1 00:00:02,903 --> 00:00:05,206 (Beck's "Mixed Bizness" playing) 2 00:00:07,675 --> 00:00:11,712 * I'm mixing business with leather * 3 00:00:11,779 --> 00:00:15,116 * Christmas with Heather 4 00:00:15,183 --> 00:00:18,252 * Freaks flock together 5 00:00:18,319 --> 00:00:20,821 * Makin' all the B-boys scream * 6 00:00:20,888 --> 00:00:22,290 (camera shutter clicks) 7 00:00:22,356 --> 00:00:23,824 * All right 8 00:00:23,891 --> 00:00:25,593 * All right * 9 00:00:25,659 --> 00:00:27,328 * Turn it up, now 10 00:00:27,395 --> 00:00:28,862 * Turn it up now * 11 00:00:28,929 --> 00:00:30,764 * All right 12 00:00:30,831 --> 00:00:32,766 * All right... * 13 00:00:32,833 --> 00:00:33,867 * Turn it up now 14 00:00:33,934 --> 00:00:36,070 (over PA): Now, at the Sklar Graphics booth, 15 00:00:36,137 --> 00:00:40,741 Miles Sklar will be unveiling Ultraworld number one, 16 00:00:40,808 --> 00:00:42,710 the world's rarest and most valuable comic book. 17 00:00:42,776 --> 00:00:47,581 * I'll comb your hair, rewrite your diary * 18 00:00:47,648 --> 00:00:48,882 I present... 19 00:00:48,949 --> 00:00:52,786 the long lost, and only copy 20 00:00:52,853 --> 00:00:56,757 of Ultraworld Number One. 21 00:00:56,824 --> 00:00:59,360 (applause, cheering) 22 00:00:59,427 --> 00:01:01,162 * She can look right through me * 23 00:01:01,229 --> 00:01:04,132 * And make all the B-boys scream * 24 00:01:04,198 --> 00:01:07,535 And that completes the greatest 25 00:01:07,601 --> 00:01:10,104 comic book collection in existence. 26 00:01:10,171 --> 00:01:11,472 (applause, cheering) 27 00:01:11,539 --> 00:01:13,006 MAN (shouting): Okay, everybody! 28 00:01:13,073 --> 00:01:15,176 On the ground! Now! 29 00:01:15,243 --> 00:01:18,279 (several gunshots) 30 00:01:18,346 --> 00:01:20,714 Open it! Open it! 31 00:01:20,781 --> 00:01:21,849 Do it! Okay, okay. 32 00:01:25,052 --> 00:01:26,520 Let's go, let's go! 33 00:01:26,587 --> 00:01:28,222 (over walkie-talkie): What's going on over there? 34 00:01:28,289 --> 00:01:32,226 (gunshots, screaming) 35 00:01:32,293 --> 00:01:36,264 (people screaming) 36 00:01:39,867 --> 00:01:44,071 ...how game theory can be applied to casual relationships. 37 00:01:44,138 --> 00:01:46,006 Between friends, 38 00:01:46,073 --> 00:01:47,341 what's the strategic goal? 39 00:01:47,408 --> 00:01:50,311 After all, there's no commodity being sought, right? 40 00:01:50,378 --> 00:01:51,812 Let's think about this. 41 00:01:51,879 --> 00:01:54,648 Even the most causal relationship 42 00:01:54,715 --> 00:01:58,852 is built around a very important commodity. 43 00:01:58,919 --> 00:02:00,688 Thank you. 44 00:02:00,754 --> 00:02:02,390 Information. 45 00:02:02,456 --> 00:02:05,459 When a friend shares information, they place a value 46 00:02:05,526 --> 00:02:08,896 on our intention not to use it against them. 47 00:02:08,962 --> 00:02:10,398 And we, in turn, 48 00:02:10,464 --> 00:02:13,734 are expected to share our information with them. 49 00:02:13,801 --> 00:02:16,970 We can call this symmetrical information, 50 00:02:17,037 --> 00:02:17,838 and it's the foundation 51 00:02:17,905 --> 00:02:20,073 of partnerships between countries, 52 00:02:20,140 --> 00:02:22,976 corporations, lovers and friends. 53 00:02:23,043 --> 00:02:24,612 You are very popular. 54 00:02:24,678 --> 00:02:26,414 You have 17 new text messages. 55 00:02:26,480 --> 00:02:28,249 Okay, so for next week, 56 00:02:28,316 --> 00:02:31,452 chapter 15 of Theory of Games and Economic Behavior 57 00:02:31,519 --> 00:02:33,587 by John von Neumann and Oskar Morgenstern. 58 00:02:33,654 --> 00:02:36,290 So... you're done. Thank you all. 59 00:02:36,357 --> 00:02:38,292 Uh, Professor Eppes? 60 00:02:38,359 --> 00:02:40,294 Yeah, hi. Peter Lange. 61 00:02:40,361 --> 00:02:41,862 Yeah, uh, biochemistry, right? 62 00:02:41,929 --> 00:02:43,664 Uh, no, uh, Vanity Fair. 63 00:02:43,731 --> 00:02:45,699 I'm writing a profile on you. 64 00:02:45,766 --> 00:02:47,701 So, um... 65 00:02:47,768 --> 00:02:49,637 have you always taught game theory? 66 00:02:49,703 --> 00:02:53,106 Uh, yeah, yes. It's applied mathematics. 67 00:02:53,173 --> 00:02:54,342 I don't always 68 00:02:54,408 --> 00:02:55,576 have this many students. 69 00:02:55,643 --> 00:02:57,110 That's due to the popularity of the book. 70 00:02:57,177 --> 00:02:58,279 Right. Oh, I'm also gonna 71 00:02:58,346 --> 00:03:00,781 have to talk to friends and your family members. 72 00:03:00,848 --> 00:03:02,583 Really? 73 00:03:02,650 --> 00:03:04,017 Well, because your book, 74 00:03:04,084 --> 00:03:06,854 The Attraction Equation, is on the best-sellers list, 75 00:03:06,920 --> 00:03:09,457 you're seen as, you know, a friends expert, 76 00:03:09,523 --> 00:03:11,225 a kind of, uh... relationship guru. 77 00:03:11,292 --> 00:03:14,695 So I want to know about your own relationships. 78 00:03:17,164 --> 00:03:18,766 (sirens wailing) 79 00:03:18,832 --> 00:03:21,402 DAVID: Private security guard. Christopher Jenssen. 80 00:03:21,469 --> 00:03:23,170 Off-duty cop? 81 00:03:23,237 --> 00:03:24,638 High school football coach. 82 00:03:24,705 --> 00:03:26,807 Wife says he moonlights to make extra money. 83 00:03:26,874 --> 00:03:29,042 Has four kids, one starts college next year. 84 00:03:29,109 --> 00:03:30,944 Robber shot Jenssen, 85 00:03:31,011 --> 00:03:33,514 then he fired into the crowd and hit one. 86 00:03:33,581 --> 00:03:35,516 This is all for a comic book? 87 00:03:35,583 --> 00:03:36,817 Worth lots of money. 88 00:03:36,884 --> 00:03:38,252 This Sklar has one of the biggest 89 00:03:38,319 --> 00:03:39,587 comic collections in the world. 90 00:03:39,653 --> 00:03:42,723 Including the ashcan edition of Ultraworld number one. 91 00:03:42,790 --> 00:03:44,057 What's the what? 92 00:03:44,124 --> 00:03:45,426 Ashcan edition of a comic, 93 00:03:45,493 --> 00:03:48,095 it's when a publisher, he only prints one copy, 94 00:03:48,161 --> 00:03:49,363 never intended for sale. 95 00:03:49,430 --> 00:03:51,832 Often times, it was thrown in the ashcan. 96 00:03:51,899 --> 00:03:54,001 This one in particular, the one that was stolen, 97 00:03:54,067 --> 00:03:56,604 was drawn in 1962 by Ross Moore. 98 00:03:56,670 --> 00:03:57,638 He's a visionary. 99 00:03:57,705 --> 00:03:58,972 He's a legendary artist. 100 00:03:59,039 --> 00:04:00,674 How do you know all this? 101 00:04:00,741 --> 00:04:01,609 (chuckles) 102 00:04:01,675 --> 00:04:03,043 I started my first collection when I was nine. 103 00:04:03,110 --> 00:04:05,045 I still have a few thousand. 104 00:04:05,112 --> 00:04:06,146 Aha. 105 00:04:06,213 --> 00:04:07,548 A comic book geek in the FBI. 106 00:04:07,615 --> 00:04:09,049 Sweet. 107 00:04:09,116 --> 00:04:10,318 Oh, man. 108 00:04:10,384 --> 00:04:11,752 Absolute pleasure to meet you, man. 109 00:04:11,819 --> 00:04:13,020 I'm a big fan of your work. 110 00:04:13,086 --> 00:04:15,589 I have a first edition of NanoPunk. Mint. 111 00:04:15,656 --> 00:04:18,426 Oh, yeah? Well, I'm a big fan of your work, too. 112 00:04:18,492 --> 00:04:20,227 Bank robberies and stuff. 113 00:04:20,294 --> 00:04:21,395 (chuckles) 114 00:04:21,462 --> 00:04:22,396 Don, this Seth Marlowe. 115 00:04:22,463 --> 00:04:23,931 He's an incredible artist, 116 00:04:23,997 --> 00:04:26,099 and he's also an expert in comic history. 117 00:04:26,166 --> 00:04:27,000 Ah... 118 00:04:27,067 --> 00:04:28,402 You know this guy Miles Sklar? 119 00:04:28,469 --> 00:04:29,937 Oh, yeah, yeah. 120 00:04:30,003 --> 00:04:31,171 He is, uh, everything that's wrong 121 00:04:31,238 --> 00:04:32,205 with the comic book industry. 122 00:04:32,272 --> 00:04:33,541 How's that? 123 00:04:33,607 --> 00:04:35,409 He started out as a promising young artist, 124 00:04:35,476 --> 00:04:37,845 but he said that there wasn't enough money 125 00:04:37,911 --> 00:04:40,914 in comic books, and so he created a character 126 00:04:40,981 --> 00:04:43,183 that he would sell to TV and, uh, the toy companies, 127 00:04:43,250 --> 00:04:44,284 and he made millions. 128 00:04:44,352 --> 00:04:46,086 What would you say this... What is it? 129 00:04:46,153 --> 00:04:47,287 Ultraworld number one. 130 00:04:47,355 --> 00:04:48,088 What's that worth? 131 00:04:48,155 --> 00:04:50,223 Uh, maybe $2 million. 132 00:04:50,290 --> 00:04:53,026 If it's actually authentic. 133 00:04:53,093 --> 00:04:54,628 He never had it authenticated? 134 00:04:54,695 --> 00:04:56,397 So, what, you're saying it could be fake? 135 00:04:56,464 --> 00:04:57,765 Yeah. 136 00:04:57,831 --> 00:05:00,468 If it's real, it belongs to the guy who created it, Ross Moore. 