The Season (2026) s01e05 Episode Script

1
[Cola] Previously on The Season.
[Fiona] None of you are here by accident.
You're here because
there is a secret among us.
[laughing]
He's ready to go public. I'm not.
I'm afraid of what people will say.
-Why would they say anything?
-Because you're David Ho.
[Cola] Does that name
mean something to you?
His father, he was the Hext family
lawyer at the time.
[Fiona] I saw you kissing Andrew.
He is a married man.
I lost Thomas.
What were you going through
that could possibly compare to that?
Chemo.
I kept it quiet.
There's evidence. Proof of what happened
on the night of the hit and run.
Christopher Hext
paid me to take the fall.
I gave you this life. Go live it.
22 years ago,
I helped you bury it.
We'll bury them again.
[classical music swelling]
[car swerving]
[glass breaking]
[Cantonese song playing on radio]
[car engine whirring]
[crickets chirping]
[car door opening]
[Cantonese song on radio continues]
[heavy breathing]
[heavy breathing]
Christopher.
[radio shuts off]
I hit him.
It was an accident.
We go back to the party,
call Kenneth Ho, and make this disappear.
Is he?
[shaky breathing]
I have to call the police!
[phone beeping]
If you do that, you'll always be
the man who killed someone.
[pensive music playing]
Who do you want to be?
[pensive music swelling]
[theme music]
[Cola's father] Christopher Hext
paid me to take the fall.
[Cola] All my life you lied to me.
[shaky breathing]
[panting]
What do I do? What do I do?
[sobbing]
[heavy breathing]
[sobbing]
[sobbing]
[panting]
[solemn music playing]
I can't be seen with you.
I spent my whole life trying to free him.
It was all based on a lie.
He took their money to go to jail.
He abandoned us.
This was his way
of giving you a better life.
I didn't ask for any of it.
But you have it.
I can still get him out.
David has evidence.
I just need to get it.
[Gloria]
Then what?
You wipe away everything
he sacrificed for you?
I don't
I don't know what to do.
You can be the girl
who burns it all down.
Or the girl with the future
in front of her.
You get to choose.
What--
[pensive music playing]
[knocking at door]
[Christopher]
No need for formalities.
So, how's my cursed hotel deal?
Well, Nikita's pulled her financing,
given the incident.
So Andrew's out
and sleeping on my couch.
[Christopher] And Carrie's worried
you won't find a buyer.
You'd have to ask her.
I'm asking you,
my boy.
You keep the secrets
of those close to you.
As I said at the amusement park,
whatever you and my father did
or did not do is none of my business.
[grunting]
This was your father's office.
He'd sit right there in that chair,
chew on his glasses as he found a way
to extract every ounce
of value from my deals.
He was a good friend,
but a better lawyer.
Which is why I believe he may
have kept something
sensitive for a rainy day.
I really couldn't say.
[chuckles]
Then I'll assume you're keeping
more than secrets from me.
If there is something
and if I destroy it,
that implicates me
professionally and morally.
Your family, like mine,
is old Hong Kong.
Fortunes built on opium
and subjugation.
It's not a time to be high minded, David.
I'm heading out of town.
I expect this to be resolved
by the time I return tomorrow.
Fiona's so looking forward
to seeing you and Carrie at the Gala.
[orchestral music playing]
Before we start, I would like to welcome
Sandra to the committee.
Hello.
And to congratulate Nikita
for being our new chairwoman.
-We've been rooting for you all along.
-Cheers.
How loyal of you.
-Fiona!
-You're here.
-Hi.
-What are you doing here?
Congratulations, Nikita.
It was unanimous, of course.
Shall we?
Our first order of business
is less celebratory.
It appears that your 1920 Shanghai Gala
can no longer be held here
at my family's club.
Why is that?
The club isn't suitable.
It's a little dated,
but with this theme, we can make it work.
It's not that.
-The standards--
-Have only fallen slightly.
Are higher now.
Oh.
About our last event.
It was an unfortunate situation.
I'm afraid your family's flair
for spectacle this Season
reflects poorly
on my family's institution.
Does the rest of the committee
share that opinion?
[stammering]
I'm sorry to bring this up so late.
I hear it's near impossible
to find a last minute venue.
It is.
My husband and I were
concerned of such an outcome,
so we thought we might host
the Gala on The Season.
[all chuckling]
The-the Season?
-How ambitious.
-Oh, hardly.
Just send over the auction items
and I'll take care of the rest.
Unless this isn't about supporting charity
and is instead a personal vendetta.
[all muttering]
The Season is a lovely venue.
It is. I look forward
to welcoming you all tomorrow night.
