Episode 7: We Are Not Animals
This episode shows us a lot more about the relationship between Ellen and Tom Shayes. We see the veneer of trust between them and how little it stands for. A particularly apt scene in the recap shows Patty telling Ellen, “Trust No One” - that’s good advice for watching the whole show.
Episode seven starts with Ellen in police station, and we learn more about her version of events that led to her being arrested. She is talking to her attorney, Mr Nye, telling him what happened. She admits to a fight with David. So she stayed at Pattys apartment whilst Patty was away at the Summer House. An intruder came in and int he struggle, Ellen killed him. Ellen ran out and Went back home to find David dead. She tells him that he needs to find Patty Hewes. She goes onto to tell Mr Nye that Patty was the only person who knew Ellen was in the apartment.
Flipping back in time, we see Ray Fiske and Patty Hewes talking before a tv show appearance. She tries to ask him about Gregory Malina and he feigns ignorance.
Gregory leaves a hotel he is staying at and is walking around terrified, especially so after someone tried to kill him in episode six. He bumps into a woman, who has been sent to serve with him subpoena papers. Ray Fiske visits Greg in hotel room and wants to know if he ever told anyone about the sale of his Frobisher stocks - that fact heavily implicates Greg and Frobisher.
Patty visits the reform academy to see Michael. He is very cold with his mother. She wants him to come home but he says he wants to stay, telling her “getting away from you was the best that could have happened for me”.
Jumping back to Ellen at the police station, Mr Nye tells her he can’t get hold of Patty. The police offers interrupt them to arrest Ellen for the murder of David Connor. Later, Tom comes to see Ellen in jail and she says he is the one she can trust.
Returning to the pre-murder narrative, Patty watches Ellen and Tom laughing and seems unhappy about their closeness. She speaks to Ellen and asks her how committed she thinks Tom is, and if he ever tried to recruit Ellen when he was thinking of starting his own firm. Ellen lies and tells her that he didn’t. Patty asks her to keep an eye on Tom. Ellen tells Tom about the question and they are worried that Patty knows.
Fiske and Frobisher’s other man - as yet unidentified - meet up and argue over Gregory. Fiske wants purely legal avenues to be followed.
Meeting before the judge, Fiske fails to quash the Malina subpoena when Patty produces evidence of his stock sale. He also agrees a request to expedite Malina’s deposition.
Ellen talks to Tom, she wants them to tell Patty about him offering a job. He says it’s a bad idea and makes clear he doesn’t want her to tell Patty.
Patty is playing games, giving jobs to Ellen that would usually give to Tom. She seems to be driving a wedge between them.
Ray Fiske visits Gregory at the hotel and tells him to disappear. Gregory is annoyed at the situation. He says he doesn’t know why he expected Ray to help him when his whole life is a lie. Ray tells him he cannot protect him any more. Frobisher’s other men are planning to kill Gregory.
Patty Hewes comes to see Gregory. She says she is looking out for him and that all he needs to do is show up and tell the truth.
Patty visits Michael at the reform academy and offers him parental divorce papers. He ends up deciding he doesn’t want a parental divorce and comes home. Ellen knows about the divorce papers and won’t tell Tom where Ellen is - another example of the wedge between them. Tom late decides to tell Patty that he did offer Ellen a job, despite putting Ellen off telling Patty herself.
Greg is due to turn up for his deposition but managed to give his minder the slip and escapes. Patty is embarrassed when he doesn’t turn up to give his evidence, she goes into her office yells GODDAMMIT.
Back at the jail, Tom says he cant find Patty. She doesn’t want to be found and “Fiske really, really got to her”. He tells her he’ll do anything he can for her but doesn’t know where she is. After the he leaves, he immediately calls Patty and Ellen immediately calls Mr Nye to tell him Tom is full of shit, and to stay on him to find Patty.