My father worked as a lawyer for the richest family in New York
until his plane went down in long island sound.
He left me his biggest client, the Darlings--
Tripp, the empire builder...
You lied to me. You said you knew about the affair.
I didn't know.
Letitia, the sophisticated socialite...
Your father was my great love.
Brian, the man of god...
I lied to my wife and daughters.
I told them that you were an orphan.
Patrick, the principled politician,
Karen, the professional divorcée...
Karen, do not call me on the home phone number.
I'll always love you, too.
And Jeremy and Juliet, the well-behaved twins.
She was my best friend in the whole world.
- I want you. - If Juliet found out...
She won't find out.
You think Simon Elder,
the billionaire philanthropist, blew up your father's plane?
Simon Elder is not the man you think he is,
and your boss isn't either.
Morning, daddy.
- Hey. - Hi.
I have to get you some new suits.
The dry cleaner is starting to think i have a thing for him.
I'm sorry, i stayed here at the office again.
I been going through this pile of donation requests.
It's okay. We know you're busy. It's all good.
I just don't know how i'm supposed to help people
if i can't make time to write the checks.
The whole family sleeps here now. Charming
I work in a sweatshop.
Pookie-kai, daisy.
Pookie-kai, long time, no see.
Pookie-kai? What is pookie-kai?
Secret girl stuff.
Maybe we should go to my desk.
Thanks, guys.
- How are you? - Nestly?
I'up to my ears hanging this new show at the gallery,
i'm reading three books,
none of which i'm making any headway in,
and i kinda miss my husband.
Yeah, me, too.
He's a great guy.
- That's funny. - I'm sorry.
Don't be sorry. I know this is
- A big opportunity for you... - I am really sorry about-
just for the money but to find out what happened with your dad,
You don't have to explain i understand
All the business you do for the darlings during the day
and the noble work you do with their money at night,
i just feel like there's no us anymore.
It's all Darlings.
Tell you what. we are gonna have dinner tomorrow night.
I'm not complaining. It's fine.
- You're doing your job. - Tomorrow night,
just you and me, del posto.
What do you say? Kiki can stay with your mom.
Say something. Anything.
You've just admitted to me
that you've been an adulteress for 40 years.
Forgive me if i'm short on words.
- Where are you going? - What?
You haven't been in the same bed with me for weeks.
I've known that you've suspected something,
and i also knew that you'd never say it.
I mean, god forbid that tripp Darling
should ever admit to being...
affected by anything.
Just tell me one thing.
our children,
are they all mine?
Yes.
Absolutely.
Oh, god.
What?
The thought that you can be so sure...
that such attention was paid to such a prolonged,
continuous insult that you can say "absolutely,"
as if it were a favor you did me fondly.
My god, Tish. It's so sordid.
- Wait, what's the place called? - Bar known.
Like the little dudes, bar gnome?
Not gnome, freak show. Known.
That's too bad. I was psyched.
I was gonna get, like, a little red hat.
Will you just come with me anyway 'cause
it's opening night, and then there's this...
What are you eating?
Sausage.
What? What's the matter? Peta?
No, i've just been all queasy all morning
and i'm, like, a little bit spinny.
Will you just tell me, Jeremy,
are you coming with me or not?
I gotta make sure Juliet's not gonna be there. But as for me,
tomorrow night? fo sho. I'm already there.
I gotta go. I'll see ya then, babe. Bye.
What?
- You were just talking to her. - Who?
- Your secret girlfriend. - I have no girlfriend.
Oh, yeah? Then who did you spend 600 grand on at bulgari,
Justin Timberlake?
All right, Jules, I am telling the truth,
i am... i'm pluto.
I'm cold, distant and alone.
All right. well speaking of planets--
Pluto is not a planet anymore.
It will always be a planet to me.
What is this?
An early birthday present.
Hayden planetarium!
- I got you the whole place. - Get out.
For rizzle. The entire cosmos to yourself.
Well, i don't have a gift for you yet.
It's kinda three weeks early.
Yes, you do.
You see, there's this new club opening tomorrow night.
and they begged me,
so i promised to make an appearance,
- and you can come with me. - It's not bar known, is it?
Oh, i know! It's like the worst name ever, right?
Yeah, it's the absolute worst.
You should just bail on it,
you know? Stay home, read a book.
