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00:08Welcome home.
00:13Starting tonight, this is your home.
00:15But the Carltau family has Carlton rules.
00:19I won't cause trouble.
00:27No one, come meet your new family.
00:34Hi.
00:35Hi.
00:37You're going out again?
00:38Work.
01:00Sorry, wrong room.
01:08Do you always walk into other people's rooms like this?
01:18The Carlisle family values boundaries above all.
01:21Everyone will watch how you behave.
01:24I understand.
01:25Good.
01:26This is not where you used to live.
01:31Morning, darling.
01:34You must be Aiden.
01:36Welcome to the family.
01:52What?
01:53What happened last night doesn't happen again.
01:57I said it was a mistake.
01:59Then learn the house.
02:02And learn that not every door here is meant to be opened.
02:05Relax.
02:06I'm not interested in your secrets.
02:09Don't be so sure.
02:11And you?
02:13What exactly are you afraid of?
02:22Am I interrupting something?
02:26No.
02:31Your brother can be hard to deal with sometimes.
02:33Don't take it personally.
02:35I won.
02:43Just get through today.
02:46Stand up straight.
02:48Don't look so awkward.
02:49Voters don't like seeing anything unplushed.
02:51Places, please, everyone.
02:53Places.
02:56Okay, Aiden.
02:56Can you come in just a little bit closer, please?
02:58Yeah, right there.
02:59Perfect.
03:00Great.
03:00Everyone look here.
03:01Like a real family.
03:04Everyone will watch how you behave.
03:06Do you always walk into other people's rooms like this?
03:08Like a real family.
03:13Stop looking like that.
03:14You're not here to ask for anything.
03:21Don't let him get to you.
03:24Is this how your family comforts people too?
03:27Like an order?
03:30Everyone here is playing a role.
03:32The more you care, the more you lose.
03:34What about you?
03:35Are you acting too?
03:37I always am.
03:39We announce the engagement next month.
03:41Along with the donation plan, family values will help with women voters.
03:50Welcome to the Carlisle family.
04:01This is not about feelings.
04:03It's strategy.
04:04Noah and Victoria's engagement must be locked in before the election.
04:08Is he cooperating?
04:10He will.
04:12He knows what family duty means.
04:21Who's there?
04:23It's me.
04:31Don't listen at doors.
04:33If it's about your wedding, should I congratulate you?
04:46To family.
04:59Aiden.
05:00You don't have to explain anything to me.
05:02Then why have you been avoiding me?
05:07Because the way you look at me doesn't feel like a brother.
05:24My wife's son from a previous marriage.
05:38My wife's son from a previous marriage.
05:43You shouldn't be here, people notice.
05:46I've been looking for you for 20 minutes.
05:48Why look for me?
05:50Your fiance is downstairs.
05:53She's not.
05:55New York seems to think she is.
06:00I never got to choose.
06:02School, major, work, who I'm seen with.
06:05None of it was mine.
06:07I tried to be normal.
06:08I tried to love someone my father would approve of.
06:11The media would approve of.
06:12Someone safe.
06:13I couldn't.
06:15Then what kind of person could you love?
06:20I don't know.
06:21I only know that when I look at you, everything gets dangerous.
06:32If I wanted to kiss you, would you run?
06:49Noah.
06:51You can still tell me to stop.
07:13What happened tonight changes nothing.
07:16Then what am I?
07:19You shouldn't be dragged into this.
07:21But you already did.
07:36Why is your face so flushed?
07:39I had a little too much to drink.
07:47You seem to be in a very good mood tonight.
07:55I hope you enjoyed the party too.
08:04And so what doesn't it give in half it money?
08:10Probably little Nioini stay in our Sataymor.
08:29Are you insane?
08:30Someone could walk in any second.
08:34You've been avoiding me?
08:35You said it yourself.
08:37That night changed nothing.
08:41I didn't say that because I regret it.
08:44Then why?
08:45Because I'm not respectable enough?
08:47Because I know exactly how this family would destroy you.
08:50I can survive whatever they do to me.
08:52I can't survive watching them do it to you.
08:56This only hurts me more.
09:03I'm sorry.
