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00:00:27Everything we need for the next 72 hours
00:00:29Two hours. Liquid. Untouchable.
00:00:33Derek has already started moving against you.
00:00:36Lining up investors, whispering about Apex's collapse.
00:00:39He wants to destroy you, Chris.
00:00:42Exactly how I planned.
00:00:44You can't bait a shark without a little blood in the water.
00:00:47I've already sent over the forged balance sheets,
00:00:49the fake foreclosure notices,
00:00:51enough evidence to convince the world that Apex is circling the drain.
00:00:54He'll think he scooped everyone.
00:00:55Good. Give him what he wants. The company on its knees.
00:01:00And while he gloats, we prepare the kill shot.
00:01:04The shareholder vote is in three days.
00:01:06When we move, Apex swallows Langford Capital whole.
00:01:10And when the dust settles, Derek won't just lose the company.
00:01:15He'll lose everything.
00:01:25And he'll be blessed in here.
00:01:27I'm such a good house.
00:01:29I'm so happy.
00:01:32I'm so happy.
00:01:33Oh my God. How well.
00:01:41Oh my God.
00:01:44Oh my God.
00:01:45Oh my God.
00:01:46Today, we are blessed beyond measure.
00:01:48Not only because it is the day of your wedding,
00:01:51but because we are blessed with a son-in-law
00:01:53that is a CEO of Apex Group.
00:01:55A man of vision.
00:01:56A man of means.
00:01:57A billionaire who will protect our daughter
00:02:00and build our family legacy.
00:02:03Finally, the Donovan name will carry the weight that it deserves.
00:02:06To Sophia.
00:02:07And to a future where we will want for nothing.
00:02:19To you, Sophia Donovan, take Chris Bell
00:02:22to be your lawfully wedded husband.
00:02:26I do.
00:02:29Then by the power vested in me.
00:02:32Stop this wedding.
00:02:37Your billionaire groom is nothing but a fraud.
00:02:49Chris Bell?
00:02:50CEO of Apex Group?
00:02:53Right.
00:02:54Try bankrupt loser.
00:02:58That's right.
00:02:58Apex Group is ruined.
00:03:02Sophia.
00:03:03You're about to marry a penniless con man.
00:03:08And I have the proof.
00:03:15It can't be true.
00:03:16What is going on here?
00:03:17I think I'm going to be sick.
00:03:18Gentlemen.
00:03:22Gentlemen.
00:03:23Whoa, whoa, whoa.
00:03:24Wait.
00:03:24Oh my God.
00:03:25Help.
00:03:26By order of the court.
00:03:28No.
00:03:30Move.
00:03:30You fraud.
00:03:31You fraud.
00:03:35And property.
00:03:37Of the bank.
00:03:39No.
00:03:52Stop.
00:03:53That cake costs more than your salary.
00:03:56Wait.
00:04:00No!
00:04:07Hurry.
00:04:08Hurry!
00:04:09Chris!
00:04:09Oh Dieux!
00:04:10Oh my God!
00:04:11Oh Daddy.
00:04:13My Daddy.
00:04:14Oh Dieux!
00:04:19Jeff!
00:04:19Holy!
00:04:19My daughter, ever.
00:04:19Two of Har�� hit?
00:04:22Please!
00:04:24I'd serve us here!
00:04:25Money!
00:04:25What'm your Stop?
00:04:25I'm heartbreaking.
00:04:25I have to history.
00:04:26I'm missing it.
00:04:26Is it really true?
00:04:29Are you broke?
00:04:35I hate lying to her, but she can't know the truth.
00:04:38Not yet.
00:04:42Yes.
00:04:57I tried to warn you. Chris was never the man he said he was.
00:05:00You don't have to go home to that deadbeat bum.
00:05:03You deserve better.
00:05:04You deserve someone who can actually take care of you.
00:05:06Not now, Derek.
00:05:08I just got married.
00:05:10Just think about it.
