American Gigolo (2022) s01e08 Episode Script

1
Dramatic music
Just let Panish do
his fucking job.
He's our best chance
of getting Colin back.
What makes you think
that you can trust him?
I don't trust him,
and I don't fucking trust you!
Is he mine?
Is Colin my son?
You're just mad
because your prize whore
fucked somebody else.
"Sisters Lisa and Janet Beck."
[Sunday] The one on the right,
the older one?
Changed her name to Holmes.
It's Janet Holmes.
So Lisa and Janet, they
They're sisters.
It was my last job!
You sent me out on it.
You gave me the fucking slip
on that, Ren, you did.
I gave the slip, but Olga
gave you the fucking job.
She was looking into Olga,
and you fucking know it.
That's why she died.
I got fucking framed.
Come on, Andy. Andy.
Come on, Andy, breathe.
I can't keep going like this.
What is that supposed to mean?
That you're choosing him
over me.
[Sunday] He's my brother.
If you can't take it,
you can just leave.
We just arrested a guy
named Eduard Panish.
Does that name
mean anything to you?
No, should it?
Well, he's the one
who tried to frame you
for the Shannonhouse murder.
Well, I don't even know
who that is.
Why would he do that?
[Sunday]
Richard Stratton's lawyer.
We caught him trying
to leave town
with $3 million dollars in cash.
I think it might have been
for a ransom.
Does the name Lisa Beck
mean anything to you?
She killed herself
in this house.
And you were there.
Julian told me.
[Isabelle]
Oh, yeah, Lisa Beck.
Julian's little girlfriend.
Damn, you were right.
He looks just like him.
Tense music
These zip ties are
a little intense, James.
Even for me.
[chuckles]
Don't worry, kid.
We're gonna get you out of here.
I don't understand
why you want the kid anyway.
Sentimental reasons.
We good?
Let's go.
You're gonna be fine.
We're gonna get you home
in no time.
Why-why are you here?
I apologize for just
showing up like this.
I just wanted you
to know that your
your attorney's been arrested.
- What?
- You aware of that?
He was caught fleeing town
with $3 million dollars.
And I thought if that money was
for Colin,
you're gonna need a new plan.
- I just wanted you to
- [sighs]
Call McGregor.
[exhales]
Oh, God.
I'm sorry, but I just
I didn't,
I didn't know what to do.
- And I want to help.
- I know you do.
I'm
I'm glad you came.
He knows, huh?
[Michelle exhales]
But I don't think he's
he's fully processed it.
Yeah.
I don't think
I've fully processed it either.
[sighs]
This is, uh
it's fucking complicated, huh?
"Call Me" by Blondie
Color me your color, baby ♪
Color me your car ♪
Color me your color, darling ♪
I know who you are ♪
Come up off your color chart ♪
I know where ♪
you're coming from ♪
- Call me ♪
- Call me ♪
On the line, call me ♪
Call me any, anytime ♪
- Call me ♪
- Call me ♪
I'll arrive, ♪
you can call me any ♪
Day or night, call me ♪
Cover me with kisses, baby ♪
Cover me with love ♪
Roll me in designer sheets ♪
I'll never get enough ♪
Emotions come ♪
I don't know why ♪
Cover up love's alibi ♪
- Call me ♪
- Call me ♪
My love, call me ♪
Call me any, anytime ♪
- Call me ♪
- Call me ♪
I'll arrive, call me ♪
Call me for some overtime ♪
- Call me ♪
- Call me ♪
My love, call me ♪
Call me in a sweet design ♪
- Call me ♪
- Call me ♪
Call me ♪
For your lover's ♪
lover's alibi ♪
Call me ♪
Is that him?
[chuckles softly]
You can look.
Um
[sniffles]
He's 14 there.
That was his first
solo crossing to Catalina.
It was 22 miles, so
Wow, he did that
by himself, huh?
Yeah.
You know, we took
a helicopter over that morning
and waited for him
on the other side.
It was the longest
two hours of my life.
I was just terrified.
But he wasn't scared.
You know, he was born
to be on the water.
[phone buzzing]
Sorry.
Uh, excuse me for just
just one second.
[phone beeps]
[line rings]
[Isabelle]
I have Colin.
Don't fuck with me, Isabelle.
I'm not fucking with you.
I'm helping you.
Just tell me
where I can meet you.
On one condition:
you keep my name out of it.
I know how chummy you are
with the cops.
And that's a deal-breaker
for me.
Promise me, Julian.
I need your word.
I promise. Just tell me.
Great.
We'll meet you at the house.
Come alone.
[phone beeps]
I got to go.
