Windfall s01e03 Episode Script

Damien? Woman on TV say you stole from her.
What? Do you know somebody named Sunny? Oh, yeah.
You've met her at the potlucks.
She brings deviled eggs, and flirts with every man in the room.
Why? This is Sunny Van Hattem, a confirmed guest at the party, where Kimberly George, a pizza delivery employee, claims to be one of 20 winners of the state's largest-ever jackpot.
She's filed a civil suit-- a move which could tie up all the winners' money for years to come.
I know these people.
They're my friends.
I know everything about them.
The last thing I would want is for this to get ugly.
Oh, my God, what a - Nightmare.
Do you think it's possible? She does play.
I mean, the thing about her is - She could be telling the truth.
- Yeah, but she's not.
We don't know that for sure.
Look, either way, it's Complicated.
I don't know what to say, and frankly, we've got bigger problems.
Shh, shh, shh.
Okay.
Okay.
All right.
Yeah.
My reaction exactly.
You don't seem surprised.
That they've taken in that child? Or that it might be his.
They both say it's not, though, right? Nina, did you know about this already? Well Cameron mentioned it.
He called when Beth and I were in Paris.
He just didn't want anyone else to know about it until they were ready to tell people.
Even your husband? Kimberly? Who are you? What are you doing? Oh, no.
No, no, no.
It's not what you think.
Um, do you know Zoe? The girl that lives here, Zoe-- do you? Have you seen her? I'm calling the police.
Hey, hey, move this truck now.
I got to get out of here.
Hang on, man.
We only have a few more things.
What part of now don't you understand? - Buddy, relax.
- You know what? - Five more minutes.
- Fine.
I'll move it myself.
What the hell, man? Hey, man, just relax.
Police! Break it up! Come on, man.
Easy, easy.
I'm not the guy you want.
He just attacked our friend.
You two, down on the ground, hands where I can see them.
I need Jeremy Benzing.
I'm not armed, okay? You're making a mistake.
There's a girl missing.
I'll check the apartment.
The neighbor said Nine-A.
Her name's Zoe Reida.
The guy that got her got a real head start 'cause of you.
Let's go.
Sunny has got some witness who swears she saw her put her dollar in, and I've got nobody.
And I can't pay to defend myself, because she got some judge to freeze everything I have.
Not to mention, you all know her, so you probably think I'm lying.
Well, I found your dollar, so I believe you.
What do you want me to say, Kimberly? I I don't know.
Would you consider splitting your share with Sunny? At least that way, you can keep some of it.
I mean, you can't prove your case.
If you go to court, you could lose everything.
Would you do that? If you knew she didn't deserve it? Or are you fraid that if this thing goes to court, she'll freeze your winnings, too? Everybody's.
No, that's not it.
Um, what if we talked to Sunny? You know, what if we came up with some number, some deal that can make this all go away? I shouldn't have to give her a dime.
Damn.
To make it go away? What means "byotch"? Do you know the word bitch? Yeah.
First vocabulary is always bad words.
- Bitch, bastard, ass.
- Oh, right, right.
But why buy her the bling if he think she's a byotch? Um, it's-it's hard to explain.
Byotch isn't always a a mean word.
It can sometimes mean girlfriend.
Yeah, but how she knows which he means? Do you mind if we just watch? I can't explain every single word.
Is that all, Mr.
and Mrs.
Brunner? Yeah.
That gets me every time.
Thanks.
So, yeah, I was thinking, uh I was thinking after lunch I'd go buy something.
What more can you buy? Oh Okay, Elisa goes off to rehab, then what? Well, she has to test negative for a panel of drugs, but after that No, no, I don't mean Elisa.
I mean her son.
He'll be placed with a family.
A foster family.
Come here, little guy.
Come here.
There you go.
All right.
Could I meet with them? Make sure they're okay? Well, actually, that's up to the mother.
If she wants to designate alternative custody Would the father have any say? I didn't think we had one.
What if he's me? Do you have proof? A paternity test? Your name on the birth certificate? No.
