03x02 - We Need to Talk

[bunniefuu]

[SOFT EMOTIONAL MUSIC PLAYS]

Jude, I... I have to tell you something.

Um... [CLICKS TONGUE]

And I shouldn't have to be the
bearer of this because... [INHALES]

Blech! It's, um...

It's hard.

But I love you so much,

and whatever happens we
are in this together, okay?

[SIGHS]

But there are shadows in your scans

that they found.

[VOICE BREAKING] And... and,
you know, it's probably nothing.

[GASPS] But you probably have cancer!

And you're gonna f*cking die!

- [JUDY] What?
- [SNIFFLES]

- Nothing!
- [JUDY] Were you talking to me?

- 'Cause I didn't hear.
- Nope!

- [JUDY] Do you need me?
- No! Jesus, Judy, no!

[SIGHS]

[TOILET FLUSHES]

[SIGHS] Judy, how are you
chin-deep in cupcakes already?

We just got home.

It's still Charlie's birthday.
It's the least I can do.

[JEN] You know your least
is better than my best.

[JUDY EXHALES] Thanks.

It's vanilla chocolate
chip with a caramel ganache.

Why wouldn't it be? [CHUCKLES]

Hey, Jude, um, can
you sit down for a sec?

I-I just need to talk to you.

Yeah, of course. I know,
we have to talk about it.

- [MUTTERS] Which part?
- That's Steve's been found.

Oh... Yeah, right.

I mean, is it terrifying? Yeah.

Have I been having low-grade
diarrhea about it? Sure I have.

- You have?
- Yeah. It's nervous poops.

But I have to tell you,
I've been thinking about it,

and it might not be the worst thing.

No, that's true.

When we were at the hospital,

kept having this feeling like
another shoe was gonna drop.

Though I never understood why
it's a shoe or why it's dropping.

Maybe that's a regional thing.

Anyway, I was afraid you were the shoe.

Wait. Me? How... how am I the shoe?

[JUDY] Because of your injuries.

- And you were the only shoe that I had.
- Okay.

But then when Ben told me about
Steve, I was like, "Ooh, there it is."

So Steve's the shoe?

Right.

- I know you're worried. Rightly so.
- Mm-hmm.

Natural response. But
maybe this is a good thing.

How could it be good?

Because we don't have to worry
about the Steve shoe dropping,

which was a lot of stress to
keep inside. It's not healthy.

You're right. It's not.

And now Ben and his family
can finally get closure.

That's true.

So, the way I see it,

it's really kind of a
relief more than anything.

[JEN INHALES] Um,

Jude, I... [SIGHS]

Yeah.

[SPLUTTERS, SIGHS]

I need to...

[EMOTIONAL MUSIC PLAYS]

... have wine. Do you want some wine?

- Yeah, of course.
- And another pain pill.

- Yeah. Should I get some weed?
- Yes.

Let's grab all the numbing agents.

[SCOFFS] Why does this not...

[EXHALES] Just... [EXCLAIMS]

- [JUDY] Jen!
- What?

[OMINOUS MUSIC BUILDS]

Hey, what's up?

Oh, hi. Here's the birthday boy.

- [g*n CLICKS]
- Did you k*ll Steve Wood?

What?

I read the letters that you wrote us.

Um, honey, I... [PANTING]

[EXHALES] All right. I can explain.

[CHARLIE] Explain what?

You torched Steve's car
because you were afraid the cops

were gonna find out you had it?

- What? No.
- Stop f*cking lying!

You wrote us f*cking goodbye letters!

- Honey.
- [CHARLIE] And really?

You were gonna leave us
with this f*cking weasel?

After what happened with Dad?

You told him?

Did I?

Oh, my God.

Charlie.

[JUDY] I am so sorry.

I was gonna tell you one
day. I just, I... [SIGHS]

- I didn't mean...
- You didn't mean to what?

Destroy our family?

I hope f*cking my dad was worth it.

- What?
- What?

And I don't know if
you're protecting her

or getting back at her or what.

