The Company You Keep (2023) s01e10 Episode Script

The Truth Hurts

1
Previously on "The Company You Keep"
Put out a couple of feelers
about the building.
Whoa.
Next Friday,
a semi loaded with 10,000 units
is gonna leave American Armory.
We've got Maguire.
But who's he selling to?
You want to flip him.
I put my family in danger,
myself in danger
to help you.
You know what? I'm done.
Heard your dad and brother
cut you out of the family business.
Help me burn it to the ground,
and I'll let you go.
And I, for one,
am done putting on a show.
- [ENGINE CLUNKS]
- David, get out. Now!
[UPBEAT MUSIC]

This is one part of the job
I definitely wouldn't miss.
Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait,
you're not actually considering
selling this place, are you?
Completely legal seven-figure payday?
I don't know, Bird.
I think we'd be crazy
not to consider it.
Plus, retirement is sounding
pretty good right about now.
Guys, this bar, this neighborhood,
this is who we are, right?
You don't walk away from that.
We haven't made any decisions yet.
I I don't
We might finally get
our lives back to normal,
and they just want to go and change it.
They're never gonna do it.
All right, let's see
what the big bad Orioles did last night.
Shaken this morning following the
news of a car bomb that was detonated
outside of a TV studio
near Capitol Hill.
We await the official word on how or why
- the explosion took place.
- Uh, Charlie.
While Mr. Hill is currently
in stable condition,
sources confirm an unidentified
female was also in the car,
and she is in critical condition.
Of course, we will keep you updated
- on the latest developments
- Go. We got this.
As they become available.
[MACHINES BEEPING]
If we just hadn't
gotten into that car
My car.
This wasn't meant for you, David.
Am I allowed to ask
who's trying to kill my sister?
But I promise I'll make them pay
for what they did to you both.
Dr. Monica Park, please
report to the nurses' station.
Dr. Monica Park, please report
to the nurses' station.
Um, I need to check in with work.
Hi. I'm Dr. Park.
This is for you.
[TENSE MUSIC]

Paging me with a three-year-old alias?
I'm being tailed.
- Why?
- I don't know.
Seems like that cable of yours
hit a nerve.
Because we called out
the Undersecretary of Defense?
Maybe.
Dalton Bridges doesn't have
the authority
to downgrade my security clearance.
So someone even higher up the
food chain is protecting him.
What are they hiding?
[DOOR SLAMS]
I'm putting out some discreet
feelers with people I trust.
You, watch your back.
You too.

Emma.
I thought you
It's okay.
I'm okay.
This was the Maguires?
They're not gonna stop.
They're gonna keep coming.
We we need to
Charlie, it's not on you.
That's why I made the deal with Daphne.
I heard you when you said
you wanted your life back.
Now you have it.
Hey, that was that was
before they tried to kill you.
Let me help you, all right?
Not because I have to,
but because I want to.
I have a tail.
Gray sedan, two passengers backed in.
It's one of ours.
Why is your own agency following you?
Because they'd rather
protect the Maguires
than protect one of their own.
Do they still think we're dating?
Best lies start with the truth.
I guess there's nothing unusual
about taking a few personal days
with my boyfriend.
And while you're taking a few days
to shake off an attempt on your life
We shut down the Maguire syndicate,
once and for all.
Yeah.
A bloody car bomb?
Huh?
I did what you told me to do.
I wanted you to deal
with our little problem,
to turn down the heat from the feds.
Instead, you just lit a bloody inferno.
I didn't think that
the brother was gonna be there.
That's just it, boy!
You didn't think, did ya?
You better hope
that senator doesn't die.
Because if your incompetence
jeopardizes my deal,
you won't be the only one
in the hospital.
Your deal?
Seems like I missed a lot on the train.
I was just trying to catch up.
Slight change of plans.
We'll be paying
your armory man with crypto,
if that's all right with you.
Of course.
So what are you thinking
for the exchange?
The agency appreciates your
concern, but Officer Hill is fine.
Emma Hill hasn't taken a personal day
since I started at this agency.
She is clearly not fine.
The Maguires tried to kill her.
That's one theory. There are others.
So we're just gonna sit
on our hands and do nothing?
No.
With Hill out, you stay on the Maguires.
We need to recruit Patrick,
and I want options.
Oh, my God. This is bogus.
Watch your tone, Mason. Watch it.
I know your old COS
kept things casual here,
but I take the chain of command
very seriously.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
So what did you do
to piss these guys off?
Got too close to something
they don't want me to see.
Mm.
Come on.
You think they bought it?
I mean, I almost did.
So this is the dream team, huh?
Three people in an apartment
against an entire crime syndicate.
Let's get to work.
Okay.
We got 48 hours
to take down the Maguires,
all while the CIA watches
our every move.
For this to work, we need two things.
First, we need Patrick
to implicate himself at the exchange.
Which won't be easy,
considering he's on high alert
from the botched car bomb.
Don't look so torn up.
And two, we need to convince the FBI
to have the cavalry standing by
when he does.
I've already burned that bridge.
Singh's gone out on a limb for me twice
with nothing to show for it.
So we have two targets, neither of whom
will be inclined to do
what we need them to do.
Okay, Charlie, what's the play?
[FOREIGN AIR'S "YOUR TOUCH"]
You didn't burn that bridge.
You just have to make Singh believe
he is the only one who can save you.

