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Previously on The
Better Sister...

You Ethan?

I’m Detective Guidry.

This is my partner,
Detective Bowen.

There was an incident
involving your father.

He didn't make it.

You should know we contacted

-Nicole Macintosh.
-You know that

Nicky's an addict and she
hasn't seen him in many years.

But she's still
his legal guardian.

We have a few more
questions for Ethan if...

-It's fine.
-No. I'm your mother.

Go to your room. That is final.

I found
this Lyft receipt.

And wh-what is this
company... Gentry?

Uh, they seem like every
other group we represent, but

I'll check it out.

Hey, Arty, is everything okay?

The detectives are outside
with NYPD. There's nothing I can do.

Search warrant for the premises.

-Who's the commanding officer here?
-Finally.

Michelle Sanders. I've been hired by the
family as counsel for Ethan Macintosh.

They have information
that we don't.

Kevin said something
different than I did.

-You don't have to touch me!
-Ethan Macintosh,

you are under arrest

-for the murder of Adam Macintosh.
-No, no... Come on.

You can get out of my way!

What was going
through your head?

Adam, please.

Baby...

you could have killed somebody.

Ethan.

Yo, Ethan.

You want?

So you were playing
with it after you stole it?

What, you show off to your friends
'cause you're so fucking cool?

Adam.

-Hey, Mac.
-Hey, Helen.

Are you out of your mind?

It was pretty tough to make.

-The fuck?
-Could have shot yourself

-in the fucking head.
-Adam.

Gun!

Ethan...

this could follow you around
for the rest of your life.

Sonia,

tell Nora to put a pause on
the fucking press roundups.

I can't believe they took
him, those miserable bastards.

It's a fucking nightmare.

-And the paparazzi's circling out front.
-Downstairs?

Bunch of rats scurrying.

Oh, God. Jesus.

He only just got
arrested last night.

They know Murder in the
Hamptons... perfect family

not so perfect. You know
people love that shit.

-Yeah.
-At least your doorman

is keeping them at bay, for now.

Oh, no, no, A-Arty's
not like that.

Yeah. I'm
glad you trust him.

But I'd-I'd add a few hundred bucks
to whatever it is you're paying him.

Insurance.

You look like shit.

The optics of your situation
is starting to worry the board.

Aren't you the board?

I am, but everyone's got an
ass to kiss, you know that.

And right now my
board is concerned

that you're not gonna be able to give
The Real Thing the attention it deserves.

That was fast.

Well, no, that's not
how they're saying it.

They're offering condolences.

If there's anything they
can do, don't hesitate.

But soon there are gonna be
whispers of a potential replacement.

Suggestions of a
sabbatical, a break.

Albeit one that never ends.

By the time you're
ready to come back,

whoever you've trained
will have taken your place,

your name on the masthead

replaced with hers.

The person I've trained

or the person you pick?

Don't do that.

We're on the same side.

You need to make it clear at
the board meeting tomorrow

you're not going anywhere.

Oh, fuck, I completely forgot.

My driver
can take you out there.

-Prep on the road.
-I already have.

But I-I got to ready.
I got to handle this.

No. You're perfect.

Grief is something

people can connect to.

Makes you human.

Relatable.

You're someone people
want to root for.

That's why everyone
loves the Kennedys.

That's
a shaky parallel.

It is a heartbreaking story

no one can turn away from.

So you make that work

for the next chapter
of your story.

Can we wait on
packaging this, please?

Spinning this as opportunity
is ghoulish, I know.

What we're really
talking about here is you

and your strength,

generally and in this moment.

It will only make
the magazine better.

It will only make you better.

Good.

A little early for a visit, no?

How long have you been there?

Just a little bit, Jackie O.

She seems to have her
priorities straight, though.

"I know you're worried about your kid,
but let's not forget about the brand."

Far as surrogates go,
pretty hard right turn away from Mom.

You know, she's more
like a sister, actually.

Catherine is brilliant

and she is helping me navigate
some very tricky terrain.

"Brilliant" is an overused
term, as is "genius."

-She's a legend.
-As is "legend."

She's one of the first female, Black
multimillionaires in this country,

and one of the only Black women
to ever run a Fortune 500 company.

