01x06 - Where White Knights Go To Die

[bunniefuu]

[CLEARS THROAT]

If you want your attorney present,

we can arrange it.

You don't want one?

No, I don't have one.

Will deals with the, erm

We're working to a pretty

clear picture of events

between the statements of the

first responders and your husband.

For me, there are just two bits

that aren't quite adding up.

Why did he go to your apartment?

Man gets his freedom, and pretty

much the first thing he does

is track down two people he

only met a few weeks back.

Let's face it, under far

from ideal circumstances.

I guess we have that in common.

That, em

We, the three of us,

the last to see her.

So he wanted to what reminisce?

Yet somehow that ends up

with a g*n in your face.

A person can only take so much.

Yeah.

A person can.

The first blow you dealt Mr.

Lanahan was significant.

Yet there were four further blows.

Why is that?

He was on top of me.

I thought I was gonna die.

No, of course, just

when you realised you weren't,

why keep hitting him?

I didn't

I didn't

I didn't realise I was.

Are you gonna charge me?

Have you ever heard of Castle Doctrine?

It's a man's right to defend

himself in his property.

Article 35 New York Penal Law allows

the use of force for self defence

when the person has a reasonable belief

that they are in immediate danger.

So you know, the million-dollar

question becomes define reasonable.

[SNIFFS]

[WISEMAN EXHALES]

[WISEMAN] Poor girl,

getting caught up in this.

It's like she wanted to

have the book thrown at her.

["LOOK WHAT YOU MADE

ME DO" BY TAYLOR SWIFT]

DA called it. Criminally

negligent homicide.

And the crime scene

boys have finished up

so your apartment's good to go.

[WISEMAN] Got yourself

a loyal one there.

Liv, Liv, I don't I don't

want you around any of this.

Look, I'll sort us a room at work,

and get a cleaning

company in first thing.

This is my home.

["I DON'T REALLY LIKE

IT" BY PANIC SHACK]

Hey, hey, hey, hey ♪

Liv you can't you can't be serious.

Help or don't help, it's up to you.

Hey, when you look at me like

that I don't really like it ♪

Hey, when you talk to me like

that I don't really like it ♪

When you look at me like that ♪

And when you talk to me like that ♪

- I don't really like it ♪

- When you look at me like that ♪

- When you talk to me like that ♪

- I don't really like it ♪

Hey, when you look at me like

that I don't really like it ♪

Hey, when you talk to me like

that I don't really like it ♪

When you look at me like that ♪

When you talk to me like that ♪

[LID CLOSES, MUSIC STOPS]

Liv, can we please just

[SCREAMS]

[GASPS FOR BREATH]

[PANTING]

[DEEP BREATHS]

[DOOR OPENS]

[WILL] I've got news.

I've err, I've done what I said I'd do.

I've put in for a transfer,

with compassionate leave.

Means we'll be ready to

go by the end of the week.

Liv.

What?

I've I've put in for a transfer.

- [LIV] Transfer?

- [WILL] Yes.

Yep, err, back to, back

to the London branch.

I'm gonna speak to my parents. I'm

gonna ask if we can have the flat.

And we'll dress the whole

thing up as a promotion.

We stop-gap there for a while,

we look for a bigger place.

But I mean, it won't be too long before

we'll be needing the extra bedroom.

I've spoken to the shipping company.

They're gonna drop off

all the boxes tomorrow.

So all we have to do

is fill them and then

Well, I mean, they

do they do the rest.

You have been busy.

Liv, I'm err I'm trying here.

I mean, there's been enough talk.

You know, this is this is action.

I'm acting to try and save our marriage.

Listen, I know that there's err

I mean, there's still

a shitload to process.

You know, even before, but

Liv, I mean the very fact

that we could get through this.

I mean, that only shows

just how strong we are.

I mean, the two of us.

And once we get back home, and

then away from all this mess,

we'll find each other again.

Look, I know, I know we will.

I know we will, and then we can put

we can put all of this,

I mean, everything,

we can just put it behind us.

New start.

Yes?

Yes.

New start.

[SIGHS IN RELIEF]

I want a divorce.

[DOOR OPENS]

[ASH] Well good riddance

to shitty rubbish.

And do you wanna talk about it?

Like any of it?

