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00:00:00Everything we need for the next 72 hours
00:00:29Liquid, untouchable
00:00:32Derek has already started moving against you
00:00:35Lining up investors, whispering about Apex's collapse
00:00:38He wants to destroy you, Chris
00:00:41Exactly how I planned
00:00:43You can't bait a shark without a little blood in the water
00:00:46I've already sent over the forged balance sheets
00:00:48The fake foreclosure notices
00:00:50Enough evidence to convince the world that Apex is circling the drain
00:00:53He'll think he scooped everyone
00:00:55Good, give him what he wants
00:00:57The company on its knees
00:00:59And while he gloats
00:01:01We prepare the kill shot
00:01:03The shareholder vote is in 3 days
00:01:05When we move
00:01:07Apex swallows Langford Capital whole
00:01:09And when the dust settles
00:01:11Derek won't just lose the company
00:01:13He'll lose everything
00:01:15He'll lose everything
00:01:21Cool
00:01:22Oh my god
00:01:23How well
00:01:24Lord, today we are blessed beyond measure, not only because it is the day of your wedding,
00:01:51but because we are blessed with a son-in-law that is a CEO of Apex Group, a man of vision, a man of means.
00:01:57A billionaire who will protect our daughter and build our family legacy.
00:02:03Finally, the Donovan name will carry the weight that it deserves.
00:02:07To Sophia, and to a future where we will want for nothing.
00:02:10Do you, Sophia Donovan, take Chris Bell to be your lawfully wedded husband?
00:02:26I do.
00:02:29Then by the power vested in me...
00:02:31Stop this wedding!
00:02:37Your billionaire groom is nothing but a fraud.
00:02:40Chris Bell, CEO of Apex Group?
00:02:53Right.
00:02:54Try bankruptly lose her.
00:02:58That's right.
00:02:59Apex Group is ruined.
00:03:02Sophia, you're about to marry a penniless con man.
00:03:06And I have the proof.
00:03:15It can't be true!
00:03:17What is going on here?
00:03:18I think I'm going to be sick!
00:03:19Gentlemen!
00:03:22Gentlemen!
00:03:23Whoa, whoa, whoa!
00:03:24Wait!
00:03:25Oh, my God!
00:03:26Help!
00:03:26By order of the courts!
00:03:28No!
00:03:29No!
00:03:30Move!
00:03:31You fraud!
00:03:35And property of the bank.
00:03:39No!
00:03:40No!
00:03:41Hey, stop!
00:03:54That cake costs more than your salary!
00:03:59Oh!
00:03:59Oh!
00:04:00Oh!
00:04:00Oh!
00:04:01Oh!
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00:04:11Oh!
00:04:11Oh!
00:04:26Is it really true?
00:04:30Are you?
00:04:32Oh!
00:04:36I hate lying to her, but she can't know the truth.
00:04:39Not yet.
00:04:43Yes.
00:04:46Oh!
00:04:47Oh!
00:04:47Oh!
00:04:48Oh!
00:04:48Wedding is just such a nightmare.
00:04:50I hate.
00:04:50What a waste of an open bar.
00:04:52I didn't get one martini!
00:04:53It's embarrassing.
00:04:54I'm gonna have to pay for this whole fucking thing.
00:04:57Okay.
00:04:58I tried to warn you.
00:04:59Chris was never the man he said he was.
00:05:01You don't have to go home to that deadbeat bum.
00:05:04You deserve better.
00:05:05You deserve someone who can actually take care of you.
00:05:07Not now, Derek.
00:05:09I just got married.
00:05:11Just think about it.
00:05:12You and me, we always made more sense.
00:05:17Sophia!
00:05:17Sophia!
00:05:17Well, it worked.
00:05:32Still feels like I'm putting a knife on her back.
00:05:34No one can know that Apex is broke.
00:05:36Not even Sophia.
00:05:38And there's a bonus.
00:05:39She stays with you on your penniless.
00:05:40You'll know she truly loves you.
00:05:42She's not a test, Victoria.
00:05:44She's my wife.
00:05:46Full, hostile takeover.
00:05:47We just need to wait 72 hours until the shareholder meeting.
00:05:50And when it lands, Derek won't know what hit him.
00:05:57I can't tell her yet.
00:05:59Not until the takeover is complete.
00:06:01And our future is secure.
00:06:02You have some nerve walking in here.
00:06:21This is Sophia's home.
00:06:23She's my wife.
00:06:24Wife?
00:06:25You tricked her.
00:06:26You tricked all of us.
00:06:28You brought gifts.
00:06:29Like, that makes you a part of this family?
00:06:30Well, I thought since we'll be spending time together...
00:06:34This is rich.
00:06:35Correction.
00:06:35Not rich.
00:06:36More like bankrupt.
00:06:38You think money is the most important thing, but it's not.
00:06:41Chris is a good person.
00:06:43He's honest, and he treats me with respect.
00:06:45All right.
00:06:46Well, let's see what you brought us anyway.
00:06:48Just a couple tokens of my appreciation of Charlotte.
00:06:52I'm aware you like a nice glass of red before bed, so I got that from you.
00:06:56And Jack, this is a very rare book.
00:06:58I thought it would be good for your collection.
00:07:00Books?
00:07:03He brought us books?
00:07:05What are we supposed to do with a book, Chris?
00:07:06We're supposed to read our way out of debt?
00:07:09You could have brought Monopoly money.
00:07:11It's the same value.
00:07:14Not even French.
00:07:16California.
00:07:17This is bottom shelf swill.
00:07:19You know, I got that from a small vineyard.
00:07:24I thought you would appreciate the backstory.
00:07:27The backstory.
00:07:28We love stories.
00:07:30Like fairy tales.
00:07:32You mean like the fairy tale where you're a billionaire?
00:07:34Oh, I love that one.
00:07:36That's a good one.
00:07:38You're so funny.
00:07:39It burns well.
00:07:48Look at that.
00:07:59Thank you, John.
00:08:00You're so funny.
00:08:00I know.
00:08:12Nice.
00:08:13That's looks really...
00:08:14That seat is for family.
00:08:17What?
00:08:17He can sit at the end if he's so desperate to eat.
00:08:21I hope you don't mind scraps, champ.
00:08:23That's usually all that's left over when it gets to the end of the table.
00:08:25Especially after you.
00:08:26Rock, rock, rock, rock.
00:08:31Sophia.
00:08:34You know, you could still get an annulment tonight.
00:08:39Oh.
00:08:39My dear, that is a brilliant idea.
00:08:41You know, I still have Judge Wagner on speak dial.
00:08:44I'll just give him a call.
00:08:45I bet he would be here in about ten minutes.
00:08:47Mom, please.
00:08:48What?
00:08:49Just put your phone away.
00:08:51Fine.
00:08:52But I don't see the point in waiting.
00:08:54Okay, everyone.
00:08:55To my beautiful, Sophia.
00:08:58You deserve the world.
00:09:00But instead, you got a pathetic drifter.
00:09:11Looks good.
00:09:12Is this a cow?
00:09:14Hey, handsome.
00:09:16Bottoms up.
00:09:21Bottoms up.
00:09:22I guess I should have gone with the white.
00:09:33Butterfingers.
00:09:36Would you all give it a rest already?
00:09:38Whoa.
00:09:38Excuse me.
00:09:39You brought him into our home.
00:09:42And the next thing you know, he's eating our food, fucking our sister, and asking for gas money.
00:09:49That is not a son-in-law.
00:09:51It's a parasite.
00:09:52Don't talk about my husband like that.
00:09:54He doesn't even have the guts to defend himself.
00:10:04Just eat.
00:10:06Please.
00:10:07Sophia hasn't eaten much, so I thought I'd...
00:10:23Oh, the pauper is trying to play the provider now.
00:10:28Maybe your wife just lost her appetite because she married a stone bro shit heel.
00:10:34Don't strain yourself, Chris.
00:10:36You might pull a muscle trying to lift this chunk of protein.
00:10:38You know, Chris, the good food is for people that contribute, not you, princess.
00:10:53Bon appetit.
00:10:54You sit under this room, eating our food, moving in, and freeloading.
00:11:05What is it exactly that you bring to the table?
00:11:08Well, for one, I married your daughter.
00:11:12I married her.
00:11:16And what, you think that makes you automatically a part of this family?
00:11:21You think that marrying Sophia is some kind of gift to us?
00:11:25It's not a gift.
00:11:26It's a burden.
00:11:27It's a liability.
00:11:29It's a state.
00:11:30Please, Mom.
00:11:31No, let him hear it.
00:11:32He'll be part of this family, then.
00:11:33You need to know your place.
00:11:35Because you're nobody's son-in-law.
00:11:37You're just a dog that we let in the back door.
00:11:42So go ahead, kid.
00:11:44Eat up.
00:11:45Woof, woof.
00:11:51That's a good boy.
00:12:17That's a good boy.
00:12:18You know, Sun Tzu says, patience is the key to victory.
00:12:26And I am a very patient man.
00:12:29Look at this guy.
00:12:30I mean, he doesn't even fight back.
00:12:31Not a word.
00:12:32It's because he knows it's true.
00:12:34He's nothing.
