Numb3rs (2005–2010): Season 3, Episode 23 - Money for Nothing - full transcript
A shipment of medicine and cash bound for Zambia is hijacked, and Don and his team find themselves working against a banker focused on retrieving his money at the cost of the people being held for the code to access the safe.
Put it right over here, okay?
All the way to the back, yeah?
Last one. Thanks, guys.
Everybody out.
Ready to get back to Africa?
You know it. See you in Lusaka.
Be well. Thank you.
Be careful.
You talk a lot about your work,
but I want to
go a little further.
What else is in your life?
What, that I'm a workaholic
with commitment issues
that has a hard time
trusting people is not enough?
I mean, like, your family.
What, I've said, I think...
you know, we're okay.
What about your brother?
It's not like I don't know
that my parents didn't have
their hands full with Charlie.
You know when you
talk about your brother,
I get this feeling
that you choose
your words very carefully.
Yeah, what, I don't want
you to get the wrong idea.
You don't want me to
think that you hate Charlie.
That's not true.
No, it's not.
Look, hey...
I really think that most of
the time, he and I are, uh...
you know... we're good.
And the other
times? Look, I mean,
sometimes the glory
and the accolades...
And taking all
your parents' time.
Yeah, this
curly-headed black hole
that can suck the air
out of the universe.
So you felt cheated?
Why are you slowing down?
What's the problem?
Minor accident.
LAPD's on the scene.
Got it.
Out of the truck,
now! Out of the truck!
Go! Go! Move, now!
Now! I got it. I got it!
Put the gun down! Now!
Drop the gun! Get
on the ground now!
You just picked
the wrong rig to jack.
It's really not your day, is it?
You're right, it's mine.
Freeze! Get down!
Get down on the ground.
Out of the truck!
Hurry up!
On the ground.
Bring 'em around.
Bring 'em around.
All right...
which one of you
two knows the code?
Huh?! Neither of us.
Who the hell are these people?
You said we stop the
truck, we get the cargo.
We got a deal, man.
Put them both
in the truck, Zack.
Where're our TVs?
Open the truck!
Got the GPS.
Perfect.
You listening to me?
No.
Damn.
This is messed up, man.
Oh, I'm sorry, I
really have to get it.
After what happened last
time, I trust you. All right.
Hey, you know, Don?
Next time...
why don't you bring Charlie?
Truck hijacking.
Guard was hit with a shotgun,
the robbers had
automatic weapons.
Who are these guys?
The heist crew hired
some local talent
to make the initial stop.
Kid with the bandanna
is Roberto Menchavez,
aka Lucky Dog,
leader of the 7th Street Gang.
All right, Lucky, tell us
again, what happened?
Listen, man,
we just supposed to show
up and scare some people.
Mm-hmm. Next thing everybody's
gatted up and going Eastwood.
Yeah? Who had the automatics?
Some white dudes
who don't play fair
and don't share. I said
"Who?" Give me some names.
You kidding me, right?
What was in the truck?
Supposed to be TVs.
Actually, it was a shipment
of medical supplies for
an African relief effort.
And you are? Sari Kinshasa.
Executive Director,
Project Zambia Relief.
Hey, I'm Don Eppes.
Why don't you step
over here, tell me more.
$2 million in HIV
and antimalaria drugs,
and $50 million
locked in a safe.
Money earmarked for micro-loans
to revitalize the
Zambian economy.
$50 million U.S. dollars?
They have also kidnapped
two of my people
accompanying the shipment.
Okay, why would they do that?
Because one of them
can open the safe.
Dr. Daniel Matthews is
married, has two children.
He volunteered
for Project Zambia
Relief last summer.
Yeah, he's new
to the organization.
Prior to this, he was
trying to raise money
for a pediatric clinic
for illegal immigrants.
Gwen Owen... known
her for 11 years.
She owned her
own architecture firm
and sold it to devote her
life to helping African children.
She designs clinics and schools.
Owen could be
experiencing burnout.
You know what I
mean, looking for some
compensation for
sacrificing her life and career.
It had to be an inside job.
The robbers knew the route.
They knew where to find
the GPS unit on the
truck... No, no, you're wrong.
Those people wouldn't
be on that truck if I didn't
trust them completely... no,
they are dedicated aide workers.
Ms. Kinshasa, you have to
understand, this is what we do.
Okay, we know what we're
doing. But Dan and Gwen
weren't the only
people with access
to that information.
We're aware of that.
You've been a supervisor
for Canyon Hawk
Security for only two years.
Yeah, you got
me. Only two years.
Guess that means I did it.
Would you like to
make a statement?
What do they do to you people
when you join the Bureau,
surgically remove
your sense of sarcasm?
You lost a $50 million shipment.
You got two people kidnapped.
So if I was you,
I would choose a better time
to hone my comedy routine.
Well, the city wants to declare
the building as a landmark.
But CalSci wants to demolish it,
so I figured it's
the kind of thing
you used to handle all the time.
Well, I'd be happy to look at the
plans, if you think that would help.
Yeah, yeah, thanks.
Oh, you know what?
I think something's going on.
Oh, yeah. I don't think he
has time for lunch today.
I think you're right.
Listen, we've got
a hijacked truck
we've got to find
before it leaves L.A.
A truck? What kind of truck?
Relief supplies for Zambia.
It was, like, $2 million in
drugs, $50 million in cash.
That's a fraction of what we
should be sending them, huh?
They kidnapped two people
that they're probably torturing
to get at the money, so... I can
narrow down some escape routes.
There's an application...
Yeah, that's great.
Why don't you just
use my desk, okay?
Well, looks like
I'm eating alone.
Well, actually, uh, I
could use your help.
You're more familiar with
the L.A. landscape than I am.
All right.
Grab that... you have a pen?
Yes, I'm never without one.
If you try to burn it open
with a plasma cutter,
there's a lining of toxic
material in the safe wall
that will release poisonous gas.
So they knew that and that's
why they took Matthews and Owen.
It's not just the
money that's important.
There are over 700,000
AIDS-related orphans in Zambia.
Malaria kills
thousands every year.
If the drugs are lost,
it could take six months
to a year to replace them.
About the money, why not
just wire it from bank to bank?
That's not secure in most areas.
And besides, U.S. currency
gives you more leverage.
It's become a standard
of value, like gold.
Moving cash overseas is common.
It's too early to be sure,
but my guess is the
security company's clean.
Yeah, well, we better do a
deep background, anyway.
But we gotta be focusing
on where that truck is.
We already have the airports
and the harbor under surveillance.
And all major
freeways in and out
of the city are being
watched by CHP.
But there's got to be literally
hundreds of routes out of the city.
Okay, so we put
together a preliminary list.
You mind putting
up the map, David?
Wow, that was fast.
Well, again, it's preliminary.
We figure time
is of the essence.
Yes, absolutely. Great, well...
the math we're using here
is called Dijkstra's algorithm,
which is a greedy algorithm.
"Greedy" simply meaning
that it picks the
highest values first.
So it's like when
you make change...
you pick the smallest
number of coins.
It's an instinctive algorithm
that we all use without
even thinking about it.
So for 41 cents, you
start with a quarter,
then a dime and so on.
Dijkstra's algorithm finds
the quickest path
between points.
Now, instead of coins,
think of pure values.
The algorithm chooses the routes
with the higher values:
shorter distance, greater speed,
fewer traffic lights and turns.
Online mapping sites
and car navigation systems,
they use Dijkstra's algorithm
to calculate directions.
And we know how well they work.
So we've mapped out
seven likely escape points
for getting out of this city.
Now, of course, I'm
going to need more data.
There are a lot of variables.