All I know is that guy is dead,
and you look guilty as f*ck.

[JEN SOBBING]

God, Charlie. [BLUBBERS]

[SNIFFLES] I can't...

[GASPS]

[SHUDDERS]

I can't believe that you would think

I was capable of something like that.

You really think that I
am that much of a monster?

Yeah, kinda.

No, honey.

Do you wanna know the real
reason why I lit that car on fire?

I want the truth.

So you deserve that. [SNIFFLES]

[JEN AND CHARLIE SIGH]

[INHALES] Have you ever
heard of the Greek Mafia?

- More of a syndicate, really.
- A sy-din-dicate, yeah.

- What?
- Well, Steve was involved.

- Peripherally.
- Peripheral...

With the Greeks. And, uh, he
laundered money from them...

- And he stole from them.
- He did what?

- Millions. Honest. Go ahead.
- Are you f*cking kidding me?

Anyway, he wanted me to hide his car,

and I-I didn't know what to do,
so I put it in our storage and...

Well, then you found
it, and I was terrified

that bad people were
gonna... track it back to us.

So,

I had to light it on fire.

Desperate times.

- But after that, I went to the police.
- She did. That's true.

And they completely understood
how innocent I was in all of this.

Okay.

But why did you need to
forgive Judy for Dad, then?

[INHALES] Okay, that's
a different story.

She f*cked him. You
were right about that.

She had an affair with Dad.

And, um, yeah, I-I forgave her.

[SIGHS] She just seemed really sorry.

Oh, yeah, I was. I mean, I am.

- I'm just, uh... I'm so sorry. [CHUCKLES]
- Yeah.

[JEN] So you see, there's an
explanation for everything, honey.

Now, can you please give me the g*n?

Please give me the g*n.
Don't point it at me!

- Put it down.
- [JUDY] Down, like scissors.

Okay. Thanks.

[JEN AND JUDY SIGH]

[GASPS] Where's the
bird that was in there?

I gave it back to Henry.
It's his, isn't it?

[SIGHS] Yeah. Yeah, it is.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]

Why are you doing this?

It's part of the game. At first,
it feels like you're a hostage.

And then you end up liking
it, and never wanting to leave.

Wait, not that. I just got it back.

Sorry. I have to confiscate
all personal items.

What happened to its tail?

- It broke, I guess.
- Can I keep it?

I collect things that are broken.

Like my dad's promises.

- Oh.
- [DOOR OPENS]

Shandy, are you playing
Stockholm Syndrome again?

- Not everyone idolizes Patty Hearst.
- Mm. No, it's okay.

- I like it.
- [WHISPERS] It's working.

Okay.

Just make sure you clear his nose.

If he passes out, I have to tell Jen.

[GROANS] And I don't
wanna get on her bad side.

I can't believe you told him
about the f*cking letters.

Oh, I can't believe you let him
believe that I was f*cking Ted.

Now he hates me and not for
the reason that he should.

Well, I don't want him
to know why he should.

It's not gonna make
him hate you any less

if he knew how you actually
f*cked his father. I'm sorry.

It's okay. I just...
I hate lying to him.

Yeah, well, you know, sometimes
the... the truth just hurts more, so...

The way he looked at me, it
was like he wanted me to die.

No, no one wants you to
die. Okay? Don't say that.

Just... he'll be fine.

Just give him the car and
then all will be forgiven.

- Feels a little transactional.
- Well, that's the great thing about kids.

They can be bought.

- Do you think he believed us?
- I think so.

I mean, it does make you wonder
if he could figure all that out...

- I mean, how hard would it be...
- I know.

- [DOORBELL RINGS]
- [JUDY GASPS]

[JEN] Mm.

- [JUDY GASPS]
- Hmm!

Oh, hi, look who it is!

- Yeah.
- It's the police.

- [JEN] Great.
- [JUDY] Our police.

- Well, what can we do you for?
- [SIGHS] Hmm?

- We just have a few questions.
- Why?

The hit-and-run. We
need your statements.

[BOTH] Oh!

