The Old Man

- (wind blowing) - (birds chirping)

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The easiest thing for me to do now

would be to apologize.

Uh...

It's important for you to understand

why I can't do that.

That guy in your house--

he was a professional.

Whoever hired him was serious

about putting an end to me, and...

And in my experience, that means

putting an end to anyone close to me.

That's... that's you.

Keeping you alive and safe--

that became the priority, Zoe.

I'm not gonna hurt you.

I figured if you wanted to yell at me

or scream or whatever, this would be a safe place to do it.

Okay.

We got a long drive ahead of us.

When you're ready to talk, we can talk.

There is...

one thing I'm gonna ask you to do.

I'd like you to call your son.

The FBI is gonna knock on his door.

They're gonna ask him some questions.

He's gonna do fine, but he's...

you know, he's gonna be concerned.

Now is the best time to, oh, set the record straight.

This'll be the last time

you make a call on your phone,

to keep from tracking us, but at least,

you know, he'll know it's you calling.

When... You know, just tell him the truth.

That you're unhurt,

and you're being held against your will,

but you're safe and that you'll contact him again soon.

Yeah. You use those words, that'll prevent you

from being considered an accessory to anything.

JASON (over recording): Hey, this is Jason. Leave a message.

JASON (over recording): Hey, this is Jason. Leave a message.

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You know, I guess we'd better,

uh...

get going.

Local PDs, negative.

Regional offices, negative.

Digital teams, that's interagency,

that's across the board, negative.

It's been 72 hours since law enforcement

had any signal on his whereabouts.

Dan Chase is gone.

And the woman-- McDonald?

No sign of her, either.

We made contact with her son.

She called him, but they didn't speak.

That was three days ago as well.

We'll keep our ears open, but, um...

Yeah.

Okay. Thanks, Joe.

Yeah.

Jaden? Or Caden, maybe?

Brayden.

His father is the assistant secretary

of state for African affairs,

but that's...

neither here nor there.

What happened? Was it bad?

Apparently, Brayden,

uh, took issue with Henry's presentation to the class.

He came up to him afterwards and said...

...that you were not a credible hero.

He said that the police

are just regular people.

That a lot of them do bad things,

and they get away with it,

and that Henry should be

more sensible

in choosing who he looks up to.

Oh. Great.

Who did Brayden choose as his hero?

Spider-Man.

: Oh, Jesus.

- Did Henry sound okay? - Yeah.

I think he's fine.

He didn't tell me any of that.

He just... tells you things?

Yeah. I mean, I was around

the house a lot. I... I babysat a lot.

When me and Lily were still together, she used to say that

I was half his aunt,

half big sister, and half therapist.

Lily wasn't very good at math.

Yeah, you were there a lot.

I should've been there a lot.

Well, that may be true,

but it's not like it's all on you.

You know, Chip could've made more of an effort, too.

And you're here now.

When all you want to do is crawl in a hole,

you're holding the world up with both hands

and signing up to raise a seven-year-old boy.

I'd like to see Spider-Man try and pull that off.

So, I spoke to Joe.

We're officially reporting it's been 72 hours

since...

Chase's trail ran cold.

We're all set to meet with

Hamzad's attorney tomorrow.

She's gonna know we lost him.

That's gonna be an interesting conversation.

You've got a good argument to make.

You can help them get what they want.

Once they understand how much you know

about Chase and his wife,

they're gonna see that they need you.

What?

The wife-- why are you so interested in her?

- What do you mean? - When I talked about this

with Waters, y...

you had a reaction.

Now she's on your mind again.

Is there something I'm missing?

There were three people involved

when this whole thing started.

You know, we keep talking about the first two,

but this woman might be the invisible man in all this.

Just seems like it might be worth keeping an eye on her

until we figure out what we're missing.

Is there anything you knew about her

that might be a piece of an answer here?

I don't know.

I didn't know very much about her.

I was just aware of her.

Aware of the gravity she exerted

on objects around her.

What she made men do.

You know, it's late.

It's gonna be a rough day tomorrow.

We should get some sleep.

Do you mind setting the alarm on your way out?

Sure thing.

- Good night, kiddo. - Night.

Where are you?

CHASE (over phone): Colorado.

Should be in L.A. tomorrow. You okay?

Yeah.

Can I ask you a question?

Shoot.

So, we have a meeting tomorrow with this woman,

Nina Kruger.

She represents Faraz Hamzad.

Okay. Why?

The assistant director seems to believe

that all this is happening because...

Hamzad wants some kind of information.

Something he thinks you know, that...

he wants to know.

Wait, "we" have a meeting? Why "we"?

I'm going with him.

What for?

Don't you want to know what's being said inside that room?

Uh, not if it means you being in danger.

Emily, he is desperate and he has failed,

and I'm okay for him to pay the price for it,

but I don't want you in the line of fire

- when whatever happens to him happens to him. - Dad.

- Stop. - Oh, Em...

My God. Okay.

So, how are you doing? Are you holding up?

Yeah, I'm fine, I'm fine.

- And Zoe? - Uh, she's sleeping. She's fin.

I think she gets this is how it has to be for a while.

Listen, can I say one more thing about the other thing?

Sure.

This isn't some kind of mystery, Em.

The truth is, at one point in his life,

Faraz Hamzad thought Mom belonged to him.

He's got a grudge with me for helping her

do something about that.

Everything else is a distraction.

You still there?

Yeah. Yeah, I'm still here.

So, what do we do about this?

Yeah, well, there-there are people out there

who've got grudges against him as well.

Once I get to L.A., I can use my company

to get a man's attention who has that grudge

and might be willing to do something about it.

Okay.

Stick with me, Emily. We'll get through this.

I know.

I got to go. Drive safe, okay?

And, uh, give me a call when you get in.

All right, I will. I love you.

I love you, too, Dad.

I got you some stuff.

Toothbrush,