Numb3rs (2005–2010): Season 1, Episode 11 - Sacrifice - full transcript

(alarm ringing)

(alarm continues)

(beeping)

HEY, PETE, I THINK
I GOT SOMETHING.

YOU BETTER CALL IT IN.

AGENT EPPES?

YEAH.

DAVID SINCLAIR. HOW YOU DOING?

JOHN REACHER. I'M WITH THE
BUREAU'S SECURITY DIVISION.

VICTIM WAS A COMPUTER
SCIENCE RESEARCHER

FOR A PRIVATE THINK TANK.



HIGH-LEVEL NATIONAL
SECURITY CLEARANCE.

(Don) WHO'S THAT?

THIS IS ROBERT OLIVER.

HE'S THE C.E.O. OF
THE LORMAN GROUP.

HOW ARE YOU? DON EPPES, F.B.I.

HI.

THE LORMAN GROUP IS THE
THINK TANK? THAT'S RIGHT.

THEY HAVE A NUMBER
OF CONTRACTS WITH US

FOR CLASSIFIED
GOVERNMENT PROJECTS.

SO, THE VICTIM WAS ONE
OF YOUR EMPLOYEES?

YES. UH, DR. HOKE WAS ONE
OF OUR SENIOR RESEARCHERS.

I'LL CHECK ON THE
BODY. (Don) ALL RIGHT.

ANY REASON TO THINK THE
MURDER HAD ANYTHING TO DO

WITH THE WORK HE
WAS DOING FOR YOU?



IT'S POSSIBLE.

THOSE BUREAU TECHS?

NO, THEY'RE WITH MY COMPANY.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
THEY'RE CIVILIANS.

THEY HAVE SECURITY CLEARANCE.

(Don) GENTLEMEN, BACK
AWAY FROM THAT COMPUTER.

AGENT EPPES, CAN I TALK
TO YOU FOR A MINUTE?

I HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO SECURE THE
CONTENTS OF DR. HOKE'S COMPUTER.

WELL, I GOT AN OBLIGATION
TO INVESTIGATE A MURDER,

AND WHATEVER
THOSE GUYS ARE DOING,

THEY'RE CONTAMINATING
MY CRIME SCENE.

YOUR CRIME SCENE?

THAT'S RIGHT. UNLESS THERE'S
SOMETHING I DON'T KNOW,

MY HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION'S GONNA TAKE
PRIORITY OVER YOUR SECURITY CONCERNS.

DON.

WE'VE GOT MULTIPLE STAB WOUNDS.

THE CORONER'S INVESTIGATOR SAYS
HE'S BEEN DEAD FOR ALMOST 2 DAYS.

WHAT WAS THAT ABOUT?

HE WAS GONNA LET THOSE GUYS
TAKE DATA OFF THAT COMPUTER.

WELL, I THINK SOMEBODY
BEAT THEM TO IT.

ACCORDING TO WHAT I HEARD,
THE FILES WERE ALREADY ERASED.

ALL RIGHT, WE'RE
GONNA START WITH THAT.

NOBODY TOUCHES IT. ALL RIGHT?

LET'S GET OUR PEOPLE
ON IT IMMEDIATELY.

ALL RIGHT. ADAM, CARTER.

(Charlie) WE ALL USE
MATH EVERY DAY.

(echoing) EVERY DAY.

TO PREDICT WEATHER,

TO TELL TIME,

TO HANDLE MONEY.

MATH IS MORE THAN
FORMULAS AND EQUATIONS.

IT'S LOGIC.

(echoing) MATH IS MORE THAN
FORMULAS AND EQUATIONS.

IT'S RATIONALITY.

IT'S USING YOUR MIND

TO SOLVE THE BIGGEST
MYSTERIES WE KNOW.

(echoing) WE KNOW.

OKAY, WELL, THE FIRST THING IS,

WHOEVER WIPED THE
INFORMATION OFF THIS HARD DRIVE,

DIDN'T MAKE A COPY OF IT.

YOU SURE ABOUT THAT?

ABSOLUTELY.

HOKE HAD AN EVENT
LOG ON HIS COMPUTER.

RECORDED THE WIPE,
BUT NO DUPLICATION.

AND WHOEVER DID DO THE WIPE

KNEW EXACTLY WHAT
THEY WERE DOING.

THIS CODE'S BEEN FLIPPED
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF TIMES.

WAIT. DEFINE FLIPPED.

A COMPUTER'S LANGUAGE
BOILS DOWN TO BINARY CODE.

EVERY BIT OF INFORMATION IS A
SPECIFIC SEQUENCE OF ZEROES AND ONES.

LIKE COINS, ALL HEADS OR TAILS.

WHEN YOU WIPE THE DATA,
YOU DON'T REALLY ERASE IT.

YOU JUST START FLIPPING
THE COINS BACK AND FORTH.

THAT DESTROYS THE CODE AND RENDERS
THE INFORMATION PRETTY MUCH UNINTELLIGIBLE.

NOW, MIND YOU, WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT BINARY CODE

WHICH IS MILLIONS UPON
MILLIONS OF ZEROES AND ONES.

OK, IN ORDER TO
RECREATE THE DATA,

I NEED TO RECONSTRUCT THE
ORIGINAL SEQUENCE OF THE CODE.

TO FLIP IT BACK TO THE
WAY IT WAS ORIGINALLY.

TRY TO.

BUT AS YOU SAID, YOU'RE TALKING
ABOUT MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF NUMBERS.

NOW, THE PROGRAM THAT
WAS USED TO FLIP HOKE'S CODE

LEFT A PATTERN BEHIND.

IF I CAN FIND IT, I CAN REVERSE
ENGINEER THE PROGRAM

AND RECONSTRUCT
THE ORIGINAL SEQUENCE.

GIVE IT A SHOT. LET ME
KNOW IF YOU FIND ANYTHING.

HEY.

HEY.

JONAS HOKE WAS AN
APPLIED PHYSICIST.

LIVED ALONE, NO KIDS, AND FROM
EVERYTHING I'VE HEARD SO FAR,

TOTALLY DEVOTED TO HIS WORK.

HE WAS IN THE
MIDDLE OF A DIVORCE.

WIFE LEFT HIM A FEW MONTHS AGO.

OH, YEAH? ANY HISTORY THERE?

NO POLICE REPORTS, NO 911 CALLS.

NEIGHBORS SAY HE WAS
A QUIET, FRIENDLY GUY.

YEAH, WHO SOMEHOW WOUND UP
BEING BUTCHERED IN HIS OWN HOUSE.

HOUSE RANSACKED. YOU'VE
GOT MULTIPLE STAB WOUNDS.

ALARM TRIPPED.

NOT REALLY THE M.O. OF
A PROFESSIONAL KILLER.

WHY IS THE ALARM TRIPPED ON
THE NIGHT THE BODY IS DISCOVERED,

AS OPPOSED TO 2 DAYS EARLIER,
WHEN THE GUY IS ACTUALLY MURDERED?

THERE'S NO EVIDENCE
THE BODY WAS EVER MOVED.

YEAH, THE NEIGHBORS DON'T REPORT
SEEING ANYONE ELSE IN THE AREA.

STILL, THE HOUSE BEING RANSACKED

SUGGESTS SOMEBODY WAS
SEARCHING FOR SOMETHING.

WELL, WHOEVER WIPED THAT FILE

KNEW WHAT TO LOOK
FOR, THAT'S FOR SURE.

YOU THINK THEY TRASHED
THE HOUSE ON A RUSE?

MAKE IT LOOK LIKE AN AMATEUR?

