The Catch (2016) s01e07 Episode Script
The Ringer
1 Previously on "The Catch" - Benji! - Rhys.
As you can see, my brother's here for a visit.
Our Benefactor has come to collect.
I like it here.
I think I'll stay.
You want to work with Agent Dao? Mm-hmm.
I can't help but think I'm being played.
By whom? Alice plays games while you seduce me.
The people I work for, they're killers.
You will forgive our debt in full.
It's a small price to pay for all of India, Africa, and the Middle East.
Who told you about that? Margot gets something on me.
I get something on her.
There was a woman.
Alice Vaughan? Thank you, darling.
Hello, Ms.
Vaughan.
How lovely to meet you.
You're still here.
Is that okay? So, what are you doing at work today? I was just gonna ask you the same question.
What are you doing at work today? You got the bracelet.
You're out of debt.
So what now? What do we do? I mean, no offense, but you are a thief.
There is that.
And technically, I can't trust you.
I mean, I shouldn't, right? So what are we gonna do? We don't even really know each other.
Yes, we do.
We can always run away together.
I still owe you a wedding.
The people you work for wouldn't come looking for you? The wouldn't come looking for me? You could turn state's evidence.
I can't do that.
Those people have saved my life a million times over.
They're my family.
They're my Val and Danny.
If I had known that you were going to be in my future, I would have done everything differently - all of it.
- Ben.
It's weird for me to hear you call me that.
It's really weird to call you that.
I'm sorry, but we can't do this.
I can't hide out here with you.
I can't lie to everyone.
So, no running away? No phone calls.
No texts.
No showing up here in the middle of the night.
It's not good for me.
I love saying goodbye to you.
That was the last time.
Agent Dao? Alice Vaughan.
Can you meet me and Val at the office in an hour? It's about Christopher.
That was your partner.
She wants to see us at the office.
Okay, you have to go.
I'll make café au lait? No, you won't.
You will leave, and I will see you at the office, where we will pretend this never happened.
Okay.
On one condition Have dinner with me tonight.
No.
No dinner.
No café au lait.
No negotiating.
You are trying to make this a thing, and this ain't a thing.
This was rebound sex.
What is rebound sex? To help me get over my ex.
Uh-huh.
But you were with him 10 years, no? So? So, you're gonna need a lot more rebound sex.
I'm here to help.
Out.
Now.
Finally! There he is! Rhys, this is my room.
In theory, yes.
But your bed hasn't been slept in, my sister's not seen you, and you're still wearing last night's Zegna, which begs the question I'm gonna go to breakfast.
"Where were you last night?" And when I get back, you'll be gone.
Did Bad Benji come out to play? And did he forget to invite Bad Rhysy? Bad Benji doesn't get out much anymore.
That's a shame.
We'll have to do something about that.
I don't think that Margot and Felicity would like that very much.
Alas, poor Felicity is on her way to India.
And Margot says that you two are on your way to Miami.
- Miami? - Yeah, didn't she tell you? Apparently, you're meeting up with somebody called Reggie.
- Rhys, you know who Reggie is.
- Do I? My partner? The point is everyone's leaving me.
And in my hour of need.
That's every hour with you.
Don't be mean.
I'm trying to help.
There's a job.
Ridiculous money.
But it would mean me keeping you here in Los Angeles for a while.
How would you feel about that? How does one man operating on his own outsmart us and Interpol and the FBI for three years across two continents? You think he's working with others? - Or for others.
- What's the job? I think he's part of something bigger I'm about to reel in a whale, but I haven't got my team with me a criminal conspiracy.
So I could do with some help.
And you could do with some seed money now that you're out of debt.
It started in Europe Margot will never go for it.
And is now here.
So let Margot go to Miami with what's-his-name, and you and I can be bad together.
I can't not tell her.
I think Christopher is just a pawn in this game.
Come on.
You know she's gonna say no.
Not if I can convince you to take a third of the cash instead of half.
And we need to go after the king.
Deal.
Don't take this the wrong way, but is the Christopher thing taking over? A little.
You want to talk about it? You don't have to talk about it with me.
But you should talk to someone.
Call my therapist.
I could not have survived this divorce without her.
Val.
She will recommend someone great.
It's too much, Allie.
You can't do this all by yourself.
Guys, the client's here.
I'm sorry, but we can't do this.
I can't hide out here with you.
No phone calls.
No texts.
I can't lie to everyone.
It's not good for me.
Dr.
Newman, hi.
My name is Alice Vaughan.
Valerie Anderson gave me your number.
I'm, um, calling for a recommendation.
I think I need to see a therapist.
How can we help you, Mr.
Singh? My son Joey is missing.
He ran away.
Uh, nanny found this on his pillow this morning.
I called the police, and they're doing everything that they can, but "I can't do this anymore.
" What does that mean? Living with me.
He doesn't want to live with me anymore.
And why is that? Because he blames me for the divorce.
He doesn't understand why he can't see his mom anymore.
He can't see his mom at all? They have supervised visits twice a month.
Why supervised? The court deemed her unfit.
She's bipolar, manic-depressive.
Was she abusive to Joey? No, but her shrink said that her condition could lead to violence, so the judge gave me sole custody.
Do you think Joey's with her? No, I-I went over there, which was a mistake because now she's losing her mind what's left of it.
I called our friends, Joey's friends, the school.
No one has seen him.
No one has heard from him.
And I don't even know where to begin to look for him.
Let us take care of that.
We'll find your son, Mr.
Singh.
A young wine baron is checking in today, and he's bringing with him the sweetest, little gambling addiction.
What's his game? Texas Hold 'Em.
We convince him there's an underground, high-stakes game here in the hotel, tell him there's a steep buy-in, then take his money.
You can't just take his money.
Why not? Because he'll have the cops and the Feds here in no time.
So? What do you care? By then, you two will be sat under a palm tree in Miami with Reggie.
Listen to me.
If you do this right, he won't even know he's been robbed.
He'll just think he had an off night at the tables.
Why is your way always the right way? It's not.
It's just better than yours.
Why don't we do your con your way? Meaning? Your plan, your execution, - you're in control.
- As usual.
You tell us who we are, what we do, and we do it, no questions asked.
Oh, come on.
Surely, we can ask some questions.
Would you agree to that? What, to you doing all the work? To my being in control.
We're a team.
Package deal.
