Episode 4

**"*Episode 4*"** is the fourth episode of Season 1 of Pieces of Her, and the fourth episode overall.

## Synopsis

*Andy probes possible connections to her mother, including an inmate and a pharmaceutical CEO. Despite lingering threats, Laura looks for a way out.*

## Plot Summary

People protest outside the International Economic Forum, where professor Alex Maplecroft signs in. She is not really Alex, however, but Grace Juno and was also sent there by Nick, who says he would be ready to press a detonator. Paula makes her way to the bathroom, where she finds cash. Nick assured her that everyone would know what happened to her family. Grace is approached by Queller, who is passive aggressive with her. She tells him they would discuss it later.

Andy makes her way to the Texan prison, where she hands an officer her fake identification and is let inside. She waits for Paula, who is escorted to her. Paula notices that she is not Sheila and Andy says that she wants to talk to her as a reporter. Paula tells her everything she wants in order to listen to her for two minutes, so Andy hurries and asks if she knows her mother. Paula says that she does not know her, but does not answer until she sees the picture with the large cut on Laura's back. Paula asks if she had been sent to check up on her and tells her to tell Jane to go to hell, who she would find and kill.

Laura wakes up and is greeted by Charlie, who tells her to go upstairs when she is ready.

Andy looks up the last name Queller and finds that Jasper Queller would be in Texas soon. Looking up the name Jane, she sees that she was Jasper's brother. She goes to look at Jasper's autobiography and finds pictures of her mother there. Looking in front of her, she sees Michael parked in front of her, so she gets in her car and starts driving away. However, Michael has a GPS tracker on her and follows it through a narrow alley where she was parked. He gets out of his van and approaches Andy's car. She is not there, but he is surprised when she shows up behind him with a gun pointed towards his back.

Andy asks Michael why he is following her, but he says that he would not answer until she put the gun down. He tells her to take his gun, and once she does, he reveals that he is a cop named Michael Vargas and is also a US Marshal. When she asks why he had been following her, he tells her that both she and Laura were in witness protection. She tells him to go with her into a restaurant behind them, and they sit down. He asks her to believe him, saying that he was being who she wanted him to be. She asks how long she had been in protection for and he says that she has been in protection for her entire life because there were dangerous people after them. He admits to not knowing all the details and was only there to assist, so she tells him that Jasper was holding a private fundraiser in El Paso the next day and wanted to get in. He tells her that he would try to get her in, but is not able to promise it would happen.

Charlie tells Laura that Andy had visited him, saying that her whole world is turned upside down and had told him about Laura's suitcase full of money and the man that had broken into their house. He asks if the man had not been Nick Harp and introduces Felix, who tells her that they would be relocated immediately since it was too big a risk to stay in Belle Isle. She says that she would not start over again since they only wanted her protected so that she could be the star witness at Nick's hearing, which would not be possible since he is dead. Charlie says that she does not know that and admits nobody had seen him since Clara was killed. He shows her pictures of a dead woman and tells her that Nick's DNA had been found at the scene of the crime. Felix tells her that her whole life had been payed by the government, but she tells him that she had given up everything and blames Charlie for not having been able to catch Nick, which she suggests is the reason behind his heart attack. Charlie tells her that they have new information and would think about letting her see it.

At one of Andy's birthday parties, Gordon and Laura celebrate that she has friends, so they say that they made it out alive. Charlie makes it to the party and wants to talk to Laura. He tells her that Clara was killed, but she says that he would get away like he always does. Charlie adds that Clara's wallet was also stolen, which meant Nick could also have her home address, so they needed to move her. Laura looks at Andy, but nods understandingly. She asks if Gordon needed to leave his firm, but Charlie assures her that they would find work for him outside of law practice. Laura says that she cannot mess with their lives.

In a car, Michael drives Andy, who reads that Michael's friend had gotten them in. When he asks why she wanted to talk to Jasper, she simply asks another question back, wanting to know why he had not simply told her that he is a Marshal. He tells her that he was not supposed to make contact and just observe because her mother is a valued witness. Andy thinks he knows a lot more than he says he knows since she saw his car parked on their street. He tells her that the Marshals had sent him there since Charlie Bass had not been able to make it. Andy asks what being "lead" on a case meant, to which he responds that Charlie had been working with her mother since she entered the program. Andy cannot believe it and wants to know if Michael wants her trust.

Felix and Charlie show Laura pictures and ask if anybody looks familiar to her. She tells them that she could not recognize anybody apologizing. Laura tells Charlie she wants to leave the program, which he refuses, since she would also be putting Andy's life at risk. Laura tells him Nick is dead and wants the papers immediately.