Well at the very least we celebrate

["WHERE IS MY MIND?" BY TKAY MAIZA]

With your feet on the air ♪

And your head on the ground ♪

Try this trick and spin it, yeah ♪

Your head will collapse ♪

But there's nothing in it ♪

And you'll ask yourself ♪

Where is my mind? ♪

Where is my mind? ♪

Where is my mind? ♪

Where is my mind? ♪

Where is my mind? ♪

Way out in the water ♪

See it swimmin'? ♪

I was swimmin' in the Caribbean ♪

Animals were hiding

behind the rock ♪

Except a little fish ♪

But they told me it swears ♪

Tryna talk to me coy-koi ♪

Where is my mind? ♪

Where is my mind? ♪

Where is my mind? ♪

Where is my mind? ♪

Where is my mind? ♪

Way out in the water ♪

See it swimmin'? ♪

With your feet on the air ♪

And your head on the ground ♪

Try this trick and spin it, yeah ♪

Yeah ♪

Look, I don't wanna make this

any more hateful than

it already is, so

We both draw up a list for

what we want out of the divorce

I'll get a lawyer, you speak to yours.

[SLURRING] We're not getting a divorce.

Great, you're drunk.

I'm not drunk.

And we're not getting a divorce.

No, you can't stop this, Will.

Even you in your infinite power.

[WILL] Yes, I can.

You're my wife.

And it's staying that way.

[EXHALES]

Do you wanna know where I've been?

I've been with Ash.

Good for you.

With her, with her.

Bullshit.

Why, because it can only be you, right?

Doing what you want,

f*cking who you want.

And you

You're my wife.

Yeah, not for long.

[SIGHS] Look, I'm clearly not

gonna get any sense out of you,

so I'll grab a bag and

get out of your way.

Liv, Liv, Liv, please.

Please, please, please, please.

Please, please don't do this.

- No you did this.

- [FALTERING] No, please, I love you.

- I really do, and I'm gonna change.

- No, but you haven't!

But I will! I will.

I will, Liv.

What are you holding on for, Will?

What could you possibly,

possibly think is left

of this marriage to save?

Do us both a favor.

Let it go.

[EXHALES]

I can't go home without you.

I can't face my I can't

face my father like that.

That's what matters after all this?

- I won't fail, Liv.

- No, but you have.

As a husband, you already have.

Oh, and as a wife you've

been perfect have you?

I'm not doing this dance.

You don't get to be the one

who ends this marriage, Liv.

f*cking look at me

when I'm talking to you!

[GLASS SHATTERS]

You have no idea how much I regret

not leaving when I first found out.

Everything from this point on is on you.

This is you pushing me into a corner

I didn't want to have to do this.

But it's my word that keeps you safe.

What are you talking about?

I'll say it wasn't self-defence.

I'll say you meant to k*ll him.

Like I said

we're not getting a divorce.

[DOOR OPENS]

- [WILL] Morning guys!

- [REMOVAL MAN] Morning.

[WILL] Please, come on

in, it's through here.

Now if err, if you could keep it down.

My wife's still sleeping,

I'd so appreciate it.

We both know that you're

not actually asleep.

The shippers are here.

I'll help you finish up

packing when I'm back from work.

You know, maybe we could have

one nice last dinner

out, just the two of us.

Love you, wife.

[CELL PHONE RINGS]

- Hello?

- Hi.

It's Marissa.

Thank you so much for this.

He'll hate it, just so you know.

You guys, come on over.

[MARISSA] Okay.

[EVERYONE] Surprise!

[WILL] Whose idea was

it? I didn't want a fuss.

[BONNIE] Oh, Marissa.

- Thank you.

- Thank you.

I really shouldn't be saying

this, HR would crucify me,

but compassionate leave? Seriously?

Well, we were att*cked

in our own home, Bonnie.

Yes, I know. Yeah, so, move apartment,

not job, city, life.

because optics wise,

looks like sh*t's got real,

and Cara and the rest of

it, and you can't deal.

Well, we miss England.

Okay, well, now I know you're lying.

Please don't tell me what I think.

[LIV] I learnt this years ago.

Never talk about crown and country.

He's an unironic defender of both.

[SPLUTTERS]

Well, I prefer 'unapologetic'.

Well, weather and people aside,

I guess it's not the

worst place in the world.

- Are you happy about this?

- Oh, you know me, Bonnie.

I'm happy if Will's happy.

What does you in the UK look like?

[WILL] Work, play,

more work, and then

You know, before long, the

obvious next step a baby.

Never a better way to signal

you're on a sinking ship

than to procreate, eh?

[NERVOUS LAUGHTER]

Didn't I tell you she was funny.

