The other day, there was a man in your apartment.
- Was that your dad? - Yeah.
Just wondering why I've never seen him before.
Hey, Zsolt, I want you to know that you can talk to me
if there was ever anything weird at home.
They've been fighting, my mom and dad.
Run a full background check on a Péter Tamási.
His auto repair shop is a hangout spot
for the Kompania Bello.
The Balkans? Here?
Same MO as back home... drugs, ghost guns.
Tamási's either connected or they're giving him grief.
[LOCK CLICKING]
Hey, are you Péter?
I'm a friend of Zsolt's.
[SIGHS] Yes, I know who you are.
Your son's a great kid.
Look, I don't want to hold you up,
but I asked him how things were at home,
and he seemed a little...
he just didn't seem like himself.
And I just wanted to know if there was anything
that I could do to help?
I know your business is your business.
I'm just looking out for Zsolt. That's all.
Are you his dad?
His brother? Uncle maybe?
Then back the hell off.
[CAR DOOR OPENS, CLOSES]
[DISTANT CHATTER]
[ULTRASOUND PULSING]
[SPEAKING ROMANIAN] _
[SIGHS]
No, you are not listening to us.
[SPEAKING ROMANIAN] _
They're lying to us.
This is completely unacceptable.
Do you have any idea
what it took for us to get here?
We have a right to know.
Why can't any of you give me a straight answer?
What is going on?
How do you just lose a surrogate?
- Very sorry. We are looking... - I don't need sorry.
I need you to find her.
Mr. Palmer...
[SIGHS] This is difficult to say.
Unfortunately, it seems
that your surrogate had a change of heart.
What? No.
- No, no, no. - What the hell does that mean?
There must be something we can do.
It has been nine whole months.
We are here because our baby is due.
My wife and I are not leaving without our kid.
- You're upset. - Upset? Are you kidding me?
- [SPEAKING ROMANIAN] _ - This is insane!
- Please stay calm. - No!
- People are doing their best... - Don't touch me!
Dennis, stop.
- Wait. No, no. - What?
- You can't do this. - No, stop.
- [GROANS] - Dennis.
Where is our baby?
- Dennis. - Where is our baby?
[WHIMPERS] No.
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪ ♪
- Synced and corrected by Firefly - - www.addic7ed.com -
[LOCK CLICKS]
He lives.
Long time no see.
Yeah, I've been kind of MIA lately, haven't I?
Work must be keeping you busy.
How's Tank? Think he misses me?
You know, there's only a handful of people
that dog wants in his inner circle.
You made the cut a while back.
It's a lifetime membership.
Is everything okay?
It's my father.
Zsolt, whose blood is that?
Apparently this kid's old man got knocked around pretty bad,
and Zsolt's shaken up.
You think this was a message from Kompania Bello?
Maybe the mob's leaning on him.
Didn't the dad tell you to stay clear of his business?
Well, it all makes sense why.
Zsolt said the family's too scared to go to the cops.
I don't know. It just, uh...
it feels like it's all boiling over.
You asking for my advice here?
Well, I think I know what you're gonna say.
But a 12-year-old kid should never have to answer
for his parent's mistakes.
Look, I know you care about this kid.
I'm in for whatever you need.
So Raines and I just spoke
with the Romanian embassy this morning.
An American couple was detained after an incident
at a fertility clinic in Bucharest.
Dennis and Amy Palmer arrived in from Saginaw, Michigan,
looking for their surrogate.
Now, she's nine-months pregnant with their child
and currently missing.
This is Cosmina Dalca. She's 19-years-old.
Vanished without a trace.
Says here she's a gestational surrogate.
- It's Dennis's and Amy's DNA? - Yep.
Essentially we're dealing with an American kidnapped child
inside a European's body.
Let's not rule out
that Cosmina may have been the target here.
The ambassador in Bucharest
heard about the Palmer situation
and had the legat there make this a priority.
Cosmina's due date is next week, and so far,
no hospitals in Bucharest have her checking in.
All right, let's widen that net
to private clinics and midwives in the city.
We retrace her last steps.
Find out if she was deliberately staying
under the radar or if something happened to her.
I'll loop in Smitty.
She can roll with us to the local PD in Bucharest,
get the full story from the Palmers.
All right. Let's hit it.
You know, people seem to forget
that having a baby is an intensely personal decision.
Every failed attempt at conceiving,
it really took its toll on us.
