The Company You Keep (2023) s01e08 Episode Script
The Art of the Steel
1
Previously on "The Company You Keep"
Did you know about daddy dearest?
If the Feds stay on me,
I will expose your family
for the frauds you really are.
There is another answer.
If you come work for me as my asset,
I'll protect your family
while you help me protect mine.
We're CIA informants, son.
You should have asked us first.
For once, Charlie's love life
may solve our problems.
I wanted to introduce you
to your new director
of social media, Jennifer West.
- Usual deal?
- I make money, you make money.
Hey, how did your dad
get into our line of work?
Job dried up, pension along with it.
It's early-stage memory loss. That's it.
We can't pretend this
isn't happening, babe.
[ROCK MUSIC]
Daphne Finch became the De facto head
of the Maguire crime syndicate
when her father, Patrick, was arrested.
Since then, she's managed to corner
and grow the East Coast fentanyl market
by taking on the distribution
network of the Taiwanese triads.
Using that revenue, she
began buying illegal weapons,
increasing the supply
to her Russian partners
and providing enough for them to export
to combat zones across the world.
Ms. Finch applied her knowledge
of corporate synergy
to markets once controlled by gangs.
More drugs equals more guns
equals more drugs.
The problem is,
her finances are hidden to us,
thanks to the tax loophole
of a so-called Freeport.
But none of her expansion
would have been possible
without the cooperation
of individuals working
within the highest levels
of our nation's defense systems.
We're talking corruption
on an Iran-Contra Affair scale.
But here's the scary part
I don't think Daphne Finch is done yet.
She's nothing if not ambitious.
I'd like to file a cable
and bring Langley up to speed
on our operation.
By all means. And nice work, Hill.
It seems your asset
is really paying dividends.
[MUFFLED LAUGHTER]
You okay?
Yeah. I was thinking
how good it's going to feel
when we put Maguire away
for good, and Daphne with him.
So we're arms dealers now.
But thanks to our new partners
Members of Congress,
the Undersecretary of Defense
Totally untouchable.
- [DISTANT BUZZER SOUNDS]
- Not bad.
And Connor told me he's making
connections in Mexico.
Has he?
Well, then you also know
he took the $10 million
I was hoping to reinvest
into our expansion
for a drug-buying spree.
Bit of bad blood
between you two, isn't there?
[CHUCKLES] Well, you keeping me a secret
certainly hasn't helped.
But unlike Connor,
I haven't let that bad blood
stand in the way
of successfully running your empire.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
I'm not going to play favorites
when it comes to my children.
But I'd certainly be grateful
to whoever gets me out of here.
Already on it.
What is this?
Details for an anonymous
offshore bank account.
You'll get full access
to the money inside
if you agree to release my client.
♪
According to my sources,
this amount's considerably more
than what you've taken
in the past for such favors.
I do not barter with criminals.
♪
From what my lawyers tell me,
it'll take a bit of magic
to get this judge to change his mind.
Well, lucky for you
I've got a magician on the payroll.
♪
Come on in. It's my new place.
Oh.
It's a lot less drafty
than the warehouse.
Sure is. [SIGHS]
Would you like a drink?
A little early for me.
All right.
It's 5:00 somewhere.
You know I'm not one for praise,
but our working relationship
has proven even more profitable
than I could have hoped.
Our deal was for me to help
you take down your brother,
not pay your mortgage.
Come on.
You have to admit, we make a great team.
Is that what we are now A team?
- What would you call it?
- This is uncomfortable.
Uncomfortable?
Why should this be uncomfortable?
Charlie's job is to win Daphne's trust.
Sounds like it's working.
It sounds like she's feeling
a little more for him
than trust these days.
Really, it's fine. I'm fine.
Does your face know that?
♪
Look
if working together
is going to be a problem
It's not. I'm just protective
of my brother.
If I'm being honest,
I don't love how you've been
treating him lately either.
♪
I'm just doing my job, too,
which in part, believe it
or not, is to protect him.
♪
So you just bring me down here to what?
Show off your new place?
I brought you here
because I want your help
getting my father out of prison.
Prison breaks aren't really my thing.
Don't be so dramatic.
I just need you to put a little pressure
on our friendly neighborhood
D.C. Circuit judge.
I promise I'll make it worth your while.
♪
[OVER SPEAKERS]
It ain't every day ♪
Yeah! Take that, Davey,
you sorry son of a bitch!
All right, who wants another round?
I'm buying.
Come on, Franny. Line them up.
There you go, baby. [INDISTINCT CHATTER]
Yeah. United Steelworkers Local 2609.
- Yeah.
- We lost a loyal brother.
- Yeah.
- To Maurice.
- ALL: To Maurice!
- To Maurice.
Maurice.
- Who was it this time?
- Shelby's father.
- Oh, no.
- Yeah.
I'll get you one, too, baby.
But I got to start
cutting your father off.
How did he go?
A heart attack got him
before the cancer did.
Jesus, mom, that's grim.
Yeah, you're damn right it's grim.
You realize that most of these dudes
haven't work for 20 years since
the steel mill closed down?
Grim.
Hey, Fran, take it easy.
It's not even after noon.
You're right Someone's got to be
the grown-up around here, right?
[GIGGLES] Oh, speaking of
- Hmm?
- I need you to do me a favor.
Tomorrow your dad has to go
to the neurologist,
and you know how he hates doctors.
Can you make sure he gets there on time?
Yeah, of course.
Yeah, yeah. No, I got it.
- Thanks, baby.
- Yeah, no problem.
[LEO LAUGHING] Yeah. No, you didn't!
Hey.
- How'd it go?
- It went.
- Hey, Fran.
- Hey.
Hey, Leo.
You got to forgive my husband, hon.
He has an allergy to G men.
Can we debrief?
Yeah, we'll go downstairs. Come on.
Can you take it outside, son?
Private party.
♪
Look, my parents, they
It's fine.
No, you don't understand.
When my mom's folks owned
the tailor shop here
back in the '30s, it was the cops
who were shaking them down
for free suits,
while the wise guys were
the ones dropping off groceries
- when times got tough.
- Mm.
Explains why you're
so comfortable around crime.
[SCOFFS]
I'm sorry Aren't you the one
who's trying to get Maguire
back on the streets?
Only so I can put him away for good.
That's logical.
So what's your plan to get
Daphne's father out of prison?
Keep an eye on the judge.
Get him on tape doing something dirty.
That way she can flip him
and free Maguire.
Hey, do you think it's strange
that both you and Daphne
want the same thing?
I want to end the Maguires.
That's still the same thing
you want, isn't it, Charlie?
You're damn right.
♪
- Hey.
- Hi.
Well, no old pictures
of me and Claire Fox
on the front page.
Am I to assume you found a way
around our family's blackmail problem?
[DOOR OPENS]
- Oh. Ah, the circus has arrived!
- Hi!
[DOOR CLOSES]
How's life on the campaign trail?
If I have to hear myself give
that stump speech
one more time
- David crushed it.
- Of course he did.
This trip brought the
momentum we need for November.
Still, weeks of napping
on a campaign bus
Not going to miss that neck pain.
I told you yoga.
- Maybe you can show me again.
- [LAUGHS]
Well, I'm beat.
Come on, I'll walk you to the car.
Yep.
I forgot about yoga.
You won't forget after our next session.
[LAUGHTER]
How long's that been going on?
Spokane, or was it Walla Walla?
She seems good for him.
Clearly.
♪
They actually make a great team.
Reminds me of us.
♪
How is this different?