You know, like,
overpass heights,
bridge weight capacities,
the road widths, traffic flow...
So to narrow down
the possibilities,
I'm going to combine branched
flow with heuristic procedures
and create sort of an, uh,
an "escape" math, if you will.
It should be
coming up right now.
All right, good.
Let's go check it out. Great.
All right.
Hey, how you doing?
I'm Charlie. Sari Kinshasa.
And I'm Alan.
Hello.
You're FBI agents?
I'm an FBI consultant.
I'm an FBI dad.
All right, you guys take
the first route, all right?
And Colby, we'll
take the second...
Agent Eppes.
I understand you're working
a truck hijacking...
Zambian Relief.
Yeah. Who are you?
Uh, Michael Shannon.
That $50 million you're
looking for belongs to me.
How do you figure that?
Mr. Shannon here is
a vulture fund investor.
I don't like that term.
Ms. Kinshasa may not
agree with what I do,
but it is a legitimate
financial venture.
When poor countries
get behind on paying
back international loans,
vulture fund investors buy
the bad loans for
pennies on the dollar.
I bought over $60 million
in Zambian debt last year.
For only three million.
Then the U.S. forgave
the Zambian loan
to help in our relief efforts.
You sued for the full amount,
even though Zambia offered
to pay you back your money.
Why should I
settle for $3 million
when I have a court order
that says I have a
right to $60 million?
Now, Agent Eppes,
if and when you find that money,
it's mine.
I hope Charlie's
escape math works.
We got to find
these guys and fast.
Yeah. Four years in the Bureau,
and I still can't believe
what some people are capable of.
Stealing money and
medicine from starving people?
Yeah. It boggles the mind.
Unreal.
How are you adjusting to L.A.?
It's all right.
Someone once told me it's
like New Jersey with palm trees.
To be honest,
it's not that far off.
Yeah, it helps to know a local.
Uh, somebody to show
you the good restaurants,
how to avoid rush hour traffic.
Yeah, yeah. Don's
always trying to get me
to take Venice
instead of the 10.
Notice Don's taking an interest.
Yeah, I mean, I guess
he's helped me get
my footing out here.
Yeah. Kind of like how
he helped Colby and me
when, uh, we first showed up.
What are you saying?
Hmm?
What are you saying?
Nothing.
All right.
Cool.
So, we get that money back,
we really have to give it
to the vulture fund guy?
Yeah, well, you know,
it's kind of out of our hands.
All right, you know,
I say the security
company's clean.
We just got to take
a good hard look
at this Project Zambia staff.
Nah. Come on, man.
How can you not trust people
who are working to help orphans?
Well, same way you
don't trust anybody.
Ah, so you think Sari Kinshasa
just doesn't know her people
as well as she thinks she does?
Well, how well does anyone
know who they're working with?
Mm. The way I see
it, you got a team,
you got to trust 'em.
That's just the way it works.
You know what? I got something.
Copy that.
Hey, I got them.
Copy that, Liz. Where are you?
We got you...
babe.
Who the hell are you?
A Fed, huh?
How did you find us?
FBI! Drop your weapons!
Liz, move!
Drop your weapon!
Put it on the ground, now!
Freeze! FBI!
You, drop it right now!
FBI! Get on the damn ground!
Heist crew got
away with the truck.
We had air support
up in five minutes.
Truck vanished, and
we would have caught it
if it weren't for these two.
Let me make
something very clear.
You interfered with
an FBI investigation.
I shot at an armed felon.
How's that interfering?
Same story as the other one.
They say Michael Shannon
employed them
to get the money
back. All right.
Let's get the guy
in here, all right?
Hey, Shannon.
Agent Eppes.
You had hired goons
tailing my agents?
I have a perfect right
to recover my property.
My employees have
done nothing wrong.
I would like them released.
Well, they helped
the suspects escape.
You have no proof of that.
Maybe they found the truck
the same way you guys did.
I very much doubt that.
You get them out of here.
I see them again,
you're all going to jail.
Focus primarily on
this area right here.
Up to Pasadena?
Uh, well, the good news is
at least we know
that the truck is still
in the L.A. area.
And it was slipped past the
dragnet that LAPD set up.
But now we have a
more recent location.
We also know that
somebody else is going after it.
They told me you
saw Dan and Gwen.
They are alive?
Yes, uh, that's...
that's correct.
Though mercenaries hired
by Michael Shannon...
They stepped in,
and interfered.
Yes, I heard.
So, now what?
This is how you found
them the first time?
Uh, yes, and now we
have a far richer data set
from which to work from.
A heuristic way of
identifying optimum paths
by which to leave
an area undetected.
Wow. You understand this stuff?
I'm an economist.
I get the basics.
Agent Granger, in
your best judgment,
what is going to happen
to Dan and Gwen?
Well, it would really depend
on what they've seen and
heard, and whether or not
they're willing to give
up the code to the safe.
I don't think
they'll give it up.
The medicine on that truck...
Malaria, cholera treatments,
vaccines... can save
thousands of children
who will otherwise die.
The money... I mean,
this $50 million...
It's a lot, but it's really not
even a drop in the bucket.
A drop is all it takes
to prime a pump.
You're talking
about micro credit.
Yes, people get
tiny loans to start
small businesses.
Knitting, growing
vegetables, making furniture.
You know, uh, the
efficiency of micro credit is...
is much like the
capillary action
of a paper towel
absorbing liquid.
You see, the economic
structure of a community
is like the woven
fabric of a paper towel.
People interconnected
by commerce.
The difference is, as money
enters the fabric of economy,
it actually creates more money.
Say a woman has
money to buy material.
She sells clothing
at the market.
The woman then brings
back the cash to her village.
She buys food and other
essentials for her family.
Money gets absorbed,
spreads around,
so more people have
cash to spend and invest.
Yes, it's worked in Ethiopia,
Bangladesh, Mozambique.
Loans as little as $100
to $500, and 97%
repaid. COLBY: 97%?
Wow. That's so hard to believe.
Why are capitalists
so surprised that
capitalism works?
Look.
These are some of the people
this shipment
is intended for.
Two of these children...
have died of malaria
in the past month.
But we can save others
if we get the truck back.
Sari... may I please
have one of these photos?
Of course.
Hey.
What's up? What's that?
I don't know. It was
lying on the floor
when I came down,
and it was broken.
What do you think...
Maybe Mom's ghost?
No, she loved this vase.
Otherwise, I'd just
throw the pieces away.
So, uh, what's up?
What are you doing?
Ah, you know, just
work, work, work.
You still seeing
the, uh, therapist?
How's that going?
Uh, it's going all right.
He actually asked me to see
if Charlie would
come in for a session.
Hmm. That sounds great.
Yeah? Why is that?
Well, so you can
talk about stuff
that, uh, you never talk about.
You know, stuff that, uh,
bothers you.
I don't know.
What's the point?
We were kids, you know?
And you're still
fighting like kids.
Come on, you're grown up.
Get over this stuff, and...
start fighting like adults.
Oh, hey.
So, I will have
new search parameters for
you in, like, a couple hours.
Is that cool? Yeah,
that's so great. Thanks.
Ooh, I, uh... I forgot.
I left the sprinkler
on in the backyard.
Sprinklers on at night?
You got me.
What's happening?
Hey, listen, um, my
therapist asked me
to ask you if you'd
come in for a session.
You know?
Like, I don't know,
talk about stuff.
Um... any stuff in particular?
You know, just things.
I mean, whatever... you know.
I don't know.
Yeah, I mean, it's not exactly
comfortable for me, either.
Well, uh... it's your therapy.
It's not my therapy.
