ALEX AMELIA ANGRY_FAN BETH DAVID DELIVERY_MAN DETECTIVE_BRYANT GRACE LUKE MATILDA MOLLY PIA SECRETARY SOPHIA ALEX If you're excited and you're hungry, let's Eat Hardy! That's right. It's something you can make at home. And would you look at that? A perfect, fluffy quiche with a light and flaky crust. Well, thank you. Thank you. Well, you know, we're in for special treat today. You, of course, know her very well. Please welcome my wife and former co-host, Grace Hardy. GRACE Hi, everyone. Oh, I'm so happy to be here. ALEX Hey. GRACE Ooh, what's this? ALEX Mhm, it's a quiche. Take a bite. GRACE Let's see. ALEX Tell me what you think. ALEX That's good. GRACE Yeah, it's delicious. ALEX Yeah, it's pretty good. Baby likes it too. ALEX Aw GRACE Yeah ALEX The... ALEX Um GRACE I'm eating for two. GRACE Excuse me. I can't help it. AMELIA Beth? Beth, are you there? BETH I need you, Mom. AMELIA What's wrong? Beth? BETH I'm pregnant. AMELIA Pregnant? And you're just now telling me? BETH Well, we weren't exactly on speaking terms. AMELIA I've missed you this last year. Honey, your father and I were trying to protect you. That's why we didn't tell you that he was sick. BETH You weren't protecting me. You were lying to me. AMELIA I feel like I lost both of you the day he passed. BETH Just, Mom, can we please talk about this later? AMELIA Wait. Who's the father? BETH It's complicated. AMELIA Honey, where are you? Do you need me to come get you? BETH No, I'll come to your place. AMELIA Beth? Beth? BETH Hey, it's Beth. Leave a message. AMELIA Beth. Are you coming over here tonight? Are you all right? Call me! BETH Please... GRACE Okay, you've got your al dente pasta, just enough sauce to coat. There we go. Pasta ala Matilda. Thank you so much for watching, and make sure you let me know what you want Matilda and I to make next. Bye. You were so good! You did so good! Looky! Ouch. MOLLY Good morning! GRACE Good morning, Auntie Molly. MOLLY Hi! Oh, that's for you. GRACE Oh, thank you. You're a lifesaver. GRACE Here. MOLLY Of course. MOLLY Come here, you. GRACE Okay. MOLLY Hi! Oh my goodness. Oh, I wish mom and dad were here to meet her. GRACE Yeah, me too. ALEX Hey. Oh, muah. Hi. MOLLY I'll go put her down. ALEX You're up early. GRACE Matilda and I had a lot to do. ALEX Mm, good. GRACE Yeah. ALEX How was the livestream? GRACE She is a natural. ALEX Well, takes after her mother. Did you remember to use the Delightfully Dairy products? GRACE Oh, no. Oh my gosh! I completely forgot. ALEX Hey, look, it's my fault. I should've stocked up. And maybe no one noticed. Our sponsor notices GRACE everything. ALEX Hey, don't worry about it. GRACE Ugh. How were the ratings last week? ALEX Uh, steady. Yeah, the viewership is up. GRACE That's great. Wow. That's amazing what me getting sick and leaving the show has done for the numbers. MOLLY Remember, maternity leave. I still think we should've told the fans the truth GRACE that I've been sick. MOLLY It was perfect timing. You needed to rest and recover. And we all agreed it'd be best to hide the surrogacy. Okay, this type of arrangement's ALEX more common than you think, all right? MOLLY Yeah. And does it really matter whether you physically carried Matilda or not? No, you don't have to carry a child to be a mother. GRACE I just think that we built this on- ALEX Hey, hey, hey, hey. Everything's gonna be just fine. GRACE Oh. ALEX Trust me. Do you trust me? GRACE Yes. MOLLY Okay. Ew, get a room, will you? Okay, well, the last thing we ALEX need right now is more things to stress over, right? GRACE Yes. The doctor did say that the blackouts, or whatever they are, are stress induced. ALEX Okay, look. We're still trying to figure out what's going on with you. Now's not the time to overextend yourself. GRACE I feel fine. I really do. I haven't had an episode in months. I'm telling you, this new medication is working. That's great, sweetie. That's ALEX great. Grace, motherhood looks really good on you. MOLLY Are you sure you wanna go back to the show next month? Maybe I could step in front of the camera. How hard could it be? GRACE Oh, that's funny. But no, a year is more than enough time for me to be away. ALEX She's right. We need her. I'm sorry I won't be there for MOLLY your epic return. Are you sure you still wanna take that job in Boston? GRACE Yeah, you know, we could see if someone here ALEX needs a talented reporter. GRACE Yeah. You know, I love you guys very much, MOLLY but I need to do this on my own. You've helped me enough over the years. The truth is, we just can't keep her GRACE as our assistant forever. ALEX I know. I'm trying. Molly, we're really happy for you. GRACE Thank you. That means a lot. MOLLY Oh. Until then, dry cleaning duty. MOLLY Bye. GRACE Bye. DAVID Sorry this took so long. I had to cut through a lot of red tape to get it. AMELIA What's this? DAVID That is a copy of the surrogacy agreement. AMELIA Beth's egg was used for the pregnancy? DAVID Your granddaughter's name is Matilda. AMELIA Oh! Matilda. Beth is Matilda's biological mother. Surely I must have some legal rights? DAVID I'm afraid it's not that simple. AMELIA Why not? She's my flesh and blood. She's the only piece of Beth I have left. Unless you can somehow prove that these are unfit parents, DAVID our options are limited. AMELIA Parents? Beth is Matilda's real mother. DAVID Legally, she isn't. AMELIA What about this couple who have Matilda? DAVID