It's different because
Jen was hired because of Claire Fox.
I thought that woman was
done trying to ruin our family.
♪
[ON JUKEBOX] Oh, please forgive me ♪
[DOOR CLOSES]
- Hey. Good morning.
- Hey.
I got this. You got Pop's thing.
No, no, he he told me the
appointment got rescheduled.
- What?
- Yeah.
No, I just talked to Ma.
She said he was
on his way here to meet you.
Wait, what? When?
Hold on. I got him.
What do you mean you got him?
I mean I got him.
Oh. Does he know you're tracking him?
I'll apologize when we find him.
- God, where the hell is he?
- That's the middle of nowhere.
- What's Pop doing in Virginia?
- I don't know.
Ma said he was getting worse.
I'm going to take this.
Call Ma, let her know what's
going on, and I'll go find him.
Yeah.
♪
- Any luck?
- Yeah, I got him.
Thank God. Is he okay?
Other than the fact I'm going
to kill him, he looks fine.
Yeah, I'll call you later.
[WHISTLES]
Nice shoes.
- What are you doing here?
- What am I do
I'm not the one that's supposed to be
at a doctor's appointment right now.
Yeah, well
something came up.
Wait. Hold on. Is that
the guy from the dartboard?
Davey Slocum.
That's the gentleman
who lost my pension.
Goes by David now that he's running
with the country-club crowd.
Hold on a second.
Are you running a job right now?
It's what we do.
No, no, it's what we do together,
not behind each other's backs.
Oh, well, you've been busy lately.
So feel free to help me squeeze
the 208 grand he owes me.
I'm sorry. What?
That's what my retirement would be worth
if old Davey hadn't blown it.
Okay, and you thought
today is the perfect day
to settle that score?
Just days after my friend died?
Yeah, timing couldn't be more perfect.
So you in, or you out?
'Cause either way,
I'm getting what's mine.
♪
Didn't realize you and I
were teaming up on this one.
Uh, did Charlie brief you on the plan?
Yes, uh, flip a judge,
break an Irish gangster out of prison
Just another Tuesday, Logistics.
[UPBEAT ROCK MUSIC]
Whoa, whoa!
Oh, hey, my drive pulled
an Amelia Earhart on me
Took off nice and then disappeared.
- I'm so sorry to hang you up.
- I found it.
- It it went sailing.
- Yeah, I know.
- Excuse us. Sorry.
- Hey, it happens.
Slocum. David Slocum.
Carson Stiles.
- Is that a Royal Oak?
- That's a good eye.
That's, uh that's a beauty.
Yeah, it's a little
retirement present for myself.
Ha.
Say, instead of holding each other up,
you want to finish
the back nine as a twosome?
Why not?
You got it.
Driver, please.
That guy's wearing my pension
on his wrist.
You sure you're up for this?
I need a caddie, not a babysitter.
Trust, son, trust.
♪
Come on, where is he?
You know there are ways
to speed this up
Dupe the judge into springing Maguire.
It's a simple surveillance op.
No need to break out the fake mustaches.
God forbid we break the law
while aiding a prison break.
Okay, this isn't a prison break.
Is this how CIA doublespeak works?
This isn't a crime. It's an op.
You're not a liar. You're an operative.
And Charlie's not your ex.
He's an asset.
Charlie is my asset
An asset for the CIA.
Uh-huh. [CRUNCHES]
♪
[GROANS]
You know
I-I swear I know you from somewhere.
Ha. Yeah, I got one of those faces.
So what line of work you in?
- Uh, finance.
- Mm.
Before that, I used to work
for U.S. Steel.
But I got out of there
in the nick of time, boy
Right before the unions
drove that whole industry
- into the ground.
- [CHUCKLES]
Bunch of commie freeloaders, right?
Yeah, they'd rather make
a point than make a living.
See? Guys like your caddie
They understand
the value of honest work.
The value of money
is in how you make it.
Speaking of, want to make this
a little more interesting?
Little wager?
What you thinking?
Five grand a hole.
Why don't we make it ten?
Oh, I like ten.
♪
Do you have any idea
how paranoid you sound?
I think I'm smart enough to know
if my girlfriend was duping me.
And I'm not going to let myself
turn into one of those politicians
who can't keep it in their pants.
That's not who I am.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
Then you're a better man than I.
There's a reason
that we don't trust Claire Fox.
♪
Wait, you and she
♪
And you knew about all this?
We put it behind us years ago.
But now Claire's reaching out
to you and asking for favors
And what, you think
this is Claire's revenge?
That Jen's got some ulterior motives?
It wouldn't be the first time.
Why didn't you tell me, Dad?
Because I never expected you
to make a deal with Claire Fox!
♪
I needed the support.
And I didn't want to tell you
because I was trying
to live up to your legacy.
♪
But for the first time,
Dad, I'm glad I'm not you.
♪
That's five holes in a row for me.
Come on, give me a fighting chance.
Double or nothing on this hole.
♪
You're on.
♪
Ugh.
Oh, that's right in the cat box.
♪
You planning on turning this
around anytime soon, Pop?
I'm getting there.
You'd have an easier time convincing me
if you win at least one of these holes.
Sand wedge, please.
- Thank you.
- Mm-hmm.
♪
Thank you, Mary, Mother of God.
100K on the line. No pressure.
♪
Yes!
[SIGHS]
Calm down, fella. I still have to putt.
A tie's not going to help you.
Oh, that one, though,
call it a Joe Pesci
Five foot and tough as hell.
♪
Damn it.
Well, I guess we call that a wash.
[CELLPHONE RINGING]
Sorry. I got to take this.
William, is everything okay?
Hey, you're walking away
with your shirt on your back.
- I call that a win.
- Oh, this ain't over.
Hey, do you remember what you
said to me when I was a kid,
we'd run grifts at the horse track?
You said the second you get emotional,
it is time to walk away.
I'll decide when I walk away.
You weren't even supposed to be here.
No, I wasn't supposed to be here.
I'm skipping out on the federal
government to be here with you.
What does that have to do with this?
Oh, Emma finds out that you
and I are running a con on the side?
Oh, Emma?
That's why they call it
an allowance, William.
You will get as much
as I allow you to have.
[SIGHS]
Kids?
Either I give them
their inheritance now,
and they blow through it
by the time they're 30,
or we wait until I die, and we
put it in the pocket of the taxman.
- Can't win, my friend.
- I'll tell you one thing
I'm going to have them bury me
with this watch.
Got to hold on to something, right?
Or you could leave him
with a little less.
How about one bet?
One more shot.
Guy makes one lucky putt,
and he thinks
he's Jack frickin' Nicklaus.
100K says you can't hit that again.
200K says I will.
♪
You're on.
♪
So what do we do if you miss?
We run.
♪
[BALL CLATTERS IN HOLE]
♪
Can you believe that?
Guy wrote a check for 200 grand
like it was nothing.
Ah, you got lucky, Pop.
Hey, no more going rogue
like that, okay?
You're the one who made
a deal with the Feds,
offered the family up.
That's a real convenient point of view.
You got something to say, son?
♪
You know, I didn't choose this life.
You raised me in it.
I taught you how to survive.
You taught me not to trust
anyone outside of the family,
that anything that I wanted
for myself was a liability.
People like us,
we don't get the choices
that these guys do.
I did the best I could.
And I'm doing my best
to keep us out of trouble.
But you making moves
like this, you just
You're you're pulling us
right back into it.
Come on, you got to think.
I'll see you back at the bar.
♪
Can I get you something else?
A little honesty would be nice.