00:12:35Just a worthless half-wit.
00:12:37And to think, my daughter is married to a man who can't even afford to buy her flowers,
00:12:41let alone put a roof over her head.
00:12:43Well, what do we have here, huh?
00:12:45With a happy bride and her poor little groom.
00:12:49Derek, what a surprise.
00:12:51Well, you certainly have a hop in your step.
00:12:54Indeed I do.
00:12:55Langford Capital just secured a quarter of a billion dollars in financing.
00:12:59Record profits.
00:13:01We're expanding faster than any other company on the market.
00:13:03Oh my God.
00:13:04A quarter billion?
00:13:06That's incredible.
00:13:07Oh, but we're just getting started.
00:13:08By next spring, Langford Capital will be the biggest and the best private equity fund
00:13:13in the country.
00:13:14Especially with Apex Groups circling the drain.
00:13:17Isn't that right, Chris?
00:13:22Imagine if Sophia married Derek.
00:13:25I think about that.
00:13:27Every single day.
00:13:28Mom, you were thrilled when I married Chris this morning.
00:13:31Yes, I was.
00:13:32But secretly, I was hoping you'd end up with Derek.
00:13:36I'll tell you what, family sticks together.
00:13:39Tom, we're hiring brilliant minds over at Langford Capital, and I have just the position
00:13:43for you.
00:13:44How about head of the Strategic Wealth Fund?
00:13:50You hear that?
00:13:51That is what a son-in-law does.
00:13:53He builds.
00:13:54He protects.
00:13:56He provides.
00:13:57And he doesn't lie to you.
00:13:59Sophia, it's not too late.
00:14:04You can still fix it.
00:14:07Just annul the marriage and walk away.
00:14:12I already told you.
00:14:13I don't want to hear it.
00:14:16You, Mel, sign this paper and annul this marriage.
00:14:23Oh, please, sign it.
00:14:26You will not drag the Donovan family down with you.
00:14:31Mom, stop.
00:14:32Sign the divorce papers and annul this marriage now.
00:14:47Oh, Jack.
00:14:49Oh, my God.
00:14:51Jack!
00:14:55Somebody do something.
00:14:58Oh, my God.
00:15:00You're texting while my father is having a heart attack?
00:15:03He's probably texting his side piece already.
00:15:05I have been worried about Jack for a long time, so for the past six months, I've been working
00:15:08with specialists at Apex to try to find a cure.
00:15:11Oh, right.
00:15:12Because Apex is some kind of, like, magic shop now.
00:15:14What's next, Chris?
00:15:15You're going to try to sell us unicorn tears in a jar?
00:15:17Laugh all you want, but this could be the only thing that can actually cure him.
00:15:21This isn't some medical breakthrough.
00:15:23This is all about your ego.
00:15:26Because you cannot stand the fact that we all know that you are useless, so you just make
00:15:31up fantasies.
00:15:33I mean, what is next, Chris?
00:15:34You're going to sprinkle fairy dust on my father and tell us that he's healed?
00:15:38What, are you just going to bring him over to the garage and hook him up to jumper cables?
00:15:41You're a fraud, and you always have been.
00:15:43If you lay a finger on him, you'll kill him faster than the disease itself.
00:15:49I've also been sending messages to someone who actually knows what they're doing.
00:15:53Dean Hargrove, chief of medicine over at Crestview Hospital.
00:15:57A real doctor with real credentials.
00:15:59And expensive.
00:16:02But he's worth it.
00:16:03Because unlike your made-up magical cure, he's not going to kill my father.
00:16:07That's what a real son-in-law does.
00:16:10He is generous, and he is serious about families.
00:16:15Unlike this twisted truth, fucker.
00:16:18You think your limp dick husband is going to compete with that?
00:16:22Please.
00:16:23This isn't a competition.
00:16:24I just want Jack to get better.
00:16:26It's not a competition.
00:16:28Oh, you just want Jack to get better, do you?
00:16:33Why don't you try this?
00:16:35Oh!
00:16:37Yay, finally some real entertainment.
00:16:40Yeah, maybe that'll shut him up.
00:16:41What is the matter with you?
00:16:43He is just a deadbeat gripper.
00:16:45He needs to get out of this house.
00:16:47Yeah, and he's as welcome as a turd in the family punch bowl.
00:16:50Yeah, and the sooner you realize that, the sooner we could all move on.
00:16:57That must be Dr. Hargrove.
00:16:58Dr. Hargrove, chief of medicine at Crestview Medical.
00:17:12Only the best for my Jack and his family.
00:17:14Doctor, thank you so much for coming to our family.
00:17:19We know how precious your time is.
00:17:20When it comes to family health, nothing is more important.
00:17:23You hear that?
00:17:24Nothing's more important than family.
00:17:26A real doctor.
00:17:28Unlike your snake oil, hmm?
00:17:30Come on.
00:17:31So why don't you just take your lies and get the hell out of this house?
00:17:39Listen, I think so, dude.
00:17:41I'm afraid I've got some bad news.
00:17:43Jack's condition has advanced.
00:17:52Oh, my God.
00:17:53His lungs are weak.
00:17:55Circulation is very poor.
00:17:56He might only have a couple of weeks to maybe a few months.
00:17:59Oh, my God.
00:18:00Right now, I can only suggest palliative measures.
00:18:03Palliative?
00:18:04You mean there's...
00:18:05There's nothing medicine can do.
00:18:07I'm sorry.
00:18:08Just cherish the time that you still have with him.
00:18:11And you!
00:18:13Trying to use my father as a guinea pig for your Frankenstein cure.
00:18:17We're only going to kill him faster.
00:18:21Dr. Hartford, help him!
00:18:26He's crashing.
00:18:27We don't have time.
00:18:28I can't breathe.
00:18:29Do something if you are such a genius.
00:18:38Just in time.
00:18:43What is this circus?
00:19:06And what the hell is that?
00:19:07I built Apex on breakthroughs the rest of the world thought were impossible.
00:19:11This vial right here is the first drug of its kind developed by a team of specialists for one man's condition.
00:19:18Jax.
00:19:18The old man needs a miracle, not some science fiction and a goddamn needle.
00:19:22Or this is his endgame.
00:19:25You kill him and then you inherit Sophia without all the trouble.
00:19:28You are not sticking that needle anywhere near my husband.
00:19:32Over my dead body.
00:19:37Chris, please.
00:19:38You have two, maybe three minutes left unless you let me help you right now.
00:19:46Jack.
00:19:48Help me.
00:19:49If this kills him, I will kill you.
00:19:53Are you sure about this?
00:19:54I wouldn't risk it if I wasn't.
00:19:57Trust me.
00:19:58Do it.
00:19:59Doc?
00:20:10Okay, Jack.
00:20:12Over.
00:20:13Over.
00:20:13Over.
00:20:13Over.
00:20:19Jeff.
00:20:43I can breathe.
00:20:48His pulse.
00:20:49His pulse is stronger.
00:20:52Remarkably stronger.
00:20:53It's just blind luck.
00:20:54It's some kind of fluke.
00:20:56Even a broken clock is right twice a day.
00:20:59I'll take that as a thank you.
00:21:02Jack, get some rest.
00:21:04I'll leave a monitor here overnight and check on you in the morning.
00:21:08Thank you, Dr. Hargrove.
00:21:11It's okay.
00:21:11It's okay.
00:21:13Oh, it's good.
00:21:14Oh, thanks.
00:21:16Babe, didn't you say
00:21:18that you had some special surprise in the car for a man?
00:21:22Yes.
00:21:22Yes, I did.
00:21:23My favorite little guy.
00:21:24Max, let's go.
00:21:26Come on, buddy.
00:21:27That's enough doom and gloom around here.
00:21:29It's time for this family to have some fun.
00:21:32And for you to finally see how a real man provides for his family.
00:21:43Limited edition, custom page job.
00:21:45You can only get one of these if you know somebody.
00:21:48Go get it, Tiger.
00:21:49Wow, Max, I think it's for a spin.
00:21:55You see, Chris, this is what a real son-in-law does.
00:22:00He provides status, toys, and joy.
00:22:04Boy's got a left foot on the pedal.
00:22:06I'm sorry, Chris.
00:22:07Everyone will come round.
00:22:08Don't make it up to yourself.
00:22:10Promise.
00:22:11I won't be like this for long.
00:22:12Face it, Chris.
00:22:13You could literally never get anything like this for your kid.
00:22:17Well, unless he found an abandoned one at the thrift store he shops at.
00:22:21Ooh, baby, look how fast he's going.
00:22:23That's my boy.
00:22:30Hey, Victoria.
00:22:31I need you to do me one more favor.
00:22:33This looks so cool.
00:22:35After you.
00:22:36Only the best for my boy.
00:22:37It's like daycare.
00:22:47Yeah?
00:22:48Arriving now, boss.
00:22:49Thanks, Vic.
00:22:51Quick announcement, everyone.
00:22:53I have a surprise for you all outside.
00:22:55Oh, yeah?
00:22:55What is it?
00:22:56A coupon for a half-off pizza?
00:22:58Maybe it's a pawn shop conca truck.
00:23:01No.
