The Watchful Eye (2023–…): Season 1, Episode 5 - Stairway to Eleven - full transcript

Previously on "The
Watchful Eye"...

I went to go see the Wards'
old nanny this morning,

and she told me that she's
being watched all the time.

I just need to know if I'm
safe working for this family.

Mom asked me
to write a letter

to the parole board
on her behalf.

If she gets paroled, I can
get out of this shit hole.

I found cameras all
over Matthew's apartment.

Wish we could spy on them.

Roman was gonna bring it
up, but I was on my way.

He had Arturo rush it.



Uh, Arturo never
rushes anything.

Thank you.

Searched all the
common areas, and nothing.

No gems, no clues.

This place is starting
to push me to the edge.

Jocelyn tells Alistair
that she suspects

that Winthrop
stole her treasure.

I want to thank
everyone for coming here today.

My name is Otis
Winthrop the Third.

And I am the CEO of this
Greybourne Corporation.

We are so proud that
Matthew Ward and his firm

have become an official
Greybourne subsidiary.

Why is Daddy talking
to Mommy's friend?

Mommy's friend?



Okay.

Hold it steady. You got it?

Yeah.
I got it. Okay.

Now, we're gonna go on
the count of three, okay?

Yeah. One, two, three.

♪ Happy birthday to you ♪

♪ Happy birthday, dear... ♪
♪ Happy birthday, dear Mommy ♪

♪ Happy
birthday to you ♪

Make a wish, Mommy.

I wish for
birthday hugs.

Oh, go on. Get
up there. Go on.

Come here. Oh! I love you.
I love you. I love you.

I love you, Mommy.

Happy birthday, Al.

Sorry I can't
get out of this meeting.

It's fine.

That's what I love
about birthdays...

They're just regular days

but with extra sparkle
for the birthday person.

For everyone else,
it's just a Tuesday.

Jasper and I have big plans.

Oh, well, let me guess.

Um, same thing you did last
year and the year before that...

Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. and the year before
that and the year before that?

Yeah.

You excited?

Mwah.

♪ We've ridden the stars ♪

♪ We've seen everything ♪

♪ From Saturn to Mars ♪

♪ As much as it seems ♪

♪ Like you own my heart ♪

Which one is your favorite?

Um...

That tiny, fast one.

Ooh! There he goes.

So, were they really alive
before the dinosaurs?

Uh-huh. Isn't that crazy?

Hey, Jas, see if you can find

eight tiny, fast
jellyfish, okay?

I'll be right over
here for a second.

Okay, Mommy.

Hey.

What are
you doing here?

Came to wish you happy birthday.

And to see where things were
at with what we talked about.

I haven't had a chance
to say anything yet.

Come on. You said
you'd talk to him.

I'm trying.

Okay, well, can you
try a little harder?

It's family, Scott.
They're complicated.

Yeah, I know, but
you're not like them.

I'll keep trying.

Yeah.

Okay.

Who was that?

Him? Oh, just a
friend of Mommy's.

Did you just say
that's Mommy's friend?

Yeah.

Come on. Let's go play
Legos in your room.

Hey. Elena?

I'll be right in.

Okay.

Hey. This is Detective Macedo.

This is our nanny, Elena Santos.

Yeah. Yeah, we met the
night of the incident.

It's nice to see you again.

Likewise. Is everything okay?

Yeah, I was just asking
Mr. Ward a few questions

about the deceased, Mr. Malo.

Oh, I thought the
case was closed.

Tying up a few loose ends.

Oh, it wasn't ruled an accident?

Wanted to see if anyone might've
been having any problems with him,

see if anyone
suspected foul play,

just any details that might've
slipped through the cracks.

Uh, you sure I can't get you
coffee, anything like that?

Uh, that'd be great, but
I-I should get going.

I'll show you out, Detective.

Whatever you need.

Take care.

Great place, by the way.

Thanks.

Trying to scare me?

You trying to remind me that
you can flash your badge

and go anywhere you want?

You've been spending a
lot of time with this guy.

