Previously on "Apples Never Fall"...
It's 19 years of Dad blaming me and hating me
because Mom wouldn't tell the truth?
- I still can't believe it. - Which part?
That she lied or lied for that long?
What have you done?
How are things at home?
I don't know.
Quiet, especially without Savannah.
I actually was asking how things are with Dad.
Do you remember Tyler Cruz? He took lessons at the academy.
Hey, Coach.
I hired him to represent you.
"Mrs. D got what's coming to her.
$50K and I'll tell you everything."
Hello. Do you know something about what happened?
Oh, sure.
I'll tell you once you hand over
that 50 grand you promised.
On April 9th, he accidentally kept his recorder going
and captured a fight between him and your mom.
- Stan, don't!
Don't! Stop!
Plead guilty. Show remorse.
Maybe you'll even get out on parole in your lifetime.
Stan Delaney, you are under arrest
for the murder of your wife, Joy Delaney.
♪ I trusted you to be kind ♪
♪ And look what it cost me ♪
♪ You promised I would be safe ♪
♪ But you just struck without warning ♪
♪ All the secrets buried in the backyard ♪
♪ Where the flowers grow ♪
♪ All the secrets drowning underwater ♪
♪ Where the river flows ♪
Shit.
Hey, leave a message.
Text is better.
Uh, Troy, can you please call me?
I--I need help.
Hi. This is Brooke.
Leave a message.
It's Logan. Leave a message.
Hi. If you want to leave a message--
Yeah.
This is Stan Delaney.
- Oh, shit! - Leave a message.
Fine.
Fucking hell.
Ah.
Stan.
Honestly, I would love to see
doubles play get more attention.
Some of the most dynamic matches I have ever seen--
Stan?
Yeah?
Can you come out here?
Hey.
When did you get home?
You read this? From Harry's memoir?
Yeah.
The publishers wanted me to verify a few things.
He admits it right here.
Admits to cheating when he was a kid.
Yeah, he does.
Yeah? What do you mean, yeah?
Did you know he cheated?
Well, kids cheat sometimes.
It's not just Harry.
How long have you known?
Always? You saw it back when--
oh, my God.
And you never said anything?
No, you did the opposite.
You defended him against your own son?
Jesus, Stan. All this time, not one word?
Why?
Stop it, Joy.
Wait, I know why.
Because he was your prodigy.
You thought he was your ticket.
More important to defend him than your own son.
Let's not make a mountain out of this, shall we?
Do you know how much sleep I lost?
How many years I lost just worrying about you
and Troy and Harry and all of it?
Even after I came clean
about sending Harry away,
you couldn't be bothered to say something?
Do you really want to bring up
the whole Harry thing again now?
Yes, yes, because I'm still paying for it.
I'm still in the doghouse with you, with the kids.
Months later, they're still screening my calls.
All I've ever done is just try to protect this family.
And the whole time,
you were just protecting your own ego,
your idea of yourself as this mighty coach.
That is bullshit, and you know it.
Oh, really?
Because I've seen the way that you hang on to that sad box
of Harry's trophies.
You'll never get rid of it.
You're too fucking vain.
I've sacrificed everything.
My career, my body, everything, just to make you look good.
To make you happy.
Stan Delaney, great coach, great dad.
All those times you walked out the door,
I covered for you with the kids, at the academy.
The years I have wasted covering for you!
All right, you made your point!
You're a goddamn martyr!
Who balanced the books the entire time
we ran the academy?
Who stayed up half the night and ran themselves ragged
just trying to make sure that the kids were fed
and the bills were paid and the students were happy?
I mean, what am I to you?
A maid? A secretary? A cook?
You think you protected me? You betrayed me!
You wanted kids right away. You threw away your career.
And you had an affair, not me!
From where I stand, you got everything you ever wanted.
I was right, you know?
You weren't a good enough coach or player!
If it wasn't for me, you'd be another washed-up tennis hack.
Oh, yeah, walk out like the fucking coward you are!
- Move now! - Or what?
