Pieces of Her (2022) s01e07 Episode Script

Episode 7

[Laura.]
As long as I am alive, I can testify against him.
You could have told me.
What was I supposed to say? Your father is wanted by the FBI, and he would kill us if he got the chance? - [gasps.]
- [bodies thud.]
[Andy.]
What is it about that money? Why does Jasper want it? He tried to kill me to get it.
You're going to get caught.
I'm just getting started.
[grunts.]
[Laura.]
Nick is out there somewhere.
You just need to disappear.
[officer.]
Stop right there! - [gunshots.]
- [tires screeching.]
- Where are you going? - You have to trust me.
Why the fuck would I do that? [woman.]
It's time.
[young Charlie.]
Four years is a long time.
Four years, eight months, three days.
That was the deal Jane Queller, convicted felon, made with the U.
S.
Attorney.
The good news? Laura Randall doesn't even have a parking ticket.
Laura? So that's my name.
When you walk out of here today, yeah.
Come on.
I'll talk you through it.
You're a widowed single mother from Rhode Island.
Your parents died in a fire when you were 18.
You married young.
To Jerry Randall? Who was killed in a car crash when your daughter was two years old.
Tragic.
You changed Andy's birthday.
Yours, too.
That's protocol.
You and your daughter moved to Georgia for a fresh start.
Belle Isle? A retirement community.
You won't get much trouble there.
The middle of nowhere with mosquitos.
These are for you.
Talbots? What you wear.
How you talk.
The car you drive.
The food you like.
Nothing can signal Jane Queller.
Don't worry, she's long gone.
[chuckles softly.]
For Andrea.
This is Wish Bear.
My daughter says she's the best.
I know you're nervous about seeing her.
She doesn't even know who I am.
[car approaching.]
Andy.
Hey, Charlie.
Where's your mom? In a dark gray Chevy Malibu.
California plates.
H793WVZ.
[President Obama on TV.]
1.
7 million unpaid American jobs.
But so many of our products like autos are built on both sides of the border in an integrated supply chain.
This co-production makes us work better in the global economy as a whole.
How are you feeling? Yeah.
Fine.
[Laura sighs.]
Blanket? No, you should go home.
I'll, uh I'll just call you when I'm done.
No, I'll stay.
Really? For four hours? That's silly.
I don't mind.
Andy? Go home.
Please.
I'll, uh [clicks tongue.]
I'll wait in the cafeteria.
- Text me if you need anything? - Mm-hmm.
Hard to lean on 'em, isn't it? You wouldn't have a pen, would ya? - Thanks.
- Mm-hmm.
My son gave me this book.
Has all these questions.
- Hmm.
- "What do you value most?" "Have those values changed since your diagnosis?" Maybe eat dessert first.
[chuckles.]
"Are there dreams you didn't allow yourself to have pre-diagnosis?" [sighs.]
Always wanted to take the grandkids to Disney.
No parents.
Just fun.
What about you? What wild dreams have you been putting off? To finish this book.
[man on radio.]
Following an FBI raid this morning, kidnapped Berkeley Professor Alexandra Maplecroft was found near a Bay Area rail yard, along with the body of a man believed to be a member of the Army of the Changing World.
The leftist group kidnapped the Berkeley academic early last week shortly before she was due to speak at the IEF conference in Oslo.
- Another woman posing as Maplecroft - Follow that.
shot billionaire Martin Queller onstage, and took her own life moments later.
The woman has been identified as Grace Juno, an Oakland resident who had accused Queller's pharmaceutical company of corruption.
Juno's husband killed their three children, as [radio switches off.]
[young Nick.]
All right.
We're here.
Now what? Eli.
You're a life-saver.
What happened out there, huh? - We've been watching the news.
- Hey.
Yeah.
Yeah, we were lucky to get out.
Uh, Paula.
Jane.
This is Clara and Eli.
- Hey.
- Hi.
Uh, we got beds, food, clothes.
- Yeah, whatever you need.
- [Jane.]
Thank you.
Hey, where's Andrew? Uh, he's unpacking.
I'll, uh I'll give him a hand.
[Paula.]
Thank you, guys.
Really.
So much.
You don't understand.
Yeah.
[straining.]
All right.
Got it.
We can hide the supplies in the shed.
All right? [whispering.]
Hey.
You okay? It's all right.
Hey, we're okay.
Yeah.
We're okay.
- [body thuds.]
- [Paula.]
Oh, shit! [Eli.]
What's wrong? [Jane.]
Shit.
Andrew! [Andrew.]
I'm good.
I'm all right.
Andrew! [Paula.]
He's been shot! Why didn't you tell? [Andrew.]
Had to get out.
We need to get to a hospital.
No, no.
We can't go anywhere.
- [Clara.]
