01x97 - Episode 97

[bunniefuu]

♪ I've been watching you,
watching me♪

♪ From across the room♪

♪ You've been staring
a long time...♪

Don't stop on my account.

-[music stops]
-You know,

no one's going to care about

that stage or your costumes,

or even those new moves.

They're coming
to hear that voice.

And Tracy's and Sharon's.

Better together,
sisters forever,

Articulettes strong, remember?

Well, I can't help it
if I'm partial

to a particular Articulette.

I just wanted to let you know
I'm headed to Mom's.

Well, that's wonderful.

You two could use some time.

You might not feel that way
when you know why.

What is it, Martin?

Smitty won't talk to me

about anything other than
the kids' schedules.

I have to prove to him
that I'm serious.

What does that look like?

Me living my whole truth

instead of half-truths.

Martin...

Not to the world,

but to family.

Bill has already filled Dad in

about what happened
at the park, but Mom--

We told her what
happened to us two years ago.

But not what happened to
the man who happened to us.

There's still blood
fresh on my hands.

The edited version
was already very difficult

for Nicole to digest.

Mom is still struggling
because we all lied to her.

But this is my one shot
at getting Smitty back

and proving to him
that I can be honest.

If I come clean with Mom,

that's an important step.

One that might

actually save my marriage.

Good luck, son.

This reunion concert

feels impossible

with everything that's
happening with this family.

NICOLE:
Chief, thank you for
giving me the time away.

Has the storm passed?

It seems so.

I am ready to resume
full work schedule

and start seeing patients again.

It is the new normal.

But at least I'm not
gonna be surprised anymore.

Hmm.

Your lips are with me,

but your head
is still at the station.

Naomi, I don't like having

your family
in my duty books again.

I thought you dropped
looking into Martin.

It's your aunt.

Aunt Nicole?

Aunt Nicole
wouldn't even jaywalk.

Yeah, well,
according to Leslie Thomas,

Nicole wrapped her hands around

Leslie's neck and squeezed.
And not metaphorically.

Nicole admitted
to being provoked into

a mild physical altercation.

-Any witnesses?
-Ted.

And, of course,
he vouched for Aunt Nicole.

He "respectfully refused"
to provide a witness statement.

Smart. Smart.

Oh, Jacob,

please tell me you didn't
believe that lying train wreck

and put cuffs on
another member of my family.

♪ ♪

[sighs]

Let's find out where you are.

Oh. I'm the worst.

I invited you over here

and now I can't find it.

No hurry.

Hey, I don't want you to think--

That you wear pretty bras?

That I brought you up here
to show it to you.

I feel so cringe right now.

I'll let you in on a secret.

It's not my first bra.

I don't remember
you ever being this shy before.

I don't remember
you ever kissing me before,

like you did
back at Orphey Gene's.

There's that.

Want me to go?

BILL:
Ooh, look at you,
glowing up a storm.

New dress.

You always notice.

I picked it up yesterday.

Wanted to look nice for you.

Mm, mm, mmm.

You are
the ninth wonder of the world.

I would never know
you're pregnant.

Nobody caught it.
Not the cameras or the staff.

So I took what I found,
or what I didn't find,

to the D.A.'s office,
and they told me

I didn't have enough
to make an arrest.

Boy scout, next time,

lead with the fact
that you're not

arresting anyone in my family.

Look, I know
my fam's been exploring

their vigilante streak,
but let's try to keep

the Dupree name
off your police blotter. Please.

That isn't entirely up to me.

There's a lot of unanswered
questions about Martin.

Babe, no one's asking you
to pursue this.

And there was nothing concrete
connecting Martin

and that dead guy in the park.

Justice doesn't take last names

or see colors or genders.

Are you seriously quoting
my granddad to me right now?

Look, I tried
to ignore this thing, Naomi,

but I can't stop thinking,
what would Vernon Dupre do?

He would protect his own.

Even if they're in the wrong?

Granddad is not a saint.

He lives in reality.