And in the end, the risks of pregnancy
just outweighed any chance of success.
So we started looking at other options,
but the genetic link was important to us.
We found an agency in Bucharest,
chose Cosmina from a catalog that they sent over.
We met her over Skype. We liked her.
Romania has some of the most relaxed fertility laws
in Europe.
I assume the surrogacy route was also more affordable here?
Well, we thought it would be,
but once the unforeseen expenses
started stacking up, we, um...
well, we dug ourselves a hole.
How much are we talking?
Almost 200 grand.
And Dennis, he's a high school teacher,
so this really took a lot.
I mean, none of that matters, you know, when you see videos,
sonograms of your surrogate over the three trimesters.
You just... you can't help but fall in love
with this miracle that's growing inside of her.
And the last update from Cosmina was...
Three weeks ago. And up until that point,
she was always responsive, so we panicked.
Now the clinic is saying
that they have no info, on Cosmina
which makes no sense.
And she's missing and they have us arrested?
And they won't even let me speak to my husband?
We're working on that, Mrs. Palmer.
[DOOR BUZZES]
It's no secret that Romania has
an unregulated surrogacy problem.
Foreigners believe our women are here
- to be exploited. - Well, let's remember
a father just had to confront his worst fear.
This is a sensitive situation on all sides.
I'll reserve my compassion for the girls,
coerced and discarded by Americans
just like Dennis Palmer.
Surrogacy's their choice.
I've seen many regret it afterwards.
These girls, they don't understand
the pregnancy's toll.
Dennis?
I'm Special Agent Scott Forrester.
This is Special Agent Vo. We're with the FBI.
[SIGHS] I called the embassy.
I wasn't sure.
How's Amy? No one is telling me anything.
Your wife is fine. We can take you to see her.
No, he stays here.
I'll remind you, your American assaulted someone.
Assaulted? No, that guy grabbed me.
I just reacted.
- Who grabbed you? - I don't know.
Someone at the clinic. I was half out of my mind.
I mean, why am I caged up here
while Cosmina's God knows where with our kid?
We're following the leads that we have.
Well, maybe you aren't looking hard enough.
- [CLEARS THROAT] - Look.
These guys can keep me locked up for all I care.
Just find Cosmina.
Please get our baby girl back.
Please.
I'm willing to release Mr. Palmer
if the guy he attacked drops charges.
He's giving his statement on the second floor as we speak.
♪ ♪
I was only trying to help,
but you don't come between a grizzly bear and his cub.
That was my first mistake.
Are you a parent yourself, Mr. Greyson?
I was visiting the clinic to see the facilities.
I heard good things about the woman who runs it.
- Felicia Zamfir. - That's the one.
Wrong place, wrong time for me, it seems.
The police asked me for my account.
Now, I've given it to them, but it's quite clear
they've blown things out of proportion.
So you're not pressing charges?
Oh, God, no.
After what that couple have been through?
I can't imagine how betrayed they must feel.
How do you mean?
Well, I've been reading up on the subject,
and it's not uncommon
for the surrogate to become attached
to the baby growing inside of her.
I think she decided to keep the child for herself.
♪ ♪
It's a shame.
Cosmina's selfishness ruined
what should have been the Americans' happiest memory.
You've got 30 surrogates under your care.
How do you protect yourself
from something like this happening?
You can't. Not 100%.
We have a screening process,
but, of course, things slip through the cracks.
Cosmina's young, inexperienced.
You knew the risks but brought her on anyway?
Demand is high.
Now everything I've built over eight years could be ruined.
Here it is.
When's the last time you saw her?
She visited two weeks ago.
How'd she look? Any sign of distress?
The girl was nine months into her first pregnancy.
I would be worried if she wasn't distressed.
The Palmers believe
her radio silence is out of character.
We're trying to assess whether her recent actions
may have been under duress.
What do you mean?
You think she was kidnapped?
How thorough was your background check?
Her file has no listed address, no emergency contact.
All I know is Cosmina is from a small farming community
in northern Romania.
This list of invoices show
that your surrogates are paid in cash.
The girls come to the clinic every month to collect.
Cosmina missed her pickup in June.
How'd you pay her then?
I can check with billing,
but typically, in those cases, a check is mailed.
I need the address it was sent to.
[POLICE RADIO CHATTER]
Clear.
You've got five minutes.
One of your citizens is missing.
Don't you want to know what happened to her?
We lack evidence a crime has been committed here.
