01x08 - The Birthday Party

[bunniefuu]

Someone burned down my house.

He's going to find out it was us.

Is there something you want to tell me?

He needs to know if we photographed

the real Bible from his safe,

which means there is a

Bible with his notes in it.

Andrei told you what I needed done?

Why don't we call

your mother and ask her

if she knows Janelle Rousseau?

Where'd you get the

photos of Gold and Orlov?

We used to be close once.

Closer than this, anyway.

Orlov is arriving from Moscow

and will join the

interrogation of Blake.

The Koreans will get the info

on the m*ssile defense system.

Orlov will get to try out the IEP.

Just wondering if Orlov will

know that Gray is coming,

considering that you know?

Oh! What the f*ck?!

Whose fault is it? Just write it.

I'm not going to k*ll you.

Nobody asked me to k*ll you.

Can you wait until after the party?

(g*nsh*t)

That was Blake Granger.

What is wrong with you?! Why?

I am not like you.

- Where's Gray?

- Probably k*lling the pilot.

Lydia was fussing all

night. I'm a little confused.

Gray m*rder*d three people in Korea.

(SCOFFS) No, no, no, no, no, Sara.

The word m*rder is a purely

legal term, like insanity.

We're all friends

here. We're not lawyers.

We were sent to rescue Blake Granger.

What do you call sh**ting him in

between the eyes with a sn*per r*fle?

Extraction would have been

preferable; it always is.

Waffles are preferable to pancakes,

- but there isn't always time.

- Are you serious?

I know! There was loss of life,

and I shouldn't trivialize

it. I'm sorry. I apologize.

I assume rescue was improbable,

given the circumstances.

It might have ended with one

or both of you being captured.

Never mind the political embarrassment,

just think of the treasure

trove of intelligence

that might be gleaned out of you.

Colonel Orlov has a long

history of torturing civilians.

His bodyguard's job was to sh**t anyone

who came within ten feet of him.

As for Blake Granger, he knew the risks

when he signed up to work in the DMZ.

If they'd used the IEP

was there an IV bag?

Mm-hm. Yes.

Well, then he was dead already.

If they got information on

our air defense, for example,

hundreds - no, millions - of

people would have been endangered.

Those people have families,

friends. What about them?

Blake Granger sacrificed his life

for their security and that's our job.

Mm-hm. And is that what

happened to my father?

- He was sacrificed?

- You're upset. You're tired.

Take a day, take a week.

Not everything is black and white, Sara!

(DOOR OPENS AND SHUTS)

I gather congratulations are in order.

I stuck with the plan.

I'd be extra careful if I were you.

Gold got Sara alone.

Planted a seed.

While you were gone, we

found photos, by the way.

Gold and Orlov.

No one's seen her in two days.

Come on.

(THEME MUSIC)

(LEAVES RUSTLING IN

THE WIND, BIRDS CAWING)

(METALLIC TINKLING)

(SOMBER MUSIC)

(BIRDS CAWING IN THE DISTANCE)

What the hell?

Hey!

(GROANING)

(PILLS RATTLING)

I'll make some coffee.

(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

You forget your phone and your keys?

- Mr. Cornet?

- Andy.

I've come to see Sara. Is she back yet?

No. Come on in.

I didn't even know she'd left

town until I got so worried,

I called Mr. Tagg at his home.

Has Cornelia Gray tried to contact you?

No.

- What's going on? Is Sara in danger?

- Sit down.

Listen, Andy, does Sara

talk about her work?

Uh, not really.

Cornelia Gray is on a rampage.

She's settling old scores

or something. I don't know.

She's gotten Tagg and

his people to help her.

She may have tried to

get Sara to help her

- and if Sara refused

- What happened?

My house was burned down.

It was only by luck that I wasn't there.

Christina Gold's been missing for days.

Andy, you need to know something.

Twenty years ago, Gray

m*rder*d Sara's father.

That's my cup.

This is your house.

They're all your cups.

That's the cup I always use.

Well, that would explain

why it's in the front.

How did you, um ?

Oh. Um

the key behind the loose brick.

Bob showed it to me when we used to

Well, you know.

Has he seen what you've done

with this place since he left?

- You might win him back.

- Get out.

What happened up there?

Someone didn't know I'm

allergic to Lorazepam.

- Who?

- You know.

Assume I don't.

It was Tagg's man, Rousseau.

Tagg runs Rousseau and you run Tagg.

