The Calling (2022) s01e05 Episode Script
Shomer
1
Tragic news in the disappearance
of the minor out of Brooklyn.
The grisly discovery made by NYPD
after the parents confessed.
[SINGING IN HEBREW]
Your husband didn't walk
in on your son with Olivia.
Dad?
[GRUNTS]
Your son walked in on your husband.
Got a gun.
[BOTH GRUNTING]
- You okay?
- I misread everything.
You got to the truth due,
in part, to your compass,
but also in spite of it.
I think it should be
me who learns from you.
Maybe we learn from each other.
We got a report
that Kids Campus is receiving threats.
I need you to go check it out.
I didn't report any threat.
I told you about it.
I found this taped to the window.
And it wouldn't occur
to you to report this?
Yeah, what do you expect me to do?
Shut down every time somebody
tapes a drawing to my window?
If it's a drawing of a bomb
- [DEVICE BEEPS]
- There is no bomb.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
[EXHALES DEEPLY]
You didn't have to come, you know.
I could've called the
next name on the list.
When it's my turn to volunteer,
I show up, always.
It's nice the police let you do this.
Where's the casket?
Ugh.
Supply chain problems.
We had to borrow one from Lakewood.
It'll get here.
Who was he?
Oh, wait, I'll tell you.
Isaac Zabarsky. Heard of him?
Me neither.
86 years old, no family.
[GROANS]
Never stand when you can sit,
never sit when you can lie down.
The night is long.
This is how you comfort the soul?
I'm useless if I'm not awake.
Siddur can drag in the middle.
Mm.
Remember how this used to
freak us out when we were kids?
- Mm.
- Remember your first?
First shomer?
[SUBWAY CLATTERING]
[LOUD THUD]
It wasn't exactly shomer.
♪
[ALARM WAILING]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
Everybody, just stay in the safe area.
Keep moving to the safe
area. Thank you very much.
Okay, Earl, what do we know?
So far, that there's a bomb
and that the FBI are in
charge, which they conveyed
with their customary
"fuck you" attitude.
"FBI are in charge"
are the scariest words in the world.
Okay, let's make sure they
don't do anything stupid.
Janine, keep everybody calm and moving.
- Yep.
- Want me to pick you up?
Oh, careful.
- You all right?
- Yeah. Yeah, it's not real.
- What? Sorry?
- The thing.
- It's not real.
- How do you know?
- Okay. All right, come on.
- 'Scuse me.
[CAMERA CLICKING]
All right, come on. Let's go.
[INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER]
Make a hole. Make a hole.
Is this the same day care
as the previous threat?
One and the same.
That she didn't take seriously.
[TENSE ETHEREAL MUSIC]
♪
Sir?
Sir!
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
Ah! [GROANS]
Okay.
So how do you wanna play this?
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
One sec.
So it was a fake?
Sniffer dog said so.
But they blew it up
anyway, just to be safe.
Personally, I think they
just like blowing shit up.
Breaks up the day.
You know, one guy seemed to know.
I beg your pardon?
One of the dads told me it was a fake,
which seemed a little suspicious,
so I snapped a picture of him.
Don't ever do this again.
- What?
- Photograph civilians.
They hate it. They'll complain
that you violated their rights.
It'll screw up your personnel file
and cause no end of
troubles for the squad.
Well, technically, Earl,
it's not against procedure.
The law allows us to
photograph people in public.
Jesus, you sound like Avi already.
Just don't do it.
All right, who is this guy?
- He bumped into me.
- Uh-huh.
He told me it wasn't real,
which I found odd.
Well, grab Avi and talk to him.
Since it's just a bomb scare now,
the FBI pulled out and we
have jurisdiction again.
I don't go for this "just a
bomb scare" bullshit, Earl.
When kids are involved,
it's not just a bomb scare.
It's a five-alarm fire.
Whoever did this, I want
them caught right now.
Yes, ma'am.
- Janine.
- Yes.
Don't ever pursue a suspect by yourself.
It just happened. He suddenly took off,
- and then so did I.
- It was stupid.
It was dangerous. You ever do anything
like that again, and I will
personally kick your ass.
Got it.
So you gonna question him or not?
The suspect?
I-I get to question him?
You caught him, you clean him.
Where's Avi?
Oh, my God.
Heplanted it?
- Do you know this man?
- Yeah.
I mean, I I I did know him.
Uh, he's a former parent.
His daughter was here last year,
but they pulled her out.
Did you have any issues with him?
Him? No. I
in fact, he couldn't have been nicer.
But, um, his wife, on the other hand,
had opinions.
- What about?
- [SIGHS]
Uh, everything.
I'm sure she's a lovely woman.
She just couldn't help herself.
She second-guessed
almost everything we did.
But the Holts are
well-intentioned, good people,
not the type that would plant a bomb.
I'm not sure there's a type.
Or there are too many types.
The mentally ill.
A person trying to make a statement.
The extortionist.
The fact it was fake certainly suggests
someone wishing to make a statement
and strike fear.
Can you think of any reason
why this man would run from the scene?
No.
This is crazy.
The only reason I was
there is because I stopped
to see what was going on.
I know the school.
Our daughter used to go there.
I was curious.
Why did you run?
I actually didn't run at first.
I started to walk,
and then you chased me, so
That doesn't sound like
a great answer to me.
Does it sound like one to you?
Okay, yes, it was stupid to run.
- But you did.
- But I didn't plant a bomb.
Mr. Holt,
I looked out at a
whole sea of bystanders,
and only one of them, you,
chose to make yourself distinctive.
That kind of behavior isn't
consistent with innocence.
So I suggest you either give
me the reason that you ran,
or I'll have no choice but to conclude
that it's over this bomb.
[TENSE MUSIC]
I want a lawyer.
Damn it.
[SIGHS]
I boxed him.
He was starting to talk,
at least some, and I
should have just let him,
but instead I I
I I cornered him.
Well, he has no criminal record, right?
Yeah, none, but he's
clearly hiding something,
so I don't get it.
He maybe he had drugs on him.
Maybe he saw you, got
nervous, and took off,
tossed the drugs during the chase.
Everybody's guilty of
something we got no idea about.
The owner of the day care,
she's hiding something too.
How 'bout you two go talk to her again,
and I'll have a go with our runner.
We can compare notes.
Uh, we still got unsolved murders.
We're gonna put three
detectives on a bomb scare?
Davies says it's a top
priority, and I agree with her.
It may be nothing, but what
side do we want to err on?
There's been another threat.
It was definitely a
woman's voice, I'm positive.
And her exact words?
"The bomb was just the beginning."
That's all she said,
and then she hung up.
You didn't recognize the voice at all?
I don't think so, no.
I feel so terrible.