And without a warrant,
every second we spend here can cost me my job.
You...
Prescription Salbutamol for asthma.
- It's empty. - All right.
Check to see if there was any refills made in town.
Maybe we can track Cosmina's movements.
Five minutes.
Anything?
Fridge is stocked.
New groceries. Expires weeks from now.
All right. She hasn't been gone that long.
Took everything but the winter clothes.
Packed into a suitcase or two, if I had to guess.
All right, so no forced entry.
Cosmina may have been spooked,
but I'm not seeing any signs of a struggle.
What would you say the square footage is in here?
Yeah, it's a pretty swanky pad
for a teenager from the countryside.
A refill for Salbutamol was ordered
at Gara De Nord Farmacia an hour ago.
That's the pharmacy at the train station.
Let's go.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
[PA ANNOUNCEMENT ECHOING]
Anybody got eyes on our girl?
Nothing yet. She already picked up her meds.
There's, like, 200 trains a day here.
She's a needle in a stack of needles.
Yeah, a needle that is nine months pregnant.
Just keep your eyes peeled.
Kellett, what's your status?
Ticketing office has Cosmina buying a coach fare
to Chisinau, Moldova.
Used a fake name just before we got here.
That train's here. Platform six.
I see it. Moving in.
Spotted her.
Green shawl. Brown roller.
♪ ♪
I think we got her.
She's not pregnant.
Blood tests, physicals, constant appointments,
all before the embryo was even inside me.
Being a surrogate is
the hardest thing I've ever done.
We know you were carrying the Palmer's child to term.
So how does this story end up
with you on a train skipping town and no baby?
There should have been a baby.
I went into labor last week, but she...
She was lost.
No.
- Stillbirth. - No. No.
[SOBBING] No.
Dennis, no.
Come here.
No, no.
Please, no.
Contractions started in my flat.
I'll never forget the silence after it was all over.
- That's terrible. - I panicked.
I ran because I didn't know what else to do.
Is there a reason you didn't tell the clinic?
Felicia Zamfir?
How could I face them after all this?
I thought if Felicia or the Americans found out,
I would be burned at the stake.
A miscarriage is not your fault.
I know this is difficult for you,
but we need to know
what happened to the baby's body.
Where I come from, at the end of one's life,
their physical form must be bathed to cleanse their soul.
I visited the Dâmbovita River,
and I laid the child to rest there.
She's in God's hands now.
When was this?
Six days ago.
And nearly a week later you decided to leave the city?
It still wasn't enough time to come to terms with this.
Romania is my home country, but I couldn't stay here.
I had to put it all behind me.
There was nothing left here.
This is all my fault.
It's my sin, and now I have to live with it.
The Palmers are still processing.
They're in shock.
Seems like Cosmina might be too.
Well, Raines checked for smaller clinics
and birthing centers.
There is no record of Cosmina.
Now, she might have given birth to this child alone,
as she's claiming,
but there's also no DNA in her flat
that confirms it went down there.
Is there a way to retrieve the body?
Police have deployed a search team,
but river is nearly 300 kilometers
and spills into the Danube.
Wherever she released this baby,
I don't need to tell you the odds of recovery.
Don't hate me for this,
but Cosmina is not the first teenager to lie
when she lands in hot water.
You saw the state she was in.
I mean, there's a line between wanting proof for her story
and saying she's playing us.
I'm just pointing out the obvious.
A social circle, or even one friend,
would go a long way in building her credibility.
Actually, I had that same thought.
After bringing her in,
the police turned over her phone to us.
Check it out.
Incoming calls over the last several days.
I've got five different
unidentified numbers in her history.
And nothing from the clinic or Felicia?
- Negative. - Telemarketers?
I have to assume the Spam in Romania
is on par with what I get on a daily basis.
I thought that at first, but this is a new phone.
These five numbers are the only callers.
And strangely, none of them are active anymore.
My guess is they were masked through a burner app,
replacing legit caller IDs with disposable numbers.
Okay, so you're thinking these people don't want
to be linked to Cosmina?
Possibly.
Retracing the numbers is doable, but it takes time.
Okay. Loop in OTD.
They've got toys at Quantico that can expedite this.
Meanwhile, we owe the Palmer's answers,
so let's start piecing together
Cosmina's time here in Bucharest.
I want to know exactly how she spent
the last nine months.
You got a sec?
I have something for you on Péter Tamási.
Okay, let's get some air.
