The Catch (2016) s01e03 Episode Script
The Trial
1 Previously on "The Catch" So, if I were the right guy, you would marry me.
Would you? Marry me.
Did you just ask me to marry you? You've reached Christopher Hall.
Please leave a message.
Christopher is gone.
The man I've been chasing for two years was your fiancé.
"Christopher Ryan Hall dies at 75.
" The same week you met your Christopher Ryan Hall.
Both obits published in the New York Tribune.
Val? Gordon for you.
Tell him I will see him in divorce court.
Actually, tell him I'll see him in Hell.
There's a grieving Kuroqi princess who recently lost her father.
Well, what's the con? The mark is Qasim Halabi, the princess's guardian.
I get to Qasim, we get the money.
I have to admit, I was jealous of Alice Vaughan.
I thought she'd ruined you.
Reggie, I love Margot.
I would do anything for her.
You guys are my family.
You know that.
But I am in love with Alice Vaughan.
You're on drugs.
I'm gonna be your sponsor.
I want to keep you sober, and I want to keep Alice alive.
Coroner's report on Michael Thorne.
I'll put an obit in the Trib.
He'll use Michael Thorne's social security number to open up a credit card, and then we'll have him.
I am Princess Zara Al-Salim.
Who are you? My name is Thorne.
Michael Thorne.
I lied to her about who I really was.
We all do that in the beginning.
Well, we were together for over a year.
- Lived together nine months.
- And you're saying that, in all that time, she never saw the real you? You're an idiot.
Why is that? Because you're sitting here with me and not her.
I'd give anything to find someone like that.
Well, what's stopping you? You're beautiful, rich, royalty Which means my life is not my own.
I'm essentially their prisoner.
You don't have that excuse.
You'd be surprised.
How are you a prisoner? You know what? It's late.
- Let's go.
- No, one more drink.
Waiter? It's just one more drink, Qasim.
Are you threatening to tattle on me? No, Princess, but it's late.
I'm sorry.
I'm confused.
Who works for whom here? My job, Mr.
Thorne, is to protect the Princess from those who would take advantage.
Mr.
Thorne has his own fortune.
He has no need of mine.
Two more, please.
On me.
So as not to take advantage.
That'll be all, Qasim.
Yes, Princess.
- What's this for? - For you to call her.
Invite her here.
I want to meet her.
She doesn't want to hear from me.
If you're thinking about her, I guarantee she's thinking about you.
So he's officially Michael Thorne? He just opened three new credit cards.
The second he uses them We'll know where he is and what he's doing.
And as long as you're a guest of the Royal Family, you're not paying for anything.
Thank you, Sophie.
Now go home and get some sleep.
We've got a big day tomorrow.
We are gonna catch Michael Thorne.
This is Agent Dao.
I need you to run a name for me, please.
I need all bank and credit card activity for a man named Michael Thorne.
Do you see what's happening out here? - Does Val know? - I told her.
- What'd she say? - That I should have Agent Shawn forcibly remove him from the premises.
Tell Agent Shawn to stand down.
Hi, Gordon.
Hi, Allie.
You can't be here.
She doesn't want to see you.
I know.
I'm sorry.
But this isn't divorce-related, I promise.
It's work.
We need your help.
He says it's a class-action lawsuit.
Of course he does.
Against Big Pharma.
That's a big fat lie.
He's trying to avoid having to deal with my lawyer, who's an even better lawyer than he is.
Val, Gordon's client just got here.
- It's - What? Who is it? It's your sister-in-law.
Look, whatever's going on here, whatever emotionally coercive sneak attack you two have planned Really? A cane? Aren't you guys laying it on a little thick? You didn't tell them, did you.
I have M.
S.
So, how long have you known? I was diagnosed right after I got the new job.
Sooz I didn't tell anyone.
She didn't tell me.
Mom told me.
And you didn't tell me? It wasn't my news to share, and you stopped taking my calls.
Why is that, I wonder? Guys, class-action lawsuit? Right.
So M.
S.
interrupts the communication between the brain and the body.
I try to walk, but I stagger.
I go to pick up a glass, I knock it over.
It's like I'm drunk, but I'm not, so it's not nearly as much fun.
Now, some types of M.
S.
respond to medication Mine, of course, does not.
But three months ago, a pharmaceutical company called MedGenix announced a clinical trial for people like Susan.
Which resulted in me and 16 other people being taken to the ICU.
- Oh, my God.
- What happened? I couldn't walk.
I couldn't see.
People were collapsing, driving off the road.
One went into a coma.
I was paralyzed and blind for a week.
And MedGenix refuses to accept any responsibility for it.
Because you signed a waiver.
Which I signed because they lied.
They said there were no adverse reactions in the previous trial.
So you want us to prove they were lying.
Look, I know this is not a good time for you guys, with the divorce and everything, so I completely understand if you can't Sooz, you are my sister.
Let us do this for you.
At 1,200 feet, the Runyon Towers will be the tallest buildings in Los Angeles.
Yeah, and the most expensive.
They're $150 million each, but with Frank Mansfield designing them, and your photographs representing them, I don't think we're gonna have any trouble finding investors who Mr.
Carlson, what are you doing? The office didn't tell me they were sending a photographer today.
Yeah, well, the office didn't tell me they were sending me a model.
Look, see for yourself.
It's, um, this spot.
- Uh, You have a curve.
- Mm.
It's, uh right there.
I thought our towers were impressive.
"At 1,200 feet, the Runyon Towers will be the tallest buildings in Los Angeles.
Three towers at $150 mill each with a $5 million holding fee.
" - Boom.
- That's it? That's your whole pitch? Well, that's all I'm gonna need.
You know, these things, they kind of sell themselves.
No, that's your job.
It's all about the details.
