Playing Dead

A young junkie couple is waiting for 50 grand payment, willing to move away to Aruba and to spend the rest of their lives in that paradise island. Sadly, the delivery man bring a gun instead of the money and he shot dead the guy, leaving the girl alive. The girl is the stepdaughter of a well-known politician who got married with the widowing mother, giving birth to three more siblings afterwards. He appeared to be so self- confident, but actually he lives under the shadow of his mother (Kathy Baker): she managed to cover up for him throughout his life. Detective soon after figure out the victim is a blackmailer and his fiancèe hate deeply his stepfather. Later on, it's easy to the audience to understand why she's full of hatred.

In this episode we see how much money counts and how much some people have to bear a situation in order to keep the lifestyle and the family together.