I told you that there was
nothing to worry about,
but had that bomb been real,
I mean, my God, people
could have been killed.
And this Holt, the man we detained?
No. I can't imagine.
I told your colleague earlier
that he and his wife are good people.
They just didn't like my day care,
so they went somewhere else.
But to plant a bomb,
fake or otherwise
no.
What about this man?
- Paul Serra.
- Mm-hmm.
Uh, his son goes here.
Any issues with him?
Actually
Okay.
You're gonna think that I
fight with all the parents here,
which I do not.
You butted heads with him?
About a week ago, but
he didn't threaten me.
What was the issue?
His son got a bump on his head,
and his wife thought that one
of the other kids here did it,
but I told them I don't
allow hitting here.
Then I also said,
"Kids hurt themselves all the time,
here, with a friend, or at home,"
which was probably a mistake on my part.
- And how did he react to that?
- Not well.
Not that I blamed him.
Okay? But we got past it.
And he is actually a very sweet man.
I'm just I'm sorry.
It's it's, uh it has been a day.
[SIGHS]
I told the other
detective, I want a lawyer.
We'll accommodate that.
But first, I'd like to share
some information with you.
There's just been another
threat to the day care.
This time, it was a phone call.
Well, it wasn't me. I've
been here the whole time.
I know, which is why I don't think
you planted the device, Mr. Holt.
[TENSE MUSIC]
- Thank you.
- Of course.
You can relax on that.
A man with no criminal
record or history of violence,
it makes no sense to me
that you would do this.
But nor does running for no reason.
I explained it to your partner.
Could you explain it to me?
Not the bomb part. That
I'm not concerned with.
But the running part.
♪
[SIGHS]
Look, when an explosive device is placed
at a day care center,
there's a great deal of pressure
put upon the police department
to unearth a suspect.
From the media, the public,
the mandate is the same:
find the bad guy which we will do.
Or in lieu of, we'll supply
a strong person of interest.
Life would certainly get complicated
for any such person.
His face would be on the news,
on social media
- You're threatening me?
- No, I'm just telling you
how things work.
You ran from the scene, Mr. Holt.
That makes you suspicious.
If there is a simple
explanation as to why you fled,
it would be in your best
interest to provide it.
♪
You have a daughter the same age
as the children who
attend this day care.
Right?
What's your daughter's name?
Gabrielle.
The children at this
center could be in danger.
Help us eliminate you as a suspect
so we can better focus
on whoever did this.
Tell me why you ran.
You're right. I didn't
put the bomb there.
And I damn sure didn't
make another threat.
You're also right,
I shouldn't have run.
Beyond that, I don't
know what to tell you.
So we're kicking him?
We have no evidence.
The DA won't charge
him just because he ran.
And even if they did,
judges nowadays wouldn't hold him,
so we have no choice.
Why would he run if
he didn't do anything?
That's an excellent question.
But we can't hold him
on an unspecified charge.
Yeah.
This one.
What about Ms. Harvey?
Didn't get much from her.
[DOORBELL RINGS]
Mr. Serra, Detective Harris.
We bumped into each other
this morning by the school.
Oh, yeah. I remember.
And this is Detective Avraham.
Hello.
Hello.
Can we come in?
Look, I-I didn't know
that the bomb was fake.
I was just saying that because
the kids were freaking out,
all right?
[SIGHS]
I ca that's why I
called the bomb a "thing."
Ms. Harvey said that you
and she had words recently.
- Meaning what?
- It's nothing.
We're just collecting information,
seeing if anyone at the day care
had any kind of bias.
- I-I don't have a bias.
- I'm sure you don't.
Can you tell us what the
confrontation was about?
[SIGHS] Yeah, Eric had some bruises,
and we suspected that something
might be going on at school.
So I asked Ms. Harvey about it,
and she got aggressive with me.
Did you get aggressive with her?
I mean, we certainly
argued about it, yeah.
The day before, my wife had
raised some questions about it,
and Ms. Harvey got hostile with her,
then she got hostile with me.
You know, you expect
someone who runs a day care
would have a more calming disposition.
You know? And I-I'm an electrician.
I'm no psychologist,
but there's something
something off about that lady.
Off how?
She's just tightly wound, you know?
Like she's gonna snap.
You know?
Does your wife, Elisabeth, think so too?
Yeah.
May we speak with your wife?
No, she's, uh she's in
Mexico visiting her family.
It's the first time
she's been able to do that
since the pandemic. Hey, buddy.
Are you the police?
This is my-my son, Danny.
This is Detective
Harris and I'm sorry.
Avraham.
I know who left the bomb.
- Danny, honey.
- You saw who did it?
I didn't see, but I know who it was.
- Okay.
- My first dad told me.
He-he doesn't have a first dad.
Yes, I do.
And he told me.
He told you who left the bomb?
But it's a secret.
He made me promise.
[PINS CLATTERING]
Somebody's been sending
bomb threats to the day care.
Your husband, Brad, is a suspect.
- My Brad?
- Mm-hmm.
A bomb? [LAUGHS]
Brad's not exactly Mr. Excitement.
I mean, there's a reason
I joined a bowling league.
Right.
I'm sorry, that's not
fair. He's a good guy.
A good husband, good father,
and he's hot, don't forget.
[CHUCKLES] He looks tough with the tats,
but trust me, he's not.
Why would he run from the scene?
He's not into confrontation.
Anything that involves a
disagreement or yelling,
he runs.
Trust me.
You and your husband, you
had an issue with Anna Harvey?
I mainly did.
I didn't like her.
Neither did Brad, but
he wouldn't stand up to her.
And why'd you dislike her?
You know what, I shouldn't
say I didn't like her.
- I hate her.
- Wow.
Some teachers run day cares
because they love kids.
There are others who do
it 'cause they get off
having dominion, both over
the children and their parents.
Anna Harvey is that type.
She's a bully and a fraud and
[CLEARS THROAT] Never mind.
Nah, go ahead.
Let's just say, if she was
struggling with her business,
you might want to check to see
if her insurance covers bomb scares.
Wow. You really do hate her.
All the parents do.
The difference with me,
I decided to do something.
Which was what?
To take my daughter out of the center.
- Thank you.
- Sure.
We've been seeing a
family therapist about it.
The doctor says there's
nothing to worry about,
that children create imaginary friends.
Yeah. My niece has one.
Yeah, a friend.
You ever heard of a kid
making up an imaginary parent?
He doesn't have a stepdad or
He's just got me.
What about your wife? Has
she been married before?
No. Look, there's there's
nothing to figure out.
He makes stuff up.
It's upsetting, I admit,
that he would have to
invent a second father.
Does he do so more in times of stress?
- Yeah.
- Could I talk to your son?
It-it's possible he knows
something about the bomb.