Especially you, Mrs. Fung.
Oh, are you still going by that?
[gasps]
[phone buzzing]
[exhaling deeply]
Boo!
[screaming]
What the hell, Ali?
Wellness check. You alive?
I've only killed my reputation.
A second time.
Well, at least there's no more secrets.
For you, maybe.
My dad's on a mysterious business trip.
My mom's ignoring me
to troll committee meetings.
But at least you're
You're leaving?
-I was gonna tell you.
-Oh, by raven?
I'm sorry. I can't do this right now.
Clearly not.
It's all about you.
Excuse me?
You chose to hide things, just like my
mom hid that she had cancer for me.
But it's-it's complicated!
You're acting exactly like her.
[sighing]
I'm so sorry about your mom.
I can't even fathom how you're feeling.
It's fine.
My flight's not leaving
until tomorrow afternoon.
Wanna rack up
a massive room service charge?
[chuckling]
[Carrie] Queenie, I haven't
forgotten our agreement.
I'll get you that interview
with the Hexts.
But do keep it
on the hotel sale, please.
-Nice of you to show up.
-I was--
At a doctor's appointment in
a one-on-one, back-channeling with David?
With Gloria. I needed some advice.
A family matter.
And my client's helper
is who you consulted?
I thought she would understand.
But it's all resolved
and I'm here now, ready to work.
[sighing]
Christopher insists The Percy deal
be buttoned up by the end of the Gala.
We have exactly 36 hours
to find all new financing.
Or we keep the existing structure.
Nikita's, of course, out,
but we could take Andrew's anchor group,
and then find an angel investor
to write a much smaller check.
Andrew's never going
to reveal the name of his investors.
-I can get it out of him.
-He'll be on guard.
Not with me.
He thinks I'm some dumb
American social climber.
Would he be wrong?
What exactly have you done this summer
to convince me you can handle this?
[sighing]
Honestly, nothing.
I've been distracted
by all the wrong things
for what I thought
were the right reasons.
But I'm done with that.
I want this job,
this future that's in front of me.
I'll get you in a room with Andrew,
but this is your last chance.
[Sara] After Ocean Park, Andrew's out
of the hotel and the vodka deal's fucked!
[Jay]
What are we gonna do now?
[speaking Cantonese]
So, we returned everything, right?
-Yep, yep.
-Sure?
Except these rags.
Well, if you hadn't spent money
insuring the vodka,
we'd still have something left,
we wouldn't have to take a ferry.
Babe, it seemed like
a good investment at the time.
I've said I'm sorry.
No, I'm sorry.
This was supposed to be our summer.
Summer to be somebody.
I can't go back to Melbourne
and be a waitress again. I can't.
Hey, sweetheart.
You won't.
Is that the Vivienne Tam
I've been looking for?
I was gonna wear it to the Gala.
Babe, that's it!
Eyxium can be the sponsored
vodka at the Gala!
[gasping]
You saw the email,
the Hexts moved the Gala to their yacht.
We sell our vodka to them.
Everyone samples it.
We find our whale.
Babe, your dresses.
They're all gone.
That's fine.
You distract the sales girl.
Got a big tote.
[laughing]
[Andrew]
Suck on this, asshole.
[knocking at door]
You're so No!
Fuck!
[Andrew groaning]
-Is David here?
-Nope.
-I'm dropping off his outfit for the Gala.
-Awesome.
And also just rubbing it into my face
that my invite got rescinded.
David's stuck at the office.
Shouldn't you know that?
Could you pause?
My life is on pause, Carrie.
My wife's kicked me out the house.
My hotel's gone.
My
Madeline's not returning my calls.
So, no, I can't pause the game, okay?
-Then I should get going.
-Yeah.
Need to catch David at the office before
meeting your Madeline at Artifact.
-Girls night, huh?
-Mm-hmm.
So prob Probably best if I, uh
Probably best if I don't go, right?
Probably best.
[video game sound effects]
[sighs]
[airplane engine roaring]
[Korean rap music playing]
[sighing]
You're a difficult man to find.
Only when I don't want to be found.
What happened at White Collar Knockout
was a mistake.
We should have listened to you.
I've moved on.
We haven't.
I need you back in Hong Kong
to resolve my situation.
I got an offer.
From Hyundai's CEO.
[Christopher] I'll double it.
Just tell me what you want.
An apology.
This is one.
From Fiona.
Why do you think she sent me?
The jet's waiting, Jon.
[sighs]
[suspenseful music playing]
After you, Mr. Hext.
[rap music playing]
Look ♪
Yo ♪
We don't play
those games around here ♪
If I come through tempted
Don't come near ♪
Took some losses
Yeah, it was shocking ♪
But came back harder ♪♪
Your Pink Gibson.
