1 00:00:09,310 --> 00:00:12,180 * 2 00:00:15,549 --> 00:00:17,718 Stomp your feet! 3 00:00:17,751 --> 00:00:20,054 Clap your hands! 4 00:00:20,088 --> 00:00:23,457 Riotous cacophony to accompany... 5 00:00:23,491 --> 00:00:25,293 Talma... 6 00:00:25,326 --> 00:00:26,560 (applause) 7 00:00:26,594 --> 00:00:28,329 ...into our next phenomenon. 8 00:00:28,362 --> 00:00:31,199 Prepare to be amazed 9 00:00:31,232 --> 00:00:34,635 and mystified by the ultimate 10 00:00:34,668 --> 00:00:37,605 feat of transfiguration! 11 00:00:43,277 --> 00:00:45,246 (applause and cheering) 12 00:00:45,279 --> 00:00:49,717 Now, I ask for only one thing. 13 00:00:49,750 --> 00:00:51,152 Your silence. 14 00:00:51,185 --> 00:00:55,723 Pay very close attention to... 15 00:00:58,892 --> 00:01:00,494 (applause and cheering) 16 00:01:00,528 --> 00:01:02,496 That's good. 17 00:01:02,530 --> 00:01:05,766 SUSANNA: Watch closely and learn 18 00:01:05,799 --> 00:01:07,435 why we call this 19 00:01:07,468 --> 00:01:08,569 Aquarius. 20 00:01:12,773 --> 00:01:14,808 (applause and cheering) 21 00:01:14,842 --> 00:01:16,844 (whooping) (laughing) 22 00:01:16,877 --> 00:01:19,747 SUSANNA: Ladies and gentlemen, 23 00:01:19,780 --> 00:01:21,749 I now give you, 24 00:01:21,782 --> 00:01:24,485 like the mermaids of legend, Talma! 25 00:01:30,658 --> 00:01:31,892 (scattered applause) 26 00:01:31,925 --> 00:01:33,761 Is she supposed to be in there? 27 00:01:33,794 --> 00:01:35,629 Uh, yeah, looks like it. 28 00:01:35,663 --> 00:01:37,165 SUSANNA: Again, I give you 29 00:01:37,198 --> 00:01:38,799 Talma! 30 00:01:38,832 --> 00:01:40,334 (drumroll) 31 00:01:43,237 --> 00:01:44,272 Man, poor girl. I'm sorry. 32 00:01:44,305 --> 00:01:46,707 I heard they're supposed to be pretty good, but... 33 00:01:46,740 --> 00:01:48,376 - Not so much. - SUSANNA: Ladies and Gentlemen, 34 00:01:48,409 --> 00:01:49,710 I, uh... 35 00:01:49,743 --> 00:01:51,179 Close it. 36 00:01:51,212 --> 00:01:54,648 Close it now! 37 00:01:54,682 --> 00:01:56,817 I don't think this is part of the show. 38 00:01:56,850 --> 00:01:58,886 - No. - SUSANNA: Someone call 911! 39 00:02:00,888 --> 00:02:02,556 Excuse me for a minute, okay? 40 00:02:02,590 --> 00:02:04,492 Yeah. 41 00:02:06,894 --> 00:02:08,829 Oh, come on, Charlie, I can't believe this. 42 00:02:08,862 --> 00:02:10,431 Celtic green in my house! 43 00:02:10,464 --> 00:02:12,866 Those were the stakes, my friend. I'm sorry. 44 00:02:12,900 --> 00:02:13,867 - The Lakers lost the Finals. - No, no. 45 00:02:13,901 --> 00:02:15,736 You will wear it. 46 00:02:15,769 --> 00:02:17,271 You're just not into b-ball, huh? 47 00:02:18,906 --> 00:02:20,808 Uh, you see how it brings out the worst 48 00:02:20,841 --> 00:02:23,911 in otherwise reasonable people? 49 00:02:23,944 --> 00:02:25,913 Larry, when you were in that monastery, 50 00:02:25,946 --> 00:02:28,349 you think you figured anything out? 51 00:02:28,382 --> 00:02:29,583 I remind you, 52 00:02:29,617 --> 00:02:31,419 I was thrown out of that monastery. 53 00:02:31,452 --> 00:02:33,521 But what do you mean, figured things out? 54 00:02:33,554 --> 00:02:35,756 Like, in terms of what? 55 00:02:35,789 --> 00:02:37,691 I went to this temple the other night. 56 00:02:37,725 --> 00:02:39,227 Really? 57 00:02:39,260 --> 00:02:40,328 Yeah. 58 00:02:40,361 --> 00:02:42,363 And, uh, I hadn't been in one 59 00:02:42,396 --> 00:02:43,931 since my mother's funeral. 60 00:02:43,964 --> 00:02:46,234 Before that, I-I was probably 13. 61 00:02:46,267 --> 00:02:47,835 That is quite a span. 62 00:02:47,868 --> 00:02:49,803 So, what brought you back? 63 00:02:49,837 --> 00:02:51,439 Well... 64 00:02:51,472 --> 00:02:53,207 (phone ringing) 65 00:02:53,241 --> 00:02:55,409 So it goes. 66 00:02:55,443 --> 00:02:56,844 Yeah, David. What's up? 67 00:02:56,877 --> 00:02:59,380 I thought you were on a date. 68 00:02:59,413 --> 00:03:01,415 Yeah, I'm on my way. 69 00:03:01,449 --> 00:03:03,684 Got to go to the Tower of Mystery. 70 00:03:03,717 --> 00:03:07,388 The Tower of Mystery. 71 00:03:07,421 --> 00:03:09,390 Tower of Mystery? 72 00:03:09,423 --> 00:03:11,892 One of those LA landmarks I've always wanted to see. 73 00:03:11,925 --> 00:03:13,694 I got a magician who disappeared. 74 00:03:13,727 --> 00:03:15,463 ALAN: Magician who disappeared? 75 00:03:15,496 --> 00:03:18,899 Isn't that what's supposed to happen? 76 00:03:18,932 --> 00:03:21,435 DAVID: Two magicians were on the stage. 77 00:03:21,469 --> 00:03:23,371 One does patter, other one does a trick. 78 00:03:23,404 --> 00:03:24,405 Talma, no last name-- 79 00:03:24,438 --> 00:03:26,274 she was in that thing right there, 80 00:03:26,307 --> 00:03:27,508 flowers swirling around her, then poof, 81 00:03:27,541 --> 00:03:29,377 she's gone, and it's filled with water. 82 00:03:29,410 --> 00:03:30,611 That's a good trick, I guess. 83 00:03:30,644 --> 00:03:31,712 That's what I thought, 84 00:03:31,745 --> 00:03:33,714 but according to her partner, The Amazing Susanna, 85 00:03:33,747 --> 00:03:35,449 aka Susie Weisz, 86 00:03:35,483 --> 00:03:37,418 Talma's not supposed to disappear. 87 00:03:37,451 --> 00:03:39,820 She's supposed to stay in that thing, Aquarius, 88 00:03:39,853 --> 00:03:40,921 swimming around in the water. 89 00:03:40,954 --> 00:03:43,624 SUSANNA: She's never supposed to leave the cylinder. 90 00:03:43,657 --> 00:03:46,427 She stays in there for the entire trick, but... 91 00:03:46,460 --> 00:03:48,896 she just disappeared. 92 00:03:48,929 --> 00:03:51,899 A woman transposed from air to water, 93 00:03:51,932 --> 00:03:54,335 back to the beginning of life. 94 00:03:54,368 --> 00:03:56,304 Can we please go home now? 95 00:03:56,337 --> 00:03:58,639 Talma is hiding under the stage. 96 00:03:58,672 --> 00:04:00,474 No, she's not hiding under the stage. 97 00:04:00,508 --> 00:04:02,376 You really want to follow through with this hoax? 98 00:04:02,410 --> 00:04:03,544 'Cause, I tell you, I've learned 99 00:04:03,577 --> 00:04:05,313 from personal experience-- you don't mess with the FBI. 100 00:04:05,346 --> 00:04:07,548 I'm not sure I know what you're talking about. 101 00:04:07,581 --> 00:04:10,684 The cylinder looks complete, but the stage 102 00:04:10,718 --> 00:04:13,521 is actually seven inches deeper than the proscenium indicates. 103 00:04:13,554 --> 00:04:16,390 Well, yeah, but that has nothing to do with the trick. 104 00:04:16,424 --> 00:04:17,891 Seven inches is plenty deep for Talma 105 00:04:17,925 --> 00:04:19,460 to disappear under the stage. 106 00:04:19,493 --> 00:04:21,429 No, you don't understand. 107 00:04:21,462 --> 00:04:23,030 We have rehearsed this hundreds of times, 108 00:04:23,063 --> 00:04:24,432 and she has always 109 00:04:24,465 --> 00:04:25,098 been in there. 110 00:04:25,132 --> 00:04:26,367 Open the trap door, please. 111 00:04:26,400 --> 00:04:28,336 What trap door? 112 00:04:28,369 --> 00:04:29,670 DON: Hey, if there's a door there, 113 00:04:29,703 --> 00:04:30,738 buddy, you better open it. 114 00:04:32,773 --> 00:04:34,542 Hey, she may pay you. 115 00:04:34,575 --> 00:04:36,610 Does she pay you enough to go to jail 116 00:04:36,644 --> 00:04:38,879 for filing a false FBI report? Open the door! 117 00:04:38,912 --> 00:04:40,280 Okay. 118 00:04:41,615 --> 00:04:43,584 Ladies and Gentlemen, 119 00:04:43,617 --> 00:04:45,353 may I present to you 120 00:04:45,386 --> 00:04:46,587 the vanished Talma? 121 00:04:46,620 --> 00:04:47,455 (gasps) 122 00:04:51,959 --> 00:04:53,394 DAVID: Tell me that blood 123 00:04:53,427 --> 00:04:54,628 is part of the trick. 124 00:05:12,613 --> 00:05:14,615 Our techs put it between one 125 00:05:14,648 --> 00:05:16,750 and two liters of blood in that box, 126 00:05:16,784 --> 00:05:18,686 so something bad happened down there. 127 00:05:18,719 --> 00:05:20,788 I mean, we're sure she was in here? 128 00:05:20,821 --> 00:05:23,557 No one saw her, but our lab results will tell us something. 129 00:05:23,591 --> 00:05:24,825 All right, let's have it. 130 00:05:24,858 --> 00:05:25,993 Where is she? 131 00:05:26,026 --> 00:05:27,828 I don't know. 132 00:05:27,861 --> 00:05:30,063 You already lied to the FBI, okay? You told us 133 00:05:30,097 --> 00:05:31,899 that Talma wasn't supposed to leave Aquarius. 134 00:05:31,932 --> 00:05:33,467 DON: Then we got the trap door. 135 00:05:33,501 --> 00:05:34,334 You want to go for strike three now? 136 00:05:34,368 --> 00:05:37,538 I think I should talk to my lawyer. 