Deception (2013) s01e08 Episode Script
Stay with Me
1 Vivian found evidence that proved Lyritrol's a bad drug.
I told my dad, three days later, she was killed.
Lyritrol has just been approved by the FDA Congratulations on Lyritrol.
Is that why you're trying to help our competitors beat us to market? - I go where the money is.
- What you saw were fake tests.
Board of directors wants you to step down.
Did I kill Kimberly Yaeger? They found a golf club near the body.
Haverstock kept it.
I did what I thought was right.
You have no idea what's right! Deputy, I wonder if I might have a word with that young man.
If you really want to do this, now is the time.
I'm your father.
- What? Is everything okay? - Teo hooked me up.
Hope my protection didn't cost too much of your husband's money.
I want something to happen here.
Dump him.
Break his heart.
Don't break mine.
You're a cop.
- Uhh! - Get down! Oh, this is some real red dawn action here.
Gabe, put the evidence down, please.
So what do we have on these guys? Russian mob, out of Brighton beach.
This one's andrei Ivanov, ex-Russian military.
He's our hit man.
What about his partner? Well, we don't have much to go on.
He's maybe six feet tall, brown eyes.
English is not his first language.
All right, well that narrows it down to everyone I've ever had jury duty with.
We don't know who he is or where he's hiding.
I tried pulling the prints from the phone booth, but I got nothing.
What kind of psycho kills two people and his own daughter? You really think that's Robert Bowers? Well, that's not the man I knew, but It's been 17 years, and things change.
You ready to throw some rocks? - Yep! - Okay.
Let's get the alligator.
Come on.
- Yippee! - Whoa, get em.
Aah! Dad, you're gonna drop me.
I wouldn't drop you, Eddie spaghetti.
I would never drop you.
It's time.
You sure you want to do this? How do I sleep at night if I don't? How do you sleep at night if you do? It's a big bomb.
Do you have any other idea how to protect my wife and children? No.
But you understand what will happen next? Nuclear winter.
What the hell is going on? Are we being attacked? Turn on the TV.
In the effort to rush Lyritrol to market, shortcuts were taken.
Lives were lost.
What is this? To fast track the approval process, the trial results were altered to hide the deaths of 27 people in Thailand, 19 people in Mexico, 25 in Poland, for an overall death toll of 107 participants in over five different countries.
Rather than conducting another round of trials to perfect the drug, the data was falsified and the people who died during the testing and the victims were paid off in exchange for their silence.
The claims were originally brought to my attention by one of the researchers who oversaw the Lyritrol drug trials in Thailand.
But as founder and ceo of the company that bears his name, my father is ultimately responsible for everything that Bowers pharmaceutical produces.
Unfortunately, this evidence only recently came to my attention, or I would have acted sooner.
I should have acted sooner.
Lives could have been saved.
Is this connected in any way to your sister's murder? Um That was Edward Bowers, claiming his father's company tried to cover up a killer drug.
This is all very surprising, given the Is this why Vivian was murdered? No! Is what he's saying about Lyritrol true? - Of course not.
- Dad, this is Edward.
This is your son! What is happening? He's not my son, not anymore.
Did you know he was going to do this? Mmmmm.
He thinks his father killed Vivian over the Lyritrol cover-up, I mean it's a bold move.
He goes public, he protects himself.
Yeah.
All right, so we're trying to find a link between Robert and the dead Russian.
So we need to watch him like a hawk right now.
If he's gonna break, it's gonna happen now.
Gabe and I will work this from the Russian angle.
No I got it.
All right, and, please, just be careful.
It's not that bad, Julian.
I mean, sure, it's not good, but it's just one drug.
They'll be so many others.
Do you even hear what they're saying, and you're saying it's not that bad? 100 people died because of Lyritrol and they're saying my father covered it up.
I was just trying to I need Kaling and Bainbridge and my lawyers to find out what the hell is going on.
I'll just I'll give you some space.
Hello? Are you watching this? Where the hell are you? It sounds like niagara falls.
- Julian Bowers bathroom.
- What? Why? Mission accomplished.
Get the hell out of there.
It's time to celebrate.
- Frank - Did you hear those reporters? They made it sound like Robert killed Vivian.
As founder and ceo of the company holy crap.
This is fantastic.
Robert Robert! I know you're angry and I know you're hurt, but you need to focus.
How did he get this alleged evidence? What? Was he working with someone at Bowers? You need to find out who's on your side.
Joanna, we are in damage control mode.
Get me Julian, Seabrook He's been calling.
And Tom Vanderfield from legal.
Oh, and I need you to go downstairs to hr.
There's a company-wide polygraph.
I'm sorry, did you say polygraph? Look, we both saw Edward's press conference.
That house is on fire right now.
Just wish I could have seen Robert's reaction of being accused of murder on national TV.
His reaction? He blew a solid gold gasket.
And now I have to take a polygraph.
Oh, crap.
Okay, look, you know the trick to that is, right? You just have to regulate your heartbeat.
Do you know how to do that? Oh, I'm working on a plan right now.
This is a disaster.
Our stock is hemorrhaging.
Lyritrol is dead.
I'm getting cash to the stock promoter.
His people will make sure the stock doesn't drop past 30.
How is that legal? Good question, because we have so many options.
I'm sure the board and wall street will happily forgive us for being asleep at the wheel.
Us? This is your ass, Robert.
We tried to warn you about evidence.
Don't you think that we should be trying to figure out what's going on here? If Edward's claims about Lyritrol are founded? That ship sail, buddy.
Julian, you need to go and talk to the press.
And tell them what? That your brother has been under extreme pressure.
That his wife is leaving him.
That he attacked you at the stockholder meeting.
- I hit him first.
- Who cares? Go for the jugular, bring up Kimberly Yaeger.
Shut up, Phil.
