Sneaky Pete (2015) s03e06 Episode Script

1 I'm a well-meaning person.
Okay, let him speak.
You'll have a chance to respond.
I want my wife to be happy, but no matter what I do, she thinks I have an ulterior motive.
- Because you do.
- Please.
I have a very stressful job, and in order to do what I need to do for the both of us I need her to trust me.
Is it my turn? My husband is a liar.
He's lied from the moment I met him.
In fact, today, he gave me some big story about how he was doing some important thing for my family, but really - it was all about what he needed.
- If I'm gonna get you an ice cream cone, it doesn't mean I can't get one for myself.
- But just tell me what you're - Stop, stop, stop.
Stop.
Let's stop.
Clearly, there is a lot of built-up tension.
So I have to ask, do the two of you want to repair your marriage? - Oh, yeah.
Definitely.
- Sure.
Sure.
Sorry.
I just wish that he would tell me things so I could be on the same page, you know? Just, instead of all the surprises.
I see.
How are the other parts of your relationship? Any issues around fidelity? Sex? Well, she cheated on me.
I feel a certain sensitivity there.
I'm sorry.
Sorry, could I get some water? Yeah.
I'll get you some.
And don't worry.
Beginnings are always hard.
Yeah.
Yep.
That's the real Vermeer.
Hickey and I stashed it here when she went to prison.
That's Hickey's daughter? Does she know it's real? She thinks it's one of her mother's forgeries.
- What are you doing now? - Taking pictures of her calendar so we know when she's here.
You might want to block the door.
Hey, I just just want to apologize for being such a bitch.
The last three weeks have just turned my life upside down, and everything's just really raw right now.
I appreciate your honesty.
Perhaps you should say that to your husband.
Hmm? Wow.
Thank you so much.
Thank you.
Thank you.
- Okay.
Um, I'd like to, uh - Okay.
- try an exercise, all right? - Yeah.
- Um, look at each other.
- Okay.
If you want, take hands.
Now, I want you to say one nice thing about the other person.
You're a really good mother.
I can't think of anything.
Fine.
Nope.
Nothing.
I knew Lila.
Talked the ear off my customers, never refilled anyone's water glass.
What did I tell you, Carly? Do you know where she is and where we could find her? Uh, she walked out two years ago, a month after I hired her.
Emptied the register on her way out the door.
$1,200.
Uh, did she leave anything behind? Mm, just that cat, Otto.
She adopted him from the shelter, then left him in my office the day she took off.
What about her employment application? - Did she leave an address? - Give me a sec.
Never settle down That I was too wild and free What kind of person abandons a cat? We could take her home, but Tuan's allergic.
- Here it is.
- I'll take that.
She put a Santa Barbara address on her application.
I-I never knew where she stayed locally.
You turned the joker to the jack of hearts It's not much, you know, but at least we have an address.
Two years out of date, from a place we already know she ran away from.
Real hot lead.
Well, at least it proves she was there.
We'll check it tomorrow.
Living the American dream Carly.
Carly, look at me.
Off to my right, do you see those two guys in the gray car? - Do they look familiar to you? - No.
You mean those guys over there? - What are you - Hey, hey! - What are you doing? - W-What are you guys staring at? What was that? Did you know those men somehow? If I knew them, I wouldn't be shouting at them.
Honest.
I was just doing it for you and Carly.
Where are we even going? Bakersfield what the hell? I can't believe Carly got us all the way out in the middle of fucking nowhere for some ridiculous fairy tale about our mother.
I mean My mother used to go away a lot.
She had bad habits, and she was in and out of rehab.
There was one time she disappeared for, uh, seven months.
When she got back, my brother didn't talk for a year.
I don't know where she is today.
When are you going back to steal the painting? - Oh, so you coming around? - I didn't say that.
You put me in a fucking trap.
You could get a million dollars.
How is that a trap? - Let's just get to Bakersfield.
- Okay.
How does everything look from over there? Good.
Great.
I should If you want you could stay, too.
I'd like that.
It's not it's not like I have anywhere to go.
I do.
Right.
Well, I'll go make some coffee.
Hey.
Don't fall apart on me.
- Taylor! - Okay! God.
Hey.
- Come on, come on, come on.
- What? What? - You got a key for these? - Yeah Some-somewhere.
What the hell happened? That Lizzie woman skipped.
And then she locked me to the drawer with my own cuffs.
Well, what happened to your key? If I knew that, would I be here? I had to break the handle off the drawer.