My office will send by a nurse later, to examine the baby.
Well, good.
He's been fussing a lot lately, and I think he might have a cold.
And if it's what you and Ms.
Todd want, I'll give you until tomorrow to get her approval for your temporary custody.
In writing.
Thank you.
Have a nice day.
- We'll talk tomorrow.
- Yes, we will.
You know why I'm doing this.
You know I'm not the father.
I mean, we have so much now.
What are we supposed to do, just dump this kid in the system? Beth? Beth? I understand why you're upset.
We'll figure this out.
Hey, check it out.
Check it out, man.
Whoa What's going on? Kevin's dad customizes cars.
Checking out the Viper for me.
To buy? Yes! That is sweet! So? Do I take the Viper? - Take two.
Guy.
- All right, man.
Cool.
- Thanks for the test drive, man.
- Yeah, absolutely, man, any time.
See you later.
Peace, buddy.
Later, dude.
Want to get in? Okay.
Promise you won't hurl? Yes.
The problem is, Sean, the man you say took her, this Jeremy Benzing, is wanted for murder.
And you're on the same warrant.
Now how's that for coincidence? DA in Buffalo dropped the charges.
Against you.
'Cause they couldn't make the case.
Now that makes me feel so much better.
Jeremy or no Jeremy, we found you in the apartment.
We need to know if your girlfriend is really missing.
That she didn't just run away from you.
Or you didn't hurt her.
Okay, that's enough.
Sean, zip it, not one word.
What's the charge? We're just talking with your client.
About Zoe Reida? Sean told me when he called that her apartment was a real mess.
Now, is there a crime here, or just general sloppiness? And by that I mean your police work.
We're out of here.
Let's go.
Hold on a second.
Gentlemen, you don't even have an official missing person, so, are you charging my client, and if so, with what? Have a nice day, boys.
- We need to talk.
- Not here.
Corderro? I need my client's valuables.
We're on a clock, buddy.
Come on.
- Detectives? - Yeah.
This is Tally Reida.
Wants to talk to you about her sister.
Ms.
Reida, um, why don't we step in my office? Check it and we're out of here.
Come on.
Technically, Zoe's not missing yet? Is that why you called me? Why you want a list of the people who would want to hurt her? I just want Tell me to calm down again, and I will be the first on that list to hurt you.
- Sean? - Yeah.
Come on, one more, you got it.
Go! - Nina, hi.
- Hey, Sunny.
I didn't see you in class.
Well, actually, I'm here to talk about Kimberly.
All I'm saying is that if it comes down to he said, she said - I have a witness.
- Your best friend Marla.
Mm-hmm.
Gee, do you think she's biased, Sunny? - You're lying.
- Prove it.
I can't, and the only good news is, neither can you.
With so much money at stake, I just I can't believe there isn't some number you two can agree on.
Some number? Are you kidding me? Do you know how many times I hosted one of those lottery parties? Do you know how many weeks we wouldn't have even played if I hadn't called around, cooked, cleaned up after everyone? You want a number that I can agree on? Try this-- a hundred.
One hundred percent.
So, that's it? No compromise? - Why should I? - Oh.
You know, it's great that you hosted all those parties, Sunny, but those weeks, we didn't win, this week we did.
You're a millionaire.
We could do anything and you pick this? Roller skating.
Music my parents thought was lame.
Don't lie to me, baby, you got the fever.
Easy, scary guy.
Okay, I pay three bills to get this place open for us, and that's the thanks I get? - Mm-hmm.
- Oh, no.
What are you laughing at? You.
You okay? H ello.
No, I'll help you, I will.
Yeah.
We'll talk about it more when I get home.
Okay.
Bye.
Yeah, okay, tomorrow's fine, but which side is the deposition for, my mom's or my dad's? Okay.
I'll be there.
Sorry.
My mom's lawyer.
Thanks.
- Who were you talking to? - My Russian bride.
I told her she might have to get her own place, and she kind of freaked out.
Just about moving, you know? She's not heartbroken or anything.
