Numb3rs (2005–2010): Season 5, Episode 9 - Conspiracy Theory - full transcript
The team descends into a bit of madness as working with a conspiracy theorist to solve bombing case exposes each of their own peculiar beliefs. Meanwhile, a mysterious stranger saves an agent's life.
MAN: We are joined
today with friends
as far away as China and
as nearby as Beverly Hills.
It's an especially trying time.
Financial crisis, Wall
Street's roller coaster ride.
Instability of our
friends in the Mideast.
I look forward to
a very productive
and focused two days.
I want to...
(explosion)
(tape rewinding)
That's our suspect.
A waiter who was
working the event.
It's been an
especially trying time.
Bomb squad found this
digital camera at ground zero.
Second floor conference room.
All right, so tell me
about the meeting.
Global Enhancement Organization.
Goal is to support health,
science, save the wildlife.
Already ran Hitchcock
here through Quantico.
Nothing yet.
DON: What? Same guy?
Mm-hmm. Look at the time stamp.
Five minutes before the blast.
No plates, no I.D.
Like he knew it was coming.
David? Yeah?
What have you got, anything?
Colby says no casualties.
All right, so tell him to
focus on forensics, all right?
All right, that's a det
cord with a delay fuse.
So I'm thinking
a little bit of TNT
with a dash of ammonium nitrate.
That's the same recipe
as Timothy McVeigh,
just a whole lot smaller.
All right. MAN: Agent Eppes?
Yeah. I'm told you're
the man in charge.
Who are you? Uh, Brett Hanson.
I own this building.
Look, these people
were my responsibility.
You have any
leads? Anything at all?
Let me ask you something.
Any idea why
someone would want
to video you guys?
What do you mean? Hold on.
Hey, Liz, show
Mr. Hanson that video.
And make sure he sees a doctor.
David.
Yeah? McVeigh was Army, right?
Yeah, bronze star
in the Gulf War.
DON: That truck, get someone...
Oscar, you find a reason
to stop that truck. Go.
Oklahoma City, they found
multiple devices, right?
Yeah.
That second one was a fake. Why?
Copycat.
Wouldn't necessarily know that.
Colby's still in the building.
Evacuate the building! Get out!
Get out of the building! Go!
Colby! Colby!
Get out!
Evac now! Boss's orders!
COLBY: All right, let's go!
Let's go.
DON: Let's go, let's
go, let's go, let's go!
Get out now!
Come on, get out!
Go! Go! Move!
(glass shattering)
So secondary blasts
trashed the camera...
but some digital
information survives.
(sighing) Okay, good point.
I'll go see Charlie.
(siren wailing)
All right, the Global
Enhancement Organization.
COLBY: Founded in 2000 with
"The expressed
notion that you can
make the world a better place."
DON: Well, look at
this: Brett Hanson,
Dan Clement, Laurence Jones,
Pierre Winters.
What, this is like the
billionaires boys' club.
Yeah. And the amount of
people these guys pissed off,
I mean, anyone
could be a target.
That's theory number one.
Justin Koppen?
Yeah, the big-time
financier and arms dealer
who's on the FBI watch list
for the train bombing in India.
Why's a guy like that
gonna risk coming here
to talk about global warming?
COLBY: Then there's
theory number two.
(mouse clicks)
These guys say
that the GEO is just
a front for powerful businessmen
who are trying to plan
the new world order.
Blames them for everything
from rising gas prices to Katrina.
(mouse clicks)
Not a fan of ours.
"Slaughter at Waco,"
"Massacre at Ruby Ridge,"
"FBI: Fools
Bureaucrats and Idiots."
Sounds like a motive to me.
All right, so what?
You-You blow up the GEO...
Then wait for us to respond,
set off a second bomb,
you got a two for one.
118 degrees,
19 minutes, 19 seconds.
It's more than a
location, it's a landmark.
Ladies and gentleman,
Operation Tinseltown.
Casualties are an
expected part of covert ops.
Well, we can skip that part.
At CalSci, the slide rule
has always been
mightier than the sword.
And I truly believe
Friday night's prank
will be our finest hour.
LIZ: Well, I'd recommend
coming in from the north side.
I hear the cameras
have a blind spot.
CHARLIE: Excuse me, folks,
while I show this
lovely FBI agent
the, um, domino wave
analysis that we're all working on.
Follow me.
Two words everybody
needs to remember:
Plausible deniability.
We got two dead,
both rescue workers.
What about that yellow truck?
Pulled a Houdini on us. We're
running down a partial plate.
And the employees?
Everybody checks out,
except for him.
Catering company has him I.D.'d
as John Booth.
Address: nonexistent.
Let me guess.
A loner who kept to himself.
You don't tell a lot of people
that you plan on
blowing up their building.
What about the members?
Took off like the
Jamaican track team.
Trying to follow up.
We're having no luck so far.
Here we go.
Here's video from the security
camera in the courtyard.
DON: All right, so, uh...
just run it through
facial I.D., right?
LIZ: Here's the video camera.
Data was damaged
in a bomb blast.
CHARLIE: Uh, this is the
California Pacific Club?
I saw this on CNN.
(audio fast-forwarding)
The megahertz
electric field strength
must have fried this footage.
Well, that's our suspect.
We were hoping you might
be able to restore it.
Department of Traffic
caught these, if
it helps you at all.
You know, this is great.
Meaning you'll be
able to fix the video?
No.
But I will be able to test a
theory I've been reading about:
forensic video reconstruction.
Imagine...
An emperor penguin.
Emperor penguins look identical,
and they have
no fixed nest sites,
so they have to rely solely
on vocal calls for identification.
But with so many penguins
singing out at once,
they have to rely on
multiple identifications
to reach their families.
An application of forensic
video reconstruction
could scan videos
from all around the city
from, uh, Caltrans, LAPD,
to find multiple
positive identifications
like, uh, car models,
um, images of the driver.
Connect the dots and
track his movements.
Nice finish.
(beeping)
Hey, bud.
The yellow truck was a dead end.
Just some lookie-loo trying to
get his 15 minutes on YouTube.
DAVID: Nice to know the GEO is
less popular than we are.
COLBY: 37 sites, 37 nine balls.
Most of the domain
names were registered
under aliases or anonymously.
I mean, bottom line, it's gonna
take awhile to track
these guys down.
Well, forensics on the
bombs, mostly amateur stuff.
M.O. doesn't match any
organizations we have on file.
That rules out
foreign terrorists.
Or rule in any homegrown nut
with a library card
or the Internet.
Might also explain why
the first bomb didn't
kill anybody though.
If this guy was trying to hurt the
GEO, or maybe even the FBI...
He hasn't accomplished
either one yet.
Which means he'll
probably try again.
GEO's got an endowment
the size of Harvard.
Yeah, did you see where they
go every year for their meetings?
Like, St. Tropez,
Barcelona, Amalfi...
Strictly BYOJ:
Bring your own jet.
Yeah, not very green, huh?
I heard GEO's head honcho
just got released from the hospital.
Oh, yeah?
Should we go tag team him?
Okay, so, I answered
your phone this morning,
and I ended up in a conversation
with one Rabbi Berman...
Oh.
So I just want to make sure
you don't end up on
the roof with a fiddle.
Actually, I don't think you can
get on the roof of
my building, so...
Don Eppes finds a shrink
and God in the same year.
Can't wait to see
what happens next.
Well, maybe there's some
Jewish equivalent for sainthood.
You know, when
it comes to religion,
I tend to agree with
Clarence Darrow.
Fear of God isn't the
beginning of wisdom, it's the end.
When I need guidance,
I turn to the law.
It's been solving
problems for 4,000 years.
Yeah, well, I'm not
sure what I'm after,
but I don't think I'm gonna
find it in the penal code.
We've got sex...
politics, religion...
Two out of three ain't bad.
AMITA: According to my
favorite conspiracy Web site,
GEO secretly funds Al Qaeda.
That's more conspiracy nonsense.
Which in some instances...
Iran Contra...
turns out to be true.
Yeah, and in most cases...
9/11... Turns out not to be.
LARRY (over radio): Most
conspiracy theories fail
because they assume
that we humans act
in a clear and rational manner.
AMITA (over radio):
Graham Allison
called it his
rationality theorem.
Pearl Harbor, for
example... FDR let it happen.
He had evidence an attack
was imminent, but the Army
was looking for a sabotage,
not an aerial assault.