09:07Don't push me away again.
09:17Sorry sir, we're here for the champagne.
09:20Take it and leave.
09:21Yes sir.
09:28It's okay now.
09:33What if it hadn't been the staff?
09:38Is this what you want?
09:39Every time we get close it feels like we're about to be executed.
09:44I'll find a way.
09:52Are you okay?
09:54Just feeling a bit stuffy.
10:03Darling, where did you go? I've been looking for you.
10:06Took a call.
10:09You haven't been yourself all night.
10:12I'm just tired.
10:17Aiden, have you fallen for someone in this house you never should have?
10:33Aiden, talk to me.
10:35Not now mom.
10:37Please.
10:57We have a lot to be thankful for this year.
11:03Let's be grateful for everything we have and for family members who understand duty and sacrifice.
11:27Are you okay?
11:30I'm fine.
11:48You seem nervous tonight.
11:51It's just a holiday dinner.
11:54Really?
11:55I thought maybe there was a secret hiding under the table.
12:12This is your place?
12:14I stay here when work runs late.
12:16No house, there's cameras, no my father's people.
12:21Are you here alone a lot?
12:24Most of the time.
12:31You don't look happy.
12:34Back then I kept telling myself I'd leave someday.
12:39Then why didn't you?
12:43Because I thought I wanted nothing.
12:46Until you.
13:04Noah, I know you're in there.
13:07Open the door.
13:08Go to the bedroom.
13:09Stay quiet.
13:11So I still have to hide, right?
13:27Up this late?
13:29What are you doing here?
13:32I just wanted to see what's been keeping you so busy lately.
13:35You've seen enough.
13:36You can leave now.
13:39You're in a terrible mood tonight.
13:43Is it because someone else is here?
13:47You're crossing a line.
13:49Really?
13:50Because lately you look like a man hiding something precious.
13:53Don't be late for the media shoot next week.
13:55We need to look more convincing as a couple.
13:58Good night, Noah.
14:04What was I just now?
14:06Aiden?
14:06Like a lover?
14:07No.
14:09Like a boyfriend?
14:10Even less.
14:12I looked like a secret shoved behind a door.
14:15I was protecting you.
14:16That's what you always say.
14:18Then why does the person being protected feel nothing but shame?
14:23Give me some time.
14:25I don't want to be your secret forever.
14:32Closer.
14:33More natural.
14:36Smile more naturally.
14:37The public loves stability.
14:44Aiden, what do you think of this tie?
14:46It looks good.
14:48Noah likes it too.
14:54We're adding an embrace shot.
14:56We need people to believe it's real.
14:58Noah, tilt your head lower.
14:59Victoria, move closer to him.
15:03This shot is definitely making headlines.
15:06Excellent.
15:07That's exactly the effect we needed.
15:12Looks like today went wonderfully.
15:16Aiden!
15:18That's in the mail.
15:19Let me explain.
15:20Explain what?
15:22Why you didn't pull away?
15:23Or why you look so much like you belong to her?
15:27It was all for them.
15:29But what I saw felt real enough.
15:48You can't just disappear like this.
15:51Aren't you the one who's best at making me disappear?
15:56I didn't have a choice in that shoot.
16:02Aiden, look at me.
16:07You never have a choice.
16:09No choice about the engagement.
16:12No choice about holding her, kissing her, and admitting me.
16:17Why did you do this?
16:21Then when are you ever going to see me a second?
16:32Thank you for meeting me.
16:38What do you want to say?
16:40Don't be so tense.
16:42I'm just curious why Noah has been paying so much attention to you lately.
16:46Maybe because we live in the same house.
16:49You know, Noah wasn't always like this.
16:51He used to smile.
16:52He used to trust people.
16:54Now there are very few people who can make him lose control.
16:58Maybe you know him better than I do.
17:01Really?
17:02Because I keep thinking the way he looks at you doesn't feel very for minshul.
17:07You're overthinking it.
17:09And you?
17:11When you look at him, what does it look like to you?
17:13If you care that much, ask Noah directly.
17:16Oh, I will.
17:17But before that, I wanted to see how you lie.
17:20If you invited me here to humiliate me, congratulations.
