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People are irrational,
but predictably so.

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I'm Alec Mercer.
Welcome to Applied Psychology.

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- You're the science guy.
- That's Bill Nye.

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I'm actually the behavioral science guy.

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It's called an auditory illusion.

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Our eyes and ears
take in electrical signals,

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which our brains interpret
based on our expectations.

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This work can be surprising,
stimulating,

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profoundly fulfilling,
but there's a cost.

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[NOTIFICATIONS CHIMING]

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You gonna answer these?
A couple say "urgent."

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Well, any of them say I'm fired?

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If not, they can wait.

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No, but apparently you have
a meeting starting right now.

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- That part's in all caps.
- Mm. Time is a construct.

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I'm frying bigger fish.

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I've noticed a lot of emergency texts,
and calls lately. What's up?

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Maybe 1% of IT emergencies
are real security threats.

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the other 99 are almost always PEBKAC.

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- PEB-what?
- [NOTIFICATION CHIMES]

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PEBKAC, as in "Problems Exist
Between Keyboard And Chair."

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- [ALEC GROANS]
- User error.

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I swear, they ought
to make you get a license

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to operate a computer.

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Besides, suckers live to work
and I work to live.

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Working and enjoying life don't
have to be mutually exclusive.

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Mm-mm. Do not therapize me
this early in the day.

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I haven't even had my coffee yet.

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[NOTIFICATIONS CHIMING]

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All yours.

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I have a book signing today.

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A bunch of folks waiting in line

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just so some nerdy scientist
can write his name in a book.

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Nothing irrational about that.

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[SOFT UPBEAT MUSIC]

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[SHOPKEEPER'S BELL RINGS]

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- Enjoy.
- Thank you.

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Uh, excuse me.

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Uh, Professor Mercer, I'm sorry.

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I need to talk to you.

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My man, there's a line.

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If you want a book signed, you
can support local businesses

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and buy one at the shop next door.

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I'm not here for an autograph.

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My daughter is missing.
I need your help.

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[TENSE MUSIC]

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Synced & corrected by -robtor-
www.addic7ed.com

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- This is Veronica.
- Ah.

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She left yesterday after dinner,

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but she wasn't home
when we woke up this morning.

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She didn't tell you where she was going?

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She said she was meeting a friend.

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She got a ride with someone.

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The police don't care because
it hasn't been 24 hours.

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And yeah, she's over 18...

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Are you sure she didn't run away?

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Look at her. She's not that kind of kid.

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She's an artist.

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Look, I think something
is wrong and I need your help,

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like you helped with that journalist

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who was poisoned, or that hostage thing.

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You know my work enough
to use my tricks against me,

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like showing me pictures of Veronica

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to invest me emotionally.

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The Identifiable Victim Effect.

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Okay.

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I listen to your books
while I work construction.

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I know that you help police.
I know that your wife is FBI.

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Ex-wife... there's a chapter
about divorce in my new book.

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My-my point is I know how
brilliant you are, brother.

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your insights into how people think,

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how you get them
to make better decisions,

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you're my best hope
for finding my daughter.

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Now you're using
the complimentary glow effect,

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otherwise known as,
"flattery will get you everywhere."

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I can pay.

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Now, my wife and I, we can't
afford your usual rate,

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but we have a few
thousand dollars saved.

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Hear me.

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The amazing thing about
the complimentary glow

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is that it works even if the
subject knows you're using it.

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[ALEC INHALES DEEPLY]

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I'll help you, man.

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Free of charge.

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[PERSON INHALES SHAKILY]

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[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

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♪ ♪

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That was the last time we saw her.

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Do you recognize the car?

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No. We've never seen it before.

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Can you rewind?

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♪ ♪

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Look how she's shifting
her head from side to side,

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like she's
worried someone might see her.

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She's holding her purse like a shield.

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And that micro-hesitation
at the car door...

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it's as if she's not sure
she wants to get in.

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This, too. Her sketchbook.
She takes it everywhere.

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Hmm.

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♪ ♪

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[PHONE RINGS]

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- [GASPS]
- Veronica, where are you?

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[DISTORTED VOICE] I have your daughter.

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If you want to get her back,

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you need to do exactly what I say.

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Please, please, don't hurt her.

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We need proof of life.
Put Veronica on the phone.

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Who is that? No police!

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No, he's a friend, not police.

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Can we please just hear Veronica?

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Mommy! Daddy! Please, do what he says!

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Enough! Quiet!

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If you want your daughter back
alive, I want $2.7 million.

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I'll contact you with details.
You have 48 hours.

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[LINE DISCONNECTS]

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$2.7 million?

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We don't have that kind of money.

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Do you have anything
that's worth that much?

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No. This place is rented.
Keith makes all the furniture.

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If my stuff was worth anything,

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I wouldn't be framing houses.

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So what's going to happen to Veronica?

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Because we... we can't pay.

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♪ ♪

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Why kidnap someone

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whose family couldn't possibly
afford the ransom?

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[OMINOUS MUSIC]

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I've been digging into the van,

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the dry cleaning van
that Alec remembered,

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contacted the owner's daughter.

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Sioux City, right?
I always wanted to see Iowa.

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Liar.

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But you're off the hook.

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It turns out that she's bringing
her kids to DC in a few weeks,

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- so I tried to set a meet.
- All right.

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I'll take care of the arrest report,
so you can focus on this.

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[NOTIFICATION CHIMES]

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It's Alec.

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He wants to talk. Says it's urgent.

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[SOFT UPBEAT MUSIC]

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So you all have your next kits.

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Remember, this time you
get $5 for completing it.

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♪ ♪

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[RIZWAN GRUNTING]

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Sorry, that's all the
time we have for today.

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You can all go.

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- Wow.
- What are you doing?

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I was at the smashing.
That's the best part.

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Yeah, well, our day has been smashed.

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The professor texted. He's had an
emergency, and he won't be back.

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So you're going to teach
Psych 30 this afternoon

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- or...
- Nope. You are.

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Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

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I don't want to step on your toes.

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I... [GULPS] You should totally do it.

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Professor's orders.

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The boss has me
pulling research on kidnappers,

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so you're it.

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He said to lecture
on the complimentary glow

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and its opposite,
the humiliation shadow.

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I've only ever taught TA sessions,
for eight or ten people.

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Psych 30 has 200 students.

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I guess it's time to level up.

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[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

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♪ ♪

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[RIZWAN SIGHS]

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♪ ♪

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Thank you for coming.

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You had me at "kidnapping for ransom."

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Keith, Tara, I'm Agent Clark, FBI.

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First thing you should know

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is that kidnappings
are an FBI specialty.

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We will get Veronica back safely.

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She's very good at what she does.

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I have already had my techs

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try to locate Veronica's cell,
but its signal is blocked.

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I'll need one of you
to come back to my office

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so we can tap your cell.

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He called you, right?

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He did.

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- [CARS APPROACHING]
- More agents?

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♪ ♪

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Not mine.

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Stay inside.

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[CAR DOORS SHUTTING]

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♪ ♪

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[DOOR OPENS]

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Agent Clark, FBI. You are?

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Theodore Akehurst Jr. Call me Ted.

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This is my son, Theodore III.

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Trey.

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Akehurst? Like Akehurst Paper?

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We have reams of your paper
in my office.

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- Toilet paper, too.
- You called him?

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- How could you call him?
- I had to.

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He can help.

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♪ ♪

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Tara used to work for me.

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She told me that Veronica
had been kidnapped,

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and we came as quickly as we could.

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This is Rose Dinshaw from VSC.

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She's an expert on corporate security,
and crisis management.

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Corporate fixer.

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With experience in kidnap and ransom.

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The Akehursts will do whatever it takes

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to help get Veronica home safely.

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That's good to hear.

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But I have to ask, why?

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Like Ted said, I used to work for him.

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- We're friends.
- [KEITH SCOFFS]

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Given your guilty fidgeting,
Keith's hostility,

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and Ted's inability
to look away from you,

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I'm pretty sure you
and Ted had an affair?

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Long term?

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You ended it.

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You and Keith stayed together,

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but it's still a source
of tension in your marriage.

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I guess having my family's
deepest secret called out

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is what I get for asking for help

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from an expert on human mistakes.

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You and Mrs. Moore?

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That's super messed up, even for you.

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Don't talk about things
you don't understand.

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I don't see how this is relevant.

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I normally wouldn't have raised it,
but given the circumstances...

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I need to ask, are you
Veronica's biological father?

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That would explain why she was targeted.

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She's mine.

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Believe me, I checked.

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The affair happened
after Veronica was born.

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Look, Mrs. Moore has worked at our house

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for as long as I can remember.

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Veronica and I
practically grew up together.

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She may not be my sister,
but she's still family.

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- Pseudo-family bond.
- Mm.

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Mr. Moore, it sounds like
my dad really hurt you,

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but let us help.

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♪ ♪

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[KEITH SCOFFS]

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♪ ♪

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[BIRDS SINGING]

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Mr. Moore, in my professional opinion,

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you should minimize FBI involvement.

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Let my firm handle it.

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Akehurst Paper has used VSC
for this kind of thing before.

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Sure, overseas,

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retrieving executives
from professional kidnappers.

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Those skills won't
necessarily translate here.

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A lower-middle class victim,
an unreasonable ransom...

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those sound like
business as usual to you?

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I'm sorry. I don't think the ransom
demand is unreasonable anymore.

