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White Lies Episode 1
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00:14No evidence.
00:16Can't do anything.
00:27One year.
00:29I promised her one year.
00:31But I lied.
00:32It's not one year.
00:34It's today.
01:03Ms. White, please sit.
01:04Mr. Astral was impressed by your resume.
01:08I believe in giving back.
01:10Every young artist deserves a chance to shine.
01:18You've handled several high-net-wealth divorce crises.
01:21Why'd you leave your last firm?
01:22Because my client needed me on her side, not on the money's side.
01:28Interesting.
01:28How do I know you'll be on my sister's side?
01:30I don't make promises.
01:32I do the job.
01:33You'll see the results.
01:36Standard protocol.
01:38Your personal phone stays with us.
01:40You may use this house phone.
01:50Welcome aboard, Mrs. White.
01:55Jeffrey.
01:57I'm inside.
02:04They say it's just hormones.
02:08Post-portum.
02:11It's not.
02:16How do you know?
02:19Because I've seen this before.
02:21The fear.
02:23The second-guessing.
02:25The way you flinch when someone touches your shoulder.
02:30He doesn't hit me.
02:32There are worse things than hitting.
02:35Victoria.
02:37Did Jeffrey ever hurt someone else?
02:40Someone who wasn't you?
02:42What do you mean?
02:43Before you.
02:45Was there ever a scandal?
02:46A lawsuit?
02:48A woman who disappeared?
02:50There was a girl.
02:51Years ago.
02:52A student.
02:53He sponsored her.
02:54She accused him of something.
02:56Then she dropped out.
02:58He said she was lying.
02:59What was her name?
03:00I don't remember.
03:02It was before we got married.
03:03He said she was unstable.
03:12Unstable, right?
03:23He said no one would believe me.
03:25He said no one would believe me.
03:54Mia!
03:56Mia, look at me.
03:57It's okay, I'm here.
03:59He said he'd pay for my art school.
04:01He said I was special.
04:03Then he...
04:04Don't.
04:05I believe you.
04:10You paid off the school.
04:12You didn't even hide it.
04:23Almost there, sis.
04:31My thoughts were gone.
04:34Because...
04:39Ms. White.
04:40A word.
04:43I understand.
04:44Right.
04:46You're pushing her too hard.
04:48She's fragile.
04:50She's not fragile.
04:52She's been gas-lifted into believing she is.
04:55I don't want you coaching her into a war she can't win.
04:58Mr. Astor, do you know everything your brother-in-law does?
05:01Everything?
05:02What kind of question is that?
05:04The kind that matters.
05:06He's not just cheating on your sister.
05:08He's been doing it for years.
05:10Maybe longer than you know.
05:12What are you implying?
05:12I'm not implying anything.
05:14I'm asking if you want to know the truth.
05:17All of it.
05:18Get the evidence first.
05:19Then we'll talk.
05:20I will.
05:23You know, they're used to seeing snow, but nothing like this.
05:34That was another life.
05:37Before she was broken.
05:40Before I swore I'd make him pay.
05:47Can you leave the phone next to her?
05:49I just want to hear her breathe.
05:54I'm inside, sis.
05:56I'm inside his house.
05:57I'm going to make him pay for what he did to you.
06:01I promise.
06:11What did you find?
06:12Background check on Ella White is back.
06:15She was fired from her last job, some family in Connecticut.
06:18Officially, it was professional misconduct.
06:20Off the record, the family's son was abusing his wife.
06:23White reported it.
06:24They protected the son.
06:26Buried her.
06:27What's this, a sealed juvenile record?
06:29It's sealed.
06:29I couldn't access it.
06:30But her sister, the one in the care facility,
06:32she was a student at an art school five years ago.
06:35The same school that received a large donation
06:37from the Winthrop Foundation around the same time she dropped out.
06:39The Winthrop Foundation.
06:41Jeffrey.
06:41The timing is suggestive.
06:44Don't dig further.
06:45Not yet.
06:46But keep this between us.
06:48Understood.
06:53Ella White.
06:55Who are you, really?
06:59The acquisition of the Renar is a coup for the Gallery.
07:02Indeed, a masterstroke.
07:07Welcome to the team, dear.
07:12Thank you so much for coming.
07:26Three.
07:28Seven.
07:29Seven.
07:38You're playing a dangerous game.
07:41I don't play games, Mr. Wendethow.
07:42I solve problems.
07:44Whose problems?
07:47All of them.
07:48Even the old ones.
07:50What old ones?
07:52Five years ago.
07:53An art school.
07:55A student.
07:56She accused someone.
07:57Then she disappeared.
08:00I don't know what you're talking about.
08:02Of course you don't.