Did you write the
Wikipedia page yourself?

I just... I
actually can't with you.

Chloe, nobody gives a
shit about the two of you

and your little
dance for your board.

Oh, you mean my job?

Yeah, that thing that paid
for Ethan's whole life.

And what a life.

-I'm gonna print my notes.
-Okay.

That's for your meeting tomorrow.
And today, Ethan has a hearing

and, Chloe, we still
don't know shit about it.

I have been trying to
get through to her.

She is not picking up, okay?

Jesus. You don't think
I'm going crazy right now?

Try again. You're not
paying her enough?

Fine. Happy to.

You've reached
Michelle Sanders.

Please leave a message.

Hi, Michelle.

This is Chloe Taylor,
um, calling again.

Would you please call me back as
soon as you have any information

about today's hearing whatsoever?
I would really appreciate it.

Also, we still have no info
regarding where Ethan is being held.

Manhattan is saying Long
Island and vice versa.

So, please call me.

-Fine.
-Okay.

That's a good idea.

East Hampton
Police Department.

Hi. Detective Guidry, please.

-One moment.
-This bitch.

This is Detective Nan Guidry.

Hi. Detective Guidry,
this is Chloe Taylor,

Ethan Macintosh's mom.

Where is Ethan being held?

Uh, Suffolk County Detention.

I'm sorry, I thought
you knew that.

Appreciate the
runaround. Thank you.

Oh, my God. Now what?

-Let's just go out there.
-Great.

I am so tired of waiting.

-Great. Let's fucking go there.
-Let's go.

-Good.
-All right.

-Good.
-Go get changed.

Why would I?

Your age,

a passing understanding
of decorum,

a camel toe that can be
seen from outer space.

Why didn't they call the cops?

It wasn't loaded. They knew
I wasn't gonna do anything.

Then why did you bring it?

It was a mistake.

Got put in my bag by accident.

You get in a lot
of trouble, Ethan?

Whose is it, Ethan?

I was holding it
for a friend. Dad, I swear

it isn't mine.

Whose is it, Ethan?

So you were

actually holding
it for somebody?

Are you telling me
the weed was Kevin's?

Oh.

H-He had some people to-to
meet up with that night.

My dad would have lost
it if he ever found out,

so I-I couldn't be with Kevin, in
case he got caught or something.

That's...

that's why I left him on
the beach and told him

to pick me up when he got done.

Is that my mom?

She can be intense.

She's just worried.

You know, now might be
a good time for a break.

Hmm?

Maybe we can both
use something to eat.

Thanks.

Was I okay?

Nine times out of ten, first
interview's all bullshit anyway.

It's all right.

We're just getting
to know each other.

The time's gonna come when the
prosecutor's gonna paint you

as a violent kid who's
capable of killing his father

who has no plausible alibi.

So I'm hoping that by
the time I get back,

after you've gotten some
food in your stomach

and a little time to
think about things,

you'll give me something more than
"It was put in my bag by accident."

Official autopsy
report just came in.

Bill Braddock's office. Got
to cross him off our list.

What about the labs...
blood stain on the shoe?

Ethan's own.

Probably from the
cut on his arm,

fist fight with the pops
before he killed him.

Mm.

Hello.

Mr. Braddock,

Detectives Bowen
and Guidry here.

You're a difficult

man to get hold of.

There's a lot to
process, as you can imagine,

on top of the usual
business. How can I help you?

On the day of his murder,
we know Adam Macintosh

and Jake Rodriguez were
working with the Gentry Group,

and we also know that you
sent him on a second meeting

with them alone.

What we want to know
is why. You like Adam better?

A little competition's
healthy between boys.

Was there
tension between

Mr. Rodriguez and Mr. Macintosh
regarding this competition?

They understood their
differing appeals.

Adam was a rigorous thinker.

Gentry took a liking to him.

He seems to have feted them with
a send-off meal out in Queens.

Adam ever mention, uh, an issue
with anyone from the Gentry Group?

Never. Wasn't a squeaky wheel.

Any of his files regarding the
Gentry Group might be relevant

-to our investigation?
-I can't imagine they would be.

Lawyers aren't known
for their imaginations.