00:05:11You and me, we always made more sense.
00:05:16Sofia!
00:05:30Will it work?
00:05:31Still feels like I'm putting a knife on her back.
00:05:33No one can know that Apex is broke, not even Sofia.
00:05:37And there's a bonus.
00:05:38If she stays with you on your penniless, you'll know she truly loves you.
00:05:41She's not a test, Victoria.
00:05:43She's my wife.
00:05:45Full hostile takeover.
00:05:46We just need to wait 72 hours until the shareholder meeting.
00:05:49And when it lands, Derek won't know what hit him.
00:05:56I can't tell her yet.
00:05:58Not until the takeover is complete.
00:06:00And our future is secure.
00:06:16You have some nerve walking in here.
00:06:19This is Sofia's home.
00:06:21She's my wife.
00:06:23Wife?
00:06:23You tricked her.
00:06:24You tricked all of us.
00:06:27You brought gifts.
00:06:28Like, that makes you a part of this family?
00:06:30Well, I thought since we'll be spending time together...
00:06:32This is rich.
00:06:34Correction.
00:06:34Not rich.
00:06:35More like bankrupt.
00:06:37You think money is the most important thing, but it's not.
00:06:40Chris is a good person.
00:06:41He's honest, and he treats me with respect.
00:06:44Alright, well, let's see what you brought us anyway.
00:06:47Just a couple tokens of my appreciation, Charlotte.
00:06:50I'm aware you like a nice glass of red before bed, so I got that from you.
00:06:55And Jack, this is a very rare book.
00:06:57I thought it would be good for your collection.
00:07:01Books?
00:07:02He brought us books?
00:07:03What are we supposed to do with a book, Chris?
00:07:05We're supposed to read our way out of debt?
00:07:07You could have brought Monopoly money.
00:07:09It's the same value.
00:07:12Not even French.
00:07:14California.
00:07:15This is bottom shelf swill.
00:07:21You know, I got that from a small vineyard.
00:07:23I thought you would appreciate the backstory.
00:07:26The backstory?
00:07:27We love stories.
00:07:28Like fairy tales.
00:07:30You mean like the fairy tale where you're a billionaire?
00:07:33Oh, I love that one.
00:07:34That's a good one.
00:07:37You're so funny.
00:07:38Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
00:07:46Burns well.
00:07:47Look at that.
00:07:57Thank you, John.
00:07:58All right, let's move it.
00:08:10Nice. This looks really...
00:08:12That seat is for family.
00:08:15What? He can sit at the end if he's so desperate to eat.
00:08:20I hope you don't mind scraps, champ.
00:08:22That's usually all that's left over when it gets to the end of the table.
00:08:24Especially after you.
00:08:30Sophia, you know, you could still get an annulment tonight.
00:08:37Oh, my dear, that is a brilliant idea.
00:08:40You know, I still have Judge Wagner on speed dial.
00:08:43I'll just give him a call. I bet he would be here in about ten minutes.
00:08:45Mom, please.
00:08:46What?
00:08:47Just put your phone in there.
00:08:50Fine. But I don't see the point in waiting.
00:08:53Okay, everyone. To my beautiful Sophia, you deserve the world.
00:08:59But instead, you got a pathetic drifter.
00:09:10Looks good. Is this a cab?
00:09:13Hey, handsome. Bottoms up.
00:09:28I guess I should've gone with the white.
00:09:31Butterfingers.
00:09:34Would you all give it a rest already?
00:09:36Whoa!
00:09:37Excuse me. You brought him into our home.
00:09:40And the next thing you know, he's eating our food, fucking our sister, and asking for gas money.
00:09:47That is not a son-in-law. It's a parasite.
00:09:51Don't talk about my husband like that.
00:09:53He doesn't even have the guts to defend himself.
00:10:02Just eat. Please.
00:10:12What do you think you're doing?
00:10:19Sophia hasn't eaten much, so I thought I would...
