Alert: Missing Persons Unit (2023) s03e05 Episode Script
Violet
1
[INDISTINCT VOICES]
[PHONE RINGING]
[PHONE RINGING]
[KEYS JANGLING]
[SHOUTS] Guards! Guards! Code yellow!
We need a lockdown!
She couldn't have gone far! Find her!
[GUARD] Lockdown! Lockdown!
[ALARM BLARING]
[GUARDS SHOUTING]
[WHEEZING]
[GRUNTS]
- [LAUNDRY CHUTE THUDDING]
- [YELPS QUIETLY]
[THUMP]
Oh!
- [THUD]
- [CRASH]
[GASPING AND PANTING]
[ALARMS BLARING]
[SIZZLING]
Sid!
Rise and shine!
Breakfast is
ready, I think?
Hey.
You sure you don't need my help?
No, no.
I'm, uh, I'm fine.
Listen, it's not gonna be
up to your mother's
standards, but I'll figure it out.
- [SIDNEY] Okay.
- [DOOR THUDS]
Hey.
[SIZZLING]
Hi, Chef Boyar-dad!
What's going on there?
- You need a fire extinguisher, or what?
- No. I know how to cook.
- It's the stove, it's broken.
- Hi.
[SMOOCH] It's the
stove that's broken, right.
Blame the stove. That makes sense.
What are you even doing here, okay?
The, uh, spare key is supposed
to be for emergencies only.
Well, I heard you were
cooking, and that's an emergency.
She texted me. Good job, sweetheart.
[SID] I know. I'm sorry.
You're sweet for trying,
but a girl has standards.
- Yeah.
- W What is all this?
This uh, these are eggs, edible eggs.
This is, uh unburnt bacon.
- [SID GIGGLES]
- And these
are pancakes
with all the fixin's
from her favorite place,
the Pancake Palace.
We got a system.
Okay? You bring breakfast
on Monday and Friday.
Why do you have to mess up the routine?
I'll tell you why. Uh, I'm Dad One.
Dad One spoils daughter.
Daughter loves Dad
One more than Dad Two.
Mm-mm. Okay, Dad
and Dad Two cut it out.
I love you guys equally. Okay?
[PHONE BUZZES]
Yo, what's up, Kemi?
Do I have to teach him how to cook?
No, no.
I'll just keep doing takeout.
It's safer for everybody.
- All right?
- Okay.
Yeah, we'll be there in a minute.
Hey, Goober Eats, put the fork down.
We got a case.
A patient from Beacon
Hill Psychiatric Center
- just went missing.
- "Fork down," he says.
- Sorry.
- Fork up.
Thank you.
Mm. I love the fork outta
you. I'll talk to you later.
[LAUGHS]
- [PUSHING BUTTON REPEATEDLY]
- Come on, come on.
Okay, okay! Get in there.
What are you doing? Why are you here?
I was headed to a job
and your building was on the way, so
I thought you'd appreciate a coffee.
[SIGHS TENSELY]
I do, it's just, uh
Did I fudge your order again?
Don't tell me.
It's a half-caff, triple-shot, soy,
no-foam, extra-hot caramel macchiato,
with a sprinkle of cinnamon, right?
Yes. Uh, it's perfect.
You're perfect, Jackson.
It's just
I'm a little uncomfortable
with you hanging around the office,
especially when you're in "uniform".
Would you
prefer that I take it off?
You know how much I
like taking off my clothes.
[CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY] This is also why
I think we should hold off
on you meeting my mom.
You know,
the whole
exotic-dancer thing might be T.M.I.
My mom is
- [ELEVATOR THUMPS TO A STOP]
- A tough critic.
[BELL DINGS]
Starting to sound like you are, too.
Law enforcement found her on the street.
She was erratic
threatening to harm herself.
She had a phone,
but no wallet or I.D.,
so they brought her in as a "Jane Doe".
Well, we're gonna need that phone.
And how long ago was this?
Uh, two days.
My staff gave her a psych evaluation,
decided to place her on a 302 hold.
So that means she was
scheduled to leave in 24 hours?
Mm. In her case, not likely.
We were considering extending the hold.
She was erratic.
She I wouldn't say she was dangerous,
but definitely headed in that direction.
Well, what set her off?
I don't know. Could be anything.
She was a closed book, but
clearly unhappy to be here.
Maybe she didn't like being locked up.
Well, we actually give our
patients a lot of freedom.
They're on lockdown now,
because of the situation,
but usually they have
the run of the floor.
- One second.
- Except at night,
when they're secured in their rooms.
So, wait, she's secured
in her room at night.
How'd she escape?
I have no idea.
Can't even get off the
floor without a keycard.
[MIKE] All right,
we're gonna need to
interview your entire staff.
Sounds like she needed help escaping.
Looks to me like she helped herself.
You, uh
do you know what she was wearing?
Um
well, we gave her an extra
set of clothes when she came in.
Sweats and a green sweater, I believe.
[JASON] Green sweater, huh?
She didn't need a keycard.
This is how she got out.
[DOOR CREAKS AND THUDS]
Here are all of Jane Doe's things,
but her phone is missing.
How's that possible?
We give all our patients
supervised call time.
It's possible the nurse
forgot to take it back.
It's possible Jane
grabbed it on her way out.
I'll go check with the staff.
Lot of possibilities.
[SIGHING]
You got anything?
Uh
nope.
Ahem. "Dear Violet,
It's strange writing to
someone I've never met,
even though you were part of my life
in ways I'm only
beginning to understand.
I have so many questions.
Questions about where I come from,
who I look like, who you are.
I want you to know
I would never judge you
for the choices you made.
I hope that, one day,
our paths will cross,
and we'll get to know each other.
Until then, if there's any part of you
that hopes the same, I'll
leave my number below"
"With love, your daughter"
[PAPER CRINKLES]
What?
[CRINKLING]
Look who it's from.
"Sidney Grant"?
She reached out to her birth mother.
Sid's on her way.
Should we issue an alert?
No, no. I don't want her
getting the news on her phone.
Me and Jay'll talk to her first,
then we'll put it out.
- [SIGHING]
- I got snacks.
What, you rob a kindergarten class?
No, sugar Sid needs
sugar when she's upset,
- So I got sugar.
- It's not gonna help.
What do you want me to do,
huh? What do you want me to do?
Do you think there's a playbook
for what you're supposed to do
when your daughter secretly reaches out
to her birth mother,
who then goes AWOL?
My bigger question is,
how did she find her in the first place?
Okay. I actually have
some insight on this,
but I need you both
to center yourselves.
Center Center myself?
- Mm-hmm.
- Do a yoga class together?
Wh What do you mean?
Okay, I helped Sid find Violet.
Kemi, really?
I have a friend in an
adoption search group, okay?
She cross-referenced
what was known about where
and when Sidney was abandoned
with information within their database.
And, look, I I I
thought it was a long shot,
but, sure enough, they found Violet.
And you didn't want to tell us?
That's my kid.
I tried to get her to tell both of you,
but you have taken helicopter parenting
to new heights,
so, no, she didn't want to tell you.
And, no
it is not my place to breach her trust.
Look, I'm sorry.
None of us could have
predicted this would happen.
What would happen?
Hey, Sid.
Come in.
Why is there candy all over the desk?
Thought you might like
some candy, I don't know.
[JASON] Why now?
I mean, y you never
mentioned her before.
I just needed to know.
Our job is to protect you.
You should've talked to us first.
Yeah, I was trying to keep you guys
from freaking out, like you are now.
Who's freaking out?
I'm not freaking out.
- Nobody's freaking out.
- You brought me candy
and I've never seen Mike's tie so tight.
All I did was write Violet a letter.
Why
Why do you guys have my letter?
