1 00:00:25,860 --> 00:00:28,070 Mr maleeni. 2 00:00:28,154 --> 00:00:30,531 Hey, guy. You ready to rumble? 3 00:00:30,615 --> 00:00:34,368 If by "rumble" you mean "perform", yes, I am. 4 00:00:34,452 --> 00:00:38,206 Cool. You know how they said you get $125 for the day? 5 00:00:38,289 --> 00:00:43,711 It's gonna be 75 instead. The gate's for crap. But the show's got to go on, right? 6 00:00:43,794 --> 00:00:46,130 This will be my greatest show ever. 7 00:00:47,048 --> 00:00:48,633 Right on. 8 00:00:48,716 --> 00:00:52,011 (Applause) 9 00:00:52,136 --> 00:00:55,556 Ladies and gentlemen, damas y caballeros, 10 00:00:55,640 --> 00:00:59,894 I aim today not just to entertain, but to educate, 11 00:00:59,977 --> 00:01:02,146 to instruct and inform 12 00:01:02,230 --> 00:01:07,485 in the venerable and ancient history of my art. 13 00:01:07,610 --> 00:01:12,823 Until Johann nepomuk hofsinzer called playing cards "the poetry of magic", 14 00:01:13,324 --> 00:01:18,996 a conjurer's skill was determined entirely by his ability to perform one effect. 15 00:01:20,081 --> 00:01:23,292 That effect was known as "the cups and balls". 16 00:01:23,417 --> 00:01:27,255 The games were known for hundreds, if not thousands, of years. 17 00:01:27,338 --> 00:01:31,133 Perhaps the greatest performer was the Italian bartolomeo bosco. 18 00:01:31,217 --> 00:01:34,178 Get on with it! 19 00:01:37,848 --> 00:01:41,894 Bosco's passes with the cups and balls. 20 00:01:44,272 --> 00:01:46,357 Vade... 21 00:01:49,193 --> 00:01:51,279 Chubio... 22 00:01:54,115 --> 00:01:55,574 Celeriter. 23 00:01:55,700 --> 00:02:00,705 Three gone... and yet three return. 24 00:02:01,831 --> 00:02:05,584 Bosco had only one contemporary rival, a frenchman named conus, 25 00:02:05,668 --> 00:02:10,131 who announced in that he would make his wife, who was five foot seven, 26 00:02:10,214 --> 00:02:12,800 appear under one of the cups. 27 00:02:12,883 --> 00:02:16,887 Practise though I have, I have been unable even to get married. 28 00:02:16,971 --> 00:02:20,141 Ha_.ha_.ha! 29 00:02:20,891 --> 00:02:23,728 Conus placed one ball in his pocket. 30 00:02:23,853 --> 00:02:26,272 He put the second ball away. 31 00:02:26,355 --> 00:02:29,608 Putting the third ball in his hand, he made it vanish, 32 00:02:29,692 --> 00:02:35,656 and that's the mystery of the cups... and the balls. 33 00:02:38,784 --> 00:02:42,788 Yo! Can't you do anything that ain't a hundred years old? 34 00:02:42,872 --> 00:02:46,334 That ain't old-school, that's decrepit! 35 00:02:46,417 --> 00:02:49,462 Young man, shall I come heckle you on your job? 36 00:02:49,587 --> 00:02:53,549 Make sure you count out the requisite number of McNuggets? 37 00:02:53,632 --> 00:02:56,177 Show me something. 38 00:02:56,260 --> 00:02:59,597 Come on. Show me something! 39 00:03:02,183 --> 00:03:07,063 A callow challenge to be met by experience and skill. 40 00:03:07,813 --> 00:03:10,399 To wit, the Egyptian dedi, 41 00:03:10,483 --> 00:03:16,364 whose most celebrated feat was to reattach a recently severed head, 42 00:03:16,447 --> 00:03:22,703 reuniting it with a still-warm body, and no harm done. 43 00:03:22,787 --> 00:03:26,791 Western history knows three previous attempts 44 00:03:26,874 --> 00:03:29,960 at recreating this noachian feat, 45 00:03:30,836 --> 00:03:34,965 each of the three ending in tragedy. 46 00:03:35,633 --> 00:03:38,052 This will be the fourth. 47 00:03:38,135 --> 00:03:41,889 May I have complete silence, please? 48 00:03:57,071 --> 00:04:00,991 Yeah! Signor maleeni! 49 00:04:01,075 --> 00:04:02,535 Whoo-hoo! 50 00:04:02,993 --> 00:04:06,789 (Pa) Let's give it up for the amazing maleeni. 51 00:04:12,628 --> 00:04:15,047 Guy, you rock. That kicked ass! 52 00:04:15,131 --> 00:04:18,592 I mean, it looked completely real. How did you do that? 53 00:04:19,760 --> 00:04:21,846 Oh, yeah, right. Magic. 54 00:04:24,306 --> 00:04:26,767 Oh, hey, your money. Hold up. 55 00:04:29,228 --> 00:04:34,275 Two, four, 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75. 56 00:04:34,358 --> 00:04:36,777 You earned it. 57 00:04:36,861 --> 00:04:38,946 Mr maleeni? 58 00:04:42,074 --> 00:04:43,284 Mr maleeni. 59 00:04:46,370 --> 00:04:47,788 Oh, god... oh... 60 00:05:51,018 --> 00:05:55,314 - Neat trick, huh? - I can think of a neater one: 61 00:05:55,397 --> 00:05:59,443 How you convinced me to get on the first plane to Los Angeles. 62 00:05:59,527 --> 00:06:01,820 This isn't intriguing enough for you? 63 00:06:01,946 --> 00:06:05,741 A magician turns his head completely around 360 degrees 64 00:06:05,824 --> 00:06:07,868 to the delight of young and old alike, 65 00:06:07,952 --> 00:06:11,288 after which it plops unceremoniously onto the pier. 66 00:06:11,413 --> 00:06:14,792 - Did you see the picture? - Yeah, I saw the picture. 67 00:06:14,875 --> 00:06:18,462 As for this amazing maleeni turning his head all the way around... 68 00:06:18,587 --> 00:06:21,799 - Like you said, mulder, neat trick. - But...? 69 00:06:22,675 --> 00:06:28,347 But I'd guess this event was completely removed from the subsequent murder. 70 00:06:28,430 --> 00:06:30,641 You think this was a murder? 