Now?
There's something
I need to take care of.
Did you get McGregor?
No.
You've been a busy man,
Mr. Panish.
You want to start
with framing an innocent man
for the Shannonhouse murder?
Or trying to leave town
with three million
in a duffel bag?
You shy?
Little quiet?
You don't want to talk yet?
Don't worry, honey,
I'll go first, okay?
We got you
for witness tampering.
We got you for kidnapping.
And for
what was that other one?
Oh, yeah, murder.
I think you're
a little overzealous.
Is that so?
Your circumstantial evidence
couldn't convict me
of a traffic ticket.
Well, Mr. Panish,
I am willing to give it a shot.
I didn't kill that woman.
But I know who did.
I'm listening.
The same man
who's holding Colin Stratton
for ransom
in a motel across town.
His name is James McGregor.
He was hired to find the boy,
but in his pursuit
he accidentally killed
Shannonhouse.
Now he's demanding ransom
for Colin's return.
Hence the bags you found
in my vehicle.
The bags with $3 million dollars
in them?
That you were using
to get out of town?
Was that the same bags
you're talking about?
I want the address of the motel.
And I want his home address.
Now.
[tires screeching]
[Sunday]
Up, up, up.
Go, go, go.
Fuck.
This place is
pretty spick-and-span
for something
that looks like you need
a tetanus shot to get in.
- It's clear.
- Yeah, thank you.
[sniffs]
You smell that?
- [sniffs]
- Smell what?
[indistinct radio transmission]
Bleach.
Did you clean that room yet?
No? You okay?
Hey, can we dust for prints?
Maybe we get lucky.
And call Lopez, tell him I'm
on my way to McGregor's house.
Intriguing music
Come in.
You want something to drink?
Julian should be here soon.
You could wait out by the pool.
Beautiful day today.
How do you know him?
[sighs]
We grew up together.
Right here.
[chuckles softly]
You remind me a lot of him.
Ca can I,
can I use the bathroom?
Sure.
Down there to the left.
[breathing deeply]
[door opens]
- Hey.
- Hey.
Where is he?
He's in the bathroom.
He'll be out in a minute.
- He's in the bathroom?
- Mm-hmm.
What's going on, Isabelle?
What do you mean,
what's going on?
I got your son back
is what's going on.
You got my son
What did you do here?
Hey, I got him back for you.
I'm not your fucking enemy,
I'm your ally, Julian.
Why can't you just
stay out of my life? Why?
Colin, this is Julian.
Hey.
You okay?
Yeah.
You know, your
parents are looking for you.
Is it, is it okay
if maybe I-I, I take you home?
Let's go.
Come on.
Somber music
It's that one.
[opens phone]
[phone beeping]
- [line rings]
- Oh, wait, wait, plea
Please don't do that.
[phone beeps]
I can't, I can't go home.
- Okay.
- I can't see him.
Not yet.
Maybe I just call your mom?
Just to let her know
you're all right. Is?
- Would that be okay?
- Okay.
Just take a seat.
[opens phone]
[phone beeps]
[line rings]
[phone buzzes]
John, where are you?
- I got him.
- What?
[gasps]
How?
No, no, just-just
put him on, please.
- I want to hear
- He just, he needed a second.
He just does.
Okay, okay.
Okay, um
uh
the beach house.
The beach house, just
take him there.
- He knows the way.
- Okay.
[indistinct radio transmission]
- How you doing?
- Detective.
- Thank you.
- Mm-hmm.
[exhales]
- Oh, look, the gang's all here.
- Officer.
- Hey, Lopez.
- [Lopez] Sunday.
Look it, that asshole has
a better stereo than I do.
Looks like being
a douchebag pays off.
[Lopez laughs]
You know
[exhales]
I find sociopaths
are a lot neater
than psychopaths.
Why, what's the difference?
Well, sociopaths tend
to dress better,
and they don't
really eat people.
What do you got?
Look at that.
.38, .45 and a hunting knife.
Is there another box
with a rope,
a lead pipe and a candlestick?
Bag 'em up.
Send the guns
over to ballistics.
That was a good joke, you know?
Pulling back Clue from the '70s.
Look at this fucking guy.
He's got better art
and stuff than I have.
Think we'll ever have
a house this nice?
I'm working on it.
You keep working
Holy shit.
What? What do you got?
Well, the only reason
I remember is because
he had this really weird
tattoo on his hand.
And like I said,
it didn't match the suit.
You see that tattoo?
Yeah.
That guy was involved
in a murder 16 years ago.
Holy shit.
[seagulls squawking]
- Where is he?