137 00:05:37,571 --> 00:05:38,606 DAVID: Oh, yeah. 138 00:05:38,639 --> 00:05:41,575 Forgot about my date, Sarah. 139 00:05:41,609 --> 00:05:43,377 I'll be right back, all right? 140 00:05:43,411 --> 00:05:45,012 The blood could be a prop, 141 00:05:45,045 --> 00:05:47,114 could be part of the act, you know? 142 00:05:47,147 --> 00:05:48,549 Spray some blood on the walls, 143 00:05:48,582 --> 00:05:49,783 vanish, voila, you got a great trick. 144 00:05:49,817 --> 00:05:50,918 DON: So a hoax? 145 00:05:50,951 --> 00:05:52,052 It's easy enough to figure out. 146 00:05:52,085 --> 00:05:54,054 We'll use an application of blood spatter trigonometry 147 00:05:54,087 --> 00:05:56,390 to study the correlation 148 00:05:56,424 --> 00:05:57,290 between this blood and then 149 00:05:57,324 --> 00:05:59,092 Talma's probable position in the box. 150 00:05:59,126 --> 00:06:01,529 Sounds like a place to start. 151 00:06:01,562 --> 00:06:02,730 Now, I would assume, these pipes 152 00:06:02,763 --> 00:06:04,532 are for the pumping of the water. 153 00:06:04,565 --> 00:06:06,634 Yeah, and I'm thinking these angled air movers 154 00:06:06,667 --> 00:06:08,135 in the corners get the air swirling. 155 00:06:08,168 --> 00:06:10,137 Oh, dear. 156 00:06:10,170 --> 00:06:12,940 I'm gonna get some latex gloves. 157 00:06:12,973 --> 00:06:15,008 Professor Charles Eppes? 158 00:06:15,042 --> 00:06:17,811 I'm, uh, Penn Jillette. 159 00:06:17,845 --> 00:06:19,012 Penn and Teller? 160 00:06:19,046 --> 00:06:20,147 I'm a big fan. 161 00:06:20,180 --> 00:06:21,482 - You are? - Yeah. 162 00:06:21,515 --> 00:06:22,950 I've read everything you've written. 163 00:06:22,983 --> 00:06:24,552 I even read your book. 164 00:06:24,585 --> 00:06:26,587 Not as good as the original paper, but, uh... 165 00:06:26,620 --> 00:06:27,655 - Oh. - I was upstairs 166 00:06:27,688 --> 00:06:30,123 prepping a special and heard you were down here. 167 00:06:30,157 --> 00:06:32,693 Man, it is so great to meet you in person. 168 00:06:32,726 --> 00:06:35,496 Well, you know, uh, actually, I'm a big fan of yours, as well. 169 00:06:35,529 --> 00:06:36,464 Really? Cool. 170 00:06:36,497 --> 00:06:37,965 Yeah, you work with the other guy, right? 171 00:06:37,998 --> 00:06:38,699 Yeah, yeah. 172 00:06:38,732 --> 00:06:40,200 Okay. I like the white tigers. 173 00:06:40,233 --> 00:06:41,769 (laughs) 174 00:06:41,802 --> 00:06:44,905 I could never get Feynman to go to Vegas, either. 175 00:06:44,938 --> 00:06:46,874 You knew Feynman? 176 00:06:46,907 --> 00:06:49,209 Really easy guy to fool, and loved every minute of it. 177 00:06:49,242 --> 00:06:51,445 All right. It was a great pleasure meeting you. 178 00:06:51,479 --> 00:06:53,013 I've got to get back to work. Of course. 179 00:06:53,046 --> 00:06:55,849 Uh, I'd love to talk to you about your paper 180 00:06:55,883 --> 00:06:57,017 about Infinite Series Cognitive Dissonance 181 00:06:57,050 --> 00:06:58,686 Leading to Semantic Contamination. 182 00:06:58,719 --> 00:07:00,821 That's not my paper. (laughs) 183 00:07:00,854 --> 00:07:02,656 White tigers. 184 00:07:02,690 --> 00:07:03,757 - All right. - I heard about Talma. 185 00:07:03,791 --> 00:07:04,925 If you need any help, 186 00:07:04,958 --> 00:07:07,060 well, I know a little bit about magic. 187 00:07:07,094 --> 00:07:08,996 Thank you, Mr. Jillette. 188 00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:14,134 Sarah?! Excuse me. 189 00:07:14,167 --> 00:07:15,503 Sorry about that. 190 00:07:15,536 --> 00:07:17,638 Got to... It's okay. I get it. 191 00:07:17,671 --> 00:07:19,206 Job comes first. 192 00:07:19,239 --> 00:07:20,941 I'll make it up to you, okay? Maybe... 193 00:07:20,974 --> 00:07:21,809 You seem like a good guy. 194 00:07:21,842 --> 00:07:24,945 Maybe under different circumstances. 195 00:07:29,650 --> 00:07:30,984 Let me call you a cab. 196 00:07:31,018 --> 00:07:32,520 Too late. 197 00:07:41,028 --> 00:07:43,864 WOMAN: Excuse me, Agent? 198 00:07:43,897 --> 00:07:46,934 Is the FBI involved in the case of a missing woman? 199 00:07:46,967 --> 00:07:50,037 Is it true that a large amount of blood was found at the scene? 200 00:07:50,070 --> 00:07:51,104 I'm sorry. No comment. 201 00:07:51,138 --> 00:07:53,106 We're in the middle of an ongoing investigation. 202 00:07:53,140 --> 00:07:55,208 All right? So, you guys excuse me. Thank you. 203 00:07:55,242 --> 00:07:56,443 Excuse... Move. 204 00:07:56,476 --> 00:07:59,079 What we do know right now is that the magician is missing... 205 00:07:59,112 --> 00:08:01,515 NIKKI: And Talma No-Last-Name 206 00:08:01,549 --> 00:08:03,684 started disappearing before last night. 207 00:08:03,717 --> 00:08:05,853 DMV comes up empty, no medical records. 208 00:08:05,886 --> 00:08:08,722 So, I guess we can forget about a blood match, huh? 209 00:08:08,756 --> 00:08:09,923 What else did you get? 210 00:08:09,957 --> 00:08:13,193 Our lady Copperfields have a history of fake emergencies. 211 00:08:13,226 --> 00:08:15,529 2007, Boulder, Colorado. 212 00:08:15,563 --> 00:08:17,598 They do this buried alive illusion. 213 00:08:17,631 --> 00:08:20,100 As they piled the dirt on, Talma's casket collapses. 214 00:08:20,133 --> 00:08:23,103 It takes emergency crews 45 minutes 215 00:08:23,136 --> 00:08:24,805 to dig up an empty coffin. 216 00:08:24,838 --> 00:08:25,973 Three months later, 217 00:08:26,006 --> 00:08:27,174 Fairbanks, Alaska-- same deal 218 00:08:27,207 --> 00:08:29,276 with an escape from a fire that failed. 219 00:08:29,309 --> 00:08:30,377 And let me guess. 220 00:08:30,410 --> 00:08:33,647 Both times Talma miraculously reappeared unharmed? 221 00:08:33,681 --> 00:08:35,115 Uh-huh. 222 00:08:35,148 --> 00:08:39,019 They paid 50 grand in fines, sold 250 grand in tickets. 223 00:08:41,121 --> 00:08:43,891 That box looks secure from the inside. 224 00:08:43,924 --> 00:08:44,958 That's what I'm thinking, too. 225 00:08:44,992 --> 00:08:47,227 There's no way she got out of that without help. 226 00:08:47,260 --> 00:08:49,296 And her partner was on stage the whole time. 227 00:08:49,329 --> 00:08:50,664 Oh, of course. 228 00:08:50,698 --> 00:08:51,865 That's what magicians do. 229 00:08:51,899 --> 00:08:53,667 You know, make it look like 230 00:08:53,701 --> 00:08:55,135 they're here when they're not, right? 231 00:08:55,168 --> 00:08:58,171 I saw a special where one guy made a limo disappear. 232 00:08:58,205 --> 00:09:01,942 Turns out, it was 14 guys, a mirror 233 00:09:01,975 --> 00:09:04,878 and three pieces of plywood painted asphalt black. 234 00:09:04,912 --> 00:09:07,280 Yeah. Well, I'm working on a list 235 00:09:07,314 --> 00:09:09,049 of people they've both worked with. 236 00:09:09,082 --> 00:09:10,884 Figure, maybe one of them will pop. 237 00:09:10,918 --> 00:09:14,321 Yeah, for a crime we're not even sure happened, my head hurts. 238 00:09:14,354 --> 00:09:17,691 WOMAN (on TV): Is it true that a large amount of blood 239 00:09:17,725 --> 00:09:18,325 was found at the scene? 240 00:09:18,358 --> 00:09:19,392 Uh, no comment. Uh, sorry. 241 00:09:19,426 --> 00:09:21,128 We're in the middle of an ongoing investigation. 242 00:09:21,161 --> 00:09:23,130 Ah, Agent Harry Potter, first on the scene. 243 00:09:23,163 --> 00:09:26,066 WOMAN (on TV): Well, what we do know right now is that... 244 00:09:26,099 --> 00:09:27,901 If I had taken her anywhere else, man, 245 00:09:27,935 --> 00:09:29,903 a movie, anything, there'd be another date. 246 00:09:29,937 --> 00:09:31,071 Stop bitching. 247 00:09:31,104 --> 00:09:32,940 Give her a call. 248 00:09:32,973 --> 00:09:34,908 Right, you're a big TV star now. She's gonna love that. 249 00:09:34,942 --> 00:09:36,877 So, of course, now I got the assistant director on my ass 250 00:09:36,910 --> 00:09:37,945 about why one of our agents has dragged us 251 00:09:37,978 --> 00:09:40,080 into a case that's gonna make us look like idiots. 252 00:09:40,113 --> 00:09:41,248 Don, I'm sorry. She... 253 00:09:41,281 --> 00:09:43,250 We got to find the girl now, all right? 254 00:09:43,283 --> 00:09:46,086 WOMAN (on TV): Reporting for News Eight. 255 00:09:46,119 --> 00:09:48,121 CHARLIE: You ever get the feeling you're searching 256 00:09:48,155 --> 00:09:48,622 for an answer 257 00:09:48,656 --> 00:09:49,757 you already have? 258 00:09:49,790 --> 00:09:52,626 Well, so much for an unbiased search for the truth. 259 00:09:52,660 --> 00:09:54,628 Is Charlie still determined to predetermine the results? 