WHY DON'T YOU GO
CHECK OUT THE WIFE?

I'M GONNA TALK TO REACHER
ABOUT THE LORMAN CONNECTION.

(David) MRS. HOKE, I UNDERSTAND
THERE WAS A DISPUTE

OVER THE MONEY
INVOLVED IN THE SEPARATION.

I GUESS WE BOTH VALUED OUR
TIME TOGETHER A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY.

MAYBE IT WAS BECAUSE HE
WAS ANGRY I LEFT. I DON'T KNOW.

BUT JONAS FELT IT APPROPRIATE
THAT I LEAVE THE MARRIAGE

WITH WHAT I CAME TO IT WITH.

I WANTED TO ASK HIM FOR THE 12
YEARS BACK, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW HOW.

WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME
YOU SPOKE TO YOUR HUSBAND?

A FEW WEEKS AGO.

HE WAS LATE WITH A
SEPARATION CHECK.

HE'D DO THAT. FORGET.

SOMETIMES I WONDERED
IF IT WAS INTENTIONAL.

MRS. HOKE, I HAVE TO ASK YOU,

WHERE WERE YOU ON THE 14TH?

RIGHT, I UNDERSTAND.

AS IT HAPPENS, I WAS AT HOME.

ANY WITNESSES WHO
CAN VERIFY THAT?

LUCAS GRODIN.

HE'S A FRIEND.

I DON'T EXPECT YOU
TO UNDERSTAND.

I'M NOT JUDGING YOU, MRS. HOKE.

I'M JUST TRYING TO
TAKE YOUR STATEMENT.

(Reacher) SO, YOUR TECH'S SURE

WHOEVER IT WAS WHO WIPED
HOKE'S FILES FROM THE HARD DRIVE

THEY DIDN'T MAKE A
COPY. (Don) THAT'S RIGHT.

APPARENTLY, IT WAS
ERASED, BUT NOT DUPLICATED.

MY BOSSES WILL BE
HAPPY TO HEAR THAT.

(scoffing) YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS,

YOU OUGHT TO REMIND YOUR BOSSES

THAT A MAN WAS MURDERED
OVER THIS, YOU KNOW?

I DIDN'T MEAN IT
THE WAY IT SOUNDED.

LOOK,

WHAT EXACTLY DID HOKE
DO FOR THE LORMAN GROUP?

THE COMPANY HAD A CONTRACT WITH THE DEFENSE
DEPARTMENT FOR A NEW COMPUTER SYSTEM.

ONE THAT COULD BETTER
INTERPRET GLOBAL SATELLITE IMAGING.

SO, SO NEW THAT SOMEONE
WOULD KILL OVER IT?

IT'S PRETTY SENSITIVE STUFF,
BUT A MOTIVE FOR MURDER?

I DON'T KNOW.

HEY. SO HOKE WAS WORKING
ON A D.O.D. CONTRACT

FOR A COMPUTER PROGRAM THAT
INTERPRETS SATELLITE IMAGES.

REMOTE SENSING.

IT'S A PROCESS THAT SCANS ELECTROMAGNETIC
SIGNATURES FROM THE EARTH'S SURFACE.

IT WAS USED TO DETECT PREHISTORIC
INCAN PATHS TO SACRED BURIAL SITES.

HOKE WAS PROBABLY DEVELOPING IT

TO READ ROADSIDE BOMBS
OR RUTS FROM TANKS.

WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL
ME YOU FOUND THIS?

BECAUSE THAT DATA WASN'T THE
FOCUS OF THE HARD DRIVE WIPE.

ALL RIGHT. WHAT WAS?

SAY I WANT TO HIDE
WHAT I'VE WRITTEN.

HAVE I HIDDEN IT?

(Charlie) EXACTLY.

THE IMPRESSION RUNS DEEPER

THAN THE ONE SHEET
I'VE WRITTEN IT ON.

NOW, IF I REALLY WANTED TO
CONCEAL IT, I WOULD DO THIS.

HOKE'S REMOTE SENSING WORK

WAS ERASED WITH THE
EQUIVALENT OF A MAGIC MARKER.

BUT THIS SECTION HERE

WAS SCRIBBLED OUT
WITH A DATA SCRUBBER...

THE EQUIVALENT OF A PENCIL.

ON THE SURFACE,

IT RENDERS THE COMPUTER
CODE MEANINGLESS,

BUT HERE, THERE ARE
MAGNETIC SHADOWS UNDERNEATH,

PIECES OF DATA LEFT BEHIND
THAT I WAS ABLE TO FIND.

ALL RIGHT, TELL ME.

NUMBERS.

SPECIFICALLY, LIKE
BASEBALL STATISTICS.

BASEBALL STATISTICS?

BATTING AVERAGES,
ON-BASE PERCENTAGES.

I MEAN, AS FAR AS I CAN TELL,

HOKE WAS DEVELOPING A PRETTY
SOPHISTICATED APPLICATION OF SABERMETRICS,

WHICH PLACES NUMERICAL
VALUES ON SPECIFIC SKILLS,

LIKE HOME RUNS, HITS, WALKS.

A LOT OF TEAMS USE SABERMETRICS

TO IDENTIFY THE BEST WAY
TO ALLOCATE THEIR RESOURCES.

RIGHT. WHAT WAS
THAT BOOK ABOUT THE...

THE OAKLAND A'S G.M. MONEYBALL.

YEAH, MONEYBALL. RIGHT.

ONLY, HOKE WAS TAKING HIS
FORMULAS TO A WHOLE NEW LEVEL.

ATTEMPTING TO PREDICT PLAYER
PERFORMANCE BASED ON STATISTICAL CURVES.

ALL RIGHT, SO, WHY ERASE BASEBALL
STATS? AND WHY KILL OVER IT?

I HAVE NO IDEA. HMM.

BUT I MIGHT BE ABLE TO USE A PREDICTIVE
EQUATION TO REBUILD THE MISSING DATA.

LIKE DETECTING THE
ORIGINAL LINES HERE,

AND GUESSING AT WHAT
LETTERS THEY COULD MAKE.

RIGHT. WELL, I MEAN,

WE GOT TO KNOW WHAT
THEY WERE TRYING TO HIDE.

(Oliver) OBVIOUSLY,
IT WAS QUITE A SHOCK

TO HEAR ABOUT JONAS.

TO SEE HIM LIKE THAT.

(Don) I'M SURE. I'M
SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS.

YEAH. WE'D WORKED
TOGETHER FOR QUITE A WHILE.

WELL, I'M GONNA NEED TO GET A CONSULTANT
IN TO ASSESS DR. HOKE'S COMPUTER.

WELL, I DON'T SEE A PROBLEM.

SO, THIS IS DR. HOKE'S OFFICE.

THIS IS SCOTT REYNOLDS. HE'S
DR. HOKE'S RESEARCH ASSISTANT.

HAS ANYTHING ELSE BEEN
TOUCHED IN THIS OFFICE?

(Oliver) UH, NO. UH,

AGENT REACHER TOLD US TO
LEAVE EVERYTHING IN PLACE.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING
ON THIS COMPUTER?

JUST CHECKING E-MAILS,
GENERAL HOUSEKEEPING.

I'D APPRECIATE
IT IF YOU DID THAT

SOMEPLACE ELSE FOR
THE TIME BEING. OKAY.

YOU WORK WITH
DR. HOKE ON A DAILY BASIS?

YEAH.

YOU REMEMBER WHAT YOU
WERE DOING ON THE 14TH?

UH, IT WAS A TUESDAY?