Did anyone see you come in?
I used a surveillance detection route.
Stay here now ♪
What's going on, Emma?
Just when he should be walking away
and cutting his losses,
the chance that he's
still in the game with you,
oh, he's not going anywhere.
Decommissioned arms
in exchange for drug money.
Home right now ♪
I'll get you Maguire dead to rights.
I just need your people
standing by to take him down.
Once you set the hook, that's
when you play on his emotion.
Emma.
My own agency's hung me out to dry.
I hate having to ask you, but
So don't stop now ♪
I don't know who else to trust.
Yeah, I don't think
the damsel in distress
with the hand on the knee
is gonna work with Patrick.
I would hope not.
Ew.
The problem is, he plans on
staying away from the action,
monitoring the weapons transfer
via drone
and having Connor deliver the crypto
in a separate location.
What's he most afraid of?
Losing control.
You start by reinforcing a narrative
he knows to be true.
Where's Connor?
Out with the boys.
Night before our biggest deal yet?
Your fear will amplify his.
Something to say?
Connor worries me.
He lost you 10 million twice,
and now instead of eliminating
the heat on us,
he's only brought more.
Then you offer a solution that cuts
straight to the core of that fear.
We cannot afford for anything
to go wrong tomorrow.
Brad Willford knows me.
I should be the one to do the exchange.
He's not gonna want to lose control.
You're right.
I can't trust Connor to close this deal.
So he will choose
the only option he has left.
I just want your touch ♪
So I'll do it myself.

Late at night under neon lights ♪
[CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING]
Nothing feels real ♪
Nothing feels real ♪
People change, but the season stays ♪
Nothing feels real ♪
So don't stop now ♪
Burn it all down ♪
'Cause I don't need your love ♪
I just want your touch ♪
Well, we got him,
hook, line, and sinker.
Okay. So we're on for tomorrow then.
With the CIA none the wiser.
[PHONE BUZZES]
- Excuse me.
- Yeah.
[CLEARS THROAT]
Hey, Mason.
Hey, Em.
How you holding up?
I found this really cute bar.
I think you'd love it.
It's called the Collar Bar.
I'll wait down here.
[TENSE MUSIC]

You have exactly five minutes
to tell me why you
and Daphne Finch are hiding
in your boyfriend's place
before I call it in to the office.
CROWD: [CHANTING]
David! David! David! David!
I guess voters found
your honesty refreshing.
Listen, I know I owe
you guys an explanation
for everything I said during the debate.
You don't owe us anything.
And we never meant to make you
feel as though you did.
If you don't want a life in
politics, David, we support that.
We're just glad that you're okay.
So how long has he been your asset?
Since right after he warned me
that Daphne was coming after my family.
Why didn't you just tell me?
I didn't want you to have to choose
between me and your loyalty
to the agency.
Well, the agency hasn't been making it
super easy to be loyal.
Blythe seems more interested
in protecting the Maguires
than protecting you.
It has something to do
with Dalton Bridges.
Whatever we've stumbled upon,
it goes way higher than we realized.
- All right.
- Thanks.
- Thank you.
- On the house.
The sister who don't like you?
Yeah, but she's coming around.
So this con man of yours,
do you trust him?
I do.
Okay.
So long as I'm still in the inside,
let's see what Dalton Bridges is hiding.
Your plan is perfect, Charlie,
except for one thing.
Are we really gonna let Patrick
get taken away
with 20 million in his pocket?
- Unbelievable.
- Oh, come on.
It'd be a waste
to give that away to the feds.
I will be there right beside him.
No one has to know,
not even your CIA girlfriend.
How'd you do it?
Hmm?
When you stole
the crypto wallet from us.
Magic's no fun
when you know how it works.
How'd you do it?
[SOFT MUSIC]