Julian, smile and tell them what you know is true.
Lyritrol is a great drug, Edward is wrong, and we're looking into the allegations.
What if he's not wrong? I need to find out what really happened.
Edward's live on MSNBC tomorrow.
You need to get your family in line.
Julian needs to talk, and Edward needs to shut up.
If you lose control, you won't be perceived as fit to run this company.
- How you holding up? - Terrible.
I don't understand.
I personally oversaw the Lyritrol trials.
The test results were everything that you hope for.
So what happened? Either Edward is right, and someone perhaps my father, covered up bad test results, or Edward's finally snapped.
- Well, you better find out.
- Listen to me.
I need you to know, I would never condone the rollout of a drug unless every kink had been worked out.
If Lyritrol is faulty, it's not because I'm a profiteer, it's because I'm a damn fool.
I believe you.
You do? Yeah.
Okay.
Thanks.
Um, you gonna take the polygraph? Oh, we all have to.
Well, take a sedative if you have anything to hide.
Is your name Joanna Padget? Yes.
Are you Robert Bowers' assistant? Yes.
Have you ever met a person by the name of Ben Preswick? No.
- Senator Haverstock, your 12:30 is here.
Mia.
Hello.
Wow, kudos on the primitive art, bio-dad.
Thanks, kid.
I'm glad you came.
Well, I was glad to get out of that house.
Not a good day to be a Bowers, huh? I read the news.
Yep.
We'll seek out soup.
Good food for a bad day.
I know a place.
Huh? Okay.
All right.
Second wife, no kids, fake tan.
How can you tell? From the size of that stupid ring.
Her hips are smaller than mine, and also, she's orange.
Okay.
My turn.
Uh-oh.
Business deal gone bad.
Has to ask mama to bail him out, again.
Nice.
This is fun.
Do me.
Okay, um Giant, hairy narcissist who's pretending to be interested in his illegitimate daughter, when all he really wants is Fill in the blank.
Wow.
Smart as a whip, and direct.
You get that from me.
Just tell me.
Okay.
I'm dying.
Of leukemia.
Is that what all those pills were about? Yeah.
I need a bone marrow transplant.
It's very hard to find a match.
I've looked.
You're my best chance.
I suppose I was hoping to endear myself to you, and you might save my life.
That's not what I was expecting.
Yeah.
We can't be sure you're a match, though, but it is a simple blood test.
So all of this, it was just I could tell you that there was a hole in my heart that was filled the day I met you, but I I don't want to lie.
On the other hand, you seem pretty fantastic.
You know, I'm only 16.
If I say yes, I have to get my parents to sign off on this.
You let me worry about that.
All right.
Why? Is that even a serious question? So innocent people wouldn't die.
And you could've done this in a quieter way, when I told you about the fatalities.
You didn't even blink.
Everything has a cost.
And you don't get to be me by blinking.
Oh, well then I guess I don't get to be you.
Did you even look into it at all? I looked into the source Your sister.
Say me.
Did you have Vivian killed because of this? You are weak and pathetic.
You dropped your bomb, and now I have to clean up your mess.
Again! Shut your mouth.
Stop talking to the press.
No.
What you have destroyed today, you will never get back.
Markets are continuing to adjust to the shocking accusations of Bowers pharmaceutical scion Edward Bowers.
Joanna, I need you to go to the bank.
Cash this check and run it over to Millworth investment securities.
Okay.
That's a lot of money.
Can't you se it electronically? No, can't leave a paper trail.
They're stock promoters.
They only take cash.
We need to stop the bleeding.
I'm blocked in.
I'm blocked in.
You want this to be you? Get in the car.
Okay, okay.
Drive! Where are we going? None of this needs to be happening.
I was looking for andrei, and maybe you just happened to be at the bakery shop.
And that's it.
It can just be that.
He can take the fall for the whole thing.
I'm a cop.
You don't want to do this.
You have the file? There you go.
It's a sad read.
I wish I could have read it yesterday.
Yeah, well I tried to tell you about it, but you punched me in the face.
Well, you were acting like a maniac.
And I still don't believe it.
Do you ever think the reason.
Lyritrol was held back by the fda was legitimate, that Haverstock had nothing to do with it? No.
I never thought that.
Do you have any idea how it was pushed through? Yeah, I bribed Shelly webb.
Wow.
You remind me of dad, except for the part where you admit it.
Read the file.
Over 100 people died.
Dad used overseas hush money.
Yeah, thanks.
I saw your performance piece.
How did all that attention make you feel? Look, of the 100 people who died, 25% of them were kids.
I held that back from the press because I didn't want to hurt you.
I just did what I had to do.
The sec and the fda announced they are independently opening investigations into Bowers pharmaceuticals over their new proposed drug.
Hey, Bowers, we've got some questions.
Mr.
Bowers, are the allegations true? Did you have something to do with your sister's death? There were people counting on you.
You gave them hope, and then just you're a monster! Ohh, freezing.
Why couldn't our dead Russian hit man have taken the subway like everyone else? So Andrei's apartment was clean, and you're telling me the car's a bust too? I don't think so, man.
Hand me the keys.
Hey, genius, you want to start the car, you've got to turn it clockwise.
Look, man.
I came up in narcotics, all right? All these dealers they got trap doors to hide their stashes in.
You just got to get the right combination of switches to open it.
It could be radios and wipers, it could be hello.
Jump drive.
Holy crap.
Who didn't check the freakin' ashtray? Agent Moreno.
Yeah, I put a flag out on Teo Agresar.
What's up? Yeah, bring him in.
Guns and dope, Teo.
You got 30 seconds to tell me why Sofia Bowers gave you a bag full of cash, or you're doing major time.
It's for protection.
Protection? Protection from who? From you? Nah.
It's not for her, it's for some dude.