He doesn't.
[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]
We all have an unconscious self,
one that can be knowing.
We suddenly find ourselves
in possession of information,
and we have no idea as
to how it came to us.
I had a vision myself, just last night,
a flashback or hallucination,
which perhaps revealed a
knowledge I've always had.
♪
The brain is a very mysterious thing.
I have no idea what
you're talking about.
I'm suggesting your
son may know something.
He may be delusional as the source,
but the information
itself could be valid.
My son doesn't know
anything about the bomb
or-or the fake bomb,
I can promise you that.
On the chance that he might,
I can give you my word,
I will not traumatize him.
In fact, it might help Danny
if you let me talk to him.
I can assure him
everything is gonna be okay.
The world is such a
scary place right now.
We haven't shared this
with the public yet,
but the day care received
another threat about a bomb.
The kids at Eric's
school could be in danger.
However remote the chance
that Danny witnessed
- or intuited anything relevant
- Okay, okay, okay.
I would have to talk
to his therapist first
to make sure it's okay, and
I would have to be present.
Of course, talk to his therapist.
But I would do better one-on-one.
No, I can't allow that.
He's seven years old. He'd be terrified.
What if there were a
way for you to supervise
and for Detective Avraham
to be alone with him?
Would that work?
We're not here to upset your son.
We're here to protect your other son
and all the kids who
go to that day care.
Please, you seem like a good father.
We're here to protect your boys.
So what was this
hallucination that you had?
Did you just make it up?
No. It happened.
I was standing shomer,
and I suddenly saw images of my father.
He died when I was five.
Wh standing what?
Shomer.
It's a Jewish tradition.
We volunteer to do it for
those who have no one else.
When a person passes
in this case, he was an old man
we stand shomer till he can be buried.
And why do you do it?
To comfort the soul.
And to guard the body
so it doesn't get eaten by animals.
- Seriously?
- Mm-hmm.
This is what you do with your free time?
[CHUCKLES]
You guard dead bodies
so that they don't get eaten by animals?
- Mm-hmm.
- Have you thought about maybe
subscribing to Netflix or
Careful, or I won't take you to shul.
Oh, come on.
Your father, you, um,
witnessed his death?
I didn't see it. I heard it.
You heard it?
[TENSE MUSIC]
We lived in an apartment building
six flights up.
I was outside walking our dog.
And I heard the sound my father made
when he landed on the ground.
Oh, my God.
He was lying in a pool of blood.
One second he was in
the kitchen smiling.
The next
♪
I'm so sorry.
The police did an investigation.
They concluded that
my father didn't fall.
He was pushed.
Excuse me?
The nature of his injuries,
the rate of descent
But not the who
or the why.
Nothing.
[GASPS SOFTLY]
Avi, since you've been a cop,
have you ever looked
into your father's case?
No.
No, I, uh
No.
I can't imagine.
Five years old, that's
♪
[CLEARS THROAT]
They eat babies. I've
seen it at the web,
- and on the news.
- Thanks again.
I talked to Holt's wife.
- And?
- She's nuts.
She says he lacks the balls
to do anything this stupid.
What I can tell you is that
everyone seems to have
questions about Anna Harvey.
Huh.
Jeez, ah, I'm not comfortable with this.
I assure you that he will
take great care with your boy.
Detective Avraham has assured him
that if, for any
reason, he wants to stop,
any reason whatsoever
He's seven years old, for God's sake.
And here's a candy.
You don't want the candy?
No?
My mom doesn't let me eat sugar.
She sounds like a good mom.
You want to know about the bomb.
Yes.
What your first dad told you.
I promised him I wouldn't tell.
I respect promises.
I especially respect
people who keep their word.
I can see you're a noble person.
Not everyone is.
Is your first dad noble?
Yes.
I bet he would want to help too.
Help all the children at the day care,
and especially Eric.
Is he Eric's first dad as well?
No. Just mine.
And your first mother?
I only have one mother.
I see.
I think she's visiting him now.
- In Mexico?
- No.
My father thinks she's in Mexico
visiting my grandmother and grandfather,
but I think she's really
visiting my first dad.
- Where would that be?
- It's a secret.
Another secret?
Oh, man. [BOTH LAUGH]
Can you tell me a little about your mom
and your first dad?
- Like what?
- I don't know.
Do they love each other?
- Yes.
- Yes?
- They never fight.
- Never fight?
And they're always nice to each other.
And what about your mom and
your father, the dad I met?
Are they sometimes
not nice to each other?
Do they sometimes fight?
Do they fight a lot?
Sometimes.
Yeah?
I bet it can be scary when they fight.
Sometimes.
What do they fight about?
I don't know.
You don't know?
You must have an idea.
I block my ears, and I sing.
What do you sing?
"This Little Light."
I know that song.
I used to sing that song when I
was your age, but not in English,
in Hebrew.
[SINGING IN HEBREW]
[CHUCKLES]
It always made me feel better.
You know what else?
When I was your age
and my parents argued,
I'd block my ears, too,
I guess to feel better.
You think your mom went to see
your first dad to feel better?
To get away from the
fight she had at home?
Maybe.
What do you and your
first dad talk about?
Lots of stuff.
When he told you who it
was that put it there
It's a secret.
Yes, I know,
but it could really help us
protect the kids at the day care.
[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]
When your first dad told you
who it was that put the bomb there,
you know this person.
Right?
I can see that you do.
♪
Did your dad plant the
bomb, your second dad?
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
I didn't plant that bomb.
I would never do something like that,
let alone scare my kids.
I-I believe you.
Can you think of a reason
why your son would
say that you did do it?
Mr. Serra, if we want to help
your son, we need to be honest.
I don't think a child says
shocking or hurtful things
without a reason.
I wonder, is it possible
Danny is angry at you for some reason?
He's
He's probably very angry with me, yes.
His mother and I have
been having problems.
And [SIGHS]
The fighting
has gotten very bad as of late.
How bad?
Bad enough that she left?
Bad enough that you
raised a hand to her?
God, no. Never.
It's
Bad enough that she went to
be with her parents in Mexico.
Last week, we fought,
and it was really bad.
And she said she's done,
so she packed a bag and
she walked out the door.
Not the first time.
She's-she's left before.
She usually comes back in a day or two.
But it's been over a week.
And I don't I don't know, the way
she left this time, it
I don't think she's coming back to us.
[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
[BREATHING SHAKILY]
An incredibly stupid
thing for you to do,
for you to just take off and run?
You think I don't know that?
I don't know what else to say to you.
[TENSE MUSIC]
Let me just say that of
all the fucked up choices
you've made, and there have been many
[SILVERWARE CLATTERS LOUDLY]
For you even to go back there,
unbelievable.
Some of the parents
are asking if we plan
to have extra security.
