FRANK: Previously on Hardy Boys...
- My entire estate passes to my eldest grandson, Francis.
OLIVIA: Laura stumbled onto something bigger than The Circle.
- Why did she run from me at the warehouse?
- Maybe she wasn't running from you.
She ran when she heard Sam's voice on the megaphone.
- I'm going to Rosegrave. - What do you possibly have to gain?
CALLIE: It's just something I have to do.
- I am your roommate, Drew.
I know what this place is.
Let's talk about why you were trying to get into the Sleep Room.
- So I've been thinking about it.
I think I'm going to tell Biff I like her.
JOE: Where's the scrolls?
Where's Frank? FRANK: The Circle of the Eye will rise again.
[explosion, debris rumbling]
- I know you double-crossed us.
And now...
I want to know who I'm talking to.
♪
♪ ominous music playing ♪
[electricity whirring]
- My heavens.
[electricity glitching]
PILOT: Mayday! I'm going down!
- No!
[distorted] No!
[grinding]
♪ dramatic music playing ♪
♪
- Now... where are you?
- I didn't want to have to do this.
[heavy breathing]
- You left me no choice. [cocks gun]
- You're not going to shoot me.
[gunshot]
[both grunting]
[Joe grunting]
[Frank grunts]
[Joe grunts]
[shouting]
[Joe gasping, panting]
[Joe grunts]
[Joe chokes, grunts]
[Frank grunts]
[both grunt]
JOE: Guys, head's up!
[both grunt]
[all panting]
CHET: Hold him! Hold him! [Frank shouts]
- Where's Frank? Is he alive?
What'd you do to him? CHET: So you were right?
This is Aaron Munder? - Not exactly.
I was only half right. It's definitely not Frank.
But he's not Aaron Munder.
Everybody...
my great grandpa, George Estabrook.
♪ mysterious theme playing ♪
- How'd you figure that out?
- Frank's been acting weird lately.
Talking weird, dressing weird.
I thought it was just because he was messed up from the crystal.
I mean, come on. Taking over Frank's body
must have been part of some elaborate plan with George and Grandma.
He faked his death so he could hide in the crystal for years
and come back as Frank.
It's the only thing that makes sense.
- Oh, that's the only thing that makes sense?
- Well, only one way to find out.
Let's tie him up. Get him talking.
- The codexes and the scrolls are all here but no sign of the crystal.
[Frank grunting]
- Right. Right. Forward.
Left. Down, down, down. Push till it clicks.
It's another relic.
- Kind of looks like a rock.
[Frank sighs] - Phil, can you decipher this other code?
- Uh, I think so.
- Yeah, they look the same. [Frank scoffs]
- George already had the crystal,
but the other relic was still out there.
He came back as Frank to get it.
- Okay, cool plan. But then what?
He's going to build some kind of weird machine?
JOE: What are you talking about?
- You don't see it? All the nodes and circuits?
JOE: You're right. It's not just a map.
It's a schematic. - Yeah, but for what?
- Why don't we find out?
CALLIE: So what do you know about the Sleep Room?
- I checked it out earlier.
There's no keyhole, no deadbolt, no number pad.
It's got to be an electronic lock.
But the button's not working, so the signal
to the locking mechanism, it must've been rerouted.
[Callie scoffs] [footsteps approaching]
- Hide. Go. - Oh!
[Drew clears throat] DEAN: Miss Darrow!
You can't be in here after dark.
DREW: Hm.
- What are you doing?
- Couldn't sleep. Thought I'd take a walk.
- You're here all by yourself? - Uh, yes.
Unfortunately.
This program is full of squares
who wouldn't dare break your arbitrary rules.
- Back to your dorm, immediately.
- Yes, Dean.
[phone ringing]
[Jesse sighs]
- Chief Hooper.
I'll be right there.
TRUDY: What happened?
- The Chamber down in the mines collapsed.
- [sighs] Again?
I should check on the kids.
- No, no. Get some sleep.
This has nothing to do with them.
I'm sure they're fine.
JOE: I'm gonna ask again.
I'm gonna keep asking until I get what I want.
Where's Frank? Is he alive? How do we get him back?
What are you building? [Frank chuckles]
- Oh, come on, George.
You went through so much trouble.
It's got to be special, right? Powerful?
So what is it?
Weapon of mass destruction?
Portal to another dimension? Oh, a time machine, right?
- Oh, man. Imagine!