137 00:05:00,534 --> 00:05:03,437 business.legend in this 138 00:05:03,504 --> 00:05:04,972 Ross Moore, that hack? 139 00:05:05,038 --> 00:05:07,107 Yeah, he wrote it-- decades ago. 140 00:05:07,174 --> 00:05:11,311 Look, he sold it, he lost it, whatever. 141 00:05:11,379 --> 00:05:13,146 I paid for it, so it's mine. 142 00:05:13,213 --> 00:05:16,517 He can't come around now asking for it because it's valuable. 143 00:05:16,584 --> 00:05:18,386 - How did you get it? - I found it. 144 00:05:18,452 --> 00:05:21,722 It was at an estate sale in Syracuse, New York. 145 00:05:21,789 --> 00:05:24,224 It was in a box with 300 other comics. 146 00:05:24,291 --> 00:05:27,961 And you got it for an investment? 147 00:05:28,028 --> 00:05:29,296 Yes, I will sell it 148 00:05:29,363 --> 00:05:31,198 when it's at its peak value, 149 00:05:31,264 --> 00:05:33,333 which should be right after Moore dies. 150 00:05:33,401 --> 00:05:34,835 He's not doing very well, 151 00:05:34,902 --> 00:05:36,504 so that shouldn't be very long. 152 00:05:36,570 --> 00:05:37,905 Nice for you, I guess. 153 00:05:37,971 --> 00:05:40,307 Comics are a business. 154 00:05:40,374 --> 00:05:42,976 I'm rich because I understand that. 155 00:05:43,043 --> 00:05:45,312 And this was the first time it was shown? 156 00:05:45,379 --> 00:05:47,280 Yes. I normally keep it in an undisclosed location 157 00:05:47,347 --> 00:05:48,749 in a locked safe. 158 00:05:48,816 --> 00:05:50,183 I only brought it to the convention 159 00:05:50,250 --> 00:05:51,985 because there were these rumors that it's fake. 160 00:05:53,086 --> 00:05:55,456 In retrospect, a bad idea. 161 00:05:57,324 --> 00:05:59,827 MEGAN: Talk about arrested development. 162 00:05:59,893 --> 00:06:01,629 You can't deny the cultural impact 163 00:06:01,695 --> 00:06:03,330 that comics have had on this country. 164 00:06:03,397 --> 00:06:05,332 You got Lichtenstein, Warhol... 165 00:06:05,399 --> 00:06:07,267 Hugh Jackman in a Wolverine outfit-- 166 00:06:07,334 --> 00:06:08,502 that was hot. 167 00:06:08,569 --> 00:06:10,771 Agent Sinclair! There's a wild rumor 168 00:06:10,838 --> 00:06:13,441 that Ultraworld just sold on the black market 169 00:06:13,507 --> 00:06:15,042 for 50,000 bucks. 170 00:06:15,108 --> 00:06:16,276 What? Who bought it? 171 00:06:16,343 --> 00:06:18,846 MAN: Who says they bought it? That's impossible. 172 00:06:18,912 --> 00:06:20,247 - How would you know? - Because I know. 173 00:06:20,313 --> 00:06:21,915 Hey, sir? FBI. 174 00:06:21,982 --> 00:06:23,350 We need to speak to you for a second. 175 00:06:23,417 --> 00:06:24,418 Uh, I don't know anything. 176 00:06:24,485 --> 00:06:25,853 He didn't ask you anything yet. 177 00:06:25,919 --> 00:06:28,522 Three guys are fighting over there-- they all say 178 00:06:28,589 --> 00:06:30,658 they bought Ultraworld. - No way! I... 179 00:06:30,724 --> 00:06:32,893 You what? Let me see your hands. 180 00:06:36,329 --> 00:06:37,631 Oh, God. 181 00:06:37,698 --> 00:06:40,133 There's copies everywhere. 182 00:06:42,202 --> 00:06:45,573 So much for our rare one-of-kind comic. 183 00:06:57,985 --> 00:07:01,088 So people bought a stolen comic, even though a man died. 184 00:07:01,154 --> 00:07:03,691 That's just obsessive collecting. 185 00:07:03,757 --> 00:07:04,858 Three hours after the robbery, 186 00:07:04,925 --> 00:07:06,727 buyers got an e-mail from someone claiming 187 00:07:06,794 --> 00:07:09,963 to have acquired the actual comic from the robbers. 188 00:07:10,030 --> 00:07:11,699 Mm, hey there. 189 00:07:11,765 --> 00:07:13,934 - You with us? - Yeah. What? 190 00:07:14,001 --> 00:07:15,435 I mean... 191 00:07:15,503 --> 00:07:16,770 How did the buys go down? 192 00:07:16,837 --> 00:07:19,773 It was cash only, ranging from five to 40,000 dollars. 193 00:07:19,840 --> 00:07:21,909 The seller met with buyers over a six-hour period, 194 00:07:21,975 --> 00:07:23,711 each at a different public place. 195 00:07:23,777 --> 00:07:26,379 General description is a white guy, mid-20s. 196 00:07:26,446 --> 00:07:27,648 MEGAN: Is there any chance that the real one 197 00:07:27,715 --> 00:07:29,483 was sold along with the fakes? 198 00:07:29,550 --> 00:07:31,151 Tech said all the copies are of similar quality, 199 00:07:31,218 --> 00:07:32,486 all done in old paper. 200 00:07:32,553 --> 00:07:34,655 But because Sklar never had his authenticated, 201 00:07:34,722 --> 00:07:35,789 there's no way of knowing 202 00:07:35,856 --> 00:07:37,057 if it's the real Ultraworld number one. 203 00:07:37,124 --> 00:07:39,226 Well, someone thought it was worth killing for. 204 00:07:39,292 --> 00:07:40,828 MEGAN: You know, that shooter 205 00:07:40,894 --> 00:07:43,564 reacted to minor resistance with rage. 206 00:07:43,631 --> 00:07:45,599 Maybe there's an aggression disorder. 207 00:07:45,666 --> 00:07:47,234 There'd probably be a violent record. 208 00:07:47,300 --> 00:07:48,101 Yeah, and check it out. 209 00:07:48,168 --> 00:07:49,570 Those locations are 210 00:07:49,637 --> 00:07:50,671 pretty evenly spaced, huh? 211 00:07:50,738 --> 00:07:51,739 We know what that means. 212 00:07:51,805 --> 00:07:53,240 Somebody tried to make them 213 00:07:53,306 --> 00:07:54,808 look random, but they're not. 214 00:07:54,875 --> 00:07:56,443 Yeah, why don't you run it by Charlie? 215 00:07:56,510 --> 00:07:57,578 All right. 216 00:07:57,645 --> 00:08:00,113 You doing okay? 217 00:08:00,180 --> 00:08:03,050 Yeah. 218 00:08:04,284 --> 00:08:05,553 CHARLIE: So the fakes were sold 219 00:08:05,619 --> 00:08:07,588 at 14 locations within a five-mile radius. 220 00:08:07,655 --> 00:08:08,922 Well, that's excellent, 221 00:08:08,989 --> 00:08:11,191 because I can get you a probable base for the seller. 222 00:08:11,258 --> 00:08:12,793 All right, how about the copies themselves? 223 00:08:12,860 --> 00:08:14,027 Dude, I love forgery problems, 224 00:08:14,094 --> 00:08:15,563 because I can compare the copies, 225 00:08:15,629 --> 00:08:17,164 see if they're drawn by the same person. 226 00:08:17,230 --> 00:08:19,032 I just wish I knew more about comic books. 227 00:08:19,099 --> 00:08:20,768 Well, you've come to the right place. 228 00:08:20,834 --> 00:08:24,237 Hey, you're the, uh, FBI math guy. 229 00:08:24,304 --> 00:08:25,105 Yeah, yeah, that's me. 230 00:08:25,172 --> 00:08:26,506 I've been getting a lot of press. 231 00:08:26,574 --> 00:08:27,507 I'm Charles Eppes. 232 00:08:27,575 --> 00:08:28,408 Seth Marlowe. 233 00:08:28,475 --> 00:08:29,877 All right, Seth. 234 00:08:29,943 --> 00:08:32,212 And I guess you're an expert on comic collecting and history. 235 00:08:32,279 --> 00:08:34,181 And I see that you're an artist yourself. 236 00:08:34,247 --> 00:08:36,516 Yeah, these are my people. 237 00:08:38,619 --> 00:08:39,452 (chuckling): All right. 238 00:08:39,519 --> 00:08:40,754 What do you want to know? 239 00:08:40,821 --> 00:08:42,222 What makes a comic valuable? 240 00:08:42,289 --> 00:08:44,792 Rarity, age and condition. 241 00:08:44,858 --> 00:08:46,994 Which is why a lot of collectors don't even read them. 242 00:08:47,060 --> 00:08:49,429 They just buy them and seal them up. 243 00:08:49,496 --> 00:08:50,898 The book's condition. 244 00:08:50,964 --> 00:08:54,602 This one's mint, perfect. Never been read. 245 00:08:54,668 --> 00:08:56,937 And now it never will be. 246 00:08:57,004 --> 00:08:58,471 It's only good for showing off. 247 00:08:58,538 --> 00:09:02,275 And, uh, what does this... this yellow sticker mean? 248 00:09:02,342 --> 00:09:04,845 That it's been doctored. Cuts the value. 249 00:09:04,912 --> 00:09:06,279 People paint faded copies, 250 00:09:06,346 --> 00:09:07,314 spray them with cooking oil 251 00:09:07,380 --> 00:09:09,617 to make them shiny, use tape on smudges, 252 00:09:09,683 --> 00:09:11,151 which takes off some of the original ink. 253 00:09:11,218 --> 00:09:13,120 How about forgery, is that common? 254 00:09:13,186 --> 00:09:14,287 If you're good enough to fake a comic, 255 00:09:14,354 --> 00:09:15,623 you're good enough to be drawing your own. 256 00:09:15,689 --> 00:09:17,625 CHARLIE: Highly rare comic is valuable, 257 00:09:17,691 --> 00:09:19,793 that'd be motivation for forgery? 258 00:09:19,860 --> 00:09:21,995 Rare ones are well-known to the collectors. 259 00:09:22,062 --> 00:09:25,465 All right, so all I'll need is copies of Ross Moore's work 260 00:09:25,532 --> 00:09:28,836 drawn around the same time that he drew Ultraworld number one. 261 00:09:28,902 --> 00:09:30,137 You know Ross Moore? 262 00:09:30,203 --> 00:09:34,107 He's a friend. I'll talk to him. 263 00:09:37,244 --> 00:09:38,679 MOORE: That's the old stuff you want. 264 00:09:38,746 --> 00:09:40,213 That's from 1962. 