Of course, Paul
McCartney dying in 1966,
being replaced
by a look-alike...
that is, of course, pure fact.
What?
LARRY: Oh, yeah.
Check out the cover
of Abbey Road.
The clues are all over it.
We have our suspect's
last tracked position.
Oh. Good.
AMITA (over radio): Looks like it's
outside a house somewhere in the Valley.
Mr. Hanson, isn't this, like,
the car James
Dean used to drive?
Yeah. It's the same
one he got killed in.
Oh.
I run one of the biggest
hedge funds in America.
I think I'm more responsible
than he was.
ROBIN: A lot of your
critics would like to see
this baby wrapped around a tree.
Mmm.
Let's save ourselves some time.
GEO is not planning
a new world order.
We did not fake
the moon landing.
We do not have Osama
bin Laden tied up someplace
with a red ball in his mouth.
Much as I would like
that last one to be true.
So what do you do?
Bring irrigation to
a village in Kenya.
Help a 12-year-old boy
get a new leg.
For every wacko you produce,
I have three thankful mothers.
And how about Justin Koppen,
the arms dealer?
Mr. Koppen built
an emergency room
on the West Bank.
He's on your bad list,
not mine.
So who are your enemies?
Every company I
ever bought and sold.
Think you could
help us get ahold of
the membership list of the GEO?
GEO is a private organization.
That's why we have
the members that we do.
But I'll make
some calls for you,
see if I can't get you
some cooperation.
CHARLIE: So the program was able
to positively I.D. and
capture over 70 images
from various cameras
around the city.
And when they're all
edited together, it shows
our suspect's movements
after he left the club.
Let me see.
(typing)
"3456 Old Farm Road."
DAVID: "Roy McGill."
Arrested in 2006 for threatening
the life of a federal agent.
DOJ lists him as a
person of interest.
He took five tours of the
Pentagon in three months.
LIZ: Used different
names, disguises,
but not exactly
Carlos the Jackal.
DAVID: Those bombs
were planted by amateurs.
LIZ: "Groups like the FBI
and GEO must be stopped
(now over speaker): by
any means necessary."
Graduated with a
degree in visual arts.
Calls himself a
"documentarian specializing in
films exposing the
truth about America."
Since when do film
schools offer classes
on how to blow up buildings?
Print out his work
and home address.
(over speaker): Colby
and I will go pick him up.
I am very proud to be here today
to talk to you about
the goals of the GEO.
This is a difficult time...
(audio rewinding)
FBI. Don't do anything stupid.
(sing-songy): You're being
videotaped. I'm warning you.
Hey, put that thing down.
Help! Help! They're
going to kill me!
We're not gonna kill you.
What's going on in here?
Ma'am, we're the FBI;
we need you to get into
the other room... you, too,
guys. Randy, call the police.
Yeah, Randy, go call the police!
(laughing): Oh,
yeah, fake badges!
What, you don't think
I've seen The Departed?
You guys are here to execute me.
Let me see that badge.
Listen, the badge is real
and so is the jail
you're gonna wind up in.
Now get out of here!
Scram! Move!
Oh, you can scare them,
but you cannot scare me.
I will not go peacefully.
Will you go with pepper
spray in your face?
Okay, hands behind
my back, right?
Hey, Randy, Jenny, the new
guy... Don't let my work be in vain!
Yeah, don't let
my work be in vain!
Attica! Attica! Left or right?
Right. Okay.
ALAN: Hello, hello?
Hello?
Dad? Dad? Hello? What?
You have to wait for it to
ring, and then you answer it.
No, I could swear
I heard someone,
and party lines have been
gone since World War II.
Hey, the Hollywood sign?
What's this got to do with math?
We're helping out with
this year's CalSci prank.
Pranks. (chuckles)
I loved pranks
when was I was in college.
Hey, listen to this.
You know, one time,
we actually stuffed...
ten frat brothers into
a phone booth, right?
Ten pounds of manure
into the Dean's car.
And it was the Architectural
Society, for your information.
Oh, uh, by the way,
have you factored in
the stress on the metal
in the existing structure?
No, not yet.
I could be of help
to you on this.
And besides, it
would be a good idea
to have an adult presence,
just in case the police show up.
(laughs) Thank you.
The more I think about it,
you should take my place.
I don't need another
blot on my record.
Hey, blots? I have
plenty of those.
Record? I told
you about the time
I got arrested, right? Arrested?
No, you didn't.
(chuckles)
Oh.
Well, I was at this
Pink Floyd concert,
and the guy that I
was with had this joint,
and, uh,
there was this
undercover cop, and...
It was actually
a really funny story.
Sounds hilarious.
I guess you had to be there.
I thought your goons were there
to kill me 'cause of what I did.
We don't shoot
people, Mr. McGill.
We prefer to put them on trial.
My exposé on Roswell did
shine an embarrassing light
on the FBI...
His exposé on Roswell.
The Ruby Ridge
film... Ruby Ridge!
You remember the film!
I knew it was too realistic...
I knew it... I shouldn't have
shot the recreations in Super 8.
And the piece I did on Hitler
escaping to the
Arctic in a submarine...
No good. Too real.
Let's discuss your bombing
of the California Pacific Club.
M-Me? B-Bomb?
Yeah, you.
Mm...
You guys are crazy.
Look, we got a fake job
application, we got video
of you leaving five minutes
before the explosion.
You understand?
Your face on
hidden video camera.
Oh! You have my footage?!
I really want to put
this on my Web site.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa...
Which isn't exactly
the alibi of the year.
Guys, I was trying to
expose the GEO cabal.
Like they give a crap
about carbon footprints.
Mm-mm-mm.
They plan how the
stock market will perform,
decide presidential elections,
all right?
Even who will win
the Super Bowl.
How else do you think
the Patriots lost
last year, hmm?
16 and 0?
And then lost? Come on, people.
Just tell me this: Why'd
you leave five minutes early?
I think Hanson was onto me.
All right. He knew
I'd come back later.
Can I get my footage back?
Deadline for
Sundance is coming up.
Bye, guys.
Boy, McGill's got some
interesting theories:
"George Bush is a Soviet spy.
"Lincoln planned
his own assassination
because he was gay."
I didn't know Jim Morrison
and Marilyn Monroe were living
on an island in the Caribbean.
We should think
about taking a visit.
This guy has everything here
but the Kennedy conspiracy.
Even a nut knows by now
that Oswald acted alone.
What, three shots in 4.8
seconds with a bolt action
whose scope wasn't
properly aligned? Come on.
He was U.S. military trained.
Ballistics proved that the
first shot came from the front.
Then there's the
whole paraffin test.
Which is unreliable at best.
Three hobos were arrested
right after the shooting,
all clean-shaven with new shoes.
Maybe they read GQ.
Bad news. We're not finding much
to link this guy to the bombing.
No explosive residue?
Not even a cigarette
and a match.
Maybe he wiped the place clean.
Maybe, but then the air
would have explosive toxins,
and that you can't wipe clean.
So maybe he assembled
the bombs somewhere else.
We scanned McGill's
car, his clothes, his body...
Something would've
come up positive.
It's not like I asked her
to convert, you know?
What do you mean?
She made fun of you?
Nah, you know, I don't know.
It's just that whole thing
of wanting the same things.
Yeah, so...
I mean, what if she didn't
want the same things exactly?
Well, that's what I'm
saying... I don't know, I just...
Yeah, but you don't understand.
See, that's an important
part about a relationship.
Nice shot.
No, I mean, do you
think that your mother
and I agreed on everything?
Not on your cooking,
that's for sure.
(chuckling)
No, she hated my meat loaf.
And she forced me
to learn how to
make steak pizzaiola.
That, I maintain,
is good for all of us.
Yeah, but what you
don't understand is
it's the differences
that make us stronger.
LARRY: You know, I think
we're gonna need more
green light for this to work.
I just can't believe that Amita
believes in conspiracy theories.
Well, I mean,
there are incidents
like the Black Sox
scandal, Watergate,
that would seem to
validate Amita's point.
The rifle Oswald
used had iron sights.
He didn't need a scope.
J. Edgar Hoover, prior to
the assassination, mind you,
warned that there were
two Oswalds out there,
based on files
discovered by the FBI.
Right, and analysts later proved
that it was the same
handwriting, equaling one guy.
