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Emma, look at you.
This is quite a stack you have here.
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Must be stocking up
for the winter break, huh?
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Would you mind
I added one more to your pile?
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Treasure Island?
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Argh! Pirate's buried gold.
You're gonna love it.
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I promise.
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All right.
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Here you go.
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- Thank you, Mr. Blanche.
- You're so welcome!
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You still pushing that old-ass book.
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I gave you Sherlock Holmes
when you were her age.
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And you didn't complain.
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That's 'cause Sherlock Holmes
was a stone-cold genius,
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not a filthy pirate.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
and Arthur Conan Doyle were friends.
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They-- pen pals, really.
They never actually met.
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They had plans to, but Stevenson...
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- Mr. Blanche!
- Ooh!
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- Mr. Blanche!
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- Stay still! Stay still!
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Stay with me, just breathe.
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- Somebody call 911!
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Ma'am, somebody call the ambulance!
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Well, because your mom had you
for Thanksgiving, and we agreed.
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Aspen, Aspen. That sounds fun.
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Look, okay, what if we just--
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After New Year's,
we'll just figure it out.
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Okay. Okay.
I love you, Nick.
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Your daughter?
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That's what you get when you spend
200 days a year working whether you...
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I'm sorry.
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- Plan "B"?
- Uh, well...
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my old firm's holiday party
is this week.
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I was thinking about crashing it
as a drunken, belligerent Santa.
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Dan Aykroyd, Trading Places.
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I get the reference.
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I guess the holidays
must be hard for you, too, huh?
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Let's go see if they've opened that wine.
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Wow, they've really been bugging you
about your Christmas plans. Hm!
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- Why are you looking at my phone?
- It lit up!
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Alec says we've been getting
a bunch of raids on our firewall lately.
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- Don't!
- Oh, what's that about?
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Oh, so he has time for cybersecurity
but not to come spend Christmas with me?
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What are you doing?
Now, why do you have to cause problems?
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Oh, please. Everybody just settle down.
Let's play nice.
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- It's the holidays!
- We have been working hard.
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- We have.
- We deserve a break.
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- We do.
- All right?
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Look at this spread that I made!
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This is stupid.
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Oh.
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My brother was right,
he does get Grinchy around the holidays.
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Grinch is gonna go get more wine.
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Carolers?
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Eliot Spencer?
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- No.
- I need your help.
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You and your friends over there.
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I'm sorry, pal, you got the wrong place.
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Can you just hear me out?
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Please?
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So, I am 10 years old, I'm gay,
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and I'm running away
from the school bully.
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Typical day in the fifth grade.
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But this day, I get kinda lost,
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so I duck into the first building
I could find-- the town library.
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Good choice.
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Right.
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And the librarian,
Mr. Blanche, hides me,
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chases away the bully.
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Then he asks me what's my favorite book.
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"Why, the Bible, sir.
My dad's a preacher."
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Mr. Blanche walks me through the library,
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pulls down Roald Dahl,
E.B. White.
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Hands me a stack of 'em.
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Said, "I'm sorry, sir.
I can't take these home.
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My father won't allow it."
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Mr. Blanche doesn't even blink.
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He says, "That's okay.
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I'll keep these for you behind the counter
and you can read them after school."
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So that's what I did.
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Every day.
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So the library became your sanctuary?
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And more.
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Reading introduced
a whole new world for me.
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College, nursing school,
I owe it all to Mr. Blanche.
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So it's not about you.
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It's about him.
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He's got cancer.
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He's asymptomatic now,
but he's in stage four.
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Refuses to get treatment.
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And now he's started
having episodes with his heart.
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I'm... so sorry, Maurice.
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I know what it's like to lose someone.
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But...
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I don't see how we can help you.
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I mean, we go after guilty parties.
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If your friend, for example,
had become sick by...
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I don't know, poisoned groundwater,
or--or asbestos, or...
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Look, I don't want you to go after anyone.
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I want you to make
Mr. Blanche feel like a real hero.
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Like the ones he reads about
in those books.
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Just... for one day.
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One Christmas wish.
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The game is "Forehead Detective."
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You have to guess the character
on your forehead.
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Oh. Huh?
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What-- um...
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Oh!
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Oh!
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Guys, this is insanity!
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You know, you're talking
about a guy in fragile health
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on some madcap adventure.
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It's not what we do!
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Does it only have to be about revenge?
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Why not?
I'm fine with revenge.
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It affords us a range of outcomes
the mark deserves.
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This librarian's totally innocent.
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What about the drummer boy? Huh?
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Ba-rum-pum-pum-pum!
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I mean, do you
really think he could play?
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No! Lying to people to make them
feel better at Christmas,
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that's what it's all about!
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That and presents.
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Mr. Wilson?
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Well, I'm all for taking a break.
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But sometimes it just reminds you
of the things you miss.
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Eliot, you want to take some time off.
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Well, he'll take any excuse
to visit his secret girlfriend.
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- Ooh...
- I think...
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I think you'd write
a hell of a story for Mr. Blanche.
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This is totally bonkers.
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Oh, I knew it was Houdini!
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If we do this. If...
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Then we have to treat him
like any other mark.
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We watch, we learn.
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We profile.
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Yes!
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Come on, man. Just tell me.
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Who's your Santa baby?
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I know, is it the lady that fills up
the propane tanks on the trucks?
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Just let it go.
What do we know about our Mr. Blanche?
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Uh, town librarian
for the past 30 years,
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Never married, no passport.
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The guy doesn't really like
to go far from home.
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He's only been in the news one time,
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ten years ago when they tried to
shut down the library.
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Mr. Blanche led the charge to save it.
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I guess there's a lot of
Maurices out there.
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All right.
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- Well, we know he likes to read, so...
- Yeah.
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Go check on-- do your-- thing.
Go do your thing.
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No. Way.
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Do you know what that i--
Do you know what this is?
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This is a 386 Gateway 2000 PC...
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- Shh!
-...with a floppy drive!
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Oh, you gorgeous antique!
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Yes! Okay, according to
the library network,
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here is a list of all the books
he's taken out over the years.
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- Whoa.
What?
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That's... a lot of books.
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Ten thousand
over 30 years is about one a day.
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Can you narrow it down
just a teeny bit?
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Okay, breaking it down
by the card catalog,
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it's mostly fiction.
Uh, mystery-slash-detective...
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Action adventure, horror-slash-fantasy...
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paranormal romance.
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Guy checked out
Shogun a dozen times.
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Thing's like a brick.
Must be an Olympic-level reader.
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What is our story gonna be?
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For our librarian to be hero for the day,
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I don't think a sprawling saga
of feudal Japan is gonna work for us.
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Hm.
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Although I do have a really nice kimono.
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Ah.
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- So do I.
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That I don't want to see.
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Well...
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Should I get it?
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Hey! What are you doing in here?
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Get up! You can't be in here.
Pick it up. Let's go.
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Excuse me, sir!
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This is a public library. He has just as
much right to be here as you do.
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- Come on.
- Take your hands off of him.
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What about my rights?
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I pay my taxes.
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So you can just mind your--
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Leave.
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You good?
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Thank you for your service.
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As if the homeless
don't have enough to worry about.
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Well, you librarians got a lot
on your plate, huh?
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- Man, you have no idea.
- Uh-huh.
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However...
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What we like to do here
is recommend good books.
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So, what can I do for you today?
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Oh.
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Uh...
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Hmm.
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What were you guys
even talking about all that time?
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The kind of stories that we both like.
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The unlikely hero at the wrong place
at the wrong time,
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up against impossible odds.
203
00:09:47,963 --> 00:09:50,973
So going on a starship with a plucky
sidekick ain't gonna cut it for this guy.
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Nope.
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We're gonna give Mr. Blanche
a pulse-pounding spy adventure.
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00:10:12,821 --> 00:10:15,321
Huh. I like the science of sounds.
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00:10:15,407 --> 00:10:17,487
Maybe a bit louder,
more paper bits flying out.
