Damages s03e09 Episode Script

Previously on Damages.
Congratulations are in order.
You're going to be a grandmother.
- Remind me what you do.
- I'm sort of an architect.
It's always felt like I'm living in a hotel.
the warmth, all lie behind these walls.
There's somebody here tonight that I think merits special attention.
Terry Brooke.
Now, we all know Terry from Hollywood.
That's your life story, huh? Let me option this, and I want to play you.
I'm not doing drugs, Ellen.
I need you to be honest with me.
Here are account statements from my bank in Antigua.
I don't see how this could have anything to do with the Tobins' money.
Where did you spend last Thanksgiving? Upstate with a friend and her family.
Why? - You didn't celebrate with your mother? - No.
We may have another lead.
Carol Tobin's missing.
She hasn't been back to her apartment in days.
Are you okay? Carol, let me speak with Lenny alone, okay? Why are you hiding her? Because Zedeck didn't kill Danielle.
What's this? My resignation from the firm.
Carol? You all right? Brought you lunch.
You didn't eat yesterday.
You didn't eat anything this morning, either.
- What can I do? - Nothing.
Are you sure? You know, you are gonna be out of here soon.
- It's just not safe for you to leave yet.
- Why not? Someone from the D.
A.
's office approached Joe.
They're conducting an investigation into Danielle's death.
- So, how long do I have to be here? - Until they close the file.
And when they do, then we'll get you right back to your apartment and everything will be just as normal.
Would you like to start seeing Dr Samuels again? You know my brother doesn't want me to do that.
But do you think seeing your psychiatrist would be helpful to you? Well, it's not healthy for you living like this.
I'm gonna talk to Joe.
Fine.
Do whatever you want.
He won't change his mind, and I'm gonna be stuck here forever.
Has anyone tried to approach her? No, sir.
No one's been by.
Building's been quiet.
Okay.
You have my number if anything comes up.
Yes, sir.
Malcolm told us that Carol Tobin hasn't left the loft in four days, and the Tobins have security outside the building.
They're afraid she's gonna be questioned about Danielle's murder.
Did you find anything at the D.
A.
's office? After the Ponzi scheme went public, we interviewed Carol Tobin, - so I looked up the transcript.
- What did she say about Thanksgiving? After her father confessed, Carol said that she went back to her apartment alone, but no one talked to her until the next day, when the authorities came to question her.
But I still don't understand what you're thinking about Thanksgiving.
Why would that lead you to the money? Well, we think we know where the Tobins are hiding it.
- Where? - Antigua.
And Thanksgiving was Louis Tobin's last chance to move the money before he confessed.
Yeah.
Hopefully, we can get Carol to tell us something about that night.
We just have to get to her without tipping off the rest of the family.
Planet Earth.
Our future.
And the wind.
Our greatest resource.
Renewable energy is no longer a far-off, pie-in-the-sky ambition.
It's here today, as an achievable goal.
And the Whirlwind Initiative wants to make sure that that goal becomes a reality.
I'm Terry Brooke.
You may have seen me in the silver screen, saving the world in the movies, but today I'd like to ask you to join me in supporting the Whirlwind Initiative, so together, we can save the world for real.
Cut! Cut.
- How was that? - Fantastic! Are you kidding me? Hey, you have the power of persuasion, my friend.
The dialogue feels a little clunky.
Mind if I play with that a little bit? No, whatever you want.
- Give it a couple of tweaks.
- Yeah, yeah, just go with the flow.
- Let me take another crack at it.
- Yeah, yeah, whatever.
- We can get it in little bits and pieces.
- Good, good, good.
I'm ready.
All right.
Planet Earth! Earth.
Maybe just "Earth.
" Planet.
Planet Earth.
The planet Earth.
The planet Earth! - Ellen.
- Hey.
- You need to see this arrest report.
- Who got busted? I didn't tell Gates.
Thanks, Nick.
- Thank you.
- You have 10 minutes, ma'am.
- Are you okay? - This whole thing is bullshit.
They said you had over an ounce on you.
Is that true? - Yeah, but I wasn't dealing.
- It doesn't matter.
By law, anything over an ounce is considered intent to distribute.
- It's a Class B felony.
- Well, I wasn't gonna sell it, you know? I was just gonna give it to a friend.
- Stop lying! - I'm not lying! I can only help you if you're honest with me.
I'm You know, I'm broke, Ellen.
And Eddie left me.
