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-Hey. -I just got off the phone

with the hospital. Thank you, sweetheart.

Your father made it through the night.

Meanwhile, that home-wrecker-

make that homicidal- woman is walking around here

like she didn't just confess to trying to kill him.

Careful, Mom.

What Hayley said and what we can prove are two different fights.

Whatever she said to you last night

won't hold up without corroboration.

She had a vial of poison in her bra, Naomi.

An unknown substance.

Which is why we need those test results.

Well, what's taking so long?

Well, we can't rush this.

Hayley needs to be convicted, which means no shortcuts

and nothing her attorney can use

to get this case dismissed on a technicality.

Can you imagine someone standing up in court

defending that woman?

I mean, who on Earth would even want to deal with her?

Hear her little squeaky voice.

Tomas Navarro. Attorney for Hayley Hamilton.

You better have a damn good reason for detaining my client.

Morning to you, too, sunshine.

Your client was caught trying to dispose of evidence.

What evidence?

A vial filled with a unknown substance.

Till we know what that substance is,

Mrs. Hamilton can enjoy the hospitality

of our interrogation room.

You know you're detaining the wife of Bill Hamilton?

A man of significant influence in this city,

including this department.

I must have missed that memo.

I want to speak to the chief of police.

He's busy.

Then get me Jacob Hawthorne.

I was told he's lead on this case.

You see him?

Yeah, me neither.

Can anybody in this family keep their mouth shut?

Bill, I'm here on official police business.

Are my girls okay?

-Everyone's fine. -Then what...

-A warrant? -For evidence.

Why the hell do you need my blood?

We have reason to believe you've been poisoned.

? ?

Hey, there's my son. How was the workout?

Racquetball with a constituent.

Ah, you let him win.

And I hated every minute of it.

I'm about to hit the basketball court

if you've got some gas left in the tank.

Actually, I was wondering if we could talk instead.

What's going on?

It's about Smitty.

He's gotten into something that's worrying me,

something that spells bad news for all of us.

Oh, excuse me, honey.

So, I am really surprised to see you two sitting here,

having a leisurely morning.

Um, you know, if it was my daughter that was in custody

with the police and spent the night there-

whew, I suddenly wouldn't be sitting here sipping on coffee.

DANI: What was Hayley thinking?

Calling Tomas to represent her?

I want to see my client.

Officer at the end of the hall will let you in.

-Oh. Any updates? -Nope.

And now that Mrs. Hamilton's lawyered up,

the wheels are gonna turn even slower.

I find it so interesting Tomas didn't turn tail

when you laid out the case.

Didn't it come up that his boss was the victim?

No, Mr. Navarro came in here with his chest puffed out.

He'll find out soon enough.

Ladies, go home. Get some rest.

I'll call you when there's something to call about.

-Thanks. -Thank you.

He's right, Mom. You need to check in with Andre.

I did send him a text.

I told him you and I had a slumber party.

-You didn't. -Well, we did

spend the night together.

We just didn't slumber or party.

Yet.

That comes when Hayley trades in high fashion

for an orange jumpsuit.

About time.

I'm trying to understand why you called me

and not your husband.

Bill's away on business.

The last thing he needs is to be dragged back

'cause Dani's making my life a living hell yet again.

So this is Dani's doing?

One hundred percent.

And I'm counting on you to prove it.

This is Dani executing the playbook.

Dani should be in this chair, not me.

I've dealt with her harassment, her threats,

her-her fixation on my life for nearly two years.

And now she escalates to breaking into my home?

We'll circle back to Dani.

Right now, we have to deal with this vial situation.

Oh, my God.

Like, why are we still pretending that matters, huh?

What was in it?

Hand sanitizer.

-You serious? -Yes.

Jacob wouldn't let me use the bathroom without an escort,

which was humiliating enough, but Officer "Watch Me Pee"

didn't give me time to wash my hands.

Okay then. Walk me through last night from the beginning,

and remember, I can't help you if you're not forthcoming.