265 00:09:40,280 --> 00:09:43,851 Two weeks after I drew Ultraworld one. 266 00:09:43,917 --> 00:09:45,686 It's exactly what we need. 267 00:09:45,753 --> 00:09:47,655 Thank you so much. 268 00:09:47,721 --> 00:09:49,757 How are you feeling today, Ross? 269 00:09:49,823 --> 00:09:51,158 (groans) All right, as long as 270 00:09:51,224 --> 00:09:53,694 I don't try to do anything too fast. 271 00:09:53,761 --> 00:09:56,396 I got emphysema, kidney problems... 272 00:09:56,463 --> 00:09:57,698 I beat the big "C" 273 00:09:57,765 --> 00:09:59,232 a couple years ago. 274 00:09:59,299 --> 00:10:01,669 Mr. Moore, it's a real honor. 275 00:10:01,735 --> 00:10:03,203 I've always loved your books. 276 00:10:03,270 --> 00:10:04,504 I own a lot of them. 277 00:10:04,571 --> 00:10:06,006 Probably more than I do. 278 00:10:06,073 --> 00:10:09,442 I sold most of my collection, years ago. 279 00:10:09,509 --> 00:10:10,343 Hey, you had no way of knowing 280 00:10:10,410 --> 00:10:11,845 how crazy the market was going to get. 281 00:10:11,912 --> 00:10:14,381 Threw old books out. Gave them away. 282 00:10:14,447 --> 00:10:21,221 We left behind boxes of stuff when we moved offices. 283 00:10:21,288 --> 00:10:23,223 I didn't mean to lose Ultraworld, 284 00:10:23,290 --> 00:10:27,027 but somewhere back then, it got misplaced. 285 00:10:27,094 --> 00:10:29,562 I'd sure like to have it back. 286 00:10:29,629 --> 00:10:31,231 Why that one? 287 00:10:31,298 --> 00:10:33,400 Well... Iris... 288 00:10:33,466 --> 00:10:37,637 supported me when I was getting started, 289 00:10:37,705 --> 00:10:40,040 stuck with me all this time. 290 00:10:40,107 --> 00:10:44,044 With my health problems, we're pretty broke. 291 00:10:44,111 --> 00:10:46,379 But after I'm gone, 292 00:10:46,446 --> 00:10:50,250 she could sell it, live well the rest of her life. 293 00:10:50,317 --> 00:10:52,419 And that'll happen. 294 00:10:52,485 --> 00:10:54,554 If there's any justice in this world. 295 00:10:54,621 --> 00:10:56,990 Huh... justice? 296 00:10:57,057 --> 00:11:00,393 Kid, you read too many comic books. 297 00:11:05,432 --> 00:11:07,334 Charlie's sending over a hot zone map 298 00:11:07,400 --> 00:11:09,569 so we can target the seller's locations. 299 00:11:09,636 --> 00:11:10,603 That's great. 300 00:11:10,670 --> 00:11:12,539 You asked for these files from Karen Silver 301 00:11:12,605 --> 00:11:14,241 in the Art Crime Unit? 302 00:11:14,307 --> 00:11:19,046 Um, yeah, it's just some stuff on known forgers in the area. 303 00:11:19,112 --> 00:11:20,047 Mm. 304 00:11:20,113 --> 00:11:21,982 Hey, what do you know about Karen? 305 00:11:22,049 --> 00:11:23,817 Does she, uh... she got a boyfriend? 306 00:11:23,884 --> 00:11:25,252 What's her story? 307 00:11:25,318 --> 00:11:26,553 She's married. 308 00:11:26,619 --> 00:11:27,888 Oh, really? 309 00:11:30,690 --> 00:11:32,592 Why? You looking to meet someone? 310 00:11:32,659 --> 00:11:35,362 You know, it's just back in Idaho 311 00:11:35,428 --> 00:11:37,597 it was pretty easy to meet girls. 312 00:11:37,664 --> 00:11:38,465 Knew just about everybody 313 00:11:38,531 --> 00:11:40,333 who lived in the town where I grew up. 314 00:11:40,400 --> 00:11:42,102 I know some pretty interesting women. 315 00:11:42,169 --> 00:11:45,906 Hmm, I'm sure you do. Smart, successful, 316 00:11:45,973 --> 00:11:47,074 great sense of humor, 317 00:11:47,140 --> 00:11:50,043 but you'll leave out "big-boned, owns 17 cats." 318 00:11:50,110 --> 00:11:53,346 I will bet you 20 bucks I can set you up 319 00:11:53,413 --> 00:11:54,882 with someone and you'll like it. 320 00:11:54,948 --> 00:11:58,886 20 bucks? All right, you're on. 321 00:11:58,952 --> 00:12:00,453 ALAN: You know what I really liked? 322 00:12:00,520 --> 00:12:02,790 I loved those Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers 323 00:12:02,856 --> 00:12:06,794 or anything by R. Crumb or Harvey Pekar. 324 00:12:06,860 --> 00:12:09,596 Yeah? Me, no, I wanted adventure. 325 00:12:09,662 --> 00:12:11,799 The quest for cosmic answers. 326 00:12:11,865 --> 00:12:13,533 Oh, you were into superheroes. 327 00:12:13,600 --> 00:12:16,736 Well, Daredevil, Fantastic Four. 328 00:12:16,804 --> 00:12:18,305 Of course, my favorite was Galactus. 329 00:12:18,371 --> 00:12:20,974 That's the guy who ate planets. 330 00:12:21,041 --> 00:12:23,510 Yeah, well, he was stellar Darwinism. 331 00:12:23,576 --> 00:12:25,712 He was necessary to the survival of the universe. 332 00:12:25,779 --> 00:12:26,847 Huh? 333 00:12:26,914 --> 00:12:29,749 Yeah, he was the third force along with eternity and death. 334 00:12:29,817 --> 00:12:31,584 Larry, he wanted to eat the Earth. 335 00:12:31,651 --> 00:12:34,354 But he didn't. 336 00:12:34,421 --> 00:12:36,589 Hey, David, I found a printing house 337 00:12:36,656 --> 00:12:38,125 that deals in vintage paper. 338 00:12:38,191 --> 00:12:40,427 They had a request for '50s-era pulp paper. 339 00:12:40,493 --> 00:12:41,728 That's what the forgeries are printed on. 340 00:12:41,795 --> 00:12:44,231 Yeah, and the guy used a fake name and paid cash, 341 00:12:44,297 --> 00:12:46,967 but I got a description, and he was wearing 342 00:12:47,034 --> 00:12:48,168 a Dr. Strange T-shirt. 343 00:12:48,235 --> 00:12:50,303 "By the hoary hosts of Hoggoth!" 344 00:12:50,370 --> 00:12:51,371 What? 345 00:12:51,438 --> 00:12:53,974 Uh, Dr. Strange's catchphrase. 346 00:12:54,041 --> 00:12:56,676 You know, when he'd use... Yeah. 347 00:12:56,743 --> 00:12:59,179 Charlie's map shows an area that's central 348 00:12:59,246 --> 00:13:00,713 to all the forgery sales. 349 00:13:00,780 --> 00:13:03,050 All right, we can run down records 350 00:13:03,116 --> 00:13:04,784 of all the male residents in the area. 351 00:13:04,852 --> 00:13:05,986 Might not need to. 352 00:13:06,053 --> 00:13:07,587 I checked out the businesses in the hot zone. 353 00:13:07,654 --> 00:13:09,589 There's a comic book store right there. 354 00:13:09,656 --> 00:13:10,690 So I called to see 355 00:13:10,757 --> 00:13:11,959 if there was any unusual activity recently. 356 00:13:12,025 --> 00:13:13,560 Like the way you're thinking. 357 00:13:13,626 --> 00:13:15,562 Day after the robbery, a guy walked in, 358 00:13:15,628 --> 00:13:18,098 he bought $20,000 worth of collectible comic books. 359 00:13:18,165 --> 00:13:20,433 He was wearing a Dr. Strange T-shirt. 360 00:13:20,500 --> 00:13:22,903 Same as the guy who bought the vintage-era paper. 361 00:13:22,970 --> 00:13:24,437 Yep. He might be trying to launder 362 00:13:24,504 --> 00:13:25,939 the money from the forgery sales. 363 00:13:26,006 --> 00:13:27,474 This guy a regular customer? 364 00:13:27,540 --> 00:13:28,909 The kind they might know by name? 365 00:13:28,976 --> 00:13:32,045 He's the kind that puts in in an order for more books. 366 00:13:32,112 --> 00:13:33,046 You're kidding me. 367 00:13:33,113 --> 00:13:34,781 So they not only know his name... 368 00:13:34,848 --> 00:13:37,117 ...they have his home phone number. 369 00:13:45,692 --> 00:13:47,527 (knocking) 370 00:13:49,462 --> 00:13:51,264 I think I hear water running. 371 00:13:51,331 --> 00:13:53,666 MAN: Gentlemen, I'm in the shower! 372 00:13:53,733 --> 00:13:54,734 (glass breaks) 373 00:13:54,801 --> 00:13:57,237 He's going out the back. 374 00:14:14,087 --> 00:14:16,089 Man, who's gonna tackle this guy? 375 00:14:16,156 --> 00:14:18,191 Whoever gets there last. 376 00:14:29,669 --> 00:14:32,672 Hey, give me the keys to your car now! 377 00:14:37,978 --> 00:14:40,213 (blows landing) 378 00:14:41,714 --> 00:14:43,816 (suspect groaning) 379 00:14:43,883 --> 00:14:44,817 Ladies, ladies, FBI! 380 00:14:44,884 --> 00:14:47,487 Please, let him go, okay? 381 00:14:47,554 --> 00:14:48,055 Please, let him go. 382 00:14:48,121 --> 00:14:49,656 Thank you. 383 00:14:49,722 --> 00:14:53,160 You dropped your cape, Super Boy. 384 00:15:02,369 --> 00:15:04,837 So we know you bought vintage paper. 385 00:15:04,904 --> 00:15:07,474 Same paper you used to make the forgeries of Ultraworld #1. 386 00:15:07,540 --> 00:15:09,842 It's not a crime to buy paper. 387 00:15:09,909 --> 00:15:12,079 You don't have anything else. 388 00:15:12,145 --> 00:15:15,148 How about indecent exposure? 389 00:15:16,516 --> 00:15:17,584 What? 390 00:15:17,650 --> 00:15:19,186 Naked carjacking. 391 00:15:20,087 --> 00:15:22,055 It's the worst kind. 392 00:15:22,122 --> 00:15:24,391 Mark Vaughn, gentlemen, classic con personality, 393 00:15:24,457 --> 00:15:26,726 goes along with the mail fraud and the scams. 394 00:15:26,793 --> 00:15:28,295 Yeah? You think robbery? 395 00:15:28,361 --> 00:15:30,497 Yes, but he's not our shooter. 396 00:15:30,563 --> 00:15:32,966 He knows how to control his emotions. 