[ Chattering ]
Let us in! Let us in! Let us in! Let us in!
[ Man ] Oh, it's Christmas
It's BIack Friday, the post-Thanksgiving kickoff...
into the hoIiday shopping season...
and retaiIers are advertising even deeper discounts this year...
trying to Iure cash-strapped consumers.
- [ Walkie-Talkie Squawks ] - All managers to their departments.
AII managers to their departments.
AII right. Who wants to save some money? Yeah!
[ AII Cheering ]
- Doors opening in five minutes. - [ Pounding ]
- [ PeopIe Shouting ] - [ Mouthing Words ]
- Where is it? - Maybe your waIIet's in the car.
I swear, it was in my jacket. Save our pIace.
- [ Grunts ] - Sorry, man.
- Excuse me. - [ Man ] Watch itl
Pardon me. Excuse me. Excuse me.
l just want to get by. Excuse me.
[ Man On Bullhorn ] All right. When l say ''Digital, ''you say ''Corner. ''
- Digitall - Corner!
- DigitaI! - Corner!
[ Cheering, Clapping ]
For an extra hundred, how can we not go with the 50-inch?
- [ Cup Clatters ] - How about an ''excuse me,'' bitch?
[ Shouting, Screaming ]
- [ Pounding ] - [ Man ] The door!
Open the doors! Open the doors, damn it!
[ Man ] Dream, send me a sign
Turn back the clock
Give me some time
l need to break out
Make a new name
Let's open our eyes
To the brand-new day
Did calculus get harder since we took it?
[ Cal ] That's what l said.
It's aII right. I'II just figure it out myseIf.
l mean, you'd think with the intellectual stock l come from though-
Apples always fall farther from the tree than you think.
That's something to be gratefuI for, right, Em?
- How was Thanksgiving? - WeII, you know.
- Dad Iectured. - I did not Iecture.
- Mom fretted. - I didn't Iecture!
- [ ChuckIes ] - So much to be thankfuI for.
- [ Doorbell Rings ] - I mean, don't you think...
I'm getting a IittIe oId for make-beIieve famiIy hoIidays?
WeII, that's how your mum Iikes it, Iove.
- [ ChuckIes ] - [ Door Opens ]
- You're a IittIe odd. - Why?
The apron.
- I think it's becoming. - [ Door Closes ]
- [ ChuckIes ] - Hey, uh, Dad, Gill-
This is Max RoIand. Uh, apparentIy he's 1 6 and a big fan of your book.
Over here, Em. You shouId know better.
- My address isn't Iisted. How'd you find me? - OnIine.
- I just need haIf an hour of your time, Dr. Lightman. - You got two minutes.
Uh- My parents have Iied to me my whoIe Iife about who I am.
- I'm not their kid. - Who are you then?
- [ Papers Shuffling ] - I'm this kid. James Knox.
- The James Knox? - WeII, how do you know you're him?
Look at this scar. James Knox has one just Iike it.
WeII, we've aII got scars. You want to see mine?
Look, I took a D.N.A. sampIe from my parents, aII right? I'm not a match.
Their story of how I was born, it doesn't make sense.
I can't spend another Christmas with peopIe who might have stoIen me.
PIease. I have $500.
This is aII I have to pay you. WiII you taIk to my parents?
I have to know the truth.
You want a sandwich?
lf he really is James Knox, he's in a very difficult spot psychologically.
We need to handIe this carefuIIy.
Don't we aIways?
I can't beIieve you took his money.
WeII, you wanted me to take him seriousIy. I am.
[ Man, Over Speaker ] Who hoIds interviews on a hoIiday weekend?
[ Woman, Over Speaker ] Look, Max really wants this. Be patient.
- Hey. - Hey, are you ready to interview my parents?
- They're gettin' antsy. - I'm not gonna interview your parents. You are.
I-I thought you said you were gonna heIp me.
If you want to know the truth, you ask the questions, right? So, no yes-or-no phrasing.
Right? Look at me. Look at me. Don't back down.
- Max, you don't have to do this. - You said in your book...
the best interrogations are when you can watch, you don't have to ask the questions.
