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I, Tess, take you, Craig, to have and to hold from this day forward.

I, Tess, take you, Craig, to have and to hold from this day forward. For richer,

for poorer.

For richer, for poorer. To love and to cherish till death do us part.

To love and to cherish till death do us part.

This is my solemn vow.

I, Craig, take you, Tess, to have and to hold from this day forward. I, Craig,

take you, Tess.

They haven't to hold from this day forward. For richer, for poorer. For

for poorer. To love and to cherish till death do us part. To love and to cherish

until death do us part.

This is my solemn vow.

All right, champagne, bread, more.

More.

Congratulations, Greg.

Way to go, Mr. McCall.

Thank

you.

I would like to propose a toast.

Twenty years.

Well, if I knew then what I know now.

No, no, no, no, no, no, no.

I would do it all over again. We just did.

I don't know. Sometimes I wonder how I ever deserved you or Sophie

or Josh.

A lot of guys may say this, but...

I really am the luckiest man in the world.

Cheers.

Bonnie, pour me some of that.

Matthew!

I'm so glad you're here. Oh, I wouldn't miss this for the world.

Renewing your vows after 20 years, that is something.

Oh, it is.

No, I'm serious. It is. It really is wonderful.

You know that Craig and I have been partners almost that long?

And you know something?

I don't really worry about him out there because I know he's with you.

You know something?

I don't worry about him when he's off duty because I know he's home with you.

Oh,

God,

look. They even went for Aunt Ida's meatball. Mom, it was beautiful.

I know. Everybody writes them. own ballast these days. Frankly, I wanted it

be exactly the way it was.

Hey.

Oh, Denise.

Come on. You're my sister. I know you. What is up?

I just had this hunch. I think Bobby's fooling around.

No.

What? Oh,

will you please go dance with Uncle Frank so I don't have to?

Hi. Do you think she's okay, Sue?

Well, she was crying when you and Daddy were saying your vows, but everybody was

crying. You know, I thought it was going to be totally weird seeing your parents

get married, but I liked it.

What about Bobby?

Bobby? Crying? Yeah, right.

Louise?

Come here. I'm sorry.

You have to tell me why you think that. I shouldn't have said anything to Dave

all day. Are you kidding me? Of course you should have.

Hey, Jess, you got that ice? Uh, yeah.

Look,

we'll get into this later.

Mom?

Um, Brett and I are talking about getting married next summer.

Honey, you still have two years of school left.

What about the Sorbonne?

Oh, well, I don't know what's happening with that. I haven't heard.

But if we do decide to go ahead, I'm going to take a leave of absence.

Just for a year until Brett finishes.

And then he'll support me and I'll go back and I'll go on to grad school.

Mom, you do this. What?

When you sense trouble, you start wiping down surfaces.

There's no trouble. I just... Honey, I never had the opportunity for an

education. What does that have to do with me?

I can have both.

This is not an either -or situation.

No, Brett and I, it's supposed to be a partnership. You know that.

I'm not going to give up anything.

Mom?

It just turned out to be such a cool thing you and Daddy did today.

I'm just happy.

And I just wanted to tell you what Brett and I were talking about.

And we're just talking.

Okay?

Okay. Now go.

This is your wedding day.

Go.

I'll be there in two hours. You have to leave.

Yeah, sorry, babe. This guy we've been watching, his wife turned up buried in

the basement.

What was up with your sister today?

Oh, her and Bobby.

Your daughter wants to get married.

I think she's too young.

Oh, I know, babe. Hey, we got married at her age.

We turned out okay, didn't we?

20 years, do you believe it?

Tired of me?

You know, we ought to be at a romantic hideaway somewhere.

Just the two of us.

No, I mean it. I know I've said it before, but I would like to do that.

It's going to swell into a red giant. It's going to swell up Mercury, Venus,

maybe even Earth. I'm not careful.

Not for a long, long time now, honey.

Come on, hurry up. You're going to miss your bath. Let's go.

In five billion years, we're going to get a hundred times brighter than this

now. Bummer.

Hey, I'm working on my hook shot.

Yeah, we'll see about that. Bye -bye. Love you.

And I found a credit card receipt in his jacket.

Four flowers.

I never got any flowers.

Oh, I can't believe it. There must be a reasonable explanation. He's just

different.

He says he plays basketball on Tuesday nights.

Yeah. But I went down there the other day, and the guy said he hadn't been

there in weeks.

Wow.

Oh, Niecy, you can't jump to conclusions.

Our checking account has been off $100 twice now. And then... The change

has gotten really great.

That's bad?

The main thing is the feeling.

Why don't men have that?

Well, they do. They just don't know what to do with it.

Oh, niece.

Oh, honey.