Eli and I could take you.
- They call cops for a bullet wound.
- [Clara.]
We have to do something - [breathing heavily.]
- [Paula.]
How bad is it? - [Andrew grunts.]
[young Nick.]
Let's get a look.
[Andrew weakly.]
Sorry I fucked up.
- Hey.
Hey.
You're fine.
- Yeah.
- All right? - All right.
Let's get you cleaned up.
[Eli.]
There's a pharmacy in Spring River.
I have a friend we can trust.
- You need a doctor! - [young Nick.]
Jane! Will you do as I ask? [Eli.]
I'll be back as soon as I can, okay? [Andrew breathing heavily.]
Come inside.
[grunts.]
- [Andrew.]
Okay, all right.
- [Eli.]
Okay.
Almost there.
[Andrew.]
Yeah.
[Charlie.]
Yeah.
Okay.
- Thanks.
- [phone disconnects.]
[Charlie sighs.]
They checked the location you gave us.
There's no car.
No bodies.
There's nothing.
I saw two people get shot.
Well, somebody's covering their tracks.
My billionaire uncle killing people over a suitcase? Let's get you out of the Bay Area.
And I'll do some digging.
Michael Vargas has been moved to a secure location.
[Andy.]
How is he? [Charlie.]
Stable.
Still don't know what happened.
What about Mom? No luck tracking her phone.
But they issued a BOLO.
And we'll find her.
[scoffs.]
Nick is here somewhere.
Your mom wanted you out of the line of fire.
That's why she left.
[sniffles.]
You think I'm wrong about her.
I don't know what to think.
[Charlie.]
So we find her.
And we find him.
Then this thing is finally over.
Thank you.
For doing all this.
[chuckles.]
You know I was with her, in the delivery room.
I was the second person to hold you.
There is one place she might go.
Where? [Charlie.]
Up north.
Old house in the woods.
Soren Sevander used to live there.
Civil rights lawyer and his wife.
Our guys went by there a couple of days ago.
It might be worth circling back.
[news reporter.]
The next time that you feel overwhelmed, that you feel despair, that you feel like giving up, remember this community.
[crowd shouting.]
[clicks tongue.]
I just can't decide.
The boys would really love the Polynesian Village, but my granddaughter's more a Wilderness Lodge girl.
Of course, we'll barely be in the hotel, but still.
It doesn't matter.
I know.
I just want it to be something they'll remember.
Something special.
[clicks tongue.]
They say the Polynesian Village has the best view of the fireworks.
Oh, for Christ's sake, will you shut up? You're not gonna ride Space Mountain or take selfies with Jiminy Cricket or see those stupid fireworks, because you're not going to Disney World.
You're dying! I'm dying! That's why we're here, stuck in these goddamn poison chairs.
So just please stop chattering.
You're giving me a fucking headache.
Leave it.
You were serious.
What? So you're just waiting to die? No, I was just trying to get her to shut up.
You have to keep fighting.
That's the only way this works.
Let's go home.
[sighs.]
No.
[Laura sighs wearily.]
You're not eating.
I've watched you.
I told you, the chemo makes me sick.
Then take your nausea meds - or drink that tea.
- My God.
What do you want from me? I wanna know why you're not even trying.
Can we please just go home? Mom! Well, maybe I didn't think my life would end up this way.
You mean, stuck alone with me? No.
Then what? Contrary to what you may think, my life didn't begin the moment you were born.
Not everything about me is about you.
I know that.
[sighs.]
Sometimes I think the only reason you came home is because you didn't have anything better to do.
What? One of us needs to get a life.
You can do anything.
You can go anywhere you want.
But you are right here, right here with me folding my blankets and going on about adjuvant therapy and hovering like any of this fucking matters.
I know.
But I'm I'm here and you're not letting me help you.
You can't help me! Because you're shutting me out! You know I need you, right? Even if you're the last person I wanna talk to most of the time, I need to know you're on this planet with me.
[young Jasper.]
They killed my father.
They left an innocent woman to die.
They attacked law enforcement.
The Army of the Changing World are terrorists.
And I'm going to do everything in my power to bring these murderers to justice.
[young Nick.]
Asshole.
[chuckling sarcastically.]
Jasper Queller claiming the moral high ground.
Is that some kind of cosmic fucking joke? We should bomb that fucker and his precious company.
You can't do that.
Why not? It's a revolution, Jane.
[Jane.]
Is it? Or is it just revenge? Because it's getting harder to tell.
Huh? You're burning up.
Why didn't you say something? [weakly.]
I'm dying for something I believe in, Jane.
How many people can say that? You sound just like him.
Good.
[groans softly.]
[gasps.]
- Let me take you to a hospital.
- No.
It's okay.
You'll be okay.
I'm pregnant.