397 00:15:33,033 --> 00:15:33,900 He's not our forger. 398 00:15:33,967 --> 00:15:34,467 He's got no background in art. 399 00:15:34,534 --> 00:15:36,469 I'm kinda thinking he might be on a team, 400 00:15:36,536 --> 00:15:37,470 maybe two other people. 401 00:15:37,537 --> 00:15:39,406 Right, maybe one's an artist... 402 00:15:39,472 --> 00:15:41,308 ...and the other's the killer. 403 00:15:41,374 --> 00:15:42,609 Yeah, so we run down his associates, 404 00:15:42,675 --> 00:15:43,810 look for the trigger-happy psycho? 405 00:15:43,876 --> 00:15:45,612 Yeah, that sounds good. 406 00:15:45,678 --> 00:15:47,380 Thanks, guys. 407 00:15:49,382 --> 00:15:52,285 Anybody else think Don's been a little off these days? 408 00:15:52,352 --> 00:15:54,921 Kinda hard to say, but maybe a little. 409 00:15:54,988 --> 00:15:56,689 Especially since he broke up with Liz. 410 00:15:56,756 --> 00:15:58,191 Maybe one of us should go and... 411 00:15:58,258 --> 00:16:00,527 you know, see if he wants to talk about it. 412 00:16:00,593 --> 00:16:01,094 You volunteering? 413 00:16:01,161 --> 00:16:02,029 Hell, no. 414 00:16:02,095 --> 00:16:03,596 (laughs) 415 00:16:05,432 --> 00:16:07,600 I'd spent my entire life with comic-book art, 416 00:16:07,667 --> 00:16:08,601 especially Ross Moore's 417 00:16:08,668 --> 00:16:10,603 and I can't tell if this is real or not. 418 00:16:10,670 --> 00:16:13,773 Well, that's 'cause what you do is you look at the style, 419 00:16:13,840 --> 00:16:14,907 the form of drawing techniques. 420 00:16:14,974 --> 00:16:16,609 Silly me. What do you do? 421 00:16:16,676 --> 00:16:17,644 Fractal number estimate. 422 00:16:17,710 --> 00:16:21,281 It's based on Mandelbrot's use of fractal dimension 423 00:16:21,348 --> 00:16:24,517 to measure the jaggedness of a coastline. 424 00:16:24,584 --> 00:16:26,419 So what's going on in here? 425 00:16:26,486 --> 00:16:27,587 Oh, hello. 426 00:16:27,654 --> 00:16:31,024 Other than a very hot woman looking very hot? 427 00:16:31,091 --> 00:16:36,396 Charlie, I'm sorry, I've been swept off my feet. 428 00:16:36,463 --> 00:16:39,599 I'm going to have to run off with this man 429 00:16:39,666 --> 00:16:40,900 because he is so smooth. 430 00:16:40,967 --> 00:16:42,569 Oh, you mock me. 431 00:16:42,635 --> 00:16:43,803 Seriously, what are you doing? 432 00:16:43,870 --> 00:16:46,806 I am using the fractal-dimension analysis 433 00:16:46,873 --> 00:16:51,444 to evaluate the wrinkliness of these lines. 434 00:16:51,511 --> 00:16:52,545 The wrinkliness? 435 00:16:52,612 --> 00:16:55,482 An authentic piece of handwriting or drawing 436 00:16:55,548 --> 00:16:59,452 will have a smoother ink edge than one that is forged. 437 00:16:59,519 --> 00:17:03,056 So for instance, when I sign my own name, 438 00:17:03,123 --> 00:17:05,625 the pen moves quite rapidly. 439 00:17:05,692 --> 00:17:08,027 The movements of my hand are fast and fluid, 440 00:17:08,095 --> 00:17:11,098 thus minimizing the contact between paper and pen. 441 00:17:11,164 --> 00:17:12,399 The faster the hand movement, 442 00:17:12,465 --> 00:17:14,334 the smoother the edge of the ink. 443 00:17:14,401 --> 00:17:16,636 However, when someone copies my signature, 444 00:17:16,703 --> 00:17:18,571 it's an imitation of my movement. 445 00:17:18,638 --> 00:17:20,907 It's not as natural for the forger, so it's slower. 446 00:17:20,973 --> 00:17:22,275 The slower the pen, 447 00:17:22,342 --> 00:17:24,344 the longer the contact with the paper, 448 00:17:24,411 --> 00:17:27,080 the more time for ink to be absorbed into the paper 449 00:17:27,147 --> 00:17:30,583 which creates an irregular or wrinkly edge. 450 00:17:30,650 --> 00:17:33,586 Fractal dimension allows us to compare the wrinkliness 451 00:17:33,653 --> 00:17:34,821 and detect the fake. 452 00:17:34,887 --> 00:17:37,990 These fractal comparisons are telling us the same thing. 453 00:17:38,057 --> 00:17:39,726 That none of the copies we analyze 454 00:17:39,792 --> 00:17:40,827 were drawn by Ross Moore. 455 00:17:40,893 --> 00:17:42,329 Yet there are similarities 456 00:17:42,395 --> 00:17:44,897 across multiple points of edge comparison. 457 00:17:44,964 --> 00:17:46,533 Which means? 458 00:17:46,599 --> 00:17:48,501 The same artist drew all the forgeries. 459 00:17:48,568 --> 00:17:50,203 And we can try to match 460 00:17:50,270 --> 00:17:51,238 the forger's style 461 00:17:51,304 --> 00:17:54,341 to a specific comic book artist if you can get us samples 462 00:17:54,407 --> 00:17:56,276 of artists that are capable of copying Ross Moore. 463 00:17:56,343 --> 00:18:01,781 He did inspire an entire generation of artists, 464 00:18:01,848 --> 00:18:03,583 but, uh, yeah, 465 00:18:03,650 --> 00:18:06,953 I-I can help you round up the usual suspects. 466 00:18:07,019 --> 00:18:08,588 Great. 467 00:18:08,655 --> 00:18:13,126 This guy you got, Mark Vaughn, he's your basic grifter. 468 00:18:13,193 --> 00:18:15,128 Any real bad guys he knows 469 00:18:15,195 --> 00:18:17,096 he met courtesy of the state of California. 470 00:18:17,164 --> 00:18:17,997 In prison. 471 00:18:18,064 --> 00:18:19,366 During a stint a couple years ago, 472 00:18:19,432 --> 00:18:19,966 he bought protection 473 00:18:20,032 --> 00:18:22,001 from Gordon Garrity, 44. 474 00:18:22,068 --> 00:18:23,102 A real sweetie. 475 00:18:23,170 --> 00:18:24,671 Armed robbery, home invasion, 476 00:18:24,737 --> 00:18:27,807 assault with intent, voluntary manslaughter. 477 00:18:27,874 --> 00:18:28,675 I ran a check for you. 478 00:18:28,741 --> 00:18:29,976 He skipped two parole appointments. 479 00:18:30,042 --> 00:18:31,278 There's a warrant out. 480 00:18:31,344 --> 00:18:33,580 Well, thanks very much. 481 00:18:33,646 --> 00:18:35,615 Thanks for running the check. 482 00:18:35,682 --> 00:18:36,683 Appreciate it. 483 00:18:39,986 --> 00:18:42,489 This guy is not going to be easy to find. 484 00:18:42,555 --> 00:18:43,823 Doesn't sound like it. 485 00:18:43,890 --> 00:18:45,892 But, um, what about her? 486 00:18:45,958 --> 00:18:47,427 She your type? 487 00:18:51,498 --> 00:18:53,600 Of course, form flourished 488 00:18:53,666 --> 00:18:55,602 all through the '30s and '40s, 489 00:18:55,668 --> 00:18:56,869 particularly during World War II, you know, 490 00:18:56,936 --> 00:18:59,439 when people felt so frightened and futureless. 491 00:18:59,506 --> 00:19:01,774 The comic book heroes embodied the hope 492 00:19:01,841 --> 00:19:03,643 that good would triumph, 493 00:19:03,710 --> 00:19:05,812 power was in the hands of the right. 494 00:19:05,878 --> 00:19:08,315 With great power comes great responsibility. 495 00:19:08,381 --> 00:19:10,283 That's right, and the way of the hero 496 00:19:10,350 --> 00:19:12,819 is the path of self-sacrifice. 497 00:19:12,885 --> 00:19:15,322 CHARLIE: Hey, Seth, you got anything for us? 498 00:19:15,388 --> 00:19:17,089 Yes, sir. 499 00:19:17,156 --> 00:19:19,292 These are all done by artists 500 00:19:19,359 --> 00:19:22,229 who could draw like Ross Moore if they wanted to. 501 00:19:22,295 --> 00:19:23,563 Oh, it's surely not Harry Hoodle. 502 00:19:23,630 --> 00:19:25,265 Come on. I've read all his books. 503 00:19:25,332 --> 00:19:27,234 This is all based on drawing style. 504 00:19:27,300 --> 00:19:28,968 Look, man, I'm giving you stuff 505 00:19:29,035 --> 00:19:31,471 from some of my best friends here. 506 00:19:32,639 --> 00:19:34,341 I see you bought my book. 507 00:19:34,407 --> 00:19:35,342 Oh, yeah, yeah. 508 00:19:35,408 --> 00:19:36,676 You want to sign it for me? 509 00:19:36,743 --> 00:19:37,910 Might be worth something someday. 510 00:19:37,977 --> 00:19:40,112 Yeah. I'll tell you what. I'll sign one of mine 511 00:19:40,179 --> 00:19:41,113 if you sign one of yours for me. 512 00:19:41,180 --> 00:19:43,516 How about a NanoPunk? 513 00:19:43,583 --> 00:19:46,085 Cool. 514 00:19:46,152 --> 00:19:47,787 LARRY: You know that magazine writer called me? 515 00:19:47,854 --> 00:19:49,856 Do you think I should talk to him? 516 00:19:49,922 --> 00:19:51,691 Oh. Both my publisher 517 00:19:51,758 --> 00:19:54,026 and my publicist think you should. 518 00:19:54,093 --> 00:19:55,228 Yeah, but do you? 519 00:19:55,295 --> 00:19:57,664 Larry, it was never my intent to go down 520 00:19:57,730 --> 00:19:59,766 in history as some crackpot expert. 521 00:19:59,832 --> 00:20:00,967 There's something to be said 522 00:20:01,033 --> 00:20:02,502 for being an expert. 523 00:20:02,569 --> 00:20:04,604 So, have you found your mystery forger? 524 00:20:04,671 --> 00:20:05,872 No, not yet. 525 00:20:05,938 --> 00:20:07,707 There's still a lot of artists to test. 526 00:20:07,774 --> 00:20:11,811 I think you should consider economics. 