Numb3rs (2005–2010): Season 5, Episode 16 - Cover Me - full transcript

(electric guitar plays
riff to "This is the End")

♪ Staring at another
strange ceiling again ♪

♪ Though you swore
you'd stay home and read ♪

♪ Wondering when
it's all right to leave ♪

♪ So you just get dressed... ♪

Still think this is a bad idea?

I never said it was a bad idea.

You never said it
was a good one.

♪ ...Through the
cold morning mist ♪

♪ Slightly annoyed
and confused... ♪

I guess you can't argue with
Charlie's percentage, right?



Why not let him call
the play for once?

CHARLIE: On average,
about every eight years,

a new drug emerges that
becomes the next big thing.

So, heroin gave way to coke...

Which gave way to PCP...

And then came
rock and then meth.

And I've been doing research
using FBI and DEA databases,

and I think I've identified
the next big threat.

COLBY: Can you
make anything out?

No.

Nothing.

CHARLIE: It's a drug
called "Hawaiian ice."

It's been a problem in
Hawaii for quite some time.

If it makes its way over
here, it'll bring an epidemic



worse than the crack
craze of the '80s.

The good news here is
that ice is still in its infancy.

There's a limited supply.

There's only a handful
of suspected dealers.

So conditions are perfect.

Perfect for what? Well, we don't

have to wait for an epidemic
before we act, do we?

I've got a plan to stop
this now before it takes off.

A math plan.

Economic modeling
theory, actually.

And the ADIC's
already approved it, so...

So, what's our angle?
A limited number

of strategically targeted buys,
placed correctly, can disrupt

the market and create
powerful disincentives

within the demand base.
Which is a lot of words

to say we need to put
someone undercover.

Well... yeah. (chuckles)

I may have an "in."

DON: Oh, yeah?

Guy I know. DEA.

He's been deep cover
in the L.A. drug scene

for the last three years,

so if we can get word to
him through his handler,

he could make all the
necessary introductions.

Where is she?

She'll be here.

Now why would a DEA agent
risk his cover to help out the FBI?

Well, he wouldn't
do it for the FBI.

But he would do it for me.

♪ Staring straight ahead,
never looking for answers ♪

♪ Dumb yourself down,
it's a great disguise... ♪

COLBY: Yeah, Don
made the right choice.

No way I could've
pulled off that outfit.

(chuckles)

DON: David, I want
you to be her handler.

Granger's got a lot more
undercover experience than me.

He didn't just apply
for a promotion.

You're on; just make
sure she doesn't get hurt.

All right.

Ryan...

meet Liz.

(sighs) You stick
to the plan, okay?

You decent?

Uh... I don't know; you tell me.

(sighs) Will you zip me up?

Yeah. Um...

Listen, uh, Colby and I,

we're gonna have eyes on
you the whole time, okay?

So, if you feel weird
about anything at all,

just... you give
us the sign, okay?

I'll be fine. Don't worry.
All right, and remember...

This is your meet,
okay? You're in control.

So you don't let this
guy set your terms

or your locations.

Also, we're not set up
for a rolling surveillance,

so I need you to
stay put. Roger that.

All right, let's not
waste any time.

I'm after 50 keys,

80% pure or better.

Slow down. Not here.

What do you mean?

No need to get all frazzled.

Maybe I'd like to get
to know her better.

If that means putting
your hands on my ass,

you can forget about it.

I just don't like it here.

But if you wanna
talk, I... I know a place.

Otherwise...

♪ This is the end,
though I saw it coming... ♪

CHARLIE: And this doesn't
have to be a single event, either.

There are probably
dozens of ways

to adapt this model
to other crime areas.

Let's just see where
we land on this, all right?

Good luck, you guys. Good luck.

Don't worry. This is gonna work.

I'm not worried.

You just better be right.

You wanna blow a deal over
something as stupid as this?

It's a nice day.

Let's go for a ride.

Don't even think about it.

♪ This is the end... ♪

Liz, that is not
part of the plan.

♪ ...before we went to
bed, no, I never could be... ♪

That's the thing
about plans, man.

They're great right
up until the minute

you put 'em into action.