Are you in? As if I had any choice in the matter.
Vincent Singh is the C.
E.
O.
and co-founder of one of the biggest video-game studios in the country.
Forbes has his net worth at just under $400 million.
Vincent met Karen 12 years ago when she started as one of his programmers and ended up getting pregnant with Joey a few months later.
But Vincent refused to marry Karen unless she signed a prenup, which Karen finally signed, but only after Joey was born.
I looked into the custody case, and Vincent was right.
Karen has no history of violence.
I did find some prescriptions for antidepressants and anti-anxiety meds.
Half the people I know are on those meds.
- I am.
- I am.
- You are? - You are? How are you not? I went to Joey's school, and his teachers confirmed that he's been acting out, talking back.
Joey's not a happy kid.
So he wanted to disappear.
Vincent gave us access to Joey's wireless account, which tracks GPS data, and the last known location of the phone was here in Union Park.
- When? - Last night at 10:17.
So he's been missing for over 12 hours.
How did Vincent not know that? The nanny put Joey to bed at 9:00.
Vincent didn't get back from the office till midnight, which, according to the nanny, is not unusual.
So Joey never even sees his dad.
Or his mom.
No wonder he ran away.
Is there any chance the phone is still in the park? It's a long shot, but Can't hurt to look.
According to the map, the last place Joey used his phone was in this area.
What's an 11-year-old kid doing out here at 10:00 at night? Trying to get his dad's attention.
Even that didn't work.
He called us and went back to the office.
Did you ever run away from home? Well, if you ask my mom, she'd say that's what I'm doing right now.
Where is home? Northfield, Vermont.
Population 6,207.
Did you ever run away from home? No, that would require having a home to run away from.
What does that mean? You're blinking.
Why would he destroy and hide his own phone? Joey really doesn't want to be found.
What? What are you looking at? That.
- Is that a camera? - That's a camera.
Our mark is Teddy Seavers, only son of Markland Seavers, whose $100 million Napa vineyards generated five times that last year.
It's not just vineyards.
Daddy also owns hotels and restaurants.
Yeah, we know all this.
Don't forget I'm the one who landed us this whale.
Spotted the whale.
We still have to land him.
Now, our Teddy is his father's leading sales rep, but, by all accounts, is a bit of an idiot.
He drives ridiculous cars, dates models, drinks incessantly Well, I do all that.
And he gambles.
On anything and everything.
Now, he's only in town for 48 hours.
He's meeting hotels, retailers, restaurants.
Looking for the most exclusive game in town.
Which we will provide.
But first, we need to bait him, see if we can't make the whale bite.
Leave that to me.
Reservation under Seavers Teddy.
Seavers will mistake me for a pit boss.
Excuse me.
He will approach me Couldn't help but notice the logo on your briefcase.
Is there a game happening in this hotel? And I will refuse to tell him anything I'm looking for Mr.
McCaulley.
Thank you.
Which will make him just curious enough to follow me into the restaurant, where I'll be meeting Billy McCaulley, an underground Hollywood high roller, who will ask to see what I'm carrying before he surrenders his cash to join our little game, at which point, Seavers will come to you.
Buy you another? I couldn't help but notice the lovely woman you were talking to with the briefcase.
Look, man, if there's a game going on I'm sorry.
I'm afraid I don't know what you're talking about.
Okay, do you drink wine? My family runs a vineyard Seavers Winery.
I'm Teddy Seavers.
It's a steep buy-in.
Hmm.
Try me.
And they don't take people they don't know.
You can vouch for me.
I don't know you.
Well, let's do something about that, huh? Please.
So how steep a buy-in are we talking? There's a lot of badly lit nothing for a while, and then this happens.
Joey was in the park last night.
And he wasn't alone.
Oh, my God.
It's too far away for me to read her lips, but if you look at her body language, it's like she's saying, "Are you lost? Where are your parents? Should we call them?" Joey hands her his phone.
The man walks away with it, presumably destroys it, then hides it.
While the woman says, "Do you want a ride home?" And then Joey gets in the car with them.
Only they didn't take Joey home.
They kidnapped him.
- Who are they? - We're trying to find that out.
The police have this footage, too, and the make and the model of the car.
We're coordinating with them.
We're doing everything we can.
But are you sure you've never seen them before? What is she doing here? We asked Joey's mom to come.
We need you both to I.
D.
the footage.
I hired you.
I'm paying your fee.
You told the police he ran away?! - Karen, let's step outside.
- He left a note.
- He was kidnapped because of you.
- 'Cause of me? I called the police.
- Guys, we need to stick together.
- I hired the detectives.
You never wanted him from the minute I got pregnant.
Guys, we need to think about Joey.
He took your son away because you are not well, Karen! The judge did not take my son away.
You took my Quiet! Do you recognize these people? Have you ever seen them before? No.
Let's step outside, please.
Full house.
Kings full of queens.
That is a suspiciously good hand.
Isn't it? But not good enough.
How does he do it, ladies and gentlemen? No, seriously, how do you do it? Ah, look at that.
So much of life is all about good tailoring, isn't it? Margot had it made for me.
She certainly looks after you.
I'll give her that.
Yes, she does.
So, what happened with you two? You were raking it in, making regular payments, and then suddenly, everything stopped.
Now, my sister doesn't usually make mistakes.
So what went wrong? I got unlucky.
It happens.
Not to you, it doesn't.
You've never left anything to luck.
You always know exactly what you want and how many cards you need up your sleeves to get it.
So what really happened? How's our friend the wine baron? He's bringing $3 million in cash to our little game tomorrow.
"Boom," as Reggie says.
Why would he say that? I mean, who talks like that, really? Now we just need to come up with our little game.
And you boys need to keep practicing.
Hmm.
This time, no jacket required.
You yelled at the clients.
I almost threw my water glass at the clients.
And I've already called your therapist, so you can stop looking at me like that.
I'm fine.
- Sophie can raise the dead.
- What? She brought Joey's phone back to life.
- You did? - You fixed it? And I found screen shots he saved to the hard drive of a Snapchat user named Britney911emoji.
It's like she's giving him directions.
It's like they're giving him directions.
- Oh, God.
- There's one more photo.
It's a signal.
It's like the black dot for abuse victims.
What's the black dot? When you see a black dot in the palm of someone's hand, it means, "I need help, and it's too dangerous for me to ask for it.