H.L. Mencken said that "The
central belief of every moron
"is that he is the
victim of a conspiracy
"and that his failure
to get on is the fault
of werewolves on Wall Street."
Wait a second. Did you
just call me a moron?
H.L. Mencken did.
Mm.
LARRY: Ew...
Well, let's hope
that Mencken was wrong
about the werewolf part.
Howard Hunt's
deathbed confession...
He said that Kennedy
was having an affair
with the wife of a CIA agent.
Named Cord Meyer, who
divorced his wife in '58,
and the affair started in '62.
What else you got?
ALAN: I don't know.
The telephone
repairman never came.
What's wrong with it?
Just the... there's a
bunch of weird noises.
What, like it's being tapped?
Well, you were under
investigation, you know?
Dad, did you leave
the door open? No.
All right, don't touch anything.
I knew that phone
was being tapped.
DON: Yeah, all right, good.
So Charlie's office and
David's car were also hit.
Well, they didn't
break the door.
Dad, I think we're
dealing with pros here.
Some pros.
They didn't take the LCD
or your grandmother's
silverware.
Well, they weren't
after any of that stuff.
What do you think
they were after?
Something to do with the case.
They were in your
brother's office.
What if they didn't find
what they were looking for?
It's just weird that
they left my work alone.
You know what's really weird?
Is this place looks cleaner now
than it did before the burglary.
Well, they passed
through the triple security
with relative ease.
LIZ: Yeah, which means...?
Let me put it to you this way:
You know the laser guidance
system the Army uses
for smart bombs?
We use the same encryption.
What was on there?
Just some of my work
on representation theory.
But, you know, my
work with the FBI
is well-documented.
So maybe they were looking for
a backdoor into
classified files.
Well, whoever did this hit your
office, house and David's car.
Pretty thorough.
Hey, there you've got
your classic Venn diagram.
You figure out where
these sets overlap
and you will know
what they were looking for.
Larry says it's like
a Venn diagram.
Charlie's office and house.
Makes you think they're
after something of his.
Yeah, but the break-in
in David's car doesn't fit.
Where were you
guys prior to that?
We arrested McGill.
You took him in?
No. I mean, we called in a unit.
We didn't want to waste
time processing him.
Don wanted us to toss the house.
So any evidence you collected
from McGill's documentary
would have been in David's car.
Yeah, but there wasn't
anything new there.
I mean, it was just
old footage of Hanson.
Yeah, but a burglar
wouldn't have known that.
Yeah. So they're
after the videotape.
ROBIN: You know, for a guy in
charge, Hanson hasn't gotten us very far
on the GEO guest list.
On the other hand,
McGill may not be so crazy.
Okay,
he's crazy, but that doesn't
mean that he's wrong.
I've managed to I.D.
19 members off
anti-GEO Web sites.
Look at the company profiles.
Between their factories,
they're exploiting half
the children in China.
Hey, Charlie,
where do you keep
your work on McGill?
My laptop, of course.
The processing speed for
this algorithm was relatively low.
Did you have it
with you last night?
Why? You think this is
what the burglars were after?
The video here?
I must have watched it ten
times before it was destroyed.
Just the backs of a
bunch of guys' heads
and Hanson talking
about falling yen.
Okay. Let's say the same
guy who set the bombs
also orchestrated the break-ins.
I mean, he found
out we had the tape,
and wanted to make
sure we couldn't be I.D.'d.
So we're saying that the burglar
and the bomber are the same guy.
Except David said that
the bombs were
purely amateur hour,
and these break-ins
are all high-end jobs.
Okay, so we're saying that
the burglar and the bomber
aren't the same guy.
Which does mean that
someone in the GEO
wants to keep his
identity a secret.
Who has the most to lose?
We don't know yet.
Maybe you do.
Simpson's Paradox.
I love that show.
Not Homer. Edward.
Edward Simpson.
You see, in both these years,
David Justice had a
higher batting average
than Derek Jeter.
But, if you factor in their
uneven number of at-bats,
Jeter beats him.
That doesn't mean that Jeter's
the better hitter either year.
Right. You go with what you
know, not with what you don't.
The guy we can identify. Hanson.
New World Order?
Cabal of Villains?
Do you really think
that I'm responsible
for these burglaries?
We're just saying
you seemed a little nervous
about the tape getting out,
so why don't you
tell us what happened
at the meeting?
That's privileged
information for members only.
They pay me to keep secrets.
You're on a fishing trip.
And we usually hook
a big one, so let's not
waste time here.
I can subpoena GEO's records.
I'm incorporated in Monte Carlo,
and I have President
Sarkozy's private number.
You have that much time?
Really? I do. Really.
Then let's at least
hope you find the
bomber by then.
It still amazes me
that there are people
that think that crime is
an acceptable way of life.
Well, you'd be surprised
what the human
mind can rationalize.
Just ask Dostoevsky.
Or Amita.
It was a misdemeanor. I
paid a fine and went home.
And not with my
date, for the record.
Yeah, well, who
hasn't had that happen?
I'm just surprised you
never mentioned it.
I can't tell you everything
that's ever happened in
my entire life. Why not?
Because, first of all, it's
not all that interesting.
Let me be the judge
of that, all right?
I'm late for my random
matrix theory lecture.
Is he being a little
dramatic, or is it just me?
You think I'm wrong.
Didn't seem like a big deal,
but maybe I should
have said something.
Charlie's life has always
been an open book, you know?
His family issues,
his personal problems.
Maybe you're right.
I really appreciate the insight.
It's a good talk, Larry.
Thanks.
No, I'm good. I can
finish up in here.
(screams)
Calm down.
We're not going to hurt you.
I know who did the bombing.
I have the proof.
The man leaves
no stone unturned.
Okay, okay, so I didn't tell you
guys about the second camera,
but...
I need you to protect me.
Don't worry... contrary to your
Web site, we are pretty
good at our jobs, so...
(gunshots) DAVID:
Down! Down! Down!
This is what happened in Waco!
DAVID & COLBY: Shut up!
I've got nothing.
(gunshots)
All right, I gotta
get a line of sight.
Move. Stay back.
Rooftop, 1:00.
We're about to move.
You stay with me. All right.
All right... three,
two,
one.
DAVID: Come on.
DAVID: Move!
"Treason doth never
prosper." Hmm?
The generals who sent
Dreyfus to Devil's Island
were honorable men.
Shh!
(whispering): Do you know
that the limousine
was cleaned right
outside the hospital.
Life magazine shows
a bucket of water
and a sponge
(voice gets louder): right
next to the car... why?
To destroy the
evidence, of course.
The Kennedy assassination
was a coup, plain and simple.
Shh!
(whispering): Shh!
Let's do this thing.
Just stay here, okay? Yeah...
So you don't get
hurt before you finish.
Yeah. All right.
What the hell is this?
L.A.H.!
Live Action Hunting. Ooh!
Don't touch it!
You set up a remote control,
you can fire via laptop
from anywhere in the world.
Watch yourself, buddy.
Oh, don't worry
about me. I won't fall.
If I push you, you will.
Pretty cool.
Dude wasn't up here.
Wanted to trick you guys.
No. He wanted to distract us.
My camera!
Gone.
Son of a bitch is good.
There goes our chance of
getting the bomber on tape.
Not necessarily.
This one had the best angle,
and a stronger housing.
MCGILL: Camera
was on a time delay,
motion sensor.
What you're seeing
right now, this is...
everything here is
from the night before.
LIZ: Should be clear
enough for a jury.
ROBIN: How long to run
him through facial recognition?
Well, it depends on
what databases he's in.
(clears throat)
You don't have to.
May I? Mm-hmm.
LIZ: Jeff Jonze. White
Alliance. You know him?
Blames the blacks and the
Jews for the downfall of America.
Guy's a real nut.
He gives us civic
investigators a bad name.
Everyone hates him.
So what do you want to do now?
I don't know.
I'm pretty drunk.
Maybe go home and take
care of my other problem.
(laughing)
FBI! Let me see your hands!
COLBY: Hands! Let
me see those hands!
Everybody down! Stay down!
Can you move? Okay.
Then go. Come on.
(man grunts)
(man moaning)
What the hell happened?
You okay? Yeah.
Guy just saved my life.
DAVID: I don't
think it's a big deal.
I guess you're
right. It's just, uh...
Look at your brother.
That man dated an ATF agent,
an FBI agent, now an AUSA.