00:23:03That's something money can't buy.
00:23:07Okay.
00:23:09Max, go on.
00:23:10All right.
00:23:10Hey, let's go, Max.
00:23:12Let's go take this baby girl.
00:23:14Yeah.
00:23:18Look at him go.
00:23:19Let's go, Max.
00:23:21Oh, that has to be fake.
00:23:25No one would let a child play with something like that.
00:23:28What am I looking at?
00:23:28The fleet of top-of-the-line prototypes.
00:23:30Fully safe, fully licensed.
00:23:32The only one of its kind in the country.
00:23:33Do you expect us to believe that he could afford to bring something like this to our house?
00:23:40It's pretty neat, huh?
00:23:41This is the coolest thing ever.
00:23:42That can happen?
00:23:43What?
00:23:43No, no.
00:23:44You know, Max, don't get too excited.
00:23:46Yeah.
00:23:46They're knockoffs.
00:23:48Cheap imports made to look expensive.
00:23:51Yeah, it happens all the time.
00:23:52They're probably defective, sweetie.
00:23:53Max.
00:23:54Max.
00:23:54And yet, he parades it on my front lawn in some kind of pathetic attempt to convince
00:24:00us that he's some powerful big shot.
00:24:03Chris, how did you afford this?
00:24:05Must have cost millions of dollars.
00:24:07Yeah, Chris.
00:24:09Are you actually bankrupt or are you just putting on some sort of BS act?
00:24:14Are you actually bankrupt or are you just putting on some sort of BS act?
00:24:18Damn it.
00:24:20I overplayed my hand.
00:24:21Showing off a fleet of DARPA prototypes was a bad move.
00:24:26I didn't buy them.
00:24:28I borrowed them from a friend.
00:24:29They're on loan from a defense contractor I did some consulting for.
00:24:35Chris, you don't have to keep doing this.
00:24:37Trying to prove yourself to my family.
00:24:39Let them think whatever they want.
00:24:42The more they underestimate me, the better.
00:24:48I didn't see it before.
00:24:50Now, it's clear as day.
00:24:52You're a real con man, aren't you, Chris?
00:24:54Just squirreling away whatever scraps of money you can find and then just linging it at gadgets.
00:25:01Mom.
00:25:01No, Sonia.
00:25:03Look at us.
00:25:03My husband is sick.
00:25:05This house is bleeding us dry.
00:25:08And you, instead of improving her station in life, you just throw cash at toys.
00:25:14You disgust me.
00:25:16He didn't buy them.
00:25:17Then he took out a bunch of IOUs.
00:25:19Listen to me.
00:25:20When that company comes to collect, we are all in a lot of trouble.
00:25:27You know, I'm just going to say it.
00:25:29I'm not giving you a cent.
00:25:30Listen.
00:25:31No, no, no.
00:25:31I'm not going to be bankrolling my grifter of a brother-in-law who is just trying to hustle us all out of money.
00:25:37Listen.
00:25:38None of you need to pay anything.
00:25:39So if you don't pay, then who does?
00:25:41How does a skid row reject like you afford something like that?
00:25:45I don't have to pay either.
00:25:46So what?
00:25:47You just call in a favor at the Pentagon?
00:25:50Oh, you have DARPA on speed dial?
00:25:53Oh, wow.
00:25:55As a matter of fact, yes, I do.
00:25:59Anyway, it's none of your concern.
00:26:02You know, all this, this idle chit-chat, I completely forgot.
00:26:06You two need to sign the annulment papers.
00:26:08I'd be happy to take you as my wife.
00:26:11Sophia, you deserve a partner who can put a diamond on your finger and not dirt under your nails.
00:26:16It's time to move on from this charlatan.
00:26:20Sophia, why don't we just put an end to this and we can forget it ever happened.
00:26:32Sophia, don't let pride get in the way of you making the right decision.
00:26:48Sophia, he is not the same man that you married.
00:26:52No one would blame you.
00:26:53It's modern times, so?
00:26:55Nobody takes wedding vows seriously anymore.
00:26:57It's all free love, free marriage.
00:27:00You should trade up while you still can.
00:27:02We can go to the courthouse right now.
00:27:04We can get it all done tonight.
00:27:05An annulment, a marriage.
00:27:07Two for one.
00:27:08Enough!
00:27:09God!
00:27:09I am still right here.
00:27:13And if you keep insulting me and Sophia, don't be surprised if we walk out of here for good.
00:27:18Together.
00:27:19There it is.
00:27:21Anger.
00:27:22Typical impotent man's weapon.
00:27:24Violence and empty threats.
00:27:27Don't make it worse.
00:27:28Sophia, are you listening to what they're saying?
00:27:30They're trying to force us to annul our marriage.
00:27:34Don't talk.
00:27:35They're just in shock.
00:27:37I'm not in shock.
00:27:38Tomorrow morning, Chris, you will take my daughter down to the courthouse and get an annulment and end this sham of a union.
00:27:47And I'll be right there to say I do.
00:27:52He thinks he's already won.
00:27:54But in less than 72 hours, Lankford Capital will belong to me.
00:28:00Your company going under wasn't the only bombshell I discovered.
00:28:03A little birdie told me that $100 million went missing from Apex Group's cash reserves.
00:28:09So you're a liar and a thief!
00:28:12And after I spilled the beans of Chris's bankruptcy, I got another tip.
00:28:16Apparently Apex Group's Fortune 500 cover boy supposedly rewired a massive loan from a Swiss bank to an offshore attorney.
00:28:25Oh, Chris, have you no shame?
00:28:29That explains the miracle medicine and the military toys outside this house.
00:28:33It matches all of it.
00:28:36Case closed.
00:28:37I knew it!
00:28:38You're not only worthless, but you are a criminal!
00:28:41Did you hear that?
00:28:42If I deliver you, a deadbeat fraud, to the authorities, I get a major reward.
00:28:46And could you imagine the headlines?
00:28:49And I would earn good favor with the president.
00:28:51His whole campaign was run on bringing down corporate corruption.
00:28:54I'd probably get invited to the White House.
00:28:56Derek, you're the fraud.
00:28:58Not me.
00:29:01Lock the doors.
00:29:03We need to make sure he doesn't make a run for it.
00:29:11Lock the doors.
00:29:12We need to make sure he doesn't make a run for it.
00:29:14He's still my husband.
00:29:16He lost family.
00:29:17Family?
00:29:18If Chris gets arrested, it drags us all down.
00:29:21We want a hundred million dollar debt tied to our family name.
00:29:24Who do you think the government's gonna come after when Chris can't pay you?
00:29:28Oh, my God.
00:29:29You're right, honey.
00:29:33Sophia?
00:29:34Honey?
00:29:35Listen to me.
00:29:37I don't owe anything.
00:29:42He's lying.
00:29:44Is he?
00:29:44Or have you been deceiving me all along?
00:29:51Exactly.
00:29:52You know, from what I can tell, it's Chris telling the lies.
00:29:56You steal a hundred million dollars to come to the house of an innocent family and you're
00:29:59flaunted?
00:30:00That is disgusting.
00:30:00You're a sick man.
00:30:01There is one way out.
00:30:03Annulment.
00:30:04Immediately.
00:30:05As long as Sophia cuts off these ties, as long as the Donovan family draws clear lines,
00:30:10his debt dies with him.
00:30:13Sophia, I can still give you the future you deserve.
00:30:16With me.
00:30:17Yes!
00:30:25Divorce him!
00:30:26And then you can marry Derek.
00:30:28I mean, look at him.
00:30:30He has real power and real money.
00:30:34And then this family can rise instead of crashing with Chris.
00:30:38Why are you just standing around?
00:30:41Go on.
00:30:41Annul the marriage and ended with this fraud!
00:30:45Mom, he just lost his way for a moment.
00:30:48Oh, no.
00:30:48Why are you still shielding him?
00:30:50I don't mind if the two of you are in a sink.
00:30:53You will not drown the Donovan family with you!
00:30:57He may be going through a rough patch, but he's been good to me.
00:31:03I'll leave with him.
00:31:04We won't be your burden.
00:31:10Sophia, I will always protect you.
00:31:13I'll always make you happy.
00:31:15Even if it's the last thing I do.
00:31:22Eric, please.
00:31:24Don't ruin it.
00:31:25You're still defending him?
00:31:27This cockroach of a man?
00:31:29For the sake of our pause, I'm begging you.
00:31:32Have mercy.
00:31:33Absolutely not.
00:31:35If he runs, the fallout comes back on us.
00:31:38Sophia, you are going to send me to an early grave.
00:31:43Here's what's going to happen.
00:31:46My security detail is waiting just outside for me.
00:31:49They come in.
00:31:50They haul Chris's ass down to Langford Capital.
00:31:52And while he's sitting in the basement storage room,
00:31:55we'll have Sophia sign the annulment papers.
00:31:58Brilliant.
00:31:59You can teach this pawn scum a lesson.
00:32:01That's him.
00:32:03Taken.
00:32:04I dare you.
00:32:05Put one finger on me,
00:32:07and you'll regret it for the rest of your life.
00:32:09Big talk coming from a broken con man.