Oh, niece.

Come on, it's going to be fun. It really will.

Come on. Oh,

honey. I don't know what to do now.

Well, okay, all right, so let's say he sent someone flowers, but we don't know

what that means. It could be anything.

I feel so paranoid I can't help it. Look, it's probably not as bad as you

but I don't know.

To put your mind at ease, we need to try to find out.

Oh.

Did you ask him?

Well, I don't know. If you think something's going on, you need to check

I can't believe you know how to do this, darling.

Hey, I'm a mother. I may not know how to turn on a computer, but I know how to

be observant.

Do you remember how we used to sit out here on our bikes waiting for Daddy to

get off work? I'm just glad he's not here to say this.

Remember in a million years, did I ever think... I know, I know.

Mom and Daddy were lucky.

It really was till death do us part with them.

Hey, Bobby.

See you later.

Yeah, see you tomorrow, Chuck.

Good. We're doing it. Isn't it?

Anything to be alarmed?

God, he never uses his blinker. Tell me about it.

There he is.

Parked behind that little convertible.

I can't.

I have to leave.

No, no. We're seeing this through.

Ladies, what can I get for you?

Oh,

uh, ginger ale, please.

One ginger ale. No, two white wines.

Don't you bail on me now. Do you have, like, carafts? Sure. One caraft white

wine.

They're going, what?

Oh, come on, honey. I'm sorry.

Don't. Don't, sweetie.

Do it.

No, it'll be fine. Craig has experience with these kind of things. He'll know

what to do. Here, sweetie, sit.

Hey!

Everything okay at home?

Oh, yeah, everything's fine.

Can you just give us a minute?

Uh, well, yeah, it's kind of nutso around here, but, uh... All right.

He had a...

An arm around her, and then the two of them left together.

Oh, come on.

Bobby, are you sure? He's my husband.

We both saw him with our own eyes. I don't know how much more you need. All

saying is that unless you have some evidence... Well, sweetheart, that's why

we've come to you, because we need an expert to find him.

Shirley, would you tell Mrs. Delaney I'll be right in? Sure, detective.

Her daughter Tara is a runaway. Oh, how awful. Yeah, 15 years old.

Honey, if you could just tell us how to go about it.

You want me to tell you how to run a surveillance?

That's right.

the movies, so we'll get something later.

Okay.

Hi, Denise.

Hi, Denise.

Hey, hey.

Now? Yep, this is it.

What? What's going on?

Uh, just start the soup. Well, and stay with Josh.

I'll be back later, okay?

this truck. He's gonna kill me.

I know Craig said to rent an old car. Just hope this thing starts.

Get the camera.

Wait.

Niecy?

Here, come here.

We have to wait.

All right, I'm waiting.

Niecy, honey, please sit down.

Oh, Jesus, I can't hear them. Ow!

Niecy! Niecy!

I'll

make sure that

thing's running.

Niecy?

Lying! Cheating!

Get away from my husband!

Get! Get!

Easy, niece.

Nothing in your life will ever be easy again!

Calm down!

Is this festival?

You please stop filming this!

I am gonna kill you!

My client agrees to a quick settlement.

If, in exchange, Mrs. Hughes doesn't go into court with the videotape as

evidence.

And we have one other point.

Yes.

We would like Mr. Hughes to be responsible for the funds that he took

account for his indiscretion.

It was their joint account.

We had the exact amount, Mr. Fisher.

Hmm.

Mrs. McCall, I don't know what your availability is, but would you have any

interest in doing some investigative work for us here from time to time?

Oh, Mr.

Fisher.

That's really nice of you. It is, but I was only helping out my sister. I mean,

I'm not a... I don't have a bit of experience with this kind of thing.

Really? Well, I like the way you think. I thought you did a very good job in

there. I really did.

Thank you. Thank you very much. Why don't you give it some thought and...

you cough?

What about this? Should I take that back to school?

Yeah. Is that mine?

No.

Hey, Soph.

I'm just going to say this one last time about you and Brett.

Honey, you're 18.

I just don't want you to be in such a rush.

We're not in a rush. We just want to be married.

I don't know. I look at you and Daddy and I just think... No, don't look at

That's different.

We're different.

I mean, when I met Daddy, he was just out of the service and about to go in

forest, and I thought it was a miracle he even wanted me. Mom, you always

shortchange yourself.

Oh. You do.

It's just that he was this worldly man, this well -traveled, gorgeous man.

Honey, I guess what I'm trying to say is... I never had the chance to explore.

Mom, I am different than you.

I will continue my education.

I know I will. I know you say that, but life has a way of getting in the way.

Mom.

Well, I'm sorry you feel that you got caught up in us.

Oh, no, sweetie.