I'll take another beer.
[UPBEAT ROCK MUSIC PLAYING
OVER SPEAKERS]
- Pulling a job behind my back?
- Won't happen again.
And skipping your
neurologist appointment, babe?
♪
I didn't skip it. It was last week.
What? Why didn't you tell me?
Because the news wasn't so good.
Doc said my MMSE score
was down from last time.
That's why I went after my money.
After seeing the way Maurice went
I don't want to leave
my family empty-handed.
We don't need money, Leo.
We just need you.
Okay?
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
Okay.
- Okay.
- Okay.
- Give him his beer.
- Well, I'm trying.
- Hey.
- Hey.
I was looking for your sister.
Yeah, she's inside.
Missed you today. Everything okay?
I heard you were tied up with your dad.
You asking as my handler or my ex?
Charlie
I'm just asking as someone who cares.
Okay, fine. You really want to know?
I caught my dad
trying to settle an old score
with a guy who bankrupted his pension.
Wait. He was running a con?
And this is why I can't talk to you.
Charlie, I can't protect
you and your family
from random crimes
That wasn't our deal.
Keep your voice down.
You don't like the answers,
stop asking the questions.
- Okay?
- Charlie.
[DOOR CLOSES] [SIGHS]
[DISTANT DOG BARKS]
Was that my brother?
Yeah.
Want a drink?
[INHALES DEEPLY] Yeah.
[CHUCKLES]
- Wine okay?
- Sure, thanks.
♪
[SIGHS]
♪
I think it's time we move past
simple surveillance.
What's that?
The judge's tax returns
and bank accounts.
[CHUCKLES]
Uh, nice.
Yeah.
Correlate any
suspicious influxes of cash
with cases he's dismissed.
Or made questionable judgments on.
Let's find out what kind of cases
move him to compromise his principles.
Nice work, Logistics.
At least one Nicoletti trusts me.
♪
You know you've got that wrong.
What do you mean?
When Charlie decided
to tell you the truth about
being a con man and Daphne
coming after your family,
he put us at risk for you.
And I-I get that you feel
like he betrayed you
and he lied to you,
but Charlie's never been
that honest with anybody.
So, from my perspective,
he sacrificed himself for you.
♪
[SLOW BLUES MUSIC]
♪
Hey.
Hey.
Look, uh, I know things got
a little tense out there
between me and you on the golf course.
Come on, we we don't need
to get into it.
Please.
That thing you said about
you not having a choice
you're not wrong.
All I've ever done is to try
to do right by you,
your sister, and your ma,
but I also get that I can be a
Stubborn pain in the ass.
♪
I was going to say
uncompromising, but
sure.
♪
I let you believe that
it was us against the world
because
♪
Because at least
we'd always have each other.
Hey, you were right. We do.
Except that you need
more than just us, Charlie.
I mean, I want you to make your
own choices, be your own man.
I never meant for you to be an island.
I know that.
I know it.
[DOOR OPENS, CLOSES]
Hey, look who came to visit us.
I'm so sorry, Shelby. So sorry.
Thanks.
Your father He was a good man.
How's your mom?
Oh, you know. She's pouring
herself into planning the funeral.
Okay.
Well, hey, you need
anything from us, just
Thanks, but, uh,
I could use a drink, though.
Yeah, sit down.
♪
Doesn't feel right.
I got mine, but what
about everybody else?
Hey, it's not your fault
everyone's pensions went bust.
[SIGHS, SCOFFS]
Still, I can't shake the feeling
that we left money on the table.
Oh, yeah.
That guy definitely seemed like
he had some money to spare.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
- What about Emma?
- What about Daphne?
- What about us?
- [CHUCKLES]
It would take a big job
to reel him in for some serious money.
So let's convince him
that by spending money,
he's actually saving it.
Guys like that
They love a tax loophole.
- You mean like a charity con.
- Mm-hmm.
But how do we get him
to part with that much money?
- [DOOR OPENS]
- Hey, hey.
Too early for a pint?
Not at all. [DOOR CLOSES]
We get him to buy a building.
And we've got the gang to work on it.
Hey, Pike.
I think we're going to need you
to stay sober today.
Can I have just o-one sip?
- Shelby?
- Yeah.
You might want in on this, too.
- Pike.
- What's happening?
Can you gather all the boys
from the old local?
- You got a job for us?
- Yeah, a union job.
So, after a thrilling night
of analyzing Judge Bishop's
tax returns, I did find this.
He has a numbered account.
The deposits line up
with very specific rulings.
Clear House Insurance vs. East Limited,
Reed vs. Virco Motors.
- These are all corporate cases.
- Exactly.
The judge only takes bribes
from "respectable" criminals.
I guess crime is always
a game of self-rationalization.
So is working with criminals.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
Want to hear my plan?
Please.
We pretend to be a player
in a pending case.
- Mm-hmm.
- We lean on the judge
into taking a bribe,
and then we catch him in the act.
- Do you have a case in mind?
- I do.
Novenza Electronics Corporation.
The judge is set to rule
against the chairman's
daughter, Deborah Nam.
"Nahm" it's Korean.
[KALI J'S "FLEX"]
What, you're not thinking
♪
It's time to pay attention ♪
Y'all listen up ♪
All eyes in my direction ♪
So there are basics to any con.
Let them lead the discussion.
When in doubt, put a clock on it.
- And the best lies
- Come from the truth.
Same techniques they teach at Langley.
At Langley, right,
because in your line of work,
it's important to gain
people's confidence.
Exactly.
Some might even say
that there's an artistry to it.
I see what you're doing,
and it's not at all the same thing.
If you say so, Logistics.
♪
Ready to be a power-hungry heiress
with a knack for blackmail?
[INHALES SHARPLY]
You know, I've been studying
just the right person.
Watch me flex, flex, flex ♪
Watch me ♪
So, remember, the judge
is set to pass a merger
that will keep
Novenza's chairman in power.
Deborah wants to block that merger,
take the power for herself.
So, once the judge accepts
a bribe from Deborah Nam,
Daphne is free to go in, blackmail
him into releasing Patrick Maguire.
♪
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
- Can I help you?
- Let's find out.
♪
Deborah Nam
You should recognize the name.
Yeah, from the Novenza case.
♪
The merger you're
going to rule against it,
and I promise
I'll make it worth your while.
Okay, now turn the card over.
Good part's on the back.
Offshore account, money's all yours
pending your approval.
A little discretion.
Relax.
I'm just a businesswoman
offering a business deal.
You'd simply be offering a judgment
that would please
our board, shareholders,
and me.
Uh, give me time
to review the case, and I'll
[CELLPHONE RINGING]
- [SPEAKING KOREAN]
-
[SLAMS TABLE]
Look, I need to go.
So, if you're not in
Well, actually
I believe we've come to see
eye to eye on this matter.
♪
I knew you'd get there.
♪
Okay, so we got nine holes
to make this site our own
before they show up.
All right, the way Pop plays golf,
we're going to have about
four hours to move in
and make it look like
we've been here for months.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
Hey, thought I'd find you here.
You here to gloat or to golf?
Nah, I'm here to make amends.
♪
This?
Ah, hell, I don't need your
money any more than you do.
But
I know a way that you can use
it to really make a difference.
Yeah? What's that?
It's called the Thelman Fund.
It's a little fundraising
campaign that I chair.
We're building a wing at River Hospital,
and we sure could use the donation.
Not only is it a way to take
a charitable contribution,
but
you know, it's a way of leaving
something behind
for people to remember you by, forever.
