1 00:00:09,443 --> 00:00:13,214 * 2 00:00:13,247 --> 00:00:17,418 * I'm walking on the southern street * 3 00:00:17,451 --> 00:00:20,721 * Cut to the river 'fore I run too low * 4 00:00:20,754 --> 00:00:25,493 * I'm walking on the southern street * 5 00:00:25,526 --> 00:00:29,029 * Cut to the river 'fore I run too low * 6 00:00:37,538 --> 00:00:41,242 * Old gypsy woman spoke to me 7 00:00:41,275 --> 00:00:45,113 * Said, "You're a wolf, boy, get out of this town" * 8 00:00:45,146 --> 00:00:48,616 * Old gypsy woman spoke to me 9 00:00:48,649 --> 00:00:52,153 * Said, "You're a wolf, boy, get out of this town" * 10 00:00:53,587 --> 00:00:57,225 * "You're a wolf, boy, get out of this town" * 11 00:00:57,258 --> 00:00:58,259 (gunshots, screaming) 12 00:00:58,292 --> 00:01:00,694 *"You're a wolf, boy, get out of this town" * 13 00:01:00,728 --> 00:01:02,563 * "You're a wolf." 14 00:01:07,401 --> 00:01:09,170 So, wideband 15 00:01:09,203 --> 00:01:10,704 mixer-circulator retro-reflector. 16 00:01:10,738 --> 00:01:12,273 Obviously not. 17 00:01:12,306 --> 00:01:13,407 Obviously. 18 00:01:13,441 --> 00:01:15,776 How about ternary computing? 19 00:01:15,809 --> 00:01:18,512 - Nah. - No. 20 00:01:18,546 --> 00:01:21,382 Nanometer fabrication using sacrificial spacer layers. 21 00:01:21,415 --> 00:01:23,217 - Nah... - You've got to be kidding me. 22 00:01:23,251 --> 00:01:24,185 Nanometer fabrication! 23 00:01:24,218 --> 00:01:27,121 Hey, nobody kids about nanometer fabrication. 24 00:01:27,155 --> 00:01:29,257 (laughs) You guys still going through 25 00:01:29,290 --> 00:01:30,358 Cal Sci's consulting projects? 26 00:01:30,391 --> 00:01:31,559 Oh, yeah. 27 00:01:31,592 --> 00:01:32,760 My NSA clearance is suspended, 28 00:01:32,793 --> 00:01:35,396 so, all really get to do now is... look. 29 00:01:35,429 --> 00:01:37,231 My next paper's going to be titled 30 00:01:37,265 --> 00:01:38,499 "Our Friend the Triangle." 31 00:01:38,532 --> 00:01:39,800 Actually, John Conway and Steven Sigur 32 00:01:39,833 --> 00:01:41,569 already wrote a great book about that subject. 33 00:01:41,602 --> 00:01:43,371 LARRY: You know, it is surprising 34 00:01:43,404 --> 00:01:45,439 to see how much of our work actually intersects 35 00:01:45,473 --> 00:01:46,707 with top-secret government research. 36 00:01:46,740 --> 00:01:48,876 You know, Cal Sci has even limited 37 00:01:48,909 --> 00:01:50,778 his access to the supercomputers. 38 00:01:50,811 --> 00:01:52,380 ALAN: Am I going to sound too much 39 00:01:52,413 --> 00:01:54,315 like your father, Charlie, when I suggest that, um, 40 00:01:54,348 --> 00:01:55,115 after time for principle, 41 00:01:55,149 --> 00:01:57,385 there be occasion for a strategic, 42 00:01:57,418 --> 00:02:00,388 insincere apology? 43 00:02:00,421 --> 00:02:02,290 I wish it were that simple, Dad. 44 00:02:02,323 --> 00:02:05,693 I... I have to petition to get my security clearance back. 45 00:02:05,726 --> 00:02:06,927 Step one of that 46 00:02:06,960 --> 00:02:09,263 is an interview tomorrow at the FBI, 47 00:02:09,297 --> 00:02:11,332 with someone called a security officer. 48 00:02:11,365 --> 00:02:12,800 AMITA: Charlie, you do have a connection 49 00:02:12,833 --> 00:02:14,535 or two at the FBI. 50 00:02:14,568 --> 00:02:16,404 I don't want to drag Don into this one. 51 00:02:16,437 --> 00:02:17,538 The facts are on my side. 52 00:02:17,571 --> 00:02:19,540 None of the information I sent to Pakistan was a threat 53 00:02:19,573 --> 00:02:20,508 to national security. 54 00:02:20,541 --> 00:02:22,243 ALAN: Listen, Charlie, when you're dealing 55 00:02:22,276 --> 00:02:23,477 with the government, it doesn't hurt 56 00:02:23,511 --> 00:02:25,579 to have more than just the facts on your side. 57 00:02:27,681 --> 00:02:29,250 (siren whooping, indistinct chatter) 58 00:02:29,283 --> 00:02:30,518 What do you say, Nikki? 59 00:02:30,551 --> 00:02:32,920 Alice DeMaire, 33. 60 00:02:32,953 --> 00:02:36,290 An I.T. worker at a small day trader office off Figueroa. 61 00:02:36,324 --> 00:02:38,826 Two in the back-- a .38 or a nine. 62 00:02:38,859 --> 00:02:41,429 Oh, yeah? The lab boys been here? 63 00:02:41,462 --> 00:02:42,963 No, but I know bullet holes. 64 00:02:42,996 --> 00:02:45,266 Yeah, perp was described as male, white, 30s, 65 00:02:45,299 --> 00:02:46,467 dark suit and sunglasses. 66 00:02:46,500 --> 00:02:47,535 Fled in a brown truck. 67 00:02:47,568 --> 00:02:49,937 And the witnesses say, a flower truck, bread truck. 68 00:02:49,970 --> 00:02:51,339 You know, like that. 69 00:02:51,372 --> 00:02:52,340 So it was stolen, right? 70 00:02:52,373 --> 00:02:54,842 Unless we're looking at a gang of rogue bakers. 71 00:02:54,875 --> 00:02:56,944 ATM is this way. 72 00:02:56,977 --> 00:02:59,980 NIKKI: You know you're not in East L.A. when $20 bills 73 00:03:00,013 --> 00:03:02,316 hit the ground and stay there. 74 00:03:02,350 --> 00:03:03,183 What do you say, Colb? 75 00:03:03,217 --> 00:03:05,753 This is our best photo of the shooter. 76 00:03:05,786 --> 00:03:08,422 He slid back in line twice. 77 00:03:08,456 --> 00:03:09,357 Staying out of camera? 78 00:03:09,390 --> 00:03:11,459 This guy might have known where to stand, 79 00:03:11,492 --> 00:03:14,428 but he wasn't so careful about where he ran. 80 00:03:14,462 --> 00:03:15,329 Parking garage right here 81 00:03:15,363 --> 00:03:16,497 has a camera pointed toward the street. 82 00:03:16,530 --> 00:03:18,366 Give that to LAPD? 83 00:03:18,399 --> 00:03:19,900 - Yeah, ten minutes ago. - NIKKI: New guy question. 84 00:03:19,933 --> 00:03:21,435 But what are we doing here? 85 00:03:21,469 --> 00:03:22,936 I mean, this seems like a straight-up LAPD shoot. 86 00:03:22,970 --> 00:03:23,937 DON: You got a woman who's 87 00:03:23,971 --> 00:03:25,906 kidnapped 23 hours ago, and her husband was told 88 00:03:25,939 --> 00:03:27,508 to make sure he has $3,000 89 00:03:27,541 --> 00:03:28,876 in his bank account. 90 00:03:28,909 --> 00:03:29,977 DAVID: They're called express kidnappings. 91 00:03:30,010 --> 00:03:32,846 I saw a few of them when I was stationed in Tel Aviv. 92 00:03:32,880 --> 00:03:34,482 People are grabbed off the street, and held 93 00:03:34,515 --> 00:03:35,949 for a couple of days; they're forced 94 00:03:35,983 --> 00:03:37,618 to drain their bank account before they're released. 95 00:03:37,651 --> 00:03:38,719 (phone rings) Our victims' families 96 00:03:38,752 --> 00:03:39,587 are scared, 97 00:03:39,620 --> 00:03:40,654 but the dollar amounts are so small, 98 00:03:40,688 --> 00:03:42,423 they pay up, and, uh, report it after the fact. 99 00:03:42,456 --> 00:03:44,425 It's the fifth in seven weeks, 100 00:03:44,458 --> 00:03:46,460 and they're all middle income working women, 101 00:03:46,494 --> 00:03:48,496 raped, assaulted, and then dumped off. 102 00:03:48,529 --> 00:03:49,963 It's the first time they've killed. 103 00:03:49,997 --> 00:03:50,898 First time anyone ran. 104 00:03:50,931 --> 00:03:51,899 NIKKI: You run from somebody with a gun, 105 00:03:51,932 --> 00:03:53,801 maybe you figure they're going to use it anyway. 106 00:03:53,834 --> 00:03:56,036 New guy, you're with me. 107 00:03:56,069 --> 00:03:59,973 Why do I have a feeling that's going to stick? 108 00:04:00,007 --> 00:04:02,810 A male, white, NFD dumped the truck. 109 00:04:02,843 --> 00:04:05,045 A gray four-door picked him up and took off. 110 00:04:05,078 --> 00:04:06,514 Where'd they see it from? 111 00:04:06,547 --> 00:04:08,449 Far side of the roof. 112 00:04:08,482 --> 00:04:10,384 Hence the "no further description." 113 00:04:10,418 --> 00:04:13,020 Firemen found evidence of a Molotov in the cabin. 114 00:04:13,053 --> 00:04:15,456 Another new guy question. 115 00:04:15,489 --> 00:04:16,657 Yeah. How bad are the bad guys 116 00:04:16,690 --> 00:04:18,025 that kill their own partner for screwing up? 117 00:04:32,473 --> 00:04:34,508 NIKKI: Joey Herman-- frequent flyer 118 00:04:34,542 --> 00:04:36,677 with the California Department of Corrections. 119 00:04:36,710 --> 00:04:38,912 Discharged from Chino last May 120 00:04:38,946 --> 00:04:41,749 after a three-year bid for hitting a jewelry exchange. 121 00:04:41,782 --> 00:04:43,984 Guy's a high-end thief, but no mastermind. 122 00:04:44,017 --> 00:04:46,320 Might explain the bullet in the head. 123 00:04:46,354 --> 00:04:48,689 It matches the Suspect Three description and composite sketch 124 00:04:48,722 --> 00:04:50,023 the other victims gave us. 125 00:04:50,057 --> 00:04:51,291 Only three more to go. 126 00:04:51,325 --> 00:04:53,961 Whoever was on the other side of the gun knows their business. 