Or what?
Stan, stop it!
Stop! Stop!
Move!
If that's your red car,
you're getting a ticket right now.
I walked.
Start a tab?
Does it look like I should?
Do you have a phone I could use?
I never thought you'd call.
Honestly, neither did I.
Are you OK?
Why did you do it?
All of it.
Why did you come?
Why did you leave?
I don't even know who you are.
Uh...
it's complicated.
Uh...
I'm not a good person.
I'm kind of a--a con--
con artist.
Nothing big or evil.
Just--
just to survive.
I find people who have big hearts, and then I move on.
I left because Troy paid me to leave.
Troy?
Wait, so that's what you wanted?
In a way.
Is your name even Savannah?
What is it?
Doesn't matter.
I'm not her either.
You made me look like a goddamn idiot.
They all tried to warn me.
And for some reason, I decided to trust you.
It was all a lie.
Well, it started as a lie.
But then you were so kind,
and I just started to...
love you and your whole world.
I mean, you made me feel like I was worth something,
and it had been a long time.
I meant what I said in that card.
The happiest I've ever been in my entire life
was in your home.
And I think I made you happy too.
You could have asked me to leave 100 times,
and you didn't.
Because I gave you something that your family wouldn't.
Can you admit that?
Goodbye, Joy.
Wait.
Where are you going?
I have a--
a place up in Georgia in the mountains.
I was thinking of going there.
What?
So you're a con artist to survive,
but you have a place in the mountains?
Yeah.
Well, it was good to see you.
I don't believe a word you say, Savannah or whoever you are.
Now let's go.
You should know that, um, in the state of Florida,
a conviction of first-degree murder
means either the death penalty or life.
So that's my choice, life or death?
Yeah, but we're gonna fight this.
OK, I've already hired a dive team like you asked.
They're gonna find that bag sooner or later.
You know, if the hurricane hadn't come through--
Oh, look at this.
Everyone here has somebody.
And my kids think I'm a killer.
Your kids love you.
OK? I've seen this happen with families before.
They just--
people need time.
But what do you think?
I think...
I think something happened to Joy.
But I don't think that you did it.
Well...
If something did happen to her...
honestly, I don't care what they do to me.
Come in.
Oh, hold on.
- This is all yours?
Yeah.
Well, three years ago, I had a--
a little windfall, and I just thought, why not?
Huh.
God, it's so dark, you can see all the constellations.
That's what I love about this place.
You can see all the stars. - Hmm.
What is it?
Uh, well, I've never disappeared before.
You want to call home?
I didn't even bring my cell phone.
Well, there's no cell service anyway,
but there's an old-fashioned landline over there
if you want to use it.
Uh...
maybe later.
Let them miss me for once.
Oh, it's clean.
Cleaner.
Dad must have--
Yeah.
I can feel Mom in here, you know?
And I can feel him too, unfortunately.
We're gonna have to sage all of this.
Wow.
It's even better in the day.
I was wondering when you were gonna come out of there.
There's, uh, coffee, tea, toast.
Oh, I went into town, uh, earlier,
and I got you a few new things.
Just some shirts and stuff.
No biggie.
Paid for with the money you stole from Troy?
Kinda.
Works for me.
So how are you feeling?
Oh, better today.
So what happened? Why'd you leave?
You don't have to tell me.
You don't have to tell me anything.
Secrets are OK here.
Here's the thing no one tells you
about marriage, about family:
how much you can resent the people you love...
for everything you had to give up for them.
And there's never even a thank-you.
You just give it all up because
that's what having a family demands of a woman.
And then you wake up one day
and you realize the person that you were meant to be is gone.
You gave her up for people who don't even see you.
And there's no time to grieve her
because there's too much damn laundry.
You just wake up one day and you realize
that half of you,
maybe the best part of you,
is dead.
And--and you take it for granted that--
that when push comes to shove,
your sacrifices will be remembered and appreciated
and the people closest to you
will show you some grace when you need it.
And then they don't.
