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00:00:02Hmm...
00:00:03Becca, it's midnight.
00:00:04And you're still writing, I know.
00:00:07Listen, I sold your spec script to a producer.
00:00:09He wants changes.
00:00:10What kind of changes?
00:00:12Happy ending.
00:00:13He says tragedy doesn't sell.
00:00:15It's a murder mystery.
00:00:17Someone has to die.
00:00:18Then kill the villain, not the heroine.
00:00:21Call me tomorrow.
00:00:27Everyone's an editor.
00:00:31Done.
00:00:32Silent billionaire kills his fianc茅e.
00:00:35No one suspects him.
00:00:37Perfect.
00:00:40I wish I could live inside your world.
00:00:43Just one week.
00:00:45Just to see if I got it right.
00:00:56What the...
00:01:14No, no.
00:01:16No way.
00:01:17This is...
00:01:18This is my script.
00:01:20The engagement.
00:01:22The penthouse.
00:01:23The silent fianc茅e.
00:01:25I wrote all of this.
00:01:36Must have been a nightmare.
00:01:46I have seven days.
00:01:48And I'm the only one who knows how the ends.
00:01:58In my script, he's a killer.
00:02:00But right now, he just looks like a guy who's really boring with his coffee.
00:02:06So, what's on your schedule today?
00:02:15Where?
00:02:19Just curious.
00:02:20I might drop by later.
00:02:24He doesn't believe me.
00:02:26He never does.
00:02:27But I'm going anyway.
00:02:36In the script, the victim is found at 3 o'clock.
00:02:40I have 13 minutes.
00:02:47Yeah, I smell gas.
00:02:49Strong.
00:02:50Like, really strong.
00:02:51You should send someone.
00:02:54I already called 911.
00:02:55You should wait outside.
00:02:56Now.
00:02:57Who are you?
00:02:59Someone who doesn't want to die in a fucking place.
00:03:01Move.
00:03:08One down.
00:03:10Six to go.
00:03:20I don't know what you're...
00:03:34How?
00:03:36I got lucky.
00:03:39He spoke.
00:03:41He spoke to me.
00:03:42And I lied to his face.
00:03:46Seven days.
00:03:48One down.
00:03:49Five to go.
00:03:53Five to go.
00:03:55Did you hear?
00:03:56That assistant almost died yesterday.
00:03:58And guess who called 911?
00:03:59Sloane Harper.
00:04:00The same Sloane Harper who's engaged to Sebastian Sterling?
00:04:03The guy who never talks?
00:04:04The one and only.
00:04:05Some people are saying she knew it was going to happen.
00:04:07Like, before it happened.
00:04:08That's creepy.
00:04:09What's creepier is that her fianc茅's family had some old feud with the Vances,
00:04:12like, 15 years ago.
00:04:13Something about a kidnapping.
00:04:15Kidnapping?
00:04:15I didn't write that.
00:04:16What are they talking about?
00:04:21I didn't write this.
00:04:24Someone else did.
00:04:25Someone's been in my computer.
00:04:33Sebastian?
00:04:35What happened to your mother?
00:04:39I'm sorry.
00:04:40I'm so sorry.
00:04:42What are you?
00:04:45I'm not.
00:04:46I can't explain.
00:04:47Not yet.
00:04:50He knows I'm going to try to stop it.
00:04:54But he doesn't know how.
00:04:57I have to go.
00:05:03Who is this?
00:05:06What do you want?
00:05:07Someone else knows the future.
00:05:09And they're playing a game with me.
00:05:10Tomorrow, I stop the second murder.
00:05:13Then I find whoever's been in my computer.
00:05:28If it's nothing, why hide it?
00:05:31My past?
00:05:33I grew up in Brooklyn.
00:05:35My grandmother raised me.
00:05:36There's nothing to know.
00:05:39Isabella Vance.
00:05:40The victim.
00:05:41Or maybe not just a victim.
00:05:44That tattoo.
00:05:45I wrote it into my script for a villain.
00:05:47But I didn't write it for Isabella.
00:05:49Someone changed that too.
00:05:53You didn't want me to come.
00:05:55But you didn't stop me.
00:05:58And you're not?
00:06:02Time to check the brakes.
00:06:13Yes, I need a tow at Vance State.
00:06:14Black sedan.
00:06:15License Vance 1.
00:06:16Flat tire.
00:06:16The owner doesn't know yet.
00:06:17Just send someone.
00:06:21I'm fine.
00:06:22Just...
00:06:22Car sick.
00:06:28Car accident today.
00:06:30His vehicle reportedly suffered a mechanical failure,
00:06:31but a tow truck's early arrival may have prevented a tragedy.
00:06:34Police are investigating possible tampering.
00:06:36I couldn't let him die.
00:06:40Because if he died, they would blame you.
00:06:55You don't have to thank me.
00:06:57I...
00:06:57No.
00:06:59Who cut the brake line?
00:07:01Who tampered with my script?
00:07:03That tattoo.
00:07:04Isabella Vance?
00:07:05Who is she really?
00:07:17You asked me to dig into the Vance-Sterling history.
00:07:20I found something.
00:07:21Fifteen years ago, Vance Industries and Sterling Group signed a settlement agreement.
00:07:24The details are sealed, but there's a clause that's been partially redacted.
00:07:27It says, in the event of default by Sterling,
00:07:29the Vance family reserves the right to seek personal security and accountability from Sebastian Sterling.
00:07:32Personal accountability? What is that?
00:07:34Could be anything.
00:07:34Financial, legal, or criminal.
00:07:37So if someone wanted to destroy Sebastian,
00:07:40they could engineer a default and then claim he's accountable.
00:07:42That's the theory.
00:07:43Who benefited?
00:07:45Isabella's mother, Elaine Vance, she's a lawyer.
00:07:48She would have known how to write this clause.
00:07:50She's been Vance's attorney for 20 years.
00:07:57It's them.
00:07:58It's always been them.
00:08:02Sloan Harper.
00:08:03You've been someone who's been reading your story.
00:08:05Who is this?
00:08:06The real one.
00:08:06The one before all the changes.
00:08:08What do you want?
00:08:09To warn you or threaten you.
00:08:10Whichever you prefer.
00:08:11Get to the point.
00:08:12You think you're saving people.
00:08:13But every time you intervene, the story changes.
00:08:16And the next death becomes harder to prevent.
00:08:18What are you saying?
00:08:19I'm saying you won't save them all.
00:08:22And in the end, you'll be the one who pays.
00:08:25What was that?
00:08:27Someone who knows too much.
00:08:31You're scared.
00:08:32Yes.
00:08:34Of what?
00:08:39Of losing you.
00:08:41I didn't plan this.
00:08:43I didn't write this.
00:08:44But here we are.
00:08:52It's done.
00:08:53The brakes were cut.
00:08:55I know.
00:08:56I watched.
00:08:56But she called a tow truck.
00:08:57He's alive.
00:08:58I'm aware.
00:08:59She's proving to be resourceful.
00:09:01What's the next move?
00:09:02The engagement party.
00:09:03We don't touch her until then.
00:09:05Let her think she's winning.
00:09:07It's a battle.
00:09:07When she falls, he falls with her.
00:09:09That's the beauty of love that makes you vulnerable.
00:09:17I traced Elaine Vance's financial records for the past 15 years.
00:09:20Some accounts in the caveman's.
00:09:21Not in her name, but the money flows to her.
00:09:22Can you connect her to the kidnapping?
00:09:23Not directly, but she was Sterling's personal attorney.
00:09:25She resigned one week before the kidnapping, then she joined Vance Group.
00:09:28The timing is too perfect.
00:09:30She knew it was going to happen.
00:09:31Maybe she planned it.
00:09:33But why?
00:09:34What's the motive?
00:09:35This personal escouncibility clause.
00:09:36If Sterling Group defaults, the Vance's can go after Sebastian.
00:09:39After the kidnapping, Sterling's wife disappears.
00:09:40The company falls into chaos, and the Vance's signed this agreement.
00:09:43So Elaine engineered the kidnapping to control Sterling?
00:09:45Not just control.
00:09:46Extortion.
00:09:46Every step, the breaks, the murders, the framing.
00:09:48It was all her plan.
00:09:49There's a problem.
00:09:50The murder details in the script, Elaine couldn't have written those.
00:09:52Some of them, only I knew.
00:09:53You think she has an accomplice?
00:09:54Someone hacked me.
00:09:55I've been copying my files.
00:09:56That person is the real prophet.
00:09:57Elaine is just the executor.
00:10:00What price?
00:10:03They found my girl.
00:10:08No.
00:10:08If they see bodyguards, they'll move fast.
00:10:10I go see her, warn her, but I can't tell her the truth.
00:10:13Her heart can't take it.
00:10:16You're too recognizable.
00:10:18That face gets noticed everywhere.
00:10:21You're choking at a time like this?
00:10:24He's the man the world calls cold.
00:10:26But what he remembers is how to make me smile.
00:10:32Ronan, what's the sudden visit?
00:10:34Missed you, Grandma.
00:10:36That car, whose is it?
00:10:38My fianc茅's.
00:10:39Fianc茅?
00:10:40You never mentioned him.
00:10:42Things are complicated.
00:10:43Grandma, have any strangers come by recently?
00:10:45No.
00:10:46Just the mailman and old Tom next door borrowing sugar.
