The Family (2016): Season 1, Episode 5 - I Win - full transcript

Previously on "The Family"...

The older brother's not
totally sure Adam is Adam.

Why can't you just be happy he's back?

Because he's not back.

How does it work?

The code's your birthday... 0, 5, 2, 2.

- I thought...
- What? That I was doing something shady

right under your nose?
I'm smoother than that.

You've gone above
and beyond for my family,

- but it's gonna stop now.
- I'm sorry. I don't know...

You sleeping with my husband.



Do you think you're special,
a one-of-a-kind snowflake?

You needed to get in that house.

And you got me in.

I thought he did it.

And you framed him for it.

You've been served
with a restraining order.

You're not to come in contact
with their son Adam.

They live across the street.

Then don't go past that tree.

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* 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 *

* Once I caught a fish alive *

* 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 *

* Then I let him go again *



* Why did you let him go? *

* Because he bit my finger so *

* Which finger did he bite? * Ohh.

* This little finger on the right *

Aah!

Aah!

How bad this time?

It's not... It's not bad.

Oh.

Hank, let me see, hmm?

Oh.

Did he take your homework again, too?

Yeah.

Well, they're jealous.

Of me?

You're smarter than they are,
and they know it.

But someday,
they'll all be working for you.

How do... How do you know?

Well, it's the way of the world.

It's called justice, my sweet boy.

* 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 *

* Once I caught a fish alive *

* 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 *

* Then I let him go again *

* 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 *

He was brought in last night.

We gave him something to sleep.

* 3, 4, 5 *

Mr. Asher?

Can you hear me?

Oh.

It's you.

It's me.

Yay.

Who did this to you?

You know who.

I'm afraid I don't.

Your friend.

What?

John Warren did this to me.

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- Why am I looking at a baby's butt?
- Paternity test.

They'll have the results in three days.

How did you get it?

The drugstore. They were on sale.

How did you get it?

I snuck John Warren's coffee mug
into my purse,

and I pulled the kid's Q-tip
out of his trash.

- That's...
- Disgusting, right?

...illegal.

You say "potato," I say
"investigative journalism."

Without a source,
without someone in that family

to back up your theory about the kid,

it's hearsay.

It's tabloid. It's nothing.

The woman's a force.

She's only been in the race a few weeks,

but latest polls show

she's within striking distance
of Governor Lang.

She's criticized
for her lack of experience,

but supporters say if she can run a city

and hold her family together...

...all while waging a campaign.

She's criticized
for her lack of experience.

...what that family has gone through.

She's only been in the race a few weeks.

Latest polling numbers show

she's within striking distance
of Governor Lang.

The trauma.

...what that family has gone through.

-She's criticized...
-She's only been in the race...

I don't know
how she's handling it at all.

Fireman's pancake breakfast at 10:00.

Good, more carbs. Are you sleeping?

Like a baby. I know it's a lot.

No, I-I'm fine.

Um, so, when is the photo op at County?

Uh, this morning.

And then Adam's teacher
will be here at noon.

Oh, we're just gonna meet her
and see if you like her.

There's math involved.
He's not gonna like her.

One awesome thing about the bunker...

...no math.

What happened to your hand?

Well, the Collins are still
keeping that thing unleashed.

It's a tiny dog, John.

It's a menace.

Buy some mace.

What, you're on their side?

We need their vote.

Did you get mail?

Who's it from, bud?

Adam?

Adam.

Who sent you that postcard?

Excuse me, sir?

This go out today?

9:00 and noon. Like clockwork.

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He called it the "good boy list."

What's that?

He said he would take me places.

If you were a good boy.

If I stopped trying to run.

So he made a list.

He bought me guidebooks
from all the places.

Remember what else was on there?

Might be helpful.

Where's Detective Meyer?

She got pulled into something.
She'll be right back.

In the meantime, how about you and me

give the list a new name?

*

What kind? What kind?

All of 'em, baby.

Never take a preggo on a road trip.

Where to next?

You will just have to wait and see.

* Holiday road *

I just don't understand.

- 'Cause it's an extra step.
- No, but it's not.

I was running late for work, okay?

Someone gonna get that?

By the time you stack them up
on the counter,

you could just put them
in the dishwasher, John.

It's two steps either way.

Are you gonna get that? No I.D.

- Oh, for God's sake.
- Hi, this is Jen.

I'm the new team mom for Little League.

I'm just calling down the roster
to remind you all that...

Oh, let's see here...

Adam. Adam should be
on the field by 5:00.

Can't wait to meet you.

Don't forget your orange slices!

I'll use the dishwasher next time.

You got to be kidding me.