00:10:21Oh, the pauper is trying to play the provider now.
00:10:26Maybe your wife just lost her appetite because she married a stone bro shitheel.
00:10:31Don't strain yourself, Chris.
00:10:33You might pull a muscle trying to lift this chunk of protein.
00:10:37You know, Chris, the good food is for people that contribute.
00:10:40Not you, princess.
00:10:51Bon appetit.
00:10:56You sit under this room, eating our food, moving in and freeloading.
00:11:02What is it exactly that you bring to the table?
00:11:05Well, for one, I married your daughter.
00:11:15And what, you think that makes you automatically a part of this family?
00:11:20You think that marrying Sophia is some kind of gift to us?
00:11:23It's not a gift. It's a burden. It's a liability. It's a state.
00:11:28Please, Mom.
00:11:29No, let him hear it. You want to be part of this family then?
00:11:31You need to know your place.
00:11:33Because you're nobody's son-in-law.
00:11:35You're just a dog that we let in the back door.
00:11:39So go ahead, kid. Eat up.
00:11:42Woof, woof.
00:12:10That's a good boy.
00:12:14that's a good boy
00:12:19you know sun tzu says patience is the key to victory and i am a very patient man
00:12:26look at this guy i mean he doesn't even fight back not a word it's because he knows it's true
00:12:31he's nothing just a worthless half-wit and to think my daughter is married to a man who can't
00:12:38afford to buy her flowers let alone put a roof over her head what do we have here huh the
00:12:44happy
00:12:44bride and her poor little groom derek what a surprise well you certainly have a hop in your
00:12:51step indeed i do langford capital just secured a quarter of a billion dollars in financing
00:12:57record profits we're expanding faster than any other company on the market oh my god a quarter
00:13:03billion that's incredible we're just getting started by next spring langford
00:13:07capital will be the biggest and the best private equity fund in the country especially with apex
00:13:13groups circling the drain isn't that right chris
00:13:19imagine if sophia married derrick i think about that every single day mom you were thrilled when
00:13:27i married chris this morning yes i was but secretly i was hoping you'd end up with derrick
00:13:33i'll tell you what family sticks together thom we're hiring brilliant minds over at langford
00:13:39capital and i have just the position for you how about head of the strategic wealth fund
00:13:47you hear that that is what a son-in-law does he builds he protects he provides and he doesn't
00:13:56lie to you something up it's not too late you can still fix it just unknow the marriage
00:14:07and walk away i already told you i don't want to hear it
00:14:12i don't want to hear it you well sign this paper and annul this marriage oh please sign it
00:14:23you will not drag the donovan family down with you monster sign the divorce papers and annul this marriage
00:14:43now
00:14:44oh my god
00:14:48oh my god
00:14:48oh my god you're texting while my father is having a heart attack he's probably texting his side piece
00:15:01already i have been worried about jack for a long time so for the past six months i've been working
00:15:06with specialists at apex to try to find a cure oh right because apex is some kind of like magic
00:15:11shop
00:15:11now what's next chris you're gonna try to sell us unicorn tears in a jar laugh all you want but
00:15:16this
00:15:16could be the only thing that can actually cure him this isn't some medical breakthrough this is all about
00:15:22your ego because you cannot stand the fact that we all know that you are useless so you just make
00:15:28up
00:15:28fantasies i mean what is next chris you're gonna sprinkle fairy dust on my father and tell us that
00:15:34he's healed what are you just gonna bring him over to the garage and hook him up to jumper cables
00:15:38you're
00:15:38a fraud and you always have if you lay a finger on him you'll kill him faster than the disease
00:15:42itself
00:15:45i've also been sending messages to someone who actually knows what they're doing dean hargrove
00:15:51chief of medicine over at crestview hospital a real doctor with real credentials and expensive but he's
00:15:59worth it because unlike your made up magical cure he's not gonna kill my father that's what a real
00:16:05son-in-law does he is generous and he is serious about families unlike this twisted truth fucker you