Maybe we should
just keep it that way.
Sheriff's got
a tip on a tractor-trailer
parked back here.
Yeah?
Looks like something big
drove through here recently.
What, did you learn big rig
tracking back in Quantico?
From my great-grandfather.
You know, I'm 1/16 Cherokee.
Seriously?
The Cherokee part, yeah.
The tracking part, no.
Hey, what was that?
Probably some homeless guy.
Wait a minute, that looks like
Daniel Matthews.
Dr. Matthews?
Okay.
Gwen.
They still have Gwen.
So what happened, Dr. Matthews?
They beat me... they
wanted the code to the safe.
You should've just told them.
No way... getting that
funding was so hard.
They kept hitting
me... I passed out.
When I came to, they were
throwing me from the truck.
Do you have any idea why?
Not sure.
I was pretty out of it.
I think Gwen said
she knew the code,
but she'd only tell
them if they let me go.
All right, we're gonna get you
transported out of here, okay?
All right, get LAPD
looking for a woman that
matches Gwen Owen's description.
By now, they probably have
the safe open and probably
thrown her out. No!
Gwen lied.
She was trying to save me...
and save the money.
She doesn't know the
combination to the safe.
No.
I do.
Just me.
Robbers knew about the
drugs, but not the money.
We think they got a tip
from one of the medical
supply companies.
So Colby's talking to
an LAPD undercover
who works black
market drug sales.
Yeah, that's a good idea.
Don...
You know how I told
you people would notice
what's going on with us?
They have.
So, what?
It's not exactly getting in
the way of the work, right?
I don't want to
compromise my career.
Especially if, in six months,
you're going to be moving on.
Come on, that is so,
that is not fair.
Look, you're right.
I-I don't even know what
I'll be thinking in six months.
Look, I... I'm crazy about you.
The problem is...
rumors and speculation
make people think things
aren't on the up-and-up.
All right, so...
I mean, you want to tell them?
You ready for that?
Just don't be using my name.
LAPD wouldn't be thrilled
sharing info with the Feds.
Understood.
Bunch of stuff was
supposed to hit the market
sometime this week: morphine,
Valium, antibiotics, vaccines.
Hasn't shown up yet. Yeah, well,
who buys black
market medications?
Doctors, clinics,
shady drug stores.
Except vaccines,
they don't move locally.
Yeah, not much malaria
or cholera in L.A., huh?
Not yet at least.
Vaccines go to dealers who
smuggle them over the border.
Yeah, well, in your experience,
who do we look at for this?
Guys who jack drug
shipments tend to work off info
they get out of the
companies that ship the stuff.
Oh, hey.
What's up? What
are you doing here?
Hi, Charlie.
Hey, Charlie, you know,
I was looking through
some old photos and, uh,
look what I found.
Yeah.
You've been speaking with Don.
Well, he-he told me
that his therapist wants you
to come to one of his sessions.
Yeah, well, you know,
he and I kinda get
along okay now.
What, you think if
you talk things out,
you wouldn't get
along anymore? Yeah.
It's possible.
No, not at all.
You know what, Dad?
He and I...
have hit an equilibrium.
And... I help him with his work
and he... lets me...
Lets you?!
Well...
He let's you do what?
He lets me... hang around him.
I'm still the little brother.
You know, the day
this photo was taken...
Not one of our family's best.
It's just that he has, uh... he
has things on his mind and...
so why not talk about it?
He has no idea what
really went on that day.
I don't think you do either.
Well, I-I didn't then.
But I think I managed
to figure it out.
We looked at the
companies that provided
the stock on the truck;
we checked through
their employee lists.
And came up with this guy...
Frank Tibbet. Last
time I saw him,
he was pointing a gun at Liz.
Up until two weeks
ago, he worked
for a drug packing company.
He was released from
state prison a year ago...
Armed robbery.
Known associate of...
It's, uh... Vincent Kagan.
That's the other
guy Liz and I met.
Now, rounding out the gang...
Vincent's brothers
Anthony and Zack.
These guys are a high-end crew
that specialize in
jacking pharmaceuticals.
Vincent's a suspect
in the shooting death
of a guard protecting a
shipment of oxycontin.
The guard wouldn't give up the
code to open the security door.
Which doesn't bode well for Gwen Owen.
- Hey, guys.
CHP just got a report
of a truck matching
the stolen one
at a truck stop.
When they got there,
it was already gone.
All right, good.
Why don't you guys
check that out, all right?
Hey, so, Don,
I've worked out new possible
escape routes based now
on where Dr. Matthews
was found. Great.
I'll check them out, thanks.
Hey, so you know that
thing you asked me...
uh, to do?
Yeah, it's, uh... it's
all right, don't worry
about it. I'll do it.
I'll go.
Just let me know when.
I'll be there.
Bounty hunters. Again.
You know what?
I haven't yet had
the privilege of meeting
those gentlemen.
You're right.
Hey, I hear you guys
are looking for a rig.
Peterbilt 379.
Might be.
Are you or not?
Great Dane trailer
with a sliding tandem axle?
That be the one.
Saw it take off on the 10 East
a little while ago.
Hey, there, ladies.
How you doing?
Hands on your head.
Turn around.
Come on, man.
We're both on the
same side, right?
How about a little team spirit?
Yeah, don't get
your feelings hurt
if we say, "no," all right?
Hey, you got nothin'
to arrest us for, man.
Well, how'd you wind up here?
Following us again?
No, not this time...
We put a reward
out on the Internet...
Got some hits.
Guy said he saw the truck here.
You want to share some
of those tips with us, buddy?
Oh, well, now,
that's our info, isn't it?
We paid good money for it.
FBI's too cheap to
post a reward, well...
that's not really our problem.
Yeah, actually,
that is your problem.
Let's go.
Once again, we
haven't broken any laws.
My employees have
done nothing wrong.
I would like to
have them released.
Oh, yeah, well, you know,
I'd like to pitch
for the Yankees.
But what's gonna happen is
you're gonna order your men
to tell me what they know.
Only if you and
your superiors sign
a paper ensuring
that if and when the
money is recovered,
it will be delivered to me.
Come here.
Come on.
I want to show you something.
That's Gwen Owen.
She was tortured for the
combination to the safe
that has "your" money in it.
She risked her life to
save a guy she works with.
I'm hoping maybe
you'll understand
why my only concern
is finding her alive
and getting the
supplies to those kids.
All right, we'll tell you
everything that we know.
But...
I'm still going to
get my money back.
Uh, yeah, well...
you're going to do
it with a court order.
So, I'm telling
you this right now:
if me or any of my people
see any of your guys again,
I'm gonna bust your ass
for obstruction of justice.
You understand that?
You know, in
traffic engineering,
to assign traffic
routes and links,
they use something called
network equilibrium conditions.
And that occurs only
when someone cannot
improve his travel
time by changing routes.
Well, yeah, I've already
accounted for that, Dad,
in this Frank-Wolfe algorithm.
But that's not my problem.
My problem is that
my analysis indicates
that the truck should be
heading on this path here...
See that? Eastbound. Yeah.
Yeah. However, the
FBI and the LAPD,
they say it's not there.
But you say it is.
Within 96% probability.
So what I did was I
calculated the orbital apogee
and inclination of eight
spy satellites to see
if they were in the right
place at the right time
to take photos of the area.
Mm-hmm. And? Lacrosse
5 was in the right place
and recorded seven
different types of imaging data.
Nothing.
Yeah, but, Charlie,
you're using escape math.
What if that truck is no
longer trying to escape?
Yeah.
Eppes. Hey!
So the path I told you about...
The truck's gotta be there.