Something broke between me and Stan.
Do we really need to dive into this right now?
It's brutal and kind of too soon, you know?
I know, Logey, but if we're gonna hold
a celebration of life,
then we'll need to do this eventually.
A little early for that, bud?
Not today.
Dad's in all of these.
Yeah, and Mom's in almost none.
Mm, because she took them all.
She was always the one behind the camera,
trying to capture the moment.
No one ever did the same for her.
Well, I mean, here's one.
Wow.
Look at her.
She never talked about it, but...
she was better than all of us.
You know, I really thought this was who we were.
And I thought I was gonna be just like them.
Married, successful, happy.
Now Mom's gone, Dad's in jail, Gina and I are over.
I don't even have anywhere to live.
Well, you can take my houseboat.
How is that gonna work?
Uh, because I won't be there.
I'm moving to Seattle.
To be with Indira.
It's something I should have done before, but, uh...
yeah, timing's weird, I know, but, um--
It's the right thing, Logey.
Really.
Seriously grown-up move.
Remember the time Harry brought his parents
to Mom's Memorial Day party?
- Oh, my God. - Oh, my God.
I will never forget that.
That was a weird fucking family.
Hey, Ame?
Hmm?
Does that look like the crazy lady from the Keys to you?
Yeah.
Wait. Oh, my God.
She's Harry's mom?
What?
And look at that girl sitting right next to her.
Is that Savannah?
Here.
I got it.
Thanks.
You know you're gonna have to do this
on a regular basis, right?
Otherwise, only the weeds will grow.
They'll take all the good stuff.
All the water and the light.
So you got to show it some love.
I guess I don't know how.
Well, you'll have to learn.
This is the first home I ever really had.
I saw it and thought,
"That's what a home is supposed to look like."
White house in green woods, quiet road, and a garden.
Perfect house, perfect life, right?
Yeah, if only.
Joy, I--
I want to apologize for how I left.
It was awful, and I feel like
I made all this bad stuff happen to you.
I'm sorry.
Do you hate me for it?
Uh...
I probably should.
But I--I don't.
Hi.
I was wondering who lives here.
I just bought that, uh--
that little brick house up the road there a few months back.
OK.
Sorry. My name is William.
I'm a semi-retired accountant.
I come in peace.
I'm Savannah.
Hi. I'm...
Diane.
Well, uh, Savannah, Diane, I won't keep you.
I was just out for a hike.
I saw the car in the driveway.
I figured I'd be friendly.
So I'll see you again soon.
Maybe even at the karaoke night.
Wait, karaoke?
Where is that?
Well, that's at the only bar in town, Maggie's.
Are you gonna sing?
No.
No, I just pick up a few nights behind the bar
just to get to know folks around here.
So first round's on me.
Who the hell is Diane?
I have no idea.
Just flew out of my mouth.
Crazy.
Yeah.
I don't know.
Maybe I just need a vacation from Joy Delaney.
Besides, you get to make up names, right?
I mean, who's Savannah?
Good, good.
Drive it down the middle.
Damn, his footwork it's like-- - Poetry.
I can't believe his agent took our call.
I still wanna punch him in the fucking face.
Out.
- Oh, wow.
He's good, he's good.
Oh, it's sloppy.
Give me one second.
- Looks like shit. - Yeah, play nice.
Hey!
There's our guy.
- Hey. - Oh.
- You guys got in OK? - Mm-hmm.
No one gave you any shit, did they?
- No. - OK.
- Hey. - Hey.
Good to see you.
- Come here. - Yeah.
- I, uh...
I'm so sorry.
I just can't believe this, you know?
How you holding up?
We're fucking wrecked.
And, uh, still looking for answers.
Here's the photo.
Yeah, that's Lindsey.
Uh, hey, my agent said that she lived with your parents.
For six weeks seven months ago.
So you--you didn't know?
I haven't talked to her in three years.
But that's because of the restraining order.
Wait, what restraining order?
I'll always remember being around,
always working with your dad.
Yeah, anywhere.
