He's alive!
Hey!
Get in here.
Police! Don't move!
It was a sad state of affairs when getting caught in your dreams
was actually some kind of relief.
Something happens to you when you're facing the prospect
of life in prison.
You start seeing everything in sharper focus,
with incredible texture and detail,
like your brain is already trying to capture and catalog
the memory of everything you're about to lose.
And then there's the way everyone else sees you.
Something I can help you with, fellas?
Have a good day.
Morning, Mr. Cooper.
Luddy.
I was hoping I could talk to you for a second back at the office,
when you're done hitting.
- About what? - Sorry?
Well, I been a member of this club for about ten years,
you've never asked me to your office before.
So I'm just wondering what it's about.
I was hoping we could have this conversation
in a more private setting.
Why don't you just tell me what you came here to tell me, Luddy?
Well, look,
this is obviously a sensitive issue
and I'm sure you know how much we value your membership here at the club.
Well, that's really nice to hear.
The thing is, the board met, and…
we feel it would be best if we suspended your membership,
just until your current…
difficulties are resolved.
- I see. - I'm really sorry about this, Coop.
Tell me, which one of the club's bylaws did the board land on
to give you the legal standing to kick me out?
Come on, Coop. That's not what this is.
Because if I recall correctly, if I were to have committed any infractions,
which I haven't, then the club would have to inform me in writing
and only after three such notices
could they initiate the disciplinary proceedings
to recommend my ouster.
You were arrested for murder.
I didn't kill anyone.
Well, how do I know that?
Gosh, I guess you're right, Luddy.
There's really no way of knowing.
But if there's even the slightest chance
that I'm the cold-blooded killer you think I am,
do you really wanna be fucking with me right now?
I'm gonna finish my bucket.
Thanks, buddy.
Mel.
Hey. Oh, God.
Are you still in pain?
You know, I'm on a steady Vicodin diet.
Oh, nice.
The Percocet helps the Vicodin.
What about you?
I mean, I've been better.
Yeah.
I got us crudités.
Thank you.
I gotta say, I was surprised when you texted me.
I'm wondering, what you know.
What I know about what?
I don't know. Anything.
You're gonna have to be a little more specific here.
Jesus, you're not being deposed, Barney.
What is this?
It's the deed to your house.
He signed his half over to you.
I was gonna drop it off, but when you asked to meet…
He thinks he's going to jail.
He's playing defense, keeping the assets safe in your hands.
- It's the smart thing to do. - If you think you're going to jail.
We're in uncharted territory here, Mel.
- Oh, my God, my kids. - The kids will be fine, all right?
And so will you.
If he goes to jail.
You have their college trusts,
the retirement assets are all in your name.
If you get in a pinch, you can leverage the house with a HELOC.
Point is, you'll all be fine.
Something is going on with him.
I know it. I know him.
Even from before Paul died. I just… I can't figure it out.
What's he been doing since he got fired?
He told you about that?
Yes. But what isn't he telling me?
Even if I knew, I probably wouldn't tell you.
- I'm trying to help him. - I think that ship has sailed, hasn't it?
We both have to accept that the only person
who can help Coop right now, is Coop.
- I gotta get out of here. I can't… - Yeah.
- Keep me posted. - You do the same.
Boo!
There's kind of a down vibe in this room. Anyone else feeling that?
Ali.
I find, in situations like this,
it falls to the bipolar person in the room to get the conversation started.
Now, I know this is a scary time and we're all thinking the same thing,
so I'm just gonna go ahead and come out and say it…
yes, I've been having sex with my ex-fiancé.
I'm sorry, what now?
I am sleeping with Bruce.
Jesus Christ, Ali.
- Don't judge me, dude. - I'm not judging you.
- It's just a terrible idea. - And fucking Sam Levitt was genius?
Do you mind?
What, you think they don't know?
You think there's anyone else left in this town who doesn't know?
- Are you off your meds? - Why?
I have to be off my meds in order to have sex?
Are you off your meds?