It's a business thing.
It's all very business-y.
Right.
"Right" as in you understand, or "right" as in you think it's weird? Ever since the lottery, my parents are at war, my mom's never home, I know teams of lawyers on a first-name basis.
Your weird makes mine feel normal.
- Hello.
- Oh, my goodness.
Isabel.
- Hi.
- Hi.
- You look beautiful.
- So do you.
- Aunt Maggie! - Hi, cutie.
Happy birthday.
You're spoiling my kids.
Spoil someone your own age, like me.
Okay, you know Isabel's friends, Clementine and Ava.
- And here's Ava's mom.
- Hi.
And a special guest I've asked over just for you.
Diane, what happened? Did everyone bring a special guest? Well, ever since you got on the news, everyone wants you to meet their number one draft pick.
Oh, this is too weird.
I want a boyfriend, I don't want somebody who picked me out of a paper.
It was your photo that sold it, not the money.
Oh, great, so you're saying they're shallow, not greedy.
One of them could be great.
You gotta give it a chance to find out.
All right.
You're all about the wheels, aren't you? Fast car.
Roller skates.
Yeah, I like to go places, I guess.
But, I mean, you won all this money, and all you did was move to a hotel, like, half a mile from your house.
Y eah.
Oh, God, did I say something wrong? - I'm sorry.
- It's okay.
I meant maybe you'd travel but It's a really nice hotel.
Have your parents seen it? No.
Not exactly.
Mom's texting me.
She needs me for that, uh, that lawyer meeting.
Right.
I better go.
Just don't answer it.
Tell her your phone was off.
Five frowny faces.
She means it.
Well, that kind of sucks.
At least she's actually home to notice I'm not.
Hi.
Sorry I'm late.
Ah, no problem.
But are you sure this is where you want to eat? Yeah.
Why not? Well, it's a food court.
And you're really rich.
And it was very nice to meet you.
Wait, that's it? You got more time than the last guy.
Having a rough day? These guys, they're not even seeing you.
It's like you're blocked by all that money.
Exactly.
They don't see this person that's given her whole life to nursing, to healing.
Nobody else gets that.
And that's why you work at a sex clinic.
A sex clinic?! Where'd you hear that? I thought I read it online.
Is it something you've ever considered? You're not listening, Elisa.
I ask you for your help, and you ruin my life.
You blackmailed me about a kid who isn't even mine.
But I'm here, I'm trying to help you.
Yeah, by calling Social Services? They barge into my apartment, make me pee into a cup, tear my place apart, and now I have to go to rehab.
Oh, is that what this is about? Your life? Now I'm going to lose my baby because of you.
It's temporary.
And if you'd rather him be with a family that you don't know, then so be it.
It's your choice.
But I think he's better off with us.
Better off with you? Like you're so great, because you're some hero! Elisa, you're mad at the wrong person.
No, I'm mad at the right person because even if you're not my baby's father, you could have been.
You've got quite a reputation, Professor, not for nothing.
Look, just sign the paper, you'll have your baby back as soon as you're clean.
Don't mess with me, understand? 'Cause I'll mess with you.
- Where's your car? - It's back at Zoe's.
You need to stay clear of that place.
The cops might be treating that as a crime scene now.
What do you mean, "might be"? They have to.
Okay, I need you to stay on them.
Any leads they find out about Zoe Look, Sean, I did this one thing for you, but I don't work for you.
Now, I don't know what happened to Zoe.
Wherever she is, she's gone because of you.
Okay, fine.
You know what? I hope I am the worst thing that ever happened to her.
Great.
In case I'm not, though, I need to find some private investigators.
You're going to hire a P.
I.
? - Yeah.
- With what? With my money.
I happen to know that Zoe only wired you walking-around money-- her own-- before she disappeared.
Yes, but she was setting up an offshore account that we could both access.
Yeah, well, she was still working on it.
She never had time to set up the joint access.
- What?! - Pull over.
So wait a second.
So $20 million is? all in her name.