00:32:12I'll have you dragged out of here in cuffs,
00:32:14and the Donovan family will thank me.
00:32:16You're going to play this game?
00:32:18Go on, Derek.
00:32:19Make your move.
00:32:21Detain him now.
00:32:22Oh, shit.
00:32:25Oh, my God.
00:32:26Oh, my God.
00:32:27Oh, my God.
00:32:27He's on the ball.
00:32:28He's on the ball.
00:32:31Oh, my God.
00:32:34Don't worry.
00:32:35Once they're through with him,
00:32:36you'll thank me for saving you.
00:32:39Sophia, remember, I did this for you.
00:32:44For us.
00:32:47Take him.
00:32:48Oh, my God.
00:32:50Oh, my God.
00:32:50Oh, my God.
00:32:52Oh, my God.
00:33:01After the bankruptcy leak,
00:33:02my board wants answers.
00:33:04You don't believe the rumors?
00:33:05Leaks can be planted.
00:33:07I don't buy for a second
00:33:08that Apex is broke.
00:33:09So this is a fact-finding mission.
00:33:11If the headlines are true,
00:33:13then we cut and run.
00:33:13But if not,
00:33:15this family may be sitting
00:33:16on a gold mine
00:33:17and not even realize it.
00:33:26Oh, my God.
00:33:27Oh, my God.
00:33:27Oh, my God.
00:33:27Oh, my God.
00:33:28I just saw a woman outside
00:33:29and she looks an awful lot
00:33:31like Marina Barron.
00:33:33Barron?
00:33:33As in Barron Holdings?
00:33:34Are you sure?
00:33:35Yeah.
00:33:36I Googled her
00:33:37and the pictures on the Google
00:33:38look like the pictures
00:33:39of the woman
00:33:40who was standing outside.
00:33:40Don't you know what this means?
00:33:42She is the predator.
00:33:43Come to collect
00:33:43on the money that Chris stole.
00:33:44Oh, my God.
00:33:45We're so screwed
00:33:47and Sophia is still
00:33:48legally tied to Chris
00:33:48if she connects the dots.
00:33:50That bastard.
00:33:51He has been dragging us down
00:33:52since day one.
00:33:52Are you happy now?
00:33:53What do we do?
00:33:54We can't let her in.
00:33:57She is the most powerful woman
00:33:58on the street.
00:33:59If we don't let her in,
00:33:59we look guilty.
00:34:00Okay, but like,
00:34:01hear me out.
00:34:02Like, what if she's not here
00:34:03to collect on Chris's deaths?
00:34:05Sweetheart, what?
00:34:05Don't be naive.
00:34:07Then, okay,
00:34:07here's what we do.
00:34:08We tell her
00:34:09that we kicked Chris out
00:34:10and then we force Sophia
00:34:11to sign the annulment papers
00:34:12and we never touched
00:34:13a dime of his money.
00:34:14We should have gone
00:34:15to the courthouse hours ago.
00:34:17Hold on.
00:34:19Let me call my friend
00:34:20at the courthouse.
00:34:21Maybe he can backdate
00:34:21something for us.
00:34:22Yes.
00:34:23Daddy's got it.
00:34:25No.
00:34:26He isn't lying.
00:34:28He didn't steal
00:34:29a hundred billion dollars.
00:34:31Okay, Sophia,
00:34:32you look so demure right now,
00:34:34but my priority
00:34:35is protecting my family.
00:34:37He is my family.
00:34:39Well, then you need to decide.
00:34:40It's either him or us.
00:34:42I'm not signing anything today.
00:34:44Do you want to mourn us?
00:34:46You need to grow up.
00:34:47The world runs on money
00:34:48and power
00:34:49and your husband
00:34:50has neither.
00:34:51Look at this,
00:34:51what we're gonna do.
00:34:52We're gonna let her in.
00:34:54We're gonna smile.
00:34:55We're gonna be gracious
00:34:55and we're gonna make it
00:34:57abundantly clear
00:34:57that we have cut ties
00:34:59with Chris completely.
00:35:00Completely.
00:35:01Dad needs you.
00:35:03If she asks about the marriage,
00:35:04you say it's already been annulled.
00:35:06Do you understand?
00:35:07You are not gonna drag us down with him.
00:35:11Elizabeth, game time.
00:35:13Game time.
00:35:14Let her in.
00:35:17Okay, smiles.
00:35:20Ah, Miss Barron,
00:35:21what an honor.
00:35:23I believe your son-in-law
00:35:24works with one of our
00:35:25affiliate banks.
00:35:27I thought since I'm in town,
00:35:28I'd put a face to the name
00:35:29that I've heard
00:35:30such good things about.
00:35:32Tom Hayden,
00:35:33Assistant VP,
00:35:34Commercial Lending,
00:35:35mentioned on our vendor list
00:35:36last year.
00:35:37Tom,
00:35:38it's a pleasure.
00:35:39Anything you need,
00:35:40you get my full attention.
00:35:42I appreciate that.
00:35:44Thank you, sweetheart.
00:35:46While I'm here,
00:35:47I thought I'd
00:35:49clear up a few questions
00:35:50that the market has been
00:35:52whispering about.
00:35:53Questions.
00:35:54Okay.
00:35:55Apex Group.
00:35:56If Chris Bell truly is
00:35:58at the helm,
00:35:59then the bankruptcy rumors
00:36:00don't add up.
00:36:02I know this was his last address
00:36:03on file.
00:36:04Is he here?
00:36:06Is he here?
00:36:22Uh,
00:36:22Chris,
00:36:23oh no,
00:36:24he is a loser
00:36:25who we kicked out
00:36:26and we cut ties with
00:36:27completely.
00:36:28You did what?
00:36:30And the marriage
00:36:31to our daughter.
00:36:32Beth's been annulled.
00:36:34He is no longer
00:36:34part of the family.
00:36:35Actually,
00:36:36he's a shit stain
00:36:37and if he's in trouble,
00:36:38that's his problem.
00:36:40These idiots
00:36:41have no idea
00:36:42what they've done.
00:36:44Miss Barron,
00:36:45I don't think
00:36:46you understand.
00:36:47We despise him
00:36:49and if we could cut him
00:36:51up into like tiny,
00:36:53little,
00:36:53itty-bitty,
00:36:54bite-sized pieces,
00:36:55we would.
00:36:56Excuse me,
00:36:57cut him to what now?
00:36:58Small pieces.
00:37:00And that's not all I would do.
00:37:01If I could,
00:37:02I would skin him alive.
00:37:04I would break
00:37:05every bone in his body
00:37:07and then
00:37:08I would suck
00:37:09his blood dry.
00:37:13I'm scared.
00:37:15He just never really
00:37:17knew his place.
00:37:18He clung to Sophia
00:37:20and then he used
00:37:21all of us.
00:37:22So you thought
00:37:23Chris Bell was not
00:37:24good enough
00:37:24to marry into this family?
00:37:26No.
00:37:27Bingo.
00:37:29Don't you worry
00:37:30the world is better
00:37:31with him buried
00:37:32in a ditch.
00:37:33I'm sorry,
00:37:33where is he now?
00:37:35Derek's security detail
00:37:39took him to
00:37:40Langford Capital.
00:37:41Yes.
00:37:41The guards
00:37:41have probably already
00:37:42beat him halfway to death.
00:37:43But don't worry,
00:37:44Miss Barrett.
00:37:44I mean,
00:37:44none of us here
00:37:45feel sorry for him.
00:37:46And I think I speak
00:37:47on behalf of everyone
00:37:48on this couch
00:37:49when I say
00:37:49we'd all be a lot happier
00:37:50if they just finished the job.
00:37:56You said that he was
00:37:57at Langford Capital?
00:37:58Yeah,
00:37:59in the storage room
00:37:59in the basement.
00:38:00Derek wanted to take him
00:38:01to a place
00:38:02where nobody could
00:38:02hear him scream.
00:38:03Right.
00:38:05Yes.
00:38:05Oh.
00:38:07Congratulations.
00:38:09You just made
00:38:10the biggest mistake
00:38:12of your lives.
00:38:13What?
00:38:14Oh.
00:38:14What?
00:38:15That did sound good.
00:38:17What the hell's our problem?
00:38:18Yeah,
00:38:18why all of a sudden
00:38:19does she care about
00:38:20Chris and his well-being?
00:38:23No.
00:38:25She's sleeping with him.
00:38:26Oh, yes.
00:38:27Yes, yes.
00:38:28Excuse me?
00:38:29I mean,
00:38:30why else would a woman
00:38:30like that care
00:38:31about financial corpses?
00:38:32Oh,
00:38:33it's all so clear now.
00:38:36The drones,
00:38:37that theatrics,
00:38:38Chris was trying
00:38:39to impress her.
00:38:40Baron Holdings,
00:38:41they protect their own.
00:38:42She's probably
00:38:43flimbing him on the side.
00:38:44Probably a lot more than that.
00:38:46Huh?
00:38:46Hopefully.
00:38:47That's true,
00:38:48and they're still entangled.
00:38:49We need to sever ties
00:38:51immediately.
00:38:52Tomorrow morning,
00:38:53no delays,
00:38:54the papers.
00:38:54Enough!