♪ This is the end ♪

♪ Though I saw it
coming before we started ♪

♪ And no one's gonna
be brokenhearted here... ♪

Hey...

I warned you about the hands.

CAM: C'mon, man,
what'd I tell you?

There's nothing to worry about.

Well, I feel better
checking for myself, Cam.

You know they've got meds
now. Might help with the paranoia.

(chuckles)

I don't know you.

If Cam hadn't vouched for you,

you and I, we wouldn't even
be talking. Are we talking?

'Cause it still feels like
we're screwing around.

Bottom line: I represent
some people in Seattle.

And they're looking
to get their hands

on as much Hawaiian ice
as you can put together.

Well, supplies are
kind of tight right now.

Yeah, I told her that
could be a problem.

I'm offering 50% over
current market rate.

(sighs)

50% over?

DAVID: Just heard from Liz.
Duneaux took the bait. We're in.

All right, so he's
willing to deal to us?

Yeah, your plan's
in motion, Charlie.

One down, three to go.
DON: Guys, this is Teri Green.

She's DEA and Cam's handler.

Thanks for letting
us borrow him.

Don't thank me.
I was against it.

Why is that? You're not
sold on Charlie's plan?

I have other priorities.

Besides, even if you do
buy up all the ice in town,

how's that anything
but a temporary fix?

I mean, more's going
to show up eventually.

CHARLIE: Probably, but by then

we'll have significantly
damaged their consumer base.

See, in marketing
economics, it's called

"dirtying the brand."

Now, let's say you,
um... let's say you've got

a favorite coffee
shop that you go to

every morning to
get your morning fix.

Now, what if each day
you go to the coffee shop,

you find that they
have raised their prices?

And what's more,

as prices go up, the
quality of the coffee declines.

It becomes more diluted;
more watered down.

There's only so much of
that you're gonna tolerate

before you never go back
to that coffee shop again.

Add to that negative
word-of-mouth,

and pretty soon, there's
no more coffee shop.

Imagine that happening all over
town as coffee supplies dwindle.

It's the same with Hawaiian ice.

We buy up the supplies,
and the street prices rise.

COLBY: And the quality
will go down as dealers

try and stretch out the
little bit they have left.

Yeah, by the time the
dealers are resupplied,

they've permanently lost
80-85% of their consumer base.

We've successfully
"dirtied the brand."

How long before I
get my agent back?

Couple days. I mean, it's
gotta happen fast. Right?

Yeah. Keep me posted.

All right. David?

Yeah.

You good?

Yeah, the-the meet
went down smooth.

It was good.

Yeah.

All right.

(sighs)

Thanks... for doing this.

You know, I wasn't
sure if it was...

Oh, you knew I would.

(laughs)

Just to see a familiar
face. Come on!

It's almost surreal.

Three years.

That's a long time
to be undercover.

Gotta be tough.

Gets easier the
more time goes by...

I think.

Look at you.

Back in Narc training,
you didn't even drink.

And now, what? You're
the drug prince of L.A.?

Why do you think we
never hooked up back then?

Uh... you were married.

You're too good of a
guy to cheat on your wife.

It's too bad I didn't know
she was going to cheat on me.

That's what got you here.

The ultimate way to
put it behind you, right?

Thank you, doctor, for
a very fruitful session.

I'm waiting on a call-back
from Paloma about tonight.

And I will put you together with
Haseikian tomorrow morning.

All right, what about
the fourth guy, Pritchard?

The file says he
could be trouble.

That's why we'll
save him for last.

Well, I'm glad
you've got my back.

I'm glad to have it.

Especially when
it looks like that.

CHARLIE: Oh, that
sounds perfect, Colby.

Uh-huh, thanks.

It's almost as if we
planned it that way.

(chuckles): All
right, take it easy.

So, Liz met with
the second dealer.

He's in. I really think
this plan's gonna work.

Of course it will. That's why Don is
doing it. Yeah, and you know what

the funny thing is, is I almost didn't
take it to him, because, you know,

it's one thing when
he asks me for help,

but to go in completely
unsolicited is like...

Don't be silly. This is a
solid economic model.

Once this case
works out, who knows?

