once the golden child finds her life plunged into darkness setting her on a path of vengeance
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00:00Woah woah woah ma'am, no you can't go in there.
00:10My family is in there!
00:15This is my house, please!
00:17Listen, we found two deceased.
00:20Only one survived, girl in a tub, comatose, taken to the hospital.
00:26No, ma'am, it will be a formal investigation.
00:33I'm so sorry.
00:35I'm so sorry.
00:37No.
00:39Keep an eye on her.
00:51Ms. Black, here's your bill.
00:55Please make sure to sign here.
00:58This is $50,000 more.
01:01I already paid yesterday.
01:03Don't worry, it's been taken care of by someone. Just sign.
01:07By who?
01:08He just left.
01:12Hey!
01:15Who are you? Why are you paying for my sister?
01:18Ms. Black, you want answers?
01:20Meet her tomorrow at 4.
01:24What the hell is this?
01:38Here you are, Ms. Black.
01:40You must excuse me asking you to come here.
01:43Caught my attention, Mr. Winkler.
01:46Why did you pay for my sister's hospital bills?
01:48We don't know each other.
01:50Let's cut to the chase.
01:52I need eyes, ears, someone sharp.
01:57A spy?
01:59I need someone like you to help me with a mission.
02:02One job, 100K, no blood, no crime.
02:06But why me?
02:08You're in a tight spot. Desperate. Smart.
02:13I'm offering you a way out.
02:15Or do you have a better idea?
02:18Fine. I'm in.
02:22Good.
02:24Your first task?
02:26Get close with my brother, Harrison.
02:29Special assistant.
02:31You start tomorrow.
02:39So...
02:41Your father ran Black's law firm.
02:44You're a Yale Law School grad.
02:47And now you're applying for an assistant role?
02:49Doesn't add up.
02:50You don't need to understand.
02:52Just see that I'm qualified.
02:57Your father's firm tanked.
02:59You think just because you're some fancy Yale School grad that you get a free pass?
03:04Assistant or not, you're not special.
03:10Hey, what the hell's going on here?
03:12Look, I am so sorry.
03:14Okay, this should not happen.
03:17You okay?
03:23Is this how you treat applicants?
03:25Mr. Winkler, I didn't mean-
03:27Go get the medical kit. Now!
03:33So this was the plan. Pull Harrison's strings. Play the victim.
03:37Sebastian knew he'd fall for it. Clever.
03:47So why is a once-successful lawyer applying for an assistant job?
03:53Well, if you saw the news.
03:56The recent murder case.
03:59His victims were my family.
04:03Yeah, I'm- I'm sorry. Yeah.
04:06My father's firm's license got suspended, so no firm will touch me now.
04:11But I- I need this job.
04:13For my sister. She's the only survivor.
04:16Can I ask why the license was suspended?
04:22Oh, my father, he-
04:26He pushed too hard.
04:28Crossed lines.
04:30But I wasn't involved.
04:32Please, Mr. Winkler, I won't be dismissed for my father's mistakes, will I?
04:36I won't be dismissed for my father's mistakes, will I?
04:42Well, I heard you have a meeting in ten minutes, so I'll let you get to it.
04:46Hey, hey.
04:48You'll make a great assistant.
04:50Okay, welcome aboard.
04:54Thank you, Mr. Winkler.
04:56Harrison.
04:58You can call me Harrison.
05:07Harrison.
05:18So you became Harrison's assistant.
05:21The money's in your account, as promised.
05:24When's my next mission?
05:27You're that desperate for money?
05:30You know my situation.
05:33So you'd do anything for it?
05:36Anything.
05:41Do you know how to swim?
05:44Not at all.
05:47Jump in.
05:49I'll pay you another hundred grand.
06:03No.
06:28No!
06:30I'm so sorry.
06:32Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, ma'am.
06:34No, you can't go in there.
06:35Let me and my family in there!
06:37Calm down.
06:41Are you crazy?
06:42Why would you jump in if you can't swim?
06:44Does it count?
06:53I need a secret girlfriend.
06:55Is this part of the mission?
