A Friend of the Family (2022) s01e08 Episode Script

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Do you know where they were headed?
Could you tell? That's him.
The girl that Bishop Paulsen saw.
It was someone else's daughter.
You could've stopped it.
He had repented.
Thought I was doing the right thing.
Her mother passed tragically.
Well, we're proud to support the work
you do for the White House
in any way we can, Mr. Tobler.
You take care of my Janice now.
You need to get him talking
and let him lead us to her.
It is pure hell, Mary Ann,
not knowing where she is.
Oh, just thinking about all
the awful things that might
be happening to her out there.
You are an evil man.
Evil.
Anything you want.
Yeah, I'll take a hot dog.
A hot dog?
Anything in the world, and
you wanna have a hot dog.
Okay. Don't tell your mother.
What are you gonna put on it?
Now, you wait here, and
I'll be back in a jiff.
- All right?
- All right.
All right.
Hello? Brobergs.
Hi, Mary Ann.
Hiya, B.
It's nice to hear your voice.
I think you'd be even happier
when you hear why I'm calling.
Oh, is that right?
A contact of mine spotted
Jan across state lines,
a real surprising location for her.
Why should I believe a
single word out of your mouth?
You'll listen 'cause you'll
have nothing if you don't.
Now
I'll tell you everything,
but only in person,
'cause I know these lines can be tapped,
and I don't want my words
being twisted against me.
They're not tapped.
Oh, sure they are.
You've got a recording device right
there next to you in the kitchen.
Did Gail tell you that?
You never mind that, Mary Ann.
You just come in person.
And you come alone, no police, no Bob.
I've had about enough of him.
That's a lot of conditions.
Well, I'm doing you a favor
telling you everything I know.
And I need to feel like
there's a little trust.
Of course, there is.
What do you say we meet at the
Crossroads Cafe near Ogden City?
Noon on Saturday.
That's a week away. Why not sooner?
Well, I'm busy.
I'm scouring the Earth
trying to find Jan.
You said you knew where she was.
And I know you can't leave the
state because of your parole.
Mary Ann, Mary Ann,
the only thing that matters to me
is finding Jan.
If that doesn't work for you,
then we don't have to meet.
Crossroads Cafe, Saturday.
Give me strength.
Give me strength.
Give me strength.
- Give me
- Janice?
Are you OK?
I heard you the last few nights.
And
it sounded like you were crying.
I wasn't crying.
You miss Lebanon?
I miss where I'm from before that.
And I miss my family.
I used to act in all the school plays.
So I miss that.
There's this play at the boys' school.
I wanted to audition, but
I was too shy to go alone.
It's "As You Like It" by Shakespeare.
I can't talk to boys.
Says who?
We're at boarding school.
Beautiful car.
How you doin'?
Hey.
Hey, can I help you?
What the hell are you doing?
Whew.
Thanks for holding this for me.
Bob, you know you can count on me
when you're down on your
luck, but that don't mean
you can store guns on my lot now.
Well
I asked you before if
I could store it here.
You said yes.
I don't remember that.
Maybe you're losing it, Joe.
I got the FBI calling me again,
asking if I know where Jan is.
Yeah.
You know, as a matter of fact
- I don't wanna know.
- No, no, no, no.
No. Hey, hey, hey, hey.
Joe. Joe.
There's something I've been
meaning to talk to you about.
I wanted to say thank you.
For when you turned me and Jan in,
in Mexico.
At the time I was angry.
In the end, I'm just grateful, you know?
Because we're in a
much better place now.
All those obstacles, I
think they brought us closer.
You know, I feel like we
really know each other now
as lovers
and also as friends, you know?
As
As partners.
Bob, you get that girl
pregnant, you're screwed.
Well, it's hardly an issue.
I don't know where she even is.
Anyway, she ain't even
got her period yet, so
It's always good seeing you, Joe.
Hey, find somewhere else
to store your shit, Bob.
I don't want nothing to do with this.
I'm done.
Sure thing, toughie. Whatever you say.
Mary Ann.
Detective George Shail, Ogden Police.
Sorry for the short notice.
- I appreciate you coming down.
- Of course.
I'll do anything to help.
We've been watching Berchtold
since Agent Welsh put him on our radar.
A lot of us have young children, so
What we need you to do
is tell us if this is
the girl you saw with him.
- Yes, that's her.
- All right.
We'll show her a photo of Jan.
Officer Jensen?
Carly, do you recognize this girl?
Ma'am, what is your
relationship to Robert Berchtold?
Uh, is
is this because of the Brobergs?
Because I know all about them, you know?
They will not rest
until his life is ruined,
no matter how many stories they tell.
It's really something.
You know
Bob has his struggles.
But he's a good man.
He's always there when I need him.
He's helped me in countless ways.
And he's just been a
complete angel with my Carly.
