Blood, lies and Hitman

Episode 1

Senator Sean takes the stage to talk about family safety, telling an audience that every family deserves to feel safe inside their own walls. At home, the picture is very different. Sarah is unwell and wants to stay in, but Sean insists she play the perfect wife and not ruin his image. When she tells him not to touch her, he reminds her that he loves her and forces her to say it back. Later, Tommy asks his mother a chilling question: did she kill his father? Sarah only answers that Tommy once said they would be safer without him. Then she decides they are leaving.

Episode 2

The escape turns into a chase. Sarah runs while a voice taunts her that it is no fun if she does not fight back. She and Tommy flee, but their car blows a tire. Tommy is shaken, and Sarah is bleeding. Someone addresses her as Mrs. Sterling and orders her to let the boy go, giving her a three-count. Sarah refuses to back down, telling the threat that if Sean sent them, they should kill her first. The pursuit tightens, and mother and son are left stranded and exposed in the dark.

Episode 3

A stranger appears and gives Sarah a stark choice: follow him, or do not survive the night. When his boss reports that she is not alone, the pursuers head into the deep woods. The stranger tends to Sarah, warning her to take off wet clothing if she does not want to get sick. Sarah demands to know who he is and why he is helping them. He says he can, and tells her to call him Vance. The moment turns tense when Sarah grabs a weapon and threatens him, and Vance asks if she really does not remember him.

Episode 4

Vance tells Sarah she is trapped with him tonight, then orders her to get inside and stay put. He warns her that the men hunting them are not like the others, and adds that neither is he. Meanwhile, the search closes in. A voice admires a beautiful place that is perfect for hiding, noting that she always chooses tight spaces. The pressure builds as Vance tries to keep Sarah and Tommy out of sight, and the hunters creep nearer to the cabin.

Episode 5

The tracker picks up a strange scent, certain he can smell her, and notes she gets nervous when she hides. Vance deflects, and the two men trade barbs about everyone having a price. Vance insists they are shopping in the wrong place and calls himself nobody, just a wood carver. The order goes out to seal the town, because no one escapes twice. Vance warns Sarah that the man knows she is here and wants her terrified, since fear makes people predictable. When Sarah demands to know who he really is, Vance answers only that he is not her enemy.

Episode 6

The hunt for the archive intensifies, and Sarah is told she is running out of time. A subordinate reports that the wood carver let them go, and that he is not hiding the pair, he is protecting them. The boss decides to let him play, then locks down the town and takes control of the entire system. Sarah tells Vance she has to leave, because everyone who helps her gets destroyed. Vance argues that leaving does not save people. He tells her to stay, get some sleep, and says he will be outside.

Episode 7

Sarah admits she could not sleep and comes to Vance. He asks if she remembers something between them, and a remembered line surfaces: you do not get to want anything, my love. The moment feels too real. Later, Tommy asks Vance if he is his new dad. Sarah introduces him as the man who saved them. Vance tells Sarah she is not a normal woman, and she fires back that he is not a normal man either. The bond between them deepens as the danger around them refuses to let up.

Episode 8

The morning brings a small slice of normal life, with pancakes and chocolate earning a good answer from Tommy. Then the plan changes abruptly: move now, run, do not let them slip away. Vance tells Sarah to stay with him and keep her head. The pursuers follow the wrong trace, and the scent is wiped, leaving them lost. In the chaos, Vance tells Tommy to look at him and hold his breath for thirty seconds, a tense test of trust as the hunters close in.

Episode 9

The danger turns physical when Sarah is exposed to something poisonous. Vance urges her not to move and tells her to look at him, but she insists she likes it, her words slurring. He warns that a fast-spreading neurotoxin is burning through her. Tommy tries to help and apologizes. Vance works to keep Sarah alive as the poison spreads, and the group is forced to move again, with the roads compromised and no safe route left.

Episode 10

Sarah is told she will be fine, while Tommy pleads with the big guy not to die. A voice reassures the boy he will not, calling him sweetheart. But Vance's hands are burning and his fever is climbing, so they need a pharmacy. The problem is it is too close to the hunters. Vance orders Sarah and Tommy to stay put and wait for him, warning that one move means death. He heads out alone, leaving mother and son to hold their breath and hope he comes back.