Sid, your, uh, birth mom
ran away from a psych facility.
That's where we found the letter.
Listen to me, Sid. We
are going to find her.
Okay? I promise you.
But you gotta tell us
everything you know.
Um
all I know is her name
and that she lives at a
a place called "Serenity Way House".
I know the place.
It's a mental health halfway house.
Queen Village.
Did you try to arrange
to meet up with her?
- Did she reach back out to you?
- No.
I I gave her my number,
just in case she wanted to talk,
but she never reached out.
Is this my fault?
No, Sid, come on. No, no.
[MIKE] It's not. Sid.
I We are gonna do everything
to make sure that Violet is safe.
I promise.
[KEMI] Hey.
I, uh, I dug up
an old booking photo of Violet Casso.
She was arrested for trespassing.
It's not a great photo.
She's a little dirty
and clearly in distress.
Well, it's better than nothing.
Put out the Alert.
[MISSING ALERT BEGINS BLARING]
[OVERLAPPING ALERTS BLARING]
[MAN] I desperately
want Violet to be okay.
Violet lives with psychotic depression.
Imagine the can't-get-out-of-bed
vibe of depression,
then pile on
hallucinations or delusions,
and you start to get the picture.
How is she able to function day-to-day?
It's about managing the highs and lows.
But Violet was trying
to rebuild her life.
Okay, uh, can we
have a look at her room?
Well, she does like her books.
Got her a job at Independence Library.
She even ran a book club every Tuesday.
You got any idea where
she might have gone?
[MIKE] She have a diary or a journal?
[COLEMAN] Just a bunch
of notebooks for her recipes.
She cooked for her
housemates all the time.
A few days ago, she
started to isolate herself,
then she just left.
Okay, I mean, if she was so sick,
why why why'd
you guys let her leave?
'Cause this is a halfway
house, not a prison.
- Right.
- Fair enough.
[SIGHS] Is there anything
else you can tell us?
After I saw the Alert,
I searched the room.
I found her anti-depressants
and anti-psychotic meds.
Counted the pills.
She hasn't taken them for days.
That puts her at serious risk.
[DOOR BELL CHIMES]
[WOMAN] Hey
Manny? I'm strapped for cash.
Think you could spot
me for some diapers?
Store policy I can't do that.
I promise, I'm good for
it. I can be back tonight.
I'm just a little short.
We're all a little short.
Sorry.
[SIGHS]
[MANNY] Mind putting the diapers back?
[GRUMBLING SIGH]
[BABY CRYING]
Fire! There's a There's a fire!
Oh, geez.
[RETARDANT BLASTING]
[REGISTER CLACKS AND RUMBLES]
[FIRE SUPPRESSION CONTINUES]
[MANNY] Hey, you!
Damn druggie! Tryin' to st
O Okay. Okay, okay.
[TILL RATTLES AND CLATTERS]
[VIOLET GRUNTS]
[SOUND SLOWING DOWN, DISTORTING]
[CAR HORN BLARING]
[BABY CRYING]
- [CRASH]
- Hey, hey!
A woman matching
the description of Violet
was seen robbing a
bodega near Center City.
I I can't believe
that I'm hoping my
daughter's birth mother
just robbed a bodega.
I don't know, it's like
it's like hoping Santa
Claus whacked an elf.
You think Sid's letter
was the thing that
pushed her over the edge?
I I do.
Uh, but for the love of
God, don't tell Sid that.
- Hell no!
- Okay.
Especially after Nik
the fallout would be brutal.
Something's going on with her.
I don't know what it is.
I mean, Sid, she seemed fine.
I mean, considering, she seemed okay.
And now something
else is happening with her,
and I don't know what it is.
Why don't I try talking to her?
- [SNICKERING] Yeah?
- What?
Yeah, I'm neutral ground,
what's wrong with that?
You have any idea at all what it's like
trying to get information
out of a teenage girl?
You gotta approach that situation
like you're defusing a bomb.
Whoa-whoa-whoa!
What are you tryin' to say?
That it takes fatherly finesse.
- That's what I'm trying to say.
- What, I don't have finesse?
- I got finesse!
- Yeah, you got finesse yeah.
You've been an honorary
father for, like, five minutes.
You gotta start somewhere.
Don't start there! Do yourself a favor.
Go to the bodega. Stop.
[JASON KEEPS SNICKERING]
- Funny, huh?
- Hey, it's funny to me!
Look at this mess.
She started the fire to distract me
while she stole the money and the gun.
Okay. What was she wearing?
Green sweater.
And a rosary.
Kind of ironic,
when you're waving a
gun around at people.
You saw where she
ran after she took off?
With a gun in my face?
Nah. I wasn't really focused on that.
All right, we're gonna have
to see your security footage.
Oh, look at that.
PD giving a crap about
busting a druggie for once.
Hey.
That "druggie" is a woman
with mental health issues
who needs help.
Okay? Don't be a jerk.
[MIKE] Oh, a person off
their meds, with a gun
that's not a great combination.
But look right there
she could've shot
homeboy and she didn't.
Yeah, which means
she's probably a danger
to herself and not others.
[JASON] All right, looks
like she's going north.
We gotta canvass that whole area.
We gotta move fast. Let's go.
[KEMI] Violet has a cellphone,
but it's turned off, so we
can't trace her location.
But based on the incident at the bodega,
I did a deeper dive
into her criminal record.
She has, uh, multiple
arrests for petty theft,
uh, drug possession, and squatting.
Everything in her life
points to a lack of stability.
She started college, dropped out.
A dozen jobs,
none of them lasted
more than a few months.
[HELEN] Until the library
she's been working
there for almost a year.
Something was going right for her.
Until it wasn't.
But none of this tells us
where she might've gone
after she robbed the bodega.
She robbed a bodega?
[SIGHING] It
It's not that simple, Sid.
Okay? Violet is a flawed woman
and she needs help.
I didn't even think
about her state of mind
when I reached out. I
Listen. Listen to me. Listen to me.
We We can't always anticipate
the impact that we have on others,
especially when they're struggling.
I'm such an idiot. I'm
such a freaking idiot.
No, you're not an idiot.
I spent my whole life
trying not to trigger my
mom's bipolar episodes.
I kept thinking it was
my fault, but it's not.
And it's not hers, either.
It's her disease.
Don't second-guess your good intentions.
I doubt your mom robbed a store.
- I'll go talk to her.
- Okay.
I got nothing. No one's seen her.
I keep striking out, too.
Well, you'd think at least one
person would've spotted her.
Except we are conditioned
to ignore the folks that don't belong.
I think we're asking the wrong people.
Hey, buddy?
You, uh you seen this
lady around anywhere?
You scratch my back, I'll scratch yours.
Scratch his back, would ya?
Scratch it, scratch it, scratch it.
Yeah, I seen her.
She ran into my cart.
Knocked over all my stuff.
All right, when was that?
'Bout an hour ago.
Came running down like a bat outta hell,
looking for Shay.
Okay. Who Who's Shay?
Oh, y'all are really looking, huh?
Well, I'm really looking for some food,
if you know what I mean.
Right, okay.
Uh, tell us who Shay is,
where we could find her,
and my man'll go buy you a cheesesteak.
All right. Thanks.
Yo! You wanna get
your hands off my stuff
before you lose a finger?
You Shay?
I'm Mind-Yer-Damn-Business.
We're cops. Are you Shay now?
What do ya want?
We were told this woman, Violet Casso,
came looking for you earlier.
We need to know where she is.
I never seen her. Bye now.
You Catholic, Shay?
- I dabble.
- You "dabble"?
Did you dabble that
off of Violet's wrist?
You know, the last time I
told the cops some stuff,
I ended up in prison,
and my kids ended up in foster care.