Yes! I have to be off my meds in order to have sex!
Well, good sex at least.
Why do you have to be off your meds to have good sex?
- Jesus Christ, Tori. - It's a legit question.
You wanna chime in on this?
- Fuck no. - Smart.
I can't come on the meds.
- Are you fucking kidding me? - Okay, I see.
- I think we should talk about it. - Your sex life?
About the fact that you could go to prison!
- You won't talk about it. - And there's a very good reason for that.
- What? - Because I don't want to.
Well, that is a solid choice, Andy.
- Where are you going? - I have a gig.
- Is Bruce gonna be there? - No, he ghosted me.
- Asshole. - Yeah.
- I'll see you later. - Hey, no, wait, I wanna come with you.
Where is everybody going?
Dad, I just wanna see her play.
- Come on. - Yeah, me too.
Let's go.
Yeah, great idea. Let's take the children to a bar.
I wanna be the girl with the most cake
He only loves those things Because he loves to see them break
Pretty good, right?
She's great.
I fake it so real, I am beyond fake
And someday you will ache like I ache
And some…
I'm sorry. This song…
Fuck.
I was supposed to get married.
Oh, boy.
This was a long time ago.
What's she doing?
Whatever comes into her head.
Anyway, his name's Bruce.
Point is,
I blew it because there's something wrong with me.
With my brain.
I'm not, you know, strictly speaking, okay.
But lately, I've been thinking that maybe Bruce isn't as okay
as I thought he was.
You know, 'cause an okay person doesn't come back into your life
and then ghosts you.
An okay person lets you give them back
their Hole Live Through This record,
that you've managed to hold on to for, like, a fucking decade.
The same decade that you lost pretty much everything you ever had.
Except for you, Andy.
This is my big brother.
You never let me go. Not once.
You saved my life.
I just wish there was someone out there that would look out for you
the same way you look out for me because I know you could really use that
right about now.
Anyway, Bruce won't return my calls.
And that is not okay.
Yeah, I might be the crazy one,
but he's the one with the wife and kids who decided to fuck his bipolar ex-fiancée
in her nephew's bed.
- Oh, Jesus Christ. - What?
Oh, shit.
I know it was messy and it was wrong,
but I thought it was honest and real.
But now I…
I know he was just using me.
And fuck that.
I am not anyone's sidepiece.
- Fuck Bruce. - Okay.
Yeah.
Yeah, fuck that guy!
- He doesn't deserve you! You're a babe! - Fuck Bruce!
That's right. Fuck Bruce!
- Fuck Bruce. - Fuck Bruce.
Fuck Bruce! Fuck Bruce! Fuck Bruce!
Fuck Bruce! Fuck Bruce!
Fuck Bruce!
You know, you don't have to give me your bed.
- I can just sleep on the couch. - It's fine.
I usually end up sleeping down there anyway.
Yeah. Well, if you say so.
So that was something at the bar tonight, huh?
Yeah, rock and roll.
You okay?
It's kind of a moving target.
- I can take my own pills. - Can you?
It's a free country.
Look, Ali, I don't know what's gonna happen with me.
It's not looking great.
And I need to know that you're gonna be okay, and the kids…
they're gonna need you.
Andy…
Take your fucking meds.
Please.
- Hey. - Hey.
Did you write that?
Yeah, it's something I'm working on.
Impressive.
Did you have fun tonight?
Yeah, she's amazing.
She's something.
I wanna show you something.
You see this watch?
I got this the year you were born.
You were about three months old.
Tori was three…
and things were not going so great at work…
and I was kind of nervous
that I had maybe bitten off a little more than I could chew.
You know, I'd just brought these two beautiful children into the world
and I was kind of wondering how I was gonna provide for them,
feed them, keep them safe, all that stuff.
And then I walked by this jewelry store and saw this watch,
and it was crazy expensive and I knew your mother would kill me
if I bought it, but I did.
Just trying to feel fearless, you know, or feel what that felt like.
Fake it till you make it, you know what I mean?