Okay, you used the fake
FBI raid to cover the trick.
Clever.
Trick was easy.
It's the confidence you need to
make sure the other person believes it.
So what, steal 20 million,
burn your father's kingdom to
the ground, and then Disneyland?
[CHUCKLES]
Maybe I stick around.
You know, with a little startup money
and that black book you stole from me,
there's really no end to what
I could do in this town.

Do you believe it?
Almost.
[DOOR CLICKS]
Guess that's my cue.

Gotta admit, Leo,
I was surprised you caved
and let Franny talk you into this.
I gotta admit, I'm surprised
that you convinced
not one but three women to marry you.
Jokes aside,
you're making the right choice,
finally taking care of your family.
I respect that.
Don't stir the pot, Frankie. Jeez.
Just hold up your end
of the bargain, Frank.
Come on.
For me, it's all about
community revitalization.
The Collar Bar is at the center
of everything we have planned,
I promise.
[ROCK MUSIC PLAYING]

How do you really feel
about them selling this place?
I mean, if I'm honest, I don't love it.
You know, this is my home, but
my folks aren't getting any younger,
and they say change is good, right?
Right.
[SOFT MUSIC]

That bastard. He lied to you.
He sure did.
I'm gonna kill him.
What's going on? What'd I miss?
Holly lifted the plans
from Frankie's investors.
Charlie, he's gonna raze the block.
That's the "revitalized" Collar Bar.
Are you kidding me?
Frankie and his investors
get away with this,
half the people we know will get
priced out of this neighborhood.
Our bar is just the first domino.
Eh, maybe not.
I'm working on something upstairs.
What if we could kill
two birds with one stone?
I love me a buy-one-get-one.
All right.
What about a Montreal merry-go-round,
like a cowboy switch?
Great idea.
Don't have enough time.
Would a city slicker sucker punch work
with what's happening upstairs?
Oh, he'd never see it coming.
Let me. I'm gonna enjoy this.
Let's remind him where he comes from.
[CLEARS THROAT]
Well, they're in.
The only question is, are you?
[ANTICIPATORY MUSIC]

I could never say no to you, Frankie.
Leo?

Let's do this.
Wow.
You're getting pretty good at that.
They still out there?
Yeah.
Hey, you want to switch?
I feel bad taking your bed again.
Nah. It's a good couch.
I'll be fine.
Liar.
Yeah.
Except with you.
With you, I only ever wanted
to tell you the truth.
I mean, I told you who I was
the night we met.
So did I.
I'd never done that before.
Me neither.
[TWO FEET'S "TELL ME THE TRUTH"]

And then you tried
to tell me the truth again
when you warned me
about Daphne, and I
Go insane ♪
I know I hurt you.
For too long, I bide my time ♪
I'm sorry.
- It's okay. It's
- No. It's not.
I watch you float on, float on ♪
You're a good man.
For too long, I've been too fake ♪
Pretend to be all that you need ♪
So tell me the truth, my baby, baby ♪
Is it me, is it you? ♪
I say, I say, oh ♪
Morning.
Morning.
[SWEET MUSIC]

Hey, you know that bakery on the corner?
Maybe we grab some coffee,
walk down to the Inner Harbor,
and watch the ships go out.
And after that?
[SIGHS]
Matinee at the Charles.
Grab a few things at the market
and come back here
and make dinner.
Sounds nice.