How many stories? How many units? What's the square footage? - Qasim's gonna want to know all that.
- You know what? I think you're just mad because you're not running point on this con.
Neither of you is running point.
I'm running point.
Ben, leave Reggie alone.
Stop micromanaging.
Well, you sound pretty confident for somebody who's $10 million in the hole.
Oh, my love, if we default on this payment, I can assure you, I am not the only one they will be coming after.
I got this, remember? I'm up on the details.
How about this little detail? Your mark, Qasim, former Kuroqi Major General? Beheaded 18 dissidents last year to protect the Royal Family.
You can't afford to be cocky.
I can handle Qasim.
Something I can help you fellas find? As a matter of fact, there is.
Proof that you are who you say you are.
Because I can find no record of a "Michael Thorne" anywhere.
Not at the front desk or online or in your own wallet apart from these credit cards, which look suspiciously new to me.
I will find out who you really are, "Mr.
Thorne.
" And when I do, I will expose you, and I will make all the necessary arrangements to ensure the safety of the Princess.
So you may want to disappear before I see to that myself.
How are you doing? Oh, I'm okay.
It isn't hereditary.
At least, they don't think it is.
No, I mean, how are you doing? I've been meaning to reach out.
No.
I understand.
I'm fine.
And I have nobody to blame but myself, right? So How's Christopher? So, how did you guys meet? - I came in as a client.
- Yeah, me too.
- That's how we met.
- It is not.
We met in court.
Uh, they didn't actually meet in court.
No, Val was working for opposing counsel.
- Mm-hmm.
- I crushed him.
Completely destroyed my case.
So of course you had to hire her.
I couldn't afford to go up against her in court again.
- Plus, you thought she was hot.
- Mm Mnh-mnh.
My interest was strictly professional.
That's not what he said to me.
Why didn't you just ask her out? She's got a wooden leg, man.
I mean, call me shallow, but, no, look at her.
- She's out of my league.
- Oh, stop it.
I can't believe you all met at work.
I'm clearly in the wrong business.
What do you do? Susan was a V.
P.
at Nationside.
And she's got an interview next week with Edgewick Capital.
Oh.
I know Larry Sauls.
Want me to call him and tell him to hire you? Would he listen? You'd do that? - Of course.
I'd be happy to.
- Oh, my God.
Cheers.
- So happy to meet you.
- Wow.
Maybe we can have dinner.
Sometime soon? I miss you guys.
MedGenix made $2.
5 billion last year on their M.
S.
drug, but it loses its patent protection next year, which is why they're testing Celinex.
Celinex was developed by Dr.
Richard Watkins at CAL-SCI for his wife.
She has the same type of M.
S.
Susan has.
But Celinex wasn't expected to go into clinical trials until next year.
So the drug's not even finished yet.
That's why it's poisoning people? But if that's true, the patients in the first clinical trial would've had the same symptoms.
So where are they? Well, they're not in the published data.
So we need to get our hands on Dr.
Watkins' raw data, - see if it matches, and if it doesn't - We've got him.
I think I know where we can get it.
From MedGenix? From Dr.
Watkins.
20 years ago, there were no approved therapies for multiple sclerosis.
But today, I'm able to discuss a number of exciting So, what's the plan? You distract him after this with your feminine wiles while I sneak into his office and steal his laptop? Oh, sure.
If this doesn't work.
- You're hacking his laptop? - He was asking for it.
His password is his wife's name and birthday.
Ugh.
People and their wives.
So what did Val's husband do to make her want to divorce him? I'm not really one to gossip.
He cheated one time and then he felt so bad about it that he went and told Val, and she still won't forgive him.
- Wait.
He's the victim in this story? - I'm just saying Shh! Along with the regulatory role of dormant B-cells I'm just saying that if you can't love somebody at their worst, then you never really loved them.
You're not in a relationship, are you? I don't know if I believe in them.
Why? Are you? In a relationship? So, if there are no further questions No.
No, no.
Not yet, please Uh Uh, Dr.
Watkins, sir? How does remyelination mediate neuroprotection? Exactly? That is an excellent question.
Hold on to your boots.
Princess, what are you doing down here, alone by yourself? I will call for your bodymen and your car right away.
That won't be necessary, Qasim.
Michael's hired a car.
Using one of my fancy new credit cards.
There's plenty of room, Qasim, if you and your boys want to join us.
It turns out, Michael's also a potential investor in the Runyon Towers.
You're going to view the investment property? With father gone, Michael's encouraged me to take a more active role in my family's finances.
Very well.
Uh, but you will come with us so we can offer you protection I'm not going with you, Qasim.
You're not the one who invited me.
Princess Thank you, Michael.
You're welcome.
What the hell is she doing here? Mr.
Thorne.
Princess, may I present to you another another potential investor, Ms.
Stella Winters.
Princess.
Mr.
Thorne.
Pleasure.
I was expecting Mr.
Halabi.
Qasim and I are now making our investment decisions together.
Oh, delightful.
In that case, may I offer you a private tour before the presentation? Oh.
Thank you, Mr.
Riley.
What are you doing? You know Qasim is the one who signs the checks.
He's also the one who broke into my hotel room and threatened to kill me.
He's very insecure, isn't he? Ah.
Perhaps we can use that to our advantage.
At 1,200 feet, the Runyon Towers will be the tallest structures in Los Angeles.
$150 million each, with a nominal down payment to hold your investment.
So unless there are any questions, - what I'd like to do - I'm sorry, Mr.
Riley, I'm a little foggy on some of the details The maintenance costs, energy efficiency God, I wish I could afford to keep this idiot out of the deal.
I'll take the South Tower, please.
The South Tower for Ms.
Winters.
Anyone else? I can't decide if I want to go East The Royal Family will cap off the rest of the investment.
I'm prepared to hold the remaining two towers immediately.
