Previously on "The Company You Keep"...
We're the Asian American Kennedys.
We got to remember to put that in the memoir.
Claire Fox?
Her support is not the kind you want.
Why does Daphne want to go to Pine Grove?
Brad Willford will be a featured speaker there.
Dealing drugs to dealing arms. That is an ambitious new line of work.
Connor wants you dead. Your family too.
And I'm the only one standing in the way of that happening.
When she finds out what we do, her innocence is gone.
I am so sorry for leaving you to raise our daughter alone.
I let you down before.
Not gonna do it again.
- This one mine? - Mm-hmm.
Thank you.
Hey, so Ollie's still not ready yet?
Yeah, the tween "I'll be ready when I'm ready"
vibes are strong today.
Let her take her time.
I don't mind hanging here.
OK. Deal them up.
What?
Look what the cat dragged in.
Frankie Musso.
Oh, my!
How long has it been?
Too long, Franny Bananny. Always too long.
But you, my love, haven't changed a lick.
- Oh! - You still got it,
the million-dollar smile, legs for days.
Oh, you are so full of it, Frankie.
If you're gonna flirt with my wife, you better butter me up too.
Don't be jealous, Leo.
You already got the girl.
What is this about?
Greatest rivalry Bank Street's ever seen.
So that was Ma's fiancé until she met Pop.
- Wow. - Mm-hmm.
Nah, seriously.
I should probably be thanking you, Leo.
Oh, yeah? How's that, Frankie?
Ah, Franny walking out on me kind of forced me to grow up,
make something of myself.
I owe all my success to you, doll.
You're welcome.
So how's New York treating you, Frankie?
Like the best city in the world.
And you guys...
Glad to see the place is still going strong.
- Yeah. - I mean,
with the neighborhood changing and all.
I heard there's a Whole Foods going in a few blocks over.
All the coffee shops and yoga studios
can't keep up with charm and a stiff drink.
Absolutely.
I was surprised when I heard Rosie sold the pizza joint.
Wait, Rosie sold?
But word is, she made a boatload of money.
Hey, do you remember...
Do you remember our first date there?
Yeah, I also remember when I found you there
two-timing me with Cindy Napoletano.
She meant almost nothing to me.
Almost nothing.
I can't believe Rosie sold, huh?
- Wow. - Yeah.
March of progress.
Still, those real estate vultures could be an opportunity.
Are you suggesting that we sell?
No, we could never. This place is part of who we are.
An institution.
Couldn't agree more.
Hey. There she is.
You ready to go?
Did you...
I forgot the sign for kneepads.
All right.
You see the look on Pop's face when Frankie walked in?
Thought Pop was gonna ram the guy's head through the bar
when he mentioned selling.
Yeah, do you think that's the message or the messenger?
Hmm.
You ever think where you'd be
if you weren't born into this family business?
Look, I tried a different life, you know, in New York.
And I mean, Simon stuff aside,
I always felt like I was...
running a long con, you know what I mean?
Like I was just trying to live some life that wasn't for me.
This place, what we do, I...
I like my life.
What about you?
You know, sometimes I think a fresh start would be nice.
And then other times, I don't know.
Yeah, I mean, you know what they say, Charlie.
Wherever you go, there you are.
Baltimore?
Don't overthink it.
Over the past few months, our partnership
has accomplished more than we thought was possible.
And this... this is just the beginning.
Aye, but let's not forget who's in charge, right?
All of youse, you work for us, yeah?
- Leave it. - We work together.
And best of all, we have managed
to scale up all our operations without any bloodshed.
I wouldn't say without any.
Hey, that was just a wee reminder of what happens
- when you mess with my family. - I said leave it.
Perhaps you need to step outside.
I don't take orders from you, sister.
I'm sorry?
Step out so we can continue.
As I was saying...
You wanted to see us?
We just received a coordination request for your Maguire case.
Are you serious?
Someone at Langley decided to bog this operation down
with so much bureaucratic red tape
that it'll be years before we can make a move.
This doesn't make sense.
Well, you've clearly ruffled a few feathers,
especially with your findings concerning Dalton Bridges.
So any movement we make on the Maguires
will have to go through all these channels?
Unless...
Unless we had something Langley didn't know about.
Did you ever formalize that asset of yours?
Nope.
Grown-ups inside?
What's stopping me from killing you
- where you stand, son? - I don't know.
I mean, I'd say intelligence, but we both know
that never stopped you before.
Listen to you.
A real made man.
They're expecting me. You gonna let me through?
You only have a seat at that table while she's still here.