" But this is different.
Karen's telling him that it's safe.
It's like she's saying, "Look for the woman with the blue dot.
" Karen set this whole thing up.
Is there news? Did you find Joey? I think you know the answer to that.
Where is he, Karen? Where's Joey? Someplace you'll never find him.
I know you won't believe me, but my son is better off where he is.
Joey wants this.
He's miserable with his father.
Vincent has never been there for Joey.
Then why did he sue for sole custody? Because of the money.
My son was a business decision.
His accountant showed him a spreadsheet that said it would be cheaper to keep Joey than to pay me alimony and child support.
But Vincent has plenty of money.
Yes, because that's all he cares about money, winning.
His whole life is video games.
That is the maturity level we're dealing with mind-set.
That's why I divorced him.
He claims that he divorced you, that you were suffering from bipolar disorder from manic depression.
He paid my psychiatrist to get up on the stand and say that my condition could lead to violent behavior.
He paid off our nanny, Joey's teacher, all of these people, to get up on the stand and testify against me.
If he bribed witnesses, we can take action against him, but you still have to tell us where Joey is.
Karen, the police are going to arrest you.
Let them.
I don't care anymore.
If I have to be in jail for my son to grow up safe and happy, so be it.
I'm serious.
Why do you keep lying? - I found these again.
- Look, baby.
- This doesn't prove anything.
- I didn't do anything.
- I can't do this anymore, Teddy.
- I cannot do this.
I Baby, just give me two seconds, please.
Hey, man.
Everything all right? I kind of told my girlfriend I'm in Gamblers Anonymous for the last six months, that I've been clean, and she went through my phone this morning, so I I'm sorry.
I just I can't swing it tonight, man.
But if she goes to bed early, and you can't sleep You know what, I-I-I got a breakfast meeting early tomorrow anyway, but Thanks, though.
Appreciate it.
All right.
It's called the Protective Parents Network.
It's not an organization.
It's more of a movement.
It's an underground railroad for parents who lost their kids to the court system.
- This is a real thing? - Since the '70s.
Volunteer families hide the kids, move them from house to house, city to city.
In the hopes of reuniting them with the parents that lost custody.
Which is why Karen's still not talking to the police.
Maybe we can get her to.
If we can prove her story's true, that Vincent paid people to testify against her.
The problem is Karen may not even know where Joey is.
The network keeps moving these kids from safe house to safe house until they can get them the new paperwork black market I.
D.
s, passports.
So, who do we know in the black market I.
D.
circuit? I've called all my people.
I might know someone.
Can you bring this one back to life? What happened to it? It, um, got a little wet.
He's not coming because of his girlfriend.
To be fair, she is a supermodel.
See, this is why I don't have a girlfriend.
Oh, is that the reason? We need to really tempt him, offer him something that he can't pass up, something that'll make him risk his relationship.
The gambling experience of a lifetime, the opportunity to play against someone special, someone who will make him beg to sit at our table, someone legendary.
Go on, then.
Who are you talking about? - The Ringer.
- The Ringer.
I'm sorry.
Who? Excuse me.
Are you Ricky "The Ringer" Arrington? Yeah, but let's not make a thing out of it, okay? Man, I have heard some Vegas stories about the man with the rings, but I I look forward to your joining our game tonight, Mr.
Arrington.
Oh, yeah, I'll I'll be there, too, actually.
Ahh.
See you tonight.
I'll see you tonight.
I am glad to see you're not ring-rusty.
On a gaming con? I'm offended it took you this long to call me in.
I was convinced it was a three-person endeavor.
It turns out I needed four.
Who's the fourth? - You remember my brother? - No way! Relax.
I'm running the show.
It's gonna be fine, especially now you're here.
Where's Ben? His name's Joey Singh.
He's been kidnapped.
His mother set it up.
She's working with a network of people to get Joey a forged birth certificate, a new identity.
And so I was thinking maybe you know someone in that line of work.
I'll see what I can find out.
Thank you.
I hope you find him.
It's not good for a kid to spend his life on the run.
It's not good for anyone.
I'll let you know if I find out anything.
Hey.
Where'd you disappear to? I, um, met with a source who's looking into leads on Joey's new identity.
Look, I don't know what's going on because you won't tell me.
There's nothing going on.
I promise.
I got a referral from your therapist.
I'm seeing someone tomorrow.
Jessica Philips, MFT.
Can I give you one piece of advice? Mm-hmm.
Tell her everything.
And I mean everything.
Don't hold anything back, or you're wasting your time.
Val.
My source came through.
His new name is Kevin Michael Connors.
I'll tell the police.
I'll check with immigration in case they're trying to get Joey out of the country.
- Got him.
- Damn it.
Kevin Connors has a ticket to Calgary from LAX today at 4:57 p.
m.
LAX, 4:57 p.
m.
I'll call Joey's dad.
Before you do that, Sophie and I found wire transfers from Vincent to the people who testified against Karen in the custody hearing.
Karen was telling the truth.
It's not gonna keep her out of jail.
Or us from giving Joey back to his father.
But it might come in handy as leverage.
For what? I can't thank you both enough.
Karen's in jail.
My son's with me.
Hiring you ladies was the best money I ever spent.
What about the money you spent on Dr.
Kimbrough, your wife's psychiatrist, in exchange for his testimony against Karen? And Ashlynn Pastorek, your son's former nanny? Leo Castro, Joey's school counselor? Did you know that it's a felony to bribe witnesses? Up to 15 years in federal prison.
All right, fine.
How big does this check need to be? You can keep your check, Mr.
Singh.
In exchange for our services, you can remand custody of your son to your wife's sister, Denise, who will require a monthly stipend.
And you will recant your claims about Karen's mental state at the next family court hearing.
Or we will forward the evidence of your bribery to the judge.
And that's gonna cost you that much in legal fees to defend yourself in court, that much in wages lost when you end up serving jail time, versus the bargain price of that much to walk out of here and comply with our demands.
So you'll have to decide what is Joey worth to you? Wow.
This is incredible.
You've completely transformed the place.
Almost looks real.
"Almost"? It is real.
Really? Well, in that case I'll have a tequila, please.
Do I look like the bartender to you? Rhys, this is Reggie.
You've met.
Several times.
Not Benji's new partner, Reggie.
Ben's partner for three years.
You two still working together? What do you think I'm doing here? Well, you're not tending the bar.