Like, the predictive
flow algorithms

I'm using for drugs
here could apply

equally well with-with weapons
smuggling and... (laughs)

Then this could
just be the start.

Yeah.

Oh, hey.

How was the game?
How was the game?

I've probably not been to a worse
basketball game in my entire life.

(chuckles) CalSci
got... phew... crushed.

You know, an interesting
fact about the CalSci team is

there're actually more
high school valedictorians

on the squad than guys that
played high school basketball.

Yeah, well, tonight, they played
like a bunch of valedictorians.

Hey. Watch it now.

Oh, oh, I'm sorry. I forgot.
You were both valedictorians.

But hey, come on. How could
you lose to Bremmer College?

Well, if it makes
you feel any better,

we kick their ass every year
in science research funding.

Surprisingly, Charlie, it
doesn't make me feel any better.

LIZ: Come on, David.
Lighten up. It worked out fine.

Fine so far, but you keep
playing it loose like this,

you don't think that's
gonna catch up with you?

Whoa, hey! What's the problem?

I had to improvise.

You chose to improvise twice,

both times putting
yourself at unnecessary risk.

Can you stop
yelling? Stop. Enough.

All of you in here now.

What did I do?

Okay, I strayed
from the playbook,

but the situation changed.

I had to go with it.

Besides, Cam was there.

Cam is not your handler, okay?

If anything goes bad out there,

this guy, he's gonna be too
busy covering his own ass.

All right, calm down now.

What do you have to say?

I mean, look, Liz is putting
a lot of trust in this Cam guy.

Thank you. Too much trust.

But undercover work

is spur-of-the-moment,

you have to go with
the tools you have.

Right, so just get
me straight here.

We've met with three out
of the four. Is that right?

LIZ: Yes. Duneaux
and Paloma yesterday,

Haseikian this morning.

And they all want in.

They're putting together
product to make a deal.

The only one left is Pritchard,
but this guy worries me.

He has a violent reputation.

I understand. Can
we do it without him?

No, this guy controls

40% of the ice in L.A.
There's no way around him.

Okay, fine, so
we take it to him.

You listen to David

and no more stupid risks,
and you give her some leash.

All right.

You better hope you
don't have a daughter.

What are you talking about?

Can you imagine how you're
gonna be when she turns 16?

Okay, so this guy's

reputation is totally
undeserved, right?

(chuckles) I don't think

you want me to lie to you.

By the way, I told him
you're my girlfriend.

Wow, you work fast.

I didn't even know
we were dating.

Listen, Pritchard's a creep.

I figured it'd keep him off
you if he thinks we're together.

Okay, are there any details
about us I should know about?

Tell him whatever you want

as long as it makes
me look good.

(scoffs)

Actually, you don't look good.

You all right?

You've been my girlfriend
for what, 30 seconds?

You're already starting in.

Here it is.

(knocking, door opens,
punk rock blaring)

Hey, what's up, Mickey, huh?

Hey, there. Where's my man at?

What up, bro? There he is.

Come here.

I want you to meet
my girl. This is Liz.

So, she's... what
you're into now, huh?

Looks like you'd have
to defrost her first.

Hey, be nice.

She might be bringing
you a whole lot of business.

In there.

Cam tells me
you're from Seattle.

Yep.

(sighs)

I hate Seattle.

I'll be sure never
to invite you up.

Cam, man, you look like crap.

You want something?

No.

I'm good.

Listen, I'm looking
to get a hold

of as much Hawaiian ice
as you can put together.

And why would I want
to do business with you?

Money's not motivation enough?

There's more to life than money.

My offer is way above
what you normally get.

For that price,

maybe you can drop
the sophomoric innuendo.

Tell me whether or
not we're in business.

I'll be back in a minute, okay?

So... we have a deal?

(cocks, then uncocks gun)

Take off your top.

(chuckles)

I don't need your
business that badly.

You're not doing
it for my business.

You're doing it
because I told you to.

And... I have the gun.

(mouthing)

Now the skirt.

Turn around.

(sighs)

Just want to make sure
you're not wearing a wire.

All right.

100 keys...

seven grand each.