127 00:04:53,994 --> 00:04:56,063 Lab says the inside of the van was washed down 128 00:04:56,096 --> 00:04:57,498 with bleach before it was torched, 129 00:04:57,531 --> 00:04:58,966 so, whatever forensic evidence 130 00:04:58,999 --> 00:05:01,068 we do recover probably won't work for us 131 00:05:01,101 --> 00:05:02,536 until after we catch them. 132 00:05:02,570 --> 00:05:03,537 All right, in five robberies, 133 00:05:03,571 --> 00:05:05,806 these guys have pulled down less than 20 grand. 134 00:05:05,839 --> 00:05:08,409 Kidnapping, two homicides-- that's a lot of exposure 135 00:05:08,442 --> 00:05:10,043 for not a lot of money. 136 00:05:10,077 --> 00:05:11,945 In East L.A., people get stabbed over a six-pack. 137 00:05:11,979 --> 00:05:13,481 COLBY: Yeah, but this isn't East L.A., 138 00:05:13,514 --> 00:05:14,915 and these guys aren't meth heads on a tear. 139 00:05:14,948 --> 00:05:16,083 M.O. says it's a serious crew. 140 00:05:16,116 --> 00:05:18,452 DAVID: These express kidnappings-- 141 00:05:18,486 --> 00:05:19,920 they make sense south of the border, 142 00:05:19,953 --> 00:05:20,954 or in Third World countries 143 00:05:20,988 --> 00:05:22,723 where a little bit of money's 144 00:05:22,756 --> 00:05:24,658 gonna take you far, but, uh, 145 00:05:24,692 --> 00:05:26,093 nobody moves from six-figure jewelry hits 146 00:05:26,126 --> 00:05:27,928 to low-take thugging for no reason. 147 00:05:27,961 --> 00:05:29,663 We're missing some pieces. 148 00:05:29,697 --> 00:05:30,798 But a guy like this-- 149 00:05:30,831 --> 00:05:32,099 there's always an ex-cellmate 150 00:05:32,132 --> 00:05:33,066 or a known associate 151 00:05:33,100 --> 00:05:34,034 somewhere in the picture. 152 00:05:34,067 --> 00:05:36,136 Yeah-- it sounds like a lot of grunt work. 153 00:05:36,169 --> 00:05:37,505 Yes, it does. 154 00:05:37,538 --> 00:05:39,006 I wonder who's gonna get stuck with that. 155 00:05:39,039 --> 00:05:41,008 DAVID: It'd probably be 156 00:05:41,041 --> 00:05:42,543 a seniority thing, I think. 157 00:05:42,576 --> 00:05:44,044 Hmm. 158 00:05:44,077 --> 00:05:45,913 That's going to get old fast. 159 00:05:45,946 --> 00:05:47,815 Yeah, maybe for you it will. 160 00:05:50,083 --> 00:05:52,420 MAN (on TV): The facts of the shooting 161 00:05:52,453 --> 00:05:53,521 are still under investigation 162 00:05:53,554 --> 00:05:54,388 at this point in time, 163 00:05:54,422 --> 00:05:55,155 but it appears to be connected to... 164 00:05:55,188 --> 00:05:56,223 Hey, hey, I'm glad you're here. 165 00:05:56,256 --> 00:05:58,025 So, I'm watching the news here, and I see these... 166 00:05:58,058 --> 00:05:59,393 I mean, is this your case? 167 00:05:59,427 --> 00:06:01,028 DON: Yeah. 168 00:06:01,061 --> 00:06:03,531 I know you can't talk about it. 169 00:06:03,564 --> 00:06:05,466 Just what you see there. 170 00:06:06,634 --> 00:06:08,001 It occurred to me-- 171 00:06:08,035 --> 00:06:09,837 and-and, you know, it's just an idle thought-- 172 00:06:09,870 --> 00:06:11,004 that a point-by-point 173 00:06:11,038 --> 00:06:11,939 analysis, using the math 174 00:06:11,972 --> 00:06:13,674 that I've already refined for you guys... 175 00:06:13,707 --> 00:06:15,876 You just plug that data in 176 00:06:15,909 --> 00:06:17,110 and-and run with it. 177 00:06:17,144 --> 00:06:18,812 - Yeah, we're already on that. - You are? 178 00:06:18,846 --> 00:06:20,448 - Mm-hmm. - Good. 179 00:06:24,918 --> 00:06:26,887 I mean, they aren't leaving us much. 180 00:06:26,920 --> 00:06:29,022 We're gonna have to get them on the street. 181 00:06:29,056 --> 00:06:30,558 Doesn't that mean that you're waiting 182 00:06:30,591 --> 00:06:32,860 - for another victim? - Or a decoy. 183 00:06:32,893 --> 00:06:35,128 I mean, we could put ten, 20, 30 women out there. 184 00:06:35,162 --> 00:06:36,564 See if maybe they pick one up. 185 00:06:36,597 --> 00:06:38,131 You know, in marketing, 186 00:06:38,165 --> 00:06:40,434 there's something called the decoy effect. 187 00:06:40,468 --> 00:06:42,069 It's like when you went out 188 00:06:42,102 --> 00:06:45,072 to buy that watch you got on there. 189 00:06:45,105 --> 00:06:47,174 You had a choice between a more expensive, 190 00:06:47,207 --> 00:06:48,876 higher-end, waterproof, 191 00:06:48,909 --> 00:06:50,878 scratch-resistant watch with a tachometer, 192 00:06:50,911 --> 00:06:53,747 and a less expensive watch that does nothing but tell time. 193 00:06:53,781 --> 00:06:55,082 And you made your choice 194 00:06:55,115 --> 00:06:58,051 by how you balance function and cost. 195 00:06:58,085 --> 00:07:01,555 But let's say, a third watch is put on the market. 196 00:07:01,589 --> 00:07:03,156 More expensive, but no tachometer. 197 00:07:03,190 --> 00:07:05,559 Most buyers will gravitate toward the original, 198 00:07:05,593 --> 00:07:07,227 higher-end product, regardless of their prior preference. 199 00:07:07,260 --> 00:07:09,530 So, that third watch is the decoy. 200 00:07:09,563 --> 00:07:10,698 It exists solely 201 00:07:10,731 --> 00:07:13,133 to steer buyers to the bigger sale. 202 00:07:13,166 --> 00:07:14,234 And that's called asymmetric dominance. 203 00:07:14,267 --> 00:07:15,302 So, how...? 204 00:07:15,335 --> 00:07:17,037 Well, you can't just put targets out on the street 205 00:07:17,070 --> 00:07:18,238 that you want kidnappers to attack. 206 00:07:18,271 --> 00:07:21,141 You can create conditions that make them more desirable. 207 00:07:21,174 --> 00:07:22,476 A distribution of police patrols, 208 00:07:22,510 --> 00:07:23,611 inspection points-- 209 00:07:23,644 --> 00:07:25,646 I mean, this is stuff you would normally do anyway, 210 00:07:25,679 --> 00:07:28,181 except funneled through a series of algorithmic... 211 00:07:28,215 --> 00:07:30,117 You think it's something Larry or Amita could do? 212 00:07:30,150 --> 00:07:31,218 Well, yeah. No, sure. I... 213 00:07:31,251 --> 00:07:34,054 Sure. Larry and Amita are very, highly skilled... 214 00:07:34,087 --> 00:07:36,123 I just... I'm just saying that I could come up 215 00:07:36,156 --> 00:07:37,658 with some very loose expressions 216 00:07:37,691 --> 00:07:42,563 and give them a push in the right direction. 217 00:07:42,596 --> 00:07:44,565 Hey, so, what do you know 218 00:07:44,598 --> 00:07:46,199 about this FBI Security Officer, 219 00:07:46,233 --> 00:07:47,100 uh, McGowan? 220 00:07:47,134 --> 00:07:49,136 Carl? 221 00:07:49,169 --> 00:07:50,538 Yeah, Carl McGowan. 222 00:07:50,571 --> 00:07:52,840 He's tough, but-but he's fair. 223 00:07:52,873 --> 00:07:54,241 More tough, more fair? 224 00:07:54,274 --> 00:07:56,176 (sighs) 225 00:07:56,209 --> 00:07:57,711 You know, you'll be fine. 226 00:07:57,745 --> 00:07:59,112 That's not an answer. 227 00:07:59,146 --> 00:08:01,649 (phone ringing) 228 00:08:01,682 --> 00:08:02,916 Yeah. 229 00:08:02,950 --> 00:08:05,052 Eppes. 230 00:08:07,621 --> 00:08:08,856 We put out a five-county alert 231 00:08:08,889 --> 00:08:11,625 for any missing persons reports that match our victim profile. 232 00:08:11,659 --> 00:08:13,727 I started with today's, figuring these guys 233 00:08:13,761 --> 00:08:16,530 don't snatch more than one vic at a time. 234 00:08:16,564 --> 00:08:17,531 (computer chirps) 235 00:08:17,565 --> 00:08:18,699 Popped Janet Gerber, 236 00:08:18,732 --> 00:08:21,101 office manager at an HMO in Hollywood. 237 00:08:21,134 --> 00:08:23,737 Left her job at 4:30, reported missing at 8:00. 238 00:08:23,771 --> 00:08:25,172 That's pretty fast. 239 00:08:25,205 --> 00:08:26,173 News has everyone on edge. 240 00:08:26,206 --> 00:08:28,576 She is right in the sweet spot of our profile. 241 00:08:28,609 --> 00:08:30,744 Female, 25, middle income. 242 00:08:30,778 --> 00:08:32,746 - Still... - Yeah, I wouldn't have 243 00:08:32,780 --> 00:08:33,814 dragged you back here 244 00:08:33,847 --> 00:08:36,116 in the middle of the night if there wasn't more. 245 00:08:45,993 --> 00:08:47,060 Oh, damn. 246 00:08:47,094 --> 00:08:48,596 Their M.O. holds up, 247 00:08:48,629 --> 00:08:50,130 they'll dump the van, switch 248 00:08:50,163 --> 00:08:51,231 to a delivery truck again. 249 00:08:51,264 --> 00:08:53,300 Right, sure. Blends in more, easier to control, or... 250 00:08:53,333 --> 00:08:54,902 I'm thinking, press conference, right? 