00:38:55Whoa!
00:38:55I won't be part
00:38:57of your gossip mill.
00:38:58Well,
00:38:59it's not gossip
00:39:00if it's obvious,
00:39:01Sophia.
00:39:01It's obvious
00:39:02that you'll do anything
00:39:03to make Chris look better.
00:39:05Yeah,
00:39:05that's enough.
00:39:06As long as you are
00:39:07still married to him,
00:39:08our family
00:39:09is on the chopping block
00:39:11for his reckless failings.
00:39:13You are either
00:39:14too naive
00:39:15or too stupid
00:39:17to say that.
00:39:18annulment papers.
00:39:34Sign them
00:39:34and we're done.
00:39:35You think
00:39:36this basement scares me?
00:39:38You have no idea
00:39:40what's coming.
00:39:48Good news,
00:39:49asshole.
00:39:50Your wife's family
00:39:51is ready to be reasonable.
00:39:54Then I guess
00:39:55I don't need
00:39:55to sign anything.
00:39:57Cute.
00:39:59Sign the goddamn
00:40:01papers.
00:40:02Derek,
00:40:03you keep taking
00:40:04my silence
00:40:05for surrender.
00:40:07This is your last chance,
00:40:09about it.
00:40:09Hmm?
00:40:10If you refuse,
00:40:12I'll buy
00:40:13Apex Group myself
00:40:14and then I'll sell it
00:40:15for scraps
00:40:15like a junkyard car.
00:40:17Hmm?
00:40:19So what's it gonna be?
00:40:21Time's ticking.
00:40:25Derek,
00:40:26you can go straight
00:40:29to hell.
00:40:33Make him regret
00:40:34that choice.
00:40:43This is gonna make you
00:40:44sign one way or another.
00:40:46Last chance
00:40:48to take the easy
00:40:48way out.
00:40:50What fun
00:40:51would that be?
00:40:58Oh,
00:40:59light him up
00:41:00like a Christmas tree!
00:41:01is that all you got?
00:41:17Is that all you got?
00:41:19sign it proper,
00:41:33I'll make sure
00:41:35that every nerve
00:41:36in your body
00:41:37is fried,
00:41:37rendering you
00:41:38useless!
00:41:38touch him again
00:41:43and I'll make sure
00:41:47this entire building
00:41:48is on lockdown
00:41:49before sunrise.
00:41:50What the hell is this?
00:41:52Kidnapping?
00:41:53Extortion?
00:41:54Attempted murder?
00:41:57He's a fraud!
00:41:59And a liar!
00:42:00He's a two-bit Bernie Madoff hack!
00:42:03Whatever rumors you've heard
00:42:04about Apex Group,
00:42:06the story isn't adding up.
00:42:07What the fuck
00:42:08are you?
00:42:10Marina Barron.
00:42:13Barron Holdings.
00:42:17Shit.
00:42:18She's about to destroy
00:42:19my whole plan.
00:42:23Listen,
00:42:25Marina,
00:42:25I really appreciate
00:42:27what you're trying to do here,
00:42:28but
00:42:28he's right.
00:42:30I'm a fraud.
00:42:35I have
00:42:36multiple
00:42:37contacts,
00:42:39credible sources
00:42:39inside.
00:42:40They're wrong.
00:42:42Trust me.
00:42:44I'm toxic.
00:42:46You don't want
00:42:47anything to do with me.
00:42:49I must have been
00:42:50wrong about him.
00:42:52We should sit down
00:42:53and talk.
00:42:54I like the way
00:42:54you operate.
00:42:59We never see
00:42:59that Chris guy
00:43:00I don't think we will.
00:43:01I think we really
00:43:02scared him off last time.
00:43:04Oh my god,
00:43:06look at the cataracted.
00:43:08Chris.
00:43:13He thought you'd
00:43:14get rid of me, huh?
00:43:16Well,
00:43:18I'm not done yet.
00:43:23Stay
00:43:24right there.
00:43:25Unbelievable.
00:43:28He just crawls
00:43:28right back into
00:43:29our home
00:43:30like a stray.
00:43:31Somebody should call
00:43:32Animal Control.
00:43:33No need.
00:43:34We can evict him
00:43:35ourselves.
00:43:36Tonight,
00:43:38we're good.
00:43:41Sophia,
00:43:42look at me.
00:43:49No looks!
00:43:50You are not
00:43:51a husband,
00:43:52you are not
00:43:53a son-in-law,
00:43:53and you are not
00:43:55part of this family
00:43:56anymore.
00:43:57Tom,
00:43:58show him the door.
00:44:00Oh,
00:44:00absolutely.
00:44:01Oh,
00:44:01but don't let him
00:44:02step on the lawn
00:44:02because the gardener
00:44:03just planted my favorite
00:44:04flowers and if he steps
00:44:05on them,
00:44:05he'll just be so obsessed.
00:44:07Of course I may.
00:44:07All right.
00:44:08I know where the door is,
00:44:09Tom.
00:44:12Are you coming with me?
00:44:13Don't you dare.
00:44:21Do you want to kill
00:44:22your father with the
00:44:23stress?
00:44:28Do you want that
00:44:29on your conscience?
00:44:38Chris,
00:44:38I'm sorry.
00:44:38You're going to regret
00:44:51this.
00:44:53All of you.
00:44:55For every word,
00:44:56every choice
00:44:58that you made today.
00:45:01Sure,
00:45:01whatever.
00:45:02Just put it in a greeting
00:45:03card.
00:45:03There's the door,
00:45:04Jim.
00:45:05There.
00:45:08I'm not giving up
00:45:09on this.
00:45:14Oh,
00:45:15good riddance.
00:45:18Hey.
00:45:19Yeah?
00:45:20Someone's going to need
00:45:20to change the locks.
00:45:23Okay,
00:45:24yes.
00:45:26You're welcome.
00:45:26I love you.
00:45:34Vic,
00:45:35it's me.
00:45:37Do it.
00:45:38All of them.
00:45:40I want each one of them
00:45:41begging for mercy.
00:45:44Oh.
00:45:45Oh.
00:45:47That's a cute one of Max.
00:45:49Oh.
00:45:49Oh.
00:45:51Hello?
00:45:52Oh.
00:45:54Yeah.
00:45:55Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
00:45:58But I've...
00:45:59What do you mean,
00:45:59effective immediately?
00:46:00I've headed that committee
00:46:01for three years.
00:46:02No, no, no.
00:46:03There has to be some mistake.
00:46:04I just closed the full...
00:46:05No, no, no, no.
00:46:06Wait, you can't...
00:46:06Revoke?
00:46:07No, I...
00:46:07Wait, wait, wait.
00:46:08You can't just restructure me out.
00:46:10I signed the...
00:46:10The promotion paperwork.
00:46:12Hello?
00:46:13Hello?
00:46:17Oh, my God.
00:46:19I was just fired.
00:46:21Me too.
00:46:21Oh.
00:46:22And they're rolling back my bonus
00:46:24reviewing irregularities.
00:46:27What just happened?
00:46:28The man is so toxic,
00:46:35he's taking us all down with him.
00:46:37Our brother-in-law's company
00:46:38is publicly outed as bankrupt
00:46:41and riddled with fraud
00:46:42and then both of our careers
00:46:44just go up in smoke?
00:46:45That is not a coincidence.
00:46:48Wait a minute.
00:46:48So he shits the bed
00:46:50and you two are collateral damage?
00:46:53Yes!
00:46:54You see?
00:46:55This is why I say
00:46:56sever ties.
00:46:58You don't know that Chris
00:46:59was the cause of this.
00:47:01Oh!
00:47:01Don't be naive.
00:47:02He makes enemies
00:47:03wherever he goes
00:47:05and we are expected
00:47:06to foot the bill.
00:47:08We're not eating this.
00:47:09Not after everything.
00:47:11The city still owes
00:47:13on a demolition payout.
00:47:14Chris's childhood home
00:47:16is in the redevelopment zone.
00:47:18He is still owed
00:47:19a check for them tearing it down.
00:47:21So...
00:47:23We collect it as compensation
00:47:24for everything he put us through.
00:47:26Oh, you can't just take it.
00:47:27Watch us.
00:47:29We will file a claim
00:47:30through the executive hall
00:47:31or whatever place, okay?
00:47:33By the time Chris figures out
00:47:34the money's gone,
00:47:35it's too late.
00:47:36It's ours.
00:47:37Yeah, we don't need to suffer
00:47:39for his incompetence.
00:47:41He will pay it out.
00:47:42Do it.
00:47:43Make him pay back
00:47:44every dollar he owes this bank.
00:47:47That house
00:47:48is the only memory
00:47:50he has left of his parents.
00:47:52Well, he should have
00:47:53thought about that
00:47:53before he tanked his business
00:47:55and poisoned our names.
00:47:57I'll get the people we're going.
00:47:59County records office
00:48:00will be in the morning.
00:48:00You're so smart, babe.
00:48:02You're saving the day.
00:48:05You see?
00:48:06We take care of her.
00:48:09Got it.
00:48:10And he fucks
00:48:12with the Donovans!
00:48:18To anyone else,
00:48:20this is a run-down old house.