71 00:06:30,766 --> 00:06:34,144 Don't you? Mulder, his head was cutoff. 72 00:06:34,228 --> 00:06:37,439 Ah! Observe the nearly complete absence of blood. 73 00:06:37,523 --> 00:06:39,650 Observe the paucity of fingerprints 74 00:06:39,817 --> 00:06:43,320 as evidenced by the LAPD's liberal use of iycopodium powder. 75 00:06:43,821 --> 00:06:45,197 You sound like Tony Randall. 76 00:06:45,281 --> 00:06:48,909 Know that maleeni was alive one moment and expired the next, 77 00:06:48,993 --> 00:06:53,289 also that no one saw his fleeing attacker nor heard the dying man's cries. 78 00:06:53,372 --> 00:06:59,336 I admit that I don't know how it happened, but I still say that it was a murder. 79 00:07:00,004 --> 00:07:03,966 - So what's your theory? - A magic trick gone horribly wrong. 80 00:07:04,049 --> 00:07:06,844 One that claims the lives of all who attempt it. 81 00:07:06,927 --> 00:07:09,346 Can I see that camcorder again? 82 00:07:10,389 --> 00:07:12,349 Thank you. 83 00:07:12,474 --> 00:07:16,687 A tourist videotaped maleeni's performance. 84 00:07:19,106 --> 00:07:21,191 Look at this. 85 00:07:22,443 --> 00:07:25,696 That ain't old school, that's decrepit! 86 00:07:26,071 --> 00:07:27,531 Who's the heckler? 87 00:07:27,615 --> 00:07:30,409 Come on. Show me something! 88 00:07:30,534 --> 00:07:32,119 I don't know. 89 00:07:41,295 --> 00:07:43,547 (Mulder) Neat trick, huh? 90 00:07:44,590 --> 00:07:47,051 Hang on a second. Let me see this. 91 00:07:50,554 --> 00:07:55,017 That heckler was pretty hard to impress, wouldn't you say? 92 00:07:55,100 --> 00:07:58,187 Look, and then he just takes off in a huff. 93 00:07:58,270 --> 00:08:01,482 - You think he's a murderer? - It's worth checking out. 94 00:08:01,565 --> 00:08:05,194 That'll be a neat trick in itself. You never see his face. 95 00:08:05,277 --> 00:08:07,446 Ah! But observe. 96 00:08:10,199 --> 00:08:13,869 His discarded soda cup. The hand may be quicker than the eye, 97 00:08:13,994 --> 00:08:18,332 - but it still leaves fingerprints. - Provided they haven't dumped the trash. 98 00:08:18,415 --> 00:08:20,292 Sceptic. 99 00:08:32,805 --> 00:08:34,431 Mr labonge? 100 00:08:35,933 --> 00:08:38,686 We're agents mulder and Scully from the FBI. 101 00:08:40,979 --> 00:08:44,274 Were you at the Santa Monica pier yesterday morning? 102 00:08:45,943 --> 00:08:47,695 Yeah. 103 00:08:47,778 --> 00:08:51,615 (Mulder) You attended a magic show. The amazing maleeni. 104 00:08:51,699 --> 00:08:53,325 Yeah, he sucks. Why? 105 00:08:53,450 --> 00:08:57,454 He's dead, under extremely suspicious circumstances. 106 00:08:59,081 --> 00:09:02,918 He still sucks. How'd you find me? 107 00:09:03,001 --> 00:09:07,214 Your fingerprints. You have a criminal record. 108 00:09:07,297 --> 00:09:10,634 (Mulder) A conviction for pickpocketing. 109 00:09:10,718 --> 00:09:14,263 Man, that was performance art. Besides, it's ancient history. 110 00:09:14,346 --> 00:09:17,307 What are you saying? You think I killed him? 111 00:09:17,474 --> 00:09:20,018 You're on videotape heckling the deceased. 112 00:09:20,477 --> 00:09:23,355 What did you have against mr maleeni? 113 00:09:27,526 --> 00:09:31,280 First of all, his name's not maleeni. 114 00:09:31,363 --> 00:09:36,285 That's the name of a real magician, a guy at the turn of the century, Max malini. 115 00:09:36,368 --> 00:09:38,662 - Ever hear of him? - No. 116 00:09:38,787 --> 00:09:43,542 Too bad. You should have. Anyway, he steals his name, spells it differently, 117 00:09:43,667 --> 00:09:47,546 and does some tired crap that wouldn't cut it at a kid's birthday party. 118 00:09:47,671 --> 00:09:51,008 What about when he turns his head completely around? 119 00:09:51,133 --> 00:09:53,177 Check it out. 120 00:10:25,876 --> 00:10:28,962 No problem. Did you like that? 121 00:10:29,046 --> 00:10:30,380 Yeah. 122 00:10:30,464 --> 00:10:32,299 Watch. 123 00:10:35,052 --> 00:10:37,054 Coin in the hand... 124 00:10:37,179 --> 00:10:39,389 Blows away. 125 00:10:39,473 --> 00:10:42,935 Maybe it's a little bit hard for you to see. 126 00:10:43,018 --> 00:10:47,022 Let me make that... bigger for you. 127 00:10:47,105 --> 00:10:51,735 I don't see how they're any different or better than the ones maleeni did. 128 00:10:51,819 --> 00:10:54,571 Mozart and salieri. 129 00:10:54,655 --> 00:10:58,575 They sound pretty much the same to a layman. 130 00:10:58,659 --> 00:11:02,412 But they ain't. You know what I'm saying? 131 00:11:05,207 --> 00:11:08,168 It's about originality. 132 00:11:09,253 --> 00:11:10,253 Style. 133 00:11:13,674 --> 00:11:16,176 And more than anything else... 134 00:11:16,260 --> 00:11:18,095 Soul. 135 00:11:19,096 --> 00:11:25,018 Because that's what separates the great ones from the hacks. 136 00:11:27,437 --> 00:11:31,984 We can't do this halfway. We're dealing with powerful forces at work here. 137 00:11:32,109 --> 00:11:36,196 Energies far beyond our mere mortal... 138 00:11:37,781 --> 00:11:40,409 Understanding. 139 00:11:40,492 --> 00:11:43,078 Enough to make a magician lose his head? 140 00:11:43,495 --> 00:11:45,706 Could be. 141 00:11:47,457 --> 00:11:51,753 That, and I hear maleeni racked up some pretty big gambling debts. 