UM, HE CAME IN THAT MONDAY,

AND THEN I DIDN'T
HEAR FROM HIM AGAIN

TILL MR. OLIVER CALLED ME
AND TOLD ME WHAT HAPPENED.

WELL, HE WAS MISSING FOR 2 DAYS.

WASN'T THAT A LITTLE UNUSUAL?

NO, HE WOULD STAY HOME FROM
THE OFFICE 3, 4 DAYS AT A TIME.

SCOTT'S RIGHT. JONAS
COULD GET LOST IN HIS WORK.

WAS DR. HOKE A FAN OF
BASEBALL, BY ANY CHANCE?

BASEBALL? YEAH.

OH, I'M NOT SURE.

UH, HE NEVER WENT TO
ANY GAMES OR ANYTHING,

IF THAT'S WHAT YOU MEAN.

WHY DO YOU ASK?

IT'S JUST A LITTLE
SURVEY I'M DOING.

YOU GENTLEMEN ARE GOING
TO HAVE TO LEAVE THIS OFFICE.

WELL, APPARENTLY, HOKE
WASN'T THAT INTO BASEBALL.

I MEAN, THERE'S NO
AUTOGRAPHED BALLS,

NO SPORTS MEMORABILIA
WHATSOEVER.

SO, WHATEVER HIS INTEREST, AS FAR
AS I COULD TELL, IT WASN'T PERSONAL.

MAYBE HE WAS INTERESTED
IN SABERMETRICS AS A HOBBY?

WELL, IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THAT
SHOULD GET YOU STABBED TO DEATH.

HOW ARE YOU DOING
ON RECREATING HIS DATA?

I'VE BEEN RUNNING
THE CORRUPTED FILES

THROUGH A SERIES OF
ALGORITHMS ON MY COMPUTER.

ALL RIGHT, WELL, AS SOON AS
YOU FIND ANYTHING, LET ME KNOW,

'CAUSE I WANT TO
GET YOU OUT HERE

TO LOOK AT HIS
COMPUTER, ALL RIGHT?

ALL RIGHT, WELL, UH, YOU
KNOW, I'M ACTUALLY ON MY WAY

TO GIVE A LECTURE RIGHT NOW,

BUT SURE, AFTERWARDS,
UM, ANY WAY I CAN HELP.

ALL RIGHT, GOOD,
THANKS, CHARLIE.

NOW, DID I JUST HEAR YOU
SAY THE WORD "SABERMETRICS"?

FAMILIAR WITH IT?

THE MONEYBALL CRAZE?

OH, YES, I'M FAMILIAR WITH IT.

I TAKE IT YOU DON'T APPROVE.

WELL, THE NOTION THAT HUMAN
ACHIEVEMENT ON A BASEBALL DIAMOND

CAN BE PREDICTED THROUGH THE
APPLICATION OF STATISTICAL ANALYSIS

IS, AT ITS VERY CORE,
HIGHLY PROBLEMATIC.

EVEN IF THE SKILL CAN BE
STATISTICALLY MEASURED?

YES, BECAUSE, CHARLES,

THE HUMAN SPIRIT
IS IMMEASURABLE.

YOU KNOW, OUR BRAINS
AREN'T JUST THESE MACHINES.

THERE'S A LOT OF
EITHER/OR GOING ON HERE.

YES, STATISTICAL PROBABILITY
IS A WONDERFUL TOOL,

BUT APPLIED TO
HUMAN PERFORMANCE,

IT'S... IT'S ONLY AN
EXTRAPOLATION OF THE PAST.

STILL THERE ARE A
NUMBER OF BASEBALL TEAMS

THAT USE SABERMETRICS
TO DETERMINE WHO TO PAY.

AS A DODGER FAN, I'M ALL TOO
PAINFULLY AWARE OF THAT FACT,

BUT I'M ALSO AWARE THAT
IN A STATISTICAL MODEL,

THE RED SOX NEVER
BEAT THE YANKEES.

AH, THERE ARE
EXCEPTIONS TO EVERY RULE.

YES, AND AREN'T THEY
GLORIOUS? (chuckles)

NOW, WHY IS DON EVEN ASKING YOU

ABOUT STATISTICAL
BASEBALL ANALYSIS?

(sighing) A RESEARCHER
WAS FOUND MURDERED.

WAIT, ARE WE TALKING
ABOUT JONAS HOKE?

YOU KNEW HIM?

HE... YEAH.

WE WERE DOCTORAL
STUDENTS TOGETHER.

WELL, NOT TOGETHER,
BUT AT THE SAME TIME.

HE JUST, I DON'T KNOW.

THERE'S THAT OLD SAYING:

"APPLIED PHYSICISTS
ARE FROM VENUS,

"THEORETICAL PHYSICISTS... WONDER
WHY IT ROTATES IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION."

THERE YOU GO.

NO, OUR DEPARTMENT WAS
INFORMED OF HIS PASSING

AND THE PLANNED
MEMORIAL SERVICE. I'M SORRY.

WELL, THE BOOK DOESN'T
ALWAYS WORK, CHARLES,

AND NUMBERS CAN'T ALWAYS ACCOUNT

FOR THE WAY LIFE TURNS OUT.

WELL, I MEAN, JUST
ASK JONAS HOKE.

(Don) WHAT DO YOU SAY, DAVID?

HEY. ANYTHING AT
THE LORMAN GROUP?

WELL, HOKE DIDN'T SHOW UP FOR
WORK FOR 2 DAYS, AND HE WASN'T MISSED.

THAT'S EITHER VERY SAD,
OR THAT'S A REALLY GOOD JOB.

YEAH? SEEMED ODD TO ME.

WELL, GUESS WHO HAD A $2
MILLION INSURANCE POLICY?

WHAT? THE GOOD
DR. HOKE? MMM-HMM.

AND GUESS WHO
THE BENEFICIARY IS?

NOT THE WIFE. YEP.

TURNED OUT THE DIVORCE
WAS NASTIER THAN WE THOUGHT.

MAJOR ISSUE BEING
HOKE'S POTENTIAL EARNINGS.

APPARENTLY, HE DIDN'T
WANT TO GIVE HER ANY.

SO SHE TAKES HIM OUT AND GETS
THE MONEY SHE'S ENTITLED TO?

THEN SHE'S FREE
AND SINGLE AGAIN.

HE'S HER ALIBI THE NIGHT OF
THE MURDER. ARRESTED IN '84.

YEAH. ASSAULT AND BATTERY.

I GUESS SHE FIGURED HOKE WAS
WORTH MORE DEAD THAN ALIVE.

(man) I WAS 20 YEARS OLD.

I GOT IN A FIGHT
WITH A GUY AT A BAR.

2 YEARS PROBATION, BELIEVE
ME, I LEARNED MY LESSON.

(David) WHICH WAS WHAT?

DON'T LEAVE ANY WITNESSES
BEHIND THE NEXT TIME?

YOU HAVE SOME
IMAGINATION. (Don) WE DO.

HOW ABOUT YOU IMAGINING THIS:

GAIL HOKE'S IN THE MIDDLE
OF A BAD DIVORCE, RIGHT?

I MEAN, IT REALLY
ISN'T GOING WELL.

ON THE OTHER HAND,

THE DEAD HUSBAND PAYS OUT
ON A $2 MILLION INSURANCE POLICY.

WONDER HOW MANY OF
THESE YOU'D HAVE TO WORK

TO MAKE UP THAT.

AND KILLING JONAS HELPS ME HOW?

BECAUSE MAYBE GAIL WILL GIVE ME
SOME OF HER INSURANCE SETTLEMENT?

WELL, WITH HIM OUT OF THE WAY,

SHE'S FREE TO MARRY AGAIN.