Oh, mine is quite
vivid, I can assure you.

And all of Adam's files

would be protected under attorney-client
privilege, until subpoenaed.

Subpoena in process,
via the prosecution.

Whom am I having the pleasure
of speaking to right now?

Nan Guidry.

Well, I look forward to complying
upon receipt, Mrs. Guidry.

Or is it Ms.?

Detective'll do.

Please do reach out if I can answer
any more questions, Detective.

That queen is deleting
files as we speak.

Not that it matters.

Maybe Jake Rodriguez
really was jealous.

Sure, but enough to kill him?

Uh, okay, I can't read
your size two font.

Jake Rodriguez's phone
records, per your request.

A bunch of calls back and forth
to an unregistered number,

some on the night of the murder.

Single guy spends a lot of
time with an attractive couple.

It's a tricky triangle.
I could like it

if it actually supported

any of the other evidence or
the arrest we already made.

Always yucking my yum.

Okay, I do not

want to hear the
words "yuck" or "yum"

cross your lips ever
again in my presence.

Do you hear me? Thank you.

Let's get out of here.

Right, and now

the room's such a fucking mess.

You look good, buddy.

Like a man. If only you'd
just stand up straighter.

Jesus.

Thank God, I'm starving.

-Uh, hot dog, ketchup.
-Okay, man.

Uh, two for me please.
Mustard, no ketchup.

-Let's just start with one, all right?
-You got it, bro.

Hey, come on, man. His age,
my average was, what, four?

Yeah, well, you were
fueling a swim scholarship.

It's different.

-Make it three.
-All right.

Eso. There you go. There we go.

There you go.

-We can give it to Mom.
-Muchas gracias.

-Buen provecho, boys.
-Thank you.

I mean, if you,
like, exercised, ever.

Will you just relax? You have,
like, five more in the closet

that look exactly like this.

Hey, car's around the side?

Fan club will never
know you left.

-Thank you.
-Hey.

-No, no, no, no...
-No, no, I found that.

I'm pretty sure it's yours.

-Thank you.
-Least I can do.

Faster, please.

Okay.

This thing's like a spaceship.

Can you take those down, please?

This is more comfortable
for my back.

Well, it's disgusting
and dangerous.

Only if
you're a bad driver.

Oh, my God.

Will you just do me a favor?
There's a phone in my bag.

Will you pull it out and plug
it into the console, please?

Yes, boss.

Where'd you get this?

I found it in my office. I
think it might be Adam's.

Adam's?

Yeah. Nicky, just plug it in.

Uh, Chlo, I'm pretty
sure this runs on coal.

There's a dongle on the console.

A what now?

A universal charger. Come on.

I do love hearing
you say "dongle."

Oh.

Okay.

Hey, Bill. I'm in the car
with my sister Nicole.

-Howdy.
-Uh, well, hello.

Listen, I wanted to follow up
on the Gentry Group of it all.

-Oh, great.
-Yeah. As I suspected,

Adam was having
meetings out at JFK

-on Friday.
-I knew that.

And when I asked my younger colleagues
about Kew Gardens, they explained

the clients often like to experience
a little bit of local flavor

when they come to town.

I see.

Anyways, it's a dead end. I
told those stupid detectives

who called this morning as much.

Yeah, I mentioned the Lyfts
to them. Who-who called?

Oh, they double teamed me.

Hey, is the smug one a lesbian?

-Loud and proud.
-Knew it.

And the threats against you...

-have they followed up?
-Doubtful.

But Catherine's guy's
looking into it.

Well, listen, if they're just gonna
sit around on their lazy asses,

-I'd be happy to play the heavy.
-No.

It's all right, Bill.

All right, well, if you change
your mind, the offer stands.

-Stay safe, you too.
-Okay, thank you.

Okay, well, now you know.

Yeah.

Oh, Nicky.

-That's... This is...
-Yeah, okay, okay.

Looks empty, Chlo.

What do you mean?

There's no calls, no texts.

There's no contacts
in the contact book.

I don't think it was used.

What the fuck, Adam?

What were you doing with
an empty burner phone?

If I say "dealing
drugs," will you get mad?

Yeah.