Now, he fought the good fight,

not just for our people,
but for his family, too.

And he has every Dupree's back,
no matter what.

Mom?

What? Is there
something on my face?

Yeah, there is.

What? Where?

You're smiling.

[laughs] I just got off
the phone with the chief.

I'm going back full time.

You're taking
a step forward, and...

I might be
about to send you back.

Is this something that
Mother and Daddy already know?

Dad and Smitty, too.

-Of course.
-This is it,

I swear. I should have given you

every detail the other day.

That's the part
I don't understand.

I know you're scared, but--

Mom, it's like I'm an addict.

I'm not addicted
to some substance.

I just...

I can't stop hiding the truth.

And that's not who
you raised me to be.

I know who you are.
Mistakes don't make you.

Now, lay it on me.

Let's have a seat.

The man I told you about,

the one that was
blackmailing me.

He came back.

Oh, dear. What does he want?
Money? Revenge?

Both.

He made his presence known
to me first, and then the kids.

Mother mentioned that.
He didn't harm them, though.

No, they're safe.

But it was taken care of.

How so?

Bill was concerned about
this guy coming back again.

And he made sure he never would.

He got the assist from

Joey Armstrong,

Detective Marcel Malone,

and Jacob's dad.

Elon? He's as upstanding
as your grandfather.

Did you hear about
the body found in Stance Park?

The robbery gone wrong?

That was the man
that was blackmailing you.

Martin, please tell me
you didn't--

I didn't know
until after the fact.

Did your gra--

Did Daddy know?

He was in the dark, too.

So this is all on Bill.

So, your idea

of a compliment is to tell me
I don't look pregnant

when I'm barreling towards
not being able

to wear anything
like this again for months?

My days of looking like this...

are numbered.

Baby, I just want you to be able

to enjoy it before I turn
into a big, round pumpkin.

Oh, honey, I will.

And I do.

You're gonna look
just as beautiful

when you're
all the way out to here.

That's because our baby
will be ready to meet us.

And my mind is not on Dani
and the past.

Okay?

But I did make
another deposit in the 529,

and that should cover
undergrad tuition,

-room and board, essentials.
-Bill,

isn't it a little early
to plan for college?

I mean, our baby still has

a few more milestones
before that.

Walking, talking, being born.

Babe, investing often
and early is the key to wealth.

And by the time we're holding
our little one in our arms,

we'll have
law school covered, too.

Well, what if he or she
wants to skip college?

Well, then
our little man or woman

will have a massive portfolio

and will be able to do whatever
his or her heart desires.

What our child will be

is lucky to be a Hamilton.

-[chuckles]
-Just like I am.

No, I'm the lucky one.

Come here.

Have you eaten, sweetheart?

No, nothing for me. Thanks.

Except for the truth.

Now, you guys have always
given it to me straight.

So... what do you want to know?

A new case landed
in Jacob's lap,

and it's just not
making any sense.

Everything he's learned
points to Martin

somehow carrying
this big secret for two years.

But we have a family meeting
when somebody has a hangnail.

How is it that our Martin
is in that kind of trouble

and we don't all know about it?

Or is it just me?

You are never on
the outside, sweetheart.

But something's happened
that's very complicated.

VERNON: And it's not
just a family matter.

It's a legal one.

You're saying Martin
did something criminal?

You can't say.

Because I'm married
to a police officer.

It's bad, isn't it?

[sighs] This is awful news.

But it's good that you told me.

I didn't want you
to see me like this.

As someone who would
defend his grandfather?

Martin, I don't know

when everybody got
the wrong idea of me.

I'm not some perfect,
fragile thing.

I am your mother.

I am the one you come to,

not the one
you hide things from.

Nobody is gonna love you more,

protect you more,

fight harder

for you than I will.

There's more reasons
why I didn't tell you.

A more selfish one.

A part of me was still thinking
about being president,

and I didn't want
to lose that dream

back on that road.

You would have made me face it

and own it.

We can't take back
what's happened...

but we can learn from
all of our mistakes

along that dark road.

