

Maybe he was, but something changed.

God dammit, this ends now.

Are you sure?
Maybe you should call for back-up?

With an IA rat unconscious
on the floor?

No need to escalate this drama,
we can fix this ourselves.

Look, as bad as all this has become,

this is Pici, right?
She owns the box.

But Anderson owns the gun

-aimed at her head.
-Yes, but he's about to go into

-diabetic shock.
-He looks okay to me.

He was faint earlier,
asked me to bring him in his kit.

-His blood sugar's dropping.
-Why don't we use this?

We use this as leverage, right?

-We let this play out.
-GET ZOE IN HERE NOW

-Who the hell is this Zoe?
-She's Adina's sister, a suspect

-in the Ili&cacute case.
-If that's what he wants,

get her in here.

Alright, I'm on it.

Lovell was lead on the case,
why did you choose me?

Because you're the queen of the box.

And you, not Detective Lovell,

only you can
get my sister to confess.

Not until you tell me
why you killed Jenny.

You can go ahead. Choke me to death.

But you won't, because you need me.

Why...

why did you have to
make her part of it?

You owe me an explanation.

I died!

I only had a minute
to jump into a conscious body!

I wanted you, but you weren't ready.

Alright, and then Jenny...

Jenny rushed in...

I needed some place safe to wait.

Until...

-when?
-Until you were a true believer.

Until you were ready to embrace me!

I destroyed my entire life
to prove your innocence

and you used me to kill her.

Why Jenny?

You owe me an explanation. Why Jenny?

You don't get to ask me!

What's happening?

Make it stop.

Anderson's a diabetic.

I can make it stop.

Then do it already!

I can make it stop, but not until you
tell me why you killed Jenny.

Love.

We were in love
with the same man.

Love?

I can't lose Sharon.
She needs to know that I'm here.

Oh, she knows.

I have his kit right here.

Will that calm Anderson down?

The glucose should, but I'm not sure.

To make sure, should we...
should we spike it with a sedative?

What?

But if Anderson senses
we've done that,

-he could really hurt her.
-Yeah.

No sedative. Bring it in and let's
see how the sister plays out.

Okay, then I want to deliver it.

-No.
-Yes.

No. No way.

It will help Sharon to know
I'm here, I'm waiting for her.

Listen, I hand-picked this guy,
he's not gonna hurt her.

Oh my god!

Adina!

Give me the gun.

I didn't mean to!
I never held a gun before!

Which is why you shouldn't
be holding a Glock.

Tell them to get my kit!

-They're watching you.
-Tell them to do it!

They won't until
you hand over the gun!

-Oh wow...
-Stay. Stay with me.

Oh wow...

Oh wow...

-No...
-Oh wow...

Oh wow...

Oh wow...

Hey?

No!

Oh god...

I think he's dead.

Please, let me get him his meds
before he hurts Sharon.

-No...
-Jed, Please!

Okay.

Sharon's gonna get out of this alive,
right?

She'd better, because I need her to
wrap up her investigation.

What? What exactly
are you talking about?

Well, Jenny was pregnant.
Did you know?

-Yeah, I heard.
-Yeah?

You see, the coroner ran a random
NIPT test through our database.

Did they find a match
for the baby's father?

No, unfortunately not,

but what's interesting is that

that male DNA,

it matched what they found
inside Adina.

So, Sharon...

Sharon's on to something?
She's not losing it?

It's more complicated
than that,

-I'm afraid.
-Might be it's not.

I mean, if we can identify
this male...

I mean, he's the key
that can help Pici break the case.

Don't put this on her, Jed,
it'll be too much.

-She needs help.
-I know she needs help.

I'm doing everything I can
to help her,

but first we need to
get her out of there safe.

I'm clinically responsible for Pici,

I know you want to help her,
but you could be doing

-much more damage.
-No, I won't let that happen.

You know,
I don't believe Pici's crazy,

I just think she's
seeing something we're not.

What are you doing here?

-You called for a union lawyer?
-No, I did not!

So get the fuck out of here!

Okay?

-You ready?
-Yeah.

-Yeah.
-Good.

Where's my sister?

They're waiting on my signal.

Then do it.

Adina, you're a good person.
I know you didn't kill your husband.

I'm trying to help you,
but make me understand.

Pici, please...

-Just get the kit.
-Why did you have to hurt Jenny?

I'm not giving the signal
until you tell me.

Because she...

She was gonna have his child.

-What?
-Don't you understand?

The child was supposed to be mine.

My life! I couldn't let her
just take that away!

Who are you talking about?
Why didn't you mention him before?

You could have turned on him.
It wasn't his decision.

No, he might have strayed, but...

I still love him.

And he needs to know
I'm not a killer!

What...?

Adina, this is incredibly
important information.

-Who are you talking about?
-No, he's not involved!

Anderson?
We're gonna step inside now.

-I want you to lower the gun...
-Shut up!

And give me the kit!

What do you mean,
you think Jed is on to us?

That's a pretty big thought.

Let's be clear, on to you.

And once he tells Pici about your DNA
being inside your two lady friends...

Alright, so...

He knows that it's my DNA?

No, but Pici will connect the dots.

Just like I did.

Yeah.

Alright, you know...

Pici's...

Pici's been dirty.

She's been dirty for a year,
and that's why she killed Joey.

I know that, she told me.

Alright, we can use that.

We can bring her down, we can...

-we can nail her for that.
-It's too late!

Jed already told me
he's gonna help her wrap it up.

Fuck!

Shit!

That's it.

What do we do?

Don't bring in the sister.

-Have Jed agree to a rescue.
-I thought you said that if we...

I thought you said that if we move in
and something goes wrong,

Anderson's capable of shooting Pici.

Yes...

I did say that.

-Shut up!
-Sharon!

-Please.
-I'm right here. I've been outside

-the whole time waiting for you.
-You have?

Yes, right here.

I thought you were leaving.

I just don't want to wake up
alone anymore.

Neither do I.

I'm gonna be here until you get out.

Get out now!

Put the kit on the table.

It's right here.

It's okay.

You tell...

-You tell Jonah that I love him.
-No.

you're gonna tell him tonight.

No, I've done some very bad things
that I can't...

We're all gonna be here.
It's all gonna be okay

-once you get home.
-No, I'm not coming home!

-I know how to end this.
-Don't say that!

I love you both very much!

-Wait.
-What?

They might have spiked it
with a sedative.

Damn, I need that stuff.

I can't...

I can't...

Step into me.

Leave Anderson and step into me.

I can't.

I need you to get my sister,
to end this.

Let Anderson take the shot,
see what happens to him.

Here...

That's how you do it, with touch?

That's how you move
in and out of people?

I'm ready.

Don't look so sad.

It's nearly over.

Don't look so sad.

After you clear me,
your life will go back to normal.

Alright, let's go, Jed.

What? So now you wanna go in? Why?

He's not taking his glucose shot.

It's only gonna get worse.

-And you, what will happen to you?
-I was hoping I...

I could stay with you.

With me?

Forever.

Have mercy on me.

Have mercy on me...

No!

Sharon!

Sharon!

Oh my god!

Hey...

Help us out here, Adina.

Some idiot downtown
read this study from Scandinavia

saying an open workspace is supposed
to promote maximum efficiency.

Now, can somebody just tell me why

we are looking for inspiration
from the land of ABBA?

Right?

And also, I mean, privacy.

Right, Adina?

We're running out of questions.