- Right. - Yeah. I want the best.
AII right. WeII, that's what you paid for.
[ Over Speaker ] Hey. Uh, it'II just be a few more minutes.
They're in with some of the other nominees, so-
You look nervous. What's wrong?
- Look, I know I'm not your son. Who am I? - Oh-
This again. Max, not here.
There's no pictures of me as a newborn. lt doesn't make any sense.
You were born in Ecuador. Mom had you premature. We've toId you aII this.
You went to Ecuador pregnant? That doesn't sound like something a smart mom would do.
I think I know better than you what a mother wouId and wouIdn't do.
He said ''mom,'' she said ''mother.'' Distancing Ianguage.
- Yeah. - I ordered a D.N.A. test onIine.
I took hairs from your brushes.
I just got the resuIts back. I'm not reIated to either of you.
That's fear on both of 'em.
Max, what the hell is going on?
- [ Door Opens ] - What is this?
Mr. and Mrs. RoIand, I'm GiIIian Foster.
- I'm a psychoIogist with the Lightman Group. - Uh, what is this pIace?
- Max came to us. He needs our heIp. - Max, we're Ieaving.
Dr. Lightman- They're Iying, right? They're Iying!
Max, now!
Go.
We may have just sent him home with his abductors.
- Where's Reynolds? - StiII in South CaroIina.
- WeII, that's one probIem soIved. The other one's the cops. - We can't caII them.
If the cops or press or F.B. I. get wind that someone who may be James Knox has surfaced-
I mean, the vuItures wiII pick Max to pieces. We have to protect him.
And we have to taIk to the Knoxes. What?
FinaIIy got you thinking Iike a criminaI. Wonders wiII never cease.
If this thing goes south, you're putting up my baiI.
[ Eli ] Michigan, 2005.
Shoppers burst through the doors of a major retail chain, causing multiple injuries.
lndia, 2008. Rumors of a landslide at a Hindu temple cause panic.
About 1 40 people lose their lives trying to escape.
Los AngeIes. Lakers fans ceIebrate a championship by Iooting and rioting.
'Bout a million dollars worth of property damage to local businesses.
In every exampIe, the vioIence was instigated by someone in the crowd.
- What are you proposing, Mr. Loker? - Two of your customers died.
Dozens were injured. PeopIe are Iooking for a scapegoat...
and DigitaI Corner's an easy target.
What if I couId prove that your company wasn't at fauIt?
Cases Iike this turn on comparative negIigence.
Now, if the stampede was crowd-induced...
it'd reduce the settIement considerabIy.
This is the raw feed from ChanneI 3.
- [ Crowd Shouting ] - [ Man ] Digitall
Notice the dad showing his boys how to Iock arms and form a phaIanx.
They... what? They-They expected vioIence?
WeII, convergence theory says that if crowds act aggressiveIy...
it's because peopIe bring an aggressive mind-set to it.
In the cIose-ups, you can see their faces.
They're identical to those of athletes during competition.
This crowd was a powder keg, and somebody in it was the spark.
Maybe so. But we can't have our name dragged through the press...
during our busiest shopping season.
We're pIanning on settIing first thing Monday morning.
- How much are you expecting to pay out? - Twenty miIIion, give or take.
Give me a few days to prove my thesis before you settIe.
If I can trace the stampede to somebody in the crowd...
the Lightman Group gets 1 0% of what you save.
You save us 1 0 miIIion, you earn one.
And if you pay the fuII 20, we don't see a dime.
Hey. How'd it go with the suits?
WeII, we got the job. Where were you?
None of your bIoody business. No, I figured you were up to it, so-
It's probabIy a gross overestimation on my part.
I appreciate the confidence boost.
WeII, seIIing's the easy part.
It's deIivering- that's the trick- and that's what you promised.
So you and Torres are on your own. You think you're up for it?
I've read every major study on group behavior, cover to cover.
This is my wheeIhouse.
Fascinating.
WeII, time wiII teII.
Any more words of inspiration?
Yeah. We need the money, and don't embarrass me.
[ Door Closes ]
[ Man ] You found James? After all these years?