Are you sure?
This is coming from my HNP source in Budapest.
Intel's solid.
What started as mandatory protection money
has now escalated...
full use of Péter's business by Kompania Bello.
The Albanians are using his car shop
with a gun to his head to do what?
Grind VINs, chop up stolen cars,
tamper with and conceal evidence.
Péter's got no recourse.
Any pushback is met with violence.
So even if Zsolt's dad is clean,
his business is implicated.
Another reason he's probably scared to go to the cops.
This car shop is the family's only asset.
Péter holding onto it...
I mean, he's sinking deeper into quicksand.
The Kompania Bello operates out
of an electronics store in District 12...
a front managed by its key enforcers.
Thank you.
I get that you're looking out for Zsolt.
What's the play?
I don't know, but I'll figure it out.
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪ ♪
I want to see Cosmina.
Mr. Palmer, you know we can't allow that.
Why do you think she can't face us, huh?
I just want to talk to her.
That was our little girl she had inside of her.
We loved her before she even had a heartbeat.
Don't forget, Amy and I, we are suffering here too.
And that is exactly
why we are pursuing this investigation.
We want to bring her back to the U.S.
Bury our daughter at home.
You were in the observation room.
You know where we stand with that.
We need closure so we can move on.
I understand,
but the way to get closure is to seek the truth.
The real truth.
No matter how deep it is buried.
And we are doing everything we can
to get you that.
Good.
Okay.
What do we have?
Remember Cosmina's downtown flat?
- Uh-huh. - Well, either her credit
wasn't up to snuff or the rent was too high,
but another primary was needed on the lease.
Someone financially stable to act as insurance.
And that's where she comes in.
Nadia Balan. Born and raised in Bucharest.
- I pulled an address for her. - Let's move.
[DOORBELL RINGS]
Nadia Balan?
We'd like to ask you some questions
about a Cosmina Dalca.
Do you speak English?
- Is she okay? - She's all right.
Can we come in?
We met through the clinic.
It can be difficult to make friends
in this line of work.
You and Cosmina must have really hit it off.
We saw her place.
Securing a flat can be difficult in Bucaresti,
especially if you're new here.
She's young and beautiful, so safety's important.
Now, is helping her a crime?
I was happy to offer guidance.
The first pregnancy comes with so many questions.
And I suppose my role was a bit like zâna NASA,
her fairy godmother.
Hmm.
By my count, you're expecting number six soon?
Wow.
Do you have any kids of your own?
I like peace and quiet.
When was the last time you and Cosmina spoke?
Well, a few weeks ago.
I'm aware she was preparing for the baby.
By the end, she was quite... troubled.
In what way?
The first time is difficult, always,
but it's almost as if she had a crisis of conscience
about parting with that child.
In your time doing this, have you ever become attached
to any of your pregnancies?
Never, but I can see why it happens.
Easy to forget that this is a transaction
and the soul inside is a subject of a contract.
It seems like you had a soft spot for Cosmina.
If she asked you to undermine an agreement, would you?
This is the ultimate gift to hopeful parents.
Are you sure Cosmina's okay?
Oh, she's safe, but unfortunately,
the baby was lost during childbirth.
I didn't think anything of it at the time,
but she contacted me a few days ago.
Thought you said it was weeks ago.
Forgive me.
Our phone calls are usually quite long,
and this one wasn't.
She asked about coconut oil.
It's common for newborns to experience flaky skin,
and the one I like is gentle on them.
Sometimes the baby stays in our care for a few days
until the parents are ready.
But if the child didn't survive...
Cosmina said she gave birth six days ago.
When did she reach out?
It's time to cut Cosmina loose.
You need formal charges, I get it,
but something about her story isn't adding up.
There's a reason to keep a case alive,
but forcing this young woman to relive her pain
does not appeal to me.
She is not the only victim here.
You still think this whole thing
is gonna blow up in our faces,
but what if you are wrong?
Imagine when your bosses find out
you've been an impediment every step of the way.
I've accommodated enough.
Without hard proof, I'm not keeping her caged.
You might need to a little longer.
Raines cracked her phone. You're gonna want to see this.
- What do we have? - Those five numbers
that were dialing her have been decrypted.
They all link back to one caller who masked his digits.
That's the guy we interviewed here.
Howard Greyson.
Somehow he knows Cosmina and was calling her
from a number he didn't want us to find.
What the hell is going on?
Howard Greyson. Former sales rep out of London.