Right. Grace and Alex Hardy. You may have heard of them. AMELIA This can't be. I watch their show. She was pregnant. She was faking? DAVID It isn't illegal to hide a surrogacy. AMELIA I still don't understand what happened that night. DAVID According to the police report, Beth was living with the Hardys, she went into labor at the house, started hemorrhaging. AMELIA Mm, something's not right. Beth died in the hospital, in the hands of doctors. DAVID There was no reason to suspect foul play.You should've heard her on the phone, David. AMELIA She was scared. What if they did something to her? DAVID Did something? Are you saying the Hardys killed Beth? AMELIA I just think there's something more going on. DAVID From what I can see, there's no evidence of any bigger conspiracy. Something happened in that house, AMELIA and I'm going to find out what it was. PIA Grace, you look great. GRACE Thank you. Alex has been taking good care of me. ALEX Well, just doing my daddy-to- be duties. PIA This is an exciting time for you. The new season of "Eat Hardy" just started, and the new book is doing so well. Grace, why did you decide to leave the show? GRACE I haven't left. I am just taking a break to prioritize my health. ALEX Yeah, Grace's pregnancy hasn't been easy. GRACE There have been some challenges. PIA What? Turned out Grace needed to ALEX watch her sugar levels. GRACE Yeah, I've been craving sweets, so we had to get creative. ALEX Yeah, and a lot of the new recipes ended up in the book. GRACE Yes. They did. PIA Ooh. AMELIA Despicable. GRACE Oh, hey. Hey, it's okay. Shh, Mama's got you. Luke! God, you scared me. LUKE Sorry, Gracie. I didn't mean to sneak up on you. GRACE Where have you been? LUKE That's my welcome back after all these months? GRACE Your brother and I, we care about you, we worry when you disappear. LUKE Look, if you really care about me, can you help me out, please? I only need a couple hundred bucks, and Alex isn't answering my texts. GRACE We can't keep giving you money. It doesn't help you get better. LUKE I know what I need. GRACE I can't. Okay? Alex will kill me. LUKE You can't? Or you won't? GRACE Luke, will you consider trying rehab again? It might be different this time. We will cover all the expenses. LUKE Come on, Gracie. You of all people ought to know how hard it is to make it through the day without your pills. GRACE That's not fair. LUKE What's not fair is your sister is just as much a screw-up as me, yet you have no problem giving her money. Molly works for us, and she GRACE has come a long way. She's learned from her mistakes. So I make a couple of LUKE questionable choices, and that's all you and Alex can see in me? Luke, you know that's not GRACE true. We just want what's best for you, but you have to try. LUKE Is that my niece? GRACE Yes. And we would love for you to meet her when you clean yourself up. You know, I bet she looks more like me than she does you. LUKE Or, at least her and I share Dna. GRACE Wow. I know you're hurting right Now and you don't mean the things you say. But right now, you need help, not money. Well, I guess I'm just gonna LUKE have to help myself then. But you and Alex might not like it. GRACE Luke, what is that supposed to mean? PIA Breaking news, Grace Hardy had us all fooled. Not only did she lie about being pregnant, we received word that the Hardys used a surrogate who died giving birth. GRACE Luke, what have you done? PIA Looks like the only thing the Hardys have been cooking up lately are unpalatable lies. ALEX We never should've tried to fake the pregnancy. MOLLY You can't blame yourself. The network, the sponsors, everyone thought it was a good idea. ALEX Except for Grace. MOLLY How did this even happen? ALEX Grace thinks it was Luke. You know, I hate to even suggest it, but we need to postpone Grace's return to the show. MOLLY No, that's not possible. Grace can't handle any more bad news. ALEX The renewal's in a matter of weeks. The network is literally deciding the fate of the show. MOLLY I know, but- I don't have to explain how bad the timing is with this. ALEX Ratings are already slipping. MOLLY Why didn't you tell the truth? ALEX Well, like you said, she can't handle any more bad news. MOLLY Listen, your statement's gone out, you took responsibility, revealed that Grace was dealing with a chronic illness. All we can hope for is that the world shows a bit of sympathy. ALEX And good luck with that. MOLLY Everything is going to be fine. You'll see. ALEX Welcome! Thank you so much! Wow. Okay, ease up, whoa. If you're excited and you're hungry, let's Eat Hardy! Okay. I'm your host, Alex Hardy. Anyway, thank you... GRACE Okay. You can do this. You can do this. You agree, do you? You believe in Mommy? Okay. ANGRY FAN There you are! Hey! You are a liar and a fraud! They should call you Disgrace Hardy. GRACE I'm sorry I disappointed you. Please, I just need to get inside. ANGRY FAN No, not until you admit what you've done. How does it feel that another woman died because you couldn't have a baby? You're a murderer. AMELIA Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey. Back off. ANGRY FAN Step aside, lady, this doesn't involve you. AMELIA Back up. Now. She should be ashamed of herself! ANGRY FAN You should be ashamed of yourself. AMELIA Look how you're treating a woman with a baby. ANGRY FAN Whatever. AMELIA You okay? GRACE Yes. Thank you. I'm Grace Hardy. AMELIA Yes, I