260 00:09:54,662 --> 00:09:55,796 That's not fair. 261 00:09:55,829 --> 00:09:57,064 AMITA: I think you're cherry-picking 262 00:09:57,097 --> 00:09:59,066 the data to give you the answer you expect. 263 00:09:59,099 --> 00:10:00,734 You pick the next batch. 264 00:10:00,768 --> 00:10:01,869 Who doesn't like magic? 265 00:10:01,902 --> 00:10:04,337 Top hats and tails and pulling bunnies out of thin air. 266 00:10:04,371 --> 00:10:05,773 It's... 267 00:10:05,806 --> 00:10:07,875 Elvis on black velvet. 268 00:10:07,908 --> 00:10:09,777 Well, I love the feeling of a live audience, 269 00:10:09,810 --> 00:10:10,778 swept up in the suspense 270 00:10:10,811 --> 00:10:13,080 of the show, trying to figure out the trick, 271 00:10:13,113 --> 00:10:15,048 looking for the mirrors. 272 00:10:15,082 --> 00:10:16,784 Yes, and just a little relieved 273 00:10:16,817 --> 00:10:18,051 when you don't see them. 274 00:10:18,085 --> 00:10:19,753 I'll show you the mirrors. 275 00:10:19,787 --> 00:10:21,121 Oh, no, you don't, Dr. Eppes. 276 00:10:21,154 --> 00:10:23,623 I won't let you ruin this for me, too. 277 00:10:26,226 --> 00:10:29,129 So, the serology report on the blood found at the scene 278 00:10:29,162 --> 00:10:31,431 verifies that it is human, O positive. 279 00:10:31,464 --> 00:10:33,266 There's Barr bodies in the cell structure 280 00:10:33,300 --> 00:10:34,668 and the Kell antigen, which indicates 281 00:10:34,702 --> 00:10:35,869 - that it's a white female. - And the DNA 282 00:10:35,903 --> 00:10:38,739 in the hair sample that we picked up in her dressing room 283 00:10:38,772 --> 00:10:41,408 does match the DNA in the blood, so very good chance it was Talma 284 00:10:41,441 --> 00:10:42,275 in that box. 285 00:10:42,309 --> 00:10:43,343 All right, so let's say it's not a hoax. 286 00:10:43,376 --> 00:10:45,378 Let's say it's real-- who'd want to hurt Talma? 287 00:10:45,412 --> 00:10:47,247 - The partner? - Susie Weisz, 288 00:10:47,280 --> 00:10:49,850 a known box jumper, the beautiful assistant, 289 00:10:49,883 --> 00:10:51,151 but not a real magician 290 00:10:51,184 --> 00:10:53,020 until she she started working with Talma. 291 00:10:53,053 --> 00:10:55,088 Talma's good-looking, from all accounts, 292 00:10:55,122 --> 00:10:57,457 the more talented magician. 293 00:10:57,490 --> 00:10:58,926 Why would she switch places, 294 00:10:58,959 --> 00:11:00,393 basically taking the assistant's job 295 00:11:00,427 --> 00:11:01,995 and put herself in the cylinder? 296 00:11:02,029 --> 00:11:03,230 DAVID: Who knows? 297 00:11:03,263 --> 00:11:04,297 The fact still remains that Talma was the big draw, right, 298 00:11:04,331 --> 00:11:06,700 so I doubt the Amazing Susanna would do anything 299 00:11:06,734 --> 00:11:08,135 to try to harm her meal ticket. 300 00:11:08,168 --> 00:11:08,969 COLBY: I've been running down 301 00:11:09,002 --> 00:11:11,038 some more of the names of the people 302 00:11:11,071 --> 00:11:11,905 that perform with them-- nobody's talking. 303 00:11:11,939 --> 00:11:13,874 I mean, it seems like the world of magic 304 00:11:13,907 --> 00:11:15,375 is all about keeping a secret. 305 00:11:15,408 --> 00:11:18,078 I still say this is just one more stunt. 306 00:11:18,111 --> 00:11:19,747 You know, fake a felony, 307 00:11:19,780 --> 00:11:21,348 get on the news, get famous. 308 00:11:21,381 --> 00:11:23,016 So, what's the blood supposed to mean? 309 00:11:23,050 --> 00:11:25,085 Well, there's what it usually means. 310 00:11:25,118 --> 00:11:27,020 CHARLIE: So, blood spatter trigonometry 311 00:11:27,054 --> 00:11:28,922 suggests the spatter is real. 312 00:11:28,956 --> 00:11:30,958 Uh, it came from a body 313 00:11:30,991 --> 00:11:33,193 being torn by a sharp force trauma. 314 00:11:33,226 --> 00:11:34,394 So, you know what happened inside the box? 315 00:11:34,427 --> 00:11:35,395 We weren't trying 316 00:11:35,428 --> 00:11:36,864 to reconstruct the actual event. 317 00:11:36,897 --> 00:11:37,898 We were looking 318 00:11:37,931 --> 00:11:40,067 to validate or rather invalidate 319 00:11:40,100 --> 00:11:41,068 the blood spatter. 320 00:11:41,101 --> 00:11:42,335 It's like when you walk outside 321 00:11:42,369 --> 00:11:44,171 and you notice that the ground is wet. 322 00:11:44,204 --> 00:11:45,138 The question is: Did it rain 323 00:11:45,172 --> 00:11:47,307 or is the water coming from somewhere else? 324 00:11:47,340 --> 00:11:51,111 A droplet of water falling in a vertical line from a cloud 325 00:11:51,144 --> 00:11:53,346 will slam to the ground and splash outward. 326 00:11:53,380 --> 00:11:55,015 Water from a garden hose 327 00:11:55,048 --> 00:11:57,117 will have an entirely different mathematical signature. 328 00:11:57,150 --> 00:12:01,021 Different vectors, velocity, a far more obtuse angle. 329 00:12:01,054 --> 00:12:03,991 So, we compare the rain triangle to the garden hose triangle 330 00:12:04,024 --> 00:12:05,759 to tell us if it rained 331 00:12:05,793 --> 00:12:09,162 or if your neighbor just recently washed his car. 332 00:12:09,196 --> 00:12:11,464 Now, we were able to analyze the pattern of the blood droplets, 333 00:12:11,498 --> 00:12:13,200 as well as the angle and velocity 334 00:12:13,233 --> 00:12:14,434 of the impact to determine 335 00:12:14,467 --> 00:12:16,103 with fairly high probability 336 00:12:16,136 --> 00:12:17,470 that Talma did suffer a real injury. 337 00:12:17,504 --> 00:12:19,539 Now, whether it was an accident 338 00:12:19,572 --> 00:12:22,009 or the result of some sort of struggle, I'm not sure. 339 00:12:22,042 --> 00:12:23,376 I would love to consult 340 00:12:23,410 --> 00:12:27,314 with an expert who might be able to tell me 341 00:12:27,347 --> 00:12:28,315 which it was. 342 00:12:28,348 --> 00:12:30,117 Yeah, sure, go for it. 343 00:12:31,919 --> 00:12:33,486 DON: Hey, what happened with your, uh, date? 344 00:12:33,520 --> 00:12:36,156 (sighs) 345 00:12:36,189 --> 00:12:37,825 Did you call her? 346 00:12:37,858 --> 00:12:39,993 - Yeah, she's not answering. - Go bring her some flowers 347 00:12:40,027 --> 00:12:41,829 or something-- we'll be all right for an hour. 348 00:12:51,171 --> 00:12:52,973 (sighs) 349 00:13:00,113 --> 00:13:01,281 Hi, uh, I'm David. 350 00:13:01,314 --> 00:13:03,116 I'm... I'm looking for Sarah. 351 00:13:03,150 --> 00:13:04,284 Sarah? 352 00:13:06,219 --> 00:13:08,021 This is, uh, 1F, right? 353 00:13:08,055 --> 00:13:09,589 I... I picked her up here last night. 354 00:13:09,622 --> 00:13:11,191 We just got back today. 355 00:13:12,625 --> 00:13:14,895 I'm sorry to bother you, ma'am. 356 00:13:14,928 --> 00:13:16,129 Is it... is it possible 357 00:13:16,163 --> 00:13:17,597 maybe, uh, Sarah is staying here? 358 00:13:17,630 --> 00:13:18,932 Long hair, 359 00:13:18,966 --> 00:13:20,100 African-American? 360 00:13:20,133 --> 00:13:22,202 We have lived here for 33 years. 361 00:13:22,235 --> 00:13:24,371 I don't even know a Sarah. 362 00:13:41,922 --> 00:13:43,456 DON: Whose idea was it to go 363 00:13:43,490 --> 00:13:44,858 to this magic show? 364 00:13:44,892 --> 00:13:46,093 Hers. 365 00:13:46,126 --> 00:13:48,628 And you met her at the Howling Dog, right? 366 00:13:48,661 --> 00:13:50,097 That's a known cop bar. 367 00:13:50,130 --> 00:13:51,965 A set-up from the start. 368 00:13:51,999 --> 00:13:53,033 A couple of magicians 369 00:13:53,066 --> 00:13:55,168 want to amp up the disappearance of their main act, 370 00:13:55,202 --> 00:13:56,904 what better way than to get FBI 371 00:13:56,937 --> 00:13:58,171 in on a missing persons investigation? 372 00:13:58,205 --> 00:14:01,074 Yeah, I hope she was hot. 373 00:14:01,108 --> 00:14:02,542 Hey, don't feel so bad, big guy. 374 00:14:02,575 --> 00:14:03,610 You know, I'm thinking 375 00:14:03,643 --> 00:14:05,412 a night out, no matter what, sounds pretty good. 376 00:14:05,445 --> 00:14:06,479 DON: And I don't care 377 00:14:06,513 --> 00:14:08,415 what that blood says, I say we're being played. 378 00:14:08,448 --> 00:14:11,318 Yeah, time to talk to the Amazing Susanna again. 379 00:14:12,452 --> 00:14:14,054 CHARLIE: You've made a career 380 00:14:14,087 --> 00:14:15,222 of demystification. 381 00:14:15,255 --> 00:14:17,057 But we weren't the first. 382 00:14:17,090 --> 00:14:20,027 Houdini dedicated his life to revealing 383 00:14:20,060 --> 00:14:22,162 these charlatans that defraud the human race 384 00:14:22,195 --> 00:14:24,364 with their lies, the talking to the dead, 385 00:14:24,397 --> 00:14:25,198 the psychics. 