Previously on So Help Me Todd...
MARGARET: It is nice to have my whole family--
almost whole--
together at this time.
Where's your invisible husband Lawrence?
He can't make it. Again.
And I would like to see him.
His job is very important.
He is the chief of staff for the governor of Oregon.
["Amado Mio" by Pink Martini playing]
♪ Amado... ♪
Oh, I meant to tell you, I have a meeting
on Monday morning with that young woman you referred to me.
Oh, um, Chloe?
Yes, the bank robbery victim.
Bank robbery?This does not concern you
at that end of the table, thank you.
So, how is she? I mean, what's going on with...?
The bank won't pay her medical bills or her lost wages,
so she wants to sue the bank.
Wait, why wouldn't the bank pay?
Your sister had a patient in the ER.
This was like nine months ago.
A bank teller.
She was injured during a robbery.
That's so exciting.Exciting?
She was handcuffed to a vault
from Saturday night till Monday morning.
And they found her half dead,
with hideous lacerations
and a compound fracture of her right wrist.
That's exciting to you?Well, it's interesting.
And you referred her to Mom? This Cleo?
Chloe.ALLISON: Yeah,
because her parents-- who were so sweet--
were very worried about all the medical bills,
and Chloe doesn't have health insurance...
How much did the bank robbers get away with?
Well, Todd, we are not solving a bank robbery.
$870,000.What?!
Almost a mil.That's a lot of money.
I read about it in The Sentinel.Yeah, I cowrote that story.
You did?
And we're repping her? This is a family affair.
No. It's a workers' comp case.
It's far too small for me.
I'll oversee it,
but I'm giving the day-to-day to my associate Susan.
Susan. The one that got away.
From Todd.Okay.
Anyway, I don't have time for this case
because I'm so busy planning
for Thursday.TODD:Thursday?
What's Thursday?Thanksgiving.
I'm ordering a 12-pound bird,
and I saw the most adorable little
chocolate turkeys for Clem.
Now, if everyone gets here by noon,
we can all watch the parade together.Mom?
Are you forgetting?
We're not gonna be here for Thanksgiving this year.
We're spending Thanksgiving with Chuck's parents.
CHUCK: Right, because of the pandemic,
we haven't seen my folks for Thanksgiving in three years.
We're going to their cabin on Mount Hood.
All right, uh,
but, Clem, your daddy Lawrence will be here for Thanksgiving.
I'll just order a smaller bird.
That butcher on Capitol Highway makes the...
Chet?
Lawrence willbe here for Thanksgiving, won't he?
Yeah, the governor is doing her annual work retreat
over the holidays this year, and all employees...
Oh, Lawrence has to work on Thanksgiving.
But you and Clem will be here.
Actually, we're flying to Philly.
My mom and my sisters haven't seen Clem
for a long time, so...
No one will be home for Thanksgiving?
Uh...
I'll be here.
We can have Thanksgiving, the two of us.
It'll be fine.
ALLISON: Mom, I know you're upset,
but we're all here right now, so...
I mean, we...
♪ Begin tonight... ♪
[door slams]Chet, I thought
that you were going to be here.I got to take Clem to Philly.
I told her, I did tell her...
[overlapping chatter]
Okay, just a reminder, I will be home for Thanksgiving.
Which is a Thursday. This year.
[thunder crashing]
Fantastic. Yeah.
♪ Begin ♪
♪ Tonight. ♪
I just really thought
my whole family would be here this year.
[chuckles] It's funny, isn't it?
We want so badly for our kids to grow up
and fly out of the nest.
And...
then we get mad when they don't fly back.
Hi, am I interrupting?
I wanted to ask about the Chloe
bank robbery workers' comp thing?
Oh, she should be here soon. I'll go get the file.
Is there a timeline on this case?
It seems pretty straightforward,
but, uh, well,
Peter and I are supposed to go to Hawaii for Thanksgiving.
How nice. Romantic.
[chuckles] There's no rush on this.
It's a workers' comp, open and shut.[chuckles softly]
So, just the two of you? Which island?
Kauai.
And no, not just the two of us.
Both our families, all of our siblings.
We rented a big house.
It's a... a lot.
You'll all be together.
[sighs, clears throat]
Listen, why don't you take the rest of week off?
Go home, pack, have fun.
I'm not cooking for Thanksgiving this year,
so I am glad to cover this case for a few days.
I hate being idle.
Here you go. Super.
[Margaret exhales sharply]
She'll be fine. Okay.
MARGARET: Let's get started.