I hope it's a girl.
That'll be perfect karma.
[voice breaking.]
I need you here.
I can't be alone.
You won't be.
[softly.]
You won't be.
[Andrew winces.]
[young Jasper.]
This is insane.
We can't pull it off.
[young Nick.]
You'll take over the company, the responsible son.
Jasper, I'm telling you, the board won't even blink.
[recorder clicks.]
What are you doing? I'm taking Andrew to the hospital.
No.
Jane.
He won't make it through the night.
I know.
So you're just okay with letting him die? Look, it's too late.
It's too late.
Every cop in the country's looking for us.
I don't fucking care.
Do you think I wanted any of this to happen? But it did.
And now it's you and me.
But we have to find a way forward.
Now look, we've never been whole people.
The world broke us.
But we found each other.
But we only make sense together, you know that.
I can't! I can't do this.
No, listen to me.
Listen to me! Eli will take us to the border.
He has friends in Calgary.
They can help us.
- No.
- Jane.
[Jane whimpers.]
- Please.
Please stop.
- If you ever leave me, I would scorch the earth to find you.
Please.
Do you understand? No.
[piano chord plays.]
Little miss sunshine's late today.
Where is she? Out buying lottery tickets? Gloria was moved to hospice care.
[breathing weakly.]
You were always so goddamn cheerful.
[sighs.]
I'm sorry.
You asked me, um, about the dreams I have.
It's only one.
Freedom.
See, I was raised to be a good girl.
Trained to please to keep the peace when bad things happened.
[crying.]
But I was drowning.
I saw a way out.
Well, I thought I did, but it was just a dead end.
This man I loved He tried to kill me.
And I had to get away.
So I became another person.
And I locked that old self away.
[Laura crying.]
I told myself it was my choice.
The only way to survive, to keep us safe.
But hiding for 30 years.
That's not choice.
It's captivity.
Lie, after lie, after lie.
And Andy feels it.
I mean, she might not know what it is, but she feels it.
Smothering her.
[sobbing.]
This is not my life.
I need a way out.
I can't die in someone else's skin.
[Jane crying.]
Jane.
[Jane.]
He's gone.
I came as fast as I could.
He never woke up.
I didn't get to say bye.
I'm so sorry.
[sniffles.]
[sighs.]
Oh, Jesus, what happened? What? We don't have a lot of time.
There's an FBI agent out there.
Tell them it was Nick and Andrew.
Tell them they brainwashed you.
- That they beat you - Stop.
Just stop.
I'm trying to help.
You are the second person today to ask me to abandon Andrew.
[sighs.]
He's dead, Jane.
There's nothing we can do to change that.
But this, we can deal with.
We just need to get ahead of it.
Get ahead of it? I'm being practical.
You sound like Martin.
You want to blame someone else? [sniffles.]
No.
No, Jane.
This is on you and Andrew.
You fell for that fucking con man.
I warned you, and now I'm here to clean up your mess.
- Bullshit.
- [scoffs.]
This is what is going to happen.
I will turn myself in, do my time, get on with my life.
Neither of us will say a word about Andrew and what he did or didn't do.
You can have the company.
But you'll use the profits from the pharmaceutical division to make amends.
If you think I'm gonna listen If that doesn't happen, if I hear you're still exploiting people or if there is one whisper that Andrew was to blame, I will ruin your fucking life.
What's wrong with you? I know all about Oslo.
What? - You and Nick, and your side deal.
- [scoffs.]
I have no idea what you're talking about.
It's all on tape.
In a very safe place.
[sighs.]
Okay.
Okay, um I had no idea Nick was gonna kill him.
Try telling him that.
Please, we have to look out for each other.
We're the only ones left.
It's just you and me now.
- It was never you and me.
- Just Jane, please.
Jane, just I know who killed Alex Maplecroft, and I know where you can find him.
I'm listening.
I want a deal first.
If Mom gave Nick up to the feds, why didn't they catch him the first time? I got real close, but he slipped away.
I think he had help.
He's been out there 30 years.
Why come back? Does he really hate Mom that much? People have long memories.
You're on your own, you brood on the past.
That feeling connects you to something, you hold on to it.
That Polaroid I showed you.
Mom beaten up.
You knew Nick did that.
Of course, I did.
I took the damn picture.
Charlie! [sighs.]
[groans.]
[groans.]
Hey, Andy.
You feeling any better? Fever's gone, but there's only one way to tell.
- [laughing.]
- [giggling.]
Yeah.
You're feeling better.
Come on.
Did you say good morning to your mommy? Good morning, Mommy.
[Clara chuckles.]
Okay.
Can I go outside? Yeah! Let's go.
[hens clucking.]
Remember! Don't go past the big tree.
two, three, four, five, six.
One, two, three, four, five Ooh.