208
00:10:17,576 --> 00:10:18,446
Copy that!
209
00:10:18,535 --> 00:10:21,745
Representative Agent!
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00:10:21,830 --> 00:10:22,710
Press one for reservation.
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00:10:22,789 --> 00:10:24,959
If you go out and get me a helicopter,
we can do it at the docks.
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00:10:25,042 --> 00:10:27,422
- In a cigarette boat.
Press two for directions.
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00:10:27,502 --> 00:10:29,092
- Agent!
-Press one.
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00:10:29,171 --> 00:10:30,011
Agent!
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00:10:35,635 --> 00:10:39,805
Oh! He got a red one!
It's really flashy!
216
00:10:41,433 --> 00:10:43,603
But it's Christmassy.
217
00:10:43,685 --> 00:10:47,015
Ah, there's my director.
I have a little question about the script.
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It's a story of honor and treachery.
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When a spy's betrayed,
it's up to a small-town librarian
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to complete the mission and save the day.
221
00:10:54,571 --> 00:10:56,161
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I get that.
And I love all that.
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My question has to do with this.
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Our Mr. Wilson enters.
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Yes, but where am I coming from,
what just happened,
225
00:11:01,328 --> 00:11:02,828
how do I feel about it?
226
00:11:02,913 --> 00:11:05,003
Oh, you just flew in
from Berlin on a G-IV,
227
00:11:05,082 --> 00:11:08,632
and you radiate the confidence
of a man secure in his convictions.
228
00:11:09,628 --> 00:11:11,588
Breanna, put the button cam down.
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Right. Tomorrow's showtime.
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I needn't remind you
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that our mark isn't driven by greed,
revenge, or fear,
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the normal buttons we push.
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This is a simple man
living a simple life,
234
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but this makes it infinitely more
difficult for us to deceive him.
235
00:11:25,185 --> 00:11:27,645
So we've all got to be
on top of our game. Any questions?
236
00:11:27,729 --> 00:11:29,979
I hired three of my buddies
from the service.
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00:11:30,065 --> 00:11:32,815
They're playing the stunt fighters.
Can I get six?
238
00:11:32,901 --> 00:11:34,901
If you can get me a free helicopter,
otherwise, no.
239
00:11:34,986 --> 00:11:39,236
Ooh! What if things get too exciting
for Mr. Blanche, and he, you know--
240
00:11:41,284 --> 00:11:42,704
Ooh! We need a safe word.
241
00:11:43,203 --> 00:11:45,463
- A safe word's when things get too hot.
- Well, I--
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Yeah, we know what it is.
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00:11:47,541 --> 00:11:50,631
Eliot, actually, you're gonna be
the one that knows if he's in distress,
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so you should choose.
245
00:11:52,087 --> 00:11:56,127
I know. Okay. It's-- can't be something
out of a spy story, so...
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- Pickle.
- Peanut butter.
247
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Uh, Winnebago.
248
00:12:00,595 --> 00:12:01,845
Right. There you go.
249
00:12:01,930 --> 00:12:05,810
So if Eliot says "Winnebago," we abort.
Any other questions?
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00:12:07,727 --> 00:12:08,647
No.
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00:12:18,697 --> 00:12:20,777
Ah, here's the hero.
252
00:12:20,866 --> 00:12:22,736
Told you that was a page-turner.
253
00:12:22,826 --> 00:12:24,406
Did you come back for another?
254
00:12:27,289 --> 00:12:28,329
I need your help.
255
00:12:33,044 --> 00:12:35,054
Time to tell the tale.
256
00:12:37,299 --> 00:12:39,259
You need to go
to the hospital.
257
00:12:39,342 --> 00:12:42,352
No. No. It's just a graze.
258
00:12:42,429 --> 00:12:45,059
No doctors. They'll find me there.
259
00:12:45,140 --> 00:12:46,350
- Who's "they"?
260
00:12:46,433 --> 00:12:47,983
Who attacked you?
261
00:12:48,059 --> 00:12:50,189
It doesn't matter, okay?
262
00:12:50,270 --> 00:12:52,480
You can tell me,
or you can tell the police.
263
00:12:53,231 --> 00:12:54,231
Your choice.
264
00:12:57,110 --> 00:12:59,740
This is the pivotal moment in any con.
265
00:12:59,821 --> 00:13:01,571
It's bigger than the blow-off and ascend.
266
00:13:01,656 --> 00:13:06,826
It's the moment when you just,
you push the mark right to the edge
267
00:13:06,912 --> 00:13:09,582
to convince him the story
you're telling him is true.
268
00:13:10,207 --> 00:13:13,787
It's called "The Convincer."
You ready?
269
00:13:17,506 --> 00:13:18,666
All right.
270
00:13:18,757 --> 00:13:21,427
- You want the truth?
- Yes.
271
00:13:23,261 --> 00:13:24,301
I'm a spy.
272
00:13:25,805 --> 00:13:28,675
I've been staying in a safe house
on the outskirts of town.
273
00:13:28,767 --> 00:13:31,437
I was waiting to make a dead drop
on some intel,
274
00:13:31,520 --> 00:13:33,310
but I was compromised.
275
00:13:33,396 --> 00:13:35,476
And if I don't get this to my caseworker,
276
00:13:36,775 --> 00:13:39,105
innocent people are gonna die.
277
00:13:41,738 --> 00:13:43,198
Will you help me?
278
00:13:49,371 --> 00:13:50,661
Come on!
279
00:13:55,877 --> 00:13:57,047
He's in.
280
00:13:57,128 --> 00:14:00,258
Damn, Eliot. You know, I thought that
little raspy world-weary thing you did
281
00:14:00,340 --> 00:14:02,680
was kinda played, but Gramps bought it!
282
00:14:03,552 --> 00:14:04,892
All right, get in.
283
00:14:06,429 --> 00:14:07,509
This is my car here.
284
00:14:07,597 --> 00:14:10,057
No, no, no. See, the people
who are looking for you,
285
00:14:10,141 --> 00:14:11,231
they know what you're driving.
286
00:14:11,309 --> 00:14:12,639
No, no, no, no. This-- look, but--
287
00:14:15,480 --> 00:14:16,520
Listen, whoa, whoa, whoa--
288
00:14:20,443 --> 00:14:21,533
Get in!
289
00:14:23,446 --> 00:14:24,606
Hey.
290
00:14:24,698 --> 00:14:26,118
- You said you didn't want to--
291
00:14:26,199 --> 00:14:27,829
What are you--
what are you doing?
292
00:14:29,452 --> 00:14:31,662
That's it!
Here we go!
293
00:14:38,086 --> 00:14:39,206
Yeah-oh!
294
00:14:39,296 --> 00:14:43,876
That was a little unexpected
Grand Theft Auto from our reader!
295
00:14:43,967 --> 00:14:45,337
Be careful, Eliot.
296
00:14:46,803 --> 00:14:48,643
Thanks for doing this for us.
297
00:14:49,139 --> 00:14:51,269
Oh, I'm not just doing it for you.
298
00:14:51,349 --> 00:14:52,599
I mean...
299
00:14:52,684 --> 00:14:54,524
I'm doing it for Nate also.
300
00:14:54,603 --> 00:14:56,063
He would've liked this stuff, huh?
301
00:14:58,231 --> 00:14:59,821
He would've hated it.
302
00:14:59,899 --> 00:15:01,739
Which would've made me
want to do it all the more.
303
00:15:01,818 --> 00:15:05,858
You know, just like Mr. Blanche,
we all need a little...
304
00:15:06,573 --> 00:15:10,373
nudge out of our comfort zone.
Hm?
305
00:15:12,162 --> 00:15:14,912
I'll stick to the back roads,
avoid any CCTV.
306
00:15:15,874 --> 00:15:16,964
Where to?
307
00:15:17,042 --> 00:15:19,172
I found a hacker on the dark web.