know. I'm Amelia Andrews. GRACE Have we met before? You seem familiar. AMELIA We haven't. I'm here for the nanny position. GRACE Oh, wonderful. It's nice to meet you. AMELIA Pleasure's all mine. GRACE Come on inside. AMELIA Okay. MOLLY Grace, what's wrong? GRACE Oh, nothing. I just had an encounter with a fan. MOLLY What? Are you okay? I'm fine, thanks to this lady here. GRACE She saved me. MOLLY Oh, thank you. I'm Molly, the Hardys personal assistant. GRACE My little sister, who will soon be leaving us in a few weeks. Amelia Andrews. She's here for the nanny position. MOLLY Oh, you're an hour early. AMELIA Well, here I am. MOLLY You're not on my list. AMELIA I can show you the email confirmation from the agency. GRACE Oh, no, no, it's fine. What you did outside is all the confirmation I need. It's fine, Molly. MOLLY Okay. GRACE Wait, you looked after seven boys? AMELIA Yes. GRACE Well, it sounds like you have a lot of experience. AMELIA I do. I like to treat the families that I work for...Like they're my own. GRACE That is comforting to know. ALEX And do you have children? AMELIA A daughter. GRACE Oh, grandkids? AMELIA Uh, one, but I don't get to see her very often. GRACE Oh. Maybe you can change that one day. AMELIA Maybe. GRACE Well, we should address the elephant in the room. I'm sure you've seen the headlines. AMELIA I really don't follow the news that much. GRACE Well, Matilda was born using a surrogate. Sadly, she died during birth. But we are moving forward as best we can for Matilda, even though it was a terrible tragedy. ALEX Ah, it's a sensitive time. There will be a lot of press around, is that something you're okay with? AMELIA As far as I'm concerned, your personal life is none of my business. I'm just here to make your life easier and take care of your darling baby. GRACE Well, I'll be returning to the show next month, so we'd need you to start right away. We'd prefer a live-in nanny, but we're open to other arrangements. AMELIA Moving in wouldn't be a problem. In fact, I'd prefer it. ALEX Perfect. GRACE We have a good feeling about you, Amelia. GRACE Matilda! Matilda! Matilda! AMELIA Hi, Amelia Andrews. I'm the new nanny. SOPHIA Oh. Come in. GRACE Amelia! Welcome. AMELIA Miss Hardy. GRACE Oh, please, call me Grace. This is Sophia, our housekeeper. She's here a few days a week. AMELIA Nice to meet you. GRACE Sophia, would you mind taking Amelia's things to the guest room? SOPHIA Of course. GRACE Thank you. AMELIA Your home is beautiful. GRACE Well, it's your home now too. Here we are. Living room, dining room, the kitchen is through that way. AMELIA Wonderful. GRACE Please treat the space as if it were your own. We really want you to feel at home here. AMELIA That's very kind. GRACE The entire house is on a smart home system, so temperature, door locks, lighting, it can all be controlled by our devices. I'll set you up with yours later, get you the codes. Full disclosure, there are cameras placed throughout the home in case we need to keep an eye on things. It all runs through our security app. Don't worry, there's none in your room or anything like that, It's just for my safety. AMELIA Your safety? GRACE Yeah. I tend to black out and wander. AMELIA Oh, my. GRACE Nothing to worry about, I just wouldn't wanna end up outside in my nightgown. AMELIA Of course. GRACE Yeah, so all the interior doors are fitted with a locking system to keep me inside when I'm out of it. The code is 5-5-2-0. So, I think that's the house. Would you like to meet Matilda? AMELIA I'd love to. GRACE Okay. She just woke up. Hi. AMELIA She's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. GRACE Yeah. I could look at her all day. AMELIA Would you like to hold her? - GRACE Yes, yes. GRACE Okay, okay, okay. Okay. AMELIA Oh... GRACE We're gonna make a new friend, okay? Here we go. AMELIA Hi.Hi.Yes, I know. I know. GRACE She likes you. We're still working out a schedule, but I usually take her in the morning. AMELIA I'm an early riser. I don't mind.Oh, no, I like starting my day with her. GRACE Hi AMELIA Of course. Of course. GRACE Hi. Oh. Excuse me. AMELIA I'm gonna take good care of you. GRACE Hi, sweetie. How's today? ALEX You know, hectic, as usual. How's everything with Amelia? GRACE So far, so good. What's wrong? ALEX We lost our sponsor. MOLLY Because of the scandal. GRACE What can I do? ALEX Well, there is some good news, the network's found a replacement. MOLLY Davey Organics. GRACE Absolutely not. They were caught using dangerous chemicals. ALEX No, no, we spoke with them. They swear everything is by the book. MOLLY And they seem sincere. GRACE No, we need to stick with companies that we believe in. ALEX Sweetheart, they're the only ones that called us back.Without this sponsorship, we might lose the show. GRACE I don't like this. ALEX Well, the network's really pushing for this,so, think about it? GRACE Amelia. Amelia? Amelia? Amelia? Amelia? SOPHIA What's wrong? GRACE Have you seen Amelia and Matilda? SOPHIA No. There's something you should know. GRACE Oh my God.Amelia! Amelia! AMELIA Is everything all right? GRACE Yes. Yes, I just… I didn't know where you were, and I started to worry. AMELIA Oh, I just thought Matilda and I would take a tour of the gardens. Just beautiful. Is that okay? GRACE Yes. I just need to get used to not knowing where she is all the time. Okay. Come here. Okay. Got a little worried. AMELIA Come in. SOPHIA Where would