You can always come visit.
Are you sure this is the raw data? Fresh off Dr.
Watkins' hard drive.
Because it's exactly the same as the published data.
- Yeah.
- Which means they weren't lying to Susan.
There were no side effects in the first trial.
So what happened in the second trial? - They just got a bad batch? - Or somebody made it bad.
Could be a little corporate sabotage.
Who's their biggest competition? A company named Pharmador.
They're developing their own M.
S.
drug.
Can you find out if there was anyone working on Susan's trial who has any ties to Pharmador? - Sorry.
Alice? - Yeah? Michael Thorne just used his credit card to get to this address.
Cover for me? - Ms.
Vaughan, can I - Agent Dao, now is not a good time.
I'm sorry to hear that.
Listen, I thought it was time I told you the whole truth about Christopher Hall and the woman he murdered.
Nathalie Duchamp.
29.
Shot in the back on her way home from the flower shop where she worked.
What makes you think it was Christopher? I met Nathalie when we received a tip that Christopher he was "Simon Bell" at the time was a regular in her shop.
It didn't take me long to convince her to help me.
And then How do you know that she wasn't involved in whatever Christopher was doing? She wasn't.
I knew her.
Sorry.
So, you see, my reasons for finding him are as personal as yours.
Does the FBI know about your connection to the case? - No.
- Then why tell me? Because it's not safe for you to be pursuing him on your own.
Agent Dao, you've come back.
Ms.
Anderson.
I was just leaving.
I'll let you both get back to work.
He wants you to help him find Christopher.
I'm the only lead he has.
That is not true.
Christopher duped all of us.
- I got the job.
- You got the job! She got the job! Congratulations! That's awesome.
- Thanks to you.
- I did nothing.
I made one phone call.
- You did? - He did.
- You just changed my sister's life.
- He just saved my life.
Thank you so much, Christopher.
Look, she got this position on her own merits.
Don't believe him.
That was so generous of you.
- Yeah.
- Allie this guy.
- I know.
- I just hope I don't embarrass you.
Trust me, you're the best thing that's ever happened to Larry Sauls.
You're nice.
Well, if there's anything I can ever do to repay you, - just let me know.
- Well, there is.
You can help us drink that.
Oh, my God.
Okay.
- Mm.
- Oh, boy.
Let's drink early one night.
Mm.
How long have those two been married? Almost 10 years.
Well, if that's what 10 years of marriage looks like, I'll take it.
I'm sorry.
Did you just agree to marry me? I think I did.
He took everything from us.
From you.
Allie, do not give him one more second of your life.
Were you buying it for her? Hoping to impress her with it? Because the woman you love doesn't care about your real-estate holdings.
It's you she loves.
Call her.
If not for you, then for me.
You owe me that much.
Well, how's that? I just saved you $8 million.
$8 million? The holding fee for each tower.
Qasim said that it was $8 million.
$8 million? I only charged that dude $5 million.
He pocketed $3 million per tower.
He made $6 million dollars off me.
Off my con.
Blatantly stealing from the Princess, stealing from the Kuroqi Royal Family.
Yes, darling.
So are we.
Nothing a con man hates more than another con man.
- Present company excepted.
- Unless you're working together.
Yeah, that goes without saying.
We can't let him get away with this.
Oh, no.
Not so fast.
We are cashing this check and getting out of here.
If we get Qasim out of the way, what's standing between us and a bigger taste of the Kuroqi fortune? We could clear our debt in full, finally be free.
Mm-hmm.
But the news can't come from you.
It has to come from a disinterested third party.
Like Ms.
Stella Winters? Like Ms.
Stella Winters.
Nurse Cathy Green.
Before Susan's trial, Nurse Cathy worked for the competition.
So you think Nurse Cathy is the one tampering with the drug? How do we get proof? Well, I hacked into the security cameras from the clinical-trial facility, but there's nothing to see.
No, we need to get in there, get our hands on the sample of the drug, - get it tested.
- There's no getting into that place.
I tried the delivery-boy routine yesterday, and the receptionist laughed at me.
You've already hacked into the security cameras, so can you hack into anything else? What did you have in mind? I just need you to sign these informed-consent documents, Ms.
McDowell.
Thank you, Nurse Green.
The infusion is painless.
You may feel lightheaded afterwards, so Nurse Green or Tommy will give you your choice of apple or orange juice or graham crackers or saltines.
Something to look forward to afterwards.
Tommy will get you set up in the treatment rooms, and Nurse Green will be back to start your infusions.
She's on the move.
We've got her.
Tell me when I'm clear to follow.
All clear.
Careful, Allie.
No, I don't understand.
Isn't there anyone you can call? Anyone? I mean, the FBI, the police anyone? I You've got to help me.
You know what? I don't want to hear from you again unless you're ringing me to tell me that you found him.
Ms.
Winters, Are you all right? Sorry.
Um, no.
I'm not.
That was my attorney calling to say that our realtor, Joseph Riley, um, doesn't exist.
- What? - How do you mean? I mean, that he's cashed our holding fees and and disappeared.
No one at Brandeis Properties has ever heard of a Joseph Riley.
So we're each out $5 million.
$5 million? God.
I've got to take this.
Sorry.
Hello? I thought you said the holding fee is $8 million.
Well, that's what Qasim told me.
Well, there must be some mistake.
Yes.
Trusting Qasim.
I'm feeling a little exposed here.
There's a linen closet next to Drug Storage.
You could duck in there.
- It could be locked.
- Alice, do not risk it.
It could be locked.
She doesn't listen.
When I say go, you will have a second and a half before the Drug Storage doors close.
- Is that enough time? - That's not enough time.
That's plenty of time.
Ready, Allie? And Go! I'm in.
Now I just have to find the Celinex.