308
00:15:19,753 --> 00:15:22,923
I need to send an encrypted message
to my case officer,
309
00:15:23,006 --> 00:15:24,716
set up a hand-off.
310
00:15:25,300 --> 00:15:26,550
Here's the address.
311
00:15:28,637 --> 00:15:30,347
- Don't you...
- No tracers.
312
00:15:30,430 --> 00:15:31,850
It's my phone.
313
00:15:32,349 --> 00:15:34,679
After you give your boss this flash drive,
what happens then?
314
00:15:34,768 --> 00:15:36,098
Exfiltration.
315
00:15:36,186 --> 00:15:39,646
I'm gonna get on a helicopter,
you're going back to the library.
316
00:15:39,731 --> 00:15:42,691
Back to the same desk I've been
sitting at for the last 30 years.
317
00:15:45,487 --> 00:15:47,357
Oh, is that where you learned
to hotwire a car?
318
00:15:48,948 --> 00:15:51,618
That would be my misspent teen years.
319
00:15:51,701 --> 00:15:53,501
I'm not judging ya.
320
00:15:53,578 --> 00:15:55,458
I've raised my fair share of hell.
321
00:15:56,247 --> 00:15:59,877
And I am sorry
for getting you into this.
322
00:15:59,959 --> 00:16:01,379
Want to know the truth?
323
00:16:01,461 --> 00:16:04,421
This is the most alive I've felt in years.
324
00:16:12,430 --> 00:16:14,470
I gotta warn you,
this hacker's a little...
325
00:16:14,557 --> 00:16:17,887
Ya know, it's--
I mean, who buys a planetarium?
326
00:16:17,977 --> 00:16:18,807
Mm-hmm.
327
00:16:19,562 --> 00:16:20,812
Oh, my God.
328
00:16:20,897 --> 00:16:22,437
Are you Dire Wrath?
329
00:16:22,524 --> 00:16:24,034
I... we spoke on the phone.
330
00:16:24,109 --> 00:16:25,689
- I need to--
Shh!
331
00:16:25,777 --> 00:16:27,607
Why don't you say my handle
a little louder, man?!
332
00:16:27,696 --> 00:16:30,066
You didn't cast me as the hacker?
333
00:16:30,156 --> 00:16:33,276
Because I need you to actually
be the hacker.
334
00:16:33,368 --> 00:16:34,868
You guys hungry?
335
00:16:34,953 --> 00:16:36,963
- Got Hot Pockets.
No thank you.
336
00:16:37,706 --> 00:16:40,496
I need you to send this encrypted message.
337
00:16:40,583 --> 00:16:42,293
Decode the response.
338
00:16:42,377 --> 00:16:44,457
And I don't have to tell ya,
if we're intercepted,
339
00:16:44,546 --> 00:16:46,006
we're dead.
340
00:16:46,881 --> 00:16:48,511
What do you think I am, man?
341
00:16:48,591 --> 00:16:50,511
Some skitty from Def-con? Pssh.
342
00:16:50,593 --> 00:16:53,853
I cater to an exclusive clientele.
343
00:16:53,930 --> 00:16:56,470
You two look like
a couple of real estate agents.
344
00:16:56,558 --> 00:16:59,098
Hey, wait! She should
check out the flash drive.
345
00:16:59,185 --> 00:17:00,645
That's all right,
I already did that.
346
00:17:00,729 --> 00:17:03,649
No, no, no. That was
before you were attacked.
347
00:17:03,732 --> 00:17:06,532
Maybe they tried to wipe it so that
you couldn't complete your mission.
348
00:17:06,609 --> 00:17:07,989
Right?
349
00:17:08,570 --> 00:17:11,910
Oh! The only thing on that flash drive
is Eliot's secret chili recipe!
350
00:17:11,990 --> 00:17:13,450
Well, that is a problem!
351
00:17:13,533 --> 00:17:14,783
Like that's my fault?
352
00:17:14,868 --> 00:17:16,118
I wasn't in charge of the props!
353
00:17:16,202 --> 00:17:17,452
Who was in charge of the story?
354
00:17:21,916 --> 00:17:23,166
Oh.
355
00:17:23,251 --> 00:17:27,671
"One and a half pounds of
ground 80-20 beef...
356
00:17:27,756 --> 00:17:29,126
two cups of yellow..."
357
00:17:29,215 --> 00:17:33,335
Well, I'm not gonna put the real stuff
on it, man, so just, uh, you know...
358
00:17:34,053 --> 00:17:35,683
You could stop-- decode it.
359
00:17:35,764 --> 00:17:37,224
Just... decode it.
360
00:17:37,307 --> 00:17:38,597
Ah.
361
00:17:38,683 --> 00:17:40,193
Hang on, Parker.
362
00:17:40,268 --> 00:17:42,268
Decoding Eliot's chili recipe now.
363
00:17:42,353 --> 00:17:45,233
Also sending you the decrypted file
for the hand-off location.
364
00:17:45,774 --> 00:17:47,614
Hey, Miss. Yes. Thank you.
365
00:17:47,692 --> 00:17:51,282
All up there. We got it. Hey.
Good call, Robert.
366
00:17:51,362 --> 00:17:53,282
Oh, hey, look, your friend, uh...
367
00:17:53,364 --> 00:17:55,494
just sent the location for your meeting.
368
00:18:01,664 --> 00:18:03,584
Oh. Next time...
369
00:18:03,666 --> 00:18:06,246
why don't you guys hang out
a little longer with me, you know?
370
00:18:06,336 --> 00:18:07,666
We could watch some TNG.
371
00:18:07,754 --> 00:18:10,384
I'm good. Thank. We have a meeting.
372
00:18:10,465 --> 00:18:11,505
Damn it.
373
00:18:13,092 --> 00:18:14,392
What's "TNG"?
374
00:18:15,011 --> 00:18:17,261
All right, this is where
we make the drop.
375
00:18:18,473 --> 00:18:19,893
Public place.
376
00:18:20,683 --> 00:18:22,063
Lots of visibility.
377
00:18:23,061 --> 00:18:24,601
Your boss made a good choice.
378
00:18:27,232 --> 00:18:29,482
Focus. Okay...
379
00:18:30,318 --> 00:18:31,568
♪ Santa Baby... ♪
380
00:18:31,653 --> 00:18:32,573
Oh!
381
00:18:32,654 --> 00:18:34,324
- Ah!
- Ooh! Cocoa!
382
00:18:34,405 --> 00:18:36,615
- Mm. Mm. Mm.
383
00:18:36,699 --> 00:18:37,619
What's that?
384
00:18:37,700 --> 00:18:39,620
Oh, another attack on our servers.
385
00:18:39,702 --> 00:18:41,252
No drama. Our shields are holding fine.
386
00:18:41,329 --> 00:18:43,869
- Let's enjoy the show!
387
00:18:43,957 --> 00:18:44,827
Cheers.
388
00:18:44,916 --> 00:18:46,286
This is our big action scene.
389
00:18:46,376 --> 00:18:50,046
Diners, when the punches begin to fly,
I need you to move quickly to the exits.
390
00:18:50,129 --> 00:18:51,379
I don't want anyone getting hurt.
391
00:18:51,464 --> 00:18:54,264
And no, you can't have this for your reel.
392
00:18:54,342 --> 00:18:55,842
Let's go over it again.
393
00:18:55,927 --> 00:18:59,307
When Eliot realizes he's been betrayed
by his boss, he'll stand up.
394
00:18:59,389 --> 00:19:03,179
Now that's the cue for
the stunt performers to enter and attack.
395
00:19:03,268 --> 00:19:04,848
We have to make sure that Eliot
396
00:19:04,936 --> 00:19:08,186
gets to hand off the flash drive
to Mr. Blanche, who can deliver it to me.
397
00:19:08,273 --> 00:19:10,323
That's his big hero moment.
398
00:19:10,400 --> 00:19:12,530
Copy. Stunt team in position.
399
00:19:39,804 --> 00:19:40,814
You look like hell.