you like these? AMELIA Oh, the bed is fine. Wait.The Hardys, do you enjoy working for them? SOPHIA For the most part. AMELIA Did you know the surrogate, Beth? SOPHIA I barely knew her. You should put the towels away. AMELIA Thank you. AMELIA Beth. Is everything okay? GRACE I've tried everything, but she just won't settle. AMELIA May I? GRACE Okay. AMELIA Yeah. AMELIA Come on. I got you. There we go. GRACE Oh. AMELIA There we go. GRACE I don't know how you did that. AMELIA You can finish dinner, I've got her. GRACE Are you sure? AMELIA Of course. That's why I'm here. GRACE Okay, okay. SOPHIA (VOICEMAIL) Please have a message after the tone. AMELIA Sophia, it's Amelia.I'll be late.Please wait for me. SOPHIA Where is she? I didn't say it! GRACE Where were you? AMELIA Oh, Grace, you startled me. GRACE I don't appreciate you coming and going at such late hours. There are rules that need to be abided by. AMELIA I'm sorry, I didn't realize. GRACE You're carrying my child, Beth. I need to know where you are at all times. AMELIA Grace. It's me, Amelia. GRACE Well… Don't talk to me. Don't talk to me in that tone! Don't talk to me in that tone! Don't! AMELIA Grace, Grace. Grace, Grace! Grace! Grace, wake up. It's okay. GRACE Oh my...Oh my God. I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry. AMELIA Okay… Let's get you back to bed. GRACE Okay. AMELIA Good morning. GRACE Morning. Molly dropped off coffee. Please help yourself. Amelia, I'm sorry about last night. I haven't had an episode like that in quite a while. I must have given you quite a fright. AMELIA Don't worry about it. As long as you're okay. GRACE Would you do me a favor? AMELIA Of course. GRACE Would you not mention this to Alex? I'm fine, really.I just forgot to take my medication yesterday. AMELIA I'll think nothing of it. Can I ask you something? GRACE Sure. AMELIA Last night, you called me Beth. GRACE Ah.Our surrogate. She lived with us. AMELIA Were you two close? GRACE Yes. She was my friend. AMELIA If you don't mind me asking, what happened? GRACE She went into labor at the house, and she didn't get to the hospital in time. AMELIA Were you with her when she had Matilda? GRACE I feel horrible about it. Like it's all my fault. AMELIA Why would you blame yourself? GRACE I wasn't feeling well, and I took a sleeping pill. I slept through the whole thing. ALEX Wait, wait, wait! Wait. It's all right. It's my younger brother, Luke. AMELIA Oh. ALEX What the hell are you doing? LUKE I just wanted to visit my niece. Chill. ALEX Yeah, well, Matilda and Grace aren't home, and you better not be here when they get back. AMELIA I am so sorry. I heard the door, and I just assumed he was an intruder. ALEX Hey, this isn't funny. LUKE Who are you? ALEX Amelia is our nanny. LUKE How many times have I told you, I can watch Matilda? I'm her uncle, but instead, you go ahead and hire a complete stranger. Listen, would you mind giving us a minute? ALEX Mhm. ALEX You swore you wouldn't let yourself in again. LUKE I can't stop by to see my family? ALEX Well, come on. You only show up when you need something, so, what is it? LUKE I need a place to stay. ALEX Well, you're not staying here. LUKE Come on, you got plenty of room. ALEX Okay, that's not the issue, and you know it. LUKE I have nowhere else to go. ALEX Oh my God. For a hotel. You can't keep doing this, you understand? LUKE You know, there used to be a time when your family came first. ALEX Yeah, well, there used to be a time I could trust you. LUKE Who says you can't? ALEX Come on, you don't think we know you sold our story to the press? LUKE How many times I gotta tell you, I didn't do that. ALEX Hey, look, you have some money, you got what you came for, just go. LUKE What about the nanny? You ask her if she leaked the story? Maybe she's a psycho fan or something. ALEX She came from an agency. LUKE Something about her seems off. ALEX Okay, she's been great. Matilda loves her. LUKE I can't believe you trust a complete stranger more than me. ALEX Look, work on getting yourself together, and then maybe, maybe things can be different. LUKE Yeah. AMELIA Wait, Luke. Luke, Luke, Luke. I am sorry I almost attacked you. LUKE Don't worry about it. AMELIA Let me make it up to you. I hate to see the tension between you and your brother. LUKE I bet you do. AMELIA Why don't you give me your number, and maybe I can help. LUKE Why would you do that?If they find out, you'll be lucky if all they do is fire you. AMELIA It's my job to take care of the family, and I just want what's best for them, so maybe I can help smooth things over. Great. I'll call you soon. LUKE It's your funeral. GRACE Okay, and that is how you make a quick, nutritious breakfast when your hands are full. Let me know what you think in the comments if you make it, and what you wanna see Matilda and I make next. Okay? All done. There we go.All right.Good job.Good job, baby girl. Okay. AMELIA Morning. GRACE Okay. ALEX Morning. GRACE Morning. AMELIA Good morning. ALEX Grace, why don't you... GRACE Hi. Good morning. ALEX Why don't you let Amelia give Matilda her bottle. GRACE Oh, no, no. I can do it in a second. AMELIA I don't mind. I'd love to. GRACE Sure.Okay, yeah. I'll be done real quick. What was I doing? Is this… I think I just… ALEX Whoa, honey, honey, honey. Are you okay? GRACE I'm fine. ALEX Okay, look, maybe you should take a break. GRACE I'm fine, really. I just… I was up early, and I