You understand me?
OK.
Don't you forget it.
Good seeing you, Connor.
I mean it.
That's it for now. I'll be in touch.
Daphne tells me it's you I should be thanking
for springing me.
Least I can do.
Considering the 10 mil you stole?
Call it even.
Can't take all the credit.
Daphne has a way of getting what it is she wants.
Course she does. She's my daughter.
But I think I've earned a bit more than "attagirl," no?
How's that, now?
I'd like to run what I've built.
Handle all of our U.S. operations
while you and Connor rule the roost back in Ireland.
Think of it as insulating yourself
from the day-to-day operations while maintaining profits.
Just and your reformed con man,
running all of North America?
Who says I'm reformed?
You're right. You built it.
It's yours.
But before I go, I'd like to meet
this arms supplier of yours.
Look him in the eye when you sit down with him this week.
Is that a problem?
Not at all.
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Hey.
Oh, Jesus.
Just want to get a debriefing from you.
First you break my dad out of jail. Now you're pulling B&Es?
I just used the key you gave me.
Right.
Yeah, I keep forgetting to change those locks.
So how'd it go with Daphne and the Maguire family reunion?
Well, Patrick wants in
on Daphne's arms supplier meeting this week.
And from the sounds of it, I bet Connor's
- gonna be in that meeting too. - Great.
We can line up evidence to connect Daphne and the Maguires
- with Willford. - OK.
- I need you in that meeting. - No, you don't.
No. Uh... no, I'm not. They barely trust me.
Look, they find me there wearing an earwig, I'm... No.
Charlie, I know.
Look, it's the only way to get the DOJ to open a case.
When I get this, you and your family
will never have to worry about him again.
I get caught, they kill me. You understand that, right?
So don't get caught.
You make it sound so easy.
You make it look easy.
OK.
I get you what you need.
What then?
Then...
we'll go our separate ways.
You're going to forgive student debt
while taxpayers foot the bill?
I see affordable education
as an investment in all of our futures.
I didn't realize my opponent was a member
of the Socialist Party.
- Dad... - What's with the debate prep?
Isn't the election next week?
Your brother's been invited to face off with his opponent
in a televised debate.
Seems like the race is tight enough to be national news.
OK, let me grab a cup of coffee, and we'll run it again.
Can't wait till you move this whole circus
to your office on Capitol Hill.
Remind me why I wanted to be a politician again?
- Hey. - Hmm?
Why aren't you grilling David?
I've got to finish the foreword for the memoir.
How would you sum up the story of the Hill family?
Hard pass.
Guys.
We have a problem.
Landry's got something on you.
David's Teflon. There's nothing.
Maybe it's not about David.
Well, whatever it is, they're gonna spring it on you at the debate.
A race this close, any October surprise could mean defeat.
Jesus.
Who are you calling?
We don't know who fired the gun, but we know who loaded it.
Hello there.
Hi. Excuse me?
Hi there.
Ma'am, that's not very nice. You can't just go in there.
Ma'am, please.
- I need to talk to you. - Hello? Are you there?
Billy, I'll have to call you right back.
To what do I owe this pleasure?
You know why I'm here.
I don't.
But if I had to guess, no offense, you're about 25 years too late.
Cut the crap.
You've had it out for my family for years.
My husband is one thing.
My son is quite another.
Are you using Jen as some sort of plant
in his campaign to manipulate him?
Quite the opposite, actually.
When I heard the party was pulling their support, I was...
Wait. When did this happen?
A few months ago.
I've always felt guilty for...
doing what I did to Joe and to you.
I was a completely different person back then.
So when one of the super PACs I work for
asked me to point them towards the next rising star,
I looked around the field, and I saw David.
I figured if I could help a talented young politician
and clear my conscience in the meantime,
well, that's a win-win.
That's it?
Yeah.
Grace, that's it.
Are we good?
We're good.
But if you're willing, I could actually use your help.
Thanks.
Oat milk latte.
You know my drink.
- Lucky guess. - Oh, please.
We both know luck isn't a thing.
So I was thinking.
The way Connor has been acting,
he's definitely gonna try and be at this meeting.
If he's there, I should go too.
It's not an if.
The second Patrick and Connor identify my arms supplier,
it's game over.
My power... gone.
Yeah.
You're right.
I need you to do whatever it is you do
to make sure the only person that meets with Willford...
is me.
All right, let me get this straight.
Emma needs Daphne and the Maguires
to meet Brad Willford, but yet Daphne
doesn't want Connor or Patrick anywhere near the meeting?