The guy's high net worth
actually comes from his wife's side.
His father-in-law runs SWP,
a petroleum conglomerate in the UK.
Company's major.
It spans four generations.
Think of them as the British Rockefellers.
So Howard married up.
Criminal history?
A drunk driving incident a few years back.
And his wife, Elizabeth, she's clean as a whistle.
I found a blog she kept on their fertility journey.
It goes into detail...
specialists, IVF, hormone treatment.
Between these and their bank statements,
it paints a picture.
All their resources still couldn't get them a family.
And yet, they never adopted.
What's the timeline here?
Howard and his wife arrived in Bucharest a few days ago,
right around Cosmina's due date.
He said he was at the clinic to visit the facilities.
Why is he calling Cosmina?
Well, either she was a candidate for him,
a future surrogate,
or he wanted the child she was carrying.
Cosmina isn't telling us everything.
- [INHALES] - We spoke to Nadia.
Strange that you failed to mention
someone who calls herself your fairy godmother.
Nice apartment, by the way.
I was protecting a friend.
Or protecting your story.
Now you're smart enough to know that she could
either corroborate or poke holes in it.
I didn't tell her about the lost child
because I didn't want anyone coming after her to get to me.
Well, we know about the coconut oil.
So why ask her about it if the newborn didn't survive?
Because it was for me, not the baby.
When you lose a child,
the last thing you want to do is answer such questions.
Well, in our line of work,
running can imply you have something to hide.
Surrogacy was my choice, but I didn't sign up for this...
to become some rat in a cage.
I ran because I was scared. I'm still scared.
If your family's from the north, why not just go home?
Because not all of us are blessed with good parents.
I came to Bucharest to escape mine.
What about Howard Greyson?
Who?
I've never seen this man before in my life.
Well, apparently he's been calling you.
I don't know what to tell you.
If that is true, I never recognized the number.
One of those calls lasted over a minute.
After you gave birth
but before you headed for the tracks.
Have you ever considered
that perhaps I was being harassed?
After everything I have been through,
for you two to question me this way is beyond cruel.
Okay.
One last request, then.
Would you be open to a medical exam?
We'll bring in a physician.
Determine at what point during the pregnancy
the child was lost.
We can put any last questions to bed.
And after this, it would bring the Palmer family some closure.
I have given my time and my body to the Americans.
Why is it always about everyone else's needs?
I refuse.
Girl's in over her head.
I mean, Cosmina saying no
to a test that could have absolved her?
That's odd.
Even though I don't think the test
I actually suggested exists.
Yeah, it makes you wonder,
would she know that Moldova doesn't have
and extradition agreement with the U.S.?
It's hard to say.
Get a 20 on our clinic director.
On it.
[SIGHS]
[VENDING MACHINE CLATTERS]
[SLOT CLOSES]
How are you doing?
[SIGHS] Amy needs something to eat.
But for the life of me, I can't remember
if she likes peanut butter with her chocolate.
You both are running on empty.
Why don't you go back to the hotel
and try and get some rest?
You want me to sit back, huh?
Order a scotch from the lobby bar?
You can let go of the reins for a minute.
This idea of searching for the truth...
I'm scared
of what we might find on the other side.
So maybe we just call this what it is...
yesterday's miracle.
I'd say, don't give up just yet.
I get that you're trying to protect yourself,
but today, you and Amy are fighting
for someone who can't fight for herself.
And that is your job as parents.
You're acting like our baby's not gone,
she's not at the bottom of a river.
Yeah, I'm not sure Cosmina's story's holding up.
[HOPEFUL MUSIC]
♪ ♪
I checked with my contacts at London Metropolitan.
Digging into the Greysons' drunk driving incident
reveals another piece.
Apparently, there was a six-year-old in the back seat.
Howard's nephew.
He survived, but the alcohol makes it...
Child endangerment.
One of the few things that can
keep Howard and his wife from adoption.
Raines has been busy mining
through their rather obscure finances.
The Greysons recently withdrew £700,000
from their offshore accounts,
more than six times the normal surrogacy fee.
The funds were sent from the Greysons' Swiss holdings
to an unidentified crypto wallet.
Sure seems like a sale has gone down.
So these wealthy Brits can't have their own kids,
and they stake claim to Cosmina's child
and sweeten the pot with one hell of an offer.
If you want to jump the line and keep things off the books,
apparently 700K is the barrier to entry.