(SIGHS)

(SIRENS WAILING IN THE DISTANCE)

Where's Gray?

I left her at the airfield.

- What are you doing here?

- Ramos followed her to this area,

but we lost her.

I thought she might come here.

I'm told the rescue was a failure.

There was nothing I could do.

We'd better talk inside.

I blame the job more than anything.

When you live a life

without consequences

Andy?

(TREMBLING BREATH)

I just spoke to him to see

if he knew where you were.

My God.

Your father, your stepmother

and now, your husband.

- (SARA SOBBING)

- It's too much for one person.

(SARA HYPERVENTILATES.)

What have you ever done

to deserve any of this?

(HYPERVENTILATING)

- Sara?

- (SOBBING)

Okay, okay. Sara.

Listen to me.

Look at me.

Let me take care of this, okay?

There's nothing for you to do here.

- I let her in.

- What's that?

Sara!

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

(DOOR CREAKING)

(DOOR CLOSING)

(BLADE SWITCHES OFF)

Rose's party is

tomorrow and I'm invited.

Oh, that's wonderful. I

knew things would work out.

- (CHUCKLES) I found Gold.

- Mm-hm.

- Uh, she thinks you tried to have her k*lled.

- What?

At first, she was fairly

certain we planned it together.

I convinced her I was not

involved, that it was all you.

Oh. Thank you so much, Cornelia.

That was so considerate.

What am I supposed to have done?

You sent Rousseau to k*ll her

and make it look like a suicide.

- Rousseau?

- She's batshit crazy,

but he'd been there.

- What's Rousseau's story?

- Widowed once, divorced twice,

hates everybody.

Is he Janelle Rousseau's son?

Uh, who's she?

A secretary

- at the CIA when I first started.

- Hm.

I-I don't remember meeting her.

- Important?

- I don't know.

- How'd he start?

- Oh, Rousseau?

Ah, he was a SEAL. Saw a lot of action.

State College and not

a good state, either.

Trained as an FBI agent and, uh

- Cornelia?

- How'd he come to Cerberus?

I don't know. Someone

must have recommended him.

Rousseau is the mole.

He blackmailed Chase to

become part of Cerberus;

he sought permission to k*ll me.

He tried to k*ll Gold.

You expect me to buy this?

- Will the leaks stop?

- Yes.

All right. Rousseau it is.

Oh, one thing: I need to find Chase.

Why do you have Chase's

location in your phone?

I had him tagged during a

colonoscopy two years ago.

(MYSTERIOUS MUSIC)

Christina Gold is the mole.

What?

I have some photos I think

you'll find interesting.

The photos of her with Orlov?

I spread those around

through different sources

in case I wanted to bring

her down. They're fake.

You would do that, wouldn't you?

I understand Korea was a success.

Oh, I'm sorry I left sooner than I said.

I didn't want to chance the mole

having someone there waiting for me.

Very prudent.

Would you have sent Rousseau?

Tagg's man?

He was yours long before he was Tagg's.

His mother's Janelle

Rousseau, remember her?

Vaguely.

- She was your secretary.

- No.

She was my father's secretary

before he retired from the agency.

Your father.

Chase,

how long have you been

selling information?

- (SCOFFS)

- Cornelia

- I got into your safe.

- No, you didn't get into my safe!

You burned down my f*cking house!

This?

This is nothing.

This is a forgery you concocted.

- Is it?

- 'Course it is!

- You willing to bet your life on it?

- Oh, I hope that isn't a threat.

Do you see the name Orlov

written on this page?

And this one? And what

about this one? And here?

Why is his personal information

in your pocket Bible?

I remembered you as being

much smarter than this.

How the years distort our memories.

The answer is you've known him

since you started in intelligence.

You sold him the IEP.

You gave him the names

of our operatives in Korea

and Libya, who were then m*rder*d.

What did you get in return?

I talked to Orlov before I k*lled him.

No, you didn't.

You shot Orlov with a Remington

700, two-hundred yards away,

the same way that you

shot Winston Beckham.

No, whoever k*lled Beckham

did so on information

that was leaked to Tagg that

ultimately came from you.

We both know you k*lled Winston

Beckham, the same way you k*lled Orlov!

- Stop it.

- I k*lled Granger.

I k*lled the bodyguard.

I wounded Orlov.

Let go of my tie, please.

And you're thinking, even if it's true,

there's nothing that could

make Orlov say a word!

But what do you know? Right

there in the room with him

was an IV bag with the IEP in it.