It's just so unfair.
Our sweet little Chloe.
She, uh, may never be able to use that hand again.
Well, she wouldn't be the first bank teller
to be injured in a robbery.
May I ask why it took you nine months
to pursue this matter?
Hell, we didn't know we could pursue it.
That-that lady doctor at the hospital...This is her mother, Dan.
Oh, right.
Well, your daughter all but guaranteed us
we wouldn't be responsible for Chloe's medical bills.
But the bank never paid.
If we threaten a lawsuit, they will.
Did you get a letter
from the State?YVONNE: Yes, of course.
It's just...
it's so confusing.
Oh, it's just a formality.
In an ER,
whenever evidence of a violent crime appears,
the hospital is required
to notify the proper authorities.
I'll take care of it.
Now, Chloe, if this did go to trial,
would you be willing to testify
about what happened?
You have such a pretty view.
You should put it on Insta.
Oh, Instagram? [laughs]
I don't use that one, actually, but my children certainly do.
Um, Chloe,
how have you been spending your time
since the robbery?
Uh, she hasn't been working.
She's been at home with us, and...
Clip-Clop.
Clip-Clop?
It's free through the public library,
a streamy service for movies.
Streamingservice, Mom.
DAN:Um...
she's on it all day.
[exhales softly]
Chloe?
Would you testify?
I don't want to do anything to... hurt the bank.
Hurt the bank?Chloe, you're the one who got hurt.
They have insurance and funds for things like this.
The bank will be fine. And so will you.
DAN: Um...
how long will this take?
Oh, a few weeks, maybe a month.
Will you all be in town for the holiday?
Oh, yes, of course. We'll all be home together.
It's Thanksgiving.
♪ ♪
So, will you be baking?
Yeah, I, uh, I've already started.
Oh.
The elevators are right there...
[conversation continues indistinctly]
MARGARET: Clip-Clop?
YVONNE: It's free through the public library,
a streamy service for movies.
CHLOE: Streamingservice, Mom.
DAN: Um...
Oh, hi. Uh, Chloe?
I-I forgot my jacket.
Okay, well, uh, I'm Todd.
Your lawyer Margaret Wright is my mom.
Todd.
Wright.
Uh, yeah, I...YVONNE: Okay.
You found your jacket, Chloe, honey?
Chloe?
Here we go.
You-you want a snack?
CHLOE: God, no!Whoa.
YVONNE: Are you hungry?
CHLOE: No, don't touch me.
Can you leave me alone?Okay.
Chloe.CHLOE: You always do this, always.
Don't touch me.
[overlapping arguing]
LYLE: Here's what I found.
In my preliminary research,
it appears that Portland First Bank
has paid workers' comp to numerous individuals
over the years.So, why wouldn't they pay it here?
Maybe their investigation into the robbery
hasn't closed yet?
Mom, there's something seriously weird
about that bank robbery girl.
Workers' comp girl, Todd. Thank you, Lyle.
Let me know if anything else turns up.
I called your brother.
What? What did he say?He didn't pick up.
Obviously too busy gallivanting around with the governor
to speak to his mother.
You'd think the governor was his mother.
I bet if her husband disappeared to Iceland,
Lawrence would be right there by her side in a flash.
Happy Thanksgiving, Bob.
Well, as you say, his job is very important.
Well, my job is important.
I'm busy, but I always prioritize my family above work.
What? Since when do you prioritize your family...?
Todd, don't startwith me.Why-why are you mad at me?
I am not mad at you...Lawrence and Allison are the deserters.
I'm gonna be home for Thanksgiving!
But I... am not. I'm going out.
For Chinese food. Or to a movie.
Or for the deepest of Swedish massages.
Is that even gonna be open on Thanksgiving?
Thanksgiving is canceled.
[slams door]
MARGARET [over recording]: If this did go to trial,
would you be willing to testify about what happened?
CHLOE: You have such a pretty view.
You should put it on Insta...
MARGARET: Oh, Instagram? [laughs]
[phone chimes]
I don't use that one, actually,
but my children certainly do.
[continues indistinctly]
I don't want to sue the bank
because I robbed the bank.
Oh, my God.
MARGARET: Good night, Shirley.Mom!
Mom.Todd, I have to go.
I have to go cancel my turkey order in person...
Look at this message I just got.[sighs]
Can't this wait until tomorrow?
CHLOE: I don't want to sue the bank
because I robbed the bank.
AUTOMATED VOICE: Going down.
♪ ♪
YVONNE [sobbing]: No.
This is so awful.Oh, yeah.