I understand. My kid
comes from foster care.
Violet's her mother,
and I don't want to be the guy
that loses his daughter's mother.
We just need to find her. Okay?
Me and Violet, you know,
w we look out for each other.
She used to bring me books
just the romance ones,
not the boring history
crap she was into.
And y you just saw her an hour ago?
Yeah! She just showed up.
And I hadn't seen her in
a while so I was surprised.
You know where she was going?
Nah. She, uh, she gave me some cash.
Said she was gonna see some dude
named, uh, "Henry"
something like that.
She She asked me to
take care of her rosary.
I I don't know why.
Got it. Um Henry. You
don't know Henry? Who he is?
Nah. She never brought him up before.
Violet's my girl.
If this'll help save her
it's all yours.
I appreciate that, Shay. Thank you.
Thanks.
Let me know what's up. You know?
So that's where my tablet is.
I was planning on putting it back.
What, after you've worn
yourself down from obsessing?
Well, it's better than sitting
and imagining the worst.
You know you can talk to me, right?
Nikki wouldn't want
you stressing like this.
Yeah, but we need to find Violet.
Look. We're doing
everything that we can.
Come on. Let me take you home.
Mike.
You've gotta stop
treating me like a little kid.
Look, staring at your birth
mom on a tablet screen,
it's not gonna make you feel better.
I know I can't control her actions,
but it was my letter that set her off.
Mine.
[SIGHS]
And now I'm losing
a part of me again.
Which is why we don't
want you getting hurt
more than you already are.
Look, I'm just doing what I
know Nikki would want me to do,
even if you don't agree.
I don't.
And the more you keep
treating me like a fragile child,
the more I'm gonna
believe it's my fault.
[KEMI] Okay, so we know
that Violet is going to go
see a guy named Henry,
but did Shay give you
any other descriptions?
You know, like a last name?
Do we even know if
Henry lives in Philly?
Nope. All we got is "Henry",
so you gotta use your magic.
Okay, as much as I appreciate
your confidence in my Black Girl Magic,
I have dug deep into that hat
there are no rabbits, Mike.
I mean, there's gotta be something.
Look, I I searched old bank records
to see if there were any transactions
with someone named Henry nothing.
I called her old landlords
to see if there were any
Henrys in the building.
Less than nothing. I'm sorry.
[GROANS] Yeah.
I know that you're feeling a certain way
about me helping Sid,
but how are you holding up?
You should've said
something to us, Kemi.
Sid didn't go to you and Jay
because she was afraid
that you would treat her like a child,
but Sid I Is so much stronger
than you are giving her credit for.
All I'm tryin' to do is keep her safe.
Yeah, but this stepdad thing
it's like a foreign language.
Then give yourself some grace!
We all had a hand in raising
Sid to be a strong, capable woman
who can handle adversity.
I appreciate that.
But as long as Violet is missing,
we are failing Sid.
We want to protect her?
We gotta find Violet.
[FOOTSTEPS]
I'm gonna apologize to him, okay?
I don't need a lecture.
I wasn't gonna lecture you.
- Really?
- Mm-hmm.
You have nothing to say?
I didn't say I have nothing to say.
I was going to say something,
but I wasn't gonna give you a lecture.
Well, say it.
Maybe you don't wanna hear it.
What?
Um, okay.
Look, Mike is a new dad, right?
Mm-hmm.
But I know for a fact
his favorite part about
being a new dad is
bacon you happy.
- Stop.
- Bacon
- Dad
- That's his I mean
come on, with the burnt bacon!
Dad, it's so bad.
- Really?
- It's so bad!
Okay, all right. I'm gonna
have to go deep, then.
You want me to go deep? I'll go deep!
- Oh, my God.
- Do you remember
- Okay.
- Do you remember
when you taught me
how to twerk?
Oh, my gosh! Dad! Stop!
- Do you remember when you
- People are watching! Stop!
'Cause it's in my it's in the pelvis.
- Dad, stop!
- It's in the hips, right?
- It's a shake.
- I see it. It's here.
- Yeah? Uh-huh?
- Yes, okay!
All right, you're smiling.
Let's go. Come on.
Yeah, last name
Casso, first name Violet.
Anything you got, you
call me it's urgent.
[STAMMERS] I I found him. Henry.
All right, give me the breakdown.
Okay, uh so, Violet has
multiple misdemeanor arrests,
and so I figured if she
and Henry were tight,
that maybe they got arrested
around the same time and place,
so I searched old booking records, uh,
before and after Violet
was processed and
right there
Henry Young.
Booked minutes after
Violet for the same charges.
Nice work! All right,
I'm gonna text Jay.
We gotta pull out all the
stops, legal or otherwise.
- Find Henry Young.
- I got you.
[KEYS CLACKING]
[CHURCH BELL TOLLING]
[CHURCH BELL TOLLING]
Violet, please.
You can't do this to yourself.
I don't deserve to be here, Henry.
That's not true.
You've been carrying this grief
and guilt
for years.
You need to let it go.
I can't.
It's suffocating.
[A SOB CATCHES]
[VOICE CRACKS] And
now she found me, Henry.
How can I face the child I abandoned?
What if there's some good in all this?
It was the biggest mistake of my life.
You left her
so she'd have a chance at a better life.
You had hope then.
And even now, it's not over.
Okay, Vi
if you're so determined
there's one thing you have to do first.
[KEMI] Guys, you need to come over here.
So that's Henry,
and it took me a minute
to find a photo because
look at this
Henry died 20 years ago.
He overdosed.
What?
Okay, okay, okay.
Violet told Shay that she
wanted to go "be with Henry".
If Henry's dead,
it makes it pretty obvious
what she is going to do. No?
Yeah, but it's unclear if
Henry is a friend or a lover.
Jay, Jay
you see what I'm seeing, right?
I do now, yeah.
That's Sidney's father.
He died right after she was born.
All right, we need all hands on deck.
I'll go inform troops on the ground.
Please get this off the screen.
Okay.
When you died
I fell apart.
I couldn't be a mother.
I couldn't be anything.
This thing you're asking me to do
I just can't.
Don't leave without saying goodbye.
You both deserve that much.
[DIALING]
[LINE RINGING]
[LINE RINGING]
[RINGING]
Hello?
Sidney?
Mom?
Violet?
- Trace the call.
- I'm on it.
Hello?
I'm here. [SOBS] Okay. I'm here.
I'm really glad you called.
It's really nice to hear your voice.
I like hearing yours, too.
[SIGHS]
I imagined all the ways
your voice would be
and now that it's you, it's perfect.
Yeah. Yours too.
Uh, I dl I didn't mean
to mess up your life
by reaching out.
I just thought that
maybe we could connect.
All I care about is if you're safe.
Are you?
Safe?
Violet?
I need you to know
I'm not sorry I had you.
I'm just sorry I gave you up.
I hope, in your own
time, you can forgive me.
[BREATH SHAKING]
[VOICE QUIVERS] I do, and, um
I don't know, I just thought
that maybe we could connect,
like, uh, we could see
each other in person.
I I could come to you.
[SOBS] My beautiful baby girl
it's time for me to go.
No. No no no, Violet
I just called to wish you well.
And
to tell you that you deserve
the life that I couldn't give you.
Violet.
I really have to go.
I'm so proud of you.
Hey, hey, hey, hey. You did good. Okay?
- Yeah?
- Yeah.
- Are you sure?
- I promise. I promise.
- [SOBS] Okay.
- Yeah.
Hey. I got a trace.
Violet's in Center City.
I'm pulling up details right now.
Hey. I'll be right back. Yeah?
- [CLICK]
- [GASP]
[EXHALES]
[EXHALING]
So cell towers triangulated the call
to a one-block radius in Center City.
