Nadya comes home to find her laptop missing. When her son, Peter, arrives, he discovers his is also gone. Nadya confronts Peter, revealing she knows he copied her key to the Westcotts’ house and stole the security code from her phone. Peter confesses that he gave the access information to a man named Konstantin, who then planted the cameras. He admits they have recorded the Westcotts confessing to the murder and that some cameras remain active. Later, Nadya reads a newspaper article about Ben’s death in a home invasion and immediately suspects the Westcotts were involved (they would want to protect themselves if they suspected Ben and Lara planted the cameras). Meanwhile, Special Agent Ramirez reads the same article and makes the same connection.

Nadya has Peter take her to meet Konstantin. She confronts him about the blackmail plot and demands that he give her some of the money when Ted pays him. Nadya wants $1 million for herself and $1 million for Peter. Konstantin agrees. Nadya then tells him about Lara and Ben’s home invasion, but he is already aware of the situation. Meanwhile, Ted receives a text from the blackmailers stating they will wait to demand payment until the estate is settled. This delay gives Ted a sense of relief and time to think. He tells Jill he has a new plan and that they must “play a longer game” (282).

Eleven months after Greg’s death, Ted and Jill meet with their lawyers to finalize the inheritance. After signing the documents, Ted officially becomes a multimillionaire. He feels that the entire ordeal has made him a stronger person, though he is disappointed in Jill. After the meeting, he wonders how long it will take for Min to get in touch. Jill and Ted return to their brownstone. Jill, however, cannot relax, consumed with anxiety about the blackmailers’ inevitable demand for payment.

Four days later, Jill receives a text. The blackmailer knows they now have the inheritance money and demands payment. To Jill’s surprise, Ted seems calm and self-assured.

Peter and Konstantin use camera footage to confirm that Jill and Ted have the inheritance. Konstantin uses a burner phone to send his first demand to Jill’s phone. He instructs the Westcotts to make an initial, untraceable payment of $1 million in Bitcoin and says he will send the specific wallet address. Nadya waits eagerly to receive the money so that she can quit her job and move on. 

Meanwhile, Lara (who got pregnant right before Ben’s death and is now expecting their child) also waits impatiently for her payout. John Burnley has given up trying to find the blackmailer and doesn’t think he will be able to extract any money but is curious to see what happens. 

Konstantin is surprised and angry when Jill and Ted don’t pay by the stated deadline. He texts them angrily but does not get a response.

Konstantin waits anxiously, but the payment never arrives. He furiously realizes the Westcotts are refusing to pay. A flashback reveals that months earlier, Ted had a consultation with a top criminal lawyer, Alan Siegle. Siegle assured him that any illegally obtained recordings would be inadmissible as evidence in both criminal and civil trials. The recordings from the camera cannot be used as evidence that Jill and Ted committed a crime. Armed with this important information, Ted has decided to defy the blackmailers, keep the entire inheritance, and tolerate the public fallout if the incriminating footage is released. He and Jill still believe that Minerva and her boyfriend are the blackmailers.

Peter informs Nadya that the Westcotts have refused to pay. Jill meets with Lara at a coffee shop and informs her that they will not be paying her any money, explaining that the recordings are legally inadmissible. Lara threatens to tell the police that the intruder who killed Ben was looking for camera recordings and may be connected to Jill and Ted. Jill counters by pointing out that nothing can be proven, and police will have questions as to why she waited months to reveal this information. Jill further reveals that she will tell the police that Lara blackmailed them and was willing to take money to conceal the truth about the home invasion. Lara backs down. 

Later, Ted meets with John Burnley in Central Park and explains that he is not going to pay the blackmailer. Burnley is surprised by this information and Ted’s calm attitude toward the possibility of the recordings being made public. They part without Ted sharing the identity of the blackmailer.

Konstantin is furious at not receiving the payment. He considers sending violent men to pressure Jill and Ted but he fears this will lead to too much investigation and police scrutiny. He tries to sell the digital recordings to a tabloid but is dismayed that he cannot stay anonymous in the process. Konstantin copies the most incriminating video files onto four thumb drives and anonymously mails them to three major New York newspapers and the commanding officer of the local NYPD precinct. Agent Ramirez gets a call from an NYPD colleague about the package. At the station, Ramirez and Captain Ed Silva watch the footage; it shows Jill and Ted discussing the texts and the pressure they feel from Ramirez’s suspicions and investigation. They also discuss other people who could possibly be blackmailing them.