That much we do know.
That's all right.
I'll pour myself one.
I never drink when I'm working.
Very wise.
Know your limits.
Benji! Drink? He's not drinking, either.
Oh, well, in that case, I'll have his, then.
Are the children getting along? I think you know the answer to that question.
You look very nice.
As do you.
Thank you.
Where's my music? Thank you.
Your ear pieces should be on.
How are we on sound? All good.
Remind me why I agreed to you yapping in my ear all night.
Because this is my show, and I call the shots.
And you've had one too many.
Okay.
Positions, please.
Welcome, Mr.
Seavers.
$3 million in cash.
We'll secure your money.
In the meantime, your seat and chip stack are waiting for you.
All right.
Please, enjoy yourself.
Thank you.
- Hope everybody's feeling lucky.
- Always.
Ladies and gentlemen, cards out.
All right, people, let's play some cards.
Seaver's sitting on a Queen-10.
Reggie's got pocket fours.
Ben is sitting on a King-club-10-club.
Everyone else is low card off suit.
So everyone else fold.
Ben and Reggie, you've got the odds, so raise big on the turn.
Let him win the first round.
Full house, baby.
That's how you start the night.
Reggie needs an ace.
Raquel, hook him up.
Nice work, babe.
Boom! Here's the flop.
Rhys, take him up.
Ben, take him down.
Ben, I see you.
Nice work.
Reggie, call.
Raise.
Call.
He's got a Jack-7.
Pocket threes.
No good.
Fold.
Raise.
Ben, raise.
Sitting on three aces.
Call.
Good work, boys.
He's bleeding chips.
Here comes the river.
It's a six of diamonds.
He's gonna go all-in.
I'm all-in.
He's got a flush.
Reggie, fold.
Ben, fold.
Rhys, you've got a straight flush.
You can clean him out on this hand.
Ah, the Ringer is out.
Tempting, but Rhys, you moron, you've got to call.
All right! Pipe down! I mean Pbht! fold.
Back in the game, boys.
That was bad.
Oh, dear.
Ohh.
Aah! Gentlemen, let's take a 15-minute break while we clear up the table.
- Sir, perhaps you'd like some air.
- Aah! You just doubled his chip stack and short-circuited my feed.
I can't control the game anymore.
I still don't understand why we don't just club this idiot over the head and take his $3 million.
Why? Because that would be a short-sighted, amateur move, and I am a professional.
A professional bitch.
Sober up! That was a very bad move.
Enjoy your little game in there because the next move is mine.
We've got a problem.
I thought you just got rid of it.
Our cameras are down.
I've lost eyes.
If Seavers cuts out early or wins That won't happen.
Why, have you got a plan "B"? Start the game.
We slow play.
Make every hand last an eternity.
Seavers is coming off a big win.
That's a dragon he'll chase all night.
We'll drive him crazy in the process Stalling out every bet.
Making him anxious, frustrated all the way until sun-up.
And then just when he thinks he can't take it anymore, we'll use his frustration against him.
Anyone else feeling restless? Yeah, I'm glad you said it.
How about we bring this to a close? Close? A knife fight.
You talking high-card? Truest gamble in the game.
It's pure luck.
And so you're out? I didn't say that.
Hmm.
'Cause I go all-in or nothing.
You up for that, slick? I'm in.
Huh? What about you, kiddo? Definitely.
But hold on.
Hold on.
What do you fellas say we use a fresh deck, huh? Mine.
Cut it.
After you.
Moment of truth.
Damn.
How's that for luck? No.
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
That That is awesome! Come on, man! That's crazy! - Awesome.
- Well played, gentlemen.
All right.
Thank you.
Well done, slick.
It was a pleasure, Mr.
Seavers.
Ohh.
You, ma'am, host a damn fine card game.
Hmm.
Good night.
Well, that was an extremely fortunate turn of events, although I'm guessing luck had very little to do with it.
Oh, it turns out Rhys was right.
It's all about good tailoring.
Ah.
That's not bad.
That's also what I call a way-too-long con.
Seavers just lost $3 million and walked out of here smiling.
I would call that a success.
Yeah, no thanks to Rhys.
Yes, well, he's not our problem anymore.
Let's celebrate.
Mm.
Mm.
What is it? That's water.
The whole thing It's It's water.
That bastard was never drunk.
Care to explain why you're not sleeping one off for once in your life? Early breakfast with a new friend Mr.
Graham Weatherby.
You just had breakfast with the man who owns this hotel? And 45 others just like it.
Although Graham is now just a co-owner with me.
You are now looking at the proud new co-owner of every Weatherby hotel in the country.
And I have you to thank Me? For the sudden hole in Weatherby's schedule.
It's not every morning he gets stood up by a potential investor.
Teddy Seavers.
You knew he was meeting with Weatherby.
And you used me to distract him.
And then you slipped away and took the meeting instead.
Which means the Kensington Firm is now officially expanded into North America using our lovely new hotels as fronts all across the country.
But the U.
S.
is my territory.
Was your territory.
I was here first.
And you gave it a good go, but you failed.
This is why you're here.
You didn't come because mum sent you.
You didn't come to make peace.
You came to declare war.
I'm not the one who cost you America.
I'm not your enemy.
This is your enemy.
These were taken yesterday.
Alice Vaughan is the one who cost you America and Benji.
These are the cities where Interpol has reports of crimes attributed to Simon Bell, which was Christopher's alias at the time.
And these are the territories of the major crime syndicates in Europe.
The only family whose territory he consistently steers clear of They're called the Kensington Firm.
They've been operating out of London since the '50s.
What's their area of expertise? Shipping, distribution.
Of what? Everything from weapons to counterfeit currency to narcotics.
Compared to the Kensington Firm, Christopher Hall is a petty thief.
How's our friend Joey? You did a good thing.
I'm capable of doing good things.
Then tell me about the Kensington Firm.
What are you doing? Are you back with them now? What are you trying to do? - I'm trying to get you out.
- I never asked you to.
I know.
But you have to pick a side.
I'm working with the FBI to take them down, and if you are on their side, you're going down with them.
Alice, these people will try to kill us both.
Take this back.
Pick a side.
Until you do, we're done.
Don't do this.
I have somewhere I have to be.
I have to admit, I'm nervous.
I've never done the therapy thing before.