He says you forced your way in,
vandalized his house,

and assaulted him
with your baseball bat.

Well, that's insane.

We argued, but...

About what? Well, I saw
him out on the lawn.

I told him to leave
or I'd call the cops.

Can anyone verify that?

It was 4:00 a.m.

You argued at 4:00 a.m.?

What do you want me to say? Yeah.

He's in the hospital, John.

I wish I put him there.

How'd you hurt your hand?

You know I didn't do this.

This monster is sending mail to my home.

- I know.
- And you come over here accusing me...

What's going on?

You're gonna need to call a lawyer.

You think Warren did it?

He's angry enough.

So you think he did it.

I didn't say that.

Anger makes smart people stupid.

Postcard's from Cape Canaveral, right?

Forensics got nothing

thanks to the immaculate
U.S. mail system.

What if our guy's not stopping at one?

What if he's treating himself

to the whole "good boy list" tour?

Like a giant "Screw you
for escaping my dungeon"?

Anger makes smart people stupid.

Question is, where does he go next?

Watch out! Watch out!

We have a whole itinerary.

I can barely keep up.

Enjoy every last minute.

Mm.

You stop that right now.

The boys, with the guns...

Boys are great.

You don't have to worry so much
about them.

Time to hit the road, babe.
We got miles to burn.

Almost finished.

I wanted a vacation.

He's on a schedule.

- You need to stay here, okay?
- Yeah.

You are being completely inappropriate.

We're in public. Do you understand me?

Mm-hmm.

This was supposed to be a treat today.

But I will take away that gun.

Understand?

Okay. Thank you.

What'd he say?

He is talking to another lawyer there.

But your prints are all over the bat.

Well, of course they are. It's mine.

How'd it get in his house?

I don't know.

Asher sat in jail 10 years

for a crime he didn't commit.

- That's on us.
- You mean me.

Fine. You.

He's out five minutes,

he gets his ass kicked in his own home?

What's your point?

We have no other suspects.

How do we not arrest
the guy he says did it?

Why would he leave the bat there?

He panicked. He went further
than he meant to.

That's why he's denying it.

What about the alarm system?
There's cameras everywhere.

The security company said it was off.

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Go out last night, too, champ?

No.

- Someone turned the alarm off.
- Well, it wasn't me.

Not doing something

and being too drunk to remember
it aren't the same thing.

I'm not drinking.

*

What do you want me to do?

What do you want to do here, Meyer?

You're being arrested

for the aggravated assault
of Hank Asher.

*

Son of a bitch.

Someone must have tipped them off.

What does this mean
for your wife's campaign?

Excuse me, folks.

We won't be answering
any questions at this time.

Excuse me.

*

Ah. I'd like to order that cake.

Okay.

Um, is this a special occasion?

Very.

Okay. I'm just gonna grab a box.

I'll eat it here.

Okay.

Um, do you want a message on it?

Enjoy.

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Dad?

What are you doing?

Mom's looking for you.

Adam's team won.

What?

Some of those kids, man,
they grew like...

three inches over the summer.

Adam's little friend, what's his name?

Tommy Mathis.

Yeah.

He... He didn't give up a single run.

Okay, let's go home.

Yeah.

Whoa.

Oh, let me just take a minute, here.

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Black, two sugars.
That's how you take it, right?

I'm not commenting on the charges.

- I'm not here as press.
- Oh, we're friends now?

We're gonna tell secrets
and braid each other's hair?

- Okay,
- I am here as press.

Would-be governor's husband
arrested for assault?

That's not going away.
You need an ally on the inside.

Someone you can trust for a good spin.

And that's you?

I give good spin.

Prove it.

John Warren attacked a man
with a baseball bat.

I mean, come on.
That is violent and awful.

But a convicted offender
right across the street.

Now, wouldn't you do the same
to protect your kids?

Did he catch him in the act?

-Did that provoke...
- Colin, do me a favor.

I'm not going to another
lesbian club with you.

I mean, he... he hit a defenseless...

defenseless man with a baseball bat.

Re-tweet anything #papabear

and use the paper's twitter handle.

Uh-huh.

...right across the street
from your kids.

But where do you draw the line?
This is the mayor's husband.

I'm scared to check the mail.

He's out there...

...watching him.

We need to make some kind
of statement about the arrest.

I'm getting slammed.

I'm going to bed.

I think you should take a plea.

Excuse me?

It's aggravated assault.

You plead guilty,
you get off with a fine

and community service, it goes away.

Are you seriously suggesting...

Trial would go on for months.

It would kill us. Mom would be done.

Yeah, there it is... the campaign.

Okay.

So, what about Adam?

