The Pretender s02e11 Episode Script

Gigolo Jarod

I'll take that, Jarod.
Why have you been stealing these? I've been making this.
A house? A home.
This is where I grew up.
This is what I can remember.
What's home like, Sydney? Seems window lab rats wear Hugo Boss.
It's like something out of GQ.
How would you know? There must be twenty thousand dollars with the designer clothes here.
It appears that you have a fashion competitor, Miss Parker.
What's he up to, Syd? A form of expression.
Individuality, strength.
Showing off his colors the way of mating animals.
You might right about the mating part The Kama Sutra of Love.
What's your boy learning from this? I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.
Jarod.
lsabella.
I've heard that superhero was dead.
Only slightly wounded.
Do you prefer to be called '' escort'' or ''gigolo''? Well, why don't you give me one hour, and you tell me.
There are pretenders among us.
I was taken from my family.
Thirty-six hours, he is already demonstrating more talent then any of our others.
How many people died because of what I thought up? Since I broke up, I spent every moment searching for my past.
He is a pretender.
A genius who can become anyone that he wants to be.
- The Center wants him alive.
- Preferably.
He defends the weak and abused.
Life is a gift.
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Why leave all of this behind? Jarod operates on the different level than other people.
The all must mean something, always does.
Hey, you guys come here to take a look at this.
''Follow me to the 1500 Hart Street.
'' It seems pretty simple.
Let's find out.
Your cut.
Did the Kama Sutra come in handy? - I lent my copy to a friend.
- Wow, you must memorize it.
A gift from lsabella.
What the hell did you do to that woman? I just listened.
I can't decide who gets you next.
I hear Cynthia Sloan is lucky.
European countess to Detroit socializee? Just because she is the only woman in Forbes fifty doesn't mean that I can't satisfy her.
Remember, Jarod.
They are paying for a fantasy, not paying for a man.
Do you think you can become someone else? I'll do my best.
He splits up the terms and your employment for obvious reason, you've been hired as a Special consultant.
Everything you see and do is strictly confidential.
Of course.
It's quite a house.
You should see the other six.
Seven.
Hello.
I am Jarod.
He signed? It's a requirement of Frank's.
He oversees all my holdings and new ventures.
And which one am I? You will be a little of both.
Well.
Let the games begin.
Let's lay the ground of you here for one reason.
Men have a tendency to hit on me, you are going to save me there in convenience.
You are .
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, Jarod, a piece of jewelry.
So that I have to shine.
Well, for five thousand dollars a week, I expect you to blind me.
You will be on call until the ribbon cutting on saturday.
For that? Sloan towers.
The future of downtown Detroit.
Well, this is the future.
Then this, must be history.
Save our home! Save our home! Save our home! Save our home! Save our.
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What's like to have a home, Sydney? Save our home! Save our home! Save our home! ''Boy Plunges to Death'' Leave him alone.
He broke his wing.
I wish Michael was here.
Michael Edwards.
The boy that fell from the fire escape.
He.
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the birds.
He gonna be veterinarian when he grow up.
I was a veterinarian once.
Can you make him fly again? I don't know.
Tracy Johnson, you get off this roof, right now.
I gotta go.
Girl is going to get herself killed.
I run the neighbourhood watch program in this building.
And your face doesn't look familiar.
I was just trying to help the bird.
I guess that Michael Edwards cared for them.
What do you know about Michael? Just what I've read.
This is where it happened.
I told that boy a thousand times to stay off this roof.
My name is Jarod.
Alice Evans.
Nice to meet you, Alice Evans.
Three stories he fell straight down.
Then they condemn this place.
Now Cynthia Sloan can get her .
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clause on the only raw property left in the city.
Throw hundreds of family out of their homes.
The fire escapes, they don't collapse under the weight of a eight-year-old boy.
The city said it was the wether.
You are not been living down in two-twelve for nearly forty years.
Suddenly, the bricks start crumbling like sodas.
I don't think so.
I only I wish I've been around to help him.
Look, I can't take on another client.
I am on Cynthia Sloan's back and call night and day.
Don't worry about that.
This one sounds like a one shot deal.
But you are not going to getting away with talking this time.
This one is got the itch.
The itch? Go scratch it.
Yes.
I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.
What? The service I mean.
Oh, the service, right.
That was quick.
Ah, may I come in? Yes, please.
Would you come in? ''Happy Valentine's Day'' Help yourself.
I made coffee.
It's French roast.