I did, but it's what I wanted. I mean, my life has been very full, very happy.

So are you going to take that job?

I hadn't really thought about it. Mom, why not?

The lawyer was on the other side. He must have really been impressed.

I don't know. We'll see.

Anyway, Brad's waiting.

I know.

Sweetie, I just want you to think about what I said carefully.

Okay, I will.

And you think about it, too.

Bye. Bye.

Love you.

I don't know. I think you might lay off her a little bit.

Hey, you asked my opinion, so I'm telling you.

What, you want her to get married?

Well, no, not particularly. I just don't know how much we should get involved.

I was just expressing my opinion. Yeah, over and over and over and over again.

Honey, there's a fine line between... Hey, did you call this guy?

Not yet.

What do you... You mean you intend to?

Yeah, I thought I would. Yeah.

I made you a compliment, but... But what?

He likes the way I think. And,

you know, I think I'm good.

Yeah, Tess. I mean, what's the worst that can happen here, I feel?

No, I mean... Tess.

You don't think I can do it, do you?

to Tess McCall.

Yes.

Yes, I have thought about it. And, um, yes, I would.

That's wonderful.

I'll see you then.

It's very important. Good morning. Yes.

Good morning. Welcome aboard.

Come on. Let's go into my office. I cannot tell you how pleased I am that

joining us. Thanks.

I've got some research I want you to do. Okay. I think you'll find everything

that you need at the court records in the county clerk's office. Oh, by the

do you have coffee?

Oh, yeah. Thanks. I'm fine.

Okay. Also, you'll find the county tax files at the courthouse as well. I want

you to check that, too.

This week's been about legwork, mainly. You know, looking up addresses, records.

Oh, it's not like what they make it look like in the movies, is it? In fact,

it's pretty boring when you get right down to it.

Well, there's one that's interesting, though. You remember that one I was

telling you about? The client whose wife was always going out of town on

business trips? Yeah.

Well, I followed her.

You did?

Yeah. She went to the airport, all right. The airport motel.

Hello.

Oh, um, yes, just a moment.

Here, sweetie.

Hello? Oh, hi. Yeah.

Yeah. This is Delaney.

Yes. So you do what Dad does except you don't work for the police.

Sort of.

She's spying people.

Yeah, I understand.

Cool.

Well, not exactly spying. It's more like gathering information.

Goodbye.

Who's on the phone?

Linda Delaney.

She's the mother of that 15 -year -old runaway girl. I was supposed to call

Anyway, starting tomorrow, they have me down at the county center sorting

through piles of building leases.

Every day?

For the next two weeks, yeah.

Well, looks like we're going to have to fend for ourselves, huh?

Ouch.

Thank you.

You've got to admit, it is interesting work. And you're good at it. Thank you.

You know, funny, life really is an open book.

I mean, whatever you've done, it's written down somewhere.

Hey, Dennis, meet Tess McCullough. She's the one that worked on your case.

Dennis Bell.

Nice to meet you. Excuse me one minute.

So, welcome aboard.

You've been here... A month, barely.

You were my first case.

Well, you did an extraordinary job. And my wife will think so, too, when she

finds out what I know about the guy she's been seeing.

Really, you did a great job. Thank you.

Hey, here's the printout.

Check the DMV? Right. And the registered voters' listings.

Nice to meet you. Thanks.

Hey,

have they said when you can cut back on hours?

I didn't think this was going to be full time.

Well, no, it's not supposed to be.

Why would I cut back on hours?

Well, I'm just saying, you know.

I mean, you've got this place, you've got me, the kids.

Hi. Hey.

Are you feeling neglected?

Oh, not particularly.

Well, what's he going to say?

What are you saying? You want me to cut back?

Well, no, I'm just saying that I think that maybe it's getting to be a bit too

much.

You know, I mean, I'm gone all hours of the day and night, and now you are too?

Oh.

Okay.

I will.

I'll just tell them I have to rethink my schedule.

Yes, I'm here.

The Sally Russell?

That's me.

A friend gave me your name, Michelle Hess.

I thought you did some work for her.

Yes, I did.

Well, I was wondering if I might stop in. I'm sorry to call you at home, but I

have a matter I'd like to discuss with you. You mean here?

Now?

Well, I'd really appreciate it.

It's very personal, and I've been talking about it.

Can I tell you, I just love Sally Russell's table. I mean, I read every

cover to cover.

I get such great hints from it.

I'm sorry, this isn't your brand.

The commercial you do for them is so cute.

Well, thank you. I do it because, you know, I use their product in my catering

business.

Um, Tess?

that should apologize for barging in like this.

But it's Jason, my husband.

That's what I wanted to talk to you about.

Oh, I met him in Rio.