But recently, my life has, uh Things have gotten to the point where I could use some help.
You know? Tell me everything.
As you can see, my brother's here for a visit.
Our Benefactor has come to collect.
I like it here.
I think I'll stay.
You want to work with Agent Dao? Mm-hmm.
I can't help but think I'm being played.
By whom? Alice plays games while you seduce me.
The people I work for, they're killers.
You will forgive our debt in full.
It's a small price to pay for all of India, Africa, and the Middle East.
Who told you about that? Margot gets something on me.
I get something on her.
There was a woman.
Alice Vaughan? Thank you, darling.
Hello, Ms.
Vaughan.
How lovely to meet you.
You're still here.
Is that okay? So, what are you doing at work today? I was just gonna ask you the same question.
What are you doing at work today? You got the bracelet.
You're out of debt.
So what now? What do we do? I mean, no offense, but you are a thief.
There is that.
And technically, I can't trust you.
I mean, I shouldn't, right? So what are we gonna do? We don't even really know each other.
Yes, we do.
We can always run away together.
I still owe you a wedding.
The people you work for wouldn't come looking for you? The wouldn't come looking for me? You could turn state's evidence.
I can't do that.
Those people have saved my life a million times over.
They're my family.
They're my Val and Danny.
If I had known that you were going to be in my future, I would have done everything differently - all of it.
- Ben.
It's weird for me to hear you call me that.
It's really weird to call you that.
I'm sorry, but we can't do this.
I can't hide out here with you.
I can't lie to everyone.
So, no running away? No phone calls.
No texts.
No showing up here in the middle of the night.
It's not good for me.
I love saying goodbye to you.
That was the last time.
Agent Dao? Alice Vaughan.
Can you meet me and Val at the office in an hour? It's about Christopher.
That was your partner.
She wants to see us at the office.
Okay, you have to go.
I'll make café au lait? No, you won't.
You will leave, and I will see you at the office, where we will pretend this never happened.
Okay.
On one condition Have dinner with me tonight.
No.
No dinner.
No café au lait.
No negotiating.
You are trying to make this a thing, and this ain't a thing.
This was rebound sex.
What is rebound sex? To help me get over my ex.
Uh-huh.
But you were with him 10 years, no? So? So, you're gonna need a lot more rebound sex.
I'm here to help.
Out.
Now.
Finally! There he is! Rhys, this is my room.
In theory, yes.
But your bed hasn't been slept in, my sister's not seen you, and you're still wearing last night's Zegna, which begs the question I'm gonna go to breakfast.
"Where were you last night?" And when I get back, you'll be gone.
Did Bad Benji come out to play? And did he forget to invite Bad Rhysy? Bad Benji doesn't get out much anymore.
That's a shame.
We'll have to do something about that.
I don't think that Margot and Felicity would like that very much.
Alas, poor Felicity is on her way to India.
And Margot says that you two are on your way to Miami.
- Miami? - Yeah, didn't she tell you? Apparently, you're meeting up with somebody called Reggie.
- Rhys, you know who Reggie is.
- Do I? My partner? The point is everyone's leaving me.
And in my hour of need.
That's every hour with you.
Don't be mean.
I'm trying to help.
There's a job.
Ridiculous money.
But it would mean me keeping you here in Los Angeles for a while.
How would you feel about that? How does one man operating on his own outsmart us and Interpol and the FBI for three years across two continents? You think he's working with others? - Or for others.
- What's the job? I think he's part of something bigger I'm about to reel in a whale, but I haven't got my team with me a criminal conspiracy.
So I could do with some help.
And you could do with some seed money now that you're out of debt.
It started in Europe Margot will never go for it.
And is now here.
So let Margot go to Miami with what's-his-name, and you and I can be bad together.
I can't not tell her.
I think Christopher is just a pawn in this game.
Come on.
You know she's gonna say no.
Not if I can convince you to take a third of the cash instead of half.
And we need to go after the king.
Deal.
Don't take this the wrong way, but is the Christopher thing taking over? A little.
You want to talk about it? You don't have to talk about it with me.
But you should talk to someone.
Call my therapist.
I could not have survived this divorce without her.
Val.
She will recommend someone great.
It's too much, Allie.
You can't do this all by yourself.
Guys, the client's here.
I'm sorry, but we can't do this.
I can't hide out here with you.
No phone calls.
No texts.
I can't lie to everyone.
It's not good for me.
Dr.
Newman, hi.
My name is Alice Vaughan.
Valerie Anderson gave me your number.
I'm, um, calling for a recommendation.
I think I need to see a therapist.
How can we help you, Mr.
Singh? My son Joey is missing.
He ran away.
Uh, nanny found this on his pillow this morning.
I called the police, and they're doing everything that they can, but "I can't do this anymore.
" What does that mean? Living with me.
He doesn't want to live with me anymore.
And why is that? Because he blames me for the divorce.
He doesn't understand why he can't see his mom anymore.
He can't see his mom at all? They have supervised visits twice a month.
Why supervised? The court deemed her unfit.
She's bipolar, manic-depressive.
Was she abusive to Joey? No, but her shrink said that her condition could lead to violence, so the judge gave me sole custody.
Do you think Joey's with her? No, I-I went over there, which was a mistake because now she's losing her mind what's left of it.
I called our friends, Joey's friends, the school.
No one has seen him.
No one has heard from him.
And I don't even know where to begin to look for him.
Let us take care of that.
We'll find your son, Mr.
Singh.
A young wine baron is checking in today, and he's bringing with him the sweetest, little gambling addiction.
What's his game? Texas Hold 'Em.
We convince him there's an underground, high-stakes game here in the hotel, tell him there's a steep buy-in, then take his money.
You can't just take his money.
Why not? Because he'll have the cops and the Feds here in no time.
So? What do you care? By then, you two will be sat under a palm tree in Miami with Reggie.
Listen to me.
If you do this right, he won't even know he's been robbed.
He'll just think he had an off night at the tables.
Why is your way always the right way? It's not.
It's just better than yours.
Why don't we do your con your way? Meaning? Your plan, your execution, - you're in control.
- As usual.
You tell us who we are, what we do, and we do it, no questions asked.
Oh, come on.
Surely, we can ask some questions.
Would you agree to that? What, to you doing all the work? To my being in control.
We're a team.
Package deal.
Are you in? As if I had any choice in the matter.
Vincent Singh is the C.