00:10:49If anyone knocks, no matter who, don't open the door.
00:10:52Call me.
00:10:53You're in trouble, aren't you?
00:10:56But I can handle it.
00:10:57I promise.
00:10:58You've always been stubborn as a mule.
00:11:00Go handle your trouble.
00:11:02I'm not so old that I need a babysitter.
00:11:16They don't want me dead.
00:11:18They want me gone.
00:11:20No body, no evidence, no case.
00:11:26For now.
00:11:29I won't let anyone hurt you.
00:11:32He's learning to speak first.
00:11:35And I might get him killed just by existing.
00:11:42Someone is carefully designing a trap.
00:11:45Make Sebastian the killer make me vanish.
00:11:49Marcus, I need you to find something.
00:11:51The detective who handled the Sterling kidnapping case, is he still alive?
00:11:54One second.
00:11:55Got it.
00:11:55Detective James O'Brien, retired, lives on Long Island.
00:11:58Send me the address.
00:11:59Actually, I have two addresses here.
00:12:01One in Long Island, one in Florida.
00:12:03Not sure which is current.
00:12:04You have two?
00:12:04Old records.
00:12:05I'll send both.
00:12:06And cross-reference with any other connections to the Sterling case.
00:12:09Will do.
00:12:11Something doesn't feel right.
00:12:19How did you...
00:12:21How do you even know that?
00:12:27Yes.
00:12:28I want to help you find her.
00:12:32Mr. Sterling.
00:12:33I didn't think you'd ever come back to see me.
00:12:38Come in.
00:12:39I worked that case for six months.
00:12:41Then it got shut down.
00:12:44National security, they said, told me to keep my mouth shut.
00:12:47Who shut it down?
00:12:50Your father.
00:12:54He said your mother ran off with another man.
00:12:56Didn't want the scandal.
00:12:57But you didn't believe that.
00:12:58I found evidence.
00:12:59Witnesses who saw two men force her into a van.
00:13:01Not a lover.
00:13:01Kidnapped her.
00:13:02I kept everything.
00:13:02Photos, statements, witness names.
00:13:04Invex.
00:13:04Invex.
00:13:05Invex.
00:13:05Invex.
00:13:05Invex.
00:13:06Invex.
00:13:07Invex.
00:13:07Invex.
00:13:07Invex.
00:13:07Invex.
00:13:07Invex.
00:13:07Invex.
00:13:13Invex.
00:13:21Invex.
00:13:23Invex.
00:13:26She told me to live.
00:13:31She told you to live, not to be silent.
00:13:34I didn't know how not to be silent.
00:13:38You've already started talking to me, smiling at me, getting angry at me.
00:13:44You're not a silent man.
00:13:46You just hadn't found anyone worth talking to.
00:13:49You're worth it.
00:13:52He says I'm worth it.
00:13:53Not I love you, but heavier.
00:13:56Then keep going.
00:13:58No matter what happens.
00:13:59No matter what those anonymous texts say.
00:14:01Keep talking to me.
00:14:02I promise I'll stay.
00:14:06There.
00:14:07The Vances were involved.
00:14:12Switzerland.
00:14:13Serenity.
00:14:14She's alive.
00:14:17She's coming back.
00:14:19I promise.
00:14:25I found it.
00:14:27Serenity Clinic.
00:14:28In the Alps.
00:14:29Private institution.
00:14:30No public records.
00:14:31They take patients who need to disappear.
00:14:33Can you find out if Catherine Sterling is still there?
00:14:36Not directly.
00:14:37But I found a retired nurse.
00:14:38She agreed to talk.
00:14:40Who is this?
00:14:41Why are you asking about Serenity?
00:14:43My name is Sloane Harper.
00:14:44I'm looking for a woman.
00:14:46American.
00:14:46Sent there 15 years ago.
00:14:48She would have used a fake name.
00:14:49I don't know what you're talking about.
00:14:51She's been missing for 15 years.
00:14:53Her son thought she was dead.
00:14:55He hasn't spoken a full sentence since.
00:14:57He needs to find her.
00:14:59Her fake name was Margaret Smith.
00:15:01She was transferred three years ago.
00:15:03I don't know where.
00:15:03Transferred by whom?
00:15:05A young woman with dark hair.
00:15:0620.
00:15:07She had legal papers.
00:15:09Said she was Mrs. Sterling's daughter.
00:15:10That woman's name is Isabella Vance.
00:15:13She's not a daughter.
00:15:14She's part of the family that kidnapped her.
00:15:16I didn't know.
00:15:17The papers looked official.
00:15:19Can you find the transfer records from three years ago?
00:15:22I can try.
00:15:23But you have to promise not to use my name.
00:15:24I promise.
00:15:29Yes.
00:15:30And she's been using that information to control you.
00:15:36Sloane.
00:15:38Unexpected.
00:15:39Where's your mother, Elaine?
00:15:41Mother?
00:15:41At home.
00:15:42Why do you need her?
00:15:43Stop pretending.
00:15:45I know you were involved in the kidnapping.
00:15:48You know where Catherine Sterling is.
00:15:50You transferred her from that clinic three years ago.
00:15:54What evidence do you have?
00:15:57A nurse in Switzerland is willing to testify.
00:16:00You used fake documents.
00:16:01That's a federal fine.
00:16:04You think we've won?
00:16:06You think finding her will save everyone?
00:16:09I'm the only one who knows where Catherine Sterling is.
00:16:12If something happens to me, she dies too.
00:16:16Did your script include it then?
00:16:19What do you want?
00:16:24Simple.
00:16:26Break the engagement.
00:16:27Leave Sebastian.
00:16:28Drop all charges against my mother.
00:16:30Then I'll tell you where she is.
00:16:33Why should I trust you?
00:16:34You don't have to trust me.
00:16:36You just have to know.
00:16:38I want to live more than you want to find her.
00:16:41This was taken last night.
00:16:43She's alive.
00:16:46But if you don't do what I say, next time there won't be a photo.
00:16:51Break the engagement.
00:16:53Leave you.
00:16:55Drop the charges.
00:16:57Don't.
00:16:58What?
00:17:00Don't agree.
00:17:02But your mother...
00:17:03My mother would want me to be happy.
00:17:10Not threatened.
00:17:13We...
00:17:14Find her...
00:17:16Together.
00:17:17What if they hurt her?
00:17:19They already hurt her.
00:17:21Fifteen years.
00:17:24They won't hurt us.
00:17:29You...
00:17:30Are my home.
00:17:35She refused.
00:17:37Then we move to plan B.
00:17:40The night of the party, Sloan Harrison disappears.
00:17:44Permanently.
00:17:45And Sebastian Sterling goes to prison for murdering his fianc茅e.
00:17:49Are you sure?
00:17:50Fifteen years.
00:17:52It ends now.
00:17:56Disappear or die.
00:17:57There's no third option.
00:18:04The party will have 200 guests.
00:18:07It's going to be a circus.
00:18:09Security is handled by the Vanders.
00:18:12That means they can manufacture chaos at any moment.
00:18:15In the script, Isabella is poisoned at the party.
00:18:18But the killer isn't Sebastian, it's Elaine.
00:18:20She wants to kill her own daughter and frame Sebastian.
00:18:22Why kill her own daughter?
00:18:24Because Isabella knows too much.
00:18:26She's a liability.
00:18:27Elaine wants control of Sterling Group, not her daughter's life.
00:18:32You make Elaine expose herself.
00:18:35Marcus, three things.
00:18:36One, install hidden cameras in the party venue.
00:18:38Two, find Elaine's communication records with the Swiss clinic.
00:18:41Three, prepare a fake police report say there's a terrorist threat for the night.
00:18:44Get law enforcement on site.
00:18:45The third one needs Sebastian's authorization.
00:18:53Understood.
00:18:54Are you scared?
00:18:57Afraid of losing you.
00:19:00But I'm more afraid of doing nothing and losing you anyway.
00:19:07Then we make sure that doesn't happen.
00:19:15Can you trace where she was moved to?
00:19:20E.K.?
00:19:26Who is that?
00:19:29E.K. is Edmund Kendrick.
00:19:31What's his connection to the Vancers?
00:19:32I'll dig.
00:19:33Hold on.
00:19:34Edmund Kendrick, retired judge.
00:19:37Now he's Elaine Vanser's personal legal counsel.
00:19:40A judge?
00:19:41When did he retire?
00:19:43Sixteen years ago.
00:19:45Right before the Sterling came out.
00:19:48Marcus, check what cases Judge Kendrick presided over, especially anything related to Sterling Group.
00:19:53A retired judge who became Elaine's personal lawyer.
00:19:57Receiving money from a Swiss clinic.
00:20:00Bribery?
00:20:01Hush money?
00:20:04She found the Swiss account.
00:20:08It doesn't matter.
00:20:10The account is empty.
00:20:12The evidence is destroyed.
00:20:13But she's still digging.
00:20:14She found O'Brien.
00:20:16O'Brien is a senile old man.
00:20:18His files have no legal standing.
00:20:20Edmund, I don't like this.
00:20:21That woman.
00:20:23She's not ordinary.
00:20:24She can see the future.
00:20:26No one can see the future.
00:20:28She's lucky.
00:20:29It's not luck.
00:20:29She wrote a script.
00:20:31All the murder details were correct.
00:20:32That's impossible.
00:20:33Then we make sure she can't write anymore.