I was catering a party and he was there in a white dinner jacket.

It was so MGM.

It was just like one of those old black and white movies.

That's romantic.

Oh, he was so handsome and so Brazilian.

I just loved that accent. I could listen to it all night.

But then I discovered that that wasn't his, the accent, and that he was from

Louis. No, no, no, I didn't think a thing of it. I mean, I do exactly the

thing. I pick up on the way people talk, you know.

Anyway, we fell desperately in love, and, well, we'd been married for a year.

Jason is, um, he's my business partner.

And he's younger than me.

Oh, yes, I see.

I mean, he's very handsome.

Yeah.

He's drop -dead gorgeous.

I think he's seeing another woman.

I think.

I was just wondering if...

He might help me.

Yeah, I saw her magazine in the checkout counter.

She caters or hosts parties or something like that? Yeah.

I mean, I just admire her so much. I mean, what she's managed to create for

herself. I thought you told them you were cutting back.

Well, this doesn't have anything to do with the firm. I'd be taking this on my

own.

On your own?

Well, yeah.

I talked to Mr. Fisher about it, and he said sure.

Because, I mean, I only work there part -time anyway. Slow down, slow down, slow

down. This is not what you've been saying, Tess.

Now, this is not the kind of legwork job that you've been talking about.

I know.

Do you?

Do you know what you're taking on? For heaven's sakes, Craig, I mean, give me

some credit. I give you plenty of credit.

Then be happy for me.

It's not as if we can't use the money.

Sophie's in college, and before you know it, Josh will be there too. I know, I

know. I just thought you might appreciate the fact that I'm able to

financially. I appreciate it.

I just want to make sure you keep some sort of perspective on all this.

I feel like I'm in a

Calvin Klein commercial.

This is my office.

And this is his.

But don't worry, he's not here today.

Beth, I don't know if I can go through with this.

It's like I'm already saying he's guilty.

You told me you had a hunch.

If you really do, you owe it to yourself to follow your own instinct.

I have to tell you, though, if you open this door, you have to be prepared to

walk through it.

I just want everything to be like it was in the beginning.

I really don't know if I could survive without him.

Then maybe you should think about this a little more.

Hmm.

Help you?

Hi.

I must have gone past this shop a hundred times. I thought... I'm a

investigator, and I was wondering what kind of equipment you might be able to

show me for, you know, surveillance.

What kind of surveillance would you be talking about?

Oh.

All -purpose?

Cameron? What?

A lineman's telephone that you hook up anywhere you have access to in the wild.

Oh, wow.

All kinds of wireless video and audio monitoring.

Hidden microphones.

Badges. ID cards.

A pinhole lens for your camcorder.

Really? Drill a hole in the wall, attach it to your camcorder, and you get the

big picture in the next room.

Recorder, wall proof, lets you hear through walls, an electronic tracking

device. You attach this to the car you want to follow, and then this piece, the

receiver, lets you hear a continuous beep, beep, beep in your own car.

Perfect.

Do you have a catalog?

That's fine. Hey!

in O 'Keefe's still life, doesn't it?

You know what Alfred Stiglitz said when he saw Georgia O 'Keefe's artwork for

the first time?

He said, finally, a woman on paper.

I didn't know that.

Yeah, he said that.

Wonderful party.

Tara.

Oh, honey. Honey, I'm worried about you.

Nice to see Mrs. Delaney with a happy ending, huh?

Yeah, for a change.

Thank you.

I usually just... I'll go home.

It's a nice change.

Would you like to dance?

Here? Or anywhere you like.

Um, actually, someone's coming to pick me up. Oh, lucky guy.

It was like the pinkest sand I've ever seen in my life.

Oh, excuse me.

We should probably get together in the morning.

Okay, why?

I think you were right to have your suspicions.

Did you see him with someone?

I had a little chat with him myself.

So, excuse me.

I taped it on tape.

What's on tape?

Did he make a path at you?

So don't breathe a word to him until we can come up with some kind of a

strategy, all right?

Yeah, all right.

Sally?

Yeah, all right.

What, babe?

I'm just feeling thankful that I have you to come home to.

And now you know how I've felt all these years.

All his things.

Yes. Gone.

Took everything he could get his hands on, everything that wasn't protected.

Wait a minute. Thank God I still have my business. I don't understand. I

confronted him.

I had to.

Oh, Sally.

I told you not to. I couldn't help it.

What do you think? I mean, this has been horrible for me.

Okay.

I'm sorry, Dad. I'm sorry.

Hey, babe, don't beat yourself up over it.

It's not your fault.

Yeah, it was.

I shouldn't have said anything to her till I had the guy absolutely dead to

rights.

Well, situations like this require a professional.

You know, your pipes break, you call a plumber.

