The greatest con of all could also be love in ABC’s new drama The Company You Keep.
Sunday’s collection premiere introduces us to Charlie Nicoletti (performed by This Is Us‘ Milo Ventimiglia), an extraordinarily skilled con man who sells a warehouse he doesn’t even personal to a drug trafficker… simply because the FBI arrives. But the feds are literally his companions in conning: his father Leo (Mom and Prison Break vet William Fichtner), mother Fran (Thirtysomething‘s Polly Draper), sister Birdie (The Walking Dead‘s Sarah Wayne Callies) and financée Tina (ubiquitous guest star Bridget Regan). However, as good as Charlie is at what he does, he doesn’t see it coming when Tina steals $10 million from him and vanishes.
Meanwhile, CIA agent Emma Hill (Good Trouble‘s Catherine Haena Kim) — whose cover identity is data analyst for a logistics company — discovers that her boyfriend is cheating. Even though she can’t say she loves him, she nonetheless goes to drown her sorrows at a resort bar, the place she handily clothes down a married man who tries to hit on her. Charlie witness the second and begins lamenting about love and relationships with Emma. The two hit it off, sharing clearly faux tales about what they do for a residing, then revealing the reality about their jobs, though neither one appears to appreciate the opposite is being trustworthy.
After Charlie heads as much as his resort room, Emma reveals up at his door simply moments later, and you realize what occurs subsequent: They kiss, then… resolve they’re ravenous and simply spend the night time consuming and consuming and laughing. But the following day, they get all the way down to enterprise, spending a blissful 36 hours in mattress, frolicking within the pool and raiding the resort bar. “Maybe we just stay here, do this. Indefinitely,” Charlie suggests, however Emma is aware of it’s a fantasy.
(*1*)Charlie returns to his household with a brand new job that ought to recoup a few of their misplaced cash: They’re going to con a wealthy mega pastor who’s laundering money for somebody. They all go undercover at his church, ultimately working their manner into a elaborate D.C. gala the place the pastor and his shady contact will meet.
At the occasion, Charlie spots Emma, who’s there together with her dynastic household, together with her former governor father (Eli Stone‘s James Saito), senator brother (SEAL Team‘s Tim Chiou) and her mom (Freda Foh Shen). Charlie approaches her for a dance, but after Birdie accuses him of being distracted on the job, he turns down Emma’s dinner date invitation.
As Charlies poses because the pastor’s contact and takes his suitcase of cash, Emma will get a name from her CIA colleague in regards to the drug trafficking ring she’s been monitoring. They acquired a photograph of the chief throughout his meetup with Charlie, whose again is to the digicam. The FBI captures the drug chief, however his cohort Daphne (Dynasty‘s Felisha Terrell), aka the true brains behind the operation, will get away as Emma chases after her.
Back on the household bar, Charlie confronts his dad about his early reminiscence loss. His dad and mom are usually not OK with the concept of strolling away and leaving Charlie holding the bag, despite the fact that they hoped to retire to someplace sunny after one final large rating. After Birdie mentions that there was a lady, Charlie’s mother tells him that this could’t be his entire world. So Charlie visits Emma’s residence to inform her the reality: He hasn’t stopped eager about her and he needs to take her out. He is aware of she will learn folks however doesn’t belief simply, is aware of she needs one thing completely different, and so does he. She kisses him in response.
But when Charlie returns to the bar, he will get an unpleasant shock: Daphne is there, enjoying with Birdie’s daughter, and she or he needs her $15 million.
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