When my girl gets here. Tequila.
-Andrew!
-What are you doing here?
Carrie sent me.
She's stuck in the office with David,
and Madeline changed her plans.
And you're here as a sacrificial lamb?
Or wolf, given that you
tried to blackmail me.
Check, please.
Um, let me make it up to you.
One drink?
Sure.
Good night.
You could use the company.
That is true. Fuck you.
Look, no work, no games.
Just two people enjoying a drink.
Excuse me?
Two shots
of Clase Azul, please.
[laughing]
I could drink you under the table.
You can try.
[laughing]
All right, you asked for this.
Mmh. Don't say I didn't warn you.
Okay, let's go.
[Andrew] Let's go! Two more, please.
Andrew's name has been stricken
from the paperwork,
ready to be replaced by a new buyer.
I haven't even revised
the term sheet language yet.
I don't know how you do it.
Anything to make Christopher happy.
What's wrong?
It's written all over your face.
Oh, it's just something my father
left me to deal with.
You want some help?
No, I have to take care of this myself.
Just no matter what I choose,
somebody gets hurt.
Well, in our line of work,
someone always gets hurt.
I'll keep that in mind.
Well, I am expecting a call,
but I can take it from home,
if you'd like to come.
Maybe later.
Hey, it's not you.
You're the best thing that's happened
to me all summer. Okay?
[kissing]
Just remember, you're not alone.
You're David Ho.
You'll make the right choice, as always.
[beeping]
[tense music playing]
[phone ringing]
[Matthias]
You usually call much later.
Yeah, Matthias. Listen, I need
a little something extra tonight.
[Matthias] White or pink?
Or we can mix.
Whatever it takes.
[sighing]
[Alison] It's a new dawn ♪
It's a new day ♪
It's a new life ♪
It's a new life for me ♪
And I'm feeling good ♪
[cheering] All right!
More vibrato!
I'm feeling good ♪
It's always more with Auntie Fiona.
I feel so good ♪♪
[laughing]
[cheering]
Oh, okay. Again.
Mom would be upset
I messed up the grand finale.
As much as I would love to
hear you sing this a fourth time,
[sighing]
are you sure there is
nothing you want to talk about?
You keep bringing her up.
She thinks I'm this child.
That I can't handle anything.
I'm sure she's just
trying to protect you.
If she had let me in,
I could have been there for her.
But she didn’t give me that chance.
Sometimes you just have to
go through things by yourself.
There's nothing anyone
else can do to help.
God, Madeleine.
Enough with the pity party.
It's time to move forward.
My husband died.
You don't move forward. You live with it.
Or you run away,
which you're doing again.
How do you think that makes me,
the only person on your side, feel?
It's not about you.
I can't face them. Not again.
You can.
You just won't.
And that's why you're alone.
Allison, wait, I--
[pop music playing]
All right, I want a number.
Six.
Come on, give me the real number.
Well, there was Ryan, too,
but does it really count
if it only lasts a minute?
Wouldn't know.
See, not only am I blessed
with the gift of the gab,
but, uh, let's just say--
It's too bad that Madeline's not here.
It's too bad that you're just some
random intern wearing Carrie's earrings.
Yeah. What? I notice things.
Sure.
Okay, my turn.
[Andrew]
Mm-hmm.
How'd you get that investor group
for The Percy together so fast?
Whoa! You said no work talk.
This is professional mentorship.
[laughing]
Right.
Come on!
Teach me how to be Andrew Fung.
Um
[laughing]
All right, well,
the key to new relationships
is primal pleasure, right?
Food, fun, fucking.
That's how you win people over.
So I just figured out
what their pleasure was
and flew them in.
And what was it?
[Andrew]
David!
-Dipped out early to come see you.
-Hey!
[David]
I didn't realize you had company.
Uh, no, it's just a blackmailing
bench warmer.
You know what? This has been fun,
but I think it's gonna be a boys night.
-Yeah.
-I could hang with the boys.
I'm not sure you're up for whatever
trouble we're about to get into.
Come on. I'm sure there's a side
to the city I haven't seen yet.
[in Cantonese]
Uh-uh.
[in English] I've been studying.
My future's here.
Hmm
All right
let's party.
David. Full of surprises.
Look, I'm always down, but you sure?
Oh, yeah.
All right.
[stirring music playing]
[soft music playing]
She never rests.
I have to keep it quiet.
Allison just got home.
She went straight to bed.
You'll reconcile.
The seating plan
on the other hand
Snakes, rats and roaches, as usual.
I see our exterminator is here.
Jon.