400
00:19:41,347 --> 00:19:42,767
An idea who hit ya?
401
00:19:43,808 --> 00:19:45,438
They were all wearing black.
402
00:19:45,518 --> 00:19:46,898
They had masks on.
403
00:19:46,978 --> 00:19:48,648
I'll keep my head on a swivel.
404
00:19:50,315 --> 00:19:51,355
Who's the civilian?
405
00:19:51,441 --> 00:19:52,731
That's Robert Blanche.
406
00:19:52,817 --> 00:19:55,277
He got me here in one piece.
We owe him.
407
00:19:55,361 --> 00:19:57,821
I'm no hero.
More like an Uber.
408
00:19:59,657 --> 00:20:02,947
Well, Mr. Blanche,
today you earned four stars.
409
00:20:03,578 --> 00:20:05,538
If that intel had fallen
into the wrong hands,
410
00:20:05,622 --> 00:20:07,962
the world would be a lot less safe,
I can promise you that.
411
00:20:08,666 --> 00:20:09,916
Thank you for your service.
412
00:20:35,276 --> 00:20:36,436
Ahh!
413
00:20:41,157 --> 00:20:43,277
Wait, wait, whoa!
Wait, how-- how do you--?
414
00:20:43,368 --> 00:20:44,288
This is a setup.
415
00:20:44,369 --> 00:20:46,749
I think your boss sent
these hostiles after you.
416
00:20:47,330 --> 00:20:50,120
Our reader's ahead of the story,
it means he's hooked. Go with it.
417
00:20:50,208 --> 00:20:53,378
Right, right, right. You know what?
There's bound to be more of them.
418
00:20:53,461 --> 00:20:54,751
Square up.
419
00:20:54,837 --> 00:20:56,417
You're right. Here they come.
420
00:20:59,133 --> 00:21:00,093
Who the--?
421
00:21:00,176 --> 00:21:01,836
Give us the Ledger
and we'll let you go.
422
00:21:02,428 --> 00:21:03,508
Stay back.
423
00:21:17,193 --> 00:21:19,903
Wow. Eliot's stunt guys
are really going for it.
424
00:21:19,988 --> 00:21:22,158
Wait, aren't they supposed to be
wearing masks?
425
00:21:23,825 --> 00:21:24,825
Oh!
426
00:21:52,353 --> 00:21:54,403
Winnebag-- Eee!
427
00:21:59,652 --> 00:22:01,032
Forget Copperhead.
428
00:22:01,112 --> 00:22:02,952
Take Spencer, he's got the Ledger.
429
00:22:22,633 --> 00:22:24,143
Hey, man, that's my bike!
430
00:22:24,218 --> 00:22:26,218
Hey! Whoa! Whoa!
Stop! Stop! Stop!
431
00:22:32,977 --> 00:22:35,607
Did I miss a rewrite?
I mean, who the hell grabbed Eliot?
432
00:22:35,688 --> 00:22:38,188
My guess? Whoever's been
targeting our servers.
433
00:22:38,274 --> 00:22:39,534
They're really good.
434
00:22:39,609 --> 00:22:41,149
I mean, they got the drop
on Eliot's stunt team.
435
00:22:41,235 --> 00:22:43,395
Tied them up in their own van.
436
00:22:43,488 --> 00:22:45,198
Well, if you guys don't know who they are,
437
00:22:45,281 --> 00:22:48,531
maybe we should ask
the deadly hands of AARP.
438
00:22:48,618 --> 00:22:50,038
Who the hell's that guy?
439
00:22:50,119 --> 00:22:52,409
Yeah, 'cause he's definitely
not just a librarian.
440
00:22:52,997 --> 00:22:55,247
You got that right.
Here's his bag.
441
00:22:55,792 --> 00:22:58,922
- Whoa! A gun?
- Oh! What?
442
00:22:59,003 --> 00:23:01,343
Okay, there's that and...
443
00:23:02,256 --> 00:23:06,216
four fake passports
and night vision goggles.
444
00:23:06,886 --> 00:23:10,636
Holy cow.
The librarian's actually a spy?
445
00:23:27,949 --> 00:23:30,489
I should've known
it was you R.I.Z. clowns.
446
00:23:31,160 --> 00:23:32,370
Mm.
447
00:23:32,453 --> 00:23:34,713
I can tell because you hire
all these mall cops.
448
00:23:35,665 --> 00:23:36,915
She didn't send me.
449
00:23:38,584 --> 00:23:40,044
Who you workin' for now?
450
00:23:40,128 --> 00:23:42,208
You're in no position to ask.
451
00:23:42,296 --> 00:23:46,466
And before you start lying, my team's
already decrypted the flash drive.
452
00:23:46,551 --> 00:23:48,511
I know it's not the real Ledger.
453
00:23:48,594 --> 00:23:50,764
I don't know what you're talking about.
454
00:23:50,847 --> 00:23:54,597
That chili recipe is gold.
Gold, I tell ya.
455
00:23:54,684 --> 00:23:57,484
Most of us thought
Copperhead was dead.
456
00:23:57,562 --> 00:23:59,192
And in just a few days,
you managed to find him,
457
00:23:59,272 --> 00:24:00,902
reactivate him, and get the Ledger.
458
00:24:01,482 --> 00:24:02,652
Impressive.
459
00:24:02,733 --> 00:24:04,403
Now where is it?
460
00:24:05,570 --> 00:24:06,450
You're right.
461
00:24:06,529 --> 00:24:09,239
We found the Rattlesnake guy and...
462
00:24:09,323 --> 00:24:12,793
I have what you want in my truck.
463
00:24:12,869 --> 00:24:15,199
Relax, boys. I'll get it.
464
00:24:15,288 --> 00:24:17,458
Mr. Kelsey, the kit, please.
465
00:24:19,792 --> 00:24:21,172
T-Truth serum?
466
00:24:21,252 --> 00:24:24,512
I've already had
every kind they've ever made.
467
00:24:24,589 --> 00:24:26,219
It's standard O.P.
468
00:24:26,299 --> 00:24:29,049
You'd know that
if you took the time to hire
469
00:24:29,135 --> 00:24:30,385
the quality guys you should--
470
00:24:30,469 --> 00:24:32,509
Hell, I bet ICE wouldn't even
hire these cats.
471
00:24:35,099 --> 00:24:37,889
It's very rude of you to keep
harping on my staff's inadequacies
472
00:24:37,977 --> 00:24:39,977
when you won't come on board
and teach them.
473
00:24:41,856 --> 00:24:42,896
Unless...
474
00:24:45,484 --> 00:24:46,324
Well, then.
475
00:25:05,671 --> 00:25:09,011
We had the perfect con.
A Christmas spy caper.
476
00:25:09,091 --> 00:25:11,261
And then the mark had to ruin it
by being a real spy.
477
00:25:11,344 --> 00:25:15,684
Breanna, any luck plugging in
Mr. Blanche's face into the DoD database
478
00:25:15,765 --> 00:25:17,475
you're not supposed to have access to?
479
00:25:17,558 --> 00:25:19,688
Uh, yeah. So they used to call him
Copperhead,
480
00:25:19,769 --> 00:25:21,269
and this dude was fire.
481
00:25:21,354 --> 00:25:23,614
I mean, black bag ops, extractions.
482
00:25:23,689 --> 00:25:27,149
His name pops up on dozens of highly
redacted, hella top secret documents.
483
00:25:27,235 --> 00:25:29,445
Then 30 years ago, he just vanishes.
484
00:25:29,528 --> 00:25:31,318
Exactly around the time Robert Blanche
485
00:25:31,405 --> 00:25:33,985
came into existence
as a small-town librarian.
486
00:25:34,075 --> 00:25:35,155
Yes.
487
00:25:40,289 --> 00:25:41,579
How does that help us find Eliot?
488
00:25:41,666 --> 00:25:43,126
Short answer is, it doesn't.
