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Want another cruller?

No, I not want another cruller. Thank you very much. Good for you.

He's got honey glaze.

Please die for this cruller, Jess.

I've had two already. Who eats three crullers in a night? Take a look.

And who marries five women?

At the same time is the issue.

Ruslan Abedny, who's Beck National, 52 years old. He was running around between

four wives. You would think that by the time he met number five, she would

figure out that there was something wrong. But nothing shuts you down like

Jess. A hopeful woman is a vulnerable woman.

I celebrate myself and sing myself and what I assume you shall assume.

For every atom belonging to me and good belongs to you.

George, that is so beautiful.

Are you telling me someone actually wrote it?

Of course.

Walt Whitman did. Sounds like it was never touched by human hands.

Like it always existed.

You have such a natural feel for poetry now.

I can't believe no one's ever read it to you before.

George.

These have been the happiest three weeks of my life.

And not just because of the gifts and the limousines and this room.

They've been happy because of you.

You're not saying anything about tonight.

George.

Tonight was... You were... Sensational.

Something wrong?

$200 a bottle there shouldn't be. No, it's just warm. It hurts the fruit notes

if it isn't chilled right.

Goes all apricot, no peach.

I'll be right back.

Gotta get more ice.

So you're saying a guy can have four wives at once and still find a fifth

to marry? Hell yeah.

You're lonely, you've got problems.

Then a guy like Ruslan shows up.

He's got a good line.

Probably dropping a little bit of poetry on you.

Not many girls know how to resist that.

But just some girl, somewhere, is falling for the same kind of deal right

George!

George!

George could hear you if he were dead.

Which I hope he isn't.

Call the police. My boyfriend's disappeared.

Let's just calm down. Do you think that maybe he went for a constitutional?

People do that at, uh,

well, 3 or 1 in the morning. No.

Look. Look, look, look, look.

His ice bucket's here. And his sandal.

Let me make a call.

It's my conclusion.

Janice, listen, I'm staying at the Coronation Hotel for a couple nights. I

to come by. I got to pick up some clothes. We got to talk. You know, we

work this out. This is, uh... I'll, uh, I'll call you back later.

You called, sir? Yeah, I just didn't think that you would get here so

Where's, uh, Scott and Estriani? Still on a stakeout in Philadelphia, sir.

Wrestling abedding, missing bigamist. Right, the guy with four wives. Talk

a death wish.

It's five wives, sir. They found another one last night. Even better.

Where's, uh, Cortez?

On his way in.

Okay, I want you to call and tell him to meet me at the Coronation Hotel, room

971. The local cops are securing the scene, but I still want him on

want you to get going on background for a guy named George Wright.

My handwriting's a little rough.

Not for me, sir.

Anything specific I'm looking for? Government security clearance. Your

girlfriend seems to think he works in that area. You know, caught my

Done before you know it.

Is that... The same shoes I wore yesterday. Yes, it is, agent. I

You're safe.

That's not what I was going to ask, sir.

What was it then?

I... I forgot, sir. I'm... I'm on it.

I have the Attorney General on line one, sir. Well, 6 .15 in the morning. That's

good. That's great. That's, uh... Renee, John, great to hear from you.

I know you're aware that a man has gone missing from the Coronation Hotel, John.

Word travels fast.

Care to tell me how you're involved?

Sure coincidence, but there's a national security angle, so I'm on it.

And you can get back off.

Is that clear?

That's Lake Michigami, ma 'am.

What's up?

Oh, it's just administrative.

I'll make it up to you.

But, John, stay clear of this one.

One cooler left.

It's all yours.

Are you sure he's coming back here?

Yeah, she's his favorite.

He'll be back.

Sorry, no change.

Oh, my God.

Colin.

Hey, you.

I'm lost. Can you give me some direction?

You asking me to tell you where to go?

I know I should have called, but I had to work.

Free this weekend?

That depends. Are you going to shave and shower first? What, risk blowing my

cover? Please. You could be risking a lot more than that, you know.

Well, I'll call you.

Okay.

Bye, Colin.

See you later, Nicole.

Romance on your own time, agent.

Whatever. What about you and Antonio?

I'm older.

More wise.

As if anyone is wise when they're in love.

True.

So what we're saying is that you know this gentleman's name.

George Wright, yes.

But beyond that, we have no phone number, no address for him.

No, just his email.

He has to be extremely careful.

He works for the government.

Well, if he didn't give you any personal information, didn't you think he might

be hiding something from you?

No. Talking about wife, you know, family.

I know what you're talking about, and the answer is no.

George would never do something like that. I see.

How long have you known him?

Three wonderful weeks.

We met online.

But look, I mean...

Not to seem vain, but do I seem like the sort of woman that would have problems

attracting a man?

No.

