Damages s03e13 Episode Script

Previously on Damages.
The warmth all lie behind these walls.
You okay there, Patricia? - What's this? - My resignation from the firm.
I tracked the VIN on the car that hit Ms Hewes.
- Who's the owner? - Thomas Shayes.
And you two are Having a baby.
Jill and I got the chromosomal tests back.
Kid's all mine.
How much would it take for you to walk away? Make it $500,000.
- It's yours.
- Are you nuts? We can't afford these.
Yes, we can.
Frobisher may have hired a police officer to commit a murder.
What did Detective Messer tell you? He thought there may have been a cover-up surrounding my fiancé's murder.
I pulled everything the department had on Messer.
- It's a list of his partners.
- I know this guy.
Wes, it's Ellen.
I need to talk to you.
Did you know Dad was going to leave this behind? It explains where the money is.
Your father never wanted anything to happen to Tessa Marchetti.
The girl was going to turn us in.
If you had told Joe that Tessa was his daughter, she'd still be alive.
- This is my job, Dad.
- There's money.
And I want in.
We'll need to see some identification, Mr Zedeck.
The usual denominations? So the man who's acting as the Tobins' lawyer is not Leonard Winstone.
Who are you? I'm the man who has taken care of your family for almost three decades.
You're not even a lawyer! You're finished.
I'll give you names, account numbers, enough details to put them in prison for the rest of their lives.
In exchange for what? Immunity from prosecution.
I know it's a crucial time for you.
Finishing law school, job interviews.
I assume you've got a bar exam coming up.
- Yeah.
- But I think we can agree that being a mother is more important than any of that, huh? Excuse me.
You study over at the university? Yes.
The law school.
What are you doing walking all the way out here? Just needed some air.
Well, you picked a beautiful spot for it.
- My name is Decker.
- Patricia.
Nice to meet you.
You know, a baby's a big responsibility.
I've always wanted a child.
We're all set.
What the hell happened to this place? I was kicked out of my house.
I've been living here.
I hope that's all right.
What's all that? As you know, my family finances are a mess.
I've been trying to sort it all out.
- Good luck with that.
- Mr Winstone.
I want you to know the D.
A.
's office has agreed to your terms for immunity.
I'd like to take these and look them over.
Due diligence.
I'm sure you understand.
These papers won't be filed with the court unless you fulfil our arrangement.
I assure you, you'll get all you need to put the Tobins away.
Hello, Patty.
I'm surprised you're still in the city.
I called you because I wanted to thank you for your generosity.
I got this for Michael.
He always wanted a Jaguar.
- You don't want to do this, Jill.
- We moved into a three-bedroom.
You will adore what we're doing with the nursery.
When you accepted my money, you knew what my terms were.
Yeah, and I thought about them, I really did.
But I'm not going anywhere.
Michael and I are having this baby.
Don't think you can dictate the terms of our relationship.
I can play power games, too, Patty.
- Does Michael know about the money? - No.
I didn't tell him that you tried to buy me off.
Would you like me to? My baby shower is next week.
But, please, no gifts.
Mr DiFolco.
It's nice to see you again.
How are you? Did you tell Mr Zedeck that I wanted to meet him? Sorry.
Like I said, he's a busy man.
Well, I appreciate him taking time out of his schedule to come by.
When was that? The other day.
He made a withdrawal himself.
He's a very nice man.
This guy said he was me? He knew exactly which account, exactly what to say.
But the bank has everything about me on file.
My age, my social security number.
They didn't check this guy out? I was told he was the right age and he had credentials.
What kind of credentials? He forged a passport using all Mr Zedeck's information.
Lenny knew about the account.
You should have never cut Lenny off.
You turned him against us, Joe.
What the hell is he going to do next? We need to find him.
See what you can do, Ben.
Long time, Parsons.
Thanks for calling me back.
How have you been? You know, busy.
A lot of travelling.
I'm sorry I disappeared on you the way I did.
You never told me you were a cop.
Yeah, well, I guess, there's a lot of things that I couldn't tell you back then.
For example, Detective Rick Messer? How do you know about him? He came to me about my fiancé's murder.
He thought he had a suspect.
Ellen, Messer killed your fiancé.
And Frobisher was behind it, just like you thought.
How do you fit into all of this? Messer was my partner, years back.
He had some dirt on me.
When I was a rookie, I pulled some shit I could have gone to jail for.
Messer knew about it.
He had leverage on me.