-You didn't do anything wrong.
-Yes, I did.

I didn't see it, any of it.

Not with you,
not with your father.

I should have
asked more questions.

Mom, no. This was on all of us.

You couldn't have known.

I listened to Granddad and Gran

because it took
the pressure off of me.

I allowed them to let Bill
orchestrate a cover-up.

I followed
instead of making my own way.

I'm a Dupree,

and I should have stood taller

and faced the consequences.

Even Duprees
need to talk things out.

Maybe it's time we use
doctor-patient privilege

and work
some of these things out.

With a doctor who just
resumed seeing her patients?

I need you
to get better, Martin.

Let's do it.

Now, I hate to cut this short,

but I have something
I need to go do.

You're gonna be okay, Martin.
I promise.

Can I ask you something
at the risk of

ruining this perfect moment?

-Okay.
-Relax.

It's not about our family.

It's... about your former one.

Mm-hmm?

You've been meeting with Vernon.

You crashed
Martin's press conference

and escorted him out.

I want to know where you stand
with the rest of the Duprees.

-Hmm.
-Friends or foe?

Neither.

We don't have anything
to do with one another,

unless they want something.

I was kind of hoping
that the closer we got

to meeting our bundle of joy,

their grip on you would loosen.

But it hasn't, Bill.

You just can't quit the Duprees.

Well, that may have
been the case before, but...

not anymore.

I don't care
if you can't find the book.

There's nowhere else
I want to be.

There's something
you don't know about me, Tomas.

What's that?

I am completely and
totally freaked out right now.

Yeah.

I don't think that's as much
of a secret as you think it is.

Look, I know
I invited you here, but...

I don't know what happens next.

Well, we've been
reading about time travel.

We can turn back the clock,
and it can be like before.

Two friends
talking about reading

and life.

And I can leave here
with that book

and pretend like
that kiss never happened.

Or?

We can play the moment
all over again.

[doorbell app chimes]

Who's our unwelcome visitor?

Not so much "unwelcome"
as "surprising."

I never liked you.

But this?

My God, Bill,

you are a m*rder*r.

We don't want you
to have to carry this, Naomi.

Not as our granddaughter,

not as an officer of the court,

not as the wife of a cop.

It's 'cause we'd have to ask you

not to share this information
with Jacob, and

that could mean
a lifetime of secrets.

Well, we had none...

until now.

So think about
what that really means.

No, I-I need to know.

I need to help.

I'm retaining you
as an attorney.

Anything we tell you

will be covered
under attorney-client privilege.

So I'm bound not to tell Jacob.

Martin and I were
driving back from an event

late one night
along a country road.

We were just laughing and
enjoying each other's company.

Then we had a flat tire.

♪ ♪

♪ Can I make a confession?♪

♪ You're my favorite obsession♪

♪ And you feel
just like heaven...♪

Oh, Tomas...

Are you sure you...

I don't want to stop.

♪ Obsession♪

♪ You're the one
I break the rules for♪

♪ Game on,
and that's your fault♪

♪ You'll stay in my life...♪

What?

You're so beautiful, but...

But what?

Sorry, this is only
the second bra I've ever seen.

[laughs] Shut up.

Make me.

♪ You're the coffee
in the morning♪

♪ You're the umbrella
when it's pouring♪

♪ And even though...♪

Eva, did I do something wrong?

No. This...

you're perfect.

This is exactly like
I thought it would be.

You thought about this?

About me?

Have you seen you?

Have you thought about this?

Wait, don't answer that.

Have you seen you?

♪ Obsession.♪

I can't.

Because of Kat.

Yeah.

Kat.

Look, if we did this,
this is exactly

what she's been accusing me of
trying to do this whole time.

Sleeping with her boyfriend,
and I'm not that girl.

I'm not that guy, either.

Kat and I aren't exclusive.

Does she know that?

Tomas, look,
that book we're reading

really got me thinking.

Look, I'm not saying
we're this grand love story,

but I don't want to be
the girl on the side.