- Amen to that.
- Yeah.
Still, if I'm going to put
my money into something,
I kind of like to see it.
It's a hospital, you say?
Oh, yeah, and a very special one.
I'm going to swing by there
today when I finish up here.
Come by if you want.
Why don't we golf later?
I'll follow you.
- Right now?
- Yeah.
- Yeah, let's do it.
- Let's do it.
All right.
♪
Ah, hold on a second.
Uh, scratch four hours. We got an hour.
Last-minute demands, tight deadlines
Like old times.
The man knows what he's talking about.
- Yeah, right.
- Come on, now.
- Here we go.
- Let's get this happening.
Hey, Shel's mom is gonna need
about a half hour in there
You got this?
Hey, I'm pretty good
at keeping guys distracted.
Hello.
[AVI SNOW & KOIL'S "FREEDOM"]
Ah, uh, who are you?
Renee, hospital controller.
They sent me over for the tour.
Don't have anything
on the schedule about a tour.
[SIGHS] Let me give them a call.
My first day
out of my cubicle in a year,
and you're going to send me
back already?
I was hoping to see something
more than spreadsheets
for, what, a few minutes?
Pour some water on the fire ♪
Light another, ready to go ♪
Okay.
- This way.
- Thank you.
- So, uh, you're a controller.
- Mm-hmm.
- That's like an accountant.
- [LAUGHING] Exactly.
All clear. I'm in.
Good, because here they come.
Well, would you look at that.
That's going up quick.
Sorry, fellas. This is a closed site.
- Hey, Carson Stiles.
- Ah, Mr. Stiles.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah, Go ahead.
- Thank you.
- Thank you.
- All right.
♪
Let's let the foreman show you
what the future looks like.
Yeah, so, when we're done,
this will be eight stories,
labs, offices, clinics
Whole nine yards.
It might just look like
a bunch of beams and bullets
- right now, but
- "Bullets"?
- Screws, I mean.
- No, I know.
I just haven't heard that
since my steel-mill days.
[DISTANT TOOLS WHIRRING]
Oh, and I forgot the best part
Your name right up there.
No, no, that's the wrong investor.
Oh.
The angel investor
I was telling you about
is going to swing by
later this afternoon.
- Right. Oh, yeah.
- Angel investor?
Yeah, we're still looking
for a capstone investor.
So, if you happen to have
an extra 10 mil lying around,
it could be your name
right on this building.
- [CHUCKLES]
- Just right above there.
Actually, you could see
it from the highway.
Well, that'd be a hell
of a tax write-off.
Yes, it would.
Well, I got to talk to my
business guys about this.
- Thank you for the tour.
- Sure.
- I'll walk you out.
- My pleasure.
Really, thanks for coming down.
Here's my card.
As soon as your people give
the go-ahead, call me directly.
Well, I hope to.
But you don't get to where I am
by being reckless with money.
You know what I'm saying?
Listen
hopefully I'll be seeing you soon.
Take care.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
Nice meeting you, Davey.
♪
Ah you got me.
- [LAUGHS]
- It's nice to have a moment
that's not also a photo op, huh?
Yeah.
Thank God Claire Fox introduced us.
Hey, how did your family
get to know Claire, anyhow?
Who knows?
They're always introducing me
to someone who knows someone.
Yeah, well, they must have
had real connections
to have pull with someone like her.
[CHUCKLES] David,
what are you really asking?
My family
my father
has some history with Claire Fox.
They don't trust her, and
♪
I guess I need to
know that I can trust you.
David, you know me.
I do.
Claire's history with my family
it complicates your involvement
in my campaign.
♪
Not if I'm not on it.
No, Jen, I
I really like you.
♪
Are you sure about this?
[SIGHS]
Positive.
I can get a job at another campaign.
But I can't find another you.
[SOFT MUSIC]
♪
[CAR ALARM BEEPS]
Productive day at work?
I thought I'd made myself clear.
I want nothing to do with you.
Ooh, too late for that.
What are you talking about?
Your new bank account.
See, it was the same one I offered.
It's up to you, Your Honor.
Would you prefer to be bribed
or blackmailed?
You will rule in favor
of Patrick Maguire.
[CHUCKLES]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
These things happen.
But you tell the boys, Franny,
that we still got him on the hook, okay?
All right, baby.
I'll see you back at the bar.
Hey, hey, don't you worry.
Today was not a total bust.
[SIREN WAILS] Got to go, hon.
♪
Leonard Nicoletti?
♪
Who's asking?
We want to ask you a couple
questions down at the station.
About what?
Your whereabouts this afternoon, sir.
You want to get in the car, please?
♪
Sure.
♪
Patrick Maguire free man.
Now we just have
to put him away for good.
That's still the plan?
Take down his family, save mine?
That's the plan.
See, stopping bad guys isn't so bad.
- [SIGHS]
- And for what it's worth,
you'd make a good officer.
- [PHONE VIBRATING]
- Hold on, hold on.
- Hey, Charlie.
- I need you home.
- What?
- The cops just picked Dad up.
They're bringing him into
the station for questioning.
What do you mean
brought him in for questioning?
I don't know. I-I'm not sure.
I don't have the answer, but
Mom is freaking out right now.
- Okay. I'm I'm coming.
- Yeah, just get out of there.
Okay. [LINE BEEPS]
- What is it? What's wrong?
- Cops took my dad.
♪
[VAN DOOR OPENS, CLOSES]
♪
[GATE BUZZES]
♪
Connor, my boy.
Hey.
So what's it going to be?
I got Nicky holding
your booth in the back,
if it's a meal you're after
or a bottle of whiskey at the warehouse,
if want to get right to seeing my work.
Are you also planning on
taking credit for my release?
Well, you know, if a man
finds out he's got a sister
that can make him paranoid, you know.
♪
Look, I don't know how I'm
supposed to run this company
if you're keeping things from me.
♪
She's no Maguire.
And she's only here as long as I choose.
♪
They said they're holding him
on grand larceny.
That's that's all they tell me.
I don't get it. Is it the Alzheimer's?
Why would he lift something?
No, no. Ma, no, no, no, it's not that.
It's Slocum's watch, all right?
He wouldn't let it go.
- Are you kidding me?
- Oh, my God.
After all of this, he's going
to get put away for a watch?
Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.
Oh, and then they're going to
find out about the charity con.
Ma, Ma, Ma, slow down.
And it's only a matter of time before
- Slow down, please.
- We're screwed.
We're going to figure it out.
We're going to figure it out.
- We're going to figure
- You're here.
- Pop?
- Oh, my God.
How are you here?
I had someone looking out for me.
[ROCK MUSIC]
♪
You broke your code.
I did what's right.
♪
- [DOOR CLOSES]
- Hey, uh
how did you do that?
I told them your dad's a vital CIA asset
who committed this crime in
support of a confidential op.
Wow.
Well, that's, uh, not exactly the truth.
[SCOFFS]
I guess I pulled off two cons today.
Your dad's a good man.
♪
Thank you.
Um, it means a lot.
I owed you one.
You did the same thing for my family.
♪
See you.
♪
[KNOCK AT DOOR]
♪
[SIGHS] You're here.
With you to thank.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
[WHISTLES] So this is what you can buy
when you're sponging off
the Maguires, huh?
What is he doing here?
He's impressed
with the work you did, Daphne.
We both were.
I want you to walk me and Connor
through how this operation works.
Looks like you won, sister.
I mean, that's what you wanted, right?
Enough.
It's a family dinner, our first one
so sit.