Oh, God. We should, shouldn't we?
I wouldn't even know
who to call about that.
For now, let's just tell them
that we will provide a safe environment.
I don't want to lie to them.
I don't want to lie to them either,
but I don't know what else to do.
I'm sorry. I don't mean to snap at you.
This is just such a nightmare.
- [CELL PHONE RINGING]
- [SIGHS]
This is Anna Harvey.
No. No, you listen to me.
Okay, this needs to stop.
Do you understand?
You need to stop this right now.
It was that woman, wasn't
it? What did she say?
♪
She's not done with us, is she?
♪
Another threat.
Can you believe it? That makes four.
Again, a call. Again, from a woman.
This is getting me very angry.
If this ends up in a real bombing,
I am gonna kill somebody.
No record of an Elisabeth Serra
taking any flights to Mexico.
Why the hell are you
looking into a possible
missing wife case when
we've got an ongoing
bomb threat here against kids?
Because they are related.
I believe the Serra
boy has more information
about the bomb.
The calls to the day care
are coming from a woman.
Maybe it's less about
implicating his father
than protecting his mother.
Good answer.
You run Elisabeth Serra's background?
I can.
Okay, check the neighbors.
None of this makes sense to me.
Well, Earl, should
this next bomb be real,
that's not the statement
that I want to lead with,
that none of it makes sense.
Okay, so you think that
Danny's parents are involved
in the bomb?
I see a lot of emotion.
His son imagines he has
another, better father.
He was angry, and she's gone.
Yeah, but I just can't
see him doing anything
to scare his boys.
Or hurt anybody, frankly.
I mean, he's a big guy with a big heart,
and kids can have crazy
imaginations, you know?
Yes, but there's more to be mined here.
- I'm gonna go back.
- More to be mined
with Danny, the father?
And Elisabeth.
Avi, why did you never look
into your dad's murder case?
- Janine, please.
- Okay, understood.
But the th um, the thing is that
[CLEARS THROAT] You probably don't need
to hear this, but
Last night, when we were
talking about your dad,
I held your hand
as an expression of sympathy
to comfort you, like I
would with any crime victim,
which is what you are, Avi.
You're a crime victim.
And so if you misinterpreted that
as something else,
I'm really sorry.
That was not my intention at all.
I'm I
I interpreted it as
as a gesture to comfort me
and, um, to express sorrow for my loss.
Okay, good.
Yeah, good. I'm
Good.
Good.
Yep.
[SIGHS]
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
I don't want to get in trouble,
you know, but I I-I also don't want
to withhold information
'cause it's just too important.
And I-I need my job.
Thank you.
And it's it's possible
that I've gotten it wrong.
What is it you've
come to tell us, Sarah?
Well, when we received the call,
um, it was clear that she
was shocked by what was said.
You know, don't get me wrong.
I s I saw it in her face.
- Anna?
- Yeah.
But it's like, the more
that I go over it in my mind
and the more that I think,
she didn't ask who it was.
She just said, "This needs to stop."
But she never asked who it was.
I just I have this weird feeling
that Anna knew exactly who was calling.
Just something about her expression.
She knew.
You think she knows who's
making these threats?
Yeah.
- What? Are you serious?
- Mm-hmm.
If I knew who, why wouldn't I say so?
This would be my question.
My God, what makes you think
that I would know who it was?
How would you describe
your overall relationship
with the parents of these kids?
What difference does that make?
[CHUCKLES]
Let me tell you what it is, Ms. Harvey.
You're not exactly
everybody's cup of tea.
Some of these parents,
they don't like you.
Now, whether or not
that rises to the level
of someone trying to blow
up your place of business,
I don't know, but what
I can tell you is this.
It used to be, when kids were in peril,
folks dropped their differences
and came together to help out.
Nowadays, they don't.
Not even with kids getting
shot up in classrooms
or out playing on the street.
The kids in your day care
could be victims of a bombing.
You're supposed to be protecting them,
and you're not.
You're holding something back.
And that doesn't just puzzle me.
It pisses me off.
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
Look, what do you want me to do?
Keep your voice down.
The boys are asleep.
I do the work.
I can't make these fuckers
pay their bills on time.
Fucking billionaires are
always stiffing the contractors.
- You gotta push them.
- Why?
Why should I have to beg these
assholes to do the right thing?
Lord knows they got the fucking money.
How do you think they got rich?
By not paying their
bills until they have to.
And not taking it personally.
- It's just business.
- What's that supposed to mean?
Asking for what you
deserve is not begging.
It's standing up for
yourself and your family.
You think I don't stand
up for this family?
- Are you serious?
- Yes, I'm serious.
[BOTH SIGH]
Paul
you gotta do better.
We got our own bills to pay.
- You have a plan?
- Yes.
We jump in the river and
see where it takes us.
Ah.
Look, I know I said the bomb was fake
and that we had words with Anna,
but I don't understand why
you're accusing me of this.
We're not accusing you, Mr. Serra.
Your son, Danny, seems to be.
Look, he's a good kid.
He's a troubled kid.
He doesn't really mean that I did it.
I still don't understand
why Danny would be so angry
to implicate his own father
None of this is real.
He does not have a first
father and a second father.
He only has one father, me,
and I haven't done anything wrong.
You say that Danny has a therapist.
Could we speak to him or her?
Yeah, sure, I guess.
I can tell you what she'll say.
Which is what?
Exactly what I already told you.
That he's mad at me
because his mother's gone.
She left because of me. I'm the bad guy.
And you've tried getting
in touch with her?
Yeah, I called her parents in Mexico.
I-I called her sister in New Jersey.
We don't know where she is.
Is there another man
in Elisabeth's life?
[TENSE MUSIC]
No.
I-I don't know.
Can you make room for the possibility?
♪
Has there been infidelity in
your marriage, Mr. Serra
Not from my side, all right?
Or hers.
I ca I ca I can't
believe that there was.
No way.
Your wife has a job?
Yeah.
She's an event planner
at the Valley Forge Club.
- That's a very nice place.
- Yeah.
When she left, your
wife said she was done.
Did she actually tell
you she was leaving you?
No.
She packed a bag, and she
just walked out the door.
Like I said, she's done it before.
She always comes back,
and this time
Well, we spoke with
some of the neighbors,
Danny's teachers, Eric's
teachers at school.
They all described Elisabeth
as a very devoted mother.
She is.
Does it make sense to you that she would
leave her children and not say goodbye?
No.
A week.
One could even conclude she's missing.
You haven't concluded that.
She didn't say goodbye.
She hasn't called. Nothing.
And she left without
a word to her children.
Those two boys love her.
They rely on her.
They know she would never abandon them.
And this leads me to
the inevitable question.