Three women, all packing heat.
You can sleep on that.
COLBY: Just a
shadow. That's all we got.
It's like looking
at a comic book.
DAVID: Lab results are back.
Bomb residue all over
Jonze's apartment,
and under his fingernails.
ERT found this in his
apartment... 50 grand.
I guess his reasons
for the bombing
were financial, not political.
Jonze's background,
it does make for the
perfect cover, you know.
Don't even say
it. He was a patsy.
Any prints?
Yeah, we pulled two sets.
They're both latent.
The first ones match Jonze;
second ones no-go.
CHARLIE: You know,
fingerprints can reveal
more than a person's identity.
They can tell us
what he touched.
You think anyone around
here might have a, uh,
a book of matches?
Desorption
electrospray ionization.
Any substance
heated enough will emit
unique spectral lines
in a specific color.
For instance, a
fireworks display,
where every explosive
has a signature display
and color pattern.
The Crossette, which contains
several large gold
and silver stars.
The Kamuro is a dense burst,
which leaves a
heavy, red glitter trail.
Each substance on
a human fingerprint
also burns at a specific
color temperature
revealing its
chemical property...
I.e. acetate, mercury, water.
I can run this print through
CalSci's mass spectrometer,
compare those results
to EPA reports, and
look for chemical matches
based on geography.
Narrow down
where this guy lives.
LIZ: Higher cheek bones.
So, Jonze spent his last
day visiting a prostitute
and his buddy in prison.
Two different stops, I hope.
COLBY: Yeah. So the cell
phone dump led us nowhere,
which leads me to
"waiting on Charlie" time.
MCGILL: That the, uh...
guy who smoked Jonze?
Leaner and, uh,
more hollow eyes.
Jonze had it coming.
Me and my buddy, Loch Ness 007,
we used to see him at protests,
and he always wanted to, like,
you know, just
start fights with us.
Even wanted to do a film
on him, but nobody...
nobody had the guts.
Yeah, something like him.
(gasps): Oh, my God!
MCGILL: Yeah. You
know who that is?
Howard freakin'
Hughes saved your life.
Howard Hughes is dead.
Suspect opens his mouth,
it's automatically a lie?
Hm?
Read it in the New York Times,
and ooh, it's gospel.
All right, it does kind of
look like Howard Hughes.
How's it going?
Good.
The computer's prioritizing
the geography right now.
I brought you a peace offering.
What do you mean,
peace offering?
I'm not mad at you.
Just take it.
I started writing
it when I was 13.
I can't read this.
This is personal.
I don't have any
secrets from you, Charlie.
That's kind of nice,
not being the one to apologize.
(computer beeps)
That's interesting.
All right, so this is
a list of substances
we found on the
suspect's finger.
We were able to match
the most unique properties
to their indigenous areas.
Parkway trees,
levels of sulfur dioxide,
the pH value of the soil
led me to Hancock Park.
We got nitromethane.
That's an organic
compound widely used
in the manufacture of
pesticides and explosives.
So whoever paid Jonze
must have handled the bombs.
CHARLIE: Yeah,
that's what we assumed,
but we didn't find any
matches at the crime scene.
What we did find a match to,
oddly enough, is, uh, methanol.
Racing fuel?
That's funny... Hanson
races cars, but, I mean,
why is a guy gonna
blow up his own meeting?
Where's the rendering
of Hanson's club?
I want to see the
forensic blast pattern.
All right, now,
first bomb, that
cleared the building.
Bomb number two hit one of
the three main
load-bearing girders.
Bomb number three...
and number four
damaged the remaining two.
Whoever set those bombs
meant to collapse that building,
or at least guarantee
that it had to be torn down.
I think we can do better.
I think the top floor needs
some work. Mr. Hanson.
You have an appointment?
Guys, you want to give
us a minute here? FBI.
Thanks.
You should take a look at these.
"Los Angeles
Landmark and
Preservation Society."
COLBY: We found the blueprints
you filed with
the city office...
Or rather, your
offshore account filed,
under the guise of a
nonprofit organization.
We know you fought
unsuccessfully, three years ago,
to have the status
of your building
taken off the landmark list.
I think you've been reading
those conspiracy Web
pages a little too much.
I'm no expert, but my
guess is, a high-rise
at this location's got
to fetch at least, what,
$300, $400 million?
Clearly, you couldn't
get it town down, so
you had it blown up.
You're gonna have
to do better than that.
COLBY: No problem.
Here you go.
Let me see those hands.
Let's go.
LIZ: How'd you get that photo?
Turns out Loch Ness 007 has
bigger cojones than I thought.
(clears throat)
He was secretly filming Jonze
when he spotted him
having drinks with Hanson.
Loch Ness was about
to break a... huge story
on GEO starting a
new Hitler Youth Center.
Well...
there goes his exclusive.
Tell him not to be
too upset... I mean,
that photo will send
Hanson to jail for the rest
of his life.
We, um, you know, we
could really use your insight
on the Kennedy assassination.
I'll make you a gold
circle member of my group.
DAVID: I'm with Groucho Marx.
If that's who's
asking, I'm not joining.
Oh. Uh-huh, uh-huh, okay.
Ooh, go ahead, make fun of me.
But I was right about
the GEO members.
Those are bad guys.
Hanson, yeah, but...
it doesn't mean that
GEO's fixing the Super Bowl.
Just wait until this year.
You know something?
All I'm gonna say,
take the points,
hit the over.
Points... Over...
Shh... (clicks tongue)
Hit... the over.
(whispers): Hit the over.
Game, set, match...
Hanson loses.
Yep.
I guess I kind of pissed
you off before, huh?
This is where we talk
about it, remember?
It's not exactly like I know
where I'm going with any of this.
I just need you
to be there for me.
I am.
Where? Kings?
Oh... Wilshire Boulevard Temple?
A rabbi and a lawyer
are having a debate.
Ethics, politics and religion.
And the rabbi's
gonna kick his ass.
What makes you so sure?
I like the guy in his corner.
You'll see.
ALAN: Yeah, I know
Donnie mentioned
that you two are
having quite the debate
about the Kennedy
assassination, huh?
DAVID: Well, can it really
be considered a debate
if the other side
has no valid points?
This guy still believes
in the Tooth Fairy.
It was the Brown
Derby... That's where I was
when I got the news
that Kennedy was shot.
There was a group of us
that was very dissatisfied
with the Warren
Commission findings,
especially that thing
about the "magic bullet" theory.
So, uh, we decided
to make an inquiry of our own.
It was a conspiracy.
He acted alone, right?
We, uh, didn't agree
with each other, either.
About anything.
It all ended when Dan Sacks
punched Terry Lowey in the face.
I-I never spoke to
any of them again.
(clears throat)
(Hanson GEO video
playing indistinctly in distance)
HANSON (on video): It's
an especially trying time.
The, uh... financial crisis.
Wall Steet's
roller coaster ride.
Instability of our
friends in the Mideast...
and who knows what
act of Mother Nature next.
I'd like to start...
Guess I owe you a thank you...
for saving my agent.
It's a little outside
my job description,
but I wasn't gonna watch a
scumbag kill a beautiful woman.
Well, what exactly
were you hired to do?
Watch the footage,
make sure one member of the GEO
doesn't show up on any of it.
And?
We're all good here.
Oh, you think?
Shooting at federal
agents? Sorry I scared
your guys, but I never
came close to hitting them.
We're all on the same team.
Consider how I got in here.
Piece of friendly advice:
you might want to
get this place swept
a little more
frequently for bugs.
Who do I send the bill
for the car window to?
Langley?
This certainly is some view.
It certainly is.
LARRY (over radio):
Goldilocks to Papa Bear.
Can you hear me? Over.
Yeah. Larry, we don't need
use the walkie-talkies when
we're this close to each other,
do we?
I just wanted to say
we're ready. On my three count.
Oh, wait, let me get my camera.
(chuckles)
Rolling.
Three... two... one...
Ignite.
(laughing)
Got it.
Charles Eppes.
Yes?
You have just
committed a felony,
and I have the
evidence to prove it.
That's not funny. (laughs)
Come on, give me the camera.
No. You know, I don't know if I
can go out with a man that
constantly breaks the law.
Oh, right. I mean, first, illicit
e-mails to Pakistan, now this...
Give me the camera.
Yeah... mwah... just
give me the camera.
I'm serious.