Mr. and Mrs. Knox, we don't want you to get your hopes up...
but we wouId Iike to do a D.N.A. test-
just to confirm things one way or another.
The scar's from the same type of operation, though, right?
- You have a picture? - CaI.
Oh, sorry.
lt was taken this morning, actually.
- [ Gasps ] He's got your chin. - [ Gasps ]
This must be overwhelming.
No, it's just I'm- I'm shocked that we might be abIe to find James.
I got a question for you. Do you- either of you-
Do you remember, was it overcast the day that your son was abducted?
- Do you remember? - [ Scoffs ] It's 1 6 years ago.
I think it was overcast. It definiteIy was.
- lt was? - Mm-hmm.
Right.
I think you're Iying, Mrs. Knox.
When people are telling the truth...
they don't feeI the need to recaII smaII detaiIs many years Iater.
You're ashamed of something. What are you ashamed of?
- What are you taIking about? - What is it? What is it? Is your son stiII aIive?
- What happened to James, Mrs. Knox? - Or did you murder him?
- Of course not! - Did you murder him? Did you kiII him?
What the hell's wrong with you people? She didn't kill him.
Did you kiII him? Did you kiII your son?
Did you torture him before you kiIIed him? Did you make him suffer?
- No! It was an accident! - What?
[ Sniffles ]
I... went into the kitchen...
whiIe the bath was running.
I don't know how-
He had drowned.
[ Sniffles ] l was going right back.
Robbie- Robbie, l didn't mean to.
I'm sorry. I'm so sorry!
[ Sobbing ]
I didn't want you to hate me.
Maybe they're lying.
They're teIIing the truth to the poIice right now.
If I'm not James Knox...
who am I?
You're the same person you were yesterday and the day before, Max.
Don't caII me that, aII right? I'm someone eIse.
AII right. WeII, what do you want to be caIIed then?
Who do you want to be? You want to be a... Johnny?
You want to be a Paul? Do you want to be a Steve? You want to be a Sid?
You know, you Iook Iike a Steve to me, so-
[ Typing ]
AII of these are boys around your age...
that were abducted when they were babies or when they were kids.
Which one do you think is you?
I'm never gonna find out who I am, right? That's what you're trying to say?
No, look- You know, you're a crap listener, boysie.
Really. Pay attention, all right?
What I'm saying is, I'm in. Are you?
No. Think carefuIIy before you answer that...
because if we do go down this rabbit hoIe, there's no teIIing what's gonna bite you.
I'm in.
He's in.
- Max, you have to Iet this go. - He's not gonna.
l mean, why should he?
If he's not your son, he shouId know why you've kept it from him.
l mean, either you got a good reason or you're, uh, monsters-
you stole someone else's baby.
- That's ridicuIous. - Is it? Want to see if the cops agree with you?
l know you both love Max deeply...
and you wouId never want to hurt him.
But you are. He's in a Iot of pain.
You're not protecting him anymore. You're just hurting him.
[ CIicks Tongue, Sighs ]
Jackie.
Hmm.
Her name was Cheyenne.
She was bareIy oIder than you are.
It can cost a fortune to adopt...
and back then we didn't have the money to pay for a service.
She didn't want any formal papers.
She just wanted out, and we wanted a baby.
We gave her some money for the hospitaI biIIs, and that was it.
You were her baby, but you're our son.
- Oh. Max- - [ Groans ]
What? We- We've been good parents to you, haven't we?
- Say what's on your mind, son. - Why didn't you teII me?
[ ExhaIes ] We thought if anyone Iearned the truth-
- They'd take him away from you. - Yeah.
Who is she? My mother?
Oh. [ SniffIes ]
- [ Ria ] ls this all of them? - These are the Iead pIaintiffs.
There's another 80 names on the suit, but these are the reaI bIoodsuckers.
Or the reaI victims.
Why are they even taIking with us?
WeII, DigitaI Corner soId it to their Iawyer as part of the investigation.
But Iet's be honest, who doesn't enjoy a good bitch session?
[ Man ] Guards were shoving us and everything.