♪
To the Maguires. [GLASSES CLINK]
♪
Previously on "The Company You Keep"
Did you know about daddy dearest?
If the Feds stay on me,
I will expose your family
for the frauds you really are.
There is another answer.
If you come work for me as my asset,
I'll protect your family
while you help me protect mine.
We're CIA informants, son.
You should have asked us first.
For once, Charlie's love life
may solve our problems.
I wanted to introduce you
to your new director
of social media, Jennifer West.
- Usual deal?
- I make money, you make money.
Hey, how did your dad
get into our line of work?
Job dried up, pension along with it.
It's early-stage memory loss. That's it.
We can't pretend this
isn't happening, babe.
[ROCK MUSIC]
Daphne Finch became the De facto head
of the Maguire crime syndicate
when her father, Patrick, was arrested.
Since then, she's managed to corner
and grow the East Coast fentanyl market
by taking on the distribution
network of the Taiwanese triads.
Using that revenue, she
began buying illegal weapons,
increasing the supply
to her Russian partners
and providing enough for them to export
to combat zones across the world.
Ms. Finch applied her knowledge
of corporate synergy
to markets once controlled by gangs.
More drugs equals more guns
equals more drugs.
The problem is,
her finances are hidden to us,
thanks to the tax loophole
of a so-called Freeport.
But none of her expansion
would have been possible
without the cooperation
of individuals working
within the highest levels
of our nation's defense systems.
We're talking corruption
on an Iran-Contra Affair scale.
But here's the scary part
I don't think Daphne Finch is done yet.
She's nothing if not ambitious.
I'd like to file a cable
and bring Langley up to speed
on our operation.
By all means. And nice work, Hill.
It seems your asset
is really paying dividends.
[MUFFLED LAUGHTER]
You okay?
Yeah. I was thinking
how good it's going to feel
when we put Maguire away
for good, and Daphne with him.
So we're arms dealers now.
But thanks to our new partners
Members of Congress,
the Undersecretary of Defense
Totally untouchable.
- [DISTANT BUZZER SOUNDS]
- Not bad.
And Connor told me he's making
connections in Mexico.
Has he?
Well, then you also know
he took the $10 million
I was hoping to reinvest
into our expansion
for a drug-buying spree.
Bit of bad blood
between you two, isn't there?
[CHUCKLES] Well, you keeping me a secret
certainly hasn't helped.
But unlike Connor,
I haven't let that bad blood
stand in the way
of successfully running your empire.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
I'm not going to play favorites
when it comes to my children.
But I'd certainly be grateful
to whoever gets me out of here.
Already on it.
What is this?
Details for an anonymous
offshore bank account.
You'll get full access
to the money inside
if you agree to release my client.
♪
According to my sources,
this amount's considerably more
than what you've taken
in the past for such favors.
I do not barter with criminals.
♪
From what my lawyers tell me,
it'll take a bit of magic
to get this judge to change his mind.
Well, lucky for you
I've got a magician on the payroll.
♪
Come on in. It's my new place.
Oh.
It's a lot less drafty
than the warehouse.
Sure is. [SIGHS]
Would you like a drink?
A little early for me.
All right.
It's 5:00 somewhere.
You know I'm not one for praise,
but our working relationship
has proven even more profitable
than I could have hoped.
Our deal was for me to help
you take down your brother,
not pay your mortgage.
Come on.
You have to admit, we make a great team.
Is that what we are now A team?
- What would you call it?
- This is uncomfortable.
Uncomfortable?
Why should this be uncomfortable?
Charlie's job is to win Daphne's trust.
Sounds like it's working.
It sounds like she's feeling
a little more for him
than trust these days.
Really, it's fine. I'm fine.
Does your face know that?
♪
Look
if working together
is going to be a problem
It's not. I'm just protective
of my brother.
If I'm being honest,
I don't love how you've been
treating him lately either.
♪
I'm just doing my job, too,
which in part, believe it
or not, is to protect him.
♪
So you just bring me down here to what?
Show off your new place?
I brought you here
because I want your help
getting my father out of prison.
Prison breaks aren't really my thing.
Don't be so dramatic.
I just need you to put a little pressure
on our friendly neighborhood
D.C. Circuit judge.
I promise I'll make it worth your while.
♪
[OVER SPEAKERS]
It ain't every day ♪
Yeah! Take that, Davey,
you sorry son of a bitch!
All right, who wants another round?
I'm buying.
Come on, Franny. Line them up.
There you go, baby. [INDISTINCT CHATTER]
Yeah. United Steelworkers Local 2609.
- Yeah.
- We lost a loyal brother.
- Yeah.
- To Maurice.
- ALL: To Maurice!
- To Maurice.
Maurice.
- Who was it this time?
- Shelby's father.
- Oh, no.
- Yeah.
I'll get you one, too, baby.
But I got to start
cutting your father off.
How did he go?
A heart attack got him
before the cancer did.
Jesus, mom, that's grim.
Yeah, you're damn right it's grim.
You realize that most of these dudes
haven't work for 20 years since
the steel mill closed down?
Grim.
Hey, Fran, take it easy.
It's not even after noon.
You're right Someone's got to be
the grown-up around here, right?
[GIGGLES] Oh, speaking of
- Hmm?
- I need you to do me a favor.
Tomorrow your dad has to go
to the neurologist,
and you know how he hates doctors.
Can you make sure he gets there on time?
Yeah, of course.
Yeah, yeah. No, I got it.
- Thanks, baby.
- Yeah, no problem.
[LEO LAUGHING] Yeah. No, you didn't!
Hey.
- How'd it go?
- It went.
- Hey, Fran.
- Hey.
Hey, Leo.
You got to forgive my husband, hon.
He has an allergy to G men.
Can we debrief?
Yeah, we'll go downstairs. Come on.
Can you take it outside, son?
Private party.
♪
Look, my parents, they
It's fine.
No, you don't understand.
When my mom's folks owned
the tailor shop here
back in the '30s, it was the cops
who were shaking them down
for free suits,
while the wise guys were
the ones dropping off groceries
- when times got tough.
- Mm.
Explains why you're
so comfortable around crime.
[SCOFFS]
I'm sorry Aren't you the one
who's trying to get Maguire
back on the streets?
Only so I can put him away for good.
That's logical.
So what's your plan to get
Daphne's father out of prison?
Keep an eye on the judge.
Get him on tape doing something dirty.
That way she can flip him
and free Maguire.
Hey, do you think it's strange
that both you and Daphne
want the same thing?
I want to end the Maguires.
That's still the same thing
you want, isn't it, Charlie?
You're damn right.
♪
- Hey.
- Hi.
Well, no old pictures
of me and Claire Fox
on the front page.
Am I to assume you found a way
around our family's blackmail problem?
[DOOR OPENS]
- Oh. Ah, the circus has arrived!
- Hi!
[DOOR CLOSES]
How's life on the campaign trail?
If I have to hear myself give
that stump speech
one more time
- David crushed it.
- Of course he did.
This trip brought the
momentum we need for November.
Still, weeks of napping
on a campaign bus
Not going to miss that neck pain.
I told you yoga.
- Maybe you can show me again.
- [LAUGHS]
Well, I'm beat.
Come on, I'll walk you to the car.
Yep.
I forgot about yoga.
You won't forget after our next session.
[LAUGHTER]
How long's that been going on?
Spokane, or was it Walla Walla?
She seems good for him.
Clearly.
♪
They actually make a great team.
Reminds me of us.
♪
How is this different?
It's different because
Jen was hired because of Claire Fox.