And I love tennis, but...
I love being away from home even more.
Your house was a haven for me.
Hmm.
You and I could get into it, and...
I know I was a shit to you, and I'm sorry about that.
All those bad calls, I mean.
Oh.
But that was nothing compared to what was going on at home.
My mom was sick, unstable, delusional,
and completely dependent on me and my sister.
So after my dad and I left,
Lindsey had to deal with all of that by herself.
Had to be rough on her.
So what happened?
A few years later, I went pro.
And-- well, you know how it is.
If something doesn't help your game,
you block it out, and that's what I did.
- Right. - I stopped taking her calls.
I stopped visiting her.
And it worked.
I was winning bigger tournaments.
I was getting more press.
But every time my name popped up on the news,
Lindsey would show up.
And whatever money I gave her, whatever I did,
it was never enough.
And she got so angry.
She started making threats about my kid, my wife.
Then one day three years ago,
we came home and found her in the house with a gun.
So I decided, you know, it--it had to stop.
Everything had to stop.
So I retired.
I wrote Lindsey a check for 500 grand,
got an order of protection against her,
and... - Jeez.
Prayed that would be the end of it.
What--what happened the night with the gun?
Lucky for us, my security guy was there.
Got her out of the house.
Do you really think she would have--
Don't know.
Don't want to know.
♪ Jeremiah was a bullfrog ♪
♪ Was a good friend of mine ♪
♪ I never understood a single word he said ♪
♪ But I helped him drink his wine ♪
Hey, Savannah.
Your mom's amazing.
Yeah, she is.
♪ Joy to the world ♪
♪ All the boys and girls, now ♪
♪ Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea ♪
♪ Joy to you and me ♪
♪ If I were the king of the world ♪
♪ I'll tell you what I'd do ♪
Whoo!
This place is amazing.
It just-- this night is amazing.
You seem happy.
Oh.
I don't know.
Maybe it's the beer or the clean mountain air.
But around the second verse of that Queen song...
I felt--
What?
I don't know.
Less angry.
Less angry at them.
I wouldn't go that far.
I mean, Stan is not blameless,
but what if-- what if he's right?
What if I did make a choice about, you know,
having a family and the academy?
I mean, maybe I've just been fooling myself.
But it kind of felt great being a martyr.
Way easier than admitting that maybe I let myself down.
Ugh.
Ouch.
You didn't do anything wrong.
I watched how they treated you.
I told Troy they don't deserve you.
- Hmm.
Either I'm really drunk, or that was a falling star.
I think both things could be true.
Hey, but you have to make a wish, OK?
Ready?
OK.
You got it?
Um...
Yes.
What did you wish for?
I'm not gonna tell you.
You know the difference, right?
Come on. Oh, yeah.
If you're good, yeah.
That's amazing.
Well, not really. I mean, they're just plants.
You know, they just grow. But, uh--
- Oh, God.
It's kind of--
hi. - Hey.
Hi. Good morning. Look who popped over.
- And he brought gifts.
Yeah, I grow way too many vegetables,
so everything for the ratatouille of your dreams.
That's really nice.
That's so--so nice. Thanks, William.
Well, it's my pleasure, Savannah.
So, uh...
Listen, um, I got to-- I got to go.
But, you know, uh, Diane, if you want,
we could grab dinner one night, like, if you like.
Oh.
Bad, right? That was bad? - No, no.
- No, sorry. - No, no, no, no, you're fine.
- Not good. - No, it's just...
- What? - I'm--
I'm actually married. - Got it. OK.
And I don't live anywhere around here.
I'm so sorry.
Not sorry you're married.
Not sorry about that.
I'm just sorry that I assumed.
No, no, no, you're fine. You're fine.
You're good.
Well, I'm gonna do my best to, uh, exit gracefully.
But I'm still your friendly neighbor.
You two ever need anything at all, you just knock.
Thanks again, William.
Hey, um, where are you from anyway?
Oh, uh, South Florida, West Palm Beach.
Right, right.