But nobody was counting on the American couple
who spent their life savings
and showed up looking for their baby.
When the Greysons landed in Bucharest,
they hired a private chauffeur service.
The first stop was the Grand Lux Hotel.
Go get them.
[LOCK CLICKS, BEEPS]
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪ ♪
[DIALING]
[PHONE BUZZES]
Hotel says the Greysons weren't supposed to check out
until tomorrow.
Well, let me guess, the plan accelerated?
Looks that way.
In here.
Is that what I think it is?
The Greysons have the baby.
The Greysons arrived in Romania
on a commercial flight, but I'm not seeing
anything similar for a departure.
I doubt they'd take the chance
of getting picked up at baggage claim.
What about private airstrips?
17 airfields in and around Bucharest.
Let's start combing.
Hotel surveillance.
Our clinic director was here earlier.
No sign of the Greysons?
They must have left another way.
But we've got the make, model, and plates of Felicia's ride.
If the car has GPS, I've got a way
we can track her nav system in real time.
Smashing.
I'll send you the latest on Felicia.
Pull out all the stops. BOLO, traffic cams, the works.
You have just uncovered a major conspiracy
in your own backyard, and it is happening right now.
We have proof that Felicia and the Greysons
have orchestrated the unlawful sale of a newborn.
And they've used Cosmina to perpetuate the coverup.
Her cut was enough to fabricate a stillbirth
and get out of Dodge.
All she had to do was wait long enough
for the Greysons to arrive and the deal to close.
Cosmina's been lying ever since
to keep this story from unraveling.
And what if this is just half of the puzzle, hmm?
How do we know who this child's true parents are?
Well, I can tell you it's not the Greysons.
The coverup story. The 700 grand.
The escape to Moldova. It is all rotten.
And it is time for the Politia Romana to pick a side.
Are you helping us or not?
Her car is just up ahead.
Right turn.
Looks like she's making a pit stop.
Felicia.
We need to talk.
She's bailing. Go! Go!
[TIRES SQUEALING]
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪ ♪
[TIRES SCREECHING]
[GASPS]
♪ ♪
Get out of the car.
Cosmina signed over custody of the child
to the Greysons.
This says they're the legal guardians now.
Guess you were heading over to the registry to file this,
make it all official?
Cold storage.
What do you reckon, Raines?
Any chance there's 700K worth of currency on it?
A Romanian customs officer was dispatched
to Sirna Airfield.
Apparently, a private jet out of the UK
is departing from there in an hour.
That checks out for an escape plan.
The Greysons have exactly what they want.
And they have enough resources to go anywhere.
My concern is whether they're really headed back to London.
Once the plane's airborne,
they can reroute somewhere we can't follow.
The airstrip is 35 minutes outside of Bucharest.
I have units on standby. We can intercept.
We cannot let that plane take off.
[ENGINE ROARING]
Five minutes out.
Remember, the suspects have a hostage with them.
Use caution and do not... I repeat, do not...
discharge your firearm unless authorized to do so.
[SIRENS WAILING]
Sirna Traffic: taking the active three-three,
straight out departure, Golf-One-Niner-Echo.
Clear for takeoff.
[TENSE MUSIC]
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[TIRES SQUEAL]
[TIRES SCREECHING]
[SHOUTING IN ROMANIAN]
Get out.
- Is anybody on the plane armed? - No.
Don't move.
[BABY CRYING]
You are to hand this child over
to Romanian authorities immediately.
But this is our baby.
What you're doing is illegal.
You think you'll get away with this?
We're all headed to the station one more time.
I'm looking forward to clearing things up.
We were told this baby was unwanted.
The original parents backed out.
If a teenager suddenly has a child she can't provide for,
why shouldn't we help?
Using your money for good. Is that it?
Howard and I have been trying to start a family for years.
Now, we were given the means to adopt a child.
For six times the price?
I'll admit we wanted to skip some of the adoption red tape.
No doubt you've seen the blemish on my record by now.
Besides, this baby would have a comfortable life.
Zero financial hardship.
- A win-win scenario. - And it blew up.
And now, you're ready to throw Felicia under the bus.
She fed us a false story.
Elizabeth and I are good people, and she played us.
[SCOFFS] It doesn't make sense.
Why would we take someone else's child?
And what about the scrambled phone calls?
Using a burner app to communicate with Cosmina?
We have those phone records, by the way.
I've indulged you up to this point,
but I'm going to insist
that our solicitor be present going forward.