So, on Instagram,
Chloe slid into Todd's BMs...
DMs. DMs.
...and claimed to have robbed the bank.
This is very concerning
because we're just about to file the case,
and if she's making statements like that...
And the Instagram messages came from your account.
Well, we-we took her phone away, so she-she must have found mine.
You see, Chloe is... [sobs]
She's... She's not well.
She has serious PTSD from the robbery,
and we don't...She's always been fragile.
Emotionally. Depressive.
She's been on medication since she was 12.
Well, I'll need a full list of those medications.
DAN: Yes, of course.
YVONNE: She's never left home.
We tried to get her to apply to college,
move in with friends, but she never would.
DAN: We thought this job would be good for her,
but now she's much worse.
YVONNE: She's been imagining things.
MARGARET: What sort of things?
YVONNE: Well, yesterday she told us
that she was responsible for a terrorist attack in France.
We don't know what to do.
And her doctors, well...
Where is Chloe right now?Upstairs.
Medicated and asleep.
I just have to ask this.
There's no way Chloe didrob the bank, right?
No. No, no.[chuckling]: No.
No, we-we already went through all this with the police.
Dan, get-- get those documents that we had to put together.
That's, uh, Chloe's bank accounts,
credit cards, all of ours, too.
Everything we gave to the police.
TODD: Chloe.
DAN: It just doesn't make sense.
TODD: Clancy. Who's Clancy?
If Chloe had robbed the bank,
would we be in $42,000 in credit card debt?
This is all too much.
[sighs] You don't know what it's like
to have a troubled child.
[clattering]Ow.
[quietly]:Sorry.
Maybe if we hadn't gone to that Blazers game that night,
I mean, if we could have been there for her.
Yeah, the, uh, night of the robbery
we got cheapie seats for our anniversary.
They put us on the kiss cam.
[both chuckling]
[voice breaking]: Please help us.
I'll do everything I can to help your family.
Thank you.
Thank you so much.
TODD: God, all these bank statements they gave us.
These people have no money.
Oh, hey, are you Clancy?
Chloe's brother?
Fixing the lawn mower.
[door clanking]
[knock at window]
I thought she was sleeping.
Why wouldn't she come down and speak to us?
The whole thing just seems really weird.
I mean, what if Chloe was involved?
Todd, that poor woman didn't rob anything.
She's troubled and depressed.
And there's something about her
I just can't quite put my finger on.
And that brother didn't seem suspicious to you?
What? With all those sharp tools?
Can you rob a bank with a lawn mower?
Todd, we are not solving a bank robbery.
That's what the police do.
We are representing the victim
in her lawsuit against the bank.You know what?
I should talk to the police and the bank.
I just spoke to the police
and I got the bank's original security camera footage.
It's 39 hours of Chloe handcuffed to the vault.
Excellent work, Lyle.
I'll need you to review it and let me know what you learn.
Perhaps Todd can do that?
I've got scheduled time off starting now
and I'm joining my sister's family
in Cannon Beach for Thanksgiving.Oh!
Textbook has a sister.
Oh, well, enjoy your time.
Todd, I need you to review these 39 hours of footage.
What? But that'll take 39 hours.Yes.
And I need a full report.
When we present the papers to the bank,
we need to show how horrific
this entire ordeal has been for Chloe.
I think my PI services...Your unlicensed PI services.
...are better deployed out in the field.
Far, far out in the field.
[chuckles]
What's going on?
That poor family.
Poor like money poor or...?
Even if there is something weird about them...
...they're together.
They're staying together.
Fighting for each other.Okay, I see where this is going.
If my children...Don't bring us into this.
You're the one who canceled Thanksgiving.
You're like the Grinch, but a month earlier.
Chet is flying across the country to be with his family.
Susan is crossing an ocean.
Even Lyle is off with his sister.
Meanwhile, your brother and sister are MIA during a crisis.
Crisis?
What crisis?
My husband disappeared, Todd.
It's my favorite holiday.
And none of you thought to include me
or invite me anywhere.
Okay, well, I'm really sorry, but... that wasn't me.
I got married twice.
I had three children.
I did everything right.
Where is everybody?
Where is my family?
Well,
maybe Aunt Patty could come down.[sighs]
I don't want Aunt Patty to come down.
Well, you know, I'll still be here.
And I appreciate that.
But what about Lawrence? Why does he avoid us?
Uh, he's always been like this.
He's just a jerk.
Todd, I want my whole family together.
All of us. All of my children.
For once.