What's wrong? I just got off the phone with Joel, our new lawyer.
The new one that we had to hire because of this Sunny thing? Okay, Peter, wait.
Why didn't you talk to me first? So now I have to lie to back you up under oath? I told them that I saw her put the dollar in, not you.
Just me, so no one has to lie.
Except you.
Oh, come on, Peter, we both know Sunny's the liar here.
I don't know that.
I just know that this would have been over, but now Sunny's suing the rest of us and everyone's money is frozen.
Okay, so? Worst case, we wait a few months to get it.
We've gone our whole lives without it and we were fine.
Nina, people bought houses! They made promises and plans, things that they can't take back just 'cause you're pissed at Sunny.
All right, so this really isn't about Kimberly or Sunny, is it? No, it'about this bicycle business.
You can't make the deal if you don't have the money, right? Nina, please, do not make this out like this about me having my toys taken away-- it is not.
That deal's about the guys I worked with, it's not about me.
Are you sure about that? What does that mean? Honey, you always talk about how those guys at the plant deserve more, and now you suddenly have it.
A lot more.
And it eats at you.
You feel like you don't deserve it, right? It's a gift.
It's luck.
You can't earn it.
But you try too hard and you can throw it all away.
He's a weasely-looking guy.
He's got blonde messed-up hair, he's, like, my age, my height.
- His name is Jeremy.
- I know.
I've seen you here.
You didn't seem too happy when your buddy was in town.
Look, I will pay you, okay? I don't have much, but Don't worry about it.
He bolted here a few days ago.
Left the room a mess, Pay-Per-View maxed out, bill unpaid All right, a few days ago.
If you find him, take a few teeth out for me.
Front desk.
How can I help you? Hello? - Uh, Tally, right? - Who is this? Uh, this-this is Sean.
I'm a friend of your sister's.
You're the lottery guy.
Look, I don't know what the cops have told you about me, but I'm trying to find Zoe.
Have you heard anything from her? No.
How did you get this number? I have her phone.
Can I meet you someplace? Anyplace uh, the police station if you want.
Anywhere you feel safe.
It's just that I think we can help each other.
Beth, she signed them.
That means he's safe.
That's great, Cameron.
- What? - Nothing.
No, no, no, no, no.
Wait a minute.
If you've got something to say to me, say it.
I am tired of you shutting me out.
I shut you out? All I do is try to find a way into this marriage.
Beth, just talk to me.
I tried talking to you.
I told you I wanted a child, and you freaked out.
You said it was too much work.
You said we had to have this huge discussion about it together.
And then you went and did this alone.
I made a decision in the moment, okay? I realized In the moment? You're never in the moment.
You head's always in the future.
It's like you've got one foot in this marriage, and the other one is in the next town, or college or next grand passion, whatever that is.
- I better get formula.
- I already got some.
Okay? All right, pal.
Yeah.
Will you hold him for me while I heat it up? No.
You know what? You decided to do this alone.
Now deal with it alone.
I can't believe Sunny is suing all of us.
More lawyers here than winners.
Could we really lose all of our money? Hey.
- How you doing? - Uh, great.
- Where's Cameron? - Uh, Cameron's on his own tonight.
- Hmm.
- I'll see you inside.
Damien, it's your house, no? Used to be.
- Ma'am? - Need a lawyer? Oh, I'm good, thanks.
Good, thanks.
God, this place is lousy with lawyers.
Yeah.
Why can't I find mine? Sorry.
I think this whole lawsuit nightmare's 'cause of me.
Yeah, because you want your $20 million.
Who could blame you? I don't.
I understand pig.
But not blanket.
Um I'm thirsty.
Do you want anything? - Thanks, no.
- No? - You go.
- Okay.
For a guy who doesn't want to be married, Eric is making it pretty damn hard to divorce him.
I should have gotten a pre-nup.
Well, wouldn't have made any difference.
The average pre-nup's got loopholes you could drive a Bentley through.
You are lawyer? Like everyone else? Yeah.