17:24No, Aiden, I won't be the one humiliating you.
17:27It'll be the look on your face when you can't hide it anymore.
17:37It's me.
17:38Keep watching them.
17:40I want time, place, and proof strong enough to ruin them.
17:44Understood.
18:00You've barely eaten these past few days.
18:04But Aiden, you want some of your breakfast one?
18:06I'm fine.
18:09When you lied as a child, you always looked down first.
18:19Mom, please don't ask.
18:21If someone has hurt you, I have a right to know.
18:27No one is hurting me.
18:28Then why do you look like you're falling apart?
18:39The engagement preparations cannot be delayed any longer.
18:42You've been unstable lately.
18:43You're not worried about me.
18:45You're worried about your campaign.
18:46I care that this family does not become a scandal,
18:48especially after you started behaving dangerously.
18:53What exactly are you saying?
18:55I'm reminding you not to bring certain unacceptable impulses into this house.
19:04Who is it?
19:07It's me.
19:10You shouldn't be here.
19:14I just needed to know you were okay.
19:22Whose door were you standing at last night?
19:27That's none of your business.
19:28Everything about you is my business.
19:31Especially before you drag this entire family into the mud.
19:33You control my work, my life, my marriage.
19:36Now you're policing how long I stand outside a door.
19:38I'm stopping you from making a mistake that would destroy you.
19:41You're not afraid for me.
19:42You're afraid for the image you built.
19:44Listen carefully.
19:45Before the election, I will allow no scandal.
19:48Especially not the kind that is abnormal,
19:51disgusting,
19:52and enough to turn every supporter against us.
19:55You make me sick.
19:56Then don't force me to be even clearer.
20:13You make me sick.
20:28Aiden, it's me.
20:37Who sent this?
20:40I don't know.
20:42But they got us.
20:43Come with me.
20:45Where?
20:48Somewhere no one knows us.
20:57How much longer can we keep hiding?
21:00When I was younger,
21:01I thought if I obeyed enough,
21:03one day he'd finally be satisfied.
21:04Then I realized with a man like him,
21:06satisfaction is never the end.
21:08It's just another chain.
21:09Then without that house,
21:10without his name,
21:11who would you be?
21:12Maybe just an ordinary man
21:13who comes home from work,
21:15cooks terrible dinners,
21:16wastes whole weekends with the person he loves.
21:18That sounds better than the Carlisle Mansion.
21:20I'm afraid I can't give you that life.
21:22Do you think I care about the mansion?
21:23I was never afraid of being poor.
21:26I'm afraid of the way you keep pushing me away.
21:28Noah, I love you.
21:30You love me?
21:32Yes.
21:33Even if it's a disaster,
21:35even if it's dangerous,
21:37I still love you.
21:42I love you too.
22:07This early?
22:08I think you should see this.
22:13I didn't want to embarrass you,
22:15but pretending not to see it
22:17would only make things worse.
22:19Where did these come from?
22:21Does it matter?
22:23What matters is that they've turned
22:24the Carlisle family
22:25into a joke behind your back.
22:29I think you should have a talk with Noah
22:31before the media does.
22:36Send Noah to my study.
22:38Now.
22:48Explain.
22:52Do you understand what this would destroy
22:54if it got out?
22:55It was never going to destroy me.
22:57No.
22:58It destroys me.
22:59My campaign,
23:01my name,
23:01my family.
23:03So you finally said the truth.
23:05Listen, Noah.
23:05If you want to ruin yourself,
23:07fine.
23:08But I will not let anyone,
23:09especially that boy
23:10you've become obsessed with,
23:12drag me down with you.
23:13Don't you dare touch him.
23:15Oh, I dare.
23:16I can destroy him.
23:18Destroy his mother
23:18and leave them with nothing.
23:20You're insane!
23:21Insane!
23:22Then remember this.
23:23If you want to keep him safe,
23:25stay away from him.
23:29Don't be nervous.
23:30What do you want from me?
23:33Your mother loves the life she has now.
23:35A respectable marriage,
23:37a stable home,
23:38a second chance.
23:39If you don't want all of that
23:40to disappear overnight,
23:42stay away from my son.