He asked me to track you, make sure you weren't getting close to Frobisher.
So, you were lying to me from the beginning? Sorry.
And so, what happened between us was That was real.
So I switched sides.
You killed Messer, didn't you? I can link Frobisher to Messer.
I can put Frobisher away for David's murder.
But you would have to give yourself up to do it.
Don't.
I've let go.
I had to.
And you going to jail, that's not going to bring back David.
- Key.
Here's the title.
- Thank you.
Once you register this bad boy to your name and address, you're good to go.
Great.
Appreciate it.
Can this come off? Yeah, but I'd leave it.
- Why is that? - It's good luck.
Eighty-nine thousand miles without a scratch.
We're all set.
Winstone will deliver the evidence and the money to me at the loft.
- Then I'll pick it up and bring it to you.
- I'll be here.
Don't use your own car.
I don't want you being followed.
- It's parked out front.
- Okay.
What is it? The two of you have been talking to Winstone.
Are you sure we can trust him? There's always a risk.
It's a risk I got to take.
All right.
Let's do it.
Thank you, Farook, beautiful.
Hey, you want a shawarma? It's the best meal in town.
We couldn't meet anywhere more private, huh? Hey, I prefer talking to you in public.
Thank you.
I was sorry to hear what happened to our bearded friend.
It's a real tragedy when a police officer dies.
Yeah, although I didn't even know he was a cop until I read about the shooting in the paper.
You know, what are we doing here? Why did you call me? David Connor, Ellen Parsons' fiancé.
God damn it, man.
This just won't go away, will it? - You can make it go away.
- How? Turn yourself in.
Messer and I went back a long way.
I know he killed David Connor on your orders.
Let me ask you something.
Who killed Rick Messer? - He was shot in the line of duty.
- Is that what you think? 'Cause I don't.
See, before he died, Messer told me that you turned on him.
He didn't trust you any more.
That you were actually protecting Ellen Parsons.
Now, if I were you, I'd be very, very careful.
In the eyes of the law, there's nothing worse than a cop killer.
The little piece of shit is stealing money from us.
No, no, Lenny would never do that Mom, wake up.
He turned on me, now he's trying to wipe us out.
Lenny worshipped your father.
Dad was an idiot.
Everything your father did, he did for you.
Sweetheart, are you okay? I'm sorry, Rachel.
Could you give me just a few minutes with my family? Dad, what's going on? There's something I need to tell you.
How could this happen? It was all a fraud? Why did you do it? Joe.
What do you mean? Joe is not a businessman, never was.
He made a mistake years ago when he was drinking.
What kind of mistake? You know how he was back then.
He had to be the big shot.
He promised investors returns he could never deliver.
And you didn't want him to fail.
So, Lenny and I had to get creative.
We paid out the returns Joe promised with other funds.
Louis We thought if we had a few months, we could set things right, but You never told Joe? No, and I don't want him to know.
Why the hell didn't you tell me this before? You've been lying to me since Thanksgiving.
What are you doing? Joe, please don't.
Joe, please don't.
I see what you did.
You knew if you told me the truth, that I would turn the money in.
But you didn't want to live like that, right? What else haven't you told me? Nothing.
There's nothing.
It's on your head now.
Yours.
Everything that's happened, you live with it.
Alone.
Please, Joe.
I told you from the very beginning what would happen if you kept lying to me.
No, please You're not going to see your grandson again.
- Oh, please, Joe.
- You're not going to see Rachel again.
You're not going to see me again.
- You are dead to me.
- No, please! Get out.
Get out.
Get out! - Please don't do this to me.
- Get out.
- Just hang on a sec.
I'll let you out.
- Thanks, babe.
It's like getting out of a beanbag these days.
- Jill Burnham? - Yeah? Get out the car, ma'am.
What - Hey, what the hell's going on? - We're taking Ms Burnham into custody.
I knew this had to be you.
How intuitive.
They won't tell me why I'm being held.
I asked them to let me do the honours.
I have connections.
And you think you're doing this to me, but it's your son you're hurting.
You hurt my son.
You had sex with him.
It was always consensual.
Sexual intercourse with a minor is never consensual.
And you're going to prison.
Michael would never testify against me.
I don't need him to.
He sent me chromosomal tests to convince me that he was the father.
The date of conception is the only proof I need to put you away.
All right.
All right, I'll give you back your money.
- All of it.
- I don't care about the money.
I've already seized the car and the apartment.