What?

Look, you were fine before all of this, and if you choose to quit, you'll be

fine after. No, I'm not quitting. I'm not.

Actually, Peter Fisher says I can run office space down at his firm.

Do you think maybe you're getting a little bit ahead of yourself here? What

office space? Come on.

Craig, when I see what happens to these people, my own sister, I want to do

something. Honey, look, it is one thing to look up records in the courthouse,

but you could get hurt.

I'm not just talking about your feelings.

I'm very careful. No, these people, some wacko you're trailing.

finds out, then you become the target. Oh.

You walk into some domestic altercation, do you know that that's how more cops

are killed?

You never know what you're going to walk into.

For the first time in my life, I found something that matters, that

I can actually do.

And I'm going to do it.

Yes, if you could just give us the correct spelling of your name.

Right.

Yes, that's how we have it in our directory.

Great. Thank you very much.

Hello. How are you?

Fine.

Peter Fisher just told me you opened your own office here. Yeah.

Good morning.

It's nice to see you again.

You too.

I wanted you to know that Maggie and I are in counseling. We're trying to make

it work out.

Good. That's wonderful.

Do you want to... I don't know. I'm not going to keep you. I just came by to say

thanks for everything and I wish you the best of luck.

You take care. Okay.

Hey.

Hey.

Who's that?

Who's that guy? A client.

Guess what?

Another firm's put me on retainer. Oh, boy. Terrific.

Yes, Mr. Turner. Tess McCall.

Yeah. I spoke to him. I got his particulars, and I think it's a good

start.

Yeah.

Why not... Well, we'll have the meeting tomorrow morning at 9 o 'clock.

Okay. Great. Thanks.

Jeez. So who was that guy?

Oh, I told you. He was a client.

Yeah?

I saw the guy hugging you. I was, you know, a little jealous.

You are, aren't you?

You want to call it a day? Let's go.

No, no, no, sweetie. I've got like three hours of work left to do. I can't.

Sorry. Don't worry.

Dinner's in the slow cooker.

Okay. Okay.

All right.

I will see you later. Okay. Okay.

Missed your time going in there.

The guy took out a lease if he wasn't there two weeks.

I'll be up at nine if you get lonesome on your break.

I got a thermos.

Oh, you know how Uncle Frank and Aunt Ida are. Can't put your feet up on

anything. Great, look.

I leave town and you blossom.

You doing okay?

So tell me, how's it going? Are you having the most incredible time?

Yeah.

Yeah, ma 'am.

I lose a husband and you gain a career.

And a wardrobe.

Oh, Nithi, you were lucky.

No. You just don't know. I know. I mean, as devastating as it was, it could have

been worse.

I mean, some of these men and women are left... practically destitute, with no

one to show them how to protect themselves.

Maybe you ought to teach a class.

Maybe I ought to.

You know what you look like.

One of the lunchroom ladies from when we were in junior high.

Good. I mean, different. Good, different.

A lunchroom lady with a mission.

Hey, babe.

Hey, listen, you haven't seen a gold earring in here by any chance, have you?

Linda Delaney just called. She thinks she may have lost it in here when we

looking for her daughter, Tara.

Great.

She will be very, very happy.

We've all seen it in the movies, right?

Somebody's having an affair.

romantic dinners and stolen weekends at some glamorous -looking hideaway,

presents to die for. Well, let me tell you, infidelity is not cheap, even on a

real -life scale.

So what we have to do, if we have that uneasy feeling about our spouses, is not

to ignore it, which is probably our first inclination, but pay attention,

for clues, gather the evidence.

You'll find everything you need to run a basic surveillance you probably already

have, from your car to your phone to baby monitors, even your pet.

I'm not kidding.

Saying you're out looking for your dog can come in very handy when you're

someplace you're not supposed to be.

Thank you.

Dad. Oh, Sally.

Um, excuse me one second.

Sally. Yeah.

I wasn't sure you'd come. I wasn't sure I would either, but you were great.

You're becoming quite the pro, Tess McCall.

I want another chance, Sally.

I'm better at it now. I think I can help you.

I was going through building leases, and I found an office lease in Jason's name

for Asian Pacific Imports.

No.

He'd already cleared out, but I found a receipt that might mean something.

Uh, Happy Bottom?

That.

Oh, my God. That's what he used to call me.

Sally!

Look what I found.

What? ID.

Driver's license from three different states.

Jason Farrell, Laszlo Sperling, Benjamin Randall. Who the hell is this man?

Hey. Hey.

I'm a... Hey, sweetie.

Hey, did you remember the... Binoculars, yeah. Where are they? They're in the

trunk. I'll get him later.

Big bopper?

Hey, big bopper.