What else was I supposed to do? You should have come to me.
I offered to help you.
Yeah, you gave me a cheque and then you cancelled it.
Thanks.
Lot of help.
I only cancelled it because you were lying to me about the drugs.
What's gonna happen now? Am I going to jail? - Probably.
Yes.
- Will you be my lawyer? I can't.
I work for the D.
A.
We prosecute drug offenders, we don't defend them.
So you won't help me? I would plead guilty.
You're a first-time drug offender.
If you're lucky, maybe they'll be lenient.
I see.
I'm not your problem, you know, so why get your hands dirty? As always, you're just gonna do what's best for you.
And what's gonna happen to my baby, huh? Don't you even care about Charlotte? Of course I do.
I'll talk to someone in social services.
- You will? - Yeah, I will.
In the meantime, figure out what you want to do.
Let me know if you're ready to make a change.
Hello? Carol? Carol? Is everything okay? Carol? Jesus Christ! Just a few drops.
- What? - Just a few drops.
- No, no! There's no blood.
- No, no, no blood.
Just a few drops in her glass.
- In her glass.
Just a few.
- Oh, God, honey, honey, please.
Don't, don't, please.
Okay.
Come on.
Come on.
Let me get you out of here.
Don't.
It's okay.
- Come on.
- Maybe it wasn't even me.
Maybe something else killed her.
Come on, sweetheart.
You okay? - It's just a few - Everything's gonna be okay, okay? I know we met under difficult circumstances, but I appreciate these afternoons.
- They mean a lot to me, Tessa.
- Me, too.
I'm so happy that we've taken time to get to know each other.
Thank you.
Is something wrong, Tessa? Patty Hewes contacted me.
She wanted to know whether or not I spent last Thanksgiving with my mom.
Did you spend Thanksgiving with her? My mom made me promise to never talk about it.
- Did you tell Patty? - No.
Louis was always so kind to me and my mom.
Thanksgiving was the last time I ever saw him.
I just don't want to get anybody in trouble.
If that's what your mother wanted, you did the right thing.
It's going to be fine.
You're a good girl.
- Are you sure that this is okay with Joe? - Yes.
I spoke to him, and he's fine with it.
As long as you don't tell the doctor anything about Danielle Marchetti.
- No, I won't.
- Good, good.
Okay, so I'm going to be waiting right here.
As soon as you're finished, you come out and I'll take you home.
Okay.
Thanks, Lenny.
I just want you to feel better.
And you will, too.
Hey.
How are you? Art, this is my producing partner, Gail Sturmer.
- Nice to meet you.
- Miss Sturmer, it's a real pleasure.
Gail, please.
I didn't realise how tall you are.
And even more handsome in person.
Hey, save that shit for the actors.
We're the ones with the fragile egos.
Yeah, he's not kidding.
Wow.
Beautiful space.
- Yeah.
I love it.
Come on in.
Sit down.
- Thank you.
- Gail, why don't you sit right there? - Thanks.
So, how long have you two been working together? Almost 12 years now.
- Since Underestimated, right? - Underestimated, yeah.
Yeah, what a great idea to have an alien and a mailman switch bodies.
- Yeah, we've come a long way, huh? - Sure have.
Now, this is a tremendous book.
Windy is deeply moving work.
- She can't stop talking about it.
- Well, thank you.
I really do appreciate that.
No, it's true.
See, blockbusters pay the bills, but it's the smaller films that really excite us.
Your story needs to be told.
Look, to be honest, when Terry first told me about this, I thought, "So what?" We'd seen it on CNN.
We got hit over the head with it on Greta.
But the truth is, we hadn't been told the whole story.
What do you mean? Well, your trial played out in the press as completely one-sided.
It was the corrupt corporate thief and the do-good female lawyer.
Your book throws that watered-down bullshit on its head.
We love the idea of flipping the story around.
Yeah.
It's about a good man who got caught up in something.
- He lost himself.
- Right.
- But now he's seeking redemption.
- Right, and the difference is, he knows he's done something wrong.
Patty Hewes is the real villain, because she acts like it's about justice, but the woman is pure Machiavellian evil.
She got, what? She's just doing what she was supposed to be doing there.
I mean, she's not a mercenary.
Patty has her own kind of integrity.
- Absolutely.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
No, we'll find Patty's humanity and we'll drive it through hardcore.
I have an idea.
How would you like to meet Patty, if I can set that up? - Shit, yeah.