- What's the point of the map anyway?
It's your handwriting, your code.
And didn't you draw it yourself?
Why tear it up and hide it in a bunch of different places?
Why not just go get whatever the map leads to?
- Just tell us what the map is for!
[Frank sighs]
- Oh, I get it.
He doesn't know.
- Isn't he supposed to be some kind of genius?
- Maybe he's getting senile.
- Maybe the crystal fried his brain.
- Maybe he was just never as smart as he thought he was.
- I put my faith in The Eye.
It showed me my destiny.
And everything else will unfold exactly how it's supposed to.
[grunts]
- You kidding me, dude?
You're doing this off of a vision?
Off a hunch? - Easy, easy, easy.
It's still Frank's body. We gotta keep him in one piece.
- [chuckles] What a loyal band of misfits you all are.
I've been watching you.
It'd be admirable. You know, if it wasn't so pathetic.
I understand why you're here, Joe.
Forget the fact your older brother is, uh, collateral damage.
You're just-- you're an incessant little pest, you know, chasing glory.
And, Phil.
You're just an insecure loser trying to impress Biff.
- What? - Wha-wha-what? That-that's not--
Uh, I'm not insecure.
- But he does love you. He's been telling everyone.
And why are you here, Biff?
Perhaps for the same reason as Belinda, I presume.
Trying to fill the endless void
inside of you created by your broken homes.
- Excuse me?
- Neither of you have functioning families.
- Listen, old man, a lot has changed since 19-dickity.
You don't know anything about us, or our families.
- We're functioning just fine. Thanks.
- You keep telling yourself that.
You know, truthfully, the only person
I haven't quite figured out yet is you, Chet.
But perhaps that's because you haven't quite figured
yourself out yet.
What's in this for you?
It-it can't just be that you have no direction of your own,
no future plans for yourself or nothing better to do.
Can it?
Why do you care about any of this?
Just walk away.
- [exhales] Listen, George, you probably had a lot of people
running with you back in the day.
Colleagues, employees, co-conspirators.
But were any of them friends?
Have you ever really had a friend in your entire sad life?
I'm guessing not, because anyone that's had a friend
wouldn't ask why I care.
- Sooner or later, you're going to have to face
the hard choices.
You're not all making it out alive.
- Okay, enough mind games.
Where's Frank? Is he alive? How do we get him back?
[Frank chuckles softly]
- You can wipe that smug smile right off your face
'cause you're gonna tell me.
Somehow, someway.
And whatever it takes, I'm gonna make you sing, Estabrook.
Man, he's really not talking.
Hey, hey, Look alive. Look alive.
Did you decode the scroll? - Uh, I-I think so.
- Don't think, Phil. Do. - Okay, um,
the crystal scroll says, "The vessel is the power."
- Yeah, we know that already. - And-and I think--
I mean, [chuckles] I-I do think-- - Phil?
- This one says, "The power is the Core."
- The Core? - So the next relic we're looking for is a Core?
- I think your decoding is just a little bit rusty.
- How are we doing with the rest of the map? - Real bad.
- This isn't like cartography in the Sea Cadets.
I've never seen anything like it before.
- Probably so that if anyone other than George were to find it,
they wouldn't be able to solve it.
- Which is exactly what's happening.
So, you know, pretty good plan.
- We have zero leverage. He holds all the cards.
[Chet sighs]
- Not all of them. Keep an eye on George.
Keep working on the map. I'll be right back.
- Where are you going? - I just gotta get something from home.
Somebody called Callie. Tell her the good news.
- What good news? - Frank didn't break up with her!
- Hey. Missed you in class.
- I had other stuff to do. - [scoffs] Um,
I just wanted to say thanks for covering for me with the dean.
You didn't need to do that but I'm glad you did.
Can't really afford to get kicked out on day one.
- Because you haven't gotten to the Sleep Room yet?
To do what, exactly?
Okay. - I don't want to drag you into my mess.
DREW: Well, I wouldn't worry about that.
I have a mess of my own. [chuckles]
- So you weren't just snooping? This is personal for you, too?
♪ mysterious music playing ♪
- My dad... [chuckles] is a major computer nerd.
I used to watch him and my brother build computers,
and my brother was a lot older
and my dad always seemed to have more time for him.
But my brother always had time for me.
He... made time for me.
He taught me how to build computers and how to code. [chuckles]
But then he went away to school... here, at Rosegrave. [slight chuckle]
He died that fall.