♪ ♪
[quietly]: Oh, my...
[groans]
[sighs] This is awful.
[call chiming]
Oh, uh...
Hey.
Hey, man, how's it going?
Uh, just hanging in there.
You?Yeah, good, good, um...
I was just checking in on-on your mom.
Is she still upset?
Yeah, but it's fine.
I mean, it's not, but it will be.
I think.
You and Al having fun?
Oh, yeah, she's just out with my...Oh, get the ball!
Dribble, dribble, dribble!
Oh, hey, Chuck, that reminds me, do you know the person
who runs the kiss cam at the Blazer games?
Yeah, my man Tony.
His office is across from mine at the Blazers HQ.
Why do you ask?
Can you possibly find out about the game on, um,
February 12th from this year?
Who was on the kiss cam that night and whatever?
Just wondering.
Sure, happy to look into it. I got you, bro.
Okay, um, give my love to your mom.
Uh, okay, will do.
Got to get back to my family.
Bye.[call disconnect chime]
[sighs deeply]
Family.
["Walking in the Sun" by The Magic Shop playing]
[whistling]
♪ ♪
Just a moment.
Lawrence?
Todd, what are you...?Are you dressed
as a mouse? No.
You have whiskers.I'm a vole.
Okay. What are you doing?
I was FaceTiming Clem before bed.
Why are you here?
You dress up as a vole to put Clem to bed?
We're reading
Mr. Vole, Lady Mole, and the Itty Bitty Shrew.
What do you want?It's about Mom.
What about her?
You have to come home for Thanksgiving.I can't do that.
The governor and I have...You know, it's really hard
to take you seriously with the mouse whiskers.
They're volewhiskers.
And I'm not coming home, I have to work.
Come on! You're never around.
Your husband and daughter eat with us every week,
Mom's husband disappeared,
and you've never even called her.
I sent her a text message.
You sent her a thumbs-up emoji.
My mobile phone isn't cleared
for civilian use or personal materials.
God, you are like a robot.
I'm a vole! And the thumbs-up emoji
was meant to convey strength and support.
What? What are you even talking about?
Are you a part of this family or not?
You can't go around avoiding all of us forever, you know.
[laughing]: I just-- Oops.
Oh.
Todd, I...
Are you two hanging out... without me?
ALLISON: Todd, it's not a big deal.
Chuck's parents
are a half hour away,
and I just came to see Lawrence for the night.
You guys get together. Without me.
[stammering]: I mean... well, sort of.
Yes, but it's not like...
Okay, if you had been nearby, we would have included you.
No, you wouldn't.We wouldn't.
Okay, I'm just saying that different siblings
have different relationships with each other.
And Lawrence and I--
You have a relationship. With him. He talks to you.
He tells you things about his life? Him? He does?
Yes.I don't want to talk to you.
Why should I?
You've got Mom wrapped around your little finger.
You two can hang out
and get ice cream all you want.Hang out and get ice cream?
Is that what you think Mom and I are doing?
I don't care what you do.
Now she's gotten you a job as a janitor
in her office?
That's great. Good for you.
I'm not the janitor.
Fine, whatever. Office cleaner.
You get Mom all to yourself, just the way you like it.
Lawrence feels like...Oh, Lawrence feels things?
Wow, is that a software upgrade?
Todd, Lawrence feels like Mom prefers you.
Like you are her favorite.
What?I know, it's crazy.
It's crazy, and talking favoritism is stupid anyway
because Mom and my relationship
is so much deeper than her relationship
with either of you.Uh, you're not her favorite.
I'm not saying I'm her...He's her favorite.
I'm not the favorite.Yes, you are.
She talks about you constantly.
"My son, the chief of staff to the governor of Oregon,
"blah-blah-blah,
"why won't he come home to me?
Wah-wah-wah."Okay, she does say those things,
but Mom and my relationship is much closer
and more...I don't care.
I don't care about any of it.
Chet and I have our own family now
and we're gonna love our children equally.
Equally? You have one child.
Yeah, and we're not gonna ship her off to military school,
like I was.Like was done to me.
Mom and Dad thought I was dumb,
I was never gonna be the doctor
that they wanted... so they sent me away.
Ejected me from this family.
So then they can make you the perfect little princess doctor.
"Perfect little princess doctor"?
Are you kidding me?
And worship at the altar of Todd.
She doesn't worship me, she hates me.
[scoffs]She doesn't hate you.
A lot of the time...Her entire life is focused on you.
You're a mess. You're the problem child.
She bends over backwards to help you,
to fix you, to save you.