Allie, she's on her way back.
- Allie, you have to hide right now.
- She's walking in.
Allie, you okay? She took the drug.
All of it.
But I know where she's taking it.
Have a seat, Qasim.
What is this? The bank statement.
Last month, you withdrew $4 million for the Tokyo penthouse.
And the contract price was $2 million.
Where did you get these? Yesterday, you withdrew $16 million for the Towers when the holding fee was $10 million.
I can explain this, Princess.
You can explain it to my brothers, who will meet you at the airport tomorrow when you return home.
This is him.
He is trying to discredit me.
He is not even who he claims to be.
Look at me, Qasim, not at him.
Me.
You're relieved of your position.
My men will escort you to your room.
That was awful.
That was bad-ass.
What are you doing, Allie? I'm not leaving here empty-handed.
Just get the drug and get out, please.
Are you ready, Ms.
McDowell? Actually, can I have five minutes? It won't hurt.
I promise.
No, it's not that.
See? That wasn't so bad, was it? Was that okay? Are you comfortable? I'm fine, thank you.
Okay.
I can't let you leave, Ms.
McDowell.
Not until we've got your blood-sugar levels back up.
Orange juice or apple juice? Let me know when you get the results.
- Allie, are you okay? - Wait.
Where are you going? Uh Home.
Nurse Green got me.
Are you okay? Yeah, I'm fine.
Get that to the lab.
I should've known.
I should've seen it.
You couldn't have.
You trusted him completely.
So what's the answer then? You just stop trusting people? I'm sorry.
You thief.
Sure you want to throw that word around? You took everything away from me.
Now it's time for you to tell her who you really are.
- What the hell? - He was gonna kill you and expose us, and he was not a very nice man.
What are you doing here? We saw him leave the hotel, and we followed him here.
"We"? You're kidding me.
I leave you two alone for two minutes, now we have an international incident.
Here, come help me.
We've got to get rid of him.
- All right, I got him.
- No, you go get the Princess.
- Get her out of here.
- All right, all right.
- Hello? - Listen to me.
You need to leave.
Get out of the restaurant.
It is too dangerous here.
I'm begging you, just go.
Aah! Thank you.
The Bureau has reason to believe Christopher Hall is now Michael Thorne.
His credit card led me here, as I believe it did you.
Care to tell me what happened? What he did to you? He's not who you think he is.
He's a killer.
And you'll never catch him on your own.
Maybe you're right.
Maybe it's time we compared notes.
You'll be traveling as Qasim Halabi.
That way, Zara's family will think that he ran off to Mexico with all their money.
Passport, cash U.
S.
and pesos.
I know the drill.
What I don't know is how my con ended with me burying the body of my mark in the middle of the night while he was having dessert with the Princess.
Reggie, I promise, I will make enough off the Princess to cover all our debt and then some.
And my share of the "then some" will go to you.
I'll call you a car.
I am sorry about all this.
- Don't be sorry.
Be smart.
- Right.
I'm not gonna be around here to protect you, okay, so No redheads.
Leave her alone.
You copy? Morning, Mitchell.
You're back.
Hey.
How you feeling? - Are you okay? - I'm a bit shaky, but Did we hear back from the lab? The I.
V.
bag tested clean.
What? They found no additives, no toxins, nothing.
No, that's not possible.
I had a reaction.
I couldn't walk, I couldn't see Could it have been anything else? Food poisoning? Did you have anything unusual to eat or drink? I can't let you leave, Ms.
McDowell.
Not till we've got your blood-sugar levels back up.
Orange juice or apple juice? It was the juice.
When we went back to get a sample of the juice from Dr.
Watkins, the lab discovered it was laced with belladonna.
A natural toxin that can mimic the symptoms of M.
S.
I don't understand.
Why would Dr.
Watkins tank his own trial? Because the drug wasn't working.
His wife wasn't responding to it.
She was getting worse.
So he figured if he tanked the trial, he could start over.
Get it right.
Give her a fighting chance.
By poisoning the rest of us? The good news is, you have a case.
Thanks to you.
How about that? Listen, if you or Susan need anything moving forward I think it's best if I assign one of my associates to you guys.
She won't talk to me.
She won't look at me.
You stood her up at mediation.
I don't want this divorce.
To Then why did you do it? I'm sorry.
I don't understand.
If you love her It had nothing to do with her.
It was me.
It was fear, I think of being older than she is, and getting older by the second and wanting to feel not that.
And then the thought of lying to her after all that was worse than the cheating because I tell her everything.
She's my best friend.
Oh, Allie, I'm so stupid.
Look, I'm sorry to put you in the middle, but would you please give these to her for me? Gordon Don't worry.
I've signed them.
He signed them.
I know.
He's actually giving me a divorce.
That's what you wanted, right? Val? Is that really what you want? How can you ask me that? I mean, after what Christopher did to you I'm sorry.
I just I want to believe it's possible That love is possible.
Especially after what Christopher did to me.
Hello? You okay? You have no right to ask me that.
- Allie - Don't.
Don't.
Who are you? You know who I am.
I'm gonna h I'm gonna hang up.
Please don't.
Don't hang up.
So was that your latest victim your date at the restaurant? I can't discuss that with you, for your own safety.
Or I might end up dead in the trunk of a car? Did you kill Nathalie Duchamp? Who told you that? Agent Dao? Did you? Of course not.
You can't trust Dao.
But I can trust you? I just wanted to make sure you were okay.
How did you get Susan that job? - Why? - If it was all a con, if you weren't Christopher Hall, then how did you get Susan that job? Does she still have it? Yes.
Then that's all that matters.
Listen, I know you're angry, and you have every right to be.
Just promise me you won't come looking for me.
For my own safety.
So you don't end up dead in the trunk of a car.
Fine.