- He's on the beach.
He's pretty shaken up.
[phone ringing, buzzing]
[exhales]
Colin? Colin.
[crying]
Oh, Colin.
Colin, are you okay?
Are you hurt?
She's dead.
- I know.
- Elizabeth is dead.
I know, I know, honey, I know.
- I'm so sorry.
- Panish killed her.
What?
I saw him at the motel.
Panish killed her.
There has to be
some explanation for this
Dad!
Panish does
what Dad tells him to do.
- No, no, no, listen to me.
- Yes!
Your father would never
have done anything
- to hurt Elizabeth, honey, no.
- Mom, I'm not
No. You can't believe that.
I
Do you trust me?
I would never do anything
to hurt you.
I love you with
my whole entire heart, honey.
And you just have to believe me.
Your father would never have
committed this horrible crime.
Mom?
I'm not going back there.
I can't, I can't do it.
He okay?
He's not.
He's not himself,
he's not right.
I should call Richard.
Give you some space.
Yeah, I'll take off?
I don't, I don't want you to go.
It's me.
Wh-Where are you?
I didn't even hear you leave.
I'm with Colin.
Wait, what?
How did you find him?
It-it doesn't matter.
Um, I wanted you
to know that we're
we're together and he's safe.
Okay, you can tell me
all about it
when you get back home.
We're not, we're not gonna
come home right away.
Why?
Colin needs
a little bit of time.
You just have
to trust me on this.
Okay. Okay, okay, I okay.
Michelle, please just
tell him I love him.
"Thrill" by Future Islands
I will.
[seabirds screeching]
Blue water ♪
Black Bible ♪
Old river ♪
Is it okay if I sit?
Go for it.
I know you lost somebody, right?
You loved her?
Yeah?
I can't stop seeing her.
Every time I close my eyes,
she's just lying there.
Her neck's all twisted.
I just want it to stop.
Well, it's not gonna.
Just 'cause you want it to.
So what do I do?
You need to feel it.
Just feel it.
Just stop running away from it.
Maybe it fades.
Keep rising ♪
Sounds really hard.
It is.
Keep rising ♪
It is.
Oh, Tar River ♪
[sighs]
Hey.
How's he doing?
I think,
I think he's a little
a little better.
Just had a shower.
That's good.
How did you find him?
Hi.
Hey.
Um
You ready to go home?
Yeah.
[clears throat]
Let me, uh,
let me grab my stuff.
Um
Hey, Julian, uh
Thank you.
Yeah.
You, uh
you guys take care
of each other, okay?
When everything settles,
I'll-I'll come find you.
Okay.
[door opens, closes]
[crickets chirping]
dramatic music
[Clyborne]
Good news.
The Stratton kid's back.
He's coming in with his family
to make a statement.
What about McGregor?
No, he's still in the wind.
Or in the dirt.
Either way [clears throat]
we'll find him.
It's kind of early, no?
Well, it's never too early
for a celebration.
The .38 special you found
in McGregor's house
was used to kill Olga Desnain.
No fucking way.
Apparently, before McGregor was
doing dirty work for Panish,
he worked for Olga.
Where's the motive?
You said she had dementia.
Maybe McGregor was nervous
that she'd start
spilling secrets so, uh
he tied up loose ends.
It's kind of weak, I think.
[Clyborne sighs]
Come on, Sunday.
Take the win.
Do something for yourself, huh?
Book a spa day.
You earned it.
[Sunday laughs]
Spa day, my ass.
Colin?
You can't think I wanted this
to happen to her, do you?
Well, hurting her also hurt me.
Maybe that's what you wanted.
Why would I ever want
to hurt you?
Uh, because you found out
you weren't my real father?
You listen to me.
You will always be my son.
No matter what.
I have loved you
since the day you were born.
And I will keep on loving you
until the day I die.
You have to know that, Colin.
[sniffling]
[moans]
[sobbing]
I'm sorry.
No.
- [crying]
- No.
Hey.
No.
I'm sorry.
I let us get to this place.
I'm the one who didn't listen.
But that stops now.
I will make sure that
Panish pays for what he's done.
We will.
We will make sure.
I think, uh
[sniffles]
[exhales]
Oh, I got to go lay down.
He helped.
Didn't he, bring him back home?
Julian.
It should've been me.
I should have been there.
[chuckles softly]
I should have been the one.
So be the one now.
Yeah.
Dramatic music
-
-[dialogue inaudible]
[knocking]
- Hey.
- Hi.
Hey, you okay?
- Yeah, are you?
- [both laugh]
- Come on in. Yeah, I'm good.