386 00:14:25,232 --> 00:14:26,967 LARRY: Yes, well, the blood spatter 387 00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:28,101 was not faked. 388 00:14:28,135 --> 00:14:29,602 CHARLIE: The FBI suspects that there 389 00:14:29,636 --> 00:14:33,440 was a third party involved in Talma's disappearance. 390 00:14:33,473 --> 00:14:36,176 An illusion this complicated, she would have needed the help 391 00:14:36,209 --> 00:14:37,277 - of an artisan. - An artisan? 392 00:14:37,310 --> 00:14:38,445 Yeah, the people 393 00:14:38,478 --> 00:14:41,114 who actually build and design the tricks. 394 00:14:41,148 --> 00:14:42,082 Angel has, like, 395 00:14:42,115 --> 00:14:44,351 30 of these guys working for him. 396 00:14:44,384 --> 00:14:46,219 You know, we'd both love to see these blueprints. 397 00:14:46,253 --> 00:14:47,554 Good luck. 398 00:14:47,587 --> 00:14:50,190 A trick like Aquarius is worth millions 399 00:14:50,223 --> 00:14:51,691 to the guy who creates it. 400 00:14:51,724 --> 00:14:53,526 Once these women do it, it becomes 401 00:14:53,560 --> 00:14:55,228 public domain-- within a year, you got 402 00:14:55,262 --> 00:14:57,564 20 acts doing their versions. 403 00:14:57,597 --> 00:15:01,168 The Swimming Pool, the Water Cube, 404 00:15:01,201 --> 00:15:02,535 the Shark Tank. 405 00:15:02,569 --> 00:15:03,403 Let me show you this thing. 406 00:15:03,436 --> 00:15:06,039 This was a feature trick 30 years ago. 407 00:15:06,073 --> 00:15:08,241 Done on TV and everything. 408 00:15:08,275 --> 00:15:13,480 Now you can buy it at any toy store. 409 00:15:13,513 --> 00:15:15,682 That's the way things work in this business. 410 00:15:15,715 --> 00:15:17,350 Neat trick, huh? 411 00:15:17,384 --> 00:15:18,585 Hydrophobic sand. 412 00:15:18,618 --> 00:15:20,353 You do know your magic. 413 00:15:20,387 --> 00:15:22,990 I know my science. 414 00:15:23,023 --> 00:15:25,225 It's gonna be hard to find this engineer. 415 00:15:25,258 --> 00:15:27,627 No one will reveal who the artisans are, 416 00:15:27,660 --> 00:15:29,696 especially not the artisans. 417 00:15:29,729 --> 00:15:32,699 Henning had to deposit money 418 00:15:32,732 --> 00:15:35,635 in an untraceable bank account to look at some blueprints. 419 00:15:35,668 --> 00:15:37,670 Maybe we don't need to know. 420 00:15:37,704 --> 00:15:39,472 Maybe we can reverse engineer the trick 421 00:15:39,506 --> 00:15:41,308 on our own and find out who built it. 422 00:15:41,341 --> 00:15:43,043 Study the architecture to find the architect. 423 00:15:43,076 --> 00:15:45,345 You do know your science. 424 00:15:45,378 --> 00:15:46,713 Well, no. 425 00:15:46,746 --> 00:15:48,648 I know my magic. 426 00:15:48,681 --> 00:15:51,051 It wasn't supposed to be like this. 427 00:15:51,084 --> 00:15:53,653 I mean, yes, we made you part of the show. 428 00:15:53,686 --> 00:15:56,723 I mean, an FBI agent involved... 429 00:15:56,756 --> 00:15:59,426 it adds to the hype, 430 00:15:59,459 --> 00:16:02,062 but that blood was not part of the illusion. 431 00:16:03,463 --> 00:16:06,099 So... what is the trick? 432 00:16:06,133 --> 00:16:08,368 I mean, uh... 433 00:16:08,401 --> 00:16:10,170 how does Aquarius work? 434 00:16:10,203 --> 00:16:11,704 Well, I... I don't know. 435 00:16:11,738 --> 00:16:14,041 I mean, that's Talma's thing. 436 00:16:14,074 --> 00:16:17,044 I do patter, exhibition. 437 00:16:17,077 --> 00:16:18,478 Misdirection. 438 00:16:18,511 --> 00:16:19,512 Well... 439 00:16:19,546 --> 00:16:20,647 yeah. 440 00:16:20,680 --> 00:16:22,115 I'm gonna... 441 00:16:22,149 --> 00:16:26,319 need the name-- the real name-- of my date. 442 00:16:26,353 --> 00:16:29,422 Well, I... I have no idea. 443 00:16:29,456 --> 00:16:31,124 Talma set it up. 444 00:16:31,158 --> 00:16:33,493 She just told me to expect a cop 445 00:16:33,526 --> 00:16:36,496 and to keep him occupied and away from the box. 446 00:16:36,529 --> 00:16:40,200 When that math guy opened it, I expected her to be in there. 447 00:16:40,233 --> 00:16:42,169 That was how we rehearsed it every time. 448 00:16:42,202 --> 00:16:46,173 So, she doesn't tell you how the trick works. 449 00:16:46,206 --> 00:16:47,207 All right, she lies to you 450 00:16:47,240 --> 00:16:48,708 about the endgame, 451 00:16:48,741 --> 00:16:51,778 then she puts you in the middle of an FBI investigation? 452 00:16:55,348 --> 00:16:57,016 She used me. 453 00:16:59,652 --> 00:17:01,521 She didn't get out of that box by herself, 454 00:17:01,554 --> 00:17:03,523 so who besides yourself would help her? 455 00:17:03,556 --> 00:17:05,392 Garland Saint Michael. 456 00:17:05,425 --> 00:17:07,127 Formerly the Miraculous Michael. 457 00:17:07,160 --> 00:17:08,195 You know your magic. 458 00:17:08,228 --> 00:17:09,028 He's on our list 459 00:17:09,062 --> 00:17:13,733 of Talma's... past collaborators. 460 00:17:13,766 --> 00:17:17,770 He and Talma were hot and heavy before he got all mystic-purist. 461 00:17:17,804 --> 00:17:21,208 Uh, he's the guy who hung himself 462 00:17:21,241 --> 00:17:23,310 from flesh hooks for 24 hours 463 00:17:23,343 --> 00:17:24,411 on live TV. 464 00:17:24,444 --> 00:17:25,578 And that's magic? 465 00:17:25,612 --> 00:17:28,081 He thinks so. 466 00:17:29,516 --> 00:17:34,087 I'll spend six days in my Dream Cocoon. 467 00:17:34,121 --> 00:17:38,391 Total sensory deprivation. 468 00:17:38,425 --> 00:17:40,093 Do you wish to lay in it? 469 00:17:40,127 --> 00:17:42,262 No, thanks. 470 00:17:42,295 --> 00:17:45,232 On the seventh day, I'll emerge, 471 00:17:45,265 --> 00:17:47,167 an altered state of consciousness, 472 00:17:47,200 --> 00:17:50,103 unable to take even the slightest sound 473 00:17:50,137 --> 00:17:51,438 or color for granted. 474 00:17:51,471 --> 00:17:53,140 Yeah, I bet you'll be hungry, too. 475 00:17:53,173 --> 00:17:58,145 Talma and I remain close, and I wish her all success. 476 00:17:58,178 --> 00:17:59,746 We differ in tone, 477 00:17:59,779 --> 00:18:01,514 but unite in passion. 478 00:18:01,548 --> 00:18:02,649 You do realize she's missing. 479 00:18:03,783 --> 00:18:05,385 Is she? 480 00:18:05,418 --> 00:18:06,819 Where were you last night? 481 00:18:06,853 --> 00:18:08,155 Las Vegas. 482 00:18:08,188 --> 00:18:09,389 Drove in this morning. 483 00:18:09,422 --> 00:18:10,823 I'm sure Caesar's has security footage 484 00:18:10,857 --> 00:18:12,559 of me preparing for my next piece. 485 00:18:12,592 --> 00:18:14,161 Do you know where she is, 486 00:18:14,194 --> 00:18:15,528 what she's planning? 487 00:18:15,562 --> 00:18:18,398 We haven't even spoken for months. 488 00:18:18,431 --> 00:18:20,233 But I'm not surprised she went 489 00:18:20,267 --> 00:18:22,369 with the classic-- the Vanishing Lady. 490 00:18:22,402 --> 00:18:25,172 That's really the core of our differences. 491 00:18:25,205 --> 00:18:27,907 Magic isn't magic 492 00:18:27,940 --> 00:18:30,510 until it elevates the human spirit. 493 00:18:30,543 --> 00:18:34,447 Talma is stagnating, attempting to make art 494 00:18:34,481 --> 00:18:36,216 - from rubbish. - Is that why 495 00:18:36,249 --> 00:18:38,685 she let Susie Weisz play the part of the magician? 496 00:18:38,718 --> 00:18:41,154 Talma needs to be in the middle of the action. 497 00:18:41,188 --> 00:18:44,257 Touching the trick, really feeling it. 498 00:18:44,291 --> 00:18:46,426 Oh, on that much we agree. 499 00:18:46,459 --> 00:18:48,928 We found a liter of blood at the scene. 500 00:18:48,961 --> 00:18:51,898 She's a genius. 501 00:18:51,931 --> 00:18:54,334 No matter how mundane, 502 00:18:54,367 --> 00:18:57,637 Talma would literally bleed for a trick. 503 00:18:57,670 --> 00:19:00,940 I have faith that when she 504 00:19:00,973 --> 00:19:03,210 reveals herself to the world, 505 00:19:03,243 --> 00:19:06,713 it's going to be beautiful. 506 00:19:09,982 --> 00:19:12,719 Let's consider the Gliederpuppe. 507 00:19:12,752 --> 00:19:15,322 David said the cylinder was empty. 508 00:19:15,355 --> 00:19:17,357 Then, the lights went out for a few seconds. 509 00:19:17,390 --> 00:19:18,825 Then, the cylinder was filled. 510 00:19:18,858 --> 00:19:21,194 Well, let's be conservative here. 511 00:19:21,228 --> 00:19:23,196 How about five seconds? 512 00:19:23,230 --> 00:19:24,497 AMITA: That's a long time for the audience 513 00:19:24,531 --> 00:19:25,698 to be sitting in the dark. 514 00:19:25,732 --> 00:19:26,866 Let's say 3.5. 