08:07What did you say to Jeffrey?
08:09He looks like he saw a ghost.
08:12Maybe he did.
08:14You're hiding something.
08:16I'm hiding a lot of things.
08:19So are you.
08:38You never told me what happened that night.
08:42The snow.
08:43Nothing to tell.
08:45You're lying.
08:46I'm not lying.
08:49I'm just not telling you everything.
08:51Because you need to get better first.
08:53Better for what?
08:55Better to see him go to prison.
08:57You found him?
08:58I'm inside his house right now.
09:01Working for his wife.
09:03Be careful.
09:04He's dangerous.
09:06So am I.
09:07I love you.
09:21He's a monster.
09:23Not the hitting kind.
09:25The smart kind.
09:27Did he ever hurt anyone else?
09:29Before Victoria?
09:34There was a girl.
09:36Years ago.
09:36A student.
09:37She came to the house once.
09:39Crying.
09:39Jeffrey locked the door and talked to her.
09:41When she left she looked broken.
09:43I never saw her again.
09:44I don't know her name.
09:45But she had a sister.
09:46The sister came later screaming at Jeffrey in the driveway.
09:49He called the cops on her.
09:51What happened to the sister?
09:53Nothing.
09:54The cops told her to leave.
09:55She did.
09:58But she looked at Jeffrey like she wanted to kill him.
10:03Thank you, Martha.
10:04This is enough.
10:13Master.
10:14I don't just get women out.
10:15I make sure the bastards never pull this crap again.
10:18But I need something else.
10:20What?
10:21Jeffrey Winthrop.
10:22Five years ago.
10:23An art school student.
10:24Any records?
10:25Police reports.
10:26Lawsuits.
10:27Anything.
10:28Why?
10:29Because I don't just help them leave.
10:31I help them make sure it doesn't happen again.
10:34That's not in your contract.
10:35It's in my blood.
10:39I'll see what I can find.
10:40But Ella, if you're after something personal, you need to tell me.
10:44When the time's right.
10:51I'll see what I can find.
10:54I'll see what I can find.
11:00He pushed you.
11:03Who told you?
11:05Martha.
11:05The Nancy who quit.
11:07She also told me something else.
11:09About a girl.
11:11Years ago.
11:12An art student.
11:13I don't know anything about that.
11:14Jeffrey never mentioned her?
11:15He said there was a girl who lied about him.
11:18Tried to ruin his career.
11:19He said she was crazy.
11:21She wasn't crazy.
11:24How do you know?
11:32Tomorrow.
11:33Family meeting.
11:34You know what to say.
11:37Three things.
11:37Can you do that?
11:40Yes.
11:41Good.
11:44Ella?
11:47Who was she?
11:48The girl?
11:52My sister.
12:06I did what you asked.
12:07I looked into Jeffrey's past.
12:09Five years ago, an art student accused him of sexual assault.
12:12The school settled.
12:13The student dropped out.
12:15No police report.
12:16No charges.
12:17And the student's name?
12:21Mia White.
12:29Your sister.
12:32Yes.
12:36You didn't come here to help Victoria.
12:39You came here to destroy Jeffrey.
12:41I came here to do both.
12:43They're the same thing.
12:46You should have told me.
12:49Would you have hired me if I had?
12:55No.
12:58That's why I didn't.
13:04The family meeting is at 9 a.m.
13:06Get Victoria ready.
13:07We'll deal with Jeffrey's past later.
13:09There's no later.
13:10I have a witness.
13:11Martha.
13:12She saw my sister at the house.
13:13She heard Jeffrey threaten her.
13:15She'll testify.
13:18You've been planning this for five years.
13:21Five years, two months, and 11 days.
13:28Lo.
13:40I admit tomorrow, sis.
13:43Tomorrow he starts to fall.
13:46Because my client needed me on her side.
13:59We're requesting supervised visitation.
14:02Mrs. Winthrow's recent behavior suggests...
14:06I did not push Daisy.
14:09You paid nannies to lie about me.
14:12And I will not give up custody.
14:15This is ridiculous.
14:16Something my curse says.
14:18But only an Outer Xaffa hun for the problem...
14:20First point, this is one nannies audit.
14:22Before we go further...
14:24She looked at Jeffrey like she wanted to kill him.
14:27He locked the door.
14:29Talked to her.
14:31When she left, she looked broken.
14:34This is bullshit!
14:37Jeffrey.
14:38You set me up!
14:41It's evidence.
14:43And I have more.
14:47Five years ago, an art student accused you of sexual assault.
14:51Her name was Mia White.
14:54She dropped out after the school settled.
14:57You paid them to make it go away.
14:59This is irrelevant to the custody case!
15:02It's relevant to everything.