Why are you making me pull teeth here? Hmm? Some dude? Who? Who's some dude? Wyatt Scott.
He's doing state time in Pennsylvania.
I slipped the Latin kings some cash, they look out for him.
Okay, and what is Wyatt Scott to Sofia Bowers? Man, I don't know.
That's your job.
Hey.
Hey, what about me? The market bears have been out in force today, led by the continuing plunge of Bowers pharmaceutical.
Your temp let me walk in.
Amazing how many doors will open with a box of congressional m&ms.
God, I wish I had a gun in my desk.
Yeah, well, I need to let you know that I've been in touch with Mia.
- You motherf - Oh, just wait.
Please just listen.
I'm dying.
I have leukemia.
I need A bone marrow transplant.
I asked Mia if she would take the test to see if she was a match, but she'll need your permission.
Your timing is uncanny, Dwight.
You said my name.
You actually used my name.
Get a hold of yourself.
I want the golf club.
Ah, Bobby, that golf club's the only thing stopping you from letting the world know that I had a child with an underage girl.
That was the deal.
New deal.
I want to protect my family.
You want to live.
Okay.
You got me.
Done.
Ah, protect your family.
You sure you don't want to just send Eddie to jail for ratting you out to the press? Same old Bobby.
You do love to nurse a grudge.
I'll send rayburn.
We're done here.
Yeah.
It's Joanna.
Leave me a message.
Hey, Joanna, it's me.
Got a lot to tell you, but here's the headline.
So we found a jump drive in the Russian's vehicle.
It was the Lyritrol file.
Ben said Vivian had it on her the night she died.
I don't know, maybe Robert paid the Russians to kill Vivian and take the file from her.
Where are you anyway? Call me back.
Turn here.
I have money.
I have $1/2 million cash in that suitcase, right there.
Just open it up and look for yourself.
Uhh! You're a monster! You're a monster! Oh, come on Audrey, where's your sense of schadenfreude? So, Ben, I hear you're dating Vivian Bowers.
You've come a long way from those dorks in computer science.
Oh, bite me, Audie.
You're playing above your game.
She'll get bored, you know.
Ah, she's not like that.
She's not interested in money.
Don't be naive.
You're looking at a lifetime of being her "plus one.
" I might have a way to put you in a whole new tax bracket, help Vivian see you as an equal.
What, are you talking about a job? I'm talking about an opportunity.
Oh.
Look, feelings, not my wheelhouse.
Lady feelings, definitely not my wheelhouse.
So maybe you got the hots for Julian Bowers.
Fine.
But what I think I'm intuiting is some guilt, Vivian Bowers, and I am saying, let it go.
She was a junkie.
She was probably murdered by another junkie.
It's not our problem.
I know.
Would you stop with the pen? You're making me crazy.
Has long been aware of the many deaths resulting from the trial I don't know what's happening for you, Audrey, but if you lose control of this thing, I will be very disappointed.
I've got it, Frank.
The drug isn't even on the market yet.
I don't want to seem insensitive, but people die in drug trials all the time.
A lot of people died, Robert.
And the documents that Edward released say that you covered it up and paid the families out of this offshore account called Zonocorp.
I don't have an offshore account.
I've never heard of Zonocorp.
Look, it doesn't matter.
You have a billion-dollar class action shareholders' lawsuit on your hands.
That's why we have a billion dollars in corporate insurance.
No, you don't understand.
The allegation will be that Robert acted illegally, and that pierces the corporate veil.
Your lawsuits could run into hundreds of millions of dollars.
What is he saying? He means that you and I could be personally liable.
Tom, this whole thing is a fairy tale.
Wait, wait, wait.
Are you saying that we could lose everything? Yeah.
- The company? - Mm-hmm.
The house, everything? I'm not going to let that happen.
Edward really screwed us.
I don't know how we're gonna get out of this one.
A spokesperson for Bowers pharmaceutical strenuously denied the allegations that Lyritrol trials have killed over 100 people Julian, it's such a mess.
What's going on? I've been on the phone for hours with every test supervisor in five countries, and none of this makes any sense.
You are great at what you do, Julian, and you are a fine human being.
Stop torturing yourself.
If I did this, if I was negligent in any way sometimes things happen that are out of our control, but you can't undo them, so it's best to just let them disappear behind you in the rear-view mirror, or you will drive yourself insane.
Well, that's easy for you to say.
You won, right? Lyritrol's a dud, and now Kirschner-Sims can roll Xyrix uncontested.
Come on, Julian, that doesn't matter to me.
But you do.
That's why I'm here.
I'm worried about you.
And all this, it it's madness.
Don't get sucked in.
That's great advice, Audrey But that's not gonna work for me.
Ohh! No! No! No, please! Uhh! No, I'm okay.
No, this should've never happened, Joanna.
What kind of man would give a woman $1/2 million cash, and then send her out to go do some kind of shady errand? Oh, my God, the money.
I don't know what happened to the money.
What am I gonna tell Robert? Look, I can try to help you with the money, okay? It's just gonna take a little bit of time.
But you can tell Robert to go screw himself.
- Will - This guy he doesn't care about anybody.
He doesn't care about anybody but himself and his money.
That's it.
Look at you.
This is his fault.
What are you gonna do? Just gonna have a little talk with him.
Will! Can you just stay with me for a minute? Look, I am sorry, but I gotta go handle something.
I'll be back.
I can't believe this is happening.
It's not worth it anymore.
She's gonna see right through this.
She can make up her own mind.
Listen, Kyle, you were recruited to prolong the life of an iconic American senator.
An iconic statutory rapist.
I'm done.
I am done.
You're not done.
I say when you're done.
I still need you.
When she asks if she should go through it, you say yes.
- And what if I don't? - You'll go to jail.
Transporting a minor across state lines, breaking and entering with your record, you'll do two, three years.