Just thought I'd get a
look at him for myself.

You jealous?

No.

Matthew is Jasper's dad.

I can't avoid him.
This was your idea.

Is there anything
you want to tell me?

Anything you think
I should know?

No.

You come here again,
and you'll regret it.

Hey. You heading out?

No. No, it's just me.

Good to see you
again, Detective.

Yeah. Have a nice day.

That was a slick move.

You coming to see me?

Uh, no. I'm going
to see Darcy.

Brought her this.

What is it? It's a necklace.

I saw it, and it
made me think of her.

Wow. A necklace.

Bold move.

Wait, is it... is it too much?

I just think at the
beginning of something,

it's good to not
come on too strong.

Play a little hard to get.

But I'm not hard to get.

I'm extremely easy to get.

That's why you're
playing hard to get.

It's a game. You play it.

Just let her fight
for you a little.

It'll work. I promise.

And give her the
necklace on her birthday.

Hey, you okay?

Sorry if that was
triggering for you.

It's fine. He was
just doing his job.

Speaking of which, I didn't
know you were working so closely

with Otis Winthrop
on this project.

If you're asking if it's
his signature on the checks,

then yeah.

You know him?

He runs the Greybourne
Corporation, right?

Don't they call him
"The Bulldozer"?

'Cause he buys cheap
land to develop

and then he prices people out
of their own neighborhoods.

Every developer in Manhattan

gets accused of
corruption at some point.

Okay. So everyone's doing it?

You know, it's not easy getting
funding for these projects.

I-I mean, if it wasn't for my
connection to the Greybournes,

none of this happens, and
that's just the reality.

Besides, Otis is family.

His granddad is Mrs.
Ivey's uncle or something.

It's a whole twisted
family tree there.

You know, there is, um...

There is something else I
wanted to talk to you about.

Tomorrow is...
Allie's birthday.

Oh. And between all
the books I read

and the people I talked to,

no one seems to be
able to tell me...

exactly how to handle
it with Jasper.

There's probably no right way.

Exactly.

I just... I just want it
to be like any other day.

Let me know how I can help.

Honestly, just you being
here is help enough.

Hey. What you building?

Hagrid's cottage.

Ah.

"These bloody Muggles

and their bloody normal lives.

Don't tell anyone I
told you that, Harry."

You
sound like Elmo.

Ah.

Hey, that guy that was here,
you said your mom knew him?

Yeah. He's her friend.

They would go places sometimes.

So you saw them
together more than once?

Do more Hagrid.

But
so many people look alike

in this big city.

Are you sure it was him?

Yeah, he's Mommy's
policeman friend.

♪ It won't be long ♪

Hey.

Hi.

♪ It won't be long ♪

I didn't know you
were coming over.

Did you send me a
text or something?

I wanted to say I'm sorry for
blowing up on you earlier.

Yeah, it's okay.

♪ It won't be long ♪

I just was caught
off guard, you know?

Mm-hmm.

I'm sorry, too.

I just never want you to worry
about me being over there

or Matthew.

And I know you were just
doing it out of love, but...

Come here.

I just... I miss this, you know?

Yeah. I miss it, too.

I miss being here.

And laying here.

Doing this.

And this.

♪ It won't be long ♪

♪ Before we do this again ♪

♪ It won't be long ♪

♪ Until the sun
hits the shades ♪

♪ It won't be long ♪

♪ Only wanna be ♪

Oh. Good morning, Elena.

Morning.

Alright. Here you go.

Some crème fraîche.

Oh. And a little
sprig of mint.

Mmm! Mwah.

Oh.

Special crepes
for a special day.

Well, I have to
race to a meeting,

but maybe Elena would
like some crepes?

You're working today?

It's just a regular
Tuesday, Tor.

Um, you're right.

Wouldn't want them
to go to waste.

Elena. Oh.

Thank you. Looks delicious.

Okay, so Jasper
has tennis at 10:00

and then back here
for your math tutor

and then out again
for a playdate

with Athena and Coriolanus.

Are those children or novels?