Andy and Michael make it to a hotel room, where he tells her that they are five hours away from El Paso. He tells her he would sleep on the couch, but she mentions that she is uncomfortable sleeping in the same room as him. He says that he does not feel comfortable leaving her on her own and asks for his gun back. Andy gives it to him and he asks her if she is hungry or wants to take a shower, but she refuses. He looks around the room, which makes her say he does not even seem like a person; he remembers that she is an artist and tells her that he knows a bit about her hobbies, work and the fact that she hooked up with her mother's nurse. He asks what she was doing for her mother, wondering how she knew about the storage unit. She asks him what she would even be doing for her, so he tells her to ask her mom. Andy tells him that she does not even know who she really is, so she would not be talking it out with her.

In the night, Michael wakes up and leaves the room, calling and telling someone that he was with her. He asks what he should do with her and walks back into the room. When he walks inside, he sees a man choking her and muffling her cries for help, so he defends her. As the two men fight, Andy leaves the room and runs, followed by a car. She makes it to a fence, but is reached by Michael, who tells her that he had her. She hugs him and he tells her to breathe. After that, Andy kisses him passionately.

Charlie greets Laura and joins her for a smoke, asking her when she stopped trusting him. She says that has nothing to do with it, but he asks her not to lie since there was no better time for him to help her. He offers to move her to Paris or Vienna, saying she is very stubborn. He tells her that he has spent more time with her than with his own family, but she says that nothing worked for her. She asks him to let her go, so he tells her that the paperwork would be there in a while and to talk to Felix if she needs anything.

Jane (Laura) talks to Andrew, who has a new roomate named Nick Harp. The boy describes Nick as different and says that she would not like him, but love him.

Jasper Queller describes his father as challenging, but says that he misses him. At his democratic campaign, he mentions what he has done in his father's name so that their family would be looked at differently. Off stage, he thanks everybody and is approached by Andy, who asks him for an autograph out to Jane Queller. Looking at her, he says that she looks like her, so she asks if they could talk. Jasper asks his assistant to escort her and she is taken to a room where Michael is not allowed entry. He lets it slide and takes a seat outside.

In the room, Andy looks at pictures of his mother and is approached by Jasper, who offers her a seat. She says that she would rather not sit and Jasper asks what her name is. Andy reveals her name, which makes Jasper realize she was named after Andrew. She tells him that Laura is okay, and he says that he cannot imagine everything they have been through, giving her a hug. HE asks where she has been all those years as she cries.

Outside, Michael gets impatient, but sees a man running, recognizing him as the man who had attacked Andy at the hotel room. He follows him down some stairs, but loses him. As he runs back to the room where Andy was at, he sees that she was no longer there, finding her phone on the couch.

In the past, Charlie takes pictures of Laura with her wounds. In the present, Laura signs Jane Queller and does not listen when Charlie tells her not to. After that, Charlie hands her her original identification.

Andy walks with Jasper, who is glad that she was joining him.

## Cast

### Main

* Toni Collette as Laura Oliver
* Bella Heathcote as Andy Oliver
* David Wenham as Jasper Queller
* Jessica Barden - Jane
* Joe Dempsie - Nicholas Harp
* Omari Hardwick - Gordon Oliver
* Jacob Scipio - Michael Vargas
* Terry O'Quinn - Martin Queller
* Gil Birmingham - Charlie Bass
* Calum Worthy - Young Jasper Queller
* Paul C. Grenier - Young Charlie Bass
* Nicholas Burton - Andrew Queller
* Mia Artemis - Young Paula Kunde
* Genevieve Hegney - Paula Kunde
* Catherine McClements - Grace Juno
* Ellie Lang - Little Andy
* Daniel Amalm - Lean Man
* Lasarus Ratuere - Felix Spears
* Christo Knudsen - Politikonstabel
* Jack Bannister - Young Man #1
* Melissa Bonne - Cynthia
* Abhilash Kaimal - Quarter
* T'Keyah Hart Chase - Joelle
* Unyie Vazquez - Donor Alice
* Andrew Gobran - Husband Max
* Tibbie Chiu - Photographer
* Alina Sunar - Female Guest
* Benjamin Wang - Waiter
* Tom Barrett - Private Security Guard
* Demetri Fields - Male Prison Guard
* Nicole Moyo - Female Prison Guard
* Marcel Noronha - Safe House Man #1
* David Dupre - Safe House Man #2