Dead to Me (2019) s02e08 Episode Script

1
Hey.
I was looking all over for you.
How long ago did you leave the vigil?
Not long ago enough.
Okay.
Well, that's a nice jacket.
Oh, shit, it's
It's Ben's. He gave it to me, and
I forgot to give it back to him.
Oh, what else did he give you?
What are you talking about?
What are you talking about?
Okay, uh, you know what?
I'm really exhausted,
and I think that you are
on the dark side of drunk.
I think I'm on the dark
side of the truth.
Okay, I don't know what that means.
- Look, let's just
- Think about it.
I can't. It doesn't make any sense.
So let's just Why don't
we call it a night?
I need two minutes where I don't
feel like the fucking walls
are caving in on me.
- All right, so let's
- Why did you have Steve Wood's car?
Uh
'Cause
So he just gave it to you?
Mm-hmm. Yeah.
Who just gives someone
an $80,000 Mercedes?
That is a great follow-up
question, and I will answer it.
The answer is
I was about to close a
really big deal with Steve,
and he pulled out last minute,
so, uh he felt bad.
Yeah, super bad.
Yeah, so he gave me the car as,
like, an apology for bailing on out.
He's really, really generous.
Then he goes missing
and we hadn't
switched over the title.
So I put it into storage
until that whole thing plays
out, which could be
Many, many years.
- And many never even happen.
- No.
Well, how did it get burned?
Well, it wouldn't start,
and then your mom left it
on the side of the road.
Yeah, 'cause I thought it'd be fine.
You know how people love to burn
cars on the side of the road.
Not really.
Yeah, really. People are a fucking mess.
Yeah. Sad.
Well, then shouldn't
we go to the police?
Right? At least tell them that
Steve wasn't the one driving
the car that night?
That's the right thing to do, right?
- Eh, I mean, I'd
- Or no?
- Hey, I'd love to do the right thing.
- Me too.
Um, but, kiddo,
we go to the cops,
we're gonna have to tell them
that you were driving the car,
and you would get into a lot of trouble,
and you would never, ever
- get your license, so
- No.
You're right.
- Oh, fuck.
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
I'm sorry.
Aww, baby, baby, no, I know. I know.
- I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
- Me, too.
- But it's like, it's okay.
- It is.
We fuck up, you know?
- We all fuck up. Mm-hmm.
- Everybody, a lot of times.
Okay, well
Yeah.
Just don't take it all on you,
you know what I mean?
- On your shoulders. Night, babe.
- No.
- Sleep tight.
- Good night.
Oh, my God,
- I'm gaslighting my own kid.
- Oh!
I'm lying to him. I'm lying
to everyone all the time.
Okay, but you know what?
You don't have to lie to me.
- Okay?
- Hmm?
I saw you kissing Ben, okay?
That was he kissed me.
It meant nothing.
Okay, but it seems a little unfair to me
since you told me I can't date Michelle
because of the proximity to Perez,
but then you can just mack
out all you want with Ben.
Okay, well, I'm not gonna be
"macking out" with him ever again.
Well, that's too bad,
because in a normal world, you guys
would make a really good couple.
Well, we don't live in a normal world.
Not anymore.
And it's Ben.
It's Steve's fucking brother.
It's Steve's fucking
sweet brother. Okay?
Hey, you know what?
Crazier things have happened.
No, literally they have not.
Look, he's coming in the morning
to look at some rentals,
and I'm gonna tell him
that that was a mistake,
and I can't work with him anymore.
If it didn't mean anything, why
can't you work with him anymore?
Look, I don't want Ben.
I don't want anyone.
I'm, like, done with all of that.
Well, I'm not.
And what? We're just never
supposed to be happy again?
Just because we
did some bad things,
we don't deserve love?
You do.
You deserve love.
- So do you.
- No
Oh, God, I don't know about that.
I do.
Look, if you want to be with Michelle
I can't stand in your way.
I want you to have whatever you want.
Okay? Just
stay out of Perez's way. Okay?
- Okay.
- Don't get all confessy.
I'm gonna be so careful.
- Okay.
- Okay.
- I love you.
- I love you too.
Seriously, don't say anything.
- Okay.
- Okay?
'Cause you can get very
leaky out your mouth.
I'm not gonna get leaky.
- Thank you.
- Okay.
You're drunk.
Just a little bit now.
That sobered me up a little.
- You did. You kind of pulled it together.
- Thank you.
