Episode 07 “INQUISITIOIN : BLOOD AND MONEY Housing Bubble bursts
A FUNERAL HOME, 2008 - WHERE FAMILY TIES BECOME FINANCIAL NOOSES
Colin stands frozen before his mother’s casket, his handclutching Samantha’s so tightly it hurts them both.Barbara Rath’s funeral should be about grief, but thecalculator apps glowing on his siblings’ phones signal thereal agenda. Five years of absence dissolves in fiveminutes of accusations, as Colin’s siblings descend ontheir father’s financial involvement in Colin’s crumblingempire.
Samantha slides down beside him, her back against the coldtile, and takes his face between her hands.“Listen to me,”she says with quiet ferocity. “Your mother knew exactlywho you were when she loved you—a dreamer who sometimescrashes but never stays down.”
Back in Connecticut, Colin and his father soldier on atBetter Lists Inc., their shared workspace now both refugeand war room. As Colin takes yet another rejection callfor refinancing, his father silently slides a family photoacross the desk—Barbara holding infant Colin, her faceradiant with the same unwavering faith he now sees only inSamantha’s eyes.
The contrast between family bonds cuts deeper when we seeColin and Samantha’s nightly ritual—after tucking in theirdaughters, they review foreclosure notices and legalthreats at their kitchen table, speaking in whispers likegenerals planning a last stand. The $750,000 collateralaccount that his siblings are demanding back hangs overthem like a guillotine blade.“
in a smoky New Jersey bar—”He models tiny clothes
(EST 60 min episode duration)