23:43Otherwise,
23:44Helen leaves with nothing.
23:46And the two of you
23:47will go right back
23:48to where you belong.
23:51You're disgusting.
23:54Yet disgusting men
23:55are usually the ones who win.
24:08What happened?
24:23Why have you been avoiding me?
24:26Because I'm done playing.
24:28What do you mean?
24:30I mean,
24:30did you really think
24:31I'd throw away my life
24:32for a relationship
24:33that has to stay hidden?
24:35That's not who you are.
24:37How much do you actually know me?
24:40Maybe I got close to you
24:41because you're a Carlisle.
24:43You're lying.
24:44Am I?
24:46You can give me a mansion,
24:47money, status,
24:49but you can't even admit me
24:50in daylight.
24:52I'm done playing
24:53this little affair game with you.
24:56So everything you said
24:57was fake?
24:58Yes.
25:00Including when I said
25:01I loved you.
25:15Get out.
25:18Gladly.
25:23The Carlisle family
25:24is expected to announce
25:25a major engagement soon.
25:34If you're not feeling well,
25:36we can leave.
25:39I'm fine.
25:41Thank you all
25:42for being here tonight.
25:43To me,
25:44family has always been
25:45the greatest value.
25:46So tonight,
25:47I'm honored to share
25:48some wonderful news
25:49with all of you.
25:50My son Noah
25:51is going to be engaged
25:52to Victoria.
25:55Thank you, everyone.
25:57Noah and I
25:58are both very excited
25:59for the future.
26:05Aiden,
26:07you'll congratulate us,
26:08won't you?
26:10Of course.
26:11I wish,
26:13wish you a lifetime
26:13of happiness.
26:15How sweet of you.
26:16All right,
26:28you'll see you.
26:28Bye.
26:34Bye.
26:36Bye.
26:40Bye.
26:41Bye.
26:54Noah!
26:55Stop!
27:01Pick up the phone.
27:03Please, pick up.
27:06What did you say to him?
27:09I said nothing.
27:10He would not just disappear for no reason!
27:13Don't make this public.
27:15Tomorrow the press will continue covering the engagement.
27:18My son is missing!
27:20Then find him.
27:22Quietly.
27:30Hello?
27:40Where is Aiden?
27:43Don't be so hostile.
27:44Sit.
27:45Let's talk.
27:46I'll ask again.
27:47Where is he?
27:48He's safe for now.
27:50You touched him!
27:51No.
27:52Your father drove him away.
27:55I just saw the board more clearly than you did.
27:58What do you want?
28:00Finally, the right question.
28:02I want the wedding to proceed as planned.
28:06You keep playing the perfect heir, and I become the future Miss Carlisle.
28:12You think I'd agree to that?
28:14If you don't, you know exactly what Richard will do.
28:17He'll destroy Aiden first, then Helen.
28:20And what I have will make sure they never get the chance to fight back.
28:24Don't look at me like that.
28:26At least I'm offering you a choice.
28:28Your father wouldn't.
28:30If I cooperate, Aiden stays safe.
28:34I'll do my best to keep Richard away from them.
28:40Is he safe right now?
28:51Were you trying to scare me to death?
28:54Yes.
28:55I fell in love with him.
29:01What did Richard say to you?
29:03He said if I didn't leave Noah, you'd leave with nothing.
29:09I couldn't gamble with your life.
29:11So I had to leave.
29:12You foolish boy!
29:14I can lose the house, the marriage, the status,
29:16but I cannot watch you bury your heart with it.
29:22Running is not the answer.
29:24If you still love him, then stop running.
29:31You win.
29:33Don't make it sound so ugly.
29:35We're simply getting what we need.
29:37And what exactly do you need?
29:39Position.
29:40Contracts.
29:41Half of the future power of the Carlisle family.
29:44Love was never on my list.
29:46There can be no mistakes tomorrow.
29:48This will be the most important day for the Carlisle family.
29:52Are you sure?
29:56If I don't go, I'll regret it for the rest of my life.
30:14This is...
30:15Get him out of here.
30:20Aiden.
30:21You'd better leave right now.
30:23Oh my God!