Are you on cold medicine?
It's a new club.
They asked me to be there.
And for your information, i read a book last night.
Reading's a lifestyle, though. It's an -
Jeremy, i promised. I owe it to them to be there.
And now, thanks to me, so do you.
She is decided.
I found something very interesting, Tripp.
Lookin' in your dad's calendar?
Yeah.
In the wake of the massive helpfulness
from the police,
I decided to go over it again,
check all the names, all the dates,
see if i could figure out, you know, who gave dad
all the information on Simon Elder and why.
And my dad had several meetings
with someone he referred to only by the letter "c."
- "c"? - I have no idea who it could be.
met him once a month, sometimes twice.
Hang on a second.
There were a few times i asked your dad
to do some detective work for me.
Just after Kenneth was assassinated
was the first one.
And there we others.
When he wanted to...
maintain a tasteful distance,
he employed the services of that man.
"Harold Templeton"?
Well, that's not his real name.
He was a spy in the 60s for England...
And China...
And France.
he even did some work for Kennedy in Cuba.
He managed to make himself globally unpopular.
You can't mention this to anyone, not even Lisa.
How do i find him?
Well, there's a little vineyard in--
just outside of Milan.
It's near our summer place in Italy
where you and your dad used to
spend some time with us.
They make a great little wine.
Chiavennasca.
Anyway, if i remember correctly,
you go to that vineyard...
You ask for that wine...
- Slightly chilled. - Wait a second.
Are you asking me to go to italy to find this guy?
Yeah.
No, i mean, that's where dutch always started out
when he was trying to track him down.
He keeps a very low profile.
Anyway, you ask for the wine, then see what happens.
If you manage to locate Mr. Templeton,
He might be able to explain to you
the origins of the...
Elder dossier.
Who knows?
He may even be able to tell you who "c" is.
okay.
I'll go to italy.
Nick.
Yeah.
Snag a bottle fome, will you?
Will do.
Chiavennasca.
Chiavennasca. Got it.
Aren't those to die for?
It's like they're made out of George Clooney.
- How much? - $1,200.
12... $1,200?
Do they come with a kidney?
No, they come with each other.
What kind of perso spends $1,200 on shoes?
Lisa.
What are you doing here?
Picked up a suit for Nick. We're going out tomorrow night,
- So i just kinda thought- - Then you have to buy those shoes.
- No, actually-- - Oh, yes, actually.
And do get them in raspberry. I have them.
- I wear them all the time. - I can't buy shoes
that cost as much as car insurance.
Lisa, honey, don't be so financially resistant, okay?
It's just money.
You did a little shopping today, huh?
No, i did a little browsing.
Karen Darling did the shopping.
Right after i told you our whole world was Darlings,
- Darlings everywhere... - Yeah.
I ran into her. We chatted.
- 3 h later, those shoes showed up. - Well, that was thoughtful.
Yeah, i'm sure a lot of thought went into that purchase.
What's the problem? she sent you a gift.
She does stuff like that.
Why would Karen Darling send me a gift?
Hey, Lise, you're starting to sound a little paranoid.
OK? sometimes a shoe is just a shoe.
And sometimes it's a bomb.
So much for our night out, huh?
Instead of a great meal at del posto
and a night of wild sex...
Which i was really looking forward to...
I get leftovers and a dvd and you get a, what,
a whirlwind trip to some villa in Italy
to pick up one bottle of chiave--
Chiavennasca.
Why don't you come with me?
- I can't. It's work. - Why not?
- This is work. - So what if it's work? Come on.
It's a private jet. There's room.
You know, your mom can watch Kiki over the weekend.
- Let's go to italy. - Yeah?
Look, it's totally free, and for two days, no Darlings.
No darlings.
See? Reading. Happy now?
Very nice.
"Babes in toyland"?
I felt bad i didn't have a gift for you,
- so i rented out the whole angelika. - For tonight?
- Yeah. - Well, that is so sweet of you.
- Oh, i know. - But i can't go.
You have to. The thing is set.
Well, we have to go to the club tonight.
I gave my word. my word is my bond.
Anyways, when i decided i wanted to read for the remake,
i decided that i couldn't watch the original
because Annette Funicello is so iconic.
I didn't want to copy.
But it was a really picturesque thought.
Thanks.