Steve Wood tip line.
Ma'am
Yeah.
Ma'am, I can't hear a
word you're saying.
I need you to step away from
the garbage disposal, please.
Yeah Yeah, it's the garbage
- My man.
- Oh. Chief Hastings. Hi.
How's it going?
Any solid leads?
Uh, define "solid."
I mean, having a guy go missing with
an identical twin walking around
present its own, uh challenges.
Well, if you're not
up for the challenge,
I could put someone
else on this, Prager.
I didn't say that. Uh
I'm just saying, this
reward thing, it's tricky.
$100,000, it makes people
see what they wanna see.
Well, what I wanna see is
some justice for Steve Wood.
- He's a good guy from a good family.
- Hmm.
Then why is the FBI investigating
him for money laundering?
A better question is,
why did his ex-fiancée turn him in
and then drain his bank account?
Oh, that's another question,
not sure if it's better.
It's better.
Judy Hale is a bitter,
conniving grifter out for money,
and my hunch says revenge.
Really?
You think an arts-and-crafts
teacher for old folks
is a better suspect
than the Greek Mafia he's working for?
The Greek Mafia.
Uh-huh.
Prager
you're not starting to
lose it again, are you?
Tsk.
Hmm.
Answer the phone, bro.
I'm starting to worry about you.
I'm not your bro, homie.
Steve Wood tip line.
You saw him on horseback. Huh.
What kind of horse?
- Hi.
- Hi.
Hi.
I tried to call, but then I was
like, this is an in-person thing.
Have you been drinking?
Sure.
Did I wake you?
You did.
Oh.
I just want to tell you that I
can't stop thinking about you.
Hmm.
And that I'm sorry that I acted
stupid and weird yesterday,
and that I just shouldn't
have pushed you away.
Judy, this is, uh
Look, I think you need
to maybe take a beat,
sober on up,
and, uh, just think about
what you really want.
No, I know what I really want.
Do you?
I like you, Michelle.
Like, I like you like you.
Like, I wanted to come with a boom box
over my head like in Say Anything,
but I know that that's played out, so
Yeah, it's totally played out,
but I would have liked it.
Shit! I can come back.
No, I get the sentiment.
I just think you are so smart
and funny and beautiful and sexy and
your food is amazing
and your eyes are delicious,
and I just really want to kiss
you right now if you'll let me.
Is your roommate home?
- She's on the night shift.
- Oh, great.
- Hi.
- Hi.
Um, these are for you.
Oh, thank you. Um
- You really didn't have to
- Oh, they're from my mom
um, to say thank you for the vigil.
She's very grateful, and me, too. I'm
very grateful, and so is she.
Well, it's the least I could do.
Oh, before I forget, your jacket.
- Um, here you go.
- Thanks.
Um
I guess we should probably talk
about what happened last night.
Oh, no. What, um
What what did I do?
Did I say something stupid?
Oh, you don't remember?
I I was really drunk.
It was kind of a blackout situation.
Uh
Oh, no. Tell me I didn't
do anything dumb.
No, no, you didn't.
It's just, I saw that
you were drinking and
Yeah, yeah, um
I mean, no judgment.
I just was just concerned.
Thanks.
A week ago, I was a year sober.
Mm-hmm.
Woke up this morning,
and I had one of those mirror moments
where you just kind of want
to erase everything you see.
Don't relate to that at all.
Um, listen, actually,
I don't think I can really
help you anymore.
Just the rental market is dead, and
How's the buyer's market?
Why?
Are you moving here permanently?
No, um, but
it's looking like my parents
have to sell, because of Steve.
- Oh.
- It's a long story.
I can't get into it, or I'll immediately
start drinking again.
Don't do that.
Um, but my mother was so taken with you,
that she wants you to be her realtor.
Oh, well, that's so nice.
But, um, yeah, I can't take that on.
Yeah, well, she wants
someone that she can trust,
and, you know, who she knows
is gonna look out for them.
Yeah, I know, it's just,
in my life right now
I mean, the house has gotta
be worth at least 10 to 15 mil.
- Sorry to say "mil." That's icky.
- Yeah.
But if anyone should
get that commission,
I mean, it's you.
I mean, I could take a look at it.
Hi, Hazel.
Flo?
Then in the early '80s, we ripped
up most of the marble floors
because it was slippery.
- Oh, so slippery. Yeah.
- Mm-hmm. Flashy.
Of course.
