01x18 - Gloom and Boom

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[YAWNS]

Hi, good morning, Jessica.

[ELEVATOR BELL CHIMES, DOORS OPEN]

- Good morning.

- Morning.

You're late. I was worried.

Oh, Susan.

I didn't sleep last night

for a variety of reasons.

- Good morning, Noojin.

- Um, okay.

Thank you. Well, first things first

and I can't believe I'm saying this

Jesse has requested for his

last meal a burger and fries.

Oh, Susan. This may be your first

death penalty case, but don't worry.

We're never going to get to that point.

And they always request comfort food.

[SIGHS] I just

I keep checking my watch,

dreading that 6:00 p.m.

Susan, the execution is

not going to go forward.

Uh, either the governor

will commute the sentence,

or the judge will approve

the stay of execution.

Jesse is not going to die today.

It's just, all of this last-minute

scrambling is so nerve-racking.

I know, believe me,

it's always like that

in these cases, always,

but here is the motion.

Now, I want you to take

it down to the courthouse

and file it right away, go.

- Okay. Got it.

- Yeah. It's gonna be okay.

- [THUNDER RUMBLING]

- Thank you. Great.

Good morning, Francey.

Have you heard back

from the governor yet?

- No. I've called four times.

- Well, make it five.

- Okay.

- Oh, and the journalist from the Portland Sentinel

is waiting in your office.

And your 10:00 a.m. is also waiting.

What 10:00 a.m.? 10:00 a.m.?

I don't have a 10:00 a.m.

Oh.

I just assumed she

booked directly with you.

- She said she

- [ELECTRICAL WHIRRING]

What is that?

It's a Cube-Brick.

Some new device for video

calling, video meetings, whatever.

Folding wanted it.

Of course Folding wanted it.

Probably to spy on us.

He can't spy unless someone turns it on.

[NOTIFICATION CHIMES]

Hmm.

I'll just put it in the conference room.

MARGARET: Super.

Maybe then Folding can attend

one of the board meetings

- for once.

- [FRANCEY SCOFFS]

MARGARET: But, wait, wait,

the 10:00 a.m. [STAMMERS]

I'll put her in the

conference room, too.

Until you can squeeze her in.

Well, I-I don't know

that I can squeeze her in.

Can you see me, you weird little thing?

- [THUNDER RUMBLING]

- Todd?

Good God, is that what

you're wearing to the office?

[CHUCKLES]: I mean, really,

it's as if we don't pay you at all.

Good morning to you as well,

Mother, it's lovely to see you

on this lovely day.

Todd, it is as if you have

been wrestling with tea bags.

Look, everything I own is stained.

There was a leak in Allison's garage.

Well, Chuck's garage.

Anyway, rain and mud just poured

right into the cardboard box

of my clothes, and now I don't

Todd, you're gonna have to

move out of there, someday.

Someday soon. What if Allison never

Look, I get it, but

it's easy and it's cheap,

and I think Chuck would miss me.

He leaves these little

chocolates on my pillows,

and he makes me an incredible

breakfast burrito every morning.

[LAUGHS]: Really, Todd?

That is what is important to you?

Chuck's chocolates

and breakfast burritos?

I mean, not security

and financial independence,

and a home of your own?

Are you just gonna keep

mooching off of people forever?

- Hmm.

- [THUNDER CRASHES]

Okay, well, don't you have

anything else that you can wear?

Well, I have my emergency T-shirt.

Yes, yes, go do that.

It is bound to be better than that.

I'll see you later.

Uh, I've got a busy day.

Oh, right. 6:00 p.m.

Today's the execution of

Today is not the execution

of Jesse Flegelson.

- [THUNDER RUMBLES]

- Okay.

Screw burritos. This is amazing.

Good morning

uh, Elise?

Yes, from the Portland Sentinel.

So nice to finally meet you.

It's a 1961 Château

Lauzat. I'm impressed.

[SCOFFS] As am I.

It-it was a gift,

but when do you open such a

rare bottle of wine, if ever?

Here, sit down, please.

My son-in-law, Chet,

was right about you.

- [CHUCKLES]

- That article that you did last week

on the water bureau scandal

in Scappoose, excellent.

Oh, thank you.