142 00:11:53,589 --> 00:11:55,716 Who knows who he might've pissed off? 143 00:11:55,799 --> 00:11:58,927 Thank you, mr labonge. We'll be in touch. 144 00:11:59,011 --> 00:12:01,972 Please do. Oh, and agents? 145 00:12:17,988 --> 00:12:20,407 Mozart and salieri. Which one's which? 146 00:12:20,490 --> 00:12:24,828 I think that professional jealousy is as good a motive for murder as any. 147 00:12:24,953 --> 00:12:27,581 If it was a murder. I'm not convinced. 148 00:12:28,832 --> 00:12:33,337 If I can get maleeni into an autopsy bay, hopefully we can put this issue to rest. 149 00:12:38,175 --> 00:12:41,595 All right, I'm stumped. And I think I'm supposed to be. 150 00:12:43,013 --> 00:12:44,181 What do you think? 151 00:12:44,306 --> 00:12:46,934 First of all, I'm sorry to disappoint you, 152 00:12:47,017 --> 00:12:51,271 but mr maleeni's head didn't just magically fall off. 153 00:12:51,355 --> 00:12:53,941 It was very carefully sawed. 154 00:12:54,024 --> 00:12:58,695 Very slow and exacting work, probably with a fine-tooth meat saw. 155 00:12:58,820 --> 00:13:01,490 And check out this little detail... 156 00:13:04,952 --> 00:13:07,496 Spirit gum, mulder. 157 00:13:08,372 --> 00:13:12,417 It held the head to the body. Just barely, of course. 158 00:13:12,542 --> 00:13:14,878 - So he was murdered. - Well, no. 159 00:13:15,003 --> 00:13:18,799 As far as I can tell, this man died of advanced coronary disease. 160 00:13:18,882 --> 00:13:20,884 - Natural causes. - Yeah. 161 00:13:21,009 --> 00:13:24,680 So he died of a heart attack, somebody sawed his head off 162 00:13:24,763 --> 00:13:27,474 and then glued it back on, all in 30 seconds. 163 00:13:27,557 --> 00:13:30,519 - So does that make sense to you? - No. 164 00:13:30,602 --> 00:13:32,896 Which makes it even stranger still 165 00:13:32,980 --> 00:13:38,026 because, as far as I can tell, this body has been dead for over a month. 166 00:13:38,110 --> 00:13:40,904 I see signs of refrigeration. 167 00:13:40,988 --> 00:13:45,075 And yet he performed yesterday. What a trouper. 168 00:13:45,242 --> 00:13:47,536 Somebody performed yesterday. 169 00:14:13,228 --> 00:14:14,813 Cissy Alvarez. 170 00:14:16,440 --> 00:14:18,692 Who are you? 171 00:14:18,775 --> 00:14:22,112 You don't remember me. Ain't that a bitch? 172 00:14:23,905 --> 00:14:28,326 My name's labonge. I did time with you eight years ago. 173 00:14:28,410 --> 00:14:30,037 You were in for bank robbery. 174 00:14:30,120 --> 00:14:33,457 The name doesn't mean anything. What do you want? 175 00:14:33,582 --> 00:14:35,208 I hear you're a poker player. 176 00:14:35,292 --> 00:14:38,962 You won big off a guy who calls himself the amazing maleeni. 177 00:14:39,087 --> 00:14:42,215 Also goes by the name of Herman pinchbeck. 178 00:14:44,426 --> 00:14:46,303 Pinch Beck? 179 00:14:46,386 --> 00:14:49,848 - He's dead. - Yeah, I saw in the paper. 180 00:14:49,931 --> 00:14:53,560 Something about his head fell off. What's it to you? 181 00:14:55,520 --> 00:14:58,815 I'm the guy that made his head fall off. 182 00:15:01,443 --> 00:15:05,155 You took his marker. What did he owe you, 15 grand? 183 00:15:05,238 --> 00:15:08,408 - 20. - He was never gonna pay you back. 184 00:15:08,492 --> 00:15:10,410 You want to cut to the chase? 185 00:15:10,494 --> 00:15:13,955 Get more of your story out before we stomp you to death? 186 00:15:14,039 --> 00:15:17,876 How would you like to get back what you're owed? Times ten. 187 00:15:17,959 --> 00:15:20,837 $200,000? How? 188 00:15:22,047 --> 00:15:24,424 - Helping me. - Do what? 189 00:15:24,508 --> 00:15:26,593 Magic. 190 00:15:45,153 --> 00:15:47,572 Wanna hear more? 191 00:16:14,224 --> 00:16:16,643 Excuse me, I'm looking for mr Albert pinchbeck. 192 00:16:16,726 --> 00:16:19,855 He's the gentleman right over there. The poor man. 193 00:16:27,988 --> 00:16:31,408 - He look familiar to you, Scully? - He certainly does. 194 00:16:34,369 --> 00:16:37,455 - The plot thickens. - He might try and run. 195 00:16:39,457 --> 00:16:41,668 - (Knocks) - Come in. 196 00:16:43,420 --> 00:16:46,673 - Good morning, mr and Mrs...? - Agents... 197 00:16:46,756 --> 00:16:49,009 Mulder and Scully. FBI. 198 00:16:49,092 --> 00:16:52,304 You're not here for a home loan, I take it. 199 00:16:52,429 --> 00:16:55,182 No, we are investigating the death of a magician 200 00:16:55,265 --> 00:16:58,101 who called himself the amazing maleeni. 201 00:16:58,185 --> 00:17:00,228 Herman pinchbeck, my twin brother. 202 00:17:00,312 --> 00:17:03,523 Yes, we know. We checked his next of kin. 203 00:17:03,607 --> 00:17:07,444 - What happened to your neck? - I was in a car accident. 204 00:17:07,527 --> 00:17:09,279 Car accident. 205 00:17:09,362 --> 00:17:14,117 So it has nothing to do with a magic trick you performed at the Santa Monica pier? 206 00:17:14,201 --> 00:17:17,162 One which involved you turning your head 360 degrees? 207 00:17:17,287 --> 00:17:22,250 No. That wasn't me. I was in a bad car accident in Mexico. 208 00:17:22,334 --> 00:17:26,213 Oh, bad Mexican car accident. In Mexico. 209 00:17:26,338 --> 00:17:28,381 Do you know magic, mr pinchbeck? 