Charlie, look, we had choppers
all over the place, all right?
Once the truck leaves
the Los Angeles area,
the number of roads we
have to search drastically
reduces... believe me,
the robbers know that.
They know they'll be visible.
So what are you saying,
they pulled off? Right.
They must've stopped somewhere
on the outskirts of the city.
That gives them time to open
the safe, to leave the truck
and split up... I
think I can calculate
the most likely area along
the truck's path ASAP.
Yeah, all right,
that sounds good.
Do what you can and
get back to me, all right?
I'm going to head out.
All right, we're striking out
here... how about you guys?
Nah, nothing.
Don, I think we got something.
We have the car that
Matthews described.
Crew has to be hiding close by.
Hello?
Oh, hey, um, I need some gas.
My car's empty.
I'll take this.
Don't look at my hand.
Put your hands up!
Get your hands behind your back!
Get them behind
your back right now!
Listen, there's no
sign of Vincent Kagan.
Where's that truck?
Take them outside
and just question
them separately.
You, get up.
Liz, come on, let's
get them outside.
Oh, yeah? Come here.
Come here. Get up.
Sit down.
I want to know
where that truck is.
Listen, we got you
on armed robbery.
If the woman dies,
you are looking at murder.
All right, I get it.
The truck is stashed nearby.
I don't know where exactly.
Come here.
Tibbet just told me
the truck's going east.
Zack says the
truck is still here.
All right, so who's lying?
Hey, buddy, listen.
We didn't find the truck...
We found the guys who stole it.
One of them says it's near here.
The other says it's
already out of the state.
All right, uh, so...
there's a classic logic
puzzle that kind of applies.
Why don't you ask each guy
where the other one
will say the truck is?
Yeah, but one of
them's obviously lying.
Well, yeah, exactly.
One's lying, one's
telling the truth.
Whatever either one says,
the truck's going to be
in the opposite place.
Yeah, yeah, all
right, all right, all right.
I'm gonna call you
back. Liz, come here.
All right, Charlie
just gave me an idea.
We're gonna try
something a little weird.
No, I told you what I know.
I'm trying to cooperate.
Yeah, that's what
your buddy said.
So what's he going to tell us?
Huh?
Look, if he's playing
ball, he'll tell you the truth.
The truck's halfway
through Arizona.
Tibbet's cutting a deal?
That's crazy; no way.
Hey. He'll tell you
the truck's gone
because he's screwing with you.
What about you?
You screwing me? No.
All right, so both of 'em said
the other would say it's gone.
Well, that means
it's still here.
Look, you... you've got a
choice between "A" and "B."
You've got two guys...
Both know who's right,
one of the two is lying...
So by asking them what
the other one will say,
you're going to
get the lie twice.
Yeah, but the thing is,
Charlie, we're not finding it here.
All right, I mean, your
stuff says one thing.
Our eyes are telling us
something completely different.
What, we shouldn't
be looking for a truck.
Right, 'cause it doesn't
look like a truck anymore,
but we need to look for
something that takes up
the same amount of space
as the truck. Charlie, hold on.
Just one second, hold on.
Check this out.
Right there. Yeah, wait
a minute, we passed that
about a half a mile
back. That's a trailer park.
You think it's tucked in
beside one of
these double-wides?
Yeah, I mean,
it's possible, right?
Hey... guys.
Take a look.
This one's a new arrival.
Grass is still green.
Guys.
Yo, yo.
Come here.
I don't know what his plan is,
but I guess we're backing him.
Put your hands up
where I can see them!
Keep them up! I want
to see those hands!
Don't move.
Just relax, man. Let's go.
You guys all right? It's clear.
Gwen Owen.
Don Eppes with the FBI.
Okay, you're okay, we got you.
I'm just going to take this off.
Okay, just nice and easy.
They didn't get the money.
Yeah, good job.
Let's get those
paramedics rolling.
All right, you're okay.
This is better, right?
It's an improvement.
You look much, much better.
Thanks.
Gwen.
Oh!
Oh, it's good to see you.
Hi. Hi.
Those two went through hell.
All to get your money back.
So, are you ready
to get back to Africa?
You know it.
Hey, guys, hold on a second.
Heads up.
Ms. Kinshasa.
Mr. Michael Shannon has agreed
to a settlement.
He's giving up his claim
to the $50 million in exchange
for three million to
cover his investment.
That's right.
And the rest goes to Zambia.
All right.
And the Grinch's
heart grew three sizes
that day. Yeah, what
changed his mind?
I think it was maybe
something one of you said.
No, maybe it was
something he saw.
Well... thank you.
Thank you all.
I'm gonna go make some calls.
Whoa, hold on, actually.
Listen, um, I just
want to say something.
Guys, I know there's
been this, uh, talk going on,
and I just want
to say in the name
of full disclosure that, uh,
Liz and I have, in fact,
been seeing each other.
Okay? Oh, God.
Okay.
There's another mystery solved.
So any of you, uh,
you guys got anything to say,
you can, uh, you
can say it to her.
No problem.
It was my 13th birthday
and, uh, my dad was
going to take me and, uh...
you know, some of
my friends camping.
You know, and, uh...
and Charlie came with us.
Okay,
just for the record,
you know, I didn't want to go.
You know, that
was totally... Right.
Mom and Dad's idea. Anyway,
you know, my dad
takes me aside and says
that he's going to keep
an eye on my friends,
and that this guy
is my responsibility.
A special trip
with your buddies,
suddenly, you're
a babysitter. Yeah.
Exactly. Of course, you
know, I let him get lost
and he's, he's missing for...
It was at least 12 hours, right?
I mean, it was
sheriffs and rangers
and a whole search
and, and even my mom...
She had to drive up.
You know, she can't stop crying.
She's blaming my dad.
And how about you?
I was supposed
to take care of him.
And how did that
make you really feel?
Yeah, you know, I
was pissed off, I guess.
I mean,
but what? It was
my fault, you know.
No, it wasn't.
I'm sorry... no, it
wasn't. Well, it was.
You shouldn't feel bad.
No. Well, I didn't get lost.
What are you talking about?
I knew you didn't
want me there...
You made it pretty
obvious... so I decided
to walk home. Oh, you decided
to walk home?
Yeah. To Pasadena?
That is so...
I mean, unbelievable.
Wha...?
I was responsible
for you. I know.
I know, but you
were 13 years old.
So what? So get over yourself.
Hmm...
Why would you do that?
Because... you
didn't want me around.
You never wanted me around.
Ah, Charlie, that's not true.
You never wanted me around.
Yes, it is true. No, Charlie,
look, it's not true.
Are you kidding? You don't think
I ever noticed the looks
you would give me?
What looks? The
rolling the eyes...
No, it is not true
because it's always about you.
You know? I mean, it's like,
the guy has to be
the center of attention.
Uh, that's not, uh,
that's not how I saw it.
That... maybe you
saw it that way, but...
To me, everything fun
and everything exciting
was always happening without me.
Explain this to me.
You weren't lost?
I'm not as helpless
as people think.
So unbelievable.
So, Don,
how do you feel about
working with Charlie now?
I just always feel like I'm
taking advantage of him,
you know, like I'm
using him or something.
♪ There's nothing
here, but still we try ♪
♪ The conversations
come and go ♪
♪ Like the day goes down ♪
Charlie?
♪ And now I read
between the lines ♪
I love...
I love working with my brother.
♪ There'll be no peace of mind ♪
You were actually walking home?
Well, yeah, 'cause once I...
once I got to the
road, it was pretty easy.
I mean, he's eight.
I like walking.
You know, that-that's
like, that's my sport.
You've got hockey,
you've got baseball.