Correct, so we got to make Daphne think that she's
getting everything she wants.
Otherwise, she's gonna turn and set her sights
right back on us.
How do we pull that off?
We got to figure out a way to give both Daphne
- and Emma what they want. - Mm-hmm.
- Besides Charlie. - Thanks.
- Yup. - Wait, wait, wait.
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Mm.
How much longer you think you can hold that one off?
Not much.
But it's got to be right, you know?
- Yeah. - So we need to make
two opposing things happen at the same time
without either of them knowing
that the other one is happening.
Sarajevo Shuffle?
- No. - No.
- No. Permanent veto. - Mm-hmm.
- Permanent vet... - OK.
- Maybe Kansas City Shuffle. - Dangerous.
No, it's not... It's not the worst idea.
It's pretty close to it.
What about the Two Jeffs?
No Jeffs.
Two Jeffs failed... twice!
The script was solid.
- It's just, the Jeffs... - Weren't right.
Right, so all we need are...
- The right Jeffs. - Yes.
Third time's a charm.
Nice, Mom. Nailed it.
OK. Two Jeffs.
Two meetings happening at the same time
with the same people, all to get us out
from underneath both Daphne and Emma.
Course, if you hadn't gotten under Emma
in the first place...
Ha.
Now, Daphne's contact at American Armory,
Brad Willford, is the same old stooge
that we have known.
Now, Brad, before he got involved with Daphne,
he was already skimming guns on the regular.
Since expanding his business to include gangsters,
he's gotten a little skittish.
All right, so if we're gonna make this work,
we got to get Daphne on our side.
I will tell her everything that she needs to know.
What about Emma?
And I will tell her everything she needs to how.
How do we pull this off with the CIA looking over our shoulder?
We only show Emma what we want her to see.
Right, if that's the case, we're gonna need
more bodies to pull this off.
Whatever you need, Leo, the answer is yes.
Talk to Birdie.
She'll fill you in.
- Hey, man. - Hey.
- That was easy. - Guy's growing on me.
Hey, look, we have a problem.
I just got word the meeting is gonna be taking place on the metro.
We're gonna pull off the Two Jeffs on a train?
- Come on in. - Hey.
- I got this. - OK.
Had to be a train, huh?
Worse... metro.
Yeah, Willford, he's nervous.
Well, if arms dealing was easy, everyone would do it.
The Silver Line has two tunnels
and a handful of underground stations,
which means we need to rely on local frequencies.
Plus, I need to get it on tape.
So we go old-school.
Full disclosure, we haven't used this stuff in 20 years.
Well, that makes me feel better.
Look, I know it's unfair of me to push you to do this.
They're not gonna search me on a train full of people.
I'll be fine.
Right.
OK, then. Let's get you kitted up.
- OK. - Shirt, please.
May I?
Mm-hmm. Yeah.
Arms up, please.
Pretty good at this.
Not my first rodeo.
Hmm.
It's time.
The southbound train will arrive in two minutes.
Attention, all passengers.
The southbound train is now arriving at platform two.
Please stand back behind the yellow safety line.
- All right. - Ready?
Thanks for doing this.
Not just doing this for you, logistics.
We get this done, we can all move on with our lives.
Video?
There's camera one.
Please stand back from the platform area...
Mr. Willford. At last, we meet.
No names, please. I'd like to keep this discreet.
We can be discreet.
Wait. Where's camera two?
Where's Daphne?
Afraid she got caught up,
but she sends her apologies.
I don't like surprises.
I don't like wasting time.
And I don't like wasting time.
If Willford leaves, we're screwed.
I wouldn't worry. He's not going anywhere.
We're about to deliver ten times more product
than you've ever moved before.
If I were you, I'd want to be dealing
with the people who are actually in charge.
That's me, and that's my son.
Next Friday, 3:00 p.m.
A semi loaded with 10,000 units is gonna leave American Armory.
Officially, bill of lading says that these guns
are headed to Alabama to be turned into scrap.
Unofficially...
We give them a second lease on life...
And you walk away a very rich man.
I cannot have this tie back to me.
Daphne and I have been using the Freeport
- for exchange of funds... - Nah, son.
We're losing 20% in fees and middlemen
when we're laundering money at the Freeport.
If we're gonna be doing business at this scale,
we need a better system.
What's that?
Moving money the old-fashioned way.
Crypto.
You said you like discreet, don't you?
Daphne said that crypto...
I don't give a damn what she said.
I hired her to look for efficiencies in our operation,
not reinvent it.