Gold had held me down in my tub

and tried to use it on me,

so I knew exactly what to do.

No one trusts politicians, Cornelia.

No one likes them and, God help us all,

no one wants to live

in a world run by them.

A group of us in intelligence

have that taken care of.

Oh, so, you and your

friends run the world now?

No, the world runs itself

without any help from us,

but what people in the

world think we need is peace.

No.

The world needs balance.

Two sides, in balance.

Tension? Yes. We need tension.

We need to believe our government

is vital to our survival

because without tension, who will

give away a third of every paycheck

if there isn't a threat of w*r? Tension.

But tension in balance.

You don't believe that.

What makes you say that?

Because you don't believe anything.

One side having the IEP does not work!

Both sides have to have it!

Just like both sides needed the H b*mb

and before that, both sides needed

airplanes, or the repeating r*fle,

or the catapult, or the sword,

or right back to caveman,

"I have a rock and you have a rock,"

or the whole system falls apart!

So you share things for

the benefit of mankind?

It doesn't matter what I do!

It's what has to happen!

When I'm done, someone'll take my place.

There has to be balance!

Go ahead.

Throw me off the roof,

if you think you can.

You lost 20 years of your life once.

You lost your husband. Your children.

What are you prepared to lose this time?

Your granddaughter?

(SOMBER MUSIC)

I decided to protect you.

The investigation's over.

I say Rousseau's the mole

and that's the way it will be.

I didn't come to threaten

you with exposure.

I didn't come to k*ll you.

Why then?

I came to tell you

I own you.

(DOOR OPENING)

Mom?

Mom? Mom!

Draw her into your confidence.

Pretend to get close.

It's what she'd do to you

if she were in your shoes.

(GRAY): We can't trust

anyone. But each other.

(SARA): She has a way

of making you feel like

the most important person in the world,

like she's helpless and you're

the only one that can help.

(GRAY): Everyone makes mistakes

sometimes. God knows I know.

- I worshipped your father.

- Why won't you ever just tell me what's true?

(GRAY): Everything we do is theatre.

It's important you separate

work from real life.

- (SARA): What are you?

- (GRAY): Chaos.

Maybe every day since you were

a little girl, you hated me.

(SARA): So, not only did she know

we were coming, she invited us in.

(TAGG): How does what I'm

doing benefit Cornelia Gray?

(GRAY): I told your dad when

Tessa k*lled your mother.

(SARA): You won't stop playing games.

(GRAY): Maybe you're

sure I k*lled your father.

- You've shot people before.

- And you're waiting for your moment.

Gray k*lled Winston because

she was the one who turned him.

(TAGG): Is Cornelia Gray the mole?

You're a lucky young woman.

You can't be involved in this!

(GOLD): Don't let her slither

her way into your life.

Anyone who ever does comes to regret it.

(CORNET): Your father and your

stepmother and now your husband.

Chaos.

(PHONE RINGING)

- What's wrong?

- All good. All good.

Sophie had a few ground rules.

Wanted to see if you're okay with them.

Sure, anything. What? What?

You can only stay for half an hour.

You can't bring anything, like food.

And she specifically said

you can't bring a present.

Um, last thing

she's not going to tell Rose.

Not going to tell Rose I'm coming?

She's not going to tell Rose

that you're her grandmother.

We're not going to tell the

parents of the other kids, either.

Who am I supposed to be?

She told us to say you work at the bank.

I guess you're my secretary.

You okay?

I'm fine.

You're a great boss.

I love working there.

I'm never going to retire.

You always get me a cup of coffee

when you get one for yourself.

Last year you gave me extra time off

- when my sister had a small stroke

- Whoa,

let's keep the backstory to a minimum.

- Absolutely.

- Too many details will slip you up.

You're not a very good liar, are you?

- No.

- Um I got to run.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

(AIR HISSING)

()

I drove home from church,

and I saw a red unit

kicking in the door to my condo.

Probably some of the guys from the

same red unit I used when I got you.

I drove right past.

I called Chase,

but he didn't answer.

I so regret not doing this the

night of the raid at your place.

Could have just said you made a run;

nobody would have even thought twice.

(LOUD FOOTSTEPS)

I don't have a g*n.

Cornelia, those baby

blues you like so much,

they're waiting to see you.

You found me, Lee.

I'm going to do this with my bare hands.

And see how soft your skin really is.

Look how you turned out.

I bet your mother must be proud.

I know Janelle is your mother.

There's no sense denying it.