- [ Woman ] My kid busted his elbow. - [ Woman #2 ] l needed-
Did you know that the doors opened 20 minutes Iate?
They didn't even have my TV in stock. It was a bait and switch.
- I was aImost trampIed to death. - Listen, we need to get paid.
Okay. Uh-
It's our job to determine what started everything.
That's what we've been asking. The store hasn't turned over any security video.
Let's just begin with what you remember.
One of the rent-a-cops picked a fight right behind me.
I saw him pushing foIks around Iike cattIe.
[ Woman #3 ] He was a bully. Damn near knocked me over.
AII right, so this guard starts a brawI, and then everyone pushes for the door?
Can you describe him?
White guy, shaved head.
You all just shifted your gaze to this guy. You're looking to him for the answer.
- You think we're Iying? - WeII, not consciousIy.
It's more IikeIy a case of memory conformity.
You've aII heard each other's stories, so you think it happened to you.
Right. But you didn't remember the race of the guard because you never saw him...
so you Iook to the reaI source.
I'II be supervising these interviews.
- [ Typing ] - WayIon said he was shopping for his famiIy.
Eye shift downward says otherwise.
Educated guess, he was there for someone eIse, Iike his mistress.
Oh, and, uh, he is not your onIy cIient with a truthfuIness aIIergy.
DeIisha faked anger when Ria asked her about her arm.
Her eyebrows never puIIed together, Iips never pressed or tightened. She's fakin' it.
That doesn't excuse the store or the security guard.
Oh, the buIIy? No, that wasn't a Iie.
As far as we can teII.
Just because a few peopIe are gaming the system doesn't mean DigitaI Corner's off the hook.
[ Typing ]
What are you doing in the D. M.V. database?
Your dad is committin'a felony.
Why am I not surprised?
I'd take you with me, but that wouId make you an accessory after the fact.
Ta.
FeeI free.
I, uh, can't beIieve you found me.
- He's been Iooking for me? - Oh, yeah. For a Iong time now.
Yeah, he just wants to meet you.
- [ Woman On P.A., lndistinct ] - He's here?
Yep.
There's nothing to be ashamed of. You did the right thing by him.
Okay. I want to meet him.
- Maxie boy? - Hey.
You're up.
Max, this is Cheyenne Matson.
Oh, my God.
I knew I'd see you again someday. I just knew it.
[ Max ] I found you.
[ SniffIing, Laughing ] I can't beIieve it.
Oh! Oh, my baby!
Max?
- Max? - What?
- Stop hugging her, son. - Why?
'Cause she's Iying. She's not your mother.
You don't know what you're taIking about.
- I gave birth to him in Virginia, and then I- - See, that's a Iie.
What are you gonna do? You just gonna keep 'em coming, or are you done now?
Have you been drinking today?
No, I don't think it's aIcohoI. I think it's drugs.
So what was your drug of choice back in the day? Was it ''X''? Meth? Coke?
There it is. Cocaine.
What did you do? Did you seII him for drugs? How did you get him?
Okay, okay.
I was on the pipe back then.
l got close with my dealer. He had this crash pad in D. C.
And I got there, and there was this baby.
- [ Gillian ] Whose baby? - I don't know. I don't know.
He was crashing, and he-he said he was gonna smother him, so I took the baby.
You kidnapped him? You were trying to protect him?
I saw this ad.
These peopIe wanted a baby, so I said I was his mother.
What was the name of your drug deaIer back in the day?
I onIy remember him as Romeo.
- [ CaI ] Romeo? - It was a Iong time ago.
Of course Max says he's fine. He's a 1 6-year-old boy.
Yeah, but that doesn't mean you have to coddIe him, does it?
I mean, a hard truth, in the Iong run, is far better for you than a soft Iie.
We are taIking about a chiId.
And what chiId are we taIking about?
EmiIy. Foster here disapproves of my parenting techniques...
which I think is a bit of a cheek, don't you?
So you're not actuaIIy taIking about, Iet's say, I don't know, an adoIescent boy?
No. ShouId we be? Are you?
- No. - No.
Hmm. Then maybe you two can expIain something to me.
- WeII, I'II do my IeveI best. - AII right.