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$2.7 million is perfectly rational

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if the kidnapper knows about
Ted's concern for Veronica

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and knows that his guilt from the affair

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would draw him into this.

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So who knew about the affair?

257
00:10:33,473 --> 00:10:36,108
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

258
00:10:36,148 --> 00:10:37,308
I never told a soul.

259
00:10:37,358 --> 00:10:38,608
He's not lying.

260
00:10:38,648 --> 00:10:40,608
He sure as hell never told me about it.

261
00:10:40,648 --> 00:10:42,222
Veronica knew.

262
00:10:44,148 --> 00:10:48,988
She heard Tara and me arguing
about it, um, more than once.

263
00:10:49,028 --> 00:10:50,288
♪ ♪

264
00:10:50,328 --> 00:10:51,998
You think she'd tell her friends?

265
00:10:52,038 --> 00:10:55,248
She definitely told Corey Gibson.

266
00:10:55,288 --> 00:10:56,628
Who is that?

267
00:10:56,668 --> 00:10:58,418
Veronica's ex-boyfriend.

268
00:10:58,458 --> 00:11:02,458
They dated in high school,
broke up after graduation.

269
00:11:02,508 --> 00:11:04,678
But later, Veronica told me
that she dumped him

270
00:11:04,718 --> 00:11:06,838
because he was dealing party drugs.

271
00:11:06,888 --> 00:11:08,468
Weed, mushrooms, molly.

272
00:11:08,508 --> 00:11:10,678
Do you have any way
to contact this "Corey"?

273
00:11:10,718 --> 00:11:13,558
His number would be on Veronica's phone.

274
00:11:13,598 --> 00:11:15,138
And she took that with her.

275
00:11:15,188 --> 00:11:16,478
I can check in with the DEA,

276
00:11:16,518 --> 00:11:18,108
see if they have Corey on their radar.

277
00:11:18,148 --> 00:11:21,278
I have contacts there, too,
and with DC Metro Narcotics.

278
00:11:21,318 --> 00:11:22,748
I've got him.

279
00:11:23,358 --> 00:11:26,408
My colleagues are testing molly, MDMA,

280
00:11:26,448 --> 00:11:28,658
as a psychotherapeutic.

281
00:11:28,698 --> 00:11:32,038
MDMA isn't always available
through official channels,

282
00:11:32,078 --> 00:11:36,026
so sometimes my colleagues
get it other ways.

283
00:11:38,078 --> 00:11:40,660
So Agent Clark,

284
00:11:40,684 --> 00:11:45,548
studies show that people trust
couples more than men on their own.

285
00:11:45,588 --> 00:11:47,338
How would you like to do a drug deal?

286
00:11:47,378 --> 00:11:49,678
You know I have
to get a sign off for that.

287
00:11:49,718 --> 00:11:51,249
I don't.

288
00:11:51,274 --> 00:11:53,814
♪ ♪

289
00:11:55,388 --> 00:11:56,478
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

290
00:11:56,518 --> 00:11:57,848
You are beautiful.

291
00:11:57,898 --> 00:12:01,068
Or handsome, whichever
you'd, uh, rather hear?

292
00:12:01,108 --> 00:12:03,438
Beautiful and handsome.

293
00:12:03,478 --> 00:12:06,028
But not in an inappropriate way.

294
00:12:06,068 --> 00:12:07,358
Smart, too.

295
00:12:07,398 --> 00:12:10,238
You're at Wilton,
so you're probably very smart,

296
00:12:10,278 --> 00:12:13,868
um, and funny, and, um...

297
00:12:13,908 --> 00:12:15,328
yeah, never mind.

298
00:12:15,368 --> 00:12:19,918
I... it was to prove a point
about the... [CLEARS THROAT]...

299
00:12:19,958 --> 00:12:21,418
complimentary glow.

300
00:12:22,248 --> 00:12:24,208
[SOFTLY] Help me.

301
00:12:24,258 --> 00:12:26,508
[QUIRKY SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

302
00:12:26,548 --> 00:12:29,678
Let's... let's, uh, start again.

303
00:12:29,718 --> 00:12:32,791
You're all ugly, and I hate you.

304
00:12:33,178 --> 00:12:36,178
It's just an example, guys.

305
00:12:36,228 --> 00:12:40,058
That's like the opp...
opposite of what I was doing.

306
00:12:40,098 --> 00:12:43,108
♪ ♪

307
00:12:43,148 --> 00:12:44,778
[CROW CAWING]

308
00:12:45,818 --> 00:12:47,148
He's late.

309
00:12:47,188 --> 00:12:49,448
Drug dealers aren't known
for their punctuality.

310
00:12:49,488 --> 00:12:52,068
Maybe he didn't buy our story.

311
00:12:52,118 --> 00:12:56,106
Rich out-of-towners looking
to score in bulk for a party?

312
00:12:58,248 --> 00:12:59,458
Still nothing.

313
00:12:59,498 --> 00:13:01,403
You sound annoyed.

314
00:13:02,038 --> 00:13:03,458
I don't like nature.

315
00:13:03,498 --> 00:13:05,798
You know that. There are bugs.

316
00:13:05,838 --> 00:13:07,048
Liar.

317
00:13:07,088 --> 00:13:08,508
Okay.

318
00:13:08,548 --> 00:13:12,928
How about I am not a fan
of corporate fixers like Rose?

319
00:13:12,968 --> 00:13:15,928
They're almost always
former Bureau or police

320
00:13:15,968 --> 00:13:18,928
who couldn't hack it
or decided to cash out.

321
00:13:18,978 --> 00:13:20,018
Or both.

322
00:13:20,058 --> 00:13:22,808
Rose definitely isn't FBI or police.

323
00:13:22,858 --> 00:13:25,677
I'm guessing someplace
starting with the letter M.

324
00:13:27,148 --> 00:13:28,680
MI5?

325
00:13:29,278 --> 00:13:31,099
MI6?

326
00:13:31,488 --> 00:13:33,278
You think she used to be a spy?

327
00:13:33,318 --> 00:13:35,278
I can't confirm that.

328
00:13:35,328 --> 00:13:37,314
Or deny it.

329
00:13:41,498 --> 00:13:43,458
You're rather impressive,

330
00:13:43,498 --> 00:13:45,498
the way you sniffed out the affair,

331
00:13:45,538 --> 00:13:47,668
how you helped get to Corey
as a suspect.

332
00:13:47,708 --> 00:13:50,494
Like how I know what you're doing?

333
00:13:50,838 --> 00:13:54,638
You and Agent Clark
are in conflict over this case.

334
00:13:54,678 --> 00:13:57,768
You want me to be your ally,
so you're buttering me up.

335
00:13:57,808 --> 00:13:59,518
Or I'm just flirting with you.

336
00:13:59,558 --> 00:14:01,018
[ENGINE REVVING]

337
00:14:01,058 --> 00:14:02,478
Gray roadster.

338
00:14:02,518 --> 00:14:05,558
Matches the vehicle
that picked up Veronica.

339
00:14:05,608 --> 00:14:06,728
What are you doing?

340
00:14:06,768 --> 00:14:08,068
We're supposed to be a couple.

341
00:14:08,108 --> 00:14:09,528
I'm making it look good.

342
00:14:09,568 --> 00:14:12,528
[TENSE MUSIC]

343
00:14:12,568 --> 00:14:16,988
♪ ♪

344
00:14:17,028 --> 00:14:19,062
[MECHANICAL WHIRRING]

345
00:14:19,086 --> 00:14:21,458
That's not a bug.

346
00:14:21,498 --> 00:14:23,118
[WHIRRING GETTING LOUDER]

347
00:14:23,168 --> 00:14:25,070
Drone.

348
00:14:27,038 --> 00:14:29,168
Damn cops.

349
00:14:29,208 --> 00:14:32,258
♪ ♪

350
00:14:32,298 --> 00:14:34,968
[ENGINE REVVING]

351
00:14:35,008 --> 00:14:37,888
♪ ♪

352
00:14:37,928 --> 00:14:40,518
- [MARISA GROANS]
- Go, go, go!

353
00:14:42,287 --> 00:14:43,998
[SIRENS WAILING]

354
00:14:46,338 --> 00:14:49,298
[ENGINE REVVING]

355
00:14:49,338 --> 00:14:51,798
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

356
00:14:51,848 --> 00:14:53,558
- U-turn.
- A what?

357
00:14:53,598 --> 00:14:54,808
Trust me. U-turn.

358
00:14:54,848 --> 00:14:56,308
[TIRES SQUEALING]

359
00:14:56,348 --> 00:14:59,228
Whoa!

360
00:15:01,228 --> 00:15:06,068
♪ ♪

361
00:15:06,108 --> 00:15:09,648
Oh, man. Uh, a left turn coming up.

362
00:15:09,698 --> 00:15:11,318
Turn left.

363
00:15:11,358 --> 00:15:12,818
♪ ♪

364
00:15:12,868 --> 00:15:14,278
Oh, yeah. Nice.

365
00:15:14,328 --> 00:15:16,038
Okay, go straight.

366
00:15:16,078 --> 00:15:19,408
♪ ♪

367
00:15:19,458 --> 00:15:20,868
Here you go. Left.

368
00:15:20,918 --> 00:15:23,668
♪ ♪

369
00:15:23,708 --> 00:15:24,998
Nice driving.