Anyway, I know you kids don't really wear watches these days,
but maybe someday you will, so I wanted you to have it.
I do the same thing sometimes.
What?
- You know, fake it till you make it. - Right.
Well, one of these days you're gonna realize
pretty much everybody in the world is doing that.
And that's when things get truly terrifying.
Put it on.
There.
I like it.
Good. We'll get it sized up for you.
- Want me to close this? - Yeah.
- Night, bud. - Good night.
Come in.
- Hey. - Hey.
- How's it going in here? - All good.
So…
earlier at dinner, when Ali said we should be talking about it…
Should we be talking about it?
Did you do it?
Did I kill Paul Levitt?
No, I didn't.
Congratulations. We talked about it.
Okay.
Night.
Good night.
Can I…
Coop, what are you doing here?
Tell me about this plea deal.
We plead down to manslaughter, okay?
Normally that would mean ten years, but the DA's looking for a quick win,
so I think I could close him at eight.
Eight years?
You'd be out in six.
And you make that sound like it's nothing.
You're measuring it against 25 to life.
Look, if you want to go to trial,
I will do everything I can to take their case apart.
But you're not optimistic.
They've got motive, opportunity, forensic evidence
and that goddamn gun was in your car.
Under the best of circumstances, a trial is risky.
- In this case… - Yeah, I've spent the last 20 years
of my life hedging against risk.
The plea bargain is your hedge.
It's not a way out, but it's a way through.
Does anyone care that I'm innocent?
No.
Jesus, my kids.
Yeah. It's a terrible choice to face.
Well, it's not really a choice, is it?
Okay.
Okay, what?
Set the meeting.
Would your prof give you an extension?
Yeah, Mrs. Douglas has been super cool.
I'll talk to her tomorrow.
There's no way she makes you hand it in this week,
with everything going on…
Yeah.
- Nice watch. - Thanks.
Hi.
- Hi. - I'm Mel.
I'm Hunter's mom.
- This is Morgan. - Hi, Morgan.
Morgan.
Adderall Morgan?
- Mom. - Sorry.
No, it's fine.
Will you be staying for dinner?
No, thanks. I should head home.
Are you sure? I was gonna whip up some veggie burgers.
It's fine. I'm gonna go in a few minutes.
What you got on your wrist?
Just a watch Dad gave me.
Dad gave you his Daytona?
- Yeah. - Why would he do that?
I don't know.
Yeah.
- Hi. - Can I come in?
Sure.
What's up?
You've never come in here before.
I'm sorry it's so messy. Ali is a challenge.
Why'd you give Hunter your Daytona?
'Cause I have other watches.
- Do you want a beer? - No, I don't want a beer.
I want you to promise me you're not going to jail.
Okay, I'm doing what I can. All right?
What does that mean? You're innocent.
And yet you're signing over your half the house to me.
Giving away your prized possessions.
It's an old watch.
Do not do that. If you've ever loved me, don't bullshit me right now.
It's not looking great.
We might be looking at a plea deal.
- What kind of deal? - Manslaughter.
I could be out in six years.
Are you kidding? Six years?
If I lose the trial, it could be the rest of my life.
Why would you lose? You didn't kill him.
Because that's not how the world works, Mel!
Goddamn it!
In the real world nothing is guaranteed.
Do you understand? You take your fucking eye off the ball
for one second and everything changes.
You lose your house, your kids are like strangers in your own home,
you lose your wife, you lose yourself.
Okay, listen to me.
Maggie's dad plays golf with David Gelson.
He's the biggest defense attorney in the country.
He's had incredible success negating DNA evidence
with medical experts.
She said she could get you a meeting with him…
He is just going to do the same thing that Kat is doing.
You don't know that. Jesus Christ.
You want Tori and Hunter to visit you in prison?
Want them to be known as the kids whose dad went away for murder?
- Because that will destroy them. - You think I don't know that?
- Well, then do something about it! - I'm trying!
Try harder, you selfish fuck!