From here on out, you'll be dealing with me and my son.
He'll be handling our U.S. operation,
not some overpriced consultant.
Did he just cut out his own daughter?
All right, Brad. Just tell him you're in. That's all I need.
Wait, what... what was that?
Birdie, what have you guys done?
We didn't have a choice.
Wait, wait, you go in there, and you blow this entire thing.
And you put my family, including my daughter,
who are all doing this for you, in danger.
OK, fine.
Crypto it is.
I'll be in touch with the details.
See? I told you. It worked.
Jesus, it's her.
Who?
The CIA agent your sister warned us about!
It's not my fault the thing went...
I'm talking to you, boy. Understand?
Understand?
Yes.
You've been so worried that your sister was going to steal your seat.
But if you don't clean up this bloody mess,
there won't be a table.
So what do you want me to do with her?
If you have to ask that,
I'm not sure you're fit to call yourself my son.
What the hell was that?
I didn't have a choice.
Daphne got paranoid,
wouldn't let Patrick or Connor anywhere near Willford.
It was the only way I could get you what you need.
Protect your operation.
Protect the operation or protect her?
Are you kidding me?
You're the reason I'm in this situation.
You're the one who said, get close to her.
Get her to trust you.
Then why not tell me? Why not be honest with me?
Because we both know how that worked out the last time.
What is that supposed to mean?
It means that I have risked everything to help you.
Everything.
I've been nothing but honest with you.
I've put my family in danger, myself in danger...
All of that to help you.
You know what? I'm done.
Just take your evidence and just go. We'll go our separate ways.
I'm out.
I'm done. I just... I want my life back.
I want my life back.
Charlie...
Please just go.
Just take your stuff. Just go.
Girl, where have you been?
I got it.
The silver bullet we've been looking for.
Maguire and his arms supplier on tape.
Who's that?
That's what I've been trying to tell you.
Wait, Cas got canned?
Worse... reassigned.
Hey, hey, hey.
Em, think before you go in there.
Look, Cas is one thing, but if you get reassigned,
that'll ruin my whole damn day.
OK, fine.
Crypto it is.
I'll be in touch with the details.
Nice work.
Your former supervisor told me you were one to watch.
Thanks.
So how do you want to proceed with the DOJ?
I don't. Why would we blow an operation that's just getting started?
We've got Maguire.
He's responsible for fentanyl flooding our streets,
thousands of overdoses in our country,
and God knows how many deaths overseas
with the guns he's selling.
Sure. But who's he selling to?
Tell me that. That's what we do at the CIA.
We catch the little fish so that we can lure in the bigger ones.
You're calling Patrick Maguire and Connor little fish?
You want to flip him.
If you wanted to slap handcuffs on bad guys for a living,
you should have joined the bureau.
Thank you, Ms. Hill.
Don't like that look.
We called it.
Connor tried to renegotiate, nearly blew the deal.
Yeah? How much did he pout
when Patrick put him in his place?
What?
I hired her to look
for efficiencies in our operation, not reinvent it.
From here on out, you'll be dealing with me and my son.
He'll be handling our U.S. operation,
not some overpriced consultant.
You know, it'd be disappointing if it wasn't so...
utterly predictable.
- I'm sorry. - No, don't be.
At least I know.
On some level, I think I always knew.
There was nothing I could do to change his mind,
nothing I could do that would make me...
Good enough.
Yeah, something like that.
Hey, look.
If he can't see you...
I mean, like, really see you, appreciate that...
I say screw him, you know?
He doesn't deserve to.
And that's on him, not you.
I should...
No, you shouldn't.
I have to.
- It's gonna be OK. - How?
- David... - This changes everything.
What's going on?
Someone leaked mom's memoir.
And your mother was quite candid about our family's past.
The affair, the aftermath... All our dirty secrets are out.
And you get a front-row seat to the destruction
of the Hill political dynasty.
Don't be so dramatic, David.
Our dynasty is very much intact.
How do you figure?
Wait, did you...
I want you to leak my memoir.
Why?
One chapter is about an unnamed lobbyist
who took advantage of Joe when he was a junior senator.
Oh, I see.
But it's also about how the affair was only
a symptom of an already troubled marriage,
and my husband's transgression forced us
to fight for our marriage.
Ballsy.
I like it.
It's time to face our truths instead of running from them.
And this way, we can control the narrative.
Grace Hill...
I've never loved you more.
But next time, a little heads-up, yeah?
Hey, Birdie. What's up?
Hey. I just wanted to...