Welcome back.
Mrs. Hext.
It's only right for you to be
in our employment again.
Jon knows who's been after us.
Cola Pierce.
She has another last name.
Li.
She's Benny's daughter.
She's trying to get him out.
I listened to her at
White Collar Knockout.
And I let her into this house.
No matter. We stop her now.
What am I authorized to do?
Whatever it takes.
[pop music playing]
[sniffling]
Hey, are you sure
this is the right place?
Trust me.
One of the boys, right?
You leave it up to David Ho to drug us
and then bring us to the lamest place
in the world.
Just you wait.
[knocking on heavy door]
All right.
[electronic dance music playing]
How did you find this place?
Come on. Drinks on me.
Rosa!
David! Old fashioned?
[David] Something different tonight.
Surprise me.
-Hey.
-What?
How often are you going out?
What? Are you bummed
that I didn't invite you sooner?
Hey, the nice thing is
no one we know
would ever step foot in here. Okay?
Yes.
Hey. Are you feeling it?
I have a pretty high tolerance,
unlike some people.
You never finished your story.
-About what?
-Primal pleasures.
Oh, yeah. Yeah.
So imagine they fly in, right?
And they're tired and they're
in a foreign country.
The last they would expect would
be a feast of their delicacies, right?
Hummus, machbūs,
the grape leaves?
Come on.
So your investors are
a sovereign wealth fund?
Dubai? Saudis? Qataris?
I never kiss and tell.
Hey, females!
Hey. How hot would it be
if I told you I was fucking rich?
[scoffing]
[rhythmic electronic music playing]
You're smiling.
That means it's hitting.
Or I'm just happy.
Here.
Let me show you around.
Sure.
[music and cheering echoing]
[both laughing]
[reverbing] You're so different.
Different from the girl I met on the boat.
I set myself free.
Yeah, I need to do that.
[laughing]
Escape the pressure of being
David, David, David, David Ho!
What do you mean?
I want to let everything go.
I want to let everything go.
Somehow it always
catches up to me.
Always just catches up to me.
What my father wanted,
wife wanted, it's never enough.
It's not enough.
It's never enough.
[Cola] I didn't know Hong Kong
would feel like this!
Feel like this
[laughing]
Hong Kong has many different sides.
I'm going to see them all.
I'm planning
on staying.
-I'm planning on staying.
-What?
I worked so hard for this.
It's never enough.
Never enough. Never enough.
Then don't be David Ho.
Don't be David Ho.
You can be anyone you want.
You can be anyone you want.
Whoever you want to be.
Whoever you want to be.
Can I?
Can I?
[electronic music continues]
[intriguing music playing]
[club music fades out]
I like your earrings.
[in Cantonese]
[in English] I got everything
Ba wanted for us.
[in Cantonese]
[in English] I can try.
[sniffing]
-Hey!
-Hey!
-There he is.
-Come here have a line.
-What's up?
-Where's Cola?
Uh, uh-huh.
You told me you had this
stuff under control, man.
It is under control.
[sniffing]
All right, great. Let's go.
Let's go back to the party.
No, I'm good right here.
Well, I mean.
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
This is what cost you
your marriage, okay?
Stop, David--
Stop pretending
you give a shit about my family
when you don't give a shit about yours.
-Come on, man. You don't mean that.
-Every word!
Man, the only thing you care about
is fucking and losing Nikita's money.
-What the fuck?
-You were never gonna get The Percy.
Fuck off, David!
Fuck you.
Yeah, fuck me.
Find somewhere else to stay.
[Andrew]
David. David!
[door shutting]
[electronic dance music playing]
[groaning]
[sighing]
[sighing]
[sighing]
[phone buzzing]
Hello?
Cola?
Cola, wait.
We need to talk about this.
I never should have done this.
Cola, wait. Wait!
[string music swelling]
Fuck!
[sighing]
[keys jingling]
Ba?
[somber music playing]
Ba?
What happened?
The Hexts know who you are.
You must leave Hong Kong.
Today.
I tried to choose the life
you wanted for me.
But I can't.
Not now.
They will pay for this.
[tense music playing]
[knocking at door]
[grunting]
Yeah, yeah.
[knocking at door]
Uh-huh! Yeah.
Yeah, I'm coming.
[blowing raspberries]
What?
Uh, Mr. Fung, you have a visitor.
I reset the fridge.
Hey.
Hi, Scott.
You look nice.
[Madeline]
Office casual today?
What do you think?
It's pretty nice, right?
I'd offer you some food,
but, uh, I think it's all plastic.
What are you doing here?
What? I spent the night at my show flat.
36 Glenealy.
The lap of luxury, as you can see.