I didn't need my home to be a showcase.
I wanted it to be a safe
space for my children.
- Mm-hmm.
- It was, Mom.
No, it's a great place for kids.
Oh, thank you.
And thank you again for what
you did for us yesterday
with that beautiful vigil.
Oh, it was nothing.
It was everything.
You gave us hope,
just when things seemed the darkest.
When Steven gets home,
I'm going to make sure
he thanks you properly.
That's uh Thank you.
- Benji, I'll let you finish the tour.
- Okay.
I need to rest my knees. I'm
bone on bone. Hmm.
- Careful on the stairs, Mom.
- Mm-hmm. I'll take them one at a time.
- She'll take them one at a time.
- Hmm.
- Are you okay?
- Hmm?
Yeah, no, no, it's just
Just a lot to take in.
Yeah. Subtle, right?
- Yeah.
- And the tour's just getting started.
Oh.
You know, you don't need to
I can show myself around.
Oh, actually you can't.
People do get lost here.
I don't want to end up
finding your dusty skeleton
in the maid's chamber
ten years from now.
I'm gonna pretend you did
not say "maid's chamber."
Me, too.
Uh, this is the sitting room,
where you can see my mother's
love of tassels on full display.
Oh, um, don't look at that.
Uh, that's not part of the tour.
Oh.
Yeah, that's eight-year-old me
wearing a turtleneck at the beach.
Hmm. What, were you cold?
No, quite the opposite.
It was a very hot summer.
No, it was because of the surgeries.
I had scars, and Steve didn't.
And I wanted all the
girls to like me, so I
I thought, why advertise all that?
You know? But they didn't
like me anyway, so
Come on, yeah, they did.
No. Believe it or not, hospital boy
whose best friend was a nurse
wasn't exactly bringing
all the girls to the yard.
Oh, fuck those girls.
They don't deserve you.
'Cause I
I think that scars show that you
went through something hard,
and you survived.
And it's your story.
I like that.
Just how I look at it.
Yeah.
Is that an elephant made out of ivory?
- And we're walking.
- 'Cause that's fucked up.
Interesting.
Hi, I'm looking for a Flo Gutierrez.
I mean, I think her first
name is actually Flora.
Are you family?
- No, but I'm
- ICU is family only. Sorry.
Right. Thanks.
Hey, Michelle.
- Judy. What are you doing here?
- Hey.
Hey. I came as soon as I heard.
Is she okay?
I don't know. She, um
She had a stroke, and they're,
uh, doing some tests.
Oh, my God. I'm so sorry.
Can I do anything?
No. Thank you. You don't
You didn't even have to come.
Well, I know that, but
Jesus Christ, it won't go away.
You're not allowed to be back here.
Ana, could you stop being a
cop for two seconds, please?
No.
Have you not heard a word
I've said about her?
Yes, I did.
She's a riptide, whatever
the fuck that means.
It's a metaphor, but allow
me to spell it out for you.
At best, she's an
unstable accused stalker
who I have personally arrested
for destruction of property.
It wasn't a stalk, more of a follow,
and the property was that car
At worst, she's involved
in an active investigation
where her ex-fiancé is currently
missing and possibly dead.
- What?
- Yeah.
So forgive me for being protective,
because I don't want
you to end up like him.
Is that true?
I, um
I mean
Technically, he is missing.
But I, um
You know what, I
I can't deal with this
right now. There's
This is too much.
I'm so sorry.
I just want to be with my mom.
- Okay.
- Alone.
- Oh Michelle.
- Don't.
I'll just go this way.
Listen, I know that you
have been making an effort
to do the right thing
and to be a better person,
and I just want you to know that
I see you.
Okay.
I see you too.
No, like, the inner you.
Anyway, my work has been picking up,
and what I'm saying
is that if you keep on
the right path here,
there may be a car in your future.
- Really?
- Mm-hmm. Yep.
Good behavior pays off, bud.
- What the fuck?
- Hmm?
All right, go inside.
See if we have any paint.
Karen!
- Jeff.
- Jen.
- Jeff.
- Jen.
- Uh, yeah, I'm looking for Karen.
- I'm doing great.
- How are you?
- Okay.
Wait, is that not what you just asked?
No, not at all.
- Anyway, I was wondering
- We're getting divorced,
Karen and I, so it's, like
- Oh, wow. I'm sorry.
- Yeah.
Well, with the few details that I know,
it kind of makes sense.