210 00:17:28,465 --> 00:17:32,719 Yes, I do. Back in the '70s, my brother and I performed together. 211 00:17:32,802 --> 00:17:35,722 - Why did you stop? - You never really stop. 212 00:17:43,897 --> 00:17:46,316 (Mulder) Pick a card, any card? 213 00:17:59,162 --> 00:18:01,164 (Scully clears throat) 214 00:18:11,341 --> 00:18:14,094 Hm. Very impressive. 215 00:18:14,177 --> 00:18:18,890 My brother and I both wanted to do the best magic the world had ever seen. 216 00:18:19,015 --> 00:18:23,853 The difference was I knew we'd never get there, but he always believed we would. 217 00:18:23,937 --> 00:18:26,982 We didn't talk much after I quit the act. 218 00:18:27,691 --> 00:18:31,486 I have a theory, mr pinchbeck, and I'm gonna tell you how it goes: 219 00:18:33,405 --> 00:18:37,742 Herman died of heart disease having never made it as the world's greatest magician, 220 00:18:37,826 --> 00:18:41,788 and that hurts you, just as your estrangement from him hurts you. 221 00:18:41,871 --> 00:18:45,583 And I think what you did was perform his last act for him, 222 00:18:45,667 --> 00:18:48,712 one last act for which he'd always be remembered, 223 00:18:48,878 --> 00:18:51,965 that would end with such a shock, such a denouement, 224 00:18:52,048 --> 00:18:56,219 as would be for ever remembered in the annals of magic. 225 00:18:57,554 --> 00:18:59,723 That's what I think. 226 00:19:01,725 --> 00:19:04,311 I so wish that were true. 227 00:19:13,945 --> 00:19:16,573 It was a very bad car accident in Mexico. 228 00:19:22,329 --> 00:19:24,539 - Oy. - No kidding. 229 00:19:26,416 --> 00:19:29,002 - What now? - A guy's head falls off. 230 00:19:29,085 --> 00:19:32,297 The greatest trick in the world, only there's no point to it. 231 00:19:32,380 --> 00:19:34,674 What's the reason for doing it? 232 00:19:34,758 --> 00:19:39,804 Why do people do magic? To impress, to delight, to gain attention. 233 00:19:39,888 --> 00:19:43,933 This one's gained mostly police attention. 234 00:19:44,017 --> 00:19:46,269 Maybe that's the point. 235 00:19:47,312 --> 00:19:49,689 Maybe we should consult an expert. 236 00:19:49,773 --> 00:19:54,194 Someone who knows magic, who's seen the greatest trick in the world. 237 00:19:54,277 --> 00:19:56,363 Maybe he can help us figure that out. 238 00:19:56,488 --> 00:19:58,573 - Mozart. - Yeah. 239 00:19:58,948 --> 00:20:02,702 What's in it for me? I mean, let's say I help you out. 240 00:20:02,786 --> 00:20:05,080 What do I get in return? 241 00:20:06,122 --> 00:20:11,127 The feeling of pride that comes from performing your civic duty. 242 00:20:11,211 --> 00:20:14,047 How about the chance to root through 243 00:20:14,130 --> 00:20:18,259 the professional secrets of your least favourite magician? 244 00:20:19,969 --> 00:20:22,430 Good for a laugh, I guess. 245 00:20:42,575 --> 00:20:44,661 Man, it's worse than I thought. 246 00:20:49,624 --> 00:20:52,752 You gotta feed those things, you know. 247 00:20:57,715 --> 00:21:01,010 - Maleeni wasn't murdered? - It would seem not. 248 00:21:01,094 --> 00:21:05,265 So someone impersonated him and his crappy act. 249 00:21:05,348 --> 00:21:07,475 It's impressive. 250 00:21:12,439 --> 00:21:16,943 I'd say the twin did it, but I don't think he's any better a magician than maleeni. 251 00:21:17,026 --> 00:21:20,780 There's that, and he's got no legs. 252 00:21:23,032 --> 00:21:26,119 Yeah. Whatever. 253 00:21:26,202 --> 00:21:31,166 Anyway, we're looking for a magician with the same height and build. 254 00:21:31,249 --> 00:21:35,170 Good make-up and the right wig, and no one would know the difference. 255 00:21:35,253 --> 00:21:36,880 Not even you, I guess. 256 00:21:36,963 --> 00:21:39,257 I had a couple of jell-o shots in me. 257 00:21:39,382 --> 00:21:42,802 How did this impersonator switch out the dead body? 258 00:21:42,886 --> 00:21:44,804 With ease. 259 00:21:44,929 --> 00:21:48,641 You'll kick yourselves when I show you how he did this, it's so simple. 260 00:21:48,725 --> 00:21:51,227 Because magic is all about... 261 00:21:52,437 --> 00:21:54,731 Misdirection. 262 00:21:56,065 --> 00:21:59,652 Your impersonator made sure everyone was looking the other way 263 00:21:59,736 --> 00:22:05,408 when he pulled maleeni's body from its secret hiding place underneath... 264 00:22:07,410 --> 00:22:09,078 The floor. 265 00:22:30,808 --> 00:22:34,145 Man... this guy's good. 266 00:22:36,481 --> 00:22:38,942 Well, thanks for your expert opinion. 267 00:22:40,068 --> 00:22:42,862 I guess we're right back where we started. 268 00:22:42,946 --> 00:22:48,284 Maybe not. You said the amazing maleeni had some gambling debts? 269 00:22:48,368 --> 00:22:50,370 Yeah, that's what I heard. 270 00:22:50,453 --> 00:22:52,914 Check this out. It looks like a marker. 271 00:22:52,997 --> 00:22:55,208 $20,000. Pinchbeck. 272 00:22:58,962 --> 00:23:02,048 What would this be doing in maleeni's Van? 273 00:23:14,811 --> 00:23:19,816 Thank you, mr pinchbeck. If you could sign here for me. 274 00:23:20,483 --> 00:23:22,569 With pleasure. 275 00:23:24,571 --> 00:23:27,323 Anthony, what kind of gun is that? 276 00:23:27,407 --> 00:23:29,158 Glock 17, nine-millimetre. 