- Would you hold still? - Yeah, yeah, yeah.
- Hold still! - All right, all right, all right.
Now she's off to California to find Pete.
- How does she know Pete? - I don't know.
- That's just what she said.
- What about her ankle monitor? She slipped out of it.
She's a freaking magician.
Come on, grab some clothes.
We got to start driving.
- To California? - Yeah.
Ever since the stroke, I can't fly.
Hey, hey.
If we don't get her back for her hearing, we're out 250,000 bucks.
You want that? No, uh Okay.
Move it.
Chop-chop.
Chop-chop.
Does he know? I had this thought that I would come back in here and you'd be climbing out the window.
Well, I'm not 16.
Otto is making me go with him to California.
- A skip trace.
- Right now? Yeah.
I don't want to go, but I-I have to.
But I'll call.
I will.
Only if you want to.
Okay.
Yeah.
Hey.
Yeah, Pete.
H-Hey, Pete.
Do you know a Mary Elizabeth DeLaurentis? Well, her name's Lizzie, yeah.
I bailed her out.
She skipped on me.
Don't ask.
Has she been in touch with you? Uh, I didn't I didn't realize - she was in Bridgeport.
- Yeah, well, she's not.
She's, uh, on her way to California.
Apparently, to meet up with you.
Well, how did she know I was in California? I'm afraid I told her.
Uh, this whole thing's a mess.
But if I don't get her back for her hearing, we're out 250,000 bucks.
- You're kidding me.
- We lose the business.
I'll keep an eye out.
- Sorry.
Okay, I got to go.
Bye.
- Who was that? Uh, nobody.
Uh, that was my pet sitter.
- You have a pet? - It died.
Hi.
Is this Mr.
Kilbane's office? And who am I speaking to? Oh.
Oh, sorry.
Hi, Charisse.
I'm calling from BLT car service out here in L.
A.
One of Mr.
Kilbane's party members left a bag in our car yesterday, and we weren't sure which hotel to deliver it to.
Great.
Thanks so much.
Thank you for coming.
Well, this just tickles my heart.
All of my family under one roof.
Hell! Let's go get some margaritas.
I forgot how big the sky is in California.
Eh, it's just because the mountains are further away.
What exactly are you and Julia doing here? It's an insurance investigation.
It's-it's a complete coincidence.
We-we were already coming to California when Carly called.
Thank you for looking out for her.
What do you think of Tex? Personally, I counted my fingers after I shook his hand.
See that car way out there? There was a car like that watching us in Pismo.
Tex scared them off, but here they are again.
And they're not being subtle about it.
Who are they? Uh, maybe it's linked to Lila or something to do with Tex.
But whatever it is, I'm gonna get to the bottom of it.
Need someone I can count on.
Carly's too emotional, and Julia Whatever you need.
Hi.
Hi.
We're from Santa Barbara Save the Kelp.
Did you know that 70% of the Earth's oxygen - comes from the ocean? - Don't worry.
We're-we're not looking for a donation.
Oh, heavens no.
No, no, no, we're just, uh, following up on past donors.
Keeping the community energized.
Keeping the kelp alive.
I never donated to Save the - whatever.
I - Kelp.
Well, I wouldn't think so, because you don't look like a Lila Bowman.
Is-is Lila Bowman here? I don't know who that is.
Uh, this is the address we have in our records.
How long have you lived here? Six months.
Look, I got to get to work, I wish I could help you.
Okay? Um Wait, wait, wait, wait.
Give me ten seconds.
- Keep him busy.
- Okay.
I don't mean to be persistent well, I kind of do but Lila was such a strong supporter of ours.
Volunteering at all of our big events.
And this is such a critical time for kelp.
You know, pollution, global warming I get it, but I just I don't know who she is.
Uh, maybe a previous tenant? I don't know the previous tenant.
What about the landlord? I write a check and send it to a P.
O.
box.
W-Would you mind writing that address down for me? I really have to go.
Oh, thank you.
So, there's there's no women's clothing, there's no women's toiletries.
And from the amount of grime in the bathroom, th-there really hasn't been a woman there for a long time.
So a dead end.
Well, maybe not.
Look.
His name is Randy Hellman.
This is his gas bill from three years ago, same address.
Three years is a lot longer than six months.
Right.
So why's he lying? I'm glad you're here.
Well, thank Yeah, I mean, it's fun.
Well, I mean, it's not fun, but you-you know.
I-I see where my-my mother got her-her skills from.
I think you mean that - as a compliment, but - Oh, shit, wait.