We'd better get going.
Yeah.
[BELL CHIMING]
[UPBEAT MUSIC]

Lost visual.
Hey, hey, hey, buddy,
you gotta move the truck.
- What?
- Just move the truck.
- Move the truck.
- Move the truck.
All right. All right. Calm down.
Calm down.
You don't have to say anything.
They're still there.
- I could get used to this.
- Mm. Being a con man?
Yeah. That's what I meant.

Done and done.
- Congratulations, Nicolettis.
- Yes! [LAUGHS]
This is cause for celebration.
We gotta get back to New York.
Oh, no, no, no, no, no.
We gotta break a little bread.
We gotta take you to the Bisque Barge.
Best crab cakes in Maryland.
- Uh
- The Barge? I don't think so.
Oh, don't tell me
you've forgotten your roots.
No, no, no, no, no. Me? What? No, I
Well, then, for old time's sake?
Come on.
For old time's sake.
[LAUGHS]

So how are you gonna get
Maguire and the other guns?
By giving him something
he's not gonna expect.
I'm gonna tell him the truth.

Guns are en route.
15 minutes out from the port.
It's time for you to go meet Willford.
Like you said, it's your deal,
so go close it.
[TENSE MUSIC]
I'll go with.
Nah. You stay with me.
Braden, you drive her.

Let's go.
[DOOR CLICKS]
- Hey.
- Hey.
Thanks for the tail slip.
Yeah, no problem.
[PHONE BUZZING]
It's the burner.
Answer it.
Hello?
Hey, Brad.
There's a slight change of plan.
Mr. Maguire moved the location.
Okay, warehouse 7B, backside dock.
- What just happened?
- We've got movement.
Why is Daphne still headed
to the original location
if Patrick just moved it?
He's setting her up.

Surprise. [GUN COCKS]
I bet this wasn't part
of your grand plan, was it?
Hey, do you like Houdini?
I love the guy. I'm a huge fan
What are you on about?
Just making conversation.
Hey!
Things are about to get very confusing,
but I promise you, from here on out,
I am only gonna tell you the truth.
Gotta say, I'm not loving
all these plan changes, Connor.
Hey, who are you?
[LAUGHS] Who am I?
- Who are you?
- Seriously?
Mr. Maguire, this is Brad Willford.
I met Willford. That ain't him.
It is him.
You're confused. I understand.
You see, I ran a con on you last week
to make you think that you both had met
when, really, you hadn't.
This is the real Brad Willford.
The hell are you up to?
- Where are my guns?
- I'll say it again.
I'm only gonna tell you the truth.
You saw the drone footage.
Pull it back up.
Pull it back up!
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

You switched the trucks in the tunnel.
You stole my guns!
You're only seeing what you want to see.
Your guns are right
in that container right there.
Then let's go have a look, shall we?
'Cause your life depends on it, boyo.
Just will someone tell me
what the hell's going on?
You're coming with us.
So you frame me for the car bomb.
Then what?
I don't think you've thought
this through, Connor.
You see, if he's willing
to sacrifice the daughter
who threatened his hold on the empire,
then why not the son who threatens it
with literally everything he does?
Turn around.
Turn around!
You do what you gotta do.
I just hope you see what this really is,
because it was never gonna be you.
It was always only ever gonna be him.

[GRUNTS]
Truth hurts, doesn't it?
- [GUN COCKS]
- Drop it!

No, you see, you're not gonna shoot me
'cause the CIA doesn't do
things like that anymore, does it now?
Stop right there.
Once you've taken a life,
you can see in someone's eyes
if they've got it in them.
- You don't.
- I said stop!
[GUNSHOT]
[THUDS]
[GROANING]

How much longer is it gonna be?
Well, I'm sure
they'll be here any minute now.
There's no paper towel.
Are there still no crab cakes?
Ugh, is that a needle?
Jesus.
Oh, that's probably for insulin.
You know, diabetes is such an epidemic.
Maybe maybe we should get going.
Are you kidding, Frankie?
You have to stay for the crab cakes.
Ugh.
No, it's worth the wait. I promise.
[PHONE BUZZES]
[TENSE MUSIC]