370
00:15:25,048 --> 00:15:27,338
Okay, stop the car here
and block the road.

371
00:15:27,378 --> 00:15:29,798
[TIRES SQUEALING]

372
00:15:30,468 --> 00:15:32,258
Brace yourself.

373
00:15:32,298 --> 00:15:36,098
♪ ♪

374
00:15:36,138 --> 00:15:38,518
Out of the car, hands visible.

375
00:15:38,558 --> 00:15:41,558
[INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER]

376
00:15:41,598 --> 00:15:43,688
[DRAMATIC MUSIC FADING]

377
00:15:43,728 --> 00:15:44,728
All right, all right!

378
00:15:44,768 --> 00:15:46,068
How did you know where to go?

379
00:15:46,108 --> 00:15:48,028
Corey was in fight-or-flight mode.

380
00:15:48,068 --> 00:15:49,778
And people in amped-up, hot states

381
00:15:49,818 --> 00:15:51,948
tend to react by reflex, which means,

382
00:15:51,988 --> 00:15:54,778
in high-speed car chases,
Americans tend to turn right.

383
00:15:54,818 --> 00:15:56,408
So you guessed.

384
00:15:56,448 --> 00:15:57,698
He turned right.

385
00:15:57,738 --> 00:16:00,658
[SMOOTH UPBEAT MUSIC]

386
00:16:00,708 --> 00:16:02,208
♪ ♪

387
00:16:02,248 --> 00:16:04,288
What are the reviews saying? [GROANS]

388
00:16:04,328 --> 00:16:06,364
They're not worth reading. [SCOFFS]

389
00:16:07,208 --> 00:16:09,208
Studies show that online
reviews are self-selected

390
00:16:09,258 --> 00:16:11,968
to be either highly positive
or highly negative,

391
00:16:12,008 --> 00:16:15,178
with limited correlation
between ratings and quality.

392
00:16:15,218 --> 00:16:16,888
Except mine probably say I was terrible

393
00:16:16,928 --> 00:16:18,848
because I was terrible.

394
00:16:20,098 --> 00:16:22,728
Damn. [CHUCKLING] One star?

395
00:16:22,768 --> 00:16:24,688
[RIZWAN GROANS]

396
00:16:24,728 --> 00:16:27,188
"How can someone be both too loud

397
00:16:27,228 --> 00:16:29,188
and entirely unintelligible?"

398
00:16:29,228 --> 00:16:30,898
[CHUCKLING] Oh, that's just mean.

399
00:16:30,938 --> 00:16:32,648
Can we help you, Kylie?

400
00:16:32,698 --> 00:16:35,368
I was compiling some code at home,
and my computer got jammed

401
00:16:35,408 --> 00:16:36,988
and Alec said I could work here.

402
00:16:37,028 --> 00:16:39,738
And he said he's expecting
some research from you

403
00:16:39,788 --> 00:16:40,828
for the kidnapping case?

404
00:16:40,868 --> 00:16:41,828
Oh, I just sent it.

405
00:16:41,868 --> 00:16:43,788
You go, Hermione.

406
00:16:43,828 --> 00:16:47,788
And he wants you to do the
lecture again this afternoon.

407
00:16:47,838 --> 00:16:50,008
Wait, what? Again?

408
00:16:50,048 --> 00:16:52,508
- Mm-hmm.
- No! That's an awful idea.

409
00:16:52,548 --> 00:16:54,718
Okay. So you gave a crappy lecture.

410
00:16:54,758 --> 00:16:56,258
You got bad reviews.

411
00:16:56,298 --> 00:16:59,178
And now, my mad scientist
brother wants you to go again.

412
00:16:59,218 --> 00:17:00,888
Look, if you bomb a second time,

413
00:17:00,928 --> 00:17:03,438
it won't be the end of the world.

414
00:17:03,478 --> 00:17:05,558
AIs will be the end of the world.

415
00:17:05,598 --> 00:17:09,438
And that's two,
three years away at least.

416
00:17:09,478 --> 00:17:12,028
I'm just saying it's better
to live large and in charge

417
00:17:12,068 --> 00:17:15,448
before the robots come,
because they're coming.

418
00:17:15,488 --> 00:17:18,068
Waiting for the singularity
is not the answer.

419
00:17:18,118 --> 00:17:20,948
It's a good thing you're upset.
It means you care.

420
00:17:20,988 --> 00:17:23,274
- Oh.
- Caring's good.

421
00:17:23,708 --> 00:17:26,618
[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]

422
00:17:26,668 --> 00:17:28,918
♪ ♪

423
00:17:29,998 --> 00:17:31,949
Good morning, Corey.

424
00:17:32,708 --> 00:17:34,468
[TENSE MUSIC]

425
00:17:34,508 --> 00:17:37,329
I thought I would see if you
were ready to talk yet.

426
00:17:37,758 --> 00:17:39,452
Got nothing to say.

427
00:17:39,502 --> 00:17:41,428
All right? You've got me here on squat.

428
00:17:41,468 --> 00:17:44,638
Plus, I can afford a good lawyer.

429
00:17:44,678 --> 00:17:46,938
So you might as well just
let me go and avoid a lawsuit.

430
00:17:46,978 --> 00:17:50,148
Interesting how Veronica drew you.

431
00:17:50,188 --> 00:17:52,028
It's like she saw your best self.

432
00:17:52,068 --> 00:17:54,305
She trusted you.

433
00:17:54,688 --> 00:17:56,390
Was that a mistake?

434
00:17:57,238 --> 00:17:58,618
I didn't know she kept any of this.

435
00:17:58,658 --> 00:18:01,828
We searched your home
and your grow house.

436
00:18:01,868 --> 00:18:03,498
She wasn't there,

437
00:18:03,538 --> 00:18:06,458
but you're still our best
suspect in her kidnapping...

438
00:18:06,498 --> 00:18:07,828
maybe even her murder.

439
00:18:07,868 --> 00:18:09,288
Whoa, whoa.

440
00:18:09,328 --> 00:18:10,838
You think that she might be dead?

441
00:18:10,878 --> 00:18:13,338
No one's seen her since you
picked her up at her house.

442
00:18:13,378 --> 00:18:16,088
So either you did something to her,

443
00:18:16,128 --> 00:18:19,330
or you're our best hope
in finding her alive.

444
00:18:20,548 --> 00:18:21,916
Okay.

445
00:18:22,558 --> 00:18:23,718
When she called me,

446
00:18:23,768 --> 00:18:26,170
I thought she wanted
to get back together.

447
00:18:27,558 --> 00:18:29,348
It turned out she just
wanted to borrow money.

448
00:18:29,398 --> 00:18:31,108
Money you made selling drugs?

449
00:18:31,148 --> 00:18:33,228
That's why she broke up with you.

450
00:18:33,268 --> 00:18:35,387
You must have been angry.

451
00:18:35,858 --> 00:18:37,144
It wasn't like that.

452
00:18:37,184 --> 00:18:40,528
Okay? I just told her how I felt...
upset and used.

453
00:18:40,568 --> 00:18:42,828
And by the end of it,
she actually apologized to me.

454
00:18:42,868 --> 00:18:46,658
Then she texted somebody
for a ride and left my place.

455
00:18:46,708 --> 00:18:48,038
Who gave her the ride?

456
00:18:48,078 --> 00:18:49,584
No clue.

457
00:18:49,624 --> 00:18:51,248
Honestly, I smoked a bowl
and went to bed.

458
00:18:51,288 --> 00:18:53,781
How much money did she ask for?

459
00:18:54,458 --> 00:18:56,168
200 Gs.

460
00:18:56,208 --> 00:19:00,008
It was for NESD, the, uh,
New England School of Design.

461
00:19:00,048 --> 00:19:02,258
It was some fancy private art college.

462
00:19:02,298 --> 00:19:05,888
She got accepted there,
which is a pretty big deal.

463
00:19:05,928 --> 00:19:07,478
Her family couldn't get aid,

464
00:19:07,518 --> 00:19:09,098
her father wouldn't let
her take out student loans,

465
00:19:09,138 --> 00:19:11,938
so she came to me.

466
00:19:11,978 --> 00:19:14,068
I said no and that was it.

467
00:19:14,108 --> 00:19:16,148
You knew about her relationship

468
00:19:16,188 --> 00:19:18,398
with the Akehurst family.

469
00:19:18,448 --> 00:19:21,238
So maybe you thought
there was a different way

470
00:19:21,278 --> 00:19:23,778
for you to make a bunch
of money for the both of you?

471
00:19:23,828 --> 00:19:25,238
Kidnapping?

472
00:19:25,288 --> 00:19:28,368
Seriously, why would I mess with that?

473
00:19:28,408 --> 00:19:30,078
Okay? I'm literally
making bank selling stuff

474
00:19:30,118 --> 00:19:32,628
that nobody gets busted for.

475
00:19:32,668 --> 00:19:34,588
I don't need the drama.

476
00:19:34,628 --> 00:19:38,200
I'm beginning to worry that we
may have overlooked a suspect.

477
00:19:39,048 --> 00:19:40,258
Veronica.

478
00:19:40,298 --> 00:19:42,928
You think she kidnapped herself?

479
00:19:42,968 --> 00:19:44,008
You heard Corey.

480
00:19:44,048 --> 00:19:45,598
She's in desperate need of money.

481
00:19:45,638 --> 00:19:47,968
This could all be a scam
to fleece Ted Akehurst.