I'll call Cam, we'll set it up.

Liz...

Hey.

Where were you?

I was in the bathroom.

I figured he'd quit
screwing around

if he didn't have an
audience. Wasn't I right?

You son of a bitch.

What?

You're using.

Oh, come...

Oh, that's nuts.

Don't play me, Cam.

You weren't sick.
You were jonesing!

What did you do, a little smack?

A lump of meth? What?

This isn't training anymore.

There are times a guy
sticks a gun to your head,

and you got to fix
to show you're legit.

I didn't see a gun
to your head...

What do you want to do, huh?

You want to go to your guys?

You want to shut down
three years of my work?

Come on, Liz.

Get the hell away from me.

Check this out.

Daily crime stats from the LAPD.

Street price of Hawaiian
ice is already going up.

Wow.

Check this out. We haven't made

a single buy yet.

It can't be a shortage.
CHARLIE: There isn't.

We've created the
anticipation of a shortage,

which has the same
initial market effects

as an actual shortage,
and my guess

is that there's also been
an effect on the quality of ice

that's on the street.

So, this isn't news to
you. No, this is precisely

in line with what my
models predicted.

LIZ: Hey.

Four for four.

Nice. Pritchard's in?

To the tune of 100 keys.

He's getting it
together. DON: Yeah?

So, everything went
all right? No problems?

No, none at all.

I don't know

what all the hype was about.

Guy was easy. All
right, so making the buys

is the next step.

Cam's setting up the
time and places, right?

Uh, yeah, yeah, he's on it.

DAVID: And from now on,

I want you wearing a wire.

Okay, we'll also need it

for evidence down the
line. You good with that?

Yeah, I mean,
meet-and-greets are over,

and they've already
had time to check me out,

so... yeah, whatever, wire me.

All right, let's
make this happen.

Hey.

I want you to just play
it close on her, all right?

You think something's
up? I don't know.

I'm not sure she's
telling us everything.

All right, man,
I'll talk to her.

No, just play it tight.

All right, absolutely.

LIZ: Teri.

Excuse me. You have a second?

I'll catch up.

Listen.

It's about Cam.

I think maybe he's
been under too long.

You think so?

You've been working
with him, what, 72 hours?

I've been with him for
three and a half years.

He's using.

My guess is a lot.

Did you actually see him use?

Could you testify to that fact?

What does that have
to do with anything?

I'm talking about
his well-being.

No, you're talking
about probably the DEA's

most valuable asset
in L.A. right now.

Do you have any idea
the number of cases

that get made based on the
information that he feeds out?

So, as long as he's
under, you look good?

This isn't FBI Narcotics, Agent.

The DEA is a whole
different ball game.

So, screw Cam?

We're doing you a favor.

You want to come in here

and blow everything
that we've put in place?

I don't think so.

Cam is fine.

He can handle it. (buzzing)

That's just what
an addict would say.

What do you know?

Your addict just
set up your first buy.

LIZ (over speaker): I
always get self-conscious

wearing a wire.
Where is the video?

I don't know, like you guys
can hear my thoughts...

It's coming up right now.

Of course, if you could
hear my thoughts right now,

it would just be,
"Burger and fries."

Why didn't we eat
before we came?

First guest has arrived.

I gotta apologize.

I know how bad it must...

(static, crackling)

What the hell is she doing?

LIZ: Sorry, guys.

I got to adjust this mic.

I'll be right back.

(garbled voices, crackling)

So?

I screwed up.

Yeah, you did.

I've just been working
solo for so long.

I'm so used to it being
my own ass on the line.

I just didn't think.

But if you got hurt
for something I did...

It won't happen again.

That's a promise.

Better not.

All right, you guys,

I'm back.

We're good.

What the hell was that about?

You got me.

Here they come.

CAM: What's up, player?

PALOMA: Always got the plan.

Good? Yeah.

All right.

You'll be happy.

I was able to pull
together the full 50 kilos.

How thrilled should I be?

50's what we agreed on.

CAM: Mind if I take a look?

PALOMA: Oh, yeah.

(zipper unzips)

You don't have to
worry about the quality.

LIZ: Yes, I do.