277 00:23:29,242 --> 00:23:31,828 I've been thinking of maybe buying one. 278 00:23:31,953 --> 00:23:34,622 Here, take a look. 279 00:23:39,836 --> 00:23:44,299 Hm. Gosh, it's heavier than I would have thought. 280 00:23:47,844 --> 00:23:50,555 Thank you, Anthony, Marvin. 281 00:23:50,638 --> 00:23:53,558 If you ever want, I'll take you to the shooting range. 282 00:23:53,683 --> 00:23:56,728 - Have a good one, mr pinchbeck. - You too. 283 00:24:12,160 --> 00:24:14,454 Hello. May I help you? 284 00:24:19,709 --> 00:24:22,837 - Damn, you lookjust like him. - I'm sorry? 285 00:24:22,920 --> 00:24:28,426 Your no-good, malapaga brother died owing me money. 286 00:24:28,509 --> 00:24:32,305 A lot of money. You're gonna make good. 287 00:24:32,388 --> 00:24:35,725 I'm sorry, but my brother's debts are his own. 288 00:24:37,727 --> 00:24:42,231 I said, you're gonna make good, 289 00:24:42,357 --> 00:24:45,485 cos me and my friends, we know where you live. 290 00:25:03,252 --> 00:25:06,297 - Does that sound like the rear diff? - Pull over. 291 00:25:11,427 --> 00:25:15,098 Stay here and call it in. I'll check it out. 292 00:25:15,181 --> 00:25:19,936 We got a problem with the rear diff out on fourth and main, checkin' it out... 293 00:25:36,786 --> 00:25:38,705 You! In the truck! 294 00:25:38,788 --> 00:25:43,084 Get up where I can see you! Hands where I can see them! 295 00:25:43,167 --> 00:25:45,503 Up! Hands up! 296 00:25:45,628 --> 00:25:47,672 All right, get out. 297 00:25:48,131 --> 00:25:49,966 Mister, get out! 298 00:25:52,385 --> 00:25:55,054 I got a guy down back here! 299 00:25:59,684 --> 00:26:02,812 It was a guy with tattoos! I shot him four times! 300 00:26:05,606 --> 00:26:09,110 I don't understand. He was right here. 301 00:26:27,336 --> 00:26:29,672 That's your handwriting, is it not? 302 00:26:33,509 --> 00:26:35,970 Mr Alvarez, please answer the question. 303 00:26:36,053 --> 00:26:38,973 That ain't mine. I don't know where you got that. 304 00:26:39,056 --> 00:26:41,267 Yours are the only fingerprints on it. 305 00:26:41,350 --> 00:26:45,521 We ran it through the California criminal history database, 306 00:26:45,646 --> 00:26:48,274 to which you seem to be quite well-known. 307 00:26:48,357 --> 00:26:50,651 So it's my marker. 308 00:26:50,735 --> 00:26:54,822 So pinchbeck owed me money. It was a friendly game of poker. 309 00:26:54,906 --> 00:26:58,493 Very friendly. $20,000 friendly. 310 00:26:58,576 --> 00:27:02,705 - Where did you find that? - In Herman pinchbeck's Van. 311 00:27:04,457 --> 00:27:06,375 Where were you last Thursday? 312 00:27:06,542 --> 00:27:10,046 Here. All day. Ask 'em. 313 00:27:13,758 --> 00:27:17,094 What is it you think I did to pinchbeck? 314 00:27:17,178 --> 00:27:21,682 What's in it for me? If! Kill him, he ain't gonna pay me. 315 00:27:21,766 --> 00:27:25,228 Why did you play with him? You knew he was a magician. 316 00:27:25,311 --> 00:27:27,647 I didn't know what he was. 317 00:27:27,730 --> 00:27:30,608 And he sure as hell couldn't play worth a damn. 318 00:27:31,067 --> 00:27:33,653 Don't leave town, mr Alvarez. 319 00:27:45,081 --> 00:27:48,626 Isn't it odd that the amazing maleeni's a lousy poker player? 320 00:27:48,751 --> 00:27:52,755 - He was adept at manipulating cards. - Maybe he wasn't so adept. 321 00:27:52,880 --> 00:27:56,342 Labonge certainly doesn't have a high opinion of his skills. 322 00:27:56,425 --> 00:28:00,972 There's another possibility. Behold, an ordinary household quarter. 323 00:28:01,097 --> 00:28:04,517 I take the quarter from my right hand and place it in my left. 324 00:28:04,600 --> 00:28:06,310 Where is it? 325 00:28:06,435 --> 00:28:08,020 - In your right hand. - No. 326 00:28:08,604 --> 00:28:10,273 - Ah... - That's not bad. 327 00:28:10,356 --> 00:28:11,816 Blow your nose. 328 00:28:11,899 --> 00:28:13,734 - Blow your nose. - Atchoo. 329 00:28:13,818 --> 00:28:15,820 - Ta-da. Look at that. - Amazing! 330 00:28:15,903 --> 00:28:17,989 - The great muldeeni. - What's the point? 331 00:28:18,114 --> 00:28:22,910 It's misdirection, the heart of magic. You looked one way, the quarter went the other. 332 00:28:22,994 --> 00:28:27,123 - You think that's what's happening? - We're being led around by our noses. 333 00:28:28,749 --> 00:28:31,460 By whom? Maleeni's already dead. 334 00:28:31,586 --> 00:28:35,631 It appears so, but then, you thought the quarter was in the right hand. 335 00:28:58,070 --> 00:28:59,572 - 911. - Hello? 336 00:28:59,655 --> 00:29:03,618 I want to report a man with a gun. He... he's threatening to kill somebody. 337 00:29:03,701 --> 00:29:08,039 - Can you please speak up? - No, ican't speak up. I... no, ican't! 338 00:29:08,164 --> 00:29:10,249 Sir? 339 00:29:11,167 --> 00:29:12,668 Hello? 340 00:29:13,711 --> 00:29:14,754 Hello? 341 00:29:16,923 --> 00:29:19,175 Son of a bitch. 342 00:29:25,723 --> 00:29:28,976 Hey, partner. Hey, guys. 343 00:29:29,393 --> 00:29:31,938 - You son of a bitch. - I'm sorry? 344 00:29:32,021 --> 00:29:34,357 You tried to frame me. 345 00:29:34,440 --> 00:29:35,608 - Hijo de tu... - I didn't! 346 00:29:35,691 --> 00:29:37,234 - You didn't? - We got a deal! 347 00:29:37,360 --> 00:29:39,779 We got no deal. I'm gonna bleed you. 348 00:29:39,862 --> 00:29:41,906 Back off! 349 00:29:46,452 --> 00:29:47,745 You're dead. 350 00:29:53,334 --> 00:29:56,003 Freeze! Drop your weapon! 