All right, you know what
I'm gonna do? What?
Post your diary
online. No, you're not.
Yeah, I am. No, you're not.
I am. What's that Web site...?
today with friends
as far away as China and
as nearby as Beverly Hills.
It's an especially trying time.
Financial crisis, Wall
Street's roller coaster ride.
Instability of our
friends in the Mideast.
I look forward to
a very productive
and focused two days.
I want to...
(explosion)
(tape rewinding)
That's our suspect.
A waiter who was
working the event.
It's been an
especially trying time.
Bomb squad found this
digital camera at ground zero.
Second floor conference room.
All right, so tell me
about the meeting.
Global Enhancement Organization.
Goal is to support health,
science, save the wildlife.
Already ran Hitchcock
here through Quantico.
Nothing yet.
DON: What? Same guy?
Mm-hmm. Look at the time stamp.
Five minutes before the blast.
No plates, no I.D.
Like he knew it was coming.
David? Yeah?
What have you got, anything?
Colby says no casualties.
All right, so tell him to
focus on forensics, all right?
All right, that's a det
cord with a delay fuse.
So I'm thinking
a little bit of TNT
with a dash of ammonium nitrate.
That's the same recipe
as Timothy McVeigh,
just a whole lot smaller.
All right. MAN: Agent Eppes?
Yeah. I'm told you're
the man in charge.
Who are you? Uh, Brett Hanson.
I own this building.
Look, these people
were my responsibility.
You have any
leads? Anything at all?
Let me ask you something.
Any idea why
someone would want
to video you guys?
What do you mean? Hold on.
Hey, Liz, show
Mr. Hanson that video.
And make sure he sees a doctor.
David.
Yeah? McVeigh was Army, right?
Yeah, bronze star
in the Gulf War.
DON: That truck, get someone...
Oscar, you find a reason
to stop that truck. Go.
Oklahoma City, they found
multiple devices, right?
Yeah.
That second one was a fake. Why?
Copycat.
Wouldn't necessarily know that.
Colby's still in the building.
Evacuate the building! Get out!
Get out of the building! Go!
Colby! Colby!
Get out!
Evac now! Boss's orders!
COLBY: All right, let's go!
Let's go.
DON: Let's go, let's
go, let's go, let's go!
Get out now!
Come on, get out!
Go! Go! Move!
(glass shattering)
So secondary blasts
trashed the camera...
but some digital
information survives.
(sighing) Okay, good point.
I'll go see Charlie.
(siren wailing)
All right, the Global
Enhancement Organization.
COLBY: Founded in 2000 with
"The expressed
notion that you can
make the world a better place."
DON: Well, look at
this: Brett Hanson,
Dan Clement, Laurence Jones,
Pierre Winters.
What, this is like the
billionaires boys' club.
Yeah. And the amount of
people these guys pissed off,
I mean, anyone
could be a target.
That's theory number one.
Justin Koppen?
Yeah, the big-time
financier and arms dealer
who's on the FBI watch list
for the train bombing in India.
Why's a guy like that
gonna risk coming here
to talk about global warming?
COLBY: Then there's
theory number two.
(mouse clicks)
These guys say
that the GEO is just
a front for powerful businessmen
who are trying to plan
the new world order.
Blames them for everything
from rising gas prices to Katrina.
(mouse clicks)
Not a fan of ours.
"Slaughter at Waco,"
"Massacre at Ruby Ridge,"
"FBI: Fools
Bureaucrats and Idiots."
Sounds like a motive to me.
All right, so what?
You-You blow up the GEO...
Then wait for us to respond,
set off a second bomb,
you got a two for one.
118 degrees,
19 minutes, 19 seconds.
It's more than a
location, it's a landmark.
Ladies and gentleman,
Operation Tinseltown.
Casualties are an
expected part of covert ops.
Well, we can skip that part.
At CalSci, the slide rule
has always been
mightier than the sword.
And I truly believe
Friday night's prank
will be our finest hour.
LIZ: Well, I'd recommend
coming in from the north side.
I hear the cameras
have a blind spot.
CHARLIE: Excuse me, folks,
while I show this
lovely FBI agent
the, um, domino wave
analysis that we're all working on.
Follow me.
Two words everybody
needs to remember:
Plausible deniability.
We got two dead,
both rescue workers.
What about that yellow truck?
Pulled a Houdini on us. We're
running down a partial plate.
And the employees?
Everybody checks out,
except for him.
Catering company has him I.D.'d
as John Booth.
Address: nonexistent.
Let me guess.
A loner who kept to himself.
You don't tell a lot of people
that you plan on
blowing up their building.
What about the members?
Took off like the
Jamaican track team.
Trying to follow up.
We're having no luck so far.
Here we go.
Here's video from the security
camera in the courtyard.
DON: All right, so, uh...
just run it through
facial I.D., right?
LIZ: Here's the video camera.
Data was damaged
in a bomb blast.
CHARLIE: Uh, this is the
California Pacific Club?
I saw this on CNN.
(audio fast-forwarding)
The megahertz
electric field strength
must have fried this footage.
Well, that's our suspect.
We were hoping you might
be able to restore it.
Department of Traffic
caught these, if
it helps you at all.
You know, this is great.
Meaning you'll be
able to fix the video?
No.
But I will be able to test a
theory I've been reading about:
forensic video reconstruction.
Imagine...
An emperor penguin.
Emperor penguins look identical,
and they have
no fixed nest sites,
so they have to rely solely
on vocal calls for identification.
But with so many penguins
singing out at once,
they have to rely on
multiple identifications
to reach their families.
An application of forensic
video reconstruction
could scan videos
from all around the city
from, uh, Caltrans, LAPD,
to find multiple
positive identifications
like, uh, car models,
um, images of the driver.
Connect the dots and
track his movements.
Nice finish.
(beeping)
Hey, bud.
The yellow truck was a dead end.
Just some lookie-loo trying to
get his 15 minutes on YouTube.
DAVID: Nice to know the GEO is
less popular than we are.
COLBY: 37 sites, 37 nine balls.
Most of the domain
names were registered
under aliases or anonymously.
I mean, bottom line, it's gonna
take awhile to track
these guys down.
Well, forensics on the
bombs, mostly amateur stuff.
M.O. doesn't match any
organizations we have on file.
That rules out
foreign terrorists.
Or rule in any homegrown nut
with a library card
or the Internet.
Might also explain why
the first bomb didn't
kill anybody though.
If this guy was trying to hurt the
GEO, or maybe even the FBI...
He hasn't accomplished
either one yet.
Which means he'll
probably try again.
GEO's got an endowment
the size of Harvard.
Yeah, did you see where they
go every year for their meetings?
Like, St. Tropez,
Barcelona, Amalfi...
Strictly BYOJ:
Bring your own jet.
Yeah, not very green, huh?
I heard GEO's head honcho
just got released from the hospital.
Oh, yeah?
Should we go tag team him?
Okay, so, I answered
your phone this morning,
and I ended up in a conversation
with one Rabbi Berman...
Oh.
So I just want to make sure
you don't end up on
the roof with a fiddle.
Actually, I don't think you can
get on the roof of
my building, so...
Don Eppes finds a shrink
and God in the same year.
Can't wait to see
what happens next.
Well, maybe there's some
Jewish equivalent for sainthood.
You know, when
it comes to religion,
I tend to agree with
Clarence Darrow.
Fear of God isn't the
beginning of wisdom, it's the end.
When I need guidance,
I turn to the law.
It's been solving
problems for 4,000 years.
Yeah, well, I'm not
sure what I'm after,
but I don't think I'm gonna
find it in the penal code.
We've got sex...
politics, religion...
Two out of three ain't bad.
AMITA: According to my
favorite conspiracy Web site,
GEO secretly funds Al Qaeda.
That's more conspiracy nonsense.
Which in some instances...
Iran Contra...
turns out to be true.
Yeah, and in most cases...
9/11... Turns out not to be.
LARRY (over radio): Most
conspiracy theories fail
because they assume
that we humans act
in a clear and rational manner.
AMITA (over radio):
Graham Allison
called it his
rationality theorem.
Pearl Harbor, for
example... FDR let it happen.
He had evidence an attack
was imminent, but the Army
was looking for a sabotage,
not an aerial assault.
Of course, Paul
McCartney dying in 1966,
being replaced
by a look-alike...
that is, of course, pure fact.