-Dealing dru...
-Don't say it.

-But what if...
-Don't.

-Maybe it was your...
-Shh.

-housekeeper Analisa's.
-Shh. Shh.

Maybe she's dealing drugs.

She seems to have bought it.

The benefit of a grieving
widow's distraction.

For now.

So, Gentry confirms
a meeting with Adam

that we don't have in our books.

Adam starts taking
Lyfts out to Queens

on his own personal account.

Was he making a play

to steal Gentry as a client?

Well, he was ambitious.

I fully suspected it,
had been for months.

But Gentry entertains it?

Leaving me?

Well,
you are sort of an asshole.

An asshole who's been burying
their bodies for a long time.

Whatever law firm it is
that's trying to poach Adam

wanted him to bring
Gentry along as a client.

Adam makes a show of
what he can do for Gentry

in greener pastures,

but Gentry doesn't take kindly

to having their intimate details

used as a deal sweetener.

So they confirmed the
solo meeting with Adam,

knowing that it
would get back to me.

They only had to confirm
it because he's dead.

Regardless, Adam has made a
mess that needs cleaning up.

And what...

Latinos are famous for
their cleaning skills?

You said it, not me.

Lord knows what else he left
lying around that house with him.

Bless his soul.

So you'll head out to the house
since you're going that way anyway?

Your secretary told me

that you were meeting with the
counsel you referred for Ethan.

I'm sure that Chloe really
appreciates the support.

And don't wear those trousers
around the office anymore.

They're very distracting.

No.

Confirmation from Gentry's
got him down a different path.

Well, I'm headed out there now.

Can stop by tonight.

...have, of late, been
observing changing mating rituals

of gazelles in the Serengeti.

I've never seen them
so frisky, for lack of a better word.

Frisky gazelles.

Turn it up.

What effect this extra
conjugation will have remains to be seen.

Wait nine
and a half months,

you'll see the effects.

Gazelles don't have the same
gestational period as humans.

Uh, but, uh, our
research is showing that...

You do not

know the gestational period
of gazelles.

I do. Why would I make
something like that up?

But why

would you ever know that?

I know things.

Okay, boss.

-I know things.
-Sure.

Good afternoon.
Late on Friday night,

Attorney Adam Macintosh was
brutally stabbed to death

inside his Long Island home.

Call Michelle Sanders.

I'm sorry.
I didn't get that.

Call Michelle Sanders.

Calling Mitchell Sampson.

No, not fucking Mitchell.

I said call Michelle Sanders.

Okay. I'll just... I'll
dial it for you, okay?

I'm sorry.

-I didn't find a Michelle Sampson.
-Would you just

fucking call Michelle
fucking Sanders?! Fuck!

Ah...

Fuck. I mean, what the
fuck is gonna happen today?

Is he gonna go to jail?

No.

Jesus Christ, Nicky.

What if he did it?
What if he did it?

He didn't do it.

Chloe.

You know him.

You know that.

Do I?

Chloe.

He didn't, honey.

He didn't, I promise.

I know he didn't.

Everything is going to be okay.

How? How?

Just do the next indicated thing.

And what the fuck is that?

Find the person who did it.

-Right.
-Right. Okay.

-All right. Okay.
-Yeah. Okay.

-Hey.
-Hey.

Hey. Good to see you.

Thank you for meeting me.

Is that all you're
gonna thank me for?

And for
taking the case.

I owed you. You called, I came.

I walked right into that
clusterfuck of my own volition.

Sister wives thing...
that-that's new for me.

Black people don't do that shit.

We do other shit.

-How do you mean?
-Well, it's not every day

a woman marries her
sister's ex-husband.

Oh, yeah, well... sure.

-There's that.
-Yeah.

There's that.

But it's the kid I can't
get a read on, you know?

He's-he's just not
what you would expect.

Yeah, he's his own person.

Chloe's done a
great job with him.

Well, uh, uh, they both,

uh, have. Or did.

It's...

Well, assuming the hearing
goes as I think it will,

moms will take him home tonight.

What can I get for you today?

Caesar salad, extra
croutons, and probably fish

-with steamed vegetables for him.
-Fish...

He's watching his figure.