527 00:20:11,878 --> 00:20:13,780 What was the result 528 00:20:13,846 --> 00:20:15,782 of the robbery and the forgeries? 529 00:20:15,848 --> 00:20:18,851 Uh, somebody made money on those forgeries 530 00:20:18,918 --> 00:20:20,086 and at this point, 531 00:20:20,152 --> 00:20:22,889 Sklar's copy has been totally discredited. 532 00:20:22,955 --> 00:20:25,792 So fake books, a real book. 533 00:20:25,858 --> 00:20:28,495 Now, what does economic theory say about the value 534 00:20:28,561 --> 00:20:32,332 of false goods commingled with genuine. 535 00:20:32,399 --> 00:20:34,567 Genuine goods lose value, right? 536 00:20:34,634 --> 00:20:36,769 Okay, so putting our thinking caps on here, 537 00:20:36,836 --> 00:20:42,642 who would want to devalue Ultraworld and discredit Sklar? 538 00:20:47,314 --> 00:20:49,682 I think I know whose art I need to analyze next. 539 00:20:52,118 --> 00:20:55,322 (crowd cheering over TV) 540 00:20:58,190 --> 00:20:59,191 Hey. 541 00:20:59,258 --> 00:21:00,627 Oh! 542 00:21:00,693 --> 00:21:03,930 Hey, I know who the forger is. 543 00:21:03,996 --> 00:21:05,998 Yeah. 544 00:21:06,065 --> 00:21:07,099 It's Seth Marlowe. 545 00:21:07,166 --> 00:21:09,135 Yeah? Can you prove that? 546 00:21:09,201 --> 00:21:10,870 No, but I have a theory. 547 00:21:10,937 --> 00:21:13,440 And it's far too elegant not to be true. 548 00:21:23,616 --> 00:21:25,184 It's elegant because it all fits. 549 00:21:25,251 --> 00:21:26,486 It's not just about theft, 550 00:21:26,553 --> 00:21:27,887 it's about making people doubt 551 00:21:27,954 --> 00:21:29,622 that Sklar's Ultraworld was real. 552 00:21:29,689 --> 00:21:31,858 Well, we know that Seth hates Miles Sklar. 553 00:21:31,924 --> 00:21:33,860 Right, and if Sklar's was fake, 554 00:21:33,926 --> 00:21:36,696 then he can't claim the real one when it shows up, 555 00:21:36,763 --> 00:21:37,764 and it will. 556 00:21:37,830 --> 00:21:39,799 You think the real one is in Seth's possession? 557 00:21:39,866 --> 00:21:41,801 He's gonna try and make his ownership look legitimate? 558 00:21:41,868 --> 00:21:43,370 He didn't steal it for himself. 559 00:21:43,436 --> 00:21:45,838 He wants to give it to Ross Moore. 560 00:21:45,905 --> 00:21:47,807 Charlie's telling me his theory on Seth Marlowe. 561 00:21:47,874 --> 00:21:48,641 It's "elegant." 562 00:21:48,708 --> 00:21:49,876 Yeah, I know all about it, 563 00:21:49,942 --> 00:21:51,544 but he doesn't have any proof. It's a hunch. 564 00:21:51,611 --> 00:21:53,012 You have hunches. You follow them. 565 00:21:53,079 --> 00:21:54,180 Yeah, well, Charlie, you know, look, 566 00:21:54,246 --> 00:21:56,015 we don't exactly think of you as our hunch guy. 567 00:21:56,082 --> 00:21:59,285 Hey, you know, I had a hunch about the Eppes Convergence 568 00:21:59,352 --> 00:22:00,520 way before I had the math. 569 00:22:00,587 --> 00:22:02,355 Einstein had a hunch about relativity 570 00:22:02,422 --> 00:22:04,056 decades before it could be proven. 571 00:22:04,123 --> 00:22:05,091 Hey, I don't want to get 572 00:22:05,157 --> 00:22:06,926 in the middle of a brother thing here, 573 00:22:06,993 --> 00:22:07,960 but, um, do you want my professional opinion? 574 00:22:08,027 --> 00:22:10,229 - Of course. - Seth doesn't fit the profile. 575 00:22:10,296 --> 00:22:11,531 He has no criminal record. 576 00:22:11,598 --> 00:22:12,799 He's a really well-known artist. 577 00:22:12,865 --> 00:22:14,801 He's a historian, a collector. 578 00:22:14,867 --> 00:22:16,869 He stands more to lose than he stands to gain. 579 00:22:16,936 --> 00:22:18,905 Those are both excellent professional opinions 580 00:22:18,971 --> 00:22:20,940 to consider, however once considered... 581 00:22:21,007 --> 00:22:24,043 they don't change my hunch, but thank you. 582 00:22:25,445 --> 00:22:26,546 Hunch. 583 00:22:26,613 --> 00:22:27,947 Gordon Garrity, 584 00:22:28,014 --> 00:22:29,782 our robber's prison buddy-- he's not turning up. 585 00:22:29,849 --> 00:22:31,350 We're going through his known associates 586 00:22:31,418 --> 00:22:33,319 trying to put together a geographical map 587 00:22:33,386 --> 00:22:34,320 of his past crimes. 588 00:22:34,387 --> 00:22:35,888 So, what's Charlie got? 589 00:22:35,955 --> 00:22:38,124 Elegance, no proof. 590 00:22:45,131 --> 00:22:46,466 Uh, excuse me. 591 00:22:46,533 --> 00:22:47,634 I'm Peter Lange. 592 00:22:47,700 --> 00:22:48,668 Yes. 593 00:22:48,735 --> 00:22:50,202 I'm writing the piece on Charles Eppes. 594 00:22:50,269 --> 00:22:53,105 I was unaware that Vanity Fair has a mathematics section. 595 00:22:53,172 --> 00:22:54,441 LANGE: Well, we don't. 596 00:22:54,507 --> 00:22:56,976 Culture, society, media, celebrity-- 597 00:22:57,043 --> 00:22:58,911 where Professor Eppes now finds himself. 598 00:22:58,978 --> 00:22:59,979 Around here, 599 00:23:00,046 --> 00:23:02,014 he was famous before he wrote the book. 600 00:23:02,081 --> 00:23:04,784 I, uh... 601 00:23:04,851 --> 00:23:08,821 I want to write about... you and his other friends. 602 00:23:08,888 --> 00:23:12,892 Okay, well, he's well-liked on campus. 603 00:23:12,959 --> 00:23:14,093 - Wherever he goes... - Yeah, I know, 604 00:23:14,160 --> 00:23:16,128 he's the most popular professor on campus, 605 00:23:16,195 --> 00:23:18,998 but he has few close friends. 606 00:23:19,065 --> 00:23:21,601 A former teacher, a former student. 607 00:23:21,668 --> 00:23:23,169 Yeah, well, 608 00:23:23,235 --> 00:23:24,671 I think he just chooses to live 609 00:23:24,737 --> 00:23:27,039 by Benjamin Franklin's old adage: 610 00:23:27,106 --> 00:23:28,808 "Be civil to all, 611 00:23:28,875 --> 00:23:31,944 social with many, known to few." 612 00:23:32,011 --> 00:23:34,447 Few. Being... two? 613 00:23:35,748 --> 00:23:36,749 Come on. 614 00:23:36,816 --> 00:23:40,086 You know, I was a total geek in high school. 615 00:23:40,152 --> 00:23:41,387 I know what it's like. 616 00:23:41,454 --> 00:23:43,222 You know, Charlie's passionate about the world, 617 00:23:43,289 --> 00:23:46,959 but he thinks about it in terms of numbers and patterns. 618 00:23:47,026 --> 00:23:48,695 How many people can he share that with? 619 00:23:48,761 --> 00:23:50,062 Other mathematicians? 620 00:23:50,129 --> 00:23:53,332 Yeah, but few of us started college at 13. 621 00:23:53,399 --> 00:23:56,068 Charlie wasn't part of a social peer group 622 00:23:56,135 --> 00:23:57,036 until he was an adult. 623 00:23:57,103 --> 00:23:58,471 So the fact that he's as compassionate 624 00:23:58,538 --> 00:24:00,707 and engaged as any of us... 625 00:24:00,773 --> 00:24:02,942 I mean, I think that's his greatest accomplishment. 626 00:24:11,250 --> 00:24:13,953 Hey, Seth, 627 00:24:14,020 --> 00:24:15,755 this is Charlie. 628 00:24:15,822 --> 00:24:18,625 Charlie, yeah, we... we know each other. 629 00:24:18,691 --> 00:24:21,528 He's helping the FBI find Ultraworld. 630 00:24:21,594 --> 00:24:22,795 Trying to. 631 00:24:22,862 --> 00:24:25,097 Yeah, you've been great. 632 00:24:25,164 --> 00:24:27,700 So, um... 633 00:24:27,767 --> 00:24:30,036 what brings you here? 634 00:24:30,102 --> 00:24:32,371 I could use a couple more samples of Ross' work. 635 00:24:32,438 --> 00:24:35,307 I wanted to meet the man everybody's talking about. 636 00:24:35,374 --> 00:24:40,479 These kids today, they make too much about us old guys. 637 00:24:40,547 --> 00:24:42,515 We were just trying to make a little money, 638 00:24:42,582 --> 00:24:44,751 have some fun. 639 00:24:44,817 --> 00:24:47,119 You created a new art form. 640 00:24:47,186 --> 00:24:48,855 What, comic books? 641 00:24:49,689 --> 00:24:51,958 What's all this? 642 00:24:52,024 --> 00:24:54,193 This guy, always bringing stuff. 643 00:24:56,362 --> 00:25:00,700 Seth, I don't know what Iris and I would do without you. 644 00:25:00,767 --> 00:25:03,069 You give us so much of your time. 645 00:25:03,135 --> 00:25:06,939 I know you've got more important things to do. 646 00:25:07,006 --> 00:25:09,241 No, not more important than this. 647 00:25:16,182 --> 00:25:17,383 You guys, we found something on Garrity. 648 00:25:17,449 --> 00:25:19,385 Let me guess-- he's a fan of comic books. 649 00:25:19,451 --> 00:25:20,419 Yeah. How'd you know? 650 00:25:20,486 --> 00:25:22,021 'Cause I was just telling Don 651 00:25:22,088 --> 00:25:23,823 that some of Seth Marlowe's fans live in state prisons. 652 00:25:23,890 --> 00:25:25,925 And they write their favorite comic book artists letters. 653 00:25:25,992 --> 00:25:27,493 Yeah, we found the same link. 654 00:25:27,560 --> 00:25:29,128 Garrity wrote a letter a year ago-- 655 00:25:29,195 --> 00:25:31,130 sent it from the High Desert State Prison 656 00:25:31,197 --> 00:25:32,098 to Seth Marlowe. 