515 00:19:26,899 --> 00:19:28,401 CHARLIE: Coming up through the floor, 516 00:19:28,435 --> 00:19:30,703 fighting gravity, the water pressure required 517 00:19:30,737 --> 00:19:32,339 to fill that cylinder 518 00:19:32,372 --> 00:19:33,406 in such a short time... 519 00:19:33,440 --> 00:19:36,743 The pressure on the human body would be enormous. 520 00:19:36,776 --> 00:19:37,877 That makes Talma one tough lady. 521 00:19:37,910 --> 00:19:39,279 It's an amazing feat, really. 522 00:19:39,312 --> 00:19:40,913 I mean, it's almost like 523 00:19:40,947 --> 00:19:43,250 her response to the misogyny 524 00:19:43,283 --> 00:19:44,651 of cutting a woman in half. 525 00:19:44,684 --> 00:19:47,554 She's created this... this mechanical paean 526 00:19:47,587 --> 00:19:49,722 to the beauty of womankind. 527 00:19:49,756 --> 00:19:52,325 She reverse evolves the female, 528 00:19:52,359 --> 00:19:53,760 surrounded by flowers, 529 00:19:53,793 --> 00:19:55,628 then she drops her right back 530 00:19:55,662 --> 00:19:58,431 into the elegance of the ocean where all life began. 531 00:19:58,465 --> 00:20:01,568 It's almost like Venus returning to her clamshell. 532 00:20:01,601 --> 00:20:03,970 You really see all that? 533 00:20:04,003 --> 00:20:05,238 You really don't? 534 00:20:05,272 --> 00:20:07,374 All I see is pipes and air movers 535 00:20:07,407 --> 00:20:11,010 and flowers and fish being pumped in and sucked out. 536 00:20:11,043 --> 00:20:13,546 Why can't you accept magic as an art? 537 00:20:13,580 --> 00:20:14,981 Why allow yourself 538 00:20:15,014 --> 00:20:16,616 to be pummeled by water pressure every night. 539 00:20:16,649 --> 00:20:18,751 Isn't there an Occam's razor here? 540 00:20:18,785 --> 00:20:20,387 I mean, you said yourself, 541 00:20:20,420 --> 00:20:22,289 the solutions to magic tricks 542 00:20:22,322 --> 00:20:23,856 are often underwhelming and simple. 543 00:20:25,725 --> 00:20:28,027 Why do the "reverse evolution?" 544 00:20:28,060 --> 00:20:30,597 Why water coming in every night? 545 00:20:31,698 --> 00:20:33,300 Uh-huh. You see these 546 00:20:33,333 --> 00:20:34,701 - and these? - Well, 547 00:20:34,734 --> 00:20:35,868 isn't that just where the glass connects 548 00:20:35,902 --> 00:20:37,470 to the decoration on the outside? 549 00:20:37,504 --> 00:20:38,771 CHARLIE: I think Larry's half right. 550 00:20:38,805 --> 00:20:40,673 This isn't a reverse 551 00:20:40,707 --> 00:20:42,575 evolution trick. 552 00:20:42,609 --> 00:20:45,878 This is a woman coming out of the water. 553 00:20:45,912 --> 00:20:47,647 LARRY: And into the air. 554 00:20:47,680 --> 00:20:48,781 She flies? 555 00:20:48,815 --> 00:20:50,550 She flies. 556 00:20:50,583 --> 00:20:52,552 The micro thin flying wires for the harness 557 00:20:52,585 --> 00:20:54,654 enter through the cylinder here and here. 558 00:20:54,687 --> 00:20:55,988 It's unseen by the audience. 559 00:20:56,022 --> 00:20:57,524 She looks like she's flying 560 00:20:57,557 --> 00:20:58,925 in a fully-encased cylinder. 561 00:20:58,958 --> 00:21:00,293 David didn't say 562 00:21:00,327 --> 00:21:01,361 - anything about flying. - And we didn't 563 00:21:01,394 --> 00:21:03,863 find a rig in the rafters at the Tower of Mystery 564 00:21:03,896 --> 00:21:05,732 because that wasn't part of the trick 565 00:21:05,765 --> 00:21:07,567 that night. 566 00:21:07,600 --> 00:21:08,801 There's a second part to the trick? 567 00:21:08,835 --> 00:21:09,969 LARRY: Ah, but of course. 568 00:21:10,002 --> 00:21:11,704 The stunning conclusion. 569 00:21:11,738 --> 00:21:12,739 The vanished 570 00:21:12,772 --> 00:21:14,374 woman reappears, 571 00:21:14,407 --> 00:21:15,708 in the glory of flight. 572 00:21:15,742 --> 00:21:16,509 We need to flip 573 00:21:16,543 --> 00:21:17,977 the trick, make it work backwards. 574 00:21:18,010 --> 00:21:19,912 Yeah, reverse the reverse engineering. 575 00:21:19,946 --> 00:21:21,814 Worst ways to spend a night. 576 00:21:21,848 --> 00:21:23,750 I'll go put a kettle on. 577 00:21:27,920 --> 00:21:29,422 Hey. 578 00:21:29,456 --> 00:21:30,657 Hey. 579 00:21:30,690 --> 00:21:32,325 Late supper? 580 00:21:32,359 --> 00:21:33,426 On a little break. 581 00:21:33,460 --> 00:21:34,894 Lost in contemplation? 582 00:21:34,927 --> 00:21:36,696 Yeah. 583 00:21:36,729 --> 00:21:39,098 You know, when last we spoke, 584 00:21:39,131 --> 00:21:41,568 you were asking me about religion. 585 00:21:41,601 --> 00:21:43,636 - Right. - Well, 586 00:21:43,670 --> 00:21:45,472 at the very basic level, 587 00:21:45,505 --> 00:21:47,774 cosmological quantum physics suggests 588 00:21:47,807 --> 00:21:49,776 that if this universe here 589 00:21:49,809 --> 00:21:52,345 is as real as we believe that it is, 590 00:21:52,379 --> 00:21:55,515 it must have been cast into reality 591 00:21:55,548 --> 00:21:57,517 by an external observer. 592 00:21:57,550 --> 00:21:59,018 God? 593 00:21:59,051 --> 00:22:01,388 And yet paradoxically, 594 00:22:01,421 --> 00:22:03,022 how can there be anything external 595 00:22:03,055 --> 00:22:04,757 in an all-inclusive universe? 596 00:22:04,791 --> 00:22:06,759 - Uh-huh. - So, you see? 597 00:22:06,793 --> 00:22:09,696 My own quest for God has always been inextricably 598 00:22:09,729 --> 00:22:12,532 intertwined with my work. 599 00:22:12,565 --> 00:22:14,767 Does that help you sleep? 600 00:22:14,801 --> 00:22:15,702 No. 601 00:22:15,735 --> 00:22:16,869 It keeps me awake. 602 00:22:16,903 --> 00:22:18,871 (chuckles) 603 00:22:18,905 --> 00:22:20,840 All right, so, 604 00:22:20,873 --> 00:22:22,108 what's the point? 605 00:22:22,141 --> 00:22:23,476 The point 606 00:22:23,510 --> 00:22:26,779 is to keep looking for the point. 607 00:22:26,813 --> 00:22:29,081 That's what the Rabbi said. 608 00:22:29,115 --> 00:22:30,950 - Rabbi? - Yeah. 609 00:22:30,983 --> 00:22:32,652 Rabbi. 610 00:22:33,820 --> 00:22:34,921 Well... 611 00:22:34,954 --> 00:22:36,923 I will rejoin Charlie and Amita. 612 00:22:36,956 --> 00:22:38,691 Oh, and I should do that, too. 613 00:22:45,164 --> 00:22:46,666 Tough to track a woman without an identity, 614 00:22:46,699 --> 00:22:48,601 but I found Talma's corporation. 615 00:22:48,635 --> 00:22:51,738 Two weeks ago, Aquarius Specialties Limited 616 00:22:51,771 --> 00:22:53,906 rented trucks to load in at the Tower of Mystery. 617 00:22:53,940 --> 00:22:55,642 Now, where'd the trucks pick up from? 618 00:22:55,675 --> 00:22:57,644 Movers said that they picked up two big crates 619 00:22:57,677 --> 00:22:59,145 in the middle of an abandoned parking lot. 620 00:22:59,178 --> 00:23:01,013 - Paranoid magicians. - Yeah, 621 00:23:01,047 --> 00:23:03,716 hoax the FBI-- I'd hide my prep, too. 622 00:23:03,750 --> 00:23:06,052 Aquarius Specialties Limited also rented a storefront 623 00:23:06,085 --> 00:23:07,620 on Hollywood Boulevard. 624 00:23:07,654 --> 00:23:08,855 It's a high traffic area, 625 00:23:08,888 --> 00:23:11,190 lots of tourists, entertainment seekers. 626 00:23:11,223 --> 00:23:12,725 Charlie thinks there's gonna 627 00:23:12,759 --> 00:23:13,726 be a part two to Talma's trick. 628 00:23:13,760 --> 00:23:14,861 Which is why 629 00:23:14,894 --> 00:23:17,196 I checked into the party rental agencies in the area. 630 00:23:17,229 --> 00:23:19,799 Two of them have been contracted 631 00:23:19,832 --> 00:23:21,033 to deliver folding chairs, tents 632 00:23:21,067 --> 00:23:23,870 and big screen TV's to the same location. 633 00:23:23,903 --> 00:23:24,971 Come on. 634 00:23:38,585 --> 00:23:40,553 "Hollywood Brasserie"? 635 00:23:40,587 --> 00:23:42,489 Talma loves her misdirection. 636 00:23:46,893 --> 00:23:49,862 Oh, come on, now, does it really need to be this dark? 637 00:23:49,896 --> 00:23:51,864 You scared, Granger? 638 00:23:51,898 --> 00:23:53,866 Nah. 639 00:23:53,900 --> 00:23:56,736 I was top of my class in "Pitchblack Assaults 640 00:23:56,769 --> 00:23:59,672 on Magical Illusions" back in Quantico. 641 00:24:11,651 --> 00:24:14,487 Let's see. 642 00:24:14,521 --> 00:24:16,222 Lights. 643 00:24:34,607 --> 00:24:37,877 Talma's not coming back from this one. 644 00:24:48,821 --> 00:24:50,623 Murder? 645 00:24:50,657 --> 00:24:52,792 Well, ME's initial report is inconclusive. 646 00:24:52,825 --> 00:24:54,794 Talma drowned, but she has a contusion 647 00:24:54,827 --> 00:24:55,795 on the side of her head, too. 648 00:24:55,828 --> 00:24:57,997 She also had a laceration on her right leg, 649 00:24:58,030 --> 00:24:59,065 pretty deep. 650 00:24:59,098 --> 00:25:00,299 That explains the blood we found 651 00:25:00,332 --> 00:25:01,901 at the Tower of Mystery. 