- Princess? - Yeah.
I won't come looking for you.
Because I've already found you.
Would you? Marry me.
Did you just ask me to marry you? You've reached Christopher Hall.
Please leave a message.
Christopher is gone.
The man I've been chasing for two years was your fiancé.
"Christopher Ryan Hall dies at 75.
" The same week you met your Christopher Ryan Hall.
Both obits published in the New York Tribune.
Val? Gordon for you.
Tell him I will see him in divorce court.
Actually, tell him I'll see him in Hell.
There's a grieving Kuroqi princess who recently lost her father.
Well, what's the con? The mark is Qasim Halabi, the princess's guardian.
I get to Qasim, we get the money.
I have to admit, I was jealous of Alice Vaughan.
I thought she'd ruined you.
Reggie, I love Margot.
I would do anything for her.
You guys are my family.
You know that.
But I am in love with Alice Vaughan.
You're on drugs.
I'm gonna be your sponsor.
I want to keep you sober, and I want to keep Alice alive.
Coroner's report on Michael Thorne.
I'll put an obit in the Trib.
He'll use Michael Thorne's social security number to open up a credit card, and then we'll have him.
I am Princess Zara Al-Salim.
Who are you? My name is Thorne.
Michael Thorne.
I lied to her about who I really was.
We all do that in the beginning.
Well, we were together for over a year.
- Lived together nine months.
- And you're saying that, in all that time, she never saw the real you? You're an idiot.
Why is that? Because you're sitting here with me and not her.
I'd give anything to find someone like that.
Well, what's stopping you? You're beautiful, rich, royalty Which means my life is not my own.
I'm essentially their prisoner.
You don't have that excuse.
You'd be surprised.
How are you a prisoner? You know what? It's late.
- Let's go.
- No, one more drink.
Waiter? It's just one more drink, Qasim.
Are you threatening to tattle on me? No, Princess, but it's late.
I'm sorry.
I'm confused.
Who works for whom here? My job, Mr.
Thorne, is to protect the Princess from those who would take advantage.
Mr.
Thorne has his own fortune.
He has no need of mine.
Two more, please.
On me.
So as not to take advantage.
That'll be all, Qasim.
Yes, Princess.
- What's this for? - For you to call her.
Invite her here.
I want to meet her.
She doesn't want to hear from me.
If you're thinking about her, I guarantee she's thinking about you.
So he's officially Michael Thorne? He just opened three new credit cards.
The second he uses them We'll know where he is and what he's doing.
And as long as you're a guest of the Royal Family, you're not paying for anything.
Thank you, Sophie.
Now go home and get some sleep.
We've got a big day tomorrow.
We are gonna catch Michael Thorne.
This is Agent Dao.
I need you to run a name for me, please.
I need all bank and credit card activity for a man named Michael Thorne.
Do you see what's happening out here? - Does Val know? - I told her.
- What'd she say? - That I should have Agent Shawn forcibly remove him from the premises.
Tell Agent Shawn to stand down.
Hi, Gordon.
Hi, Allie.
You can't be here.
She doesn't want to see you.
I know.
I'm sorry.
But this isn't divorce-related, I promise.
It's work.
We need your help.
He says it's a class-action lawsuit.
Of course he does.
Against Big Pharma.
That's a big fat lie.
He's trying to avoid having to deal with my lawyer, who's an even better lawyer than he is.
Val, Gordon's client just got here.
- It's - What? Who is it? It's your sister-in-law.
Look, whatever's going on here, whatever emotionally coercive sneak attack you two have planned Really? A cane? Aren't you guys laying it on a little thick? You didn't tell them, did you.
I have M.
S.
So, how long have you known? I was diagnosed right after I got the new job.
Sooz I didn't tell anyone.
She didn't tell me.
Mom told me.
And you didn't tell me? It wasn't my news to share, and you stopped taking my calls.
Why is that, I wonder? Guys, class-action lawsuit? Right.
So M.
S.
interrupts the communication between the brain and the body.
I try to walk, but I stagger.
I go to pick up a glass, I knock it over.
It's like I'm drunk, but I'm not, so it's not nearly as much fun.
Now, some types of M.
S.
respond to medication Mine, of course, does not.
But three months ago, a pharmaceutical company called MedGenix announced a clinical trial for people like Susan.
Which resulted in me and 16 other people being taken to the ICU.
- Oh, my God.
- What happened? I couldn't walk.
I couldn't see.
People were collapsing, driving off the road.
One went into a coma.
I was paralyzed and blind for a week.
And MedGenix refuses to accept any responsibility for it.
Because you signed a waiver.
Which I signed because they lied.
They said there were no adverse reactions in the previous trial.
So you want us to prove they were lying.
Look, I know this is not a good time for you guys, with the divorce and everything, so I completely understand if you can't Sooz, you are my sister.
Let us do this for you.
At 1,200 feet, the Runyon Towers will be the tallest buildings in Los Angeles.
Yeah, and the most expensive.
They're $150 million each, but with Frank Mansfield designing them, and your photographs representing them, I don't think we're gonna have any trouble finding investors who Mr.
Carlson, what are you doing? The office didn't tell me they were sending a photographer today.
Yeah, well, the office didn't tell me they were sending me a model.
Look, see for yourself.
It's, um, this spot.
- Uh, You have a curve.
- Mm.
It's, uh right there.
I thought our towers were impressive.
"At 1,200 feet, the Runyon Towers will be the tallest buildings in Los Angeles.
Three towers at $150 mill each with a $5 million holding fee.
" - Boom.
- That's it? That's your whole pitch? Well, that's all I'm gonna need.
You know, these things, they kind of sell themselves.
No, that's your job.
It's all about the details.
How many stories? How many units? What's the square footage? - Qasim's gonna want to know all that.