What?
LARRY: Oh, yeah.
Check out the cover
of Abbey Road.
The clues are all over it.
We have our suspect's
last tracked position.
Oh. Good.
AMITA (over radio): Looks like it's
outside a house somewhere in the Valley.
Mr. Hanson, isn't this, like,
the car James
Dean used to drive?
Yeah. It's the same
one he got killed in.
Oh.
I run one of the biggest
hedge funds in America.
I think I'm more responsible
than he was.
ROBIN: A lot of your
critics would like to see
this baby wrapped around a tree.
Mmm.
Let's save ourselves some time.
GEO is not planning
a new world order.
We did not fake
the moon landing.
We do not have Osama
bin Laden tied up someplace
with a red ball in his mouth.
Much as I would like
that last one to be true.
So what do you do?
Bring irrigation to
a village in Kenya.
Help a 12-year-old boy
get a new leg.
For every wacko you produce,
I have three thankful mothers.
And how about Justin Koppen,
the arms dealer?
Mr. Koppen built
an emergency room
on the West Bank.
He's on your bad list,
not mine.
So who are your enemies?
Every company I
ever bought and sold.
Think you could
help us get ahold of
the membership list of the GEO?
GEO is a private organization.
That's why we have
the members that we do.
But I'll make
some calls for you,
see if I can't get you
some cooperation.
CHARLIE: So the program was able
to positively I.D. and
capture over 70 images
from various cameras
around the city.
And when they're all
edited together, it shows
our suspect's movements
after he left the club.
Let me see.
(typing)
"3456 Old Farm Road."
DAVID: "Roy McGill."
Arrested in 2006 for threatening
the life of a federal agent.
DOJ lists him as a
person of interest.
He took five tours of the
Pentagon in three months.
LIZ: Used different
names, disguises,
but not exactly
Carlos the Jackal.
DAVID: Those bombs
were planted by amateurs.
LIZ: "Groups like the FBI
and GEO must be stopped
(now over speaker): by
any means necessary."
Graduated with a
degree in visual arts.
Calls himself a
"documentarian specializing in
films exposing the
truth about America."
Since when do film
schools offer classes
on how to blow up buildings?
Print out his work
and home address.
(over speaker): Colby
and I will go pick him up.
I am very proud to be here today
to talk to you about
the goals of the GEO.
This is a difficult time...
(audio rewinding)
FBI. Don't do anything stupid.
(sing-songy): You're being
videotaped. I'm warning you.
Hey, put that thing down.
Help! Help! They're
going to kill me!
We're not gonna kill you.
What's going on in here?
Ma'am, we're the FBI;
we need you to get into
the other room... you, too,
guys. Randy, call the police.
Yeah, Randy, go call the police!
(laughing): Oh,
yeah, fake badges!
What, you don't think
I've seen The Departed?
You guys are here to execute me.
Let me see that badge.
Listen, the badge is real
and so is the jail
you're gonna wind up in.
Now get out of here!
Scram! Move!
Oh, you can scare them,
but you cannot scare me.
I will not go peacefully.
Will you go with pepper
spray in your face?
Okay, hands behind
my back, right?
Hey, Randy, Jenny, the new
guy... Don't let my work be in vain!
Yeah, don't let
my work be in vain!
Attica! Attica! Left or right?
Right. Okay.
ALAN: Hello, hello?
Hello?
Dad? Dad? Hello? What?
You have to wait for it to
ring, and then you answer it.
No, I could swear
I heard someone,
and party lines have been
gone since World War II.
Hey, the Hollywood sign?
What's this got to do with math?
We're helping out with
this year's CalSci prank.
Pranks. (chuckles)
I loved pranks
when was I was in college.
Hey, listen to this.
You know, one time,
we actually stuffed...
ten frat brothers into
a phone booth, right?
Ten pounds of manure
into the Dean's car.
And it was the Architectural
Society, for your information.
Oh, uh, by the way,
have you factored in
the stress on the metal
in the existing structure?
No, not yet.
I could be of help
to you on this.
And besides, it
would be a good idea
to have an adult presence,
just in case the police show up.
(laughs) Thank you.
The more I think about it,
you should take my place.
I don't need another
blot on my record.
Hey, blots? I have
plenty of those.
Record? I told
you about the time
I got arrested, right? Arrested?
No, you didn't.
(chuckles)
Oh.
Well, I was at this
Pink Floyd concert,
and the guy that I
was with had this joint,
and, uh,
there was this
undercover cop, and...
It was actually
a really funny story.
Sounds hilarious.
I guess you had to be there.
I thought your goons were there
to kill me 'cause of what I did.
We don't shoot
people, Mr. McGill.
We prefer to put them on trial.
My exposé on Roswell did
shine an embarrassing light
on the FBI...
His exposé on Roswell.
The Ruby Ridge
film... Ruby Ridge!
You remember the film!
I knew it was too realistic...
I knew it... I shouldn't have
shot the recreations in Super 8.
And the piece I did on Hitler
escaping to the
Arctic in a submarine...
No good. Too real.
Let's discuss your bombing
of the California Pacific Club.
M-Me? B-Bomb?
Yeah, you.
Mm...
You guys are crazy.
Look, we got a fake job
application, we got video
of you leaving five minutes
before the explosion.
You understand?
Your face on
hidden video camera.
Oh! You have my footage?!
I really want to put
this on my Web site.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa...
Which isn't exactly
the alibi of the year.
Guys, I was trying to
expose the GEO cabal.
Like they give a crap
about carbon footprints.
Mm-mm-mm.
They plan how the
stock market will perform,
decide presidential elections,
all right?
Even who will win
the Super Bowl.
How else do you think
the Patriots lost
last year, hmm?
16 and 0?
And then lost? Come on, people.
Just tell me this: Why'd
you leave five minutes early?
I think Hanson was onto me.
All right. He knew
I'd come back later.
Can I get my footage back?
Deadline for
Sundance is coming up.
Bye, guys.
Boy, McGill's got some
interesting theories:
"George Bush is a Soviet spy.
"Lincoln planned
his own assassination
because he was gay."
I didn't know Jim Morrison
and Marilyn Monroe were living
on an island in the Caribbean.
We should think
about taking a visit.
This guy has everything here
but the Kennedy conspiracy.
Even a nut knows by now
that Oswald acted alone.
What, three shots in 4.8
seconds with a bolt action
whose scope wasn't
properly aligned? Come on.
He was U.S. military trained.
Ballistics proved that the
first shot came from the front.
Then there's the
whole paraffin test.
Which is unreliable at best.
Three hobos were arrested
right after the shooting,
all clean-shaven with new shoes.
Maybe they read GQ.
Bad news. We're not finding much
to link this guy to the bombing.
No explosive residue?
Not even a cigarette
and a match.
Maybe he wiped the place clean.
Maybe, but then the air
would have explosive toxins,
and that you can't wipe clean.
So maybe he assembled
the bombs somewhere else.
We scanned McGill's
car, his clothes, his body...
Something would've
come up positive.
It's not like I asked her
to convert, you know?
What do you mean?
She made fun of you?
Nah, you know, I don't know.
It's just that whole thing
of wanting the same things.
Yeah, so...
I mean, what if she didn't
want the same things exactly?
Well, that's what I'm
saying... I don't know, I just...
Yeah, but you don't understand.
See, that's an important
part about a relationship.
Nice shot.
No, I mean, do you
think that your mother
and I agreed on everything?
Not on your cooking,
that's for sure.
(chuckling)
No, she hated my meat loaf.
And she forced me
to learn how to
make steak pizzaiola.
That, I maintain,
is good for all of us.
Yeah, but what you
don't understand is
it's the differences
that make us stronger.
LARRY: You know, I think
we're gonna need more
green light for this to work.
I just can't believe that Amita
believes in conspiracy theories.
Well, I mean,
there are incidents
like the Black Sox
scandal, Watergate,
that would seem to
validate Amita's point.
The rifle Oswald
used had iron sights.
He didn't need a scope.
J. Edgar Hoover, prior to
the assassination, mind you,
warned that there were
two Oswalds out there,
based on files
discovered by the FBI.
Right, and analysts later proved
that it was the same
handwriting, equaling one guy.
H.L. Mencken said that "The
central belief of every moron
"is that he is the
victim of a conspiracy
"and that his failure
to get on is the fault
of werewolves on Wall Street."