- [clears throat]
How's, um
how's Colin?
Colin's doing a lot better.
- Yeah?
- He's, um
Yeah, he's talking to someone.
- That's good.
- A therapist.
So
Can I get you a, uh
a drink or what can I get you?
- Oh, no, I'm okay.
- You sure?
Yeah. How are you?
[exhales]
I'm
you know
I'm okay.
That beach house?
- I just
- What?
I could never let it go.
Let's go in.
- Yeah?
- Yeah, it'll be fun.
Wow.
- Oh, wow.
- What?
There's a lot of people
in there.
Okay, hey.
Watch this.
[deep voice] Watch this.
Hello. Welcome.
- Hi.
- Can you sign in for me, please?
I'm Julian Kaye
from the Seabreeze Group.
- And you are? Hi, Sara.
- Sara, Deluxe Realty. Hi.
Good, good.
Hey, listen, I'm, um
We're a, we're a small
boutique company.
We're based
out of San Francisco.
We have extraordinarily
exclusive clientele.
It's all cash offers.
That's all we deal with.
I have somebody
very special with me today.
Um, we drove by,
she said she had a gut feeling.
And I will tell you, the last
time she had a gut feeling,
it was a very big feeling.
So, um, I'm just wondering,
is there any way
you think we can sort of clear
things out just a little bit?
Maybe get the lookie-loos
to kind of scram.
I want her to have
a sense of the place.
Really feel the space,
let her feel like it's hers
for a little bit.
You think we could do that?
And you said "all cash offer"?
Well, that's exactly
what I said, Sara.
- Give me one second.
- Okay.
Excuse me, guys, I'm so sorry.
I have a private showing.
Come here.
What if the kids come in?
Uh-oh.
Romantic music
[both breathing heavily]
[moans]
You're missing the view.
I'm not.
So, what do you think?
I think about what?
- Could you live here?
- [chuckles]
I could live anywhere with you.
[sighs]
How are we gonna do this, Bell?
Together.
[busy chatter]
Permiso.
[Julian clears throat]
All right then, Lou.
Got something for me?
Here you go.
- Appreciate you.
- No doubt.
Damn, you just gonna make me
work around you, huh?
Yep.
Take up that whole
goddamn aisle, bruh.
Yep, mm-hmm.
[Sunday] Well, you're
a tough guy to get ahold of
all of a sudden.
I mean, do you listen
to your messages?
- [chuckles]
- Do you read your texts?
I mean, you could've
called me back.
- I'm sorry.
- Yeah.
Did you know Colin's home?
- I did.
- Yeah.
You know, I didn't come here
to bust your balls.
[laughs]
Is that right?
- That's right.
- What'd you come here for?
I came here to tell you
that we found Olga's murderer.
Yeah.
- Who?
- The guy called McGregor.
He worked for Stratton,
he worked for Olga.
He worked for everyone
but the fucking Easter Bunny.
You know? I mean, Olga had a lot
of enemies before she died.
Yeah.
Hey.
[chuckles]
Guess we're done, huh?
Thank you.
Maybe we're done.
[sighs]
What do you, uh
what do you mean, Detective?
You know, I'm really good
at my job, Julian.
And this stuff
with you
I wanted to figure it
all out for you, but
[laughs]
You wanted to do it for me, huh?
Well, maybe for me, too.
Yeah.
You know, I feel
like I was set up, as well.
I gave a lot
for this job, you know?
Relationships that just
fell through my fingers.
All because it couldn't match
that feeling
when I closed a case.
Well, here we are at the end,
and I don't have that feeling.
Yeah, there's motive.
But
the way you were
in the middle of everything?
That doesn't sound
like business.
That sounds personal.
- What do you think about that?
- [scoffs]
What do I think?
I I think I'm done.
[chuckles]
Detective.
Think it's time
for me to move on.
I get that.
Do you?
You know, Detective,
that "moving on"?
Not so bad.
I'll see you.
Hey!
[Stratton]
Look who's home.
What are you doing?
- What's happening here?
- I knew she'd love it.
- Hey, Mom, how's it going?
- [Stratton] Big hug.
- Is my car next?
- [Colin] Oh, yeah.
How much do I have to pay?
- Huh?
- How's it going?
- Oh, no, no, no. No, no
- No? What's wrong?
- No.
- You don't want to hug me?
- No, no, no! No!
- You don't want to hug your son?
- Give me a hug.
- No! [Laughing]
Aah! [Laughs]
[both laughing]
No! I'm soaking wet.
[children shouting in distance]
somber music
[seabirds screeching]
- [chuckles]
- Hey.