00:20:35Party night.
00:20:36Stick to the plan.
00:20:37Remember, Sloan Harrapin must disappear.
00:20:40Sebastian must be convicted.
00:20:42Sterling Group must fall to us.
00:20:44Fifteen years.
00:20:46Finally over.
00:20:50Tell Serenity to dispose of the old woman after the party.
00:20:58Mrs. Sterling was transferred to Austria three years ago.
00:21:01A facility called Alpine Sectuary.
00:21:05But I can't find the exact address.
00:21:08Can you find the registered owner?
00:21:10Edmund Kendrick.
00:21:11It was him all along.
00:21:15You've helped more than you know.
00:21:18Kendrick was my father's friend.
00:21:21You knew him?
00:21:23When I was young, he came to the house often.
00:21:26My mother didn't like him.
00:21:28She said he was like a snake.
00:21:32Your mother was right.
00:21:33He's the snake.
00:21:34Hiding in the shadows for 15 years.
00:21:36Kendrick was a judge for 20 years.
00:21:39He handled big cases.
00:21:40Business disputes, family trusts, inheritance.
00:21:44He has deep ties to the Sterling family.
00:21:46When Sebastian's grandfather died, the executor of the will was Edmund Kendrick.
00:21:51So he knew all the Sterling family's financial secrets?
00:21:54Not just knew.
00:21:56He could control them.
00:21:58The estate distribution, the trusts, the stock transfers, all went through him.
00:22:05Controlling, then devouring.
00:22:07Having your mother kidnapped was meant to break your father.
00:22:09After your father died, he thought he could control you through Elaine.
00:22:11But you grew up.
00:22:12You have your own judgment.
00:22:13So now he wants to destroy you.
00:22:14The party's his final move.
00:22:16Make Sebastian disappear.
00:22:17With Sterling in chaos, Kendrick steps in as the old family friend to take over.
00:22:20Then we make him walk into his own trap.
00:22:22Do you trust me?
00:22:33Every time you say that, I feel like you're rehearsing a script.
00:22:38Not a script.
00:22:39You are real.
00:22:42Tomorrow, everything could change.
00:22:44Are you afraid?
00:22:45Yes.
00:22:46But not because of tomorrow.
00:22:48Because if tomorrow I lose you, I don't know how to speak again.
00:22:55You won't.
00:22:56Now kiss me.
00:23:02The closer they are, the more painful tomorrow will be.
00:23:06Is everything ready?
00:23:08All set.
00:23:08Police will receive an anonymous tip, terrorist threat at the party.
00:23:11Everyone will be evacuated.
00:23:13Only Sloan and Sebastian will remain inside.
00:23:16And then?
00:23:16Then, an accident.
00:23:19Gas leak.
00:23:20Explosion.
00:23:22Clean.
00:23:23No bodies.
00:23:24No evidence.
00:23:25Fifteen years ago, I made one woman disappear.
00:23:29Tomorrow, two more.
00:23:31No one suspects a retired judge.
00:23:34Tomorrow, no matter what happens, remember what I said.
00:23:38You are real.
00:23:39I am real.
00:23:40Tomorrow, the story we wrote together, no one can change it.
00:23:44Tomorrow, after, we keep writing.
00:23:49It's okay.
00:23:56Tonight, either everything ends or everything begins again.
00:24:03It begins again.
00:24:12You're getting better at this talking thing.
00:24:15Because you never stop.
00:24:23The plan is in motion.
00:24:26Okay.
00:24:34Sebastian Sloan.
00:24:36Welcome.
00:24:38Sloan, you look stunning.
00:24:40That dress?
00:24:41Custom?
00:24:43White suits you, too.
00:24:44Especially in court.
00:24:46Sloan, may I have a word in private?
00:24:49Of course.
00:24:50Mary.
00:24:55You got O'Brien's file.
00:24:56You know about Kendrick.
00:24:58Do you know?
00:24:58You have no idea who you're up against.
00:25:00I know.
00:25:00A retired judge who used his position to manipulate wills, kidnap a woman, control a family for 15 years.
00:25:06And now he's about to be exposed for everything he's done.
00:25:09How do you know all this?
00:25:11Because your script is mine.
00:25:13You just changed the ending.
00:25:18Tonight's ending isn't yours to write.
00:25:20Elaine.
00:25:21Does your daughter know you plan to kill her?
00:25:24Isabella is a pawn.
00:25:26Pawns don't need to know the ending.
00:25:35Cameras are installed.
00:25:36Police receive the anonymous terror threat.
00:25:38They'll evacuate everyone at 9 o'clock sharp.
00:25:41The gas leak device?
00:25:42Main kitchen gas line.
00:25:44Explosion set for 9.15.
00:25:46After everyone is evacuated, only you and Sebastian will be unable to leave.
00:25:57She said she's the one moving the pieces.
00:26:10Sebastian.
00:26:11Long time.
00:26:12You've grown.
00:26:13Sloane Harper.
00:26:14I've heard so much about you.
00:26:16Judge Kendrick.
00:26:17I've heard about you too.
00:26:19I'm a will 15 years old.
00:26:21A will?
00:26:22That was a long time ago.
00:26:24But the estate hasn't been fully settled yet, has it?
00:26:29Sloane, something shouldn't be discussed in public.
00:26:32Then let's change the subject.
00:26:34How is your accident plan coming along?
00:26:38I don't know what you're talking about.
00:26:40You will.
00:26:41Very soon.
00:26:42Because I know more than you think.
00:26:44Ladies and gentlemen, due to a security concern,
00:26:47please evacuate the premises in an orderly fashion.
00:26:52Do not panic.
00:26:55What's happening?
00:26:56A false alarm.
00:26:58Go.
00:26:58Now.
00:27:03Everyone is out.
00:27:04Only you, Elaine, and Kendrick are left.
00:27:06Smoke machine ready?
00:27:079.15 sharp.
00:27:10The trap is set.
00:27:12Now we wait.
00:27:18Elaine, don't bother.
00:27:22What do you mean?
00:27:24There's no gas leak in the kitchen.
00:27:27The device you planted has been disarmed.
00:27:31She's bluffing.
00:27:32Am I?
00:27:32Then make a call and check.
00:27:34Oh, wait.
00:27:34The signal has been jammed.
00:27:35500 meters around Vance Estate.
00:27:37No signal.
00:27:37Only one line is open.
00:27:38The police emergency line.
00:27:39You think the police will listen to me?
00:27:41I'm a retired judge.
00:27:4230 years of reputation in this city.
00:27:44You mean the reputation for bribing witnesses,
00:27:45destroying evidence, and kidnapping women?
00:27:49Catherine Sterling has held a charity clinic for 15 years.
00:27:53The transfer documents bear Edmund Hendrick's signature.
00:27:56She can't have no better.
00:27:58You said everything was destroyed.
00:28:00I thought you lost it.
00:28:01You only thought what I wanted you to do.
00:28:02You also have a facility in Austria.
00:28:05Alpine.
00:28:07Catherine Sterling was transferred there three years ago.
00:28:09The registered owner is still here.
00:28:11Even if she's there, you can't prove I kidnapped her.
00:28:14Maybe she went there voluntarily.
00:28:15My mother would not disappear for 15 years voluntarily.
00:28:22Speaking?
00:28:23Because you are not worth my silence.
00:28:27You locked up my mother.
00:28:29You controlled my father.
00:28:31You stole my family.
00:28:34Tonight, you pay.
00:28:38Elaine Vance, Edmund Hendrick, you are under arrest
00:28:41for the kidnapping of Catherine Sterling,
00:28:43attempted murder, and money lumbering.
00:28:45Mrs. Vance, you are under arrest.
00:28:47Attempted murder, kidnapping, forgery of legal documents.
00:28:49You have no authority to arrest me!
00:28:51How did you do it?
00:28:53I wrote a script.
00:28:55You stole it and changed the ending.
00:28:57But you forgot that the original author always knows how the real ending works.
00:29:01Your mother won't live much longer.
00:29:06He's lying.
00:29:07We'll find her.
00:29:10What will happen to me?
00:29:11If you testify against your mother and Kendrick,
00:29:13you might get a reduced sentence.
00:29:14Why should I help you?
00:29:16Not helping me.
00:29:17Helping yourself.
00:29:17Your mother was going to have you killed at this party to silence you.
00:29:20I dismantled the bomb.
00:29:30Your mother will be found.
00:29:32The FBI has already sent a team to Austria.
00:29:35For what?
00:29:36For finding my voice.
00:29:39That was your own voice.
00:29:40I just kept listening.
00:29:43One battle won, but the war isn't over.
00:29:56She's asking for you.
00:29:59For me?
00:30:00She says she won't talk unless you're there.
00:30:12You won.
00:30:14But you didn't beat Kendrick.
00:30:16There's someone behind him.
00:30:19Who?
00:30:21You think a retired judge could access Swiss clinics?
00:30:25Bride detectives control Sterling Group for 15 years?
00:30:27It's just a pawn.
00:30:30Who's the player?
00:30:32I don't know the name.
00:30:34Only the codon.
00:30:36The bishop.
00:30:38The bishop.
00:30:39In chess, the bishop moves diagonally.
00:30:41It never attacks head-on.
00:30:43Always from the side.
00:30:44Does Kendrick know who the bishop is?
00:30:45He won't say.