- You know what? I think you're just mad because you're not running point on this con.
Neither of you is running point.
I'm running point.
Ben, leave Reggie alone.
Stop micromanaging.
Well, you sound pretty confident for somebody who's $10 million in the hole.
Oh, my love, if we default on this payment, I can assure you, I am not the only one they will be coming after.
I got this, remember? I'm up on the details.
How about this little detail? Your mark, Qasim, former Kuroqi Major General? Beheaded 18 dissidents last year to protect the Royal Family.
You can't afford to be cocky.
I can handle Qasim.
Something I can help you fellas find? As a matter of fact, there is.
Proof that you are who you say you are.
Because I can find no record of a "Michael Thorne" anywhere.
Not at the front desk or online or in your own wallet apart from these credit cards, which look suspiciously new to me.
I will find out who you really are, "Mr.
Thorne.
" And when I do, I will expose you, and I will make all the necessary arrangements to ensure the safety of the Princess.
So you may want to disappear before I see to that myself.
How are you doing? Oh, I'm okay.
It isn't hereditary.
At least, they don't think it is.
No, I mean, how are you doing? I've been meaning to reach out.
No.
I understand.
I'm fine.
And I have nobody to blame but myself, right? So How's Christopher? So, how did you guys meet? - I came in as a client.
- Yeah, me too.
- That's how we met.
- It is not.
We met in court.
Uh, they didn't actually meet in court.
No, Val was working for opposing counsel.
- Mm-hmm.
- I crushed him.
Completely destroyed my case.
So of course you had to hire her.
I couldn't afford to go up against her in court again.
- Plus, you thought she was hot.
- Mm Mnh-mnh.
My interest was strictly professional.
That's not what he said to me.
Why didn't you just ask her out? She's got a wooden leg, man.
I mean, call me shallow, but, no, look at her.
- She's out of my league.
- Oh, stop it.
I can't believe you all met at work.
I'm clearly in the wrong business.
What do you do? Susan was a V.
P.
at Nationside.
And she's got an interview next week with Edgewick Capital.
Oh.
I know Larry Sauls.
Want me to call him and tell him to hire you? Would he listen? You'd do that? - Of course.
I'd be happy to.
- Oh, my God.
Cheers.
- So happy to meet you.
- Wow.
Maybe we can have dinner.
Sometime soon? I miss you guys.
MedGenix made $2.
5 billion last year on their M.
S.
drug, but it loses its patent protection next year, which is why they're testing Celinex.
Celinex was developed by Dr.
Richard Watkins at CAL-SCI for his wife.
She has the same type of M.
S.
Susan has.
But Celinex wasn't expected to go into clinical trials until next year.
So the drug's not even finished yet.
That's why it's poisoning people? But if that's true, the patients in the first clinical trial would've had the same symptoms.
So where are they? Well, they're not in the published data.
So we need to get our hands on Dr.
Watkins' raw data, - see if it matches, and if it doesn't - We've got him.
I think I know where we can get it.
From MedGenix? From Dr.
Watkins.
20 years ago, there were no approved therapies for multiple sclerosis.
But today, I'm able to discuss a number of exciting So, what's the plan? You distract him after this with your feminine wiles while I sneak into his office and steal his laptop? Oh, sure.
If this doesn't work.
- You're hacking his laptop? - He was asking for it.
His password is his wife's name and birthday.
Ugh.
People and their wives.
So what did Val's husband do to make her want to divorce him? I'm not really one to gossip.
He cheated one time and then he felt so bad about it that he went and told Val, and she still won't forgive him.
- Wait.
He's the victim in this story? - I'm just saying Shh! Along with the regulatory role of dormant B-cells I'm just saying that if you can't love somebody at their worst, then you never really loved them.
You're not in a relationship, are you? I don't know if I believe in them.
Why? Are you? In a relationship? So, if there are no further questions No.
No, no.
Not yet, please Uh Uh, Dr.
Watkins, sir? How does remyelination mediate neuroprotection? Exactly? That is an excellent question.
Hold on to your boots.
Princess, what are you doing down here, alone by yourself? I will call for your bodymen and your car right away.
That won't be necessary, Qasim.
Michael's hired a car.
Using one of my fancy new credit cards.
There's plenty of room, Qasim, if you and your boys want to join us.
It turns out, Michael's also a potential investor in the Runyon Towers.
You're going to view the investment property? With father gone, Michael's encouraged me to take a more active role in my family's finances.
Very well.
Uh, but you will come with us so we can offer you protection I'm not going with you, Qasim.
You're not the one who invited me.
Princess Thank you, Michael.
You're welcome.
What the hell is she doing here? Mr.
Thorne.
Princess, may I present to you another another potential investor, Ms.
Stella Winters.
Princess.
Mr.
Thorne.
Pleasure.
I was expecting Mr.
Halabi.
Qasim and I are now making our investment decisions together.
Oh, delightful.
In that case, may I offer you a private tour before the presentation? Oh.
Thank you, Mr.
Riley.
What are you doing? You know Qasim is the one who signs the checks.
He's also the one who broke into my hotel room and threatened to kill me.
He's very insecure, isn't he? Ah.
Perhaps we can use that to our advantage.
At 1,200 feet, the Runyon Towers will be the tallest structures in Los Angeles.
$150 million each, with a nominal down payment to hold your investment.
So unless there are any questions, - what I'd like to do - I'm sorry, Mr.
Riley, I'm a little foggy on some of the details The maintenance costs, energy efficiency God, I wish I could afford to keep this idiot out of the deal.
I'll take the South Tower, please.
The South Tower for Ms.
Winters.
Anyone else? I can't decide if I want to go East The Royal Family will cap off the rest of the investment.
I'm prepared to hold the remaining two towers immediately.
You can always come visit.