Crap.
Are our friends still with us? Stalkers are more like it.
You really have no idea who they are? - No, they just showed up in Pismo.
- Here you go.
Thanks.
Scary-looking guys don't just show up.
There's a reason.
Well, the important thing is, we're keeping them busy.
- Thank you.
- And Audrey and Pete can do their thing.
- Here's your burger.
- No, thanks.
Uh, you should try.
Your mama loved this place.
- Mom always hated burgers.
- Not the burgers.
The blue soda.
The Ocean Blast.
- It's good.
- Cheer up.
We'll find Lila.
She'll be damn happy to see you.
She was always a happy person.
I-I mean, you know, not-not when she first came out here.
Uh, oh, she-she she missed you guys.
Gradually, uh, she found friends.
A tribe.
People like her, looking for a home.
I don't think you mean that the way it sounds.
I'm just saying she blossomed.
You're saying she was happy without us.
- No, that's - It's fine.
He's the one who knew her, okay? She hated her life with us so much that she threw it away and she never looked back.
We're gonna talk about this.
All of this, but right now we are being followed by some suspicious, possibly dangerous men.
- Here you go.
- Thank you.
Enough of this driving around, being a diversion.
Call your dealership.
We need a new car.
Now.
We settled down, oh Just turn it off.
I got to tell you, people You can play the radio.
Uh, you want silence.
I just want you to pick a station.
I don't know any stations.
Tell me if you want me to pull over for food - or a bathroom or whatever.
- No, no.
I'm good.
Are you gonna be like this all the way to California? You asked me to drive.
I'm driving.
- You asked me to come.
I'm here.
- I put a gun to your head? It's not fun for me, either, you know.
I know better than to get myself in a jam like this.
Yeah, pull over at the next gas station.
- Why? - I need to piss.
Our paths cross again.
Wow.
Hello, Chuck.
Who's this? Oh, uh, Pete, my grandson from my other daughter.
Uh, Chuck and Lila Dated.
So, uh, what brings you here? Um bit of a hunch? - On Lila? - Yeah, um, there was somebody at a falafel restaurant who said they, uh they saw her on a boat.
Maybe he saw her with me? - That's your boat? - Oh, yeah.
Why don't you come aboard? We can have a little coffee, and maybe I can help you connect some dots.
Come on.
Careful.
Oh! That was fun.
To the owner of a gray Kia, please pick up your car.
I'm gonna give George hell for not putting down floor liners.
Stay low and get that price sticker out of the window.
We're trying not to be noticed.
Whose car is this? Okay, they're going, they're going.
All right, let's go.
Lila and I, we once cruised down to Baja.
That was before she moved up to Pismo.
You did check out Pismo, right? Yeah, drove up, but didn't really know where to start.
That's too bad.
Was hoping you'd find something.
So, Chuck, uh So, how's a guy like you, uh, get your hands - on a dinghy like this? - I got my hand in a lot of pots.
Real estate, Texas wind farm.
I bet you're making a lot on that.
Not yet.
But I believe in human desire.
If people want something badly enough, they'll pay.
Hey, do you mind if I use your bathroom really quickly? Yeah, yeah.
Straight back down the hall.
Okay.
Thank you.
When we first met you didn't mention that you were Lila's mother.
With some people, it changes the way they answer.
You have similar mannerisms.
I've been thinking a lot about the story you told me.
How you thought she was dead.
Made me recall all the time I spent with her.
How I never understood exactly what it was I did that pushed her away.
What was she like? Easy and open.
But not really.
I never even noticed until after she left how we always talked about me and how little we ever talked about her.
So tell me about this falafel guy who sent you here to the marina.
Just some guy we found.
Said he heard Lila mention a trip on a boat.
To Baja.
Which falafel place? The one over on State? It I Uh You know, I'll have to ask my grandson.
I am so sorry.
I-I think we have to go.
I-I don't I don't feel that well.
Yeah.
- We're not even moving.
- Oh, no, no.
- It's okay.
- No, I know.
It's just that - I think it's actually probably better - Thank you.
Thanks, Chuck.
Listen, if you if you do find Lila, will you - send her my love? - Okay.
There's a rack of M16s in the engine room - and a shitload of cash.
- Oh, dear God.
Those are the guys from Pismo.
- You sure about that? - Yes.
Looks like all roads lead to Chuck.
What the hell has Lila gotten herself into? Let's keep moving.
I lost my job.
I thought well, I thought you were on vacation.