God.
There was a moment when you gave up on us.
No, I don't remember when it was,
but I'm pretty sure it was the exact same moment
you should have been fighting like hell.
I'm not blaming you, I gave up too. We both did. We fucking failed, Coop.
And we're always gonna have to live with that.
But this, right now,
is another one of those moments, and I'm telling you, I'm begging you,
don't be the guy who gives up
at the exact moment you should be fighting with everything you have.
- Mel… - Don't.
So I just got off with the DA, and after some hemming and hawing,
I think it's going to be the deal we were hoping for.
Is that right?
Look, I know it sucks.
But the circumstances being what they are…
The circumstances seem to be
that my lawyer is suggesting I go to jail for a crime that I didn't commit.
I'm presenting that option, yes.
In the interim,
we'll have our investigators looking into the case
to see what the police might have missed,
which, given the department's size and lack of resources,
could be significant.
I can't take this deal.
If you think I'm not doing my level best for you because of how you hire…
It has nothing to do with that.
Nothing.
- I'm thinking of your family, Coop. - So am I.
And what does taking this deal say to them?
That you love them enough to sacrifice your…
That I am guilty.
Now I'm guilty of a lot of things, but I am not guilty of this.
No deals.
- Coop… - No deals.
Okay.
If that's your decision, then that's what we'll do.
But you're gonna have to give me some more to work with.
Okay, let's start at the beginning.
Why was your DNA at the scene?
I was over there all the time. We were in a relationship.
- Which you lied about. - So did she.
Why isn't anyone looking harder at her?
These are Sam's phone records.
Okay. Cell phone towers confirm she was in Boston
the night Paul was killed. Her parents verified it.
They've got photos from Henry's birthday party.
She could have hired somebody to kill him.
And that someone could have been you.
They were going through a nasty divorce,
you're having money problems, you were lovers.
I mean, you can see how that might play.
Then why am I not in here?
What?
We called and texted all the time.
My number's not in here.
What number do you have for her?
A second phone?
That's right. She could have left one in Boston.
It's a burner number and some faceless sexting pics.
That could be anyone's breasts. Not exactly a smoking gun.
Come on. They're Sam's breasts.
To which I say, so what?
You confirmed her alibi with the wrong cell phone number.
We verified the account.
And we got corroboration from both of her parents.
Because what parents ever lie for their daughter?
- They weren't lying. - Well, neither am I.
Remind me, Officer Hernandez, how many murder cases have you worked?
Okay, listen, lady--
Don't call me lady.
Can you prove…
that the other number belongs to Samantha Levitt?
I'm sorry, isn't that your job?
We can't run every number we feel like.
We're required to go to a judge to get a warrant.
- Your attorney knows that. - Then go do that!
If I had the actual phone then I could tie it to her,
and then I could make a case to get the warrant. But I don't.
My client's life is on the line.
Do your damn job.
- Let's go. - We're leaving?
Yeah.
Okay.
Well… Hey. We gotta find that phone.
We just made our play on the phone. It was a dead end.
So, what? That's it?
Look, even if we had the phone,
it would only be meaningful if Sam was the one who killed Paul.
And I don't believe she killed him anymore than I believe you did.
Well, then why didn't Sam offer up this other phone in the first place?
For the same reason you both lied about being involved.
Look, I'll run it by our investigators, but odds are that phone is long gone.
I have to take this.
Hey.
Yeah.
No, I haven't gotten those files yet.
Stand clear of the closing doors please.
- Elena. - Jesus Christ, Coop.
- What the fuck? - I need to talk to you, all right?
I'm sorry, I was gonna call, but I didn't wanna call, so…
That's a good instinct. Maybe you should go with…
Fine! I just need your help. Please.
Why would I help you?
I don't know, for starters, how about the hundred grand and change
that you stole from me.
What, I didn't want anybody else to find it in case you didn't get out.
- You know? - That's kind of a lame apology.