Why aren't you dressed for school today, Gustav?
I don't want to go.
Is that how they do things in sweden?
School's like a tea party, you go if you want?
What happened to your face?
- Bully hit me. - Did you hit back?
- Jesus says don't hit back. - Says who?
My mommy.
Your mommy?
You mean your mommy who's dead?
Yeah.
Poor kid.
She's in a better place now.
Bully or no bully, still has to go to school.
Okay, but i'm gonna get terrorized.
Gustav, the world is full of bullies
and always will be.
- You can't live in fear. - What am i supposed to do?
What do you think? Fight back.
Like David and Goliath. You find a weakness
and you take advantage. There's your bible truth for today.
Because i share your passion for the truth, that's why.
Well, what makes you so sure the painting's a forgery?
Peter, i don't want to do this to you.
You've been our doctor for years.
But Tish and i were passing through David Frank's gallery
on our way to meet Karen about a week ago...
I don't know, maybe it was the light.
And i saw a speck of prussian blue
in "das kind"--
your painting.
Prussian blue? I...
Yeah, the pigment.
It had not yet been invented in engel's lifetime.
So i became suspicious.
There's a forger in Belgium
Who's becoming quietly famous in some circles
for this sort of thing.
I'm sorry...
But your painting is a fake.
Stretfield's guaranteed $6 million.
That painting's our exit strategy.
You've been Tish's o.b.-g.y.n. for over three decades.
And this is a little secret.
Trust me.
This is going to go with me to my grave.
I am curious...
About what?
In all the years that you've been delivering our children...
Have you ever been aware
that any of them might not have been mine?
You might look into that for me.
Yeah, sure. I could...
get you an answer on that,
- Sometime next week if you like. - Tomorrow would be best.
If Natalie Kimpton's gonna be here all night
with Ryan Casdale,
this place is over before it even began.
What is that?
The old vodka in the water bottle routine?
That is so 2004.
Does she think she's fooling anyone?
I'm so tired of that backstabbing little witch.
What, are you text bombing your girlfriend?
No. i'm--
i'm betting on polo online.
Oh, my god!
Astrid!
When did you get back from Andorra?
About two hours ago.
- What'sith boris and natasha? - oh, it's some sort of
You look super hot tonight.
You do, too.
I thought maybe we could...
Pee does not go well with this dress.
I'll get you another one.
Someone just came in.
- So you want to have a three way? - It could be my sister.
You are about to have sex in a public bathroom,
and that is what you're worried about, your sister?
That is so incredibly lame!
This has got to be the best part about being rich,
- Don't you think? - What's that, the private jet?
Yeah, no lines, no security.
And no pesky rules about cocktails before takeoff.
What do you mean? in 1st class,
they practically pour the drinks down your throat.
- Not if you're flying the plane. - Wait a minute, Clark.
- You're flying the plane? - Tripp sent me to flight school.
Don't worry. It's gonna be fine.
I'm expecting a real easy trip across the pond.
You two can just lean back and relax.
- You guys! - Hi, karen.
hi.
Hey, Lisa, my shopping buddy.
What a surprise.
- Could you get the luggage for us? - Yes, ma'am.
Yeah, daddy told us that you guys were taking the jet,
so we thought we would just hitchhike. you don't mind. Do you?
No, no, no, no. It's fine.
It's...
perfect.
This place is incredible.
Please tell me that we don't have to spend the whole day
with Karen and Freddy.
I'm guessing that Freddy's out golfing
and Karen's out cold. we can just sneak out of here.
Buon giorno, amici.
Hey, Karen. You're up early.
I know. The espresso in Italy is so good.
I've had, like, four already.
You guys look freshly laid.
Am i interrupting?
- Not at all. - No.
- What do you want to do today? - What do we want to do?
Well, Karen i have some stuff to do for your dad, a little business.
We don't mind. We're game for anything.
Absolutely anything.
Nick and i don't get to spend much time alone,
So we're...
I get...
I get it.
"love time."
Yeah.
I hope that's not a problem.
No, not at all.
You go your way, we'll go ours.
Italy's big, you know?
Oh, my god! these are so good.
These are lto, molto yummy. You want some?
- Holy crap! - What?
I hope Ryan's taking penicillin.
That girl is septic.
Are there any pictures of me?
I haven't looked.
Listen, i think my wife is on to us, all right?
