01x06 - Episode 6

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I'm going to need the name of

everyone who was at the ranch.

Any friend that visited

that weekend

could have a connection

to Carrie Finch.

It was just the people

in this room.

You're dating my sister?

Yeah, no,

you're a gambling addict,

and she likes pills,

but you're not really

supposed to date each other.

We're not the same kind

of addict, Peter.

There's a trust I manage.

Let's use the funds

from there to replenish

the Phillips account.

Sure, but whose trust is it?

Lia Irvine.

Why are you always

so eager to get free?

I should still be allowed

to be me, you know,

even though we have a child.

Like, I didn't signed up

for this whole

become a new person thing.

You recognize her at all,

maybe seen her around?

Never seen her.

Brian was a potential

candidate for spinal surgery,

and I told him he wasn't.

Is there a chance

that your husband

may have received

a ransom notification

but perhaps not told you?

-He wouldn't do that.

He wouldn't keep something

that big from me.

You didn't trip

over your own feet.

You tripped over my foot

because I stuck it out.

You're sick.

I'm sick because I want

to help the people around me?

You want the people

around you to need your help!

My favorite thing

about Milo is using him

as an excuse to send you away.

There's a boy at the station.

-Mr. and Mrs. Irvine.

-Oh!

-Hey.

-Hey.

Hey.

-This way.

Oh, my God. Oh, my God.

Milo.

-Mommy!

Hi, hi, hi, hi, hi, hi.

Hi. Oh, sweetheart.

Your face is all wet.

Yeah, I'm sorry, sweetheart.

I'm just so happy to see you.

Are you are you OK?

Yeah, why?

I don't know.

What?

Where's Carrie?

The medical examination

shows that Milo

wasn't harmed in any way.

How is Carrie still out there?

What would really help right now

is talking to Milo about

what happened this past week.

He may have information we need,

and every second counts.

We're not leaving his side.

Let's do it again.

Let's do it again.

Oh! Hey, you're so much

faster than me.

And you know what? That's OK.

Because I like my car

because it's red.

-It's blue.

-You're right.

I'm wrong. It is blue.

Wow, you know what that

tells me about you?

What?

That you know the difference

between right and wrong.

Hey, Milo, so you've been

on quite an adventure.

I'd love to hear about it.

We went on vacation.

You did? So you and Carrie?

-Mm-hmm.

-Yeah?

Can you tell me what happened

on your vacation?

Do you

you remember, sweetheart?

We

Hey, so what did you have

for breakfast?

Froot Loops.

Oh, that's a good start

of the day, huh?

Hey, Milo, who took you

to the parking lot tonight?

Was it Carrie?

-No.

Then who was it?

He hid my eyes.

He did? Oh.

But when I opened them,

he was gone.

Oh, he was?

What do you what do you

what do you mean, sweetheart?

Oh, and I got to ride

in the trunk also.

The the trunk

the trunk of a car?

-Yeah.

-You did, huh?

Can I go now?

Yes, yes, you can, buddy.

Just one more question, please.

Did it feel like

you were in the trunk

like a really long time,

like this?

Was it

or was it like this?

It was like this.

-So it was quick.

-OK.

-Super fast.

-Yep.

OK.

I think he's just

getting a little tired.

Yeah, no. That's fine.

-Come here, little man.

-Thank you.

We're going home, OK?

Going home.

Thank you.

Oh, Mrs. Irvine,

thought you might

want this back.

-Oh, my God.

-Yeah.

I love you, Daddy.

I love you too, Milo bear.

So my my son wasn't found.

He was returned?

By who?

-Mr. and Mrs. Irvine

-Oh, my God.

What's it like being

reunited with your son?

Give us some space please.

Just give us some space.

What if she comes back for Milo?

Oh, my God.

-Is he OK?

-Yeah, he's asleep.

We tried calling you guys.

We were with the police,

but he's all right.

He's he hasn't been harmed.

Uh, we should get him to bed.

He's going to be real happy

to see you in the morning.

Um

All that matters is family.

Hey, it's got a fake plate.

It shouldn't take long

to trace the original.

OK.

Hey, I'm going to need officers

out to every motel

within a two-mile radius

of East Bradley

and Ashland Avenue.