00:48:22But for me,
00:48:23it's home.
00:48:29Boss said you're
00:48:30the last holdout.
00:48:31Just sign the property over
00:48:32and no one gets hurt.
00:48:33This house is the last thing
00:48:34left of my parents.
00:48:35You want it?
00:48:37We're going to have to
00:48:38tear it down with me in it.
00:48:44Oh, I knew Chris
00:48:46would be here.
00:48:48Get him to agree
00:48:49and that demolition payment
00:48:51is ours!
00:48:52It's his house
00:48:53and our survival.
00:48:55Don't you see it?
00:48:57His mess has already
00:48:58cost us money,
00:48:59jobs,
00:49:00status.
00:49:01You'll get him
00:49:02to sign it over
00:49:03because you're
00:49:03a darling first.
00:49:08Do it.
00:49:16Sophia.
00:49:21Hi!
00:49:26Go on.
00:49:28Isn't there something
00:49:29you want to say to him?
00:49:33Chris, I...
00:49:34I know how important
00:49:36this is.
00:49:36Oh, just spit it out already!
00:49:40Please.
00:49:42Don't ask me to do this.
00:49:43Don't listen to him.
00:49:45He will just
00:49:46drag us down
00:49:47until we have
00:49:47nothing left.
00:49:49Go on.
00:49:50Talk some sense into him.
00:49:51He is going to
00:49:52bury us with him, Sophia.
00:49:54And what about Dad?
00:49:56Huh?
00:49:56He's going to kill him
00:49:57faster than the heart disease
00:49:58ever would.
00:50:06Chris,
00:50:07I'm sorry.
00:50:08It's just a lot of money.
00:50:14Okay, that's enough talking.
00:50:15Excuse me?
00:50:17Excuse us.
00:50:18I need more stuff.
00:50:20Oh, I hate these stairs.
00:50:21They're the first to go,
00:50:22I think.
00:50:31Ugly.
00:50:33Hideous.
00:50:34Horrible.
00:50:35Oh, well this
00:50:38has to be a knock-off.
00:50:40Chris's parents
00:50:41could never afford
00:50:42the real thing.
00:50:43Bag it, babe.
00:50:45Yes, ma'am.
00:50:46Oh, ho.
00:50:48What is in here, huh?
00:50:51Pretty pricey
00:50:52for someone
00:50:53who can't even
00:50:53afford lunch meat, huh?
00:50:55Those belong
00:50:55to my grandmother.
00:50:56Oh, well.
00:50:58Then she should have
00:50:58taken them
00:50:59to the grave with her.
00:51:00These deadbeads
00:51:03sure know
00:51:03how to keep up
00:51:04appearances.
00:51:05Oh, wow.
00:51:06This is fancy.
00:51:08Tom, off the wall,
00:51:09in the bag now.
00:51:10Yep.
00:51:10Now, let me ask you, Chris.
00:51:12Are your mom and dad
00:51:13kleptomaniacs?
00:51:16Oh, look at this.
00:51:19Somebody was very busy
00:51:21in kindergarten art class.
00:51:22My mother made that, okay?
00:51:24That's the last thing
00:51:25I have of hers.
00:51:26Well, mom certainly
00:51:29wasn't Michelangelo.
00:51:37Oops.
00:51:41That was priceless.
00:51:46Well, not anymore.
00:51:50Chris, I'm sorry.
00:51:56Oh, I hope you took
00:52:08pictures, Chris.
00:52:09Is this dump right here
00:52:10or is it about to be
00:52:10a pile of rubble?
00:52:11Let's go, boys.
00:52:12All right, great.
00:52:26You got a big bulldozer.
00:52:27But this house does not move.
00:52:29Not one brick.
00:52:30Move aside, Mel.
00:52:31Unless you want to get
00:52:32flattened out like a fucking
00:52:33pancake.
00:52:36Then you're going to have
00:52:36to take me out.
00:52:37If this house goes down,
00:52:41it's landing on top of me.
00:52:43Pathetic.
00:52:44He's going to martyr himself
00:52:45over a shithole.
00:52:46Well, at least that
00:52:47saves us the paperwork.
00:52:48What the fuck is it?
00:53:14Oh, if that bulldozer moves
00:53:22another inch, I will bury
00:53:23your little demolition racket
00:53:24in federal court.
00:53:27Kickbacks, forged bids,
00:53:29half of your payroll are ghosts.
00:53:32You don't think I see
00:53:32every wire transfer?
00:53:37This isn't over.
00:53:38Yes, it is.
00:53:40Walk.
00:53:45How sad.
00:53:47Yet another woman swooping
00:53:50in to rescue you.
00:53:53Come on, we're done here.
00:53:58I didn't want it to be like this.
00:54:00It doesn't have to be.
00:54:01If you just stay with me.
00:54:03Oh, what?
00:54:04So you can have another
00:54:06mistress?
00:54:07Look, I can explain
00:54:08all of this.
00:54:09Just, not yet.
00:54:12Oh, mystery man
00:54:13has some secret timetable, hmm?
00:54:16Hmm, maybe he's under an NDA.
00:54:18Let me translate for you, my dear.
00:54:21A man who has to explain
00:54:23is a man who is alive.
00:54:26You can do better than that.
00:54:27Okay.
00:54:29You want to know the truth?
00:54:30The truth is,
00:54:35Victoria is not my mistress.
00:54:37She works for me.
00:54:39She's Apex Group's fixer.
00:54:41And I'm the queen of Monaco.
00:54:43She has no power.
00:54:44Your company is a laughingstock.
00:54:46It is a disgrace.
00:54:48Not only are you delusional,
00:54:49but you also think
00:54:50that we're a bunch of fools.
00:54:52Do you see the sickness in this?
00:54:53He has created this whole fantasy
00:54:56where he's still rich
00:54:57and his assistant
00:54:59is some kind of, uh,
00:55:01Tony Soprano.
00:55:02If that's true,
00:55:04why did you keep it for me?
00:55:07Why keep her a secret?
00:55:08Because she works in the shadows.
00:55:11And I, I, I couldn't...
00:55:14Oh, there it is.
00:55:16The sentence ends
00:55:17before the truth begins.
00:55:19So what?
00:55:20We're supposed to hang
00:55:21our livelihoods off of
00:55:23and just, just trust me, babe?
00:55:25He wants you to think
00:55:26it's a business relationship,
00:55:29but it's a cover
00:55:30for a sham,
00:55:31for an affair,
00:55:32for a bunch of lies
00:55:34that he thinks
00:55:35you are too stupid to see.
00:55:37I can't breathe.
00:55:39Don't, just don't.
00:55:50I want to send me a number.
00:55:54Well, compensation first.
00:55:56Let's do the calculations.
00:55:57Um, let's see.
00:55:58Reputational harm,
00:56:00employees lost,
00:56:01and, um, distressed.
00:56:02Oh, I was also very distressed.
00:56:05And you know what
00:56:05sounds good to me?
00:56:07Round numbers.
00:56:09You know,
00:56:09I think eight figures
00:56:11keeps it neat,
00:56:11but multiple eights
00:56:13keeps it fair.
00:56:14Yeah.
00:56:14You owe us
00:56:15for what you cost us.
00:56:18Fuck off.
00:56:19Well, not till we get
00:56:20what we want.
00:56:21I tell you what,
00:56:21why don't you send us
00:56:22a cool 50 mil
00:56:24from one of those
00:56:24offshore accounts
00:56:26that we heard you have.
00:56:27Oh!
00:56:29You called the police.
00:56:32I did.
00:56:33I reported a few trespassers.
00:56:37We're not trespassing.
00:56:39This is my son-in-law's home,
00:56:41and we are reclaiming
00:56:42what is ours.
00:56:43Officer,
00:56:43I'd like to report
00:56:44an active burglary.
00:56:45No, no, no.
00:56:46You cannot arrest us.
00:56:47Sophia is still married
00:56:49to Chris,
00:56:49so his assets
00:56:50are community property.
00:56:52Sir,
00:56:53is this your residence?
00:56:56No.
00:56:57It belonged to my parents.
00:56:59Well then,
00:57:00consider it payback
00:57:01for the affair
00:57:02you've been having.
00:57:03It's so obvious.
00:57:04These two are sleeping together.
00:57:05Just look at them.
00:57:06Call me mistress
00:57:07one more time
00:57:07and triple your problems.
00:57:09Trespassing,
00:57:10burglary,
00:57:11slander.
00:57:12Okay, well she didn't mean to.
00:57:13Too late.
00:57:14I'll be like orange.
00:57:15That'll be the only color
00:57:16in your closet
00:57:17for the next three to five years.
00:57:20Go ahead and arrest us.
00:57:22Parade us on the evening news
00:57:23and drag your boss
00:57:24through public humiliation
00:57:26and just see how the world
00:57:28reacts to this
00:57:28so-called affair you're having.
00:57:30I don't bluff.
00:57:32Wait, wait, wait.
00:57:33Please.
00:57:35Don't press charges.
00:57:37It's my mom, my dad.
00:57:39My sister.
00:57:41If you spare them,
00:57:43I'll let Chris go.
00:57:45If you want him,
00:57:47you can have him.