251 00:08:54,935 --> 00:08:56,670 Put her face on the news. 252 00:08:56,704 --> 00:08:58,772 Maybe these guys get rattled, let her go. 253 00:08:58,806 --> 00:08:59,873 Only when things went bad before, 254 00:08:59,907 --> 00:09:01,008 that's exactly what they didn't do. 255 00:09:07,114 --> 00:09:09,216 What am I looking for? 256 00:09:09,249 --> 00:09:11,018 Credit card bills, bank statements-- 257 00:09:11,051 --> 00:09:13,721 anything that might help us track her. 258 00:09:13,754 --> 00:09:15,656 She's never home past 6:00. 259 00:09:15,689 --> 00:09:18,959 But when I called the police, I was hoping... 260 00:09:20,393 --> 00:09:23,230 Then they told me they'd kill her if I called you, 261 00:09:23,263 --> 00:09:24,632 but I already had. 262 00:09:24,665 --> 00:09:26,734 They're going to tell you what helps them, 263 00:09:26,767 --> 00:09:28,769 not what's going to help Janet. 264 00:09:28,802 --> 00:09:30,070 You did the right thing. 265 00:09:30,103 --> 00:09:31,872 (crying): Janet isn't reckless. 266 00:09:31,905 --> 00:09:34,241 She's careful about where she goes. 267 00:09:34,274 --> 00:09:36,576 She pays attention to everything around her. 268 00:09:38,746 --> 00:09:39,880 (sniffles) 269 00:09:39,913 --> 00:09:42,249 If they can just grab you off the street, 270 00:09:42,282 --> 00:09:44,251 no rhyme or reason... 271 00:09:44,284 --> 00:09:45,986 (sniffles) 272 00:09:46,019 --> 00:09:48,155 ...how do you protect yourself from that? 273 00:09:48,188 --> 00:09:51,191 The woman on the TV-- they killed her. 274 00:09:51,224 --> 00:09:53,193 The ones before-- 275 00:09:53,226 --> 00:09:55,729 they beat them, 276 00:09:55,763 --> 00:09:57,765 they raped them. 277 00:09:57,798 --> 00:09:59,900 We're going to do everything in our power 278 00:09:59,933 --> 00:10:02,169 to bring Janet back here safely. 279 00:10:10,678 --> 00:10:12,746 Hey, guys, thanks for stepping up here, huh? 280 00:10:12,780 --> 00:10:14,848 Yeah, well, we're still getting up to speed. 281 00:10:14,882 --> 00:10:17,818 Um, asymmetric dominance is pretty basic stuff. 282 00:10:17,851 --> 00:10:19,753 Yeah, but Charlie's applications of it 283 00:10:19,787 --> 00:10:21,288 are anything but basic. 284 00:10:21,321 --> 00:10:23,757 DON: Well, we're in the middle of a kidnapping right now, 285 00:10:23,791 --> 00:10:26,026 so it may end up being for nothing, but thanks. 286 00:10:26,059 --> 00:10:27,695 AMITA: All right. I would remind you 287 00:10:27,728 --> 00:10:29,797 that the planet known as rho-1 Cancri e 288 00:10:29,830 --> 00:10:31,832 was discovered purely by accident, 289 00:10:31,865 --> 00:10:35,803 when scientists were modeling the motion of its home star. 290 00:10:35,836 --> 00:10:36,804 What? 291 00:10:36,837 --> 00:10:38,972 There is no wasted work. 292 00:10:39,006 --> 00:10:40,240 Right. 293 00:10:40,273 --> 00:10:42,109 Nikki, what do we got? 294 00:10:42,142 --> 00:10:45,846 Uh, the National Bank Network gave us access to SPIDER-- 295 00:10:45,879 --> 00:10:47,848 a tracking program for ATM usage 296 00:10:47,881 --> 00:10:49,282 that they use to detect fraud. 297 00:10:49,316 --> 00:10:51,819 Almost every ATM in the country is on the system. 298 00:10:51,852 --> 00:10:54,187 It provides real-time transactions 299 00:10:54,221 --> 00:10:55,923 at 400,000 cash machines 300 00:10:55,956 --> 00:10:57,991 nationwide-- check this out. 301 00:10:58,025 --> 00:10:59,827 It even shows how much cash 302 00:10:59,860 --> 00:11:01,328 is available in any machine 303 00:11:01,361 --> 00:11:03,096 at any one time, and that's how they know 304 00:11:03,130 --> 00:11:04,197 when they have to be refilled. 305 00:11:04,231 --> 00:11:05,933 Okay, so... 306 00:11:05,966 --> 00:11:08,769 Every time you use an ATM card, SPIDER calls the bank 307 00:11:08,802 --> 00:11:10,403 to make sure you have enough cash available. 308 00:11:10,437 --> 00:11:13,340 We have three hits already on Janet Gerber's cards. 309 00:11:15,776 --> 00:11:17,210 Here, here, and here. 310 00:11:17,244 --> 00:11:19,079 The last one was two hours ago. 311 00:11:19,112 --> 00:11:20,213 You get units in there? 312 00:11:20,247 --> 00:11:21,381 I notified LAPD. 313 00:11:21,414 --> 00:11:23,050 Colby and David are cruising the area. 314 00:11:23,083 --> 00:11:24,785 Do we have any shots of her? 315 00:11:27,821 --> 00:11:29,289 We're running facial recognition 316 00:11:29,322 --> 00:11:30,958 for the other customers. 317 00:11:34,027 --> 00:11:34,928 Oh, what's that? 318 00:11:36,429 --> 00:11:37,765 Right there. 319 00:11:37,798 --> 00:11:39,900 Staying just outside of camera range. 320 00:11:39,933 --> 00:11:40,934 That's the guy. 321 00:11:44,938 --> 00:11:45,773 We got a hit. 322 00:11:45,806 --> 00:11:47,941 Someone's using one of her cards at... 323 00:11:47,975 --> 00:11:48,942 COLBY: It's Fifth and Alameda. 324 00:11:51,344 --> 00:11:52,780 (engine revving, tires screeching) 325 00:11:52,813 --> 00:11:54,247 COLBY: In one piece, please. 326 00:11:54,281 --> 00:11:57,217 Hey, you know the rule: you complain, you drive. 327 00:12:01,822 --> 00:12:03,456 Too late? 328 00:12:03,490 --> 00:12:05,358 Unless that's him. 329 00:12:09,997 --> 00:12:12,800 Doesn't look like any of these sketches. 330 00:12:12,833 --> 00:12:14,902 Do they ever? 331 00:12:18,939 --> 00:12:20,107 DAVID: That matches the description 332 00:12:20,140 --> 00:12:21,041 of the kidnapper's van. 333 00:12:24,244 --> 00:12:26,213 (engine roaring, tires screeching) 334 00:12:37,257 --> 00:12:39,759 (tires screeching) 335 00:12:42,362 --> 00:12:44,764 (tires screeching) 336 00:12:51,905 --> 00:12:53,874 (horn honking, tires screeching) 337 00:12:53,907 --> 00:12:55,208 Hey, look out! 338 00:12:55,242 --> 00:12:56,309 (tires screeching) 339 00:12:57,577 --> 00:12:58,578 FBI! 340 00:12:58,611 --> 00:12:59,947 Stay in the truck! 341 00:12:59,980 --> 00:13:01,915 Yeah, I didn't see him. 342 00:13:01,949 --> 00:13:04,217 (panting) 343 00:13:06,119 --> 00:13:08,455 He's pretty damned dead. 344 00:13:08,488 --> 00:13:09,456 Van's empty. 345 00:13:09,489 --> 00:13:12,059 That leaves two at large. 346 00:13:12,092 --> 00:13:13,861 And they still have Janet Gerber. 347 00:13:22,936 --> 00:13:23,904 WOMAN: I've already told you everything 348 00:13:23,937 --> 00:13:24,938 that I remember. 349 00:13:24,972 --> 00:13:27,040 There have been new developments, Ms. Mooney. 350 00:13:27,074 --> 00:13:29,242 We've got another victim out there. 351 00:13:29,276 --> 00:13:32,312 I'm sorry. 352 00:13:32,345 --> 00:13:35,448 I've been trying to forget what happened. 353 00:13:43,490 --> 00:13:45,425 This one. 354 00:13:45,458 --> 00:13:47,060 He'd get out of the van with me 355 00:13:47,094 --> 00:13:48,428 when they told me to get money. 356 00:13:48,461 --> 00:13:49,429 He had a gun. 357 00:13:49,462 --> 00:13:50,898 He didn't... 358 00:13:50,931 --> 00:13:53,333 he wasn't a part of the rest of it. 359 00:13:55,202 --> 00:13:56,403 You recognize anyone else? 360 00:13:58,371 --> 00:13:59,639 No. 361 00:13:59,672 --> 00:14:01,308 You're sure? 362 00:14:02,442 --> 00:14:05,979 I spent 38 hours with those... 363 00:14:06,013 --> 00:14:08,015 Yes, I'm sure. 364 00:14:08,048 --> 00:14:09,416 NIKKI: In the report, you said there 365 00:14:09,449 --> 00:14:11,484 was a fourth man, one they met in the parking lot? 366 00:14:11,518 --> 00:14:13,653 He just talked to them for a few minutes, 367 00:14:13,686 --> 00:14:14,721 and then he left. 368 00:14:14,754 --> 00:14:17,891 They called someone every few hours after that. 369 00:14:17,925 --> 00:14:18,525 I got the sense that it was him. 370 00:14:18,558 --> 00:14:19,426 What did they talk about? 371 00:14:19,459 --> 00:14:23,063 Which banks to go to, maybe. 372 00:14:23,096 --> 00:14:25,999 I think... I... I don't remember. 373 00:14:26,033 --> 00:14:28,135 They had me on the floor most of the time. 374 00:14:31,071 --> 00:14:34,074 This woman, the one that they have now... 375 00:14:34,107 --> 00:14:36,143 We're gonna do everything we can to get her back safe. 376 00:14:38,946 --> 00:14:40,180 NIKKI: Zack Talling. 377 00:14:40,213 --> 00:14:42,015 He was in County on a drug charge, 378 00:14:42,049 --> 00:14:43,450 during three of the five kidnappings. 379 00:14:43,483 --> 00:14:45,352 DON: Okay, so they do Herman for screwing up, 380 00:14:45,385 --> 00:14:47,120 and then they bring in Talling. 381 00:14:47,154 --> 00:14:48,355 NIKKI: The minivan was scrubbed clean, 382 00:14:48,388 --> 00:14:50,223 and we figure Talling was supposed to dump it. 383 00:14:50,257 --> 00:14:52,559 He decided to stop and buy a case instead. 384 00:14:52,592 --> 00:14:54,962 He pockets one of Janet Gerber's ATM cards, 385 00:14:54,995 --> 00:14:56,429 decides to skim a little cash for himself. 386 00:14:56,463 --> 00:14:58,932 Definitely hit the discount rack with Talling. 