Okay, I-I heard a noise.

Bill's out of town, and

we let the housekeeper go, so yes, I was scared.

Why not call the police?

Tomas, I-I made a promise to myself

that, after the mugging,

I will never be helpless again.

So, I grabbed my gun,

and I went to investigate and found Dani.

Once you realized it was her, did you lower your weapon?

Hell no.

The woman who's been terrorizing me was in my home,

uninvited and accusing me of things that-that made no sense.

That's when Naomi and Jacob arrived?

Convenient, right?

Look, Naomi was at the club earlier playing nice,

sitting with me, talking about peace

and-and moving forward,

all while Dani was breaking into my house.

They were working together.

And when Jacob walked in, of course he took their side.

Instead of him arresting Dani, he dragged me down here.

And the vial?

Look, we've been over this, Tomas.

We're going over it again.

It's no wonder why Bill never made you a full partner.

You have a comprehension problem.

It was hand sanitizer.

Time and the toxicology report will settle that.

My ex-wife breaks into my house with my daughter's help.

-Naomi gave Dani the code. -Yeah, to my home.

Dani believed there was something there

that would explain what's happening to you.

Okay, so the plan was what-

to break in, dig through my stuff

like it was some kind of family scavenger hunt?

-She was looking for answers. -She was trespassing, Jacob.

And not one person- nobody- thought to call me.

You know what?

We're doing this all out of order.

You didn't come here to walk me through a burglary.

You came here for my blood. Why?

Your wife was caught trying to get rid of a vial that contained

a suspicious substance.

This is insane. I mean, that could be anything,

including what's been making you sick.

-You're making a leap, Jacob. -Bill, I'm doing my job.

-We're having it analyzed now. -What did Hayley say it was?

-She asked for a lawyer. -Well, good.

You know, since you're talking about attempted murder,

I'd be worried if she didn't ask for protection.

It's still something we have to look into.

Oh, you can look all you want,

but don't draw conclusions

and then work backwards to justify them.

Hayley has made mistakes, she's lied, but she's no murderer.

And I don't appreciate my son-in-law

working overtime to build a case against my wife.

So, if you, if you don't have anything real,

then you can get the hell out of my room and out of my face.

Bill! Oh, my God. Oh, my God.

Hey.

Hey.

-You're home. -Mm-hmm.

So, talk to me.

Girls' night with Naomi. How was it?

I didn't exactly give you the full picture when I texted.

What do you mean?

-I was with Naomi all night. -Mm-hmm.

But we weren't at her place.

So where were you?

At the police station.

Wait...

Where do I even start?

Smitty's Red Market series has been making some real noise.

Something about another plasma ring being shut down?

In San Fran. He's getting accolades.

And, for the most part, favorable reader response.

Ah. Well, more power to him, huh?

But everyone's not celebrating.

You're not talking about this Impaler thug.

Smitty thinks this guy is setting him up,

and Jacob isn't as convinced.

Well, Jacob had Smitty under a microscope once

after Lia's death.

-Right. -Huh.

Meanwhile, with all these questions swirling around,

you're knee-deep in a campaign,

having to act like everything is normal.

Well, I spoke to Granddad,

and he said it wouldn't be the worst thing

if I had to walk away from my political career.

Vernon said that?

Surprised me, too.

And then he explained that,

if everything I'd worked so hard for-

everything that I achieved- was taken away,

I would still have my family.

And nothing I could ever build would matter more than that.

Well, he's not wrong, son.

I walked away feeling better.

But honestly,

I didn't think I would really lose my career.

At the time, it was just an abstract idea.

Then Jacob found new evidence.

And now?

And now I don't know where I stand.

So you're not remotely curious about how I know that Dani, uh,

spent the night at the slammer?

I don't entertain fiction before noon, Leslie.

Well, it's a good thing that I bring the facts.

That's all I'm dealing in.

See, uh,

in case you forgot, my boo is a detective.

In fact, we met right here. This is where we connected,

at that WinterFest shindig you hosted.