- Love it.
We'd love it.
- Really? - Yeah.
All right.
'Cause I think you guys need to meet her.
I believe the last time I saw you was just after your father died.
I know this has been a tumultuous time for you, made even more difficult by all the media attention.
- Yes, I don't get out of the house much.
- Have you been sleeping? Not really.
Any loss of appetite? Inability to experience enjoyment? I would say both.
Well, it's certainly not surprising, given your situation, that you would be experiencing increased levels of both anxiety and depression.
Is there anything you want to talk about? Look, can you just write me a prescription and call it a day? Carol.
I'm not a pill dispenser.
If you need a prescription, I'll write one for you.
But with the symptoms that you are experiencing, it is important that you talk about what's bothering you.
- Okay.
- All right.
So, has anything else happened lately? Has there been any other concern that has increased your level of emotional distress? I can't help if you don't tell me what's going on.
Doctor? Yes? There's nothing else.
All right.
I'm giving you something to ease your anxiety, but on the condition that you come in next week and see me again.
You need to start talking, Carol.
Malcolm called.
Carol finally left the apartment.
Winstone came by to pick her up.
- Where'd he take her? - To a shrink.
Did Malcolm get the name of the psychiatrist? Dr Maurice Samuels.
Upper West Side.
He dropped her off, waited in his car.
When she was done, he took her straight back to the loft.
- He's not letting her out of his sight.
- Yeah, it seems that way.
If we can't get to Carol directly, we're gonna have to go through her doctor.
- What about patient confidentiality? - There are ways around that.
Corey? - Corey, where are you, boy? - I let myself in.
I hope it's okay.
I didn't know you still had your keys, Michael.
I'm having a baby.
- Really? - Really.
- You don't seem very surprised.
- I'm processing it.
- Or maybe you already knew.
- How would I know if you didn't tell me? It doesn't matter.
I owe you an apology.
That day we had lunch, I lied to you.
I don't have an office job.
I'm painting.
And I didn't break up with Jill.
So, Jill is the mother? - Yeah.
- Lovely.
Why did you lie? I wasn't in the mood for your judgement.
I don't want you to take this the wrong way, but are you sure that you are the father? Definitely.
Anyway, I need to talk to you, because our genetic counsellor has some questions about my family background.
- Is there a problem? - It's routine.
They're looking for chromosomal abnormalities.
My real dad's in jail, so I figured I'd ask you.
You were the same age as Jill when you had me, weren't you? - I guess I was.
- Were there any problems? - No.
You were an easy baby.
- What about before me? Any miscarriages or anything? - No.
- What about the other women in your family? Michael, you know I haven't talked to anyone for over 40 years.
- Well, what about Uncle Pete? - What about him? - You never told me how he died.
- He died of natural causes.
- Are you okay, Mom? - I'm fine.
Next question? It's all right.
Look.
Here's a checklist.
Go through it on your own time.
- I can do it right now.
- It's no big deal.
Just leave it with the doorman in the next few days, and I will swing by and pick it up.
Thanks, Mom.
I was happy to hear from you.
Last time we spoke, you didn't seem ready for a remodel.
- I'm still deliberating.
May I see the plans? - Sure.
Doesn't seem that different from what's here now.
As I explained before, the real value of the apartment is behind the walls.
You never know what we might find if we tear them down.
What do you think? - Well, it'd certainly be a change.
- Isn't that the point? It's a big decision.
I understand.
But you've made big decisions before, right? I'll let you know, Mr Decker.
Please do.
Have yourself a good night now.
Thank you.
Mom.
Thank you for letting me meet you at work.
I didn't know what to do.
It's okay.
Let's go through here.
I knew something was wrong when your sister didn't come to pick up Charlotte.
- How is Dad handling all of this? - How do you think? He's furious.
She can't go to jail, Ellen.
You know Carrie, she's not strong enough.
Can't you do something? - Like what? - You work for the D.
A.
Talk to someone, make it go away! Mom, she committed a felony.
Carrie's name's in the system now.
This is your sister we're talking about.
This is not some criminal off the street you never met before.
I know, but there are rules.
So you're willing to sit by and just let her suffer? No, that's not what I'm saying.
If she goes to jail, she will lose her daughter.
- I understand that.
- Her life will be ruined.
- Mom, listen to me.
- Carrie has never had a chance.
What do you mean? I've never been able to protect her.
I still can't.
I'm helpless.