I've got walking.
Like, you like speed walking?
No, normal... You've
never taken a walk?
♪ In and out of sight
like a prodigal son. ♪
All the way to the back, yeah?
Last one. Thanks, guys.
Everybody out.
Ready to get back to Africa?
You know it. See you in Lusaka.
Be well. Thank you.
Be careful.
You talk a lot about your work,
but I want to
go a little further.
What else is in your life?
What, that I'm a workaholic
with commitment issues
that has a hard time
trusting people is not enough?
I mean, like, your family.
What, I've said, I think...
you know, we're okay.
What about your brother?
It's not like I don't know
that my parents didn't have
their hands full with Charlie.
You know when you
talk about your brother,
I get this feeling
that you choose
your words very carefully.
Yeah, what, I don't want
you to get the wrong idea.
You don't want me to
think that you hate Charlie.
That's not true.
No, it's not.
Look, hey...
I really think that most of
the time, he and I are, uh...
you know... we're good.
And the other
times? Look, I mean,
sometimes the glory
and the accolades...
And taking all
your parents' time.
Yeah, this
curly-headed black hole
that can suck the air
out of the universe.
So you felt cheated?
Why are you slowing down?
What's the problem?
Minor accident.
LAPD's on the scene.
Got it.
Out of the truck,
now! Out of the truck!
Go! Go! Move, now!
Now! I got it. I got it!
Put the gun down! Now!
Drop the gun! Get
on the ground now!
You just picked
the wrong rig to jack.
It's really not your day, is it?
You're right, it's mine.
Freeze! Get down!
Get down on the ground.
Out of the truck!
Hurry up!
On the ground.
Bring 'em around.
Bring 'em around.
All right...
which one of you
two knows the code?
Huh?! Neither of us.
Who the hell are these people?
You said we stop the
truck, we get the cargo.
We got a deal, man.
Put them both
in the truck, Zack.
Where're our TVs?
Open the truck!
Got the GPS.
Perfect.
You listening to me?
No.
Damn.
This is messed up, man.
Oh, I'm sorry, I
really have to get it.
After what happened last
time, I trust you. All right.
Hey, you know, Don?
Next time...
why don't you bring Charlie?
Truck hijacking.
Guard was hit with a shotgun,
the robbers had
automatic weapons.
Who are these guys?
The heist crew hired
some local talent
to make the initial stop.
Kid with the bandanna
is Roberto Menchavez,
aka Lucky Dog,
leader of the 7th Street Gang.
All right, Lucky, tell us
again, what happened?
Listen, man,
we just supposed to show
up and scare some people.
Mm-hmm. Next thing everybody's
gatted up and going Eastwood.
Yeah? Who had the automatics?
Some white dudes
who don't play fair
and don't share. I said
"Who?" Give me some names.
You kidding me, right?
What was in the truck?
Supposed to be TVs.
Actually, it was a shipment
of medical supplies for
an African relief effort.
And you are? Sari Kinshasa.
Executive Director,
Project Zambia Relief.
Hey, I'm Don Eppes.
Why don't you step
over here, tell me more.
$2 million in HIV
and antimalaria drugs,
and $50 million
locked in a safe.
Money earmarked for micro-loans
to revitalize the
Zambian economy.
$50 million U.S. dollars?
They have also kidnapped
two of my people
accompanying the shipment.
Okay, why would they do that?
Because one of them
can open the safe.
Dr. Daniel Matthews is
married, has two children.
He volunteered
for Project Zambia
Relief last summer.
Yeah, he's new
to the organization.
Prior to this, he was
trying to raise money
for a pediatric clinic
for illegal immigrants.
Gwen Owen... known
her for 11 years.
She owned her
own architecture firm
and sold it to devote her
life to helping African children.
She designs clinics and schools.
Owen could be
experiencing burnout.
You know what I
mean, looking for some
compensation for
sacrificing her life and career.
It had to be an inside job.
The robbers knew the route.
They knew where to find
the GPS unit on the
truck... No, no, you're wrong.
Those people wouldn't
be on that truck if I didn't
trust them completely... no,
they are dedicated aide workers.
Ms. Kinshasa, you have to
understand, this is what we do.
Okay, we know what we're
doing. But Dan and Gwen
weren't the only
people with access
to that information.
We're aware of that.
You've been a supervisor
for Canyon Hawk
Security for only two years.
Yeah, you got
me. Only two years.
Guess that means I did it.
Would you like to
make a statement?
What do they do to you people
when you join the Bureau,
surgically remove
your sense of sarcasm?
You lost a $50 million shipment.
You got two people kidnapped.
So if I was you,
I would choose a better time
to hone my comedy routine.
Well, the city wants to declare
the building as a landmark.
But CalSci wants to demolish it,
so I figured it's
the kind of thing
you used to handle all the time.
Well, I'd be happy to look at the
plans, if you think that would help.
Yeah, yeah, thanks.
Oh, you know what?
I think something's going on.
Oh, yeah. I don't think he
has time for lunch today.
I think you're right.
Listen, we've got
a hijacked truck
we've got to find
before it leaves L.A.
A truck? What kind of truck?
Relief supplies for Zambia.
It was, like, $2 million in
drugs, $50 million in cash.
That's a fraction of what we
should be sending them, huh?
They kidnapped two people
that they're probably torturing
to get at the money, so... I can
narrow down some escape routes.
There's an application...
Yeah, that's great.
Why don't you just
use my desk, okay?
Well, looks like
I'm eating alone.
Well, actually, uh, I
could use your help.
You're more familiar with
the L.A. landscape than I am.
All right.
Grab that... you have a pen?
Yes, I'm never without one.
If you try to burn it open
with a plasma cutter,
there's a lining of toxic
material in the safe wall
that will release poisonous gas.
So they knew that and that's
why they took Matthews and Owen.
It's not just the
money that's important.
There are over 700,000
AIDS-related orphans in Zambia.
Malaria kills
thousands every year.
If the drugs are lost,
it could take six months
to a year to replace them.
About the money, why not
just wire it from bank to bank?
That's not secure in most areas.
And besides, U.S. currency
gives you more leverage.
It's become a standard
of value, like gold.
Moving cash overseas is common.
It's too early to be sure,
but my guess is the
security company's clean.
Yeah, well, we better do a
deep background, anyway.
But we gotta be focusing
on where that truck is.
We already have the airports
and the harbor under surveillance.
And all major
freeways in and out
of the city are being
watched by CHP.
But there's got to be literally
hundreds of routes out of the city.
Okay, so we put
together a preliminary list.
You mind putting
up the map, David?
Wow, that was fast.
Well, again, it's preliminary.
We figure time
is of the essence.
Yes, absolutely. Great, well...
the math we're using here
is called Dijkstra's algorithm,
which is a greedy algorithm.
"Greedy" simply meaning
that it picks the
highest values first.
So it's like when
you make change...
you pick the smallest
number of coins.
It's an instinctive algorithm
that we all use without
even thinking about it.
So for 41 cents, you
start with a quarter,
then a dime and so on.
Dijkstra's algorithm finds
the quickest path
between points.
Now, instead of coins,
think of pure values.
The algorithm chooses the routes
with the higher values:
shorter distance, greater speed,
fewer traffic lights and turns.
Online mapping sites
and car navigation systems,
they use Dijkstra's algorithm
to calculate directions.
And we know how well they work.
So we've mapped out
seven likely escape points
for getting out of this city.
Now, of course, I'm
going to need more data.
There are a lot of variables.
You know, like,
overpass heights,
bridge weight capacities,
the road widths, traffic flow...