Are you sure this is the raw data? Fresh off Dr.
Watkins' hard drive.
Because it's exactly the same as the published data.
- Yeah.
- Which means they weren't lying to Susan.
There were no side effects in the first trial.
So what happened in the second trial? - They just got a bad batch? - Or somebody made it bad.
Could be a little corporate sabotage.
Who's their biggest competition? A company named Pharmador.
They're developing their own M.
S.
drug.
Can you find out if there was anyone working on Susan's trial who has any ties to Pharmador? - Sorry.
Alice? - Yeah? Michael Thorne just used his credit card to get to this address.
Cover for me? - Ms.
Vaughan, can I - Agent Dao, now is not a good time.
I'm sorry to hear that.
Listen, I thought it was time I told you the whole truth about Christopher Hall and the woman he murdered.
Nathalie Duchamp.
29.
Shot in the back on her way home from the flower shop where she worked.
What makes you think it was Christopher? I met Nathalie when we received a tip that Christopher he was "Simon Bell" at the time was a regular in her shop.
It didn't take me long to convince her to help me.
And then How do you know that she wasn't involved in whatever Christopher was doing? She wasn't.
I knew her.
Sorry.
So, you see, my reasons for finding him are as personal as yours.
Does the FBI know about your connection to the case? - No.
- Then why tell me? Because it's not safe for you to be pursuing him on your own.
Agent Dao, you've come back.
Ms.
Anderson.
I was just leaving.
I'll let you both get back to work.
He wants you to help him find Christopher.
I'm the only lead he has.
That is not true.
Christopher duped all of us.
- I got the job.
- You got the job! She got the job! Congratulations! That's awesome.
- Thanks to you.
- I did nothing.
I made one phone call.
- You did? - He did.
- You just changed my sister's life.
- He just saved my life.
Thank you so much, Christopher.
Look, she got this position on her own merits.
Don't believe him.
That was so generous of you.
- Yeah.
- Allie this guy.
- I know.
- I just hope I don't embarrass you.
Trust me, you're the best thing that's ever happened to Larry Sauls.
You're nice.
Well, if there's anything I can ever do to repay you, - just let me know.
- Well, there is.
You can help us drink that.
Oh, my God.
Okay.
- Mm.
- Oh, boy.
Let's drink early one night.
Mm.
How long have those two been married? Almost 10 years.
Well, if that's what 10 years of marriage looks like, I'll take it.
I'm sorry.
Did you just agree to marry me? I think I did.
He took everything from us.
From you.
Allie, do not give him one more second of your life.
Were you buying it for her? Hoping to impress her with it? Because the woman you love doesn't care about your real-estate holdings.
It's you she loves.
Call her.
If not for you, then for me.
You owe me that much.
Well, how's that? I just saved you $8 million.
$8 million? The holding fee for each tower.
Qasim said that it was $8 million.
$8 million? I only charged that dude $5 million.
He pocketed $3 million per tower.
He made $6 million dollars off me.
Off my con.
Blatantly stealing from the Princess, stealing from the Kuroqi Royal Family.
Yes, darling.
So are we.
Nothing a con man hates more than another con man.
- Present company excepted.
- Unless you're working together.
Yeah, that goes without saying.
We can't let him get away with this.
Oh, no.
Not so fast.
We are cashing this check and getting out of here.
If we get Qasim out of the way, what's standing between us and a bigger taste of the Kuroqi fortune? We could clear our debt in full, finally be free.
Mm-hmm.
But the news can't come from you.
It has to come from a disinterested third party.
Like Ms.
Stella Winters? Like Ms.
Stella Winters.
Nurse Cathy Green.
Before Susan's trial, Nurse Cathy worked for the competition.
So you think Nurse Cathy is the one tampering with the drug? How do we get proof? Well, I hacked into the security cameras from the clinical-trial facility, but there's nothing to see.
No, we need to get in there, get our hands on the sample of the drug, - get it tested.
- There's no getting into that place.
I tried the delivery-boy routine yesterday, and the receptionist laughed at me.
You've already hacked into the security cameras, so can you hack into anything else? What did you have in mind? I just need you to sign these informed-consent documents, Ms.
McDowell.
Thank you, Nurse Green.
The infusion is painless.
You may feel lightheaded afterwards, so Nurse Green or Tommy will give you your choice of apple or orange juice or graham crackers or saltines.
Something to look forward to afterwards.
Tommy will get you set up in the treatment rooms, and Nurse Green will be back to start your infusions.
She's on the move.
We've got her.
Tell me when I'm clear to follow.
All clear.
Careful, Allie.
No, I don't understand.
Isn't there anyone you can call? Anyone? I mean, the FBI, the police anyone? I You've got to help me.
You know what? I don't want to hear from you again unless you're ringing me to tell me that you found him.
Ms.
Winters, Are you all right? Sorry.
Um, no.
I'm not.
That was my attorney calling to say that our realtor, Joseph Riley, um, doesn't exist.
- What? - How do you mean? I mean, that he's cashed our holding fees and and disappeared.
No one at Brandeis Properties has ever heard of a Joseph Riley.
So we're each out $5 million.
$5 million? God.
I've got to take this.
Sorry.
Hello? I thought you said the holding fee is $8 million.
Well, that's what Qasim told me.
Well, there must be some mistake.
Yes.
Trusting Qasim.
I'm feeling a little exposed here.
There's a linen closet next to Drug Storage.
You could duck in there.
- It could be locked.
- Alice, do not risk it.
It could be locked.
She doesn't listen.
When I say go, you will have a second and a half before the Drug Storage doors close.
- Is that enough time? - That's not enough time.
That's plenty of time.
Ready, Allie? And Go! I'm in.
Now I just have to find the Celinex.
Allie, she's on her way back.
- Allie, you have to hide right now.