- I needed that money and you know that. - All right, look…
I know, I'm sorry. Things have gotten a little bit crazy, but…
- They arrested you for murder! - Like I said, but look, I…
- Did you do it? Did you kill him? - Of course not.
- Of course not? I don't know. - The body was there when I got there.
- So you were there? - Okay?
- Jesus Christ. - Okay. Just go away, Coop.
Cocksucker.
What the fuck?
You broke my door.
Sorry about that.
You okay?
God, it's harder than it looks.
Well, serves you right.
What were you doing in Sam's house?
What do you think?
And you didn't call me?
We're supposed to be partners.
Well, because I knew that if I told you, you would tell me it was fucked up.
And I would have been right.
Robbing your girlfriend? That's fucked up.
Well, to be fair, she had already dumped me,
so we're in kind of a gray area.
What?
So, are you gonna help me or what?
Well…
Elena, hi.
Hi, Mrs. Levitt. I am so sorry for your loss.
Thank you.
I can't tell you how much I appreciate you offering to help me out.
- It was-- - Just so traumatic for Esperanza
to find Paul like that.
And I just… I told her just… you know, take all the time that she needs.
So, you know, the cops have been in everything.
Are you sure that Nick doesn't mind losing you for the day?
Nick's not home very much these days.
Right.
I'm running out to do some errands.
I'll be gone for a few hours.
You finding everything okay?
- Yes, Miss Levitt. I'm good. - Okay. I'll see you later.
- Thank you again. - My pleasure.
- How'd it go? - All good. We have a few hours.
All right. Let's get going.
What makes you think that she hasn't gotten rid of this phone?
Because it's my only shot.
You start upstairs.
Harry's Burgers?
I keep telling them "put the sauce on the side,"
but it's like shouting into the void.
The sauce? That's their specialty.
Yeah, but it makes a mess of my burger.
And your desk.
What do you got for me?
Updated ME report came in on Paul Levitt.
I sound like a TV cop.
You didn't open it?
It was addressed to you.
You're gonna get ketchup on it.
- It's on your fingers right… - Shut up.
All right.
- Something in there? - Two of the three gunshots
were postmortem.
What the hell does that mean?
Jay McInerney wrote,
"Everything becomes symbol and irony when you've been betrayed."
And if it was symbolism you were after,
there I was breaking into the house of my former lover
to find a phone that was almost certainly not there
in a desperate bid at a redemption I wasn't sure I deserved.
I was filled with the angry certainty that not only was I fucked,
but I had done it to myself.
Coop.
Coop. Get over here.
Oh, my God!
Holy shit.
Coop.
You scared the shit out of me.
Nobody killed Paul.
What?
He shot himself.
Look…
I don't know what you're talking about right now, but you need to leave.
And then you must have shot his dead body,
trying to make it look like a murder.
Okay. You've lost your mind.
Remember this?
"Dear Sam. I made a terrible mistake.
There are no words to express to you how sorry I am for taking you for granted,
breaking up our marriage, breaking up our family.
I have failed you as a husband and a man, and if nothing else,
just know that it was not because I didn't love you,
I did more than anything,
which is what makes this so excruciatingly painful for me.
I love you.
Paul."
Heartfelt.
Kind of makes it about himself at the end. Very Paul.
You broke into my house?
You planted a gun in my car. I think we're gonna call it even.
I'm guessing that Paul's life insurance policy
had a "no suicide" clause?
In spite of his countless wonderful attributes,
turns out Paul was really bad with money.
I didn't get the full picture until the divorce.
I was gonna come out with a lot less than I'd counted on.
This is what happens.
You were the hot girl in high school, but six years later, you're a waitress
because the stepping stone became a boulder.
You start fucking your boss.
Maybe you're looking for job security, or maybe you're just bored.
Then one day he asks you to marry him.
You didn't see that coming
but what you do see is a big comfortable home,
financial security, and a chance to finally quiet the voice in your head
that never stops asking, "What comes next?"
You move into an exclusive hamlet you've never heard of
called Westmont Village.