You know, I was hesitant

to write about the Jesse Flegelson case.

It just, it seemed so sad and scary.

Inhumane. Unjust. Wrong.

Can we start with the basic

details, if you don't mind?

Of course.

Jesse Flegelson was, uh, Vivian

Perrin's caregiver for nine years.

Vivian was 82 years old,

and they were actually very close.

In fact, Vivian left a

provision for Jesse in her will.

Right, which is why the police thought

that he k*lled her, for the money.

Yes, yes. Five years ago,

Vivian was found at the

bottom of her stairs,

neck broken she had been thrown.

The police never even

considered another suspect.

This is the original article.

And-and Jesse claims that

he was not home alone

with Vivian that day.

- He says an exterminator

- Uh, yes.

Jesse maintains that an exterminator,

wearing a large ventilation mask

that completely covered his face,

came to the house unannounced

to spray the attic.

Jesse went downstairs to make lunch,

and Vivian was upstairs taking a nap.

Then Jesse found her body,

and the exterminator was gone.

And no one could ever

prove, had any evidence,

that the exterminator

had ever been there.

And you believe Jesse,

you think he's innocent.

Completely.

Here's the clemency video

we produced for Jesse.

Perfect timing.

Lyle, Elise. Elise, Lyle.

I'm Jesse Flegelson.

Oregon death row inmate.

I know you don't know me, but

I knew Vivian Perrin.

I did everything for her.

I cooked for her, I bathed her.

I dressed her, we played

Scrabble every day.

She was like family to me,

and I miss her.

I'm innocent,

and I'm wondering if you

could find it in your heart

to grant me clemency,

so that I am not ex*cuted on April 27.

Wow. That's, um [CLEARS THROAT]

That's heart-wrenching.

LYLE: Videos like this,

and stories like yours,

are all part of our plan

to bring attention to our client.

They help us to get the public

on our side, and the governor.

Uh, and thankfully,

the governor has agreed to

make that phone call today

to reduce Jesse's death

sentence to life imprisonment.

But at the same time,

you guys are filing an emergency

motion to stay the execution?

Yes, and that motion

is based on new evidence

found just last week by

my investigator, Todd.

But no, no,

don't put his name in the paper.

That'll just swell his head.

Since I took the case over

six months ago, Todd we

found a new witness

who saw a man walking through the woods

that day near Vivian's house.

He was wearing a work suit

exactly the one that Jesse described,

and he had a scar right

here on his forehead.

It is the exterminator.

Uh, he's the real

k*ller. I am sure of it.

You know, I have to ask

a woman pushed down a flight of stairs,

can you really get the

death penalty for that?

If the accused is Black and

the victim is white, yes.

According to the 2020 census,

14% of the U.S. population

identify as Black,

while 71% identify as white.

But, on death row, the

current population is

41% Black and 42% white.

That is systemic racism, right there.

I mean, not to mention

Mar, the governor's appendix burst.

She's in surgery at the hospital.

She's supposed to make the

call to stay the execution.

LYLE: I'll see what I can find out.

Okay, thank you.

Elise, I'm so sorry, will you excuse us?

Of course, and thank you.

I'll be covering the

story all day today.

Just contact me if anything develops.

Thank you so much.

[LINE RINGS]

ALLISON: Mom, I'm busy. I can't

Allison, how long is an appendectomy?

Um, like two to four inches.

Not the incision, the procedure.

Oh. An hour.

If it burst, they'll need

to clean out the abdomen,

patient'll come out of anesthesia.

Maybe three hours?

Why? Who Wait,

we're not talking about

- your appendix, are we?

- Three hours.

Okay, three hours.

That gives us till 2:00.

We'll be fine, it's plenty of time.

Uh, no, no, no, honey.

- Not mine, not mine.

- ALLISON: Okay, um,

I'm coming by your office

tonight to get my

Uh, Allison, listen, I-I

really can't talk right now.

Ma, you called me.

Oh. You're right. Sorry.

Um, listen, sweetheart,

I-I will see you up here later on.

Bye.

We will just get the

judge to grant the motion,

and it will be okay.

Okay.

Don't worry, Francey.

Oregon has not ex*cuted

anyone for 26 years,

and we are not going to start today.