- Anyway, I was wondering
- Thank you, I appreciate it.
But, you know, like,
it's for the best, right?
No doubt.
Obviously I feel terrible
about lying to Karen.
- She did not deserve that.
- Mnh-mnh. Mnh-mnh.
It's not a lie to say that
I have had love for her.
It's just different with Sebastian.
It seems like it would be.
Love came knocking on my
door, and I had to answer.
I mean, that happens, what, once,
maybe twice in a lifetime, right?
- Yeah.
- In any case, thank you
for not telling Karen
before I got a chance to.
- I owe you one.
- Oh, I have the one.
- Um, we were just vandalized.
- Oh.
And I was wondering if I could
look at your street camera footage
from the last hour just to
see if it caught anything.
- Sure.
- Please.
It's
Don't look at that.
Oh, Jesus.
Yeah, I don't make a habit of it.
- No?
- The last hour. Here you go.
People have, on the bright side,
been relatively supportive.
Not Karen, obviously.
I think this is something that's
gonna stick with her for a while.
I think she's gonna remember it,
but at least to my face, my parents
I need another favor.
- Sure.
- Could you please delete
- that from the cloud?
- Sure.
And basically anything
from the last month or so?
Why? Are you also fucking Sebastian?
Seriously, I need you to delete it.
- Will do.
- Mm-hmm.
- Thank you.
- Thank you.
- I'm gonna be okay.
- Great.
It is great.
Oh!
Hi.
Hi.
Your baby's beautiful.
Oh, thanks, she's not mine.
I'm just a cuddler.
You're a what?
A cuddler.
We volunteer to hold the babies
when the parents aren't around.
Oh, I didn't even know that was a thing.
Yeah.
I feel like I get more out
of it than the babies do.
You hold them for two seconds,
and you forget there's
anything bad in the world.
Yeah, I bet.
Wow, what a dream job.
You should do it.
Wait. Seriously?
- How do you even
- Oh, it's easy.
You just sit for an interview
- Okay.
- get a little training,
and then you're in.
Okay.
After they do a background check.
Just gotta weed out any criminals.
Yeah.
So, maybe I'll see you around.
Yeah, maybe.
Hi.
Oh, hey.
You want to explain to me
why Parker felt the need
to write "I know what you did"
on our fucking garage door?
- Huh?
- Oh, shit.
- What did you do?
- Nothing!
- Charlie.
- I
I just
started hanging out with somebody else.
- You cheated on her?
- No
Parker and I were never serious.
We were just hanging out.
You know what? She thought
it was serious enough
to vandalize our house.
- It's not my fault she's crazy.
- Okay
She's not crazy.
You treated her like shit,
so she was driven crazy.
- Okay
- I mean, come on.
Just imagine how you would feel
if you loved someone and you found out
that they were fucking around on you.
You know what?
You would feel worthless.
And you would always wonder
why you weren't good enough.
So don't be that guy, Charlie.
I'm not. I'm not.
I just realized I don't
really like Parker.
Hmm.
And Natalie's different. She's chill.
Okay, she's chill? I don't
Well, she doesn't care about
Instagram followers, or
Okay.
Look
And she lost her dad, too.
So
we have stuff in common, I guess.
All right. Just
Just be good to her.
Okay? Be kind.
Apologize to Parker.
Please.
You need to clean up your messes.
Starting with the garage door.
- Yeah?
- That was a demand, not a suggestion.
- Oh, right. Yeah.
- Yeah.
- Okay.
- Thank you.
Is Flo all right?
Look, I'm leaving.
I just want to know if she's okay.
She's on life support.
Doesn't look good.
Are you okay?
No.
But I will be.
Michelle is really lucky to have you.
They're my family.
Flo's the closest thing to a mother
I've had in a really long time.
I understand.
I lost my mom a while ago.
Can I give you a hug?
- No.
- Okay.
Steve Wood tip line.
Hi.
Um, I feel like I have something
you might want to see.
Steve?
Who is this?
Hello. Um
Hi, can I please speak
with Eleanor Hale?
This is her daughter.
She did?
When?
No, no. I understand.
Sure. Thank you.
- Hi.
- Hi.
Um, I don't wanna lie to you.
And I don't you think that I
kissed you because I was drunk.
The truth is
I've wanted to kiss you
for a long time, like
like, the whole time.
So you do remember.
Yeah.
Yeah, it's pretty much all
I remember about anything.
Mm!