Listen, about Brian

and the accident

I know you must be thinking

all kinds of things,

but it's complicated.

You know I love them.

I would do anything for them.

I don't care about you

or your siblings, Peter.

All I care about is my son.

None of this makes sense.

How he came home to us

doesn't make sense,

but she's not

coming back for him.

I won't let her.

Will my hair be brown forever?

No, sweetheart, no.

It's it's almost all out.

Just a couple more washes, and

it'll be back to what it was.

Did Carrie ask you if she

could make your hair brown?

It was just dress up.

Carrie has to dress up

too because she's famous.

Oh, yeah.

Yeah, so

Was she nice to you?

She plays all the games.

Pretty good, huh?

Holy sh*t.

Milo's home.

Oh, my God, I'm so relieved.

Oh, wow. That's great.

Says he's all right.

He's not injured.

Oh, my God, this is great news.

Has Carrie been caught?

Doesn't say anything about her,

so she must still be out there.

Jacob, can you

get dressed please?

Well, at least

you're off the hook.

-What do you mean?

-With Marissa Irvine.

Well, I haven't been hanging

out with Marissa out of guilt.

I like her.

We've become friends.

I think I should text her.

Also, I've got Quizics

on tomorrow, so you know.

-On a Monday?

-Yeah.

Yeah, we're making up for

the one we canceled last week.

All right,

birthday pancake time.

You want to put in blueberries?

But I want Froot Loops.

But we always

we always have

birthday pancakes though.

But Carrie let me

have whatever I wanted.

Well, we don't actually even

we don't have Froot Loops.

Hey. Oh, my God.

Milo! God.

What's going on? Oh.

Nothing. It's fine. We're fine.

-OK.

-It's fine.

Hey, bud, why don't you

go put on cartoons

for you and me, OK?

Thanks, dude. OK?

-Fine. Fine.

-All right.

I don't know how

we're supposed to do this.

There's no guide for this.

Last night,

I couldn't close my eyes,

because I was afraid

if I fell asleep,

then when I woke up,

he would be gone.

I think you

got to get some rest.

It's been a few days.

You're going to collapse, Mar.

We had a baby monitor.

Where is it?

Um, I don't know.

Yeah.

Also, I was thinking about

what you said about Carrie.

I think you're right,

that she cannot get

anywhere near us ever again.

So I think we got to get

more security for the house.

OK?

-Yeah, OK.

Just a minute.

Whoa, whoa.

Whoo.

Hey, thanks for letting me

play with your toys.

I don't have any at my work,

so this is awesome, you know?

Um, can I show you

some pictures?

-Yeah.

-Yeah?

They're of different rooms,

and I think it may be

one of them is where

you stayed with Carrie.

Can I show them to you?

-Mm-hmm.

OK.

Here, do you want

to look through these?

Mm-hmm.

And tell me if you see

anything familiar, OK?

They're pictures of motel rooms

within a short drive

from where Milo was found.

Nope.

No.

-OK.

Uh-uh.

Not that one.

No.

That one.

That's the mixed-up bed,

like the chameleon.

Do you

do you mean the chameleon

with the mixed-up colors?

We know about chameleons

from a book I read him.

OK, OK, we're going to

check this motel.

Hey, you did a good job.

Thank you. Ow.

Da, da, da, da, da, da,

da, da, da, da, da, da

Hey, buddy.

Da, da, da, da,

da, da, da, da, da, da

Wait for Dad.

Da, da, da, da, da, da

Mrs. Irvine, usually when a

kidnapping victim is returned,

it's because

a ransom has been paid.

But I told you we never

received a ransom demand.

Thank you.

It's really good

to see you, Milo.

Yeah, thanks for texting

and for coming over.

Yeah, of course.

Why is your hair brown now?

Oh, let's not be rude, Jacob.

That's OK. That's OK.

Sometimes people look

a little different, right?

That's OK.

-Do you boys want to go play?

She dyed his hair.

So no one would recognize him?

Yeah, I guess so.

At least it's starting

to wash out now.

Not the dinosaur head.

It goes on the bottom like this.

There, that's Woody.

And she had toys for him,

played with him,

dressed him up

and changed his hair,

and it was like she was playing

some f*cked-up game of house.