351 00:29:58,798 --> 00:30:01,467 - Hands behind your head! - Do it! 352 00:30:03,844 --> 00:30:06,180 Bring your head down. Spread your legs. 353 00:30:15,231 --> 00:30:19,360 Agents. An unexpected surprise. Good afternoon. 354 00:30:19,443 --> 00:30:21,404 We'd like to have a word with you. 355 00:30:21,487 --> 00:30:24,657 - I'm fairly busy, actually. - I'll bet. 356 00:30:24,740 --> 00:30:26,742 - Hey! - Let's take a little spin. 357 00:30:35,459 --> 00:30:40,256 - What's this all about? - It's about misdirection, mr pinchbeck... 358 00:30:40,339 --> 00:30:43,426 Or should I say the amazing maleeni? 359 00:30:43,551 --> 00:30:45,636 Mulder! 360 00:30:47,263 --> 00:30:50,349 It's a trick, Scully. Voila. 361 00:30:51,100 --> 00:30:53,144 Had you fooled. 362 00:30:53,269 --> 00:30:55,104 You're maleeni? 363 00:30:55,229 --> 00:30:57,773 Call me Herman. 364 00:31:05,531 --> 00:31:08,993 I was afraid for my life. That's why I did what I did. 365 00:31:09,118 --> 00:31:11,537 I'm not proud of that. 366 00:31:11,620 --> 00:31:15,708 But I owe a lot of money that I can't possibly pay back. 367 00:31:15,791 --> 00:31:19,628 We know. Gambling debts to a man named Alvarez. 368 00:31:19,712 --> 00:31:22,173 Yeah, that tattooed psychopath. 369 00:31:22,298 --> 00:31:27,094 I've heard terrible stories about him, things he did in prison to fellow inmates. 370 00:31:27,178 --> 00:31:29,138 So why'd you play poker with him? 371 00:31:29,305 --> 00:31:32,975 He runs a good game. I gamble to supplement my income. 372 00:31:33,100 --> 00:31:35,978 God knows, magic barely pays. 373 00:31:36,062 --> 00:31:39,315 Why did you lose? You could have manipulated the cards. 374 00:31:39,398 --> 00:31:42,985 Cheat? You're asking why I don't cheat at cards? 375 00:31:43,069 --> 00:31:45,571 Well, you could, right? 376 00:31:45,654 --> 00:31:47,865 Of course I could. 377 00:31:48,908 --> 00:31:51,160 But how would I live with myself? 378 00:31:52,161 --> 00:31:54,455 Who raised you? 379 00:31:54,538 --> 00:32:00,336 Well, sir, what does any of this have to do with your twin brother 380 00:32:00,419 --> 00:32:04,131 being found decapitated at the Santa Monica pier? 381 00:32:04,215 --> 00:32:08,761 I went to my brother for a loan. Just my luck, and his. 382 00:32:09,428 --> 00:32:12,181 You found him dead of a heart attack. 383 00:32:12,264 --> 00:32:14,767 His body was still warm. 384 00:32:14,850 --> 00:32:18,354 Looking at him, lifeless, I saw myself, 385 00:32:18,479 --> 00:32:21,232 my own eventual mortality. 386 00:32:21,315 --> 00:32:25,653 I saw all the things I meant to accomplish but didn't. 387 00:32:25,736 --> 00:32:28,572 It was an opportunity to vanish, become someone else. 388 00:32:28,697 --> 00:32:32,409 Like I said, I'm not proud of what I did. 389 00:32:33,035 --> 00:32:35,204 And so you refrigerated the body... 390 00:32:35,287 --> 00:32:38,249 I needed time to figure out how to pull it all off. 391 00:32:38,332 --> 00:32:43,129 Impersonating my brother, I called the bank, told them I needed a vacation week. 392 00:32:43,212 --> 00:32:45,589 A trip to Mexico. 393 00:32:45,714 --> 00:32:49,760 Then the bank received word that I'd been in a terrible accident. 394 00:32:49,885 --> 00:32:53,139 It gave me plenty of time away from work. 395 00:32:53,222 --> 00:32:59,061 And you posed as an amputee to allay suspicion that you weren't your brother. 396 00:32:59,145 --> 00:33:03,941 That, and I rather enjoyed the sympathy, especially from the women in our office. 397 00:33:08,737 --> 00:33:14,243 You, uh, still haven't explained why you left your brother's body at the pier, 398 00:33:14,410 --> 00:33:17,413 or why you arranged to have his head fall off. 399 00:33:17,496 --> 00:33:21,333 He explained it. He put it so eloquently when we last spoke. 400 00:33:21,417 --> 00:33:23,752 It was my final performance. 401 00:33:23,836 --> 00:33:27,131 I wanted to go out with such a shock, such a denouement, 402 00:33:27,256 --> 00:33:31,177 as would for ever be remembered in the annals of magic. 403 00:33:33,345 --> 00:33:37,266 - That was your last performance. - What's this for? 404 00:33:38,267 --> 00:33:42,104 Well, I still think you got a few tricks up your sleeve. 405 00:33:53,949 --> 00:33:55,784 My god. 406 00:33:56,994 --> 00:34:01,290 We gave you handicapped parking. We built you a ramp. 407 00:34:01,665 --> 00:34:05,586 - Did he have access to the vaults? - Yes, he has a key to the day gate. 408 00:34:05,669 --> 00:34:08,881 - Several of us do. - What are you looking for? 409 00:34:08,964 --> 00:34:14,637 Any hint at all as to why maleeni here is really impersonating his brother. 410 00:34:14,720 --> 00:34:17,932 What about this? Could he have removed funds electronically? 411 00:34:18,015 --> 00:34:21,852 He didn't have security clearance for electronic fund transfers. 412 00:34:21,977 --> 00:34:25,272 Maybe he got around it. Can we check the withdrawal records? 