- [THUNDER RUMBLES]

- Right. Right. All right.

It's gonna be a long day.

Mm.

Oh.

Uh, that 10:00 a.m. walk-in is

still in the conference room.

Oh! I completely forgot about her.

[THUNDER RUMBLING]

MARGARET: Good morning, Noojin.

Uh, send flowers to the

governor in the hospital, please.

RECEPTIONIST: I'll take

care of it right away.

Uh, excuse me.

Hi, good morning.

I'm Margaret Wright. Did you

I'm here about Jesse Flegelson.

Oh. Really?

Uh, all right.

Uh, are you a journalist or

You will reverse everything

you've done to help him.

The appeals, the governor, everything.

Jesse will be ex*cuted

at 6:00 p.m. tonight.

Or everyone in this office will die.

[THUNDER RUMBLES]

This is outrageous.

How do I even know that's a real b*mb?

It's real, believe me.

[THUNDER RUMBLES]

And Jesse will be ex*cuted

today at 6:00 p.m., on schedule.

Or this b*mb goes off.

I don't believe you.

I'm calling the police.

Don't move.

[STAFF CLAMORING]

Let go of the doorknob and sit down.

[CHAIR RATTLES]

[STAFF WHOOPING, CLAPPING]

You're willing to blow

up this whole building

and yourself?

Are you really this desperate?

Yes.

Why don't you tell me what you need,

and-and maybe I can help.

[SCOFFS] W-well, who are you?

Why do you want Jesse dead?

You may not know this,

- but he is innocent.

- Just stop it!

I'm in control here,

and you'll do as I say.

♪

It will be business as usual

around the office today.

You will not tell

anyone what's going on.

You'll undo or stop everything

that you've done to help Jesse.

And let him die.

I have spent the last six

months fighting to save his life.

And now you're saving the lives

of all the people in this office.

You want me to trade one life for 80?

How do you expect me to

[BREATHES DEEPLY]

I don't have my things.

I don't, I don't have

my phone, my computer.

I cannot work from here.

All of my-my case files,

they're in my office.

Then we'll go get them,

and we'll come right back.

Smile, Margaret.

[BREATHING SHAKILY]

[BUSY CHATTER]

[THUNDER RUMBLES]

[CHUCKLES]: Cindy. Cindy. Oh!

Oh, you shouldn't be here.

Your ankles are so swollen.

I want you to go home.

You can work from there.

And, Bob, you walk her down.

Oh, really? Thank you.

- Of course.

- Hi, Ms. Wright.

Yes? Uh-huh. I'm going to get the

lunch for the E.L.S.E. meeting.

Where did you want to order from?

We can do sandwiches,

Thai, a cheese board?

- Uh, no food. Cancel the meeting.

- Cancel it?

Yes, yes. I-I'm just so busy today.

This is my new client.

What did you say your name was again?

Uh, cancel the meeting, okay?

Tell everyone not to come in. Thank you.

[THUNDER RUMBLING]

Don't do that again.

Don't talk to anyone.

I am not going to let you start

k*lling innocent people, like Jesse.

Do you really expect me to

just suddenly do an about-face

and start arguing for the death penalty?

No one will believe it.

I don't care!

You will do that exact

- Hey.

- Ah!

Relax. I am so sorry

about that. Are you okay?

- I didn't see you there, behind the

- Todd?

What are you wearing?

Oh, this is my emergency T-shirt,

for laundry day and emergencies.

Pizza emergencies?

I mean, you never know.

- Who's, uh, this

- God!

It's worse than the shirt before.

Well, you're the one

who told me to change.

Hi, I am Todd, by the way.

- I'm so sorry about the door. Are you

- Todd!

- You are fired.

- Yeah, yeah, whatever.

- Are you OK

- You are fired.

I want you to collect your

things, all of your things,

and-and get out.

Fired.

No longer working here.

Are you being serious?

Because of my "Pizza

att*ck Now!" T-shirt?

Yes, you do not know how

to dress professionally.

You do not act professionally.

Oh, is this because I expensed,

like, 17 lunches to

Lyle? You know, I could

- put the other shirt back on

- have a very busy day

- day today

- Or I could easily wear a coat.

- Why are you acting like this?

- and I I, I cannot take it anymore.