You're from South Boston, you don't know from villages.
You meet the other wives
and devote yourself to losing the last traces of your Southie accent
and learning how to shop for torn jeans
that cost more than a month's rent in your old apartment.
And then, those jeans start getting tighter
and nine months later: baby number one.
You may not have planned it,
but you stopped believing in plans around the same time
you started fucking Paul.
And you love this little boy like you've never loved anyone,
so a few years later you have another one.
And for a while there,
you have a family and friends, and life feels complete.
That voice in your head still speaks up from time to time,
but it's nothing a little Xanax and Whispering Angel can't fix.
And so, through a colossal failure of imagination and low self esteem,
you convince yourself you're happy in the same way
all of your friends and neighbors seem to be.
A few years later Paul has left you for a younger version of you.
Coop is everything Paul isn't.
He's handsome and sexy and funny, and he will never really love you.
It turns out even the princes are just frogs
in Brunello Cucinelli polo shirts.
So you go running back to Mommy and Daddy in Boston.
You just need a break from all of it.
And that voice in your head is back,
screaming that you'll lose everything and be cast out
of this promised land in disgrace.
And then Paul, high on a dangerous brew of whiskey and antipsychotics,
breaks into your house.
The same house he moved out of to go fuck the waitress.
Give us a chance! Please, baby.
I'm never going to get back together with you.
- I wanna see you. - I promise when you wake up,
you'll remember how much you hate me
and, you know, all women over 30.
Are you in my house? What the fuck are you doing in my house?
- I wrote you a note. - What are you talking about?
Wait, Paul.
I'll do it right here! I swear to God!
- Put the gun down. - I swear to God!
Just put the gun down!
And that's when your husband of 15 years blows his brains out on FaceTime.
Paul?
Paul, pick up the phone!
Oh, God.
Paul has 20 million in life insurance.
You know this because he redid the policy last year.
That's how you know it could still be nullified by suicide.
For the next three or four hours, you don't stop moving
because you know if you do, you'll lose your nerve.
You started using a burner phone
because your regular phone is still on Paul's plan
and the last thing you needed was that jealous maniac
finding out about Coop.
And right now, that burner phone is gonna come in handy.
The bottom line is, you can't let it be suicide.
Even dead, he found a way to blow all our money.
I couldn't let him do that to us.
You could have gone to the police. Told them the truth.
That life insurance was my children's future.
So you just decided to throw mine away.
You should have been kinder to me.
This is my life.
You don't deserve it!
You and all the other smug money guys…
you walk around like such big shots,
like having all this money is proof of something,
when it was all just handed to you.
I had to let that sweaty fuck climb on top of me every night for years.
I suffered indignity after indignity just to be here,
to have this, for my kids, and for me.
And I was going to lose it
all because Paul couldn't keep his money in the bank
and his dick in his pants.
The sad thing is,
you have no idea how much I know how you feel.
I do.
And you're right. I should have been kinder to you.
And I'm sorry for that.
But I'm not going to jail for you.
Wait, we need to talk about this.
Pretty sure we just did.
Coop.
Co…
Coop!
Jesus, when the fuck did everybody start getting guns around here?
- Someone needs to have killed him. - You can't be serious.
You broke into my house.
You attacked me.
I defended myself against the man who killed my husband.
You just forgot one thing.
What's that?
You're not a killer either.
Coop!
Wait! Coop!
- Coop! - In a town where nothing
and no one was what they seemed,
it kinda made sense that a murder wasn't actually a murder.
It was strange to feel sorry for the woman who had framed me for murder…
To your right.
But Sam was just trying to hold on to what was hers,
and no one understood that better than me.
We'd all bought into the same dream,
the promise of suburban paradise.
And we were all tricked into believing that once we got there,
it was ours to keep.
Our big solid houses made it feel like
we'd grabbed ourselves a small piece of forever.
But you didn't have to dig too deep to find the rot in the foundations.
It was all just an elaborate illusion,
where the magician and audience were one and the same.