387 00:14:58,966 --> 00:15:00,500 Liquor stores, carjackings... 388 00:15:00,533 --> 00:15:02,069 There's no more activity 389 00:15:02,102 --> 00:15:04,304 - on her other cards? - No, they've gone cold. 390 00:15:04,337 --> 00:15:08,075 When Talling doesn't come back, they gotta be nervous. 391 00:15:08,108 --> 00:15:10,477 They should have closed up shop when they lost Herman. 392 00:15:10,510 --> 00:15:12,512 Herman didn't participate in the rapes. 393 00:15:12,545 --> 00:15:16,083 Maybe he was the alpha dog, then they turned on him. 394 00:15:23,356 --> 00:15:24,992 That's the alpha. 395 00:15:25,025 --> 00:15:26,493 He doesn't ride with them, 396 00:15:26,526 --> 00:15:28,996 he tells them where to go, he tells them what ATMs to hit. 397 00:15:29,029 --> 00:15:30,597 And he doesn't care what his guys do 398 00:15:30,630 --> 00:15:32,165 to the women, but he's meticulous enough 399 00:15:32,199 --> 00:15:33,366 to scrub down the evidence. 400 00:15:33,400 --> 00:15:34,701 He makes their ransom calls 401 00:15:34,734 --> 00:15:36,369 from burner phones, kills off his weak link. 402 00:15:36,403 --> 00:15:38,038 So why is this professional 403 00:15:38,071 --> 00:15:40,007 pulling high exposure for pocket change? 404 00:15:40,040 --> 00:15:42,009 They don't even max out the withdrawals. 405 00:15:42,042 --> 00:15:43,510 It's all these weird amounts-- 406 00:15:43,543 --> 00:15:45,578 $420, $340. 407 00:15:47,114 --> 00:15:49,716 Best guy to answer a strange digit question... 408 00:15:49,749 --> 00:15:50,717 Can't do that. 409 00:15:50,750 --> 00:15:52,952 Okay. 410 00:15:57,524 --> 00:16:00,360 (knocking on door) 411 00:16:00,393 --> 00:16:02,462 Agent McGowan? 412 00:16:02,495 --> 00:16:04,064 Have a seat, Professor. 413 00:16:19,112 --> 00:16:20,413 So, um... 414 00:16:20,447 --> 00:16:22,149 Just a second. 415 00:16:29,256 --> 00:16:30,590 You didn't bring an attorney with you? 416 00:16:30,623 --> 00:16:33,226 I didn't realize I needed one. 417 00:16:33,260 --> 00:16:35,028 All the charges were dropped. 418 00:16:35,062 --> 00:16:38,065 To avoid a black eye, I know. 419 00:16:38,098 --> 00:16:40,033 Black eye? 420 00:16:40,067 --> 00:16:43,136 An FBI consultant sends classified 421 00:16:43,170 --> 00:16:45,105 and potentially dangerous information 422 00:16:45,138 --> 00:16:46,639 to an unauthorized foreign group. 423 00:16:46,673 --> 00:16:50,043 I assume that a multiple Ph.D. 424 00:16:50,077 --> 00:16:52,245 can infer the potential for embarrassment. 425 00:16:52,279 --> 00:16:54,547 That information was for growing crops. 426 00:16:54,581 --> 00:16:56,083 An embarrassment to the Bureau, 427 00:16:56,116 --> 00:16:57,450 the United States Government, 428 00:16:57,484 --> 00:16:59,352 and to your brother. 429 00:16:59,386 --> 00:17:01,221 - My brother... - He probably committed 430 00:17:01,254 --> 00:17:02,622 a slow-acting career suicide 431 00:17:02,655 --> 00:17:05,158 the day he brought you in to work on that first case. 432 00:17:05,192 --> 00:17:07,560 But that's on him. 433 00:17:07,594 --> 00:17:09,096 You know, I get the impression 434 00:17:09,129 --> 00:17:12,132 that your mind is already made up. 435 00:17:12,165 --> 00:17:14,834 The FBI's guidelines very specifically prohibit me 436 00:17:14,867 --> 00:17:17,304 from applying my personal opinion to the review 437 00:17:17,337 --> 00:17:19,706 of a suspended security clearance. 438 00:17:19,739 --> 00:17:21,474 And I wouldn't be so unprofessional 439 00:17:21,508 --> 00:17:23,643 as to ignore agency guidelines. 440 00:17:27,114 --> 00:17:30,683 You know, I've given a lot of my time 441 00:17:30,717 --> 00:17:33,220 and work to the FBI. 442 00:17:33,253 --> 00:17:35,222 But that isn't why you're here, is it? 443 00:17:35,255 --> 00:17:37,224 You're here because a loss of clearance 444 00:17:37,257 --> 00:17:38,425 keeps you from making money 445 00:17:38,458 --> 00:17:40,193 off some big government research projects. 446 00:17:40,227 --> 00:17:43,130 Just saying that betrays how little you know about me. 447 00:17:43,163 --> 00:17:46,166 Maybe not yet, but I'm going to. 448 00:17:46,199 --> 00:17:48,601 Your life's going to become transparent to me. 449 00:17:48,635 --> 00:17:50,537 I'm going to ask you about things you're going 450 00:17:50,570 --> 00:17:52,505 to think I have no business asking you about. 451 00:17:52,539 --> 00:17:54,841 And given the slenderness of the thread 452 00:17:54,874 --> 00:17:57,144 on which your professional future hangs, 453 00:17:57,177 --> 00:17:59,679 it will behoove you to answer every one of them 454 00:17:59,712 --> 00:18:02,349 completely and honestly. 455 00:18:06,153 --> 00:18:07,587 Then I will talk to my lawyer. 456 00:18:13,226 --> 00:18:16,229 (indistinct radio communication) 457 00:18:20,733 --> 00:18:22,635 Hey. 458 00:18:22,669 --> 00:18:24,171 Couple of homeless guys 459 00:18:24,204 --> 00:18:25,805 were doing their weekly scrounge. 460 00:18:28,175 --> 00:18:30,109 We didn't get her home. 461 00:18:31,211 --> 00:18:33,146 One bullet to the back of the head. 462 00:18:33,180 --> 00:18:34,681 No signs of assault, no indications of rape. 463 00:18:34,714 --> 00:18:37,150 They were trying to get rid of her in a hurry. 464 00:18:37,184 --> 00:18:38,385 They're getting sloppier. 465 00:18:38,418 --> 00:18:39,619 And more violent. 466 00:18:39,652 --> 00:18:41,188 Check this out. 467 00:18:41,221 --> 00:18:45,758 Techs say these and these are fresh. 468 00:18:45,792 --> 00:18:46,693 Two sets. 469 00:18:46,726 --> 00:18:49,662 They dump one truck, have a backup ready. 470 00:18:51,398 --> 00:18:53,300 They're not done. 471 00:18:58,671 --> 00:19:00,407 Using asymmetric dominance, 472 00:19:00,440 --> 00:19:02,309 we built a consideration set on the framework 473 00:19:02,342 --> 00:19:03,876 of the prior abductions, 474 00:19:03,910 --> 00:19:05,578 and then we filtered all of that 475 00:19:05,612 --> 00:19:07,614 through a very powerful regression analysis. 476 00:19:07,647 --> 00:19:08,915 What? 477 00:19:08,948 --> 00:19:10,617 You'll say that for about three or four months, 478 00:19:10,650 --> 00:19:11,751 then learn to go along with it. 479 00:19:11,784 --> 00:19:13,653 AMITA: Let's call it decoy math. 480 00:19:13,686 --> 00:19:15,788 It's a way of building optimal conditions 481 00:19:15,822 --> 00:19:16,856 for an off-the-street kidnapping 482 00:19:16,889 --> 00:19:19,792 by the strategic placement of not only the decoy, 483 00:19:19,826 --> 00:19:21,694 but of additional police patrols and checkpoints. 484 00:19:21,728 --> 00:19:24,231 We begin with the police patrols 485 00:19:24,264 --> 00:19:25,898 and the presumed boundaries 486 00:19:25,932 --> 00:19:27,634 created by those patrols, 487 00:19:27,667 --> 00:19:29,436 and then we factor in all of this publicity 488 00:19:29,469 --> 00:19:30,637 surrounding the kidnappings, 489 00:19:30,670 --> 00:19:32,805 and then we can factor all of that 490 00:19:32,839 --> 00:19:34,574 onto the target pool. 491 00:19:38,311 --> 00:19:41,748 Most women are being more careful now. 492 00:19:41,781 --> 00:19:43,316 So, the red zones are optimal, 493 00:19:43,350 --> 00:19:45,752 with the orange zones as secondary targets. 494 00:19:45,785 --> 00:19:47,754 And all of this presupposes that you will be following 495 00:19:47,787 --> 00:19:49,722 our methods of shaping these target zones: 496 00:19:49,756 --> 00:19:52,692 disabling street lights to create darkened conditions 497 00:19:52,725 --> 00:19:53,660 and diverting traffic 498 00:19:53,693 --> 00:19:55,562 to isolate certain streets... 499 00:19:55,595 --> 00:19:57,797 Yeah, but you got like 50 places there. 500 00:19:57,830 --> 00:19:59,732 Uh, no, we... actually 43. 501 00:19:59,766 --> 00:20:01,368 You got a favorite? 502 00:20:01,401 --> 00:20:02,369 A favorite? 503 00:20:02,402 --> 00:20:04,504 No, but I tell you what. 504 00:20:04,537 --> 00:20:07,607 I would incorporate, in any distribution, 505 00:20:07,640 --> 00:20:10,543 the corner of Wilshire and Grand. 506 00:20:10,577 --> 00:20:11,678 That's based on...? 507 00:20:12,812 --> 00:20:14,681 A hunch, I guess. 508 00:20:14,714 --> 00:20:17,850 Guess I'm on the corner of Wilshire and Grand. 509 00:20:17,884 --> 00:20:19,619 Whoa, whoa, whoa, who said you're anywhere? 510 00:20:19,652 --> 00:20:21,621 You need 43 decoys. 511 00:20:21,654 --> 00:20:24,491 There more than 42 other female 20s agents 512 00:20:24,524 --> 00:20:25,592 hanging around the office? 