489
00:25:43,209 --> 00:25:44,709
I think we need to come to terms
with the idea
490
00:25:44,794 --> 00:25:46,504
that maybe Eliot wasn't the target.
491
00:25:46,587 --> 00:25:50,547
You mean, he was just an unlikely hero
in the wrong place at the wrong time.
492
00:25:50,633 --> 00:25:51,803
Some hero.
493
00:25:54,136 --> 00:25:55,716
Now unless you want a bullet,
494
00:25:55,805 --> 00:25:59,265
I suggest you tell me exactly
who the hell you people are
495
00:25:59,350 --> 00:26:01,850
and why you've been trying
to destroy my life.
496
00:26:06,524 --> 00:26:09,694
When Copperhead disappeared,
he took a retirement package.
497
00:26:10,319 --> 00:26:13,069
A cache of information about
certain people who've since risen
498
00:26:13,155 --> 00:26:15,235
to positions of considerable power.
499
00:26:15,324 --> 00:26:19,004
Yesterday's warlords
are now today's titans of industry.
500
00:26:19,078 --> 00:26:21,458
And even leaders of nations.
501
00:26:21,539 --> 00:26:23,919
They called it "The Ledger."
502
00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:26,210
More blackmail material for you.
503
00:26:26,294 --> 00:26:28,634
Most people thought the Ledger
ended up in a shallow grave
504
00:26:28,713 --> 00:26:30,423
along with Copperhead himself.
505
00:26:30,506 --> 00:26:32,376
No one was even looking for him anymore
506
00:26:32,466 --> 00:26:35,386
until the tail that I put on you
snapped his picture by accident.
507
00:26:36,137 --> 00:26:37,427
Merry Christmas to me.
508
00:26:38,014 --> 00:26:40,934
I assume you're running a con
to get the Ledger, but...
509
00:26:41,017 --> 00:26:42,557
perhaps I was mistaken.
510
00:26:42,643 --> 00:26:46,233
So, if you don't know
where the Ledger is...
511
00:26:47,356 --> 00:26:48,356
where's Copperhead?
512
00:26:48,858 --> 00:26:50,818
I'm not gonna tell--
I'm not gonna tell you.
513
00:26:51,736 --> 00:26:53,896
I wouldn't tell you
if I knew where he was.
514
00:26:55,489 --> 00:26:57,869
Right now I'm just looking
at all the pretty colors.
515
00:26:57,950 --> 00:27:00,160
Mm. It's called Red Haze.
516
00:27:00,244 --> 00:27:01,834
"Red Haze."
517
00:27:01,912 --> 00:27:05,962
Reacts with the neurochemicals in your
brain to heighten memory and emotion.
518
00:27:06,042 --> 00:27:08,462
If I just leave you sitting there,
you could be bombarded
519
00:27:08,544 --> 00:27:10,634
by random bad memories.
520
00:27:10,713 --> 00:27:13,673
But if I knew your most traumatic
experience,
521
00:27:13,758 --> 00:27:15,048
I can just say...
522
00:27:17,720 --> 00:27:19,390
"Operation Kansas."
523
00:27:26,854 --> 00:27:28,814
They call it "PTSD in a bottle."
524
00:27:37,907 --> 00:27:40,117
A Christmas present.
525
00:27:40,201 --> 00:27:42,621
Yup. How'd we do?
526
00:27:42,703 --> 00:27:45,623
Well, your fake story
was pretty good.
527
00:27:45,706 --> 00:27:49,496
Of course, a true hero
would have to die at the end.
528
00:27:49,585 --> 00:27:51,995
As I'd love to continue discussing
Joseph Campbell
529
00:27:52,088 --> 00:27:53,668
and the hero's journey all day long,
530
00:27:53,756 --> 00:27:55,876
but can I raise the point
that Eliot is still MIA?
531
00:27:55,966 --> 00:27:58,886
Yeah, and it's kinda your fault, so...
any idea who did it?
532
00:27:59,595 --> 00:28:02,175
Well, their fighting styles
were all over the map,
533
00:28:02,264 --> 00:28:04,064
so I'd say that they were private.
534
00:28:04,141 --> 00:28:07,231
But I couldn't begin to tell you
who the major players are these days.
535
00:28:07,311 --> 00:28:08,561
R.I.Z.
536
00:28:08,646 --> 00:28:09,726
Who's that?
537
00:28:09,814 --> 00:28:11,484
Private security company more powerful
538
00:28:11,565 --> 00:28:13,565
than some countries'
intelligence agencies.
539
00:28:13,651 --> 00:28:15,071
We've dealt with them before.
540
00:28:15,152 --> 00:28:18,282
Our group of super secret bad guys
with zero digital footprint?
541
00:28:18,364 --> 00:28:19,914
They'll be easy to find.
542
00:28:19,990 --> 00:28:21,200
Try the Flanders Group.
543
00:28:22,827 --> 00:28:26,497
It's a shell company
that R.I.Z. sometimes uses.
544
00:28:26,580 --> 00:28:29,040
And you know this because...?
545
00:28:29,125 --> 00:28:31,165
You used them at your old firm.
546
00:28:31,252 --> 00:28:33,462
Holding out on us again, Mr. Wilson.
547
00:28:33,546 --> 00:28:38,716
Okay, the Flanders Group rents space
at an office park outside of town.
548
00:28:38,801 --> 00:28:40,221
Well, thanks for your help, Mis--
549
00:28:41,429 --> 00:28:42,759
Wonderful.
550
00:28:42,847 --> 00:28:45,767
You had to go and tell him
it was his fault that Eliot got nicked.
551
00:28:45,850 --> 00:28:48,270
What? He's a super spy, right?
552
00:28:48,352 --> 00:28:49,942
I don't know,
maybe he Mission Impossibles in
553
00:28:50,020 --> 00:28:51,020
and gets Eliot out.
554
00:28:51,105 --> 00:28:53,225
I'm not betting Eliot's life on a maybe,
555
00:28:53,315 --> 00:28:55,435
and I'm not letting a man
with stage four cancer
556
00:28:55,526 --> 00:28:58,236
get killed on a job we guilted him into.
557
00:28:58,320 --> 00:28:59,820
Let's go get the truck.
558
00:29:00,614 --> 00:29:02,284
Mr. Wilson!
559
00:29:02,366 --> 00:29:04,986
Stay here in case Mr. Blanche comes back.
560
00:29:05,077 --> 00:29:06,247
We'll speak later.
561
00:29:13,502 --> 00:29:16,212
Operation Kansas
happened at Christmastime,
562
00:29:16,297 --> 00:29:17,797
didn't it?
563
00:29:18,883 --> 00:29:21,553
Holidays must be so difficult for you.
564
00:29:21,635 --> 00:29:24,505
Is that why you're reluctant
to spend them with your father?
565
00:29:25,097 --> 00:29:27,637
How long has it been
since you saw him last?
566
00:29:29,226 --> 00:29:30,636
Don't...
567
00:29:31,145 --> 00:29:34,185
His friend from Vietnam
has invited you to join them.
568
00:29:34,273 --> 00:29:35,573
Very sweet of him.
569
00:29:35,649 --> 00:29:38,189
All you have to do to make it stop
570
00:29:38,277 --> 00:29:40,067
is give me Copperhead.
571
00:29:40,529 --> 00:29:42,779
Mr. Kelsey has the antidote
ready and waiting.
572
00:29:42,865 --> 00:29:45,275
Yeah. Yeah.
573
00:29:49,288 --> 00:29:50,748
It's...
574
00:29:50,831 --> 00:29:52,041
three...
575
00:29:52,124 --> 00:29:54,634
tablespoons of chopped garlic.
576
00:29:55,461 --> 00:29:57,711
One teaspoon of smoked paprika.
577
00:29:57,796 --> 00:29:59,546
Typical RTI tactics.
578
00:29:59,632 --> 00:30:01,842
- Two table--
- We're gonna do it the hard way, then.
579
00:30:01,926 --> 00:30:04,006
...of chili powder.