WeII, try to picture this. I'm at HiIton Head.
Eighth hoIe, two under par. Best game of my Iife.
Then all of a sudden, l get this call from my F.B.l. supervisor...
wondering if my interest in 1 6-year-oId boys...
is business or pureIy recreationaI.
- And which is it? - See, that's what I'm hoping that you can heIp me with.
Because it seems Iike somebody here in D.C....
used my personaI I.D. number and password...
to access an F.B. I. database.
But when I'm not actuaIIy in D.C., that sets off aIarms.
So, can either of you teII me who I shouId bIame for ruining my vacation?
Loker?
[ Sighs ]
Hey. Sorry, I just- I heard what happened.
Is there anything I can do?
You couId stop Iooking at me Iike you think I'm a freak or screw-up.
I don't think you're screwed up. I think your famiIy is. There's a big difference.
Oh. Perfect girI with the perfect Iife's an expert on messed-up famiIies now?
My dad's a human Iie detector.
I have a famiIy history of suicide...
and my divorced parents sleep together sporadically...
fight constantIy and stiII insist we get together on hoIidays.
How's that for perfect?
Least you know who your parents are.
Yeah. WeII, anything I can do to heIp.
I promise. One freak to another.
You know, I go away for one weekend...
and you two start acting Iike Bonnie and CIyde.
You're doin' Christmas with me.
No one needed to convince me that bringing the authorities into this case was a bad idea.
If you had come taIk to me first, I couId have heIped avoid aII this.
Any chance that can happen now?
Because of what these peopIe did, a kidnapper got away with abducting a baby.
Mr. and Mrs. RoIand.
- Are you here about Max? Have you seen him? - No. What happened?
He Ieft a note. He ran away.
We have a warrant for your arrests.
- Tom- - You're being charged with faIse adoption and chiId endangerment.
Come on. Let's go.
[ Man ] Mr. and Mrs. RoIand, you have the right to remain siIent.
Anything you say can and will be-
So, bottom line, they're saying we provoked it...
but they don't have anything concrete.
- Just firsthand accounts. - WeII, the news footage didn't show anything.
Your security guards, they mention anything about buIIying your customers?
Look, peopIe resent authority. I get it.
My dad was a cop.
Mr. Bernardo, uh-
One of the things we do is Iook at body Ianguage.
And we found that sometimes when people are feeling vulnerable...
they tend to cover their...
gonads.
- Can you pull up that photo you showed me last month? - Ria-
- You want me to do it? - AII right.
ChurchiII at YaIta. RooseveIt and StaIin are divvying up the worId.
Britain's being Ieft out. Hat pIacement says it aII.
[ Ria ] Now...
what is it you're not teIIing us?
We have some security video of the parking Iot and the storefront.
What does it show?
Things got a IittIe heated between the guard and some of the customers.
But that was 1 0 minutes before the stampede.
WeII, that's embarrassing, but it's not a direct cause.
- You tryin' to bury the evidence? - No.
We don't want the nightmare of someone posting it onIine.
But since you signed a nondiscIosure agreement, I'm happy to share it.
[ No AudibIe DiaIogue ]
Cheyenne's description matches a former drug deaIer on record...
who went by the name Romeo, Iike she said.
But the guy dropped off the grid a few years ago.
Right.
- What did ReynoIds say about Max? - There's stiII no sign of him.
If he's on the run, first person I'd want to taIk to is EmiIy.
Bad boy fixated on finding the truth.
She probabIy feeIs Iike she's known him her whoIe Iife.
Hey.
- They haven't found Max yet. - No?
WeII, uh, where are the cops Iooking for him?
I don't know. You got any ideas on that?
Oh, sure. He's at the secret hideout where aII the teenage runaways go.
[ ExhaIes ] He's just some messed-up kid who got screwed over.
- [ Cell Phone Ringing ] - Uh, you shouId take that.
- ReaIIy? - Yeah.
- Thanks. - [ Ringing Continues ]
- [ Beeps ] - Yeah?
They found Max's bioIogicaI parents. They're bringing them in.
Oh, th-that's great. I mean, it's great, right?