I thought that woman was
done trying to ruin our family.
♪
[ON JUKEBOX] Oh, please forgive me ♪
[DOOR CLOSES]
- Hey. Good morning.
- Hey.
I got this. You got Pop's thing.
No, no, he he told me the
appointment got rescheduled.
- What?
- Yeah.
No, I just talked to Ma.
She said he was
on his way here to meet you.
Wait, what? When?
Hold on. I got him.
What do you mean you got him?
I mean I got him.
Oh. Does he know you're tracking him?
I'll apologize when we find him.
- God, where the hell is he?
- That's the middle of nowhere.
- What's Pop doing in Virginia?
- I don't know.
Ma said he was getting worse.
I'm going to take this.
Call Ma, let her know what's
going on, and I'll go find him.
Yeah.
♪
- Any luck?
- Yeah, I got him.
Thank God. Is he okay?
Other than the fact I'm going
to kill him, he looks fine.
Yeah, I'll call you later.
[WHISTLES]
Nice shoes.
- What are you doing here?
- What am I do
I'm not the one that's supposed to be
at a doctor's appointment right now.
Yeah, well
something came up.
Wait. Hold on. Is that
the guy from the dartboard?
Davey Slocum.
That's the gentleman
who lost my pension.
Goes by David now that he's running
with the country-club crowd.
Hold on a second.
Are you running a job right now?
It's what we do.
No, no, it's what we do together,
not behind each other's backs.
Oh, well, you've been busy lately.
So feel free to help me squeeze
the 208 grand he owes me.
I'm sorry. What?
That's what my retirement would be worth
if old Davey hadn't blown it.
Okay, and you thought
today is the perfect day
to settle that score?
Just days after my friend died?
Yeah, timing couldn't be more perfect.
So you in, or you out?
'Cause either way,
I'm getting what's mine.
♪
Didn't realize you and I
were teaming up on this one.
Uh, did Charlie brief you on the plan?
Yes, uh, flip a judge,
break an Irish gangster out of prison
Just another Tuesday, Logistics.
[UPBEAT ROCK MUSIC]
Whoa, whoa!
Oh, hey, my drive pulled
an Amelia Earhart on me
Took off nice and then disappeared.
- I'm so sorry to hang you up.
- I found it.
- It it went sailing.
- Yeah, I know.
- Excuse us. Sorry.
- Hey, it happens.
Slocum. David Slocum.
Carson Stiles.
- Is that a Royal Oak?
- That's a good eye.
That's, uh that's a beauty.
Yeah, it's a little
retirement present for myself.
Ha.
Say, instead of holding each other up,
you want to finish
the back nine as a twosome?
Why not?
You got it.
Driver, please.
That guy's wearing my pension
on his wrist.
You sure you're up for this?
I need a caddie, not a babysitter.
Trust, son, trust.
♪
Come on, where is he?
You know there are ways
to speed this up
Dupe the judge into springing Maguire.
It's a simple surveillance op.
No need to break out the fake mustaches.
God forbid we break the law
while aiding a prison break.
Okay, this isn't a prison break.
Is this how CIA doublespeak works?
This isn't a crime. It's an op.
You're not a liar. You're an operative.
And Charlie's not your ex.
He's an asset.
Charlie is my asset
An asset for the CIA.
Uh-huh. [CRUNCHES]
♪
[GROANS]
You know
I-I swear I know you from somewhere.
Ha. Yeah, I got one of those faces.
So what line of work you in?
- Uh, finance.
- Mm.
Before that, I used to work
for U.S. Steel.
But I got out of there
in the nick of time, boy
Right before the unions
drove that whole industry
- into the ground.
- [CHUCKLES]
Bunch of commie freeloaders, right?
Yeah, they'd rather make
a point than make a living.
See? Guys like your caddie
They understand
the value of honest work.
The value of money
is in how you make it.
Speaking of, want to make this
a little more interesting?
Little wager?
What you thinking?
Five grand a hole.
Why don't we make it ten?
Oh, I like ten.
♪
Do you have any idea
how paranoid you sound?
I think I'm smart enough to know
if my girlfriend was duping me.
And I'm not going to let myself
turn into one of those politicians
who can't keep it in their pants.
That's not who I am.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
Then you're a better man than I.
There's a reason
that we don't trust Claire Fox.
♪
Wait, you and she
♪
And you knew about all this?
We put it behind us years ago.
But now Claire's reaching out
to you and asking for favors
And what, you think
this is Claire's revenge?
That Jen's got some ulterior motives?
It wouldn't be the first time.
Why didn't you tell me, Dad?
Because I never expected you
to make a deal with Claire Fox!
♪
I needed the support.
And I didn't want to tell you
because I was trying
to live up to your legacy.
♪
But for the first time,
Dad, I'm glad I'm not you.
♪
That's five holes in a row for me.
Come on, give me a fighting chance.
Double or nothing on this hole.
♪
You're on.
♪
Ugh.
Oh, that's right in the cat box.
♪
You planning on turning this
around anytime soon, Pop?
I'm getting there.
You'd have an easier time convincing me
if you win at least one of these holes.
Sand wedge, please.
- Thank you.
- Mm-hmm.
♪
Thank you, Mary, Mother of God.
100K on the line. No pressure.
♪
Yes!
[SIGHS]
Calm down, fella. I still have to putt.
A tie's not going to help you.
Oh, that one, though,
call it a Joe Pesci
Five foot and tough as hell.
♪
Damn it.
Well, I guess we call that a wash.
[CELLPHONE RINGING]
Sorry. I got to take this.
William, is everything okay?
Hey, you're walking away
with your shirt on your back.
- I call that a win.
- Oh, this ain't over.
Hey, do you remember what you
said to me when I was a kid,
we'd run grifts at the horse track?
You said the second you get emotional,
it is time to walk away.
I'll decide when I walk away.
You weren't even supposed to be here.
No, I wasn't supposed to be here.
I'm skipping out on the federal
government to be here with you.
What does that have to do with this?
Oh, Emma finds out that you
and I are running a con on the side?
Oh, Emma?
That's why they call it
an allowance, William.
You will get as much
as I allow you to have.
[SIGHS]
Kids?
Either I give them
their inheritance now,
and they blow through it
by the time they're 30,
or we wait until I die, and we
put it in the pocket of the taxman.
- Can't win, my friend.
- I'll tell you one thing
I'm going to have them bury me
with this watch.
Got to hold on to something, right?
Or you could leave him
with a little less.
How about one bet?
One more shot.
Guy makes one lucky putt,
and he thinks
he's Jack frickin' Nicklaus.
100K says you can't hit that again.
200K says I will.
♪
You're on.
♪
So what do we do if you miss?
We run.
♪
[BALL CLATTERS IN HOLE]
♪
Can you believe that?
Guy wrote a check for 200 grand
like it was nothing.
Ah, you got lucky, Pop.
Hey, no more going rogue
like that, okay?
You're the one who made
a deal with the Feds,
offered the family up.
That's a real convenient point of view.
You got something to say, son?
♪
You know, I didn't choose this life.
You raised me in it.
I taught you how to survive.
You taught me not to trust
anyone outside of the family,
that anything that I wanted
for myself was a liability.
People like us,
we don't get the choices
that these guys do.
I did the best I could.
And I'm doing my best
to keep us out of trouble.
But you making moves
like this, you just
You're you're pulling us
right back into it.
Come on, you got to think.
I'll see you back at the bar.
♪
Can I get you something else?
A little honesty would be nice.
I'll take another beer.