OK, let's go. Come on.

My toys are up here,

and my mom

You need something stronger,

c*ck, shots, morphine drip?

Yeah.

Oh, man, I'm so f*cking lucky.

I mean, what if he

like he yeah.

I know.

Thanks for everything yesterday.

I'm sorry if you ever thought

that any of this

was to avoid the lawsuit, or

I just want to be your friend,

like, actually your friend.

Yeah, I know that.

You've been nothing but kind

and gone above and beyond.

I never thought that

any of this was for show.

What gave you that idea?

-My husband.

-It's mine!

-Hey, hey, hey.

What's happening?

-What's going on?

-That's not even true.

-You can't say that!

You can't!

-What's going on?

Hey, it's all right.

He said Carrie

liked him more than me,

but she was my nanny.

Carrie said we would

never be apart, ever, ever!

I'm sorry.

Maybe this is just too soon.

Yeah, Jake, it's all right.

Jacob, let's go, OK?

All right, let's go.

There's only one room

where a little kid

was recently staying.

And this is it.

Obvious blunt-force trauma

to the head.

But we won't be able to confirm

cause and mechanism of death

until the autopsy is complete.

We'll dust the lamp

for prints, of course.

Thank you.

So I got some clothes

and a passport.

It's fake. No phone.

There's no working CCTV.

We'll sweep the room for

prints, but as for DNA

It's a motel room.

It's like a DNA cesspool.

Who's this guy to Carrie?

Who buys the kid

they kidnapped a birthday cake?

Well, whoever he is,

I bet you it was his car

Milo was found in.

Which almost certainly means

he's the one who returned Milo.

Then what?

Carrie Finch finds out

and kills him,

just like she k*lled Kyle Smit.

Yeah, she's

our number one suspect,

and she's still out there.

We're going on a bear hunt.

We're going to catch a big one.

What a beautiful day. Uh-oh.

-A forest.

-A big dark forest.

We can't go over it.

We can't go under.

Oh, no,

we've got to go through it.

Hello. Have you found her?

Oh, my God, was it

Not going on a bear hunt again.

OK.

Thank you.

I love you.

They found another body

at the motel.

It's a man's,

and they think that

they think that Carrie did it.

She's k*lled two people,

and she's still out there,

and she's obsessed with our kid.

OK, it's OK. Come here.

Come here. Come here.

Hey, OK, it's going

to be all right.

I don't think

I can do this, Peter.

All right, you're all right.

I'm here.

She's watching us. I know it.

Daddy, I can't sleep.

I'm coming, Milo bear.

She's watching us.

It's OK. You're OK.

-Daddy.

-Be right back, OK?

-She's watching us, Peter.

-One second, OK?

Hey, what's going on?

I can't sleep.

Hi, Alex.

Jenny, Lee is hoping

to meet this afternoon.

How's 3:00?

-Ah.

Yes, I'm excited to dive in.

sh**t.

Is there a problem?

I know this is short notice,

but that's how Lee is.

No, no, I will make it work.

Thank you.

-Great, thanks, Jenny.

OK, bye. Morning.

Morning, Jacob.

All right, have a good day.

So Milo's back.

Yeah, it's wonderful.

And he's safe.

That's all that really matters.

-Oh, absolutely.

It just doesn't quite add up,

you know?

I know the police

are on top of it.

Um, but Sarah, I had a favor

that I wanted to ask you.

I Richie does this thing

called Quizics.

It's at school for the kids,

and I have a meeting

that just popped up at work.

And you want me to watch Jacob?

I would be so, so grateful.

Sure, yeah.

And maybe you can volunteer

for the fundraiser.

I mean, after all, us moms

have got to stick together.

I I will look at it.

Right, OK.

I'll add you to

the group text chain.

All right, I gotta run.

Thank you for your help. Thanks.

This ties into

the existing system.

Is that right?

Yes, these are

remote controlled.

They're the ones

that will detect movements

-OK.

-And fire up to call reaction.

But we can set up

You're trying to

keep us out or in?

If you want.

-Excuse me.

-Sure thing.

Can we talk, please?

Come on.

Milo loves you.

You know that, right?