Forgive terrible English, but, um, to explain this paper called pre-nup? Are you thinking of getting one? I already have.
But mine is from vending machine.
It's a long conversation.
You have time? Maybe after this? Everybody, if I could have your attention in here, please? Come on in.
Come on in.
Okay, everybody, come on in here.
I want to talk to you.
I know there are a lot of strong feelings in this room tonight, okay? I know that, and I can appreciate it, but I think if we can just keep this friendly, and I think we can do that, that everybody's gonna be Sunny this meeting's just for winners of record.
Well, if she can be here, then, so can I.
I don't want to look at that greedy cow.
She froze all my money.
At least she didn't steal her share of it to begin with.
- Sam, go easy.
- Sam's right, Nina.
None of this would have happened if you weren't managing things.
What have you ever managed before besides a car pool? Everybody just keep your voices down.
Relax.
Mike, we're going to talk about it, okay? Okay, this is Jeremy's game.
He's probably trying to get her to tell him how to access the money.
Passwords, account numbers, something like that.
Which mean's he's got to be near a phone and a computer.
I thought you said he left town a day before she disappeared.
Maybe he didn't take her.
Maybe no one did.
I'm waiting to hear back from some guys we grew up with in Buffalo.
These guys would definitely know if he hit town.
Aren't the cops looking into that? No, the cops don't think they have to look any further than me.
Something tells me a lot of people think that, though.
You don't have a lot of fans around here.
Look, Zoe and I did something illegal.
For money.
And we couldn't explain it to a lot of people, and I still don't want to, because if she comes back I mean, when she comes back, I don't want her to have to face any charges about it.
Or lose the money.
I mean, it's fraud, right? All the money could just go away.
Look, she was on this thing all the time.
It's got addresses and names and The e-mail needs a password.
Maybe you could figure it out.
Look, if you're right, if she went somewhere, she went to somebody, this could tell us.
You don't believe that, though.
I don't know.
Either way, they were hers.
You should have them.
This my numbers and my address.
I'm going to be out of town for a while, but if you hear anything, just call me.
You think I'm stupid, don't you? Hoping she'll just show up.
I I know Jeremy.
Yeah, you guys are just two peas in a pod, huh? Look, see what you can find, okay? Kimberly, it's Nina.
Can I come in, please? Look, don't listen to them out there, okay? They're a bunch of idiots.
They're so scared of losing that money.
Well, maybe I'm just afraid of fighting for it.
Kimberly, what about Ethan? Even Even when I was working two jobs, just to barely break even, I used to pray to God every day and just thank him for my beautiful, healthy boy.
I feel like I have so much.
I'm afraid to ask for more.
Yeah.
Ms.
Reida, this is Detective Healy.
I'm sorry to bother you, but we overlooked some housekeeping when we had you here.
We forgot to get a DNA sample.
You want a sample from me? What for? Well, it could help us identify evidence, whatever we might find on the scene, you know, in Zoe's apartment.
You found blood, didn't you? I know you found Zoe's blood.
Beth Look, I can't, okay? This is too much fighting already.
It's the baby.
I think he's having trouble breathing.
Help him.
He can't breathe.
Doctor, what's the matter with him? What's wrong? We'll need to confirm a few things, but from where I stand, I'd say your baby's going through substance withdrawal.
Look, I can't let Kimberly walk away from what's hers.
Her name was on that dollar.
You know what, she delivered us a pizza, and you made change.
There's plenty of ways she could end up on that dollar.
Why are you so keen on trusting Sunny? What is it about that girl that man never see her for what she is? So now you're jealous of Sunny? Well, look at what this money is doing.
It's bringing the worst out of everyone.
Sunny and everyone in that room us I'm sorry, what you have is an attitude.
What I have is a witness.
I don't care.
I'll sue you till you're 20 million in hock.
Let me get a handle on this or you're going to get your money cut into a 20-way lawsuit.
You won't be able to start up a go-cart, let alone a new business.
This is ridiculous.
Either Kimberly's lying or Sunny's lying.