Look, that's a densely
populated section of downtown.
It's dozens of buildings,
places to search
she's still gonna be a
needle in a haystack.
Okay. Then instead of
focusing on where she could be,
let's locate where
she would be. All right?
So, there's office buildings,
apartment buildings,
a church, several restaurants
Hold on. Hold on. Hold
on. You said church?
- Yeah.
- She had a rosary.
Maybe the church meant something to her.
What's the name of that church?
Uh let's see.
St. Mary's Sanctuary Church.
Oh, my God, that's the church
where she left me as a baby.
And according to his autopsy record,
that's the same place that Henry OD'd.
All right. I'm grabbing Jason.
We gotta get to St. Mary's, right now.
Wait! I want to go with you.
No, no. If something goes wrong
You know what? You're right.
You're strong. You could handle this.
And if Violet sees you,
maybe she will realize
that she has something to live for.
Come on.
[WHEELS WHOOSH]
- Thank you.
- Yeah.
[DOOR OPENING]
Hey, Violet?
Hey, it's okay.
Hey. It's okay. It's okay.
Easy, easy.
We just got Sidney in the car.
She'd love to meet you.
That's all.
Just want to help you. Okay?
Look, I'm gonna put my gun away,
but I need you to do me a favor.
You gotta put yours down,
too. Okay? Same time?
Yeah? Look.
[PISTOL CLICKS INTO HOLSTER]
Good.
- Now step away. Step away.
- [DOORS OPEN]
- Hands where we can see them!
- No, no! Hey! No! Hey!
No, no, no! No! Don't! Put
[DOOR OPENS]
Where the hell did she go?
In the alley! Come on.
[CAR BRAKES SCREECHING, HORN HONKING]
[HORN BLARES]
[BRAKES SCREECH]
[HORN BLARES]
Hold on, hold on.
[WHEEZING]
Stairs!
[WHEEZING]
[SIREN YELPS]
[SNIFFLING]
[SIRENS WAILING]
Violet?
My name is Jason.
I'm Sidney's dad.
Just relax, okay?
This is Mike Sidney's honorary dad.
We just We just wanna talk to you.
Can I come closer, please?
No. Don't come closer.
We know you've been
living with some struggles.
Okay? But you have the
chance to make a positive choice,
and it can lead to a positive future.
I don't! I don't have a choice.
[JASON] You do, Violet.
You do have a choice.
That's what I'm saying.
There's people that care.
People that want to see
you safe and happy. Okay?
Y You don't have to do this alone.
[MIKE] Hey, hey. Violet, look at me!
Think about Coleman.
Serenity Way House wouldn't
be the same without you.
And And And Shay she
cares about you, we all do!
[SNIFFLES]
You don't even know me.
I feel like I know you, Violet.
I do.
You gave us Sid, okay?
And that's the best thing
that's ever happened
to me in my whole life.
[SNIFFLING AND SOBBING]
Hey, Violet.
Violet, look. This is yours,
and I know it means something to you.
Can I bring it to you, please?
[SOBS] Stay back! Stay back.
Violet?
[SNIFFLES]
[GASPS] Sidney?
[VIOLET SOBS]
Please don't do this.
I know it may not seem like it,
but the world is a better
place with you in It
my world is a better
place with you in it.
[VIOLET WEEPS]
I'm just so tired of the pain.
I left my own baby!
I can't do this anymore.
[SIDNEY] Yes, you can!
I barely know you, but I
know how strong you are
with everything you've been through
and I'm not mad at you for giving me up.
I I have an amazing
life and a beautiful family.
And it's all because
you were brave enough
to do the hardest thing
a mother could ever do.
I need you here, Violet.
I need you to meet your grandchild.
[BREATH CATCHES]
I'm having a baby.
A baby?
Your life matters.
At least, to me, it does.
[SOBBING]
Okay.
Nice and slow.
We never left you ♪
Give us your hand.
We never left you that day ♪
We got you. We got you. We got you.
Couldn't hold you ♪
But you didn't wanna be held Anyway ♪
[SOBBING]
So hang on Hang on ♪
Hang on, hang on ♪
Hang on, hang on ♪
[KNOCKING]
I've never seen you so covered up.
Why are you in a very,
very tight turtleneck?
Well, you made it very
clear that you don't like it
when I wear my uniform
around the office, so
Well, thanks for coming.
That's actually what I
wanted to talk about.
You know how, sometimes I overthink,
and then panic, and then
overthink some more?
Yeah, it's, uh kinda your thing.
Well, today forced me
to kind of reevaluate.
My mom has bipolar disorder
which is the real reason I
didn't want to introduce you.
I kept worrying about how she'd react.
But it's time I take my own advice.
I can't be responsible
for my mom's happiness.
I am letting go of that burden.
Whoosh!
- [LAUGHING]
- sshhhh!
Burden gone.
So
we're all going out
for dinner next week.
I mean if you still want to.
Are you sure?
100%.
Come here.
All right. Good news.
Violet voluntarily checked herself
back into the psych
facility for treatment,
and the doctor said,
if all goes well, in a few days,
she could have visitors.
Okay. Thanks, Mike.
Yeah.
Uh, okay. I'll start.
Um
on the roof, you, uh
yeah, you said something,
and, um, Dad One and
Dad Two would like to know
if it, uh, if it was true.
Yeah
uh
surprise!
Yeah.
Yeah, it's true.
Okay, before you say anything.
I I do plan on keeping the baby.
I I mean, that's why I
needed to reach out to Violet.
I need to know where I came
from and who my child may be.
I've never seen you guys so speechless.
You're mad.
No! No, we're just
we're, you know, just processing.
We're not mad. At all.
Not mad. I'm just
I'm overcome with, um
uh
- something.
- Yeah! Yeah.
You two are so, so weird.
Anyway, um, the father
obviously, there's a father.
Um, we should know
his name and his address.
Not that we're gonna do an
extensive background check
or anything like that
to be supportive, is all.
Okay. What What
I think Dad One means is,
that there is no rush.
When you're ready to
talk, we are ready to listen.
Now is good, if it works for you.
Shut up.
And this is why I am so
thankful for Dad Number Two,
to balance out Dad Number One.
[SLAP]
Guys, I don't know.
I'm just gonna take
it one step at a time.
And yes, the baby does have a father
and I will reach out to him and
I don't know.
I'm just gonna figure it out.
I love you. And I got you.
I'm proud of you.
Everything. I got you. No matter what.
- Okay?
- Always.
[EXHALING HEAVILY]
[TUMBLERS CLATTER]
Drink?
Yeah, but I think we're
gonna need a bigger bottle.
That'll do.
Yeah, I'm just gonna keep the bottle,
if that's okay.
Ohh.
So
cheers to a helluva day, huh?
Yeah. I mean, I guess
we're gonna be grandparents.
Mm, well, I mean, I meant Violet, but
yeah, that too.
[JASON PUTS GLASS DOWN]
And you know what?
I, uh
couldn't ask for a
better partner in crime.
I'm touched.
Crisis averted.
Yeah, well, for me, but you
you, um, you got Lamaze
classes coming up.
You got you gotta
baby-proof this whole house.
Sid's gonna have to
squeeze your hand when the
Yeah, okay. Where's the "we" in this?
Yeah, I don't hear "Dad
One" anywhere in there.
That's not in the specifications
- of Dad One duties.
- Well, it sounds like
Dad One doesn't have any duties.
Here's something, though
I think you will be
"Peepaw".
Yes. And I
uh, will be "G-Dawg."
Don't start.
I'm too young for this.
[JASON] No, no. You know,
it actually fits your aesthetic.
- Does it?
- Yeah, yeah.
You kinda have an old man face.