He's got to deal with this on
top of his new creepy pen pal?

He's not taking a plea.

It could be the race.

Then it's the race.

So, where'd you go?

When you turned the alarm off.

H-H-How did you know?

It wasn't me.

I wanted to know I could leave.

Sometimes...

it feels like I can't.

D-Danny?

Yeah?

I got another one.

We believe our suspect

is heading straight up
the Eastern seaboard.

I want agents
in each of these locations.

Based on the postmarks,

our friend started his little adventure

a few days ago in Cape Canaveral...

Passed through Kitty Hawk
Sunday or Monday.

Given all this, we suspect
he's headed to Lady Liberty.

I don't know about you all,

but I'm in a New York state of mind.

Put out APBs wide along 95.

I want that bastard's face everywhere.

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Were you speeding?

No.

What do they want?

I don't know.

*

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I didn't know who else to call.

You did the right thing.

My mom's gonna freak out.

Hey, you have any homework?

Yeah.

Go home.

But...

Not like I can't handle
a little public intoxication.

It's what I do.

Go ahead.

Hey, Will?

He's just having a hard time.

Where is he?

Patience, Meyer.

What'd the therapist say, by the way?

To do yoga and not shoot people.

Might want to try bee pollen, too.

You have agents on every entrance?

Yep. And around the perimeter.

It's the only ferry to the island.

He has to come through here.

Where is he?

It's new.

That's why the registration
isn't in the system.

Copy that.

And I haven't gotten the plates yet...

- 'Cause the van is new.
- Right.

Again, happy to pay the fine.

Well, we've been having some
theft at the dealerships, so...

I didn't steal a minivan.

DMV up in Maine
will straighten that all out.

*

You said you wanted more freedom.

I don't know how to drive.

Figure it out.

Chill out on the wheel.
It's not going anywhere.

Who taught you?

* Come and see *

To drive?

That was mom.

* Where I witness everything *

Did she get scared?

Yeah.

- * On my knees *
- She tried to act all cool,

but then she kept stomping on the floor

like there was some kind of brake there.

* Beat it down to get to my soul *

Bet you want to do that right now.

- Uh, little bit, yeah.
- * Against my will *

- * Anyone could tell us you're coming *
- I always wanted to drive this car.

Don't get too used to it.

* Baby, don't mind *

- Hey. Hey.
- Hmm?

Do you, uh... you still have
that extra set of keys?

Mm-hmm.

Let's... Let's go home.

Cut the trip short?

Yeah, yeah. I want to sleep
in my own bed tonight.

- But aren't we supposed to...
- No, no, no.

Let's go now.

Come on. Let's go.

Folks, hold up right there.

*

Hey, ease up on the gas.

*

Hey.

Hey, you got to look at the road.

Seriously, slow d...

Wh...

Adam, what are you... Adam, slow down!

Adam, hit the brake!

*

Open your eyes! Come on, man!

Stop! What are you doing?! Stop!

Come on! Slow down! Hit the brake!

- Hit the brake!
- Sorry.

Hit the brake!

Sorry to keep you waiting.

Fax came through.

You might want to hold on to that

in case you get pulled over
again, all right?

I appreciate that, sir.

Yeah. Congratulations.

What the hell were you doing?!
What is wrong with you?!

Sorry. Sorry. Sorry.

Do you want to die?

Not anymore.

Clements call in yet?

- Not yet.
- No?

We've got agents

all over the next place
we think he'll go.

It's a pretty wide net.
He's just got to walk into it.

Thank you.

Was his nose broken?

In three places.

What a shame.

It's hard for me to feel sorry for a man

I spent so much time wishing were dead.

Fair enough.

He didn't do it.

That may be, but he has no alibi.

Because he was home sleeping.

With you?

On the sofa.

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

and you don't need...

- This is John we're talking about.
- My hands are tied.

We're just gonna have to
let it play out.

The man takes a spider outside.

How can he be capable...

All due respect...

...I'm not sure you know
what he's capable of.

Oh, but you do?

You don't get to do this.

What?

You don't get to sit
on the visitor's side.

Not now.

You've been in our bed,
lying between us, for 10 years.

Like it or not, you're with us.

We are a party of six, honey.

We live together. We sleep together.

So, you get on board,
and you do what's right.

*

John?!

*

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Hey, I'm gonna go.

Thanks for... Oh, sorry.

It's okay.

Oh...

When I can't sleep, I think.

She took it all down.

His photos?

Well, ev... everything.

Used to measure his height on the wall.

She erased the pencil marks.

People grieve differently.

It's not normal.

Neither is him being gone.

Thank you.

Bye.

Bye.

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Hi.

Hi.