Some spoiler that
the lovers have to overcome.

I want to be the main character.

And that's something
I've never been.

Like, I've been
my mom's revenge.

I've been my dad's
long-lost daughter.

I've been Kat's evil sister.

And now, working for my dad,

and finally and actually
being good at it...

...I have the chance
to be the heroine.

At being the me
I've only ever imagined.

Eva, you are so that woman,

that main character.

But I gotta ask,

taking me out of the equation...

...does that mean
you don't get to kiss

or touch anyone
until everything's perfect?

[knocking on door]

I know you're in there.

We need to talk. Open the door.

m*rder? Seriously?

For the first time,

I see the resemblance
to your sister.

-Get the hell out of my house.
-BILL: Wait up, Hayley, baby.

Give Nicole and me
a moment, okay?

Seems we've got
some catching up to do.

Have you lost your damn mind?

Hayley has no part in this.

Oh, did you decide that Hayley

doesn't deserve to know
who her future baby daddy is?

Just like I deserved to know

that Ted was somebody else's
baby's daddy?

You wouldn't, Nicole.

You don't even like Hayley.

We might have found
some common ground.

Maybe I'll just run upstairs
and read her in

on who
the real Bill Hamilton is.

♪ ♪

Hey, Martin.

How you holding up?

I heard about you and Smitty.

I'm rooting for you two.

Are you really?

Yes. We're family.

Look, I can't pretend
to know what's happening inside

your marriage,
but Smitty did tell me

that Marcel had some officers
assigned to the kids.

Something about
a weird guy stalking them.

Is that why
you took a step away?

Are you trying to protect
the kids from the guy?

And is he still out here,
walking around?

Because if he is, I'd love to
step in and help scoop him up.

As far as I know,
he hasn't made contact again.

And I've been at the Grands',

so I only have secondhand
knowledge about the kids.

All right.

Well, if you want
to talk about it, I'm here.

I'm a public figure.

Threats come with the territory.

But I appreciate the offer,

but the rest
is between Smitty and me.

We'll work it out together.

Wow.

Even when y'all are apart,
you're all on the same page.

Come again?

Smitty also refused
to answer questions,

which makes cops suspicious.

I mean, it's not like either

of y'all committed
some kind of crime.

Right, Martin?

Hide. Bathroom.

KAT:
I can hear you in there.

I'm not trying to fight.
Mom needs your help.

We're not hiding.
I'll explain everything.

What are you doing?

Straighten up.

While your Looney Tunes mom
is trying to frame my mother,

you can't
seriously already be in--

Bill stopped Martin
at the press conference,

told him that the body had
been discovered in Stance Park.

But that man didn't just die
at the opportune time, did he?

He had help. From whom?

Marcel Malone.

Jacob always thought
he was dirty.

But in the age
of body and street cams,

a hit like that is not easy
for a cop to pull off.

Elon played his part

in making sure
that the investigation

came up clean, just as he did

all those years ago with Martin.

No, not Jacob's dad.

No, no. Elon is a good man.

We all thought we were doing

the right thing,
protecting Martin.

But we were all wrong.

Yeah, but you didn't know
what Marcel had planned.

-No.
-And neither did Martin.

Mm-mm.

ANITA:
Granddad and Martin

just wanted to pay the man off
and get him out of town,

but Bill and Joey Armstrong

decided on their own

that the only way out of this

was to eliminate
the threat permanently.

My dad did this?

My dad instigated m*rder?

I'm sorry, love,

-but this is on me, too.
-How?

If I hadn't gone to Bill
in the first place,

he couldn't have done this.

The man would be alive.

I just believed
that there was a line

that Bill wouldn't cross.

I was wrong.

Nothing is out of bounds
for "The Fixer."

I'll never
make that mistake again.

You can leave the
woman scorned routine to Dani.

She's perfected it.

Let's get to
what's really got you mad.

You see, I'm just
a supporting player here.

Your family
left you in the dark.