Food was a bit dry, but, uh, the company made up for it.

-I'll get to the bottom of this. -No, no. No need to.

After my boo canceled our date,

I find out that, thanks to your daughter

and to my new best friend,

Mrs. Hayley Hamilton.

Doing what?

Oh, I don't know. It was something about

one of them pulling out a gun on the other one.

-A gun? -A gun?

I'm not doubting you, baby, but this is attempted murder.

Why is everyone so surprised?

Hayley has been a gold digger since day one.

Now she's just run out of patience.

-[phone vibrates] -Oh.

-That's Mother. -I...

I'm sure you two have a lot to talk about.

-I'll give you some space. -All right.

Yeah.

-Hello, Mother. -ANITA: Dani, what is this

I hear about you spending the night at the police station?

It's fine. I'm home.

So it's true?

I also heard there was a gun involved.

Look, nobody fired anything.

I'm okay.

Your daddy and I are on our way.

Mm. Now, that family is a hot mess.

And you didn't teach your boy no manners.

He just ran out of here without even thanking me.

You're representing Hayley?

Hello to you too. And yes.

I would walk away from this, Tomas.

On what grounds?

Self-preservation.

She's your dad's wife.

She called me, and she needed help.

What was I supposed to do, hang up on her?

Yes. Yeah.

You know, for someone who is obsessed with his career,

it's amazing that you're willing to tank everything

by representing the woman who tried to kill your boss.

I didn't come in here to ask nicely.

-This warrant lawfully gives... -I know what it means, Junior.

Judge Collier signed this?

Man, please. First year out of law school,

Bennett and I were in the trenches together.

You give me ten minutes, I'll have him walk this back.

Before you make that call, you should speak to Dani.

For what? Why?

You telling me to ask my ex-wife for legal advice?

I'm saying you should talk to someone who was there.

You know what, I know exactly what Dani would say.

She'd say whatever she needed to to drag Hayley through the mud.

Then talk to Naomi.

You know she wouldn't bend the truth for anyone.

If I'm wrong, she'll tell you.

Bennett. Yeah. It's Bill.

How you been?

Good.

Listen, I need a little favor.

Dani's upstairs.

She needed a minute to freshen up.

Uh, can I get you anything? We brought back some

pretty excellent coffee beans from Korea.

I don't need coffee. I need answers.

Yes. Um, I think you should hear that from her.

You won't have to wait much longer, Mother.

Daddy.

Skip the formalities, sweetheart.

Why were you at a police station all night?

And why did we have to hear about it from Leslie?

Because I didn't have time to make calls.

I didn't even tell Andre until this morning.

It all happened very fast.

What happened?

What I have to tell you is gonna sound like

it's from a very bad movie, but I have receipts.

A ten million dollar one, in particular.

-She's been poisoning Bill? -Apparently so.

What you found is compelling.

But until Jacob confirms what was in that vial,

it's still conjecture.

And conjecture won't hold up in court.

Or in public.

-Well, how did Bill take it? -He doesn't know yet.

-He doesn't know? -He's in the hospital.

He didn't want me to tell anyone.

But you are gonna tell him?

I-I think it makes sense for it to come from me

instead of from Hayley rolling in there

with her crocodile tears and her cleavage,

telling her version of events.

I think that's smart, baby.

You go. Say what needs to be said.

I'll walk you out?

Uh, no. Um, we may stay for a moment.

Andre was telling us about your coffee.

A new blend you brought back from Seoul, right?

Yeah, sure. I got you.

Okay.

You said Jacob pulled more footage.

He did, and it shows Smitty across from his source

two days before Lia died.

That's not good.

But Smitty said he never met the man.

Not at the time. I mean, he hasn't seen the guy in months.

Well, move off of what you know. You know who your husband is.

I do, and that's why this doesn't make any sense.

Well, then trust that.

You know, the facts will come out eventually,

and Jacob will have the best techs at MPD

going through the footage frame by frame.