[MIKE] It's not past
your bedtime, "G-Dawg"?
[INDISTINCT VOICES]
[PHONE RINGING]
[PHONE RINGING]
[KEYS JANGLING]
[SHOUTS] Guards! Guards! Code yellow!
We need a lockdown!
She couldn't have gone far! Find her!
[GUARD] Lockdown! Lockdown!
[ALARM BLARING]
[GUARDS SHOUTING]
[WHEEZING]
[GRUNTS]
- [LAUNDRY CHUTE THUDDING]
- [YELPS QUIETLY]
[THUMP]
Oh!
- [THUD]
- [CRASH]
[GASPING AND PANTING]
[ALARMS BLARING]
[SIZZLING]
Sid!
Rise and shine!
Breakfast is
ready, I think?
Hey.
You sure you don't need my help?
No, no.
I'm, uh, I'm fine.
Listen, it's not gonna be
up to your mother's
standards, but I'll figure it out.
- [SIDNEY] Okay.
- [DOOR THUDS]
Hey.
[SIZZLING]
Hi, Chef Boyar-dad!
What's going on there?
- You need a fire extinguisher, or what?
- No. I know how to cook.
- It's the stove, it's broken.
- Hi.
[SMOOCH] It's the
stove that's broken, right.
Blame the stove. That makes sense.
What are you even doing here, okay?
The, uh, spare key is supposed
to be for emergencies only.
Well, I heard you were
cooking, and that's an emergency.
She texted me. Good job, sweetheart.
[SID] I know. I'm sorry.
You're sweet for trying,
but a girl has standards.
- Yeah.
- W What is all this?
This uh, these are eggs, edible eggs.
This is, uh unburnt bacon.
- [SID GIGGLES]
- And these
are pancakes
with all the fixin's
from her favorite place,
the Pancake Palace.
We got a system.
Okay? You bring breakfast
on Monday and Friday.
Why do you have to mess up the routine?
I'll tell you why. Uh, I'm Dad One.
Dad One spoils daughter.
Daughter loves Dad
One more than Dad Two.
Mm-mm. Okay, Dad
and Dad Two cut it out.
I love you guys equally. Okay?
[PHONE BUZZES]
Yo, what's up, Kemi?
Do I have to teach him how to cook?
No, no.
I'll just keep doing takeout.
It's safer for everybody.
- All right?
- Okay.
Yeah, we'll be there in a minute.
Hey, Goober Eats, put the fork down.
We got a case.
A patient from Beacon
Hill Psychiatric Center
- just went missing.
- "Fork down," he says.
- Sorry.
- Fork up.
Thank you.
Mm. I love the fork outta
you. I'll talk to you later.
[LAUGHS]
- [PUSHING BUTTON REPEATEDLY]
- Come on, come on.
Okay, okay! Get in there.
What are you doing? Why are you here?
I was headed to a job
and your building was on the way, so
I thought you'd appreciate a coffee.
[SIGHS TENSELY]
I do, it's just, uh
Did I fudge your order again?
Don't tell me.
It's a half-caff, triple-shot, soy,
no-foam, extra-hot caramel macchiato,
with a sprinkle of cinnamon, right?
Yes. Uh, it's perfect.
You're perfect, Jackson.
It's just
I'm a little uncomfortable
with you hanging around the office,
especially when you're in "uniform".
Would you
prefer that I take it off?
You know how much I
like taking off my clothes.
[CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY] This is also why
I think we should hold off
on you meeting my mom.
You know,
the whole
exotic-dancer thing might be T.M.I.
My mom is
- [ELEVATOR THUMPS TO A STOP]
- A tough critic.
[BELL DINGS]
Starting to sound like you are, too.
Law enforcement found her on the street.
She was erratic
threatening to harm herself.
She had a phone,
but no wallet or I.D.,
so they brought her in as a "Jane Doe".
Well, we're gonna need that phone.
And how long ago was this?
Uh, two days.
My staff gave her a psych evaluation,
decided to place her on a 302 hold.
So that means she was
scheduled to leave in 24 hours?
Mm. In her case, not likely.
We were considering extending the hold.
She was erratic.
She I wouldn't say she was dangerous,
but definitely headed in that direction.
Well, what set her off?
I don't know. Could be anything.
She was a closed book, but
clearly unhappy to be here.
Maybe she didn't like being locked up.
Well, we actually give our
patients a lot of freedom.
They're on lockdown now,
because of the situation,
but usually they have
the run of the floor.
- One second.
- Except at night,
when they're secured in their rooms.
So, wait, she's secured
in her room at night.
How'd she escape?
I have no idea.
Can't even get off the
floor without a keycard.
[MIKE] All right,
we're gonna need to
interview your entire staff.
Sounds like she needed help escaping.
Looks to me like she helped herself.
You, uh
do you know what she was wearing?
Um
well, we gave her an extra
set of clothes when she came in.
Sweats and a green sweater, I believe.
[JASON] Green sweater, huh?
She didn't need a keycard.
This is how she got out.
[DOOR CREAKS AND THUDS]
Here are all of Jane Doe's things,
but her phone is missing.
How's that possible?
We give all our patients
supervised call time.
It's possible the nurse
forgot to take it back.
It's possible Jane
grabbed it on her way out.
I'll go check with the staff.
Lot of possibilities.
[SIGHING]
You got anything?
Uh
nope.
Ahem. "Dear Violet,
It's strange writing to
someone I've never met,
even though you were part of my life
in ways I'm only
beginning to understand.
I have so many questions.
Questions about where I come from,
who I look like, who you are.
I want you to know
I would never judge you
for the choices you made.
I hope that, one day,
our paths will cross,
and we'll get to know each other.
Until then, if there's any part of you
that hopes the same, I'll
leave my number below"
"With love, your daughter"
[PAPER CRINKLES]
What?
[CRINKLING]
Look who it's from.
"Sidney Grant"?
She reached out to her birth mother.
Sid's on her way.
Should we issue an alert?
No, no. I don't want her
getting the news on her phone.
Me and Jay'll talk to her first,
then we'll put it out.
- [SIGHING]
- I got snacks.
What, you rob a kindergarten class?
No, sugar Sid needs
sugar when she's upset,
- So I got sugar.
- It's not gonna help.
What do you want me to do,
huh? What do you want me to do?
Do you think there's a playbook
for what you're supposed to do
when your daughter secretly reaches out
to her birth mother,
who then goes AWOL?
My bigger question is,
how did she find her in the first place?
Okay. I actually have
some insight on this,
but I need you both
to center yourselves.
Center Center myself?
- Mm-hmm.
- Do a yoga class together?
Wh What do you mean?
Okay, I helped Sid find Violet.
Kemi, really?
I have a friend in an
adoption search group, okay?
She cross-referenced
what was known about where
and when Sidney was abandoned
with information within their database.
And, look, I I I
thought it was a long shot,
but, sure enough, they found Violet.
And you didn't want to tell us?
That's my kid.
I tried to get her to tell both of you,
but you have taken helicopter parenting
to new heights,
so, no, she didn't want to tell you.
And, no
it is not my place to breach her trust.
Look, I'm sorry.
None of us could have
predicted this would happen.
What would happen?
Hey, Sid.
Come in.
Why is there candy all over the desk?
Thought you might like
some candy, I don't know.
[JASON] Why now?
I mean, y you never
mentioned her before.
I just needed to know.
Our job is to protect you.
You should've talked to us first.
Yeah, I was trying to keep you guys
from freaking out, like you are now.
Who's freaking out?
I'm not freaking out.
- Nobody's freaking out.
- You brought me candy
and I've never seen Mike's tie so tight.
All I did was write Violet a letter.
Why
Why do you guys have my letter?
Sid, your, uh, birth mom
ran away from a psych facility.