-Don't do that.

You're angry, and

you have every right to be.

My relationship with Lia,

every element of it,

has been colored by

this tragedy between us.

But now we know

it's not even f*cking real.

-OK.

-So where does that leave us?

Have you even thought

about that?

God, it's like I had a sister,

but you tried to take her

from me when we were so young.

Man, I was young, too.

You were old enough

to know right from wrong.

I did something stupid because

everything was

happening quickly, and I

I got scared, and

I didn't know how to undo it,

because the lie got too big.

Well, that's

a shitty f*cking excuse.

It's not it's not an excuse.

I know it's not.

It's just a reason.

I love you, and I love Lia,

and I can't live

without you guys.

I just can't.

We never said

we wouldn't be in your life.

I'll text Lia.

Baby monitor. Baby monitor.

Come on. Where is it?

What are you going to do

about Peter?

I don't know where to start.

Now Brian keeps texting me,

asking me to come over

to try and talk things through.

What the f*ck, right?

-Yeah. Yeah.

Col

I thought I permanently

disabled my little brother.

That does something to a person.

Want me to beat Peter up?

He's got one of those faces.

I can just

God, I love your view.

Yeah.

Yeah, I do too.

Hey, you know how

we're both addicts, right?

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

You are barely an addict-addict.

Ah, gambling still counts.

But, you know, as addicts,

we make a life lying

to everyone all the time.

Yeah?

-Yeah.

So maybe you can,

for the sake of Milo,

lie to Peter,

that everything

might be all right.

Yeah.

I do really want to see Milo.

-Mm-hmm.

And you'll have me

by your side the whole time

'cause

I kind of love you.

f*ck off.

We got an ID on the dead body

Rob Murphy.

-Any previous?

He's a bookie,

ill*gal sports betting,

poker games,

bit of aggravated as*ault

just to spice things up.

-How does he know Carrie?

-No idea.

But he's got an ex-wife.

Oh, my God.

Mar, Milo and Brian

are making sandwiches.

They ran out of

You got a ransom call?

When?

When you were

handing out flyers.

So you lied to me

for days.

Is this why

our son got returned?

No.

No, they told me to get

some cash together,

and I did, and then

they didn't call back.

That's why it's still here.

So you could've f*cked up

the return of our son

because you refused

to tell the police

and you refused to tell me.

You had to be that

f*cking in control, Peter.

No, I made a decision.

I did this for the right reason,

and you know it.

Do not tell the cops.

Do not. Please don't.

Milo is home. We are together.

That is all that matters.

Please.

Mrs. Irvine?

Mrs. Irvine.

-Have you found her?

No, but the man from the motel

has been identified

as Rob Murphy.

He was heavily involved

in ill*gal gambling.

Do you have

any knowledge of him?

Is that name familiar at all?

No, no, I've never heard

that name before.

Uh

Is something wrong, Mrs. Irvine?

-Please.

-Mrs. Irvine, hello?

No.

No, everything's fine.

Thank you.

I like it. I do.

It'll give your back catalog

a boost, which feels

Worth it.

So we're set for now.

There was

there was one more thing

I wanted to run by you.

How do you feel about

literary awards?

They don't hand those things

to guys like me.

I I write airport books.

Well, why do you think

that I pitched to you now?

I could have done it years ago,

but I chose now.

It's because your next title

is the best thing

that you've written in 20 years.

Your previous team

couldn't see that,

but I can.

50% of getting a literary award

is the book that you write,

and the other 50%

is having a marketing team

that knows where to place you.

Let me market this next book

as Lee Logan has turned the page

and is ready to meet

a new audience.

Let me rebrand you.

I want to get you on the

short list for the Edgar Award.

What if it fails?

But what if you win?

Sorry, one second.

Good stuff.

You got a cavalry you can call?

I am the cavalry.

Hi, Sarah. Is Jacob OK?

Hi, Jenny.

Jacob, your mom's here.

I'm sorry to cut this one short,

but Marcy's coming down

with something,

and she really needs to rest.

-Yeah, totally understand.

Sorry she's sick.

I also I wanted to say

thank you for today.

You've come through

for me twice now.

I really appreciate it.

I don't take it for granted.