- It's gonna be okay.
- I need you.
All right.
All right, I'll see what I can do.
I should've seen this coming.
It's Hollywood, Dad.
You're not gonna change them.
They're gonna try to make Patty Hewes the villain.
Jeez, you know, I worked hard on this book.
I really tried to be honest and dig deep within myself, and now they're gonna turn it into another piece of phoney crap.
She did try to destroy you.
I thought you hated her.
I did, at the time, but that was before I worked through my shit.
You know, I was still in I was still in denial.
You know, anyway, I'm not saying she's not flawed, but so am I.
That's You know, that's the whole point I was trying to make in the book.
Right.
But it's your story.
You're the protagonist.
What's that supposed to mean? So there has to be an antagonist, the opposing force.
Well, yeah, all right, but that doesn't mean that everything has to be black and white, right? I mean, life is complicated, Owen.
We live in the grey areas.
- Not in Hollywood.
- Lf we're gonna get this right, those people are gonna have to understand the nuances.
I wouldn't count on that happening.
Well, that's why I'm trying to set this meeting up with Patty.
You know, hopefully, they'll see what she's really like, you know, and they'll realise that we have to make this movie, you know, thoughtful and balanced and fair.
Has to be fair.
And if they don't? Well, then they don't get to make my goddamn movie, do they? Found the latest session notes for Carol Tobin.
Situational depression, anxiety.
What'd he put her on? - There's a copy of a new prescription.
- How often does she see Dr Samuels? Before this last visit, she hadn't been to see him in a couple of months.
Now he wants to see her once a week.
- Hello.
- Mr Winstone? Speaking.
This is Dr Maurice Samuels.
Sorry to bother you.
No bother.
What can I do for you? A patient, Carol Tobin, isn't returning my calls.
I see she's listed you as her emergency contact.
Yes.
Sure.
I think it would be a good idea for Carol to check in with me even before her next appointment.
I'd like to see her in person, schedule some blood work.
- When would you like this to happen? - How's Saturday? Maybe 2:00? I'll make sure she's there.
- Thank you, Doctor.
- You're welcome, Mr Winstone.
Do you have a minute? Just needed some perspective on something.
All right.
My sister was arrested.
I'm sorry.
What's the charge? - Intent to distribute.
Meth.
- Jeez, that's I'm sorry, Ellen.
It's very serious.
That's why I wanted to talk to you.
Don't get involved.
It wouldn't just reflect on you.
- I understand.
- And I certainly can't intervene.
I know.
I was I was just wondering, what would you do? - What would I do? - Yeah.
If it was your sister.
Honestly, if it was my sister, I would get the biggest, baddest prick of a prosecutor I could find, and I'd tell him to go for the jugular.
- Why? - 'Cause I'd want to keep my career.
And I know that if there were even a hint of favouritism, I'm dead.
Clear? Clear.
Ellen.
It could also be the best thing for her.
- Hey, Patty! - Arthur.
Great to see you again.
- I'd like to introduce - Gail Sturmer.
- Hello.
- Nice to meet you.
And I bet you probably recognise Terry from all of his movies.
Of course.
Please, have a seat.
So, thank you so much for letting us do this.
These guys know about our trial, obviously, from the press, but I wanted them to meet you in person, you know? See who you really are, you know, what makes you tick.
- It's a thrill, Miss Hewes, truly.
- So this is where it all happens, huh? I was telling them earlier about last time I was here.
Do you remember it? - The UNR case.
- I'm surprised you'd want to bring that up.
Case got complicated.
Last minute, I was forced to drop out as Patty's key plaintiff.
That's what she Well, those moments are what make your relationship so compelling.
Bitter enemies, struggling to put their differences aside for the greater good.
I understand you're gonna play the role of Arthur Frobisher.
I got halfway through Arthur's book, and I just knew.
Had to be me.
Yeah, let me jump in here just for a second, thanks.
This story is not just about myself, Patty.
I do not, I promise you, see myself as the hero of this thing.
- No? - No.
No, no, no.
My greatest fear, and I've told these guys this, that if this film were to oversimplify things See, the Patty Hewes character has to be living, breathing, three-dimensional.
That's why I wanted to get us all together, so we could chat, get to know each other.
Well, here we are.
See, to me, you are the hero of this story.
If it weren't for you, I would've kept grabbing for more.
But you cut me down.
You forced change, and frankly, you brought me to a better place.