So we're just gonna have to be a little more...
Listen.
What is it?
Chora.
Chora?
That's your bully?
She's a girl!
Come on. Get it together, man.
I'll pick you up after school.
You better run, hot dog. mama's hungry!
Right this way.
Allora, today, we have for to taste
is the rosso di valtellina.
Also we have the pinot nero and a very nice gragnano.
- Signora. - Grazie.
Prego. Signore.
Thank you.
You dot happen to have chiavennasca, do you?
Si
- Slightly chilled? - Slightly chilled?
Vado lo domandare.
Okay, who's stalking who? it's such a puzzle.
Hi.
- Hi, Karen. - Hello.
- How are you? Freddy. - Nick.
So i guess Italy's not as big as i thought,
It's gettin' smaller all the time.
Lei vuole mangiare con noi?
Do you mind if--
'cause we drove all the way here,
and it'll be so awkward if you're sitting next to us
but not, you know, with us.
We wouldn't want it to be awkward.
Oh, perfect. Okay. I love this now.
- How the hell did you get in here? - I followed the flower delivery guy.
Don't worry. Your wife is out getting waxed.
I'm sorry.
I meant your sister.
- What the hell is this? - Publicity stunt.
You kissed Ryan "creepo" Casdale.
My agent told me to.
Does your agent make decisions for your lips?
What about us?
Jeremy, what do i want with some actor
who looks in the mirror more often than i do?
He's a boy.
He's a baby.
You're my man.
You're my big man.
You didn't sleep with him?
I fell asleep a few times while he was talking,
- But that's about it. - Promise?
I promise.
I do.
Here.
Wait, wait. I have to tell you something.
What?
You want me to put on explosions in the sky?
Yeah. But i have to tell you something.
Don't you ever knock?
That's your girlfriend?
I was gonna tell you about it. I swear.
So those tickets to "babes in toyland,"
they weren't a gift at all?
They were subterfuge?
- They were subterfuge and a gift. - And you!
- What? - Weren't my bangs enough?
Oh, it was a completely different approach-
- Get out of my house, you whore! - Let it go.
Can't we just all talk about this like adults?
Get her drippy butt out of my house!
- No! - What?
She's not leaving.
This is...
utterly mortifying.
This is...
the worst thing that's ever happened.
Juliet, you are my sister, and i love you.
but i can't choose sides.
Well, guess what.
You just did.
I gotta go throw up.
You know, even when we were little,
- I knew you were grounded. - I got grounded a few times, maybe.
I don't know if i was grounded.
Yeah, when i met him at william and mary,
he was kind of a flake.
A naughty flake.
Well, you know,
I've just always seen him as such an old soul.
I don't know if you know him
as well as you think you do, Karen, really.
I don't think you do either, Lisa.
I've known him for a long ti-- longer than you, and i--
Well, i remember Nick and i walking on the beach
And the way the sun hit your hair. It just...
glistened.
Signore George.
Yeah.
Would you follow me, please, to the tasting room?
Yeah, i guess
You asked for the chiavennasca.
Yeah, i did.
If you'll excuse me,
i just have some family business.
All right. you all keep bonding.
Will do.
Come il tuo italiano?
Non buono.
Mi dispiace.
What a pity. To speak english
puts me in mind of irretrievable times.
ah, well.
This the chiavennasca?
No, no. It's vin ordinaire.
So you're dutch's boy?
Yeah.
I guess so.
For what do you seek?
When my dad died, his briefcase was full of information
about Simon Elder.
Incriminating information.
Elder, as in the techno-philanthropist?
Yeah.
Any idea why he might have had a file like that?
Did i do something wrong?
I'm sorry.
If you are who you say you are, i will find you.
If not, well.
Those are your bad dreams.
Arrivederci.
Me wearing the superman underoos
and he's wearing wonder woman.
I'm not kidding.
There he is.
Hi, baby. Just in time.
- What's going on? - We can go.
No. We've moved on to spirits.
Nick, we're drinking grappa.
Maybe the two of you have had enough?
Loosen up, baby. We are in India.
We are?
What did i just say?
You said we were in India.
Nick.
It's grappa.
Remember?
Remember what? What about grappa?
We had a couple of bottles
the night that Nick proposed to me.
Nick proposed to you?