How do you know what's inside of it? Oh, you don't.
That's the fun part.
Oh.
Who is Valentine? You don'tThey didn't say you will be handsome and funny.
The truth is, I've never¡­ done anything like this.
Now, do I make the cheque out to you personally, Oops, or do I make it out to the service? We can figure that out later.
Or make it out to cash.
I couldn't help noticing the man living over the garage.
Oh, that was Howard, my husband.
Your husband? Soon to be ex, I mean.
He is living about the garage until we settle things.
Oh, I must have forgot.
I bought a box from a drug store.
It was on special, so The twelve pack.
Safety first.
I saw that on TV.
You seemed a little nervous, Joyce.
Nervous, no, no, not me.
I love a house with pictures.
It makes you feel like a home.
My son, my last went off to college this year.
Oh, I miss him.
Can't say the same for Howard.
Was it another woman? Oh, hardly.
You know what Howard bought me for my twenty-fifth wedding anniversary.
A toaster.
I saved up and bought us tickets to Paris, kind of like second honeymoon.
Howard couldn't take off time from work.
So we cashed in the tickets and bought a big screen TV.
Fifty inches.
French roasts are all if I'll get to Paris.
Now.
I here that I get what I pay for.
So.
You must miss your children.
What? Do they know? Know? That you hired a lover.
The accidental death of Michael Edwards let the city to condemn Jefferson Heights.
These residents are protesting their invasion.
In four days, their homes will be demolished.
For some of them it is They tried the same thing after the fire of seventy-seven.
The tenants fought in, and they won.
Back then the residents won renovation and set off demolition.
But they never had the deal with real estate noble Cynthia Sloan.
Miss Sloan, can we get a statement from you today? My heart goes out to Michael Edwards and his family.
But Jefferson Heights is dangerous.
I am doing the city and all the residents a favor.
Some said that after Michael Edwards died, you strong arm the city contract.
Sloan development won this big bet on square.
I make no excuses for being competitive.
You do what it takes to close the deal, whatever it takes.
Miss Sloan.
Miss Sloan.
whatever it takes.
Sulphur chloride.
What's all the sulphur chloride for? It has been used in demolition.
The sulphur chloride can start to weaken the brick.
The whole building will come down like a house of cards.
Excuse me.
- One more question.
- Show.
Valentine's day.
Specifically Cupid.
Yeah.
A corpulant infant who happens to be an archer goes around shooting arrows into people and suddenly they are in love? - It's about it.
- And to show that love, people buy each other chocolates and other sweets.
Do they want to be fat like the infant? What was you said you take for Miss Sloan? Special consultant.
Sounds dangerous.
You have no idea.
Bye.
The address Jarod left on the candy is to an adult bookstore? You have got to be kidding me.
Let's just get this over with.
What's wrong, Broots? Oh, it's kind of embarrassing.
I've never been into this kind of place before.
Right, and I am the presidents of the PTA.
It's all starting to come back to you, isn't it, Broots? Jarod must have brought us here for a reason.
It's called humiliation.
Is there anybody here? I'll be right with you.
We would like to speak to the owner about a friend.
Rex is the owner.
He is dead.
I'm Bucky la Fountain.
I run the place.
You mentioned something about a friend? He left these.
Why didn't you just say you were looking for Jarod in the first place? Come on.
Come on back.
Anybody hungry? Yeah, Jarod was a real emotional guy.
Smart though.
Invented this portable smoke cleaner.
Are you sure you don't want me to you a wing? Positive.
Do you know where Jarod went? Not a clue.
He just stopped comming in.
What did you say that he was interesting in the material you sell? No way.
He wasn't in the sexuality part.
He just wanted to talk about people.
About what makes us want each other.
You know between you and me, I don't think that work out much love growing up.
I think that's why he must be so proud of the book.
The book? I run a small publishing company on the side.
Romance novels and such.
Are you seeing Jarod actually wrote one of these novel? Yeah.
There.
''The Saddest Little Valentine'' He did the cover art, too.
That boy's definitely one of a kind.
One is enough.
This looks stunning one.
Have this ready for the night.
You are not very big in pictures, are you? That you got a lot of awards.
But only one photograph.
Photographs, that make a house a home.
Don't you think? Is this you? My father bred racehorses as a hobby.
That was painful.
My pride I still have the scar.
It used to be much worse but the plastic surgeons keep withering a way in it.
So, where is your family? You asked your clients so many questions? Only the special ones.