Todd, you are fired

because of your mishandling

of the Hedges case.

- What? The Hedges case?

- I have my things. Let's go.

- Get out. Go.

- What?

- No. Mom.

- Fired.

You know, I am two months away

from getting my PI license

back. Then you can fire me.

Mom.

Hey, Francey?

Hmm?

Who's that woman with my mom?

Who? Oh, that lady?

I don't know. Some walk-in appointment.

What the hell are you wearing?

My mom just fired me.

- Eh, it's about time.

- No, I'm serious.

For my work on the Hedges case?

I've never even heard

of the Hedges case.

Something weird is going on with her.

We had a Hedges case.

Six, seven years ago.

- Yeah?

- It would be filed in your office.

Should we go get it?

Okay, no more nonsense.

What do you have to do first?

To reverse the appeal for

Jesse's stay of execution,

first, I'd have to withdraw the motion.

And how do you do that?

I call my associate Susan.

Do it. Now.

[LINE RINGING]

Hey, Margaret.

Susan. [CLEARS THROAT]

I need you to withdraw

the emergency motion

for the stay of execution.

W-Wait, what?

What are you talking

about? I-I just filed it.

It's not going to work.

Undo it. But why?

We worked so hard on it.

It doesn't matter. Please, just do it.

Margaret, no. If we withdraw

this, Jesse could die.

Susan, I am your boss.

Stop questioning me.

Just do it now.

The motion will be withdrawn.

The governor is already

out of commission.

So, now?

We wait.

[THUNDER RUMBLES]

Wait, Hedges was a person?

Zis Hedges walked into city hall

and demanded that they

not tear down his home,

eminent domain, blah, blah, blah.

He didn't want to leave.

- Is this about me and Chuck's garage?

- Ay-yi-yi.

"He walked in with a

b*mb in his briefcase."

- Is your mom trying to tell us

- That there's a b*mb?

Wait, did the walk-in

lady have a briefcase?

No, she didn't have anything.

She didn't even have an appointment.

Should we call the police?

Uh, should I just go ask

her if she has a b*mb?

No. What are you, stupid?

Well, how else do we

find out what's going on?

I put that dumb Cube-Brick

thing in the conference room

but someone would have to turn it on.

Wait, "Cube-Brick"? Like "Kubrick"?

Like Stanley? Like 2001?

- Like Eyes Wide Shut?

- [SHUSHES]

- Wait.

- What?

There is another way into that room.

Yeah?

How wide are your hips?

What is this?

All you have to do is

crawl in, turn right,

and then you'll be in that long

cabinet in the conference room.

Uh, okay, Francey-ana Jones

and the Temple of the Law Firm.

- I see you.

- Well, somebody's got to know all the law firm secrets.

All right. In.

- Go. Go, go.

- Okay.

- Watch your head.

- Okay.

[PHONE BUZZING]

It's the warden.

Answer it.

Shh.

[BALL CLATTERS SOFTLY]

[WHISPERS]: Oh, sweet.

Come on.

[SIGHS]

"Come out to the conference room.

We'll get together, have a few laughs."

WARDEN [OVER PHONE]: Margaret,

on behalf of everyone here

at the state penitentiary,

I-I got to tell you,

we just heard your motion was withdrawn,

and we're very, very confused.

Um, yeah, well, I-I

Portland hasn't had an

execution in decades.

- Why would we do one today?

- Uh

Well-well, one-one might

argue that, uh, society

has an o an

obligation, under the law,

to protect its citizens,

and that fear of death

is ultimately what-what maintains order

and-and prevents, uh,

society from-from breaking the rules.

TANYA: No. Okay, just

just calm down.

I am not covering the camera.

You can't see anything?

I don't know.

Someone banged into me with a door

and I-I think it's broken.

I can hear you fine.

I'm not covering the camera. Please.

I'm doing everything you told me.

Please. Okay.

Calm down. I know.

Who is she talking to?

♪

MAN [OVER EARBUD]: I just

need you to stay calm.

Don't let her out of your sight.

Everything is going according to plan.

[PAPER TEARS]

[MARKER SCRATCHING]

[PAPER TEARS]

[MOUTHING]

[THUNDER RUMBLES]

Francey? [GROANS]

Francey? Whoa!