- You didn't tell her? - When would that have come up?
When did he propose to you?
When we were 19. Why didn't you tell her?
You're so secretive.
Because we were 19.
Exactly. We were 19. It's ancient history.
It was down by the lake, just down--
down the hill from where we're all staying.
And we... I don't know, we'd been,
like, sailing all day or playing tennis.
I just remember him saying that he--
He knew it wasn't gonna be easy
because i was so rich and he wasn't.
But he knew we were supposed to be together.
Hey, Karen, can we...
Oh, let her finish. Let her finish.
And then we, you know,
we drank a bunch of grappa.
- And, um... - Lisa.
- You know, just spent time... - Lisa, i should've told you.
Thanks.
I'm sorry.
God, you are a bitch sometimes.
I know. It's a problem.
Lisa come on. I was 19.
I was in Italy. I was drunk on grappa.
Everyone proposes when they're 19.
- It didn't mean anything. - Well, it meant something to her.
and it certainly would've meant something
if she'd said yes.
Lisa, it was a thousand years ago.
When we started dating, we exchanged plenty of stories
about our old boyfriends and girlfriends, remember?
- Yeah, So? - There must have been some reason
you decided to leave this particular one out
unless maybe you forgot. Did you forget?
I don't understand
why you don't just go to the headmaster
and tell him this bullying is taking place.
Because the little orphan is never gonna learn
- How to stick up for himself. - Like you learned?
18 years of being beat up by girls,
and what's his revenge? The ministry.
- That's awful. - Every summer, your uncle Brian
would come back from vacation with aunt deirdre
and cousin derinda covered in bruises.
it was tragic.
What did they call you again? The princess?
What did they call you again, fatty-paddy?
I wouldn't mind a change subject.
I swear, sometimes i don't know where you children come from.
Why did you really enter the church, uncle Brian?
I didn't see anywhere else in the world i fit in.
I didn't want to pursue business or politics.
I never... felt really well liked.
So a life of leisure didn't seem appealing.
You need friends for that kind of thing.
So, you know, i guess i really never felt
a part of the human family.
Well, thank you for your honesty.
Ellen, thank you.
Take it easy, sailor.
You're gonna overheat your blood.
Sorry.
I haven't seen a child pepper food that vigorously
since you were a boy, Brian.
Bon appetit.
You should probably answer that.
I'm sure it's your girlfriend Karen
calling to invite you for a midnight swim...
or maybe another romantic grappa party or something.
Pronto?
Mr. George. Harold Templeton.
May we convene?
I apologize for my abrupt exit the last time.
But you can never be too sure who's who in my line of work.
Your father would've understood.
He was... also a complex man.
What happened?
Three months ago, he asked me
compile information on Simon Elder--
anything vexing.
What for? To blackmail him?
I never asked. It was not my concern.
But when your father came to me a 2nd time
and asked me to perform similar due diligence
on Tripp Darling, well, i realized
he was wking for someone else,
so i washed my hands of it.
So who was my father working for? Do you know?
Did he ever mention someone that he referred to
by the letter "c"?
No.
Not that i recall.
and there's your chiavennasca for Mr. Darling.
- Hey. - Hey
I'm really sorry about earlier.
You know what?
Save it for someone who cares.
I don't want these shoes anymore. You know why?
- They don't fit? - No, actually, they fit fine.
I don't want these shoes because these shoes--
these $1,200 shoes--
and for everything that is selfish and foul
and consumptive and creepy about you.
Nick and i have... a daughter.
And, you have this dream,
and it's never going to come true.
So stay away from my husband and...
stay out of my way.
- Who was that, baby? - Nobody.
Make me a drink, would you?
Go away.
We need to talk.
I'm not speaking to you, traitor.
Juliet... I love her.
Love?
Okay, i really like her.
Like?
I'm moderately interest--
Why can't you be cool about this?
Because she doesn't care about you.
She's only using you to get at me.
Now i get it. yeah. It's about you. Right?
- Everything is just all about you. - I'm just trying to protect you.
You don't have to! You're the one running around
telling everyone you want to be independent.
You want your own career, to move out.
You can't even let your twin brother date someone
you had a stupid fight with over bangs? why?
Because it makes you feel so lonely and freaked out and threatened.
I mean, bangs?
I feel so far from home.
Yeah, I know what you mean.
