Chosen (2013) s01e01 Episode Script
The Box
Please Please.
Please, no.
You don't want to do this.
You don't want to do this.
You're not a killer.
Damn it.
Ah! Ah! Really? He said flight risk? The man is not a flight risk because he is innocent, okay? Innocent men do not run.
Daddy, I'm hungry.
Okay, sweetheart.
Really? No.
I disagree.
And you know what? I think Judge Ogden would disagree as well.
Why? Because I took the man to Pebble Beach to golf, and you know what you did, Carl? You dated his wife in law school.
For breakfast? Shh.
Ha, all right.
Go for it.
Yeah, I got to go.
See ya.
Shit.
Mommy's here.
I got to take this away from you.
Daddy, I'm not done! I know, I know, but you know, you can't be havin' birthday cake all the time, because Mommy doesn't want you to, and remember one thing, Mommy ruins everything.
Hold on.
Hi.
Hi.
It's not even 7:30 yet.
I have early clients, so I Yeah.
Your pear tree's dying.
It's a quince tree.
You wanna come in? You've been decorating.
Yeah.
How was she? She's good.
Hi.
Hello.
Hi, sweet pea.
What have you got on your hand Nothing.
And your face? Birthday cake.
She had birthday cake for breakfast.
Anything else? Not this morning, no.
Well, do you have anything else? I haven't gone shopping yet, Laura.
Okay.
All right, El', we'll get you something on the way, okay? Mom, Daddy said "shit.
" Did he? Okay, why don't you get your bag.
What's that? Trial separation usually means make an effort.
I thought it meant "Here's your balls back.
Thanks for the loan.
" Okay, that's nice.
Yeah.
Not in front of my daughter.
Nice.
She doesn't know what I'm talking about.
Let's go.
Bye, Daddy.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
No hugs? Kisses? Thank you for the Chinese food? And the awesome movies? - I love you.
- I love you, too.
Okay.
Have a good day at school.
Bye.
Bye, babe.
Don't forget about soccer.
Mm-hmm.
Yeah, 6:30, I know.
Okay, let's go.
Bye.
Bye, babe.
Let's go, let's go.
Come on.
Finally.
What does she want now? Damn it.
Damn it! Okay, just Excuse me.
How much longer is this gonna take? He's-he's just gonna have to wait, okay? I'll be there when I'm there.
Bye.
Mr.
Mitchell Yeah? Can we chat for a second? Sure.
Have a seat.
No idea where this came from? No.
Like I said, I my doorbell rang, I went to answer it, nobody was there, but this was sitting there.
And the next thing I know, it's like Fallujah.
At first, I thought it was a former client, someone who wasn't happy with me.
I'm a criminal defense attorney.
Yeah? Yeah.
Not just white collar, but street crooks, too.
So, sometimes the verdicts don't work out and they'll come knocking.
Hey you don't know who Daniel Easton is? No.
Never seen him before? Nope, never.
He's a dentist.
Has a private practice in a medical center downtown.
Okay.
Okay.
But you don't know who this belongs to? No, I don't.
It's a Beretta It has no serial number, no identifying marks.
Okay.
Wow, barrel's been smoothed out, so any ballistics report will be corrupted.
Could you just not point that at me, please? Thank you.
I'm not joking.
Just you work things out.
I'm playin'.
Okay.
I'm just playin'.
We're done here.
Wait, don't you need that for evidence? Excuse me, I In case you need to reach me.
Hey, that-that isn't even mine.
Yeah? Are you close? Yeah, I'm downstairs.
Why? Mr.
Valverde's waiting for you.
Already? He's been here for 30 minutes.
He ate all of the Skittles.
Okay, I'm on my way up.
That's one, that's two, three, four, five, six.
That's half, and I'll get the rest to you next week.
But the real reason why I came here is because I want to thank you, man.
You did a lot for me and my family.
You kept me out of jail.
You kept food on the table for my kids, and I want to tell you from the bottom of my heart, anything you need, man.
I got your back, you feel me? The same way I got your wife's front.
I was havin' sex with her last night.
She's pregnant with my kid, so I'll be family.
What? I You listening to me? I'm sorry I owe you my life.
I appreciate you comin' in.
I'm-I'm havin' You ever have You're out in fantasy land, thinkin' about that new Benz you're gonna buy this weekend.
No, I just That's where you're at.
Just havin' one of those rough days, you know? Ian Mitchell, you have two days, 17 hours, 14 minutes to expire Daniel Easton.
Yo, what was the Tony Montana doin' here, man? Hey, keep your voice down.
The guy's long gone.
Don't worry.
Asshole.
What? It's fine.
Close the door.
All right.
What's up, man? We gonna go grab lunch or what? You know, I'm gonna stay in.
I'm gonna stay in.
I'm behind.
I got to tell you about this date I had last night with this performance artist.
Stripper? Hey, man, she's a nice girl.
And she's got the greatest ass I have ever seen.
I'm talkin' an 18-year-old girl's ass Is she 18, Raj? What's up, man? What? I mean, are you okay? I'm good.
I'm good.
Good.
Okay, all right.
Thanks.
No, cool.