You'll recover, of course, but Mia she'll start cutting herself or she'll stop eating or she'll just fall fast like a setting sun.
In either case, she'll just be another Bowers girl gone bad, because she'll know she sent you to jail.
The whole road trip thing was her idea.
But fine, go ahead.
Put that on her pretty little head.
Your father told me you've been seeing Dwight Haverstock.
He told me about his request.
- Am I grounded or something? - No.
I understand why you'd be curious about your biological father, but in my experience, he is a snake.
He is dangerous, he is a liar, and he is not worth your attention or your bone marrow.
He's a human being.
But what I am more concerned about is that you kept this from us.
You lied.
I know you think you're justified in keeping secrets because things were kept from you.
- Well, yeah.
- But lying is lying.
It is a destructive habit.
You are 16.
You need your parents.
I know it's been difficult around here, but your father is a good man.
And we love you More than anything.
Okay.
I have to go.
Kyle's is in my room.
Door open, please.
Maybe my mom is right.
Maybe he is a snake.
You could always just wait and see if you're a match.
Take it one step at a time.
Yeah.
Maybe I'm not a match.
And then I don't have to decide.
Hey.
Thanks for being my totally hot sounding board.
This would suck way worse without you.
Wait, he's not here.
Wait.
Wow, so this is what greed can buy you.
Very nice, Robert.
How the hell did you get in here? Your housekeeper let me in.
Agent Moreno, FBI, and the lead investigator on your daughter's murder case.
Oh, I know who you are.
I spoke with your boss about you over golf.
Get the hell out of here.
I'm just curious.
How do you get there, murdering your own child? I mean, what's the math behind that? Get out of my house! Whoa, whoa, whoa, easy.
It's just a question.
I mean, was it was it the money you were gonna lose, or was it your ego? If you think you've got enough to charge me, then let's go, take me in.
I will destroy you in court.
You're bluffing, aren't you, agent Moreno? 'Cause you're in way over your head.
It's a shame, really, 'cause you seem like a good man, a good son.
One who takes care of his mother.
What'd you say? Her name's, Sylvia, right? She lives in Brooklyn.
Wow, there he is.
That mother-threatening, murderous thug.
I knew you were in there somewhere.
Oh, this is me restraining myself, son.
What's going on? What's surprise.
And I'm FBI.
I guess that should make you nervous now, huh? I don't know what you're talking about.
Wow.
That that right there, that's priceless.
You two make some pair.
Give my best to Wyatt, mamita.
They didn't need to know.
I know, but you're my brother.
Okay.
But then why are we so hard on each other? Because since mom died, we've been three sad, angry little men with no one to show us how to be kind.
You ever think about what life would be like if she hadn't died? All the time.
Maybe the next drug you develop should be a cure for ALS.
That's a great idea, except for the fact you blew my career up.
Sorry.
Me too.
Do you think dad covered up those bad test results for me? No, I think he covered them up for him.
I know he's not perfect.
I don't see the monster you see.
Joanna.
I'm so sorry.
I was in a car accident, and now I'm in the hospital.
I didn't get a chance to deliver the money.
Yes, I'm aware.
Fortunately, the sec suspended trading for 24 hours to protect our investors, so the bleeding has been staunched for now.
Robert, it's worse.
I lost the money in the accident.
It's okay.
It's just money.
It can be replaced.
But you can't be.
Are you hurt? Just scrapes, nothing broken.
It's my fault.
I should have never put you in that position.
Joanna, please just come home.
With everything that's going on, I-I'd feel so much better if you were here.
Okay.
Um Thank you.
And, uh, I'll see you later on tonight.
Bye.
She failed the polygraph and lost $1/2 million all in one day.
Stay close to her and find out what she's hiding.
You have something for me? Finally, the golf club.
Robert, I don't know what you're gonna do, but he is your son, and he just did what he thought was the right thing to do, so if I want your opinion, I'll ask for it.
You flipped a car.
I'm so proud.
You're officially a Bowers.
Whoa.
It's not as bad as it looks.
Thank you for coming to get me.
They weren't gonna let me leave without a ride.
I'm glad you called.
Let's get you out of here.
- Whoa.
- You okay? I just got a little dizzy.
You can hold on to me as long as you need.
Thanks.
Oh.
What a horrible, horrible day.
Yeah.
Who's Wyatt? He's no one.
There are a lot of things going on at the moment.
I need to know we're on the same team.
He wants to marry me.
Do you love him? I love you, Wyatt.
He's filthy rich.
I could put in the time.
I could put money away for us.
And I'll be here when you get out, and we can start over.
Of course we are.
Who is Wyatt? He's a drug dealer.
He was one of Vivian's connections.
He had pictures, he wanted money.
I gave it to him.
I I was trying to handle it myself.
I thought it would upset you.
Joanna Padget, where'd she go? She was discharged.
- She left alone? - No.
Julian Bowers picked her up.
Light reflects from your shadow Did you ever, check into Edward's claims? Yeah, I started to.
And? They seem pretty legit, sadly.
I don't know what happened.
- I'm so sorry, Julian.
- But you were right.
I have to see this thing through.
Lyritrol had my name on it, so it's my reputation, my responsibility.
You know, I'm thinking about going to Thailand to see firsthand what happened over there.
Wow.
That's really brave.
They would be as in love with you as I am Are you sure about moving back into the house? You can always stay at my place.
I don't think I can.
It's really hard saying no to your father.
Yeah, tell me about it.
I'm learning about you the things that no one else sees and the end comes too soon like dreaming of angels my mom's gonna go crazy if she finds out.
I'm just saying, we could go to a movie, and do normal things.
Let's just tell everybody.
Maybe.
And leaving without them being as in love with you as I am So You're not coming in? I have to meet someone.
Yeah.
Yeah.
- Good night.
- Thanks.