513 00:20:28,428 --> 00:20:30,297 (sighs) 514 00:20:30,330 --> 00:20:32,031 CHARLIE: You see it in academia all the time. 515 00:20:32,064 --> 00:20:33,366 A petty bureaucrat mired 516 00:20:33,400 --> 00:20:35,402 in 20 or 30 years of mindless habit, 517 00:20:35,435 --> 00:20:36,469 an axe to grind. 518 00:20:36,503 --> 00:20:37,704 And that axe is what, exactly? 519 00:20:37,737 --> 00:20:40,540 Any non-traditional investigative technique 520 00:20:40,573 --> 00:20:42,375 or any alternative point of view. 521 00:20:42,409 --> 00:20:43,876 Who the hell knows? Who the hell cares? 522 00:20:43,910 --> 00:20:45,745 Well, you should, you should care. 523 00:20:45,778 --> 00:20:47,714 What did your lawyer have to say? 524 00:20:47,747 --> 00:20:48,781 Same thing as McGowan, 525 00:20:48,815 --> 00:20:50,683 in that I have no real option but to cooperate. 526 00:20:50,717 --> 00:20:51,884 He's gonna go through the motions, 527 00:20:51,918 --> 00:20:53,486 but he's already closed the book on me. 528 00:20:53,520 --> 00:20:54,554 Well, even if that's true, 529 00:20:54,587 --> 00:20:56,523 you have to fight it as if it isn't. 530 00:20:56,556 --> 00:20:57,757 Yeah, you know what he said? 531 00:20:57,790 --> 00:20:58,625 You know what he said? 532 00:20:58,658 --> 00:21:00,393 Actually, he pretty clearly implied 533 00:21:00,427 --> 00:21:01,661 that I'd ruined Don's career. 534 00:21:01,694 --> 00:21:03,830 What does Don have to say about that? 535 00:21:03,863 --> 00:21:05,932 I don't know, I haven't talked to him about it yet. 536 00:21:05,965 --> 00:21:08,368 Besides, you know, he'll just grunt and change the subject. 537 00:21:11,671 --> 00:21:13,706 When I sent that research to Pakistan, 538 00:21:13,740 --> 00:21:16,509 I was well aware of what it might do to my future. 539 00:21:16,543 --> 00:21:18,711 I didn't stop to think of what it would do to Don's. 540 00:21:20,347 --> 00:21:21,448 Not really. 541 00:21:23,750 --> 00:21:24,917 Hey. 542 00:21:24,951 --> 00:21:26,619 You got to love that federal budget. 543 00:21:26,653 --> 00:21:28,921 LAPD Comtecs are the size of a small brick. 544 00:21:28,955 --> 00:21:30,590 That's right, you're in the majors now. 545 00:21:30,623 --> 00:21:31,524 (chuckling) 546 00:21:31,558 --> 00:21:33,360 Look, you know all that "new guy" stuff's 547 00:21:33,393 --> 00:21:34,794 - just part of... - Being the new guy? 548 00:21:34,827 --> 00:21:35,695 Yeah. 549 00:21:35,728 --> 00:21:37,664 It's when they stop busting your ass, 550 00:21:37,697 --> 00:21:38,965 that's when you really better start worrying. 551 00:21:38,998 --> 00:21:40,800 Nah, I'm not sweating it. 552 00:21:40,833 --> 00:21:42,802 I... I was just out of Quantico, 553 00:21:42,835 --> 00:21:45,071 and they sent me to Detroit. 554 00:21:45,104 --> 00:21:47,707 Right? So I gotta answer phones for three weeks, 555 00:21:47,740 --> 00:21:49,842 which felt like three months. 556 00:21:49,876 --> 00:21:51,511 One day, they... 557 00:21:51,544 --> 00:21:53,646 they're shorthanded, so they sent me out 558 00:21:53,680 --> 00:21:57,850 on this no-knock warrant to these biker outlaws, right? 559 00:21:57,884 --> 00:21:59,919 The Ugly Bastards. 560 00:21:59,952 --> 00:22:02,054 I, uh, volunteered to take point. 561 00:22:02,088 --> 00:22:04,457 Yeah? So how'd that work out for you? 562 00:22:04,491 --> 00:22:06,359 I got my ass handed to me pretty damn good. 563 00:22:06,393 --> 00:22:07,760 I was right back on the phones. 564 00:22:09,161 --> 00:22:10,997 Wild guess-- there's a point in there somewhere? 565 00:22:11,030 --> 00:22:13,766 You got a long career here hopefully, so, you know, 566 00:22:13,800 --> 00:22:15,668 you don't have to prove everything in the first month. 567 00:22:17,804 --> 00:22:20,072 My straight out of the Academy? 568 00:22:20,106 --> 00:22:22,875 Some Parker Center genius 569 00:22:22,909 --> 00:22:24,911 decides to dump me in Knickerson Gardens, 570 00:22:24,944 --> 00:22:25,912 doing buy and busts. 571 00:22:25,945 --> 00:22:28,781 You know, he figured fresh face, no cop habits-- 572 00:22:28,815 --> 00:22:29,916 I'd be the perfect undercover. 573 00:22:29,949 --> 00:22:31,551 Never mind that I hadn't learned 574 00:22:31,584 --> 00:22:34,621 to find my ass with both hands yet, you know. 575 00:22:34,654 --> 00:22:37,757 Day five, citizen named Latwan Rivers 576 00:22:37,790 --> 00:22:39,058 sticks a .22 in my face. 577 00:22:39,091 --> 00:22:41,794 Tries to stick something else somewhere else. 578 00:22:41,828 --> 00:22:43,963 After medical leave, psych evaluation, 579 00:22:43,996 --> 00:22:46,866 and a piece of paper that has me promising not to sue the city 580 00:22:46,899 --> 00:22:48,067 - for stupidity. - Ah. 581 00:22:48,100 --> 00:22:51,103 they offer me any assignment I want. 582 00:22:51,137 --> 00:22:53,973 Next day, I'm back in Knickerson Gardens 583 00:22:54,006 --> 00:22:55,808 doing buy and busts. 584 00:22:55,842 --> 00:22:58,411 This is a wild guess-- is there some point there somewhere? 585 00:22:58,445 --> 00:23:00,547 Yeah, I know there're a lot of answering phones 586 00:23:00,580 --> 00:23:02,982 and DMV checks in my immediate future. 587 00:23:03,015 --> 00:23:05,918 You give me a chance to get dirty, I'm there. 588 00:23:07,053 --> 00:23:08,855 All right, noted. 589 00:23:14,060 --> 00:23:15,828 MAN (over radio): Decoy Nine, we're turning 590 00:23:15,862 --> 00:23:16,629 the starting point. 591 00:23:16,663 --> 00:23:18,831 Decoy 18 heading north on Euclid. 592 00:23:18,865 --> 00:23:20,433 DAVID (over radio): Decoy Five taking another pass. 593 00:23:21,968 --> 00:23:23,936 (softly): And around the block again. 594 00:23:27,173 --> 00:23:29,175 You can back off a little, guys. 595 00:23:29,208 --> 00:23:30,910 You're ghosting me a little tight. 596 00:23:30,943 --> 00:23:32,979 All right, thanks for that, new guy. 597 00:23:33,012 --> 00:23:35,948 - Aw, you know how it is. - Yeah. 598 00:23:35,982 --> 00:23:38,585 I know Betancourt can notch it back a little bit. 599 00:23:38,618 --> 00:23:39,986 Right, 'cause it was 600 00:23:40,019 --> 00:23:42,088 somebody else who nearly got me shot his second week 601 00:23:42,121 --> 00:23:44,791 showing tough to a Vietnamese biker gang? 602 00:23:50,863 --> 00:23:53,766 Decoy Five is moving south 603 00:23:53,800 --> 00:23:55,167 - on Grand. - DON: Hey, Billy, 604 00:23:55,201 --> 00:23:56,035 you better tell Hollywood patrol 605 00:23:56,068 --> 00:23:57,069 to back off another block, all right? 606 00:23:57,103 --> 00:24:00,072 And Joan, have 14 slow down on the next pass. 607 00:24:00,106 --> 00:24:01,974 - Okay. Hey, 14? - Copy that. 608 00:24:13,085 --> 00:24:15,955 Guys, I think we got a bite. 609 00:24:15,988 --> 00:24:17,123 (typing rapidly) 610 00:24:17,156 --> 00:24:18,991 (beeping) Plates come back 611 00:24:19,025 --> 00:24:20,527 to a Volkswagen Beetle. 612 00:24:20,560 --> 00:24:21,794 COLBY: So what do you think? 613 00:24:21,828 --> 00:24:23,563 I say we take that right. 614 00:24:47,954 --> 00:24:48,855 Not a sound. (grunts) 615 00:24:48,888 --> 00:24:51,023 Get into the van, you might get out again. 616 00:24:52,759 --> 00:24:53,926 We have a hit; we're on. 617 00:25:10,042 --> 00:25:12,011 Five is active. I repeat, Five is active. 618 00:25:12,044 --> 00:25:15,582 I want units rolling to Broadway and Ninth, await further. 619 00:25:15,615 --> 00:25:17,784 Get me eyes and ears. 620 00:25:17,817 --> 00:25:20,252 MAN: Down on the floor! You do not look up! 621 00:25:20,286 --> 00:25:21,921 NIKKI: I'm not going to fight. 622 00:25:21,954 --> 00:25:22,622 Keep your mouth shut! 623 00:25:22,655 --> 00:25:23,623 Take whatever you want (grunts). 624 00:25:26,125 --> 00:25:28,761 I'm sorry. I'm sorry, I'm scared! 625 00:25:28,795 --> 00:25:30,797 There're two of you. You have a gun. 626 00:25:30,830 --> 00:25:31,698 You deaf, bitch? 627 00:25:31,731 --> 00:25:32,699 Hear that, everyone? Two in the truck. 628 00:25:32,732 --> 00:25:33,900 Surveillance Five, what's her distress word? 629 00:25:33,933 --> 00:25:35,267 Mexico. 630 00:25:35,301 --> 00:25:37,303 You gave her our distress word? 631 00:25:39,639 --> 00:25:40,973 DAVID: Truck's pulling over. 632 00:25:45,377 --> 00:25:47,580 (door opens and closes) 633 00:25:53,820 --> 00:25:55,988 - One and Two. - We have visual 634 00:25:56,022 --> 00:25:57,724 confirmation on Suspects One and Two. 635 00:25:57,757 --> 00:26:00,359 AGENT: S.O.G. Eight is two blocks away. 636 00:26:00,392 --> 00:26:01,928 S.O.G. 22 is four. 637 00:26:01,961 --> 00:26:02,795 All right, everyone stand by. 638 00:26:05,632 --> 00:26:09,936 MAN 2: Lisa Hillman, 2527 Tujunga Ave-- 639 00:26:09,969 --> 00:26:14,874 818-555-0189. 