00:30:47He's more afraid of that person than of going to prison.
00:30:50I'm done.
00:30:51But you can keep digging.
00:30:52As long as you're not afraid to die.
00:30:54I'm not afraid to die.
00:30:56I'm afraid of dying without finding the truth.
00:30:59Bishop chess.
00:31:00Could be a codename for someone inside the legal system?
00:31:03Kendrick was a judge.
00:31:05Elaine was a lawyer.
00:31:06Their common ground is the legal system.
00:31:09Could the bishop be in the legal system, too?
00:31:16Who?
00:31:21Clarence Whitston, federal high court judge.
00:31:24He and Kendrick were law school classmates.
00:31:27Whitston's wife is Catherine Sterling's cousin.
00:31:31Family.
00:31:32That's the real bishop.
00:31:33He's been hiding in the safest place possible, the courthouse.
00:31:38We can't investigate him directly.
00:31:40He's a federal judge.
00:31:42Immunity.
00:31:42But we can investigate his money.
00:31:45Find Whitman's financial records.
00:31:47Especially any transfers between him and Kendrick.
00:31:49That requires a court order.
00:31:51We already have one court.
00:31:53The court of public opinion.
00:31:56I have a bigger story for you.
00:31:58A federal judge involved in kidnapping, money laundering, attempted murder.
00:32:04Interested?
00:32:05I'll be there in 30 minutes.
00:32:12If we can't bring him down, at least we can show the world who he is.
00:32:22Former Vance Industries legal counsel, Elaine Vance, and retired judge, Edmund Kendrick, have
00:32:28been arrested for kidnapping, money laundering, and other charges.
00:32:34Police are investigating whether other type of...
00:32:42We're famous.
00:32:49Better than missing.
00:32:53The FBI found my mother.
00:32:57When?
00:32:59Why didn't you say anything?
00:33:01This afternoon.
00:33:02She's in Austria.
00:33:04Alpine sanctuary.
00:33:08Alive.
00:33:09Weak, but alive.
00:33:14That's wonderful.
00:33:15That's wonderful.
00:33:22Catherine Sterling, we're from the FBI.
00:33:25We're here to take you home.
00:33:28Sebastian.
00:33:29Is he alright?
00:33:31He's fine.
00:33:32He's engaged.
00:33:34Her name is Sloane Harper.
00:33:35She helped us find you.
00:33:41Has he spoken?
00:33:43Yes.
00:33:45Because of Mrs. Harper.
00:33:47I want to see them.
00:33:49Arrangements are being made.
00:33:58I want to see them.
00:33:59You used to sit on my lap and tell me a story.
00:34:03You used to sit on my lap and tell me a story.
00:34:05I remember.
00:34:06And then one day, you stopped talking.
00:34:12I blamed myself.
00:34:14No.
00:34:15I blamed myself.
00:34:17I heard you being taken.
00:34:19I didn't scream loud enough.
00:34:21You were a child.
00:34:23A child can't stop armed men.
00:34:27But I could have...
00:34:28You could have died.
00:34:29And I would have lost you forever.
00:34:31Your silence kept you alive.
00:34:33That's not weakness.
00:34:35That's survival.
00:34:39And now you're speaking.
00:34:42For her.
00:34:43For yourself.
00:34:44I'm proud of you.
00:34:53You're Sloanen?
00:34:55Yes.
00:34:57Thank you for finding me.
00:34:59Thank you for making him speak.
00:35:03He wanted to speak.
00:35:07I just stayed with him.
00:35:11Your father would be so proud to see you now.
00:35:17He didn't know the truth.
00:35:20He knew.
00:35:21Before he died, he knew.
00:35:24He told me not to tell you.
00:35:28He knew you would seek revenge.
00:35:30He knew you would destroy yourself.
00:35:35So he chose silence to keep you alive.
00:35:42You haven't disappointed him.
00:35:47You found love.
00:35:49You found your voice.
00:35:52That's enough.
00:35:56You two are going to get married?
00:36:02We haven't decided yet.
00:36:04Then I've decided for you.
00:36:07You must get married.
00:36:09I want to live to see that day.
00:36:17Your mother is strong.
00:36:23Like you.
00:36:25I'm not strong.
00:36:27I just didn't have a choice.
00:36:29There are always choices.
00:36:32You chose the hardest path.
00:36:35You chose to save me.
00:36:42You saved me too.
00:36:44In the script, my only minister is here.
00:36:46But you kept me here.
00:36:52I'm not a script.
00:36:55What?
00:36:57You're not in a script.
00:37:00You're in my life.
00:37:15Can't sleep?
00:37:17Too much has happened.
00:37:20Sit down.
00:37:21I need to tell you something.
00:37:24About your mother.
00:37:26Your mother, Helen, was my husband's sister.
00:37:31She was my best friend.
00:37:33She was Edward Sterling's daughter.
00:37:35Your grandfather.
00:37:37That means you and Sebastian are cousins.
00:37:41So Sebastian is my cousin?
00:37:43Yes.
00:37:44Your mother was his aunt.
00:37:46You're his first cousin.
00:37:49But blood doesn't matter.
00:37:51What matters is she entrusted you to me.
00:37:55And then I was kidnapped.
00:37:58So you ended up with your grandmother.
00:38:02Is my mother still alive?
00:38:05I don't know.
00:38:07But your grandmother said she's dead.
00:38:12Then I'll find the truth.
00:38:15Not for her.
00:38:16For myself.
00:38:17You and Sebastian.
00:38:19Blood or not.
00:38:21You belong together.
00:38:22Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
00:38:32Cousins.
00:38:34Cousins.
00:38:38Doesn't change anything.
00:38:42No.
00:38:42It doesn't.
00:38:50Breaking news.
00:38:51Judge Clarence Witzmatt has announced his retirement.
00:38:54He denies all charges.
00:38:55Calls the investigation a witch hunt.
00:38:58He's retiring?
00:38:59He hasn't even been indicted.
00:39:01The FBI says there's not enough evidence.
00:39:03Witzner has a very good legal team.
00:39:07He's hiding.
00:39:09He's hiding.
00:39:09No.
00:39:10He's preparing a counterattack.
00:39:13My husband left a diary before he died.
00:39:17He said, if I ever came back, to give it to Sebastian.
00:39:23Where is it?
00:39:25In my room.
00:39:26The bottom drawer.
00:39:31Mother.
00:39:32Did you ever see his body?
00:39:33What?
00:39:34After the plane crash.
00:39:35Did you identify him?
00:39:36Your father's attorney handled everything.
00:39:38He said the body was too badly burned for an open casket.
00:39:41I never saw him.
00:39:42Who was the attorney?
00:39:45Edmund Kendrick.
00:39:47We never confirmed he was dead.
00:39:49That's something to keep in mind.
00:40:00The king.
00:40:02Who is the king?
00:40:03Marcus, can you trace any mention of the king in the financial records?
00:40:07Already on it.
00:40:09I'll have something by tonight.
00:40:15We're getting married.
00:40:20That's not a question.
00:40:22No.
00:40:23It's a decision.
00:40:26When?
00:40:27Soon.
00:40:28Before the king makes his next one.
00:40:34Then, we plan a wedding.
00:40:37And a takedown.
00:40:39Both.
00:40:48Catherine, you look thin.
00:40:51You look old.
00:40:54I only have one question.
00:40:57Why?
00:41:03Power.
00:41:04Money.
00:41:05Your father wouldn't let me join the sterling board.
00:41:08That's it?
00:41:09Your father ruined my career.
00:41:11I would have been chief justice.
00:41:12But he wrote a letter to the judicial committee, said I lack judicial temperament.
00:41:17That letter cost me the promotion.
00:41:18So I spent 15 years, piece by piece, destroying his family.
00:41:23So you locked up his daughter, turned his son mute, and bled his company dry.
00:41:29You were an accident.
00:41:31You weren't supposed to be in this story.
00:41:33The story wasn't yours to write.
00:41:35You stole my script and tried to change the ending.
00:41:38The ending hasn't been written yet.
00:41:40Your husband begged me to spare you.
00:41:42I agreed.
00:41:44But I never agreed to spare your son.
00:41:57He's lying.
00:41:58He can't hurt us anymore.
00:42:04My father knew it was Whitman.
00:42:08He chose silence to protect you.
00:42:13If you had fought back, maybe mother wouldn't have.
00:42:18Maybe.
00:42:19Or maybe more people would have died.
00:42:21Your father made the choice you thought was right.
00:42:23If I had spoken, then maybe...
00:42:25You were 12 years old.
00:42:27You heard your mother being taken.
00:42:29You were terrified.
00:42:29That wasn't your fault.
00:42:31You're speaking now.
00:42:32That's enough.
00:42:33I've been waiting for this all day.
00:42:42Still writing?
00:42:44Writing the ending.
00:42:48How do you want it to end?
00:42:51A wedding.
00:42:53And at the wedding, we expose Whitman's crimes.
00:42:57Not with violence.
00:42:58With the truth.
00:43:01Whose wedding?
00:43:05Ours.
00:43:12No.
00:43:12I'm informing you.
00:43:19Yes.
00:43:22This is our story now.
00:43:27And I get to write the ending.
00:43:38I found something.
00:43:40Sterling Group's old records.
00:43:41Sebastian's grandfather, Edward Sterling,
00:43:43had a private safe deposit box in Switzerland.