Thank you.

Yeah.

So, I'm sorry. You... So, uh...

Ethan's other mom...
she's in town?

Mm-hmm.

-Do you know her?
-Uh, no.

They've mentioned Adam's
ex a couple times.

Unstable.

They had a restraining
order against her.

You know, they always got cagey
about whatever happened back then,

and I-I didn't,
uh... I didn't press.

Didn't realize you
two were that close.

-Not at first.
-Mm-hmm.

Neither of us ever really
fit in to the club.

You know, a place like
Braddock, you check a box.

I was brown, he was poor.

-White enough, but not really white.
-Mm.

First gen to go to college, both trying
to do better than your parents did.

Yeah, I get it.

Big deal to get where we are,

but, uh...

he never really enjoyed it.

Hmm.

Not like you.

Yeah, right. Sure.

You didn't have to come
all the way out here.

Murray's Cheese basket
would have sufficed.

Oh, no, hey...

I had to come out here anyway.

The deck's being resurfaced.

And, uh...

I really appreciate it.

You all right?

I don't know.

Not really.

-Sorry.
-It's okay.

Hey.

All right. Be right there.

Okay. Let's go.

No, I'm not going in there.

-What?
-You got it.

Just don't let them
walk all over you.

You know what? Yeah.

Maybe you should
stay in the car.

We don't need you
punching any cops today.

Okay.

I'll be back.

All the incisions

were three and a quarter,
except the one on the neck.

Looks like the assailant yanked
to get the knife out there.

It's a wider gash.

Smooth, very common blade type.

Kind they sell at
every corner store,

right in between the
bongs and fake Viagra.

You ever take that
stuff? Horny goat weed?

Here.

What-what are you talking about?

City's rotten with this kind of
paraphernalia, is what I'm saying.

Ample opportunity for the kid to
purchase the knife that did this.

And where is it now?

Tosses it.

-What?
-Mm, mm.

Say it, Bowen.

Alarm was disarmed 20 minutes
before Adam was killed.

Chloe said they never set it.

Most people don't lie to
the cops that confidently.

So, maybe it wasn't a lie.

-Maybe Adam set the alarm.
-Right. Yeah.

And the kid disarmed it.

Kid's not the only one in
the house that has the code.

It's as good as dead.

Remember how I showed you?

Nicole.

I'll do it.

It's the merciful

thing.

I told her to keep it clean.

It's a beautiful ring.
Probably cost as much as my car.

-Incoming widow.
-Oh.

I need to speak with you both.
I found this in my apartment.

Just, you know,
get the metadata.

Uh, this isn't the
Genius Bar, ma'am.

Clearly.

But I thought you said
you had tech people.

This may be hard to hear, Ms. Taylor,
but, uh, we don't work for you.

What about the pornography that I gave
you that was sent to my home in Manhattan?

Any progress with that?

Fingerprinted, sent by someone with
an alibi the night in question.

Yeah, hating your
politics not a crime,

but, uh, we'd be happy to help you
with a restraining order against her.

Okay. W-What about
the Lyft receipts?

Which your husband's
boss and client confirmed

were trips made in the
regular course of business.

Okay. I hired my own
cybersecurity expert.

-Okay? I did that.
-While we appreciate

the legwork there, the
animosity directed at you

coming from your
own place of work

does not concern
our case as of now.

Why the fuck not?

Look, I'm a mother, too.

And I feel for you,
I feel for your son.

But maybe we ought to
just head to the hearing?

Starts in about half an hour.

Fuck.

Fuck was that?

That, my friend,
was entitlement.

What's with not
giving the ring back?

Gives us a reason to
pay another visit.

Uh, not sure about that hat.

Nor I that mustache.

Ladies.

-Hey.
-Hi.

So, Ethan, there's
a change of plans.

The hearing got moved up.

Why?

Cases like these, sometimes they just
push things through more quickly.

Smaller courthouse, they're
just not used to dealing

with this kind of
attention, you know?

This might be a
good thing, though.

Means we can hopefully
get you home sooner.

Does my mom know?

Yes. Here's what's gonna happen.

Prosecutor will talk
first, then it's me.

It's a pre-trial hearing.
You don't need to say a word.