Want to bop on in here a minute?

Placing ads in the personals is just part of doing your job? Is that what

trying to say to me?

No, no. That's what I am saying to you.

It's for an investigation.

A murder investigation. Now, if you don't believe me, why don't you call

Matthew? Now, Tess, this is my job. This is what I do. This is what it's always

been.

I'm not doing something different now. I've never known you to do this before.

Yes, you have.

You just haven't realized what it's entailed.

Now, honey, you have no reason to be suspicious.

All right.

You're right. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

It's just...

It's me. It's my imagination.

The job.

I'm sorry.

Big Bob.

I have some news.

Oh, no. It's nothing bad.

I got into the Sorbonne.

You don't want to go because someone younger and smarter than you will take

place?

When do you have to let them know about it?

By the end of the month.

Well, if you don't want to go, don't worry about disappointing us.

It's your decision. This is not about us.

Daddy, it's not that I don't want to go.

It's just I'm confused.

I'm sorry, but the logic here is there is no logic here.

Can I be excused from this, or am I being punished?

Why don't you help me clear the table?

I'm sorry. Get out.

Mother! Get out of my house! Wait, wait, stop it! You don't have to go, okay?

Just stay.

Stop it! Stop it! Stop it!

What is the matter with you? I can't believe you just did that! You are out

control! You are the one who is out of control!

walked in on your daughter and Brett in the middle of...

Of what?

They were having sex, Craig, in our house. And it's not appropriate

and she knows that.

Oh, don't patronize me. You always do that.

I'm sorry.

You don't even know you're doing it anymore. Tiff, Tiff, I said I'm sorry.

God, it's been a long...

No, I don't.

Look,

she's in the house. She's safe.

It could be a lot worse.

Let's get into this in the morning. As you haven't noticed, it is morning. Why

are you trying to pick a fight with me?

You are.

This is what you've been doing lately. What is this about? Well, when you just

disappear. That's what I'm talking about. Disappear? I don't disappear. You

that.

You know, I get called. I get paged.

It's some...

Is there something going on with you that I need to know about?

Yeah.

Yeah, there is.

You know what?

I don't like you in this job.

And I don't think I ever will.

I don't like how it makes you.

Tess, honey, it's like you're obsessed.

You're obsessed.

You are.

you just started. It's going to take time.

I don't know that I'll ever be inspired.

I found Jason Farrell. He's in Seattle.

You did? How?

Through those IDs.

He's living there under the name of Benjamin Randall. I'm going there in a

days. I wish I could go too.

Denise, I think Craig's seeing somebody.

You don't seem shocked.

Nothing shocks me anymore.

I just have this.

Oh, I know that's how it starts.

I need to know, or I just need it to all go away.

If you think you have reason to suspect him, then you have to run a thorough

investigation, just like you would anyone else.

This is the receiver for the RF camera.

Great. What about that two -way phone recorder?

It starts when any phone in the house is used and stops automatically when it's

hung up.

If you approve.

I'll take that, too.

Hello?

Oh, hey. How are you doing?

Oh, hey, thanks, Rick.

I'm going to Seattle tomorrow on a job. I may be gone for several days.

Who's on the phone?

That was Matthew.

Hi, sweetheart.

Have a nice day?

You know, Benjamin, the dry cleaner called. They're not going to have your

until tomorrow. Is that okay?

Come on, Dad.

Come on, Chris.

Here we go.

I want to push the button.

Yes, Benjamin Randolph, please.

You'll have to give them a moment. Mrs. Vandal and their kids just went out.

Door.

Mm -hmm.

Wife and kids.

Statements from two banks where he opened accounts with your money.

Oh, no.

Oh, fine.

Do the kids look like him?

We should go see your attorney. We should do it right away.

Yeah.

Can we do this tomorrow, please?

I finished early.

Hey.

Did you have a good trip?

Yeah.

Listen,

I'm running late. I've got to pick up Maddie.

Spencer's being transferred to the second precinct, so we're going to throw

little party for him. That's why I'm scarfing down a hot dog.

You don't mind if I go, do you?

Oh, no, of course not. I'll probably go to bed early anyway.

So, did you get the bad guys?

Yeah.

He didn't know it yet, but yeah.

the radio tower overlooking Lake Erie is music into the night.

And here's one from 1975.

broken, did I tell you?

You have to jiggle it every time you flush.

Want me to call them?

I'm just not quite sure what to tell them.

Well, just what you told me. You have to jiggle it.

What, you want me to call them? No, I will.

Well, if you want me to, just say so. No, I said I would.

Bye, sweetie.

Bye, sweetheart.

Have a good day.

I had some files.

Did you see them?

No.

You sure?

Of course. Why would I see them?

Because sometimes you see them.