00:43:45It was never opened after his death.
00:43:48Where in Switzerland?
00:43:49Zurich.
00:43:50A private bank that doesn't ask questions.
00:43:52That's the problem.
00:43:53The bank requires a key and a personal code.
00:43:55The code might be in the diary.
00:43:58371.
00:43:59That could be the box number.
00:44:01Not we.
00:44:02You and me.
00:44:03Marcus stays with your mother.
00:44:04Be careful.
00:44:05If the king finds out, you're going there.
00:44:12How may I help you?
00:44:14We need to open safe deposit box 371.
00:44:17It belonged to Edward Sterling.
00:44:21Please follow me.
00:44:29Your key, please.
00:44:38Sebastian.
00:44:39If you are reading this, I am gone.
00:44:41I know who took your mother.
00:44:43I know who controls the organization,
00:44:44but I cannot tell you because that person will kill you.
00:44:47Forgive my cowardice.
00:44:48The USB drive contains everything accounts,
00:44:49transfers, recordings.
00:44:50Give to someone you trust and live.
00:44:52Your father wasn't a coward.
00:44:54He was protecting you.
00:45:06Catherine Sterling must disappear,
00:45:08not kill.
00:45:09That invites investigation.
00:45:11Send her to Switzerland.
00:45:12Lock her away.
00:45:13What about Sebastian?
00:45:15He's a child.
00:45:16He doesn't speak.
00:45:16No one will listen to him.
00:45:17What if he does speak?
00:45:20Then make sure he never speaks again.
00:45:22That's enough to arrest Whitman.
00:45:25But he's already retired.
00:45:27Retired doesn't mean immune.
00:45:29We have new evidence.
00:45:31Enough to put Whitman away for life.
00:45:33I'll send a team to pick it up.
00:45:35Your father spent 15 years gathering this.
00:45:39Now we finish what he started.
00:45:40Together.
00:45:42Whitman will be arrested tomorrow.
00:45:45And after?
00:45:46After you planned the wedding.
00:45:49You really want to marry me?
00:45:51Knowing that I'm damaged?
00:45:55Everyone's damaged.
00:45:56You just wear yours on the inside.
00:46:00And I like the inside.
00:46:02Then yes.
00:46:04Wedding.
00:46:05And then?
00:46:06What about the king?
00:46:08One thing at a time.
00:46:19Judge Whitman, do you have any comment?
00:46:28He's asked to speak with you, Miss Harper.
00:46:30Me?
00:46:32Alone.
00:46:33No.
00:46:38It's alright.
00:46:39He can't hurt me.
00:46:43You think you've won.
00:46:45I think justice is finally happening.
00:46:51Justice.
00:46:53That's a fairytale of children.
00:46:55Why did you want to see me?
00:47:00To tell you the truth.
00:47:03About your mother.
00:47:04Helen Sterling wasn't just Edward's daughter.
00:47:06She was the first person who tried to expose the organization.
00:47:09And she paid for it.
00:47:09You killed her.
00:47:10No.
00:47:11I didn't.
00:47:12Your grandmother did.
00:47:15Margaret, the woman you call grandmother is not your grandmother.
00:47:19She's the woman who stole you.
00:47:21Your real grandmother died years ago.
00:47:24Margaret is the ghost.
00:47:27The ghost?
00:47:29The one who gives orders.
00:47:31The bishop is me.
00:47:33But the ghost is above the ghost.
00:47:38She founded the organization that Edward stole.
00:47:40And when he tried to leave, she destroyed him.
00:47:44Why are you telling me this?
00:47:49Because she's going to kill you, Sloane.
00:47:51And I want you to know who before you die.
00:47:57Good luck.
00:48:04What did he say?
00:48:05That my grandmother is not my grandmother.
00:48:09That she's the head of the organization.
00:48:13And she's going to kill me.
00:48:15Then we stop her first.
00:48:17Whitman says the ghost is Margaret.
00:48:20The woman I've been calling grandmother my whole life.
00:48:25Margaret was your mother's nanny.
00:48:28Your real grandmother died when your mother was 16.
00:48:32Margaret stayed on.
00:48:34She must have taken your mother's identity.
00:48:37And then, then yours.
00:48:39So the woman in Brooklyn's is an imposter.
00:48:42She's been watching Sloane since childhood.
00:48:44She's been waiting for me to become useful.
00:48:46Or dangerous.
00:48:51What you call grandmother is not your grandmother.
00:48:54She's going to kill you, Sloane.
00:48:56Then we stop her first.
00:48:58She's been waiting for me to become useful.
00:49:00Or dangerous.
00:49:01How do we prove it?
00:49:03We don't.
00:49:04We let her prove it herself.
00:49:10Grandma?
00:49:11I need to see you.
00:49:12Tonight.
00:49:13Alone.
00:49:14Of course, dear.
00:49:15I'll make tea.
00:49:17She'll come.
00:49:19And I'll be ready.
00:49:20I'm coming with you.
00:49:21No.
00:49:22She's sat alone.
00:49:23If she sees you, she won't show her hand.
00:49:26Then I'll be close.
00:49:28Very close.
00:49:35You look tired, dear.
00:49:37I've had a lot on my mind.
00:49:38Sit.
00:49:39Tell me.
00:49:43I know who you are.
00:49:47What do you mean?
00:49:50You're not my grandmother.
00:49:52You're the ghost.
00:49:53You founded the organization with Edward Sterling.
00:49:56You've been controlling everything for decades.
00:50:02I wondered when you'd figure it out.
00:50:08You're smarter than your mother.
00:50:10She never figured it out.
00:50:13What did you do to her?
00:50:17I loved her.
00:50:18But she betrayed me.
00:50:20She married a man I didn't approve of.
00:50:22She wanted to leave the organization.
00:50:25So I made her leave permanently.
00:50:29You killed your own daughter.
00:50:32I killed a traitor.
00:50:34There's a difference.
00:50:36You have two choices, Sloane.
00:50:39Join me or disappear like your mother.
00:50:44There's a third choice.
00:50:46What's that?
00:50:47I bring you down.
00:50:49With what evidence?
00:50:50Whitman is in jail.
00:50:52Kendrick won't talk.
00:50:53Elaine is broken.
00:50:55You have nothing on me.
00:50:57I have your confession.
00:50:59You recorded me?
00:51:01Every word.
00:51:07Margaret Harper, you are under arrest.
00:51:15This isn't over.
00:51:17It is for you.
00:51:21You did it.
00:51:23You did it.
00:51:24You did it.
00:51:25I did it.
00:51:41Do you, Sebastian, take Sloane to be your wife?
00:51:44I do.
00:51:48And you, Sloane?
00:51:51I do.
00:51:52I pronounce you husband and wife.
00:52:02To my son and new daughter.
00:52:08Happy?
00:52:10More than I ever thought possible.
00:52:27Come to gloat.
00:52:29Come to say goodbye.
00:52:33You think this is over.
00:52:35It's not.
00:52:37The king is still out there.
00:52:40The king is still out there.
00:52:40Then I'll find him.
00:52:43He'll find you first.
00:52:50All right?
00:52:52No.
00:52:53But I will be.
00:52:55Together.
00:52:56Together.
00:53:10This is nice.
00:53:12We deserve it.
00:53:17You've come a long way from typing on your phone.
00:53:20You've come a long way from eating contracts.
00:53:22That was a good move.
00:53:26It was insane.
00:53:29Insane works.
00:53:37Sebastian.
00:53:43The king.
00:53:44Your grandfather had a box under that name?
00:53:48Or someone else did.
00:53:49We have to go.
00:53:50We're on our honeymoon.
00:53:52The king won't wait.
00:53:54You're impossible.
00:53:56You married me anyway.
00:53:58Geneva.
00:53:58Tomorrow morning.
00:54:01This box is under a different protocol.
00:54:03Only the account holder can open it.
00:54:04The account holder is dead.
00:54:06Then the box remains sealed.
00:54:08I'm sorry.
00:54:09The protocol requires a blood sample for DNA verification.
00:54:12Fine.
00:54:12Take the sample.
00:54:16The DNA matches.
00:54:17You may open the box.
00:54:30Em.
00:54:32Margaret.
00:54:33Your grandfather started the organization with her.
00:54:36And why is she in prison and he's dead?
00:54:38Because she betrayed him.
00:54:39She took over.
00:54:42The king is empty.
00:54:44No.
00:54:46It means the king can be anyone who sits in the chair.
00:54:53You're thinking.
00:54:54I'm thinking that we've only scratched the surface.
00:54:57Then we keep scratching.
00:54:59You're not scared?
00:55:00Of what?
00:55:02Of what?
00:55:03Of what we might find.
00:55:04I spent 15 years afraid to speak.
00:55:07I'm not spending the rest of my life afraid to know the truth.
00:55:12I love you.
00:55:13I love you.
00:55:14I know.
00:55:14You're supposed to say it back.
00:55:17I love you too.
00:55:25What's wrong?
00:55:27It's Catherine.
00:55:29It's Catherine.
00:55:29She's been taken to the hospital.
00:55:31What happened?
00:55:33A car accident.
00:55:34But it wasn't an accident.
00:55:36Someone cut her brake lines.
00:55:38We're coming home.
00:55:39Now.
00:55:42I'm fine.
00:55:43Just a few broken ribs.
00:55:46Who did this?
00:55:48I didn't see.