Max is gone though. And the state he was in when he ran-
I mean, he couId be about to do something that couId ruin his entire future.
I need you.
[ Cal ] She knows where Max is.
Hey. Thanks for that.
- For Iying to EmiIy? - Yeah.
So I wouIdn't have to.
AII right. Romeo's reaI name is Ray BIake.
Narcotics distribution, assauIt. Spent eight years in prison.
Is there any famiIy who might know where to find him?
He had a daughter, but she died whiIe BIake was in prison.
- [ Chattering ] - [ Door Opens ]
[ Emily ] They'll be happy to see you, no matter what.
There he is.
- Thank God. - Where are my reaI parents?
Didn't find 'em. Found you though. Thanks, Em.
Now, l would have expected this kind of thing from him, but-but you lied to me.
- Oi! - I know.
No, she did what she had to do to help Max. He was in trouble.
HeIp him? You get his parents arrested...
and then you make me Iie to him to get him back here?
- He'II be safe here. - TiII you send him to foster care.
The F.B. I. knows we have him. We wiII figure this out.
- Now who's he gonna trust? - [ Knocks ]
- [ ExhaIes ] - Did you find BIake?
AII we've got is his oId paroIe officer. That's it.
Foster, come on.
[ Chattering, Shouting ]
[ GiIIian ] Mr. DonneIIy, you were the paroIe officer for a convict named Ray BIake, right?
That was my oId Iife.
Ray BIake. Yeah, he was a drug peddIer.
Used to go by the name of Romeo. No IogicaI reason why.
Do you have any idea where we couId find him now?
Creep was a gambIer.
O.T.B. in Bethesda was about the onIy pIace I couId ever count on finding him.
You seem a IittIe angry about your past Iife.
What, you didn't Iike being a paroIe officer then?
You know, my oId boss sent me to the department shrink.
I don't think I need another one.
How'd you end up in that chair?
- That's a IittIe personaI, don't you think? - Yeah, very personaI, I'd say.
I got a game to get back to.
Hey!
Look, either you did something reaIIy bad back then...
or something reaIIy bad was done to you.
- Which was it? - That's none of your business.
- Yeah, it is. - This is important.
Fine. Sixteen years ago, somebody broke into my house, kiIIed my wife...
put a buIIet in my back and stoIe our baby son.
Okay, I broke the crowd into sectors. I foIIowed six peopIe at a time...
from the minute they showed up till the riot started.
You find someone to pin it on?
Watch this guy. He moves through the crowd.
This guy grabs him, puIIs him back.
A second later, the sectors behind them surge forward.
Mob mentaIity takes over.
Who do you think was in that stampede?
- They weren't peace-Iovin' hippies. - Working peopIe, Loker.
Parents who can afford game systems and MP3 pIayers one day a year.
They're so desperate to make their kids happy...
they wake up at 4:00 a.m. just to stand in Iine.
Yeah, you're proving my point. Contagion theory says crowds infect the peopIe in them.
Okay, you can dress it up as science aII you want. It's stiII an agenda.
You're trying to impress Lightman.
If I bring home seven figures, he has to respect that.
Loker, I don't know why Lightman screws with you the way he does...
or why he's got it in for you...
but I wouIdn't get my hopes up about things changing.
Let's take Lightman out of it. This video does not Iie.
Let's go see the guy and see who's right.
[ Eli ] Why were you cutting the line?
Someone said the doors were open. Guess I got excited.
WeII, the Iook on your face isn't excitement.
It's not even aggression.
That's panic.
You were afraid before the stampede even started.
My daughter.
I toId her to stay cIose, and when I heard her crying-
Look, it's every parent's worst nightmare.
Then the crowd started moving before I couId get to her.
- Is she okay? - She got knocked down.
Her arm's broken in three pIaces.
I don't know what we're gonna do about her hospitaI biIIs.
WeII, she wasn't hurt in that stampede, Iike you've cIaimed.
Happened before that, didn't it?
- You think I hurt her? - No.
But I do think that you are an opportunist.
Just teII us the truth. How did she break her arm?
lt wasn't in the stampede, was it?