I just was in

a real pinch today, so

No, I'm sure that you were.

I did try to call Richie,

just so that you know.

But he didn't pick up,

even though we passed him

on our way back

from the playground.

He was in the parking lot,

and he didn't seem to be busy.

No, no, he's at school,

at Quizics.

-Hey, Mom.

-Hey.

Can you go wait for me

down there please?

Thank you.

Yeah, I know

that's what you said,

but we definitely saw him.

Look, I don't want

to get involved,

but it just seems like

maybe the two of you

are not in sync at the moment,

and I don't know.

Now that Milo's home,

maybe you can focus more

on what's going on

in your own home, you know,

for your family's sake.

What are you insinuating?

I'm not a bad mom.

I'm a f*cking great mom.

Why is everything

automatically my fault?

Why? And you know what?

I'm not volunteering

for your f*cking fundraiser.

No, no, no, no.

OK, well, she finally

bares her teeth.

Who knew they were

even in there.

-Can we go home now?

-Not yet, sweetie.

Mommy has something

she needs to do.

So Rob Murphy's ex-wife

lives in South Shore,

same neighborhood

Kyle Smit grew up in.

Maybe maybe Rob's

connected to this whole thing

through Kyle, not Carrie.

Maybe they're all connected.

What's the ex-wife's name again?

-Irene Murphy.

-Hmm.

Daddy's car.

I eat in a day

when I'm on a cruise

around the Caribbean.

-Oh, my God, you guys.

I have just discovered

the most

When your dog

-I smell whey.

-With the protein shake.

A-ha!

So much better, right?

I mean, it's chic, right?

-So this is Quizics?

-Uh

You made it up?

No, no, no, it was

it was real.

It just some of the kids

stopped signing up,

and it sort of just disbanded.

When?

Uh, last semester.

OK, look, I get it.

I this looks bad, all right?

But just give me a sec.

I mean,

I did this for you, really.

You did this for me?

Well, yeah, to kind of

force you to show up at home.

I'm sorry. What?

Well, yeah, so you could

spend more time with Jacob.

I mean, it's actually

a really good thing, if you

if you think about it, you know?

Every Quizics class,

you sit in your car,

and you scroll on your

f*cking TikTok like a teenager

to teach me a lesson?

We both know

that's f*cking bullshit.

Look, sometimes

I need a bit of space

and time and a little

f*cking self-care, too,

all right?

-Oh, God, I know.

Boy, do I know.

Right, so this doesn't have

to be, like, a big deal.

I know because I dream of it.

But I don't get it.

I don't get it, Richie,

not even when I'm peeing,

because every second of my life

is thinking about our son

and being this constant mom.

-Yeah, who works all the time.

And that,

that thing that you do,

where you secretly hate

that I have a job that I love.

-That is so not true.

-You don't support me in it.

You don't make life easy

for me to do it.

And let's face it,

you f*cking resent it.

It makes everything else

harder, Jen.

And what?

Your job is just a given?

You know, I would love

to sit in my f*cking car

and scroll f*cking Reels

and eat f*cking chips.

But I don't because it's

about being an adult, Richie.

And you know what?

I wouldn't lie to you

to get it either.

And that's not true because

I lie to you all the time.

I have been so unhappy

for so long.

How am I supposed

to know that, Jen?

Because it's obvious! Yes.

And I tell you.

I ask for your support.

And you fight me on it.

You make it so hard

to get your help.

And you do it on purpose,

so I'll stop asking.

Deep down, you're fine

with me being miserable.

f*ck, I don't want

Jacob to think that

this is what happiness is,

that this is what

a woman is supposed

to feel like.

Not exactly having

the best time here myself, Jen.

I want a divorce.

I don't want my son to hate me.

I would never let that happen.

Promise.

But when he gets older,

he'll look back,

and he'll understand

why this happened.

And he won't treat a woman

the way that you've treated me.

-Irene Murphy?

-Uh-huh.

-I think we met before.

-Yeah?

Well, I'll say the same thing

now I said back then.

I don't talk to cops.

We have news about

your husband, Rob Murphy.

Ex-husband.

Whatever that dumb f*ck

has got himself involved with,

I don't need to know.

We aren't together.