00:55:50But I heard the mechanics say the brakes were cut.
00:55:53Cleanly.
00:55:54It's the king.
00:55:55He's sending a message.
00:55:56Then we answer.
00:56:00Marcus.
00:56:00Find every connection Edward Sterling had.
00:56:02Every business partner.
00:56:03Every rival.
00:56:03Everyone who might want to sit in that empty chair.
00:56:05You're angry.
00:56:07Yes.
00:56:08Good.
00:56:09Use it.
00:56:10Edward Sterling had three major partners.
00:56:12One is dead.
00:56:13One is in prison.
00:56:14The third is a ghost.
00:56:16No records after 1990.
00:56:18A ghost?
00:56:19Someone who erased himself.
00:56:20But I found a trail.
00:56:21He moved money through a series of shell companies.
00:56:23The last transaction was last week.
00:56:24Where?
00:56:24To a bank in Liebenstein.
00:56:25And from there, to a private account in Switzerland.
00:56:29Under the name M. Sterling.
00:56:30M. Sterling.
00:56:32Margaret?
00:56:32Or someone using her name.
00:56:34But Margaret is in prison, so either she has a partner outside, or the king is not Margaret.
00:56:37Then who?
00:56:39What if Edward didn't start the organization alone?
00:56:42What if there was a third person?
00:56:43There's no record of a third.
00:56:44Then we make a record.
00:56:45We flush him out.
00:56:46How?
00:56:47We announce that we've found Edward's second box.
00:56:49That we know the king's identity.
00:56:50And we wait.
00:56:51That's dangerous.
00:56:52Everything about this has been dangerous.
00:56:54Do it.
00:56:55You've been through so much.
00:56:56What's next for you?
00:56:58We're going to find the person who calls himself the king.
00:57:01And we're going to bring him down.
00:57:03Do you know who he is?
00:57:05We have evidence.
00:57:07We'll release it soon.
00:57:11They're bluffing.
00:57:13Are you sure?
00:57:14They have the second box was empty except for a photo.
00:57:16Then why are they so confident?
00:57:17Because they want us to make a mistake.
00:57:19Then we don't make a mistake.
00:57:20We end this quietly.
00:57:22How?
00:57:23Take something they love.
00:57:33Sebastian.
00:57:38How did she get out?
00:57:39We just discovered an hour ago.
00:57:41She was transferred to a hospital for a medical issue.
00:57:44The transport van was intercepted.
00:57:46She's gone.
00:57:47The king broke her out.
00:57:49Why?
00:57:50Because she's the only one who knows who he is.
00:57:53And now he has him.
00:57:57The game has changed.
00:58:09This is the safe house.
00:58:11Your father bought it years ago, Sebastian.
00:58:13No one knows about it.
00:58:14Except the person who cut my mother's brakes.
00:58:16We're not safe here.
00:58:18But we're safer than in New York.
00:58:23I sweep the cabin for bugs.
00:58:32They were already here.
00:58:36Three.
00:58:38Enough to hear everything.
00:58:40My father's cabin.
00:58:41They've been listening for years.
00:58:42Or someone put them here recently.
00:58:44Either way, they know we're coming.
00:58:46Your father had a saying.
00:58:47The mountains have ears.
00:58:49I didn't know he meant it literally.
00:58:54Find anything new?
00:58:56The coordinates we found.
00:58:57The underground facility.
00:58:59It's 30 kilometers from here.
00:59:01The king's castle.
00:59:02Maybe.
00:59:03But we can't just walk in.
00:59:05Then we watch.
00:59:07Wait for them to come out.
00:59:09You're different.
00:59:11More.
00:59:12Decisive.
00:59:14I have something to protect now.
00:59:16You.
00:59:16My mother.
00:59:17Marcus.
00:59:18Even that annoying assistant of mine.
00:59:20You mean the one who's been with you for 10 years?
00:59:22He's grown on me.
00:59:24We'll get through this.
00:59:27I know.
00:59:31What is that?
00:59:32I don't know.
00:59:35Same car as last time.
00:59:37They're watching us.
00:59:38Making sure we stay put.
00:59:40We're waiting for reinforcements.
00:59:41They know we're here.
00:59:43But they're not moving yet.
00:59:44Why?
00:59:45Because they're waiting for something.
00:59:47Or someone.
00:59:48The king wants us to find him.
00:59:50But on his terms.
00:59:54Can't sleep?
00:59:55Too much on my mind.
01:00:00I never told you about the night I was taken.
01:00:03I was alone.
01:00:04Sebastian was at school.
01:00:06Your mother, Helen, was supposed to pick me up.
01:00:09But she never came.
01:00:11My mother?
01:00:11She was working with me.
01:00:13Trying to expose the organization.
01:00:15That's why they took me.
01:00:17To silence her.
01:00:19My mother was fighting for me.
01:00:21She was braver than any of us.
01:00:24She died trying to bring them down.
01:00:26How do you know she died?
01:00:29Margaret told her.
01:00:31In the clinic.
01:00:32She came to gloat.
01:00:33Your mother loved you.
01:00:35She hid you with Margaret because she thought Margaret would protect you.
01:00:39She didn't know Margaret was already one of them.
01:00:43Then I'll finish what she started.
01:00:45For her.
01:00:46For you.
01:00:47For Sebastian.
01:00:55The coordinates point to Solid Mountain.
01:00:58No visible structure.
01:01:04That's the point.
01:01:05It's underground.
01:01:09There's something down there.
01:01:10Big.
01:01:15Explosives ready.
01:01:16Do it.
01:01:20It's time.
01:01:21Be careful.
01:01:21It's too quiet.
01:01:31They knew we were coming.
01:01:33They always do.
01:01:39They've been watching us the whole time.
01:01:41Margaret really was his partner.
01:01:43She wasn't just his partner.
01:01:46She was the one who built this place.
01:01:49Downloading everything.
01:01:50Might take a few minutes.
01:01:53We triggered something.
01:01:59They were waiting for us.
01:02:02Then we fight through.
01:02:10They're falling back to a lower level.
01:02:11We got everything.
01:02:12Let's go.
01:02:15They'd rather destroy it than let us have it.
01:02:17But we already have it.
01:02:18When we find out who the king is.
01:02:20Tonight.
01:02:31The king is not a place.
01:02:36The king is an idea.
01:02:38You want to know who I am.
01:02:39But knowing won't save you.
01:02:41It will only make you a target.
01:02:44That's it?
01:02:45A riddle?
01:02:48There's more.
01:02:49Financial records.
01:02:51Communications.
01:02:52Member lists.
01:02:53Wait.
01:02:54Go back.
01:02:56They listed him as deceased.
01:02:58Why?
01:02:59Maybe they think he's dead to them.
01:03:01Or they faked his death.
01:03:03Or the king is someone else pretending to be Kendrick.
01:03:13The king is playing with us.
01:03:16Then we stopped playing his game.
01:03:18How?
01:03:19We changed the rules.
01:03:21What are you doing?
01:03:22Sending a message.
01:03:23To every name on that list.
01:03:25The king is dead.
01:03:27Long live the truth.
01:03:29That's bold.
01:03:32That's the point.
01:03:40You slept?
01:03:43No.
01:03:47Any responses?
01:03:49Three.
01:03:51Two threats.
01:03:52One.
01:03:53Invitation.
01:04:00It's a trap.
01:04:02Of course it is.
01:04:04I'm going.
01:04:06I know.
01:04:11You're not going to stop me?
01:04:13Would it work?
01:04:15No.
01:04:17Then I'll be outside.
01:04:19With a sniper rifle.
01:04:23Fair enough.
01:04:24You're going to meet him?
01:04:26Yes.
01:04:28He'll try to kill you.
01:04:30Probably.
01:04:32And you're still going?
01:04:34He has Margaret.
01:04:35He has answers.
01:04:37I need both.
01:04:38Your mother would be proud of you.
01:04:40But she'd also be terrified.
01:04:42I'm not my mother.
01:04:43I won't disappear.
01:04:45No.
01:04:46You won't.
01:04:47Because you have Sebastian.
01:04:48And you have something my daughter never had.
01:04:51A chance to fight back.
01:04:56I know you're in there.
01:04:58You came.
01:05:00Where's the king?
01:05:02He's here.
01:05:10You faked your death.
01:05:11The king doesn't die.
01:05:13He only changes his face.
01:05:15You've been very persistent, Sloane.
01:05:17More persistent than anyone expected.
01:05:20What do you want?
01:05:21The same thing you do.
01:05:23An end to this.
01:05:25Then end it.
01:05:26Surrender.
01:05:29I didn't mean that kind of end.
01:05:32You have two choices.
01:05:35Join us.
01:05:36Or disappear like your mother.
01:05:40There's a third choice.
01:05:42And what's that?
01:05:51She brought friends.
01:06:02Never.
01:06:06Are you hurt?
01:06:07No.
01:06:08But they're getting away.
01:06:10Let them.
01:06:10We have the church.
01:06:12We have witnesses.
01:06:14We have recordings.
01:06:16You recorded everything?
01:06:18Marcus' idea.
01:06:22They won't get far.
01:06:24No.
01:06:25They won't.
01:06:33We have Kendrick's last known location.
01:06:36He's heading towards the Italian border.
01:06:38Margaret is with him.
01:06:40Then cut him off.
01:06:41We're trying.