Um
Is this the spot?
Here we are.
- [laughs]
- Is it?
- Yeah.
- Right there.
No Rufus though.
- I know.
- Yeah.
Sweet old Rufus.
He was a good boy.
Yeah.
That was supposed to be
the beginning
of the rest of our lives.
And it all went sideways.
[both laugh]
I admit it though.
Not sure if timing was
every really our, uh
our forte.
[both laugh]
I
dramatic music
Something
Something's changed.
Colin and
Richard.
They're just
You know, they're finding
a way back to each other.
And
I'm worried that if I leave
if I leave now
Colin will leave, too.
And I can't I can't do that
to either of them.
I mean, he raised him.
He was there for him
before he knew about you.
And after.
I never, uh
I never wanted to be
a bad thing in your life.
I don't, I don't want to
I don't want to get in the way
of you and your family.
I would never want that.
I know. I know.
What about you, Bell?
You gonna be okay?
You know, like you said,
I guess timing never really
was our thing.
[seabirds screeching]
[sultry music playing faintly]
[sighs]
Why do you hate me?
I don't hate you, Isabelle.
- You don't hate me?
- No.
[whispering] "Get the fuck out
of my life, Isabelle."
Now you can't drink with me,
and you can't even look at me.
Look at me. Look at me.
I'm sorry.
Sorry for what?
For that night you got out.
But fuck, we grew up together.
You don't want to be friends?
Hmm?
- Stop.
- You don't want?
[chuckles]
[laughs]
- Please?
- Look, I'm
I'm just trying to
trying to do something here.
Isabelle, I just
I can't be a part of your world.
Not anymore.
Suspenseful music
Yeah.
Look, I, uh
I got to get back to work.
To work, yeah. [Laughs]
I've seen you
in that restaurant.
You know,
with your little hairnet,
taking out the trash.
You think one day
you'll make it to busboy?
[chuckles]
Been trying to call you all day.
- [scoffs]
- Iz?
You okay?
He's gone.
He's not coming back.
I know.
Why is he pushing me away?
He thinks we set him up.
Janet Holmes.
That's why he's been, uh,
icing us out.
- He told you that?
- Yeah.
And what did you say?
Come on, girl.
I told him
that I'd never hurt him,
neither would you.
- No matter what.
- Hmm.
But, Iz, I got to know.
Did we?
Did you have something
to do with it, Izzy?
- Suspenseful music
-Look, okay.
The past is the past, all right?
You're my sister.
I will defend you
until my dying day, okay?
But, look, if something did
go down back then
I've got to know
the whole truth.
[Young Isabelle]
I'm Isabelle.
I'm Olga's niece.
She's the queen,
which makes me a princess.
And do you know what that means?
No.
It means that one day
you're going to belong to me.
Isabelle,
you ripped out my heart!
[both laugh]
[mouthing]
Come on. It's not
It's not goodbye.
I'm gonna be around.
I hope she loves you
as much as I do.
All I did
was love him.
I know.
"Kiss the Sky" by Shawn Lee's
Ping Pong Orchestra
[camera shutter clicking]
I hold my head up ♪
just enough ♪
To see the sky ♪
And when we go, ♪
we won't go slow ♪
We'll put up such a fight ♪
When they fade ♪
into the dust and into ash ♪
But all the children know ♪
For sure this pain ♪
will surely pass ♪
Strong and wise ♪
And you are love ♪
And when the tide it comes ♪
You will float above-bove ♪
And you will be one day ♪
Exactly what you are ♪
Just keep ♪
your head held high ♪
Kiss your fist ♪
and touch the sky ♪
Too late ♪
to keep the world from dying ♪
It's not too late ♪
To spread the love you have ♪
One day ♪
- Could you live here?
- [laughs]
I could live anywhere with you.
I know that we'll be there, ♪
little girl ♪
The sound we hear ♪
it is our hearts ♪
They are in time, in time ♪
They're marching ♪
clear and swift ♪
The beat forever ♪
[Isabelle] Do you think one day
you'll make it to busboy?
It gives us hope, ♪
it gives us strength ♪
You know, to carry on ♪
Keep fighting till the end ♪
And past the end ♪
you will be strong ♪
[Isabelle]
You make women feel like
they are the eighth
fucking wonder of the world.
[Lorenzo] He can do shit
that nobody else can do.
To spread the love you share ♪
You're the gigolo.
One day, ooh, ooh, ooh ♪
We'll all be there ♪
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
Yes, we will ♪
[engine revving]
Oh ♪
Missy.
- Julian.
- Hi.
You're a sight for sore eyes.
[both chuckle]