In his dorm room.
They said it was a brain aneurysm.
- Project Midnight.
Your brother was Patient. A.
- I just called him Orrin.
- I am so sorry.
- I-I was just a kid, but I never bought that aneurysm story.
So I started digging into this place.
I want justice for my brother.
I think I can unlock the Sleep Room door, remotely.
- Are you serious?
[phone ringing]
- It's about time. Where are you? I've been worried sick.
FENTON [on phone]: Hey, Trudy, it's me.
- Oh, Fenton. Sorry, I, I thought--
FENTON: Listen, I was wrong about Olivia Kowalski.
We're working together now. Do you still have the codexes?
Are they safe? - Uh...
[sighs] The boys must have found them.
FENTON: Are the boys okay? Did they get the codexes open?
- What? I don't know.
But the boys didn't come home last night,
and the Chamber collapsed again.
And apparently there's been
some sort of robbery at the Heritage Museum,
and I-- I'm just really starting to think--
FENTON: Hey, Trudy, it's okay.
The boys can handle themselves.
They've got their friends if someone gets hurt.
- I'm not worried they're hurt, Fenton.
I'm worried they're involved.
FENTON: Then you need to find them.
Make sure they're okay. Make sure they keep those codexes safe.
I'm counting on you, Trudy.
[Trudy sighs heavily]
[line disconnects]
SAM: Hey. I got here as soon as I could.
- Thanks for coming, Sam.
- What is this place?
- It's a DSA safehouse. [sighs]
Olivia Kowalski, she's an intelligence agent.
It's what she's been working on.
- Is she here? - No. No, no.
She, uh, she's out chasing down a lead.
Gave us time to talk, about Laura.
Day of the accident,
that call that you got,
who was it told you that it was Laura's body in the car?
- Dispatch. Why?
- Whoever's body it was, it wasn't Laura's in the car.
They just wanted me to think it was.
But I guess you already knew that, didn't you?
- [chuckles] Okay.
I can see you're going through something, but--
- How did you know that it was me at the Grand Hotel?
How did you know that I was at the warehouse
where Laura showed up? Tell me everything.
- Whatever you think I did--
- I think you destroyed my family!
And I want to know everyone who's involved.
Everyone! - I am your friend, Fenton!
I've always been your friend!
I went with you to the crash site.
I checked in on the boys when you were away.
I helped you find McFarlane. I got you off murder charges.
If Laura is alive, then we need to talk to the coroner
who was at the crash site.
- We? - Yeah.
I don't remember his name, but that's him.
And I'm starting to think he's not a corner at all.
♪ dramatic music ♪
[birds chirping]
- So you're in love with me? - What? What? No, no, no.
Evil Frank is messing with us.
He's, he's trying to get in our heads,
and if we keep talking about it, his plan's gonna work.
You, uh, you weren't supposed to find out like that.
I'm sorry.
- Don't be sorry. I like you, Phil, just...
Not like--
I-I don't know.
- Yeah. Yeah, th-that's okay.
- Um... I have to go meet my sister now.
- Okay. Good luck.
[grunts]
- Man, I looked everywhere except for the damn vent.
You never should have kept that thing, Joe.
The Eye's dangerous. It's what got us all into this mess.
- Yeah, and it's gonna be the thing that gets us out.
We need Frank back. We need to work together.
- We are working together. - No, we need to work with George.
- How? - I'm gonna make a deal.
[door bell jingles]
- Elizabeth?
- Hi. - It's really nice to meet you.
I'm Tess. - Yeah.
Uh-- Oh, you can just call me Biff, by the way. Everyone does.
[both laugh]
- Oh, I'm really glad you called.
- I'm glad you came.
- Yeah, um, I'm sorry that my mom--
I mean,
our mom, couldn't be here.
I know she's the one you really wanted to meet.
- I would have wanted to meet you, too.
I just-- I didn't know you existed.
Did you know about me?
- I don't remember you 'cause I was little.
But I did know about you.
I mean, [chuckles] Dad used to talk about you, like, all the time.
I think that's why he wanted to be buried here in Bridgeport.
To be near you.
[sighs] I wish you could have met him.
I mean, he was a really good dad.
He was the one I could always count on.
- I'm sorry you lost him.
- Me too.
- So, um, Abigail, she's not-- - Around?
No. She tried, in her own way.
But I guess some people just aren't meant to be moms.