01:06:43But he has resources.
01:06:44Private planes.
01:06:46Safe houses.
01:06:47He could be anywhere.
01:06:48He'll go to ground.
01:06:49Somewhere familiar.
01:06:50Somewhere he feels safe.
01:06:51Like where?
01:06:52His family's estate.
01:06:53In Austria.
01:06:55I'll coordinate with Austrian police.
01:06:57You're sure?
01:06:58I would hide there.
01:07:00It's remote.
01:07:00Hard to find.
01:07:01Easy to defend.
01:07:02Then let's go.
01:07:05How many guards?
01:07:07At least a dozen.
01:07:09Maybe more inside.
01:07:11We need a distraction.
01:07:13The power grid.
01:07:14If we cut it, they'll come out to check.
01:07:17Do it.
01:07:29She's here.
01:07:30I can feel her.
01:07:31Then kill her.
01:07:32Now.
01:07:34Two guards at the door.
01:07:36One on the balcony.
01:07:38I'll take the balcony.
01:07:39No.
01:07:39I will.
01:07:43Who's there?
01:07:46Me.
01:07:49You just don't know when to quit.
01:07:52Neither do you.
01:07:56Going somewhere?
01:07:58You won't shoot an old woman.
01:08:01Watch me.
01:08:15It's over.
01:08:17Is it?
01:08:18You still don't know who the king is, do you?
01:08:21I know it's you.
01:08:23The king is a title.
01:08:24And I was never the king.
01:08:33There's someone else.
01:08:36Who is the king?
01:08:39You really want to know?
01:08:41That's why I'm here.
01:08:45Then look in the mirror.
01:08:46The king is an idea, Slonin.
01:08:48Anyone can be king.
01:08:49You, me, Sebastian, even that dead mother of yours.
01:08:52The point isn't who sits on the throne.
01:08:54It's that the throne exists.
01:08:56You're saying the organization has no leader?
01:08:58I'm saying the leader is whoever holds the power.
01:09:00The power shifts.
01:09:01Margaret founded it.
01:09:02Edward funded it.
01:09:03I executed it.
01:09:04But the king?
01:09:05There is no king.
01:09:07There's only the game.
01:09:08Then I'll end the game.
01:09:09You can't.
01:09:10Because as long as people want power, the game continues.
01:09:17What did he say?
01:09:18There is no king.
01:09:20But anyone can be king.
01:09:22Then we make sure no one ever wants to.
01:09:25We change the game.
01:09:33Come to say goodbye?
01:09:35Come to ask one question.
01:09:38What?
01:09:39Why did you do it?
01:09:41Not the organization.
01:09:43Not the power.
01:09:44Why did you raise me if you were just going to destroy me?
01:09:47Because you were the only thing left of her, of my daughter.
01:09:50I loved Heli more than anything.
01:09:52When she died, I hated myself.
01:09:54And I hated you for looking like her.
01:09:56So I raised you to be strong to survive.
01:09:58I told myself I could destroy you.
01:10:00But I couldn't.
01:10:01I never could.
01:10:02You had a strange way of showing love.
01:10:03I didn't know any other way.
01:10:08I'm sorry, Sloane.
01:10:10For everything.
01:10:12I don't forgive you, but I understand.
01:10:15Alright.
01:10:16Alright.
01:10:16No.
01:10:18But I will be.
01:10:19Where to?
01:10:21Home.
01:10:27What now?
01:10:28Now we live.
01:10:30We've spent so long fighting.
01:10:32I want to spend the rest of my time loving.
01:10:35That sounds like a plan.
01:10:39Do you think we'll ever be completely safe?
01:10:42No.
01:10:43But we'll be together.
01:10:45That's enough.
01:10:55Some stories are just too hard to tell, but too important to forget.
01:11:01Writing again?
01:11:02Always.
01:11:04What's the next story?
01:11:06Ours.
01:11:06But with a happy ending.
01:11:08I like happy endings.
01:11:09Then let's go live one.
01:11:18The game isn't over.
01:11:20It's just changed boards.
01:11:23Checkmate, Mrs. Harper.
01:11:24But the next game is mine.
01:11:33We've identified most of the organization's members.
01:11:36Some are in custody.
01:11:37Some have fled.
01:11:37But one name keeps appearing.
01:11:39A code name.
01:11:40Ghost.
01:11:41Ghost.
01:11:42We already caught Margaret.
01:11:43This is different.
01:11:43The ghost appears in communications dating back to before Margaret was born.
01:11:46Whoever this is, they've been pulling strings for decades.
01:11:48Edward started the organization with someone.
01:11:50Not Margaret.
01:11:51Someone older.
01:11:52The Sterling Family Archives.
01:11:53This photo was taken in 1923.
01:11:55Edward Sterling is here as a child.
01:11:57Next to him, an older man.
01:11:58Labeled the founder.
01:11:59Who is he?
01:12:00No records.
01:12:01But he has descendants.
01:12:02One of them might still be alive.
01:12:07You're back.
01:12:09I need to know about the ghost.
01:12:13You don't want to go there.
01:12:15I didn't want to be in this fight at all.
01:12:17But here I am.
01:12:18The ghost is not a person.
01:12:20It's a bloodline.
01:12:21The Sterling Family had a secret.
01:12:22They weren't the only ones in power.
01:12:23There was another family.
01:12:24Older.
01:12:25Richer.
01:12:25They called themselves the people.
01:12:26Keepers of what?
01:12:27Of the throne.
01:12:27The king's throne.
01:12:28Every generation, one keeper sits as the king.
01:12:30Edward was supposed to be a keeper.
01:12:32But he rebelled.
01:12:33He tried to dismantle the system.
01:12:35That's why they took Catherine.
01:12:36That's why they killed Helen.
01:12:37To remind him he really controlled everything.
01:12:38The king is still out there.
01:12:40The king is always out there.
01:12:41It's a title.
01:12:42He passes from parent to child.
01:12:45And the current king is someone very close to him.
01:12:48Thanks, Lona.
01:12:49Who has been watching you your entire life?
01:12:51Who had access to everything?
01:12:52Who could manipulate everyone?
01:12:54No.
01:12:55She's dead.
01:12:58Is she?
01:13:02Good luck.
01:13:03The king is a bloodline.
01:13:05And they've been watching me my whole life.
01:13:09Who?
01:13:11He said someone close to me.
01:13:13The only person who fits is Margaret.
01:13:16But she's in prison.
01:13:17Or someone pretending to be her.
01:13:18I overheard.
01:13:19There's something I never told you.
01:13:25Margaret had a twin sister.
01:13:26She died young.
01:13:27Or so everyone thought.
01:13:28But before she died, she had a child.
01:13:30A son.
01:13:30Where is he now?
01:13:31I don't know.
01:13:32But your mother once said that Margaret wasn't the only one we should fear.
01:13:34The king is Margaret's nephew.
01:13:35He's been hiding in plain sight.
01:13:37Then we find him.
01:13:37Margaret's sister, Eleanor.
01:13:39She died in 1955, officially.
01:13:41But her son, Charles, emigrated to the United States in 1970.
01:13:44He changed his name.
01:13:45Became a lawyer.
01:13:46A very powerful lawyer.
01:13:48Harold Finch.
01:13:49Finch was Witness Anne's mentor.
01:13:50He retired years ago.
01:13:51Lives in seclusion.
01:13:53Where?
01:13:54Upstate New York.
01:13:55A private estate.
01:13:58Then we pay him a visit.
01:14:02No guards.
01:14:03No cars.
01:14:04He's either expecting us or he's gone.
01:14:16I've been waiting for you.
01:14:17You're the king.
01:14:19I was.
01:14:21Now I'm just an old man waiting to die.
01:14:24You ordered my mother's kidnapping.
01:14:25You killed Sloane's mother.
01:14:27I ordered many things.
01:14:28Some necessary.
01:14:29Some regrettable.
01:14:30But I didn't kill anyone.
01:14:31That was Margaret list undying.
01:14:33You're just as guilty.
01:14:34Perhaps the doctors gave me six months and the organization is gone.
01:14:38You've already won.
01:14:39Then why are you here?
01:14:40To give you this.
01:14:41The key to the Sterling family vault.
01:14:43Your grandfather hid something there.
01:14:45Something that will ensure no one ever tries to resurrect the organization.
01:14:48What is it?
01:14:49The truth.
01:14:50All of it.
01:14:50Every name.
01:14:51Every transaction.
01:14:52Every secret.
01:14:52With that you can bury the king forever.
01:14:54But now leave me.
01:14:55I want to die alone.
01:15:03The vault is in the basement of the Sterling estate.
01:15:06Your grandfather built it during the war.
01:15:09What's inside?
01:15:10I never knew.
01:15:12He said it was for emergencies.
01:15:16This is an emergency.
01:15:20It's time.
01:15:22I know.
01:15:23We're close.
01:15:25You're sure about this?
01:15:26Quiet.
01:15:32The answers are all in here.
01:15:38I was young.
01:15:40I wanted power.
01:15:41The keepers offered it.
01:15:42But I didn't know the price.
01:15:43They took my daughter.
01:15:44They took my wife.
01:15:45They took everything.
01:15:46This book contains every name.
01:15:47Every crime.
01:15:48Every secret.
01:15:49Use it wisely.
01:15:51Edward Sterling.
01:15:52This is what we need.