Well, she wouldn't.

I don't.

Basically, you know nothing about George Wright. I know everything about him.

He's kind, he's real, and he tells me the truth.

Okay, and you know that because... When you're around a lot of men, you learn

about them.

You get hard to fool.

Tell me about it.

Look, I've been with millionaires, politicians, professional football

Yeah?

Which one?

Steve Grissom, tight end for... Jacksonville, I know.

Can you tell me what happened last night?

Well... George and I were intimate for the first

time.

It was sensational.

Good for you.

Look, I know that George and I may seem like a mismatched couple, Mr. Pollack,

but sex and truth are partners.

And George is a perfectly truthful man.

After that part of the night, did George seem like anything was bothering him?

No.

He just wanted more ice for his wine.

The fruity notes get hurt if it's too warm, you know. Yeah, I've heard that.

said he'd come right back.

But when he didn't, I...

I knew something was terribly wrong.

Well, I'm, uh... I'm called to another meeting, Melody. We're gonna take you to

our office, ask you a few more questions.

Melody's got pictures of the missing man on her digital camera. Send a few to

Mr. Haley. See if she connects.

Okay. Where are you headed?

I have a date with the Attorney General of the United States.

Busted. More than you know it.

We have a missing man.

George Wright, 35 years old, 6 '5", 190 pounds.

He vanished from his hotel room where he was with a hot woman.

A hot woman.

Who said so? Antonio?

I just read him.

I don't know what I'm supposed to do with this.

How am I going to connect to him off one photo on a PDA?

Jeff?

What'd you say?

It's hard to say.

These things are getting way too sudden.

We'll save that memory. Our boy just showed up.

You good?

He's a missing polygamist. He's not a murderer.

I'm not taking any chances with a man that's got five wives.

Let's go.

John, good to see you.

It's been a while, Renee. Everything good at home?

Janice, the kids?

Things are fine. Everyone's fine. Thank you. I get called to the principal's

office more often than my kids do.

Well, that's because you've been working on the hotel coronation disappearance

after I told you not to. Well, unfortunately, my agents were already on

when you called, so... You should have brought them back in then.

I'm reassigning the case, no matter what you've done so far.

Of course.

Anything you want.

Have your people send their files over to the Philly office.

You're, uh...

You're giving this case over to Michelson?

Do you have a problem with Jim Michelson? No, I think Jim's a good guy.

I'm just wondering if there's something about the case that you think I can't

handle. No.

I just don't think there's anything to it.

Besides, I need you to take the lead on the Lawson situation.

Well, that old case.

Karen Lawson ran away with her boyfriend. That is the lead, the middle,

end. That's not what Senator Lawson thinks.

I will stake my career on the fact that Karen Lawson is alive and well and she

will call home as soon as she needs her father to cut another check. Well, I am

sure that the senator will find it reassuring that you're risking your

your belief.

I, uh, I wish I had more time to devote to the game.

Oh, modesty doesn't suit you, John.

When it comes to devoting time to the game, well, you've been learning to walk

on water.

Not much time left for golf after that, is there?

Hey. Hey. How was the take -out? We got the guy. He didn't resist.

Did you get that photo I sent you?

And a vision on demand of the usual clear, easy clues.

Two people with masks covering their faces, kissing.

That's strange.

Ah, but the case isn't.

Got a theory?

Sure. This hot woman.

What's her name?

Melody.

Melody.

Even sounds hot.

So, Melody meets this guy on the Internet.

He spends some serious cash on her. He gets her horizontal, and he splits.

Happens every day.

Oh, I hate to rain on your cynical parade, but the missing guy was bagged

dragged.

You got that from this?

It's numbers.

No, no, that is a printout from the hotel elevator database.

Do they keep track of that?

Yes, at 2 .17 this morning, car six went to the 18th floor and was out of

service for 26 minutes.

But no one on staff has any record of doing that.

So they grabbed George Wright, took him downstairs, and walked him through the

lobby in his bathrobe and sandal?

Hey, listen, you're the one who thinks he ran off on his own. Does a bathrobe

make any more sense that way? A guy who wants out of a woman's room, he'll do

anything. Have you seen this woman?

Oh, that's right.

You think she's hot.

No. Well, you know, I just wanted to give you a full description of what she

looked like.

Do I personally think she's hot?

No. But other people do.

I don't know. I mean, you know, she's blonde, and she has that thing, and

cute, but she's not my type. So whose type is she? Other people's.

Ah.

Anyway, listen, the elevator was taken out of service. When it was put back in,

it went directly to the roof.

It probably had stairs down to the street.

Give that lady a cigar.

Thelma, Louise, come with me, please.

These are the last six months' transactions on George Wright's credit

credit balance is always maintained at $10 ,000.