GAIL AND I LIKE EACH OTHER.

M-MAYBE IT'S EVEN
MORE THAN THAT,

BUT NEITHER ONE OF US HAS
EVER TALKED ABOUT MARRIAGE.

ALL RIGHT. WE'LL BE IN TOUCH.

GAIL HOKE WASN'T
OVER HER EX-HUSBAND.

I GOT THAT MUCH
FROM BOTH OF THEM.

WELL, DOESN'T MEAN
SHE DIDN'T KILL HIM.

YEAH, BUT I GOT THE FEELING SHE WASN'T
WILLING TO ADMIT THE MARRIAGE WAS OVER.

SHE WAS THINKING
ABOUT GOING BACK TO HIM.

HOW'D YOU GET THAT?

KIND OF REMINDED ME OF MY SISTER
LINDA WHEN SHE GOT DIVORCED.

MOVED OUT, GOT HER OWN PLACE,

SAT AROUND WAITING
FOR HER EX TO CALL

INSTEAD OF GETTING OUT
AND GETTING ON WITH HER LIFE.

DID HE CALL?

YEAH, AND SHE WENT BACK TO HIM.

I ALWAYS THOUGHT SHE
COULD'VE DONE BETTER,

YOU KNOW, JUST GIVEN
HERSELF A CHANCE. THANKS.

YEAH.

KNUCKLEHEAD, YOU KNOW.

HELLO. I'M SORRY. I HAVE
PRETTY SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS.

NO ONE'S SUPPOSED
TO USE THIS COMPUTER.

OH, I'M SORRY. YOU
MUST BE SCOTT. YEAH.

I'M PROFESSOR CHARLIE EPPES.

I'M, OH... I'M THE, UM, YEAH,
I'M THE F.B... F.B.I. CONSULTANT.

OH, ALL RIGHT. YEAH, MR. OLIVER
SAID YOU WERE COMING.

I WAS TOLD THAT, UH,

NONE OF DR. HOKE'S WORK WAS
TO BE TOUCHED BEFORE I GOT HERE.

NO, ALL THAT STUFF'S MINE.

OH, YOU'RE LEAVING.

YEAH. WELL,

THEY PROBABLY WOULD HAVE
OFFERED ME ANOTHER POSITION HERE,

BUT DR. HOKE WAS KIND OF...

HE WAS A MENTOR TO ME.

YOU WORK THAT CLOSE
WITH SOMEONE, IT'S HARD.

MMM. I CAN IMAGINE THAT. I WORK
PRETTY CLOSELY WITH SOMEONE MYSELF.

HE ALWAYS WANTED ME
TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL,

FINISH MY DISSERTATION, SO,

THINKING NOW I WILL
OH, THAT'S GREAT.

WHAT'S YOUR FIELD?

ECONOMETRICS, SPECIALIZING
IN ECONOMIC STATISTICS.

OOH. YEAH, THAT'S
EXACTLY WHAT MY DAD SAID

WHEN... WHEN I TOLD
HIM I WAS GONNA BORROW

30 GRAND A YEAR TO PAY FOR IT.

HE'S LIKE, "YOU DON'T MAKE
MONEY BY STUDYING IT."

MATHEMATICS CAN BE MUCH MORE
LUCRATIVE THAN MOST FATHERS THINK.

YEAH, BUT I WANT TO
DO SOMETHING WITH IT.

YOU KNOW, MAKE A
DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD.

THAT'S REALLY ADMIRABLE. WELL,
'CAUSE PEOPLE, THEY ASSUME

THAT THE ECONOMY'S THIS
ADVERSARIAL RELATIONSHIP,

WHERE ONE PERSON'S GAIN, BY DEFINITION,
HAS TO BE ANOTHER PERSON'S LOSS.

BUT IT DOESN'T
HAVE TO BE THAT WAY.

THERE CAN BE GAINS FOR EVERYONE.

I'M SURE YOU'RE
RIGHT. OH, I KNOW I AM.

IT'S ALL THERE IN THE NUMBERS.

IF ANYONE WOULD
JUST BOTHER TO LOOK.

AH, I THINK I KNOW
JUST HOW YOU FEEL.

WELL, IF YOU NEED ME FOR
ANYTHING, JUST LET ME KNOW.

HEY, SCOTT.

IS THERE ANY REASON THAT DR. HOKE
WOULD'VE BEEN WORKING ON, LIKE,

BASEBALL FORMULAS?

YEAH, YOU KNOW,
THE OTHER F.B.I. AGENT

ASKED ME THAT SAME
THING ABOUT BASEBALL.

I... I TOLD HIM DR. HOKE
NEVER MENTIONED IT.

YEAH. ANY BACKUP FILES,
ANY... ANY OTHER WORKSTATION

THAT DR. HOKE MIGHT HAVE USED?

NO. THAT MAN WAS PARTICULAR
ABOUT WHERE HE WORKED.

IT WAS EITHER THIS COMPUTER
OR THE ONE AT HOME.

AND YOU WEREN'T AWARE OF ANY
OF HIS WORK ON SABERMETRICS?

BUT THEN AGAIN, I'M NOT
MUCH OF A BASEBALL FAN.

(footsteps approaching)

LARRY.

CHARLIE. WHAT ARE
YOU DOING HERE?

WELL, YOU MENTIONED
THE MEMORIAL,

AND I KNEW YOU'D BE HERE.

OH, YEAH.

IT'S A RATHER DISHEARTENING
TURNOUT, ISN'T IT?

ARE WE EARLY?

NO, I DON'T THINK SO.

IT'S PHYSICS.

IT'S SUCH A DEMANDING FIELD.

LEAVES LITTLE TIME OR
ENERGY FOR A SOCIAL LIFE.

EINSTEIN SAID THAT ONE HAS
EITHER TIME FOR SCIENCE OR FAMILY,

BUT NOT BOTH.

WELL, NOW, THAT'S
SPOKEN LIKE A MAN

WHO CAN APPRECIATE
OUR PREDICAMENT.

(Charlie) I WONDER, THOUGH,

IS OUR WORK THE ACTUAL
CAUSE, OR IS IT AN EXCUSE?

THAT'S A FAIR
HYPOTHESIS, ISN'T IT?

I SUPPOSE THE REAL TRICK IS IN FINDING
THE SOLUTION WHILE IT STILL MATTERS.

(Alan) WHAT DO THESE
FORMULAS TELL YOU?

(Charlie) THE ONES
I'VE RECOVERED

INDICATE THAT THE DODGERS ARE NOT ON THE
RIGHT TRACK TO WIN THE PENNANT NEXT YEAR.

LIKE YOU NEEDED MATH TO
FIGURE THAT ONE OUT, HUH?

(both chuckling)

I HEARD THAT, UH, DON WAS
LEANING TOWARDS THE WIFE, HUH?

THAT'S RIGHT.

SEEMS TO BE THE FIRST
PLACE THEY LOOK NOWADAYS.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND. I MEAN,

IF YOU HATE THE PERSON
YOU'RE MARRIED TO THAT MUCH,

GET DIVORCED.

EVEN THE THOUGHT OF DIVORCE

HOLDS ITS OWN SPECIAL
HORRORS, LET ME TELL YOU.

WELL, YOU AND MOM
NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT...

I MEAN, I WAS NEVER
WITNESS TO ANY KIND OF...

THAT'S EXACTLY THE
WAY WE WANTED IT.

WELL, IT WAS A LONG
TIME AGO, WE, UM,

WE HAD A LITTLE ROUGH
PATCH THERE FOR A MOMENT,

BUT WE GOT THROUGH IT.