I remember her hair,

her long black hair.

Is it still long?

I had just started.

She must have had a

hundred pictures of you

pinned up behind her desk.

There were rules about

having personal items;

she wouldn't take 'em down.

I've never met a woman

who loved her son more.

(GROANING)

Oh, she struggled, Lee.

Just a secretary, but so brilliant.

She was the one who had to get

the men their coffee every morning.

It's like you, isn't it?

You're smarter than Tagg.

You should be a head of Cerberus.

But they keep you down

Like they (MOANING)

Like they kept Janelle

down. (MOANING IN PAIN)

And then I was recruited.

There was your mother

getting me my coffee.

But I don't think that's why she quit.

I think Chase's father made her quit.

I think Chase's father is your father.

Why didn't he do more for you?

Why hasn't your brother?

(LEE MOANS LOUDLY)

Yeah. Yeah.

(GROANING)

(GRAY GRUNTS IN EFFORT)

(GRAY PANTS)

(COUGHS)

I'm going to k*ll your

f*cking mother, too.

(DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES)

(MAN HUMMING)

(EXHALES)

Oh, look. Carrie's home from the prom.

Come on help.

What the hell, Cornelia?!

What do I tell David?!

- What time is it?

- Quarter 'til two.

How long does a kid's

birthday party last?

- I need you to take me to Sophie's.

- No!

We have to clean this up right now!

- Call a crew.

- What? A "cleanup crew?"

What is this? 1998?

I need to get to my

granddaughter's party!

David took Lydia to Fiola

Mare with his mother.

What if he brings her back here?!

- I don't give a damn.

- Oh, I do!

That witch hates me!

She thinks I'm too old for David!

- You are!

- She's always spewing nasty little barbs;

- sharp, frozen pellets of bile.

- Shut up

- and wash my hair.

- I am not

- going to wash your hair!

- I said wash my hair!

- No!

- Do. Not.

Piss me off.

Right. Let's get on with it, then.

He had a lot of blood.

You know, when you're done,

I need you to go grab my green coat.

(KIDS SHOUTING HAPPILY)

(EXHALES)

You're here.

- Late, but, uh

- Oh, John.

- (CHUCKLES)

- I'm happy you could make it.

Thank you.

Are you hot?

- Do you want a glass of water?

- Oh! That would be divine.

Okay.

They didn't have cold water.

- Is a juice box okay?

- Oh.

Perfect.

You okay, Mom?

I'm good. Thank you.

- Thank you.

- Okay.

You put some soap in here?

- Yeah.

- From here.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

Hi.

- Hi.

- Hi.

I'm Janet Lester.

I work with your dad at the bank.

- What's your name?

- I'm Rose.

Oh. You're Rose?

Then this is your party.

Oh, happy birthday, Rose.

I made something for you.

Its eyes are closed. Is it sleeping?

You are such a smart little girl.

You're so smart!

Yes, yes, it's sleeping, so shh.

We have to be careful not to wake him.

(MEOWING)

Hey, Rose. Rose, come! Let's play.

- Come on!

- Ah, Rose, Rose. This is for you.

Thank you.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

Cornelia.

- Um, Sophie, thank you for this.

- Hm.

Well, I have to admit

you're on your best behavior.

And I suppose thanks for getting

George the promotion at the bank.

He didn't admit it to me, but I knew.

He really doesn't need

your help, you know?

He fought for everything he has.

And now he fights for me and Rose.

(GEORGE): All right. Hands up, hands up.

Oh! She's such a ham.

Why don't I get a

picture of the two of you?

Okay. Yeah.

- And-and-and

- Ben!

- John? Ben?

- Yeah?

I-I've lost my phone,

but if I take a photo, will

you please send it to me?

- Of course. Here you go.

- I think

I think I know how to handle this.

I I'll try.

I think I know how to do this.

I think

(SOMBER MUSIC)

I think I've got this.

This is amazing. I'm glad

you guys are all here.

(GRAY): Oh

Um

S-say cheese.

(ALL): Cheese.

- (CLICK!)

- Beautiful.

Good job.

(SOMBER, DRAMATIC MUSIC)

Cornelia! Cornelia.

Sara, what's going on?

- Come here! Rose!

- You asked me to wait.

- I waited.

- Get in the house!

Get in the house. Get in the house, now!

- Get Rose in the house!

- (SARA): Why did you k*ll, Andy?

- Why Andy?

- What? No! What happened?

- You know what happened.

- My God.