So to narrow down
the possibilities,
I'm going to combine branched
flow with heuristic procedures
and create sort of an, uh,
an "escape" math, if you will.
It should be
coming up right now.
All right, good.
Let's go check it out. Great.
All right.
Hey, how you doing?
I'm Charlie. Sari Kinshasa.
And I'm Alan.
Hello.
You're FBI agents?
I'm an FBI consultant.
I'm an FBI dad.
All right, you guys take
the first route, all right?
And Colby, we'll
take the second...
Agent Eppes.
I understand you're working
a truck hijacking...
Zambian Relief.
Yeah. Who are you?
Uh, Michael Shannon.
That $50 million you're
looking for belongs to me.
How do you figure that?
Mr. Shannon here is
a vulture fund investor.
I don't like that term.
Ms. Kinshasa may not
agree with what I do,
but it is a legitimate
financial venture.
When poor countries
get behind on paying
back international loans,
vulture fund investors buy
the bad loans for
pennies on the dollar.
I bought over $60 million
in Zambian debt last year.
For only three million.
Then the U.S. forgave
the Zambian loan
to help in our relief efforts.
You sued for the full amount,
even though Zambia offered
to pay you back your money.
Why should I
settle for $3 million
when I have a court order
that says I have a
right to $60 million?
Now, Agent Eppes,
if and when you find that money,
it's mine.
I hope Charlie's
escape math works.
We got to find
these guys and fast.
Yeah. Four years in the Bureau,
and I still can't believe
what some people are capable of.
Stealing money and
medicine from starving people?
Yeah. It boggles the mind.
Unreal.
How are you adjusting to L.A.?
It's all right.
Someone once told me it's
like New Jersey with palm trees.
To be honest,
it's not that far off.
Yeah, it helps to know a local.
Uh, somebody to show
you the good restaurants,
how to avoid rush hour traffic.
Yeah, yeah. Don's
always trying to get me
to take Venice
instead of the 10.
Notice Don's taking an interest.
Yeah, I mean, I guess
he's helped me get
my footing out here.
Yeah. Kind of like how
he helped Colby and me
when, uh, we first showed up.
What are you saying?
Hmm?
What are you saying?
Nothing.
All right.
Cool.
So, we get that money back,
we really have to give it
to the vulture fund guy?
Yeah, well, you know,
it's kind of out of our hands.
All right, you know,
I say the security
company's clean.
We just got to take
a good hard look
at this Project Zambia staff.
Nah. Come on, man.
How can you not trust people
who are working to help orphans?
Well, same way you
don't trust anybody.
Ah, so you think Sari Kinshasa
just doesn't know her people
as well as she thinks she does?
Well, how well does anyone
know who they're working with?
Mm. The way I see
it, you got a team,
you got to trust 'em.
That's just the way it works.
You know what? I got something.
Copy that.
Hey, I got them.
Copy that, Liz. Where are you?
We got you...
babe.
Who the hell are you?
A Fed, huh?
How did you find us?
FBI! Drop your weapons!
Liz, move!
Drop your weapon!
Put it on the ground, now!
Freeze! FBI!
You, drop it right now!
FBI! Get on the damn ground!
Heist crew got
away with the truck.
We had air support
up in five minutes.
Truck vanished, and
we would have caught it
if it weren't for these two.
Let me make
something very clear.
You interfered with
an FBI investigation.
I shot at an armed felon.
How's that interfering?
Same story as the other one.
They say Michael Shannon
employed them
to get the money
back. All right.
Let's get the guy
in here, all right?
Hey, Shannon.
Agent Eppes.
You had hired goons
tailing my agents?
I have a perfect right
to recover my property.
My employees have
done nothing wrong.
I would like them released.
Well, they helped
the suspects escape.
You have no proof of that.
Maybe they found the truck
the same way you guys did.
I very much doubt that.
You get them out of here.
I see them again,
you're all going to jail.
Focus primarily on
this area right here.
Up to Pasadena?
Uh, well, the good news is
at least we know
that the truck is still
in the L.A. area.
And it was slipped past the
dragnet that LAPD set up.
But now we have a
more recent location.
We also know that
somebody else is going after it.
They told me you
saw Dan and Gwen.
They are alive?
Yes, uh, that's...
that's correct.
Though mercenaries hired
by Michael Shannon...
They stepped in,
and interfered.
Yes, I heard.
So, now what?
This is how you found
them the first time?
Uh, yes, and now we
have a far richer data set
from which to work from.
A heuristic way of
identifying optimum paths
by which to leave
an area undetected.
Wow. You understand this stuff?
I'm an economist.
I get the basics.
Agent Granger, in
your best judgment,
what is going to happen
to Dan and Gwen?
Well, it would really depend
on what they've seen and
heard, and whether or not
they're willing to give
up the code to the safe.
I don't think
they'll give it up.
The medicine on that truck...
Malaria, cholera treatments,
vaccines... can save
thousands of children
who will otherwise die.
The money... I mean,
this $50 million...
It's a lot, but it's really not
even a drop in the bucket.
A drop is all it takes
to prime a pump.
You're talking
about micro credit.
Yes, people get
tiny loans to start
small businesses.
Knitting, growing
vegetables, making furniture.
You know, uh, the
efficiency of micro credit is...
is much like the
capillary action
of a paper towel
absorbing liquid.
You see, the economic
structure of a community
is like the woven
fabric of a paper towel.
People interconnected
by commerce.
The difference is, as money
enters the fabric of economy,
it actually creates more money.
Say a woman has
money to buy material.
She sells clothing
at the market.
The woman then brings
back the cash to her village.
She buys food and other
essentials for her family.
Money gets absorbed,
spreads around,
so more people have
cash to spend and invest.
Yes, it's worked in Ethiopia,
Bangladesh, Mozambique.
Loans as little as $100
to $500, and 97%
repaid. COLBY: 97%?
Wow. That's so hard to believe.
Why are capitalists
so surprised that
capitalism works?
Look.
These are some of the people
this shipment
is intended for.
Two of these children...
have died of malaria
in the past month.
But we can save others
if we get the truck back.
Sari... may I please
have one of these photos?
Of course.
Hey.
What's up? What's that?
I don't know. It was
lying on the floor
when I came down,
and it was broken.
What do you think...
Maybe Mom's ghost?
No, she loved this vase.
Otherwise, I'd just
throw the pieces away.
So, uh, what's up?
What are you doing?
Ah, you know, just
work, work, work.
You still seeing
the, uh, therapist?
How's that going?
Uh, it's going all right.
He actually asked me to see
if Charlie would
come in for a session.
Hmm. That sounds great.
Yeah? Why is that?
Well, so you can
talk about stuff
that, uh, you never talk about.
You know, stuff that, uh,
bothers you.
I don't know.
What's the point?
We were kids, you know?
And you're still
fighting like kids.
Come on, you're grown up.
Get over this stuff, and...
start fighting like adults.
Oh, hey.
So, I will have
new search parameters for
you in, like, a couple hours.
Is that cool? Yeah,
that's so great. Thanks.
Ooh, I, uh... I forgot.
I left the sprinkler
on in the backyard.
Sprinklers on at night?
You got me.
What's happening?
Hey, listen, um, my
therapist asked me
to ask you if you'd
come in for a session.
You know?
Like, I don't know,
talk about stuff.
Um... any stuff in particular?
You know, just things.
I mean, whatever... you know.
I don't know.
Yeah, I mean, it's not exactly
comfortable for me, either.
Well, uh... it's your therapy.
It's not my therapy.
Maybe we should
just keep it that way.
Sheriff's got
a tip on a tractor-trailer
parked back here.
Yeah?
Looks like something big
drove through here recently.