482
00:19:48,018 --> 00:19:51,098
The way he talks about Veronica,

483
00:19:51,138 --> 00:19:53,478
he still cares about her.

484
00:19:53,518 --> 00:19:55,108
I think he's telling the truth.

485
00:19:55,148 --> 00:19:57,608
Then I defer to your expertise.

486
00:19:57,648 --> 00:20:00,358
I told you you don't need
to flirt with me.

487
00:20:00,398 --> 00:20:02,068
- I'm on your side.
- [ROSE CHUCKLES]

488
00:20:02,108 --> 00:20:04,818
Ever consider that you're a
handsome and intelligent man,

489
00:20:04,868 --> 00:20:07,198
and that my flirting has
nothing to do with the case?

490
00:20:07,238 --> 00:20:08,408
You only think I'm handsome because

491
00:20:08,448 --> 00:20:09,998
you're standing on my good side.

492
00:20:10,038 --> 00:20:11,288
Scars add character.

493
00:20:11,328 --> 00:20:12,788
Then I have a lot of character.

494
00:20:12,828 --> 00:20:14,748
Mm.

495
00:20:14,788 --> 00:20:18,048
All hands... the father just
got a call from the kidnapper.

496
00:20:18,088 --> 00:20:19,628
- [PHONE CHIMING]
- Uh, a video call.

497
00:20:19,668 --> 00:20:20,962
Take it.

498
00:20:21,002 --> 00:20:22,678
Hold the phone close,
back against the wall.

499
00:20:22,718 --> 00:20:23,718
Yeah.

500
00:20:23,758 --> 00:20:24,968
So they can't see where you are.

501
00:20:25,008 --> 00:20:26,428
Uh-huh.

502
00:20:26,468 --> 00:20:27,718
- [CRYING] Daddy?
- Hey, Veronica, baby.

503
00:20:27,758 --> 00:20:29,098
- Are you okay?
- [CRYING] Dad, I'm scared.

504
00:20:29,138 --> 00:20:31,058
Okay. Hey, tell me where you are, huh?

505
00:20:31,098 --> 00:20:33,478
Who took you? How can I get you home?

506
00:20:33,518 --> 00:20:35,608
[CRYING] I can't tell you anything.

507
00:20:35,648 --> 00:20:40,398
I'm supposed to say
he knows about the FBI.

508
00:20:40,438 --> 00:20:42,858
So you have to stop working with them.

509
00:20:42,898 --> 00:20:47,144
He wants his money by sunrise tomorrow.

510
00:20:47,658 --> 00:20:50,606
And if you don't follow
his instructions...

511
00:20:51,038 --> 00:20:52,748
he's going to kill me.

512
00:20:53,618 --> 00:20:55,152
Okay...

513
00:20:55,918 --> 00:20:57,529
[WHIMPERING] Wait.

514
00:21:00,773 --> 00:21:03,095
So you think Veronica kidnapped herself?

515
00:21:03,422 --> 00:21:04,901
Veronica needs money for school.

516
00:21:04,941 --> 00:21:08,011
Corey said no.
Perhaps this was her solution.

517
00:21:08,051 --> 00:21:09,631
If so, Veronica is not in danger

518
00:21:09,671 --> 00:21:11,681
and Trey can stop
putting together the ransom.

519
00:21:11,721 --> 00:21:14,931
Eh, Veronica didn't seem like
she was acting.

520
00:21:14,971 --> 00:21:18,811
And she made it a point to call
out her kidnapper as a "he"...

521
00:21:18,851 --> 00:21:21,141
one person, armed and male.

522
00:21:21,191 --> 00:21:23,811
But he didn't appear on the screen.

523
00:21:23,851 --> 00:21:26,244
He could have been an
accomplice or not exist at all.

524
00:21:26,271 --> 00:21:27,611
Okay, that's crazy.

525
00:21:27,651 --> 00:21:28,981
Alec, tell her that's crazy.

526
00:21:29,031 --> 00:21:31,491
[SIGHS] As theories go,
it is not without merit,

527
00:21:31,531 --> 00:21:34,701
except Veronica's eyes.

528
00:21:34,741 --> 00:21:39,291
In the video call,
they kept darting to one side,

529
00:21:39,331 --> 00:21:42,621
especially when she mentioned
being shot or killed,

530
00:21:42,671 --> 00:21:44,831
like she was looking at a gun.

531
00:21:44,881 --> 00:21:46,073
I don't think she can fake that.

532
00:21:46,113 --> 00:21:47,773
She wasn't faking anything.

533
00:21:47,813 --> 00:21:50,461
If Veronica needed money from
me, all she had to do was ask.

534
00:21:50,511 --> 00:21:51,841
What are you talking about?

535
00:21:51,881 --> 00:21:54,011
I've always supported Veronica's art,

536
00:21:54,051 --> 00:21:56,011
emotionally and financially.

537
00:21:56,051 --> 00:21:59,011
Canvases, paints, life drawing classes,

538
00:21:59,061 --> 00:22:01,061
the art camp that she went
to last summer.

539
00:22:01,101 --> 00:22:03,481
Who do you think paid for that?

540
00:22:03,521 --> 00:22:05,176
Because you didn't.

541
00:22:05,561 --> 00:22:06,861
- You son of a...
- No!

542
00:22:06,901 --> 00:22:08,521
- Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
- I saw that coming.

543
00:22:08,571 --> 00:22:10,151
- Let me go!
- Keith!

544
00:22:10,191 --> 00:22:13,241
Keith, remember what you said,
"I was the expert on mistakes."

545
00:22:13,281 --> 00:22:15,531
You're making one right now.

546
00:22:15,571 --> 00:22:18,031
Let's get some air. Okay?

547
00:22:19,201 --> 00:22:20,291
[Keith huffs[

548
00:22:20,331 --> 00:22:21,831
Oh, you should have let me hit him!

549
00:22:21,871 --> 00:22:23,751
Did you see the way
he lorded his money over me,

550
00:22:23,791 --> 00:22:25,501
like I don't want
to give my daughter everything?

551
00:22:25,541 --> 00:22:27,501
And his pet suit blaming Veronica.

552
00:22:27,541 --> 00:22:28,711
To hell with the both of them!

553
00:22:28,751 --> 00:22:31,671
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey. Getting
angry in this situation is natural,

554
00:22:31,711 --> 00:22:33,221
but it isn't helping, bruh.

555
00:22:33,261 --> 00:22:35,091
You don't understand 'cause
you don't have children.

556
00:22:35,131 --> 00:22:38,011
You're right. And I can't imagine
what you're going through.

557
00:22:38,051 --> 00:22:39,851
But pushing Ted right now
is not a good idea.

558
00:22:39,891 --> 00:22:43,561
Veronica wouldn't need
a ransom if it wasn't for him.

559
00:22:43,601 --> 00:22:44,771
Now, granted, I may have forced her

560
00:22:44,811 --> 00:22:46,691
to go to Corey for that tuition money,

561
00:22:46,731 --> 00:22:49,731
but do you really think anyone
would have kidnapped Veronica

562
00:22:49,771 --> 00:22:51,691
if Ted wasn't in the picture?

563
00:22:51,731 --> 00:22:54,071
No, I actually don't.

564
00:22:54,111 --> 00:22:57,241
Now, your wife used to work with him.

565
00:22:57,281 --> 00:22:59,911
From what you know,

566
00:22:59,951 --> 00:23:04,711
is there anybody else who
feels about him the way you do?

567
00:23:04,751 --> 00:23:07,671
Anyone who's ever met him.

568
00:23:07,711 --> 00:23:08,921
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

569
00:23:08,961 --> 00:23:11,881
- Hey, sweet one.
- Hey. You weren't lying.

570
00:23:11,921 --> 00:23:13,761
Ted Akehurst is a real piece of work.

571
00:23:13,801 --> 00:23:16,051
He stiffs contractors,
pollutes the environment,

572
00:23:16,091 --> 00:23:17,681
stabs investors in the back.

573
00:23:17,721 --> 00:23:20,261
He is B-A-D, bad.

574
00:23:20,301 --> 00:23:23,271
Now, here are a list of
the Ted haters I found so far.

575
00:23:23,311 --> 00:23:25,351
Now, if you ask me,
some of them legit seem like

576
00:23:25,391 --> 00:23:27,941
they might murder or kidnap
to get their way.

577
00:23:27,981 --> 00:23:30,111
Oh, which is a lot
more likely than Veronica

578
00:23:30,151 --> 00:23:31,571
- kidnapping herself.
- Mm-hmm.

579
00:23:31,611 --> 00:23:32,901
How do we narrow this down?

580
00:23:32,941 --> 00:23:36,361
$2.7 million is super specific.

581
00:23:36,401 --> 00:23:38,781
I can search the databases at my jobs.

582
00:23:38,821 --> 00:23:42,031
They might have some
information that's not in public record,

583
00:23:42,081 --> 00:23:43,791
see if Ted screwed somebody
out of that exact amount.

584
00:23:43,831 --> 00:23:45,451
Hold up. Rewind.

585
00:23:45,501 --> 00:23:47,921
"Jobs." Plural.

586
00:23:47,961 --> 00:23:49,461
How else do you think
I pay for my product?

587
00:23:49,501 --> 00:23:51,001
[ALEC LAUGHS]

588
00:23:51,041 --> 00:23:53,551
No, lots of techies have
multiple gigs these days.