- She's walking in.
Allie, you okay? She took the drug.
All of it.
But I know where she's taking it.
Have a seat, Qasim.
What is this? The bank statement.
Last month, you withdrew $4 million for the Tokyo penthouse.
And the contract price was $2 million.
Where did you get these? Yesterday, you withdrew $16 million for the Towers when the holding fee was $10 million.
I can explain this, Princess.
You can explain it to my brothers, who will meet you at the airport tomorrow when you return home.
This is him.
He is trying to discredit me.
He is not even who he claims to be.
Look at me, Qasim, not at him.
Me.
You're relieved of your position.
My men will escort you to your room.
That was awful.
That was bad-ass.
What are you doing, Allie? I'm not leaving here empty-handed.
Just get the drug and get out, please.
Are you ready, Ms.
McDowell? Actually, can I have five minutes? It won't hurt.
I promise.
No, it's not that.
See? That wasn't so bad, was it? Was that okay? Are you comfortable? I'm fine, thank you.
Okay.
I can't let you leave, Ms.
McDowell.
Not until we've got your blood-sugar levels back up.
Orange juice or apple juice? Let me know when you get the results.
- Allie, are you okay? - Wait.
Where are you going? Uh Home.
Nurse Green got me.
Are you okay? Yeah, I'm fine.
Get that to the lab.
I should've known.
I should've seen it.
You couldn't have.
You trusted him completely.
So what's the answer then? You just stop trusting people? I'm sorry.
You thief.
Sure you want to throw that word around? You took everything away from me.
Now it's time for you to tell her who you really are.
- What the hell? - He was gonna kill you and expose us, and he was not a very nice man.
What are you doing here? We saw him leave the hotel, and we followed him here.
"We"? You're kidding me.
I leave you two alone for two minutes, now we have an international incident.
Here, come help me.
We've got to get rid of him.
- All right, I got him.
- No, you go get the Princess.
- Get her out of here.
- All right, all right.
- Hello? - Listen to me.
You need to leave.
Get out of the restaurant.
It is too dangerous here.
I'm begging you, just go.
Aah! Thank you.
The Bureau has reason to believe Christopher Hall is now Michael Thorne.
His credit card led me here, as I believe it did you.
Care to tell me what happened? What he did to you? He's not who you think he is.
He's a killer.
And you'll never catch him on your own.
Maybe you're right.
Maybe it's time we compared notes.
You'll be traveling as Qasim Halabi.
That way, Zara's family will think that he ran off to Mexico with all their money.
Passport, cash U.
S.
and pesos.
I know the drill.
What I don't know is how my con ended with me burying the body of my mark in the middle of the night while he was having dessert with the Princess.
Reggie, I promise, I will make enough off the Princess to cover all our debt and then some.
And my share of the "then some" will go to you.
I'll call you a car.
I am sorry about all this.
- Don't be sorry.
Be smart.
- Right.
I'm not gonna be around here to protect you, okay, so No redheads.
Leave her alone.
You copy? Morning, Mitchell.
You're back.
Hey.
How you feeling? - Are you okay? - I'm a bit shaky, but Did we hear back from the lab? The I.
V.
bag tested clean.
What? They found no additives, no toxins, nothing.
No, that's not possible.
I had a reaction.
I couldn't walk, I couldn't see Could it have been anything else? Food poisoning? Did you have anything unusual to eat or drink? I can't let you leave, Ms.
McDowell.
Not till we've got your blood-sugar levels back up.
Orange juice or apple juice? It was the juice.
When we went back to get a sample of the juice from Dr.
Watkins, the lab discovered it was laced with belladonna.
A natural toxin that can mimic the symptoms of M.
S.
I don't understand.
Why would Dr.
Watkins tank his own trial? Because the drug wasn't working.
His wife wasn't responding to it.
She was getting worse.
So he figured if he tanked the trial, he could start over.
Get it right.
Give her a fighting chance.
By poisoning the rest of us? The good news is, you have a case.
Thanks to you.
How about that? Listen, if you or Susan need anything moving forward I think it's best if I assign one of my associates to you guys.
She won't talk to me.
She won't look at me.
You stood her up at mediation.
I don't want this divorce.
To Then why did you do it? I'm sorry.
I don't understand.
If you love her It had nothing to do with her.
It was me.
It was fear, I think of being older than she is, and getting older by the second and wanting to feel not that.
And then the thought of lying to her after all that was worse than the cheating because I tell her everything.
She's my best friend.
Oh, Allie, I'm so stupid.
Look, I'm sorry to put you in the middle, but would you please give these to her for me? Gordon Don't worry.
I've signed them.
He signed them.
I know.
He's actually giving me a divorce.
That's what you wanted, right? Val? Is that really what you want? How can you ask me that? I mean, after what Christopher did to you I'm sorry.
I just I want to believe it's possible That love is possible.
Especially after what Christopher did to me.
Hello? You okay? You have no right to ask me that.
- Allie - Don't.
Don't.
Who are you? You know who I am.
I'm gonna h I'm gonna hang up.
Please don't.
Don't hang up.
So was that your latest victim your date at the restaurant? I can't discuss that with you, for your own safety.
Or I might end up dead in the trunk of a car? Did you kill Nathalie Duchamp? Who told you that? Agent Dao? Did you? Of course not.
You can't trust Dao.
But I can trust you? I just wanted to make sure you were okay.
How did you get Susan that job? - Why? - If it was all a con, if you weren't Christopher Hall, then how did you get Susan that job? Does she still have it? Yes.
Then that's all that matters.
Listen, I know you're angry, and you have every right to be.
Just promise me you won't come looking for me.
For my own safety.
So you don't end up dead in the trunk of a car.
Fine.
- Princess? - Yeah.
I won't come looking for you.
Because I've already found you.