Here they come.
Triad, Russian,
and Dominican raid units,
move in to your positions.
Everyone goes on my word.
This is a bad idea, Patrick.
But the feds are watching.
Not gonna fall for that one again.
Open her up.
I'm telling you, shouldn't be
anywhere near this container.
Oh, come off it.
We both know this container's empty.
Told you.
Can I have my money now?
Shut up!
You see, the thing about Houdini?
There never was any illusion.
Everything he did was real.
But there was another truck.
Just another random truck.
The trick was, there was no trick.
[SIRENS WAILING]
Told you the feds are watching.
We gotta go.
Now you've got a crypto wallet
full of drug money
buying a shipping container
full of illegal weapons.
[CHUCKLES] Good luck with that, pal.
Ha! Another fake FBI raid?
I wouldn't do that.
Fool me once, con man.
Which one's your old man?
[GUNSHOTS]
Was that a gunshot?
No, probably just kids
setting off fireworks.
[GUNFIRE]
Now that doesn't sound like fireworks.
Are we safe?
We should get back to the city.
Oh, oh, oh, okay, so it's up and coming.
That's what makes this such a good deal.
Wait a second.
I wanted to scare away the investors,
not start World War III.
I know. [LINE TRILLS]
- Hey, Mom.
- Hey.
What's going on down there?
Is Charlie okay?
I don't know.
[GUNFIRE]
[INDISTINCT SHOUTING]
[TIRES SQUEAL]
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

Man down!

[INDISTINCT SHOUTING]
Further down!
Drop it.
[INDISTINCT SHOUTING]

There's our ride.
They're not gonna let you leave.
You're more valuable than I am.
Don't sell yourself short.
Maguire!
Charlie.
There's one last trick.
I'm done with you, boyo.
- [GUNSHOTS]
- Charlie!
[BOTH GRUNTING]
[GUNSHOTS]
Move, move, move!
Hands up. Hands up!
- I'm CIA.
- Step back.
Charlie.
Charlie.
Oh, my God.
- [BREATHING HEAVILY]
- Jeez.
[GROANING]
[SOFT MUSIC]

Subject is down.
I repeat. Patrick Maguire is dead.
[HELICOPTER WHIRRING]

The mood is at a fever pitch.
As supporters watch the votes
being reported.
Each batch of votes is
better than the last
for the David Hill campaign,
shattering pollsters' predictions
- of a neck-and-neck race.
- Hey, you.
How are you feeling?
Like I got blown up.
Coupled with the attempt on his life
- The doctors say
- David.
You're winning.
And now, as you can see,
it is a party over there.
Why are you here? You should be there.
If you're in downtown
I'm right where I need to be.
[SOFT MUSIC]
You're just you're done?
I'm done pretending
to be someone I'm not.
This job has morphed into 10%
doing the right thing
and 90% BS.
And I'm not cut out for the BS.

What if you could be the first
politician with nothing to lose?
[JOHNNY COPELAND'S
"COMING TO SEE ABOUT YOU"]

Thank you.
- If you hadn't been there
- I know. I know.
But I was.
You were.
Hey. How's the chest?
It hurts, but I'll survive.
I don't like it
when you do the hero stuff.
I know.
Say that I love you ♪
- How you doing there, Frankie?
- How am I doing?
The investors backed out.
But I guess you know that
already, don't you.
Oh, no. Really? Why?
Cut the crap, Nicolettis.
I know you spooked them on purpose.
Now, why on Earth would we do that?
Oh, let's see, maybe because you knew
if they backed out,
you'd get to keep
the 10% escrow deposit.
My God. That's right.
That's like, what, like, 450k, right?
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
Why screw me over?
I came from this neighborhood.
I'm one of you.
One of us
would never raze the entire block.
We saw the plans, Frankie.
You lied to us. To me.
Oh, excuse me for trying to help you.
We both know you deserve more than this.
Give it a rest.
[SOFT MUSIC]
You ain't better than me.
What? Do you think you're like them?
Your fancy New York investors?
You want the hard truth?
I'll give you the hard truth, Frankie.
You're not.
But that's how they play it.
They convince guys like you
to turn against their own.
And they try to convince the rest of us
that if we just pull ourselves
up by our bootstraps,
we can join their little club.
But it's a trick, Frank.
It's an illusion.
That's how the rich get richer,
and that's how they keep us down,
by dividing us while we fight
over their scraps,
never having enough time to realize
that the deck has always been
stacked against us.
So you spare me your outrage,
because I'm busy protecting my own.