We just need to know what
your relationship is to him
friend, boyfriend?
He's like a family member.
What do you think about Bob, honey?
He's so much fun.
We do everything together.
He's my best friend.
Thanks for coming right over.
I am really not supposed
to be here right now.
Mary Ann, you cannot go
see Berchtold by yourself.
He's worried about being recorded.
If I go in person, maybe he'll actually
give us something we can use.
The only thing that he is worried about
is getting a legal marriage on the books
to protect himself from prosecution.
He needs your consent.
If you go and meet him in person,
he may use force to try to
get you to sign those papers.
- It's a public place.
- Oh, Mary Ann, that's
My daughter is out there.
I can't just wait.
It's a personal piece.
If you must go, take it.
Mary Ann, it's for protection.
Please, don't just shoot him.
Hey there, movie star.
Come on.
Hi.
OK, you ready?
Come on.
It's so nice to have the
whole day to ourselves.
So how you doin', Dolly?
I'm good.
Oh, I get it.
Well, we all get the blues sometimes,
even yours truly,
shocking as that may be to hear.
But it's a beautiful day.
So what are we gonna do next?
Go to the Chinese Theater
again or Hollywood Wax Museum?
Uh, I I don't really mind either.
You can pick.
What's with you? Huh?
It's not the wrong time
of the month, is it?
I still haven't gotten it,
if that's what you're asking.
Good.
Good.
Zeda and Zethra were concerned.
So
They asked you about that? How come?
Well, if you don't get
your human period, then
- you can't be pregnant.
- Oh.
I haven't had one this entire
time and I'm not pregnant.
Oh, exactly.
Exactly what?
Is that right for a half-human like me?
Uh, you know,
biology's a whole other
ball game on their planet.
So, you know, I'm thinking wax museum.
How do you know stuff about
biology on their planet?
Zeda and Zethra talk to me all the time.
All the time? When did that start?
You know what?
Dolly, I don't tell
you about all this stuff
because it's traumatizing,
OK, and I don't
want to burden you with it.
So I bear it on my own.
OK?
- OK.
- OK.
And don't bite your nails.
You'll bite them down to nothing.
How about another driving lesson, huh?
Yeah, all right.
Here we go.
Uh-huh. Stay to the
right, stay to the right.
Oh, that is great, Dolly.
That is great. You're a natural.
This is a pretty neighborhood.
Yeah.
It looks different now
that I'm having fun.
What do you mean different?
Different from when?
Oh, I don't know what I'm talking about.
When have you been here before?
Um, I
it wasn't a big deal.
It was just an audition for a play.
A play?
What kind of play?
Just a school one.
Shakespeare.
So why wasn't it on campus then?
It was at a different school.
A boys' school?
Are you telling me you auditioned
for a play at a boys' school?
I didn't even talk to any of the boys.
You expect me to believe that?
Well, B, it's true.
Were you even gonna tell me?
You were at a school with boys and men,
and you think that's OK? You
think it's OK for the mission?
I wasn't even the one who wanted to go.
You know, when you lie,
you don't just hurt me.
You hurt your own soul.
Stay to the right.
And worst of all, you hurt the mission.
Do you even care about
the mission at all?
Of course, I do.
You know it's all that I think
about all day and all night.
I can't even sleep.
I'm doing everything
that they're asking
Hey, Dolly!
When the deep purple falls ♪
Over sleepy garden walls ♪
Sleepy garden walls ♪
And stars begin to twinkle ♪
In the midst of a memory ♪
I think that's hard.
We're all OK.
- OK, well, you're.
- Yes,.
OK. Take care.
Scoot over. Move over.
Do you think I have
to go to the hospital?
No, I don't think you
need to go to the hospital.
It's a bump on the noggin.
And even if it was worse,
I couldn't take you.
You know that, right?
I just
I feel kinda dizzy.
Well, thanks to Mary
Ann and Bob's treachery,
we're not even safe where we are.
If a cop had driven by
You know, thanks to your
parents and my parole,
I can't leave Utah.
So a hospital record in
the state of California,
that sends me right back to jail.
And then where would we be?
And I told you to watch
the road, didn't I?
I told you to watch the road!
And what if I'd lost you?
I'm really sorry.
I didn't mean to upset you.
You're my angel on this Earth, Dolly.
Here you are, hurt, and
you're worried about me.
You know, I didn't wanna
have to tell you this,
but
the reason that Zeda and
Zethra have been contacting me
is 'cause they're angry with you.
They said that?
Yeah, they're upset that
we're not married yet.
And they think that you're
not trying hard enough.
But I am. I am trying. I
They've started to talk about what
to do because you've lost faith.
And they may not wait till you're 16.
They may take Susan and make her
take your place right now.
They said that?
And the scary thing is, she's so small.