Don't you get lonely here? The City turned down the demolition plan.
I've called a meeting.
I don't have time to get lonely.
Don't be late tonight.
- Hello? - Yes, I spoke with Joyce.
She said she was vaguely unfulfilled.
What's wrong with you? She's a housewife.
she melts.
I don't know exactly what she wants.
Jarod, if you call a plumber, you want your pipes fixed.
She called a gigolo I, I understand.
But Fix her pipes and Jarod, I don't want to have this conversation again, right? I just get it washed.
What do you think? It is the car drives her crazy.
Joyce.
Hi, there.
Rumor has your feeling vaguely unfulfilled.
I've been waiting for you.
You do realize that your husband is out in the garden.
I know.
You won't regret this later? The hell with regrets.
I know you are up there, Howard.
Coming, I am calling the police.
The number is 911.
Oh, I am so sorry.
It is okay.
It's strange though.
Strange? What? Well, you say your husband doesn't care about you any more.
Sure it doesn't look that way to me.
Hey.
Jarod.
I didn't mean to buy your head off, but I thought you were another one of those inspectors.
Inspector? I don't think you'll be seeing anymore of those.
Your home is already condemned.
Are you kidding? These bureaucratics are all over this place.
Even before Michael fell.
Somebody inspected the fire escape before it collapsed? Yeah, he was independently wealthy like you.
Like me? He had one of those fancy handsome metal on his wrist too.
Like this? diamonds.
Excuse me.
I would like to propose a toast.
First of all, to this work of art, that some people call the building, the sign may says ''Sloan Tower'', but this entire project was the dream of my right hand man, of my right arm, Frank Linden.
This is been his baby from the beginning, and if I don't give him promotion for this, then I should fire myself.
When everyone said it couldn't be done, including me.
Frank found a way.
To ''Sloan Towers''.
Whatever it takes.
Whatever it takes.
''5/29/77 Jefferson Heights Protest'' Hey, how are you feeling today? Would you like one of these? They are very good.
Have you ever tried one of these? It says: be mine.
Got one that says: You are fired.
Fired? I am tired of calls from this household Column.
You're through with her.
And with Cynthia Sloan.
I must sign in a replacement.
Just before the ribbon cutting? You think that's smart? Cynthia Sloan is one of your prides clients.
Fine.
You want to keep Cynthia? Then scratch the housewife's itch.
This is Sydney.
Why do people fall in love? You might as well ask why the stars come out at night.
Everyone spends their whole life searching for that special someone.
The person to love.
But when they finally find them, it all falls apart.
Paradox of man.
Try to believe it is better to have love and lost than never to have love at all.
So you believe that the love is worth fighting for, and that's worth the pain and effort? It's that what you're trying to say in the romance novel you left for Miss Parker? The book speaks for itself, Sydney.
She felt consumed by a great void, an dark and silent abyss, as terrifying as the grand palace around her.
But somewhere in the chilling blackness she caught a glims of light.
She remembered the time, the precautious of a little girl with a heart full of fire, a soul flamed by passion, and the smile that could melt the winter into spring.
But the light was gone, the flame had died.
Her past was taken from her beloved soldiers of the great palace.
She would continue searching, hoping to rekindle the fire.
And to then, she will always be, the saddest little Valentine.
Hello, Joyce.
This is Jarod.
Come on in.
This is quite what I imagined.
Nothing ever is.
Can I pour you a drink? Yes, sure.
Oh, that vibrates! Oh, my gosh.
We will get to that later.
Now it's just you, and me.
No one can disturb us.
Especially, that annoying husband of yours.
What's with you, Joyce? It's what you're here for.
Don't tell me you think about Howard.
That husband doesn't deserve you.
I know how much polyester can one man wear anyway.
Poly, uh, what? And the physique¡­ What is it? A body about a chili dog? Well, you know Howard is a little chunky, he is.
The Santa Claus is chunky.
Howard is only violation.
Well, you know, Howard has his faults, but¡­ He is a kind and gentle human being.
He bought you a toaster for your anniversary.
He cashed in your tickets to Paris for a television set.
Well, fifty inches actually.
You know, that's just Howard.
Forget about him, forget about that whole night.
Well, you know, Jarod, you just don't forget about twenty-five years of marriage.
We've been through a lot.
I mean we is the family.
- We uh - Made a home? You are right.
You don't forget about twenty-five years of your marriage.
And you don't forget your home.