Shit, I I couldn't be more grateful to you.
We see the Frobisher trial as an epic tale of rebirth.
A true-life story of redemption.
Redemption? Well, there certainly hasn't been any redemption for the countless workers whose lives Arthur ruined.
Or for Ray Fiske, the attorney who put a bullet through his head because of Arthur's scandals.
Patty.
All of it will be part of the story.
Patty, why don't you Why don't you tell us about the Arthur Frobisher that you know.
The Arthur Frobisher that I know? Foolish, vain, pathetically insecure.
The Arthur Frobisher that I know is a despicable bully.
Hey, Patty, you know He stole from his employees, then he manipulated the system to escape life in prison with a slap on the wrist.
But that's just me.
Do whatever you want.
I don't much like movies, anyway.
So, I'm gonna be right here in the car.
And when you're done, I'll take you someplace nice for lunch, all right? Hello, Miss Tobin.
- What are you doing here? - I wanted to talk to you.
Look, my attorney is right outside, waiting for me.
Does he know you killed Danielle Marchetti? Luckily for you, I can't prove it.
Yet.
But I could have a conversation with the District Attorney.
He's looking for any reason to throw a Tobin into jail.
What do you want? Sit down.
I want to know what happened on Thanksgiving.
- I spoke to Carol Tobin.
- How did that go? She is a very troubled girl, but hopefully she can get some information for us.
- I don't know if you know this, but - I've got a hole in my wall? I'm thinking of renovating.
To do it right, you have to tear the drywall off.
Why? Well, apparently, there's something of interest behind there.
You know, like old factory brick or whatever.
It just looks like a hole.
So, what did you want to speak to me about? I hate coming to you with a problem like this, but What is it? My sister.
I need a favour.
- Hey.
How are you feeling? - Better.
- I'm glad to hear that.
- Yeah, I'm good.
I keep thinking about Dad, though.
I miss him.
I miss him, too.
I'm trying to make sense of everything that's happened, - but it's hard.
- I know.
The doctor said it would help if I could talk about it, but obviously I can't tell him the truth.
So talk to me.
Why did we go to Danielle Marchetti's that night? - When? - Thanksgiving.
- Wait here, okay? - Where are you going? I just have to pick something up.
- What did you have to get there? - The night he confessed, your father asked me to clear out Danielle's apartment.
He didn't want to leave behind any trace of his affair.
What was in the bag? Your father's boots and the cell phone that he and Danielle used to talk on.
I'm sorry, Carol.
Your father was ashamed.
- He asked me to do it.
- Who was the girl? - Which girl? - The girl who gave you the bag.
Thank you, Tessa.
Happy Thanksgiving.
I never met her before.
I think she was someone your father had hired to help Danielle around the house.
- Water, right? - Thank you.
- Well, that was absolutely genius.
- Yeah I am so happy you introduced us, man.
You cannot make that woman up.
I mean, if you wrote that, no one would believe it.
- Yeah, I know.
I told you guys, right? - Yes! I mean, you have to see her in person to see just how big a bitch she really is.
- I'm now twice as excited about this project.
- Good.
See, that's what I wanted you to see.
I mean, you can try to reason with that woman all you want, and it's just always all about her.
I mean, did you see her? She can't help but stick the knife in.
- Did you see that? - Yes! And you were worried about portraying her humanity.
Screw her humanity.
She's gonna make a great villain.
Don't you think? So, after your father confessed on Thanksgiving, you didn't go home? No, I was too upset.
I went to see our lawyer.
- Leonard Winstone? - Yes.
And he got a call, so we drove over to Danielle Marchetti's apartment.
To do what? Lenny had to pick up some of my dad's things.
What kind of things? Some boots, a cell phone.
It was a bag of stuff.
Lenny had to get rid of it to hide my dad's affair with Danielle.
Did you see who gave Mr Winstone the bag? Lenny said it was Danielle Marchetti's housekeeper.
What did she look like? She was young, kind of short, in her 20s.
Is this the woman you saw? Yes, that could be her.
Why? Who is she? She's Danielle Marchetti's housekeeper.
Mr Winstone was telling you the truth.
Of course he was.
- So, can I go now? - Yes.
- Thank you, Miss Tobin.
- Thanks.
- Yeah.
- Appreciate it.
So, Tessa Marchetti spent Thanksgiving with her mother.
Apparently.
So, why is she lying to us? I just wanted to tell you that I love you.