PALOMA: Of course.

CAM: Just checking, baby.

Yeah, right.

(zipper zips up)

It's been a pleasure, baby.

LIZ: Glad to hear it.

Can we get something to eat now?

Hey. Hey.

So, are you still on a high
over the success of your plan?

It could become addicting.

Okay, I know I started.

And you're afraid you'll OD.

Okay, seriously, Charlie, stop.

I am glad it's going well.

ALAN: Hey. Hey, listen.

Guess what? I did some
checking into exactly how bad

the CalSci basketball team is.

Do you realize that

they haven't won a
game since 1986?

Yeah, everybody knows that.

What, they're going on, like,

270 consecutive
losses or something.

Two hundred eighty-three.

That doesn't bother you?

You know, to be honest, Alan,

I don't really
follow sports. Sorry.

CHARLIE: Why does
it bother you so much?

I mean, what
happened to all that, uh,

"it doesn't matter if
you win or lose" stuff

you preached when
we were growing up?

Charlie, that's
when you were a kid.

And no offense,
I knew we weren't

looking at the possibility

of an athletic scholarship.

Gee, thanks.

What he means is he knew

you wouldn't need
an athletic scholarship.

Look, with a team so smart,

why can't they figure
out a way to win a game?

You know, you have
a good point, Alan.

I mean, there's a lot of math

being used to improve
sports performance.

Why not apply some of it

to the basketball program?

I mean, what do
you think, Charlie?

Yes, I mean, is one win

asking too much?

Well, as much as
I hate to indulge

this newfound
dark side of yours,

my drug plan's pretty
much on autopilot.

I seem to be on a
roll, so yeah, why not?

And for the record,

I was a pretty awesome swimmer.

Mm...

Here he comes.

Guy's a pussycat.

No worries.

Let's not get too
overconfident, okay?

(automatic gunfire)

Let's go! Let's go!

Go get the bag!

Go! Go!

Go!

You okay?

No, I'm fine. I'm fine.

Get out the way.

What the hell just
happened here?

(helicopter whirring overhead)

What happened?

Still piecing things together.

Liz is fine though.

Liz, Cam, they
weren't the targets.

They were after
Duneaux, the dealer.

Duneaux popped
one of their guys.

Other two took
off in that direction,

green Expedition.

DEA's gonna be pissed if
we burned this guy's cover.

We have Cam
stashed in the hangar.

I thought it'd be best
to keep him out of sight.

What do you got, Liz?

Um, you know, I
recognize this guy.

Nickname's Pinky. Uh-huh.

LIZ: He worked for Pritchard.

One drug dealer
ripping off another?

COLBY: You got to figure.

Word's out we're
paying top dollar.

Pritchard'd want to get together

as much product as he can.

What better way than
rip off another dealer?

DAVID: Wait a minute.

These guys hit right as you
were meeting with Duneaux.

COLBY: Perfect time.

They knew he'd have the drugs.

DON: So, what, they
knew the time and place?

Exactly... somebody told Pritchard
that the deal was going down.

What's the word?

When we getting out of here?

Did you tell Pritchard
about the buy?

Did I what? Those were

Pritchard's guys out there.

They knew the
exact where and when

to intercept Duneaux's drugs.

So I want to know
did you tell him?

That's one hell
of an accusation.

Is it?

You're using and Pritchard
supplies you with drugs.

So how big of a leap is it

to assume you're into
something deeper?

I don't know how
Pritchard found out, okay?

But it wasn't from me.

I wish I could believe you.

Never mind that I
just saved your life.

Okay, here's another
one that looks interesting.

This is an analysis suggesting

that a slower game tempo is
beneficial to the underdog team.

Underdog? Yeah, well,
that would be CalSci.

Yeah, all right, let's
put it on the board.

And you know what else
I think we should look at?

And this will probably
require Larry's expertise.

Go to Larry?

For basketball? Well,
yeah, physics, Dad.

There's got to be an
optimum arc for a shot

that'll maximize its
chances of going in.

Oh, yeah, good point. Ah, I...

(phone ringing) Put it up.

All right, you put it up.

Okay. Hello.

Alan, I really think
we're on to something.