And sometimes it was hard to tell what was real
and what was just smoke and mirrors.
And then there were times when it wasn't hard at all.
Get in here.
I know you're going to want to punish him, but close the deal first.
You know how much it must have killed him to have to call you.
If he loses Leuenberger, then the dominoes will start to fall.
He knows he's fucked. I mean, their numbers alone are just…
- I know the numbers. - Right. Sorry.
He pulled Walter all the way down from Vermont?
I'm telling you…
Okay, thank you.
Bailey and Russell in the same room.
I'm honored.
- Nice to see you, Coop. - I'm not going to apologize.
You were getting too big for your britches.
- I'm not here for an apology. - Good.
Let's get down to it.
As Ms. Cross told you,
we've hit a wall with Leuenberger since you left.
No matter who I throw at it,
they keep running back with their tails between their legs.
Swiss fuckers will only deal with you.
You must give a hell of a blow job.
We'll put you back in your seat, back pay you,
add in a generous signing bonus, structured any way you like.
It'll be like you were never gone.
But I was gone, Walter. Jack had me marched out in front of all those people.
Oh, come on, Coop.
You think there's anyone out there who doesn't know that I'm an asshole?
Trust me, you come out of this smelling like a fucking rose.
I want 20% on Leuenberger, and a 25% overall profit share.
Fuck you. 12% on the Swiss.
15 of the profit share once they start bringing fresh capital in-house.
Well, Leuenberger bows out, Hellman gets spooked,
Texas oil families start smelling blood in the water,
the redemptions come in faster than you can cover them
and this place will go up in smoke.
And your capital account goes with us.
- You'll lose everything. - I've already lost everything.
20% of the Swiss, 25% overall.
I'm afraid you don't understand how a negotiation works.
I'm not negotiating.
Fuck you!
This is my fucking company!
It's not yours if you can't keep it.
Okay. 20 and 25. Conditional on you delivering the Swiss.
Immediately.
You and Jack fly to Switzerland tonight.
I got a thing tonight.
Jet leaves from Teterboro at 11:00 tonight.
Mary will text you with the tail number.
You and I can talk details on the plane.
Do we have a deal?
Sure.
The Gutenberg Cancer Gala raises millions every year
for cancer research.
Peter and Diane Miller have been chairing it for years,
pressuring us all to buy tables and lottery tickets.
And over time it had become one of the biggest annual events
on the Westchester social calendar.
Being seen here told everyone that you were generous,
the kind of generous that takes big bucks,
and so the cause of medical science was advanced
through the twin forces of social pressure and peacocking.
You do not know how relieved we are that you were exonerated.
Not that we ever believed that you did it.
That didn't come out right.
Shit. I don't know how to talk about this.
None of us do. It's fine.
So how about we just stop trying?
- Okay. - There's the idea.
- Coop, hi. - Hi. Thank you.
You look fantastic. Holy cow!
Thank you.
Now this is a welcome sight.
- Good to see you. - How about that?
- Look at you. - It's been a minute.
- Good to see you. - Oh, yeah. Great table.
Good table.
Hey, how are you? Where's Barney?
- Where do you think? - Oh, okay. Right.
Yeah. Of course.
There he is.
Table 10.
Hi, sis. How are you?
- I'll be right back. Yeah. - Okay.
Hi, buddy.
Well,
aren't you the belle of the ball?
Yeah. Nothing like beating a murder rap to give you a social boost.
Congratulations on not being a murderer.
So, when do you meet with Jack?
I already did.
You already did.
And you don't call me?
Well, I knew I'd see you here.
Fuck you. So what'd he say?
It was a compelling offer.
How compelling?
- I'm thinking about it. - You're thinking…
Yeah, by all means.
Let's take our time with this one, you know,
you don't want to reclaim all that income, mine included, you know,
- without really mulling it over, right? - Coop.
- Hey, - I'm so happy to see you, man.
I never doubted you for a one second.
Hey. Let's get this man some drinks, huh?
I got one.