Wait a second. Did you
just call me a moron?
H.L. Mencken did.
Mm.
LARRY: Ew...
Well, let's hope
that Mencken was wrong
about the werewolf part.
Howard Hunt's
deathbed confession...
He said that Kennedy
was having an affair
with the wife of a CIA agent.
Named Cord Meyer, who
divorced his wife in '58,
and the affair started in '62.
What else you got?
ALAN: I don't know.
The telephone
repairman never came.
What's wrong with it?
Just the... there's a
bunch of weird noises.
What, like it's being tapped?
Well, you were under
investigation, you know?
Dad, did you leave
the door open? No.
All right, don't touch anything.
I knew that phone
was being tapped.
DON: Yeah, all right, good.
So Charlie's office and
David's car were also hit.
Well, they didn't
break the door.
Dad, I think we're
dealing with pros here.
Some pros.
They didn't take the LCD
or your grandmother's
silverware.
Well, they weren't
after any of that stuff.
What do you think
they were after?
Something to do with the case.
They were in your
brother's office.
What if they didn't find
what they were looking for?
It's just weird that
they left my work alone.
You know what's really weird?
Is this place looks cleaner now
than it did before the burglary.
Well, they passed
through the triple security
with relative ease.
LIZ: Yeah, which means...?
Let me put it to you this way:
You know the laser guidance
system the Army uses
for smart bombs?
We use the same encryption.
What was on there?
Just some of my work
on representation theory.
But, you know, my
work with the FBI
is well-documented.
So maybe they were looking for
a backdoor into
classified files.
Well, whoever did this hit your
office, house and David's car.
Pretty thorough.
Hey, there you've got
your classic Venn diagram.
You figure out where
these sets overlap
and you will know
what they were looking for.
Larry says it's like
a Venn diagram.
Charlie's office and house.
Makes you think they're
after something of his.
Yeah, but the break-in
in David's car doesn't fit.
Where were you
guys prior to that?
We arrested McGill.
You took him in?
No. I mean, we called in a unit.
We didn't want to waste
time processing him.
Don wanted us to toss the house.
So any evidence you collected
from McGill's documentary
would have been in David's car.
Yeah, but there wasn't
anything new there.
I mean, it was just
old footage of Hanson.
Yeah, but a burglar
wouldn't have known that.
Yeah. So they're
after the videotape.
ROBIN: You know, for a guy in
charge, Hanson hasn't gotten us very far
on the GEO guest list.
On the other hand,
McGill may not be so crazy.
Okay,
he's crazy, but that doesn't
mean that he's wrong.
I've managed to I.D.
19 members off
anti-GEO Web sites.
Look at the company profiles.
Between their factories,
they're exploiting half
the children in China.
Hey, Charlie,
where do you keep
your work on McGill?
My laptop, of course.
The processing speed for
this algorithm was relatively low.
Did you have it
with you last night?
Why? You think this is
what the burglars were after?
The video here?
I must have watched it ten
times before it was destroyed.
Just the backs of a
bunch of guys' heads
and Hanson talking
about falling yen.
Okay. Let's say the same
guy who set the bombs
also orchestrated the break-ins.
I mean, he found
out we had the tape,
and wanted to make
sure we couldn't be I.D.'d.
So we're saying that the burglar
and the bomber are the same guy.
Except David said that
the bombs were
purely amateur hour,
and these break-ins
are all high-end jobs.
Okay, so we're saying that
the burglar and the bomber
aren't the same guy.
Which does mean that
someone in the GEO
wants to keep his
identity a secret.
Who has the most to lose?
We don't know yet.
Maybe you do.
Simpson's Paradox.
I love that show.
Not Homer. Edward.
Edward Simpson.
You see, in both these years,
David Justice had a
higher batting average
than Derek Jeter.
But, if you factor in their
uneven number of at-bats,
Jeter beats him.
That doesn't mean that Jeter's
the better hitter either year.
Right. You go with what you
know, not with what you don't.
The guy we can identify. Hanson.
New World Order?
Cabal of Villains?
Do you really think
that I'm responsible
for these burglaries?
We're just saying
you seemed a little nervous
about the tape getting out,
so why don't you
tell us what happened
at the meeting?
That's privileged
information for members only.
They pay me to keep secrets.
You're on a fishing trip.
And we usually hook
a big one, so let's not
waste time here.
I can subpoena GEO's records.
I'm incorporated in Monte Carlo,
and I have President
Sarkozy's private number.
You have that much time?
Really? I do. Really.
Then let's at least
hope you find the
bomber by then.
It still amazes me
that there are people
that think that crime is
an acceptable way of life.
Well, you'd be surprised
what the human
mind can rationalize.
Just ask Dostoevsky.
Or Amita.
It was a misdemeanor. I
paid a fine and went home.
And not with my
date, for the record.
Yeah, well, who
hasn't had that happen?
I'm just surprised you
never mentioned it.
I can't tell you everything
that's ever happened in
my entire life. Why not?
Because, first of all, it's
not all that interesting.
Let me be the judge
of that, all right?
I'm late for my random
matrix theory lecture.
Is he being a little
dramatic, or is it just me?
You think I'm wrong.
Didn't seem like a big deal,
but maybe I should
have said something.
Charlie's life has always
been an open book, you know?
His family issues,
his personal problems.
Maybe you're right.
I really appreciate the insight.
It's a good talk, Larry.
Thanks.
No, I'm good. I can
finish up in here.
(screams)
Calm down.
We're not going to hurt you.
I know who did the bombing.
I have the proof.
The man leaves
no stone unturned.
Okay, okay, so I didn't tell you
guys about the second camera,
but...
I need you to protect me.
Don't worry... contrary to your
Web site, we are pretty
good at our jobs, so...
(gunshots) DAVID:
Down! Down! Down!
This is what happened in Waco!
DAVID & COLBY: Shut up!
I've got nothing.
(gunshots)
All right, I gotta
get a line of sight.
Move. Stay back.
Rooftop, 1:00.
We're about to move.
You stay with me. All right.
All right... three,
two,
one.
DAVID: Come on.
DAVID: Move!
"Treason doth never
prosper." Hmm?
The generals who sent
Dreyfus to Devil's Island
were honorable men.
Shh!
(whispering): Do you know
that the limousine
was cleaned right
outside the hospital.
Life magazine shows
a bucket of water
and a sponge
(voice gets louder): right
next to the car... why?
To destroy the
evidence, of course.
The Kennedy assassination
was a coup, plain and simple.
Shh!
(whispering): Shh!
Let's do this thing.
Just stay here, okay? Yeah...
So you don't get
hurt before you finish.
Yeah. All right.
What the hell is this?
L.A.H.!
Live Action Hunting. Ooh!
Don't touch it!
You set up a remote control,
you can fire via laptop
from anywhere in the world.
Watch yourself, buddy.
Oh, don't worry
about me. I won't fall.
If I push you, you will.
Pretty cool.
Dude wasn't up here.
Wanted to trick you guys.
No. He wanted to distract us.
My camera!
Gone.
Son of a bitch is good.
There goes our chance of
getting the bomber on tape.
Not necessarily.
This one had the best angle,
and a stronger housing.
MCGILL: Camera
was on a time delay,
motion sensor.
What you're seeing
right now, this is...
everything here is
from the night before.
LIZ: Should be clear
enough for a jury.
ROBIN: How long to run
him through facial recognition?
Well, it depends on
what databases he's in.
(clears throat)
You don't have to.
May I? Mm-hmm.
LIZ: Jeff Jonze. White
Alliance. You know him?
Blames the blacks and the
Jews for the downfall of America.
Guy's a real nut.
He gives us civic
investigators a bad name.
Everyone hates him.
So what do you want to do now?
I don't know.
I'm pretty drunk.
Maybe go home and take
care of my other problem.
(laughing)
FBI! Let me see your hands!
COLBY: Hands! Let
me see those hands!
Everybody down! Stay down!
Can you move? Okay.
Then go. Come on.
(man grunts)
(man moaning)
What the hell happened?
You okay? Yeah.
Guy just saved my life.
DAVID: I don't
think it's a big deal.
I guess you're
right. It's just, uh...
Look at your brother.
That man dated an ATF agent,
an FBI agent, now an AUSA.
Three women, all packing heat.
You can sleep on that.
COLBY: Just a
shadow. That's all we got.
It's like looking
at a comic book.