00:57:47Just don't destroy my family.
00:57:49Sophia.
00:57:50I have never wanted him like that.
00:57:53I respect him.
00:57:54I miss Fixer,
00:57:54not his mistress.
00:57:55That's all.
00:57:57At least escort them
00:57:58off the premises.
00:57:59No, no need.
00:58:02A Donovan
00:58:02doesn't overstay
00:58:04their welcome.
00:58:04Hmm.
00:58:09Hey, Sophia.
00:58:14Come on.
00:58:15Listen.
00:58:16I can make it up to you, okay?
00:58:18Promise.
00:58:20I might have to start small,
00:58:22but I don't know.
00:58:24From the car
00:58:24that you were talking about,
00:58:25I'll get it for you
00:58:26tomorrow.
00:58:27Chris,
00:58:27you can't afford it.
00:58:29Why do you keep trying
00:58:31to do this?
00:58:34It's not the reason
00:58:35why I married you.
00:58:39I promise you
00:58:41I'm going to make this right.
00:58:44Trust me.
00:58:45It's beautiful.
00:59:00It certainly is.
00:59:02It's yours.
00:59:04If you want it.
00:59:06If you can't afford it,
00:59:07sweetie,
00:59:08maybe don't touch.
00:59:10Lil,
00:59:11look at what the cat
00:59:11dragged in.
00:59:12Chris Bell.
00:59:14Professional failure.
00:59:15And the girl dumb enough
00:59:16to still believe in him.
00:59:18Hi, Lauren.
00:59:18What are you doing here?
00:59:20This car starts
00:59:22at 100k.
00:59:24This isn't
00:59:25a selfie museum.
00:59:26We were just
00:59:26looking.
00:59:28At what?
00:59:28Your reflections?
00:59:30You can't afford
00:59:31the merchandise.
00:59:32Babes,
00:59:32remember what I said?
00:59:33The poor come
00:59:34to luxury rooms
00:59:35like tourists
00:59:36at the zoo.
00:59:38They gawk
00:59:38and stare
00:59:39and then they leave.
00:59:41What color
00:59:44would you like?
00:59:47The pearl.
00:59:48I've always liked
00:59:50white.
00:59:51Still playing billionaire.
00:59:53I saw the headlines.
00:59:55Apex,
00:59:55bankrupt,
00:59:56fraudulent,
00:59:56blah, blah.
00:59:58You went from visionary
00:59:59to vision.
01:00:00Tell you what,
01:00:02if you're real nice,
01:00:03we'll let you sit
01:00:04in the backseat
01:00:05so you can smell
01:00:05the upholstery.
01:00:06We need two.
01:00:10White and black.
01:00:13With the fastest
01:00:13trim on both.
01:00:15Oh, baby.
01:00:16Look at that.
01:00:17Performance theater.
01:00:19Start the paperwork.
01:00:20Use crayons.
01:00:22Use my card.
01:00:24Chris.
01:00:25That's fine.
01:00:28This is going
01:00:29to be fun.
01:00:30Hear that, babes?
01:00:38That's the sound
01:00:39of desperation.
01:00:40It's so sad.
01:00:42Maybe it's a
01:00:43system issue.
01:00:46The system works fine
01:00:49for people with money.
01:00:50Okay.
01:00:51Just run a manual
01:00:52authorization.
01:00:54It says there's
01:00:54insufficient funds.
01:00:56Breaking news.
01:01:00The Apex Group
01:01:02Emperor
01:01:02has no clothes
01:01:03and no credit,
01:01:05apparently.
01:01:06Honey,
01:01:08there are plenty
01:01:09of great used lots
01:01:10in the Valley
01:01:11and they have
01:01:11free coffee, too.
01:01:12Just call your supervisor.
01:01:14Enable the corporate rails.
01:01:16Corporate rails?
01:01:18Someone learned
01:01:18a new phrase
01:01:19on TikTok.
01:01:20Cute shade.
01:01:22Is this a
01:01:23black diamond
01:01:24or the Party City edition?
01:01:25Okay.
01:01:26Thanks.
01:01:30Where'd you get those?
01:01:32Out of a claw machine
01:01:33at Chuck E. Cheese?
01:01:34Counterfeit's a crime.
01:01:36It's slick.
01:01:37Call your manager.
01:01:39Now.
01:01:39And you two?
01:01:41You should be very scared.
01:01:43Not of me,
01:01:44but of your boss
01:01:45when he finds out
01:01:46who you've been
01:01:47insulting.
01:01:47We run this floor.
01:01:49Keep talking.
01:01:50Maybe we'll get you
01:01:51a complimentary keychain
01:01:52on the way out.
01:01:53Chris, are those real?
01:01:55They certainly are.
01:01:57What's the problem here?
01:01:59Mr. Stone,
01:02:00perfect timing.
01:02:01This broke customer
01:02:03is trying to buy
01:02:03a vehicle
01:02:04with a dead stack
01:02:06of plastic.
01:02:07Those are those.
01:02:09Those would be mine.
01:02:11It looks like
01:02:11your terminal
01:02:12now is refusing
01:02:13corporate authorization.
01:02:17Terminal 2.
01:02:19Enable bank direct.
01:02:23Wait a minute.
01:02:24This isn't just black diamond.
01:02:25This is...
01:02:26Supreme tier.
01:02:28Only a few exist.
01:02:32Run it.
01:02:33Now!
01:02:40And, sir?
01:02:43Of course.
01:02:44My apologies,
01:02:53Mr. Bell.
01:02:56Mr. Bell.
01:02:58Welcome.
01:02:59I do apologize
01:03:00that you weren't
01:03:01recognized sooner
01:03:02and on behalf
01:03:03of my salespeople
01:03:04who are complete
01:03:05incompetent...
01:03:06It must be a mistake.
01:03:08No, it's no mistake.
01:03:09I want both of you
01:03:10off my floor.
01:03:11Let's head to the detail bay.
01:03:12I've got a couple of cars
01:03:13that'd be a wash.
01:03:14You were just trying
01:03:16to protect the dealership.
01:03:17By insulting a VIP.
01:03:20And his lovely wife.
01:03:22Mrs. Bell,
01:03:23I sincerely apologize.
01:03:26In this showroom,
01:03:27we take pride
01:03:28in excellence
01:03:28and discretion.
01:03:30We failed you both today.
01:03:33Mr. Stone, please.
01:03:34This man is not a VIP.
01:03:35He's a bankrupt lizard.
01:03:36If I'm going to take back
01:03:37what I said,
01:03:38you're both fired.
01:03:39You can't do that.
01:03:42I'm your top salesperson.
01:03:44Correction.
01:03:44You were.
01:03:45Now you're just a liability.
01:03:47This is crazy.
01:03:48So it is approved once.
01:03:50I mean, it's a glitch.
01:03:51It's a glitch.
01:03:51This is a glitch.
01:04:17Mr. Stone,
01:04:18we were only trying
01:04:19to do our job.
01:04:20He's a con man.
01:04:21Haven't you seen
01:04:21the headlines?
01:04:22Maybe you shouldn't
01:04:23listen to everything
01:04:24you read on the internet.
01:04:26Sophia,
01:04:27we were high school classmates.
01:04:29Please,
01:04:29say something.
01:04:31You were awful
01:04:32to me back then, too.
01:04:34You always
01:04:35will just be the same.
01:04:38You think standing
01:04:39next to him
01:04:39makes you a somebody?
01:04:41All it makes you
01:04:42is the plus one
01:04:43to a worthless nobody.
01:04:45When the money
01:04:46dries up,
01:04:47and it will,
01:04:47you'll be the one
01:04:48hoarding food stamps
01:04:50to solve he's hiding
01:04:50from a dead collector.
01:04:52I've heard enough.
01:04:54Security,
01:04:55let's fork these two.
01:04:57You can play rich
01:04:58all you want,
01:04:59but we know
01:04:59exactly what you are.
01:05:00Nothing!
01:05:01Get him out of here.
01:05:10Chris,
01:05:11how can you afford
01:05:13all these cars?
01:05:14the rumors about
01:05:19my company's death
01:05:20may be
01:05:21premature.
01:05:23Look,
01:05:23I can't explain it.
01:05:26Not yet.
01:05:31I need you to trust me.
01:05:33Just a little while longer.
01:05:35Okay?
01:05:37I won't let you die.
01:05:38Hey, Vic.
01:05:47Yeah?
01:05:49Oh, I'm ready.
01:05:51It's time to finish
01:05:52what we started.
01:05:55Langford Capital's hosting
01:05:57a shareholder meeting
01:05:58tomorrow at 3 p.m.
01:06:00I'm going to be making
01:06:01a surprise keynote.
01:06:03What are you up to?
01:06:06Let's bring the whole family.
01:06:06Make sure you sit
01:06:09in the front row.
01:06:17Security's in its place.
01:06:18The press is in the pen.
01:06:20The exit route
01:06:20is the service corridor
01:06:21in case anyone in the room
01:06:23gets feral.
01:06:23They won't.
01:06:24Prepare for the
01:06:25worst-case scenario.
01:06:27And after?
01:06:28After you can breathe.