Now you want a lawyer.
Not another word till then.
They're stonewalling us.
The Greysons might play dumb,
but they knew exactly what they were doing.
Howard wasn't at the clinic to scope out the facilities.
He was there to meet with Felicia.
This was coordinated, all to cheat
another family out of their newborn.
Can we prove it, though?
Because they'll fight it tooth and nail.
Felicia's not saying a word either.
I mean, meanwhile, those custody papers,
it would have legitimized the Greysons as parents
- wherever they went. - This whole thing
is gonna be a long legal nightmare for the Palmers
unless we can extract a confession.
Remember how your ASAC wrote me when you were up for this job?
The one who said I was trouble?
Called you an instigator. You got under his skin.
That told me you knew
exactly what buttons were worth pushing.
So...
start pushing.
[DOOR OPENS]
When I was at Basic, my friend and I led
a chem warfare exercise for the new cadets.
They'd be hit with CS gas while wearing protective masks
to teach them how the equipment works.
Now, I didn't know it,
but my friend tampered with the masks.
A really dumb prank.
The gear that was supposed to protect the cadets didn't.
Burning eyes, swelling, lungs on fire.
I mean, I'm telling you, tear gas is no joke.
Cut to West Point finds out
that the masks were tampered with,
and suddenly, I had to lie for a friend.
Pin the tampering on one of the trainees.
Now, one lie, it started to snowball.
Administrators were digging,
and suddenly, I was putting out fire after fire.
And I told myself,
if I could just get through this one thing,
just to keep the lie from unraveling...
We have a special kind of tunnel vision at 19
which makes it that much harder
to get out from a bad situation.
If you're thinking you can stick to the script
and skate out of here,
that's tunnel vision.
The only way out for you is with your testimony.
[DOOR OPENS]
Agent Vo is trying to help you here.
Now, we know a new deal was brokered for the child.
We also know that you had a part to play to earn your cut.
And whoever said you'd be safe in Moldova, that was a lie.
That country has been desperately trying
to join the EU, and trust me,
they're not jeopardizing it for anyone.
And the cash that you were promised?
It was seized when we arrested Felicia.
The money is gone?
I'm afraid so.
Now, look, we know that you were a pawn in this.
They don't give a damn about you,
So why are you still trying to help them?
You know what my concern is?
That Felicia's gonna cut a deal and pin the whole thing on you.
You think you're sticking to the plan now,
but when push comes to shove,
you'll be left holding the bag.
We might not know a lot at 19,
but we know what version of the truth we can live with.
We were going to give the baby to the Americans.
This was the agreement.
But three weeks before I was due,
Felicia contacted me.
She said, "Another opportunity has come up".
New buyer, more money.
Understand, this was a lifechanging sum for me.
I could not turn it down.
And now you had to make the Americans go away.
So you ghosted the Palmers.
And when that didn't work, you fabricated a stillbirth,
sent them packing.
Was Howard Greyson aware
that the child belonged to another couple?
I'm not sure.
I swear, I wish I knew.
But I can tell you that Dennis and Amy
are the biological parents.
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[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
This could have been a trial run.
If Felicia succeeded,
who's to say there wouldn't be repeats?
Fake stillbirths get paid twice.
You just may have pulled the plug on a new black market
and saved countless Romanian women
from being exploited by Felicia.
I suppose it's not all rainbows.
The Greysons have an army of lawyers.
They're sticking to their story,
and they're prepared to take it to court.
You might think you're off the hook,
and deep pockets might buy you time,
but if Felicia turns...
if she divulges that you propositioned her for the child
and not the other way around,
guess who we're coming for next?
Palmers just got here.
[BABY COOING]
Oh, my God.
Oh.
Thank you.
Hi.
- Hi. - Hi.
[SOFT MUSIC]
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To delivering justice.
- Couldn't resist. - B-pun at best.
So I have a somewhat personal question for you lot.
Do you see yourselves having wee ones of your own someday?
Be honest.
I don't know.
We see the true colors of this world
just by doing our jobs.
I'm not sure I want to bring an innocent into this mess.
The fact that that's your answer
proves you'll be a great mom.
I'm serious. You're a protector.
Something tells me that you're a yes, Andre.
I think growing up the way I did,
you learn what kind of a parent you don't want to become,
but that still leaves a lot of room for what you can be.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
[TENSE MUSIC]
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[WOLF HOWLS]
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