You'll have
to ask their parents.

Mwah. Love you, buddy.

Wait, Dad.

Yeah, pal?

Today is Wednesday, not Tuesday.

You're absolutely
right. Okay, go on.

I'll see you later.
Okay. Bye, Dad.

Mm.

I can get that.

I-I am just trying to
control one small thing

in a universe of chaos, okay?

Copy that.

Thank you.

What's up?

Today's
my mom's birthday.

I know. I heard.

I wasn't sure if you
wanted to talk about it,

but you want to talk about it?

We would always go to the
aquarium on her birthday.

That must've been really cool.

You know, I remember
for my dad's birthday,

my brother and I would
go to a Mets game,

and we would eat
so many hot dogs

and have so much cotton candy,

and then we would be so
sick, but it was so worth it.

Me and my dad would always
get a confetti cupcake

from Leo and Lucy's,

and then we would put a
candle in it for breakfast.

For breakfast? A cupcake?

What?! That's my
kind of breakfast.

You know, we could
still do those things.

We could still go get a cupcake

and go to the aquarium
and celebrate your mom.

But only if you want.

My dad doesn't like going
to the aquarium anymore.

How about you think about what
you want to do and you tell me.

Anything you want.

We can go play hide-and-go-seek.

Last time, you
couldn't even find me.

I was in the best spot
in the whole building.

Yeah, I remember.
Where was that, anyway?

What do you got stashed
there? Pirates' treasure?

You got diamonds
and rubies in there?

Gold?

I promised my mom I would
never, ever tell anyone.

It was our secret spot.

Was it in the attic?

I said I wouldn't tell.

You know what? You're right.

It's good to have a secret.

Race you to get ice cream?

Hmm. I thought I heard
someone out here.

I have the afternoon off.

You want to catch a
movie or something?

What I wouldn't give to be
in a freezing-cold theater

and eat my weight in popcorn.

Mm-hmm. But I can't.

It's Allie's birthday.

How's Jasper?

He said he and his mom used
to share this confetti cupcake

from Baked by Leo and Lucy
every year on her birthday.

And I really want
to grab him one,

but there's no way I can
make it all the way downtown

to that bakery in time
for his Mandarin lesson.

Would you be able
to get some for me?

Um...

Only if you have time.

And I would owe you
a thousand cupcakes.

What would I do with
a thousand cupcakes?

I will go, but you have to
answer one question first.

Anything.

The guy in the elevator.

Was that a question?

I saw you at the bar
with him the other night.

Who is he?

He's a guy I've been seeing.

You have a boyfriend and
you didn't say anything?

It's gotten kind of complicated

since I came to the Greybourne,

and he's keeping a really
big secret from me,

and I'm struggling with it.

Well, secrets are poison, Elena.

You got to talk to him.

I'd almost rather
not know right now.

I just want to focus
on making this day

a little easier for Jasper.

I'm off. Operation Cupcake.

Bless you.

Talk him him.

Jasper?

Yes.

Oh, I assure you,
I'm very aware.

And that being said, a little
gratitude goes a long way.

Have you seen... Shh.

Okay. That is all I'm asking.

Thank you.

Honey, you are looking
at one fantastic husband.

You want to ask why
he's so fantastic?

Can it wait?

I-I don't know where I put
that blue peacock purse.

You have 50 handbags, Tory.
Just choose another one.

I don't want another
one. I want that one.

It was Allie's.

That's a little
morbid, isn't it?

Can you just help me look?

Mrs. Ivey's apartment? You
really think it's in there?

I-I searched everywhere
else that made sense,

and we have to find
this ruby, Roman.

If my mom gets out of jail
and gets to my brother

and ruins his life like
she tried to ruin mine...

Now we have a way in.

It's right here,
under these stairs.

But it's not on this floor plan.

You think someone
else knows about it?

Somebody does.

I don't know if it
was Mrs. Ivey or not,

but I was in the stairway,
someone opened the door

and was standing right there.

Oh, dude, I would have lost
it if Mrs. Ivey came for me.