413 00:34:25,356 --> 00:34:30,027 It would require your badge number and thumbprint, and probably a subpoena. 414 00:34:30,152 --> 00:34:33,697 We're extra cautious with the efts. You can understand why. 415 00:34:33,822 --> 00:34:38,327 There may be an easier way. If I call up a transaction list for this terminal... 416 00:34:41,538 --> 00:34:43,958 No. No, everything's in order. 417 00:34:48,128 --> 00:34:51,548 It says here something about a robbery attempt yesterday. 418 00:34:51,632 --> 00:34:56,345 That wasn't against us, but the armoured transport service we deal with. 419 00:34:56,428 --> 00:34:59,348 No money was taken and no suspects were caught. 420 00:34:59,473 --> 00:35:03,310 Mr pinchbeck was the employee who signed out the truck. 421 00:35:03,394 --> 00:35:04,895 He knew the schedule. 422 00:35:04,979 --> 00:35:09,108 - I had nothing to do with that. - Maybe, maybe not. 423 00:35:09,191 --> 00:35:13,946 We'll hold you till we find out, to make sure you don't pull a vanishing act. 424 00:35:19,702 --> 00:35:21,078 Hey. 425 00:35:30,713 --> 00:35:33,966 - Paul, I'm putting mr pinchbeck in six. - Right. 426 00:35:36,635 --> 00:35:38,304 (Guard) Sleep tight. 427 00:35:38,387 --> 00:35:41,557 Wait, don't I get a phone call, sir? Sir? 428 00:35:41,640 --> 00:35:43,726 (Door closes) 429 00:35:44,768 --> 00:35:47,354 ("Shave and a haircut" knock on wall) 430 00:35:54,987 --> 00:35:57,948 - How'd it go? - Swimmingly. 431 00:35:59,408 --> 00:36:01,285 Abracadabra, man. 432 00:36:24,975 --> 00:36:26,435 Oh, damn! 433 00:36:31,774 --> 00:36:34,068 Yes. Ok. 434 00:36:34,151 --> 00:36:37,404 - All right. All right, thank you. - Maleeni? 435 00:36:37,488 --> 00:36:41,575 He's still in the city lockup where he's been since we arrested him. 436 00:36:41,658 --> 00:36:46,663 It certainly doesn't look like he did this. Lots of fingerprints. 437 00:36:46,747 --> 00:36:49,416 I guarantee you none of them match our thieves. 438 00:36:49,500 --> 00:36:54,129 They're too clever to leave clues, except for the ones they want us to find. 439 00:36:54,213 --> 00:36:56,382 Excuse me. May I show you something? 440 00:36:57,633 --> 00:37:00,719 We thought the camera footage might show the robbers. 441 00:37:00,803 --> 00:37:02,012 - Does it? - No. 442 00:37:02,137 --> 00:37:06,141 They all mysteriously went blank from about 3am to 3.20. 443 00:37:06,266 --> 00:37:10,104 - That's not what we wanted you to see. - This is from two days ago. 444 00:37:13,732 --> 00:37:17,319 Cissy Alvarez. Convicted bank robber. 445 00:37:17,403 --> 00:37:20,823 - You recognise this man? - Yeah. Who is he to you? 446 00:37:22,324 --> 00:37:26,912 I know those tattoos. That's the man who tried to Rob my truck. 447 00:37:26,995 --> 00:37:30,165 What the hell, man? What did I do? 448 00:37:31,166 --> 00:37:33,419 You, FBI, what's up with this? 449 00:37:33,502 --> 00:37:35,963 You can't just bust in here! I got rights. 450 00:37:36,046 --> 00:37:38,799 I'm gonna call my lawyer, then we'll see what's what. 451 00:37:38,882 --> 00:37:42,594 - Nothing back there. - This is harassment. This is harassment! 452 00:37:42,678 --> 00:37:46,098 What are they looking for? Come on, man! Somebody talk to me. 453 00:37:46,640 --> 00:37:48,767 - (Man) Shut up. - No, you shut up! 454 00:37:48,892 --> 00:37:52,020 Man, this ain't right. Why'd you put the cuffs on so tight? 455 00:37:53,313 --> 00:37:56,775 Yo, will you please tell me what he's looking for? 456 00:38:04,366 --> 00:38:08,036 Well... saving up for a rainy day? 457 00:38:11,039 --> 00:38:13,709 Oh, no, no. We got framed. This is a frame-up! 458 00:38:13,792 --> 00:38:17,045 - It was the magician. - The magician? Maleeni? 459 00:38:17,171 --> 00:38:20,048 No, not the dead one, man! That little cabron! 460 00:38:20,132 --> 00:38:23,802 Labonge! Labonge set me up! Listen to me... 461 00:38:23,886 --> 00:38:27,181 - Billy labonge. - And the amazing maleeni. 462 00:38:27,306 --> 00:38:30,434 That's a double bill I wouldn't wanna miss. 463 00:38:32,019 --> 00:38:34,396 Pinchbeck, you made your bail. 464 00:38:39,818 --> 00:38:42,070 You too, labonge. 465 00:38:45,574 --> 00:38:47,117 (Guard) Ok. 466 00:38:48,035 --> 00:38:50,245 Releasing these two may be a bit premature. 467 00:38:50,370 --> 00:38:52,998 (Mulder) Give us a minute, will you? 468 00:38:56,335 --> 00:38:58,504 Good morning. Did you sleep well? 469 00:38:58,587 --> 00:39:01,340 Agent mulder. Agent Scully. 470 00:39:02,090 --> 00:39:06,178 - Bravo. Really. - What do you mean? 471 00:39:06,261 --> 00:39:10,682 Last night the cradock marine bank was robbed of $1 .8 million. 472 00:39:10,766 --> 00:39:15,187 This morning that amount was found in the possession of mr cissy Alvarez. 473 00:39:15,270 --> 00:39:19,107 Wow. I told you he was bad news. Bravo to you. 474 00:39:19,650 --> 00:39:22,945 - That was expeditious police work. - Thank you. It was. 475 00:39:23,028 --> 00:39:25,822 It's only that Alvarez was so obviously guilty. 476 00:39:25,906 --> 00:39:30,786 A convicted bank robber witnessed trying to Rob an armoured car two days earlier? 