Mr. Serra
What have you done to your wife?
♪
Tragic news in the disappearance
of the minor out of Brooklyn.
The grisly discovery made by NYPD
after the parents confessed.
[SINGING IN HEBREW]
Your husband didn't walk
in on your son with Olivia.
Dad?
[GRUNTS]
Your son walked in on your husband.
Got a gun.
[BOTH GRUNTING]
- You okay?
- I misread everything.
You got to the truth due,
in part, to your compass,
but also in spite of it.
I think it should be
me who learns from you.
Maybe we learn from each other.
We got a report
that Kids Campus is receiving threats.
I need you to go check it out.
I didn't report any threat.
I told you about it.
I found this taped to the window.
And it wouldn't occur
to you to report this?
Yeah, what do you expect me to do?
Shut down every time somebody
tapes a drawing to my window?
If it's a drawing of a bomb
- [DEVICE BEEPS]
- There is no bomb.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
[EXHALES DEEPLY]
You didn't have to come, you know.
I could've called the
next name on the list.
When it's my turn to volunteer,
I show up, always.
It's nice the police let you do this.
Where's the casket?
Ugh.
Supply chain problems.
We had to borrow one from Lakewood.
It'll get here.
Who was he?
Oh, wait, I'll tell you.
Isaac Zabarsky. Heard of him?
Me neither.
86 years old, no family.
[GROANS]
Never stand when you can sit,
never sit when you can lie down.
The night is long.
This is how you comfort the soul?
I'm useless if I'm not awake.
Siddur can drag in the middle.
Mm.
Remember how this used to
freak us out when we were kids?
- Mm.
- Remember your first?
First shomer?
[SUBWAY CLATTERING]
[LOUD THUD]
It wasn't exactly shomer.
♪
[ALARM WAILING]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
Everybody, just stay in the safe area.
Keep moving to the safe
area. Thank you very much.
Okay, Earl, what do we know?
So far, that there's a bomb
and that the FBI are in
charge, which they conveyed
with their customary
"fuck you" attitude.
"FBI are in charge"
are the scariest words in the world.
Okay, let's make sure they
don't do anything stupid.
Janine, keep everybody calm and moving.
- Yep.
- Want me to pick you up?
Oh, careful.
- You all right?
- Yeah. Yeah, it's not real.
- What? Sorry?
- The thing.
- It's not real.
- How do you know?
- Okay. All right, come on.
- 'Scuse me.
[CAMERA CLICKING]
All right, come on. Let's go.
[INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER]
Make a hole. Make a hole.
Is this the same day care
as the previous threat?
One and the same.
That she didn't take seriously.
[TENSE ETHEREAL MUSIC]
♪
Sir?
Sir!
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
Ah! [GROANS]
Okay.
So how do you wanna play this?
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
One sec.
So it was a fake?
Sniffer dog said so.
But they blew it up
anyway, just to be safe.
Personally, I think they
just like blowing shit up.
Breaks up the day.
You know, one guy seemed to know.
I beg your pardon?
One of the dads told me it was a fake,
which seemed a little suspicious,
so I snapped a picture of him.
Don't ever do this again.
- What?
- Photograph civilians.
They hate it. They'll complain
that you violated their rights.
It'll screw up your personnel file
and cause no end of
troubles for the squad.
Well, technically, Earl,
it's not against procedure.
The law allows us to
photograph people in public.
Jesus, you sound like Avi already.
Just don't do it.
All right, who is this guy?
- He bumped into me.
- Uh-huh.
He told me it wasn't real,
which I found odd.
Well, grab Avi and talk to him.
Since it's just a bomb scare now,
the FBI pulled out and we
have jurisdiction again.
I don't go for this "just a
bomb scare" bullshit, Earl.
When kids are involved,
it's not just a bomb scare.
It's a five-alarm fire.
Whoever did this, I want
them caught right now.
Yes, ma'am.
- Janine.
- Yes.
Don't ever pursue a suspect by yourself.
It just happened. He suddenly took off,
- and then so did I.
- It was stupid.
It was dangerous. You ever do anything
like that again, and I will
personally kick your ass.
Got it.
So you gonna question him or not?
The suspect?
I-I get to question him?
You caught him, you clean him.
Where's Avi?
Oh, my God.
Heplanted it?
- Do you know this man?
- Yeah.
I mean, I I I did know him.
Uh, he's a former parent.
His daughter was here last year,
but they pulled her out.
Did you have any issues with him?
Him? No. I
in fact, he couldn't have been nicer.
But, um, his wife, on the other hand,
had opinions.
- What about?
- [SIGHS]
Uh, everything.
I'm sure she's a lovely woman.
She just couldn't help herself.
She second-guessed
almost everything we did.
But the Holts are
well-intentioned, good people,
not the type that would plant a bomb.
I'm not sure there's a type.
Or there are too many types.
The mentally ill.
A person trying to make a statement.
The extortionist.
The fact it was fake certainly suggests
someone wishing to make a statement
and strike fear.
Can you think of any reason
why this man would run from the scene?
No.
This is crazy.
The only reason I was
there is because I stopped
to see what was going on.
I know the school.
Our daughter used to go there.
I was curious.
Why did you run?
I actually didn't run at first.
I started to walk,
and then you chased me, so
That doesn't sound like
a great answer to me.
Does it sound like one to you?
Okay, yes, it was stupid to run.
- But you did.
- But I didn't plant a bomb.
Mr. Holt,
I looked out at a
whole sea of bystanders,
and only one of them, you,
chose to make yourself distinctive.
That kind of behavior isn't
consistent with innocence.
So I suggest you either give
me the reason that you ran,
or I'll have no choice but to conclude
that it's over this bomb.
[TENSE MUSIC]
I want a lawyer.
Damn it.
[SIGHS]
I boxed him.
He was starting to talk,
at least some, and I
should have just let him,
but instead I I
I I cornered him.
Well, he has no criminal record, right?
Yeah, none, but he's
clearly hiding something,
so I don't get it.
He maybe he had drugs on him.
Maybe he saw you, got
nervous, and took off,
tossed the drugs during the chase.
Everybody's guilty of
something we got no idea about.
The owner of the day care,
she's hiding something too.
How 'bout you two go talk to her again,
and I'll have a go with our runner.
We can compare notes.
Uh, we still got unsolved murders.
We're gonna put three
detectives on a bomb scare?
Davies says it's a top
priority, and I agree with her.
It may be nothing, but what
side do we want to err on?
There's been another threat.
It was definitely a
woman's voice, I'm positive.
And her exact words?
"The bomb was just the beginning."
That's all she said,
and then she hung up.
You didn't recognize the voice at all?
I don't think so, no.
I feel so terrible.