think I just need to lie down. ALEX You sure? GRACE Yeah. Yeah, I'm fine. Okay. Okay, I'm just gonna lie down. Bye-bye. AMELIA I thought she was getting better. ALEX Yeah, so did I. She's had every test under the sun. They think it's anxiety, keep changing her meds, it never seems to help. AMELIA It must be hard on you. ALEX Well, if you'll excuse me, I need to give her this before I go to the studio. AMELIA Say bye. Bye. That's a girl. GRACE What are you doing? AMELIA Oh, Grace. Matilda was napping,and I just came to find the baby monitor. I thought this might be it. GRACE This is what you're looking for. AMELIA Oh.These gadgets, they all seem the same. GRACE Amelia, we need to talk. AMELIA Okay.Is everything all right? GRACE No. No, it isn't. You can stop pretending. AMELIA I can explain. GRACE I know. Okay? I know that Luke was here last night, and I'm sure that Alex asked you not to say anything to me, but you and I, we need to be honest with each other, or this isn't gonna work. AMELIA Of course.I didn't wanna interfere, I know how complicated families can be. The only thing you need to know about Luke GRACE is he has never been right. AMELIA I understand, and it'll never happen again. GRACE I don't want him near Matilda. AMELIA Neither do I. GRACE Okay. AMELIA Thanks. LUKE Luke's phone. AMELIA Luke, hi, it's Amelia. Listen, I tried to talk to Grace,but she just can't get over the fact that you leaked the surrogacy. LUKE I told Alex, I didn't do it. AMELIA They think you did. They blame me for everything. LUKE When are they home? AMELIA Um, tomorrow morning. You should come by and talk to them. LUKE I'll be there. GRACE Alex, I really don't wanna promote Davey Organics. ALEX It was this, or lose the show. GRACE I know, I'm just not happy that we were put in this position. ALEX Yeah, me neither. Look, I promise I'll think of a way to fix it. Okay? MOLLY The live stream's about to start. Grace, Alex, you got everything you need? GRACE We're set. MOLLY Okay. And action! ALEX So, today we're gonna be showing you how to make some of our freshest recipeswith Davey Organics. GRACE All of these recipes are great for any outdoor occasion. ALEX Yeah, this watermelon salad is perfect with their classic vinaigrette. GRACE Oh, look at that gorgeous consistency. LUKE All this for me? You shouldn't have. ALEX You know, it's a family show, ladies and gentlemen,welcome my brother, Luke. Luke, I know you're eager to try this, but it's not quite ready yet,maybe come back later. LUKE But I just got here. That's awful. ALEX Well, eggplant usually tastes better cooked. In fact, it's delicious when grilled. You might want to try that at home. You know what, we're gonna take a short break, and we'll be right back. MOLLY Okay. ALEX What do you think you're doing? LUKE I just wanted to talk. ALEX We're right in the middle of a show. Okay? We're working. Some people work, some people have responsibilities. LUKE Some people, meaning not me. ALEX Well, look at your life. LUKE Listen, I didn't leak anything about your surrogate. ALEX Look, this is not the time or the place. LUKE Right, because how can I forget, the whole world revolves around you. GRACE Luke, Luke. We will talk about this. Okay? I promise. LUKE Besides, if I wanted to rat on you, I have far more interesting things to tell. GRACE What's he talking about? ALEX Come here. ALEX We've had enough of this. LUKE Why is it so hard for you to believe me? ALEX Because you lie! All the time! You know, I've had enough of these games, Luke. I want you out of here, and don't come back LUKE Careful, Alex, I know where all your skeletons are buried. ALEX And who's gonna believe you?That's fine.Sorry. GRACE What is he talking about? MOLLY No! GRACE Alex, we need to talk about Luke. ALEX He's family. GRACE He's a liability. DETECTIVE BRYANT Detective Bryant with the Fifth Precinct. Can I speak to the Hardys? AMELIA They're not home, but I expect them back any time. DETECTIVE BRYANT And you are? AMELIA The nanny, Amelia. DETECTIVE BRYANT May I ask you a few questions? AMELIA Sure. Come on in. Have a seat. DETECTIVE BRYANT I didn't catch your last name. AMELIA Andrews. Is everything okay? DETECTIVE BRYANT I'm afraid not, Miss Andrews. Do you know Sophia Martin? AMELIA Yes, she's the housekeeper, but she's not here today. DETECTIVE BRYANT I know. I'm sorry to tell you this, but she's dead. AMELIA Oh my God. What happened? DETECTIVE BRYANT Her body was found in her car, near the Hidden Falls Overlook. We suspect foul play. AMELIA She was murdered? DETECTIVE BRYANT Our investigation is early, but the scene was staged to look like an accident. AMELIA Oh, I can't believe this. DETECTIVE BRYANT How well did you know Ms. Martin? AMELIA Not well. We never really spoke. DETECTIVE BRYANT Interesting. AMELIA We were pleasant, but that was it. DETECTIVE BRYANT If you weren't close, could you please tell me why you called Ms. Martin a dozen times the other night, around 8:15? AMELIA Um… I was looking for the baby's favorite lion toy. She can't settle without it. It's missing.And I figured Sophia knew where it was. I guess I was a little excessive with my calls. DETECTIVE BRYANT I see. When did you last see Ms. Martin? Ms. Andrews? GRACE Hi, we're home. ALEX Okay, what do we have here? AMELIA Better sit down. ALEX Alex Hardy. This is my wife, Grace. GRACE Hi. DETECTIVE BRYANT Detective Bryant. I'm investigating your housekeeper's