That's where we found the letter.
Listen to me, Sid. We
are going to find her.
Okay? I promise you.
But you gotta tell us
everything you know.
Um
all I know is her name
and that she lives at a
a place called "Serenity Way House".
I know the place.
It's a mental health halfway house.
Queen Village.
Did you try to arrange
to meet up with her?
- Did she reach back out to you?
- No.
I I gave her my number,
just in case she wanted to talk,
but she never reached out.
Is this my fault?
No, Sid, come on. No, no.
[MIKE] It's not. Sid.
I We are gonna do everything
to make sure that Violet is safe.
I promise.
[KEMI] Hey.
I, uh, I dug up
an old booking photo of Violet Casso.
She was arrested for trespassing.
It's not a great photo.
She's a little dirty
and clearly in distress.
Well, it's better than nothing.
Put out the Alert.
[MISSING ALERT BEGINS BLARING]
[OVERLAPPING ALERTS BLARING]
[MAN] I desperately
want Violet to be okay.
Violet lives with psychotic depression.
Imagine the can't-get-out-of-bed
vibe of depression,
then pile on
hallucinations or delusions,
and you start to get the picture.
How is she able to function day-to-day?
It's about managing the highs and lows.
But Violet was trying
to rebuild her life.
Okay, uh, can we
have a look at her room?
Well, she does like her books.
Got her a job at Independence Library.
She even ran a book club every Tuesday.
You got any idea where
she might have gone?
[MIKE] She have a diary or a journal?
[COLEMAN] Just a bunch
of notebooks for her recipes.
She cooked for her
housemates all the time.
A few days ago, she
started to isolate herself,
then she just left.
Okay, I mean, if she was so sick,
why why why'd
you guys let her leave?
'Cause this is a halfway
house, not a prison.
- Right.
- Fair enough.
[SIGHS] Is there anything
else you can tell us?
After I saw the Alert,
I searched the room.
I found her anti-depressants
and anti-psychotic meds.
Counted the pills.
She hasn't taken them for days.
That puts her at serious risk.
[DOOR BELL CHIMES]
[WOMAN] Hey
Manny? I'm strapped for cash.
Think you could spot
me for some diapers?
Store policy I can't do that.
I promise, I'm good for
it. I can be back tonight.
I'm just a little short.
We're all a little short.
Sorry.
[SIGHS]
[MANNY] Mind putting the diapers back?
[GRUMBLING SIGH]
[BABY CRYING]
Fire! There's a There's a fire!
Oh, geez.
[RETARDANT BLASTING]
[REGISTER CLACKS AND RUMBLES]
[FIRE SUPPRESSION CONTINUES]
[MANNY] Hey, you!
Damn druggie! Tryin' to st
O Okay. Okay, okay.
[TILL RATTLES AND CLATTERS]
[VIOLET GRUNTS]
[SOUND SLOWING DOWN, DISTORTING]
[CAR HORN BLARING]
[BABY CRYING]
- [CRASH]
- Hey, hey!
A woman matching
the description of Violet
was seen robbing a
bodega near Center City.
I I can't believe
that I'm hoping my
daughter's birth mother
just robbed a bodega.
I don't know, it's like
it's like hoping Santa
Claus whacked an elf.
You think Sid's letter
was the thing that
pushed her over the edge?
I I do.
Uh, but for the love of
God, don't tell Sid that.
- Hell no!
- Okay.
Especially after Nik
the fallout would be brutal.
Something's going on with her.
I don't know what it is.
I mean, Sid, she seemed fine.
I mean, considering, she seemed okay.
And now something
else is happening with her,
and I don't know what it is.
Why don't I try talking to her?
- [SNICKERING] Yeah?
- What?
Yeah, I'm neutral ground,
what's wrong with that?
You have any idea at all what it's like
trying to get information
out of a teenage girl?
You gotta approach that situation
like you're defusing a bomb.
Whoa-whoa-whoa!
What are you tryin' to say?
That it takes fatherly finesse.
- That's what I'm trying to say.
- What, I don't have finesse?
- I got finesse!
- Yeah, you got finesse yeah.
You've been an honorary
father for, like, five minutes.
You gotta start somewhere.
Don't start there! Do yourself a favor.
Go to the bodega. Stop.
[JASON KEEPS SNICKERING]
- Funny, huh?
- Hey, it's funny to me!
Look at this mess.
She started the fire to distract me
while she stole the money and the gun.
Okay. What was she wearing?
Green sweater.
And a rosary.
Kind of ironic,
when you're waving a
gun around at people.
You saw where she
ran after she took off?
With a gun in my face?
Nah. I wasn't really focused on that.
All right, we're gonna have
to see your security footage.
Oh, look at that.
PD giving a crap about
busting a druggie for once.
Hey.
That "druggie" is a woman
with mental health issues
who needs help.
Okay? Don't be a jerk.
[MIKE] Oh, a person off
their meds, with a gun
that's not a great combination.
But look right there
she could've shot
homeboy and she didn't.
Yeah, which means
she's probably a danger
to herself and not others.
[JASON] All right, looks
like she's going north.
We gotta canvass that whole area.
We gotta move fast. Let's go.
[KEMI] Violet has a cellphone,
but it's turned off, so we
can't trace her location.
But based on the incident at the bodega,
I did a deeper dive
into her criminal record.
She has, uh, multiple
arrests for petty theft,
uh, drug possession, and squatting.
Everything in her life
points to a lack of stability.
She started college, dropped out.
A dozen jobs,
none of them lasted
more than a few months.
[HELEN] Until the library
she's been working
there for almost a year.
Something was going right for her.
Until it wasn't.
But none of this tells us
where she might've gone
after she robbed the bodega.
She robbed a bodega?
[SIGHING] It
It's not that simple, Sid.
Okay? Violet is a flawed woman
and she needs help.
I didn't even think
about her state of mind
when I reached out. I
Listen. Listen to me. Listen to me.
We We can't always anticipate
the impact that we have on others,
especially when they're struggling.
I'm such an idiot. I'm
such a freaking idiot.
No, you're not an idiot.
I spent my whole life
trying not to trigger my
mom's bipolar episodes.
I kept thinking it was
my fault, but it's not.
And it's not hers, either.
It's her disease.
Don't second-guess your good intentions.
I doubt your mom robbed a store.
- I'll go talk to her.
- Okay.
I got nothing. No one's seen her.
I keep striking out, too.
Well, you'd think at least one
person would've spotted her.
Except we are conditioned
to ignore the folks that don't belong.
I think we're asking the wrong people.
Hey, buddy?
You, uh you seen this
lady around anywhere?
You scratch my back, I'll scratch yours.
Scratch his back, would ya?
Scratch it, scratch it, scratch it.
Yeah, I seen her.
She ran into my cart.
Knocked over all my stuff.
All right, when was that?
'Bout an hour ago.
Came running down like a bat outta hell,
looking for Shay.
Okay. Who Who's Shay?
Oh, y'all are really looking, huh?
Well, I'm really looking for some food,
if you know what I mean.
Right, okay.
Uh, tell us who Shay is,
where we could find her,
and my man'll go buy you a cheesesteak.
All right. Thanks.
Yo! You wanna get
your hands off my stuff
before you lose a finger?
You Shay?
I'm Mind-Yer-Damn-Business.
We're cops. Are you Shay now?
What do ya want?
We were told this woman, Violet Casso,
came looking for you earlier.
We need to know where she is.
I never seen her. Bye now.
You Catholic, Shay?
- I dabble.
- You "dabble"?
Did you dabble that
off of Violet's wrist?
You know, the last time I
told the cops some stuff,
I ended up in prison,
and my kids ended up in foster care.
I understand. My kid
comes from foster care.