477 00:39:30,869 --> 00:39:33,038 - He'll need a good lawyer. - Yeah. 478 00:39:33,163 --> 00:39:35,874 He's up a creek. Just like you two want him. 479 00:39:35,958 --> 00:39:38,710 I don't quite see where you're headed with this. 480 00:39:38,794 --> 00:39:42,381 I have no evidence, but I have a theory, mr maleeni, 481 00:39:42,464 --> 00:39:45,384 and I'll tell you how it goes: 482 00:39:45,467 --> 00:39:48,470 Your twin brother, Albert, died of a heart attack, 483 00:39:48,595 --> 00:39:51,723 at which point you and your protege saw an opportunity. 484 00:39:51,807 --> 00:39:54,476 My protege? I hate this guy's guts. 485 00:39:55,435 --> 00:39:57,563 That's what you wanted us to think. 486 00:39:57,646 --> 00:40:01,483 You wanted revenge against the man who made your life in prison hell. 487 00:40:01,567 --> 00:40:04,653 I did time with you about eight years ago. 488 00:40:04,778 --> 00:40:09,408 Alvarez. You and he were on the same cell block eight years ago. 489 00:40:09,491 --> 00:40:13,370 It was a setup. You played poker with him and made sure you lost big. 490 00:40:13,495 --> 00:40:17,082 It gave labonge an in with Alvarez once everybody thought you were dead. 491 00:40:17,165 --> 00:40:21,253 Labonge planted Alvarez's marker in maleeni's Van so we'd find it. 492 00:40:21,336 --> 00:40:24,214 You used Alvarez's greed in order to ensnare him 493 00:40:24,298 --> 00:40:28,552 and then orchestrated the attempted bank robbery to implicate him. 494 00:40:28,635 --> 00:40:31,388 That was you in the armoured car, disguised as Alvarez. 495 00:40:31,513 --> 00:40:35,142 Mr pinchbeck got a hold of the guard's gun and switched the clip. 496 00:40:35,225 --> 00:40:37,769 Guard didn't know it, but he was firing blanks. 497 00:40:37,853 --> 00:40:40,814 Then last night the two of you robbed the bank, 498 00:40:40,897 --> 00:40:43,525 and planted the money at Alvarez's place. 499 00:40:46,903 --> 00:40:48,697 Don't you think we have pretty good alibis? 500 00:40:48,780 --> 00:40:51,325 You have the best alibis in the world, 501 00:40:51,408 --> 00:40:54,453 which is why you two got arrested in the first place. 502 00:40:54,536 --> 00:40:58,165 With your expertise at sleight-of-hand pickpocketing, 503 00:40:58,290 --> 00:41:02,544 I think you were both able to get out of here by pilfering a guard's key. 504 00:41:02,628 --> 00:41:06,965 You escaped, stole the money, framed Alvarez and came back for breakfast. 505 00:41:07,049 --> 00:41:09,343 Scrambled eggs and sausage. 506 00:41:09,426 --> 00:41:12,512 That would be the world's greatest trick, wouldn't it? 507 00:41:12,596 --> 00:41:16,975 One that would be for ever remembered in the annals of magic. 508 00:41:19,227 --> 00:41:23,106 - What happens to us? - To you? 509 00:41:23,982 --> 00:41:27,402 You go free... provided the magic is over. 510 00:41:29,279 --> 00:41:33,033 The great ones always know when to leave the stage. 511 00:41:37,120 --> 00:41:39,748 Billy, let's get the hell outta here. 512 00:41:47,714 --> 00:41:51,802 - They are the world's greatest. - We saw through their magic. 513 00:41:51,885 --> 00:41:54,137 Nah, there's more. 514 00:41:58,433 --> 00:42:00,394 Behold! 515 00:42:00,477 --> 00:42:03,480 - The amazing maleeni's wallet. - You picked his pocket? 516 00:42:03,563 --> 00:42:08,777 I pilfered it from the evidence room to prevent their final act of prestidigitation. 517 00:42:08,860 --> 00:42:10,904 - What do you mean? - I began to wonder, 518 00:42:10,987 --> 00:42:13,073 why did they need so elaborate a setup? 519 00:42:13,156 --> 00:42:17,953 Why so high-profile? Why draw the attention of the FBI in the first place? 520 00:42:18,078 --> 00:42:21,707 - We were the last piece of the puzzle. - Alvarez was a misdirection. 521 00:42:21,790 --> 00:42:25,711 This trick was about efts, electronic funds transfers at the bank. 522 00:42:25,794 --> 00:42:29,172 Maleeni, pinchbeck, he didn't have security clearance, 523 00:42:29,256 --> 00:42:32,259 so he needed federal law enforcement intervention - 524 00:42:32,342 --> 00:42:34,553 specifically, my badge number... 525 00:42:36,471 --> 00:42:38,557 And my thumbprint. 526 00:42:39,307 --> 00:42:43,145 With those two items, they could steal enough electronically 527 00:42:43,270 --> 00:42:47,315 as to make that $1.8 million look like cigar-lighting money. 528 00:42:48,734 --> 00:42:51,069 But they can't do it without this. 529 00:42:52,446 --> 00:42:56,199 Pick a card, Scully. Any card. 530 00:43:00,287 --> 00:43:03,498 There's still one thing that you haven't explained. 531 00:43:03,582 --> 00:43:05,292 What's that? 532 00:43:05,375 --> 00:43:08,754 How maleeni was able to turn his head completely around. 533 00:43:08,837 --> 00:43:12,716 - I don't know that. - I do. I'll show you. 534 00:43:12,841 --> 00:43:14,885 Observe. 535 00:43:30,859 --> 00:43:33,987 Gee! Very nice. How'd you do that? 536 00:43:36,031 --> 00:43:39,075 Well... magic. 537 00:43:39,201 --> 00:43:41,536 No, seriously, Scully, how'd you do it? 538 00:43:43,622 --> 00:43:48,001 You know, it's not the same thing. It's different with the head. 539 00:43:48,084 --> 00:43:50,212 Come on. Look at this. 540 00:44:31,378 --> 00:44:34,172 Visiontext subtitles: Tram Nguyen zelniker 541 00:44:34,256 --> 00:44:35,966 (child) I made this.