15:03We're not just here about custody anymore.
15:06We're here about whether a predator has been sitting at my family's table for five years.
15:13You believe her?
15:15She's a stranger.
15:16She's using you.
15:18I believe her.
15:19Because I know what you did to me.
15:22And now I know you did it to others.
15:37You just blew up the family.
15:39The press will be all over this.
15:41Good.
15:41Let them.
15:43Jeffrey Winthrop should be in prison, not at board meetings.
15:46And your sister?
15:47Is she ready to come forward?
15:49She's not well.
15:50She can't testify.
15:51But Martha can.
15:53And the settlement agreement is enough to start a criminal investigation.
15:59You've been playing chess while the rest of us played checkers.
16:02I told you.
16:04I don't play games.
16:15Jeffrey's lawyer is called.
16:17He's willing to sign the divorce papers.
16:20Full custody to Victoria.
16:22No contest.
16:25But he wants immunity on the old case.
16:28No.
16:29If we push the old case, he'll fight.
16:32It could take years.
16:34Victoria needs this to end now.
16:38I didn't come this far to let him walk.
16:44I'm not asking you to let him walk.
16:46I'm asking you to let the criminal justice system handle it.
16:48We give the evidence to the DA.
16:50They investigate.
16:51He goes to prison.
16:52But Victoria gets her divorce now.
16:55Fine.
16:56But I want to be the one who hands the evidence to the DA.
16:58Done.
17:04Nicholas told me.
17:07About your sister.
17:16I'm sorry I didn't tell you sooner.
17:18You don't have to apologize.
17:22He hurt her.
17:23He hurt me.
17:25You're trying to stop him.
17:27That's more than anyone else ever did.
17:31For your sister's care.
17:33And for your new company.
17:35Take it.
17:42Thank you, Victoria.
17:45No.
17:47For believing me.
17:49And for believing her.
17:55You're going to be okay, Victoria.
17:58I know.
18:23You're going to be okay.
18:25You're going to be okay.
18:25You're going to be okay.
18:26I'm okay.
18:26I'm okay.
18:35For you, Mia, when these bloom, he'll be in prison.
18:48The settlement agreement is enough to open an investigation,
18:51but without your sister's testimony, it's weak.
18:54I have a witness.
18:55Martha, the former nanny.
18:57She heard Jeffrey threaten my sister,
18:59and she saw my sister at the house, distraught.
19:03That's corroborating evidence, but not enough for a conviction.
19:06We need more.
19:08Then find more.
19:09I've given you everything I have.
19:12You've been waiting five years for this.
19:14Five years, two months, and 18 days.
19:21I'll assign a team, but I can't promise anything.
19:26I don't need promises.
19:27I need you to try.
19:28Fifty thousand dollars.
19:30Right now.
19:31In cash.
19:32You walk away.
19:34No one gets hurt.
19:35You're offering me a bribe.
19:37I'm offering you a choice.
19:39Take the money.
19:40Leave the city.
19:41Forget you ever knew my name.
19:45And if I don't?
19:47Then I'll destroy you.
19:50Your sister's medical records will be all over the internet.
19:53Every breakdown.
19:54Every diagnosis.
19:56She'll be a laughing stock.
19:58No one will believe her.
19:59No one will believe you.
20:02You think this will put me away?
20:06I know it will.
20:11Mia sends her love.
20:16You're gonna regret this!
20:21No.
20:22I made my mistake five years ago.
20:25I waited.
20:50ASTOR.
20:52He took the bait.
20:53Fifty thousand.
20:54And he mentioned my sister.
20:56I heard.
20:56The driver had the window cracked.
20:58Then you know what happens next.
21:01I'll have the divorce papers ready by 9am.
21:03And the DA will get the new recording.
21:07He said no one would believe me.
21:10They believe you now, sis.
21:28It's done.
21:30Victoria has full custody.
21:31You'll regret this.
21:34I've regretted nothing for five years.
21:37I'm not starting today.
21:57I didn't think I'd feel this.
22:00Feel what?
22:01Nothing.
22:02No anger.
22:04No fear.
22:06Just...
22:07That's called peace.
22:09You'll get used to it.
22:17For your sister.
22:19And for your new company.
22:21I meant what I said.
22:24Thank you, Victoria.
22:27You saved my life.
22:29You saved your own.
22:31I just showed you the door.
22:34I just showed you the door.
22:51Sleep well, my love.
22:52Mmm.
23:03One more thing to deal with.
23:06Then we're free.
23:10Sometimes I forget what it's like to feel the sun on my skin.
23:25I just showed you the sun on my skin.
23:25I just showed you the sun on my skin.
23:25I just showed you the sun on my skin.
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