Well, then I'll just go.
I'll leave the city like you wanted.
It's too late.
And when the baby's born in prison, Michael will have sole custody.
And you think that's what Michael wants? How could he possibly know what he wants? You're despicable, and you're a criminal.
And you forced my son to make a choice he should never have had to make.
Michael can't take care of a baby alone.
He's not ready for that.
No, he's not.
But I'll make sure he has plenty of help.
You'll be out of this baby's life, and Michael will be out of yours.
Please What can I do for you, Mrs Tobin? If I confess, will you leave Joe alone? - Confess to what? - The Ponzi scheme.
I'm guilty.
I knew all about it from the beginning.
I'm not sure I believe that.
What if I tell you more? There are other crimes, Ms Hewes.
Tessa Marchetti I had her killed.
It's true.
I did it so that Joe would never find out Find out what? That Tessa was his daughter.
Years ago, Danielle came to me when Joe got her pregnant.
She hadn't told him.
And I didn't want Joe saddled with a child.
It would have ruined him.
So I had Louis pay her to make the baby go away.
I see.
But on Thanksgiving, I learned that Louis hadn't gone through with it.
He let Danielle have the baby.
Danielle was never Louis' mistress, for God's sake.
He supported her because Tessa was his granddaughter.
Please, Ms Hewes, leave my son alone.
Take me instead.
I'm responsible.
I'm the one you want.
I'm sorry, Mrs Tobin, but you're not.
I want Joe.
So, Terry told me about what happened.
The little escapade in your Escalade? - I thought it was fascinating.
- Really? Yeah.
I've always thought a man has to be awful if he wants to be great.
So tell me, what's the worst thing you've ever done? Why don't you and I go for a ride in my Escalade? And you can ask all your questions, and I'll give you all sorts of answers.
I'll get my coat.
Man.
Boy, you never learn.
Always so eager to have people like you.
- I haven't told her anything.
- You've said plenty.
Yeah, you need to relax, man.
You're the one lying in the ground with a hole in your head.
You know, my life turned out just fine.
For now.
Nice talking to you, Ray.
I've got a date with a very sexy lady who's intrigued with my depravity.
So why don't you just buy yourself a fruity drink, flirt with the waiter and have some fun? For Christ's sake, it's New York City, man.
Come on.
- Take care.
- Yeah, all right.
I'll see you around.
Did you sign the immunity papers? Got it right here.
What's wrong? I don't trust Tom Shayes, and I don't trust Patty Hewes.
She's made it clear she wants to take me down with the Tobins.
Why do you trust me? You worked for Patty and left.
I imagine you had good reason.
I did.
Don't worry.
This case is going to make my career.
I have no reason to share it with Patty.
Well, I admire that.
I'm a big believer in ambition.
You'll give Tom his money and the evidence I'll take it straight to the district attorney.
All right.
Before we go through with this, Mr Winstone, what is the evidence? The night he died Louis Tobin left an envelope with all the details of the fraud.
Why did he do that? He was going to confess.
And then Joe found the envelope and kept it.
So you don't have the evidence.
I know where it is.
I'll let you know when I get it.
The immunity agreement.
Thank you, Ms Parsons.
Tom, how long have you been with me now? Almost 11 years.
It's time to put your name on the door.
Thank you, thank you.
You don't have to worry about me.
I forgave you.
All your secrets are safe.
People either leave you or they die.
Those are the only two endings possible with you.
What time did she say she was going to meet us here? - She's 20 minutes late.
- Jesus.
Maintenance.
Mr Tobin? Hello? What's wrong? Why are we meeting here? I want you to call off the deal with Winstone.
What? Why now? What's changed? The case is over if we don't go through with this.
Then the case is over.
Look, Patty, it's I don't understand what you're doing.
Tom, whatever you and your family need, I can provide.
- I can help you.
- I don't want your help.
I'm telling you, call it off.
You two should go for a walk, it's a beautiful night.
I understand, Officer.
I'll file a report.
Thank you.
- What was that? - My bag's missing.
I think it's been stolen.
I have to fill out some paperwork.
- What's up? - I spoke to Patty.
The deal's back on.
- She changed her mind? - I convinced her to let me go through with it.
What are you talking about, Tom? Look, are you on board or not? I need you.
- Okay.
Okay.
- Good.
Thanks.
- You know what to do.
- Yeah.
Yeah, hey, the meeting went great.
Yeah, I'll be home in about 20 minutes.