And now she's, she's got you mopping floors in her office?
Okay, where did this mopping thing come from?Great.
She'd do anything for you.All she talks about is you.
Allison and I could burn up in a fire and she'd be like,
"Well, I still have Lawrence."
Um, I think if I died in a fire,
she would be a little bit more upset...
Okay, jump in. Let's find out.I have to be up
at 0500 hours to escort the governor to...Oh, okay, big shot.
"0500 hours, metric time, governor of Oregon.
I'm so important."
[fire crackling]
Someday I am going to be the governor of Oregon.
And the last thing I need is my stupid brother
getting in trouble with the law again
and embarrassing me publicly.
♪ ♪
You are not closer to Mom than...When is Mom's birthday?
♪ ♪
Okay.
["Maps" by Quiet Arrows playing]
♪ Underneath your knuckles white ♪
♪ Clenching hands are creased with lines ♪
♪ Though they tremble, you are bold ♪
♪ Seal the letters that you write ♪
♪ By the wind and candlelight ♪
♪ Still your words remain aglow ♪
♪ Oh, turn your face and lift your eyes ♪
♪ To the patterns in the sky ♪
♪ Navigate the years of old ♪
♪ Understand that passing time ♪
♪ Travels forward and behind ♪
♪ Only moments can you hold ♪
♪ Oh... ♪
[sighs]
I can't believe you're making me sleep on the floor.
Feel free to drive home.
Does he ever stop complaining?
Oh, said from the comfort of an actual bed.
Can I at least get a pillow?
If I were you, I'd sleep with one eye open tonight.
If you even think about putting my hand
in a glass of warm water, I will kill you.
Stop it, both of you. Just go to sleep.
Hey.
[quietly]: What's the latest with that case?
Chloe, the bank robbery thing.
Oh, it's a mess.
Chloe is now claiming that sherobbed the bank.
What? Yeah, it turns out
she has some serious mental health issues.
She struggles with depression
and has been heavily medicated for, like, her whole life.
Wait, what? According to who?
Her parents.
Dan and what's her name?
Yvonne.
I can hear every word you're whispering!
Please go to bed right now.
[birds chirping]
Lawrence, you really have to come home for Thanksgiving.
For Mom.No.
You can't just walk out of your family.
She's not coming.
I really can't this year.And I can't either.
Mom will be fine. She's always fine.
No, she pretends to be fine,
but she's not.
Neither of you were there
when Harry disappeared, but I was.
CHUCK: Hey, guys.
ALLISON: Hey, babe.
I'm... I'm sorry, okay?
Chuck's family is also going through something this year.
So, happy...
Happy Thanksgiving.
[car door shuts]
[exhales]
ALLISON: Bye.
All right.
Goodbye.
Okay.
Sounds great.
Robot.
Hey, so, uh... I was wondering...
Is it maybe time for us to start thinking
about having a...?You know, what's really weird is,
Todd was saying last night that Chloe,
that bank robbery woman...Yeah.
...has been heavily medicated her whole life.
But I treated her in the ER,
and we're using all these painkillers and stabilizers
and I'm asking all the "Are you on any medications" questions
repeatedly, and... she wasn't.
Nothing.
Unless she lied.
And also she was remarkably calm about the whole thing.
Like, I would have never thought
serious mental health problems.
Yeah, Todd asked me something about her, too.
Really? About her parents?
Apparently, they were at the stadium
the night of the robbery
and they popped up on the kiss cam.
He wanted me to check that out.
Huh.
LAWRENCE: I wish I was there,
in Philly.
Oh, babe, me, too. But it's been great.
My mom and my sisters are watching Clem for me.
And you're just drinking beer and hanging out all day?
Pretty much.
Although last night I couldn't sleep 'cause of the jet lag,
and I went down a wiki-hole researching bank robberies.
Bank robberies?[knock on door]
The governor is in room 404,
and I am off duty until 1800 hours.
Thank you.
Sorry.
Bank robberies?
Yeah, your mom has some new client,
and I worked on the story
about the robbery she was injured in.
But you know what I found out that was odd?
There was this other bank robbery in Portland 67 years ago
that was really similar.
See, the Oregon National Trust
was robbed in 1955,
and this bank teller got tied up
and left in the vault for a couple of days.
Oof, what happened to him?He ended up being okay.
Says that Samuel Smith stayed in Portland till he died.
And the obituary says that he married a woman named Robin
and had a daughter named Yvonne.
Yvonne?
Wait... Are you sure Yvonne?