06:57It's not part of the mission.
07:00It's not part of the mission.
07:25Your second mission?
07:27Kill Harrison's unborn baby.
07:32I'm no saint, but that's evil.
07:35Look, it's not murder.
07:37It's barely three months alive.
07:39Legally, that's nothing.
07:45If my father finds out about that baby,
07:48Harrison gets everything.
07:50Do the math.
07:52No inheritance, no payment.
07:55Still feeling moral?
07:59Do I have a choice?
08:03You need the money for your sister, don't you?
08:26Yeah, put Emma Black into advanced care.
08:29I'll pay for the whole thing.
08:31She's the kid or her sister.
08:40You need the money for your sister.
08:56Hey.
09:07Sorry. Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you.
09:09No, it's fine. I was just making some milk for Lisa.
09:13That's very thoughtful.
09:16Here, I'll take that to her.
09:18You take this.
09:20You didn't have breakfast, so I thought you might be hungry.
09:22Okay?
09:25Oh, you okay?
09:27Yeah, I'm sorry for spilling that. I'll clean it up.
09:29No, no, no, don't worry about it. Seriously, it's fine.
09:31We'll get the maid to clean it up.
09:33But it was for Lisa.
09:36No, it's fine. I'll have her make another one, okay?
09:45No, I can't do this.
09:47There must be another way that doesn't hurt the baby.
09:56Ladies and gentlemen, thank you so much for joining us today.
10:01We're very grateful for your support.
10:03We're happy you're here.
10:04And we do have one more pretty exciting announcement for you all.
10:08Lisa and I are expecting a baby.
10:15Have you heard?
10:17The winkler's first grandson will secure 5% of the family stock when he's born.
10:21Lisa! Why are you cheating on me?
10:26What are you doing? Who are you?
10:27Oh, me?
10:28Yeah.
10:29I'm your fiancee's boyfriend.
10:30The one she didn't tell you about.
10:32Is that true?
10:34Harrison, it is not what it looks like.
10:36Oh, it's exactly what it looks like.
10:38She's carrying my baby.
10:43Harrison, it is not what it looks like.
10:45Oh, it's exactly what it looks like.
10:47She's carrying my baby.
10:48Enough!
10:49What are you doing? Just leave.
10:51No, not without my baby.
10:53What are you planning on doing? Marrying him and pretending it's his?
10:55That's disgusting.
10:56This is absurd security.
10:58Get him out of here.
10:59No need for that.
11:01I'll leave.
11:03Lisa, you'll regret this.
11:08Harrison, this is an embarrassment.
11:10I warned you, not just anybody is fit to be in this family.
11:13Dad, we're figuring it out, alright?
11:16Relax.
11:17Figuring it out?
11:18A scandal like this at an engagement party?
11:21The press is going to tear us apart.
11:23Oh, and you can forget about handing you the Happy Holiday Village Prize.
11:27There's no way in hell I'm giving it to you now.
11:30My God.
11:45Do you think you've earned it?
11:47I got rid of your problem, didn't I?
11:51Don't get cute with me.
11:56Don't get cute with me.
11:58I don't know what you're talking about, Mr. Winthrop.
12:00Bringing Chris into the little family drama, what's the angle?
12:04Making him blow up the engagement was the cleanest way to do it.
12:07That way the baby doesn't have to disappear. It was best for everybody.
12:13You're digging us into a hole. This could blow back on all of us.
12:16I did my homework. The baby's not Harrison's.
12:23Can't even deal with an unborn child.
12:27It's a life, Sebastian. It matters.
12:32Are you trying to be a good person or something?
12:35What's next? Donating to charity?
12:40I was never a good person.
12:43I submitted evidence that wasn't clear.
12:46My father used it, and...
12:50they died.
12:52My mother, my sister.
12:57I'm the one who should have gone.
13:02Well, the takeaway?
13:04Being a smartass makes you dumb.
13:07Thanks for the insight.
13:09Go. Take care of Harrison.
13:12I'll wire you the money, but you pull a stunt like this again...
13:16and it won't end well.
13:18I hear you, Mr. Winkler.