E.
O.
and co-founder of one of the biggest video-game studios in the country.
Forbes has his net worth at just under $400 million.
Vincent met Karen 12 years ago when she started as one of his programmers and ended up getting pregnant with Joey a few months later.
But Vincent refused to marry Karen unless she signed a prenup, which Karen finally signed, but only after Joey was born.
I looked into the custody case, and Vincent was right.
Karen has no history of violence.
I did find some prescriptions for antidepressants and anti-anxiety meds.
Half the people I know are on those meds.
- I am.
- I am.
- You are? - You are? How are you not? I went to Joey's school, and his teachers confirmed that he's been acting out, talking back.
Joey's not a happy kid.
So he wanted to disappear.
Vincent gave us access to Joey's wireless account, which tracks GPS data, and the last known location of the phone was here in Union Park.
- When? - Last night at 10:17.
So he's been missing for over 12 hours.
How did Vincent not know that? The nanny put Joey to bed at 9:00.
Vincent didn't get back from the office till midnight, which, according to the nanny, is not unusual.
So Joey never even sees his dad.
Or his mom.
No wonder he ran away.
Is there any chance the phone is still in the park? It's a long shot, but Can't hurt to look.
According to the map, the last place Joey used his phone was in this area.
What's an 11-year-old kid doing out here at 10:00 at night? Trying to get his dad's attention.
Even that didn't work.
He called us and went back to the office.
Did you ever run away from home? Well, if you ask my mom, she'd say that's what I'm doing right now.
Where is home? Northfield, Vermont.
Population 6,207.
Did you ever run away from home? No, that would require having a home to run away from.
What does that mean? You're blinking.
Why would he destroy and hide his own phone? Joey really doesn't want to be found.
What? What are you looking at? That.
- Is that a camera? - That's a camera.
Our mark is Teddy Seavers, only son of Markland Seavers, whose $100 million Napa vineyards generated five times that last year.
It's not just vineyards.
Daddy also owns hotels and restaurants.
Yeah, we know all this.
Don't forget I'm the one who landed us this whale.
Spotted the whale.
We still have to land him.
Now, our Teddy is his father's leading sales rep, but, by all accounts, is a bit of an idiot.
He drives ridiculous cars, dates models, drinks incessantly Well, I do all that.
And he gambles.
On anything and everything.
Now, he's only in town for 48 hours.
He's meeting hotels, retailers, restaurants.
Looking for the most exclusive game in town.
Which we will provide.
But first, we need to bait him, see if we can't make the whale bite.
Leave that to me.
Reservation under Seavers Teddy.
Seavers will mistake me for a pit boss.
Excuse me.
He will approach me Couldn't help but notice the logo on your briefcase.
Is there a game happening in this hotel? And I will refuse to tell him anything I'm looking for Mr.
McCaulley.
Thank you.
Which will make him just curious enough to follow me into the restaurant, where I'll be meeting Billy McCaulley, an underground Hollywood high roller, who will ask to see what I'm carrying before he surrenders his cash to join our little game, at which point, Seavers will come to you.
Buy you another? I couldn't help but notice the lovely woman you were talking to with the briefcase.
Look, man, if there's a game going on I'm sorry.
I'm afraid I don't know what you're talking about.
Okay, do you drink wine? My family runs a vineyard Seavers Winery.
I'm Teddy Seavers.
It's a steep buy-in.
Hmm.
Try me.
And they don't take people they don't know.
You can vouch for me.
I don't know you.
Well, let's do something about that, huh? Please.
So how steep a buy-in are we talking? There's a lot of badly lit nothing for a while, and then this happens.
Joey was in the park last night.
And he wasn't alone.
Oh, my God.
It's too far away for me to read her lips, but if you look at her body language, it's like she's saying, "Are you lost? Where are your parents? Should we call them?" Joey hands her his phone.
The man walks away with it, presumably destroys it, then hides it.
While the woman says, "Do you want a ride home?" And then Joey gets in the car with them.
Only they didn't take Joey home.
They kidnapped him.
- Who are they? - We're trying to find that out.
The police have this footage, too, and the make and the model of the car.
We're coordinating with them.
We're doing everything we can.
But are you sure you've never seen them before? What is she doing here? We asked Joey's mom to come.
We need you both to I.
D.
the footage.
I hired you.
I'm paying your fee.
You told the police he ran away?! - Karen, let's step outside.
- He left a note.
- He was kidnapped because of you.
- 'Cause of me? I called the police.
- Guys, we need to stick together.
- I hired the detectives.
You never wanted him from the minute I got pregnant.
Guys, we need to think about Joey.
He took your son away because you are not well, Karen! The judge did not take my son away.
You took my Quiet! Do you recognize these people? Have you ever seen them before? No.
Let's step outside, please.
Full house.
Kings full of queens.
That is a suspiciously good hand.
Isn't it? But not good enough.
How does he do it, ladies and gentlemen? No, seriously, how do you do it? Ah, look at that.
So much of life is all about good tailoring, isn't it? Margot had it made for me.
She certainly looks after you.
I'll give her that.
Yes, she does.
So, what happened with you two? You were raking it in, making regular payments, and then suddenly, everything stopped.
Now, my sister doesn't usually make mistakes.
So what went wrong? I got unlucky.
It happens.
Not to you, it doesn't.
You've never left anything to luck.
You always know exactly what you want and how many cards you need up your sleeves to get it.
So what really happened? How's our friend the wine baron? He's bringing $3 million in cash to our little game tomorrow.
"Boom," as Reggie says.
Why would he say that? I mean, who talks like that, really? Now we just need to come up with our little game.
And you boys need to keep practicing.
Hmm.
This time, no jacket required.
You yelled at the clients.
I almost threw my water glass at the clients.
And I've already called your therapist, so you can stop looking at me like that.
I'm fine.
- Sophie can raise the dead.
- What? She brought Joey's phone back to life.
- You did? - You fixed it? And I found screen shots he saved to the hard drive of a Snapchat user named Britney911emoji.
It's like she's giving him directions.
It's like they're giving him directions.
- Oh, God.
- There's one more photo.
It's a signal.
It's like the black dot for abuse victims.
What's the black dot? When you see a black dot in the palm of someone's hand, it means, "I need help, and it's too dangerous for me to ask for it.
" But this is different.
Karen's telling him that it's safe.