I hate that we can't just get on a plane right now and go.
Well, we could,
but we'd have to fly with Karen and Freddy.
Well, they have their private jet.
We are flying back like-- like normal people
with... lines and security
and peanuts and back pain
and... life.
God...
it's... weird being married.
It's so weird.
Yeah...
it is.
Promise me something.
What?
Promise me that we are never going to have to come
all the way to italy for a stupid bottle of wine again, please.
Lisa...
We didn't come here for a bottle of wine.
I needed to meet with a guy who did some work for my dad.
When did you do that?
When i went down to the wine cellar.
He's a spy.
It's a long story.
I look forward to hearing about it halfway over the atlantic.
You know, i count on you for so much, Lise.
You know that?
- A little. - When i look at you,
here's this perfect line from me through you
to the center of the earth.
You keep me connected to everything.
You do the same for me.
And kiki does it for both of us.
it's a... it's a beautiful thing.
You know, i don't think my dad felt that way about anyone.
You don't think he felt that way about you?
I don't know.
I really don't.
Lei vuole fare l'amore?
You picked up a little italian?
Enough to get by.
yeah?
Victoria, would you excuse us?
Yes, sir.
Thank you so much...
For all you do.
Silver up to snuff?
It's getting there.
We need to talk.
What's that?
D.n.a. results.
You lied to me.
What the hell have you done?
I found out what i needed to now.
I found out the only way that i could
give the fact that my wife doesn't tell me the truth.
So...
So you know?
I haven't read the results.
I won't.
I want to hear it from you.
Which of our children
isn't mine?
Which one is Dutch's?
I'll tell you.
But you've got to promise me nothing will change...
As far as the children are concerned.
I don't have to promise you anything.
You took my life--
You took my life that i placed in your hands
to help me carry it safely to the grave,
and you laid it on every bedside table you could find
while you pursued whatever it was
you were pursuing all those years.
I hope it was the obliteration of yourself,
because, my god, that's what you've achieved.
Just tell me the truth...
Or leave right now.
I mean it.
You're the only woman in the world for me, Tish.
But can't live every day
with my face being pushed into this filth.
If you want me in that bed tonight...
Tell me.
All right.
I'll tell you.
No, Chora! You're hurting me!
What's the matter?
You gotta be nicer to me, or else
- I'll tell mei ling hwa the truth. - What is this, blackmail?
You told me to find a weakness.
You cunning little turd.
What do you want?
Get off of me!
Help me. please.
Hi, Chora.
Those are nice hair clips. what are those, bumblebees?
Hornets.
You know god, Chora? Well, He's sorta my boss.
And you see that boy over there?
God told me
you're not being very nice to him.
And god is so disappointed.
So from now on, He wants you two to be friends.
Otherwise you're gonna burn in hell for eternity,
and eternity's a very long time.
Are we clear?
Good girl.
So i'm assuming you met our friend--Mr. Templeton?
Yes, i did.
And what did he have to say?
Well, you were right.
He put the elder file together for dad.
Yeah, i figured.
To your good health.
Cheers.
So what do you think?
Be honest.
My father was working for someone else.
Could it be that "c" that was in his calendar?
I don't know. Maybe.
But he was gathering that information for someone.
And Templeton stopped helping when he found out about it.
So that dossier,
all that information on Simon Elder,
that wasn't just Dutch doing... diligent work
on my behalf?
No, it doesn't look like it.
He was gathering information about you as well.
- About me? - Yeah.
- I'm sorry. - Why? You didn't do it.
- I know, but he-- - No, you're you.
and you're good. that's true.
Well...
Anything happen while i was gone?
Nothing unexpected.
Things continue to reveal themselves.
Reality.
I like looking at the stars because...
You know, they're so...
Hot and fiery and explosive,
but it feels totally safe and totally exciting
all at the same time, you know?
I never thought a girl could make me feel that way.
But you do.
Looking at you is like looking at the stars.
You make me feel like i'm-- i'm a part of everything,
like i have a place.
Are you being for real?
Natalie, i'm "for realer" with you
than i've ever been with anybody.
Me, too.
Maybe we're in love.
I think we are.
Jeremy.
Yeah.
I'm pregnant.
That's wet.
Nicholas George?
Yeah.
Simon Elder.
Want to go for a ride?
Sure.