Yeah, man, I-I'll talk to you late-later.
Hey, Raj.
Yo.
Close the door.
Sit down.
I want you to listen to something.
What is it? Just Is it ringing? Are you hearing it? It's just ringing.
We're sorry, your call cannot be completed.
Wow.
Check the number and dial again.
Awesome.
I must have dialed it wrong.
We're sorry, your call cannot be completed as dialed.
What the hell? Um, have a good lunch, man.
All right.
You All right, yeah.
I'll see you in a bit.
Mm-hm.
Yeah.
I called North Hollywood.
I called Van Nuys, Devonshire.
My address? My home is Los Angeles, a Los Angeles address.
Yes, I realize this is Burbank.
I'm trying to Well, that's what I did.
I called right away, right when it happened, and and they sent a guy.
LAPD, yes, they sent a guy.
No, I understand that, okay? You're You're confused.
Something doesn't add up, because whoever you sent out Mother Son of a bitch.
Hi there.
Hi.
How can I help you? Hi.
Um, I'm looking for Dr.
Easton.
He's getting ready to leave for the day.
Are you a patient? I'm gonna need to schedule - Mrs.
Tapper for next week.
- Okay.
Dr.
Easton, there's a gentleman here for you.
Oh.
Hi.
Hi.
I'm Ian, Ian Mitchell.
Can I help you? Yeah.
This is gonna sound a little strange, but I thought maybe This was placed on my doorstep this morning.
I thought maybe you might know why or where from, if there was any I thought maybe you Ah, excuse me, you can't go back there.
Hey.
I just wanna talk! Hey! Hey! Okay, okay! It's okay.
You don't need to do that.
You're new, aren't you? You were outside my house this morning.
Who Who are you? My name's Mara.
I live in Torrance.
I teach 3rd grade.
I killed four people in the last six months.
Two men, two women.
You were supposed to be my fifth.
Why didn't you? I've never done it from that close up before.
I could feel you starting to go.
What's happening? It's a game.
A game? Yeah.
What kind of game? Not the fun kind.
Yeah, well, how was I I mean, why why am I No one knows why they're chosen.
One day the box just shows up and it starts.
After that, there's no getting out.
Where does it come from, the box? I The Watchers.
The Watchers? Wait, wait, wait, no.
No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
No, no, no, no, no.
Please.
Just please.
No, no, no, no, no, no! Please don't.
You don't have to do this.
Please.
No, no, please don't.
Don't, don't.
Please don't.
I can't do this anymore.
I'm done.
But you just said there's no getting out.
Hey.
Hey, wait.
Hey.
Wait, stop! No!
Please, no.
You don't want to do this.
You don't want to do this.
You're not a killer.
Damn it.
Ah! Ah! Really? He said flight risk? The man is not a flight risk because he is innocent, okay? Innocent men do not run.
Daddy, I'm hungry.
Okay, sweetheart.
Really? No.
I disagree.
And you know what? I think Judge Ogden would disagree as well.
Why? Because I took the man to Pebble Beach to golf, and you know what you did, Carl? You dated his wife in law school.
For breakfast? Shh.
Ha, all right.
Go for it.
Yeah, I got to go.
See ya.
Shit.
Mommy's here.
I got to take this away from you.
Daddy, I'm not done! I know, I know, but you know, you can't be havin' birthday cake all the time, because Mommy doesn't want you to, and remember one thing, Mommy ruins everything.
Hold on.
Hi.
Hi.
It's not even 7:30 yet.
I have early clients, so I Yeah.
Your pear tree's dying.
It's a quince tree.
You wanna come in? You've been decorating.
Yeah.
How was she? She's good.
Hi.
Hello.
Hi, sweet pea.
What have you got on your hand Nothing.
And your face? Birthday cake.
She had birthday cake for breakfast.
Anything else? Not this morning, no.
Well, do you have anything else? I haven't gone shopping yet, Laura.
Okay.
All right, El', we'll get you something on the way, okay? Mom, Daddy said "shit.
" Did he? Okay, why don't you get your bag.
What's that? Trial separation usually means make an effort.
I thought it meant "Here's your balls back.
Thanks for the loan.
" Okay, that's nice.
Yeah.
Not in front of my daughter.
Nice.
She doesn't know what I'm talking about.
Let's go.
Bye, Daddy.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
No hugs? Kisses? Thank you for the Chinese food? And the awesome movies? - I love you.
- I love you, too.
Okay.
Have a good day at school.
Bye.
Bye, babe.
Don't forget about soccer.
Mm-hmm.
Yeah, 6:30, I know.
Okay, let's go.
Bye.
Bye, babe.
Let's go, let's go.
Come on.
Finally.
What does she want now? Damn it.
Damn it! Okay, just Excuse me.
How much longer is this gonna take? He's-he's just gonna have to wait, okay? I'll be there when I'm there.
Bye.
Mr.
Mitchell Yeah? Can we chat for a second? Sure.
Have a seat.
No idea where this came from? No.
Like I said, I my doorbell rang, I went to answer it, nobody was there, but this was sitting there.
And the next thing I know, it's like Fallujah.