She's so small having
a baby could kill her.
Because they've been
clear from the start,
if it falls to Susan,
you'll only have yourself to blame.
Now, that is why we have to get married.
All right?
When this trip is over, I'm going to get
those last ducks in a row
to make sure that happens.
But you're with me on
this, right, completely?
No distractions, no slacking.
Total focus.
Say it.
I'm with you
completely.
I hope so.
And please, Heavenly Father,
guide Mary Ann.
Might she know what to say
so that you'll tell us where Jan is.
Please protect her.
Please bring Jan back
so that we can be together again.
Heavenly Father, I promise to return
to the path of righteousness.
God, please.
Give me another chance
to be her mom again.
Amen.
- Amen.
- Amen.
All right.
Why don't you pass me your plate, honey?
Hi, Mary Ann.
Take a seat.
Can I get you anything?
No, thank you.
Mmm.
I'm here by myself.
Mm-hmm.
Where's Jan?
You know
I think Jan is going through a
very difficult time right now.
I'm dating a new woman.
I'm not sure you heard that.
Is that who I saw you with?
Yeah, she's got a daughter.
Carly, good kid.
Good kid, very artistic.
That's sweet.
Yeah.
Well, I think Jan must
be jealous or something,
because the strangest
thing happened yesterday.
What happened?
Well, Carly left the
house to go to school.
And these four hippies,
hippies with long hair
in an out-of-state car
start riding alongside her.
One of them shouts out the window, says,
"Are you Carly?"
This poor girl is so scared
she doesn't know what to say.
And he says, "If you're Carly,
I've got a message for you from Jan.
You stay away from Bob.
He belongs to Jan Broberg."
- Good heavens.
- Yep.
My girlfriend, Carly's
mother, she's, you know,
she's real upset.
She says, 'All the trouble you're in,
now you go and get involved
in something like this?"
I said, "I didn't have
nothing to do with it."
Jan has got her heart
set on us getting married.
And she just will not stand the thought
of anyone getting in the way of it.
Are you sure I can't get you something?
Where is she?
Let's take a walk.
Where to?
Well, I'm parked right out front.
Come on.
We haven't been this
close a while, Mary Ann.
You know, I miss it.
All right, B, tell me
where my daughter is.
OK.
Well, you just sign this
and I'll tell you where Jan is.
You think I came here
to sign a piece of paper
so you can marry my daughter?
You just sign on the dotted line.
OK?
We're all tired of doing this.
You sign and you bring her home.
OK, you don't even have
to tell Bob about it.
I spoke to a new lawyer who
said we can get this done
with only one signature.
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
No.
You don't get to take this
and act like it's evidence.
You just sign, OK?
You sign and you end this.
Over my dead body.
Well, let's not make it
come to that, Mary Ann.
Tell me where she is.
Fine.
You don't want to sign it?
- I'm done talking.
- You're not done talking.
You're gonna tell me
where she is right now.
I don't think you understand what I mean
when I say I'm done talking, Mary Ann.
What I mean is
I don't have much use for you anymore.
You won't hurt me.
It'll mean you can't have Jan.
You are so lucky I need you alive.
Right back at ya.
Don't you fuckin' threaten me, Mary Ann.
Do not threaten me.
Get out of this car.
Get out of this car and you
don't come crawling back to me
until you can put your own ego aside
and you do what's right for Jan.
Get out!
Go!
Which stairs did you fall down?
Sofia, could we have a moment?
Was it when you were out
with your father last week?
I was with my father, Mr. Tobler.
But I didn't fall down.
We got into a car accident.
Well, you see, he was
on his way to a meeting
with a really important man
in the government, and
you know, he still needs
people to think we're in Lebanon
with the CIA and everything.
But
he just he couldn't
take me to a hospital,
otherwise there would
have been a record.
I'm sorry, but you have to understand.
My dad is the only thing
that's standing between
the United States and the communists.
Thank you for trusting me with this.
I've never seen anyone do that before.
I don't have enough fingernails left.
You know, you shouldn't have
told the nuns about my head.
I'm sorry.
Yeah, well, don't talk about things
that you don't know about.
I was just worried about you.
Well, I'm fine.
Is your dad hard on you?
Is that what it is?
Mr. Tobler is the only person
who truly cares about me.
He's the only one who's
helping me do what I need to do.
You call your dad Mr. Tobler?
No, Janice, wait.
Something's going on and
I don't want to be friends, OK?
Just please stay away from me.
Everyone around me gets hurt.
Hello? Brobergs.
Mary Ann?
Jan, honey, is that you?
Jan, where are you?
I tried to call earlier,
but the line was busy.
Tell her we miss her.
We miss you.
It's so good to hear your voice.
Ask her where she is.
I owe you an apology.
I wasn't all there for
you when you needed me.
- Are you OK?