DAVID: Lab results are back.
Bomb residue all over
Jonze's apartment,
and under his fingernails.
ERT found this in his
apartment... 50 grand.
I guess his reasons
for the bombing
were financial, not political.
Jonze's background,
it does make for the
perfect cover, you know.
Don't even say
it. He was a patsy.
Any prints?
Yeah, we pulled two sets.
They're both latent.
The first ones match Jonze;
second ones no-go.
CHARLIE: You know,
fingerprints can reveal
more than a person's identity.
They can tell us
what he touched.
You think anyone around
here might have a, uh,
a book of matches?
Desorption
electrospray ionization.
Any substance
heated enough will emit
unique spectral lines
in a specific color.
For instance, a
fireworks display,
where every explosive
has a signature display
and color pattern.
The Crossette, which contains
several large gold
and silver stars.
The Kamuro is a dense burst,
which leaves a
heavy, red glitter trail.
Each substance on
a human fingerprint
also burns at a specific
color temperature
revealing its
chemical property...
I.e. acetate, mercury, water.
I can run this print through
CalSci's mass spectrometer,
compare those results
to EPA reports, and
look for chemical matches
based on geography.
Narrow down
where this guy lives.
LIZ: Higher cheek bones.
So, Jonze spent his last
day visiting a prostitute
and his buddy in prison.
Two different stops, I hope.
COLBY: Yeah. So the cell
phone dump led us nowhere,
which leads me to
"waiting on Charlie" time.
MCGILL: That the, uh...
guy who smoked Jonze?
Leaner and, uh,
more hollow eyes.
Jonze had it coming.
Me and my buddy, Loch Ness 007,
we used to see him at protests,
and he always wanted to, like,
you know, just
start fights with us.
Even wanted to do a film
on him, but nobody...
nobody had the guts.
Yeah, something like him.
(gasps): Oh, my God!
MCGILL: Yeah. You
know who that is?
Howard freakin'
Hughes saved your life.
Howard Hughes is dead.
Suspect opens his mouth,
it's automatically a lie?
Hm?
Read it in the New York Times,
and ooh, it's gospel.
All right, it does kind of
look like Howard Hughes.
How's it going?
Good.
The computer's prioritizing
the geography right now.
I brought you a peace offering.
What do you mean,
peace offering?
I'm not mad at you.
Just take it.
I started writing
it when I was 13.
I can't read this.
This is personal.
I don't have any
secrets from you, Charlie.
That's kind of nice,
not being the one to apologize.
(computer beeps)
That's interesting.
All right, so this is
a list of substances
we found on the
suspect's finger.
We were able to match
the most unique properties
to their indigenous areas.
Parkway trees,
levels of sulfur dioxide,
the pH value of the soil
led me to Hancock Park.
We got nitromethane.
That's an organic
compound widely used
in the manufacture of
pesticides and explosives.
So whoever paid Jonze
must have handled the bombs.
CHARLIE: Yeah,
that's what we assumed,
but we didn't find any
matches at the crime scene.
What we did find a match to,
oddly enough, is, uh, methanol.
Racing fuel?
That's funny... Hanson
races cars, but, I mean,
why is a guy gonna
blow up his own meeting?
Where's the rendering
of Hanson's club?
I want to see the
forensic blast pattern.
All right, now,
first bomb, that
cleared the building.
Bomb number two hit one of
the three main
load-bearing girders.
Bomb number three...
and number four
damaged the remaining two.
Whoever set those bombs
meant to collapse that building,
or at least guarantee
that it had to be torn down.
I think we can do better.
I think the top floor needs
some work. Mr. Hanson.
You have an appointment?
Guys, you want to give
us a minute here? FBI.
Thanks.
You should take a look at these.
"Los Angeles
Landmark and
Preservation Society."
COLBY: We found the blueprints
you filed with
the city office...
Or rather, your
offshore account filed,
under the guise of a
nonprofit organization.
We know you fought
unsuccessfully, three years ago,
to have the status
of your building
taken off the landmark list.
I think you've been reading
those conspiracy Web
pages a little too much.
I'm no expert, but my
guess is, a high-rise
at this location's got
to fetch at least, what,
$300, $400 million?
Clearly, you couldn't
get it town down, so
you had it blown up.
You're gonna have
to do better than that.
COLBY: No problem.
Here you go.
Let me see those hands.
Let's go.
LIZ: How'd you get that photo?
Turns out Loch Ness 007 has
bigger cojones than I thought.
(clears throat)
He was secretly filming Jonze
when he spotted him
having drinks with Hanson.
Loch Ness was about
to break a... huge story
on GEO starting a
new Hitler Youth Center.
Well...
there goes his exclusive.
Tell him not to be
too upset... I mean,
that photo will send
Hanson to jail for the rest
of his life.
We, um, you know, we
could really use your insight
on the Kennedy assassination.
I'll make you a gold
circle member of my group.
DAVID: I'm with Groucho Marx.
If that's who's
asking, I'm not joining.
Oh. Uh-huh, uh-huh, okay.
Ooh, go ahead, make fun of me.
But I was right about
the GEO members.
Those are bad guys.
Hanson, yeah, but...
it doesn't mean that
GEO's fixing the Super Bowl.
Just wait until this year.
You know something?
All I'm gonna say,
take the points,
hit the over.
Points... Over...
Shh... (clicks tongue)
Hit... the over.
(whispers): Hit the over.
Game, set, match...
Hanson loses.
Yep.
I guess I kind of pissed
you off before, huh?
This is where we talk
about it, remember?
It's not exactly like I know
where I'm going with any of this.
I just need you
to be there for me.
I am.
Where? Kings?
Oh... Wilshire Boulevard Temple?
A rabbi and a lawyer
are having a debate.
Ethics, politics and religion.
And the rabbi's
gonna kick his ass.
What makes you so sure?
I like the guy in his corner.
You'll see.
ALAN: Yeah, I know
Donnie mentioned
that you two are
having quite the debate
about the Kennedy
assassination, huh?
DAVID: Well, can it really
be considered a debate
if the other side
has no valid points?
This guy still believes
in the Tooth Fairy.
It was the Brown
Derby... That's where I was
when I got the news
that Kennedy was shot.
There was a group of us
that was very dissatisfied
with the Warren
Commission findings,
especially that thing
about the "magic bullet" theory.
So, uh, we decided
to make an inquiry of our own.
It was a conspiracy.
He acted alone, right?
We, uh, didn't agree
with each other, either.
About anything.
It all ended when Dan Sacks
punched Terry Lowey in the face.
I-I never spoke to
any of them again.
(clears throat)
(Hanson GEO video
playing indistinctly in distance)
HANSON (on video): It's
an especially trying time.
The, uh... financial crisis.
Wall Steet's
roller coaster ride.
Instability of our
friends in the Mideast...
and who knows what
act of Mother Nature next.
I'd like to start...
Guess I owe you a thank you...
for saving my agent.
It's a little outside
my job description,
but I wasn't gonna watch a
scumbag kill a beautiful woman.
Well, what exactly
were you hired to do?
Watch the footage,
make sure one member of the GEO
doesn't show up on any of it.
And?
We're all good here.
Oh, you think?
Shooting at federal
agents? Sorry I scared
your guys, but I never
came close to hitting them.
We're all on the same team.
Consider how I got in here.
Piece of friendly advice:
you might want to
get this place swept
a little more
frequently for bugs.
Who do I send the bill
for the car window to?
Langley?
This certainly is some view.
It certainly is.
LARRY (over radio):
Goldilocks to Papa Bear.
Can you hear me? Over.
Yeah. Larry, we don't need
use the walkie-talkies when
we're this close to each other,
do we?
I just wanted to say
we're ready. On my three count.
Oh, wait, let me get my camera.
(chuckles)
Rolling.
Three... two... one...
Ignite.
(laughing)
Got it.
Charles Eppes.
Yes?
You have just
committed a felony,
and I have the
evidence to prove it.
That's not funny. (laughs)
Come on, give me the camera.
No. You know, I don't know if I
can go out with a man that
constantly breaks the law.
Oh, right. I mean, first, illicit
e-mails to Pakistan, now this...
Give me the camera.
Yeah... mwah... just
give me the camera.
I'm serious.
All right, you know what
I'm gonna do? What?
Post your diary
online. No, you're not.
Yeah, I am. No, you're not.
I am. What's that Web site...?