Being as in love, love, love love, love, love love, love, love Come in.
It's cold outside.
I told my dad, three days later, she was killed.
Lyritrol has just been approved by the FDA Congratulations on Lyritrol.
Is that why you're trying to help our competitors beat us to market? - I go where the money is.
- What you saw were fake tests.
Board of directors wants you to step down.
Did I kill Kimberly Yaeger? They found a golf club near the body.
Haverstock kept it.
I did what I thought was right.
You have no idea what's right! Deputy, I wonder if I might have a word with that young man.
If you really want to do this, now is the time.
I'm your father.
- What? Is everything okay? - Teo hooked me up.
Hope my protection didn't cost too much of your husband's money.
I want something to happen here.
Dump him.
Break his heart.
Don't break mine.
You're a cop.
- Uhh! - Get down! Oh, this is some real red dawn action here.
Gabe, put the evidence down, please.
So what do we have on these guys? Russian mob, out of Brighton beach.
This one's andrei Ivanov, ex-Russian military.
He's our hit man.
What about his partner? Well, we don't have much to go on.
He's maybe six feet tall, brown eyes.
English is not his first language.
All right, well that narrows it down to everyone I've ever had jury duty with.
We don't know who he is or where he's hiding.
I tried pulling the prints from the phone booth, but I got nothing.
What kind of psycho kills two people and his own daughter? You really think that's Robert Bowers? Well, that's not the man I knew, but It's been 17 years, and things change.
You ready to throw some rocks? - Yep! - Okay.
Let's get the alligator.
Come on.
- Yippee! - Whoa, get em.
Aah! Dad, you're gonna drop me.
I wouldn't drop you, Eddie spaghetti.
I would never drop you.
It's time.
You sure you want to do this? How do I sleep at night if I don't? How do you sleep at night if you do? It's a big bomb.
Do you have any other idea how to protect my wife and children? No.
But you understand what will happen next? Nuclear winter.
What the hell is going on? Are we being attacked? Turn on the TV.
In the effort to rush Lyritrol to market, shortcuts were taken.
Lives were lost.
What is this? To fast track the approval process, the trial results were altered to hide the deaths of 27 people in Thailand, 19 people in Mexico, 25 in Poland, for an overall death toll of 107 participants in over five different countries.
Rather than conducting another round of trials to perfect the drug, the data was falsified and the people who died during the testing and the victims were paid off in exchange for their silence.
The claims were originally brought to my attention by one of the researchers who oversaw the Lyritrol drug trials in Thailand.
But as founder and ceo of the company that bears his name, my father is ultimately responsible for everything that Bowers pharmaceutical produces.
Unfortunately, this evidence only recently came to my attention, or I would have acted sooner.
I should have acted sooner.
Lives could have been saved.
Is this connected in any way to your sister's murder? Um That was Edward Bowers, claiming his father's company tried to cover up a killer drug.
This is all very surprising, given the Is this why Vivian was murdered? No! Is what he's saying about Lyritrol true? - Of course not.
- Dad, this is Edward.
This is your son! What is happening? He's not my son, not anymore.
Did you know he was going to do this? Mmmmm.
He thinks his father killed Vivian over the Lyritrol cover-up, I mean it's a bold move.
He goes public, he protects himself.
Yeah.
All right, so we're trying to find a link between Robert and the dead Russian.
So we need to watch him like a hawk right now.
If he's gonna break, it's gonna happen now.
Gabe and I will work this from the Russian angle.
No I got it.
All right, and, please, just be careful.
It's not that bad, Julian.
I mean, sure, it's not good, but it's just one drug.
They'll be so many others.
Do you even hear what they're saying, and you're saying it's not that bad? 100 people died because of Lyritrol and they're saying my father covered it up.
I was just trying to I need Kaling and Bainbridge and my lawyers to find out what the hell is going on.
I'll just I'll give you some space.
Hello? Are you watching this? Where the hell are you? It sounds like niagara falls.
- Julian Bowers bathroom.
- What? Why? Mission accomplished.
Get the hell out of there.
It's time to celebrate.
- Frank - Did you hear those reporters? They made it sound like Robert killed Vivian.
As founder and ceo of the company holy crap.
This is fantastic.
Robert Robert! I know you're angry and I know you're hurt, but you need to focus.
How did he get this alleged evidence? What? Was he working with someone at Bowers? You need to find out who's on your side.
Joanna, we are in damage control mode.
Get me Julian, Seabrook He's been calling.
And Tom Vanderfield from legal.
Oh, and I need you to go downstairs to hr.
There's a company-wide polygraph.
I'm sorry, did you say polygraph? Look, we both saw Edward's press conference.
That house is on fire right now.
Just wish I could have seen Robert's reaction of being accused of murder on national TV.
His reaction? He blew a solid gold gasket.
And now I have to take a polygraph.
Oh, crap.
Okay, look, you know the trick to that is, right? You just have to regulate your heartbeat.
Do you know how to do that? Oh, I'm working on a plan right now.
This is a disaster.
Our stock is hemorrhaging.
Lyritrol is dead.
I'm getting cash to the stock promoter.
His people will make sure the stock doesn't drop past 30.
How is that legal? Good question, because we have so many options.
I'm sure the board and wall street will happily forgive us for being asleep at the wheel.
Us? This is your ass, Robert.
We tried to warn you about evidence.
Don't you think that we should be trying to figure out what's going on here? If Edward's claims about Lyritrol are founded? That ship sail, buddy.
Julian, you need to go and talk to the press.
And tell them what? That your brother has been under extreme pressure.
That his wife is leaving him.
That he attacked you at the stockholder meeting.
- I hit him first.
- Who cares? Go for the jugular, bring up Kimberly Yaeger.
Shut up, Phil.
Julian, smile and tell them what you know is true.