580
00:30:04,094 --> 00:30:07,104
Give him another dose.
Don't let the drug leave his system.
581
00:30:07,181 --> 00:30:09,351
...tablespoons of corn masa...
582
00:30:09,433 --> 00:30:13,903
you don't use corn starch,
you use corn masa...
583
00:30:29,036 --> 00:30:31,116
Parker's right.
The loading dock's the only way in.
584
00:30:31,872 --> 00:30:34,172
Problem.
There's a camera on the loading dock.
585
00:30:34,250 --> 00:30:37,290
Okay, I can disable that remotely,
but that is gonna take some time.
586
00:30:37,378 --> 00:30:39,918
Sometimes the simplest solutions
are the best.
587
00:30:40,005 --> 00:30:40,915
Parker!
588
00:30:47,721 --> 00:30:50,601
Stop!
The camera's blocked now.
589
00:30:58,023 --> 00:30:59,783
Spencer, hang on.
590
00:30:59,858 --> 00:31:01,358
- I'm almost done.
591
00:31:01,443 --> 00:31:04,613
Hey, hey, hey, come on. Come on.
Let's get out of here.
592
00:31:06,740 --> 00:31:07,780
Uniform?
593
00:31:07,866 --> 00:31:09,826
New guy.
594
00:31:09,910 --> 00:31:11,830
- Shined shoes.
- Bingo.
595
00:31:11,912 --> 00:31:14,792
- Weapon.
- Improvised snow globe.
596
00:31:14,873 --> 00:31:15,753
Exit.
597
00:31:19,378 --> 00:31:20,628
Parker, exit.
598
00:31:20,713 --> 00:31:23,343
Loading docks. Just a straight shot
up across three junctions
599
00:31:23,424 --> 00:31:25,054
- and then down a teeny-tiny chute.
- Yeah.
600
00:31:25,134 --> 00:31:27,684
I'm not crazy about it either,
but she knows her vents.
601
00:31:36,186 --> 00:31:38,976
The saline bag should
flush out most of that Red Haze.
602
00:31:40,441 --> 00:31:43,361
This dragon lady,
she ain't gonna let up
603
00:31:43,444 --> 00:31:44,954
until she gets that Ledger.
604
00:31:45,029 --> 00:31:48,529
Well, that's a problem 'cause that Ledger
doesn't exist, not anymore.
605
00:31:48,616 --> 00:31:50,116
You destroyed it?
606
00:31:50,200 --> 00:31:53,580
My last op went south,
and the Ledger was on a floppy disk
607
00:31:53,662 --> 00:31:54,872
and it got destroyed.
608
00:31:54,955 --> 00:31:56,575
She ain't gonna buy that.
609
00:31:56,665 --> 00:31:57,825
Nobody would.
610
00:31:57,916 --> 00:31:59,076
That's why I ran.
611
00:31:59,168 --> 00:32:00,668
I knew they'd never stop looking.
612
00:32:00,753 --> 00:32:02,553
- Who?
You name it.
613
00:32:02,630 --> 00:32:06,380
The Company, OPEC, the Vatican.
614
00:32:06,467 --> 00:32:08,637
None of them would believe
that the Ledger was gone.
615
00:32:08,719 --> 00:32:10,259
That's why I had to hide in plain sight,
616
00:32:10,346 --> 00:32:12,176
become the kind of man that nobody sees.
617
00:32:12,264 --> 00:32:14,224
A small-town librarian.
618
00:32:14,308 --> 00:32:17,648
Wasn't a bad plan.
Worked for 30 years but...
619
00:32:18,270 --> 00:32:20,480
now, Maurice...
620
00:32:20,564 --> 00:32:23,534
all the people I know here,
they're never gonna be safe
621
00:32:23,609 --> 00:32:27,199
as long as R.I.Z.
thinks I have that Ledger.
622
00:32:28,530 --> 00:32:29,740
So let's give it to them.
623
00:32:29,823 --> 00:32:32,663
Um, was I the only one here
for the "it got destroyed" part?
624
00:32:32,743 --> 00:32:35,043
It doesn't have to be the real one.
625
00:32:35,120 --> 00:32:37,670
We just have to make
a convincing copy of the Ledger.
626
00:32:37,748 --> 00:32:40,918
How are you gonna do that?
We don't even know what was on it.
627
00:32:41,001 --> 00:32:42,711
Maybe we don't need to.
628
00:32:42,795 --> 00:32:46,545
You said that the Ledger was
on this 30-year-old floppy disk, right?
629
00:32:46,632 --> 00:32:47,472
Yeah.
630
00:32:47,549 --> 00:32:49,969
Well, I'm sure you guys all know
they don't last that long.
631
00:32:50,052 --> 00:32:51,932
I can fake a dummy disk.
632
00:32:52,012 --> 00:32:53,892
Just something that
will convince R.I.Z.
633
00:32:53,972 --> 00:32:55,392
that the data broke down over time.
634
00:32:56,058 --> 00:32:58,688
All right, how would you
arrange the hand-off?
635
00:32:58,769 --> 00:32:59,809
I'm sure we don't want to go to
636
00:32:59,895 --> 00:33:01,975
the suburban office park
of torture anymore.
637
00:33:02,523 --> 00:33:04,443
Oh, I might be able to help with that one.
638
00:33:04,525 --> 00:33:06,935
That dragon lady,
I think I know why she's in town.
639
00:33:07,528 --> 00:33:10,278
My old firm never took me off
the holiday party invite list.
640
00:33:11,323 --> 00:33:13,203
I figured you'd want something fancy.
641
00:33:14,618 --> 00:33:18,328
Parker! Where did you get that?
642
00:33:19,581 --> 00:33:21,831
I bought it.
643
00:33:24,837 --> 00:33:27,547
Now that Eliot's safe,
give me one good reason
644
00:33:27,631 --> 00:33:30,881
why I shouldn't cut you loose
for holding out on us about R.I.Z.
645
00:33:30,968 --> 00:33:33,138
Hitter, hacker, grifter, thief...
646
00:33:33,220 --> 00:33:34,220
tax lawyer.
647
00:33:34,304 --> 00:33:37,434
Didn't exactly come
with the flashiest resumé.
648
00:33:37,516 --> 00:33:40,346
You were afraid we wouldn't let you
aboard our little pirate ship.
649
00:33:40,436 --> 00:33:43,306
As far as R.I.Z. goes, my firm
hired them for data collection,
650
00:33:43,397 --> 00:33:45,187
and I never asked.
651
00:33:45,274 --> 00:33:48,864
It's becoming a pattern, your keeping
secrets from us, Mr. Wilson.
652
00:33:48,944 --> 00:33:50,034
Sophie Devereaux?
653
00:33:50,863 --> 00:33:51,953
Alexandra Bligh.
654
00:33:52,990 --> 00:33:55,830
I was just about to check out
the signed auction. Care to join me?
655
00:33:57,494 --> 00:33:59,714
Oop. Just us girls.
656
00:33:59,788 --> 00:34:01,668
I don't negotiate with amateurs.
657
00:34:02,833 --> 00:34:04,083
It's fine.
658
00:34:04,168 --> 00:34:06,338
They don't murder people at private clubs.
659
00:34:06,420 --> 00:34:08,460
It's unbecoming to the members.
660
00:34:11,717 --> 00:34:15,967
Your team of misfit toys has been
making a lot of trouble for me.
661
00:34:16,054 --> 00:34:18,314
At first, I found you sort of amusing.
662
00:34:18,390 --> 00:34:20,020
But now I'm annoyed.
663
00:34:20,934 --> 00:34:24,654
Is that why you've been stalking us
and poking around in our servers?
664
00:34:24,730 --> 00:34:26,320
You just needed a good laugh.
665
00:34:26,398 --> 00:34:28,028
You think I'm scared of you?
666
00:34:28,108 --> 00:34:29,438
Either that or you're jealous.