I told you that there was
nothing to worry about,
but had that bomb been real,
I mean, my God, people
could have been killed.
And this Holt, the man we detained?
No. I can't imagine.
I told your colleague earlier
that he and his wife are good people.
They just didn't like my day care,
so they went somewhere else.
But to plant a bomb,
fake or otherwise
no.
What about this man?
- Paul Serra.
- Mm-hmm.
Uh, his son goes here.
Any issues with him?
Actually
Okay.
You're gonna think that I
fight with all the parents here,
which I do not.
You butted heads with him?
About a week ago, but
he didn't threaten me.
What was the issue?
His son got a bump on his head,
and his wife thought that one
of the other kids here did it,
but I told them I don't
allow hitting here.
Then I also said,
"Kids hurt themselves all the time,
here, with a friend, or at home,"
which was probably a mistake on my part.
- And how did he react to that?
- Not well.
Not that I blamed him.
Okay? But we got past it.
And he is actually a very sweet man.
I'm just I'm sorry.
It's it's, uh it has been a day.
[SIGHS]
I told the other
detective, I want a lawyer.
We'll accommodate that.
But first, I'd like to share
some information with you.
There's just been another
threat to the day care.
This time, it was a phone call.
Well, it wasn't me. I've
been here the whole time.
I know, which is why I don't think
you planted the device, Mr. Holt.
[TENSE MUSIC]
- Thank you.
- Of course.
You can relax on that.
A man with no criminal
record or history of violence,
it makes no sense to me
that you would do this.
But nor does running for no reason.
I explained it to your partner.
Could you explain it to me?
Not the bomb part. That
I'm not concerned with.
But the running part.
♪
[SIGHS]
Look, when an explosive device is placed
at a day care center,
there's a great deal of pressure
put upon the police department
to unearth a suspect.
From the media, the public,
the mandate is the same:
find the bad guy which we will do.
Or in lieu of, we'll supply
a strong person of interest.
Life would certainly get complicated
for any such person.
His face would be on the news,
on social media
- You're threatening me?
- No, I'm just telling you
how things work.
You ran from the scene, Mr. Holt.
That makes you suspicious.
If there is a simple
explanation as to why you fled,
it would be in your best
interest to provide it.
♪
You have a daughter the same age
as the children who
attend this day care.
Right?
What's your daughter's name?
Gabrielle.
The children at this
center could be in danger.
Help us eliminate you as a suspect
so we can better focus
on whoever did this.
Tell me why you ran.
You're right. I didn't
put the bomb there.
And I damn sure didn't
make another threat.
You're also right,
I shouldn't have run.
Beyond that, I don't
know what to tell you.
So we're kicking him?
We have no evidence.
The DA won't charge
him just because he ran.
And even if they did,
judges nowadays wouldn't hold him,
so we have no choice.
Why would he run if
he didn't do anything?
That's an excellent question.
But we can't hold him
on an unspecified charge.
Yeah.
This one.
What about Ms. Harvey?
Didn't get much from her.
[DOORBELL RINGS]
Mr. Serra, Detective Harris.
We bumped into each other
this morning by the school.
Oh, yeah. I remember.
And this is Detective Avraham.
Hello.
Hello.
Can we come in?
Look, I-I didn't know
that the bomb was fake.
I was just saying that because
the kids were freaking out,
all right?
[SIGHS]
I ca that's why I
called the bomb a "thing."
Ms. Harvey said that you
and she had words recently.
- Meaning what?
- It's nothing.
We're just collecting information,
seeing if anyone at the day care
had any kind of bias.
- I-I don't have a bias.
- I'm sure you don't.
Can you tell us what the
confrontation was about?
[SIGHS] Yeah, Eric had some bruises,
and we suspected that something
might be going on at school.
So I asked Ms. Harvey about it,
and she got aggressive with me.
Did you get aggressive with her?
I mean, we certainly
argued about it, yeah.
The day before, my wife had
raised some questions about it,
and Ms. Harvey got hostile with her,
then she got hostile with me.
You know, you expect
someone who runs a day care
would have a more calming disposition.
You know? And I-I'm an electrician.
I'm no psychologist,
but there's something
something off about that lady.
Off how?
She's just tightly wound, you know?
Like she's gonna snap.
You know?
Does your wife, Elisabeth, think so too?
Yeah.
May we speak with your wife?
No, she's, uh she's in
Mexico visiting her family.
It's the first time
she's been able to do that
since the pandemic. Hey, buddy.
Are you the police?
This is my-my son, Danny.
This is Detective
Harris and I'm sorry.
Avraham.
I know who left the bomb.
- Danny, honey.
- You saw who did it?
I didn't see, but I know who it was.
- Okay.
- My first dad told me.
He-he doesn't have a first dad.
Yes, I do.
And he told me.
He told you who left the bomb?
But it's a secret.
He made me promise.
[PINS CLATTERING]
Somebody's been sending
bomb threats to the day care.
Your husband, Brad, is a suspect.
- My Brad?
- Mm-hmm.
A bomb? [LAUGHS]
Brad's not exactly Mr. Excitement.
I mean, there's a reason
I joined a bowling league.
Right.
I'm sorry, that's not
fair. He's a good guy.
A good husband, good father,
and he's hot, don't forget.
[CHUCKLES] He looks tough with the tats,
but trust me, he's not.
Why would he run from the scene?
He's not into confrontation.
Anything that involves a
disagreement or yelling,
he runs.
Trust me.
You and your husband, you
had an issue with Anna Harvey?
I mainly did.
I didn't like her.
Neither did Brad, but
he wouldn't stand up to her.
And why'd you dislike her?
You know what, I shouldn't
say I didn't like her.
- I hate her.
- Wow.
Some teachers run day cares
because they love kids.
There are others who do
it 'cause they get off
having dominion, both over
the children and their parents.
Anna Harvey is that type.
She's a bully and a fraud and
[CLEARS THROAT] Never mind.
Nah, go ahead.
Let's just say, if she was
struggling with her business,
you might want to check to see
if her insurance covers bomb scares.
Wow. You really do hate her.
All the parents do.
The difference with me,
I decided to do something.
Which was what?
To take my daughter out of the center.
- Thank you.
- Sure.
We've been seeing a
family therapist about it.
The doctor says there's
nothing to worry about,
that children create imaginary friends.
Yeah. My niece has one.
Yeah, a friend.
You ever heard of a kid
making up an imaginary parent?
He doesn't have a stepdad or
He's just got me.
What about your wife? Has
she been married before?
No. Look, there's there's
nothing to figure out.
He makes stuff up.
It's upsetting, I admit,
that he would have to
invent a second father.
Does he do so more in times of stress?
- Yeah.
- Could I talk to your son?
It-it's possible he knows
something about the bomb.
He doesn't.