If there's any manipulation, they'll find it.

And what if they don't?

Then we'll deal with that when it's real.

But you and Smitty are gonna get through this.

And when you do, life will go right back to where it was.

You know, sometimes, the things that test

a marriage don't weaken it, they strengthen it.

And you and Smitty have been through far worse.

I appreciate you, Dad.

-[phone vibrates] -Oh.

That's Shonda. I'll keep you updated.

Okay.

-[phone vibrates] -Oh.

Hey, you.

I'm just finishing up at the club.

Gonna head over to Garland. You need anything?

Oh, well, uh, you're my sweet snack.

I'll see you soon. Love you.

LESLIE: I remember when you used to talk to me like that.

I can tell by the look on your face

Hayley left a few things out.

Doesn't change anything.

Until I hear otherwise from Bill,

I'm Hayley's lawyer,

and she is entitled to a vigorous defense.

I'm not asking you to abandon your client.

I'm telling you as a courtesy

because you deserve to walk in there with your eyes open,

knowing your client never mentioned the attempted murder.

Alleged.

She held a gun to my mother.

Confessed to trying to kill my father.

Wake up, Tomas.

Hayley has been lying and manipulating us

from the day she walked into our lives.

Keep that in mind while you're crafting your vigorous defense.

I handed the man a legal warrant.

Signed by a sitting judge.

I laid out all the evidence clearly

and gave him every reason to cooperate.

Yet he grabs his phone and calls in a favor.

Bill's trying to nullify the warrant?

Like it's a parking ticket.

Believe me, I've been on the other side

of that conversation with him more times than I can count.

Bill Hamilton decides what he is ready to hear and when.

[phone chimes]

The results are in.

Reverse yourself on the warrant, Bennett.

Well, on the grounds it has no merit

and it should never have gotten this far.

Well, consider it a personal favor.

Kind of like when I let you stay on the court

during our last tennis match

instead of ending your misery early.

[door opens]

End the call.

-Excuse me? -End it.

Bennett, I'll call you back.

This better be good.

The substance in the vial that Hayley tried to conceal

tested positive for ethylene glycol.

Okay, okay, so... so? That doesn't prove

my wife was trying to poison me.

Dr. Montgomery, you ran every test under the sun on me,

and not once did you mention what Jacob is talking about.

Because we weren't looking for it.

Ethylene glycol is a stealth toxin.

It's not something that shows up in standard screening.

We need to be specifically looking for it to find it,

and until now, we didn't have a reason to.

But if this is in your bloodstream...

Bill, it will explain everything.

Fine. Run it.

But when it comes back negative, which it will,

that'll be the end of this.

I'll call the lab for a rush order.

The sooner the better.

It's been decades since those words trickled off my tongue

in your direction.

Well, to me, it's like no time has passed at all.

But it has. A lot of it.

And the sooner you accept that we share a past

but we're never gonna share a future,

the better off you'll be. Don't you want something real?

I think I may have found it.

Detective Malone?

That man and his magic mustache

didn't just find his way into my bed.

He found his way right up to the door of my heart.

And for the first time in a long time,

I'm thinking about opening it.

Do it, Dana. Let that man in.

You think I'm capable of being a good woman?

I know she's in there, Dana, always has been.

And from what I can tell, uh...

...Malone seems like he's really into you.

Oh, man, is he.

He looks at me like I'm a full course meal.

-Mm. Then focus on that. -Yeah.

Focus on what you want and can have, not what you can't.

I hear you.

But I can't get my head around

how you loved me then.

And now...

I did love you.

But the woman I fell for doesn't exist anymore.

Now, that doesn't mean the woman you're becoming

can't love or be loved.

But she deserves someone who sees her, like Malone.

I'll take that with me.

Please, do.

Look at you, like a kid on Christmas morning.

The test results came back.

There was a poisonous element in the vial.

Damn. Christmas really did come early.

Early and ugly.

At least now we know why Bill's been declining.

Months of him getting worse with no explanation,

and now we've got an answer.