Yeah, why?
That's the name that Todd was saying last night.
I think Yvonne is the mom
of this new bank robbery victim Chloe...
That's weird.
♪ ♪
HELEN: As we all know,
Chuck's brother Robert would have been 40 today.
And having us all here, it means so much to me.
It is so important, especially after a loss,
for family to be together.
To Robert.
CHUCK: Okay, Dad, do your thing.
It's been... let's see.
8,228 days Bobby's been gone.
Mm.
That's 22 Thanksgivings
and 1,804 Blazer games.
[chuckling]
Your father could do this all day.
I remember the first basketball game I went to.
Mm.
I was seven and-and Bobby was ten.
And, uh, sometimes, when I'm at the stadium,
I think about how cool he'd find it that I, that I work there.
And he was...
he was just a great guy.
Great brother.
[phone chimes]
Oh, hey.
My buddy Tony tracked down the kiss cam footage.Oh.
What is that?
ALLISON: It's just the parents of a client of my mother's.
Yeah, I remember them from the ER.
He said they really wanted to be on the kiss cam.
Slipped him 200 bucks.
200 bucks? I thought they were broke.
Why would they spend 200 bucks just to be on the kiss cam?
Said it was their 25th wedding anniversary.
Hmm. That day. February 12th.
EDMUND: That means they got married on a Wednesday.
February 12, 1997.
The second week in February '97?
Well, that was that massive ice storm.
We lost power for seven days, remember?Wait, so wait a second.
So, these people, the Browns, they got married
on a Wednesday during an ice storm?
Hmm.
♪ ♪
All right, Brown family,
let's take a look at your address.
407 Illinois Avenue,
Portland.
Just get a little closer.
Wait.
What is that? Is something buried there?
[phone chimes]
"Chloe's grandfather also survived a bank robbery?"
[phone chimes]
ALLISON: Hey, Mom.
I've been thinking about it, and I just think that
there's something really weird about Chloe's parents.
Chuck told me that they bribed their way onto the kiss cam,
which is weird, and I'm pretty sure
it wasn't actually their anniversary,
which is also weird.
And I'm also not completely convinced
that Chloe's mentally ill.
Todd said the parents said something about medications,
which she didn't mention in the hospital when I treated her.
I don't think she's on any mood stabilizers.
I don't know, the whole thing just feels weird to me
as I have said, and...
I just think maybe you should look closer at the parents.
I hope you have a nice Thanksgiving, Mom.
Okay, bye.
Did Chloe's parents...
Rob the bank?
So the parents lied about their wedding anniversary...
And paid the Blazer guy to make sure
that they were on the kiss cam...
To ensure they had an alibi...
And they got the idea for this robbery
from the grandfather, I guess?
Then what's buried in the backyard?
BOTH: The money!
And the bank doesn't want to pay the workers' comp
because they are suspicious of Chloe.
Then why sue the bank at all?
Because they had to.
Allison filed that report from the hospital
that triggered the letter from the State.
If the Browns don't sue for workers' comp,
they seem guilty.
They are doubling down.
We got to call the police. Right now.
Uh, where's my phone? Uh, oh.
Wait, no! Wait. Don't.Why not?
These parents, they are five steps ahead of us.
They have orchestrated everything so perfectly
that if we call the police, all of the evidence leads to...
their children.
So, where are
Chloe's checking account statement?
Oh, here. Here.Give me that.
Uh-huh. ORE 972
FIN B/2.
[muttering]: Where is it? Where is it?
I know it's here somewhere. Uh-huh. This.
Come on, I saw it in the Perkins case.
But where, where, where?
Yes.
A trust. A trust!
TODD: A trust?
Todd, Chloe's checking account is held in a trust.
She doesn't control her own finances.
Or her phone. Or her comings and goings.
She is a prisoner.
This is just like that family in Milwaukee
that staged those robberies.
I need you to go to that house and watch it.
Surveil it.
You have to figure out a way to contact Chloe.
Okay, yeah, I can't just knock on the door?
Todd, the parents are manipulating her.
If they get caught, they will frame her.
You have to contact her
and let her know that we know.
But you can't let the parents know that we know.
I know. Wait, so how am I gonna do that?
Figure it out.Wait, wait, wait, wait!
What will you be doing?
I am going to figure out
how to rescue Chloe from her parents.
[elevator bell dings]Susan, what are you doing here?
I thought you went to Hawaii.
I got food poisoning last night,
so I'm just gonna fly out tomorrow.
I just left my charger here. What-what are youdoing here?