It's okay, though. That's just how it goes sometimes.
Hey, I'm sorry. This is such a bummer.
[laughs] Do you want to get something to eat?
I mean, it's a little bit early for lunch, but how about pie?
- Yeah, I love pie.
- And you can tell me more about you.
- Why did you make the map so frustrating, George? Huh?
- I drew it in a fugue state.
I was under the influence of The Eye.
- Nothing's easy with you, is it?
Oh, and by the way, it's not cool what you did
blurting out that I'm in love with Biff like that. BELINDA: Mm-hmm.
- I'm telling you, Joe, this is a mistake.
- Torture? - No, worse.
He wants to negotiate. - Yep.
- Give me the room. BELINDA: Of course.
- I'm about to make you a pretty sweet deal.
So this is the part where you say, "I'm listening."
- Not interested.
- Don't jump to conclusions.
You don't even know what I'm offering.
We work together. [Frank scoffs]
- We'll help you find the last relic if you promise
to give up Frank's body when you do.
- It's more complicated than that.
- Well, let's uncomplicate it.
- You lied to me.
- You body-snatched my brother.
Don't get high and mighty about it.
Does it need to be Frank?
- I don't understand the question.
- Does it need to be Frank's body you're in?
- Yes! - Does it, though?
Or is that just your interpretation of what you saw?
Your way of getting Gloria to will you the codexes
without raising any suspicion. Then what?
Jet off to your private island and live out the rest
of your days in your great-grandson's body?
- You know about the private island?
- You actually have an island? Who inherited that?
[Frank sighs]
- Right. We have the codexes. We assembled the map.
We even know what we're looking for.
It seems to me you could be anybody.
- I suppose that's true.
- Look. The codexes, the map, the relics,
that's all stuff you want.
I just want my brother back.
So take the deal. Let's get you a new body.
- Whose body?
- I don't care, George. I'm an incessant pest, remember?
Maybe Aaron Munder. Or a coma patient. You know,
let's dig up a grave and get you a zombie body.
Literally anybody other than Frank.
Where's Frank? Is he alive?
How do we get him back?
- He's in the crystal.
Alive, but you're going to have to go in and get him.
- Told you you'd talk.
Okay. We gotta call Callie, 'cause getting Frank back
means getting into the Sleep Room, and-- Ah!
[distorted whirring]
[whimpers]
- What happened? What did it show you?
[Joe panting]
- I saw someone steal a piece of your crystal.
♪
JESSE: Well, Mr. Cox, it's your lucky day.
You're not being charged with the robbery
at the Heritage Museum.
- That's good. [exhales]
'Cause I was just walking past when your thugs jumped me.
Quick question.
Who sprung me? JESSE: I'm surprised you don't know,
but, uh, someone wants you back on the streets very badly.
You either have powerful friends or powerful enemies.
- [chuckling] Ha.
You know, I bet that that release paperwork must take hours.
- I'll have you on your way shortly. JB: No rush.
Take your time.
I'm happy to just lie here, think about what I did, or
didn't do, in this case.
- I can't believe your mom is chief of police.
- I know. Buzzkill, right?
- No, it's a good job. And she seems great.
- She is. But every time I'm in trouble, she's the first to know.
[both chuckle]
[door bell jingles]
- Biff! Where is everyone?
The Chamber collapsed last night. Tell me you weren't there.
- Um...
- Is that today? Is this...?
- This is Tess, my sister.
- Hi.
So nice to meet you, Tess. I'm Trudy.
I'm Biff's mom's girlfriend.
- It's nice to meet you, too.
- I don't wanna interrupt any more than I already am.
Where are Frank and Joe?
- I think they're at Chet's. - No, not there.
- Belinda's? - Why don't you just tell me
where they are since you're clearly covering for them?
- They're at Gloria's. - [sighs] Why?
They can't just hang out there. I'm gonna go there now.
It was really nice to meet you, Tess.
[slight chuckle]
- So you have two cool moms? - Yeah. [chuckles]
I guess I do. - [chuckles] I'm happy for you.
- Tell me what you saw. Who stole the crystal fragment?
- Some guy in a black suit.
- That's not very specific.
- I'm telling you what I saw.
Okay. He knew where it was and he took it.
So it had to have been someone you trusted.
- You're bluffing.
None of my people would have betrayed me.
- What makes you so sure? - I never gave them the opportunity.