[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]
We all have an unconscious self,
one that can be knowing.
We suddenly find ourselves
in possession of information,
and we have no idea as
to how it came to us.
I had a vision myself, just last night,
a flashback or hallucination,
which perhaps revealed a
knowledge I've always had.
♪
The brain is a very mysterious thing.
I have no idea what
you're talking about.
I'm suggesting your
son may know something.
He may be delusional as the source,
but the information
itself could be valid.
My son doesn't know
anything about the bomb
or-or the fake bomb,
I can promise you that.
On the chance that he might,
I can give you my word,
I will not traumatize him.
In fact, it might help Danny
if you let me talk to him.
I can assure him
everything is gonna be okay.
The world is such a
scary place right now.
We haven't shared this
with the public yet,
but the day care received
another threat about a bomb.
The kids at Eric's
school could be in danger.
However remote the chance
that Danny witnessed
- or intuited anything relevant
- Okay, okay, okay.
I would have to talk
to his therapist first
to make sure it's okay, and
I would have to be present.
Of course, talk to his therapist.
But I would do better one-on-one.
No, I can't allow that.
He's seven years old. He'd be terrified.
What if there were a
way for you to supervise
and for Detective Avraham
to be alone with him?
Would that work?
We're not here to upset your son.
We're here to protect your other son
and all the kids who
go to that day care.
Please, you seem like a good father.
We're here to protect your boys.
So what was this
hallucination that you had?
Did you just make it up?
No. It happened.
I was standing shomer,
and I suddenly saw images of my father.
He died when I was five.
Wh standing what?
Shomer.
It's a Jewish tradition.
We volunteer to do it for
those who have no one else.
When a person passes
in this case, he was an old man
we stand shomer till he can be buried.
And why do you do it?
To comfort the soul.
And to guard the body
so it doesn't get eaten by animals.
- Seriously?
- Mm-hmm.
This is what you do with your free time?
[CHUCKLES]
You guard dead bodies
so that they don't get eaten by animals?
- Mm-hmm.
- Have you thought about maybe
subscribing to Netflix or
Careful, or I won't take you to shul.
Oh, come on.
Your father, you, um,
witnessed his death?
I didn't see it. I heard it.
You heard it?
[TENSE MUSIC]
We lived in an apartment building
six flights up.
I was outside walking our dog.
And I heard the sound my father made
when he landed on the ground.
Oh, my God.
He was lying in a pool of blood.
One second he was in
the kitchen smiling.
The next
♪
I'm so sorry.
The police did an investigation.
They concluded that
my father didn't fall.
He was pushed.
Excuse me?
The nature of his injuries,
the rate of descent
But not the who
or the why.
Nothing.
[GASPS SOFTLY]
Avi, since you've been a cop,
have you ever looked
into your father's case?
No.
No, I, uh
No.
I can't imagine.
Five years old, that's
♪
[CLEARS THROAT]
They eat babies. I've
seen it at the web,
- and on the news.
- Thanks again.
I talked to Holt's wife.
- And?
- She's nuts.
She says he lacks the balls
to do anything this stupid.
What I can tell you is that
everyone seems to have
questions about Anna Harvey.
Huh.
Jeez, ah, I'm not comfortable with this.
I assure you that he will
take great care with your boy.
Detective Avraham has assured him
that if, for any
reason, he wants to stop,
any reason whatsoever
He's seven years old, for God's sake.
And here's a candy.
You don't want the candy?
No?
My mom doesn't let me eat sugar.
She sounds like a good mom.
You want to know about the bomb.
Yes.
What your first dad told you.
I promised him I wouldn't tell.
I respect promises.
I especially respect
people who keep their word.
I can see you're a noble person.
Not everyone is.
Is your first dad noble?
Yes.
I bet he would want to help too.
Help all the children at the day care,
and especially Eric.
Is he Eric's first dad as well?
No. Just mine.
And your first mother?
I only have one mother.
I see.
I think she's visiting him now.
- In Mexico?
- No.
My father thinks she's in Mexico
visiting my grandmother and grandfather,
but I think she's really
visiting my first dad.
- Where would that be?
- It's a secret.
Another secret?
Oh, man. [BOTH LAUGH]
Can you tell me a little about your mom
and your first dad?
- Like what?
- I don't know.
Do they love each other?
- Yes.
- Yes?
- They never fight.
- Never fight?
And they're always nice to each other.
And what about your mom and
your father, the dad I met?
Are they sometimes
not nice to each other?
Do they sometimes fight?
Do they fight a lot?
Sometimes.
Yeah?
I bet it can be scary when they fight.
Sometimes.
What do they fight about?
I don't know.
You don't know?
You must have an idea.
I block my ears, and I sing.
What do you sing?
"This Little Light."
I know that song.
I used to sing that song when I
was your age, but not in English,
in Hebrew.
[SINGING IN HEBREW]
[CHUCKLES]
It always made me feel better.
You know what else?
When I was your age
and my parents argued,
I'd block my ears, too,
I guess to feel better.
You think your mom went to see
your first dad to feel better?
To get away from the
fight she had at home?
Maybe.
What do you and your
first dad talk about?
Lots of stuff.
When he told you who it
was that put it there
It's a secret.
Yes, I know,
but it could really help us
protect the kids at the day care.
[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]
When your first dad told you
who it was that put the bomb there,
you know this person.
Right?
I can see that you do.
♪
Did your dad plant the
bomb, your second dad?
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
I didn't plant that bomb.
I would never do something like that,
let alone scare my kids.
I-I believe you.
Can you think of a reason
why your son would
say that you did do it?
Mr. Serra, if we want to help
your son, we need to be honest.
I don't think a child says
shocking or hurtful things
without a reason.
I wonder, is it possible
Danny is angry at you for some reason?
He's
He's probably very angry with me, yes.
His mother and I have
been having problems.
And [SIGHS]
The fighting
has gotten very bad as of late.
How bad?
Bad enough that she left?
Bad enough that you
raised a hand to her?
God, no. Never.
It's
Bad enough that she went to
be with her parents in Mexico.
Last week, we fought,
and it was really bad.
And she said she's done,
so she packed a bag and
she walked out the door.
Not the first time.
She's-she's left before.
She usually comes back in a day or two.
But it's been over a week.
And I don't I don't know, the way
she left this time, it
I don't think she's coming back to us.
[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
[BREATHING SHAKILY]
An incredibly stupid
thing for you to do,
for you to just take off and run?
You think I don't know that?
I don't know what else to say to you.
[TENSE MUSIC]
Let me just say that of
all the fucked up choices
you've made, and there have been many
[SILVERWARE CLATTERS LOUDLY]
For you even to go back there,
unbelievable.
Some of the parents
are asking if we plan
to have extra security.