589
00:23:53,591 --> 00:23:55,971
It's no big deal. I got three.

590
00:23:56,011 --> 00:23:58,196
Which explains the texts and the calls.

591
00:23:58,236 --> 00:23:59,309
Mm.

592
00:23:59,359 --> 00:24:03,011
My bosses are needy...
almost as needy as you.

593
00:24:03,061 --> 00:24:05,311
[SOFT UPBEAT MUSIC]

594
00:24:05,351 --> 00:24:07,561
Professor, can we talk?

595
00:24:07,601 --> 00:24:11,079
I wanted to apologize
for tanking my lecture.

596
00:24:11,129 --> 00:24:14,571
No need. I kind of expected
your lecture to go badly.

597
00:24:14,611 --> 00:24:17,281
I wanted to give it to you
anyway... and the next one.

598
00:24:17,321 --> 00:24:18,861
You're okay with me being terrible?

599
00:24:18,901 --> 00:24:20,451
Don't tell anyone,

600
00:24:20,491 --> 00:24:22,831
but Phoebe's first big lecture
was atrocious, so was mine.

601
00:24:22,871 --> 00:24:24,621
You were atrocious?

602
00:24:24,661 --> 00:24:26,871
[LAUGHS] A big lecture hall
with a few hundred students,

603
00:24:26,911 --> 00:24:28,711
half of whom don't
really want to be there?

604
00:24:28,751 --> 00:24:30,921
Being terrible is the likely outcome,

605
00:24:30,961 --> 00:24:33,751
even a necessary one, because...

606
00:24:33,791 --> 00:24:35,461
science.

607
00:24:35,501 --> 00:24:37,671
When an experiment doesn't go
your way, that's information.

608
00:24:37,721 --> 00:24:40,841
Exactly. You don't fail if you learn...
only if you stop.

609
00:24:40,891 --> 00:24:42,471
So give the lecture. Learn.

610
00:24:42,511 --> 00:24:43,891
- Hmm.
- [RIZWAN EXHALES]

611
00:24:43,931 --> 00:24:45,681
Nice pep talk.

612
00:24:45,721 --> 00:24:47,681
I found something.

613
00:24:47,731 --> 00:24:49,141
- Let's hear it.
- Mm.

614
00:24:49,191 --> 00:24:51,061
According to this prospectus I dug up,

615
00:24:51,101 --> 00:24:55,321
Ted founded a company
to develop micro-solar panels.

616
00:24:55,361 --> 00:24:58,071
But his startup had
a crazy high burn rate,

617
00:24:58,111 --> 00:24:59,861
so he went looking
for a capital infusion

618
00:24:59,901 --> 00:25:02,111
to the tune of $2.5 million.

619
00:25:02,161 --> 00:25:04,161
Which isn't far from $2.7 million.

620
00:25:04,201 --> 00:25:05,451
Apparently, if he doesn't get it,

621
00:25:05,491 --> 00:25:06,991
his investors are going
to lose their shirts.

622
00:25:07,041 --> 00:25:09,911
Maybe one of them figured
this is a way to stay afloat.

623
00:25:09,961 --> 00:25:11,001
I don't get it.

624
00:25:11,041 --> 00:25:12,331
Ted Akehurst has plenty of money.

625
00:25:12,371 --> 00:25:14,865
- Why not self-finance?
- It's a good question.

626
00:25:15,421 --> 00:25:16,631
Wait.

627
00:25:16,671 --> 00:25:18,961
Ted is Theodore Akehurst Jr.

628
00:25:19,011 --> 00:25:21,681
This startup belongs
to Theodore Akehurst III,

629
00:25:21,721 --> 00:25:22,891
his son Trey.

630
00:25:22,931 --> 00:25:25,626
Shoot. Wrong Akehurst.

631
00:25:26,011 --> 00:25:27,561
But same issue, though.

632
00:25:27,601 --> 00:25:30,851
Why Trey go begging for money
when he has a rich-ass daddy?

633
00:25:30,891 --> 00:25:32,481
I'm betting his rich-ass daddy said no,

634
00:25:32,521 --> 00:25:34,061
which means Ted is willing
to give Veronica

635
00:25:34,101 --> 00:25:36,441
whatever she wants but
won't do that for his own son.

636
00:25:36,481 --> 00:25:37,731
You didn't get the wrong Akehurst.

637
00:25:37,781 --> 00:25:40,019
You got the right one. Rizwan,

638
00:25:40,059 --> 00:25:42,401
pull every study we've ever
done on zero-sum bias.

639
00:25:42,451 --> 00:25:44,571
- For the lecture?
- And for the case.

640
00:25:44,621 --> 00:25:47,491
[ENERGETIC SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

641
00:25:47,541 --> 00:25:51,871
♪ ♪

642
00:25:51,911 --> 00:25:55,001
[PHONE RINGING]

643
00:25:55,041 --> 00:25:56,461
♪ ♪

644
00:25:56,501 --> 00:25:58,801
Dinshaw here. Ready for the exchange.

645
00:25:58,841 --> 00:26:00,211
Rose, it's Alec.

646
00:26:00,261 --> 00:26:02,881
Do not do the drop.
Trey is the kidnapper.

647
00:26:02,931 --> 00:26:06,000
Repeat, do not do the drop.

648
00:26:12,344 --> 00:26:13,790
Well, that was a disaster.

649
00:26:13,815 --> 00:26:17,344
- Is Veronica okay?
- I hope so. I never saw her.

650
00:26:17,394 --> 00:26:20,724
When Alec told me to cancel
the drop, I had to think fast.

651
00:26:20,764 --> 00:26:23,434
I said I'd found tracking chips
hidden in the money.

652
00:26:23,484 --> 00:26:25,234
I asked for them to reschedule.

653
00:26:25,274 --> 00:26:27,484
- And the kidnapper bought it?
- He seemed to.

654
00:26:27,524 --> 00:26:30,524
He was angry, but he said
he wouldn't hurt Veronica... yet.

655
00:26:30,574 --> 00:26:31,944
Though, he did move up the timeline.

656
00:26:31,984 --> 00:26:33,944
- We now have until midnight.
- Mm.

657
00:26:33,994 --> 00:26:35,074
You're sure this is Trey?

658
00:26:35,114 --> 00:26:36,244
We're sure.

659
00:26:36,284 --> 00:26:37,534
I pulled Trey's phone records.

660
00:26:37,574 --> 00:26:39,330
His cell phone has
been going on and off line

661
00:26:39,370 --> 00:26:41,423
for the past two days. When it's off,

662
00:26:41,463 --> 00:26:44,124
it's completely signal-dead
like it's in a Faraday bag.

663
00:26:44,164 --> 00:26:46,834
The downtimes match
with the ransom calls.

664
00:26:46,874 --> 00:26:49,544
So he bags his own phone
when dealing with Veronica,

665
00:26:49,594 --> 00:26:51,424
then uses hers to make ransom calls.

666
00:26:51,464 --> 00:26:53,344
Then there's the ransom amount.

667
00:26:53,384 --> 00:26:57,134
$2.7 million is exactly what Trey needs

668
00:26:57,184 --> 00:26:58,974
to keep his business afloat

669
00:26:59,014 --> 00:27:01,394
plus what Veronica wants for school.

670
00:27:01,434 --> 00:27:02,854
You make it seem as if Trey and Veronica

671
00:27:02,894 --> 00:27:05,354
- are working together.
- Come on now. There's no way.

672
00:27:05,394 --> 00:27:07,394
Veronica dumped Corey for dealing drugs.

673
00:27:07,444 --> 00:27:09,524
She'd never partake
in a fake kidnapping.

674
00:27:09,564 --> 00:27:12,154
I agree. But I think that when
Trey came up with the idea,

675
00:27:12,194 --> 00:27:14,284
he thought that Veronica
would go along with it.

676
00:27:14,324 --> 00:27:16,324
That's where he came up
with the ransom number.

677
00:27:16,364 --> 00:27:18,494
That's the, um, anchoring thing, right,

678
00:27:18,534 --> 00:27:21,034
where one sets a...
a set price in their mind,

679
00:27:21,074 --> 00:27:22,334
and it's tough to change it?

680
00:27:22,374 --> 00:27:25,294
Even after Veronica
refused to cooperate.

681
00:27:25,334 --> 00:27:28,174
You truly believe
Trey might kill Veronica?

682
00:27:28,214 --> 00:27:29,924
They're very nearly brother and sister.

683
00:27:29,964 --> 00:27:32,134
Unfortunately, pseudo-sibling bonds

684
00:27:32,174 --> 00:27:34,384
can also lead
to pseudo-sibling rivalries.

685
00:27:34,424 --> 00:27:36,804
I assume that Trey picked up Veronica

686
00:27:36,844 --> 00:27:38,844
after she argued with Corey.

687
00:27:38,884 --> 00:27:40,474
Something set him off.

688
00:27:40,514 --> 00:27:42,554
Best guess, she floated the idea

689
00:27:42,604 --> 00:27:46,564
of getting the money from Ted
just two days after his father

690
00:27:46,604 --> 00:27:48,854
refused to bail out his startup.

691
00:27:48,894 --> 00:27:52,194
That would have made
Trey angry, jealous, wronged.