30:24It's the stepson!
30:25Keep shooting!
30:28How dramatic.
30:29I wasn't going to come.
30:30I was going to do what I always do.
30:31Step back and then step back again.
30:33But then I realized I've spent my whole life giving things up.
30:36I gave way to poverty.
30:37To humiliation.
30:38To this family.
30:40I refuse to give up love too.
30:44Noah, do not say a word.
30:46Don't marry her!
30:47The person you love is me!
30:52I'm sorry.
30:52I'm sorry.
30:58Don't you dare take another step!
31:02You've controlled me long enough.
31:08The person I've loved all along is him.
31:13You've lost your mind!
31:15No.
31:16I'm finally refusing to live for you anymore.
31:20Beautiful speech.
31:21But if you hadn't seduced him, would he be here now?
31:24You want to put all of this on me?
31:25Then what about the photos, the surveillance, and the deal you offered Noah?
31:29What deal?
31:30You're not the victim.
31:31You knew about Noah and me long before this.
31:33You used those photos as leverage to force him into this wedding.
31:36You never wanted love.
31:37You wanted your place in the Carlisle family.
31:39She has photos?
31:40This is bigger than a wedding store!
31:42Fine.
31:42If we're tearing this open, let's tear it all the way open.
31:45You think I'm the dirtiest person here?
31:47Then let's show the contracts to the press.
31:52Here are the private agreements signed by Richard and my father.
31:56If Noah and I go through with the marriage,
31:58future Carlisle Foundation projects will be funneled to my family's business.
32:02Give me that!
32:07Richard, we need to leave immediately.
32:09The media is already going live with this.
32:15I've had enough.
32:17I thought I married a man who could give my son and me a new life.
32:22But now I see I didn't marry into a family.
32:25I married into a performance!
32:27I want a divorce.
32:29I'm not coming back.
32:32Do you have any idea what you're giving up?
32:35I do.
32:37I'm giving up the life you chose for me.
32:50What now?
32:52I don't know.
32:53But for the first time, that's okay.
33:10Don't laugh.
33:11I haven't said anything yet.
33:15I'm just trying to prove I can actually make dinner.
33:19So far, the evidence is weak.
33:31I knew the two of you wouldn't survive your first week on your own.
33:35Hey, you came at exactly the right time.
33:39Take care of him.
33:42I will.
33:47Do you ever regret it?
33:51Leaving that house, that name, everything that was supposed to be yours?
33:55No.
33:57For the first time in my life, I'm not living as the person someone else wanted me to be.
34:01I'm living as myself.
34:08This feels strange.
34:11Strange good or strange bad?
34:15Strange good.
34:19Like I'm waiting for someone to tell me it's not real.
34:23It's real.
34:28Not bad.
34:30For a first try.
34:32Just not bad?
34:33Okay, it's terrible.
34:34But I don't care.
34:37What are we going to do now?
34:39Like, for real?
34:39Find jobs, pay rent, make dinner, mess up, try again.
34:45That sounds terrifying.
34:48Yeah.
34:49But for the first time, I'm not scared of my own life.
34:56I used to lie awake in the mansion, thinking I didn't belong there.
35:00And now?
35:03Now I know I belong here.
35:05With you.
35:09Good night, Aiden.
35:14Good night.
35:21The bread is burning.
35:23Let it burn.
35:25You're ridiculous.
35:28We'll get better at this.
35:30At what?
35:30Cooking or being together?
35:32Both.
35:38I never thought I'd be happy being ordinary.
35:42Me neither.
35:43But ordinary feels pretty good.
35:47I got an interview.
35:49See?
35:50We're figuring it out.
35:51Do you miss it?
35:52The money.
35:54The power.
35:55I miss none of it.
35:57I miss having a father who actually loved me.
36:00But I never had that.
36:02You have me.
36:04That's more than enough.
36:09You two look good.
36:12Mom.
36:15Thank you, Helen.
36:17For everything.
36:18Take care of each other.
36:20You two.
36:21We'll be okay.
36:28What are you thinking?
36:30That maybe...
36:31That maybe...
36:31Real is better than perfect.
36:52Transcription by CastingWords
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