Five.
And one in the middle.
The sunflower.
When is Eli coming home? Maybe tomorrow.
The jury's still making up its mind.
[thud.]
It's just a fox.
Hey.
Go get your PJs on.
Go on.
[young Nick.]
Hey! Hey, I saved them for you.
A monster was going to eat them.
Uh, this one fell into a lava pit, so I, uh I fixed her up.
What do you think? - Good.
- Yeah? You have the whole magic forest to yourself? Yes.
Well, that's pretty cool.
Where's your mom? Gone.
Do you mean she's in heaven? She grows flowers.
And where does she do that? Mm-mm.
I don't know.
What's your name? Andy.
Andy? Yeah, I had a friend with that name.
Hey.
We can all go swimming.
Do you want to see the creek? - Yeah.
- Yeah? All right, come on.
It'll be fun.
[Clara.]
Andy! [Eli.]
Andy! [Clara.]
Sweetie, it's time to come in! Eli's home! [Eli.]
Andy! Where are you? [Clara.]
Andy! [Eli.]
Andy! Where are you, sweetie? I have to go.
This is our secret, okay? I'm your imaginary friend.
[Clara.]
Sweetie, come in! Andy! As long as you have this that means I'll come back.
Can you remember that? [Clara.]
Andy! Okay, go.
[Clara.]
Andy! Come on out, sweetie! Andy, Eli's home! Andy! [Eli.]
Andy! - Andy! Hey.
- [Clara gasps.]
- Hey.
You scared me.
- Hey.
Is everything okay? There you are, sweet pea.
- Let's play inside today? - Wanna paint sunflowers? - Yeah.
- Yeah? Okay.
[Clara grunts.]
[Eli.]
We're gonna paint sunflowers.
Unicorn flowers.
- Unicorn flower? - [Clara.]
Unicorn flowers.
[Eli.]
I don't know if that's a thing.
- [Clara.]
Maybe a princess flower.
- Andy? - Princess flower's definitely a thing.
- [young Andy.]
And butterfly flowers.
[Eli.]
Sunflowers? [car doors open.]
- [car doors close.]
- [Clara.]
Charlie.
Hey, how are you? Come on in.
I'll wait out here.
[door opens and closes.]
[Clara.]
Don't be so shy.
Come on.
[Jane.]
Look at you.
You're beautiful.
[Clara.]
You know who that is.
Hey.
Don't you wanna give your mommy a hug? Hmm? [Jane.]
Hi there.
I brought you some presents.
Wish Bear.
Um Makes wishes come true.
And I know how much you love sunflowers.
I thought we could plant some at our new house.
We talked about this.
You're going with your mommy to your new house.
You'll have a big room with lots of toys.
I wanna stay with you.
No, sweetie.
I have to look after the woods, remember? - Okay.
Come here.
- [Eli.]
Here we go, Andy.
Come here, it's cold outside.
Okay.
That's a girl.
Other arm.
There you go.
Yeah, there you go, good job.
Come on, it'll, uh Hey, it'll be like an adventure.
You love adventures.
- [young Charlie.]
Let me get that.
- [Clara.]
Oh, no.
What's in here? Andy's books.
She likes a good story.
Hey.
I don't know how I can repay you.
You did.
Something good came out of all of this.
I won't be able to visit, will I? No.
I don't think so.
It's all there, just like you wanted.
We put some of Andy's stuff on top.
Thank you.
I guess we should go.
No.
Andy! - Andy! - [young Andy.]
I'm not going! - [Clara.]
Andy! - [Eli.]
Andy! [Jane.]
Come back, Andy! It's okay.
I'm not gonna hurt you.
- Hi there.
I'm not gonna hurt you.
- Go away! - [exclaims softly.]
- [sighs.]
- Do you wanna come outside with me? - No! Come outside.
You are coming with me, now.
Ugh.
We're leaving.
Come on.
[grunts.]
Here, I got her.
- [young Andy.]
Clara, help me.
- Come here.
Hey.
It's okay, it's okay, it's okay.
You're okay.
Hey, hey, hey.
[young Andy.]
I don't want to go.
You're okay.
[Clara.]
Okay.
[car starts.]
[car starts.]
[man 1 speaking indistinctly.]
[man 2.]
Don't worry, I'll go take a look at it.
Are you hungry? You want a snack? What do you have there? Can I see it? Pretty please, with a cherry on top? [sighs.]
I know you're scared.
Me, too.
We have to figure this out.
We have to be a team.
Where did you get this? Where did you get this? Who gave you this? [car door opens.]
[cutlery rattling.]
[drawers opening and closing.]
[plates rattling.]
[man humming.]
Oh, you slept all day.
How are you feeling? Uh, who are you? Nick Harp.
Your father.

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