692
00:27:52,234 --> 00:27:55,404
Exactly.
Because the classic sibling rivalry

693
00:27:55,444 --> 00:27:58,074
is fueled by a predictable irrationality

694
00:27:58,114 --> 00:27:59,994
called zero-sum bias.

695
00:28:00,034 --> 00:28:04,374
Zero-sum bias is the misbelief
that non-material resources

696
00:28:04,414 --> 00:28:08,294
like love, respect, even good grades

697
00:28:08,334 --> 00:28:11,834
are finite such that if one person wins,

698
00:28:11,884 --> 00:28:14,094
then another one has to lose.

699
00:28:14,134 --> 00:28:16,054
The worst part about zero-sum bias

700
00:28:16,094 --> 00:28:17,464
is that it can make a situation

701
00:28:17,514 --> 00:28:21,224
where everyone could win
into a cutthroat competition,

702
00:28:21,264 --> 00:28:23,434
making win-win into win-lose.

703
00:28:23,474 --> 00:28:27,064
Today, we're going
to talk about zero-sum bias.

704
00:28:27,104 --> 00:28:29,604
But first, prizes.

705
00:28:29,644 --> 00:28:32,904
We have gifts for everyone
who did well on the last quiz.

706
00:28:32,944 --> 00:28:34,824
Party streamers.

707
00:28:34,864 --> 00:28:36,534
- [STREAMERS POP]
- Whoo.

708
00:28:36,574 --> 00:28:40,574
Rondo, A-minus. You get a prize.

709
00:28:40,614 --> 00:28:45,084
Morales, A. One for you.

710
00:28:45,124 --> 00:28:49,044
Starks, A-minus. Catch.

711
00:28:49,084 --> 00:28:50,334
Nice.

712
00:28:50,374 --> 00:28:52,754
Now it's Wu's turn. We've had three As.

713
00:28:52,794 --> 00:28:54,544
So who thinks Wu will also get a prize?

714
00:28:54,594 --> 00:28:57,214
- [INDISTINCT MURMURING]
- Only 20%.

715
00:28:57,254 --> 00:28:59,304
And the correct answer is...

716
00:28:59,344 --> 00:29:02,884
- Wu also got an A.
- [CHUCKLES AND APPLAUSE]

717
00:29:02,934 --> 00:29:06,014
- Streamers!
- [LAUGHTER]

718
00:29:06,054 --> 00:29:07,644
And that's zero-sum bias.

719
00:29:07,684 --> 00:29:09,274
You made the mistake of
believing the first three As

720
00:29:09,314 --> 00:29:10,434
meant there wouldn't be a fourth,

721
00:29:10,484 --> 00:29:12,104
but the truth is most of you did great.

722
00:29:12,144 --> 00:29:14,864
So streamers for everyone.

723
00:29:14,904 --> 00:29:16,234
[INDISTINCT MURMURING]

724
00:29:16,274 --> 00:29:18,284
Now, for families,

725
00:29:18,324 --> 00:29:20,694
zero-sum bias can make children believe

726
00:29:20,744 --> 00:29:22,904
that their parents' love
is a limited resource

727
00:29:22,954 --> 00:29:25,124
and the more one child gets,

728
00:29:25,164 --> 00:29:27,317
the less there is for anyone else.

729
00:29:27,744 --> 00:29:32,164
In Trey's eyes, Veronica
stole his father's love.

730
00:29:32,214 --> 00:29:35,464
We believe that Trey just
did this spur-of-the-moment

731
00:29:35,504 --> 00:29:37,952
after he picked up Veronica,

732
00:29:38,634 --> 00:29:41,372
which means that she knows who took her.

733
00:29:41,924 --> 00:29:45,224
Then even if he gets
the money, he can't let her go.

734
00:29:45,264 --> 00:29:46,684
[ALEC SIGHS]

735
00:29:46,724 --> 00:29:50,724
Please, we need to
find her before it's too late.

736
00:29:50,774 --> 00:29:52,684
He's right. We don't have much time.

737
00:29:52,734 --> 00:29:55,774
When Trey took Veronica,
he was in a hot state.

738
00:29:55,814 --> 00:29:57,864
If we go back to the place
where he picked her up,

739
00:29:57,904 --> 00:30:00,114
do you think you can determine
where he would have gone,

740
00:30:00,154 --> 00:30:01,534
like what you did with Corey?

741
00:30:01,574 --> 00:30:03,324
Maybe, but Onancock's a long way.

742
00:30:03,364 --> 00:30:05,647
Wait. Corey lives in Onancock?

743
00:30:06,164 --> 00:30:09,834
- That's on Cape Charles, right?
- Yeah, half way up on the 13.

744
00:30:11,374 --> 00:30:14,924
[SIGHS] This is Rose.
Call me back. It's urgent.

745
00:30:14,964 --> 00:30:16,124
What's wrong?

746
00:30:16,174 --> 00:30:17,884
I did some preliminary security workups

747
00:30:17,924 --> 00:30:19,094
to Trey's company,

748
00:30:19,134 --> 00:30:21,054
including on a vacant factory
in Sheraton.

749
00:30:21,094 --> 00:30:23,424
That's a straight shot
down the 13 from Onancock.

750
00:30:23,474 --> 00:30:24,840
We should check it out.

751
00:30:24,890 --> 00:30:26,844
Unfortunately, after Alec called,

752
00:30:26,894 --> 00:30:30,684
I called Ted and shared with
him our suspicions about Trey.

753
00:30:30,724 --> 00:30:32,224
Now his phone's going
straight to voicemail.

754
00:30:32,274 --> 00:30:34,104
And he knows about
the factory in Sheraton.

755
00:30:34,144 --> 00:30:35,354
Everything Trey's done was

756
00:30:35,394 --> 00:30:37,104
triggered by his father's rejection.

757
00:30:37,154 --> 00:30:38,694
And Veronica said Trey has a gun.

758
00:30:38,734 --> 00:30:40,904
We need to get to that
factory before Ted does.

759
00:30:40,944 --> 00:30:42,824
- I'll meet you downstairs.
- Yeah.

760
00:30:42,864 --> 00:30:45,034
[TENSE MUSIC]

761
00:30:45,074 --> 00:30:46,914
♪ ♪

762
00:30:46,954 --> 00:30:49,324
Please just let me go.

763
00:30:49,374 --> 00:30:51,544
I won't tell anyone it was you. Please.

764
00:30:51,584 --> 00:30:52,874
I wish I could believe you,

765
00:30:52,914 --> 00:30:54,454
but you're terrible at keeping secrets.

766
00:30:54,504 --> 00:30:56,544
You told everyone
about the affair, including me.

767
00:30:56,584 --> 00:30:58,004
You won't be able to stop yourself

768
00:30:58,044 --> 00:30:59,794
from telling your
psycho father what I did...

769
00:30:59,844 --> 00:31:01,004
or mine.

770
00:31:01,044 --> 00:31:02,344
- [DOOR SLAMS]
- [VERONICA GASPS]

771
00:31:02,384 --> 00:31:03,554
Who's there?

772
00:31:03,594 --> 00:31:05,724
- [HANDGUN HAMMER CLICKS]
- Show yourself!

773
00:31:05,764 --> 00:31:07,934
[DOOR SLAMS]

774
00:31:07,974 --> 00:31:09,502
Trey.

775
00:31:10,894 --> 00:31:13,089
What are you doing?

776
00:31:13,434 --> 00:31:16,234
- Veronica, are you all right?
- [VERONICA SOBBING]

777
00:31:16,274 --> 00:31:17,802
Get away from her.

778
00:31:19,024 --> 00:31:20,847
[TED SIGHS]

779
00:31:21,824 --> 00:31:24,784
[THUNDER RUMBLING]

780
00:31:24,824 --> 00:31:30,034
♪ ♪

781
00:31:30,074 --> 00:31:32,284
[GUNSHOT]

782
00:31:34,820 --> 00:31:36,114
Stop, or I'll shoot her!

783
00:31:36,139 --> 00:31:39,224
I just came to talk.

784
00:31:39,264 --> 00:31:41,264
I feel like what's
happening here is my fault.

785
00:31:41,304 --> 00:31:44,014
I'd have gotten here sooner,
but, you know,

786
00:31:44,054 --> 00:31:46,434
there was so much snow.

787
00:31:46,474 --> 00:31:48,684
Snow? It's not snowing.

788
00:31:48,734 --> 00:31:50,944
Sorry, Eddy. I stand corrected.

789
00:31:50,984 --> 00:31:53,404
My name's Trey!

790
00:31:53,444 --> 00:31:54,614
What is he doing?

791
00:31:54,654 --> 00:31:56,234
He's using absurdism.

792
00:31:56,274 --> 00:31:58,114
He's saying weird things
to force Trey to correct him

793
00:31:58,154 --> 00:31:59,994
and ground himself in reality.

794
00:32:00,034 --> 00:32:01,784
It's a way to puncture his hot state.

795
00:32:01,824 --> 00:32:04,374
Right. You're Trey.

796
00:32:04,414 --> 00:32:05,784
Your father's Ted.

797
00:32:05,834 --> 00:32:07,454
And your sister's Virginia.

798
00:32:07,494 --> 00:32:10,464
Her name is Veronica,
and she's not my sister!

799
00:32:10,504 --> 00:32:11,754
Great. We agree on the facts.

800
00:32:11,794 --> 00:32:13,124
She's not your sister.

801
00:32:13,174 --> 00:32:15,254
You shot your father
and he's bleeding to death.