You think I go through your things?

Because I don't.

Yeah, you do.

I wanted to see your files.

I could do it without you even knowing it.

Yeah, sure.

All right. I'll see you.

Copies of bank statements, marriage certificates, IDs, and photos.

God, I can't believe this was going on and I was completely blind to it.

Well, good job, Tess.

You and I need to get together sometime. My firm could use an investigator with

your kind of fortitude.

I'll call the DA's office right away. Thanks.

A hell of a job test. He's right.

Thank you.

I'm sorry about this morning. I am. I was a real jerk.

I'll call the plumber.

I'll take care of everything, babe.

I'm so sorry.

Remember when we used to do this, huh?

I'd come home for lunch.

I have to meet Tenia.

Call her.

Tell her you can't make it.

Hey.

Everything I tell women to look for, it's now happening to me.

And I think it's been going on for a really long time, Neat.

I just didn't want to see it.

I haven't ever said anything, but... Craig at Laurel's wedding.

I walked in on him and Connie Carpenter.

Her bridesmaids?

So?

What do you mean?

In the bedroom.

You've known about this for five years.

And you kept it a secret?

Kept it a secret?

I just didn't...

I couldn't tell you. How dare you tell me now?

How dare you even talk to me?

Tess!

Would you like me to fix you something to eat before you go?

I'd be happy to.

I know you would, Mother.

We'll probably just stop for something on the way.

Anyway, I'm sure Brett would be too mortified to show his face in here.

It's nothing.

I'm sorry.

You always do this. You always say nothing.

No, I don't.

Yes, you do. Believe me.

You always deny stuff.

The obvious.

Yeah.

Oh, Soph.

You get to me my age, and you think you're grown, and you have it all

out, and I have so much to... figure out.

So is this a midlife thing or something?

Oh, God, I hope not yet.

I am so proud of you.

Yeah, I guess I'm pretty proud of you, too.

I trust you, Soph.

I hope you know that.

Yeah, I do.

I do, Mommy.

Whatever you decide to do, okay?

I may rant or rave, but I'll support you, right?

Yeah, I know.

Okay.

Mrs. DeLay, please, Linda.

So luxurious.

Vengeantly.

So, are you from here?

No, I'm from back east.

Miss it?

Well, my daughter's with me, and that helps. And there's this guy I'm seeing.

Ah, that must help, too.

Well, no man's ever treated me as well as he treats me.

Then you are lucky.

Well, I'm not that lucky. He's married.

Well, you never know.

In this case, I'm afraid I do know.

Sorry.

Even if he wasn't married, this guy, I get the feeling that I'm not the first.

I mean, our relationship is what it is.

As long as we're in room 116, it's a relationship.

I'm sorry to go on. You want to take this for a test drive?

Hiya, Tess. He's out on call right now.

Tess?

He was here?

He's out with Captain Popkin. A robbery over in Cheney.

Tess, what is it?

You tell me.

You don't know?

No, I don't. There are names and dates and little stars by the names. As if he

rates them.

Women's names.

This doesn't have anything to do with your personal aunt's case.

Oh, Tess.

You guys have been my friends for a long, long time. And this goes back a

long time, doesn't it?

Doesn't it? This juggling women, that's what he's doing, isn't it?

Oh, Matthew, don't worry.

You don't have to say anything.

Because you just told me.

Tess, God, I... Matthew, I'd appreciate it if you didn't get involved in this.

The secretary said you were here.

Tess, I have nothing to say to you. Oh, yeah, you do.

Don't get all defensive on me. I haven't done anything against you. Yes, you

have. I'd say you have. You conspired with him.

Conspired? I ought to beat the crap out of you. I can still do it, you know.

I don't know what the hell else you'd call it. I was conspiring. I was

conspiring with you.

You wanted, needed to believe that he was a certain way. And I only wanted you

to be happy, so I believed it, too.

I would never hurt you.

You're right. I did want him.

Decent. I wanted him to be decent.

And that's why I went wrong.

I made it so easy for him.

I did.

I was so willing to believe, to accept.

anything to make it all right.

Maybe when you talk to him, you need to talk to him.

It's over, Denise.

It's over.

I'm not ever, ever going back.

I don't want to.

What are you going to do?

Hi, sweetheart.

Listen, I... I have to go back to Seattle. I may be gone for a couple of

I know.

Could you pick up Josh from school?

No, I already checked with Denise and she's working.

But she said she can probably keep him tomorrow afternoon.

All right, then.

Great.

Love you, too.

You want to close out your joint account?

No, no. I want you to leave just $10 in it and then transfer the rest to a new

account. Hi. No problem.

Hi. How can I help you?

Yeah, I'd like a Rembley. All right. For one night?