The footage leaves Ramirez vindicated but frustrated. He knows the footage cannot be used as evidence that Jill and Ted killed Greg. He thinks about Ben’s suspicious death, wondering if they are guilty of other crimes. The police suggest that they bring Jill and Ted in for questioning and play them the recording; if the couple says something incriminating in response, that would be admissible as evidence. Even though Ramirez and the police agree that it is a long shot (Jill and Ted will arrive well-prepared and supported by the best lawyers), they decide to try.

The story of the recordings breaks online: Jill and Ted assume that Minerva leaked the recordings after they refused to pay her. They are prepared to weather the media scrutiny but Jill is horrified when she realizes that the news article mentions Lara accusing them of being partially responsible for Ben’s death. This conversation took place well after they found and destroyed the first two cameras, meaning that there must be other cameras (and the blackmailer has been spying on them the entire time). She realizes police now also know they may have been involved in Ben’s death and frantically warns Ted. 

Moments later, police cars and news vans descend on their brownstone. The police request that Jill and Ted come to station for questioning. Ted agrees, planning for lawyers to be present. He pulls Jill aside and reassures her: Nothing from the recordings is admissible as evidence, so they just need to state that they have no comment in response to any questions. The police take them to the station for questioning and immediately place them in separate interview rooms. Ted will be questioned first; he is angry when he sees Ramirez is there for the questioning.

During his interrogation with, Ted follows his lawyer’s advice and answers “No comment” to all questions about Greg’s death and the home invasion. Next, the detectives interview Jill. They play the video of her and Ted confessing to the murder. Although Jill briefly considers cutting a deal to testify against Ted regarding Ben’s death, she ultimately follows her own lawyer’s counsel and also declines to answer every questions.

Ramirez watches, defeated, as Ted and Jill are released from the station without being charged. After watching the more recent recordings, which include Lara accusing Jill and Ted of being involved in Ben’s death, police have brought Lara in for questioning. Ramirez watches as the police show her the recording footage: it captures Lara confronting Jill and Ted the morning after Ben’s death and agreeing to silence in exchange for money. Lara considers whether she wants to give any statements now: unlike the recordings, these statements would be admissible as evidence against Jill and Ted, but they would also open her up to her charges regarding her involvement in the blackmail and concealment. Deciding to prioritize her future and her child, she declines to comment. With no one willing to cooperate, the investigation stalls completely.

Meanwhile, back at their brownstone, Ted frantically searches for the remaining camera but is unable to find it. He leaves an angry voicemail for Min, blaming her for releasing the recordings.

Jill and Ted worry about whether Lara will make any statements to the police about the home invasion. Jill secretly decides that if Lara implicates Ted in Ben’s death, she will also do so in exchange for a plea deal. After 

a few days pass, Jill phones Lara. Lara confirms that she did not make any statements to the police; she explains that she does not think Jill had anything to do with the home invasion and Ben’s death, and that she blames Ted entirely. Jill subsequently learns that Lara gave birth to a baby girl, and feels sad that their friendship has ended. 

Although they have avoided prison, Jill and Ted’s lives have fallen apart. Jill loses her job and is ostracized from her social circle. Nadya quits. Ted suggests that they could try to press charges against Minerva and Robert for breaking into their home and recording them illegally, but the police refuse to help them. One night, Minerva phones and explains that she was not the blackmailer: She and Robert have been out of the country for months, with no knowledge of what was unfolding. Minerva bitterly expresses her satisfaction that she was correct in guessing that Jill and Ted murdered Greg. 

Jill and Ted try to understand who the blackmailer could be, if not Minerva. Moments later, Jill receives a text from an unknown number mocking her and confirming that the blackmailer still has camera access to them (and is observing them at that very moment). 

The narrative reveals that Nadya sent the texts. After Konstantin accepted he would not receive any blackmail money, he lost interest in the footage from the remaining hidden cameras. He gave Nadya the smartphone connected to the cameras and the burner phone from which he sent the texts. Nadya is regretful that she never received the payout money but is relieved that she no longer works for Ted and Jill. She is hopeful that Peter seems to be taking his future more seriously. She derives some bitter pleasure from tormenting Jill and Ted for as long as she has access to the secret camera feed.