I'll be next to you the
whole time. All right?

How you feeling?

I don't know.

Scared, I… I guess.

That's good. That's really good.
The judge will want to see that.

I'm gonna tell them
you loved your dad.

You would never do
anything to hurt him.

We're gonna tell them the truth.

We're coming.

It wasn't a mistake,
bringing the gun to school.

I was trying to get rid of it.

I was afraid to have
it in the house.

Hands behind your back, Ethan.

Oh, wow.

Hey, there she is.

-Oh, my God.
-Ten points for hitting

-this asshole.
-Get out of the road.

-Just... This is nuts.
-And we see the vehicle with,

presumably, Chloe Taylor inside.

What do we do?

Keep our heads down.
We don't say a word.

We bring Ethan home.

-All right. -Ms. Taylor, right here. Into the lens.
-Hey, Ms. Taylor!

-Ms. Taylor!
-Got a question for you.

-Where were you...
-Chloe, care to comment?

We're not sure if
she will be giving

-any statement.
-Don't know how you deal with this.

Uh, Macintosh. Okay.

-It's got to be this way.
-Yeah, let's go down here.

Okay.

Is that her?

All rise.

Court is now in session. The
Honorable Judge Edelman presiding.

Full courtroom on this
humid day. Sit, sit.

The charge against the
defendant, Ethan Macintosh,

is murder in the second degree.

How does your client wish
to plead at this time?

My client pleads not
guilty, Your Honor.

Mr. Willis,
you'd like to set bail at?

Thank you, Your Honor,

but, given this isn't
any ordinary case,

Ethan Macintosh is awaiting
trial for the violent murder

of his father, Adam Macintosh.

Suffolk County recommends the
defendant be remanded without bail.

Your Honor,

-Ethan Macintosh is no murderer.
-Wait, what?

He's a sweet, sensitive,

17-year-old boy who's
just lost his dad.

The defense may go
on listing the defendant's

positive attributes, but that doesn't
change the evidence against him.

Because not only
does he have no alibi

for the hour during which
Adam Macintosh was murdered

but his DNA was found underneath
Adam Macintosh's fingerprints.

It's his son.

And blood was
found on Ethan's shoe.

-It's Ethan's own blood.
-Mm, Counselor,

let's keep it courteous.

Evidence also suggests that Ethan
disarmed the security system

before staging a breaking and
entering to cover up his crime.

The items he reported stolen were
later found in his possession.

The prosecution has

shockingly declined to note that the
murder weapon was not among them.

Your Honor, the
prosecution is clearly

trying to force me
to preview my case.

Ethan Macintosh is
heartsick and afraid.

Now he is specifically terrified

that he's going to bear
the consequences of a crime

he did not commit.
He is terrified

that he is going to be
separated from his stepmother,

a highly well-respected
public figure whom he

loves deeply, and who has raised
him since he was a little boy.

A woman who has enabled
Ethan to have a history

of avoiding consequences.
If I may.

This is a kid who,

when found with a large
quantity of marijuana,

had the means to pay off
his friend to cover it up.

A kid who, when he
brought a gun to school,

-had parents who made
a donation -Oh, God.

To make it all go
away. So what's to say

this isn't a kid who, after
murdering his father...

...won't have the means
to escape justice?

Ethan Macintosh is innocent

and whatever concerns
Your Honor might have

are easily addressed with
electronic monitoring.

Your
Honor, ask yourself,

if he had darker skin,

where would he be
spending the night?

I think you and Ms.
Sanders know the answer.

Counselor, I agree
that the consequences

of being held without
bail would be severe.

But on the other hand,
I don't want a situation

where we release the defendant
only to find out that

he's chartered a private
jet to the Swiss Alps.

The defendant is hereby
remanded without bail.

-Hands behind your back.
-Baby!

Shut the fuck up.

Shut the fuck up.

-Don't let them see you like this.
-Fuck.

Nicole, over here.

Did you get bad news?
Why are you so upset?

-Uh...
-Get in the car.

How's
Ethan holding up?

-Uh...
-What do you think his chances are?

Did he do it?

Oh, my God.

Okay, I know
this is upsetting...

I'll just say I did it.