Ah, listen, we really shouldn't

monopolise you, Bonnie, we've

Monopolise away.

[BONNIE] Something's different.

Besides, you know

Yeah, I guess it wasn't

a smooth ride after all.

[CLEARS THROAT] Sorry, excuse me.

- [RINGS GLASS] Sorry everyone.

- [WILL] Liv. Liv!

Can I just, erm

My husband is far too

self-effacing to do this himself

so it feels only right and proper

to say a few words about the

man, the legend that is

Will Taylor.

[LAUGHS]

[QUIETLY] What the f*ck are you doing?

You see, he's just

the picture of modesty.

Hey, but don't worry, darling.

Everyone in this room loves you.

[CLEARS THROAT]

Because the minute you pitched up here,

you know, the proverbial

fish out of water.

You set about making them.

I'm sure we can all agree, we've

all been bulldozed by Will's charm.

One way or another.

Here, here. [LAUGHS]

Will was born to do this job.

Sell.

Because it's all about

making people swallow

whatever sh*t it is you're shovelling.

He doesn't need to believe in it.

He doesn't need to believe in anything,

beyond, let's be honest himself.

It's all about making you believe.

[WILL SCOFFS]

We should, err, we should

let the people drink.

[LIV] Ha! For fear of

what she'll say next.

To William.

Oh, my darling husband.

The world, and everyone in

it, is yours for the taking.

- [TOGETHER] Cheers.

- To Will!

I would say sorry but

it sounds kind of

shitty.

I just

I mean, honestly?

I never thought of you.

Why would you?

I'm the wife.

You're the other woman well, one of.

You know, he never even

let me know he was leaving?

I just found out from Bonnie.

What are you doing out here?

Comparing notes.

We're leaving.

Oh, are you having fun?

Don't push me, Olivia.

I'm talking to my friend.

I'd like a word with

my wife alone, please.

I can stay.

If you don't feel safe.

I stopped feeling safe a long time ago.

I said I'd come back.

Didn't say I'd do it with any grace.

Well, I hope you had fun.

Because this, all of this,

is not coming with us.

I

We, are moving on.

From the Marissas of the world.

And the Caras.

I don't want to hear

her name ever again.

Like she never existed.

From this moment on she doesn't.

- Liv?

- Drive. Drive.

- Liv!

- Just drive.

[DON'T GO PUTTIN WISHES

IN MY HEAD" BY TORRES]

If we're calling off the funeral ♪

Then I'm calling for a hitching ♪

Just when I thought that it was over ♪

It was only just beginning ♪

I know you've been here ♪

Time and time again ♪

Every man wants his

name on a mountain ♪

How many thought they'd be ♪

The one to keep your love? ♪

I'm not promising forever's ♪

Not your thing ♪

But now if you don't want me ♪

To go dreaming ♪

Don't spend your mornings ♪

And your evenings in my bed ♪

If you don't want me believing that ♪

You're never gonna leave me, darling ♪

Don't go puttin' wishes in my head ♪

You've packed.

Yeah, well, we're going, aren't we?

[WILL SIGHS]

Do you remember that first day?

We were so upside down from jet

lag and everything was in boxes.

It felt like

like we had everything in front of us.

How did we get so far away from that?

I don't know.

No, I do know.

I broke it.

[CHOKES UP]

I need I need you to

know that I'm not a bad guy.

I'm I'm not, I just, em

You saw what Garth did to me.

What he was gonna to do to me.

You saw it was self-defence.

Don't you get it?

It should have been me.

It should have been me saving you.

Not you having to save yourself. I

[BREAKING DOWN] f*ck.

[SOBS]

[AEROPLANES LANDING]

[BOARDING CALLS, HUM OF VOICES]

This'll be good. Promise.

[TRANSPORT AGENT] Mr. and Mrs. Taylor.

Would you come with me?

I get that you're just

doing your job here

and that whatever mix-up that's

gone on is not your fault,

but we cannot, I mean,

cannot miss our flight.

[TRANSPORT AGENT] Please

remain seated, sir.

[UNDER BREATH] This is ridiculous.

[RAWLINS] Mr. and Mrs. Taylor.

Oh, for f*ck's sake. Right.

We can skip the

introductions part, right?

What is this about, exactly?

Because we have been

nothing but accommodating

to you both for weeks now.

- We're just trying to go home.

- Who can blame you?

[RAWLINS] Thought you

might be interested

in a video we received last night.

[VIDEO CLICKS]

Will, what is this?