It's like she's saying, "Look for the woman with the blue dot.
" Karen set this whole thing up.
Is there news? Did you find Joey? I think you know the answer to that.
Where is he, Karen? Where's Joey? Someplace you'll never find him.
I know you won't believe me, but my son is better off where he is.
Joey wants this.
He's miserable with his father.
Vincent has never been there for Joey.
Then why did he sue for sole custody? Because of the money.
My son was a business decision.
His accountant showed him a spreadsheet that said it would be cheaper to keep Joey than to pay me alimony and child support.
But Vincent has plenty of money.
Yes, because that's all he cares about money, winning.
His whole life is video games.
That is the maturity level we're dealing with mind-set.
That's why I divorced him.
He claims that he divorced you, that you were suffering from bipolar disorder from manic depression.
He paid my psychiatrist to get up on the stand and say that my condition could lead to violent behavior.
He paid off our nanny, Joey's teacher, all of these people, to get up on the stand and testify against me.
If he bribed witnesses, we can take action against him, but you still have to tell us where Joey is.
Karen, the police are going to arrest you.
Let them.
I don't care anymore.
If I have to be in jail for my son to grow up safe and happy, so be it.
I'm serious.
Why do you keep lying? - I found these again.
- Look, baby.
- This doesn't prove anything.
- I didn't do anything.
- I can't do this anymore, Teddy.
- I cannot do this.
I Baby, just give me two seconds, please.
Hey, man.
Everything all right? I kind of told my girlfriend I'm in Gamblers Anonymous for the last six months, that I've been clean, and she went through my phone this morning, so I I'm sorry.
I just I can't swing it tonight, man.
But if she goes to bed early, and you can't sleep You know what, I-I-I got a breakfast meeting early tomorrow anyway, but Thanks, though.
Appreciate it.
All right.
It's called the Protective Parents Network.
It's not an organization.
It's more of a movement.
It's an underground railroad for parents who lost their kids to the court system.
- This is a real thing? - Since the '70s.
Volunteer families hide the kids, move them from house to house, city to city.
In the hopes of reuniting them with the parents that lost custody.
Which is why Karen's still not talking to the police.
Maybe we can get her to.
If we can prove her story's true, that Vincent paid people to testify against her.
The problem is Karen may not even know where Joey is.
The network keeps moving these kids from safe house to safe house until they can get them the new paperwork black market I.
D.
s, passports.
So, who do we know in the black market I.
D.
circuit? I've called all my people.
I might know someone.
Can you bring this one back to life? What happened to it? It, um, got a little wet.
He's not coming because of his girlfriend.
To be fair, she is a supermodel.
See, this is why I don't have a girlfriend.
Oh, is that the reason? We need to really tempt him, offer him something that he can't pass up, something that'll make him risk his relationship.
The gambling experience of a lifetime, the opportunity to play against someone special, someone who will make him beg to sit at our table, someone legendary.
Go on, then.
Who are you talking about? - The Ringer.
- The Ringer.
I'm sorry.
Who? Excuse me.
Are you Ricky "The Ringer" Arrington? Yeah, but let's not make a thing out of it, okay? Man, I have heard some Vegas stories about the man with the rings, but I I look forward to your joining our game tonight, Mr.
Arrington.
Oh, yeah, I'll I'll be there, too, actually.
Ahh.
See you tonight.
I'll see you tonight.
I am glad to see you're not ring-rusty.
On a gaming con? I'm offended it took you this long to call me in.
I was convinced it was a three-person endeavor.
It turns out I needed four.
Who's the fourth? - You remember my brother? - No way! Relax.
I'm running the show.
It's gonna be fine, especially now you're here.
Where's Ben? His name's Joey Singh.
He's been kidnapped.
His mother set it up.
She's working with a network of people to get Joey a forged birth certificate, a new identity.
And so I was thinking maybe you know someone in that line of work.
I'll see what I can find out.
Thank you.
I hope you find him.
It's not good for a kid to spend his life on the run.
It's not good for anyone.
I'll let you know if I find out anything.
Hey.
Where'd you disappear to? I, um, met with a source who's looking into leads on Joey's new identity.
Look, I don't know what's going on because you won't tell me.
There's nothing going on.
I promise.
I got a referral from your therapist.
I'm seeing someone tomorrow.
Jessica Philips, MFT.
Can I give you one piece of advice? Mm-hmm.
Tell her everything.
And I mean everything.
Don't hold anything back, or you're wasting your time.
Val.
My source came through.
His new name is Kevin Michael Connors.
I'll tell the police.
I'll check with immigration in case they're trying to get Joey out of the country.
- Got him.
- Damn it.
Kevin Connors has a ticket to Calgary from LAX today at 4:57 p.
m.
LAX, 4:57 p.
m.
I'll call Joey's dad.
Before you do that, Sophie and I found wire transfers from Vincent to the people who testified against Karen in the custody hearing.
Karen was telling the truth.
It's not gonna keep her out of jail.
Or us from giving Joey back to his father.
But it might come in handy as leverage.
For what? I can't thank you both enough.
Karen's in jail.
My son's with me.
Hiring you ladies was the best money I ever spent.
What about the money you spent on Dr.
Kimbrough, your wife's psychiatrist, in exchange for his testimony against Karen? And Ashlynn Pastorek, your son's former nanny? Leo Castro, Joey's school counselor? Did you know that it's a felony to bribe witnesses? Up to 15 years in federal prison.
All right, fine.
How big does this check need to be? You can keep your check, Mr.
Singh.
In exchange for our services, you can remand custody of your son to your wife's sister, Denise, who will require a monthly stipend.
And you will recant your claims about Karen's mental state at the next family court hearing.
Or we will forward the evidence of your bribery to the judge.
And that's gonna cost you that much in legal fees to defend yourself in court, that much in wages lost when you end up serving jail time, versus the bargain price of that much to walk out of here and comply with our demands.
So you'll have to decide what is Joey worth to you? Wow.
This is incredible.
You've completely transformed the place.
Almost looks real.
"Almost"? It is real.
Really? Well, in that case I'll have a tequila, please.
Do I look like the bartender to you? Rhys, this is Reggie.
You've met.
Several times.
Not Benji's new partner, Reggie.
Ben's partner for three years.
You two still working together? What do you think I'm doing here? Well, you're not tending the bar.
That much we do know.
That's all right.