[UPBEAT ROCK MUSIC PLAYING
OVER SPEAKERS]
- Pulling a job behind my back?
- Won't happen again.
And skipping your
neurologist appointment, babe?
♪
I didn't skip it. It was last week.
What? Why didn't you tell me?
Because the news wasn't so good.
Doc said my MMSE score
was down from last time.
That's why I went after my money.
After seeing the way Maurice went
I don't want to leave
my family empty-handed.
We don't need money, Leo.
We just need you.
Okay?
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
Okay.
- Okay.
- Okay.
- Give him his beer.
- Well, I'm trying.
- Hey.
- Hey.
I was looking for your sister.
Yeah, she's inside.
Missed you today. Everything okay?
I heard you were tied up with your dad.
You asking as my handler or my ex?
Charlie
I'm just asking as someone who cares.
Okay, fine. You really want to know?
I caught my dad
trying to settle an old score
with a guy who bankrupted his pension.
Wait. He was running a con?
And this is why I can't talk to you.
Charlie, I can't protect
you and your family
from random crimes
That wasn't our deal.
Keep your voice down.
You don't like the answers,
stop asking the questions.
- Okay?
- Charlie.
[DOOR CLOSES] [SIGHS]
[DISTANT DOG BARKS]
Was that my brother?
Yeah.
Want a drink?
[INHALES DEEPLY] Yeah.
[CHUCKLES]
- Wine okay?
- Sure, thanks.
♪
[SIGHS]
♪
I think it's time we move past
simple surveillance.
What's that?
The judge's tax returns
and bank accounts.
[CHUCKLES]
Uh, nice.
Yeah.
Correlate any
suspicious influxes of cash
with cases he's dismissed.
Or made questionable judgments on.
Let's find out what kind of cases
move him to compromise his principles.
Nice work, Logistics.
At least one Nicoletti trusts me.
♪
You know you've got that wrong.
What do you mean?
When Charlie decided
to tell you the truth about
being a con man and Daphne
coming after your family,
he put us at risk for you.
And I-I get that you feel
like he betrayed you
and he lied to you,
but Charlie's never been
that honest with anybody.
So, from my perspective,
he sacrificed himself for you.
♪
[SLOW BLUES MUSIC]
♪
Hey.
Hey.
Look, uh, I know things got
a little tense out there
between me and you on the golf course.
Come on, we we don't need
to get into it.
Please.
That thing you said about
you not having a choice
you're not wrong.
All I've ever done is to try
to do right by you,
your sister, and your ma,
but I also get that I can be a
Stubborn pain in the ass.
♪
I was going to say
uncompromising, but
sure.
♪
I let you believe that
it was us against the world
because
♪
Because at least
we'd always have each other.
Hey, you were right. We do.
Except that you need
more than just us, Charlie.
I mean, I want you to make your
own choices, be your own man.
I never meant for you to be an island.
I know that.
I know it.
[DOOR OPENS, CLOSES]
Hey, look who came to visit us.
I'm so sorry, Shelby. So sorry.
Thanks.
Your father He was a good man.
How's your mom?
Oh, you know. She's pouring
herself into planning the funeral.
Okay.
Well, hey, you need
anything from us, just
Thanks, but, uh,
I could use a drink, though.
Yeah, sit down.
♪
Doesn't feel right.
I got mine, but what
about everybody else?
Hey, it's not your fault
everyone's pensions went bust.
[SIGHS, SCOFFS]
Still, I can't shake the feeling
that we left money on the table.
Oh, yeah.
That guy definitely seemed like
he had some money to spare.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
- What about Emma?
- What about Daphne?
- What about us?
- [CHUCKLES]
It would take a big job
to reel him in for some serious money.
So let's convince him
that by spending money,
he's actually saving it.
Guys like that
They love a tax loophole.
- You mean like a charity con.
- Mm-hmm.
But how do we get him
to part with that much money?
- [DOOR OPENS]
- Hey, hey.
Too early for a pint?
Not at all. [DOOR CLOSES]
We get him to buy a building.
And we've got the gang to work on it.
Hey, Pike.
I think we're going to need you
to stay sober today.
Can I have just o-one sip?
- Shelby?
- Yeah.
You might want in on this, too.
- Pike.
- What's happening?
Can you gather all the boys
from the old local?
- You got a job for us?
- Yeah, a union job.
So, after a thrilling night
of analyzing Judge Bishop's
tax returns, I did find this.
He has a numbered account.
The deposits line up
with very specific rulings.
Clear House Insurance vs. East Limited,
Reed vs. Virco Motors.
- These are all corporate cases.
- Exactly.
The judge only takes bribes
from "respectable" criminals.
I guess crime is always
a game of self-rationalization.
So is working with criminals.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
Want to hear my plan?
Please.
We pretend to be a player
in a pending case.
- Mm-hmm.
- We lean on the judge
into taking a bribe,
and then we catch him in the act.
- Do you have a case in mind?
- I do.
Novenza Electronics Corporation.
The judge is set to rule
against the chairman's
daughter, Deborah Nam.
"Nahm" it's Korean.
[KALI J'S "FLEX"]
What, you're not thinking
♪
It's time to pay attention ♪
Y'all listen up ♪
All eyes in my direction ♪
So there are basics to any con.
Let them lead the discussion.
When in doubt, put a clock on it.
- And the best lies
- Come from the truth.
Same techniques they teach at Langley.
At Langley, right,
because in your line of work,
it's important to gain
people's confidence.
Exactly.
Some might even say
that there's an artistry to it.
I see what you're doing,
and it's not at all the same thing.
If you say so, Logistics.
♪
Ready to be a power-hungry heiress
with a knack for blackmail?
[INHALES SHARPLY]
You know, I've been studying
just the right person.
Watch me flex, flex, flex ♪
Watch me ♪
So, remember, the judge
is set to pass a merger
that will keep
Novenza's chairman in power.
Deborah wants to block that merger,
take the power for herself.
So, once the judge accepts
a bribe from Deborah Nam,
Daphne is free to go in, blackmail
him into releasing Patrick Maguire.
♪
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
- Can I help you?
- Let's find out.
♪
Deborah Nam
You should recognize the name.
Yeah, from the Novenza case.
♪
The merger you're
going to rule against it,
and I promise
I'll make it worth your while.
Okay, now turn the card over.
Good part's on the back.
Offshore account, money's all yours
pending your approval.
A little discretion.
Relax.
I'm just a businesswoman
offering a business deal.
You'd simply be offering a judgment
that would please
our board, shareholders,
and me.
Uh, give me time
to review the case, and I'll
[CELLPHONE RINGING]
- [SPEAKING KOREAN]
-
[SLAMS TABLE]
Look, I need to go.
So, if you're not in
Well, actually
I believe we've come to see
eye to eye on this matter.
♪
I knew you'd get there.
♪
Okay, so we got nine holes
to make this site our own
before they show up.
All right, the way Pop plays golf,
we're going to have about
four hours to move in
and make it look like
we've been here for months.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
Hey, thought I'd find you here.
You here to gloat or to golf?
Nah, I'm here to make amends.
♪
This?
Ah, hell, I don't need your
money any more than you do.
But
I know a way that you can use
it to really make a difference.
Yeah? What's that?
It's called the Thelman Fund.
It's a little fundraising
campaign that I chair.
We're building a wing at River Hospital,
and we sure could use the donation.
Not only is it a way to take
a charitable contribution,
but
you know, it's a way of leaving
something behind
for people to remember you by, forever.
- Amen to that.
- Yeah.