You think I am so demoralized
by my family's secrecy

that I would equate that

to you orchestrating
a man's death?

What? The only thing that
I've ever k*lled is the law.

Oh, just stop!

I know the whole story now.

What I don't understand, though,

is why, if you are
even half of the lawyer

that you claim to be,

you would have seen
that first case

was easily self-defense.

But now you have piled on

a premeditated m*rder.

Why keep dragging my son
further into the muck?

Oh, here we go. The Dupree line.

Yeah, so you get to sit on high

while I have to do exactly
what your family asked me to do,

and that's clean up
the mess they made.

And now that you know,

you can join your family
of hypocrites

in being utterly aghast
and blaming big bad Bill,

or you can use
that big brain of yours

and deal in reality.

Oh?

How's that?

Really? How would
Martin have fared

two years ago
if he had to go through

a public trial
for k*lling that r*cist?

We'll never know.

Would he have been
that much better off

if he had exposed the truth
to those vultures

in the press that he gathered
together to bare his soul?

He wouldn't have just been
in the doghouse with his hubby.

He could have been in prison.

Yeah, and his
congressional career? Poof.

The sterling Dupree legacy

and the family's potential...

gone.

There are other things
more important than politics.

Deep down, you can't handle

that, as much as you hate
how I did it,

as immoral, as reprehensible

you find it and me,

I'm the one
that saved your baby boy.

Not kind, loving Mommy.

Must rock your whole worldview.

Look, the article on Malone

that Smitty consulted you about

had nothing to do with me.

I hate to press the point,

but Smitty also pulled back
on that article,

all in the same conversation.

The conversation
where he made the bad joke.

Look, I'm not a detective,
Detective,

but I don't see it.

And it almost feels like
you're fishing.

No, I'm worried.

If there's something to say,
I'm the place to say it.

I don't know what you mean.

You don't think all these
coincidences mean something?

Like how the first m*rder

in Stance Park in years

happened at the same time
as your press conference?

I heard about that. It's tragic.

And it's important to me
and my constituents

that we keep crime down.

But if you're drawing some kind
of conclusion to the timing,

I mean, I have press conferences

on the regular.

I'm just glad
that Marcel is on the case.

He has
all these years of experience,

and I'm sure he'll find the man.

I think I'm going
to order takeout

and head back
to my grandparents'.

What's going on with Nicole?

Never mind.

For a moment, I thought
you could actually help,

but clearly,
you're busy with something else.

Kat, I was just here
picking up a book from Eva.

You know that fantasy series,
House of Lord Astrant?

I'll, um,
just get out of your way.

No.

You haven't gotten
what you came for yet.

You stay.

-I'll go.
-Kat...

I should have just hid
in the bathroom.

I think I might have just
made her hate you more.

You said
you didn't want to hide,

but you just did.

What?

I know you said that
you weren't exclusive,

but you're something.

If you would have told Kat
that you weren't here

just borrowing a book, then...

you guys would be done.

But you didn't say that
because you don't want that.

What makes you so sure?

Your face
when she stormed out of here.

I just didn't want her
to take it out on you.

[scoffs] It's okay
if you still like her, Tomas.

I certainly
didn't think us making out

would make you
forget all about her.

I'm just glad
we put on the brakes

before things got messy.

Eva...

We both have
some things to figure out.

Keep it. No need to return it,

because I'm completely capable
of letting go of a story

once I'm done with it.

Eva, I care about you.

You're funny,

compassionate,

intelligent, and a good person,

no matter what Kat says.

You're already
main character energy.

And, for what it's worth,

I hope you allow me to keep
being part of your story.

[door closes]

The end.

♪ ♪

Monster. I cannot believe anyone

could do that to another person

and stand there
like nothing happened.

Kat, I can explain--

Why? You weren't there.

They were together

in Eva's hotel room.

Eva and Tomas? Your Tomas?

Apparently, he's not my Tomas.

Were they in bed?
Oh, Kat.

-I'm sorry.
-No.

It was before or after bed.