I'll pour myself one.
I never drink when I'm working.
Very wise.
Know your limits.
Benji! Drink? He's not drinking, either.
Oh, well, in that case, I'll have his, then.
Are the children getting along? I think you know the answer to that question.
You look very nice.
As do you.
Thank you.
Where's my music? Thank you.
Your ear pieces should be on.
How are we on sound? All good.
Remind me why I agreed to you yapping in my ear all night.
Because this is my show, and I call the shots.
And you've had one too many.
Okay.
Positions, please.
Welcome, Mr.
Seavers.
$3 million in cash.
We'll secure your money.
In the meantime, your seat and chip stack are waiting for you.
All right.
Please, enjoy yourself.
Thank you.
- Hope everybody's feeling lucky.
- Always.
Ladies and gentlemen, cards out.
All right, people, let's play some cards.
Seaver's sitting on a Queen-10.
Reggie's got pocket fours.
Ben is sitting on a King-club-10-club.
Everyone else is low card off suit.
So everyone else fold.
Ben and Reggie, you've got the odds, so raise big on the turn.
Let him win the first round.
Full house, baby.
That's how you start the night.
Reggie needs an ace.
Raquel, hook him up.
Nice work, babe.
Boom! Here's the flop.
Rhys, take him up.
Ben, take him down.
Ben, I see you.
Nice work.
Reggie, call.
Raise.
Call.
He's got a Jack-7.
Pocket threes.
No good.
Fold.
Raise.
Ben, raise.
Sitting on three aces.
Call.
Good work, boys.
He's bleeding chips.
Here comes the river.
It's a six of diamonds.
He's gonna go all-in.
I'm all-in.
He's got a flush.
Reggie, fold.
Ben, fold.
Rhys, you've got a straight flush.
You can clean him out on this hand.
Ah, the Ringer is out.
Tempting, but Rhys, you moron, you've got to call.
All right! Pipe down! I mean Pbht! fold.
Back in the game, boys.
That was bad.
Oh, dear.
Ohh.
Aah! Gentlemen, let's take a 15-minute break while we clear up the table.
- Sir, perhaps you'd like some air.
- Aah! You just doubled his chip stack and short-circuited my feed.
I can't control the game anymore.
I still don't understand why we don't just club this idiot over the head and take his $3 million.
Why? Because that would be a short-sighted, amateur move, and I am a professional.
A professional bitch.
Sober up! That was a very bad move.
Enjoy your little game in there because the next move is mine.
We've got a problem.
I thought you just got rid of it.
Our cameras are down.
I've lost eyes.
If Seavers cuts out early or wins That won't happen.
Why, have you got a plan "B"? Start the game.
We slow play.
Make every hand last an eternity.
Seavers is coming off a big win.
That's a dragon he'll chase all night.
We'll drive him crazy in the process Stalling out every bet.
Making him anxious, frustrated all the way until sun-up.
And then just when he thinks he can't take it anymore, we'll use his frustration against him.
Anyone else feeling restless? Yeah, I'm glad you said it.
How about we bring this to a close? Close? A knife fight.
You talking high-card? Truest gamble in the game.
It's pure luck.
And so you're out? I didn't say that.
Hmm.
'Cause I go all-in or nothing.
You up for that, slick? I'm in.
Huh? What about you, kiddo? Definitely.
But hold on.
Hold on.
What do you fellas say we use a fresh deck, huh? Mine.
Cut it.
After you.
Moment of truth.
Damn.
How's that for luck? No.
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
That That is awesome! Come on, man! That's crazy! - Awesome.
- Well played, gentlemen.
All right.
Thank you.
Well done, slick.
It was a pleasure, Mr.
Seavers.
Ohh.
You, ma'am, host a damn fine card game.
Hmm.
Good night.
Well, that was an extremely fortunate turn of events, although I'm guessing luck had very little to do with it.
Oh, it turns out Rhys was right.
It's all about good tailoring.
Ah.
That's not bad.
That's also what I call a way-too-long con.
Seavers just lost $3 million and walked out of here smiling.
I would call that a success.
Yeah, no thanks to Rhys.
Yes, well, he's not our problem anymore.
Let's celebrate.
Mm.
Mm.
What is it? That's water.
The whole thing It's It's water.
That bastard was never drunk.
Care to explain why you're not sleeping one off for once in your life? Early breakfast with a new friend Mr.
Graham Weatherby.
You just had breakfast with the man who owns this hotel? And 45 others just like it.
Although Graham is now just a co-owner with me.
You are now looking at the proud new co-owner of every Weatherby hotel in the country.
And I have you to thank Me? For the sudden hole in Weatherby's schedule.
It's not every morning he gets stood up by a potential investor.
Teddy Seavers.
You knew he was meeting with Weatherby.
And you used me to distract him.
And then you slipped away and took the meeting instead.
Which means the Kensington Firm is now officially expanded into North America using our lovely new hotels as fronts all across the country.
But the U.
S.
is my territory.
Was your territory.
I was here first.
And you gave it a good go, but you failed.
This is why you're here.
You didn't come because mum sent you.
You didn't come to make peace.
You came to declare war.
I'm not the one who cost you America.
I'm not your enemy.
This is your enemy.
These were taken yesterday.
Alice Vaughan is the one who cost you America and Benji.
These are the cities where Interpol has reports of crimes attributed to Simon Bell, which was Christopher's alias at the time.
And these are the territories of the major crime syndicates in Europe.
The only family whose territory he consistently steers clear of They're called the Kensington Firm.
They've been operating out of London since the '50s.
What's their area of expertise? Shipping, distribution.
Of what? Everything from weapons to counterfeit currency to narcotics.
Compared to the Kensington Firm, Christopher Hall is a petty thief.
How's our friend Joey? You did a good thing.
I'm capable of doing good things.
Then tell me about the Kensington Firm.
What are you doing? Are you back with them now? What are you trying to do? - I'm trying to get you out.
- I never asked you to.
I know.
But you have to pick a side.
I'm working with the FBI to take them down, and if you are on their side, you're going down with them.
Alice, these people will try to kill us both.
Take this back.
Pick a side.
Until you do, we're done.
Don't do this.
I have somewhere I have to be.
I have to admit, I'm nervous.
I've never done the therapy thing before.
But recently, my life has, uh Things have gotten to the point where I could use some help.
You know? Tell me everything.