Still, if I'm going to put
my money into something,
I kind of like to see it.
It's a hospital, you say?
Oh, yeah, and a very special one.
I'm going to swing by there
today when I finish up here.
Come by if you want.
Why don't we golf later?
I'll follow you.
- Right now?
- Yeah.
- Yeah, let's do it.
- Let's do it.
All right.
♪
Ah, hold on a second.
Uh, scratch four hours. We got an hour.
Last-minute demands, tight deadlines
Like old times.
The man knows what he's talking about.
- Yeah, right.
- Come on, now.
- Here we go.
- Let's get this happening.
Hey, Shel's mom is gonna need
about a half hour in there
You got this?
Hey, I'm pretty good
at keeping guys distracted.
Hello.
[AVI SNOW & KOIL'S "FREEDOM"]
Ah, uh, who are you?
Renee, hospital controller.
They sent me over for the tour.
Don't have anything
on the schedule about a tour.
[SIGHS] Let me give them a call.
My first day
out of my cubicle in a year,
and you're going to send me
back already?
I was hoping to see something
more than spreadsheets
for, what, a few minutes?
Pour some water on the fire ♪
Light another, ready to go ♪
Okay.
- This way.
- Thank you.
- So, uh, you're a controller.
- Mm-hmm.
- That's like an accountant.
- [LAUGHING] Exactly.
All clear. I'm in.
Good, because here they come.
Well, would you look at that.
That's going up quick.
Sorry, fellas. This is a closed site.
- Hey, Carson Stiles.
- Ah, Mr. Stiles.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah, Go ahead.
- Thank you.
- Thank you.
- All right.
♪
Let's let the foreman show you
what the future looks like.
Yeah, so, when we're done,
this will be eight stories,
labs, offices, clinics
Whole nine yards.
It might just look like
a bunch of beams and bullets
- right now, but
- "Bullets"?
- Screws, I mean.
- No, I know.
I just haven't heard that
since my steel-mill days.
[DISTANT TOOLS WHIRRING]
Oh, and I forgot the best part
Your name right up there.
No, no, that's the wrong investor.
Oh.
The angel investor
I was telling you about
is going to swing by
later this afternoon.
- Right. Oh, yeah.
- Angel investor?
Yeah, we're still looking
for a capstone investor.
So, if you happen to have
an extra 10 mil lying around,
it could be your name
right on this building.
- [CHUCKLES]
- Just right above there.
Actually, you could see
it from the highway.
Well, that'd be a hell
of a tax write-off.
Yes, it would.
Well, I got to talk to my
business guys about this.
- Thank you for the tour.
- Sure.
- I'll walk you out.
- My pleasure.
Really, thanks for coming down.
Here's my card.
As soon as your people give
the go-ahead, call me directly.
Well, I hope to.
But you don't get to where I am
by being reckless with money.
You know what I'm saying?
Listen
hopefully I'll be seeing you soon.
Take care.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
Nice meeting you, Davey.
♪
Ah you got me.
- [LAUGHS]
- It's nice to have a moment
that's not also a photo op, huh?
Yeah.
Thank God Claire Fox introduced us.
Hey, how did your family
get to know Claire, anyhow?
Who knows?
They're always introducing me
to someone who knows someone.
Yeah, well, they must have
had real connections
to have pull with someone like her.
[CHUCKLES] David,
what are you really asking?
My family
my father
has some history with Claire Fox.
They don't trust her, and
♪
I guess I need to
know that I can trust you.
David, you know me.
I do.
Claire's history with my family
it complicates your involvement
in my campaign.
♪
Not if I'm not on it.
No, Jen, I
I really like you.
♪
Are you sure about this?
[SIGHS]
Positive.
I can get a job at another campaign.
But I can't find another you.
[SOFT MUSIC]
♪
[CAR ALARM BEEPS]
Productive day at work?
I thought I'd made myself clear.
I want nothing to do with you.
Ooh, too late for that.
What are you talking about?
Your new bank account.
See, it was the same one I offered.
It's up to you, Your Honor.
Would you prefer to be bribed
or blackmailed?
You will rule in favor
of Patrick Maguire.
[CHUCKLES]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
These things happen.
But you tell the boys, Franny,
that we still got him on the hook, okay?
All right, baby.
I'll see you back at the bar.
Hey, hey, don't you worry.
Today was not a total bust.
[SIREN WAILS] Got to go, hon.
♪
Leonard Nicoletti?
♪
Who's asking?
We want to ask you a couple
questions down at the station.
About what?
Your whereabouts this afternoon, sir.
You want to get in the car, please?
♪
Sure.
♪
Patrick Maguire free man.
Now we just have
to put him away for good.
That's still the plan?
Take down his family, save mine?
That's the plan.
See, stopping bad guys isn't so bad.
- [SIGHS]
- And for what it's worth,
you'd make a good officer.
- [PHONE VIBRATING]
- Hold on, hold on.
- Hey, Charlie.
- I need you home.
- What?
- The cops just picked Dad up.
They're bringing him into
the station for questioning.
What do you mean
brought him in for questioning?
I don't know. I-I'm not sure.
I don't have the answer, but
Mom is freaking out right now.
- Okay. I'm I'm coming.
- Yeah, just get out of there.
Okay. [LINE BEEPS]
- What is it? What's wrong?
- Cops took my dad.
♪
[VAN DOOR OPENS, CLOSES]
♪
[GATE BUZZES]
♪
Connor, my boy.
Hey.
So what's it going to be?
I got Nicky holding
your booth in the back,
if it's a meal you're after
or a bottle of whiskey at the warehouse,
if want to get right to seeing my work.
Are you also planning on
taking credit for my release?
Well, you know, if a man
finds out he's got a sister
that can make him paranoid, you know.
♪
Look, I don't know how I'm
supposed to run this company
if you're keeping things from me.
♪
She's no Maguire.
And she's only here as long as I choose.
♪
They said they're holding him
on grand larceny.
That's that's all they tell me.
I don't get it. Is it the Alzheimer's?
Why would he lift something?
No, no. Ma, no, no, no, it's not that.
It's Slocum's watch, all right?
He wouldn't let it go.
- Are you kidding me?
- Oh, my God.
After all of this, he's going
to get put away for a watch?
Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.
Oh, and then they're going to
find out about the charity con.
Ma, Ma, Ma, slow down.
And it's only a matter of time before
- Slow down, please.
- We're screwed.
We're going to figure it out.
We're going to figure it out.
- We're going to figure
- You're here.
- Pop?
- Oh, my God.
How are you here?
I had someone looking out for me.
[ROCK MUSIC]
♪
You broke your code.
I did what's right.
♪
- [DOOR CLOSES]
- Hey, uh
how did you do that?
I told them your dad's a vital CIA asset
who committed this crime in
support of a confidential op.
Wow.
Well, that's, uh, not exactly the truth.
[SCOFFS]
I guess I pulled off two cons today.
Your dad's a good man.
♪
Thank you.
Um, it means a lot.
I owed you one.
You did the same thing for my family.
♪
See you.
♪
[KNOCK AT DOOR]
♪
[SIGHS] You're here.
With you to thank.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪
[WHISTLES] So this is what you can buy
when you're sponging off
the Maguires, huh?
What is he doing here?
He's impressed
with the work you did, Daphne.
We both were.
I want you to walk me and Connor
through how this operation works.
Looks like you won, sister.
I mean, that's what you wanted, right?
Enough.
It's a family dinner, our first one
so sit.
♪
To the Maguires. [GLASSES CLINK]
♪