I guess we better loop in Hayley Hamilton's attorney.

Detective, I was wondering when you'd circle back.

The lab results are in.

The substance your client tried to dispose of

contained ethylene glycol.

That's concerning.

Garland is running a tox screen on Bill now.

If that particular element shows up,

we're no longer talking about suspicion anymore.

It's attempted murder.

You want to go inform your client?

Actually, no.

How you feeling?

Like a man who is constantly reminded

that he's not as invincible as he thought.

So, terrible.

Got it.

I need you to tell me what happened at my house last night.

She got to you first.

So what version of events did Hayley spin this time?

Not Hayley. Jacob.

-Jacob was here? -Mm-hmm.

Does that mean he found out whatever was in that vial?

I'll answer your question after you answer mine.

Last night. My house. Start talking.

Okay. Um...

I felt that something was off.

It just wasn't adding up.

Every time you left the hospital, you fell apart

as soon as you went home.

So, I asked myself, "Who was taking care of you at home?"

-Hayley. -With all that attentive wifey energy,

getting you to do cardio,

personally making you tea and smoothies, cupcakes.

So you broke into my house based on a hunch?

No, I broke into your house because I knew

no one would believe me without proof.

Especially you.

Naomi gave me the code.

And when I got in, I grabbed

everything that looked like it could be compromised.

Pills, powder, Scotch.

My Scotch?

If she's bold enough to poison your tea,

she's bold enough to poison your pleasure.

But the evidence only left me with the how.

I needed the why. Right? The motive.

So, I found your safe.

You're gonna need to change that code, by the way.

You've been using the same one since the Obama days.

Well, I certainly will now.

I opened it.

And there it was.

Ten million dollar life insurance policy

with Hayley as the sole beneficiary,

deed to the house in St. Barts in her name only.

The only hitch?

The prenup.

And that's when it clicked.

Bill, Hayley wasn't playing house.

She was playing endgame.

What happened next?

Hayley got home.

She caught me and she pulled a gun on me.

-She what? -She didn't hesitate.

She pointed it right at my chest.

Her plan was simple.

Shoot me, call the cops, say she thought I was an intruder.

She thought she had me, so she got comfortable.

Comfortable enough to tell me

that you wouldn't be around for much longer.

She said that?

If Naomi and Jacob hadn't come they...

She would've pulled the trigger.

Okay, so-so sh-she what- she just...

stood there and confessed?

No, no. As soon as there were witnesses,

she denied everything.

She played the scared wife routine.

Trying to buy herself enough time to hide the evidence.

But Detective Malone caught her with the vial.

So, Jacob sent it away for testing,

and now they're holding her until they figure out

what she's been feeding you.

This doesn't make sense. None of this...

none of this makes any sense.

I gave that woman everything. Everything.

Everything I had, everything I built- money, status,

a black card without a ceiling, a home.

It's her name on the deed to that house in St. Barts.

Because I wanted her to...

...feel secure, know she wasn't going anywhere.

Just...

Why would she want me dead?

Bill.

She never loved you.

You were just a means to an end.

-Hey, cuz. -Martin.

I know I just got here,

but I want to go on the record.

I think this is the first time in recorded history

I've witnessed the Naomi Hamilton Hawthorne

reject coffee.

Well, caffeine and no sleep is a dangerous combination.

I've been at the police station all night.

Were you with a client?

I wish.

No, I was there with my mother.

Sweets for my sweet thing.

You lost?

I know you didn't come down here to feed me sugar.

Oh, what, a woman can't, uh, bring her man

something in the midday morning?

A little pick-me-up?

Now, why else would I be here?

Other than your bestie being detained?

Ooh, Hayley's still here.

Goodness. Poor thing must be terrified.

Hardly.

I've seen people sweat over a late library book

more than she's sweating now.

Trust me, Hayley and I will be at the country club

this afternoon raising a glass to her freedom.

We'll see.

Looks like you didn't get much sleep last night.