Violet's her mother,
and I don't want to be the guy
that loses his daughter's mother.
We just need to find her. Okay?
Me and Violet, you know,
w we look out for each other.
She used to bring me books
just the romance ones,
not the boring history
crap she was into.
And y you just saw her an hour ago?
Yeah! She just showed up.
And I hadn't seen her in
a while so I was surprised.
You know where she was going?
Nah. She, uh, she gave me some cash.
Said she was gonna see some dude
named, uh, "Henry"
something like that.
She She asked me to
take care of her rosary.
I I don't know why.
Got it. Um Henry. You
don't know Henry? Who he is?
Nah. She never brought him up before.
Violet's my girl.
If this'll help save her
it's all yours.
I appreciate that, Shay. Thank you.
Thanks.
Let me know what's up. You know?
So that's where my tablet is.
I was planning on putting it back.
What, after you've worn
yourself down from obsessing?
Well, it's better than sitting
and imagining the worst.
You know you can talk to me, right?
Nikki wouldn't want
you stressing like this.
Yeah, but we need to find Violet.
Look. We're doing
everything that we can.
Come on. Let me take you home.
Mike.
You've gotta stop
treating me like a little kid.
Look, staring at your birth
mom on a tablet screen,
it's not gonna make you feel better.
I know I can't control her actions,
but it was my letter that set her off.
Mine.
[SIGHS]
And now I'm losing
a part of me again.
Which is why we don't
want you getting hurt
more than you already are.
Look, I'm just doing what I
know Nikki would want me to do,
even if you don't agree.
I don't.
And the more you keep
treating me like a fragile child,
the more I'm gonna
believe it's my fault.
[KEMI] Okay, so we know
that Violet is going to go
see a guy named Henry,
but did Shay give you
any other descriptions?
You know, like a last name?
Do we even know if
Henry lives in Philly?
Nope. All we got is "Henry",
so you gotta use your magic.
Okay, as much as I appreciate
your confidence in my Black Girl Magic,
I have dug deep into that hat
there are no rabbits, Mike.
I mean, there's gotta be something.
Look, I I searched old bank records
to see if there were any transactions
with someone named Henry nothing.
I called her old landlords
to see if there were any
Henrys in the building.
Less than nothing. I'm sorry.
[GROANS] Yeah.
I know that you're feeling a certain way
about me helping Sid,
but how are you holding up?
You should've said
something to us, Kemi.
Sid didn't go to you and Jay
because she was afraid
that you would treat her like a child,
but Sid I Is so much stronger
than you are giving her credit for.
All I'm tryin' to do is keep her safe.
Yeah, but this stepdad thing
it's like a foreign language.
Then give yourself some grace!
We all had a hand in raising
Sid to be a strong, capable woman
who can handle adversity.
I appreciate that.
But as long as Violet is missing,
we are failing Sid.
We want to protect her?
We gotta find Violet.
[FOOTSTEPS]
I'm gonna apologize to him, okay?
I don't need a lecture.
I wasn't gonna lecture you.
- Really?
- Mm-hmm.
You have nothing to say?
I didn't say I have nothing to say.
I was going to say something,
but I wasn't gonna give you a lecture.
Well, say it.
Maybe you don't wanna hear it.
What?
Um, okay.
Look, Mike is a new dad, right?
Mm-hmm.
But I know for a fact
his favorite part about
being a new dad is
bacon you happy.
- Stop.
- Bacon
- Dad
- That's his I mean
come on, with the burnt bacon!
Dad, it's so bad.
- Really?
- It's so bad!
Okay, all right. I'm gonna
have to go deep, then.
You want me to go deep? I'll go deep!
- Oh, my God.
- Do you remember
- Okay.
- Do you remember
when you taught me
how to twerk?
Oh, my gosh! Dad! Stop!
- Do you remember when you
- People are watching! Stop!
'Cause it's in my it's in the pelvis.
- Dad, stop!
- It's in the hips, right?
- It's a shake.
- I see it. It's here.
- Yeah? Uh-huh?
- Yes, okay!
All right, you're smiling.
Let's go. Come on.
Yeah, last name
Casso, first name Violet.
Anything you got, you
call me it's urgent.
[STAMMERS] I I found him. Henry.
All right, give me the breakdown.
Okay, uh so, Violet has
multiple misdemeanor arrests,
and so I figured if she
and Henry were tight,
that maybe they got arrested
around the same time and place,
so I searched old booking records, uh,
before and after Violet
was processed and
right there
Henry Young.
Booked minutes after
Violet for the same charges.
Nice work! All right,
I'm gonna text Jay.
We gotta pull out all the
stops, legal or otherwise.
- Find Henry Young.
- I got you.
[KEYS CLACKING]
[CHURCH BELL TOLLING]
[CHURCH BELL TOLLING]
Violet, please.
You can't do this to yourself.
I don't deserve to be here, Henry.
That's not true.
You've been carrying this grief
and guilt
for years.
You need to let it go.
I can't.
It's suffocating.
[A SOB CATCHES]
[VOICE CRACKS] And
now she found me, Henry.
How can I face the child I abandoned?
What if there's some good in all this?
It was the biggest mistake of my life.
You left her
so she'd have a chance at a better life.
You had hope then.
And even now, it's not over.
Okay, Vi
if you're so determined
there's one thing you have to do first.
[KEMI] Guys, you need to come over here.
So that's Henry,
and it took me a minute
to find a photo because
look at this
Henry died 20 years ago.
He overdosed.
What?
Okay, okay, okay.
Violet told Shay that she
wanted to go "be with Henry".
If Henry's dead,
it makes it pretty obvious
what she is going to do. No?
Yeah, but it's unclear if
Henry is a friend or a lover.
Jay, Jay
you see what I'm seeing, right?
I do now, yeah.
That's Sidney's father.
He died right after she was born.
All right, we need all hands on deck.
I'll go inform troops on the ground.
Please get this off the screen.
Okay.
When you died
I fell apart.
I couldn't be a mother.
I couldn't be anything.
This thing you're asking me to do
I just can't.
Don't leave without saying goodbye.
You both deserve that much.
[DIALING]
[LINE RINGING]
[LINE RINGING]
[RINGING]
Hello?
Sidney?
Mom?
Violet?
- Trace the call.
- I'm on it.
Hello?
I'm here. [SOBS] Okay. I'm here.
I'm really glad you called.
It's really nice to hear your voice.
I like hearing yours, too.
[SIGHS]
I imagined all the ways
your voice would be
and now that it's you, it's perfect.
Yeah. Yours too.
Uh, I dl I didn't mean
to mess up your life
by reaching out.
I just thought that
maybe we could connect.
All I care about is if you're safe.
Are you?
Safe?
Violet?
I need you to know
I'm not sorry I had you.
I'm just sorry I gave you up.
I hope, in your own
time, you can forgive me.
[BREATH SHAKING]
[VOICE QUIVERS] I do, and, um
I don't know, I just thought
that maybe we could connect,
like, uh, we could see
each other in person.
I I could come to you.
[SOBS] My beautiful baby girl
it's time for me to go.
No. No no no, Violet
I just called to wish you well.
And
to tell you that you deserve
the life that I couldn't give you.
Violet.
I really have to go.
I'm so proud of you.
Hey, hey, hey, hey. You did good. Okay?
- Yeah?
- Yeah.
- Are you sure?
- I promise. I promise.
- [SOBS] Okay.
- Yeah.
Hey. I got a trace.
Violet's in Center City.
I'm pulling up details right now.
Hey. I'll be right back. Yeah?
- [CLICK]
- [GASP]
[EXHALES]
[EXHALING]
So cell towers triangulated the call
to a one-block radius in Center City.
Look, that's a densely
populated section of downtown.