Either way, what does it have to do with us? It's a shared win.
My lawyer says all the money's going to get tied up in the courts.
People, yo, excuse me.
Look, I don't know about all you, but I can only think of one way to solve this thing.
One way.
It's fair, it's quick, and it does it tonight.
That is if we all give 1/20th of our share to Sunny.
She doesn't even have a claim to begin with.
Five percent, plus a promise that, from here on out, we close ranks.
Anybody makes a claim against one of us, they're making a claim against all of us.
- Five percent is a million bucks! - Are you high? How is that fair? Let me finish! How about giving 30% to the attorneys, huh? You like that better? 'Cause that's where you're headed.
That's not reason enough? How about this one? I've been fighting with my wife about this all day.
And now I'm fighting with you guys.
And we're friends, okay? We're neighbors.
We used to work together.
Maybe none of you lay awake at night wondering what you did to deserve 20 million bucks, but I do.
And I'll tell you one thing.
If we're willing to at each other like this over a piece of money that we don't even need, none of us deserve a dime.
Good night.
- Going to the game? - Yeah.
Maybe.
Thank you.
This was Of course.
I could've lost everything.
It was the least we could do.
Are you happy? You should be.
Well, guess it's only a million less than I should have but same with you.
You want some Cling Wrap? You can have it free of charge.
Oh, so just because I won the lottery, I'm a cheapskate because I don't waste food? I was just kidding.
So you're one of those guys? Yep.
I heard about you on the radio.
Anyway, congratulations or condolences.
Whichever it is.
Condolences? What do you mean, condolences? I can't think of anything worse.
Millions of dollars it's just millions of hassles.
I'll take enough over too much any day.
Yeah.
Hey, um do you have a business card by any chance? In case, you know, um you know, I wanted to call you for for business? No.
In case you want to call.
About anything.
Okay.
Okay.
Damien.
Hey.
Damien.
Shh! What are you doing here? It's 10:00 at night.
I don't know, I just felt like going for a drive.
You want to go? I can't.
It's too late.
I have school tomorrow.
All right.
Are you okay? Yeah, I'm fine.
I'm, just, you know Can't you call one of your friends? Same problem.
School.
It's an epidemic.
Come on.
Let's just go for a walk or something.
My mom's home.
And she's going to some spa in Arizona tomorrow, so She totally ignores you unless she needs you for a deposition or you fit into her schedule? I'm sorry.
No, it's okay.
I mean, I was the one who told you all that stuff.
Thing is, she used to be a really good mom.
Before my dad left, and the money It does weird things to people.
Do you ever think about going back home? No.
Get some sleep.
Okay.
- Bye.
- See you.
So it'll be a few days before the narcotics leave his system.
And a little while longer before he stops craving them.
You said his mother's in rehab? Yeah.
Let's hope it takes.
So how did the drugs even get into his system? Was it from breast-feeding? That, or he could have inhaled them through secondhand pipe smoke.
I see it all the time.
My God.
Is there anything else we can do? There's got to be something.
Well, the science is still pretty new on all this.
I think what a lot of these kids need is just to be held.
Thank you.
Excuse me.
I'm sorry.
I didn't know It's fine.
You can watch TV in here.
Really, it's okay.
- Tally, what are you? - I cracked her password.
Okay.
It was the name of our first dog.
But I didn't see any secret messages or codes for help.
Nothing saying where she went.
Just where she wanted to go.
She made reservations to Santiago.
Yeah.
The last time I saw her, she said was going to go home and she was going to make some plans.
A vacation for two.
She booked you a ticket.
And I found this e-mail that she started but didn't finish.
"I met this guy.
I know I should forget him, Tal, but I can't.
" You say you didn't know my sister for very long but, for Zoe, that's huge.
Okay, look, I talked to this guy in Buffalo, and he said Jeremy's sister was acting weird.
Now, that has to mean something so I'm I'm going.
I'm going to check it out.
I'm coming with you.
All right, but I'm leaving right now.
Are you ready? All right, let me, uh, let me get my stuff.