No, don't.

Thank you.

I didn't start #papabear.

No...

You never doubted me.

Wagon hit a bump?

He's really...

messed up.

Yeah?

Yeah.

He didn't show.

Maybe you missed him.

No, we combed through

the surveillance footage on the dock.

Maybe tomorrow.

I'll leave agents here

and at all the sites
on the list for a week.

He can't be that smart.

He's not some master criminal.
He's just one guy.

One very sick, messed-up guy.

You have anything good for me?

Oh, got you a key chain.

Only they didn't have "Nina,"

so I had to go with "Christina."

I'm hanging up on you.

The police already looked at all that.

Is this the table he smashed?

He broke the vase, my lamp.

There was glass everywhere.

That supposed to be you and your mom?

It reminds me of her.

Must mean a lot to you.

Why are you here?

Wanted to see if you were okay.

You're concerned about me?

Yes. You weren't 10 years ago.

You weren't the victim 10 years ago.

We'll agree to disagree.

I took another look
at the photos of your injuries.

You must be in a lot of pain.

I heal.

Especially your hands.

They were so swollen.

See? This right here?

Your skin is blistering.

It's like you played a doubleheader.

I'd like you to go now.

You're a lucky man, Hank.

Took a baseball bat
to that entire table...

And it didn't break.

It's sturdier than it seems.

I'm sorry.

For all of it.

*

*

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...near my family. You are trespassing.

Now get off my property,
or I'll get the cops.

Just go.

*

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Good morning.

You're up early.

You, too.

I, uh... I slept at a hotel.

Oh.

Sorry you had to, uh...

It's okay.

I know things are tough.

They're gonna get better.

Okay.

Okay.

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Morning.

Have you seen daddy's phone?
He can't find it up there.

Oh, um...

Um...

Hmm.

Oh! Yeah.

Ah. Here it is.

- Mayor Warren!
- Mayor Warren!

- Mayor Warren!
- Mayor Warren!

- Mayor Warren!
- Mayor Warren!

Mayor Warren, is it true Asher
is dropping the assault charge?

We just heard this morning,

and I am so grateful to the
police for sorting it all out.

Mayor Warren! Mayor Warren!
Mayor Warren!

Mayor Warren! Mayor Warren!

Hey, Papa bear, you got a lot
of supporters out there.

People who vote.

What do you say to the people
who see you as a, uh, vigilante?

Oh, don't...
There are no vigilantes here.

But for the people who
want to call me that, thank you.

I'll do whatever I need to do
to protect my family.

Mayor Warren! Mayor Warren!

Mayor Warren!

Governor, how do you
think the groundswell of support

for Mayor Warren's husband
will affect the election?

Let's focus on the issues in
this race, not the distractions.

Next question.

* Please, please, please me *

* You feel that pressure, baby *

* You feel it taking hold *

You're welcome.

The "papa bear" thing was very smart.

Now, I'm gonna need
the actual two words.

There may be a role for you
in this campaign.

We'll see how it goes.

I'd also accept "gracias" or "danke."

Excuse me. May I get
a sparkling water, please?

You got it.

It must be exhausting being you.

What do you mean?

Look at how you're holding your purse.

S-So?

You're gripping it so tight,
your knuckles are white.

And what would happen
if you dropped it right now

on the dirty floor?

I would pick it up and move on.

You'd never use it again,
and you'd throw it away.

- You don't know me.
- Really?

You think you do, but you don't
know anything about me.

I know who you are.

* I gave you rock 'n' roll *

* You keep me crawling back
like baby, baby, baby *

* Mm-hmm *

* I think we've crossed the line *

* It comes as no surprise *

Here.

* We fold *

* And melt like solid gold *

* Ooh *

* Ooh, ooh *

We've got mail.

Postmarks are all a day or two off.

But how was he
in all these places at once?

*

He wasn't.

Where did you get that, honey?

Uh, this guy asked me to mail it
when we got to Hawaii.

Why?

Some game he's playing with his son.

Oh.

Oh, you're so sneaky.
When did you get this?

While you were in the bathroom.

- One of your many trips.
- Shut up.

It's perfect for
the little one's room, yeah?

Mm-hmm.

He's not just angry.

He's obsessed.

Consumed.

With what? Punishing the kid?

Scaring him or making him
jealous or sorry or...

I think he's lonely.

*

I think he misses him.

*

I know how to get him.

We'll be done with it, and you
can move on with your lives.

How?

I need to use Adam...

as bait.

*

Gus, paternity test.

My wife has her book club tonight.

It's my ass if I'm not
tucking the kids in by 8:00.

- Gus!
- What?

I got the results back.

It's not him.

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