Excuse me.

Newton Motel. Good afternoon.

Yeah, we're on Highway 101.

Just south of the lake.

Just south of the lake, that's right.

Uh, excuse me, could you tell me what happened to the liquor store on the

corner?

They moved.

They did? Just one block down. Great, thanks.

All right.

Sorry about that.

No, it's all right.

Is it possible to get room 117?

117, uh, not a problem.

Thank you.

Your son?

Yeah. Oh, wow.

I bet you like him really terrific art, huh?

Yeah.

Don't worry about me, okay?

I'll just, um... Okay, Kat.

You don't have no money. No, I don't. I'm going to have to stop by an ATM.

come on. Keep it cool.

home, okay?

No, I don't know. The machine must not be working.

I got to school kind of late. It's all locked up.

I'm going to head home.

No,

don't think so.

Sounds like down the phone.

You're shot.

It's terrific fun, huh?

Yeah.

in court.

I don't believe this.

That he did this or that I caught you.

Oh, go ahead. Take it.

I have a copy.

All right, you caught me.

Babe,

I mean, yeah, come on.

It's nothing.

I'm an idiot. I'm an idiot.

I'm a jerk.

It's over.

It will never happen.

say something.

I'm listening to you.

Babe.

I don't even have to ask you what her name is, because what I don't know about

her, I can find out.

Oh,

no, I'm not through with you yet.

I have dates, I have the times, I have names of the others. I can trace your

infidelity back as far as you'd be able to. Tess, I think you made your point,

okay? No, I took vows, Craig.

I took them seriously.

Right?

And you betrayed me.

Dennis.

Dennis, you mean everything to me.

I have provided for you.

I have always been here for you.

I gave you 20 years of my life. And you looked me in the eyes.

And you lied to me.

And you betrayed me.

Did you know that the porch light was out?

I changed it.

Did you?

Thank you, sweetheart.

Hey, you want to do something special this weekend?

We can drive up and visit Sophie at school.

Bet there'll be a basketball game on.

Just me and you?

Or Denise.

Maybe, if you like.

Or not.

Do you mind if... Oh, sorry. I caught you in the middle of dinner.

Would you care for something? Are you hungry?

No, no, no. I ate.

Please, sit down.

I just stopped by to see how you guys were doing.

How's school?

Sucks, as usual.

Did you turn in that science project yet?

When is that due?

It was due last Friday, except I can turn in them this week.

Mr. Evans is cool.

Well, I don't want you to get points taken off because you're late.

I won't.

Well, yeah, but... What do you care?

Josh.

Josh!

Hey, Josh.

Hey, buddy.

I'm sorry, buddy.

This next guest, she's back again. Please give a warm welcome to our very

Tess McCall.

Hi, Tess. Welcome back.

Tess is an advocate, I guess you could say, for those whose spouses cheat on

them, stealing away the assets of the marriage, not to mention the years of

devotion. Now, Tess, last time you were telling us about how you started your

business and what you had learned, and you were talking about fidelity and

infidelity, and our audience really responded to that, and I've got to tell

that surprised me.

Yes, it does seem to strike a chord, unfortunately.

Tess, isn't part of what you do, well, some would say it's about revenge.

Oh, no.

Oh, no, it's not. Not at all. I mean, I think sometimes in the beginning it's

about fear of abandonment or it's about jealousy, but I really think mostly

this is about love and respect.

Respect for what was.

The life you built together.

All the things you vowed you'd be for each other no matter what.

I think finally it's about respect for yourself.

Because what's done cannot be undone.

And it's how you live with it that really matters. I mean, how you get on

your life.

Because, believe me, life does go on.

No, it took forever, didn't it? Come on, quick, quick, quick.

Hi.

I'm sorry I'm late. It's okay.

I'm just glad you're here. We saw the show. You were great. Thank you.

I'm so nervous.

Are you? It's like I'm going with you.

Part of me is, actually.

Listen, nothing's changed with Brett and I. I just wanted you to know that.

And I also want you to know that I realize how important this trip is.

And that I have to take care of myself.

Oh, baby, I'm so proud you're my daughter.

Thank you.

Give me a hug.

Okay.

Yeah.

I love you guys. I love you, too.

I'm going to miss you.

You too.

Bye,

Denise.

Great.

Bye. Bye.

Sorry.

Bye. Bye.

Josh? Hey, guys.

Josh? He brought me some popcorn.

Josh, wait up.

Well, she's out of the nest, I guess.

Just, uh... Weird.

Done all the damage we can do, huh?

I think no.

Look, what happened wasn't just you.

Okay? It was me, too.

Anyway, I'm okay.

I just want to get on with my life.

I never realized you had it in you.

I know you didn't.