murder. GRACE Sophia? What happened? DETECTIVE BRYANT We're still trying to figure that out. There have been a series of crimes in the area, could be connected to that. When did you last see her? GRACE We just saw her the other day. DETECTIVE BRYANT Do you know of anyone that would wanna hurt her? ALEX Not at all. No, not at all. Hey, hey, hey. You okay? GRACE Yeah.Yeah. ALEX You all right? GRACE Mhm. DETECTIVE BRYANT I'll let you know if I have any other questions. If you think of anything that might help the investigation, give me a call. ALEX Yeah, of course. DETECTIVE BRYANT Is that what you were looking for? AMELIA Yes. There it is. I'll show myself out. GRACE Alex, sometimes it feels like we're cursed. ALEX I know. GRACE Why is this happening? Why? Why would anyone want to hurt… DAVID So, what was so urgent? Their housekeeper was murdered. AMELIA She was going to tell me something about Beth, and we had made plans to meet, and now she's dead. DAVID And you think the Hardys had something to do with it? AMELIA Can't be a coincidence. DAVID They're celebrity chefs, not contract killers. AMELIA Bad things keep happening around them. We need to get Matilda out of there. These people are unfit to have Matilda, and I can prove it. DAVID Okay, what do you have? AMELIA The husband. His younger brother is a drug addict, and breaks into the house. He's dangerous and unpredictable. DAVID Right, but we need to prove that the Hardys are unfit, not the people in their circle. AMELIA The wife. She's addicted to pills. She's dependent on them. She walks around tranquilized half the time. DAVID And? AMELIA And I caught her sleepwalking the other night. DAVID You caught her? What do you mean you caught her? AMELIA I'll explain later, but she was completely delirious and waving a knife around, for Christ's sake. DAVID Well, that could be something. We could have enough to argue reckless endangerment of a child. Now, have you found any proof that Beth intended to keep the baby? AMELIA Not yet. I'm having her phone unlocked. But if there's proof on it, I'll find it. ALEX You've reached Alex. Leave a message. LUKE Oh, come on. Thanks for coming by. I wasn't expecting any company.Sorry about the mess. What? Alex? What? Alex!It's hurting! Stop! Please, Alex! MOLLY Hi, Amelia. Where are the girls? AMELIA Matilda's taking a nap, and Grace is taking a bath. Do you need her? MOLLY No. I just dropped by to say hi. AMELIA Care to join me? MOLLY Ooh.Thanks. AMELIA Can I ask you something? MOLLY Sure. What exactly happened with the surrogate. AMELIA Beth, was it? MOLLY Yeah. Alex and Grace don't like talking about it. From what I gather, she went into sudden labor here in the house. There were complications. Alex was with her the entire time. AMELIA Where was Grace? MOLLY Slept through the whole thing. You know, Grace was destroyed when she learned she couldn't conceive. She went into a deep depression, and I didn't think she'd make it through. AMELIA What changed? MOLLY She and Alex started looking for a surrogate, and naturally, I was the first to volunteer, but that turned into a whole other thing. AMELIA Oh. MOLLY It's a rare gene that runs in our family,and makes it near impossible to get pregnant. AMELIA Oh, Molly, I'm sorry. MOLLY Well, nowadays, there are a lot of ways to have a family. AMELIA Of course, and I'm sure you'll have a beautiful one. MOLLY Beth really did save Grace. Not only did she give her Matilda, but she was our friend. AMELIA And she had no problem just handing the baby over? MOLLY Beth wanted Grace to be Matilda's mother. Oh, sorry. What's up? That's incredible! No, I have to tell Grace.Okay, okay. GRACE Tell me what? MOLLY Uh, "Eat Hardy" was just nominated for a Daytime Award. GRACE What? Oh, that's amazing.Oh, Alex deserves this. MOLLY What are you talking about? This is your award too. You know what? We should throw a party. This weekend, we can invite all the crew. GRACE Sure. Why not? MOLLY Oh! AMELIA Congratulations! GRACE Yay. MOLLY Cheers. SECRETARY You've reached the law offices of David Taylor. Please leave a message. AMELIA David, it's Amelia. Listen, I'm seriously thinking about dropping the custody case. Call me when you get this, thanks. MOLLY You look amazing. So do you. GRACE Is everything okay? MOLLY I'm just so proud of you. Alex and I, we couldn't have done this without you. GRACE You know that, right? MOLLY I'm really going to miss you. GRACE Me too. Boston feels so far away. MOLLY It's all right, I get to build something of my own. GRACE Yeah.I know things haven't always been easy for you, but think of everything you've accomplished. You… You are going to be great. MOLLY I plan to be. And I couldn't have done any of this without you. GRACE Oh! GRACE Hi. I just wanted to kiss her goodnight. AMELIA She just fell asleep. GRACE Oh. Hi, baby girl. Oh, I have the cutest video to show you of Matilda. AMELIA Oh! She's so precious! Oh… Um, listen. I need to talk to you and Alex about something. GRACE Oh, okay. Is it important? Should I get him right now? AMELIA No, no, no, no. It can wait until tomorrow.You go enjoy your party. I'll keep an eye on this one. GRACE Okay. I put a note on the door telling the guests not to ring that. I'll be back. DELIVERY MAN Are you Grace Hardy? GRACE Yes, I am she. DELIVERY MAN You've been served. GRACE What the... What's this? MOLLY Beth's mother is petitioning us for custody of Matilda. GRACE