01:15:54With this, everyone goes to prison.
01:15:56Everyone who's still alive.
01:16:02He faked his death.
01:16:04He's been hiding in plain sight for 40 years.
01:16:08Harold Finch is alive.
01:16:09He's at his estate in upstate New York.
01:16:10Arrest him.
01:16:11We just received word.
01:16:12Harold Finch died last night.
01:16:13Natural causes.
01:16:14He knew.
01:16:15He gave us the key and then he killed himself.
01:16:17Or someone killed him.
01:16:18The body is being examined.
01:16:19But if he was the last king, then maybe it's over.
01:16:22No.
01:16:23The king is a title.
01:16:26And titles can be inherited.
01:16:30Who is Finch's next of kin?
01:16:32No known relatives.
01:16:33But his lawyer might know.
01:16:35Then we find the lawyer.
01:16:40Mr. Finch left instructions.
01:16:42His estate, including all assets and any sensitive materials, is to be destroyed upon his death.
01:16:47Including the records of the organization?
01:16:50I don't know what you're talking about.
01:16:51You're lying.
01:16:52Look, I'm just a lawyer.
01:16:54I don't know anything about any organization.
01:16:57Then you won't mind if we search your files.
01:16:58You have no warrant!
01:17:00Actually, we do.
01:17:01Federal judge signed it an hour ago.
01:17:08If you're watching this, I'm dead.
01:17:10And the organization is in your hands.
01:17:12To my successor, the king's throne is yours.
01:17:15Rule wisely.
01:17:16There is a successor.
01:17:18The video doesn't name anyone.
01:17:19Then we wait.
01:17:20Whoever it is will make a move.
01:17:25We're back to square one.
01:17:27The king is out there.
01:17:28But we have the book.
01:17:29We have the evidence.
01:17:30We can destroy the organization without finding the king.
01:17:33Destroy the organization?
01:17:35How?
01:17:36Release everything.
01:17:37To the press.
01:17:38To the public.
01:17:38Let the world see who these people are.
01:17:41That's what Edward wanted.
01:17:42The truth.
01:17:44It will put targets on our backs.
01:17:45We already have targets.
01:17:48You're sure?
01:17:50I've never been more sure of anything.
01:17:55I'll do it myself.
01:17:57No.
01:17:58We do it together.
01:18:05Sloane?
01:18:05I brought coffee.
01:18:14She's alive.
01:18:15But her brain activity is unusual.
01:18:19Like she's somewhere else.
01:18:25She wrote herself out of our world.
01:18:31Still writing?
01:18:34Always.
01:18:35What's the story?
01:18:36Ours.
01:18:38But I'm changing the ending.
01:18:41How?
01:18:46That's not an ending.
01:18:48It's not supposed to be.
01:18:56You're about to release documents that could bring down some of the most powerful people in the world.
01:19:01Are you afraid?
01:19:03I've been afraid my whole life.
01:19:06But fear doesn't stop me.
01:19:08And you, Mr. Sterling?
01:19:10You've been silent for so long.
01:19:12Why speak now?
01:19:14Because silence protects the guilty.
01:19:17And I'm done protecting anyone.
01:19:20Then let's begin.
01:19:22We are receiving reports of a major corruption scandal.
01:19:25Sources confirm the arrest of several high-ranking officials.
01:19:27I hereby resign from my position.
01:19:29Effective immediately.
01:19:32It's working.
01:19:35For now.
01:19:39There's someone at the door.
01:19:41She says she knows you.
01:19:43Who are you?
01:19:45My name is Helen.
01:19:50Helen?
01:19:51My mother?
01:19:53I'm alive.
01:19:54Margaret told everyone I was dead.
01:19:57But she couldn't kill me.
01:19:59She locked me away.
01:20:00In a facility in Austria.
01:20:03The same one where they kept Catherine.
01:20:05I never knew.
01:20:06I'm so sorry.
01:20:07You have nothing to be sorry for.
01:20:08You were a prisoner too.
01:20:10Why now?
01:20:11Why didn't you come sooner?
01:20:14I only just escaped.
01:20:17When the news broke about the organization, the guards fled.
01:20:20I walked out.
01:20:22I thought you were dead.
01:20:23I mourned you.
01:20:25I know.
01:20:26And I'm sorry.
01:20:27I'm so sorry.
01:20:32You look like your father.
01:20:39I never knew him.
01:20:41He was a good man.
01:20:43He died protecting you.
01:20:44The king.
01:20:45The real king.
01:20:46Is still out there.
01:20:47Margaret was just a pop.
01:20:48Finch was just a figurehead.
01:20:49The king is the one who controls the money.
01:20:51And that person has not been caught.
01:20:52Who is it?
01:20:53I don't know.
01:20:55But I know where to find out.
01:20:57This is an address.
01:20:58In Switzerland.
01:20:59It's where the king's accountants meet.
01:21:03We'll go.
01:21:04It's dangerous.
01:21:05Everything about this has been dangerous.
01:21:07You should rest.
01:21:08We have a lot to talk about.
01:21:11I'd like that.
01:21:29The accountants meet once a year.
01:21:31The next meeting is in three days.
01:21:34Same place.
01:21:35A chateau outside Zurich.
01:21:37We can set up surveillance.
01:21:39Identify everyone who goes in and out.
01:21:41Then we follow the money.
01:21:42No.
01:21:43We go in.
01:21:45That's suicide.
01:21:46We have the element of surprise.
01:21:48They think we're done.
01:21:49They think we're celebrating.
01:21:50She's right.
01:21:51The king will be there.
01:21:52It's the only chance.
01:21:53Then we go together.
01:22:01Thermal shows at least 20 people inside.
01:22:04We need the king alive.
01:22:06We'll do our best.
01:22:15You.
01:22:16What a pleasant surprise.
01:22:20Surprised?
01:22:21You were convicted.
01:22:22I was, but the king has resources.
01:22:25I was released two days ago, pending appeal, and now I'm here.
01:22:30You're the king.
01:22:31Finally, she figures it out.
01:22:34Finch was my mentor.
01:22:36Margaret was my enforcer.
01:22:38Kendrick was my lawyer.
01:22:40But I was always the one giving orders.
01:22:44Why?
01:22:45Because power is its own reward, and I wanted it all.
01:22:50You killed my mother.
01:22:52I gave the order.
01:22:53Margaret carried it out.
01:22:55But yes, I killed her.
01:22:59Shoot me, and you become just like me.
01:23:02A killer.
01:23:04No.
01:23:05He's not worth it.
01:23:06Arrest him!
01:23:07This changes nothing.
01:23:09The king is a title.
01:23:11Someone else will take you.
01:23:12Move.
01:23:13You have no idea what you've done.
01:23:15The king is everywhere.
01:23:17You'll never be safe.
01:23:22It's over.
01:23:25Is it?
01:23:29For now, that's enough.
01:23:32Whitman is back in prison.
01:23:34No parole this time.
01:23:35And the organization?
01:23:37Dismantled.
01:23:38The king is dead.
01:23:40Not dead.
01:23:41Beaten.
01:23:42There's a difference.
01:23:44We did it.
01:23:46We did it.
01:23:47To family.
01:23:49The one we chose.
01:23:52I have a lot of time to make up for.
01:23:54Then let's start now.
01:24:02We are gathered here today to celebrate the love of Sebastian and Sloan.
01:24:07A love that survived silence, secrets, and danger.
01:24:11A love that chose truth over fear.
01:24:15I'm ready.
01:24:17Finally.
01:24:18You're still beautiful.
01:24:20You're still talking.
01:24:26Sebastian, you taught me that silence isn't empty.
01:24:28It's full of things unsaid.
01:24:30And you taught me that speaking isn't easy.
01:24:32But it's always worth it.
01:24:35And you, Edward, you taught me that the future is worth fighting for.
01:24:38Sloan, I spent 15 years afraid to speak.
01:24:41Then I met you.
01:24:42And suddenly, I had something to say.
01:24:45I love you.
01:24:46I love our son.
01:24:47I love this life.
01:24:49Thank you for not giving up on me.
01:24:53Your father would have been proud.
01:24:58Do you think he's watching?
01:25:01I hope so.
01:25:03I have a gift for you.
01:25:05What's this?
01:25:06The key to your mother's house.
01:25:08The one she grew up in.
01:25:10It's yours now.
01:25:16We have a lot of catching up to do.
01:25:20A lifetime.
01:25:23Writing again?
01:25:25Always.
01:25:27What's the story?
01:25:29Ours.
01:25:30But I'm changing the ending.
01:25:33How?
01:25:41That's not an ending.
01:25:43It's not supposed to be.
01:25:45Can't sleep.
01:25:46Too much on my mind.
01:25:48Tell me.
01:25:49I used to think the world was broken.
01:25:51That evil always won.
01:25:53That justice was a fairy tale.
01:25:55And now?
01:25:57Now I know that evil doesn't win.
01:25:59It just takes longer to lose.
01:26:03I've grown so much.
01:26:05I had to.
01:26:07I had to.
01:26:07Front page.
01:26:09Sterling family exposes crime syndicate king behind bars.
01:26:13It's just a story now.
01:26:15A story with a happy ending.
01:26:18This is our story.
01:26:20And it's just beginning.
01:26:33Ready?
01:26:34Ready.
01:26:36Ready.
01:26:37Ready.
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01:26:39Ready.
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