Automatically? Apparently.

I'm trying to track the source of the deposits, but look at this.

Whoa. You ever seen that sort of firewall securing bank transactions?

Can you get through that?

I'm working on it. Oh, look how many hotel rooms that guy's booked in and how

many cities.

One in every port?

Maybe two in every port.

He and Melody were at the Coronation Hotel, but he had another room, but it's

the Madigan.

Well, maybe we should go check it out.

Cortez get you up to speed?

Mostly, sir.

I had a vision.

Starting to feel like there's something here. Oh, I'm quite sure there is

something here. When the Attorney General directly orders you away, you're

knocking on the door.

This is the girlfriend.

Do you think she's hot?

Gotta say.

He who dies with the most toys wins.

I think you went a long time ago.

He's very neat.

Paul.

Oh, excuse me, Mr. Wright. I didn't expect you to be in.

You didn't? Well, you're never here, so... Don't need any fresh towels, I

No, no, actually, I don't need any more towels. Thank you.

Have a nice day, Mr. Wright.

Well, we know she's never seen George, right?

Oh, I'm glad I caught you in, Mr. Wright.

I'm just confirming the reservation you asked us to make in Pyongyang.

I asked?

Yes, sir.

Did I ask you this in person?

No, sir, over the phone. But everything's confirmed for next week.

Thank you.

Thank you, sir.

Yeah.

Pyongyang. Capital of North Korea.

Terror state.

Looking at the nuclear weapons business.

Tracking his credit card, George Wright crossed the Atlantic three times to book

rooms in at least 18 hotels over a six -month period. The latest being the

International in Pyongyang, North Korea.

Yeah, and I checked with the hotel. It's just like the Madigan. No one's ever

seen this guy in person.

Well, who is paying for all of this?

We don't know yet. We've run up against some interesting firewall.

What's interesting?

They're very sophisticated, high level of security, but we'll get there.

The book that was found in the hotel room, Leaves of Grass? I've traced it

through Amazon. It was shipped to HT Computer Services just off U Street. I

called, no answer.

All right, well, get us a warrant, and we'll get over there.

You're quiet.

Yeah, I'm thinking.

Mango's missing.

No one but Melody Butler reports it. No one but Melody seems to have seen him.

I mean, that might explain the man in the mask and my vision.

But who was the woman?

Anyone think we're not the first to get here?

Notified forensics, but I think we're aligned to the latex bluff thing again.

Okay, so you can afford a deluxe suite at the Coronation Hotel, but this isn't

his office?

Anybody find it notable that we're in a computer shop and there are no

computers?

Probably what they came for.

They should have left these.

Backup drives.

Hey, guys.

I think I found the HT and HT computer services.

Oh, my God, yeah.

That's George.

He lied to you, Melody.

About his income, his profession, even his name.

That is impossible.

That's true, Mel.

I know it's hard when you have feelings for someone.

But not everyone is as great as they want you to think they are.

There may be some things to explain, but I know the inner truth about him.

Why don't you tell me about that truth?

Hey. Excuse me.

Hey, I found some pretty interesting things on those hard drives.

Oh, like how Thompson got George Wright's credit card? Oh, yeah, and he

program on there himself.

It's an encryption code breaker. Very heavyweight stuff, how he stole George

Wright's identity.

He was playing, Melanie, just like I said. I don't know. I read their emails.

I think he loves her.

And you're the expert on that?

Well, I am a romantic.

It's what you like about me.

When it's about me, yeah.

Oh, it's not always about you, is it?

Don't remind me.

The moment that we hear anything, I will call you.

I'm not leaving.

I have a good book and a protein bar.

No.

Honestly, from me to you, go home.

I can't.

What if George calls? I have a cell.

What if he's in trouble and he only has like 20 seconds and he calls

your hotel number?

Shouldn't you be there?

Well, you have got to give the woman credit.

She is standing by her man.

So would you.

I'm not sure about that.

Some part of a man always feels out of reach.

You should have some faith.

Hal Thompson's mother reported him missing last night, just after six.

At least we know who we're looking for now.

But did the kidnappers... I mean, did they think they were taking Hal Thompson

or George Wright?

We'd know that if we could find the real George Wright. Shouldn't be a problem,

except nobody has ever seen him.

It's like after 11. What is the sleep plan?

Back at 4?

Cool. Back at 4.

I'll keep going. Fortunately, I don't need a lot of sleep. I've always been

way. And that explains a lot.

Do you think two people can ever really know each other?

That's an interesting time for you to ask.

I mean, look at this case.

Melody thought she knew this guy.

And look what happened.

Do you feel like you know me?

You want me to be honest?

Unless the lie will make me feel better. I think I know you as well as you want

to be known.

Is that well enough?

I know you well enough to know how to push a button.