667
00:34:29,526 --> 00:34:32,946
I mean, that's the only explanation I can
think of for your rather creepy behavior.
668
00:34:33,030 --> 00:34:34,820
Let's cut the chitchat, shall we?
669
00:34:34,907 --> 00:34:36,237
Is this the part where you tell me that
670
00:34:36,325 --> 00:34:38,575
this town isn't big enough
for the both of us?
671
00:34:38,660 --> 00:34:39,540
Hardly.
672
00:34:39,620 --> 00:34:43,670
Actually, I see no reason why Leverage
and R.I.Z. can't coexist quite happily.
673
00:34:43,749 --> 00:34:45,209
We just need to agree on the terms.
674
00:34:45,292 --> 00:34:47,632
- What terms?
- You give me Copperhead.
675
00:34:47,711 --> 00:34:49,961
He's still wanted in multiple countries.
676
00:34:50,047 --> 00:34:51,967
He'll fetch a lovely bounty.
677
00:34:52,049 --> 00:34:54,129
He's an old man with no power.
678
00:34:54,218 --> 00:34:55,588
You just want him for the Ledger.
679
00:34:55,677 --> 00:34:59,007
And I won't give it up
unless you let him go free and clear.
680
00:34:59,097 --> 00:35:00,677
His freedom for the Ledger?
681
00:35:00,766 --> 00:35:04,266
That's my offer. Delivery at the docks
tomorrow at 7 a.m.
682
00:35:04,353 --> 00:35:05,603
I'll text you the slip.
683
00:35:05,687 --> 00:35:07,227
And if I'm not interested?
684
00:35:07,314 --> 00:35:10,574
Well, if you want to get really annoyed,
just say no.
685
00:35:10,651 --> 00:35:13,151
And I'll sell it to
your biggest competitor.
686
00:35:28,836 --> 00:35:31,086
I looked for you in the bar.
687
00:35:31,171 --> 00:35:33,721
This is a surprise.
688
00:35:34,341 --> 00:35:36,841
The only quiet place to answer my emails.
689
00:35:36,927 --> 00:35:38,177
What are you doing here, Harry?
690
00:35:38,262 --> 00:35:40,562
Oh, maybe I'm the ghost of Christmas past.
691
00:35:40,639 --> 00:35:43,019
Oh, come to show me the error of my ways.
692
00:35:43,100 --> 00:35:45,440
When I was
a first-year associate,
693
00:35:45,519 --> 00:35:47,399
you showed me how to
practice law the right way.
694
00:35:47,479 --> 00:35:51,609
With integrity, honor. Remember?
695
00:35:51,692 --> 00:35:52,692
Sure.
696
00:35:53,777 --> 00:35:55,447
Then you showed me a different way.
697
00:35:55,529 --> 00:35:56,819
You showed us all.
698
00:35:56,905 --> 00:35:58,365
I'm not like that anymore.
699
00:35:58,448 --> 00:36:01,198
Come on. Robin Hood!
700
00:36:01,285 --> 00:36:04,365
This is your post-breakdown
death penalty case.
701
00:36:04,454 --> 00:36:07,254
You scratched that itch.
It's time for you to come home.
702
00:36:07,332 --> 00:36:08,752
You think I'm a tourist?
703
00:36:08,834 --> 00:36:10,344
I've got new partners now.
704
00:36:11,253 --> 00:36:13,303
You tell your new partners
about that fund you looted
705
00:36:13,380 --> 00:36:14,550
for those plane crash victims?
706
00:36:15,424 --> 00:36:17,844
Tell them about that deal
you cut them for that narco?
707
00:36:17,926 --> 00:36:20,176
The one that drops his rivals in acid.
708
00:36:21,680 --> 00:36:23,350
You tell them about Crutchfield?
709
00:36:25,559 --> 00:36:27,899
They have no idea who you really are.
710
00:36:28,478 --> 00:36:30,808
The choices I made cost me my marriage.
711
00:36:30,898 --> 00:36:32,608
Cost me my daughter.
712
00:36:33,317 --> 00:36:34,567
I don't have to keep making them.
713
00:36:34,651 --> 00:36:35,901
And neither do you.
714
00:36:37,279 --> 00:36:39,069
It wouldn't take much for you
to be a hero.
715
00:36:40,115 --> 00:36:41,575
Just walk away.
716
00:36:44,995 --> 00:36:47,535
You didn't get that invitation by mistake.
717
00:36:49,291 --> 00:36:51,791
I've got your office ready
and waiting for you, Harry.
718
00:36:51,877 --> 00:36:53,247
See you soon.
719
00:37:05,974 --> 00:37:07,524
You think they're actually gonna buy this?
720
00:37:07,601 --> 00:37:09,141
If Hardison's...
721
00:37:09,227 --> 00:37:12,357
if Breanna says it's gonna work,
it'll work.
722
00:37:13,106 --> 00:37:14,646
That stuff really did
a number on you, huh?
723
00:37:14,733 --> 00:37:17,243
That and knowing what buttons to push.
724
00:37:17,319 --> 00:37:18,699
Operation Kansas.
725
00:37:19,655 --> 00:37:23,575
I heard it over their comms.
I don't mean to pry.
726
00:37:23,659 --> 00:37:26,079
Can't be easy
keeping that kind of stuff down.
727
00:37:26,161 --> 00:37:28,331
Well... you know, the work helps.
728
00:37:28,413 --> 00:37:30,293
Keeps the mind busy.
729
00:37:30,374 --> 00:37:34,544
Like you and your-- what,
these 10,000 books you've read?
730
00:37:37,130 --> 00:37:39,380
The cancer, man.
731
00:37:39,466 --> 00:37:41,336
Why aren't you seeking treatment?
732
00:37:41,426 --> 00:37:43,796
That's not how I want to go out.
733
00:37:43,887 --> 00:37:45,557
You-- you...
734
00:37:46,264 --> 00:37:48,274
That sounds exactly like my old man.
735
00:37:48,350 --> 00:37:50,270
Is he a stubborn ass, too?
736
00:37:50,352 --> 00:37:51,522
Yeah...
737
00:37:53,146 --> 00:37:55,856
I haven't spoken to him since I was 18.
738
00:37:57,651 --> 00:37:59,111
I feel like I...
739
00:37:59,194 --> 00:38:01,154
waited too long to...
740
00:38:08,453 --> 00:38:10,293
I feel like I've waited too long.
741
00:38:12,416 --> 00:38:14,536
Like an old man in a library.
742
00:38:20,799 --> 00:38:21,879
Okay.
743
00:38:21,967 --> 00:38:23,507
How long till the hand-off at the docks?
744
00:38:23,593 --> 00:38:24,853
Two hours.
745
00:38:26,304 --> 00:38:27,854
That can't be good.
746
00:38:27,931 --> 00:38:30,481
- The hell? Guess he got tired of waiting.
- Mm-hmm.
747
00:38:30,559 --> 00:38:33,309
Whoa, whoa, whoa, wait.
They're here? Already?
748
00:38:33,395 --> 00:38:34,855
Mr. Wilson, prepare to go on the offense.
749
00:38:35,689 --> 00:38:38,529
And, Breanna, looks like we're
gonna need that convincer after all.
750
00:38:38,608 --> 00:38:39,818
Yeah, uh, queuing up.
751
00:38:50,537 --> 00:38:51,707
Everybody ready?
752
00:38:57,377 --> 00:38:58,667
Breanna?
753
00:38:59,337 --> 00:39:00,507
Go.
754
00:39:11,975 --> 00:39:13,055
Get the damn lights back on!
755
00:39:17,814 --> 00:39:19,274
Hey, how's it going?
756
00:39:22,360 --> 00:39:24,490
Offense. I like it.
757
00:40:05,153 --> 00:40:06,953
Yeah, you better use
both of you, come here!
758
00:40:08,490 --> 00:40:10,370
Get back! Back!
759
00:40:12,953 --> 00:40:13,793
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
760
00:40:15,205 --> 00:40:16,325
Blanche!