[GASPS]

[FALTERS]

[LIV CRIES OUT]

No, I

[WILL MOANS]

[WISEMAN] William

Taylor I'm arresting you

on suspicion of the

m*rder of Cara Parker.

Come on up

You have the right to remain silent

- [WILL] Liv.

- Anything you say

can be used against you in court.

You have the right to an attorney.

Liv, look at me. Liv!

[WILL] Liv, look at me!

You know I wouldn't do

this. I wouldn't do it.

[WISEMAN] If you cannot

afford an attorney,

- one will be provided for you.

- [WILL] Liv, I didn't do it!

[WISEMAN] Do you understand these

rights as I have read them to you

[HEAVY BREATHING ON VIDEO CONTINUES]

Look, whether or not it

even is me in the video

Come on, we're not going

down that road, are we?

Your watch, your face, you.

No. It's defamatory.

That's what it is.

And I've been advised that in a

court of law it wouldn't stand up.

Who sent it to you? It

was Marissa, wasn't it?

She sent it to incriminate me.

[RAWLINS] But if it's

not you in the video,

then how could it

possibly incriminate you?

[WILL] If it is me in the

video, it proves nothing.

Besides that you've been willfully

obstructing the course of justice

ever since our first meeting.

Which you'll no doubt

also have been advised

carries a custodial sentence.

I wouldn't say you're doing

yourself any favors here.

Fine.

Sure. It is me in the video.

[KNOWING SIGHS]

I had a relationship with Miss

Parker, which ended mutually.

But I am in no way,

and I mean no way,

involved in her death.

Do most of your mutual breakups

result in the other party following

you halfway across the country?

She must have liked you a lot.

And you?

I'm a married man.

[SCOFFS]

I liked her.

Enough to deny the existence

of any kind of connection

- between the two of you.

- Because I knew how it would look.

The night in question.

Humour me.

[INDISTINCT WHISPERS]

I refer you to my previous statement.

- You're sticking with your alibi?

- No, I'm sticking with the truth.

[WISEMAN] It's okay,

just take your time.

This has all been a headfuck.

- [WISEMAN] Excuse my French.

- [LIV] I don't understand.

He wouldn't

He would never hurt anyone.

Just like he wouldn't cheat.

[EXHALES]

Which you were totally blindsided by?

Of course.

[WISEMAN] Look, I can see

that you're a good wife.

Loyal.

That you take things on trust.

So your man he says to you,

"Tell them I was with

you from X to Y to Z".

You don't question it.

Even though you're giving a false alibi.

Maybe you were too

scared to question it.

Maybe you're in a relationship

that's moved so far

beyond what it began as,

you don't know black from white anymore.

Maybe we're looking at coercive control.

Trust me when I say this to you.

The only way he can hurt you anymore

is if you keep lying for him.

It really was longer.

Him

being out of the room.

You're doing great. Really great.

I woke up,

and it was light outside

but he still wasn't there.

Can you put a time on that?

Close to 6:30, I think.

[WISEMAN] And um

How was he, when he finally returned?

No, he couldn't.

He couldn't do this thing.

Just answer the question, Mrs. Taylor.

He was distant.

You know, like he wasn't there.

I asked him where he'd been.

He shut me down.

He was soaked through his shirt, so I

I ran him a bath and then he slept.

His shirt?

In a storm like that?

And then at some point,

the news comes out about

Miss Parker being missing,

and he asks you to lie for him.

It's this, for me.

It's why lie?

You'll think it's pathetic.

Because he asked me to.

[KEYS JINGLING, POLICE RADIOS]

We all know it's circumstantial at best.

You've nothing that ties my client

to Miss Parker on the night in question.

The only thing you can prove is

that he broke his wedding vows.

Which, yes of course, rocks my

moral foundations to their core,

but sadly is hardly going to

pique the interest of the DA.

Wiseman, if you wouldn't mind.

[SIGHS] For the benefit of the tape,

I am showing Mr. Taylor

voucher number ending 3624.

Partial fragments of a red windbreaker.

It belongs to you, doesn't it?

We're running your DNA against it.

Better not to further obstruct us.

Again, for the benefit of the tape,

Mr. Taylor is nodding his assent.

Quite the journey it's had.

Cut off by the paramedics

in the course of their

preservation of life duty

bagged up, very nearly

went to the incinerator,

but the stars were aligned, and

the next of kin took receipt.

Quite unaware that it did not in fact

belong to his daughter, Cara Parker.