- My God. Duh.
- Right.

- Hello? [SCOFFS]
- Yeah.

- Head injury. [CHUCKLES]
- Thank you.

- Come on in. Yeah.
- [JUDY] Yeah, yeah, come on in.

- [EXHALES] Get comfy. Yeah.
- Uh, thanks.

Hey, uh, Judy, before we start,
I just wanna say... [SIGHS]

I'm really sorry about Steve. I
assume you've heard the news by now.

- Thank you. It was a shock.
- Yeah. She was...

- I mean, we were just, uh, so surprised.
- Oh. Yeah.

[JEN SPLUTTERS] I mean, I-I really...
I-I can't believe that he was...

[INHALES] ... he was found
in such a remote location.

Do you know what happened?

[SIGHING] Um, no, we don't.

No, it's not our jurisdiction.

What... what does that mean?

Well, the body was found
in Angeles National Forest.

- That's federal land.
- Which makes it a federal crime.

Which means the FBI
has taken over the case.

[BOTH] Oh.

- [EXHALES] Duh.
- That makes sense.

- Federal. The first word in the BI.
- Yeah, FBI would...

- Yeah, that's Feds.
- [JEN SIGHS, CLEARS THROAT]

- [RASPY] My throat's a little dry.
- Oh, no.

Yeah, yeah, I think I'm
gonna... I need some tea.

Does anyone want any tea?

I do. Yes. I like tea.

Well, I have many kinds.
Would you like to go look?

If you insist.

- [JEN] I do!
- Right.

Right this way, sir.

- Really?
- [JEN] Mm-hmm.

Didn't take her for a
tea drinker. [SCOFFS]

- [JEN] Oh, God.
- [STOVE CLICKS]

- You got a cr*ck there.
- What? Huh?

- You should fix that before it gets worse.
- [JEN] What? Oh, that.

[SIGHS] Oh, yeah. Well, you know what?

It's kind of low on my "sh*t I have
to deal with" list at the moment.

So, when were you gonna tell me
that the f*cking FBI took over?

You realize I don't work for you.
I don't have to tell you anything.

Well, can you at least tell me

what it means now
that they're in charge?

I mean, what's gonna happen?

God, I don't know!

Uh, anything you can remember about
the person driving? Male? Female?

I mean, gender isn't always
binary, so I can't say, but...

[INHALES] I mean, I don't
know. I was too focused on Jen.

- Okay. Uh, did you see a plate number?
- Mm.

- Color? Size?
- Mm. Hmm?

I mean, I think maybe it was an SUV?

- Okay, that's good. Good. That's great.
- Okay.

[NICK INHALES]

Look, um, I don't wanna alarm you,

but in light of what happened
to Steve, I just... I gotta ask.

Have you noticed anything weird lately?

- How weird?
- Anyone following you?

- Uh...
- Strange cars outside?

No, I don't think so. Why?

- Off the record?
- Yeah, totally off.

I just have this odd feeling it
might all be connected somehow.

Steve's death. Your hit-and-run.

Connected?

How?

So I just get a life sentence,
even though it's self-defense.

His bludgeoned body was found
decomposing in the woods.

Doesn't exactly reek of self-defense.

There's just gotta be something
that you can do to help me.

Help you? I-I could lose everything!
My job. I could go to prison.

Oh, good. Then we'd be roommates.

No, I'm sorry. You're on your
own. It's out of my hands.

Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

I tried to do the right thing,
and you told me to go home.

So this is still very
much in your hands.

By my calculations, the
right thing would've been

to not k*ll a man and
bury him in the woods.

I was protecting Judy.

- [SIGHS]
- Steve would've k*lled her.

So I did the right thing,

it just looked wrong.

So, you know, by my calculations,

you were the last one
to do a wrong thing.

So now you need to do
the right thing by me.

You threatening me?

Is it working?

Fine. Okay, I'll see what I
can do, but no more surprises.

No more carving hearts in trees.

Unless that wasn't you, and
you're still protecting Judy.

Judy is innocent. Please. I swear.