657 00:25:32,164 --> 00:25:33,766 Right, well, I'm sure the guy 658 00:25:33,833 --> 00:25:35,134 gets a thousand of these a year. 659 00:25:35,201 --> 00:25:36,836 Yeah, but how many of them are from inmates? 660 00:25:36,903 --> 00:25:38,104 And how many are from guys 661 00:25:38,170 --> 00:25:40,306 who have a direct connection to Mark Vaughn? 662 00:25:43,042 --> 00:25:45,111 SETH: What do I think of Miles Sklar? 663 00:25:45,177 --> 00:25:48,681 I think he got a mega-dose of vitamin K. 664 00:25:48,748 --> 00:25:50,016 K for Karma. 665 00:25:50,082 --> 00:25:50,917 (laughing) 666 00:25:50,983 --> 00:25:52,985 Parades around claiming he owns 667 00:25:53,052 --> 00:25:55,722 Ultraworld #1-- 668 00:25:55,788 --> 00:25:57,423 but he never got it authenticated. 669 00:25:57,489 --> 00:26:00,693 I wonder if that's because he knew that it was fake. 670 00:26:00,760 --> 00:26:02,795 It's not a fake. 671 00:26:02,862 --> 00:26:04,196 I'm an artist, not a forger. 672 00:26:04,263 --> 00:26:05,932 Come on, if you were a real artist 673 00:26:05,998 --> 00:26:07,266 you would have given the comic back to Moore. 674 00:26:07,333 --> 00:26:10,870 But you were waiting for him to die, 675 00:26:10,937 --> 00:26:11,871 ya freakin' vulture. 676 00:26:11,938 --> 00:26:14,273 An artist... like you, 677 00:26:14,340 --> 00:26:15,742 the creator 678 00:26:15,808 --> 00:26:17,043 of that lame NanoPunk? 679 00:26:17,109 --> 00:26:18,945 Oh, yeah, and your Mr. Bobble Head 680 00:26:19,011 --> 00:26:20,412 is a superhero for the ages. 681 00:26:20,479 --> 00:26:22,348 (laughter) 682 00:26:22,414 --> 00:26:25,451 SKLAR: Hey, I was robbed. 683 00:26:25,517 --> 00:26:26,886 I was robbed and a man died, 684 00:26:26,953 --> 00:26:28,587 and it's all a big joke to you. 685 00:26:28,655 --> 00:26:30,189 I don't think it's a joke. 686 00:26:30,256 --> 00:26:32,424 In fact, 687 00:26:32,491 --> 00:26:35,194 I have an idea about how some good can come of this. 688 00:26:35,261 --> 00:26:38,297 The final event of this convention is the comic auction. 689 00:26:38,364 --> 00:26:40,599 Let's add some items to that list, shall we? 690 00:26:40,667 --> 00:26:43,235 Everybody who bought a fake Ultraworld 691 00:26:43,302 --> 00:26:44,570 can put it up for sale. 692 00:26:44,637 --> 00:26:46,205 Yeah, I know, they're forgeries, 693 00:26:46,272 --> 00:26:48,908 but, hey, come on, they're famous. 694 00:26:48,975 --> 00:26:51,778 And the money that we raise can be split between the buyers 695 00:26:51,844 --> 00:26:53,279 that got ripped off, 696 00:26:53,345 --> 00:26:54,847 and Ross Moore. 697 00:26:55,848 --> 00:26:57,316 I'll buy one myself. 698 00:26:57,383 --> 00:26:59,652 (applause) 699 00:27:00,720 --> 00:27:02,354 What do I get out of something like that? 700 00:27:02,421 --> 00:27:04,323 (crowd grumbling) 701 00:27:06,092 --> 00:27:07,459 Hey, I'm not a bad guy! 702 00:27:07,526 --> 00:27:09,328 I'm a victim! 703 00:27:12,131 --> 00:27:13,565 (chuckles) 704 00:27:13,632 --> 00:27:15,634 Interesting proposal. 705 00:27:15,702 --> 00:27:16,836 An auction. 706 00:27:16,903 --> 00:27:21,407 It wasn't too "we-are-the-worldish"? 707 00:27:21,473 --> 00:27:23,309 No, not at all. It's great. 708 00:27:23,375 --> 00:27:25,878 So what brings you back to the land of the Uber Nerds? 709 00:27:25,945 --> 00:27:27,346 I just came down to let you know 710 00:27:27,413 --> 00:27:29,481 that my analysis is close to identifying 711 00:27:29,548 --> 00:27:30,549 the forger in this case. 712 00:27:30,616 --> 00:27:33,452 How exactly does a mathematical analysis 713 00:27:33,519 --> 00:27:35,587 turn into a criminal conviction? 714 00:27:35,654 --> 00:27:36,588 I mean, you're working 715 00:27:36,655 --> 00:27:38,124 with probabilities, right? 716 00:27:38,190 --> 00:27:40,392 It's not like hard physical evidence. 717 00:27:40,459 --> 00:27:43,830 Given the right circumstances, it can lead to that. 718 00:27:43,896 --> 00:27:46,398 Yeah, but, in that case, 719 00:27:46,465 --> 00:27:48,901 even if he math does implicate someone, 720 00:27:48,968 --> 00:27:51,904 if there's no evidence, if there's no... 721 00:27:51,971 --> 00:27:53,740 no link to the crime, 722 00:27:53,806 --> 00:27:55,975 you can't prove anything. 723 00:27:57,476 --> 00:28:00,312 Yeah. I guess you're right. 724 00:28:00,379 --> 00:28:01,513 Although, 725 00:28:01,580 --> 00:28:03,916 if you're not privy to the FBI's case files 726 00:28:03,983 --> 00:28:06,018 and you're not part of the actual crime, 727 00:28:06,085 --> 00:28:07,820 you can't know that there's no evidence. 728 00:28:10,189 --> 00:28:13,893 Yeah. I guess I wouldn't know that. 729 00:28:15,928 --> 00:28:17,830 The ballistics report on the nine millimeter 730 00:28:17,897 --> 00:28:19,498 used at the robbery. 731 00:28:19,565 --> 00:28:21,600 Stolen from a retired cop's apartment 732 00:28:21,667 --> 00:28:23,535 in an assisted-living residence. 733 00:28:23,602 --> 00:28:25,204 How does that help us? 734 00:28:25,271 --> 00:28:27,173 Well, it wouldn't if it weren't 735 00:28:27,239 --> 00:28:28,440 for this other piece of information here. 736 00:28:28,507 --> 00:28:31,143 Garrity's mom-- look where she lives. 737 00:28:31,210 --> 00:28:32,845 Rancho Vista Assisted Living. Same address. 738 00:28:32,912 --> 00:28:35,147 This guy stole a gun while visiting his mother? 739 00:28:35,214 --> 00:28:37,383 Maybe he was doing more than just visiting. 740 00:28:37,449 --> 00:28:38,284 Oh, yeah. 741 00:28:38,350 --> 00:28:40,219 Violent ex-con who wants to get back 742 00:28:40,286 --> 00:28:42,088 into his old ways of doing business. 743 00:28:42,154 --> 00:28:43,555 Can't hang out with his former associates. 744 00:28:43,622 --> 00:28:45,892 Doesn't want a residence with his name on the lease. 745 00:28:45,958 --> 00:28:48,027 He can say he lives with his mom. 746 00:28:50,529 --> 00:28:52,799 Mrs. Garrity, ma'am, we need you to come with us, okay? 747 00:28:52,865 --> 00:28:54,867 - What the hell?! - It's okay, we're FBI. 748 00:28:54,934 --> 00:28:56,368 You can just come with us over... 749 00:28:56,435 --> 00:28:57,369 Gordy! Gordy! 750 00:28:57,436 --> 00:28:58,771 A little help, please. 751 00:28:58,838 --> 00:29:00,206 - Gordy, it's the damn feds! - Ma'am, stop with the cane! 752 00:29:00,272 --> 00:29:02,541 Ma'am, ma'am please, please. 753 00:29:03,542 --> 00:29:05,044 Let's do it. 754 00:29:23,462 --> 00:29:25,197 Guys, go that way. 755 00:29:26,532 --> 00:29:28,968 (indistinct shouting) 756 00:29:41,047 --> 00:29:42,148 Garrity, freeze! 757 00:30:08,674 --> 00:30:10,409 (grunts) 758 00:30:12,244 --> 00:30:13,779 Tell them I'm on the other side of the building. 759 00:30:13,846 --> 00:30:15,047 That's not going to happen. 760 00:30:15,114 --> 00:30:16,715 - Do it. - No way. 761 00:30:16,782 --> 00:30:18,517 I said do it! 762 00:30:32,698 --> 00:30:34,366 (gunshot) 763 00:30:38,804 --> 00:30:39,805 He shot himself. 764 00:30:39,872 --> 00:30:40,973 Yeah, he's dead. 765 00:30:41,040 --> 00:30:43,175 - You okay? - Yeah, yeah. 766 00:30:50,482 --> 00:30:54,220 David, I found this at the mother's apartment. 767 00:30:54,286 --> 00:30:56,388 Oh, great, let's get it to Charlie. 768 00:30:56,455 --> 00:30:58,390 Right. Hey, how you doing? 769 00:30:58,457 --> 00:31:01,160 I'm okay, man. Thanks for asking. 770 00:31:01,227 --> 00:31:03,062 You know, for a minute there, 771 00:31:03,129 --> 00:31:05,998 I almost believed a man could fly. 772 00:31:08,134 --> 00:31:11,037 So, I analyzed the copy that you guys found with Garrity. 773 00:31:11,103 --> 00:31:12,738 What'd you come up with? 774 00:31:12,804 --> 00:31:14,140 It's not authentic. 775 00:31:14,206 --> 00:31:15,507 It's another forgery. 776 00:31:15,574 --> 00:31:18,710 Okay, was it done by whoever made the other forgeries? 777 00:31:18,777 --> 00:31:20,079 Yeah, same artist. 778 00:31:20,146 --> 00:31:21,647 Okay, well, assuming it was a copy 779 00:31:21,713 --> 00:31:23,815 stolen from Sklar, that means Sklar owned a fake. 780 00:31:23,882 --> 00:31:28,120 No, I just think that's what Seth wants everyone to believe. 781 00:31:31,790 --> 00:31:33,025 (footsteps approaching) 782 00:31:34,260 --> 00:31:38,197 So, uh, are you doing a slam job on my son? 783 00:31:38,264 --> 00:31:41,433 No, but I am profiling the man behind a self-help book 784 00:31:41,500 --> 00:31:43,269 supposedly based on real science 785 00:31:43,335 --> 00:31:47,839 that offers a simplistic fix to difficult issues. 786 00:31:47,906 --> 00:31:50,742 Well, let me say this right off, it's not a supposed science. 