Yeah, what's your point?
Hey, we need a Macallan over here, all right?
- Excuse me, guys. - Yeah.
Hi, guys.
- Hello. - Hi, Dad.
- Hi. - Welcome. Thanks for coming.
- Hi. - Mel.
You look so good. Hello, I'm Andrew.
- Hi. - Lovely to meet you.
I don't know. It's… Look who this is.
- Hi. - Over here…
- Hi. - Hi.
You okay?
Fine.
Forget about the tennis team.
You've got a whole other year to worry about Princeton.
Would you want to work with a professional tennis coach?
You're my coach.
I'm just saying, I don't have to be.
And I'm saying, yes you do.
Thanks.
Looks like our little man's got some game.
What about you? Are you seeing anyone?
I was. It's complicated.
I can be a lot.
It's okay to be a lot.
If he can't handle it, fuck him.
Yeah.
Fuck him.
Yeah.
Okay. I gotta go.
But you just got here.
That's the best time to leave.
Hey.
See ya later. Use a condom.
- Hey. - Hey.
- Okay to join you? - Of course. Yeah.
- Okay. - We'll be right back.
Okay.
I've been trying to get in touch with you nonstop.
I know.
I just needed a little time.
Of course.
I'm so sorry.
You deserve so much better.
Yeah, I did.
But I did it to myself.
I fell in love with a woman who was in love with someone else.
What are you talking about?
Nothing.
Okay. Don't say anything. She's coming.
Take it away.
What? Wait a minute.
Oh, no. You're stuck with me.
Wow.
You look good.
You're only saying that 'cause it's true.
How did all that go?
It seems I've been forgiven.
He's a better man than me.
Obviously.
Either way, I think I'm gonna fly solo for a while.
You and me both.
Speaking of which, I saw Sam out shopping the other day
like none of this ever happened.
Well, I mean, she didn't kill the guy,
and she hadn't filed the insurance claim yet,
so technically there was no fraud.
I bet her attorney gets her off with community service, a fine.
Even though she was gonna send you to prison.
She had her reasons.
Her you forgive?
It took you two years to forgive me.
I wasn't in love with her.
This is where I leave you.
They haven't even served dinner.
That's the best time to leave.
Hey.
Try to stay out of trouble?
- I'll see you back. - Okay.
Free man. Look at this guy.
- Jules. - Oh, hey, Coop.
We were so happy to hear that you were cleared.
I mean, we never believed it, but still.
Yeah, I heard they had you down for murder one in the pool.
You know me.
I like to play the long shot.
Well, I guess I'll count myself lucky you didn't have the inside track.
You know, like you did with the SATs.
What are you talking about?
Well, I know you thought you were careful, but word gets around.
And if word were to continue to get around to the right people,
Chelsea would be lucky to get into community college.
How can you possibly know that?
You can't know that.
You're out of your depth here, Jules.
There's nothing worse than someone who doesn't know what they don't know.
And you don't know shit.
So you have all the colleges in America to choose from,
but she's not going to Princeton.
Are you threatening me?
Goddamn right I am.
Thank you.
- Thank you. - Thank you, sir.
This is what happens.
You work your ass off to build the life you think you want,
and then one day someone takes it away from you.
And that's when you learn that there's a world of difference
between working hard and fighting for your life.
You've never had to fight before. You don't even know if you know how.
But then you do it, and to your own great surprise, you win.
And it should feel sweet.
It should feel like redemption and validation and victory all at once.
But something's changed.
You can see your old life in front of you, there for the taking.
And it would be so easy to jump right back onto that hamster wheel
and start running again.
Shit.
Susie.
What did you do?
- Listen… - No!
What the fuck did you do?
But when you're done licking your wounds
and being angry at the world and trying to save everyone you love,
you will have to look in the mirror and ask yourself
if you can really go back to being who you were.
Because the hard truth is,
once you've seen the chaos behind the curtain,
you can never really watch the show the same way again.
But right now…
right now,
it's time to get back to work.