She feII.
When I heard her crying, I panicked. I went Iooking for her.
And the crowd thought that you were breaking its first ruIe- don't cut the Iine.
Or they saw you moving forward and assumed the doors were opening.
Well, either way, what they couldn't contemplate in that state of mind...
was a father rushing to heIp his daughter.
So what happened-
those peopIe who died- was my fauIt?
[ CaI ] He turned up this week.
Are you saying that you might have found my son? AIive?
That was his photo.
But they cIeared aII my paroIees.
Yeah, well, Blake fooled 'em, apparently.
When was the last time you saw Blake?
Maybe a year or two before that night. Maybe more.
I'd- I'd given him a random drug test that he faiIed.
Well, that's what sent him back to prison.
BIake's daughter died whiIe he was serving that sentence.
I think he bIamed you for breaking up his famiIy.
He left you to live with the pain, just like he felt you did to him.
Whatever. Th-The-
The onIy thing that matters now is- is my son.
So, what- If-If the D.N.A. matches, he'II come home?
That's not up to us.
WeII, I've waited 1 6 years for this.
If that's my son, I want him back.
Hey. I think we can put a bow on this one.
The man in the crowd started the stampede.
ShouIdn't we find out about Ken's daughter before the stampede?
- WeII, is that why we were hired? - No.
And the cIient's gonna be happy with your findings?
They wiII be ecstatic. We'II save 'em miIIions.
- And it's a pretty big payday for us, right? - Yeah.
WeII, I think you shouId take some of this windfaII...
and have yourseIves a IittIe ceIebration, the both of you.
- ReaIIy? - Yeah.
As nauseating as it is for me to say this to you, Loker- [ Sighs ]
WeII done.
[ Mouths Words ]
Hey. I got us the Iast tabIe at MarceIIi's.
8:00. We're goin' big.
- I'm gonna pass. - Lightman buying dinner is unprecedented.
[ Typing ]
These famiIies deserve to know why their Ioved ones died in a parking Iot, Loker.
Look, we know what happened.
Some customers bIindIy foIIowed when Ken pushed forward.
The others didn't want to be dispIaced. Either way, Ken was the stimuIus.
How did his daughter break her arm?
I've been through the tapes dozens of times, before the stampede and after.
There's no evidence.
Then have a nice dinner.
[ Typing ]
[ Rock On Speakers ]
[ Chattering ]
Hey. Taxi!
- Oh! [ Laughs ] - Whoa. You okay?
[ Woman ] Yeah.
- It's that gIare. - Where?
- [ Typing ] - Right there. That light coming off the asphalt.
Yeah. What is that?
- [ Kicks Chair ] - [ Grunts ]
Hey. You want to meet your father?
- Oh. Here they are. - Hey.
Max, this is your biological father, John Donnelly.
John, meet your son.
Hi.
You have your mother's eyes.
Owen. Your name was Owen.
Is there anything you want to ask your father?
I-I pIay music.
Don't know why I said that.
I'd Iove to hear you pIay sometime.
D-Do you know anything about music?
I don't. [ ChuckIes ]
You Iike hockey, right, Mr. DonneIIy?
Yes. Yes, yes.
I- I have season tickets for the CapitaIs.
We-We couId go next week.
Uh, for your birthday.
My birthday's in ApriI.
I don't pIay hockey anymore. I quit.
WeII, we- We don't have to go.
- No, you have the wrong person. - Hey. CarefuI, son.
I'm your father, Owen.
No, this isn't my dad.
Max?
He doesn't even know who I am.
He Ioves you. He has this whoIe time. He just couIdn't find you.
No, you got the peopIe who reaIIy Iove me arrested.
Give him a chance, aII right? He wants you in his Iife.
- I don't want him. - FinaIIy, the truth.
- CaI- - No, he needs to hear it.
That man in there, that's what you have.
So deaI with it.
- Max, we care about you. - I'm not your kid, okay?
You want a kid, go have one of your own.
You want to lash out, do you?
WeII, go on then. Give it your best shot.
- Go on then. - [ Scoffs ]
Come on. Give your best shot.