640 00:26:14,907 --> 00:26:17,009 (over radio): 460, 641 00:26:17,043 --> 00:26:19,245 340, 280, 642 00:26:19,278 --> 00:26:21,681 480, 120. 643 00:26:28,655 --> 00:26:29,956 (truck engine starts) 644 00:26:33,159 --> 00:26:34,661 DAVID (over radio): We're moving. 645 00:26:34,694 --> 00:26:36,295 All right, you better break off and run parallel. 646 00:26:36,328 --> 00:26:37,764 Got it. 647 00:26:37,797 --> 00:26:41,133 And Eight, pick it up at Grand. 648 00:26:41,167 --> 00:26:43,636 AGENT (over radio): S.O.G. Eight, we've picked up 649 00:26:43,670 --> 00:26:44,070 the subject. 650 00:26:44,103 --> 00:26:45,237 (phone ringing) 651 00:26:47,339 --> 00:26:48,908 Quiet, everyone. 652 00:26:51,678 --> 00:26:53,112 Hello? 653 00:26:53,145 --> 00:26:54,681 MAN (distorted): We have your wife. 654 00:26:54,714 --> 00:26:59,318 Lisa Hillman, driver's license V72533849. 655 00:26:59,351 --> 00:27:01,721 (normal voice): Don't do anything stupid, 656 00:27:01,754 --> 00:27:04,190 we drop her off in 12 to 15 hours. 657 00:27:04,223 --> 00:27:06,025 Can I... let me talk to her. 658 00:27:06,058 --> 00:27:08,027 (distorted): Being stupid would be calling the police, 659 00:27:08,060 --> 00:27:10,329 (normal): canceling all her credit cards. 660 00:27:10,362 --> 00:27:12,364 Just make sure there's $5,000 661 00:27:12,398 --> 00:27:14,333 (distorted): in all three of your bank accounts. 662 00:27:14,366 --> 00:27:15,868 $5,000? I don't have that 663 00:27:15,902 --> 00:27:17,770 kind of money. Please let me talk to her. 664 00:27:20,306 --> 00:27:21,407 (beeping) 665 00:27:21,440 --> 00:27:23,876 Disposable phone, calling from a two-mile tower zone 666 00:27:23,910 --> 00:27:25,077 in West Los Angeles. 667 00:27:25,111 --> 00:27:27,413 All right, push the three nearest units in that direction. 668 00:27:27,446 --> 00:27:28,848 And Five, you copy that? 669 00:27:28,881 --> 00:27:30,883 Affirmative. You're hoping they lead us 670 00:27:30,917 --> 00:27:32,018 to the alpha. 671 00:27:32,051 --> 00:27:33,419 Right, unless Nikki calls it off. 672 00:27:35,421 --> 00:27:36,956 (engine roaring) 673 00:27:40,159 --> 00:27:42,228 (brakes squeaking) 674 00:27:42,261 --> 00:27:46,032 MAN: You are going to go take out $460. 675 00:27:46,065 --> 00:27:48,234 You are going to walk back to this truck. 676 00:27:48,267 --> 00:27:50,236 You are not going to talk to anyone. 677 00:27:50,269 --> 00:27:51,871 - $460... - You are not going to make 678 00:27:51,904 --> 00:27:53,239 eye contact with anyone. 679 00:27:53,272 --> 00:27:55,174 Nod yes. 680 00:27:56,308 --> 00:27:58,911 Get up. Get up! 681 00:28:20,132 --> 00:28:22,168 Have you tried revisiting the Yukawa potential? 682 00:28:22,201 --> 00:28:25,938 The exponential gives the interaction finite range. 683 00:28:25,972 --> 00:28:27,840 Oh, and then you're back where you started. 684 00:28:27,874 --> 00:28:30,042 Charles, as much as we appreciate your help... 685 00:28:30,076 --> 00:28:32,478 Oh, please, non-collider related Higgs-Boson physics, 686 00:28:32,511 --> 00:28:35,447 one of my few pleasures these days. 687 00:28:35,481 --> 00:28:37,116 (whiny): I'm just so tired. 688 00:28:37,149 --> 00:28:38,184 I want to go home. 689 00:28:38,217 --> 00:28:39,886 (lilting flute ringtone playing) 690 00:28:39,919 --> 00:28:40,987 Okay, that's me. 691 00:28:41,020 --> 00:28:42,855 I thought you got rid of your cell. 692 00:28:42,889 --> 00:28:44,190 Yeah, I did. 693 00:28:44,223 --> 00:28:46,893 But your brother shoved another one at me. 694 00:28:46,926 --> 00:28:49,228 (ringtone continues) 695 00:28:51,397 --> 00:28:52,799 Yes, Don? 696 00:28:54,333 --> 00:28:56,335 I am on my way. 697 00:28:56,368 --> 00:28:58,237 (phone beeps off) 698 00:28:58,270 --> 00:29:00,139 What is that, the ATM kidnapping case? 699 00:29:00,172 --> 00:29:02,308 Uh... 700 00:29:02,341 --> 00:29:03,943 (sighs) 701 00:29:03,976 --> 00:29:05,344 You know, I suspect we're looking 702 00:29:05,377 --> 00:29:07,113 at a combinatorics problem-- would you mind? 703 00:29:07,146 --> 00:29:09,949 Sure. Uh, do you...? 704 00:29:09,982 --> 00:29:11,450 No. Of course. 705 00:29:12,584 --> 00:29:14,253 Don't wait up. 706 00:29:15,421 --> 00:29:17,323 (door opens and closes) 707 00:29:31,337 --> 00:29:32,538 Third bank, 708 00:29:32,571 --> 00:29:34,506 still no sign of our alpha. 709 00:29:34,540 --> 00:29:36,108 DON (over radio): All right, keep it tight. 710 00:29:43,315 --> 00:29:45,251 (Nikki gasping) 711 00:29:52,091 --> 00:29:53,592 If you have, 712 00:29:53,625 --> 00:29:55,527 have the Internet, I can just transfer you the money. 713 00:29:55,561 --> 00:29:56,528 MAN 1: Get back down! 714 00:29:56,562 --> 00:29:57,529 NIKKI: You have a laptop. 715 00:29:57,563 --> 00:29:59,231 (gasping) 716 00:30:01,367 --> 00:30:02,835 Spider something... 717 00:30:02,869 --> 00:30:05,037 (grunt, clattering) 718 00:30:06,538 --> 00:30:09,375 Can we just do this one and get another?! 719 00:30:09,408 --> 00:30:11,210 - Don, we've got to go. - On my signal! On my signal! 720 00:30:11,243 --> 00:30:12,278 Sorry, really. 721 00:30:12,311 --> 00:30:15,281 Sorry. I got $15,000. 722 00:30:15,314 --> 00:30:16,315 What?! 723 00:30:16,348 --> 00:30:18,050 $15,000 724 00:30:18,084 --> 00:30:19,318 that my husband doesn't know about. 725 00:30:19,351 --> 00:30:20,252 It's in a safe deposit box. 726 00:30:20,286 --> 00:30:21,988 I can get it for you when the bank opens. 727 00:30:22,021 --> 00:30:22,955 You wouldn't lie to me 728 00:30:22,989 --> 00:30:24,390 just to keep yourself alive, would you, babe? 729 00:30:24,423 --> 00:30:26,358 I would. 730 00:30:26,392 --> 00:30:27,860 But I swear I'm not. 731 00:30:27,894 --> 00:30:29,261 (laughs) 732 00:30:31,630 --> 00:30:34,066 All right. 733 00:30:34,100 --> 00:30:35,968 Buckle up. 734 00:30:36,002 --> 00:30:37,136 DON: All right, stand down. 735 00:30:37,169 --> 00:30:38,637 Everyone just stand down, but stay tight. 736 00:30:38,670 --> 00:30:40,472 Mirror everything into the Tech Room for me. 737 00:30:40,506 --> 00:30:41,540 AGENT: Yes, sir. 738 00:30:49,581 --> 00:30:51,517 SPIDER... 739 00:30:51,550 --> 00:30:53,019 Is a real-time ATM tracking program. Yeah. 740 00:30:53,052 --> 00:30:54,153 Yeah, Charlie and I did work 741 00:30:54,186 --> 00:30:55,387 on its Distributed Neural Network 742 00:30:55,421 --> 00:30:57,957 along with half the Cal Sci Math and Computer Department. 743 00:30:57,990 --> 00:31:00,359 And Nikki tells me they can run the thing on a laptop. 744 00:31:00,392 --> 00:31:02,228 Yeah. And they're taking odd amounts. 745 00:31:02,261 --> 00:31:04,030 Instead of like a hundred or $200, 746 00:31:04,063 --> 00:31:06,265 it's like $460 or $340. 747 00:31:06,298 --> 00:31:07,599 That's right, atypical amounts, 748 00:31:07,633 --> 00:31:09,368 but combined with specific knowledge 749 00:31:09,401 --> 00:31:12,071 of both nodes of the transaction. 750 00:31:15,474 --> 00:31:16,909 The Hall effect. 751 00:31:16,943 --> 00:31:18,644 He's tapping off 752 00:31:18,677 --> 00:31:21,513 a gold leaf, he's applying a magnetic field 753 00:31:21,547 --> 00:31:23,349 perpendicular to the electrical current 754 00:31:23,382 --> 00:31:25,451 in order to uncover the potential difference 755 00:31:25,484 --> 00:31:26,618 on opposite sides of the conductor. 756 00:31:26,652 --> 00:31:28,454 Hold on, I don't have a clue what you're talking about. 757 00:31:28,487 --> 00:31:30,156 Okay, I have lost you. Help me out here. 758 00:31:30,189 --> 00:31:32,491 Okay, by knowing the amount, the card, the ATM, the bank-- 759 00:31:32,524 --> 00:31:34,493 he's able to watch the way money flows through SPIDER. 760 00:31:34,526 --> 00:31:36,528 - Okay. - He's trying to find a way 761 00:31:36,562 --> 00:31:39,465 - deeper inside the program. - To divert the flow, I suspect. 762 00:31:39,498 --> 00:31:41,600 - And also, it does refills. - Yeah, sure. 763 00:31:41,633 --> 00:31:44,436 Every four or five days, when the ATM gets low, 764 00:31:44,470 --> 00:31:46,973 SPIDER sends a message to the armored car servicing it, 765 00:31:47,006 --> 00:31:48,374 telling it to deliver a refill. 766 00:31:48,407 --> 00:31:49,976 Okay, so if he can 767 00:31:50,009 --> 00:31:51,543 jack his way into the program... 768 00:31:51,577 --> 00:31:53,445 He could schedule the delivery of large sums 769 00:31:53,479 --> 00:31:55,714 of money to the most vulnerable of locations, 770 00:31:55,747 --> 00:31:57,616 and at a time of his choosing. 