Yeah, well, let's hope so.

You know, I really appreciate
you doing this, Amita,

because I know how
you hate basketball.

I don't hate basketball.

You got to be kidding me.

ALAN: What is it?

What's wrong, Charlie?

My model didn't
predict anything like this.

Charlie.

I went wrong somewhere.

The question is:
where does this put us?

My cover's still intact.

No, no, no, Pritchard is too
much of a wild card, okay?

We're going to
go put a pin in him

and go after Haseikian.

Uh-uh, can't. He's dead.

They hit his boat last night.

And by "they," you
mean Pritchard.

Yeah, probably before
they did the airport.

Which means
Pritchard now controls

most of the ice out there.

Hey, I screwed up. I'm sorry.

No, Charlie, it's
not your fault.

Well, I put the
plan into motion.

I should have at
least predicted it.

You know, normally
when a market is squeezed,

suppliers adapt by moving
into new product lines,

or they just bow out
of the market entirely.

But drug dealers don't
react in a normal fashion.

Right, so I've, I've
corrected the, the model here.

No, I-I don't think

we can do it
anymore. Pritchard has

all the drugs now.

Well, that makes it even easier.

Listen, a single purchase
from Pritchard gets us

the same end results.

COLBY: Oh, check this out.

Looks like we got
ourselves a listening device.

Oh, yeah?

What, it's not
part of the phone?

Nope, definitely not.

Guess that's how Pritchard
knew about the meet.

And you thought Duneaux
was just being paranoid.

(whispering): I accused
Cam of being the leak.

Let me talk to you for
a second. Come here.

Why would you
think Cam is the leak?

(sighs) Liz,

I cannot be your handler,

I can't keep you safe,
if I am in the dark.

Okay, the day Cam
and I went to Pritchard's

for our meet-and-greet,

Cam left me alone for
a while with Pritchard.

Things got weird.

No, nothing happened. I'm fine.

It's just...

(sighs)

It just got scary.

Well, okay, all
right, all right.

Hold on... Why would
he leave you alone?

He was getting high.

He's getting high

and you didn't tell me?

David, I know. What are you...?

I, I know I should have.

(sighing): No...

And things are even
more screwed up now

because I accused him of
being in Pritchard's pocket.

Liz, he's an addict!

I know, but we need
him to get to Pritchard.

No, not a chance.

I am pulling you out.

That's the only way we're
gonna take Pritchard down.

Okay, we can't pin
the ambush on him.

We have to nail
him in the drug buy.

(sighs)

You really think Cam is solid
enough to go back in there?

He's a risk, but I feel like
I owe him another shot.

DON: Hey, Teri.

Your guy's not
returning any of our calls.

What happened?

Well... you know,

I don't think they're
really telling us everything.

Well, they never do.

Listen, you know where I stand.

I didn't want him involved

with the FBI in the first place.

Yeah, well, he's involved
and now he's gone, so...

So now you want me
to reach out to him.

All right, how about we
give you a share of the bust?

Yeah? I'm not talking

about some half-ass
press conference mention.

I want full share.

All right, deal.

4:30, Pritchard's bungalow.

Perfect.

I have so many happy
memories of the place.

Listen, we, we don't
have to go through with this

if you don't like it.

Okay? I just won't
be able to wear a wire.

You're not the only one

at risk here, you know,

so if you're
going to pull out...

I'm not pulling out.

COLBY: Look, guys,

Pritchard's sitting on
a ton of ice right now.

He's going to want
this deal to happen

just as much as we do, okay?

Thanks. Yeah, my only worry

is Cam.

GREEN: Don't worry about Cam.

We handle stuff
like this every day,

so let's just get it done.

Yeah, let's go.

Look, what do you
want me to say, Cam?

I was wrong.

I'm sorry.

We both screwed up.

The score's even now.

You're the one who's
still talking about it.

ALAN: Hey, I just swung

by basketball practice
over at the gym.

I thought you guys
were going to be there.

Yeah, sorry, uh, the stuff
I'm working on for Don

is kind of at a crucial point.

This ball is so much cooler
than the one they use now.

Why'd they change it?