He claims
he was trying to borrow

a stupid fantasy book.

I mean, I don't understand.

Does he think,
"Oh, she's beautiful.

Must be stupid"?

After everything
I told him about Dad,

how could he think
I could stand a cheater?

Especially when he's cheating
with my own evil half sister.

Kat, you know I'm on your side.

And especially
if he's stepping out on you,

I'm ready to pull out
the emergency breakup kit.

But are you sure
you're not mistaken?

I mean, you didn't
see them in bed.

He looked guilty.

Like
"ready to devour her" guilty.

He's a liar and a cheater,

just like Dad.
Just like all men.

I think you're painting
all men with a broad stroke.

[sighs] Okay.

I'm sorry, big bro.

Not you and not Granddad,
but everybody else.

You're right.

You're living, breathing proof

that really good men exist.

Thank you for being so good.

You think you saved my son.

But you damaged him,

along with my entire family.

We were the Duprees.

If only we had never met you.

Well, I'll give you that

the Duprees have taken a hit.

But it's more of
a self-inflicted wound.

And not from your poor boy.

From the patriarch himself.

This is all Vernon.

You have gotta be kidding me.

Look, tell me something.

Do really good men
in really good families

need cleanup men? Hmm?

No, they don't.
Instead, they live lives

that don't require them.

Your father

wanted to maintain the image
of a pristine family dynasty

instead of actually
doing the hard work

to become a good family.

You really are a piece of work.

I was like you once.

Yeah, I was a believer.

I'd watched him make
all those speeches

next to the greatest of men.

And when Dani brought me home
to Vernon,

I thought, "Hey, you know what?

"Maybe this can be the father
that I-- that I always wanted

but I never had
because mine was such a bum."

I wanted just a little bit

of that magic dust
to sprinkle on me, too.

But that's not how it
worked out for me, now, did it?

No.

Instead of Vernon
making a better man out of me,

I became the enabler
for his wrongdoings.

You're not gods.

You're mere mortals, after all.

And I am just as disappointed

as you are right now.

You're good.

You can bring out

anyone's baser,
desperate instincts.

You don't need any of
my father's fairy dust.

But do me this favor:

stay away from my son.

Better yet,
stay away from my entire family.

They come looking for me.

Then just say no, Bill.

My family was at a precipice
two years ago,

as they are now.

And here you are,

the devil on their shoulder,

egging on their fears,

encouraging them to take
the easiest way out of the pain.

My son Martin is a good man.

And you have nearly
broken him by saddling him

with all of these
secrets and lies.

And now this death?

Do you really think that
wouldn't weigh heavier on him

than losing a seat in Congress?

There is still so much good

that he can still do.

And he is so damaged
by all of your "fixing"

that he can barely see it.

But that ends here.

Oh?

Now that I know the whole truth,

I'm going to be
the one to help him.

I am going to be
the one to fix him.

I am the fixer now.

I thought Dad changed.

Not that he could ever
be good like you, Granddad,

but that he could be better.

I let him in, and I told myself

I would never forgive him
for what he did to Mom.

But I thought
that was the worst of it.

That nothing else he could do
would be that despicable.

But k*lling someone?

Even if that was
a bad man, that's...

How can Bill Hamilton be
half of me?

You are nothing like him.

Maybe I shouldn't have told you.

What? No.

I want to unhear it,
but I don't want to unknow it.

Knowing it
will let me help Martin.

Now,
if I didn't make this clear,

Jacob is investigating Martin,

And I thought
I could get him to back off,

but he thinks he's doing

what you would do in his place.

Ah, the irony stings.

How much does he know?

Not everything, but enough.

And he is
putting it together fast.

Well, how exposed
are we, legally?

Well, you and Granddad
aren't guilty of m*rder,

and Martin was acting
in self-defense two years ago.

And he had nothing to do
with the blackmailer's death.

The cover-up and the conspiracy

could get you charged
as accessories.

Bottom line?

I think you need to prepare
for the possibility

that this may not
stay covered for long.