Working. Wait.
Are you well enough to help me with something?
Uh... Yeah, I think so.
What is it?Great. Come on.
Okay, you were right.
Chloe is under a conservatorship.
And so is her brother.
Her brother?
Chloe's conservatorship began at age 17,
her brother Clancy's at 16.
Before they were legally adults.
Which makes it harder to end the conservatorship.
Both kids were declared hazards to themselves
and mentally unfit.Who made these declarations?
Dr. Adlai Wexler.Page 18.
But... he's dead.
Dead?
"While under investigation for malpractice,
"writing false prescriptions and fraud,
"he overdosed on sleeping pills
and drowned himself in a hot tub."
A suspected suicide.
So, the doctor who approved these was a fraud?
[phone ringing]Hold on, it's Todd.
Todd, have you found a way to contact Chloe?
She never leaves the house.
I mean, the brother came out once to mow the lawn,
but otherwise, zilch.
Did you see the Britney Spears documentary?
No.
Yes, is that Susan?
It's very difficult
to get someone out of a conservatorship.
But the laws in Oregon are changing next year.
They're calling it
the Britney Spears Ordinance
and it'll be signed on January 1st
by the governor.
BOTH: The governor?
TODD: So these kids were placed under a conservatorship falsely,
so we need the governor to sign this ordinance now.
You have no idea how government works, do you?
I don't need to know how it works.
It's like a car engine.
It just works and nobody understands it.
Wait, are you in a car right now?
Yes, it doesn't matter.[scoffs]
Why can't you just do this for us?
For Mom.
Just help or-or show up
for your family for once?
Just be there for us.
Is this how you want Clem to treat you someday?
♪ ♪
[sighs deeply]
[exhales]
Current laws do allow for review or cancellation
if the person under conservatorship
openly claims abuse or mistreatment...
Okay....and files Form 617.
But that form needs a signature from the governor.
Could you make that happen?
Maybe.
There you are.Come over here. Come over.
I think the brother Clancy might be that bank robber.
See? It is a bank robbery.
The parents forced them into this,
and if the parents get caught,
they are throwing those kids under the bus.
Yes, and that is where Form 617 comes in.
We can get them out of the conservatorship.
If they sign it. And then Lawrence has to get the governor
to sign it, but we'll burn that bridge later.
Crossthat bridge.
You spoke to Lawr...?
You spoke to Lawrence?
Yes, I spoke to the robot formerly known as Lawrence.
Did he ask about me?No, Mom.
He didn't ask about any of us. Have you met him?
But it actually doesn't matter 'cause he might help us.
But we still need to find a way to contact Chloe
and Clancy.[snaps fingers]
And I found one.
Clip-Clop.
CLANCY: Hey, Chloe, open the window, it's hot in here.
♪ ♪
Sorry to Bother You. We Need to Do Something.
Guess Who. The Help?
Have you been watching movies on Clip-Clop?
No.
MARGARET: How did you get the password again?
I saw it on a piece of paper at their place.
It was brownbrown123.
So you've signed us into her account, as her,
to send her messages by starting the movies
and adding them to this list?
[screen beeps]TODD: What?
Who's That Knocking on My Door?
She got the message. Okay, okay, okay.
Next, next...
Let her know it's us.Got it.
Great, perfect.
CHLOE: The Lincoln Lawyer, The Firm, Trust Me.
I think it's that lawyer we met with.
She got my message.
They're gonna help us.
[gasps] Where Do We Go from Here?
Yes! Okay. They're on board. Now I just start the movie,
and then you...And the plan is on.
I got to go!Yes, great... Jacket.
Jacket. Okay.
The Lawnmower Man?
♪ ♪
YVONNE: Clancy!
Get back inside! What the hell are you doing?
You already mowed the lawn.
Get in there.
There's dishes in here, I told you.
What is it?
Okay, open it, open it.
What do we do now?CHLOE: We follow the instructions.
My name is Chloe Brown.
I am accusing Dan and Yvonne Brown
of conservatorship abuse...
CLANCY: My name is Clancy Brown,
I'm accusing Dan and Yvonne Brown
of conservatorship abuse...
"Text those videos to Margaret Wright."
Okay, 503...
DAN: Get down here and do your dishes.
Okay. [panting]
[phone chimes]
[sighs]
CHLOE: My name is Chloe Brown.
I am accusing Dan and Yvonne Brown of...Yes. Yes.
CHLOE: "Chloe and Clancy each sign one of the documents.
"Fold the pieces of paper together
according to the dotted lines..."