HOW ROUGH A PATCH
ARE WE TALKING ABOUT?

IT WAS WHEN YOU
WERE 13 YEARS OLD,

AND YOU WENT OFF TO PRINCETON.

MOM CAME WITH ME.

THE SEPARATION WAS
PRETTY HARD ON BOTH OF US.

AND ASIDE FROM THE MONEY
MATTERS, THERE WAS THIS

IRRATIONAL JEALOUSY.

ANYWAY, EVEN THE
POSSIBILITY OF DIVORCE

WAS NEVER DISCUSSED,

BECAUSE WE LOVED
EACH OTHER TOO MUCH.

I DON'T REMEMBER ANY OF IT.

I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER A RAISED
VOICE BETWEEN THE TWO OF YOU.

THAT'S BECAUSE YOUR
MOTHER AND I BOTH AGREED

THAT WE WOULDN'T STRESS YOU
OR DON ANY MORE THAN WE HAD TO.

CHARLIE, THAT'S HOW PARENTS
ARGUE IN FRONT OF THEIR CHILDREN.

THEY DISGUISE THE BIG
THINGS AS LITTLE THINGS.

(Charlie) BIG THINGS
DISGUISED AS LITTLE THINGS.

IN WORLD WAR II, U.S. SUBMARINES

WERE EQUIPPED WITH
BATHYTHERMOGRAPHS,

WHICH HELPED THEM FIND
WARM POCKETS OF WATER

BENEATH COLDER ONES, BECAUSE WARM
WATER BENT THE SOUND WAVES AWAY.

IF THE SUBMARINE
HID IN THE RIGHT PLACE,

THE ENEMY'S SONAR WAS USELESS.

(exploding)

HOKE DID THE SAME
THING WITH HIS OWN DATA.

HE HID IT IN WARM WATER.

HE DISGUISED HIS WORK
AS BASEBALL STATISTICS,

THEREBY HIDING ITS REAL MEANING.

(Don) HOW'D YOU FIGURE IT OUT?

(Charlie) THE MAGNETIC SHADOWS

THAT WERE LEFT ON THE
HARD DRIVE AFTER THE WIPE.

I RAN THE EXTRAPOLATED DATA
THROUGH A SERIES OF SIMPLE ALGORITHMS.

THE END RESULT

WAS THAT THE BASEBALL
STATISTICS FELL AWAY,

LEAVING THE PERTINENT NUMBERS.

I THEN DID A SIMPLE BRUTE
FORCE ANALYSIS... BRUTE FORCE?

I JUST WENT ON THE INTERNET

AND GOOGLED THE SET OF NUMBERS.

I SIFTED THROUGH
THE HITS, ONE BY ONE,

TO FIND THE
MATCHING DATA TABLES.

(beeps)

HOKE PULLED HIS DATA OFF OF
U.S. CENSUS BUREAU REPORTS

OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS.

OTHER TABLES WERE
FEDERAL BUDGETS,

GRADE POINT
AVERAGES, S.A.T. SCORES.

GRADE POINT AVERAGES?

HOKE'S WORK HAD NOTHING
TO DO WITH BASEBALL AT ALL.

HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO APPLY THE CONCEPT
OF SABERMETRICS TO AVERAGE COMMUNITIES,

NOT ATHLETES.

YOU'RE TALKING
ABOUT REAL PEOPLE?

ACTUARIES DO IT ALL THE TIME.

UH, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT INCOME
LEVELS, ACCESS TO HEALTH INSURANCE.

ONLY, HOKE WASN'T
MEASURING LIFE EXPECTANCY.

HE WAS MEASURING
HUMAN POTENTIAL.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
LIKE PREDICTING SUCCESS?

ALMOST FROM BIRTH.

THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE.

BASEBALL TEAMS USE SABERMETRICS

TO DETERMINE WHICH
PLAYERS TO PAY.

HE WAS USING SABERMETRICS TO DETERMINE
WHAT PEOPLE WERE WORTH INVESTING IN.

SO NO ONE GETS LEFT BEHIND, THEY
JUST NEVER GET STARTED TO BEGIN WITH.

IT APPLIES TO SCHOOLS. IT
APPLIES TO HOSPITALS, TO LIBRARIES.

I MEAN, COMPANIES FIRE
EMPLOYEES WHO SMOKE

BECAUSE OF FUTURE STATISTICAL
PROBABILITIES OF CANCER.

UH, THEY USE D.N.A. TO DENY
EMPLOYEES ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE.

I MEAN, WHY NOT A MATHEMATICAL
ANALYSIS TO DO THE EXACT SAME THING?

AND YOU'RE SAYING HE
WAS ACTUALLY CLOSE?

WELL, FROM WHAT I CAN TELL, HE
HADN'T FINISHED HIS MAIN EQUATION,

THOUGH ONCE HE WAS THROUGH,

THEORETICALLY, HE'D BE ABLE
TO PREDICT HUMAN PERFORMANCE

BASED ON GEOGRAPHIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL
FACTORS, DOWN TO A CITY BLOCK.

SO BASICALLY, YOU
ARE WHERE YOU LIVE?

A MATHEMATICAL
DETERMINATION OF WHO WILL

OR WON'T BE A WINNER.

(Scott) I'VE NEVER SEEN
ANY OF THIS STUFF BEFORE.

WELL, IT'S AN INCREDIBLE
AMOUNT OF DATA.

SO YOU'RE SAYING DR. HOKE
NEVER ASKED FOR YOUR HELP?

WITH THIS? ABSOLUTELY NOT.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW HOW
IT IS. HE WORKS ALONE.

I'D GET GLIMPSES,

BUT IT'S NOT LIKE HE
INCLUDES ME OR ANYTHING.

YEAH, BUT WHAT ABOUT
RESEARCH, SCOTT?

I MEAN, YOU NEVER PREPARED
CHARTS, OR DOWNLOADED STATISTICS

THAT SEEMED A LITTLE WEIRD,

CONSIDERING WHAT YOU
THOUGHT HE MIGHT BE WORKING ON?

UM, THERE'S SOME MARKET RESEARCH
STUDIES THAT HE ASKED ME TO GET.

YEAH? BUT I DON'T KNOW.

MARKET RESEARCH?

YEAH, STUFF THE LORMAN
GROUP WAS COMPILING.

WHAT KIND OF STUFF?

HOUSEHOLD INCOMES, HOUSING
COSTS, BUYING TENDENCIES.

THIS WAS ALL STUFF THE
LORMAN GROUP WAS WORKING ON?

YEAH. UM, DR. HOKE
WOULD MAKE THE REQUEST,

AND THEN MR. OLIVER WOULD
HAVE ME E-MAIL IT TO HIS HOME.

AND WHEN WAS THIS?

UP UNTIL A FEW WEEKS AGO.

WHAT HAPPENED A FEW WEEKS AGO?

FOR THE LAST REQUEST,

MR. OLIVER CALLED
ME INTO HIS OFFICE,

AND HE SAID THE COMPANY
WAS NOT GOING TO ALLOW

DR. HOKE ACCESS TO THE
INFORMATION ANYMORE.

DID HE TELL YOU WHY?

I MEAN, IT'S NOT REALLY
MY PLACE TO ASK,

BUT I JUST REMEMBER DR. HOKE
WAS PRETTY UPSET ABOUT IT.

OH, YEAH? OK.

THANKS FOR TALKING
TO US. I'LL TAKE THAT.

YEAH. OK. THANKS A LOT, SCOTT.

ALL RIGHT.

SOUNDS LIKE HOKE WAS GOING
BEHIND THE COMPANY'S BACK,

TRYING TO DEVELOP A
NEW SOFTWARE PROGRAM.