Lyritrol is a great drug, Edward is wrong, and we're looking into the allegations.
What if he's not wrong? I need to find out what really happened.
Edward's live on MSNBC tomorrow.
You need to get your family in line.
Julian needs to talk, and Edward needs to shut up.
If you lose control, you won't be perceived as fit to run this company.
- How you holding up? - Terrible.
I don't understand.
I personally oversaw the Lyritrol trials.
The test results were everything that you hope for.
So what happened? Either Edward is right, and someone perhaps my father, covered up bad test results, or Edward's finally snapped.
- Well, you better find out.
- Listen to me.
I need you to know, I would never condone the rollout of a drug unless every kink had been worked out.
If Lyritrol is faulty, it's not because I'm a profiteer, it's because I'm a damn fool.
I believe you.
You do? Yeah.
Okay.
Thanks.
Um, you gonna take the polygraph? Oh, we all have to.
Well, take a sedative if you have anything to hide.
Is your name Joanna Padget? Yes.
Are you Robert Bowers' assistant? Yes.
Have you ever met a person by the name of Ben Preswick? No.
- Senator Haverstock, your 12:30 is here.
Mia.
Hello.
Wow, kudos on the primitive art, bio-dad.
Thanks, kid.
I'm glad you came.
Well, I was glad to get out of that house.
Not a good day to be a Bowers, huh? I read the news.
Yep.
We'll seek out soup.
Good food for a bad day.
I know a place.
Huh? Okay.
All right.
Second wife, no kids, fake tan.
How can you tell? From the size of that stupid ring.
Her hips are smaller than mine, and also, she's orange.
Okay.
My turn.
Uh-oh.
Business deal gone bad.
Has to ask mama to bail him out, again.
Nice.
This is fun.
Do me.
Okay, um Giant, hairy narcissist who's pretending to be interested in his illegitimate daughter, when all he really wants is Fill in the blank.
Wow.
Smart as a whip, and direct.
You get that from me.
Just tell me.
Okay.
I'm dying.
Of leukemia.
Is that what all those pills were about? Yeah.
I need a bone marrow transplant.
It's very hard to find a match.
I've looked.
You're my best chance.
I suppose I was hoping to endear myself to you, and you might save my life.
That's not what I was expecting.
Yeah.
We can't be sure you're a match, though, but it is a simple blood test.
So all of this, it was just I could tell you that there was a hole in my heart that was filled the day I met you, but I I don't want to lie.
On the other hand, you seem pretty fantastic.
You know, I'm only 16.
If I say yes, I have to get my parents to sign off on this.
You let me worry about that.
All right.
Why? Is that even a serious question? So innocent people wouldn't die.
And you could've done this in a quieter way, when I told you about the fatalities.
You didn't even blink.
Everything has a cost.
And you don't get to be me by blinking.
Oh, well then I guess I don't get to be you.
Did you even look into it at all? I looked into the source Your sister.
Say me.
Did you have Vivian killed because of this? You are weak and pathetic.
You dropped your bomb, and now I have to clean up your mess.
Again! Shut your mouth.
Stop talking to the press.
No.
What you have destroyed today, you will never get back.
Markets are continuing to adjust to the shocking accusations of Bowers pharmaceutical scion Edward Bowers.
Joanna, I need you to go to the bank.
Cash this check and run it over to Millworth investment securities.
Okay.
That's a lot of money.
Can't you se it electronically? No, can't leave a paper trail.
They're stock promoters.
They only take cash.
We need to stop the bleeding.
I'm blocked in.
I'm blocked in.
You want this to be you? Get in the car.
Okay, okay.
Drive! Where are we going? None of this needs to be happening.
I was looking for andrei, and maybe you just happened to be at the bakery shop.
And that's it.
It can just be that.
He can take the fall for the whole thing.
I'm a cop.
You don't want to do this.
You have the file? There you go.
It's a sad read.
I wish I could have read it yesterday.
Yeah, well I tried to tell you about it, but you punched me in the face.
Well, you were acting like a maniac.
And I still don't believe it.
Do you ever think the reason.
Lyritrol was held back by the fda was legitimate, that Haverstock had nothing to do with it? No.
I never thought that.
Do you have any idea how it was pushed through? Yeah, I bribed Shelly webb.
Wow.
You remind me of dad, except for the part where you admit it.
Read the file.
Over 100 people died.
Dad used overseas hush money.
Yeah, thanks.
I saw your performance piece.
How did all that attention make you feel? Look, of the 100 people who died, 25% of them were kids.
I held that back from the press because I didn't want to hurt you.
I just did what I had to do.
The sec and the fda announced they are independently opening investigations into Bowers pharmaceuticals over their new proposed drug.
Hey, Bowers, we've got some questions.
Mr.
Bowers, are the allegations true? Did you have something to do with your sister's death? There were people counting on you.
You gave them hope, and then just you're a monster! Ohh, freezing.
Why couldn't our dead Russian hit man have taken the subway like everyone else? So Andrei's apartment was clean, and you're telling me the car's a bust too? I don't think so, man.
Hand me the keys.
Hey, genius, you want to start the car, you've got to turn it clockwise.
Look, man.
I came up in narcotics, all right? All these dealers they got trap doors to hide their stashes in.
You just got to get the right combination of switches to open it.
It could be radios and wipers, it could be hello.
Jump drive.
Holy crap.
Who didn't check the freakin' ashtray? Agent Moreno.
Yeah, I put a flag out on Teo Agresar.
What's up? Yeah, bring him in.
Guns and dope, Teo.
You got 30 seconds to tell me why Sofia Bowers gave you a bag full of cash, or you're doing major time.
It's for protection.
Protection? Protection from who? From you? Nah.
It's not for her, it's for some dude.
Why are you making me pull teeth here? Hmm? Some dude? Who? Who's some dude? Wyatt Scott.