She has no idea about any of it.

[CLICKS TONGUE] The truth's
gonna come out. It always does.

So if I were you, I'd
get my ducks in a row.

[VIBRATING]

- [HENRY, MUFFLED] Answer the phone.
- [BEEPS]

Sorry, no outside communication.
I'm your family now.

[HENRY] Okay.

Hey, Boop! It's, uh, your mama!

Um... [SIGHS]

I, uh... I was just wondering
when you were gonna come home,

and I-I have a question for you.

- So bye.
- [BEEPS]

Nick thinks whoever k*lled
Steve might have hit us.

- He does?
- He does.

He thinks it could be the Greeks.

We should be on the lookout
for anything suspicious

because if the Greeks k*lled
Steve, I could be next.

I mean, that's actually kind of scary.

- Judy.
- What?

- We're the f*cking Greeks!
- But are we?

[BOTH EXHALE]

- Hey, I...
- [JUDY] Hey!

[JEN] Hey!

Your birthday cupcakes are almost ready.

I don't want your f*cking cupcakes.

[JEN] Char!

I'm sorry he's such a d*ck.

- Get me some water, hon?
- Oh, yeah.

[TIRES SCREECH]

[CAR HORN HONKS]

[JEN SIGHS]

Ta-da!

Hey.

Did you finally get your neck done?

What? No. Lorna, I was...

[SCOFFS] I was in a car accident.

- Mm. Good cover.
- Is that a new car?

- Isn't it fabulous?
- Oh, my God!

This is literally, like, my dream car.

[JEN GRUMBLES] Yeah.

Well, it's yours! Happy birthday!

- Are you kidding me?
- Are you kidding me?

Have I ever made a
joke in your direction?

- [CHARLIE GASPS] Thank you, Grandma.
- [LORNA CHUCKLES]

[CHARLIE] I really needed this today.

- [CHARLIE GASPS, CHUCKLES]
- Lorna. Lorna. Lorna!

- You cannot give my son a car.
- Why not? You can't afford it.

That's better than a Kia, huh?

- It is.
- [CLICKS TONGUE] sh*t.

It's just a shame Teddy isn't alive
to see his first son in his first car.

- Yeah.
- It is a shame.

- [LORNA] Hmm.
- [CAR DOOR CLOSES]

You never get over losing a child.

Or a husband, or a father.

You wouldn't understand.

[JEN] Oh.

- Sorry, I... I need to...
- Judy, I...

- What's her problem?
- [HUFFS]

- Are you okay, honey?
- No, I burnt the f*cking cupcakes!

- [SOBS] I'm just tired. I'm just so tired.
- You are?

Do you need to go lay down? Honey?

[INHALES]

What if I just told
Charlie what happened?

He already hates me anyway.

Doesn't he deserve to have some closure?

Look, I get that you wanna tell him.

Trust me, I-I understand.
I just think that he...

He needs to be in the
right place to hear it.

Okay, well, it's eating me up inside.

I just wish I had been honest
about it from the beginning. [GASPS]

Then you'd have just told me
to go f*ck myself off the bat.

None of this would've happened.

I'm the shoe, Jen. I'm the f*cking shoe.

Everything I touch turns
into a rotten pile of sh*t.

- Okay, that is not true.
- [JUDY] It is true!

And I gave Henry the
stupid f*cking missing bird.

And now I can't even
make f*cking cupcakes!

[JEN] Okay, first of all...

[SIGHS]

- I would have eaten those.
- Oh, sh*t.

[JEN] Second. The bird
is not missing, okay?

Henry has it.

God, I just realized where...
I think I might know where it is.

That it's on his bedside
table. I'm gonna go get it.

Okay.

Just everything's gonna be...
it's gonna be fine, okay?

All right, it's... [GROANS LOUDLY]
No, it's not.

[CONTINUES GROANING]

What? Oh, what? What? Oh, my God!

- What happened?
- [GROANS] No, no, no, no. It's fine.

- [JUDY] Wait.
- Don't touch me!