Alistair used to live in
Mrs. Ivey's apartment,

so Jocelyn must have
used these stairs

as a secret passageway to each
other so no one would know.

Mrs. Ivey is the only tenant

who doesn't have a spare
key at the front desk.

It's like she lives
in a fortress.

And you only build a fortress if
you have something to protect.

Let me see.

Hello?

Oh, great, you're back.
Are you ready to go?

Go where? The cemetery.

We're all going
together. As a family.

I-I thought I sent an e-mail.

Yeah, you did. I
didn't respond.

Which I thought was a very
nice way of declining.

It's Allie's birthday, Matthew.

Now, Tory, I'm very much
aware of what today is.

Thank you.

But there is zero chance
of me dragging my son

back to the place
where he watched them

put his mother in the ground.

I'm sorry, but I disagree
with your approach.

I think what Jasper...

What we all need is closure.

Well, you thought wrong.

So do we still have to go?

Yes, Dick, we still have to go.

Hey.

Sorry.

I know it's rough what you
guys are going through.

I guess it's all
part of it, right?

Alright, what's your
take? Am I wrong here?

I don't want to overstep.

No, come on. I
value your opinion.

Honestly.

I don't think Tory
has bad intentions.

I think everyone has
different ways of grieving

and remembering
someone they love,

and they're different,
but they're not wrong.

Right, so how come I have to
default to her way of grieving?

Well, you don't, but
for what it's worth,

when my dad passed away...

Your dad?

Wait, you lost your father, too?

Yeah. A while back.

He took his own life.

Like Allie.

And my mom found any
possible distraction,

anything so she didn't
have to feel the pain.

She just shoved all
her feelings down,

and that made it really hard
for me and my brother to cope.

She should have
helped us through it,

but she was same as you.

She didn't know what to
do, so she did nothing.

I don't know if you
can see this, Matthew,

but Tory's not okay.

But at least she's
acknowledging her pain.

♪ Follow my lead,
move your feet ♪

Hey, saved you a spot.

Thank you for meeting me.

Of course. You kidding me?

I was staring at a blank screen.

Writer's block sucks.

So why are we getting cupcakes?

Elena asked me to pick some up.

They are for Jasper.

How come Elena couldn't
get them herself?

She needed the help. I
had the afternoon free.

You are a nicer
person than I am.

Maybe I'm just a sucker.

Did you know she
has a boyfriend?

Who, Elena? Yeah.

No.

It's weird, right?

All this time and she
didn't mention it?

Some people are super private.

♪ I wanna see ya,
live out loud ♪

I have this thing
where I meet people

who are sneaky and elusive,

and I find them intriguing
because I like the challenge,

but I always end up
giving more than I get.

You're one of those people.

What do you mean?

You need everyone to
like you at all times,

even if it means you're
left... holding the cupcake.

And you don't want
people to like you?

I want the people
I like to like me.

Sure.

Elena, she's nice, but something
about her just feels off.

Look, if you want to get
her cupcakes, that's fine,

but I'm hearing that you
know you have a problem,

so it's on you to solve it.

Okay. Tough love
with Kim Stewart.

I am not meaning to be harsh.

It's just I've been in
your position before.

I know you can't change the
way other people behave.

You can only change
the way you behave.

You're an amazing person,

and you deserve to
surround yourself

with people who are gonna
treat you that way, you know?

I know.

♪ I wanna see ya,
live out loud ♪

Hi.

Look who it is. The
love guru. The what?

I use that word ironically,

as you're obviously not a guru.

You know the definition
of the word "backfire"?

Your plan. What
plan? What happened?

I took your advice, and
now Darcy's pissed at me.

I ignored her texts
like you said,

and n-now she thinks I'm rude?

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

I didn't say ignore
her, be rude.

I just said play it cool.

What's the difference?

The difference is somewhere
in between answering her texts

and giving her a necklace.

You know what?

Don't listen to a
damn thing I say,

'cause I clearly don't
know what I'm doing.

Great.

Next time, keep your
free advice to yourself.