802
00:32:15,294 --> 00:32:18,134
Also, Agent Clark
is just beyond that door.

803
00:32:18,174 --> 00:32:19,764
And there's more FBI on the way.

804
00:32:19,804 --> 00:32:21,474
So let's look at your options.

805
00:32:21,514 --> 00:32:23,264
You could try to kill
everyone else here,

806
00:32:23,304 --> 00:32:25,894
but Agent Clark is a really good shot.

807
00:32:25,934 --> 00:32:27,474
And the only reason
she hasn't taken you out yet

808
00:32:27,514 --> 00:32:29,724
is I asked her to let us talk.

809
00:32:29,774 --> 00:32:34,314
So if you choose that path,
you get shot and/or arrested.

810
00:32:34,354 --> 00:32:35,364
You lose.

811
00:32:35,404 --> 00:32:37,574
That's my only choice.
And there's no other way.

812
00:32:37,614 --> 00:32:39,391
But that's not true.

813
00:32:40,234 --> 00:32:44,864
There's always a way to improve
even the worst situation.

814
00:32:44,914 --> 00:32:49,204
What does the best outcome
look like for you, Trey?

815
00:32:49,244 --> 00:32:51,754
I get the money. And I get away.

816
00:32:51,794 --> 00:32:53,334
Not realistic.

817
00:32:53,374 --> 00:32:55,334
We need to think
of the best possible options.

818
00:32:55,384 --> 00:32:58,424
Besides, the money's
not what you want anyway.

819
00:32:58,464 --> 00:33:00,344
You want your father's love.

820
00:33:00,384 --> 00:33:01,764
That's your win.

821
00:33:01,804 --> 00:33:03,304
You thought Veronica stole it from you,

822
00:33:03,344 --> 00:33:06,554
but love's not a limited resource.

823
00:33:06,594 --> 00:33:08,604
Think about this.

824
00:33:08,644 --> 00:33:10,774
When your father knew that
Veronica was in trouble,

825
00:33:10,814 --> 00:33:12,234
he hired Rose.

826
00:33:12,274 --> 00:33:13,644
He delegated.

827
00:33:13,694 --> 00:33:16,178
What did he do when
he thought you were in trouble?

828
00:33:17,564 --> 00:33:19,694
He came here himself?

829
00:33:19,734 --> 00:33:21,694
[SOBBING] And I shot him.

830
00:33:21,734 --> 00:33:24,244
I didn't mean to do this.
I didn't mean to do any of this.

831
00:33:24,284 --> 00:33:25,494
I know.

832
00:33:25,534 --> 00:33:28,994
And now you know
that your father loves you.

833
00:33:29,034 --> 00:33:30,544
[TREY BREATHING SHAKILY]

834
00:33:30,584 --> 00:33:33,794
If he and Veronica live,
you'll find a way through this.

835
00:33:33,834 --> 00:33:37,044
But if your father dies,
you go to prison,

836
00:33:37,084 --> 00:33:38,674
maybe even for the rest of your life.

837
00:33:38,714 --> 00:33:41,662
And you lose his love forever.

838
00:33:43,094 --> 00:33:48,474
So please, Trey, put the gun down.

839
00:33:48,514 --> 00:33:51,474
[TENSE MUSIC]

840
00:33:51,514 --> 00:33:53,734
♪ ♪

841
00:33:53,774 --> 00:33:56,734
[TED BREATHING WHEEZILY]

842
00:33:56,774 --> 00:34:00,694
[VERONICA SOBBING SOFTLY]

843
00:34:00,734 --> 00:34:04,810
Put the gun down.

844
00:34:05,954 --> 00:34:08,574
[TED SHUDDERING AND PANTING]

845
00:34:08,614 --> 00:34:11,584
[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]

846
00:34:11,624 --> 00:34:18,504
♪ ♪

847
00:34:20,754 --> 00:34:23,287
- Mom! Dad!
- Veronica!

848
00:34:24,094 --> 00:34:26,844
- Come here, come here.
- [SOBBING] Oh, my God.

849
00:34:26,884 --> 00:34:29,644
Come here. Are you okay? Huh?

850
00:34:29,684 --> 00:34:31,434
- [VERONICA SOBBING]
- Okay, okay.

851
00:34:31,474 --> 00:34:33,264
Oh, my God.

852
00:34:33,314 --> 00:34:38,314
I'm no expert, but that
looks like a win-win-win.

853
00:34:38,354 --> 00:34:41,614
You should let me buy you
a fancy dinner to celebrate.

854
00:34:41,654 --> 00:34:42,864
I'll expense it to Ted.

855
00:34:42,904 --> 00:34:45,534
You want to learn more
about zero-sum bias?

856
00:34:45,574 --> 00:34:47,244
Among other things.

857
00:34:47,284 --> 00:34:50,164
[INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER]

858
00:34:51,784 --> 00:34:52,954
Congratulations.

859
00:34:52,994 --> 00:34:54,084
You got her back, and no one died.

860
00:34:54,124 --> 00:34:55,584
Yeah, sometimes you win.

861
00:34:55,624 --> 00:34:57,664
Maybe this is the start of a streak.

862
00:34:57,714 --> 00:35:00,384
I came to tell you the
church bomber, Wes Banning,

863
00:35:00,424 --> 00:35:02,964
finally responded
to your interview requests.

864
00:35:03,004 --> 00:35:05,162
He's agreed to talk.

865
00:35:05,764 --> 00:35:07,634
[MARISA CHUCKLES SOFTLY]

866
00:35:07,674 --> 00:35:14,644
♪ ♪

867
00:35:14,684 --> 00:35:15,774
[ELEVATOR BELL RINGS]

868
00:35:15,814 --> 00:35:17,104
"Adequate." Three stars.

869
00:35:17,144 --> 00:35:19,144
"Fun, actually." Four stars.

870
00:35:19,194 --> 00:35:20,984
"Kinda interesting." Three stars.

871
00:35:21,024 --> 00:35:22,274
It's still not great.

872
00:35:22,314 --> 00:35:23,904
Better, though. Better is good.

873
00:35:23,944 --> 00:35:25,444
The giveaway totally primed them.

874
00:35:25,484 --> 00:35:26,574
Thanks for that.

875
00:35:26,614 --> 00:35:29,244
Honestly, I wasn't expecting your help.

876
00:35:29,284 --> 00:35:30,664
Because sibling rivalry?

877
00:35:30,704 --> 00:35:32,164
Mm-hmm. [CHUCKLES]

878
00:35:32,204 --> 00:35:33,664
Look, I'll admit I can
be prone to zero-sum bias.

879
00:35:33,704 --> 00:35:37,454
But we study biases
in order to overcome them.

880
00:35:37,504 --> 00:35:39,794
We're a team. We win or lose together.

881
00:35:39,834 --> 00:35:41,674
Almost sounds like you believe that.

882
00:35:41,714 --> 00:35:44,674
Yeah, I almost do.

883
00:35:44,714 --> 00:35:47,674
[SOFT UPBEAT MUSIC]

884
00:35:47,714 --> 00:35:49,844
♪ ♪

885
00:35:49,884 --> 00:35:51,014
Dr. Mercer.

886
00:35:51,054 --> 00:35:52,184
Keith.

887
00:35:52,224 --> 00:35:53,554
Hey, uh, sorry to bother you.

888
00:35:53,594 --> 00:35:57,184
But I made this for you as a thank you.

889
00:35:57,224 --> 00:35:59,894
Wow. This is beautiful.

890
00:35:59,934 --> 00:36:02,774
Hey, I tell you what. I'll trade you.

891
00:36:02,814 --> 00:36:04,142
You didn't get your signed book.

892
00:36:04,182 --> 00:36:05,234
Oh.

893
00:36:07,404 --> 00:36:11,784
So I take it by this beautiful gift

894
00:36:11,824 --> 00:36:15,204
that things are well
now that Veronica is home?

895
00:36:15,244 --> 00:36:19,004
She's been through a lot,
but kids are resilient.

896
00:36:19,044 --> 00:36:20,914
None of this would have happened

897
00:36:20,964 --> 00:36:23,544
if I hadn't screwed things up with her.

898
00:36:23,584 --> 00:36:26,385
Well, you projected your
perceived failures onto her.

899
00:36:26,425 --> 00:36:27,554
Mm.

900
00:36:27,594 --> 00:36:30,264
And I see now I have to let
her make her own mistakes.

901
00:36:30,304 --> 00:36:32,384
Sadly... [SIGHS]

902
00:36:32,434 --> 00:36:35,514
Mistakes are often
the best ways to learn.

903
00:36:35,554 --> 00:36:38,604
[LAUGHS] Then Tara and I have
learned a lot over the years.

904
00:36:38,644 --> 00:36:40,257
Mm.

905
00:36:41,314 --> 00:36:43,604
It's good you called out the affair.

906
00:36:43,654 --> 00:36:47,234
It helps us to remember
where we went wrong.

907
00:36:47,274 --> 00:36:49,984
And where we went right.

908
00:36:50,034 --> 00:36:51,244
Sir.

909
00:36:51,284 --> 00:36:52,699
Ah.

910
00:36:52,723 --> 00:36:54,744
[CHUCKLES]

911
00:36:54,784 --> 00:36:56,398
Wow.

912
00:36:57,454 --> 00:37:01,124
Hey, why didn't you
and Agent Clark have kids?