Came here to get away from that hurricane, huh?
I'll see you.
Oh, I had no idea.
I have to call.
It's dead. - Huh?
Phone's dead.
Uh, that happens sometimes.
Uh, I can get someone out here to come fix it.
Well, I can't wait. I mean, I--I can--
I'll just catch William. - Oh.
I can--
If my phone's dead, his probably is too.
It's the lines up here.
Well, I have to talk to them.
I mean, I have to know they're OK.
Don't you remember how horrible they were to you?
Savannah, they're my family.
I have to talk to them.
I mean, I-- I have to go home.
Yeah, OK, OK. Uh, well, it's a long drive.
So why don't you stay here, pack up?
I'll go into town, fill up on gas.
Then we can go.
You can use my phone as soon as we get signal, OK?
Thanks.
There isn't one Harry Haddad trophy in that entire house.
If Stan really tossed them--
I mean, we don't know how many of those trophies
he had to begin with.
It--it could have been none.
Or it could have been a bagful.
His lawyer was here a couple of hours ago.
He got his own dive team together,
demanded to see maps of our search area.
I mean, tell me the last time you heard of a murder suspect
that determined to just keep searching the ocean floor
where his victim's body was allegedly dumped.
I mean, the DA is happy. The chief is happy.
I'm not.
You?
Hey.
Hey, you.
There was half a glass of wine left,
so I didn't want to waste it.
No judgment here.
So I'm ready when you are.
Great. Yeah, I just need to grab a few things.
Then we can go, OK?
I'm sorry we had to leave like that, so suddenly.
I'm--
I know you understand.
It's OK.
Well, we could come back someday.
That would be nice.
Mm-hmm.
Maybe I could...
use your phone now.
Do you think you have a signal?
Doubt it.
Whoa. You missed the turn.
Savannah.
What's going on?
You know, my whole life, the idea of a real mom,
real family, it just felt like a fairy tale.
Then I met you, and everything changed.
But now you're just gonna go back,
and I'm never gonna see you again.
No.
That's not true.
You went in my room. You know who I really am.
I remember that your family wasn't--
I mean, I'm sure it wasn't--
wasn't an easy way to grow up.
But I don't understand why you came to us.
Really?
After you told my dad to fire Stan,
that was all the encouragement he and Harry needed
to pack up and leave.
Before that, it wasn't easy, believe me,
but at least I had a brother.
At least I had my father.
At least it wasn't just me and her.
She wasn't a mom like you, Joy.
She was poison.
And they left me with her.
You gave half my family a reason to leave.
You ruined us.
I'm so sorry. I--I had no idea.
I know you didn't.
And that made it hurt even more.
That's why I wanted to destroy your family
like you destroyed mine.
Look.
You and I can talk this through, OK?
I was serious, you know? I'm not a good person.
Look, just-- you just need to pull over.
No!
Savannah, stop!
Why? So you can just leave me too?
I--I'm just--
I'm so sorry for your suffering.
I'm sorry for what you went through.
You deserve so much better.
You deserve to be loved.
Lindsey.
Everything--
Oh, shit.
Joy.
Can you hear me?
I forgive you.
I hope you can forgive me.
Mr. Delaney.
There's news about your wife. Come with me.
Mom. Oh.
- Oh. - Are you OK?
- Hi. - Oh!
- Oh, we missed you so much. - Are you OK?
You look OK. You're really here.
- I love you. - Thanks. Thank you.
No, it's OK.
Don't ever leave us again, Mom.
- You must be starving. - No, no, thank you.
So, um, is she, you know, locked up?
Are they gonna charge her with attempted... something?
I don't know.
No, nothing.
She's not in custody. - Are you kidding?
They're-- they're looking for her.
- So she's just out there? - OK.
So this looks different.
Oh, the cops took stuff.
Yeah.
As evidence.
- Oh, my God. - Yeah.
Did you not know?
About Dad? About all of it?
I just found out. The police just told me.
- Oh, it was bad. - Mom.