Oh, God. We should, shouldn't we?
I wouldn't even know
who to call about that.
For now, let's just tell them
that we will provide a safe environment.
I don't want to lie to them.
I don't want to lie to them either,
but I don't know what else to do.
I'm sorry. I don't mean to snap at you.
This is just such a nightmare.
- [CELL PHONE RINGING]
- [SIGHS]
This is Anna Harvey.
No. No, you listen to me.
Okay, this needs to stop.
Do you understand?
You need to stop this right now.
It was that woman, wasn't
it? What did she say?
♪
She's not done with us, is she?
♪
Another threat.
Can you believe it? That makes four.
Again, a call. Again, from a woman.
This is getting me very angry.
If this ends up in a real bombing,
I am gonna kill somebody.
No record of an Elisabeth Serra
taking any flights to Mexico.
Why the hell are you
looking into a possible
missing wife case when
we've got an ongoing
bomb threat here against kids?
Because they are related.
I believe the Serra
boy has more information
about the bomb.
The calls to the day care
are coming from a woman.
Maybe it's less about
implicating his father
than protecting his mother.
Good answer.
You run Elisabeth Serra's background?
I can.
Okay, check the neighbors.
None of this makes sense to me.
Well, Earl, should
this next bomb be real,
that's not the statement
that I want to lead with,
that none of it makes sense.
Okay, so you think that
Danny's parents are involved
in the bomb?
I see a lot of emotion.
His son imagines he has
another, better father.
He was angry, and she's gone.
Yeah, but I just can't
see him doing anything
to scare his boys.
Or hurt anybody, frankly.
I mean, he's a big guy with a big heart,
and kids can have crazy
imaginations, you know?
Yes, but there's more to be mined here.
- I'm gonna go back.
- More to be mined
with Danny, the father?
And Elisabeth.
Avi, why did you never look
into your dad's murder case?
- Janine, please.
- Okay, understood.
But the th um, the thing is that
[CLEARS THROAT] You probably don't need
to hear this, but
Last night, when we were
talking about your dad,
I held your hand
as an expression of sympathy
to comfort you, like I
would with any crime victim,
which is what you are, Avi.
You're a crime victim.
And so if you misinterpreted that
as something else,
I'm really sorry.
That was not my intention at all.
I'm I
I interpreted it as
as a gesture to comfort me
and, um, to express sorrow for my loss.
Okay, good.
Yeah, good. I'm
Good.
Good.
Yep.
[SIGHS]
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
I don't want to get in trouble,
you know, but I I-I also don't want
to withhold information
'cause it's just too important.
And I-I need my job.
Thank you.
And it's it's possible
that I've gotten it wrong.
What is it you've
come to tell us, Sarah?
Well, when we received the call,
um, it was clear that she
was shocked by what was said.
You know, don't get me wrong.
I s I saw it in her face.
- Anna?
- Yeah.
But it's like, the more
that I go over it in my mind
and the more that I think,
she didn't ask who it was.
She just said, "This needs to stop."
But she never asked who it was.
I just I have this weird feeling
that Anna knew exactly who was calling.
Just something about her expression.
She knew.
You think she knows who's
making these threats?
Yeah.
- What? Are you serious?
- Mm-hmm.
If I knew who, why wouldn't I say so?
This would be my question.
My God, what makes you think
that I would know who it was?
How would you describe
your overall relationship
with the parents of these kids?
What difference does that make?
[CHUCKLES]
Let me tell you what it is, Ms. Harvey.
You're not exactly
everybody's cup of tea.
Some of these parents,
they don't like you.
Now, whether or not
that rises to the level
of someone trying to blow
up your place of business,
I don't know, but what
I can tell you is this.
It used to be, when kids were in peril,
folks dropped their differences
and came together to help out.
Nowadays, they don't.
Not even with kids getting
shot up in classrooms
or out playing on the street.
The kids in your day care
could be victims of a bombing.
You're supposed to be protecting them,
and you're not.
You're holding something back.
And that doesn't just puzzle me.
It pisses me off.
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
Look, what do you want me to do?
Keep your voice down.
The boys are asleep.
I do the work.
I can't make these fuckers
pay their bills on time.
Fucking billionaires are
always stiffing the contractors.
- You gotta push them.
- Why?
Why should I have to beg these
assholes to do the right thing?
Lord knows they got the fucking money.
How do you think they got rich?
By not paying their
bills until they have to.
And not taking it personally.
- It's just business.
- What's that supposed to mean?
Asking for what you
deserve is not begging.
It's standing up for
yourself and your family.
You think I don't stand
up for this family?
- Are you serious?
- Yes, I'm serious.
[BOTH SIGH]
Paul
you gotta do better.
We got our own bills to pay.
- You have a plan?
- Yes.
We jump in the river and
see where it takes us.
Ah.
Look, I know I said the bomb was fake
and that we had words with Anna,
but I don't understand why
you're accusing me of this.
We're not accusing you, Mr. Serra.
Your son, Danny, seems to be.
Look, he's a good kid.
He's a troubled kid.
He doesn't really mean that I did it.
I still don't understand
why Danny would be so angry
to implicate his own father
None of this is real.
He does not have a first
father and a second father.
He only has one father, me,
and I haven't done anything wrong.
You say that Danny has a therapist.
Could we speak to him or her?
Yeah, sure, I guess.
I can tell you what she'll say.
Which is what?
Exactly what I already told you.
That he's mad at me
because his mother's gone.
She left because of me. I'm the bad guy.
And you've tried getting
in touch with her?
Yeah, I called her parents in Mexico.
I-I called her sister in New Jersey.
We don't know where she is.
Is there another man
in Elisabeth's life?
[TENSE MUSIC]
No.
I-I don't know.
Can you make room for the possibility?
♪
Has there been infidelity in
your marriage, Mr. Serra
Not from my side, all right?
Or hers.
I ca I ca I can't
believe that there was.
No way.
Your wife has a job?
Yeah.
She's an event planner
at the Valley Forge Club.
- That's a very nice place.
- Yeah.
When she left, your
wife said she was done.
Did she actually tell
you she was leaving you?
No.
She packed a bag, and she
just walked out the door.
Like I said, she's done it before.
She always comes back,
and this time
Well, we spoke with
some of the neighbors,
Danny's teachers, Eric's
teachers at school.
They all described Elisabeth
as a very devoted mother.
She is.
Does it make sense to you that she would
leave her children and not say goodbye?
No.
A week.
One could even conclude she's missing.
You haven't concluded that.
She didn't say goodbye.
She hasn't called. Nothing.
And she left without
a word to her children.
Those two boys love her.
They rely on her.
They know she would never abandon them.
And this leads me to
the inevitable question.
Mr. Serra
What have you done to your wife?
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