913
00:37:01,164 --> 00:37:02,643
You'd be a great dad.

914
00:37:02,667 --> 00:37:04,084
[LAUGHTER]

915
00:37:04,124 --> 00:37:05,964
We weighed the pros and cons.

916
00:37:06,004 --> 00:37:11,094
And the whole endeavor seemed...

917
00:37:11,134 --> 00:37:13,884
entirely irrational.

918
00:37:13,934 --> 00:37:15,547
Ooh, it is.

919
00:37:15,571 --> 00:37:17,184
[LAUGHTER]

920
00:37:17,224 --> 00:37:20,434
I mean, having Veronica
derailed our lives.

921
00:37:20,474 --> 00:37:23,604
- Mm.
- I abandoned my art.

922
00:37:23,644 --> 00:37:27,554
Ended up resenting Tara,
which led to the affair.

923
00:37:28,404 --> 00:37:33,954
But, mm, I wouldn't
trade Veronica for the world.

924
00:37:33,994 --> 00:37:35,074
Mm, heard that.

925
00:37:35,114 --> 00:37:37,494
Mm-hmm. [CHUCKLES]

926
00:37:37,534 --> 00:37:40,374
♪ ♪

927
00:37:40,414 --> 00:37:42,754
♪ Run to the rock ♪

928
00:37:42,794 --> 00:37:44,754
♪ The rock was a-melting ♪

929
00:37:44,794 --> 00:37:46,834
BOTH: ♪ Run to the rock ♪

930
00:37:46,874 --> 00:37:48,634
♪ The rock was a-melting ♪

931
00:37:48,674 --> 00:37:51,054
♪ Run to the rock ♪ [RHYTHMIC SNAPPING]

932
00:37:51,094 --> 00:37:53,014
♪ The rock was a-melting ♪

933
00:37:53,054 --> 00:37:55,594
♪ All on that day ♪

934
00:37:55,634 --> 00:37:58,014
Oh, somebody is in a good mood!

935
00:37:58,054 --> 00:37:59,804
Mm-hmm.

936
00:37:59,854 --> 00:38:02,974
Crawdad dinner for my brother
because your sister loves you.

937
00:38:03,024 --> 00:38:04,564
- Wait a minute.
- [KYLIE CHUCKLES]

938
00:38:04,604 --> 00:38:06,274
Your computer is off.
Your phone's not buzzing.

939
00:38:06,314 --> 00:38:08,734
- Mm-hmm.
- What happened?

940
00:38:08,774 --> 00:38:10,614
Rizwan happened.

941
00:38:10,654 --> 00:38:12,534
You know, when I saw

942
00:38:12,574 --> 00:38:14,824
how freaked out he was
over those bad reviews,

943
00:38:14,864 --> 00:38:18,074
I realized he really cares
about what he does.

944
00:38:18,114 --> 00:38:19,494
And I want to care, too.

945
00:38:19,534 --> 00:38:22,294
So maybe I can stop having to choose

946
00:38:22,334 --> 00:38:25,004
between work and my happiness.

947
00:38:25,044 --> 00:38:26,664
He'll find the right job.

948
00:38:26,714 --> 00:38:27,834
I can have both.

949
00:38:27,874 --> 00:38:29,674
- Win-win.
- Mm-hmm.

950
00:38:29,714 --> 00:38:32,134
So I quit my jobs.

951
00:38:32,174 --> 00:38:33,674
All of them?

952
00:38:33,714 --> 00:38:36,174
Working three jobs made it
so I could save a nice pile

953
00:38:36,224 --> 00:38:38,384
and gave me enough time to figure out

954
00:38:38,434 --> 00:38:39,934
what color my parachute is.

955
00:38:39,974 --> 00:38:41,394
Mm.

956
00:38:41,434 --> 00:38:43,514
Meantime, you owe me
a Benji for groceries.

957
00:38:43,564 --> 00:38:45,024
- It's worth it.
- [LAUGHS]

958
00:38:45,064 --> 00:38:46,524
You doubled the spices?

959
00:38:46,564 --> 00:38:48,444
Of course I doubled the spices.

960
00:38:48,484 --> 00:38:50,225
Who you talking to?

961
00:38:50,249 --> 00:38:51,364
[LAUGHTER]

962
00:38:51,404 --> 00:38:54,284
[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]

963
00:38:54,324 --> 00:38:57,744
♪ ♪

964
00:38:57,784 --> 00:39:01,204
Agent Clark, author of all my troubles.

965
00:39:01,244 --> 00:39:02,454
You're a serial bomber.

966
00:39:02,494 --> 00:39:03,624
That's the cause of your troubles.

967
00:39:03,664 --> 00:39:05,794
I'm just the one who caught you.

968
00:39:05,834 --> 00:39:07,754
I hear you're ready
to make a full confession?

969
00:39:07,794 --> 00:39:09,990
Cassette tape-recorder.

970
00:39:10,504 --> 00:39:13,674
I like that. Keeping it old-school.

971
00:39:13,714 --> 00:39:15,174
It stops the defense from arguing

972
00:39:15,214 --> 00:39:17,764
that your confession
is digitally altered.

973
00:39:17,804 --> 00:39:19,304
[BUTTON CLICKS]

974
00:39:19,344 --> 00:39:22,554
Subject, Wes Banning.
Interviewer, Marisa Clark.

975
00:39:22,604 --> 00:39:24,264
Session one.

976
00:39:27,064 --> 00:39:29,384
Any time you're ready.

977
00:39:29,894 --> 00:39:31,239
Straight to it then.

978
00:39:31,279 --> 00:39:32,564
Mm.

979
00:39:32,614 --> 00:39:33,774
It was me.

980
00:39:33,824 --> 00:39:37,744
I bombed the Methodist Church,
April 2002.

981
00:39:37,784 --> 00:39:41,074
There was a big boom and then fire.

982
00:39:41,114 --> 00:39:43,231
I like fire.

983
00:39:43,624 --> 00:39:45,284
13 dead. Will that suffice?

984
00:39:45,334 --> 00:39:46,834
You worked alone?

985
00:39:46,874 --> 00:39:48,204
Of course.

986
00:39:48,254 --> 00:39:50,294
Check my grade school report cards.

987
00:39:50,334 --> 00:39:52,634
"Does not work or play well
with others."

988
00:39:52,674 --> 00:39:58,054
For over a decade,
you refused to admit anything.

989
00:39:58,094 --> 00:40:01,634
Then right when
you can walk free, you confess.

990
00:40:01,684 --> 00:40:04,434
First the parole hearing, now this.

991
00:40:04,474 --> 00:40:05,764
Why the change of heart?

992
00:40:05,814 --> 00:40:08,256
Say I found religion.

993
00:40:09,104 --> 00:40:11,274
Say I don't want to sin again.

994
00:40:11,314 --> 00:40:13,804
I was at that hearing.

995
00:40:14,564 --> 00:40:18,784
You said all the right things
until someone walked in.

996
00:40:18,824 --> 00:40:20,114
Someone I didn't see.

997
00:40:20,154 --> 00:40:22,437
Then you changed your story.

998
00:40:23,324 --> 00:40:25,284
Who was it?

999
00:40:25,334 --> 00:40:26,784
What do they have over you?

1000
00:40:26,834 --> 00:40:28,684
[CHUCKLES]

1001
00:40:28,708 --> 00:40:30,334
A dangerous mystery man.

1002
00:40:30,374 --> 00:40:32,504
[CHUCKLES] That's...

1003
00:40:32,544 --> 00:40:34,584
that's quite the fabulation.

1004
00:40:34,634 --> 00:40:37,244
Or you're covering for an accomplice.

1005
00:40:37,964 --> 00:40:39,384
Maybe he was the one that

1006
00:40:39,424 --> 00:40:41,804
drove that stolen FedEx van
that you used to get away.

1007
00:40:41,844 --> 00:40:43,934
I drove the FedEx van.

1008
00:40:43,974 --> 00:40:44,974
I'm a lone wolf.

1009
00:40:45,014 --> 00:40:47,504
It wasn't a FedEx van.

1010
00:40:47,529 --> 00:40:50,489
[TENSE MUSIC]

1011
00:40:51,144 --> 00:40:52,944
♪ ♪

1012
00:40:52,984 --> 00:40:56,564
And you would know that
if you had been at that church.

1013
00:40:56,614 --> 00:40:59,404
You may have made that bomb,
but you didn't plant it.

1014
00:40:59,444 --> 00:41:01,244
- Did you?
- It was me.

1015
00:41:01,284 --> 00:41:02,534
It was all me.

1016
00:41:02,574 --> 00:41:04,744
Then describe the getaway vehicle.

1017
00:41:04,784 --> 00:41:06,994
Color, company logo.

1018
00:41:07,034 --> 00:41:08,454
- Guards!
- Anything.

1019
00:41:08,494 --> 00:41:10,670
Get me out of here. I'm done.

1020
00:41:10,710 --> 00:41:16,294
♪ ♪

1021
00:41:16,334 --> 00:41:19,254
[SHACKLES CLICKING]

1022
00:41:19,304 --> 00:41:24,344
♪ ♪

1023
00:41:24,384 --> 00:41:26,054
- End session.
- [DOOR CLANKS]

1024
00:41:26,094 --> 00:41:28,264
[BUTTON CLICKS]

1025
00:41:28,304 --> 00:41:31,224
[MARISA SIGHS]