Like, beyond bad.
Yeah, it--
Thank God you're home.
Thank God.
- Mm. - Thank God.
Stan, I'm so sorry, what you went through.
Who would believe that you would do something like that?
Well...
they did.
Well, it did look like murder.
Yeah.
Mom, we thought you were dead
and that Dad killed you.
- Oh, honey. - No, no.
Sorry, but you-- you need to hear this.
We--
We went through hell, Mom.
We didn't sleep.
We fell apart.
We thought we'd never see you again.
We turned on Dad.
We grieved for you.
You owe us all an explanation.
And an apology.
Because normal people do not do that to people they love, OK?
They don't.
You're right. I shouldn't have left like that.
But let me point out that he got to leave all the time,
and no one thought I killed him.
I think the circumstances are a little different.
Jesus Christ, Joy.
That's why you left? Because I left?
Yes.
And because I was lonely and confused and scared.
And Savannah--Lindsey-- answered the phone,
which is more than you all did.
Mom.
It hurt.
It hurt every minute of every day that you shut me out.
Maybe I needed a break from that.
I mean, maybe I made some mistakes,
but I didn't deserve to be ignored.
OK, I think what you did...
You know--
I wish I could tell you
that I was sorry for sending Harry away, but I'm not.
I am sorry I lied about it.
If I could go back--
I hate that I hurt you for so long.
I know.
So yes, I left because you did.
And because I wasn't sure that any of you would even miss me.
Oh, Joy.
God, Mom.
We were lost.
So was I.
I, uh--
I couldn't find my toothbrush.
Yeah.
Cops took it.
Ah.
And my comb?
Yeah.
Uh, Stan--
All that matters is, you're home.
I know you saw a divorce lawyer.
Is that what you want?
I--I, uh, don't know.
Nowhere.
What?
You wanted to know where I went when I left,
and I never told you.
I didn't go anywhere.
I just--I drove.
I slept in the car.
Sometimes I just walked.
I--I've--I've always told you
that my dad died when I was a kid.
He didn't.
I came to this country to get away from him,
from who he was.
He was a--a coward, a violent coward
who never walked away from anything that he should have.
And I've spent my whole life
afraid that the anger that was in him is somehow in me too.
And--and I think--
I think maybe it is.
And that's why I walked away, because...
I--I love you.
And--and I left so I did--
so I wouldn't lose you.
Please don't go.
Dad, we owe you an apology.
The way we treated you...
we were wrong.
Yeah, yeah, you were.
But I can understand how you could--
I should have done better.
I will do better.
Yeah. Yeah, me--me too.
Oh.
Mom.
Are you OK?
You all stayed.
I think none of us wanted to wake up
and think it was just a dream.
From the hurricane.
Yeah.
I fucked up.
Yeah, well, so did I.
Jesus, what a mess.
Are we talking about the court or...
Well, shake a leg.
I'm not gonna clean this up by myself.
♪ I was a bad love ♪
♪ Now I can get some ♪
♪ I got a heart full of ♪
♪ I got a heart full of r-r-redemption ♪
♪ I was a bad love ♪
♪ Now I can get some ♪
♪ I got a heart full of ♪
♪ I got a heart full of r-r-redemption ♪
This is me helping.
♪ Yeah, now, run, baby, run ♪
♪ Run from the bad love ♪
♪ New love, baby, come on, honey, give me some ♪
♪ Run, baby, run ♪
♪ Run from the bad love ♪
♪ New love, baby, come on, honey, give me some ♪
♪ Run, baby, run ♪
♪ Run from the bad love ♪
♪ New love, baby, come on, honey, give me some ♪
♪ Run, baby, run ♪
♪ Run from the bad love ♪
♪ New love, baby, come on, honey, give me some ♪
♪ Forgive me ♪
♪ Give it to me ♪
♪ Tell me what to do ♪
♪ T-tell me what to do t-t-to keep it ♪
♪ I need your loving ♪
♪ I wanna be your honey ♪
♪ Ooh ♪