I will drink to that.

Guess this is it.
Guess so.
- [PHONE BUZZING]
- I
[SIGHS]
I knew it.
Knew what?
Dalton Bridges.
Turns out he's getting kickbacks
in the form of a highly paid board seat
in a bogus corporation.
Wait, wait. Go back.
I know that guy. A money launderer.
Yeah, crossed paths with him
a few jobs ago.
[CHUCKLES]
Hey.
What if we kept doing this?
Working together. Being together.
And we could figure out
who's pulling the strings,
what they're hiding,
clean up the rot in the CIA.
- Emma.
- I could formalize you with the agency.
No.
Emma, I can't.
No.
You're asking me to be
someone that I'm not.
The people my family target,
they don't fight fair, so neither can I.
That's where you and I are different.
I know, but
Charlie, I love you.
[SOMBER MUSIC]

I love you too.
I do.
But that's
It's not gonna be enough.
We're on opposite sides of the line.
There's no world
where you can be who you are
and I can be who I am
and we can be together.
We both know it.
[THE MARSHALL TUCKER BAND'S
"CAN'T YOU SEE"]

I think I liked it better
when you were a yoga instructor
and I was a rocket scientist.

So did I.
I don't think we're honest
with ourselves enough.
Let me ask you guys something.
What if our political system
wasn't bought
and paid for by corporate America?
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
What if politicians
weren't beholden
to endless campaign cycles
but free to do what our voters
actually elected us to do?
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
I don't know about you guys,
but I want to find out,
which is why I'm announcing
I will be a one-term senator only,
free from any obligations,
except to the people who put me here.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
So let me get this straight.
You take personal days
to moonlight for other agencies?
I was doing what I thought
I took an oath to do
with whoever was willing to help.
You lied to your own agency
and contravened a direct order.
So no "thank you" for taking
a massive amount of guns
and drugs off the streets?
You're simply too naive
to understand we're trying
No.
I think I'm too naive to work here.
I don't care where it goes ♪

Gonna climb a mountain ♪
The highest mountain ♪
[PHONE BUZZING]
Jump off, nobody gonna know ♪

Can't you see ♪
Whoa, can't you see? ♪
What that woman, Lord ♪
She been doing to me? ♪
Can't you see ♪
Hey, Mom.
Hey, hon. How are you feeling?
Is David with you?
What that woman, Lord ♪
She been doing to me? ♪
She been doing to me? ♪
Emma.
'Cause my lady now ♪
A mean ol' woman, Lord ♪
Never told me goodbye ♪
No turning back now.
I can't even believe we're doing this.
A covert unit, spying on the spies?
If this is gonna work,
everything has to be off the books.
No records. No funding.
I have got the funding covered.

- Move, move, move!
- Hands up. Hands up.
I'm CIA.
I joined the agency to do what's right
because I thought
that's where it was done.
But you've gotta play
the cards you're dealt.
Won't be easy.
Three of us going against
the entire agency?
I can do what I can
from the inside, but
It doesn't have to be just us.
Hill, do you still have
that asset you never reported?
That felt good.
What's that?
Sticking it to Frankie,
taking care of our own.
You want to hear something weird?
Yeah.
So we finally get our lives back, right?
All of a sudden,
it doesn't feel right anymore,
just going back to the way things were.
You know, I keep thinking
about what Pop said.
How the deck is stacked
against folks like us.
So what if we could
do something about that?
What if we set our sights
a little higher?
So keep doing what it is we do best,
just maybe not always about money?
Maybe it's about
leveling the playing field,
not just for our family.
For everyone else.
- For Pike.
- Shelby.
- Father Diego.
- Otto.
Everybody.
What do you think about that?

I mean, if not us, then who?

[SOFT ROCK MUSIC PLAYING]

Relationships.
What a racket.

Information on that money launderer.
Thanks.
Heard you quit your job.
- Did you?
- Yeah, I did.
Maybe best not to ask
each other too many questions.
Now more than ever, huh?
But no reason why a yoga instructor
and a rocket scientist can't
share a drink from time to time.
I don't see why not.

Is that your mark?
You said no questions.
She's cute.
She's not my type.
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