EITHER THAT, OR
TRYING TO HIJACK IT.

EXPLAINS WHY OLIVER SHOWS
UP THE NIGHT THE BODY'S FOUND.

YEAH, HE'S GONNA GET
BACK HIS PROGRAM, RIGHT?

QUESTION IS,

DID THEY WANT IT BAD
ENOUGH TO KILL HIM FOR IT?

WELL, I MEAN, HE WAS CONCERNED

THAT SOMEONE WAS
GONNA STEAL IT, RIGHT?

OTHERWISE, WHY DISGUISE
IT AS BASEBALL STATS?

AND WHY WOULD HE BOTHER TO
DO IT ON HIS OWN HOME COMPUTER?

UNLESS HE WAS
WORRIED THAT HIS HOUSE

WASN'T AS PRIVATE
AS HE THOUGHT IT WAS.

DON, TAKE A LOOK.

OH, YEAH, LOOK AT THAT.

SOMETHING WAS THERE. MMM-HMM.

MAYBE THEY DIDN'T HAVE
TIME TO PULL THE WIRE.

A DEAD BODY DECOMPOSING
A FEW FEET AWAY...

MAYBE THEY FELT
THE NEED TO RUSH.

(Don) OH, YEAH.

SOMEONE PUT SOME KIND
OF SURVEILLANCE THERE.

HOKE HAD A REASON
TO BE PARANOID.

SEE, THAT MUST BE WHY THE
ALARM WENT OFF 2 DAYS LATE.

(David) SO SOMEONE CAME
IN AFTER HE WAS MURDERED

TO REMOVE THE DEVICE.

(Don) WHICH WOULD TRIP IT.

(Don) SOMEONE PLANTED
A SURVEILLANCE DEVICE

IN DR. HOKE'S HOUSE.

(Oliver) WELL, JUDGING
BY YOUR TONE,

YOU THINK THAT SOMEONE IS ME?

(Terry) DR. HOKE WAS WORKING
ON A SOFTWARE PROGRAM

THAT WOULD BE EXTREMELY
VALUABLE TO A LOT OF PEOPLE.

YES, WELL, I GAVE THE F.B.I. FULL
ACCESS TO THE IMAGING DATA.

WELL, ACTUALLY, WE FOUND A SECOND
BODY OF WORK ON HIS HOME COMPUTER,

AND IT HAD NOTHING TO DO
WITH YOUR SATELLITE PROGRAM.

I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

NO?

YOU SURE?

SO IF OUR CONSULTANT WANTED TO DEVELOP
THAT DATA, YOU WOULDN'T ASSERT A CLAIM?

WELL, THE LORMAN GROUP HAS A CONTRACT
WITH EVERY RESEARCHER WE EMPLOY,

SO ANYTHING THAT
DR. HOKE WORKED ON

IS OWNED BY THE COMPANY.

MAYBE HE DIDN'T AGREE. MAYBE
YOU WENT TO HIS HOUSE, ARGUED.

THE NIGHT I MET YOU

WAS THE ONLY TIME I WAS
EVER IN DR. HOKE'S HOUSE.

THERE'S MORE THAN ONE WAY
INSIDE OF A PERSON'S HOME.

LOOK, WE WANT THAT
SURVEILLANCE, OKAY?

I WANT MY LAWYER.

YOU SURE? 'CAUSE IF SOMEONE
HAPPENED TO LEAK TO THE PRESS

THAT YOUR COMPANY IS
UNDER CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION,

YOUR GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS,

THEY MIGHT DRY UP PRETTY
DARN FAST. WHAT DO YOU THINK?

(Terry) FEDS DON'T
LIKE SCANDALS.

YOU TAKE A MOMENT,
THINK ABOUT IT.

(sighs)

JONAS HAD NO RIGHT
DOING WHAT HE DID.

NO?

THE IDEA OF USING
STATISTICAL ANALYSES

TO PREDICT HUMAN PERFORMANCE
ORIGINATED IN THIS COMPANY.

BUT HE DIDN'T SEE IT THAT WAY?

HE REFUSED TO PROVIDE
ALGORITHMS TO US

UNLESS WE GAVE HIM A
PERCENTAGE OF THE LICENSE FEES

WE CHARGE FOR THE
USE OF OUR SOFTWARE.

AND THIS TIME, I
BET YOU REFUSED.

I HAD NO INTENTION OF BEING EXTORTED
BY JONAS HOKE OR ANYONE ELSE.

SO, YOU PUT THE
SURVEILLANCE ON HIM?

I DID NO SUCH THING.

BUT AFTER I LEARNED
THAT HE DIED,

I FELT THAT WE WERE WITHIN OUR
RIGHTS TO RETRIEVE THE RESEARCH.

SO, WHAT, YOU CALLED
YOUR FRIEND, REACHER?

LOOK, THE POINT
OF ALL OF THIS IS,

I DIDN'T HAVE TO STEAL
ANYTHING FROM JONAS HOKE.

I ALREADY OWNED IT.

UH-HUH.

ALL RIGHT.

WE'LL BE IN TOUCH.

SO OLIVER TOLD YOU WHAT
HOKE WAS WORKING ON.

THAT'S WHY YOU WANTED
HIS PEOPLE THERE.

OLIVER SAID HOKE HAD A PROGRAM

THAT COULD DETERMINE
WITH MATHEMATICAL CERTAINTY

WHICH NEIGHBORHOODS WOULD
BENEFIT FROM PUBLIC SPENDING

AND WHICH ONES WOULDN'T.

YEAH, AND YOU UNDERSTAND
THIS IS ABOUT JUSTIFYING

TAKING MONEY FROM CERTAIN
COMMUNITIES AND GIVING IT TO OTHERS.

IN CASE YOU HADN'T HEARD, WE'RE
RUNNING A $10 TRILLION DEFICIT.

YEAH, I READ THE PAPERS.

WHY THROW MONEY AWAY ON
STATE-OF-THE-ART LAB FACILITIES

FOR KIDS WHO HAVE NO POTENTIAL?

THAT'S RIGHT. WHY
EVEN GIVE THEM BOOKS?

OLIVER ASKED ME IF SUCH A PROGRAM
WOULD BE OF VALUE TO THE GOVERNMENT.

I BELIEVED IT WOULD.

SO YOU PUT THE
SURVEILLANCE IN HOKE'S HOUSE?

NO.

YOU WOULDN'T TELL ME
IF YOU DID, WOULD YOU?

I UNDERSTAND YOU HAVEN'T TURNED
THE DATA YOU GOT FROM HOKE'S COMPUTER

OVER TO THE LORMAN GROUP, YET.

YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT, AND I
DON'T HAVE ANY INTENTION OF IT.

WELL, YOU REALIZE I'LL JUST
HAVE MY BOSS CALL YOUR BOSS.

THESE RELATIONSHIPS GO WAY
BEYOND THE TWO OF US, EPPES.

PART OF A HOMICIDE
INVESTIGATION.

THERE'S NO TELLING WHEN
IT MIGHT BECOME AVAILABLE,

BUT YOU GO AHEAD,
YOU MAKE YOUR CALL.

WE DID NOT PUT SURVEILLANCE
INSIDE JONAS HOKE'S HOUSE.

(David) SO, IF IT WASN'T US,
AND IT WASN'T OLIVER'S PEOPLE,

WHO WAS WATCHING HOKE?

WELL, WHOEVER
IT WAS, IT'S CLEAN.

NO PRINTS, NO
IDENTIFYING SIGNATURE.