She cites careless neglect, endangerment. What the hell is going on? Look. ALEX If I can have everybody's attention, please. AMELIA Oh my God. ALEX I'd like to thank everyone for coming tonight to celebrate our tremendous nomination. And we couldn't have done it without you, everyone here tonight. I certainly couldn't have done any of this without my beautiful wife, Grace Hardy. Let's hear it for her, ladies and gentlemen. Please. There's truly nothing I And we couldn't have done it without you, everyone here tonight. I certainly couldn't have done any of this without my beautiful wife, Grace Hardy. Let's hear it for her, ladies and gentlemen. Please. There's truly nothing I wouldn't do for you, Grace. I love you so much. I am just so proud. wouldn't do for you, Grace. I love you so much. I am just so proud. AMELIA It was you.You killed my daughter. You killed my daughter. ALEX Wow. What are you talking about? AMELIA Beth Davis. GRACE You're Beth's mother? Molly, call the police. AMELIA I've already done that. You're a murderer. ALEX Come on. Come on, this is ridiculous. AMELIA Admit it. Admit it. GRACE What is she talking about? MOLLY I have no idea. BETH I know you've been poisoning Grace to keep her off the show. ALEX You're tired. You don't know what you're saying. You're confused. BETH You get away from me. ALEX I do what's best for my family. BETH Alex, please call 9-1-1, the baby's coming. ALEX I don't think so. GRACE You killed Beth? No, no, Grace. ALEX She was gonna ruin us. GRACE You've been making me sick? ALEX Eat Hardy is my show, Grace. It's always been my show. It was my idea in the first place. GRACE So you poisoned me? ALEX No, no, no. It was just a little extra anxiety medication, it wasn't gonna kill you. GRACE And that justifies what you did? ALEX I was tired of you trying to control… Look around, Grace. I built this. The show is nothing without me! GRACE Who cares about the show, Alex? You killed Beth. AMELIA Sophia knew. Didn't she? GRACE Alex... ALEX Well, she was trying to blackmail me.She was gonna harm our family. Okay? I had no choice. If Sophia and Luke had just stayed out my way. GRACE What did you do to Luke? What did you do? ALEX Don't touch me. AMELIA It's over, Alex. ALEX Molly. MOLLY All this time we trusted you. And you're a murderer! GRACE Alex. DETECTIVE BRYANT Call a medic. AMELIA Grace. GRACE How dare you. AMELIA I'm sorry. I'm sorry I lied to you. I was trying to tell you the truth sooner, but I never got the chance. I just needed to find out what happened to Beth. GRACE Well, if you think for one second that that excuses you from invading my home, and endangering my child, then you are in for a rude awakening. AMELIA Matilda is all I have. You know how much I love her. GRACE It's over! Do you hear me?You will never see her again. I will make damn sure of it. AMELIA No. I know I was wrong. Beth never intended to keep the baby, she wanted you to be Matilda's mother. I just hope that I can still be in her life. GRACE Get the hell of my house. DAVID It's David. I just received a copy of a restraining order from the Hardys' attorney. What the hell is going on here? They're saying you impersonated a nanny. These allegations are very serious. You need to call me as soon as you get this. BETH Hi, baby girl.You just kicked me for the first time. Oh, Grace, Grace. Come here, feel this. GRACE What are you doing? BETH I'm making a video diary for you to show Matilda one day. I felt her little foot. That's your little girl in there. And she seems like a strong one too. GRACE Aw, hi, baby. BETH Hi, baby girl. You are going nuts right now. I'm pretty sure you're doing somersaults in there. I think you want ice cream. And what baby girl wants, baby girl gets. It's empty.Good thing I know where your parents hide the secret stash. Follow me. ALEX Now, come on, that's not fair. I can't right now. But you know I would if I could. I mean it. I'll leave Grace after the baby comes. Yeah, I promise. The timing has to be right. MOLLY I've been more than patient, Alex. You told me we were gonna be a family. You, me and Matilda. ALEX And how will that look for ratings? Now, we built this whole sympathy storyline around Grace's pregnancy, and I can't just leave my wife for her sister. MOLLY Things would be so much simpler if Grace wasn't in the picture. You know, it wouldn't be that hard, to make it look like an accident or suicide.Poisoning her to keep her off the show is one thing. ALEX Killing her is quite another. MOLLY She deserves it. ALEX She's your sister. MOLLY She's horrible. She made me give up my baby. I was 15. I had no idea I wouldn't be able to have another child. That baby was a miracle, and she took it from me. ALEX But you do have another baby, Molly, And we're gonna be a family. MOLLY Oh my God. BETH I'm so sorry, I didn't realize everyone was awake. AMELIA Oh my God. Grace! Come on. Come on, come on. Pick up, pick up, pick up, pick up. GRACE Hi, you've reached Grace. AMELIA Oh, damn it! MOLLY Detective Bryant It's Molly Miller, Grace's sister. I'm sorry. Grace won't be able to make it into the station today. She's in a very vulnerable state. I shouldn't say this, but she has a history of hurting herself. I'm really scared. I don't know what she might try and do. Yes, of course. I'll keep a close watch on her.There you are. How'd you sleep? GRACE I didn't. MOLLY I tried calling. GRACE My phone's off. MOLLY I