All right.
Jesus Christ.
Give me the keys.
- I gave you a chance to come clean - Wait.
One million, cash.
Just give me a couple hours.
I don't want money.
Spoke to Ellen Parsons.
Shit.
She's not looking for justice.
Well, then, why are we doing this? - But I'd like her to have some anyway.
- No, wait, wait, wait, don't! Wait, please.
Come on.
Let me just explain something, all right? All right? Go ahead.
Tell me why you deserve to live.
Come on.
Damn it, listen to me! I am a better person now! I'm volunteering, like, three times a week at this youth thing.
And I'm, like, a coach of Little League, man.
I'm working my ass off on this whole environmental thing.
And I'm changing lives.
No, no! No, don't! No, please, don't! Please! Oh, God! Please, don't.
Please, don't! Oh, God.
I don't want to die.
I'd like to help solve a murder.
What? You know what, make it two.
What are you David Connor.
Detective Rick Messer.
Let's do this fast.
- It's all here? - All of it.
Good.
I'm a man of my word.
I see the cowboy turned you in.
What are they going to do to me, Ray? You had someone murdered.
What do you think they're going to do? I've been through trials before.
I'll land on my feet, right? We'll get out of this.
We'll find a way.
We always do.
I've always admired that about you, Art.
What? Your eternal optimism.
Well, goddamn right I'm optimistic.
This is America, for Christ's sake.
You know, everything's possible.
Not this time.
- Ellen? - Tom Shayes.
Who the hell are you? I'm looking for Leonard Winstone.
Where is he? - I have no idea.
- He owns these lofts.
Don't tell me you don't know where he is.
That bag looks familiar.
I think I remember seeing Winstone use it to carry his cash in.
You two strike up some kind of bargain? This money's mine.
I don't give a shit about the money.
There's plenty more where that came from.
I want Winstone.
Tom? Look, let me just take care of her.
I'll tell you exactly where Winstone is.
- Tom? - She's a friend.
She's just here for the money.
Tom? Tom? You here? Is that the money? Does Patty know about this? - Don't worry about Patty.
- Do you still want me to take this to her? Yes, just go.
Now where's Winstone? I have no idea.
Mr Zedeck, Winstone's not here.
But you should tell Joe Tobin that I think he's made some kind of a deal with Tom Shayes.
That's what I'm trying to figure out.
I know you got the money.
What did Winstone get in return? Nothing.
Did Winstone give you evidence against the Tobins? No.
You better start talking, 'cause the next one's going to go in your throat.
What did Winstone get from the deal? You son of a bitch! Shit.
Oh, shit! Where's the envelope? Patty? Patty.
Winstone didn't give Tom the evidence.
- Michael.
- Where is she? Where the hell is my mother? I don't know.
She's not answering her phone.
She had Jill arrested.
That's the mother of my goddamn baby.
I'm sorry.
- Lf you find her, tell her I need to talk to her.
- I will.
I have to go.
Jesus, Tommy.
You're messed up.
Where did you get this, huh? It's Ellen's.
Where is she? Is she okay? She drove off.
She's fine.
Good.
Make sure this gets back to her.
Listen, Barry, upstairs, there There's something I need you to do for me.
Hello? - Ellen.
- Patty? Patty, where are you? I'm on my way home.
Let's talk when I get there.
- I need to talk to you now.
- Michael wants to meet me at the apartment.
Patty.
Shit.
Hey! You've reached the Shayes' family.
Megan, Charlie, Deb and Tom.
Please leave a message.
Hey I just wanted to tell you that I love you But I made a mistake.
When you get this, take the kids and don't come home.
Tommy, what did you do? I'll take care of this for you.
Holy shit, Tom.
Hey, man.
Are you still with us? In an era where everyone else is afraid to do so.
Thank God for Patty Lenny, where are you? It's over, Joe.
The D.
A.
Has everything they need.
They'll be coming for you.
Where the hell are you? Zedeck told me you made a deal with Tom Shayes.
You should say goodbye to Rachel and Kevin.
I never wanted it to be this way, Joe.
I'm sorry.
You listen to me, you Lenny? Lenny! Lenny? I understand it was quite a nasty car accident.
Do you think this could have been done to you on purpose? I have no idea.
Michael? Deb! Deb! Deb.
Deb Is anybody here? You made a little deal with Lenny Lenny Winstone, didn't you, Tom? Get out.
A very nice house you have here.
Yeah, it's for sale.
