II
- Episode aired Jun 16, 2022
- TV-MA
Chase finds a temporary hideout, but Harold Harper and the authorities are still after him.Chase finds a temporary hideout, but Harold Harper and the authorities are still after him.Chase finds a temporary hideout, but Harold Harper and the authorities are still after him.
- Raymond Waters
- (as EJ Bonilla)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaK&R is short for Kidnap and Ransom.
- GoofsWhen Jeff Bridges goes to lay down on the bed next to the dogs, the side of the bed he is on changes. He is on the right side in the wide shots but on the left in the close ups. The reason for this is the first shot is viewed in a mirror as he looks at the bruise, the second is not.
- Quotes
Dan Chase: How long has it been since your divorce?
Zoe: About the same as you. Five years.
Dan Chase: Hmm. What happened? I mean, we don't have to talk about that.
Zoe: No, no, no, it's fine. He...
[scoffs, chuckles]
Zoe: Is it strange that you have an easier time talking about your wife passing away than I do about my husband leaving me?
Dan Chase: No. No, it's not.
Zoe: No, it's not, is it? Uh... Well, we... we married in our 20s, and, you know, it made sense. Um, we... I supported him however I could. Enjoyed his company, he enjoyed mine. We picked up slack. We hosted and fought and apologized, and... laughed and compromised.
Dan Chase: Mm-hmm.
Zoe: And had a son.
Dan Chase: Mm-hmm.
Zoe: Loved him, cared for him, and... We had a life, you know. We worked at it. And it... it made sense until one day I woke up and it didn't. And then there was a woman... much younger than me. And then it was over. And my house got very, very quiet.
Dan Chase: Oh. You didn't deserve that.
Zoe: Thank you.
Dan Chase: I mean it.
Zoe: Oh? You sure about that?
Dan Chase: Yes, I am.
Zoe: [inhales sharply] Then let me tell you the story a different way. When we got married in our 20s, it made sense to everyone. I was pretty sure it made sense to me, too. We enjoyed each other's company. We had a life. Until one day, I woke up, and I couldn't breathe. I dragged myself to the mirror, and I... I recognized the eyes but not the face. It wasn't my face. It was my mother's face, or... a stranger's face. Nothing made any sense. So, I got the courage to talk to my husband, and I said, "Something is very wrong, I am living the wrong life." But I wanted to fix it somehow. I wanted to fix it with him. I wanted to live the right life with him. And he agreed, and he sacrificed, and he supported, and he picked up slack, and he compromised, and...
[scoffs]
Zoe: I didn't get any happier. But I tried. I tried. I tried. So, eventually, he couldn't sacrifice anymore. Eventually, he found a life that made sense with a woman who, when she tried to get happy, she succeeded. And the happier he got with her, the more and more resentful he got towards me, and spiteful. And my life got really, really quiet.
Dan Chase: Why would you tell the story that way?
Zoe: I tell it to myself both ways. Honest to God, I don't know which one is the truth.
Dan Chase: I don't, uh, I don't think what happened was your fault.
Zoe: Well...
[interrupted]
Dan Chase: Oh, you can't control how you feel, you know?
[exhales sharply]
Dan Chase: You're not the villain here.
Zoe: [tilts head, smiles and looks skeptically at Chase] I hope that's true. I think that's true. But here's what I do know. Nobody ever sees themselves as playing that role. Right? But there they are. There's a villain in every story. Maybe that's why. Maybe the only one who can play that role is the one who can't see it happening.
- SoundtracksPlease Read the Letter
Written by Charlie Jones, Michael Lee, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant
Performed by Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
What started fast-paced with episode I, gets a slower second episode: More character development for Dan Chase (Jeff Bridges), who is hiding in a bungalow and is getting in social interaction with Zoe (Amy Brenneman), the 55+ bungalow manager. The scenes between both actors are excellent, showing two individuals with scars on their souls but not broken by life. Although Dan Chase himself is quite cold on emotions, he 'speaks emotionally' by his social actions that he feels alone and cares.
Nice character details within small gestures.
While some love relationship develops between Dan and Zoe, Harold Harper (John Lithgow) uses his FBI connections to track down either Dan Chases' daughter or Dan Chase himself to get rid of the secret past that connects both, Chase and Harper.
It's a character driven, slow episode, with 2-3 twists to spice up the story and the characters.
Great cliffhanger at the end to increase the tension.
Recommended.
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- Jun 21, 2022
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