Not really.

Worried about Dani?

Something like that.

Well, that's what we wanted to talk to you about.

I'm thinking your days of worrying about Dani

being pulled into Bill's orbit are over.

You still haven't told me why Jacob came by.

If it wasn't for the test results, then what was it?

He had a warrant for my blood.

He wants to see if it has the same element in it

that they found in that vial.

-Well, all right. I... -Don't.

-What? -Just don't start gloating.

You think this feels like a win for me?

You think I wanted to be right about something

as horrendous as this?

Well, we don't know that you're right just yet, now, do we?

We've got the blood work, we've got the toxin,

and we've got Jacob with this warrant,

-but I'm still not convinced. -Not convinced?

Bill, Hayley was found with a vial of that compound on her.

What do you think it was for- freshening up the houseplants?

I don't want it to be true, okay?

God...

Can't a man sitting in a hospital bed

reserve the right to not believe

that his wife has been poisoning him?

You know, it's so easy for everybody

to just jump to the worst conclusions about Hayley,

but I lived with her.

I shared a bed with her. I trusted her.

So, no, my blood work

can still come back clean. This ain't over.

Well, you can wish whatever you want,

but you better be ready to live

with what those test results say.

It was never just a fling for me, Dani.

I know, Bill.

[door opens]

Lab results are in.

Ready?

So Hayley definitely puts the "wicked" in "wicked stepmother."

So she's been poisoning your dad?

If what we think is true.

But the test results haven't confirmed anything yet.

It will, and we both know it.

I don't have the luxury of believing anything right now.

Um, but I need to check in on Mom and...

Oh, my God, Chelsea.

She can't hear about this from anyone but me. Um...

And I'm sure Jacob is heading back to the station right now,

and we need to be prepared if those test results

come back as positive.

-We need to be ready to... -N-Naomi.

Martin.

Please, I...

I don't have time to fall apart right now.

But before you go fixing everybody else...

...just do one thing for me.

What?

I'm okay.

You are now.

Now that it's clear what's been going on with Bill's health,

Dani's attention won't be divided anymore.

Exactly.

Half the problem was uncertainty.

Dani not knowing

what role she's supposed to play in it.

That kind of confusion can make anybody feel all over the place.

Yeah, I hear you.

You know what Dani told me?

She said that Bill's health scare

has made her realize how lucky she is to be married

to a man who is young and strong

and shows up for her every day.

We had our concerns about Bill,

old habits finding their way back.

And we expressed those concerns.

VERNON: Oh, yeah, we didn't keep it to ourselves.

No. But one thing remained clear.

The love you and Dani have is real.

And now that Bill is recovering, you and Dani get to breathe.

No more distractions. No more shadows from the past.

That sounds good.

Well, we've taken up enough of your morning.

Yeah, uh, thanks so much for the pep talk.

-We'll see ourselves out. -Yeah.

Hey, looks like you're on a mission.

Yeah, the ER pulled me for a consult.

Threw my whole morning sideways.

Oh, you need an extra set of hands?

Um, I'll be okay.

I just...

I was about to make an important call,

so I'm just playing catch-up now.

[phone rings]

Metro PD. Detective Malone.

This is Dr. Montgomery at Garland Memorial.

I need Detective Hawthorne.

It's the doc.

Tell me you've got something.

Yep. Sending it to you now.

Copy.

Everything all right?

You know I can't talk about it, Ted,

but your family's probably gonna contact you soon.

That's what came back, Pops.

Yeah, I know what it means.

Stay put.

I got called to a crime scene. Up for a ride-along?

No, I'm good. I think I'll stay right here.

Figured.

Yeah, I got it.

Hayley Hamilton,

you're under arrest for attempted murder.

-What? Me? What? Let me go! -You have the right to remain silent.

Anything you do or say will be used

against you in the court of law.

You have the right to talk to an attorney

and to have an attorney present with you before questioning.

If you cannot afford an attorney,

one will be appointed for you before questioning, if you wish.

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