ANY IDEA HOW THEY
COULD'VE DONE IT?

WELL, THE ALARM COMPANY RUNS A
PHONE LINE THROUGH THE TOUCH PAD.

WHATEVER SYSTEM WAS
USED TO SPY ON HOKE

WAS PIGGYBACKED ONTO
THE SECURITY SYSTEM.

SO, IT WAS A LISTENING DEVICE?

SOME SORT OF AUDIO
WOULD BE MY GUESS.

BUT IT'S HARD TO TELL
WITHOUT THE ACTUAL DEVICE.

WAIT A MINUTE. HOLD
THAT SCREEN RIGHT THERE.

DON, TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.

THIS IS THE MANUFACTURERS'
LIST FOR THE ALARM SYSTEM, RIGHT?

MMM-HMM. THIS IS THE
SERIAL NUMBER FOR THAT UNIT.

THE UNIT IN HOKE'S HOUSE.

TAKE A LOOK AT WHO BOUGHT IT.

GRODIN CONSTRUCTION.
AHA. THE BOYFRIEND. YUP.

TAKE IT TO 4. (man) OK.

(Grodin) YOU TWO AGAIN.

YEP. WITH MORE QUESTIONS.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT
ELSE I CAN TELL YOU.

WHY DON'T YOU TELL US ABOUT THE
BUG YOU PLANTED IN JONAS HOKE'S HOUSE?

YOU KNOW, FOR A WHILE THERE, I WAS
THINKING GAIL WAS THE VICTIM IN ALL THIS.

I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WRONG.

NO? DON'T TELL
ME THIS IS THE PART

WHERE YOU SAY
THAT SHE DID IT ALL?

LOOK, NEITHER OF
US DID ANYTHING.

WELL, WE STILL GOT A DEAD BODY

AND AN ALARM SYSTEM
THAT WAS BUGGED.

AN ALARM SYSTEM
THAT YOU INSTALLED.

GAIL'S LAWYER ASKED
ME TO HELP HER GUY

PUT A WIRE OR SOMETHING
INTO JONAS' HOUSE,

BUT THAT'S IT. THAT'S ALL I DID.

TURN AROUND. LET'S GO.

(David) LAST TIME WE SPOKE,

YOU WEREN'T EXACTLY FORTHCOMING

ABOUT YOUR RELATIONSHIP
WITH LUCAS GRODIN.

IN WHAT WAY WASN'T
SHE FORTHCOMING?

FOR STARTERS, HOW ABOUT
THE FACT YOU NEVER MENTIONED

YOU ASKED HIM TO WIRE
YOUR HUSBAND'S HOUSE.

THE HOUSE WAS NEVER
ADJUDICATED AS SEPARATE PROPERTY,

SO THEREFORE WHATEVER
MONITORING SYSTEM

MRS. HOKE MAY HAVE
PLACED IN HER OWN HOUSE,

SHE WAS ABSOLUTELY
ENTITLED TO DO SO.

I PUT JONAS THROUGH
COLLEGE AND GRAD SCHOOL. GAIL.

I WAITED TABLES. I
DID ANYTHING I COULD,

BECAUSE I BELIEVED WE
HAD A FUTURE TOGETHER.

DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT IT'S
LIKE TO HAVE YOUR HUSBAND TELL YOU

YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO
YOUR MARRIAGE ISN'T OF VALUE?

(attorney) I THINK WE
SHOULD TAKE A BREAK NOW.

I'M NOT FINISHED WITH
YOUR CLIENT, COUNSELOR.

YOU CAN'T PROVE
GAIL DID ANYTHING.

ALL I NEED TO MAKE OUT CONSPIRACY
AT THIS POINT IS PROBABLE CAUSE.

AND YOUR BOYFRIEND'S ALARM
SYSTEM GIVES ME EXACTLY THAT.

IT ALSO PUTS YOU IN POSSESSION
OF MATERIAL EVIDENCE,

AND AN OBSTRUCTION-OF-JUSTICE
CHARGE, COUNSELOR.

IF JONAS WERE A
DOCTOR OR A LAWYER,

I'D BE ENTITLED TO
HALF OF EVERYTHING.

BUT EVERYTHING HE
HAD WAS INSIDE HIS HEAD,

SO TELL ME, AGENT SINCLAIR,
HOW DO YOU GET HALF OF THAT?

WHICH IS WHY YOU PUT
SURVEILLANCE IN HIS HOUSE.

TO SEE WHAT WAS ON HIS COMPUTER.

IT WAS THE ONLY WAY JONAS
WOULD'VE EVER GIVEN ME

WHAT I WAS ENTITLED TO.

RIGHT.

BUT AFTER YOU HAD THE
INFORMATION YOU NEEDED,

WHY'D YOU KILL HIM?

I DIDN'T KILL HIM.

I COULD NEVER DO
ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

I TOLD YOU, HE WAS LATE WITH A
CHECK. I WENT THERE TO GET IT.

THAT'S WHEN I FOUND HIM DEAD.

GAIL DID NOT KILL HER HUSBAND.

FORGIVE ME IF I'M NOT WILLING
TO TAKE YOUR WORD FOR IT.

(attorney) YOU DON'T HAVE TO.

I HAVE THE
SURVEILLANCE, REMEMBER?

SO IS THIS AN AUDIO FILE?

NO, ACTUALLY, DIGITAL VIDEO.

SO THE DEVICE WAS A CAMERA?

NOT EXACTLY. IT WAS AN ANTENNA.

(Charlie) A VAN ECK PHREAK.

BUT AT A FAR MORE
SOPHISTICATED LEVEL.

WAIT, WHAT ARE YOU
GUYS TALKING ABOUT?

THE WIRE YOU FOUND IN HIS
HOUSE WASN'T FOR A CAMERA.

IT WASN'T FOR A MICROPHONE.

IT WAS FOR A HIGH-GAIN ANTENNA.

AN ANTENNA?

FOR WHAT? TO PICK UP WHAT?

WELL, WITH ANY L.C.D. SCREEN,

LIQUID CRYSTALS PROVIDE AN IMAGE

WHEN ENERGY PASSES THROUGH THEM.

THE COLOR THEY BECOME

DEPENDS ON THE AMOUNT OF
ENERGY THAT THEY'RE EXPOSED TO.

WHEN ENERGY PASSES
THROUGH THESE LIQUID CRYSTALS,

IT EMITS A WAVE OF
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION.

DUTCH PHYSICIST VAN ECK

REALIZED THAT WITH AN
ANTENNA AND A DECODER,

YOU COULD BOTH READ THE
WAVES AND DECODE THEM

INTO A PERFECT REPLICA

OF WHAT SOMEONE WOULD BE
SEEING ON THEIR COMPUTER SCREEN.

WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THAT
THE ANTENNA WAS ABLE TO READ

AND PICK UP WHATEVER WAS ON
HOKE'S HOME COMPUTER SCREEN.

THAT'S RIGHT. THAT IS AMAZING.

HOKE HAD ELABORATE SAFEGUARDS
AGAINST CONVENTIONAL HACKING.

FIREWALLS, BLOCKERS. STILL,
NOTHING COULD STOP THIS.

ISN'T THAT AROUND
THE TIME HE WAS KILLED?

YEAH.

THAT'S WHERE THE FILES
WERE BEING ERASED.

YOU SEE THE ZEROES AND ONES JUST
FLIPPING AROUND, BACK AND FORTH?

SO THE KILLER KNEW
HOKE'S PASSWORDS.

TOO BAD HE DIDN'T
LEAVE A FINGERPRINT.

ACTUALLY,

YOU KNOW WHAT? I THINK HE DID.