I'm afraid he's dead, ma'am.

About time. That all?

No.

I think you should let us in

because, this time,

you do talk to cops.

Ma'am, your ex-husband

appears to have

been involved in the

kidnapping of Milo Irvine.

Well, the kid was returned,

so does that mean

he f*cked it up?

The two others involved

in the kidnapping

are Kyle Smit and Carrie Finch.

Has he ever mentioned

those names?

-No.

-No?

Do you have a photo of Rob?

Only photo I got is in here.

He used to be good looking,

until he got old.

You two have a child together?

Yeah, we have a kid.

I don't talk to her either.

-What's her name?

-Josephine Murphy.

-Date of birth?

2003, January something.

Was cold as sh*t.

So she's, like, 22 years old,

same age as our kidnapper?

I know you have

a picture of her.

Either you give it to us,

or we're going to come back

with a warrant

and a whole bunch

of police vehicles.

Up to you.

Caroline Finch.

Your daughter is our kidnapper.

I think he's asleep.

Hey, we're safe

in the house, OK?

The new security system

is up and running.

Uh-huh.

f*ck.

-What's up?

Uh, the dead guy from the motel,

he was a bookie.

OK. Why does that matter?

It matters because

the Phillips account at work

was flagged by

Internal Operations

for suspicious activity,

and I got a call about it on

the day that Milo went missing,

and Colin said that

he'd take care of it.

-And did he?

-Yeah, he did.

But it's not just

the Phillips account

that has suspicious activity.

It's a lot of the accounts,

including Lia's.

I I think that Colin

is defrauding the company.

And I think that he might be

involved in the kidnapping.

f*ck.

I'm going to call Lia.

I ain't never going nowhere

I ain't never,

I ain't never going nowhere

I ain't never going nowhere

I ain't never,

I ain't never going nowhere

So lean your head

I ain't never going nowhere

-Is it locked?

-Yeah.

Ah!

-What up? Hey, whoa.

-I got it!

The f*ck is this, Fort Knox?

We're here.

I need to talk to him.

I think we should think

about this first.

No, I want to talk to him now.

Hey, how's Milo?

This can't be because of you.

What can't be because of me?

Please, tell me this is

just a misunderstanding.

I have seen

the company accounts.

I have seen

all the bank transfers.

What the f*ck is going on,

Colin?

I relapsed once six months ago.

What?

I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

-But why?

-Because I

I'm happy with you.

I love you, and I

I thought I was

going to f*ck it up.

And so I f*cked it up,

and I relapsed, OK?

And

-Col.

I lost big.

My bookie came to visit me

Easter weekend at the ranch.

And I know listen

I know

I know that

I should have told you

when the detective was here

asking about Easter,

but I didn't think that

there would be any connection.

I mean, how could there be?

-Well, you didn't know that.

You didn't know that

there was a connection.

You stayed you stayed quiet?

You were never going to tell us.

No, no, no, I was.

I was going to tell you.

I was going to tell you,

and I came to the house

to tell you.

And I was trying to,

and I was working up the nerve,

and then you guys just

started f*cking fighting.

Everybody was yelling

and screaming.

And then and then

Milo came home,

and it was over.

I have been moving money

around our accounts

for the last few months,

trying to cover

the hole for as long as I could.

And I was running out of time,

so I put my house up on

the market to repay the firm.

And that is the truth, OK?

That is

that is all of it, Mar,

all of it.

It's not all of it, Colin.

Your bookie was found m*rder*d

in the motel room

that my son was being held in.

His name was Rob Murphy.

I feel like I don't know

anything anymore.

Please understand,

all of this that's happened,

I didn't know

-What?

That there wouldn't be

consequences to your actions?

Why didn't you think that?

-I did. I did. I just

Bullshit. Bullshit.

You never thought of anything.

You never thought of me,

of our company, of everything

that's on the line.

You never thought of Milo.

-You know that's not true.

-You didn't.

No.

-You have to believe me.

-I never knew.

-Bullshit.

I would lay in traffic

before I hurt that kid.

Mar, please.

Look, please I am not lying.

Hello.

Mr. Irvine, does the name

Josephine Murphy

mean anything to you?

Mr. Irvine, does the name