Some people, they can go through their whole lives without ever having one.
Come on.
I'll take you home.
Thank you.
What's wrong, Jarod? You seem upset.
You've been sitting here staring for hours.
Tell me what's wrong? No, no.
- Jarod, why are you doing that? - I don't have a home, Sydney.
I can't remember anything.
I don't have a home.
I don't have a home.
I don't have a home.
Save our home! Save our home!.
So much anger.
Don't they realize that it's not safe to live there any more.
It is much easier for you to say.
If this place strated falling down, you have six others to choose from.
They don't have what you have.
Great education, rich parents, your own horses.
People change.
Some more than others.
Cynthia.
Cynthia, are you watching this? They don't leave.
They can't.
I want you permission to call the police.
- Oh, that will be great .
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- Please.
Look, Cynthia.
These people are breaking city ordinance now.
I can have Alderman Nance called the chief settle all the motion.
Go talk to them.
Tell them that their building is unsafe, explain it to them face to face.
They won't listen.
Then call the police.
Start a riot.
Whatever it takes.
We won't go.
We won't go I've been expecting you.
- Hello, Jarod.
- Alice.
What is going on here? Hi, Jarod.
This is Cynthia.
You are the lady who's going to take down my house? Jarod said you like horses.
I found this when we moved in.
It was in a secret hiding-place.
Want to see? How did you know? That's you.
You are Cindy.
How did you know? You can find just about anything.
If you know the right place to look for it.
Who are you? Someone who believes that everyone deserves to have a home.
Even Cindy Morgan.
I changed my name, Jarod, but I didn't hurt that little boy.
No, but you're partly responsible.
Why are you so determining to destroy this places where you grew up? That was my past.
So you thought you could just get rid of it like you get rid of your name or you get rid of that scar on your arm? Trust me, you can't cut a scar out of here.
I've tried.
With all the houses that I owned, that little room is the only place that I've called home.
But now you are rich and you have this image to maintain.
When I was a kid, I won scholarships in very expensive shools.
I was around a lot of very wealthy people.
So to fit in, you felt like you had to make up your life.
Trust me, I know the feeling.
First, it was that my father bred racehorses instead of what he really did, which was drive rich tourists around downtown in his horse and buggy.
Then that was my name.
The lies just snowballed.
Now it's too late for the truth.
Cindy, it's never too late for the truth.
Two tickets for the please.
Hi, I am your wife's gigolo.
Your wife had a deal for you.
''Let's celebrate your promotion, Jefferson Heights Roof Cynthia'' Cynthia? Cynthia? This is great.
Cynthia? Bad year for sulphur chloride.
What are you doing here? I am celebrating, Frank.
Because today, you are fired.
What the hell are youah Hope you've brought your golden parachute.
Hold on, Frank.
You don't want to go down with your career.
Sulphur chloride.
Ideal for the demolishing of the building, for murdering children.
God! Help me.
That you.
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down the public housing said it was the weather.
Right, Frank? You killed a child, just you could force people out of their homes, just you could make more money.
You are crazy.
No, Frank.
You are.
This is about Michael Edwards down through to his death.
Just like you are about to do.
Help Me, Jarod.
I can't hold on much longer.
Like you helped Michael Edwards? I have money! Well, I didn't tell you, Frank.
But I am not really a gigolo.
So I can't be bought.
But I am curious, how much? How much to throw hundreds of people out of their homes? How much to murder a innocent little boy? Alright, Jarod.
I did it.
Okay, I did it.
Now, please, help me.
Nice watch.
Don't waste your time with those.
Trust me.
You really don't have to show a lady a good time, Jarod.
You haven't seen enough yet.
Hey, you! You think he'll fly? We'll see.
I am going to chase him.
Is that allowed? I don't want to go back to that huge house by myself.
It gets really lonely.
Time is up.
Hey, what's happen to you? We are going over these renovation plans or what? Whatever it takes.
Oh, I am coming What? They say it is better to love and lost than never to love at all.
Do you believe that's true? If you are lonely, call the nine hundred number.
Did you read my book? I skimed through it.
You painted a pretty sad picture.
I just write the way I see it.
How do we be like this? Like what? Alone.
Searching.
It is ironic because we both want the same things.
Someone to care about.
Someone to care about us.
Do you think we'll ever find that kind of love in our lives? What the hell do you want from me, Jarod? Open the box.
''Be my valentine.
'' ''Gigolo Jarod'' End YTET PRESENTS
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