It's dozens of buildings,
places to search
she's still gonna be a
needle in a haystack.
Okay. Then instead of
focusing on where she could be,
let's locate where
she would be. All right?
So, there's office buildings,
apartment buildings,
a church, several restaurants
Hold on. Hold on. Hold
on. You said church?
- Yeah.
- She had a rosary.
Maybe the church meant something to her.
What's the name of that church?
Uh let's see.
St. Mary's Sanctuary Church.
Oh, my God, that's the church
where she left me as a baby.
And according to his autopsy record,
that's the same place that Henry OD'd.
All right. I'm grabbing Jason.
We gotta get to St. Mary's, right now.
Wait! I want to go with you.
No, no. If something goes wrong
You know what? You're right.
You're strong. You could handle this.
And if Violet sees you,
maybe she will realize
that she has something to live for.
Come on.
[WHEELS WHOOSH]
- Thank you.
- Yeah.
[DOOR OPENING]
Hey, Violet?
Hey, it's okay.
Hey. It's okay. It's okay.
Easy, easy.
We just got Sidney in the car.
She'd love to meet you.
That's all.
Just want to help you. Okay?
Look, I'm gonna put my gun away,
but I need you to do me a favor.
You gotta put yours down,
too. Okay? Same time?
Yeah? Look.
[PISTOL CLICKS INTO HOLSTER]
Good.
- Now step away. Step away.
- [DOORS OPEN]
- Hands where we can see them!
- No, no! Hey! No! Hey!
No, no, no! No! Don't! Put
[DOOR OPENS]
Where the hell did she go?
In the alley! Come on.
[CAR BRAKES SCREECHING, HORN HONKING]
[HORN BLARES]
[BRAKES SCREECH]
[HORN BLARES]
Hold on, hold on.
[WHEEZING]
Stairs!
[WHEEZING]
[SIREN YELPS]
[SNIFFLING]
[SIRENS WAILING]
Violet?
My name is Jason.
I'm Sidney's dad.
Just relax, okay?
This is Mike Sidney's honorary dad.
We just We just wanna talk to you.
Can I come closer, please?
No. Don't come closer.
We know you've been
living with some struggles.
Okay? But you have the
chance to make a positive choice,
and it can lead to a positive future.
I don't! I don't have a choice.
[JASON] You do, Violet.
You do have a choice.
That's what I'm saying.
There's people that care.
People that want to see
you safe and happy. Okay?
Y You don't have to do this alone.
[MIKE] Hey, hey. Violet, look at me!
Think about Coleman.
Serenity Way House wouldn't
be the same without you.
And And And Shay she
cares about you, we all do!
[SNIFFLES]
You don't even know me.
I feel like I know you, Violet.
I do.
You gave us Sid, okay?
And that's the best thing
that's ever happened
to me in my whole life.
[SNIFFLING AND SOBBING]
Hey, Violet.
Violet, look. This is yours,
and I know it means something to you.
Can I bring it to you, please?
[SOBS] Stay back! Stay back.
Violet?
[SNIFFLES]
[GASPS] Sidney?
[VIOLET SOBS]
Please don't do this.
I know it may not seem like it,
but the world is a better
place with you in It
my world is a better
place with you in it.
[VIOLET WEEPS]
I'm just so tired of the pain.
I left my own baby!
I can't do this anymore.
[SIDNEY] Yes, you can!
I barely know you, but I
know how strong you are
with everything you've been through
and I'm not mad at you for giving me up.
I I have an amazing
life and a beautiful family.
And it's all because
you were brave enough
to do the hardest thing
a mother could ever do.
I need you here, Violet.
I need you to meet your grandchild.
[BREATH CATCHES]
I'm having a baby.
A baby?
Your life matters.
At least, to me, it does.
[SOBBING]
Okay.
Nice and slow.
We never left you ♪
Give us your hand.
We never left you that day ♪
We got you. We got you. We got you.
Couldn't hold you ♪
But you didn't wanna be held Anyway ♪
[SOBBING]
So hang on Hang on ♪
Hang on, hang on ♪
Hang on, hang on ♪
[KNOCKING]
I've never seen you so covered up.
Why are you in a very,
very tight turtleneck?
Well, you made it very
clear that you don't like it
when I wear my uniform
around the office, so
Well, thanks for coming.
That's actually what I
wanted to talk about.
You know how, sometimes I overthink,
and then panic, and then
overthink some more?
Yeah, it's, uh kinda your thing.
Well, today forced me
to kind of reevaluate.
My mom has bipolar disorder
which is the real reason I
didn't want to introduce you.
I kept worrying about how she'd react.
But it's time I take my own advice.
I can't be responsible
for my mom's happiness.
I am letting go of that burden.
Whoosh!
- [LAUGHING]
- sshhhh!
Burden gone.
So
we're all going out
for dinner next week.
I mean if you still want to.
Are you sure?
100%.
Come here.
All right. Good news.
Violet voluntarily checked herself
back into the psych
facility for treatment,
and the doctor said,
if all goes well, in a few days,
she could have visitors.
Okay. Thanks, Mike.
Yeah.
Uh, okay. I'll start.
Um
on the roof, you, uh
yeah, you said something,
and, um, Dad One and
Dad Two would like to know
if it, uh, if it was true.
Yeah
uh
surprise!
Yeah.
Yeah, it's true.
Okay, before you say anything.
I I do plan on keeping the baby.
I I mean, that's why I
needed to reach out to Violet.
I need to know where I came
from and who my child may be.
I've never seen you guys so speechless.
You're mad.
No! No, we're just
we're, you know, just processing.
We're not mad. At all.
Not mad. I'm just
I'm overcome with, um
uh
- something.
- Yeah! Yeah.
You two are so, so weird.
Anyway, um, the father
obviously, there's a father.
Um, we should know
his name and his address.
Not that we're gonna do an
extensive background check
or anything like that
to be supportive, is all.
Okay. What What
I think Dad One means is,
that there is no rush.
When you're ready to
talk, we are ready to listen.
Now is good, if it works for you.
Shut up.
And this is why I am so
thankful for Dad Number Two,
to balance out Dad Number One.
[SLAP]
Guys, I don't know.
I'm just gonna take
it one step at a time.
And yes, the baby does have a father
and I will reach out to him and
I don't know.
I'm just gonna figure it out.
I love you. And I got you.
I'm proud of you.
Everything. I got you. No matter what.
- Okay?
- Always.
[EXHALING HEAVILY]
[TUMBLERS CLATTER]
Drink?
Yeah, but I think we're
gonna need a bigger bottle.
That'll do.
Yeah, I'm just gonna keep the bottle,
if that's okay.
Ohh.
So
cheers to a helluva day, huh?
Yeah. I mean, I guess
we're gonna be grandparents.
Mm, well, I mean, I meant Violet, but
yeah, that too.
[JASON PUTS GLASS DOWN]
And you know what?
I, uh
couldn't ask for a
better partner in crime.
I'm touched.
Crisis averted.
Yeah, well, for me, but you
you, um, you got Lamaze
classes coming up.
You got you gotta
baby-proof this whole house.
Sid's gonna have to
squeeze your hand when the
Yeah, okay. Where's the "we" in this?
Yeah, I don't hear "Dad
One" anywhere in there.
That's not in the specifications
- of Dad One duties.
- Well, it sounds like
Dad One doesn't have any duties.
Here's something, though
I think you will be
"Peepaw".
Yes. And I
uh, will be "G-Dawg."
Don't start.
I'm too young for this.
[JASON] No, no. You know,
it actually fits your aesthetic.
- Does it?
- Yeah, yeah.
You kinda have an old man face.
[MIKE] It's not past
your bedtime, "G-Dawg"?