771 00:31:57,649 --> 00:31:58,317 Then what's the possibility 772 00:31:58,350 --> 00:31:59,451 of us hacking our way to him? 773 00:31:59,485 --> 00:32:01,453 It's not easy. 774 00:32:01,487 --> 00:32:02,488 All right, well, then... get working on it, okay? 775 00:32:10,762 --> 00:32:12,464 DAVID: Fifth and last one, Don. 776 00:32:12,498 --> 00:32:15,667 They've maxed out her cards. 777 00:32:36,122 --> 00:32:38,357 MAN 1: What time you got? 778 00:32:38,390 --> 00:32:40,459 MAN 2: Almost 4:00. 779 00:32:40,492 --> 00:32:42,328 We're supposed to dump her before dawn. 780 00:32:42,361 --> 00:32:44,363 Doesn't give us much time, does it? 781 00:32:52,771 --> 00:32:54,740 COLBY: This is going bad. 782 00:32:54,773 --> 00:32:56,342 Don. 783 00:32:58,144 --> 00:33:00,012 NIKKI: Bank opens in four hours. 784 00:33:00,046 --> 00:33:01,547 $15,000. 785 00:33:01,580 --> 00:33:03,015 I swear to God. 786 00:33:04,150 --> 00:33:06,718 You're right about that. 787 00:33:08,820 --> 00:33:11,723 You will swear to God. 788 00:33:25,771 --> 00:33:27,339 (grunts) 789 00:33:27,373 --> 00:33:28,440 (gunshots) 790 00:33:28,474 --> 00:33:29,775 Go, go, go, everybody get in there! 791 00:33:29,808 --> 00:33:31,610 Let's go, move! (tires screeching) 792 00:33:36,748 --> 00:33:39,685 FBI! Give me a damn reason. 793 00:33:39,718 --> 00:33:41,720 - FBI! Don't move! - Show us your hands. 794 00:33:41,753 --> 00:33:43,789 MALE AGENT: Get 'em in the air! 795 00:33:43,822 --> 00:33:45,057 Got one on the right side! 796 00:33:47,726 --> 00:33:49,761 AGENT: Turn around. 797 00:33:51,197 --> 00:33:52,631 AGENT 2: We got both! 798 00:33:56,102 --> 00:33:57,536 She okay? 799 00:33:57,569 --> 00:33:59,171 Yeah, she's okay. 800 00:33:59,205 --> 00:34:01,073 AGENT (on radio): Two suspects under control... 801 00:34:01,107 --> 00:34:02,274 (elevator bell dings) 802 00:34:08,480 --> 00:34:10,649 DON: What's the distress word? 803 00:34:10,682 --> 00:34:14,186 - Mexico. - Why didn't I hear it? 804 00:34:14,220 --> 00:34:15,821 We didn't have the alpha, and I had everything under... 805 00:34:15,854 --> 00:34:17,789 Took me five seconds to send them in, 806 00:34:17,823 --> 00:34:18,590 just enough time for you 807 00:34:18,624 --> 00:34:19,791 to get your very undisciplined head 808 00:34:19,825 --> 00:34:22,228 shot off at least five times! 809 00:34:22,261 --> 00:34:24,363 - Boss, I was... - Get changed and start writing! 810 00:34:24,396 --> 00:34:25,597 And when you're done writing, you can start 811 00:34:25,631 --> 00:34:26,598 getting to know the P904! 812 00:34:26,632 --> 00:34:28,434 That's the telephone. 813 00:34:28,467 --> 00:34:29,668 That's the only piece of equipment 814 00:34:29,701 --> 00:34:31,603 you're going to be using for a long time! 815 00:34:45,751 --> 00:34:47,553 Morning. 816 00:34:47,586 --> 00:34:48,887 It's too late for breakfast, but... 817 00:34:48,920 --> 00:34:50,789 - there's still some coffee. - No, thanks. 818 00:34:50,822 --> 00:34:55,827 I owe Amita these lesson plans for our CBME seminar. 819 00:34:55,861 --> 00:34:57,763 She's probably already waiting for me at Cal Sci. 820 00:34:57,796 --> 00:34:58,897 Actually, when I left her 821 00:34:58,930 --> 00:35:02,468 at 4:00 a.m. this morning, she was still at the FBI. 822 00:35:02,501 --> 00:35:03,702 Yeah? 823 00:35:03,735 --> 00:35:05,504 Was there a break on that case? 824 00:35:05,537 --> 00:35:09,441 A break, yes. A conclusion, no. 825 00:35:09,475 --> 00:35:10,909 Okay, well, then I'll probably drop these off 826 00:35:10,942 --> 00:35:13,545 on the way to campus. 827 00:35:14,646 --> 00:35:15,614 (door closes) 828 00:35:15,647 --> 00:35:18,584 Now, he sure seems to have lost a step or two 829 00:35:18,617 --> 00:35:19,685 off his stride. 830 00:35:19,718 --> 00:35:22,454 Yeah, it's this NSA clearance thing. 831 00:35:22,488 --> 00:35:24,790 I guess there were more eggs in that basket than he realized. 832 00:35:24,823 --> 00:35:26,692 Well, than any of us realized. 833 00:35:26,725 --> 00:35:29,161 You know, as scientists, we tend to take our relationship 834 00:35:29,195 --> 00:35:31,830 with the government pretty much for granted... 835 00:35:31,863 --> 00:35:35,801 tend to forget just how much our work depends on their wallet. 836 00:35:35,834 --> 00:35:38,704 Charlie's struggle 837 00:35:38,737 --> 00:35:41,773 is nothing short of existential. 838 00:35:41,807 --> 00:35:43,842 Well, I guess we have nothing to worry about, then. 839 00:35:43,875 --> 00:35:45,444 Charlie's always at his best 840 00:35:45,477 --> 00:35:47,279 when his back's against the wall. 841 00:35:47,313 --> 00:35:48,547 So two more off the low end. 842 00:35:48,580 --> 00:35:49,681 Gang affiliations, petty crime jackets. 843 00:35:49,715 --> 00:35:52,951 Chaney, the one in the middle, did time with Talling. 844 00:35:52,984 --> 00:35:53,952 These guys were prepped. 845 00:35:53,985 --> 00:35:54,953 They both lawyered up as soon 846 00:35:54,986 --> 00:35:55,787 as we got bracelets on 'em. 847 00:35:55,821 --> 00:35:57,789 Yeah, we got a death penalty here. 848 00:35:57,823 --> 00:35:59,825 You tell Robin we want to cut a deal to get the alpha. 849 00:35:59,858 --> 00:36:01,727 COLBY: It's in the works; it's just going to take some time. 850 00:36:01,760 --> 00:36:04,563 DAVID: Rape, kidnappings, now two murders. 851 00:36:04,596 --> 00:36:07,266 This guy has got to be rolling up his operations by now. 852 00:36:07,299 --> 00:36:09,601 Or skipping ahead. 853 00:36:09,635 --> 00:36:10,636 So Joey Herman screws up. 854 00:36:10,669 --> 00:36:11,737 He kills him, replaces him. 855 00:36:11,770 --> 00:36:13,939 Zack Talling goes down, he powers 856 00:36:13,972 --> 00:36:15,874 through the two guys he's got left. 857 00:36:15,907 --> 00:36:18,244 Changes up his M.O., ramps up the timetable, 858 00:36:18,277 --> 00:36:19,678 only makes contact by phone. 859 00:36:19,711 --> 00:36:21,713 I mean, he's smart, but I don't see him going this far 860 00:36:21,747 --> 00:36:23,915 and not getting paid. 861 00:36:23,949 --> 00:36:25,884 AMITA: There's no indication of intrusion into the system. 862 00:36:25,917 --> 00:36:27,953 SPIDER's administrators have changed the pass codes, 863 00:36:27,986 --> 00:36:28,787 locked up the back doors. 864 00:36:28,820 --> 00:36:30,256 It could take him days, weeks even, 865 00:36:30,289 --> 00:36:31,257 to find a new way in. 866 00:36:31,290 --> 00:36:32,791 But he could still be watching? 867 00:36:32,824 --> 00:36:33,859 Passively? Sure. 868 00:36:33,892 --> 00:36:36,562 So Alpha Dog sees every ATM reorder in the city. 869 00:36:36,595 --> 00:36:38,364 AMITA: In the country. 870 00:36:38,397 --> 00:36:39,431 It's a real-time shopping list 871 00:36:39,465 --> 00:36:40,799 for armored car robberies. 872 00:36:40,832 --> 00:36:42,601 Hey, wha-what...? Look, I got the visitor's badge. 873 00:36:42,634 --> 00:36:43,835 Jimmy walked me over. 874 00:36:43,869 --> 00:36:44,836 These are for you. 875 00:36:44,870 --> 00:36:46,305 How's it going, guys? 876 00:36:46,338 --> 00:36:47,439 - Thanks. - And SPIDER is an independently 877 00:36:47,473 --> 00:36:49,808 owned and operated program, 878 00:36:49,841 --> 00:36:50,776 so there's no clearance issue there. 879 00:36:50,809 --> 00:36:51,943 At a glance, I can tell you 880 00:36:51,977 --> 00:36:53,712 that the ATM kidnappings are a way 881 00:36:53,745 --> 00:36:55,314 to map into the program by locating 882 00:36:55,347 --> 00:36:56,948 known transactions-- a back door, by the way, 883 00:36:56,982 --> 00:36:59,017 we mentioned to the programmers two years ago... 884 00:36:59,050 --> 00:37:00,852 Charlie, stop. Come on, you can't. 885 00:37:00,886 --> 00:37:02,288 Y-You can't do this. 886 00:37:02,321 --> 00:37:03,522 No, I can help, all right? 887 00:37:03,555 --> 00:37:07,726 And McGowan-- McGowan can go to hell if he doesn't get that. 888 00:37:07,759 --> 00:37:09,528 Look, you don't understand the politics here. 889 00:37:09,561 --> 00:37:10,262 I'm beginning to. 890 00:37:10,296 --> 00:37:11,096 You have a guy who's kidnapped 891 00:37:11,129 --> 00:37:12,631 and murdered and facilitated rape. 892 00:37:12,664 --> 00:37:14,266 He's smart, he's going to do it again. 893 00:37:14,300 --> 00:37:15,767 If it were you, would you let the rules 894 00:37:15,801 --> 00:37:17,436 get in the way of stopping him? 895 00:37:18,570 --> 00:37:21,340 (chuckles) 896 00:37:21,373 --> 00:37:22,408 Let's do this. 897 00:37:22,441 --> 00:37:23,642 All right, he's gonna move fast. 898 00:37:23,675 --> 00:37:25,511 He's gonna hit once in the next day or two. 899 00:37:25,544 --> 00:37:26,912 That is if he can put together another crew that fast. 900 00:37:26,945 --> 00:37:27,846 Yeah, but maybe he already has one. 901 00:37:27,879 --> 00:37:29,881 I mean, Herman was the only high-end guy. 902 00:37:29,915 --> 00:37:31,917 DAVID: Maybe that's why he brought in Talling. 