787 00:31:50,809 --> 00:31:52,979 Yeah, but we're talking about people's emotional lives, 788 00:31:53,045 --> 00:31:55,381 talking about making money on their desire for easy answers. 789 00:31:55,447 --> 00:31:56,715 There's nothing simplistic 790 00:31:56,782 --> 00:31:58,650 about Charlie's thinking, I can tell you that. 791 00:31:58,717 --> 00:32:01,020 And he didn't write the book to make money. 792 00:32:01,087 --> 00:32:02,788 Then why did he write it? 793 00:32:02,854 --> 00:32:05,891 You mean now or when he was nine? 794 00:32:05,958 --> 00:32:08,260 Both. 795 00:32:08,961 --> 00:32:10,262 Okay... 796 00:32:10,329 --> 00:32:12,564 Charlie was an awkward kid. 797 00:32:12,631 --> 00:32:14,033 But he trusted math. 798 00:32:14,100 --> 00:32:16,235 I mean, he felt safe with math, 799 00:32:16,302 --> 00:32:19,171 so I guess it was natural to try to use math 800 00:32:19,238 --> 00:32:21,007 to help him get along with other kids. 801 00:32:21,073 --> 00:32:21,974 Did it work? 802 00:32:22,041 --> 00:32:24,143 Uh, no, not at all. 803 00:32:24,210 --> 00:32:25,677 (chuckles) Well, then... 804 00:32:25,744 --> 00:32:28,514 Why write the book now? It's not like it's gonna add 805 00:32:28,580 --> 00:32:31,283 to his professional standing, and it could even diminish it. 806 00:32:31,350 --> 00:32:33,152 You know, uh, to be honest, 807 00:32:33,219 --> 00:32:35,087 I don't think he really thought that one through. 808 00:32:35,154 --> 00:32:36,322 - Really? - He just thought it was 809 00:32:36,388 --> 00:32:38,857 an interesting application of game theory, 810 00:32:38,924 --> 00:32:40,292 and that everyday people would read it. 811 00:32:40,359 --> 00:32:44,596 So, he wanted to write it for a wider audience. 812 00:32:44,663 --> 00:32:46,598 Charlie thinks math is beautiful. 813 00:32:46,665 --> 00:32:48,234 And he wants everyone 814 00:32:48,300 --> 00:32:50,336 to love it the way he does. 815 00:32:50,402 --> 00:32:53,572 Hmm. 816 00:32:53,639 --> 00:32:55,241 DAVID: You found something? 817 00:32:55,307 --> 00:32:56,508 CHARLIE: Yeah. 818 00:32:56,575 --> 00:32:59,411 You know, most forgers want their forgeries 819 00:32:59,478 --> 00:33:02,414 to fool everybody forever. Right? Not Seth. 820 00:33:02,481 --> 00:33:04,216 Yeah, 'cause at some point, 821 00:33:04,283 --> 00:33:06,052 he wants the real copy to be acknowledged. 822 00:33:06,118 --> 00:33:08,854 Right, he has to prove that the fakes are fake, 823 00:33:08,920 --> 00:33:10,156 so you know what he did? He marked them. 824 00:33:10,222 --> 00:33:12,324 You found this mark? 825 00:33:12,391 --> 00:33:14,493 Only 'cause I went looking for it. 826 00:33:14,560 --> 00:33:16,328 See these lines of varying length? 827 00:33:16,395 --> 00:33:17,663 Yeah. 828 00:33:17,729 --> 00:33:20,966 They are identifiable as a simple representational code. 829 00:33:21,033 --> 00:33:25,003 Each length represents a different letter or number. 830 00:33:25,071 --> 00:33:27,106 And look what it spells out. 831 00:33:27,173 --> 00:33:28,340 (chuckles) 832 00:33:28,407 --> 00:33:31,077 "Miles Sklar 2007." 833 00:33:31,143 --> 00:33:32,811 Why would he put Sklar's name on it? 834 00:33:32,878 --> 00:33:34,946 Ah, 'cause Seth's got a wicked sense of humor. 835 00:33:35,013 --> 00:33:37,716 Charlie, this is really wild stuff, but you understand 836 00:33:37,783 --> 00:33:40,186 it really doesn't give us evidence against Seth Marlowe. 837 00:33:40,252 --> 00:33:41,920 That evidence'll come at the auction. 838 00:33:41,987 --> 00:33:44,890 Oh, you think that's how he plans to launder the real copy-- 839 00:33:44,956 --> 00:33:46,192 throw it in with the fakes. 840 00:33:46,258 --> 00:33:48,494 A genuine good commingled with false goods. 841 00:33:48,560 --> 00:33:51,430 In auction theory, we talk about equilibria or symmetry. 842 00:33:51,497 --> 00:33:53,832 All the bidders have the exact same information, 843 00:33:53,899 --> 00:33:55,801 except Seth knows something the other bidders 844 00:33:55,867 --> 00:33:58,537 don't know, which is that the original copy 845 00:33:58,604 --> 00:34:00,939 of Ultraworld #1 will be an item up for bid. 846 00:34:01,006 --> 00:34:03,742 So, asymmetrical information creates asymmetrical bidding. 847 00:34:03,809 --> 00:34:05,077 Charlie, this guy, 848 00:34:05,144 --> 00:34:07,146 he already knows that we suspect him, right? 849 00:34:07,213 --> 00:34:08,980 So, he's gonna have to use a straw man 850 00:34:09,047 --> 00:34:10,616 or a proxy to do the bidding for him. 851 00:34:10,682 --> 00:34:12,784 Right, and that straw man will be bidding 852 00:34:12,851 --> 00:34:13,785 off of Seth's information. 853 00:34:13,852 --> 00:34:14,620 Now, this asymmetry will 854 00:34:14,686 --> 00:34:15,954 almost certainly create a situation 855 00:34:16,021 --> 00:34:17,123 called jump bidding, which is when 856 00:34:17,189 --> 00:34:19,291 a person enters a far larger bid than necessary 857 00:34:19,358 --> 00:34:21,026 to be the current winning bidder. 858 00:34:21,093 --> 00:34:24,062 I don't understand. What's the advantage of that? 859 00:34:24,130 --> 00:34:25,231 It's like a bike race. 860 00:34:25,297 --> 00:34:26,365 Typically, there's no advantage 861 00:34:26,432 --> 00:34:28,267 to jumping ahead of the pack, 862 00:34:28,334 --> 00:34:30,269 so racers tend to stay clustered together 863 00:34:30,336 --> 00:34:32,037 and switch off the leads. 864 00:34:32,104 --> 00:34:34,240 But there is a strategy of taking the lead early 865 00:34:34,306 --> 00:34:35,641 to exhaust the competition. 866 00:34:35,707 --> 00:34:38,277 Jump bidding is like quickening the speed of the race. 867 00:34:38,344 --> 00:34:40,612 It encourages the early exit of some bidders, 868 00:34:40,679 --> 00:34:42,514 and discourages the late entry of others. 869 00:34:42,581 --> 00:34:45,117 So, when someone makes a big bid during the auction... 870 00:34:45,184 --> 00:34:46,552 That Seth's straw man. 871 00:34:46,618 --> 00:34:47,953 And you're going to be able to tell the real one? 872 00:34:48,019 --> 00:34:50,589 It's the one without Seth's code drawn into it. 873 00:34:50,656 --> 00:34:51,857 Okay. 874 00:34:57,329 --> 00:34:59,265 (overlapping chatter) 875 00:34:59,331 --> 00:35:00,966 Hiya, Seth. 876 00:35:01,032 --> 00:35:03,669 Professor Eppes. 877 00:35:03,735 --> 00:35:05,437 You come here to catch 878 00:35:05,504 --> 00:35:06,638 the evil mastermind? 879 00:35:06,705 --> 00:35:09,107 I'm here to bid on one of the famous forgeries. 880 00:35:11,177 --> 00:35:14,846 Who knows? The real one could be here. 881 00:35:16,848 --> 00:35:19,785 I think they're all fakes, if you ask me. 882 00:35:25,991 --> 00:35:28,927 What, exactly, are you looking for, Charlie? 883 00:35:28,994 --> 00:35:31,663 Just looking. 884 00:35:31,730 --> 00:35:33,832 AUCTIONEER: Okay, let's get started on this special auction 885 00:35:33,899 --> 00:35:37,769 of 14 versions of the famous Ultraworld #1, 886 00:35:37,836 --> 00:35:41,573 proceeds to benefit the sellers, and the renowned artist 887 00:35:41,640 --> 00:35:42,774 Ross Moore. 888 00:35:47,813 --> 00:35:49,481 Item one: Ultraworld #1. 889 00:35:49,548 --> 00:35:52,651 Not authenticated. Believed to be a forgery. 890 00:35:52,718 --> 00:35:55,521 We'll start the bidding at $500. Do I have $550? 891 00:35:55,587 --> 00:35:57,289 - $550! - I have $550. 892 00:35:57,356 --> 00:35:59,057 - $600. - $600. I have $600. 893 00:35:59,124 --> 00:36:00,826 Do I hear $650? 894 00:36:00,892 --> 00:36:02,494 I have $650. 895 00:36:02,561 --> 00:36:04,863 $650 going once, twice and sold. 896 00:36:04,930 --> 00:36:06,632 Moving to Item number two. 897 00:36:06,698 --> 00:36:08,867 $650 going once, twice and... 898 00:36:08,934 --> 00:36:10,168 This is item number five. 899 00:36:10,236 --> 00:36:11,570 Moving to item number five. 900 00:36:11,637 --> 00:36:14,072 Again, we'll start the bidding at $500. I have $550. 901 00:36:14,139 --> 00:36:17,243 I have $700. Do I have $750? Sold. 902 00:36:17,309 --> 00:36:19,545 Moving now to item number nine. Sold. 903 00:36:19,611 --> 00:36:22,248 Going once, twice and sold. 904 00:36:22,314 --> 00:36:25,751 This is item 11, Ultraworld #1, 905 00:36:25,817 --> 00:36:29,020 again unauthenticated, possible forgery. 906 00:36:29,087 --> 00:36:30,589 - What do I hear? - $700! 907 00:36:30,656 --> 00:36:32,524 I have $700. Do I have $750? 908 00:36:32,591 --> 00:36:35,093 $750. Do I have $800? 909 00:36:35,160 --> 00:36:37,729 $2,000. 910 00:36:37,796 --> 00:36:39,231 Here we go. 911 00:36:39,298 --> 00:36:41,767 - $2,050. - I have $2,050. 912 00:36:41,833 --> 00:36:42,901 $3,000. 913 00:36:42,968 --> 00:36:45,103 I have $3,100 over here. 914 00:36:45,170 --> 00:36:45,971 $4,000. 