[ Grunts ]
- Come on then! Come on! - [ Grunts ]
[ Grunting Stops ]
- [ Crying ] - Is that enough?
Come on, boy. Come on, boy. Is that enough?
We're working out the detaiIs, but it Iooks Iike the settIement...
wiII be more in the neighborhood of two miIIion, not 20 miIIion.
Your findings were worth every penny.
1 .8 miIIion. That's a Iot of zeros.
Uh- Before we take this, uh, we have a coupIe of outstanding questions.
[ Tapping Envelope ]
Uh, what are your protocoIs for deaIing with ice?
We saIt.
You saIted the parking Iots and the sidewaIks that morning?
- I'II show you the inventory, if you'd Iike. - That won't be necessary.
CIassic evasion.
And you know what? We'II pass on the bogus paper traiI.
If Ken's daughter doesn't sIip on the ice, he never pushes through the crowd.
Couple that with your security guard's negligence...
and the mind-set of the crowd, and you've got a perfect storm.
If you're Iooking to renegotiate, we can do that.
This is what we found.
Then I'm gIad we have a nondiscIosure agreement.
You can use the whole report or none of it...
or I'II see that it Ieaks.
And then you'II have a tragedy and a cover-up.
We'II use none of it.
He can see me, can't he? DonneIIy?
Yeah.
I came peacefuIIy, so he couId see me.
Where'd you find him?
He was outside of a Iiquor store, next to the O.T.B. that DonneIIy mentioned.
lt'll take a few weeks for the F.B.l. to confirm their D.N.A. test.
Yeah, but if we can get a confession today, you can go home with your father.
Your daughter was taken from you when she was... six, right?
- And she died in foster care? - [ Laughs ]
You've been waiting for this day, haven't you, Mr. BIake?
You think the best thing you couId have done for your daughter...
was to avenge her death by stealing the son of the man responsible.
He shouId have Iet me keep her.
[ ExhaIes ] I begged him.
You're going to jaiI for the rest of your Iife. You know that, right?
- What do you want me to say? - Question reaIIy is...
what do you want to say to DonneIIy before you disappear?
My onIy regret through this whoIe thing...
is that you didn't know who did this to you.
Now you do.
- So does his son. - What?
The boy found him. His son found him.
They're strangers.
Yeah, weII, give 'em time, eh?
You want to tell me how we went from a seven figure payday to nothing?
- Wasn't an ideaI outcome. - No, it wasn't. We can bareIy keep our heads above water.
You decide to go ahead and sabotage a potentiaI eIephant account.
What did you do? You put in 40 fuII hours on this?
And then there's Torres's time. You any idea where that's coming from?
- Your pocket. - BIoody right, my pocket. You promised me you'd deIiver.
Shifting bIame from the guiIty party-
that wouIdn't have been the truth.
You see, that choice, that choice...
that's how you made your contribution to this firm.
We couId go dark for aII I care.
We foIIow the truth here, right?
No matter the cost to our egos or our waIIets.
So if I'd have taken the money-
I'd have sacked you.
[ ChuckIes ] Hey, can I get one of those ''attaboy'' speeches from yesterday?
I've run out.
[ Max ] You think this co-custody thing can really work?
Two sets of parents is better than none.
[ Sighs ] This is so screwed up.
Just give it a chance. It'II work itseIf out.
When in doubt, I just do what she says.
[ Rock ]
[ Man ] When l find myself by the sea
ln another's company
Go on. Off you go, son.
When l go out to the pier
Gonna die and have no fear
- 'Cause you - Hey.
Just know
- HeII of a rabbit hoIe. - You just do
We made it.
[ Chattering ]
- And watch things on VCRs - So, have you forgiven us?
- I guess. Have you? - With me and talk about big love
WeII, you were protecting a friend, right?
So... you are your father's daughter.
WeII, I know a IittIe bit about how crazy famiIies can be.
You think he'll be all right?
[ Cal ] Don't know.
You just know
Hope so.
You just do
Maybe we shouId invite him to Thanksgiving next year.
- [ GiIIian ] He'd fit right in with us. - Yeah.
You just do
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