Oh, my God.

Wait, where are we?

We're in the Matrix.

We are?

- No, we're in the IT closet.

- Oh.

Oh. I didn't even know this was here.

Wait, how many secret

rooms does this firm have?

This place is our escape for when

certain people are annoying us.

You two are meeting in secret?

Wait, you have a

cappuccino machine in here?

See, I told you we shouldn't

have brought him in here.

This is a one-time thing.

Uh, okay, look, I had to

tell Lyle what was going on.

What did you find out

in the conference room?

That woman definitely has

something strapped to her body.

But she's taking orders

from someone else.

She has an earpiece.

What did the expl*sives

look like? C-4? Cyclonite?

I don't know, super

explodey, with, like, wires,

jacked up with duct tape. It's so cool.

I mean, not for us. I don't

know, it's a b*mb, Lyle.

- I'm calling the police.

- No, no, no, no. Haven't you ever watched

a movie or any television show ever?

She is talking to

someone on the outside.

The evil mastermind.

And they are 100% watching the building,

so if the police show up, kablooey.

Yeah, I-I don't know,

I-I think I'm with Todd.

I mean, Margaret is smart.

If she wanted us to

call the cops, she would

figure out a way to let us know.

Well, if we don't call for backup

For right now

it's up to us.

[BUZZING]

Exactly as we discussed.

Hello, Susan?

I withdrew the motion,

but I still think this is insane.

The governor could be

in surgery for hours,

- and without the stay, Jesse could

- Thank you.

Now I need you to check the

area for a burger and fries.

I want you to bring Jesse his last meal.

[EXHALES]

And

And stay with him till the end.

The last face he sees

should be one of kindness.

Margaret, this doesn't make any sense.

I'm sorry.

Some things are just out of our control.

Thank you, Susan.

We need to get people out of here.

We can't have a stampede for the exit,

in case anyone is watching.

No, we have to do this slow.

No panic. We will tell

people one at a time.

Just space it out.

And we need an excuse.

Uh, gas leak? Toxic fumes?

Black mold. It's the new asbestos.

That's why they evacuated the

ninth floor three years ago.

- We have to

- [PHONE RINGING]

- [ALL SHOUT]

- Francey, change your ringtone.

No, no, no, it's just,

it's oh, it's Susan.

Hey, Susan, uh, you're on

speaker with me and Lyle.

What the hell? Margaret

made me pull the stay

for the motion of Jesse's

execution. Is she drunk?

- She what? She's been working on that case for months.

- Yeah.

- Why would she do that?

- Hold on, hold on.

Maybe it's connected.

[SIGHS] Is that Todd?

What's connected?

The woman, the stay, the b*mb.

- b*mb?

- [ALL SHUSHING]

Um, uh, Susan, I-I know

you're not speaking with me, but hello,

and my mom may be being held

hostage in conference room A.

Or B. It's the big one.

The one next to the

- That doesn't matter.

- Yes, it does,

if she's trying to paint a

picture in her mind, Lyle.

This isn't funny, Todd.

No, he's telling the truth.

So that's why she pulled the motion,

because someone is forcing her to.

Look, uh, we need more information

about this death row inmate Jesse.

Okay, everything is on my desk.

The video, the files, the background.

But are you guys okay?

Should I call the cops?

- No, no, no, no. Don't call the police.

- Yes. Yes!

- Someone could be watching, okay?

- This is crazy.

- Yeah Someone could be watching.

- You don't know that.

I do know that, okay?

- Common sense says

- You have no common sense.

- You know what?

- Stop. Guys, stop. Stop.

Susan, we will call you back.

Don't do anything and don't say a word.

My mom's life might depend on it.

[SIGHS] Let's go.

We better not die.

[THUNDER RUMBLES]

Just go home

and we'll all be back

here later this week, okay?

JESSE [OVER VIDEO]:

My name is Jesse Flegelson.

I was convicted of the first

degree m*rder of Vivian Perrin.

TODD: I'm going through

the clemency videos.

But I am innocent.

[DISTORTED SPEAKING]

I've lain awake so many nights

knowing I've made a horrible mistake.

JESSE: It breaks my

heart to think of the pain

that the Perrin family has endured.