What, did you learn big rig
tracking back in Quantico?
From my great-grandfather.
You know, I'm 1/16 Cherokee.
Seriously?
The Cherokee part, yeah.
The tracking part, no.
Hey, what was that?
Probably some homeless guy.
Wait a minute, that looks like
Daniel Matthews.
Dr. Matthews?
Okay.
Gwen.
They still have Gwen.
So what happened, Dr. Matthews?
They beat me... they
wanted the code to the safe.
You should've just told them.
No way... getting that
funding was so hard.
They kept hitting
me... I passed out.
When I came to, they were
throwing me from the truck.
Do you have any idea why?
Not sure.
I was pretty out of it.
I think Gwen said
she knew the code,
but she'd only tell
them if they let me go.
All right, we're gonna get you
transported out of here, okay?
All right, get LAPD
looking for a woman that
matches Gwen Owen's description.
By now, they probably have
the safe open and probably
thrown her out. No!
Gwen lied.
She was trying to save me...
and save the money.
She doesn't know the
combination to the safe.
No.
I do.
Just me.
Robbers knew about the
drugs, but not the money.
We think they got a tip
from one of the medical
supply companies.
So Colby's talking to
an LAPD undercover
who works black
market drug sales.
Yeah, that's a good idea.
Don...
You know how I told
you people would notice
what's going on with us?
They have.
So, what?
It's not exactly getting in
the way of the work, right?
I don't want to
compromise my career.
Especially if, in six months,
you're going to be moving on.
Come on, that is so,
that is not fair.
Look, you're right.
I-I don't even know what
I'll be thinking in six months.
Look, I... I'm crazy about you.
The problem is...
rumors and speculation
make people think things
aren't on the up-and-up.
All right, so...
I mean, you want to tell them?
You ready for that?
Just don't be using my name.
LAPD wouldn't be thrilled
sharing info with the Feds.
Understood.
Bunch of stuff was
supposed to hit the market
sometime this week: morphine,
Valium, antibiotics, vaccines.
Hasn't shown up yet. Yeah, well,
who buys black
market medications?
Doctors, clinics,
shady drug stores.
Except vaccines,
they don't move locally.
Yeah, not much malaria
or cholera in L.A., huh?
Not yet at least.
Vaccines go to dealers who
smuggle them over the border.
Yeah, well, in your experience,
who do we look at for this?
Guys who jack drug
shipments tend to work off info
they get out of the
companies that ship the stuff.
Oh, hey.
What's up? What
are you doing here?
Hi, Charlie.
Hey, Charlie, you know,
I was looking through
some old photos and, uh,
look what I found.
Yeah.
You've been speaking with Don.
Well, he-he told me
that his therapist wants you
to come to one of his sessions.
Yeah, well, you know,
he and I kinda get
along okay now.
What, you think if
you talk things out,
you wouldn't get
along anymore? Yeah.
It's possible.
No, not at all.
You know what, Dad?
He and I...
have hit an equilibrium.
And... I help him with his work
and he... lets me...
Lets you?!
Well...
He let's you do what?
He lets me... hang around him.
I'm still the little brother.
You know, the day
this photo was taken...
Not one of our family's best.
It's just that he has, uh... he
has things on his mind and...
so why not talk about it?
He has no idea what
really went on that day.
I don't think you do either.
Well, I-I didn't then.
But I think I managed
to figure it out.
We looked at the
companies that provided
the stock on the truck;
we checked through
their employee lists.
And came up with this guy...
Frank Tibbet. Last
time I saw him,
he was pointing a gun at Liz.
Up until two weeks
ago, he worked
for a drug packing company.
He was released from
state prison a year ago...
Armed robbery.
Known associate of...
It's, uh... Vincent Kagan.
That's the other
guy Liz and I met.
Now, rounding out the gang...
Vincent's brothers
Anthony and Zack.
These guys are a high-end crew
that specialize in
jacking pharmaceuticals.
Vincent's a suspect
in the shooting death
of a guard protecting a
shipment of oxycontin.
The guard wouldn't give up the
code to open the security door.
Which doesn't bode well for Gwen Owen.
- Hey, guys.
CHP just got a report
of a truck matching
the stolen one
at a truck stop.
When they got there,
it was already gone.
All right, good.
Why don't you guys
check that out, all right?
Hey, so, Don,
I've worked out new possible
escape routes based now
on where Dr. Matthews
was found. Great.
I'll check them out, thanks.
Hey, so you know that
thing you asked me...
uh, to do?
Yeah, it's, uh... it's
all right, don't worry
about it. I'll do it.
I'll go.
Just let me know when.
I'll be there.
Bounty hunters. Again.
You know what?
I haven't yet had
the privilege of meeting
those gentlemen.
You're right.
Hey, I hear you guys
are looking for a rig.
Peterbilt 379.
Might be.
Are you or not?
Great Dane trailer
with a sliding tandem axle?
That be the one.
Saw it take off on the 10 East
a little while ago.
Hey, there, ladies.
How you doing?
Hands on your head.
Turn around.
Come on, man.
We're both on the
same side, right?
How about a little team spirit?
Yeah, don't get
your feelings hurt
if we say, "no," all right?
Hey, you got nothin'
to arrest us for, man.
Well, how'd you wind up here?
Following us again?
No, not this time...
We put a reward
out on the Internet...
Got some hits.
Guy said he saw the truck here.
You want to share some
of those tips with us, buddy?
Oh, well, now,
that's our info, isn't it?
We paid good money for it.
FBI's too cheap to
post a reward, well...
that's not really our problem.
Yeah, actually,
that is your problem.
Let's go.
Once again, we
haven't broken any laws.
My employees have
done nothing wrong.
I would like to
have them released.
Oh, yeah, well, you know,
I'd like to pitch
for the Yankees.
But what's gonna happen is
you're gonna order your men
to tell me what they know.
Only if you and
your superiors sign
a paper ensuring
that if and when the
money is recovered,
it will be delivered to me.
Come here.
Come on.
I want to show you something.
That's Gwen Owen.
She was tortured for the
combination to the safe
that has "your" money in it.
She risked her life to
save a guy she works with.
I'm hoping maybe
you'll understand
why my only concern
is finding her alive
and getting the
supplies to those kids.
All right, we'll tell you
everything that we know.
But...
I'm still going to
get my money back.
Uh, yeah, well...
you're going to do
it with a court order.
So, I'm telling
you this right now:
if me or any of my people
see any of your guys again,
I'm gonna bust your ass
for obstruction of justice.
You understand that?
You know, in
traffic engineering,
to assign traffic
routes and links,
they use something called
network equilibrium conditions.
And that occurs only
when someone cannot
improve his travel
time by changing routes.
Well, yeah, I've already
accounted for that, Dad,
in this Frank-Wolfe algorithm.
But that's not my problem.
My problem is that
my analysis indicates
that the truck should be
heading on this path here...
See that? Eastbound. Yeah.
Yeah. However, the
FBI and the LAPD,
they say it's not there.
But you say it is.
Within 96% probability.
So what I did was I
calculated the orbital apogee
and inclination of eight
spy satellites to see
if they were in the right
place at the right time
to take photos of the area.
Mm-hmm. And? Lacrosse
5 was in the right place
and recorded seven
different types of imaging data.
Nothing.
Yeah, but, Charlie,
you're using escape math.
What if that truck is no
longer trying to escape?
Yeah.
Eppes. Hey!
So the path I told you about...
The truck's gotta be there.
Charlie, look, we had choppers
all over the place, all right?
Once the truck leaves
the Los Angeles area,
the number of roads we
have to search drastically
reduces... believe me,
the robbers know that.