I feel bad about keeping
you from your writing day.

I don't think you're really
keeping me from much.

Are you really blocked, or
are you just procrastinating?

What's the difference?

Okay, I guess

I just have doubts that
anyone would want to read

any book that I
would want to write.

I want to read your book.

How does someone like you exist

in this crazy, messed-up world?

Oh.

I am just as crazy and
messed up as everyone else.

I'm just exceptionally cute,
so you don't really notice.

Mm.

Mm-hmm.

Um, you got a little frosting.

Can I?

Please.

♪ I'm sick, yeah, I'm sick ♪

There.

♪ And honestly, I'm
getting high off it ♪

Perfect.

Ah. You guys are the best.

Thank you.

Ginny, I will return this
favor in spades someday.

Yes, you will.

Okay, I'm gonna go.

It's my writing day.

♪ One by one, hung
on the necklace ♪

♪ They'll always be mine ♪

Hey.

Mind if I sit?

Go ahead.

Thanks for meeting me.

When Allie and I were little,

we used to hang out here
every day after school...

talk about everything.

What we wanted to
be when we grew up,

who we'd marry, how
many kids we'd have.

This is where she told me that
the two of you were together.

That's when I knew you
and I were really over.

Whatever we were.

Well, if memory serves,

the reason we
couldn't be anything

is because you were with Otis.

We all have our regrets.

Anyway...

We came here after we
buried our parents.

We felt so alone, but

at least we had each other.

And we were sitting right
here when she told me

that she was
pregnant with Jasper,

and suddenly, just
like that, we...

We felt hope for
the future again.

And now I'm here alone.

And I-I am so angry.

I-I-I'm sorry, but I
am. I-I am so angry.

I-I am angry at her
for leaving Jasper,

for... for leaving you.

For leaving me.

Look, I'm angry, too,
and I'm overwhelmed.

I cannot let it out
or it will consume me.

Ah.

Look at us.

We're a mess.

Hmm.

Look. Come here.

At least we're a together mess.

Hmm.

The tiny, fast one
is my favorite.

Oh, she's so cute.

Did you know that jellyfish
produce their own light?

They do?

Just like you.

Is that a confetti cupcake
from Leo and Lucy's?

- Dad!
- Hi, buddy.

Oh, hey.

Okay, come on.

You know what?

We have to be very quiet, okay?

Because I don't think we're
supposed to have food in here.

It scares the jellyfishes.

Careful.

Okay, ready?

♪ Happy birthday to you ♪

♪ Happy birthday, dear... ♪

♪ Mommy ♪

♪ Happy birthday to you ♪

Go ahead. Make a wish.

Yeah! Come here.

Oh, good job, good
job, good job.

Oh! Hold the elevator!

♪ But the music do a little ♪

Oh, hey, Dick.

Hi, honey.
How was your run?

Oh. I'm sure it
pales in comparison

to whatever you three got up to.

Oh, we weren't up
to much of anything.

Well, whatever it was, looks
like you had a great time.

So nice you could be together.

And we got Chinese food.

Yum! Did you happen to get
your uncle some pork lo mein?

Uh, I was just gonna
have an egg roll

and then grab dinner with you.

Oh, I want to have Chinese
food with Matthew and Jasper.

If they don't mind sharing.

Yeah. Plenty of spicy
Szechuan shrimp for everybody.

Ah, well, in that case,
I'll have to pass,

unless you want to watch me
go into anaphylactic shock.

I'm deathly allergic
to shellfish, so...

Did not know that.

Well, how could you?

Why don't we go to Nicola's?

No shrimp.

My treat.

Well, we do have
something to celebrate.

What's that?

That, uh, call I was on earlier?

It was with your old pal Otis.

Trip? Why would he...

What did he have to say?

He wants to sit down with me.

About what?

Filling a seat on
the Greybourne board.

He said that? Mm-hmm.

I spoke to him.

I-I made my case
the way I told you.

Mm. And he said he wants
to discuss it with me

next week at the
Save New York gala.

Huh.

I thought this was something
that you wanted for me.