- Ask her where she is.
How are you, honey?
Where are you?
Did you sign the marriage papers yet?
Look, I know you don't like this,
but B says that I can't
see you until you sign them.
No, I haven't signed the papers
because I'm not going to sign the papers
because your father and I don't
want you to marry that man.
OK. Bye, then.
No, wait, wait, talk to your sisters.
Come on.
Hi, Jan.
Hey, Karen.
Listen.
Has anything weird been going on?
Have you seen any UFOs?
UFOs?
No, we haven't seen any.
Why are you asking about this?
No reason.
Is Susan there?
Is she OK?
She's fine.
She's right here.
- Do you wanna talk to her?
- Yeah. Now, please.
Hi, Jan.
- Hey, Susan.
- We miss you.
How are you?
I'm doing really good.
I just miss your voice. That's all.
Wait, hold on.
I need to put in more coins.
I need to put in more coins.
It's nine quarters and a dime.
There are only six areas
in the United States
that are $2.35 from Pocatello, Idaho,
five small municipalities
and Los Angeles.
How many schools do
you think are in L.A.?
That's your job.
Her name is Jan Broberg.
And why exactly are you
looking for this girl?
We're checking all the
schools in the area.
She here?
No.
I'm sorry. I haven't seen her.
Good luck.
- Thank you, Sister.
- Thank you.
Right this way.
Hello?
Hello, Mr. Tobler?
It's Sister Ramona
with Flintridge Academy.
I know you said to only call
this number in an emergency,
but I just wanted to tell
you that I have never lied
to a police officer in my life.
They came here saying that
they were looking for Janice,
but they had a different name.
It all seemed very strange.
So I told them that she wasn't here.
But if those were real officers,
then I don't want to mislead them.
I'm sorry, it's the wrong number.
Watch it, man!
Sorry! Sorry! Sorry!
Hi, Sister Ramona, it's Frank Tobler.
Sorry, I had to tell you
that was a wrong number.
I'm concerned there
was a compromised line.
But I'm calling you back
now from a secure line.
So, you know, you did the right thing.
You did the right thing not believing
those police impersonators.
And, you know, the U.S. government
thanks you for your service.
But you just you hang tight, OK?
And you tell Jan you tell Janice
I might have to, uh, come take her
out of school for just a little bit.
But you don't worry,
because we will prevail.
OK, bye now.
Go with him.
Hi, buddy, no, no, no.
I need this phone.
Sorry.
Hello, operator.
This is Agent Peter Welsh with the FBI.
I have a subpoena to search,
and I can stay on the
phone with you for as long
as it takes till I verify my identity.
Now, what I need is the location
and the number of the call that was
just placed from this pay phone.
Excuse me, can I help you?
We're looking for Jan Broberg.
I told your colleagues there's
no one here by that name.
I'd like to see some
identification, please.
Robert Berchtold.
This is the FBI.
Fuck!
We have a warrant for your arrest.
Fuck!
We are not here to judge
your innocence or guilt.
We want to extend to you the courtesy
of surrendering yourself
without incident.
I want you to immediately exit the RV
with your hands held
high over your head.
Leave any weapons you may have behind.
Robert Berchtold.
Exit the vehicle now.
Jan Broberg?
Jan?
- Jan Broberg
- Jan!
We're taking you into
custody as a runaway.
There's gotta be some kind of mistake.
My name is Janice Tobler.
My father is Frank Tobler.
Robert Berchtold, put
your hands high in the air
where we can see them.
How you doin', fellas?
You have the right to remain silent.
Anything you say can and
will be used against you
in a court of law.
You have the right to an attorney.
If you cannot afford an attorney,
one will be appointed for you.
Do you understand the rights
that I just read to you?
Yes, I do.
I'm not Jan Broberg.
As you know now,
our daughter was
kidnapped a second time.
We kept the truth from the public
for strategic reasons
and also private reasons,
which we now regret.
We made mistakes.
But that is just one of the
things that happens to you
when you are targeted by a predator
of Robert Berchtold's abilities.
Try not to go too hard on
your folks when I get you back.
They love you.
I don't know what
you've been through, Jan,
but the faith that
allowed him to manipulate
your mom and dad and all of you,
it's the same faith that's
gonna get you through this.
Guess what?
I got your favorite in
the glove compartment.
Here.
I don't like those anymore.
You're very important
to a lot of people, Jan.
Don't forget that.
Well, I wish I wasn't.
When's Jan getting home?
Any minute.
Hi, Janny.
It's so good to have you home.
We got all your favorites.
We even stayed home from school.
I'll let you all be.
Thank you.
Well, the woman of destiny returns.
Jan, honey?
Can we come in?
Is there anything you wanna talk about?
I'm not your daughter.
I never was, and I never will be.
The sooner you learn to
accept that, the better.