At first, I thought it was a former client, someone who wasn't happy with me.
I'm a criminal defense attorney.
Yeah? Yeah.
Not just white collar, but street crooks, too.
So, sometimes the verdicts don't work out and they'll come knocking.
Hey you don't know who Daniel Easton is? No.
Never seen him before? Nope, never.
He's a dentist.
Has a private practice in a medical center downtown.
Okay.
Okay.
But you don't know who this belongs to? No, I don't.
It's a Beretta It has no serial number, no identifying marks.
Okay.
Wow, barrel's been smoothed out, so any ballistics report will be corrupted.
Could you just not point that at me, please? Thank you.
I'm not joking.
Just you work things out.
I'm playin'.
Okay.
I'm just playin'.
We're done here.
Wait, don't you need that for evidence? Excuse me, I In case you need to reach me.
Hey, that-that isn't even mine.
Yeah? Are you close? Yeah, I'm downstairs.
Why? Mr.
Valverde's waiting for you.
Already? He's been here for 30 minutes.
He ate all of the Skittles.
Okay, I'm on my way up.
That's one, that's two, three, four, five, six.
That's half, and I'll get the rest to you next week.
But the real reason why I came here is because I want to thank you, man.
You did a lot for me and my family.
You kept me out of jail.
You kept food on the table for my kids, and I want to tell you from the bottom of my heart, anything you need, man.
I got your back, you feel me? The same way I got your wife's front.
I was havin' sex with her last night.
She's pregnant with my kid, so I'll be family.
What? I You listening to me? I'm sorry I owe you my life.
I appreciate you comin' in.
I'm-I'm havin' You ever have You're out in fantasy land, thinkin' about that new Benz you're gonna buy this weekend.
No, I just That's where you're at.
Just havin' one of those rough days, you know? Ian Mitchell, you have two days, 17 hours, 14 minutes to expire Daniel Easton.
Yo, what was the Tony Montana doin' here, man? Hey, keep your voice down.
The guy's long gone.
Don't worry.
Asshole.
What? It's fine.
Close the door.
All right.
What's up, man? We gonna go grab lunch or what? You know, I'm gonna stay in.
I'm gonna stay in.
I'm behind.
I got to tell you about this date I had last night with this performance artist.
Stripper? Hey, man, she's a nice girl.
And she's got the greatest ass I have ever seen.
I'm talkin' an 18-year-old girl's ass Is she 18, Raj? What's up, man? What? I mean, are you okay? I'm good.
I'm good.
Good.
Okay, all right.
Thanks.
No, cool.
Yeah, man, I-I'll talk to you late-later.
Hey, Raj.
Yo.
Close the door.
Sit down.
I want you to listen to something.
What is it? Just Is it ringing? Are you hearing it? It's just ringing.
We're sorry, your call cannot be completed.
Wow.
Check the number and dial again.
Awesome.
I must have dialed it wrong.
We're sorry, your call cannot be completed as dialed.
What the hell? Um, have a good lunch, man.
All right.
You All right, yeah.
I'll see you in a bit.
Mm-hm.
Yeah.
I called North Hollywood.
I called Van Nuys, Devonshire.
My address? My home is Los Angeles, a Los Angeles address.
Yes, I realize this is Burbank.
I'm trying to Well, that's what I did.
I called right away, right when it happened, and and they sent a guy.
LAPD, yes, they sent a guy.
No, I understand that, okay? You're You're confused.
Something doesn't add up, because whoever you sent out Mother Son of a bitch.
Hi there.
Hi.
How can I help you? Hi.
Um, I'm looking for Dr.
Easton.
He's getting ready to leave for the day.
Are you a patient? I'm gonna need to schedule - Mrs.
Tapper for next week.
- Okay.
Dr.
Easton, there's a gentleman here for you.
Oh.
Hi.
Hi.
I'm Ian, Ian Mitchell.
Can I help you? Yeah.
This is gonna sound a little strange, but I thought maybe This was placed on my doorstep this morning.
I thought maybe you might know why or where from, if there was any I thought maybe you Ah, excuse me, you can't go back there.
Hey.
I just wanna talk! Hey! Hey! Okay, okay! It's okay.
You don't need to do that.
You're new, aren't you? You were outside my house this morning.
Who Who are you? My name's Mara.
I live in Torrance.
I teach 3rd grade.
I killed four people in the last six months.
Two men, two women.
You were supposed to be my fifth.
Why didn't you? I've never done it from that close up before.
I could feel you starting to go.
What's happening? It's a game.
A game? Yeah.
What kind of game? Not the fun kind.
Yeah, well, how was I I mean, why why am I No one knows why they're chosen.
One day the box just shows up and it starts.
After that, there's no getting out.
Where does it come from, the box? I The Watchers.
The Watchers? Wait, wait, wait, no.
No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
No, no, no, no, no.
Please.
Just please.
No, no, no, no, no, no! Please don't.
You don't have to do this.
Please.
No, no, please don't.
Don't, don't.
Please don't.
I can't do this anymore.
I'm done.
But you just said there's no getting out.
Hey.
Hey, wait.
Hey.
Wait, stop! No!