TODD: Wait.

That's her. That's the

woman in the conference room.

- Oh, my God, he's right.

- Are you sure?

Positive. You see that streak of grey?

That is definitely her.

But who is she?

Well, I don't know anything

about her, but I think

that that's one of the, um Bowen.

Bowen Perrin, one of Vivian's nephews.

How do you know that?

Your mother wanted to

talk to all the relatives

who inherited money, just

small sums, like 40,000 each,

you know, before we

filed our appeal, but

they clammed up.

They didn't want to anything

to do with saving Jesse.

Hold on. Zoom in on him?

Okay. Uh

LYLE: Look at his hand, the

way he's holding her arm.

That's not comfort. That's control.

He's controlling her.

That's-that's Kevin out there.

He injured his elbow playing

minor league baseball,

so he went to law school.

And t-that's Estelle.

She has a-a beautiful

14-year-old daughter

who just won second place

at her gymnastics meet

Stop. It doesn't matter.

It's all that matters.

You don't have to do this.

Yes. I do.

You're sweating.

That can't be good for

the wires and the

It's fine. He put a pad

underneath to absorb

He? Who?

Just shut up.

[PHONE CHIMES]

What is it?

It's-it's the governor's office.

Uh, "The governor is still in recovery.

Because of the anesthesia,

her memory and cognition

have been temporarily affected

and she can't commute Jesse's execution.

She's not legally

competent at this time."

[MOUTHING]

Uh

C-can I get some water, please?

Thank you.

Here.

Here's some for you. Water.

[SPEAKING INAUDIBLY]

♪

♪

[SNIFFLES]

Uh

[SNIFFLES]

[DOOR OPENS]

[RUSSIAN ACCENT]:

So sorry, Ms. Margaret.

I forgot to vacuum earlier.

Oh, Hank, do do you

have to do this now?

We're in the middle of a meeting.

Well, it will only take one minute.

Two minutes, tops. But

please, no, don't get up.

- [VACUUM CLEANER WHIRRING]

- Okay.

[THUNDER CRASHING]

Easy, easy, easy.

Okay.

Okay. Tanya, Tanya. Tanya.

You have less than two

minutes to tell us everything.

- Get the back?

- Okay, okay. Careful.

LYLE: Okay, it has a power source,

wires, load, initiator and a receiver.

Looks real. And it's locked on?

I can't take it off. It'll explode.

Tanya, your daughter. Where is she?

I don't know.

TODD: Okay, so Bowen.

He did this to you?

He took your daughter and

forced you to wear a live b*mb?

He said I'd never see her

again if I didn't do his plan.

And what is the plan?

Why does he want Jesse Flegelson to die?

LYLE: This is crazy. We have to call

the police, get the b*mb squad in here.

No. He's watching the building.

He's just downstairs.

- If the police come, he'll blow us all up.

- See? I knew it.

He was just up here this morning.

He-he was pretending to be a repairman,

and he-he rigged all of the lights

and-and the electrical panel.

That's how we controlled the lights.

He can control everything.

He can hear what I'm thinking.

It's like he's in my head,

and I just, I I

have to do what he says.

I have to do

Tanya, he cannot see you

or hear you right now.

No, but he, see-see

Margaret, if I can, if I

can just do what he says,

- then she Emma

- Tanya, we've all seen your face now.

He knows that we would find you

and that would eventually

lead us back to him.

He sent you up here to die.

So if you want to save your

daughter Emma and yourself,

you need to start working with us,

all of us, together right now.

LYLE: I'm gonna check

the electrical panel.

He's not taking control of my building.

He k*lled Vivian, didn't he?

Bowen was the exterminator

who came to the house that day?

Tanya. He thought he was

gonna inherit millions.

We were so in debt.

He drinks and gambles.

He k*lled Vivian.

And then he just got a

small amount of money.

And then you, last

week, when you announced

that-that you had a new witness

It's a witness that I

found. Someone who saw a man

in the woods the day of the m*rder.

A-and B-Bowen has a

scar right here, right?

- Yeah.

- TODD: We are on the trail.

Bowen knows we are on

the trail to catching him.

And he knows that if Jesse

dies, that trail will go cold.

- Mm-hmm.