No, as you just admitted,

it belonged to you.

So he's looking at 25 years to life.

Now, I don't go in for

the talky stuff myself.

But there are people who can help.

It's a lot, all this

that you're going through.

Especially so far from home.

Thanks.

I see you.

[ASH] This is the time

to visit Central Park.

[GENTLE LAUGHTER]

I'm telling you.

Stick with me I'll

show you all the spots.

[LIV] You make it sound

so easy, staying here.

[ASH] It can be.

[CELL PHONE RINGS]

[AUTOMATED VOICE] This is

a call from Rikers Prison.

An inmate has requested to talk to you.

To return this call, please dial

the main switchboard, then press 3.

[PRISON GATES CLANKING]

[DOOR BUZZES OPEN]

[GUARD] Remember, keep your

hands to yourself, don't touch.

[SLAMMED INTO CHAIR]

[HANDCUFFS UNLOCK]

[HANDCUFFS LOCK]

I'm here.

So.

Listen, I have to ask you.

Will you will you wait for me?

[EXHALES IN DISBELIEF]

I know I don't have any right, but

It's just this place doesn't

exactly traffic in hope.

I just need something to hold on for.

I need you, Liv.

[EXHALES IN EXASPERATION]

Why would you

- Why would I?

- You know I didn't k*ll her.

You know I didn't k*ll Cara.

How how do I know?

Because you did.

Don't worry, darling.

I couldn't get my head

around it at first either.

You, my biddable, pliable wife.

As if you had it in you.

And then I remembered.

Right before everything with

Garth, you said the strangest thing.

You said, "I'm sorry".

That's your evidence?

Well, you may as well get

them to uncuff you now.

Start plotting what to

do with your freedom,

where you'll be getting all the

fucks you've been missing out on.

You've won. I say enjoy it.

[LIV] So that's what this is, is it?

This is why you called me

here, you want a confession?

The thing is, to k*ll her, you

You must have known.

So when did you see it?

The video.

Right about the time you were

pledging your undying devotion to me.

Promising me over and over

that she was a one-off.

Right about then.

[SNICKERING]

Wow.

So that whole trip, you were lying?

You were doing something

different, were you?

This, f*cking me over now.

I mean, I don't get it.

It was done with.

We could've been home.

I mean we nearly were.

Why?

Because you hadn't learnt.

Do you honestly think that

you're gonna get away with this?

Get away with what?

I can afford the best lawyers, Liv.

Private detectives.

Whatever resources I need.

And what do you have in your corner?

You have nothing.

You are nothing. All

you ever were, was me.

That's what you do. You find a

warm body to lose yourself in.

So you don't have to spend a moment

looking at your

miserable shell of a self.

Is that any way to speak

to the mother of your child?

Nice try. You're not pregnant.

We ate at Chez Georges.

You had the pâté, I had the tartare.

We both had the lobster.

Guess we must have known

it was the end of days.

Then we came home and we f*cked.

You're on the pill.

[LIV LAUGHS]

So much you seem to know about my body.

Now, I thought that you would be happy.

It's what you decreed after all.

A baby.

A legacy beyond your own shitty deeds.

You're lying.

William.

How can you be so sure?

Guess you'll just have to wait and see.

I know what you doing. You're trying

You're trying to drive me insane.

Sucks, doesn't it?

Why? Just answer me that. Why k*ll her?

Because I thought it was you.

[TABLE BANGS]

[GUARD] Hey!

[WILL GROANS]

[GRITTING TEETH] Who are you?

I'm who you made me.

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]

[LIV NARRATING] The wronged wife.

The irrational woman.

The harpy.

The bunny boiler.

I am all of these things.

And all of these things are me.

[ENGINE REVVING]

I am your everywoman.

I am your heroine.

I am your villain.

I am whoever you want me to be.

Or I was.

[EXHALES]

[FOREST BIRDS SING]

[RANGER] Whoa, whoa,

whoa. Careful there, honey.

Someone went over not long back.

What she was doing out on

her own I'll never understand.

Silly girl.

Would have to be her fault, wouldn't it?

[LAUGHS]

Too much makeup.

Too flirty.

Too available.

Walking home without

a man to protect her.

Of course she was asking for

trouble, haven't we always been?

Does it ever occur to you

where any of this ends?

It ends with us reaching the end.

The end, the end, the end of our tether.

And where does that leave us?

We become the thing to be scared of.

We become the f*cking wolves.

[END CREDITS THEME PLAYS]