[chuckles nervously]
♪ ♪
[phone chimes, buzzes]
[clucks tongue]
LAWRENCE: Good morning, Governor.
This is the issue we were speaking about earlier.
And who are we doing this for again?
It's for my brother and my mother.
Oh. A family issue.
It's not like I haven't had my share of those.
All right.
Signed.
Lawrence...
when was the last time you saw your mother?
[exhales]
Okay, it is now notarized and official.
Chloe and Clancy Brown are no longer in a conservatorship.
Thank you. Go back to your Thanksgiving.
Oh, happy Thanksgiving.
Thank you so much for coming in.
Uh...
Hello, Margaret?Good morning, Yvonne.
We didn't do anything! It's them!
We have proof! They did it.
We were protecting them.
YVONNE: We have evidence. We have an alibi!
DAN: They confessed to us!
They're the criminals!
[crying]: I'm your mother!
Uh, the money, it's buried in the backyard, right?
CLANCY: Yeah, in the backyard.Go ahead.
They're just gonna say we did it.
But we know what really happened.
We have enough evidence
to protect you.They're not gonna come back?
You never have to see them again.
You're free.
You saved us.
With some help.Your son Todd.
And others.
What happened to you is really awful.
And I'm so sorry.
But we have a plan.
And I'm not going to let anything else bad
happen to you.
You're still a family.
You have each other.
Oh!
Oh, my.
Oh, that's lovely.
TODD: Well, it's not a turkey,
but it's all they had.It's perfect.
These candles do not match.
They're fine.
And I can't believe
you drove all the way back for me.
Are you sure it's okay with Chuck and...?
It is okay because...
HELEN: Hi, Margaret, happy Thanksgiving.[Margaret laughs]
CHUCK: Happy Thanksgiving, Margaret.Happy Thanksgiving.
Oh, look at that.
And let's not forget...
Hey, guys.
Aw...[all laughing]
MARGARET: There she is. Little sweetheart. Hi, Clem.
CLEM: Granny Margaret.
Oh, gosh, now I feel so terrible.
I don't want to pull you all away from your...
No, Mom, you've...
You had a tough year.
I have. [chuckles softly]
But I am just so grateful
to have both of you here and to have all of you here.
I understand Lawrence couldn't be here,
and... that's okay.
He helped us get to the governor.
And...
...I'm just so fortunate
that my whole family came together for me
when I needed them.
So...
[chuckles]
Cheers.Cheers.
Happy Thanksgiving.Happy Thanksgiving.
Eat, everybody.
[overlapping chatter on laptops]
[watch chimes]
Oh, wait, Allison, did we forget something?
Did we? Oh, no. We did.
What can it be?
Pie? No...TODD: No.
ALLISON: Gravy?Got that.
No.[door opens]
[gasps]: Oh.
Lawrence...
Mother.
[chuckles softly]
[exhales]
Oh...
[laughs]
Uh... I got you a turkey made out of chocolate.
From Strohecker's.
Oh, come on in here.
Guys, make room for your brother.
Yes, here. I think you know these people.
We miss you, Papa.[Lawrence laughs]
Clem. Happy Thanksgiving, baby.
There we go.
Hi, how are you?Hey.
So, what's this about Harry going to Iceland?
Oh, nice opening. Not awkward at all.
Good job.Todd, don't start in on your brother.
I'm not starting in. It's just like,
what a weird way to start...
You know what?
They both think that they're your favorite.
When you and I both know
I'm very clearly...You are not closer with Mom.
I'm actually closer physically.MARGARET: All right.
All right.Wow.
All right, guys, that is enough of that.
I love all of my children equally.
There are no favorites.
ALLISON: Did you just wink at him? Are you kidding?
I drove from Mount Hood to be here with you.
I left the governor alone with 25 interns to be here.
Oh, wait, you work for the governor?
I had no idea.
Oh, I'm, uh... [coughs]
I'm her favorite. It's so obvious.
And who do you work for? You work for Mom?
Yeah, that's right, baby.You know what, Mom?
Neither one of them knows when your birthday is.
That's not true.
I know exactly when her birthday is.
Really? Ballpark. March 34th.
Look it up, March 34th, or April.
I know you're definite-- I know your star sign.
It's a Lib-- a Leo or a Libra.
It's one of the Lees.
That's absolutely not true.Yeah, which one is she?
I'm not gonna tell you 'cause you don't know.
Do you...? Oh, here's a good one. Do you know her birthstone?
Yes, obviously, it's Gemini.
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