- You know what happened.

- I'm so sorry.

- I'm sorry.

- What did you hope to accomplish?

Sara? Think. I love Andy.

Don't say his name again.

Did you k*ll Andy?

This is the last thing you want to do.

- Just think!

- Did you k*ll Andy?

Did you k*ll Andy?

- No.

- No?

- No.

- And what about my father?

- Sara.

- Do you know that I heard the mortician

say to my stepmother that

the casket had to be closed

because the top of his head was gone.

They offered to use a plaster and

they'd paint and add hair, too!

- I'm sorry for what happened.

- But they said it would look good from close,

but not from far away

because you k*lled him!

I'm sorry for everything

you went through!

- Because you k*lled him, didn't you?

- Sara!

- I've called the cops.

- Ben! Get back!

Let's get inside. Get inside! Hey.

If you k*ll me, maybe

maybe Tagg or Chase

might fix things for you.

Maybe they won't.

- You're not afraid, are you?

- No.

- You don't think I'll pull the trigger?

- I think you'll pull the trigger.

I'm just not afraid to die.

What made you think

I k*lled your husband?

Who whispered that in your ear?

No one. No one! No one!

- I've just grown tired of your lies!

- I never lied to you.

Every word that comes out of your mouth.

Y-your eyes. Your thoughts.

Your dreams in the dead of

the night. They're all lies?

I never lied to you, Sara.

Never.

If I didn't always tell you everything,

it was only to protect you.

So, you're not lying

about k*lling my husband?

No, you didn't lie

about k*lling my father?

- Now, what about my stepmother?

- I k*lled Tessa.

(SARA PANTS)

She m*rder*d your mother.

She turned your father. She

was lying in wait to turn you.

I ruined your wedding.

I admit it, it was wrong.

But I won't let you ruin your life.

(SOBS)

Sara

just put down the g*n.

Put down the g*n.

Come on.

Sara, just think.

Come on.

Think.

Think.

Think.

Sara.

(SARA SOBS LOUDLY)

Come on. Sara.

Here.

Eleanor Roosevelt would be proud.

Are you sure you're going to be okay?

Mm-hm. Yeah, I'm just going

to the hotel and crash.

- You'll get through this.

- Yeah.

Sure you don't want company?

Maybe some other time.

Soon.

We'll get you through this.

(CAR DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES)

(PERCUSSIVE MUSIC)

Lee. Chase.

By now you know they're after

you and you know I sent them.

You need to trust me.

Let them take you and I will get

you out of this, I swear on my life.

()

It's a shame.

(LIGHT COUGH)

Oh, dear.

Complications.

Well, that's Bob, the sh*t,

and Christopher and, uh,

Mack's my baby. (LOUD KISSES)

Well, he was my baby.

You know what strikes me as funny?

Not good funny, bad funny.

- What?

- Uh-uh. Not my place.

Oh, my God! Just say it!

Well, it's funny.

There's this line that no

one seems willing to cross

except Gray.

(WHISPERING): She is always

messing with people's families.

Yeah. We don't do that.

That isn't done.

Right? Who does?

But look, Sara's family.

Maybe Tagg's? Abbott, even?

Your family.

But what do I know? I'm

new here. Do you like tomatoes?

No.

Do you want my tomatoes?

I just said I don't like tomatoes.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

Well

you're the one that called me here.

What do you need?

Your help to isolate her.

Isolate her from whom?

Tagg.

()

Well up until that point,

everything was perfect. Simple.

Rose is so adorable, so smart.

Where is this place? I'm starving.

- Was there a theme?

- What do you mean?

Lydia turns one in a month.

David says we need a theme

before we pick a venue,

like, "great women in birthday history,"

or "the seven deadly sins of cake."

The theme is "Hooray.

You're one year old."

I know.

So, David and his mother?

Guess who's sleeping by the pool?

Take the guest house! I insist.

I'll be fine, unless it gets too hot.

David sees the kitchen as

his territory. Listen to this:

I put a knife in the wrong slot

in the knife block yesterday.

I thought he was going

to have a heart attack.

So blood on the floor,

on the countertop, on

the sink, on the ceiling?

Uh, it's going to take time.

Any trouble with the body?

No.

Mm. I couldn't help myself.

When people try to k*ll

me, it really pisses me off.

Sounds perfectly normal to me.

- Did you make a reservation?

- Cornelia, they know me.

It's just over there.

(SOFT MUSIC)

(PHONE BUZZES)