- I think you've been gone a long time.
Maybe not everything went according to your little plan.
- Yet here I am.
- Come on, George. Not even a little worried?
Someone else knew. Someone seized an opportunity.
You couldn't have done all this by yourself.
You had to trust someone.
We know it wasn't Gloria. So who was it?
Fine. Don't tell me. I'll figure it out myself.
Frank said there was a chauffeur on the beach
when you found the crystal.
Must have been a pilot on the plane that crashed.
- Deductive reasoning. How quaint.
- Had to have been one of 'em.
- You're chasing ghosts. My pilot never knew my plan.
His instructions were to take the relic to a safe place.
I ensured he never reached that destination.
- You crashed your own plane? [phone ringing]
BELINDA: I'll get it. It might be Callie.
- What about your chauffeur?
You trusted him enough to take him on your little treasure hunt.
Maybe he got greedy.
- No. He was a loyal servant.
He brought the crystal and the codexes to Gloria
with instructions on where to hide them.
After that, he was just another loose end.
- Grandma's message.
She said she tied up all the loose ends.
You really think
that Gloria would murder your chauffeur for you?
- Gloria would do anything for my approval.
- Eh... My grandma was a lot of things.
I don't think she was a murderer.
- That was Biff. Trudy's incoming.
PHIL: Did she tell you how it went with her sister?
- You know, we didn't get to that much, Phil--
- Lock him in the secret room! - Trudy, help! [muffled yells]
- Aunt Trudy, hey!
[muffled shouting]
- Do you have any idea how worried I've been?
You didn't come home last night.
- Neither did you.
- You know I was sleeping at Jesse's.
For all I know, you could have been in the Chamber
when it collapsed.
Who was screaming? - No one.
- It sounded like Frank.
- Frank's not here. My voice is getting deeper.
- Where is Frank?
What are all of you up to? [group muttering]
TRUDY: Did you steal my codexes? - Technically they're Frank's codexes.
- Did you get them open? - No, they're really tricky.
And that's why Frank's not here.
- He's at the library.
- Researching symbols and stuff.
- He'll probably be a while.
- Look, I'm not unreasonable, okay?
I know you're not little kids,
but if I give you an inch, don't take a mile.
You can write a note. It's not that hard.
- We will. We will. We're sorry.
- And you can't just hang out here.
It's not your little clubhouse.
Do you need help with the codexes? I'm, I'm pretty good at puzzles.
- Frank's got them at the library.
We'll clean up, and we'll be on our way.
ALL: Bye. JOE: We're right behind you!
[door shuts] BELINDA: Okay.
[door creaking]
JOE: Come on, come on!
[all panting]
CHET: Where'd he go?
JOE: [sighs] Dammit.
[panting]
[door creaks shut]
[indistinct chatter]
JESSE: Check the perimeter and head back to the station.
Frank?
What are you doing here? This is a crime scene.
- I'm just, um, I'm looking for some clues.
- You're coming with me. Now.
[Frank sighs]
- Okay. We need to hurry.
He has the codexes, and the map... and Frank's body.
- Okay, you guys go.
We'll stay behind in case he circles back. - No.
BELINDA: Yeah. Okay. - Alright, let's go.
- Come on, let's go! [Phil sighs]
- What are you waiting for, Phil? - I'm sorry if I take a beat
before dropping into a spooky, dark hole to who knows where.
[Belinda/Joe groan]
- Just... ugh!
I said it a million times.
Why would George build a secret room he couldn't even close the door to?
- Would have been nice to know about it before we left him in there all alone.
Wait!
You don't think evil Frank is out there waiting to jump us
and leave us for dead, do you? - Don't call him evil Frank.
He's not even Frank.
- What do you want me to call him? - I don't know.
Frankengeorge. - But Frank isn't in George.
George is in Frank. - Georgenfrank isn't a name.
- Neither is Frankengeorge. - Whatever! [sighs]
MAN: Do you smell that? [indistinct chatter]
- Okay. Well, all of The Circle of The Eye families
had their own secret entrance to the Chamber.
This has to be the Estabrook one.
- Do you think he got away?
- Leave your bag here.
- Why? Am I under arrest?
- No.
It's just a safety issue.
- I want my lawyer.
- You have a lawyer?
[scoffs]
- No, but I'm a minor.
And I know you need my guardian to question me.
- Okay, well, then, I'll call your dad or your Aunt Trudy,
and we'll wait until one of them shows up.