He's doing state time in Pennsylvania.
I slipped the Latin kings some cash, they look out for him.
Okay, and what is Wyatt Scott to Sofia Bowers? Man, I don't know.
That's your job.
Hey.
Hey, what about me? The market bears have been out in force today, led by the continuing plunge of Bowers pharmaceutical.
Your temp let me walk in.
Amazing how many doors will open with a box of congressional m&ms.
God, I wish I had a gun in my desk.
Yeah, well, I need to let you know that I've been in touch with Mia.
- You motherf - Oh, just wait.
Please just listen.
I'm dying.
I have leukemia.
I need A bone marrow transplant.
I asked Mia if she would take the test to see if she was a match, but she'll need your permission.
Your timing is uncanny, Dwight.
You said my name.
You actually used my name.
Get a hold of yourself.
I want the golf club.
Ah, Bobby, that golf club's the only thing stopping you from letting the world know that I had a child with an underage girl.
That was the deal.
New deal.
I want to protect my family.
You want to live.
Okay.
You got me.
Done.
Ah, protect your family.
You sure you don't want to just send Eddie to jail for ratting you out to the press? Same old Bobby.
You do love to nurse a grudge.
I'll send rayburn.
We're done here.
Yeah.
It's Joanna.
Leave me a message.
Hey, Joanna, it's me.
Got a lot to tell you, but here's the headline.
So we found a jump drive in the Russian's vehicle.
It was the Lyritrol file.
Ben said Vivian had it on her the night she died.
I don't know, maybe Robert paid the Russians to kill Vivian and take the file from her.
Where are you anyway? Call me back.
Turn here.
I have money.
I have $1/2 million cash in that suitcase, right there.
Just open it up and look for yourself.
Uhh! You're a monster! You're a monster! Oh, come on Audrey, where's your sense of schadenfreude? So, Ben, I hear you're dating Vivian Bowers.
You've come a long way from those dorks in computer science.
Oh, bite me, Audie.
You're playing above your game.
She'll get bored, you know.
Ah, she's not like that.
She's not interested in money.
Don't be naive.
You're looking at a lifetime of being her "plus one.
" I might have a way to put you in a whole new tax bracket, help Vivian see you as an equal.
What, are you talking about a job? I'm talking about an opportunity.
Oh.
Look, feelings, not my wheelhouse.
Lady feelings, definitely not my wheelhouse.
So maybe you got the hots for Julian Bowers.
Fine.
But what I think I'm intuiting is some guilt, Vivian Bowers, and I am saying, let it go.
She was a junkie.
She was probably murdered by another junkie.
It's not our problem.
I know.
Would you stop with the pen? You're making me crazy.
Has long been aware of the many deaths resulting from the trial I don't know what's happening for you, Audrey, but if you lose control of this thing, I will be very disappointed.
I've got it, Frank.
The drug isn't even on the market yet.
I don't want to seem insensitive, but people die in drug trials all the time.
A lot of people died, Robert.
And the documents that Edward released say that you covered it up and paid the families out of this offshore account called Zonocorp.
I don't have an offshore account.
I've never heard of Zonocorp.
Look, it doesn't matter.
You have a billion-dollar class action shareholders' lawsuit on your hands.
That's why we have a billion dollars in corporate insurance.
No, you don't understand.
The allegation will be that Robert acted illegally, and that pierces the corporate veil.
Your lawsuits could run into hundreds of millions of dollars.
What is he saying? He means that you and I could be personally liable.
Tom, this whole thing is a fairy tale.
Wait, wait, wait.
Are you saying that we could lose everything? Yeah.
- The company? - Mm-hmm.
The house, everything? I'm not going to let that happen.
Edward really screwed us.
I don't know how we're gonna get out of this one.
A spokesperson for Bowers pharmaceutical strenuously denied the allegations that Lyritrol trials have killed over 100 people Julian, it's such a mess.
What's going on? I've been on the phone for hours with every test supervisor in five countries, and none of this makes any sense.
You are great at what you do, Julian, and you are a fine human being.
Stop torturing yourself.
If I did this, if I was negligent in any way sometimes things happen that are out of our control, but you can't undo them, so it's best to just let them disappear behind you in the rear-view mirror, or you will drive yourself insane.
Well, that's easy for you to say.
You won, right? Lyritrol's a dud, and now Kirschner-Sims can roll Xyrix uncontested.
Come on, Julian, that doesn't matter to me.
But you do.
That's why I'm here.
I'm worried about you.
And all this, it it's madness.
Don't get sucked in.
That's great advice, Audrey But that's not gonna work for me.
Ohh! No! No! No, please! Uhh! No, I'm okay.
No, this should've never happened, Joanna.
What kind of man would give a woman $1/2 million cash, and then send her out to go do some kind of shady errand? Oh, my God, the money.
I don't know what happened to the money.
What am I gonna tell Robert? Look, I can try to help you with the money, okay? It's just gonna take a little bit of time.
But you can tell Robert to go screw himself.
- Will - This guy he doesn't care about anybody.
He doesn't care about anybody but himself and his money.
That's it.
Look at you.
This is his fault.
What are you gonna do? Just gonna have a little talk with him.
Will! Can you just stay with me for a minute? Look, I am sorry, but I gotta go handle something.
I'll be back.
I can't believe this is happening.
It's not worth it anymore.
She's gonna see right through this.
She can make up her own mind.
Listen, Kyle, you were recruited to prolong the life of an iconic American senator.
An iconic statutory rapist.
I'm done.
I am done.
You're not done.
I say when you're done.
I still need you.
When she asks if she should go through it, you say yes.
- And what if I don't? - You'll go to jail.
Transporting a minor across state lines, breaking and entering with your record, you'll do two, three years.
You'll recover, of course, but Mia she'll start cutting herself or she'll stop eating or she'll just fall fast like a setting sun.