01:06:30Maybe apologize
01:06:31to the one person
01:06:32who deserves it.
01:06:36Even if she never
01:06:43forgives me,
01:06:44the truth is simple.
01:06:46I did this for us.
01:06:47Good afternoon,
01:07:03ladies and gentlemen.
01:07:04Thank you for coming.
01:07:06Before we begin today,
01:07:07I'd like to make
01:07:08an announcement.
01:07:10Today,
01:07:11Langford Capital
01:07:11has protected
01:07:12its future
01:07:13by joining forces
01:07:15with Baron Holdings.
01:07:19Hey, wait up.
01:07:21Hey!
01:07:22I was serious
01:07:23back there,
01:07:24alright?
01:07:24With Apex Group
01:07:25crashing and burning,
01:07:26the future could be ours.
01:07:28Merge with Langford Capital.
01:07:30We could bury
01:07:32our competition.
01:07:34We'd be unstoppable.
01:07:35You see, my dear?
01:07:43Well, Derek
01:07:44is building an empire.
01:07:46Your husband
01:07:47is circling
01:07:48the drain.
01:07:50You chose wrong, darling.
01:07:52Looking forward
01:07:52to today's agenda.
01:07:54The first thing
01:07:54we will do
01:07:54is be looking at
01:07:55last quarter's
01:07:56financial results.
01:07:58This is going to...
01:07:59Isn't that...
01:08:15Chris Bell?
01:08:16I heard he was
01:08:17homeless and bankrupt.
01:08:20Oh, God.
01:08:20He's about to
01:08:21humiliate himself again.
01:08:23Oh, God.
01:08:24Maybe they'll
01:08:24catch it on camera.
01:08:26Chris Bell.
01:08:27Crashing my party.
01:08:29Bold move.
01:08:30Pointless.
01:08:32But, Cole.
01:08:33You don't belong
01:08:34in this room.
01:08:35You said it yourself.
01:08:37You're toxic.
01:08:38Correction.
01:08:40I own this room.
01:08:41And it's not
01:08:42the only thing
01:08:43that I own.
01:08:44What are you
01:08:45babbling on about?
01:08:47I own
01:08:47Baron Holdings, too.
01:08:51That's insane.
01:08:53Impossible.
01:08:54Not possible.
01:08:56Calculate it.
01:08:58You see what?
01:08:58Derek was busy
01:08:59gloating about
01:09:00my supposed
01:09:00bankruptcy.
01:09:02Apex Global
01:09:03quietly built
01:09:04a shadow position
01:09:05in Baron Holdings.
01:09:06So by the time
01:09:07he poured the champagne
01:09:09and whispered
01:09:10sweet mergers
01:09:10in Marina's ear,
01:09:12I already owned
01:09:13her board.
01:09:14So,
01:09:16when Langford
01:09:17merged with Baron
01:09:18just this morning,
01:09:20guess who's
01:09:20controlling vote
01:09:21dictated
01:09:23the choice?
01:09:23Derrick,
01:09:27that merger
01:09:28that you bragged
01:09:29about,
01:09:30it wasn't
01:09:31your crowning
01:09:31move.
01:09:32It was my
01:09:33endgame.
01:09:36It wasn't
01:09:37your crowning move.
01:09:38It was my
01:09:39endgame.
01:09:39Baron swallowed
01:09:40Langford whole,
01:09:41and since I
01:09:42own Baron,
01:09:43that makes me
01:09:44majority shareholder
01:09:46in vote,
01:09:46which means,
01:09:47Derrick,
01:09:48I'm not
01:09:49crashing your
01:09:50meeting.
01:09:52I'm running it.
01:09:54That can't be true.
01:09:56We saw
01:09:56the bankruptcy
01:09:57filings.
01:09:58He is bluffing.
01:09:59He has to be
01:10:00bluffing.
01:10:01He's pathological.
01:10:02He's such a liar.
01:10:03You're finished.
01:10:05Effective
01:10:05immediately.
01:10:07You can't do that.
01:10:08I just
01:10:08did.
01:10:10And Marina,
01:10:11that cushy
01:10:13seat next to him,
01:10:14well,
01:10:14that's gone too.
01:10:15Fortunately,
01:10:16you aligned
01:10:16yourself with
01:10:17the wrong savior.
01:10:18Now,
01:10:19you both
01:10:19report to me.
01:10:21In fact,
01:10:21let's make it
01:10:22official.
01:10:23Derek Langford
01:10:24and Marina
01:10:25Baron,
01:10:26you both
01:10:27are
01:10:27trepidated.
01:10:30I own
01:10:31the board.
01:10:32I own
01:10:33the vote.
01:10:35And now,
01:10:37I own
01:10:39you.
01:10:48I'm sure you all
01:11:03are wondering
01:11:04why I let the world
01:11:05think I was finished.
01:11:07Why I let everyone
01:11:09write my obituary
01:11:10and why I just
01:11:11sat by quietly.
01:11:14Because when the
01:11:15predators start
01:11:16to circle,
01:11:17you don't raise
01:11:18a red flag.
01:11:21Play dead.
01:11:22You let them
01:11:23think that they've
01:11:24already won.
01:11:26But I hate
01:11:27the first move.
01:11:29Because if I didn't,
01:11:31they certainly
01:11:31would have.
01:11:32They weren't just
01:11:33eyeing a marriage
01:11:34between Langford
01:11:35and Baron,
01:11:37they were coming
01:11:38for Apex, too.
01:11:40Every seat,
01:11:41every share.
01:11:43And when the dust
01:11:44settled,
01:11:45they would have
01:11:45left us
01:11:46with absolutely
01:11:47nothing.
01:11:48While you're
01:11:49making confessions
01:11:50to your wife,
01:11:51you might as well
01:11:51tell her everything.
01:11:53Including
01:11:54our fair.
01:11:57You hear that,
01:11:58Soph?
01:11:59Your knight in
01:11:59shining armor
01:12:00is actually just
01:12:01another cheating
01:12:02bastard.
01:12:03So what, huh?
01:12:03You're
01:12:04torturing our
01:12:05family and then
01:12:05humiliating our
01:12:06sister?
01:12:07Look, I already
01:12:09told you.
01:12:10This guy's
01:12:11a poison.
01:12:12Tell me it's
01:12:13not true.
01:12:16You already know
01:12:17the answer to that.
01:12:18Of course it's
01:12:19not.
01:12:21She's desperate.
01:12:22Don't torture
01:12:23yourself, sweetheart.
01:12:25Remember the
01:12:26documents you
01:12:27signed before
01:12:28the wedding?
01:12:28I am sure
01:12:29they are an
01:12:31iron plan
01:12:31prenup.
01:12:32No, I bet
01:12:33every dollar
01:12:34that he shielded
01:12:35his stake
01:12:35with Apex
01:12:36Global.
01:12:36He'll be
01:12:37left with
01:12:37nothing either
01:12:38way.
01:12:39It's funny
01:12:39that you bring
01:12:40up those
01:12:40documents.
01:12:47Go on.
01:12:49Read it.
01:12:51Out loud.
01:12:56This isn't a
01:12:57prenup.
01:12:58Of course it is.
01:12:59Don't be blind.
01:13:00You're not a
01:13:00lawyer, Sophia.
01:13:02I'm sure he
01:13:03tricked you into
01:13:03giving away
01:13:04everything.
01:13:06It's a transfer
01:13:06of controlling
01:13:07interest.
01:13:09Chris, name you
01:13:10majority shareholder
01:13:11of Apex Global.
01:13:13Before the wedding.
01:13:15No.
01:13:16No.
01:13:18No, no, no,
01:13:18no.
01:13:19No.
01:13:19She's worth
01:13:21$80 billion,
01:13:23which makes her
01:13:24the richest person
01:13:24in this room.
01:13:25Oh, God.
01:13:29Sophia, sweetheart,
01:13:33we were wrong.
01:13:35We just, we didn't
01:13:36understand.
01:13:37Look, we're idiots.
01:13:38Oh, yeah, you know
01:13:38that we were here
01:13:40and everything that
01:13:41we did.
01:13:42I mean, stupid
01:13:42maybe, but it's
01:13:44a family.
01:13:45Sophia, please.
01:13:48Now, listen.
01:13:49We are on our
01:13:50knees.
01:13:50Please.
01:13:51We're only looking
01:13:52out for your best
01:13:53experience.
01:13:54Sweetheart.
01:13:55Sweetheart.
01:13:56After everything
01:13:57we did for you,
01:13:59you owe us.
01:14:01We are your,
01:14:02your flesh
01:14:03and blood
01:14:05and
01:14:05we need your help.
01:14:07We don't need much.
01:14:09Just, um,
01:14:10a, a billion
01:14:13or two.
01:14:15After everything,
01:14:17I finally see
01:14:17the truth.
01:14:19Chris believed in me
01:14:20when no one else
01:14:21did.
01:14:21and I choose him.
01:14:30Soph,
01:14:30I'm sorry I had to
01:14:33hide this from you,
01:14:35but trust me when I say
01:14:36I did this for us.
01:14:40It was truthfully.
01:14:43The only merger that
01:14:44ever really mattered
01:14:45was you and me,
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