-Absolutely not. Absolutely not.
-What? No. No. -I did it.

-I did.
-That will only make Ethan look guiltier.

The detectives have your
phone pinging in Ohio

the entire night of
the murder. Now, look,

there's a restaurant down the
road, it has a blue awning.

We're gonna meet there,
talk next steps. Okay?

Okay.

-See you there.
-Okay.

-A nightmare.
-Just put your seatbelt on. Let's go.

Oh, my God.

Oh...

Excuse me. Can you move, please?

How are you just, like,
smiling right now?

-Back it up.
-Fuck. Oh...

Well, that's not how I
expected the day to go.

Ethan did not kill Adam.

And what happened today
doesn't mean he did,

but...

...but this is
just the beginning

of a long and
complicated process.

Sometimes these
things are delayed,

rescheduled once,
twice, even three times.

Yeah, but doesn't Ethan have
a right to a speedy trial?

County courts drag
out setting dates,

especially with a brain
surgeon like that in charge.

What's up with the tissues?

This is going to help
us. We need this time

-to come up with alternative theories.
-Okay, what about

the break-in thing the
prosecutor mentioned?

He didn't seem to buy it.

And for good reason.

Here.

You can see the room has been
messed up a little bit...

drawers opened, papers on the
floor, that sort of thing...

but the window was
broken from the outs...

Iced organic matcha.

-Thank you.
-Thanks.

But here you can see the window
was broken from the outside,

after the room was tossed.

So, the prosecutor was just
starting to make the point

that there actually
wasn't a robbery.

-It was staged.
-Whoever killed Adam

just wanted to make it
look like there was.

Oh, my God. Oh, my God.

Now, all of that's well
and good. He's got a job to do.

And ours is to prove

that person couldn't
have been Ethan. Okay?

So, who else has access
to that alarm code?

I don't know. We don't use
it. We-we don't set it.

Adam clearly did.

And it's not like
Ethan didn't know it.

I... I don't know. I...

Housekeeper?
Housekeeper, she knows.

The housekeeper's cleared.

Well, when do we get to see him?

During visiting hours,

Ethan's legal guardian
can go anytime.

So I... I-I don't see him.

Just for now.

I know that's not
the best news...

No, it's not because
that's my son in there.

-I know.
-But you're gonna do everything

in your power to make
sure she can see him?

Yes, of course.

'Cause he needs her.

I understand.

I got to level with you here.

Chloe... from the
outside, you look perfect.

Even your good friend, Jake,
on the inside... he buys that.

But every family's
got complications,

secrets, painful histories.

What led to Ethan living here?

To the restraining order?

Now, you may want to keep
this stuff in the past,

but whatever's happened
between you two,

it's very clear you
both love that boy.

You want him home?

Tell me everything.

♪ Holding ♪

♪ the railing...

Jesus.

♪ Winding stairwell ♪

♪ I fell down ♪

♪ Natural ♪

♪ That don't faze me ♪

♪ It's the ♪

♪ life I agreed ♪

♪ My bargain for the plea ♪

Where are your
cleaning supplies?

I... I just can't.

Going for a run.

You could always

come with us, make
it a family affair.

I'd rather stick my
face in the blender.

May...

Maybe next time, I'll
leave Nicole at home.

Nicole, you know, like,

she does it on purpose.

She only cares about herself.

You can't tell her, you
can't teach her shit.

-She's not right in the head.
-Mm-hmm.

She knows better.

Like,

she wants you to
know she knows...

...by being

a pain in the ass.

Even when she was

a baby.

They come out who they are.

Hey.

Hey. What, uh,

-what are you doing here?
-What the hell did you say

to Michelle Sanders?

What?

What did you say, about us,

about Ethan?

I said that he was a good kid.

I said you were a happy family.

You know, with a
complicated history.

Just... Nothing she
didn’t already know.

And the restraining order?

It's public record, Chloe. She’s
gonna see it if she hasn’t already.

What else did she say about us?

Nothing.

Well, you better
keep your mouth shut.

All right.

Keep it fucking shut.

I will. I’m sorry.

Can I get a glass of water?

Yeah.

Yeah. Of course.

I've missed you.