In either case, she'll just be another Bowers girl gone bad, because she'll know she sent you to jail.
The whole road trip thing was her idea.
But fine, go ahead.
Put that on her pretty little head.
Your father told me you've been seeing Dwight Haverstock.
He told me about his request.
- Am I grounded or something? - No.
I understand why you'd be curious about your biological father, but in my experience, he is a snake.
He is dangerous, he is a liar, and he is not worth your attention or your bone marrow.
He's a human being.
But what I am more concerned about is that you kept this from us.
You lied.
I know you think you're justified in keeping secrets because things were kept from you.
- Well, yeah.
- But lying is lying.
It is a destructive habit.
You are 16.
You need your parents.
I know it's been difficult around here, but your father is a good man.
And we love you More than anything.
Okay.
I have to go.
Kyle's is in my room.
Door open, please.
Maybe my mom is right.
Maybe he is a snake.
You could always just wait and see if you're a match.
Take it one step at a time.
Yeah.
Maybe I'm not a match.
And then I don't have to decide.
Hey.
Thanks for being my totally hot sounding board.
This would suck way worse without you.
Wait, he's not here.
Wait.
Wow, so this is what greed can buy you.
Very nice, Robert.
How the hell did you get in here? Your housekeeper let me in.
Agent Moreno, FBI, and the lead investigator on your daughter's murder case.
Oh, I know who you are.
I spoke with your boss about you over golf.
Get the hell out of here.
I'm just curious.
How do you get there, murdering your own child? I mean, what's the math behind that? Get out of my house! Whoa, whoa, whoa, easy.
It's just a question.
I mean, was it was it the money you were gonna lose, or was it your ego? If you think you've got enough to charge me, then let's go, take me in.
I will destroy you in court.
You're bluffing, aren't you, agent Moreno? 'Cause you're in way over your head.
It's a shame, really, 'cause you seem like a good man, a good son.
One who takes care of his mother.
What'd you say? Her name's, Sylvia, right? She lives in Brooklyn.
Wow, there he is.
That mother-threatening, murderous thug.
I knew you were in there somewhere.
Oh, this is me restraining myself, son.
What's going on? What's surprise.
And I'm FBI.
I guess that should make you nervous now, huh? I don't know what you're talking about.
Wow.
That that right there, that's priceless.
You two make some pair.
Give my best to Wyatt, mamita.
They didn't need to know.
I know, but you're my brother.
Okay.
But then why are we so hard on each other? Because since mom died, we've been three sad, angry little men with no one to show us how to be kind.
You ever think about what life would be like if she hadn't died? All the time.
Maybe the next drug you develop should be a cure for ALS.
That's a great idea, except for the fact you blew my career up.
Sorry.
Me too.
Do you think dad covered up those bad test results for me? No, I think he covered them up for him.
I know he's not perfect.
I don't see the monster you see.
Joanna.
I'm so sorry.
I was in a car accident, and now I'm in the hospital.
I didn't get a chance to deliver the money.
Yes, I'm aware.
Fortunately, the sec suspended trading for 24 hours to protect our investors, so the bleeding has been staunched for now.
Robert, it's worse.
I lost the money in the accident.
It's okay.
It's just money.
It can be replaced.
But you can't be.
Are you hurt? Just scrapes, nothing broken.
It's my fault.
I should have never put you in that position.
Joanna, please just come home.
With everything that's going on, I-I'd feel so much better if you were here.
Okay.
Um Thank you.
And, uh, I'll see you later on tonight.
Bye.
She failed the polygraph and lost $1/2 million all in one day.
Stay close to her and find out what she's hiding.
You have something for me? Finally, the golf club.
Robert, I don't know what you're gonna do, but he is your son, and he just did what he thought was the right thing to do, so if I want your opinion, I'll ask for it.
You flipped a car.
I'm so proud.
You're officially a Bowers.
Whoa.
It's not as bad as it looks.
Thank you for coming to get me.
They weren't gonna let me leave without a ride.
I'm glad you called.
Let's get you out of here.
- Whoa.
- You okay? I just got a little dizzy.
You can hold on to me as long as you need.
Thanks.
Oh.
What a horrible, horrible day.
Yeah.
Who's Wyatt? He's no one.
There are a lot of things going on at the moment.
I need to know we're on the same team.
He wants to marry me.
Do you love him? I love you, Wyatt.
He's filthy rich.
I could put in the time.
I could put money away for us.
And I'll be here when you get out, and we can start over.
Of course we are.
Who is Wyatt? He's a drug dealer.
He was one of Vivian's connections.
He had pictures, he wanted money.
I gave it to him.
I I was trying to handle it myself.
I thought it would upset you.
Joanna Padget, where'd she go? She was discharged.
- She left alone? - No.
Julian Bowers picked her up.
Light reflects from your shadow Did you ever, check into Edward's claims? Yeah, I started to.
And? They seem pretty legit, sadly.
I don't know what happened.
- I'm so sorry, Julian.
- But you were right.
I have to see this thing through.
Lyritrol had my name on it, so it's my reputation, my responsibility.
You know, I'm thinking about going to Thailand to see firsthand what happened over there.
Wow.
That's really brave.
They would be as in love with you as I am Are you sure about moving back into the house? You can always stay at my place.
I don't think I can.
It's really hard saying no to your father.
Yeah, tell me about it.
I'm learning about you the things that no one else sees and the end comes too soon like dreaming of angels my mom's gonna go crazy if she finds out.
I'm just saying, we could go to a movie, and do normal things.
Let's just tell everybody.
Maybe.
And leaving without them being as in love with you as I am So You're not coming in? I have to meet someone.
Yeah.
Yeah.
- Good night.
- Thanks.
Being as in love, love, love love, love, love love, love, love Come in.
It's cold outside.