903 00:37:31,950 --> 00:37:33,084 I mean, after losing Joey Herman, 904 00:37:33,118 --> 00:37:35,587 he wasn't willing to risk any more of his real talent. 905 00:37:35,621 --> 00:37:36,488 But why risk Herman 906 00:37:36,522 --> 00:37:38,390 on the kidnapping in the first place? 907 00:37:38,424 --> 00:37:39,891 CHARLIE: He's probably running his own version 908 00:37:39,925 --> 00:37:42,060 - of a scheduling algorithm. - Yeah, computers use them 909 00:37:42,093 --> 00:37:44,363 to weigh the duration or difficulty of certain tasks 910 00:37:44,396 --> 00:37:45,931 against the system's resources 911 00:37:45,964 --> 00:37:47,399 and then allocate them accordingly. 912 00:37:47,433 --> 00:37:48,434 You know, your Alpha Dog 913 00:37:48,467 --> 00:37:51,470 has finite resources-- 914 00:37:51,503 --> 00:37:53,405 weapons, money, vehicles, manpower. 915 00:37:53,439 --> 00:37:55,874 Now, some of these resources can be used for more than one job 916 00:37:55,907 --> 00:37:57,876 and others only have one function. 917 00:37:57,909 --> 00:37:59,478 Because time is his greatest enemy, 918 00:37:59,511 --> 00:38:00,912 he's going to try to schedule his tasks 919 00:38:00,946 --> 00:38:02,948 for maximum efficiency, 920 00:38:02,981 --> 00:38:05,617 so that no resource sits idle if it doesn't have to. 921 00:38:06,985 --> 00:38:08,954 All right, so... 922 00:38:08,987 --> 00:38:10,389 The interesting thing about scheduling algorithms 923 00:38:10,422 --> 00:38:12,324 is no one has come up with a perfect one yet. 924 00:38:12,358 --> 00:38:13,825 AMITA: No, there are thousands. 925 00:38:13,859 --> 00:38:15,961 The Smith rule, the O2, the Beam search. 926 00:38:15,994 --> 00:38:18,830 Any programmer can design one, test it, and name it. 927 00:38:18,864 --> 00:38:20,699 CHARLIE: And just like a programmer's design 928 00:38:20,732 --> 00:38:22,501 or a guitarist's signature riff or 929 00:38:22,534 --> 00:38:24,002 a painter's brushstroke, 930 00:38:24,035 --> 00:38:27,906 a scheduling algorithm is the expression of a unique mind. 931 00:38:27,939 --> 00:38:30,376 It not only shows us the choices that have been made, 932 00:38:30,409 --> 00:38:32,077 but it hints at the choices to come-- 933 00:38:32,110 --> 00:38:33,645 how he'll play that next chord, 934 00:38:33,679 --> 00:38:36,415 what brushstrokes will follow. 935 00:38:36,448 --> 00:38:38,450 MAN: Faster, come on, go! 936 00:38:38,484 --> 00:38:39,418 (tires screeching) 937 00:38:41,152 --> 00:38:42,988 Where's the money?! 938 00:38:43,021 --> 00:38:45,691 Get down on the ground! 939 00:38:45,724 --> 00:38:47,826 FBI! Don't move! 940 00:38:47,859 --> 00:38:48,860 (over radio): All units, move in. 941 00:38:48,894 --> 00:38:49,928 AGENT: Get your hands up now! 942 00:38:49,961 --> 00:38:50,729 Drop your weapon! 943 00:38:50,762 --> 00:38:51,930 (indistinct radio communication) 944 00:38:53,565 --> 00:38:54,866 Get down on the ground! 945 00:38:54,900 --> 00:38:56,067 (shouting) 946 00:38:56,101 --> 00:38:58,804 - Let me see your hands! - Drop it! 947 00:38:58,837 --> 00:39:00,739 AGENT (on radio): All units, stand down. 948 00:39:00,772 --> 00:39:01,807 Suspects in custody. Over. 949 00:39:06,778 --> 00:39:07,879 How'd it go? 950 00:39:07,913 --> 00:39:09,581 Should have been there-- 951 00:39:09,615 --> 00:39:11,717 bullets flying, cars crashing. (phone ringing) 952 00:39:13,585 --> 00:39:15,654 (phone ringing) 953 00:39:16,788 --> 00:39:18,890 FBI, Betancourt. 954 00:39:18,924 --> 00:39:20,892 Yeah, one minute, please. 955 00:39:26,865 --> 00:39:29,067 (phone buttons beeping) 956 00:39:32,170 --> 00:39:34,940 So how long am I in trouble for? 957 00:39:34,973 --> 00:39:39,978 Well, um, pre-therapy Don, I think about three months, easy. 958 00:39:40,011 --> 00:39:42,414 You got post-therapy Don, so... 959 00:39:42,448 --> 00:39:44,783 Yeah, then ten weeks-- 11 tops. 960 00:39:44,816 --> 00:39:45,917 (sighs) 961 00:39:45,951 --> 00:39:47,453 Listen, figure out how to forward 962 00:39:47,486 --> 00:39:48,587 the calls to the switchboard 963 00:39:48,620 --> 00:39:49,955 and we'll take you out for a beer. 964 00:39:57,963 --> 00:40:00,466 (knocking) 965 00:40:00,499 --> 00:40:02,434 - Hey. - Hey, Don. 966 00:40:02,468 --> 00:40:04,703 Didn't think you came up to the 11th floor 967 00:40:04,736 --> 00:40:06,838 without an ADIC directive. 968 00:40:06,872 --> 00:40:08,507 Actually, I want to talk to you a little about Charlie, 969 00:40:08,540 --> 00:40:09,508 if that's okay. 970 00:40:09,541 --> 00:40:10,776 No kidding. 971 00:40:10,809 --> 00:40:14,112 But I think it'd be better if we wait for the formal interview. 972 00:40:14,145 --> 00:40:15,847 I'm not here to defend him or anything, 973 00:40:15,881 --> 00:40:16,782 but you know what I mean, 974 00:40:16,815 --> 00:40:18,216 what the guy does for us around here... 975 00:40:18,249 --> 00:40:19,250 A lot of people can do. 976 00:40:19,284 --> 00:40:24,556 Not as well, maybe, but... maybe more reliably. 977 00:40:24,590 --> 00:40:27,058 Yeah, Carl, you've been out of the field a long time. 978 00:40:27,092 --> 00:40:29,127 And you've been in it a long time. 979 00:40:29,160 --> 00:40:31,963 Meaning? 980 00:40:31,997 --> 00:40:33,832 Just because it isn't papered 981 00:40:33,865 --> 00:40:35,967 doesn't mean I don't know about it. 982 00:40:36,001 --> 00:40:39,571 Some questionable tactics, bureau-mandated therapy, 983 00:40:39,605 --> 00:40:42,608 one of your agents quitting her job. 984 00:40:42,641 --> 00:40:44,810 Now this thing with your brother. 985 00:40:44,843 --> 00:40:48,013 I kind of have to wonder what the hell is going on down there. 986 00:40:48,046 --> 00:40:50,816 Well, an 85% clearance rate. 987 00:40:50,849 --> 00:40:54,486 By any means necessary, because that's the Eppes way. 988 00:40:54,520 --> 00:40:55,987 Don't think I didn't hear 989 00:40:56,021 --> 00:40:57,723 about you and your brother playing cute 990 00:40:57,756 --> 00:41:00,526 with the rules today-- and last week. 991 00:41:00,559 --> 00:41:03,495 But the rules are for everyone else, aren't they? 992 00:41:06,632 --> 00:41:10,101 You know, Carl, you want to come after me, fine, come after me, 993 00:41:10,135 --> 00:41:12,838 but just don't make it about my brother, okay? 994 00:41:12,871 --> 00:41:15,106 Nothing's ever about one thing, Don. 995 00:41:15,140 --> 00:41:19,545 If you can't see that, maybe that's where the problem begins. 996 00:41:41,066 --> 00:41:44,836 I could write. 997 00:41:44,870 --> 00:41:47,005 Yeah. 998 00:41:47,038 --> 00:41:48,940 My, my publisher's been bothering me 999 00:41:48,974 --> 00:41:51,610 to do a follow-up book anyway, so... 1000 00:41:51,643 --> 00:41:53,044 (Amita chuckles) 1001 00:41:53,078 --> 00:41:55,547 You hated every minute of it. 1002 00:41:55,581 --> 00:41:57,215 Not every minute. 1003 00:41:57,248 --> 00:42:01,086 Yesterday, when you and Larry left me to go work on that case, 1004 00:42:01,119 --> 00:42:03,088 it felt like when I was a little kid, 1005 00:42:03,121 --> 00:42:06,024 and I stayed home sick from school. 1006 00:42:09,094 --> 00:42:11,162 (sighs) 1007 00:42:11,196 --> 00:42:12,864 I always liked sick days. 1008 00:42:12,898 --> 00:42:16,134 Game shows, soap operas, 1009 00:42:16,167 --> 00:42:18,604 chicken soup. 1010 00:42:18,637 --> 00:42:20,772 Chicken soup? 1011 00:42:20,806 --> 00:42:22,574 Really? 1012 00:42:22,608 --> 00:42:23,909 Yeah, really. 1013 00:42:23,942 --> 00:42:27,045 (chuckles) 1014 00:42:27,078 --> 00:42:29,080 You worked with Don for four years, Charlie. 1015 00:42:29,114 --> 00:42:32,217 You know, of course it's gonna feel a little bit weird. 1016 00:42:32,250 --> 00:42:33,351 Yeah. 1017 00:42:33,384 --> 00:42:37,723 I used to-- I've always looked at my work for the FBI 1018 00:42:37,756 --> 00:42:42,694 as... an avocation, you know? 1019 00:42:42,728 --> 00:42:45,631 An occasional detour from... 1020 00:42:45,664 --> 00:42:48,066 that grand destiny that people have been 1021 00:42:48,099 --> 00:42:50,902 predicting for me since I was seven years old. 1022 00:42:50,936 --> 00:42:55,140 I even suspected that it was my excuse 1023 00:42:55,173 --> 00:42:57,175 for not fulfilling that destiny. 1024 00:43:01,146 --> 00:43:03,248 I honestly never thought... 1025 00:43:03,281 --> 00:43:05,984 I'd miss it so much. 1026 00:43:13,058 --> 00:43:14,960 You're gonna get your clearance back. 1027 00:43:17,228 --> 00:43:19,130 I know.