No, they didn't change it.

This one belonged to the ABA.

You know, Dr. J, uh,
George "Iceman" Gervin.

It was a lot flashier
style of play back then.

What, no party today?

Hey, we could start one.

You want a drink, a line,

a bump? What do you want?

Why don't we just
get to the deal?

So what happened to the ABA?

Ah, it pretty much got
swallowed up by the NBA,

which gave them control
over player salaries

and TV rights, and all of that.

Essentially, the NBA took
control of the whole market.

That's what Pritchard wants.

I need to call Don.

What, you two have
a fight or something?

CAM: We happen to know

it was you who hit Duneaux,

and we were a little
close to the action.

PRITCHARD: Then you also know

I have his ice.

(clears throat)

Turns out I, uh,

I acquired some from
the Armenian, as well.

CHARLIE: Don. Yeah.
Pritchard doesn't want to sell.

No, you're wrong, Charlie.

Liz is on her way
now to make the buy.

Listen to me. He wants
to control the market,

own the whole brand.

I don't know what
Liz is walking into,

but Pritchard does
not want to sell to her.

You've got to stop her.

Situation's changed.
I'm not selling anymore.

Maybe you should tell
me why the hell we're here.

'Cause your girlfriend
took 50 keys of ice

off Paloma.

I want to take
'em off her hands.

LIZ: My people in Seattle

don't want your money.

They want the product.

Well, that's just
too bad for them.

CAM: Screw you.
We're out of here.

No, you're not. Ow!

Let go of me!

(groaning) PRITCHARD: Come on.

You haven't heard my offer.

(panting)

(gunshot)

COLBY: Don, they've been inside

going on eight

minutes now. DON: I
got SWAT scrambling.

I should be there in 15
with mobile command.

DON: All right?
I don't like this.

I shouldn't have let her go in.

COLBY: All right. Wait.

Here they come.

Where's Liz?

DAVID: And where's

he going so fast?

(sighs, car alarm chirps)

What is wrong with you?!

You left her alone in there.

What kind of animal after
what happened the last time?

No. Pritchard gave me an
hour to go get the stuff we got

from Paloma and
get back in there.

(panting)

Okay, what's the chance
that he is really gonna hurt her?

Oh, p... Listen to me.
The best play is for me

to go get the drugs
and get back in there.

(panting)

Come on. Look at you.

You're shaking.

It's not because of
any hit on the head.

You are jonesing for a fix.

That is because I am clean.

I could have gone and
fixed up, but I didn't.

Man, I want what you want.

Let's get Liz out of there.

(panting)

Even if we give
him what he wants,

there's no guarantee
we get her out safely.

Killing comes easy to this guy,

and we already know that.

My mistake was letting you sell
me on this from the beginning.

Now, what the hell
happened to the plan?

All right, Pritchard's a much
more intelligent businessman

than I could have anticipated.

He's a psychopath drug dealer
with a tenth-grade education.

But he's a savant when
it comes to business.

He wasn't lured
by a quick profit.

He knew that selling out
would ultimately dirty the brand.

Charlie, we gotta
do something here.

All right? Let's
just focus. David?

You've got options.
You've got SWAT, HRT.

Wait, wait. You're gonna just

pull your guy, just take off?

I can't justify

sending Cam back in there.

That just puts a
second agent at risk.

No way I'm walking
away from this.

You want me to
make that an order?

Wait, wait... CAM: Go ahead.

And lose six RICO indictments,
your trafficking cases,

and every other investigation

that I have busted
my ass on for you.

You know what, man? You got
it. Go for it. DON: All right, all right.

All right, let's just
focus here, okay?

Let's put together a plan.

SWAT's an option.
Not the best one.

DON: No, I don't know
about that, Charlie.

This guy sees he's surrounded,

it might be more
than he bargained for.

Look, right now, we have an
unexpected asymmetric advantage

over the Nash equilibrium...

What? Game theory.

Pritchard doesn't realize
he's dealing with us.

And revealing that by
surrounding the place with SWAT

is like Odysseus
telling the Trojans

that their gift horse
is full of Greeks.

Come on, let's go.
We're running out of time.

You're making a mistake.