00:16:15think your limp dick husband is going to compete with that please this isn't a competition i just
00:16:21want jack to get better it's not a competition oh you just want jack to get better do you well
00:16:30why don't
00:16:31you try this oh yay finally some real entertainment yeah maybe that'll shut him up what is the matter
00:16:39with you he is just a deadbeat grifter he needs to get out of this house yeah and he's as
00:16:44welcome as a
00:16:45turd in the family punch bowl yeah and the sooner you realize that the sooner we could all move on
00:16:53that must be dr hargrove
00:17:04dr d hargrove chief of medicine at crestview medical only the best for my jack and his family
00:17:12doctor thank you so much for coming to our family we know how precious your time is when it comes
00:17:18to
00:17:18family health nothing is more important you hear that nothing's more important than family a real doctor
00:17:24unlike your uh snake oil hmm so why don't you just take your lies and get the hell out of
00:17:32this house
00:17:35listen i think they're too i i'm afraid i've got some bad news
00:17:46jack's condition has advanced oh my god
00:17:49his lungs are weak circulation is very poor he might only have a couple of weeks to maybe a few
00:17:55months oh my god right now i can only suggest palliative measures you mean there's there's nothing
00:18:02medicine can do i'm sorry just cherish the time that you still have with him and you trying to use
00:18:10my
00:18:10father as a guinea pig for your frankenstein cure he's only going to kill him faster
00:18:17dr hargrove help
00:18:22he's crashing we don't have time i can't breathe do something if you are such a genius
00:18:34just in time
00:18:57what is this circus
00:19:02and what the hell is that i built apex on breakthroughs the rest of the world thought
00:19:06where impossible this vial right here is the first drug of its kind developed by a team of
00:19:11specialists for one man's condition jacks the old man needs a miracle not some science fiction on a
00:19:17goddamn needle or this is his end game you kill him and then you inherit sophia without all the trouble
00:19:24you are not sticking that needle anywhere near my husband over my dead body
00:19:32chris please you have two maybe three minutes left unless you let me help you right now
00:19:41jack
00:19:43help me if this kills him i will kill you are you sure about this i wouldn't risk it if
00:19:51i wasn't
00:19:51help me trust me do it doc
00:20:06okay jack
00:20:37i can breathe
00:20:43there's pulse it's stronger remarkably stronger it's just blind luck it's some kind of fluke
00:20:51even a broken clock is right twice a day i'll take that as a thank you
00:20:57jack get some rest i'll leave a monitor here overnight and check on you in the morning
00:21:04thank you dr harker
00:21:10oh max baby uh babe didn't you say that you had some special surprise in the car for a match
00:21:17yes
00:21:17yes i did my green fruit little guy max let's go come on buddy that's enough doom and gloom around
00:21:24here it's time for this family to have some fun and for you to finally see how a real man
00:21:30provides for his family
00:21:37limited edition custom pin job you can only get one of these if you know somebody go get it tiger
00:21:44oh wow max thank you for a spin you see chris this is what a real son-in-law does
00:21:55he provides
00:21:56status toys and joy boy's got a left foot on the panel i'm sorry chris everyone will come rude i'll
00:22:04make it up to
00:22:04yourself promise i won't be like this for long face it chris you could literally never get anything
00:22:10like this for your kid well unless you found an abandoned one at the thrift store he shops at
00:22:16oh baby look how fast he's going that's my boy
00:22:25hey victoria i need you to do me one more favor this looks so cool just after me only the
00:22:31best for my boy
00:22:43yeah arriving now boss thanks vick
00:22:46quick announcement everyone i have a surprise for you all outside oh yeah what is it a coupon for
00:22:52a half-off pizza maybe it's a pawn shot conca truck no that's something money can't buy
00:23:03okay
00:23:13oh
00:23:18that has to be fake no one would let a child play with something like that what am i looking
00:23:23at the fleet of top
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