915 00:36:46,037 --> 00:36:47,906 - I have $4,000. - $5,000. 916 00:36:49,708 --> 00:36:52,210 $5,500. 917 00:36:55,046 --> 00:36:56,248 $8,000. 918 00:36:56,315 --> 00:36:58,049 - $10,000. - I have $10,000. 919 00:36:58,116 --> 00:37:00,185 Do I hear $10,500? 920 00:37:00,252 --> 00:37:03,322 - $15,000. - $20,000. 921 00:37:03,389 --> 00:37:07,158 $20,000. Going once, twice, 922 00:37:07,225 --> 00:37:08,927 three times, and sold! 923 00:37:23,208 --> 00:37:24,776 (alarm chirps) 924 00:37:25,877 --> 00:37:27,779 You figured it out. 925 00:37:27,846 --> 00:37:30,516 Your math stuff worked. 926 00:37:32,818 --> 00:37:34,720 Sklar had the real one, huh? 927 00:37:34,786 --> 00:37:36,822 The authentic copy of Ultraworld #1, 928 00:37:36,888 --> 00:37:38,357 and then you stole it. 929 00:37:38,424 --> 00:37:41,126 Ultraworld #1 belongs to Ross Moore. 930 00:37:41,192 --> 00:37:44,996 Not to me, and certainly not to Miles Sklar. 931 00:37:45,063 --> 00:37:46,298 A man was killed. 932 00:37:48,600 --> 00:37:52,338 Unfortunately, nothing can change that. 933 00:37:52,404 --> 00:37:54,340 But giving the comic back 934 00:37:54,406 --> 00:37:55,874 to Ross is going to change a lot. 935 00:37:55,941 --> 00:37:57,609 Your fan from prison almost shot my brother. 936 00:37:57,676 --> 00:37:59,445 Charlie, please. Come on. Please, man. 937 00:37:59,511 --> 00:38:01,012 I know you understand what this is all about. 938 00:38:01,079 --> 00:38:02,314 Why I did this. Let me give 939 00:38:02,381 --> 00:38:03,682 the comic back to Ross. 940 00:38:03,749 --> 00:38:06,251 It doesn't work like that, Seth. 941 00:38:06,318 --> 00:38:07,686 Charlie. 942 00:38:07,753 --> 00:38:10,188 Okay, Seth, get your hands behind your back, please. 943 00:38:10,255 --> 00:38:14,726 We're taking you in for some questioning. 944 00:38:20,666 --> 00:38:28,774 Vaughn and Garrity, both fans, read my stuff in prison. 945 00:38:28,840 --> 00:38:31,377 How did you sneak the real copy into the auction? 946 00:38:31,443 --> 00:38:34,846 I'm the Ross Moore expert, right? 947 00:38:34,913 --> 00:38:37,649 Everybody 948 00:38:37,716 --> 00:38:40,952 let me examine their Ultraworld #1. 949 00:38:41,019 --> 00:38:42,721 I swapped the real one for a fake 950 00:38:42,788 --> 00:38:46,692 owned by a guy who promised to sell it in the auction. 951 00:38:46,758 --> 00:38:50,862 What were you going to do with it, genius? 952 00:38:50,929 --> 00:38:53,865 Give it to Ross. 953 00:38:53,932 --> 00:38:54,933 And then, 954 00:38:55,000 --> 00:38:57,736 in six months or so, 955 00:38:57,803 --> 00:38:59,638 I'd pretend to have found the hidden message 956 00:38:59,705 --> 00:39:02,107 with Sklar's name in the forgeries. 957 00:39:17,723 --> 00:39:19,224 Well, if it isn't 958 00:39:19,290 --> 00:39:21,560 the crime-fighting professor. 959 00:39:21,627 --> 00:39:25,096 Come to help me engineer my escape? 960 00:39:25,163 --> 00:39:26,632 No. 961 00:39:26,698 --> 00:39:29,668 Yeah, it was kind of a long shot. 962 00:39:29,735 --> 00:39:30,769 You heard that Miles Sklar 963 00:39:30,836 --> 00:39:34,105 got the real copy of Ultraworld #1 back? 964 00:39:34,172 --> 00:39:37,175 Figured that would happen. 965 00:39:37,242 --> 00:39:39,445 He gave it to Ross Moore. 966 00:39:39,511 --> 00:39:41,413 What? 967 00:39:41,480 --> 00:39:43,482 Why? 968 00:39:43,549 --> 00:39:44,950 Partly the intense public pressure. 969 00:39:45,016 --> 00:39:46,452 I mean, the guy was being vilified. 970 00:39:46,518 --> 00:39:47,786 That never bothered him before. 971 00:39:47,853 --> 00:39:50,522 And, of course, he made a big publicity splash 972 00:39:50,589 --> 00:39:51,923 over giving it to Moore, 973 00:39:51,990 --> 00:39:53,825 just in time to promote his new comic. 974 00:39:55,794 --> 00:39:58,964 Okay, that's... that's the Sklar I know. 975 00:40:04,035 --> 00:40:07,405 Still... 976 00:40:07,473 --> 00:40:09,107 he gave it back. 977 00:40:24,122 --> 00:40:25,757 Hey, boys. Good job. 978 00:40:25,824 --> 00:40:26,692 Thanks. 979 00:40:26,758 --> 00:40:27,793 What are you guys doing this weekend? 980 00:40:27,859 --> 00:40:28,960 Anyone want to grab a bite 981 00:40:29,027 --> 00:40:30,328 or something? 982 00:40:30,395 --> 00:40:31,597 Yeah. Sure. Sounds good. 983 00:40:31,663 --> 00:40:32,664 We haven't done anything 984 00:40:32,731 --> 00:40:33,899 outside of work for a while, right? 985 00:40:33,965 --> 00:40:36,234 There's life outside of work? 986 00:40:36,301 --> 00:40:37,168 News to me. 987 00:40:37,235 --> 00:40:38,837 Colby Granger, 988 00:40:38,904 --> 00:40:40,438 someone at my desk for you to meet. 989 00:40:40,506 --> 00:40:41,740 Her name's Simone Voray. 990 00:40:41,807 --> 00:40:43,008 She's in my Krav Maga class. 991 00:40:43,074 --> 00:40:46,011 She's French. She has a little accent. 992 00:40:46,077 --> 00:40:47,979 And a degree in literature. 993 00:40:48,046 --> 00:40:50,482 She was a star gymnast in college. 994 00:40:50,549 --> 00:40:52,818 Now she's an acrobat. 995 00:40:52,884 --> 00:40:54,352 You say she's a professional acrobat? 996 00:40:54,419 --> 00:40:56,054 Yeah. Cirque du Soleil. 997 00:40:56,121 --> 00:40:57,956 Ready? 998 00:41:00,458 --> 00:41:03,862 Guess it might just be me and you this weekend, huh? 999 00:41:04,663 --> 00:41:06,197 Yeah. Yeah. 1000 00:41:09,868 --> 00:41:11,302 You know, it's funny. 1001 00:41:11,369 --> 00:41:13,104 I remember reading all those comics when I was a kid, 1002 00:41:13,171 --> 00:41:14,973 but I never saw anyone drawing one. 1003 00:41:15,040 --> 00:41:16,842 Well, this one should be fun. 1004 00:41:16,908 --> 00:41:21,446 Reminds me a little of the comics I wrote in the '60s. 1005 00:41:21,513 --> 00:41:23,248 I wrote under the name 1006 00:41:23,314 --> 00:41:24,449 Paisley McNasty. 1007 00:41:24,516 --> 00:41:26,451 Really? 1008 00:41:26,518 --> 00:41:28,920 I have a little trouble picturing you as a hippie. 1009 00:41:28,987 --> 00:41:29,921 What? 1010 00:41:31,256 --> 00:41:32,490 Right. 1011 00:41:32,558 --> 00:41:33,692 You know, Charles, 1012 00:41:33,759 --> 00:41:36,528 you have a rather distinguished chin there. 1013 00:41:36,595 --> 00:41:37,696 He's going 1014 00:41:37,763 --> 00:41:39,430 to be a superhero, 1015 00:41:39,497 --> 00:41:40,799 along with his brother. 1016 00:41:40,866 --> 00:41:42,133 Hold on. Wait a minute. 1017 00:41:42,200 --> 00:41:44,703 You think someone actually might publish this? 1018 00:41:44,770 --> 00:41:46,838 An FBI agent who solves crimes 1019 00:41:46,905 --> 00:41:48,974 with the help of his mathematician brother? 1020 00:41:49,040 --> 00:41:50,876 (laughing): It's great! 1021 00:41:50,942 --> 00:41:52,544 Aw, nobody would believe it. 1022 00:41:52,611 --> 00:41:54,345 Oh, that reminds me. Charlie, look 1023 00:41:54,412 --> 00:41:56,815 what came in the mail from that magazine. 1024 00:41:56,882 --> 00:41:58,917 That's the proof of the article? 1025 00:41:58,984 --> 00:42:00,085 I don't even know why I'm looking at this. 1026 00:42:00,151 --> 00:42:01,252 This guy was totally out to get me. 1027 00:42:01,319 --> 00:42:03,622 No, no, no, no. It's not a hit piece. 1028 00:42:03,689 --> 00:42:05,190 Sure, he makes some jokes at your expense, 1029 00:42:05,256 --> 00:42:07,425 but, actually, they're quite funny. 1030 00:42:07,492 --> 00:42:09,294 "His brother Don, a special agent 1031 00:42:09,360 --> 00:42:11,797 "in the Los Angeles office of the FBI, 1032 00:42:11,863 --> 00:42:13,865 "believes Charles Eppes has recently conquered 1033 00:42:13,932 --> 00:42:15,400 "the greatest challenge of friendship. 1034 00:42:15,466 --> 00:42:17,502 'Charlie and I had our issues growing up.'" 1035 00:42:17,569 --> 00:42:19,237 Yeah, to say the least. 1036 00:42:19,304 --> 00:42:20,806 "But if there's anything stronger 1037 00:42:20,872 --> 00:42:22,173 "than the bond between brothers, 1038 00:42:22,240 --> 00:42:25,376 "it's the bond between brothers who have become friends. 1039 00:42:25,443 --> 00:42:26,878 'Charlie's my friend.'" 1040 00:42:26,945 --> 00:42:29,648 ALAN: Donnie. CHARLIE: Aw... 1041 00:42:29,715 --> 00:42:32,050 I didn't even know the writer wanted to talk with you. 1042 00:42:32,117 --> 00:42:33,885 I had to get my name in the magazine somehow, right? 1043 00:42:33,952 --> 00:42:35,754 ALAN: Yeah, yeah. Right. 1044 00:42:35,821 --> 00:42:37,388 You can keep your disposable media. 1045 00:42:37,455 --> 00:42:38,624 A magazine is old in a week. 1046 00:42:38,690 --> 00:42:41,559 A comic book... well, that's forever. 1047 00:42:41,627 --> 00:42:42,661 DON: That's right. 1048 00:42:42,728 --> 00:42:44,996 Well, let's get back in our Charlie's Angels pose. 1049 00:42:45,063 --> 00:42:47,966 This is more like Tango & Cash.