Enforced vacation with a "don't come back" kicker all 'cause of that bullshit at Naz's.
Why didn't you tell me this? Because I didn't want you to think that it was your fault.
Everything in my life turns to shit.
Everything.
Nothing is how it's supposed to be.
Even the one little good thing, - the one good thing - Did you sleep with this one good thing? So it's Lorraine, huh? You don't get to be mad at me.
I'm not mad.
She's a very beautiful woman.
I didn't ask to be sucked into any of this.
Oh, no, you're a victim.
That's not what I meant.
Then be a man.
You want Lorraine, choose it.
Grab her with both hands and own the consequences.
I don't want you pissed off at me.
And the whole thing is just too complicated.
You Taylor, you are in the prime of your life, and you're blubbering away in your salad.
I'm not mad at you.
Welcome to Santa Barbara.
Julia, you go to the front desk, ask for two rooms, one with a rollaway.
Uh, Carly, Pete, follow Julia.
You and I, we need to talk.
Hey, don't worry about the money.
I'll just tell Vignetti that Sy ordered us to do a side thing, all right? What am I supposed to do when you say stuff like that? Well, you could flip sides and help me out.
I could be going to homecoming this weekend.
Other kids are well, they're buying stupid dresses and freaking out about who's gonna throw the after-party and I don't even know what homecoming is.
Hey, you want to see a magic trick? What? No.
I've been practicing.
Guess which hand.
Before you guess, think about what you want.
'Cause you seem to be committed to what's over here, but what if you want to be over here? What if it's better? Or what if, while you're over here, you actually secretly want to be over here? Or what if, in the end, it doesn't really matter if you're over here or over here? Because wherever you are, you'll always be right here.
Check your pocket.
Magic.
So what does Chuck really do? And don't tell me he's an investor, or I'll come over there and slice your throat.
Well, he's a businessman who owns real estate.
Ah.
With a closet full of M16s? Oh, yeah.
There are rumors, that, uh, when he was younger, that he and his buddies, uh, peddled drugs, and-and that-that's where the investment money came from.
And you introduced him to my daughter? No, no, she introduced him to me.
I-I didn't know anything about the drugs until later.
Why did you lie about them dating? To protect Lila.
Look, Lila got Chuck to invest in the wind farm, but then Chuck got possessive.
He started having her followed.
She tried to leave, but Chuck wouldn't let her go.
So I gave Lila all the money from Chuck's investment, and she did the same thing she did when she came out here: she vanished.
So that's why Chuck's men were following us at Señor Dusty's? Yeah, and why I acted like a jackass.
I've been trying to help you find Lila without Chuck getting wise.
See, people who cross Chuck, they have a way of ending up going fishing and never coming back.
If you wanted to protect Lila, why tell us she's alive at all? Well, you're her mother.
She's an outstanding girl.
I need a drink.
Anybody work here? Look, everything's gonna be all right.
- I Get me a drink, Daddy.
- I'll get you What the fuck are you doing? Where are you? Los Angeles.
You ran off to California without telling me.
I had to protect myself.
You are messing up what is already a very complicated play here.
Alexandre called.
He wants to see his wine cellar.
- How soon? - A few days.
He's flying to Los Angeles for a wine festival.
All right, I'll see what I can do.
Is there anything else? You're the one making this complicated.
- I'm just doing what we do.
- Hey, listen.
You worry about you, and I'll worry about me.
Then you should worry more.
Hey.
I said I'd call.
I'm calling.
Well, you didn't have to.
What if I wanted to? Would you not want me to? You should do what you want.
What do you want? You're not the only one having conversations in your head.
It's not anything I had planned.
So we can figure it out when I get back.
Drive safe.
- Thanks.
- So, where you headed? I don't know.
Well, if you want to get there faster, let me know.
Faster? White line highway.
I'm a cop.
Sorry, no discounts.
50 bucks.
Has Marius tried to get you to turn against Mr.
Kilbane yet? Marius is Sy Rubenik.
He told you that? You knew? You-you fucking knew? It crossed my mind.
And you didn't tell me? Wanted to save you the burden of remembering more lies.
- Does Mr.
Kilbane know? - Not yet.
It's not a good theory to be wrong about.
- What do we do? - We follow the plan.
You tell Marius you'll turn on Mr.
Kilbane.
When he trusts you and takes you into his confidence, we swoop in and smash him on the head with a sledgehammer, metaphorically.
I want this over.
We have to get Marius and the Vermeer in the same room under criminal circumstances.