To thank you for not fighting me on the whole
Ollie being a part of that last job thing.
Look, I know you'd never do anything
to put our daughter in danger.
If you didn't think she was ready for it,
you never would have let her do it anyway.
Thank you for saying that.
Hey, listen.
If you ever want to talk, you can just...
call me, OK?
Quite the move, Mom.
I've still got one or two tricks up my sleeve.
You know, I was expecting a fluff piece.
No offense.
But it was real. Honest.
It's time people know who we really are.
We spent years pretending to be the perfect family.
Aren't you exhausted?
I know I was.
After everything that happened,
after the affair, how could you trust him again?
It wasn't easy, but I still loved him.
Trust is a choice.
What we have was worth fighting for.
Hey, Mom.
I think I know why you're stuck on the foreword.
It's not a story about legacy.
It's... a love story.
_
What the hell are you doing here?
You're gonna want to hear this.
Come on in.
Look, if this is about your mom's memoir,
I'll save you the trouble.
I didn't release it.
Oh, I know.
Do you mind?
So if this isn't about the blackmail,
then why are you here?
Heard your dad and brother cut you out of the family business.
Mm, guess that makes all your hard work for nothing, huh?
Charlie's working for you.
Of course he is. For how long?
Since I threatened his family and gave him no choice.
Took a page out of your playbook.
You know, he never struck me as a rat.
Can't believe he got into bed with you.
Oh.
My God.
You were his messy relationship.
This isn't about Charlie. This is about you.
Look, I get it.
To have your intelligence seen as a threat,
work your ass off, prove you can do the job
better than anyone, only for some man
to swoop in and take it away.
Is this the part where we bond over gender politics
and being BIPOC women struggling against the patriarchy?
This is the part where you realize I'm your only way out.
I've got you.
I have an ironclad case against you and the Maguires.
Unless?
Unless we work together.
I know.
It pains me to say it.
We want the same thing.
Help me burn it to the ground,
and I'll let you go.
Aw, look at us.
We were so young.
Those were good times.
Yeah.
Come on, babe. Let's close the joint up.
You guys closed already?
No, but kind of wish we had.
Hey, be nice.
OK. So don't shoot me.
I put out a couple of feelers about the building,
and one buyer jumped at the idea.
I mean, in a big way.
How big?
Give me a call if you're interested.
Won't even charge full commission
on account of, you know, history.
With every vote my opponent has cast during his tenure,
he has proven time and time again
that he doesn't support the working class.
- Hey. - Hey.
- I didn't grow up... - How's he doing?
Holding his own, for the most part.
But Landry clearly wants to make this personal.
Unlike my opponent, I've had to work hard
to get to where I am.
Well, David, I will take that point to you.
What do you say to the accusation of nepotism,
that you're a legacy candidate?
Do you deserve to be in this race?
No, I don't. He's right.
I did grow up with a silver spoon in my mouth.
All I ever wanted was to be like my father.
He came to this country an immigrant,
knowing that no matter what,
he'd be judged,
not for who he was or what he did
but for what he represented.
But he accepted it
because he loved this country,
and he wanted to give back
to the place that had given him so much.
It's too bad your dad isn't running.
Yeah.
And it's too bad politics is no longer
about doing what's right for the people
- or giving back. - Come on, baby.
It's just about winning.
Come on, baby, why you do me like that?
It ain't none of your business.
Keep us out of this.
- Aye. - Yo, what's up with that?
We can't face the truth.
Politics has become... performative.
And I, for one, am done putting on a show.
I'm done telling people what they want to hear
instead of talking about what matters.
I'm just done.
- What? What just happened? - What the hell was that?
Whole Foods.
Things are really changing around here.
I think I need to...
stop ignoring the elephant in the room.
My condition is... It's not gonna...
So maybe we're just enjoying what we can while we can.
And as... as much as I love this... this bar...
Talk to me. What's going on?
I'm scared, Franny.
Babe.
Remember what you told me when I ditched Frankie
and you and I got engaged?
You said, from now on, it's just you and me, kid.
And it is.
Because I'm not going anywhere, OK?
You lied to me.
Working for the CIA, huh?
You know, I didn't see that one on my bingo card.
Can't help but notice you're not carrying a gun.
That's because you're gonna tell your ex-girlfriend...
I'm in.
David.
- Are you OK? - Yeah. I just...
David?
I got to get out of here.
Take my car. Go.
Get out of here. I'll cover for you.
So what now?
I don't know.
But for the first time in my life, I'm excited for whatever it is.
David, get out.
- What? - Get out... now!
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