- [SCREAMS] Sorry, sorry.
- [BLUBBERING] Don't, don't, don't.

- Don't touch.
- Okay. Sorry.

- Yep, no, just, no. Ah! Ah! Stop it!
- I'm not touching you.

- [DOORBELL RINGS]
- [GASPS] sh*t!

- Why are you answering the door?
- It's muscle memory. I'm overwhelmed.

- Hi! Ben!
- Hey, Judes.

Uh, got a little wicker
wellness basket for Jen.

- Got some Epsom salts, glucosamine.
- What?

- Uh, CBD oil rub.
- Mm-hmm.

- And of course, dark chocolate.
- Can you stop talking?

- Come here.
- What monster doesn't like a candle?

- [GROANS]
- [DOOR CLOSES]

- [BEN] Hey.
- Hey, Ben. That's really nice of you.

Oh, my God, what... what happened?

She was trying to go upstairs,

but her ribs are bruised,
and her back is bad.

- A perfect storm of sh*t.
- [JEN GROANS]

- Oh, my God!
- [BEN] I got you.

- [JEN GROANS]
- I got you.

Oh, thank you.

[JEN] Oh, f*ck!

- Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow!
- sh*t, that is so sweet.

- Okay, easy.
- Thank you. [SIGHS]

- How's that?
- That's much better, thank you. [INHALES]

Hope you, uh, didn't break a
rib picking me up. [CHUCKLES]

Please. You're like a feather.

And you're like a liar. [LAUGHS]

- Here, let me just...
- Oh, thanks.

[GROANS]

- God, sorry.
- Okay, nope, nope, nope.

- Got it.
- [JUDY] It's for comfort.

[JEN] It's okay. It's okay.

I'm so sorry about the... accident.

No, gosh, no. I'm... I'm
really sorry about Steve.

How are you doing?

Uh... [SIGHS] You know,
I'm... still in shock.

Just hearing his body
was found in the woods.

It's like... [EXHALES]

I know he was involved with bad
people. I didn't know how bad.

- I mean, apparently so bad, right?
- I mean, that's... Yeah.

Steve and I, we... you
know, we had our issues,

but we came into the world together,

and, you know, we
were a unit. [CHUCKLES]

And now it's like... [SIGHS]

I know it sounds weird to say,

but it's like I don't
know who I am without him.

- That doesn't sound weird at all.
- No.

I just wish we hadn't fought

the last time we saw
each other. I wish...

I wish I could have made things right.

Oh, that's so hard

that you can't do that, no
matter how badly you want to.

And I can't, you know...

[SOBS] I can't tell him how
sorry I am, and that sucks.

- [EXHALES]
- You can though. You can talk to him.

- I do.
- What are you talking...

I mean, I will? I-I plan on
it, and you should try it too.

- [JUDY] You could... Yeah!
- Talk to him?

Yeah, maybe you can work through some...

Or if you have any regrets.

[EXHALES] I got a boatload of those.

- [JEN CHUCKLES] Yeah.
- [HENRY] Mom?

- [JEN] Oh, hey, Boop.
- You okay?

Yeah. No.

I'm fine. We just, Judy and I, um,

we got into just a car
accident and... but we're fine.

What... what happened? Who hit you?

[JEN] Um, we don't know that yet.

So it was another hit-and-run? Like Dad?

Yes, honey, but... but we're fine, okay?

We... we talked to the police, and
they are gonna find who did this.

I promise.

- Okay? Aww.
- [HENRY SIGHS]

[JEN GROANS, CHUCKLES] Oh, okay.

Excuse me for just a minute.

I'm gonna get you some pain pills.

[JEN CHUCKLES]

[SIGHS]

[BREATHING RAPIDLY]

[SOBBING]

[GROANS, SOBS]

[EXHALES, SIGHS]

[GULPS, EXHALES]

[PANTING]

[EXHALING]

[EXHALING]

Steve?

- [CHUCKLES] Hey, brother.
- [CHUCKLES]

You're a real piece
of sh*t. You know that?

[PANTING] Okay.