Remember the goal is to get him to jail.
- What if he's too smart? - If he were too smart, he wouldn't be trying the same con twice.
It's an act of reckless ego.
Tell Marius you'll fuck us over.
Tell him you're grateful for all his help with your family.
You're close to the finish line.
In success, you'll have a lawyer, a job and enough money to build an honest life.
Thank you.
You going to see Randy? The way he bolted when we saw him on the boat, he clearly knows something about Lila.
I'm gonna do what I have to do, and I don't need you in my way.
- I can help.
- She's not your daughter.
- She's my aunt.
- It's not the same.
Fine, get in and buckle up.
What's wrong? Grandma said not to take anything from the mini fridge.
Where is she? She said she was getting ice.
That was, like, 20 minutes ago.
Can I have one? Hey.
Scotch? Try it.
You'll like it.
What if I made a giant mistake coming out here? You followed your gut.
What if my gut was stupid? In my head, Mom would have taken me to get my ears pierced on my ninth birthday, like she did with you.
She would have read me the Harry Potter books at night until I was old enough to read them myself.
What if I was better off with the mom in my head? Carly.
What the hell! We're not from Save the Kelp.
Get the fuck out of my house.
- Please sit down.
- I'm calling the police.
No, no, no, Randy.
We could call the cops, too, but then that would bring up a whole lot of questions about Chuck.
And something tells me you don't want to involve Chuck.
Please sit down, please.
I'm Lila's mother.
I don't know who that is.
Randy, see, we think you like Lila.
We think you helped her get away from Chuck, which is why you lied to us when we came knocking on your door.
Do you have any children? No.
At least I hope not.
It's terrifying.
They didn't choose to be born.
You chose to have them.
So everything about them is on you.
Good and bad.
At a certain point, you have no control.
But still, the responsibility to protect them never ends.
Except in death.
And then, at least the fear is over.
No more worrying.
They're gone.
You failed.
But if that's not true, if Lila's not gone, there's no line I won't cross to get to her.
What do you know about my daughter? - You're hurting me.
- Yes, I am.
Don't look at him.
He's not even here.
I don't want to do this, but if my baby's still alive, do you know where she is, do you know where to find her? I don't even know her.
I don't believe you! Oh, you broke my finger.
Where's Lila? How do I get in touch with her? - Don't.
Don't.
- Tell me.
Don't.
Tell me.
I can text her! I have a number.
If I put in a code word, she'll text back, I swear.
I'll get some ice for your finger.
Randy, you're gonna convince Lila to meet up, okay? You're gonna tell her you're in trouble with Chuck and that you need her help.
What if what if she doesn't come? You don't have to worry about that.
I'll help you be persuasive.
That woman's a fucking lunatic.
She's a mother.
Get up.
We're meeting your mother.
Get up.
Where are we meeting her? Parking lot in Reseda, outside L.
A.
- A parking lot? - It was Lila's choice.
She thinks she's meeting Randy.
We need to beat her there.
Who's Randy? What's going on? We're meeting my mother.
Well, hang on.
I'll get dressed.
- No time.
- I'll rush it! We wouldn't be here without him.
Get up.
What for? We're in the middle of a desert.
How did I get here? You drove.
Oh, yeah, I guess I did.
We got a long way to go yet.
Come on.
Come on.
Ay, ay, ay.
All right.
All right! Where the hell are we, anyway? Utah I think.
Or Nevada.
Oh.
It's pretty.
Thank you.
You said you'd make this happen.
- Well, it hasn't happened yet.
- I know, but We did have a deal.
You gonna help me? It's not like I have a better option.
Good.
It just has to work.
What do you plan to do when you see her? Please don't talk to me.
Wha-What about you, Carly? Don't talk to her, either.
I'm gonna go wait in the other car.
Can I please wait with you guys? Sure.
Of course.
Thank you for letting me be here.
Carly thought you deserved to.
I-I know I can't take credit, but your-your mom would be so proud of the parent you've become.
No, she wouldn't.
And she'd be right.
Cut yourself a break, Audrey.
It's the toughest job in the world.
Anyway I-I-I'm glad I got this time with you.
Grandpa Tex asked me what I was gonna say to her when I saw her.
I didn't know.
It's her.
Julia, I-I think that's Chuck's guys.
- What? What? Where? - Right there.
Go.
Faster! Go after them, Julia, go! Go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go! Go! Cut her off! Watch it.
Watch it! Don't let her get away.
Go, go.
Randy! He's getting away.
I'll get him.