brought some things. I'm gonna stay here as long as you and Matilda need me. GRACE Molly, you need to go to Boston. I'm not gonna get in the way of your life. MOLLY Your life is falling apart. I'm scared to leave you alone. GRACE I've never hurt myself before. I'm not about to start now. MOLLY I got you a latte. I'll go get it. AMELIA Grace? Grace? GRACE Molly? Oh. GRACE Everything okay? I heard a noise. MOLLY Uh, fine.Fine. Everything's fine. GRACE I forgot the monitor. MOLLY Oh, let me take care of it. Why don't you get some fresh air? GRACE Okay. MOLLY Just have your coffee and, and try to relax. ALEX Well, if you'll excuse me,I need to give her this before I go to the studio. MOLLY That's for you. GRACE Oh, Molly dropped off... MOLLY What's on your mind? GRACE Why do you have plane tickets for you and Matilda? MOLLY A surprise for you, from Alex. He was going to take you away for a few days, and I was going to watch Matilda. GRACE In Boston? MOLLY Yeah, it was a dumb idea.I told Alex it was crazy. But with everything that happened,who knows what he had planned. GRACE Why do I feel like there's something you're not telling me? MOLLY For heaven's sake, Grace.What are you implying? GRACE I don't know.I don't know. Okay? Everyone I trust has been lying to me and betraying me, and I don't know what's real anymore. MOLLY Hey. I can't imagine the hurt that you're going through right now,but it's me. I'm here for you. Remember that. GRACE I'm sorry. I'm just so afraid of what comes next. MOLLY We're not going to lose Matilda. GRACE But is keeping Matilda from her grandmother the right decision? Well, I am done listening to everyone else. It just gets me in trouble. I am calling the lawyers, and I am telling them to drop the restraining order against Amelia. MOLLY Look.We don't have to talk about this right now.Coffee always helps you think. AMELIA Grace! Amelia! Amelia! AMELIA Don't drink the coffee, Grace.It's poison. Molly tried to kill me. MOLLY She broke in. GRACE What is going on? AMELIA Molly and Alex are having an affair. She's going to kill you and take Matilda. GRACE No. AMELIA She's dangerous, Grace. GRACE She's my sister. She would never hurt me. AMELIA She blames you for giving up her baby. GRACE Molly? MOLLY You don't seriously believe her. She's trying to turn us against each other so she can take Matilda. She's clearly insane. AMELIA I found proof on Beth's phone. MOLLY Don't listen to her. Grace, she posed as a nanny, she's crazy. MOLLY Things would be so much simpler if Grace wasn't in the picture. You don't understand. You know, it wouldn't be that hard to make it look like an accident or suicide. MOLLY It's not what it looks like. GRACE Really? Because it looks like you're screwing my husband and planning to kill me. No, Alex and I, it just happened. MOLLY We didn't mean to hurt you. AMELIA You were there that night. You killed Beth. BETH I'm so sorry, I didn't realize anyone was awake. Alex? Please call 9-1-1, the baby's coming. ALEX I don't think so. AMELIA I've called the cops. MOLLY They won't make it in time. GRACE Molly! MOLLY This is all your fault. You and your stupid daughter. GRACE Amelia! What is the matter with you? MOLLY I did what I needed to do. All these years, you never took into consideration what I want! GRACE All I ever did was look out for you. MOLLY Well, it's my turn to be happy. GRACE You are not getting near Matilda. MOLLY You're not gonna ruin my chance of being a mother.Not again! GRACE Molly, I wasn't gonna sit by and watch you throw your life away! MOLLY And what kinda life is it if I can't even have the one thing I really want? GRACE You were 15. You didn't even know who the father was. MOLLY It should've been my choice to make! You tricked me into it! GRACE No, I gave you your choices. You chose, the baby went to a good family. MOLLY You should've stopped me, Grace. GRACE You're never gonna get away with this. MOLLY Yes, I will. They're gonna think Amelia did it. GRACE Put it down, Molly. MOLLY And with you gone, I have no reason to leave the city anymore. I'll get custody of Matilda, your house, your savings, hell, I might even learn how to cook, and I'll take your show. GRACE You are not taking Matilda from me. AMELIA Yeah, I'm okay. GRACE I hope you realize, I didn't know about any of it. I don't know if that makes me ignorant or just stupid. AMELIA Neither. They're both good liars. DETECTIVE BRYANT Sorry we didn't get here sooner. AMELIA Oh, well, we managed. DETECTIVE BRYANT You two good? GRACE All good, Detective. AMELIA Thank you. Grace. I'm sorry that I lied to you too. GRACE I was so heartbroken about Beth, and I just wanted to be near Matilda. I understand. AMELIA Beth stopped talking to me because I lied to her. I lied to her once, and everything I did became questionable. I don't want that with us. GRACE Then let's make sure that doesn't happen. AMELIA Oh. You're the cutest. GRACE Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to Cooking Gracefully. Who out there likes making delicious, nutritious meals for their family?Huh?Me too.Mama. Yes, Mama does!Mama does. AMELIA Isn't it fun to watch Mommy? Isn't it fun to watch Mommy? GRACE Yeah, yeah!And I couldn't be happier to make today's menu for my family.Matilda and Amelia. There we go. Oh, I'm gonna get ya! AMELIA Yes. That's a girl. GRACE Hey, now let's get cooking! MATILDA Mommy! AMELIA Yes! GRACE Yes, that's right. AMELIA Aw.