761
00:40:26,842 --> 00:40:27,842
Blanche!
762
00:40:27,926 --> 00:40:29,386
Don't you press-- Don't you--
763
00:40:32,472 --> 00:40:33,602
Ahh!
764
00:40:33,807 --> 00:40:34,807
Ahh!
765
00:40:34,891 --> 00:40:35,811
Ahh!
766
00:40:35,892 --> 00:40:37,732
Get the disk.
It's on him somewhere.
767
00:40:42,482 --> 00:40:44,532
Blanche! Blanche! Blanche!
768
00:40:44,609 --> 00:40:47,199
Blanche! Blanche!
Come on, don't do this, man.
769
00:40:47,279 --> 00:40:50,119
Why did you do that?
Help! Help!
770
00:40:50,198 --> 00:40:52,658
Don't do this, man.
Blanche! Blanche!
771
00:40:52,742 --> 00:40:55,622
Come on! Help!
772
00:40:57,914 --> 00:41:00,584
So, no Ledger.
773
00:41:00,667 --> 00:41:02,417
And no Copperhead.
774
00:41:02,502 --> 00:41:03,712
They fired first.
775
00:41:06,214 --> 00:41:08,224
He's worth nothing to me dead.
776
00:41:09,634 --> 00:41:11,054
You're terminated.
777
00:41:11,136 --> 00:41:13,006
No. No.
778
00:41:13,096 --> 00:41:15,596
Oh, for heaven's sake,
I'm not gonna kill you.
779
00:41:16,641 --> 00:41:17,981
This is a business.
780
00:41:24,399 --> 00:41:26,569
I'd remind you of the NDA you signed.
781
00:41:26,651 --> 00:41:28,201
Violate it, and I shall have no choice
782
00:41:28,278 --> 00:41:30,858
but to reveal your
juvenile justice record,
783
00:41:30,947 --> 00:41:32,157
army court-martial,
784
00:41:32,908 --> 00:41:35,618
and that rather
unspeakable incident in Reno.
785
00:41:42,792 --> 00:41:44,882
Just finished the sweep. No bugs.
786
00:41:47,547 --> 00:41:49,587
You hear that? You're clear.
787
00:41:50,717 --> 00:41:52,547
We're just lucky
they found the disk right away
788
00:41:52,636 --> 00:41:54,386
and didn't stumble on this thing.
789
00:41:54,471 --> 00:41:56,771
All right, Mr. Blanche,
this is not gonna hurt a bit.
790
00:41:56,848 --> 00:41:58,928
I just need this about right here.
791
00:41:59,017 --> 00:42:00,557
Fold that up and we thank you!
792
00:42:01,478 --> 00:42:02,348
You're set.
793
00:42:03,438 --> 00:42:06,068
Yeah, we're also lucky
that they all use the same guns.
794
00:42:13,949 --> 00:42:15,989
And that nobody looks
at their clips during a firefight.
795
00:42:18,870 --> 00:42:22,080
And like a true hero,
he is resurrected.
796
00:42:22,165 --> 00:42:24,075
But dead to the rest of the world.
797
00:42:24,167 --> 00:42:26,247
Congratulations, Mr. Blanche.
798
00:42:26,336 --> 00:42:27,876
You've got a new chapter to write.
799
00:42:27,963 --> 00:42:28,883
Thank you.
800
00:42:28,964 --> 00:42:30,724
Hey, would you check this one out for me?
801
00:42:30,799 --> 00:42:32,009
Sure.
802
00:42:34,427 --> 00:42:35,637
How did you figure it out?
803
00:42:35,720 --> 00:42:37,470
You check that out every December.
804
00:42:37,555 --> 00:42:41,425
Which is strange for a 1,200-page book
that doesn't exactly scream "Christmas."
805
00:42:41,518 --> 00:42:44,268
But as it turns out, a book needs to be
checked out at least once a year
806
00:42:44,354 --> 00:42:46,864
to stay in circulation
in the Kenner Public Library.
807
00:42:46,940 --> 00:42:48,860
I've read plenty of books more than once.
808
00:42:48,942 --> 00:42:52,452
Yeah, but that one's about a lonely hero
in an unfamiliar land.
809
00:42:52,529 --> 00:42:53,699
It was a big deal a long time ago.
810
00:42:53,780 --> 00:42:56,950
Kind of the perfect book for
a librarian to look after for 30 years.
811
00:42:57,534 --> 00:42:59,124
Well, I did tell one truth.
812
00:42:59,202 --> 00:43:03,212
I never looked at this thing.
Not a single time, not once.
813
00:43:03,290 --> 00:43:04,830
Wait, whoa, hold on a second.
814
00:43:04,916 --> 00:43:07,706
That has dirt on
the point-zero-zero-zero-one percent,
815
00:43:07,794 --> 00:43:09,344
and you never even looked at it?
816
00:43:10,255 --> 00:43:12,125
Much more of a fiction man myself.
817
00:43:12,799 --> 00:43:16,259
It's sad that I've wasted
30 years of my life guarding this thing.
818
00:43:16,344 --> 00:43:17,684
No.
819
00:43:18,763 --> 00:43:19,763
You weren't guarding it.
820
00:43:21,474 --> 00:43:24,024
You were protecting everyone
that walked through that door,
821
00:43:24,686 --> 00:43:26,096
or was chased in.
822
00:43:27,731 --> 00:43:29,071
You saved lives.
823
00:43:30,775 --> 00:43:32,065
You changed others.
824
00:43:33,653 --> 00:43:35,613
I can't think of a better life spent.
825
00:43:39,701 --> 00:43:41,081
Now, see, that's a real bucket list.
826
00:43:41,619 --> 00:43:42,999
You don't have to hotwire it.
827
00:43:46,499 --> 00:43:48,669
Well, this is for you.
828
00:43:48,752 --> 00:43:50,712
- Hm.
- You give--?
829
00:43:51,838 --> 00:43:52,708
And, hey...
830
00:43:53,548 --> 00:43:55,428
Remember that thing that we talked about?
831
00:43:57,344 --> 00:43:58,354
Don't wait.
832
00:44:02,849 --> 00:44:04,519
Isn't that car a rental?
833
00:44:04,601 --> 00:44:06,811
And there goes the budget.
834
00:44:18,114 --> 00:44:20,874
Oh! I got you all
a little somethin' somethin'.
835
00:44:20,950 --> 00:44:22,200
That's yours on top.
836
00:44:25,622 --> 00:44:27,422
For Aspen. Goes to your daughter.
837
00:44:28,208 --> 00:44:29,668
Well, she didn't invite me.
838
00:44:29,751 --> 00:44:31,961
Well, neither did we.
It didn't stop you.
839
00:44:32,045 --> 00:44:35,045
The Mr. Wilson we know
is very persistent.
840
00:44:37,175 --> 00:44:38,295
Thank you.
841
00:44:39,135 --> 00:44:40,465
Yours is the bottom.
842
00:44:41,221 --> 00:44:42,761
And here's yours.
843
00:44:45,934 --> 00:44:47,524
- Ooh!
844
00:44:50,105 --> 00:44:52,765
- Yeah.
- It's kinda heavy.
845
00:45:17,966 --> 00:45:20,216
From 1996?
846
00:45:20,301 --> 00:45:21,301
How did you know?
847
00:45:21,386 --> 00:45:23,676
Well, I'm nothing if not observant.
848
00:45:24,681 --> 00:45:27,771
Speaking of old tech,
what was on that floppy?
849
00:45:28,977 --> 00:45:31,057
Oh, unreadable. Yeah.
850
00:45:31,146 --> 00:45:33,186
Turns out I was right.
Thirty years is too long.
851
00:45:33,273 --> 00:45:35,573
Hmm. So the Ledger was a myth after all?
852
00:45:36,860 --> 00:45:38,360
Probably best it stays that way.
853
00:45:39,863 --> 00:45:41,203
Where's Eliot?