[clears throat]
- Never mind. [hangs up phone]
- What do you want to talk to me about?
- Are you okay, Frank?
- Let's just get this over with.
♪ ominous music playing ♪
- Sorry. Were you waiting long?
- A little while. It's not a big deal.
- No, it's a very big deal. And I promise you,
I want to hear every detail about how it went with Tess.
I just have to take care of this first.
- Yeah, I get it. It's a crazy day.
- You're okay? - I'm good. It was good.
- Okay. I'll be right back.
[phone ringing]
- Callie? BIFF [on phone]: No, it's Biff.
Why is Frank, or George, or whatever,
why is he being questioned by the cops?
- Oh, you found him. Biff found Frank!
Okay, listen. He has the map and codexes in his bag.
- I think I can get it.
Just got to wait until the coast is clear.
- Okay, we're on our way.
- So, all of the Rosegrave computers are linked together
via a central server.
They can all talk to each other, which basically means--
- They're networked.
- Yeah. Wow. Most people don't get it
and I have to over-explain.
- Story of my life.
- [chuckles] So, students don't have access to the server.
But if I link in my laptop,
I can bypass the restrictions and reset the admin profile.
Then, I'll go into security software,
scan for digital lock coding,
trace the path for any physical hardware--
- And disable the electronic lock on the door to the Sleep Room.
- Yeah, in theory.
- How long do you think it'll take? DREW: We're in.
SAM: You sure this is his lab?
FENTON: It's the address from the newspaper article.
SAM: It looks deserted.
FENTON: Looks like our doctor left in a hurry.
SAM: I don't like this, Fent.
FENTON: Hey, hold up.
Let's check down there. SAM: Yeah.
- Let me know if you see any signs of Laura.
SAM: All right.
♪ tense music playing ♪
♪ tense music ♪
- Three hundred and forty-four.
Three hundred and forty-four days since Laura disappeared.
[door slams] - Hey! Hey!
Hey!
Sam! Sam!
[indistinct chatter]
- Where were you last night, Frank?
- I was at home with Joe.
- The Chamber collapsed last night. People died.
- That's tragic.
- It wasn't an accident. It was detonated.
- Why are you telling me all of this?
- Because we have a witness who says
they saw local hero Frank Hardy
running from the scene moments after the collapse.
- I was at home.
- Okay, Mr. Cox.
Police paperwork is all done. You don't have to go home.
[phone ringing]
- But you can't stay here. Bridgeport PD?
Um... let me see.
His car's not here, so...
Hang on, let me check the schedule.
Yeah, he's scheduled to be in this afternoon, but...
so far, nothing. Okay. [Biff sighs]
- So, Frank's acting real weird. - Oh, really?
Oh, I-I-- - Is there something I need to know?
- No.
No, I mean, he's going through a lot right now.
His grandma just died.
His dad's gone again, and he just broke up with Callie.
- I'm gonna call Trudy.
♪ eerie music playing ♪
- Oh!
This place is much creepier than I expected.
- You're not the only one who lost someone
to Project Midnight, you know.
- What do you mean?
- My boyfriend, or ex-boyfriend now?
Frank.
- Frank Hardy. - Yeah.
Since we transferred him back from the crystal,
Frank hasn't been acting like himself.
It's hard to explain,
but all I know is when I looked into Frank's eyes...
I didn't see someone who loved me.
- Damn, that's cold.
[Callie sighs]
- So if Frank's not Frank, then who do you think he is?
- Well, up until now,
I was thinking it had to be Aaron Munder.
- Wait, until now?
- Now I'm thinking there's a chance it could be your brother.
- My brother died. - Maybe that's just what they said.
- Okay. Why would my brother or-or anyone else pretend to be Frank?
- [sighs] Good question.
- Yeah, I hope that your boy Frank is worth all of this trouble.
- If the tables were turned, he'd come for me.
- True love, huh?
Gross. - It's not just that.
Things changed when the Hardy Boys came to Bridgeport.
I've never had friends like the ones I have now.
I'd do anything for them.
- Anything except tell them that you're here to save Frank?
- I'm doing all this on a pretty wild hunch.
I don't need anyone thinking I'm crazy.
- [groans] I hate that word.
Why is it always women that are crazy?
You know, when men do something extreme,
they are called visionaries.
CALLIE: Hm.
Mm... um.
- That a good "mm"?