(computer beeping)

(Don) ALL RIGHT, SO
WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT?

DIGITAL REPRESENTATIONS
OF A PATTERN OF KEYSTROKES.

ONE TAKEN FROM HOKE'S
COMPUTER AT HOME,

ONE FROM HOKE'S
COMPUTER AT WORK.

NOW, YOU KNOW THAT
EXPERTS CAN DISTINGUISH

ONE PERSON'S TYPING FROM
ANOTHER BY THEIR RHYTHM.

YEAH, YOU MEAN LIKE
MORSE CODE. RIGHT.

TELEGRAPH OPERATORS USED
TO RECOGNIZE EACH OTHER

BY THE DIFFERENT WAYS THEY USED
TO TAP INTO THE EXACT SAME CODES.

LIKE A CONCERT PIANIST SITTING
DOWN TO PLAY A PIECE OF MUSIC.

NOW, EVEN THOUGH THE NOTES
ORIGINATE FROM THE SHEET MUSIC,

THE WAY SHE PLAYS THEM
IS ENTIRELY DISTINCTIVE.

NOW, IF ANOTHER PIANIST SITS DOWN
TO PLAY THE SAME PIECE OF MUSIC,

THE STRENGTH OF NOTES,
THE FLOURISHES IN RHYTHM

WOULD MAKE THE KEYSTROKES
TOTALLY DIFFERENT.

(writing on board)

NOW, ONLY BY SEEING
THEM SIDE-BY-SIDE

WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO
TELL THEY WERE DIFFERENT.

SEE,

NOW, I'M SITTING HERE,
AND I'M LOOKING AT THESE,

AND THEY LOOK IDENTICAL TO ME.

THAT'S BECAUSE THEY ARE, DON.

THIS IS FROM HOKE'S
COMPUTER AT HOME.

THE KEYSTROKES YOU'RE
SEEING ARE PASSWORDS

USED TO TAP INTO HOKE'S
SABERMETRICS FILES,

MADE AFTER HOKE WAS DEAD.

THIS IS FROM HOKE'S COMPUTER
WORKSTATION AT THE LORMAN GROUP,

MADE AFTER HOKE WAS DEAD.

SO THEN THIS IS THE SAME
PERSON THAT ERASED THE FILES?

(Don) SCOTT REYNOLDS,
YOU'RE UNDER ARREST

FOR THE MURDER OF DR. JONAS
HOKE. GET YOUR HANDS UP.

(handcuffs snap)

YOU HAVE THE RIGHT
TO REMAIN SILENT.

ANYTHING YOU SAY CAN AND WILL BE
USED AGAINST YOU IN A COURT OF LAW.

BRING HIM DOWN.

(Agent) ALL RIGHT,
SIR. GO AHEAD.

WHAT DO YOU WANT?

I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
HOW YOU COULD KILL A MAN,

HOW YOU COULD KILL A FELLOW
SCIENTIST, TO STEAL HIS WORK.

IS THAT WHY YOU THINK I KILLED
DR. HOKE? FOR THE MONEY?

YOU WEREN'T JEALOUS
OF HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS. IS
THAT WHAT YOU CALL THEM?

I GREW UP IN WEST OAKLAND.

ANYONE I GREW UP WITH
WHO ISN'T DEAD OR IN PRISON

IS FLIPPING BURGERS
OR DRIVING A TRUCK.

NOW, IT'S NOT TOO DIFFICULT TO
GUESS WHAT DR. HOKE'S FORMULA

WOULD HAVE SAID ABOUT PUTTING A
COMPUTER LAB IN MY HIGH SCHOOL.

THAT COMPUTER LAB SAVED MY LIFE,

AND NEXT YEAR, IT'S GONNA
SAVE SOMEBODY ELSE'S.

AND KILLING DR. HOKE
ACCOMPLISHES THAT?

YOU THINK IT STOPS THERE?

IN THE LAST CENTURY, NAZIS
USED THE THEORY OF EUGENICS

TO STOP THE POOR
FROM REPRODUCING.

EVENTUALLY, THEY JUSTIFIED
JUST KILLING THE SICK ONES.

YOU CAN'T COMPARE THAT TO THIS.

ACTUALLY, THAT'S A
PERFECT COMPARISON,

'CAUSE WHAT JONAS WAS DOING

WAS TAKING AWAY A
PERSON'S CHANCE AT LIFE.

IT'S TAKING AWAY SOMEONE'S HOPE.

AND I DID WHAT I HAD TO DO

TO STOP THAT BEFORE IT STARTED.

THAT MAKES YOU A MURDERER.

DON'T YOU EVER WONDER
ABOUT YOUR OWN WORK?

WHAT ABOUT MY WORK?

WELL, YOU CONSULT
FOR THE N.S.A., DON'T YOU?

AH, OF COURSE YOU DO.

SO YOU'RE GONNA TELL ME
THAT EVERYTHING YOU DO

WILL BE USED FOR
GOOD, ALL THE TIME?

WHAT'S YOUR POINT?

WELL, YOU'RE ASKING ME HOW
I'M GONNA LIVE WITH MYSELF.

LOOK IN THE MIRROR.

ASK YOURSELF THE SAME QUESTION.

(agent) LET'S GO.

JONAS HOKE'S LAST HURDLE.

OH, YES, HIS EQUATION

SEEKING TO PREDICT A
PERSON'S CHANCE AT SUCCESS.

HE NEVER GOT TO FINISH IT.

I THOUGHT MAYBE I'D
GIVE IT A SHOT MYSELF.

WHY?

TO WHAT END?

THIS WORK IS JUST A
SELF-FULFILLING PROPHECY.

HOW DO YOU MEAN?

WELL, CHARLES, IF WE USE NUMBERS

TO CHOOSE WHO AMONG
US GETS OPPORTUNITY,

THEN BY DEFINITION, THOSE
WE HAVEN'T CHOSEN, DON'T.

I MEAN, THAT'S NOT SCIENCE.

WELL, IT'S NOT GOOD SCIENCE.

IT'S LIKE, EVERY YEAR, COLLEGE
FOOTBALL CHOOSES A NATIONAL CHAMPION,

BUT THEY USE COMPUTERS TO DETERMINE
WHICH 2 TEAMS PLAY FOR THE TITLE.

AND EVERY YEAR, INVARIABLY,
SOME TEAM GETS LEFT OFF

THAT BELIEVES, WELL, IT COULD
HAVE WON THE GAME ON THE FIELD

IF IT HAD JUST BEEN
GIVEN THE CHANCE.

I'VE ALWAYS BELIEVED
THAT IT WAS MY DUTY

TO DEVELOP MATHEMATICAL TOOLS,

AND SOMEONE ELSE'S,
TO USE THEM WISELY.

COULD I HAVE BEEN WRONG?

THE CONSEQUENCE OF OUR
UNDERSTANDING SUBATOMIC PARTICLES

WAS A HORRIBLE BOMB THAT
TRANSFORMED THE WORLD WE LIVE IN,

AND A SOURCE OF ENERGY,

THE BASIS OF
LIFE-SAVING TECHNIQUES,

AND AN INDISPENSABLE
SCIENTIFIC TOOL.

SCIENCE.

YOU KNOW, SCIENCE, NOT THIS,

THE REAL SCIENCE

IS DISCOVERY, CHARLES.

IT'S NOT INVENTION.

THE TRUTHS ARE THERE,
WHETHER WE FIND THEM OR NOT.

LISTEN, I'M GONNA GRAB A BITE
TO EAT. YOU WANT TO COME?

OK.

THANK YOU.

(door closes)

(sighs)