It's good to see you.
Andrew.
I have 19 missed calls from you
for me to come here.
What do you want to say?
Um. I've got some big news.
I'm not giving up on The Percy,
so you can be a part of it, invest.
We just gotta go to the Gala,
talk to some whales--
Um, I don't
I don't have time for this.
And I'm already late
for the airport.
[sighing]
You're leaving?
I need a clean break.
Ah, yeah.
Coward's way out. Nice.
Resorting to name calling?
I'm here because I lost my family.
You've lost nothing.
You're the one who made the first move
at that conference in Bali.
Yeah, but I didn't broadcast it
over loudspeakers.
-Like, think of it from my perspective.
-Oh, my God, of course!
It is always about you and your need
to find the next shiny thing
to validate your fragile ego.
You know me, The Percy,
It is all the same.
I deserve all the shiny things, okay?
Because I'm Andrew fucking Fung,
and this is my city.
Okay.
[dissipating footsteps]
[sighing]
You can't be here right now!
-Carrie's gonna be here any second.
-I need to talk to you.
[sighing]
Look, what happened between us,
it was a mistake.
I'm happy with Carrie.
I know.
That's not what I want to talk
to you about.
I've been racking my brain for something,
some angle to get what I want.
But I can't do that to you.
I just need to tell the truth.
Cola
My name is Colleen Pierce Li.
22 years ago, Christopher Hext
framed my father for murder.
And your father helped.
I think you have evidence
that can exonerate my dad,
and I need you to give it to me.
[suspenseful music playing]
Was this all a setup?
No.
It was a mistake.
I'm only after the Hexts.
No one else needs to get hurt.
I don't know what to say.
That you'll help.
Christopher asked you
to destroy the evidence, didn't he?
But you haven't.
No.
Then you can give it to me.
-I know this puts both of us at risk--
-No. No, not just us.
I have to think about everyone
that depends on me.
About my son.
And how would he feel knowing his dad
is keeping an innocent man in jail?
[phone buzzing]
Carrie's on her way up.
You need to leave now.
Don't do it for me.
Do it because it's the right thing.
David, I need it tonight.
I'm going to the Gala with Carrie.
Then I'll be there.
[door opening]
[elevator dinging]
[suspenseful music swelling]
What are you doing out here?
Just calm before the storm.
You look
The word is beautiful.
Incandescent works, too.
All those things.
Sorry, it was just
a long evening.
Tell me about it.
Took me all night to close the Qataris.
Now the final step
is to find the bridge investor.
There'll be plenty of
prospects at the Gala.
You're a force of nature.
Just wait till later tonight.
[sighing]
I'd better get ready then.
I'll touch up.
[Carrie] Our first big event
together as a public couple.
On the way over, I kept thinking,
"How did I get so lucky?"
Have you ever considered
that you might be wrong?
[chuckling]
You mean you're human
like the rest of us?
What a relief.
We'd better hurry.
Can't charter a speedboat like Madeline.
Has anyone heard
from her since the affair?
[David] I'd be surprised
if she was still in Hong Kong.
You only have so many chances.
How do I look?
Perfect.
[rhythmic drum music playing]
We all know
what our priorities are for tonight.
Why is Jon back?
For our protection.
I don't need to be protected.
I need you to treat me like an adult.
I know you're still upset,
but this is a big night,
and we are an empire.
An empire who cannot
show weakness.
And I thought we were a family.
[drum music continues]
[in Cantonese]
Copy.
[sighing]
[in English] We're already late.
Oh, I just have to take care
of something real quick.
Figured out your work dilemma, then?
Something like that.
I'm sure you've been
making the right decisions.
[drum music continues]
[drumming music ends]
[jazzy music playing on car radio,
Anson Lo and Marf Yau "Feeling Good]
I'm feeling good ♪
[laughing]
Birds flying high
You know how I feel ♪
[laughing]
[in Cantonese]
[in English] You know how I feel ♪
Turn around.
I said turn around.
And turn it up!
It's a new day ♪
It's a new life ♪
For me ♪
And I'm feeling good ♪
[Carrie] How beautiful.
What a night to go back in time.
Yeah.
David Ho and the lovely--
Carrie! David!
[jazzy music continues
Anson Lo and Marf Yau "Feeling Good]
Stars when they shine ♪
You know how I feel ♪
Scent of the pine ♪
Ms. Li.
I'm surprised to see you here.
The feeling's mutual.
But I'm not here for you.
It's a new dawn
It's a new day ♪
It's a new life ♪
It's a new life for me ♪
And I'm feeling good ♪
I feel so good ♪♪
[suspenseful music playing]