652 00:25:01,934 --> 00:25:03,970 However she got cut, accidental or otherwise, 653 00:25:04,003 --> 00:25:05,071 the wound was bandaged, 654 00:25:05,104 --> 00:25:06,573 trace amounts of blood in the water. 655 00:25:06,606 --> 00:25:07,640 She didn't bleed to death. 656 00:25:07,674 --> 00:25:09,909 According to Charlie's analysis, 657 00:25:09,942 --> 00:25:11,043 this was the master fail-safe-- 658 00:25:11,077 --> 00:25:12,579 it's a handle that would release 659 00:25:12,612 --> 00:25:13,680 the water. 660 00:25:13,713 --> 00:25:14,947 Now it was broken off and wiped clean 661 00:25:14,981 --> 00:25:17,684 of prints, so, definitely somebody was here. 662 00:25:17,717 --> 00:25:19,018 Hairline fracture in the glass 663 00:25:19,051 --> 00:25:20,853 could match the contusion on her head. 664 00:25:20,887 --> 00:25:22,154 Yeah, I'm thinking maybe there was a struggle, 665 00:25:22,188 --> 00:25:23,623 and she got knocked out 666 00:25:23,656 --> 00:25:24,557 - against the glass. - Yeah, 667 00:25:24,591 --> 00:25:26,025 then the killer dumped her, unconscious, 668 00:25:26,058 --> 00:25:27,560 in the water to drown. 669 00:25:27,594 --> 00:25:29,028 All right, so they broke the handle-- 670 00:25:29,061 --> 00:25:30,062 that's master fail-safe, 671 00:25:30,096 --> 00:25:30,963 so the internal ones 672 00:25:30,997 --> 00:25:32,298 - wouldn't work. - It still 673 00:25:32,331 --> 00:25:34,033 doesn't answer one big question. 674 00:25:34,066 --> 00:25:35,902 Who'd want to kill her? 675 00:25:37,269 --> 00:25:39,639 Why can't they just build a normal machine, 676 00:25:39,672 --> 00:25:41,674 with everything laid out in an orderly fashion? 677 00:25:41,708 --> 00:25:42,975 Function fit to form. 678 00:25:43,009 --> 00:25:46,112 The magic design for the magic machine. 679 00:25:46,145 --> 00:25:47,947 Let's take a break from the flying part. 680 00:25:47,980 --> 00:25:49,616 You know, it's like a jigsaw puzzle. 681 00:25:49,649 --> 00:25:50,817 You put together the frame pieces 682 00:25:50,850 --> 00:25:53,119 before trying to work the more difficult middle section. 683 00:25:53,152 --> 00:25:55,121 You know she's right. If we could just get a handle 684 00:25:55,154 --> 00:25:56,355 on the cylinder, we could figure out 685 00:25:56,388 --> 00:25:59,025 how much tensile strength is needed for these flying wires 686 00:25:59,058 --> 00:26:00,326 and how much for the common joints 687 00:26:00,359 --> 00:26:01,794 between the glass and filigree. 688 00:26:01,828 --> 00:26:02,862 Uh, the glass. 689 00:26:02,895 --> 00:26:03,930 That's simple. 690 00:26:03,963 --> 00:26:05,097 The first question. 691 00:26:05,131 --> 00:26:06,633 How much water can it handle? 692 00:26:06,666 --> 00:26:08,067 Well, witnesses from the performance 693 00:26:08,100 --> 00:26:09,869 report that it was full. 694 00:26:09,902 --> 00:26:12,705 Talkin' 50 cubic feet of water. 695 00:26:12,739 --> 00:26:14,073 400 gallons. 696 00:26:14,106 --> 00:26:15,808 Water weight 3,300 pounds. 697 00:26:15,842 --> 00:26:17,977 A little over one a half tons. 698 00:26:18,010 --> 00:26:19,211 - Wow. - That amount 699 00:26:19,245 --> 00:26:20,880 of water... 700 00:26:20,913 --> 00:26:22,649 withstanding that kind of pressure. 701 00:26:22,682 --> 00:26:24,851 You're not gonna find that kind of glass at Home Depot. 702 00:26:25,685 --> 00:26:27,153 There are two factories 703 00:26:27,186 --> 00:26:28,988 that produce the quality of glass 704 00:26:29,021 --> 00:26:31,057 that Charlie says is required to create the cylinder. 705 00:26:31,090 --> 00:26:33,660 Asahi Glass in Tokyo 706 00:26:33,693 --> 00:26:35,261 and Undverglasen in Garmisch, Germany. 707 00:26:35,294 --> 00:26:36,729 Undverglasen shipped 708 00:26:36,763 --> 00:26:39,632 four tons of multi-ply tempered-curved glass 709 00:26:39,666 --> 00:26:40,466 to a Burbank warehouse last year. 710 00:26:40,499 --> 00:26:42,702 Well, before she hit the fast track 711 00:26:42,735 --> 00:26:43,770 with Susie Weisz, she bounced around 712 00:26:43,803 --> 00:26:44,837 for about five years. 713 00:26:44,871 --> 00:26:45,905 Why's that? 714 00:26:45,938 --> 00:26:47,006 Maybe because her previous 715 00:26:47,039 --> 00:26:48,741 boss drowned while was on stage. 716 00:26:48,775 --> 00:26:49,976 Who's the girl in the middle? 717 00:26:50,009 --> 00:26:52,278 That's Drowndini's assistant. 718 00:26:52,311 --> 00:26:53,946 NIKKI: That could be a lead. 719 00:26:53,980 --> 00:26:55,014 Sister blames Talma 720 00:26:55,047 --> 00:26:56,048 for her brother's death. 721 00:26:56,082 --> 00:26:57,650 COLBY: Yeah, same MO, drowning, 722 00:26:57,684 --> 00:26:59,786 could fit for revenge. 723 00:26:59,819 --> 00:27:01,721 That's my date. 724 00:27:03,089 --> 00:27:04,991 Sarah. 725 00:27:06,425 --> 00:27:07,760 Her real name 726 00:27:07,794 --> 00:27:09,128 is Jenny Calandro. 727 00:27:12,765 --> 00:27:14,734 Can't believe your search led you 728 00:27:14,767 --> 00:27:16,903 to the doorstep of Gage Jones. 729 00:27:16,936 --> 00:27:19,071 Impressive, Dr. Eppes. 730 00:27:19,105 --> 00:27:21,741 Uh, guy is one of the legendary artisans 731 00:27:21,774 --> 00:27:24,076 of the magic world. 732 00:27:24,110 --> 00:27:26,779 Of course, last I knew, he was, uh, 733 00:27:26,813 --> 00:27:28,447 working in an abandoned ferry 734 00:27:28,480 --> 00:27:30,449 on Fidalgo Island in Washington. 735 00:27:30,482 --> 00:27:32,384 Is all right that we just let ourselves in like this? 736 00:27:32,418 --> 00:27:33,920 Oh, I called ahead. 737 00:27:33,953 --> 00:27:36,255 Uh, magic awaits. 738 00:27:36,288 --> 00:27:38,424 Professor Fleinhardt, if you would, please. 739 00:27:38,457 --> 00:27:40,426 - My pleasure. - Around here. 740 00:27:40,459 --> 00:27:42,361 The guillotine! 741 00:27:45,765 --> 00:27:46,966 It's a far 742 00:27:46,999 --> 00:27:49,936 better thing I do, than I have ever done. 743 00:27:49,969 --> 00:27:51,971 The blade 744 00:27:52,004 --> 00:27:52,872 folds up into the trick. 745 00:27:54,173 --> 00:27:55,975 - Shh! - It's angles. It's all angles. 746 00:27:56,008 --> 00:27:57,476 That's all I'm saying. 747 00:27:57,509 --> 00:27:58,945 Okay, let's, uh, show you another one. 748 00:27:58,978 --> 00:28:01,113 How about the Kafka box? 749 00:28:01,147 --> 00:28:03,449 Are you ready to metamorphosize? 750 00:28:03,482 --> 00:28:05,384 Into what, a cockroach? 751 00:28:08,487 --> 00:28:10,489 CHARLIE: So this one is a false 752 00:28:10,522 --> 00:28:11,724 back. 753 00:28:11,758 --> 00:28:12,691 He's still inside the box. 754 00:28:16,863 --> 00:28:18,464 Okay, that's pretty cool. 755 00:28:18,497 --> 00:28:20,967 He climbs in, Penn spins the box, 756 00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:22,468 engages the catch, 757 00:28:22,501 --> 00:28:24,103 the catch releases two mirrors. 758 00:28:24,136 --> 00:28:25,905 The mirrors fold out at 45 degree angles. 759 00:28:25,938 --> 00:28:27,473 You think you're looking at the back of the box, 760 00:28:27,506 --> 00:28:28,507 it's really just reflections. 761 00:28:28,540 --> 00:28:30,509 Hey, quiet you. 762 00:28:30,542 --> 00:28:32,745 Mr. Jillette. 763 00:28:32,779 --> 00:28:34,213 Three guests. 764 00:28:35,948 --> 00:28:37,750 From the FBI. 765 00:28:37,784 --> 00:28:40,086 You're here 766 00:28:40,119 --> 00:28:42,354 because of the lovely and talented Miss Talma, I take it. 767 00:28:42,388 --> 00:28:45,792 Well, may be a wasted trip, she's not here. 768 00:28:45,825 --> 00:28:47,760 But she'll turn up in due time 769 00:28:47,794 --> 00:28:49,361 at a place of her choosing, for the best 770 00:28:49,395 --> 00:28:50,763 - possible impact. - I hate 771 00:28:50,797 --> 00:28:52,231 to break it to you, she already turned up. 772 00:28:52,264 --> 00:28:53,766 Oh, was it wondrous? 773 00:28:53,800 --> 00:28:54,834 She was dead. 774 00:28:54,867 --> 00:28:56,235 - Real dead. - But I... 775 00:28:56,268 --> 00:28:58,304 just saw her. 776 00:28:58,337 --> 00:29:00,773 I mean I built Aquarius. 777 00:29:00,807 --> 00:29:03,275 She was found in the second part of the trick 778 00:29:03,309 --> 00:29:04,343 on Hollywood Boulevard. 779 00:29:04,376 --> 00:29:06,345 She drowned inside. 780 00:29:06,378 --> 00:29:08,347 No, couldn't have drowned. 781 00:29:08,380 --> 00:29:10,482 We had too many fail-safes built in. 782 00:29:10,516 --> 00:29:13,485 There was a handle on the outside 783 00:29:13,519 --> 00:29:15,487 that was broken off by someone else. 784 00:29:15,521 --> 00:29:17,556 You know a, a girl, 785 00:29:17,589 --> 00:29:19,125 a former assistant-- Jenny Calandro? 