For us.

We'll finally get to have a say
in what happens in the company,

not to mention this
building that we live in.

Yes. Yes, I know.

And... And you're right.

I-I'm just...

surprised.

You're surprised
that he'd want me?

No.

No, that's... That's
not what I meant.

I...

I am really happy for you.

I am.

See? Silver lining
to everything,

even days like today.

Hmm?

Let's go grab that dinner.

And that's the end of
Round 7.

Hey. You're back.
Before I woke up...

What's this?

You know her. Where'd
you find that?

You know Allie this entire
time and you said nothing.

Elena, this...

Were you sleeping
with her? What?

Were you trying to
break up their marriage

so that you could get the money?

Is... Is that really
what you think?

I don't know what I think.

I know that you're a liar.

Are you trying to
set me up for a fall?

Huh? Is any of this real?

Do you even love me?

You came into my life.

You took advantage of my grief.

You know what was
happening with my family,

and I fell for you.

Elena, I promise you, that
is not how things happened.

Then tell me, how
did they happen?

How is it that you have
Allie's coroner's report

hidden in your apartment?

Did you kill her?

What?

Did you kill her? No!

No, I didn't kill
her. God, no.

You really think I'd be capable
of doing something like that?

I don't know what you're capable
of. Hey, come on. Listen.

Whatever it is you
think you know,

I promise you, that
is not the case, okay?

I didn't do any of those
things. Then tell me the truth.

Or I'm gonna walk out that
door and I'm never coming back.

Okay. Hey, hey. Listen. Okay,
so you were right, okay?

I knew Allie.

And she was special to me.

She was my cousin.

Your cousin?

Yeah. She was my cousin.

So... So, technically,
I'm also a Greybourne.

What?

My grandmother had
this huge falling out

with her brother
back in the day.

Everyone hired lawyers.
Threats were made.

As a result, my entire
side of the family

was removed from the
family trust, okay?

We were just cut
out from everything.

So why doesn't
anyone recognize you?

Because... Because they
don't even know I exist.

They haven't seen my mom
since she was a baby,

and they don't know
about the miserable,

bitter person that she's become.

She spent her entire life
feeling like she was robbed,

and nobody's ever been able
to make things right for her.

I need to fix that.

Allie was trying to help me.

So then why didn't you just
tell me this in the beginning?

Because the last person
I told wound up dead.

That was Allie.

So, yeah, when I saw you
at the police station

and I heard your story,

I knew you could
probably help me.

And, yeah, I wanted to
take advantage of the fact

that you already had your
own personal vendetta

against the Greybourne
family, okay?

I admit that.

But, hey, since that day, I
have completely fallen for you.

Okay, I love you.
You know that.

I hope that you know that.

But that's it. That... That...

This is my secret,
okay? That's it.

You can do with it
whatever you want,

but on my end, this is it.

There's no more holding back.

I just wish you
would've told me.

Yeah, well, I should've
done a lot of things.

Well, if we're coming clean...

there's something I
haven't told you about.

I didn't say anything earlier
because I wasn't exactly sure

what it is.

I still don't know what it is,

but I know Alistair
was up to something.

Yeah? What makes you
think it was Alistair?

I'll show you.

Okay, so what am I looking at?

This isn't... This isn't right.

This isn't real.

This whole room.

I was just in here,
and there was...

There was a table here...

and there were chairs,

and there was a... there was a
painting of Alistair right here,

and there were paintings
of all of his cronies,

and this was... this was used

as some kind of meeting
room, I'm sure of it.

There was... Over
here, there was...

There was a wallpaper
with these flowers,

and there were, like, these
eyes hidden in the flowers.

No.

No, no, no, no, no, no, no!

There was... There was
a compartment here,

and this is where I
found the box of letters.

And it was... it was all here.

I-I swear.

I... It was all here.

I'm sure of it.

Please don't look
at me like that.

Please.

I'm telling the truth.

It was all here.

Just tell me that
you believe me.

It was all here.

Yeah, I believe you.

Oh, no. Teo.