You want it? I had a nice house, but you took it, didn't you? I'm just trying to get back what's mine.
Nothing was ever yours.
Your father stole it and gave it to you.
You don't know a goddamn thing about my father.
- Except for he was a greedy scumbag.
- Watch your mouth.
Get out of my house! You don't know a thing about him.
You didn't know my father.
He loved me.
Okay? You didn't know my father.
You didn't know my father.
He loved me.
You don't know my family.
You don't know a goddamn thing about me! Okay, Louis.
Oh, God, I was good-Iooking.
Oh, Joe.
Okay.
Okay.
Okay.
Okay.
Okay.
I'm sorry for your loss.
Tom was like family to me, Detective.
Where to? - Take me to the East River.
- Sure thing.
Thanks.
I want you to tell me how this bag ended up bloody and in a homeless man's shopping cart.
Ellen Parsons.
Please leave a message.
I don't understand! I told you not to go through with it.
I told you to stop! I told you Maybe, you know, we could figure this out, you know, together.
I don't think I'm in the right state of mind to help you right now.
Yeah.
You have one new voice message.
I told you not to go through with it! I told you to stop! Hello? If you haven't found the documents by now, they're in your bag.
I wanted you to have them.
I told you I didn't trust Tom Shayes.
Mr Winstone? Mr Winstone, where are you? This is the final boarding call for Flight 328.
All passengers must proceed to the gate at this time.
Your boarding pass, sir? Detective? My bag, what else did you find inside it? You said a homeless man had this.
Why do you ask? Barry? Barry? - You're Tommy's friend, right? - Yeah, Ellen Parsons.
I got something for you.
Sorry about the bag.
This was in there for you.
The police picked you up, because that's all the evidence we need to seize the money.
Did you know Tessa Marchetti was your daughter? That's not true.
I can understand why you don't want to believe me.
Your mother would have verified it But this morning, they pulled her body out of the East River.
The fish got to her, but you can still recognise her face.
When we first met I believed you actually wanted to do the right thing.
I know what that's like.
You want to do good, you get backed in a corner.
It can lead a person to make unforgivable mistakes.
There's only one way you'll be able to live with yourself.
This is just between us.
I'm turning off the intercom Listen to me, Joe.
What happened? Mr Tobin is going to give you a statement.
He admitted to the murder of Tom Shayes.
What did you say to him? We talked about confession.
I know it's a crucial time for you.
Finishing law school, job interviews.
I assume you've got a bar exam coming up.
- Yeah.
- But I think we can agree that being a mother is more important than any of that, huh? It was a nice service.
I'm going to miss Tom.
This is my favourite place.
When I die, I don't want to be buried.
Put in the ground.
I want to be cremated.
What about you? I guess I haven't really thought about it.
Of course.
You're young.
I want my ashes scattered here.
- What are you going to do next? - I don't know.
I could go and work at a different law firm.
Or I could come back and work for you.
Or quit the law.
You're going to have to decide what you want.
I was at a crossroads once.
I told you about the daughter I had.
Julia.
You said she was stillborn.
Yeah.
Her father is probably the only man I've ever loved.
But he didn't have my ambition.
He wanted to stay in the town where I'd gone to law school, make a life there.
But I was offered a job at a law firm in New York.
The first woman ever accepted there.
Then I got pregnant.
So I had to make a choice.
Marry him and raise our child there or go to the city and be a single mother.
I didn't know what to do.
Excuse me.
You study over at the university? - Yes.
The law school.
- My name is Decker.
- Patricia.
Nice to meet you.
- Call me Julian.
You sure you're ready? Baby's a big responsibility.
I know it is.
What are you doing walking all the way out here? Especially in your condition.
My doctor said it would be all right.
Then Julia died.
- How? - I don't know.
The doctor said I was perfectly healthy.
You're having complications, which is why it's critical, absolutely critical, that you remain on bed rest for the remainder of your pregnancy.
No physical exertion of any kind, whatsoever, or you could lose the baby.
So if you love this child, Patricia, you will not get out of bed till the day it is delivered.
Understood? What are you doing walking all the way out here? Especially in your condition.
- Understood? - Yes, understood.
You're going to be a great mother.
It just happened.
And so I was free to start my career.
You know, someday, I want a family, children.
I should head back to the city.
I did want to ask you one question.
What's that? It's career advice, really.
You've accomplished everything you set out to do.
Is it worth it? I'll see you, Patty.