Helen meets with her attorney at Vera Law Firm to discuss her defense. Her lawyer explains that Jim uses his fifty-percent ownership stake to remove her. Helen remembers Christie eyeing the upstairs skyline residence with Jim. At the lanes, Helen touches a bowling ball and stands firm. Later in court, the judge orders the alley into a temporary third-party trusteeship. The new trustee promptly swaps all the locks, shutting Helen outside her business.
Helen sits with her lawyer at Vera Law Firm. The attorney reviews the records and says the case looks solid. Still, she warns that Jim is relying on his half-equity in the business to force Helen out of the alley.
00:19: Christie Eyes the Skyline Apartment
Helen thinks back to a memory inside the apartment above the bowling lanes. She remembers Jim standing beside Christie. Both of them admire the skyline view from the window as Christie covets the space for herself.
00:25: Helen at the Bowling Lanes
Helen sits by herself near the lanes in the empty bowling alley. She rests her fingers on a bowling ball and sits quietly. Even with the legal fight ahead, she refuses to give up or accept defeat.
00:38: Preliminary Ruling in the Courtroom
Helen and Jim attend a preliminary hearing before the judge. Instead of ruling in favor of either spouse, the judge places the bowling alley under third-party trusteeship while the legal battle continues between them.
00:46: Locked Out of Crown Alley
The court-appointed trustee takes over the bowling alley immediately. He changes all the physical door locks and resets the register passwords. He hangs a restricted access sign on the entrance, leaving Helen barred outside the building.
Key Lines from Episode 3
“Because Jim's a co-owner. He holds half the equity. All he wants is to push you out.”
“I was locked out of the place I'd worked at for 23 years.”
How Episode 3 Ends
Helen stands outside Crown Bowling Alley, completely shut out of her family business. The newly appointed trustee has changed every door lock, updated the cash register passwords, and put up access notices. With Jim and Christie attempting to strip her of everything, how will Helen find a way back inside to protect the alley she spent twenty-three years building?