Chance

- Previously on "Chance"... - Hey.

Woman found with her throat cut, a kid shot in the head

breaking into a car registered to Ryan Winter.

I'm gonna need you to get into Ryan Winter's head for me.

You were attacked by a stranger, targeted for whatever reason.

Rear choke like that for longer than 40 seconds,

and you wouldn't be here.

Winter is here in my office.

Change rattles him.

If I keep him here,

can you get into his house?

- Already out the door, Doc. - You spread that shit around

about me and John.

- Chill out. - And then just sit here.

You are not my friend!

Whatever, stalker freak.

Someone's broken into my house

and taken things, moved things.

What they stole has no value other than to me.

- Did you call the police? - He is the police.

Detective Kevin Hynes.

It really freaked him out, what you did.

Look, I don't give a shit, but I can't lose this job.

- In case you get hungry. - Why didn't you scream

- when you saw me in the house? - 'Cause you're not scary.

When I was 8, I was standing on a train platform.

This woman had come out of the crowd, grabbed him,

and tossed him in front of the train.

I found a way to cope.

There's this asshole bullied me or whatever.

Anytime somebody bullies you, you should thank them every day.

Learn to stand up for yourself now.

Anything can be a weapon.

- Oh. - Oh!

- Thank you. - Hey, take a bow.

- For what? - Your good work

made this happen.

Ryan Winter just donated $1 million to the unit

in Josefa's name.

Pinch me, right?

This is too good to be true.

I agree.

What?

Come on.

I don't think you should take this money.

What do you mean, don't? Based on what?

Well, he's a patient with head trauma for one thing.

We've accepted money from victims

and families of victims before.

I mean, not this much money, but they donate all the time.

It's not unethical.

It's what helps keep our doors open.

Will you... will you just listen to me for a second?

I'm just concerned that this donation

is gonna come with strings.

Access.

This is not the type of guy who can give a million dollars

and just leave it at that.

Fine.

He can have my parking spot.

I'm serious.

So am I.

Do I really have to tell you what a million dollars

means for this unit?

I know, I know. I just...

I just don't want him

to distract from the people who actually need us.

Yeah?

Whoa, whoa, whoa. Christina, s-slow down.

Is she with you now? Okay.

Uh, I'll meet you at my place in 20 minutes.

- Nicole? - Yeah.

I got to go. I'll call you later.

Hey. This money,

it'll be a good thing.

Jesus, carryout check stand 2.

Folic acid and iron and a stool softener

for the iron side effects.

You know they have flowers here.

Folic acid helps protect your baby against birth defects,

and the iron prevents anemia.

What's your name?

D.

D.

I have a doctor, D.

An O. B. For the baby.

She tells me not to eat raw fish and weird cheeses or whatever.

And she tells me to take vitamins, so I do that.

But thank you.

Okay, then.

So, you're stalking me at the supermarket

because of birth defects?

Hmm?

Then why?

Your boss, he's a very bad man.

That's all I know is bad men.

You're gonna have to say more than that.

He kills people.

- What people? - Women, mostly.

So, he's gonna kill me?

Doubt it. That'd be too obvious,

although I guess you never know.

- You a cop? - No.

Good.

You ever kill anybody?

Nobody anyone would miss.

So, what do you want from me, anyway?

I just figured you should know.

Yeah, that's an answer, but it's not the whole answer.

You like Chinese food?

Sure.

Golden Pagoda, tomorrow at 2:00.

You can take me to lunch.

The baby likes the chicken in black bean sauce.

Okay.

Good.

Price check in produce. Price check in produce.

Cashier 2.

You can tell me the rest of the answer then.

Nic thanked Pepper?

Right after she broke her nose.

And that Pepper is a piece of work,

just pretending to be her friend

so she could humiliate her?

So, what now?

Expulsion, possibly. I don't know.

I'll know more when I talk to the dean tomorrow.

What time? I'll come with you.

There's another shoe.

Of course there is.

Her parents are pressing charges,

aggravated assault.

Aggravated?

They're saying the book was a weapon, a blunt instrument.

The hospital's holding her overnight for observation.

That's standard concussion protocol.

Okay, well, I guess I'll go talk to the parents.

And then I'll handle the dean?

Eldon, she's going to be charged with a felony.

Is there a scenario where she goes to jail

or some kind of, like, juvenile detention center?

No.

That's not gonna happen.

I really thought that we were over this. I...

She was doing so well.

I'll go talk to her.

Do you ever think that maybe this is our fault?

I mean, she's so bright and beautiful and young

and unjaded and unspoiled.

I don't know where this is coming from.

I mean, the stalking last year, and now?

I-I keep thinking that the only common denominator is...

is us.

You had nothing to do with this.

Pepper humiliated me in front of basically everyone,

so forget putting anything behind me or starting over.

Not to mention ruining any chance

I had at making any other friends besides her.

And the rest, as they say, is history.

Look, I... I understand the impulse, I do.

I just...

You ever feel like your life is just some ride?

You're at a carnival, you strap yourself in,

and then somebody else decides how fast or high you go?

But you do have control.

It might not always feel like that, but...

Yeah, but even before this.

Too many times I'd get up in the morning and think,

"Here we go again."

Walking the school halls, worried, wondering what's next,

what's out there waiting for me now?

But today with Pepper?

I was what was waiting.

And to be honest, it felt awesome.

Look, after what Pepper did, you had every right to be upset.

This is not the way to deal with it.

Really?

You tried "walking and reading" at the same time lately?

Look, do me a favor.

In the future, will you talk to me first?

Well, I tried, and I could not find you anywhere,

so I talked to D.

D?

Yeah, he thinks we should thank bullies.

What? We should... Thank them for what?

Well, he says everyone else just wants to keep us

weak and calm, but bullies challenge us,

show us how to handle adversity

and give us insight into who we are.

Mm-hmm. So this is who you really are now?

Mm. I don't know.

I just know that whoever I was today,

I like her way more than who I've been.

This is not smart, you being here.

You got no way of knowing

whether you're gonna run into him.

I wouldn't have had to come

if you'd answer your fucking cell.

Besides, you said you were gonna keep him out of here.

He noticed and wrote a check so big,