Burning your relationship
with the people I work for.

I don't need

you or your people
to break into Seattle.

Once I grow the market here,

I'll expand.

Word gets out how
you do business,

no one's gonna deal with you.

I'm not going to
let word get out.

How the hell

did Cam land someone like you?

I don't understand.

Is it serious?

Depends.

On what?

If his ass gets back
here with my drugs.

(chuckles)

(knocking on door, door opens)

Let her go first.

Um... no.

It better all be here.

(explosion)

FBI!

Hands in the air!

David, I need medical!

No, it's all right. It's
all right. It's all right.

What do you mean, it's
all right? It caught the vest.

Are you hit?

No, I'm fine.

(sighs) Oh, God.

You guys all right?

DAVID: We're good.

♪ Out on this hot
street, breaking sun ♪

♪ Everybody watch
as I come undone ♪

♪ Oh, my God... ♪

Good job, buddy.

Good job.

If I had done a good job, she
wouldn't have been in there

to begin with. Hey, look,

next time, maybe
you do things different,

but she didn't get hurt.

That's all I asked.

What's this?

Promotion's been approved.

I'm not around,
you're in charge.

Oh.

(laughing) I don't
know. I think it's time

I started taking
some long weekends.

What do you think?

♪ Seems like the best
thing to do is cry... ♪

Whew!

♪ So I laid on the blacktop
and started to die... ♪

(sighs)

It's gonna be a big change.

You ready?

I'm a little nervous
to wear a suit again.

(laughs)

That's not what I meant.

I know.

♪ Down in the gutter where
the needle's in charge... ♪

You're stalling.

I know.

I don't want to go in there.

You have to.

And not just 'cause
it's regulations.

Now, go. Come on.

Get out of my car.

♪ Just don't let the
medicine take care of it... ♪

You got plans 30 days from now?

I do.

I'll be here.

That's a good thing.

Now, seriously, go, get out.

♪ Now watch it, I don't
wanna close my eyes... ♪

ALAN: On an inbound
pass under your own bucket,

the best way to get a
man free is to set a pick,

or maybe even a double-screen

like this.

See? Then... he's free.

Wait. What happened
to flooding the area?

Huh?

You know, where you sent
all the guys into the corner?

Flooding the zone.

That's when you're playing
against a zone defense.

But most of the teams

in CalSci's division
run a man-to-man.

See, uh...

(laughs)

You're not interested
in this at all, are you?

Not really.

But that doesn't mean that
I'm not having a good time.

Oh, come on. Now
you're just being kind.

No, I'm not.

I really like spending
time with you,

and we don't get
to do it very often.

No. You know, we don't.

Besides, you know, I love that

you and Charlie have
a passion for this game,

and if I'm going to be
part of the family someday,

I might as well learn it now.

Don't be ridiculous.

You're already
part of the family,

even if Charlie hasn't
got his act together

and made it official.

I know. Right?

What's up with that?

What's up with what?

Hi. Uh, nothing.

Hi.

What are you guys doing?

We're hanging out.

Where's Charlie? I don't know.

He was here a moment ago.

He went into the house
and didn't come back.

(clears throat) All right.

Bye. Bye.

So, what is up with that?

Hey.

Hey. What's going on?

I'm just watching the news here.

This-This

story about a tunnel running
under the US-Mexican border.

Customs can't even estimate

the amount of drugs
that got through.

This other story

about women smuggling
in drugs from Haiti.

Oh, here we go...

So, let's say my economic
modeling theory works.

We stop the flow of
Hawaiian ice. Mm-hmm.

Something else is just
going to take its place, right?

What, did you think
you were gonna

save the world, Charlie?

Not the whole world.

(sighs)

Look, you know,

we just got to fight
the little battles.

Even if there's no
shot of winning the war?

Well, things are better today
than they were yesterday, right?

Look, any time you have an
idea like this, my door's wide open.

Okay?

Technically, you
don't have a door.

You have a cubicle.

I have a door.

Oh, that's nice. You got
to work your way up to it.

(both arguing playfully,
talking over each other)

Oh...!

♪ Just don't let the
medicine take care of it. ♪