786 00:29:19,158 --> 00:29:21,560 Yeah, I know Jenny. 787 00:29:21,593 --> 00:29:23,529 Talma brought her around a couple times 788 00:29:23,562 --> 00:29:25,497 - to look at Aquarius. - NIKKI: You got an address? 789 00:29:25,531 --> 00:29:27,834 We think it may not have been an accident. 790 00:29:27,867 --> 00:29:29,368 You're damn right it wasn't an accident. 791 00:29:29,401 --> 00:29:31,103 If Talma's dead, 792 00:29:31,137 --> 00:29:32,771 she was murdered. 793 00:29:38,044 --> 00:29:39,245 Hello. 794 00:29:39,278 --> 00:29:41,814 - Hi. - Oh, hey. 795 00:29:41,848 --> 00:29:43,015 What's on? 796 00:29:43,049 --> 00:29:45,051 Baseball, basketball, football, hockey. 797 00:29:45,084 --> 00:29:46,118 Take your pick. 798 00:29:46,152 --> 00:29:48,520 What, you got to ask? 799 00:29:48,554 --> 00:29:50,456 - Hockey. - That's right. 800 00:29:52,892 --> 00:29:55,561 (sighs) So... 801 00:29:55,594 --> 00:29:57,196 So what is, uh, what is all this 802 00:29:57,229 --> 00:29:59,065 about you, uh, going to temple? 803 00:30:00,199 --> 00:30:02,334 I went once. 804 00:30:02,368 --> 00:30:04,904 Yeah, and? 805 00:30:04,937 --> 00:30:08,174 Thinking I might take a class or two. 806 00:30:08,207 --> 00:30:11,878 You know, I'd be more than happy to talk to you about it. 807 00:30:11,911 --> 00:30:13,112 I mean, I've been to Hebrew school. 808 00:30:13,145 --> 00:30:14,180 I know all the prayers. 809 00:30:14,213 --> 00:30:15,915 Thanks. 810 00:30:15,948 --> 00:30:17,149 (stammering): We'll see how it goes. 811 00:30:17,183 --> 00:30:18,250 I think I'm okay for now. 812 00:30:18,284 --> 00:30:20,552 Right. 813 00:30:20,586 --> 00:30:23,622 Hockey. 814 00:30:23,655 --> 00:30:24,957 (sportscaster talking indistinctly on TV) 815 00:30:27,927 --> 00:30:30,897 I know I'm still new and all, 816 00:30:30,930 --> 00:30:33,165 but is this status quo for you guys? 817 00:30:33,199 --> 00:30:34,166 What's that? 818 00:30:34,200 --> 00:30:36,435 Stalking girls on company time. 819 00:30:40,306 --> 00:30:41,540 My date's home. 820 00:30:41,573 --> 00:30:44,110 Jenny. 821 00:30:46,913 --> 00:30:48,414 You've got to be kidding me. 822 00:30:48,447 --> 00:30:51,250 You do have a way with the ladies. 823 00:30:51,283 --> 00:30:52,584 (siren blaring) 824 00:30:58,490 --> 00:31:00,192 Oh! 825 00:31:05,064 --> 00:31:06,198 (horn honking) 826 00:31:06,232 --> 00:31:07,934 (tires screeching) 827 00:31:11,637 --> 00:31:13,472 Come on, girl, you are not playing chicken with the FBI. 828 00:31:13,505 --> 00:31:16,242 (engine revving) 829 00:31:32,424 --> 00:31:33,625 (handcuffs tightening) 830 00:31:33,659 --> 00:31:35,127 Yeah, she is pretty. 831 00:31:46,372 --> 00:31:48,507 I didn't kill Talma. 832 00:31:48,540 --> 00:31:49,942 I swear. 833 00:31:49,976 --> 00:31:51,543 DAVID: You blamed her for your brother's death. 834 00:31:51,577 --> 00:31:53,479 You wanted revenge. 835 00:31:53,512 --> 00:31:55,347 Anthony was reckless. 836 00:31:55,381 --> 00:31:57,483 He didn't check his gear, 837 00:31:57,516 --> 00:31:58,684 his machines. 838 00:31:58,717 --> 00:32:00,686 He thought that if they worked once, 839 00:32:00,719 --> 00:32:02,554 they always worked. 840 00:32:02,588 --> 00:32:05,424 That's what killed him, and I knew that. 841 00:32:05,457 --> 00:32:07,726 Oh, so it was a coincidence that you were at the show 842 00:32:07,759 --> 00:32:09,261 the night that Talma disappeared? 843 00:32:09,295 --> 00:32:11,530 I mean, the night she was murdered. 844 00:32:11,563 --> 00:32:14,466 Talma dealt with my brother's death differently. 845 00:32:14,500 --> 00:32:17,369 I moved on. 846 00:32:17,403 --> 00:32:19,338 She made it her life's work to court death. 847 00:32:21,473 --> 00:32:23,575 I brought you to the show, 848 00:32:23,609 --> 00:32:25,177 because an old friend asked me to. 849 00:32:25,211 --> 00:32:26,378 I was her assistant, 850 00:32:26,412 --> 00:32:28,314 nothing more. 851 00:32:29,481 --> 00:32:30,749 You helped her out of that box? 852 00:32:30,782 --> 00:32:33,452 As soon as you left, I went under the stage, 853 00:32:33,485 --> 00:32:35,554 removed the hatch. 854 00:32:35,587 --> 00:32:37,323 Talma was covered in her own blood. 855 00:32:37,356 --> 00:32:38,624 When she fell through the trap door, 856 00:32:38,657 --> 00:32:40,059 she hit a metal strut, 857 00:32:40,092 --> 00:32:41,193 tore her leg open. 858 00:32:41,227 --> 00:32:43,062 No, we never found a bloody strut. 859 00:32:43,095 --> 00:32:45,297 She took it, said it added to the mystery. 860 00:32:45,331 --> 00:32:47,299 Look, I wanted to take her 861 00:32:47,333 --> 00:32:49,701 to the hospital, but she insisted she was fine. 862 00:32:49,735 --> 00:32:51,470 We bandaged the leg, 863 00:32:51,503 --> 00:32:54,140 I helped her to her car and she drove off on her own. 864 00:32:54,173 --> 00:32:55,641 Where'd she go? 865 00:32:55,674 --> 00:32:57,209 To Hollywood. 866 00:32:57,243 --> 00:33:01,180 To make sure the second Aquarius was working properly. 867 00:33:01,213 --> 00:33:04,116 I told you, she learned from what happened to my brother. 868 00:33:06,052 --> 00:33:08,287 My job was to get back to you. 869 00:33:11,090 --> 00:33:14,593 You were just supposed to be some... cop. 870 00:33:14,626 --> 00:33:15,527 (chuckles) 871 00:33:17,463 --> 00:33:20,232 I could have gone up to any guy in that bar. 872 00:33:20,266 --> 00:33:21,767 But I was selfish. 873 00:33:23,769 --> 00:33:25,604 I went up to the right one. 874 00:33:26,738 --> 00:33:28,707 Best sucker in the house. 875 00:33:29,841 --> 00:33:32,244 Not what I meant. 876 00:33:40,286 --> 00:33:42,788 She lying? 877 00:33:42,821 --> 00:33:45,457 I doubt it. 878 00:33:45,491 --> 00:33:47,826 But, hey, I'm the last guy you should ask, right? 879 00:33:47,859 --> 00:33:48,527 What are you talking about? 880 00:33:48,560 --> 00:33:50,329 You're the only one I can ask. 881 00:33:50,362 --> 00:33:53,399 Don, send somebody else in there... to talk to her. 882 00:33:55,567 --> 00:33:58,270 Well, either she's very good, 883 00:33:58,304 --> 00:34:00,306 or she does like you. 884 00:34:00,339 --> 00:34:02,040 (sighs) Hmm. 885 00:34:03,142 --> 00:34:05,377 I believe she knew Talma. 886 00:34:05,411 --> 00:34:08,480 I believe she was working with Talma that night. 887 00:34:11,217 --> 00:34:13,685 And I believe there's much better ways 888 00:34:13,719 --> 00:34:16,455 to get payback than to sucker an FBI agent 889 00:34:16,488 --> 00:34:19,258 into watching you kill your target. 890 00:34:19,291 --> 00:34:21,360 - Yeah, I agree with you. - So what do we do with her? 891 00:34:21,393 --> 00:34:24,096 She committed a crime, and she ran. 892 00:34:25,831 --> 00:34:26,832 You make the call. 893 00:34:33,205 --> 00:34:35,574 AMITA: How much have they dismantled? 894 00:34:35,607 --> 00:34:38,310 Well, apparently, the veneer was taken down, 895 00:34:38,344 --> 00:34:39,845 but the guts remain. 896 00:34:39,878 --> 00:34:43,582 The guts, which are usually under the stage 897 00:34:43,615 --> 00:34:46,218 and lead to a panel offstage 898 00:34:46,252 --> 00:34:48,154 where the technician calls the shots. 899 00:34:48,187 --> 00:34:49,788 These must be the fail-safe dials. 900 00:34:49,821 --> 00:34:51,523 Check the glass. 901 00:34:51,557 --> 00:34:53,192 All right, looks like there are 902 00:34:53,225 --> 00:34:55,794 two switches hidden inside the cylinder: 903 00:34:55,827 --> 00:34:59,131 one high and one low. 904 00:34:59,165 --> 00:35:00,532 Water release valves. 905 00:35:00,566 --> 00:35:01,633 And techs indicate they have not been touched. 906 00:35:01,667 --> 00:35:03,902 Makes a good argument for Talma being unconscious. 907 00:35:03,935 --> 00:35:06,472 She couldn't trip the fail-safes. 908 00:35:06,505 --> 00:35:07,606 One, two, three input pipes. 909 00:35:07,639 --> 00:35:08,907 Reconstruction of the apparatus 910 00:35:08,940 --> 00:35:10,909 indicates there should be at least four. 911 00:35:10,942 --> 00:35:12,644 Six if they were playing it safe. 912 00:35:12,678 --> 00:35:14,146 So to fill this cylinder 913 00:35:14,180 --> 00:35:15,714 with three pipes in five seconds... 914 00:35:15,747 --> 00:35:17,583 - Or less. - would require 915 00:35:17,616 --> 00:35:19,451 higher water pressure than we'd anticipated, 916 00:35:19,485 --> 00:35:20,586 extremely high water pressure. 