They know they'll be visible.
So what are you saying,
they pulled off? Right.
They must've stopped somewhere
on the outskirts of the city.
That gives them time to open
the safe, to leave the truck
and split up... I
think I can calculate
the most likely area along
the truck's path ASAP.
Yeah, all right,
that sounds good.
Do what you can and
get back to me, all right?
I'm going to head out.
All right, we're striking out
here... how about you guys?
Nah, nothing.
Don, I think we got something.
We have the car that
Matthews described.
Crew has to be hiding close by.
Hello?
Oh, hey, um, I need some gas.
My car's empty.
I'll take this.
Don't look at my hand.
Put your hands up!
Get your hands behind your back!
Get them behind
your back right now!
Listen, there's no
sign of Vincent Kagan.
Where's that truck?
Take them outside
and just question
them separately.
You, get up.
Liz, come on, let's
get them outside.
Oh, yeah? Come here.
Come here. Get up.
Sit down.
I want to know
where that truck is.
Listen, we got you
on armed robbery.
If the woman dies,
you are looking at murder.
All right, I get it.
The truck is stashed nearby.
I don't know where exactly.
Come here.
Tibbet just told me
the truck's going east.
Zack says the
truck is still here.
All right, so who's lying?
Hey, buddy, listen.
We didn't find the truck...
We found the guys who stole it.
One of them says it's near here.
The other says it's
already out of the state.
All right, uh, so...
there's a classic logic
puzzle that kind of applies.
Why don't you ask each guy
where the other one
will say the truck is?
Yeah, but one of
them's obviously lying.
Well, yeah, exactly.
One's lying, one's
telling the truth.
Whatever either one says,
the truck's going to be
in the opposite place.
Yeah, yeah, all
right, all right, all right.
I'm gonna call you
back. Liz, come here.
All right, Charlie
just gave me an idea.
We're gonna try
something a little weird.
No, I told you what I know.
I'm trying to cooperate.
Yeah, that's what
your buddy said.
So what's he going to tell us?
Huh?
Look, if he's playing
ball, he'll tell you the truth.
The truck's halfway
through Arizona.
Tibbet's cutting a deal?
That's crazy; no way.
Hey. He'll tell you
the truck's gone
because he's screwing with you.
What about you?
You screwing me? No.
All right, so both of 'em said
the other would say it's gone.
Well, that means
it's still here.
Look, you... you've got a
choice between "A" and "B."
You've got two guys...
Both know who's right,
one of the two is lying...
So by asking them what
the other one will say,
you're going to
get the lie twice.
Yeah, but the thing is,
Charlie, we're not finding it here.
All right, I mean, your
stuff says one thing.
Our eyes are telling us
something completely different.
What, we shouldn't
be looking for a truck.
Right, 'cause it doesn't
look like a truck anymore,
but we need to look for
something that takes up
the same amount of space
as the truck. Charlie, hold on.
Just one second, hold on.
Check this out.
Right there. Yeah, wait
a minute, we passed that
about a half a mile
back. That's a trailer park.
You think it's tucked in
beside one of
these double-wides?
Yeah, I mean,
it's possible, right?
Hey... guys.
Take a look.
This one's a new arrival.
Grass is still green.
Guys.
Yo, yo.
Come here.
I don't know what his plan is,
but I guess we're backing him.
Put your hands up
where I can see them!
Keep them up! I want
to see those hands!
Don't move.
Just relax, man. Let's go.
You guys all right? It's clear.
Gwen Owen.
Don Eppes with the FBI.
Okay, you're okay, we got you.
I'm just going to take this off.
Okay, just nice and easy.
They didn't get the money.
Yeah, good job.
Let's get those
paramedics rolling.
All right, you're okay.
This is better, right?
It's an improvement.
You look much, much better.
Thanks.
Gwen.
Oh!
Oh, it's good to see you.
Hi. Hi.
Those two went through hell.
All to get your money back.
So, are you ready
to get back to Africa?
You know it.
Hey, guys, hold on a second.
Heads up.
Ms. Kinshasa.
Mr. Michael Shannon has agreed
to a settlement.
He's giving up his claim
to the $50 million in exchange
for three million to
cover his investment.
That's right.
And the rest goes to Zambia.
All right.
And the Grinch's
heart grew three sizes
that day. Yeah, what
changed his mind?
I think it was maybe
something one of you said.
No, maybe it was
something he saw.
Well... thank you.
Thank you all.
I'm gonna go make some calls.
Whoa, hold on, actually.
Listen, um, I just
want to say something.
Guys, I know there's
been this, uh, talk going on,
and I just want
to say in the name
of full disclosure that, uh,
Liz and I have, in fact,
been seeing each other.
Okay? Oh, God.
Okay.
There's another mystery solved.
So any of you, uh,
you guys got anything to say,
you can, uh, you
can say it to her.
No problem.
It was my 13th birthday
and, uh, my dad was
going to take me and, uh...
you know, some of
my friends camping.
You know, and, uh...
and Charlie came with us.
Okay,
just for the record,
you know, I didn't want to go.
You know, that
was totally... Right.
Mom and Dad's idea. Anyway,
you know, my dad
takes me aside and says
that he's going to keep
an eye on my friends,
and that this guy
is my responsibility.
A special trip
with your buddies,
suddenly, you're
a babysitter. Yeah.
Exactly. Of course, you
know, I let him get lost
and he's, he's missing for...
It was at least 12 hours, right?
I mean, it was
sheriffs and rangers
and a whole search
and, and even my mom...
She had to drive up.
You know, she can't stop crying.
She's blaming my dad.
And how about you?
I was supposed
to take care of him.
And how did that
make you really feel?
Yeah, you know, I
was pissed off, I guess.
I mean,
but what? It was
my fault, you know.
No, it wasn't.
I'm sorry... no, it
wasn't. Well, it was.
You shouldn't feel bad.
No. Well, I didn't get lost.
What are you talking about?
I knew you didn't
want me there...
You made it pretty
obvious... so I decided
to walk home. Oh, you decided
to walk home?
Yeah. To Pasadena?
That is so...
I mean, unbelievable.
Wha...?
I was responsible
for you. I know.
I know, but you
were 13 years old.
So what? So get over yourself.
Hmm...
Why would you do that?
Because... you
didn't want me around.
You never wanted me around.
Ah, Charlie, that's not true.
You never wanted me around.
Yes, it is true. No, Charlie,
look, it's not true.
Are you kidding? You don't think
I ever noticed the looks
you would give me?
What looks? The
rolling the eyes...
No, it is not true
because it's always about you.
You know? I mean, it's like,
the guy has to be
the center of attention.
Uh, that's not, uh,
that's not how I saw it.
That... maybe you
saw it that way, but...
To me, everything fun
and everything exciting
was always happening without me.
Explain this to me.
You weren't lost?
I'm not as helpless
as people think.
So unbelievable.
So, Don,
how do you feel about
working with Charlie now?
I just always feel like I'm
taking advantage of him,
you know, like I'm
using him or something.
♪ There's nothing
here, but still we try ♪
♪ The conversations
come and go ♪
♪ Like the day goes down ♪
Charlie?
♪ And now I read
between the lines ♪
I love...
I love working with my brother.
♪ There'll be no peace of mind ♪
You were actually walking home?
Well, yeah, 'cause once I...
once I got to the
road, it was pretty easy.
I mean, he's eight.
I like walking.
You know, that-that's
like, that's my sport.
You've got hockey,
you've got baseball.
I've got walking.
Like, you like speed walking?
No, normal... You've
never taken a walk?
♪ In and out of sight
like a prodigal son. ♪