[GASPING]

[INHALES]

[GASPS, EXHALES]

[PANTS]

You're good. You're good.
You're good. You're good.

[INHALES] You're good.

[EXHALES] Oh.

Hi.

[CHUCKLES] How's it going?
Hey, Henry, how are you?

I just wanted to say I'm
sorry about your brother.

My mom told me.

[SIGHS, HESITATES] Thank you,
buddy. I really appreciate that.

Losing someone sucks.

It really does, doesn't it?

Yeah, but it gets easier. I...

I mean, the missing
part doesn't go away.

But it stops hurting as much.

Yeah.

Can I give you something?

- Sure. Yeah, what do you... what do you...
- [CHUCKLES]

[EMOTIONAL MUSIC PLAYS]

[BEN SIGHS]

Thanks.

[CHATTERING ON TV]

[JEN SIGHS]

[LAUGHING ON TV]

[JEN] Hey, there you are.

Look at... look what I'm watching.

Oh, yeah. Hey, what... what are these?

Oh, sh*t.

Yeah.

- Are you okay?
- [SIGHS]

What is going on?

Okay, um, just sit... sit down, okay?

[JUDY SIGHS]

I've been trying to tell you all day.

[SPLUTTERS] But there
were just so many shoes,

and, um, I didn't know how to tell you.

Well, you can tell me anything.

They found shadows on the CT.

- Oh, my God.
- And... [SIGHS]

- Jen.
- Hmm?

You told me you only
had a few bruised ribs.

[JEN] Oh.

I-I do.

[GASPS] Okay.

Well, then I don't understand.
Why do you have these?

Because they thought I was you.

What?

When the doctor came in,
I was... I was in your bed

'cause mine was wet and not
because... It's a... it's a story.

- Oh.
- But, um, they...

they gave me your results.

[FAINTLY] Oh.

So you're okay?

Yeah.

So I'm the one that has the...

Look, I don't... just... we
don't know anything, okay?

They were just shadows.
It's probably nothing.

I-I swear. You're gonna be fine.

Whatever it takes, okay?

I'm so happy you're okay.

[SIGHS]

Hey, Charlie. Listen, can we talk?

How'd you guys meet?

Who?

You and my dad.

Oh.

Uh... um...

He was running,

and, uh, I don't know.

[HESITATES] It all happened so
fast. It was kind of like a blur.

How long did it go on for?

I really wanna tell you the truth.

Please.

I can handle it.

I can.

It was just one night.

And if I would have known
that he had a family,

I would have done
everything differently.

[EXHALES]

[EMOTIONAL PIANO MUSIC PLAYS]

[SOFTLY] Happy birthday.

Right. You nice and cozy?

Yeah.

[CHUCKLES]

Is there anything that
you wanna talk about? Or...

Hmm. No, not really.

Okay. Well, try to get to sleep soon.

Yeah.

Oh, you know what? [EXHALES]

Before I forget. Did Charlie
give you back your little bird?

'Cause I wanted to fix it for you.

Oh, yeah, but I don't have it anymore.

What? Why?

I gave it away.

To who?

["LIFE AIN'T WORTH LIVIN'"
BY JOYCE STREET PLAYING]

♪ Life-a ain't worth livin' ♪

♪ If I can't have you... ♪

[EXHALES]

[SONG FADES OUT]

[OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYS]

You're a real piece
of sh*t. You know that?

- Shut up.
- Drunk again. Surprise, surprise.

- f*cking bully.
- You f*cking loser!

[EXHALES] Leave me alone.

[EXHALES]

[CELL PHONE CHIMES]

["LIFE AIN'T WORTH
LIVIN'" CONTINUES PLAYING]

[GASPS]

[EXHALES]

[SIGHS]

♪ Brother, that ain't no lie ♪

♪ And I'd rather be dead ♪

♪ Than to be alone ♪

♪ Life ain't worth livin'... ♪

Hey, man. I think you forgot something.

♪ When you're gone ♪

♪ When you're gone ♪

[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]

[CAT MEOWS]