917 00:35:20,619 --> 00:35:22,388 Where does that leave us? 918 00:35:25,391 --> 00:35:26,892 All right, hey. 919 00:35:26,925 --> 00:35:28,160 We don't think Talma was murdered. 920 00:35:28,194 --> 00:35:31,163 No, our findings suggest that higher than intended pressure 921 00:35:31,197 --> 00:35:33,432 was ultimately responsible for Talma's death. 922 00:35:33,465 --> 00:35:35,267 So this is all an accident? 923 00:35:35,301 --> 00:35:37,169 - The flaw was in the machine. - Well, how can you figure 924 00:35:37,203 --> 00:35:39,338 that out if you never even saw the trick being performed? 925 00:35:39,371 --> 00:35:40,439 We used Design Recovery. 926 00:35:40,472 --> 00:35:42,808 It was originally implemented to handle secretive 927 00:35:42,841 --> 00:35:45,944 computer software systems hidden within coding: 928 00:35:45,977 --> 00:35:47,946 illusions, ghosts in the machine. 929 00:35:47,979 --> 00:35:49,948 To a first-time viewer, 930 00:35:49,981 --> 00:35:52,284 a staple looks like a tiny piece of metal 931 00:35:52,318 --> 00:35:54,186 holding your papers together. 932 00:35:54,220 --> 00:35:57,356 But pry it loose and study its dimensions, 933 00:35:57,389 --> 00:35:59,591 how it bends, you realize at some point 934 00:35:59,625 --> 00:36:01,360 it changed shape to achieve its goal. 935 00:36:01,393 --> 00:36:03,195 Put it under a microscope 936 00:36:03,229 --> 00:36:04,496 and you see telltale signs 937 00:36:04,530 --> 00:36:06,798 that it was attached to others of its kind. 938 00:36:06,832 --> 00:36:08,467 Without seeing the staple's origin, 939 00:36:08,500 --> 00:36:10,936 we reverse engineer the unseen machine that put 940 00:36:10,969 --> 00:36:12,371 our tiny little piece of metal to work. 941 00:36:12,404 --> 00:36:15,207 Most likely, Talma climbed in, 942 00:36:15,241 --> 00:36:16,475 and then someone else 943 00:36:16,508 --> 00:36:18,944 started Aquarius. 944 00:36:18,977 --> 00:36:21,613 However, the water filled up too quickly 945 00:36:21,647 --> 00:36:23,215 and she slammed her head 946 00:36:23,249 --> 00:36:24,550 against the glass on the inside. 947 00:36:24,583 --> 00:36:27,653 Added to the blood loss, it knocked her unconscious. 948 00:36:27,686 --> 00:36:29,221 Which is why she never engaged 949 00:36:29,255 --> 00:36:30,989 any of the security devices inside the machine. 950 00:36:31,022 --> 00:36:32,958 DON: Yeah, it doesn't explain the handle, 951 00:36:32,991 --> 00:36:34,393 the fracture, the other person, 952 00:36:34,426 --> 00:36:36,495 why they didn't let her out... 953 00:36:36,528 --> 00:36:37,363 We think they tried. 954 00:36:37,396 --> 00:36:38,897 They pulled the handle, but that failed. 955 00:36:38,930 --> 00:36:39,998 CHARLIE: Yeah, they tried 956 00:36:40,031 --> 00:36:41,600 another way: brute force. 957 00:36:41,633 --> 00:36:43,302 We found this fracture 958 00:36:43,335 --> 00:36:46,405 in the exact structurally weakest place. 959 00:36:46,438 --> 00:36:47,639 It wasn't Talma's head that cracked the glass, 960 00:36:47,673 --> 00:36:50,309 it was probably somebody with a sledgehammer. 961 00:36:50,342 --> 00:36:51,710 So all the signs of attempted murder were actually 962 00:36:51,743 --> 00:36:53,312 evidence that someone tried to save her. 963 00:36:53,345 --> 00:36:55,814 Yeah, and there was only one person, other than Talma, 964 00:36:55,847 --> 00:36:57,883 that had inside knowledge about this trick-- 965 00:36:57,916 --> 00:36:59,818 the man who built it. 966 00:37:04,290 --> 00:37:07,493 COLBY: Magicians have something against track lighting or what? 967 00:37:07,526 --> 00:37:09,261 This place is a lot less threatening 968 00:37:09,295 --> 00:37:09,895 during the day, trust me. 969 00:37:12,764 --> 00:37:13,865 DAVID: Jones? 970 00:37:15,000 --> 00:37:17,936 Don't make us have to come get you! 971 00:37:37,323 --> 00:37:39,925 * 972 00:37:52,338 --> 00:37:53,905 NIKKI (hushed): I think we got him. 973 00:38:24,002 --> 00:38:26,738 What's the matter, there was no bed to hide under? 974 00:38:26,772 --> 00:38:28,574 Got him. 975 00:38:28,607 --> 00:38:29,975 Tried so hard to get her out. 976 00:38:30,008 --> 00:38:31,677 You got to believe me. 977 00:38:31,710 --> 00:38:35,481 An artisan's worst nightmare is to have a trick go wrong. 978 00:38:35,514 --> 00:38:38,550 You gave us Jenny Calandro, knowing she was innocent. 979 00:38:38,584 --> 00:38:39,851 Why didn't you tell us before? 980 00:38:39,885 --> 00:38:40,986 I wanted to, it's just... 981 00:38:41,019 --> 00:38:43,355 she was out cold, 982 00:38:43,389 --> 00:38:45,591 laying there as the water killed her. 983 00:38:45,624 --> 00:38:47,025 - The fail-safes... - We know. 984 00:38:47,058 --> 00:38:49,528 Her chest stopped moving. 985 00:38:49,561 --> 00:38:50,796 I was inches away from her 986 00:38:50,829 --> 00:38:52,664 - when she died. - NIKKI: It was an accident. 987 00:38:52,698 --> 00:38:54,600 All you had to do was come forward. 988 00:38:54,633 --> 00:38:57,536 Oh, and watch my entire career, 989 00:38:57,569 --> 00:38:59,671 my greatest invention, die with her? 990 00:38:59,705 --> 00:39:02,741 Nobody buys illusions that kill you for real. 991 00:39:09,615 --> 00:39:12,451 ALAN: So, hmm, how was that? 992 00:39:12,484 --> 00:39:13,985 Well... 993 00:39:14,019 --> 00:39:15,754 to be honest, Mom's was better. 994 00:39:15,787 --> 00:39:16,922 Oh, come on. 995 00:39:16,955 --> 00:39:18,590 - It's the same recipe. - I'm just saying. 996 00:39:18,624 --> 00:39:20,559 That's all, I'm just saying. 997 00:39:21,927 --> 00:39:25,163 Hey, listen, Donny, um... do you feel 998 00:39:25,196 --> 00:39:26,965 like I cheated you out of something? 999 00:39:28,667 --> 00:39:30,969 We were never a religious family. 1000 00:39:31,002 --> 00:39:32,671 It's not about that. 1001 00:39:32,704 --> 00:39:34,706 I just... I always used to know 1002 00:39:34,740 --> 00:39:38,544 exactly what I was doing, why I was doing it, 1003 00:39:38,577 --> 00:39:41,179 you know, what I wanted and... 1004 00:39:41,212 --> 00:39:44,550 I just... I feel like I'm missing something. 1005 00:39:44,583 --> 00:39:46,718 So, you, um... 1006 00:39:46,752 --> 00:39:49,655 you think, uh, you'll find it by going to temple? 1007 00:39:49,688 --> 00:39:51,156 I don't know. 1008 00:39:51,189 --> 00:39:52,724 I just know where it's not. 1009 00:39:52,758 --> 00:39:54,125 You know, it's not in the job. 1010 00:39:54,159 --> 00:39:55,561 I know, but I... I never... 1011 00:39:55,594 --> 00:39:59,130 taught you about, you know, God and... 1012 00:39:59,164 --> 00:40:00,799 or gave you that choice. 1013 00:40:00,832 --> 00:40:02,033 No, you did. 1014 00:40:02,067 --> 00:40:04,636 You know, look where I'm looking for it. 1015 00:40:04,670 --> 00:40:06,071 Right. 1016 00:40:07,706 --> 00:40:10,642 So, um... that's it? 1017 00:40:10,676 --> 00:40:11,910 That's all I got. 1018 00:40:11,943 --> 00:40:13,512 I cooked, you do the dishes. 1019 00:40:13,545 --> 00:40:14,913 (grumbling) Don't look at your phone 1020 00:40:14,946 --> 00:40:16,748 as if it's gonna ring and save you. 1021 00:40:16,782 --> 00:40:18,183 Just do the dishes. 1022 00:40:22,621 --> 00:40:24,523 This is hardly a romantic spot. 1023 00:40:24,556 --> 00:40:25,757 It's not a romantic spot. 1024 00:40:25,791 --> 00:40:26,625 It's a learning spot. 1025 00:40:26,658 --> 00:40:27,726 Help me with this. 1026 00:40:27,759 --> 00:40:29,728 Amita? 1027 00:40:29,761 --> 00:40:33,231 I want to show you what I see in magic. 1028 00:40:33,264 --> 00:40:34,900 - Uh, I see a harness. - Yes. 1029 00:40:34,933 --> 00:40:36,968 Um... 1030 00:40:37,002 --> 00:40:39,004 go over there to the switchboard. 1031 00:40:41,106 --> 00:40:43,074 Flip switch seven. 1032 00:40:43,108 --> 00:40:44,876 Uh, hey, are we sure this is safe? 1033 00:40:44,910 --> 00:40:47,646 Well, we know the design better than anybody. 1034 00:40:47,679 --> 00:40:48,647 (clanging, rumbling) 1035 00:40:48,680 --> 00:40:49,648 * 1036 00:40:49,681 --> 00:40:50,916 Eight. 1037 00:40:50,949 --> 00:40:53,752 * The world and everything... 1038 00:40:53,785 --> 00:40:55,721 Nine. 1039 00:40:57,155 --> 00:40:58,957 Ten. 1040 00:40:58,990 --> 00:41:02,227 * 1041 00:41:07,966 --> 00:41:13,238 * At least they have the stars... * 1042 00:41:13,271 --> 00:41:15,807 Do you see it yet? 1043 00:41:15,841 --> 00:41:16,775 * Tonight 1044 00:41:16,808 --> 00:41:26,251 * At least they have the stars tonight * 1045 00:41:26,284 --> 00:41:36,795 * At least they have the stars tonight. *