- Well, the room's pulling power,
but the machine isn't firing up.
[clicks button]
- Uh, what are you doing? - I think...
I just found your problem.
- It must have been fried by the shockwave.
- Frank, you're free to go.
Jesse shouldn't have been talking to you without me here.
- What happened to the eyewitness?
- The witness was wrong.
Apparently, it happens all the time. You okay?
- Yes. I just want to go home.
- I know you weren't home last night.
- I wasn't in the Chamber.
I didn't do anything wrong.
- Just stay here. I'm going to talk to Jesse, and then we can go home.
[door shuts]
- Did you get the bag? - Uh, about that,
I ran into a slightly huge problem.
CHET: We'll cut him off! Go, go, go, go.
[Frank panting]
[both grunting]
FRANK: Joe, give it to me!
- Ah! [groans]
- Give it to me! Give it to me!
FRANK: Give it to me!
CHET: Hey.
- No. No! [Joe wheezing]
[grunts]
[all panting, groaning]
QUILL: That's quite enough, gang.
Dust yourselves off and get in the car.
We have much to discuss.
- What makes you think we're gonna get in a car with a stranger?
- I hear you're quite the detectives.
I'd like to retain your services.
♪
[birds chirping]
- Oh, thank you.
- Sure. Make yourself at home.
- Why don't you tell us your name, while you're at it?
- My name is Cadmus Quill.
My employer has had a keen interest in what
the two of you have been up to since you discovered The Eye.
- And who is your employer?
- He prefers to remain anonymous,
but he has eyes everywhere and a vast reach.
- Mm. Someone who can get an eyewitness to forget
what they saw last night.
- It didn't suit our needs
to have you gummed up in the justice system.
- Does that mean you actually were at the Chamber last night?
- I didn't blow it up, if that's what you're implying.
- Now I'm thinking you did.
- Ah, this bickering seems tangential to my immediate purpose.
- Which is what?
- My employer has contracted others to track down the codexes,
including Mr. Cox.
But it's become increasingly clear
the best people to complete this task are the two of you.
By my calculations, you have collected all the codexes
and assembled the map. Correct?
My employer wants what's at the end of it.
The final relic. The Core.
Get it for him, and this can end once and for all.
- Those are my relics. I'm not giving them to anyone else.
- Yeah, I hate to say it, especially since me and Frank
haven't exactly been seeing eye-to-eye recently.
But I see no upside to giving up what we find to you
and your mystery man.
[Quill chuckles]
- Well, we're willing to give you both
the thing you want most.
I'll be in touch.
[door opens]
[door shuts]
- It's CCTV footage.
- Who is it?
- It's Mom.
- Okay. I don't wanna presume to know what you're thinking
but if you're thinking--
- We need to work together. - I knew you were gonna say that.
- You mean with Frankengeorge? - Who?
- You, idiot!
- No way. We can't do that. JOE: We have to.
BIFF: Again? - Guys, this is way bigger than we thought.
I mean, when, when Frank told me he was gonna use the power
to get what he wanted most, to get Mom back,
I didn't believe him. But now... - I don't understand.
Where has she been and why hasn't she come home?
- The only way to figure that out is to deliver the relic.
- You're assuming I'm agreeing to all this.
- Would you prefer we just keep beating you up?
- Those are my relics. - And you can't find them without the map.
- Which is where? - JB stole it.
- You said you could get it.
- He got to it first. - We need to get it back.
I assume your offer still stands.
- Are we really still talking about trusting this guy?
- Feels misguided. - Feels like a trick.
- Better to trust the devil you know
than to let the relics fall into the wrong hands.
- You are the wrong hands.
- You need me more than I need you.
- He's right. He knows more than us.
Teaming up is our best shot.
Guys, I need to know the truth behind my mom.
And the only way to do that, is to get the last relic.
So we need to get the map from JB.
Just one thing I got to do first.
- What's that?
- Get my brother back. [grunts]
CHET: Whoa, wha-what? [Joe exhales]
- Oh, thank goodness.
- You really thought I was gonna make a deal with that guy?
- Well, so much for keeping Frank's body in one piece.
[exhales]
[insects chirping] [owl hoots]
[indistinct chatter] - Wait. Do you hear that?
- Someone's in our room.
[Callie gasps]
- I knew it. Frank isn't Frank. He's Aaron Munder.
- No, it's, uh, it's way worse than that.
♪ tense music plays ♪
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