- But my daughter. He'll k*ll her.

No one is going to die today.

We have to get back

to the conference room.

- It's been 2.6 minutes.

- Okay.

- And we got to keep Bowen at bay.

- That's right.

Come on, come on, h-her

phone is blowing up.

- What?

- Not that kind of blowing up.

Francey, you can't say things like that.

Oh, my God, my phone,

if he's been texting me,

- and then he can't hear me, he'll get suspicious.

- No, it's okay.

[THUNDER CRASHES]

[VACUUM CLEANER STOPS]

[RUSSIAN ACCENT]:

Uh, that's it, Ms. Margaret.

- Thank you.

- Oh, yes, thank you, H-Hank.

- Great.

- Sorry for take so long.

There was tea stain under desk.

Bowen, are you there?

[MOUTHS]

[GASPS]

He's coming up.

BOWEN: Hold the door.

Yeah.

- Thanks.

- Sure.

What floor?

Uh, uh, 27.

Oh. Me, too. Who are you seeing?

My lawyer.

You?

Uh, same, sort of.

My mom is my lawyer.

Endlessly litigating my life choices.

What's your mom's name?

[WHISPERS]: Yes, yes.

Go, go, go, go, quick.

- [PHONE BUZZING]

- Hold on.

Hi, Allison. Uh, listen, uh,

d-don't come by the office tonight.

- I I need to cancel our plans

- BOWEN: What a shame.

I was so looking forward to meeting

the brilliant Margaret Wright.

- Oh, my God.

- What?

- It's him.

- What?

- He has Allison.

- No.

Margaret, if you alert

anyone or call the police,

you will never see your daughter again.

Understand?

Yes. Yes, I do.

Great. See you in a moment.

- Oh, my God. Oh, my God.

- I'm so sorry.

- I'm so sorry.

- [ELEVATOR BELL DINGS]

[ELEVATOR BELL DINGS]

[THUNDER CRASHES]

Margaret?

Margaret, where are you?

I'm here.

We're in the conference room.

It's right down this way.

Where is everybody?

Didn't Tanya tell you

not to let anyone go?

She said business as usual.

Most people leave

right before 6:00 to avoid the traffic.

We didn't want to raise suspicions.

Right.

Right, okay. Go on.

♪

[BEEPING]

Tanya.

What did I say about

not returning my texts?

I couldn't hear you. The-the vacuum.

Where's my daughter? Where's Emma?

BOWEN: You don't need

to worry about her.

Worry about me.

I had to come all the way up here

with my new friend Allison

just to make sure that things were okay.

Sorry, I'm just playing

a bit of catch-up here,

but is that a live b*mb?

Yes, it is, and we will

do whatever they say.

Where's my daughter?

I need to know that she's safe.

What you need to do

is sit down and shut up.

Okay, let's just all

keep our wits about us.

Everything is

is fine, we are doing whatever you

It's almost 6:00.

Let's turn on the news.

I'm sure they'll be covering

Oregon's first execution in 26 years.

Go on.

Turn on the TV.

You, have a seat.

TANYA: And then we'll leave.

Together.

And pick up Emma, right?

Turn on the TV.

NEWS ANCHOR [OVER TV]:

programming for this breaking news.

Thank you, Ken. I'm Elise Callam,

reporter for the Portland Sentinel,

reporting live and on television today

from the Portland Correctional Facility,

where a very somber mood has descended.

Jesse Flegelson is scheduled

to die by lethal injection

15 minutes from now,

which, I have to admit,

is a point I never would've

thought we'd actually reach.

[HELICOPTER WHIRRING OUTSIDE]

Can I, um

get you anything else?

No.

Nothing else.

Is your family coming?

GUARD [OVER P.A. SYSTEM]:

Jesse Flegelson.

Ten-minute warning.

Officers approaching.

[LOCK BUZZES, LATCH CLICKS]

FRANCEY: Look, look, look, look.

She turned the Cube-Brick on.

[PHONE RINGING]

Susan. We just sent you a link.

You need to take it to-to

J-Judge Woodbridge, now.

Oh, my God.

Jesse, I will be right back,

I promise, but this might be it.

I'm coming out.

- Yes, ma'am.

- [LOCK BUZZES, LATCH CLICKS]

Your Honor, I'm sorry, but

something urgent came up.

Please! Please.

Make it quick.

MARGARET: Bowen.

Are you really gonna keep us in here,

with that-that b*mb strapped to

Tanya until Jesse is ex*cuted?

BOWEN: I am. That's

exactly what I'm gonna do.

Your Honor, this man is the

reason why we pulled the motion.

He is holding Margaret Wright hostage.

You have to stay the execution.

ELISE: Tensions are very high. Oh, wait.

This just in.

In a last-minute decision,

the execution of Jesse

Flegelson has been stayed.

- All right, uh, yes.

- [CHEERING OVER TV]

I-I'm hearing

Uh, okay, it is unclear

exactly what led to this

BOWEN: Turn it off.

What the hell happened?

Uh, I don't know.

I-I did everything you told me to.

But it failed.

[MOUTHS]

Now, how can we all

get out of here alive?

TANYA: Bowen

It's over.

Let's go. Let's go get Emma.

Will you just shut up?

Emma's fine. I told you she's fine.

TANYA: She's my baby. Where is she?

BOWEN: She's with my cousin, okay?

But you're never gonna

see her again, Tanya.

These people all know who you are.

They've seen your face.

They've seen the b*mb.

They've seen me.

They know too much. And it's your fault.

You did this.

You failed. And I told you

what would happen if

you failed, didn't I?

[RUSSIAN ACCENT]: So sorry,

Ms. Margaret, I forgot.

Do you want me vacuum drapes in your

Clear out now. Get down.

- Clear out now.

- [GRUNTS]

Okay, um, I-I have the

b*mb detonator thing.

Someone take this away from me.

Clear out. Everyone, clear out now.

Except for you.

Stand still, no sudden movements.

AGENT: Ma'am, clear out now. Let's go.

Tanya.

AGENT 2: Bring in the b*mb squad.

[AGENT SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]

OFFICER: Take cover.

Everybody, take cover.

Go. Under the table. The table.

OFFICER: Get down, get down.

[MUTTERS SOFTLY]

- AGENT: All clear! Rendered safe!

- Whoa.

[ALL SIGHING]

Oh, my God. [EXHALES]

I really just came to get my umbrella.

[LAUGHTER]

That's, like, literally

the only reason I'm here.

Bowen was arrested,

and you will have a retrial next week,

and you'll be free, Jesse.

Thank you.

I am so sorry you went

through all of this.

It was so unfair.

[CRYING]

I will see you tomorrow.

Okay.

Hey. [SIGHS]

So, I just heard from

child protective services.

Emma is safe

- Oh.

- and in their custody.

- Thank God.

- [LAUGHS SOFTLY] Yeah.

Aw, Francey

[LAUGHS]

Oh Okay.

Jack must be worried sick about you.

I'm going home to see him now.

Thank you.

That was close.

Good night.

[EXHALING]

Uh-huh.

You are coming with me.

[SNIFFLES] Oh

Anything else planned for the day, huh?

Any more bombs or falling

off the Nakatomi building?

Rappelling down a freight elevator?

Oh, you mean like from that movie

with Dimi Moore's husband.

Uh, Braveheart.

Die Hard. It's Bruce Willis.

He saves the day?

Just like you saved Jesse.

And it's Demi Moore.

Hey.

We saved Jesse.

Yeah, well, yippee ki-yay, Mother.

Ooh. I know what that's from.

What? It's from that

Clint Eastwood movie.

- Yeah. Let's go with that.

- Yeah. Like the western.

- Yippee ki-yay. ♪

- Right, right.

[PHONE BUZZING]

Hey.

Hey.

I'm glad you're okay.

Yeah.

Me, too.

Life's too short to not be friends.

Can we

Todd, are you still there?

Always, friend.

[LAUGHS SOFTLY]

[DANCE MUSIC PLAYING]

♪

[INDISTINCT CHATTER, LAUGHTER]

Hey! Silk girl!

Oh, my God, are we being too loud?

Not at all. [LAUGHS] Can I join you?

It has been a long day.

Of course! Oh, my God, come in.

We're having a blast.

How are you feeling?

Pretty damn good!

- [WHOOPS]

- [CHEERING]

♪