Now you're taking advantage.

Illegal use of the hand. Are you going to penalize me?

You're not going to answer that phone. I can feel it.

When you thought you knew me.

Hello? Nick, it's me.

What's up?

First a man disappeared and then a woman. I think Melody's in trouble.

weapon oh my god he shot himself

what

do we know i know the cause of death apart from the obvious i mean well after

that it gets a little tougher find the guy's car in the hotel garage

But it had been cleaned by someone who knew what they were doing. There was no

papers, no registration.

So they're professionals.

Asian professionals, which may tie into the hotel reservation in North Korea.

This is way out of Thompson's league. The guy's just a computer geek.

You think they grabbed the wrong guy? Huh, absolutely.

The question is, have they figured that out yet?

This is not going to go well for you, John.

Well, it would go a lot better if you leveled with me. Why are you so

in this case?

I told you to back off. You violated my orders.

I informed my people that they no longer should... You're not any safer if you

tell me you lost control of your team.

You haven't left me with a lot of choices here, John.

You're not going to fire me in the middle of this case.

It's too hot, so why don't you just sit back and take the credit when I break

it?

You don't seriously believe you're going to come out of this in one piece, do

you? No, I have no idea, ma 'am. My own position is always the last thing on my

mind. Ma 'am.

I could wreck you, paint you as a rogue player out of control, which you are.

Yes, but then I'd have to ask why the Attorney General turned this case over

Philadelphia, to a branch office that knows nothing about it, never made a

single inquiry, was nowhere near the scene when the kidnapping occurred. I

it would kill me to bring that up. It really would.

You're a brave man, John.

Well, your office is on a higher floor than mine, ma 'am. I just, uh... What's

best for you is best for all of us.

Prove it.

Why don't you tell me what's really going on here?

I can't. I don't know myself.

Not everything, anyway.

So I'll run with it, and when it's over, you take the credit. You know, sex

things up, homeland security, whatever.

Everyone wins.

And you get?

Oh, I don't know.

Knowledge, markers, your undying love.

Well, it's not a rental.

The VIN's been modified, so there's no way to trace it, and the license plates

are phony. So it's a wash.

Not completely.

I just finished a chromatic analysis on a paint sample from the car.

There's traces of BTK on the surface. BTK? It's an insecticide used to control

the moth population.

So wherever the car's been, it was in an area that was sprayed within the last

two weeks. Does that narrow it down enough to be useful?

Let's start.

Who are you?

Colin?

Who are you?

Why won't you show your face? What are you afraid of?

I am as I appear.

Jess?

Jess, are you all right?

I know why we can't find George Wright.

Is he dead?

No, he was never alive.

He doesn't exist, Nick. He never did.

We have every reason to believe that George Wright or someone using that name

does exist. We have bank transactions, hotel reservations. From hotels where

nobody's ever seen him. So maybe someone's just trying to make it look

exists. If George Wright is a ghost, it would explain why they wanted to solve

the case.

You mean someone created an agent that doesn't exist to divert attention from a

real one.

Very good, Mr. Young. Anything else on this missing guy? Yeah, his name is Hal

Thompson. He owns a small computer repair store in D .C.

We interviewed his mother.

I tracked down some of his customers from his store. They all said the same

thing. Really, really nice guy. Can't think of anyone who'd want to harm him.

His bills are paid. He's got a few bucks in his account.

He's a clean sir. Yeah, and he's sorry he didn't keep to his quiet life, I bet.

Where are you with the car?

We found an area that's sprayed with BTK within the last two weeks.

You can just forget that you found that.

I'm sorry. I care what you think because... Because I could save you a

time.

I'm Rich Hamilton, Department of Justice.

Let me guess. George Wright doesn't exist. He's a ghost down at Justice.

Yes, he is.

And the guy who shot himself?

His name is Cal Park.

He works for a North Korean intelligence cell. They've been collecting

classified information here the last 18 months.

And you've got someone working on this undercover?

Right inside the cell, yeah. And the phony agent. Keeps people looking in the

wrong direction, over their shoulders.

Unfortunately for Hal Thompson, they think he's George Wright. Yeah.

Dumb SOB got into the system, stole the identity.

He's not actually that dumb.

You don't sound too concerned about him.

I'm concerned with two things.

One, that some loser computer nerd hacked into a secure government account.

That's why you trashed his store.

Second, the FBI was asked to look the other way on this.

You didn't.

As a direct result, Cal Park killed himself and alerted the others in the

ring. Alerted them to what? They have no idea he was on their trail. Yeah, but

now they're nervous.

We've been expecting them to break and move in the next couple of days. Thanks

to you, that might not happen now.

We were trying to rescue Hal Thompson.

Yeah, I'm sure you were.

But what you need to do is ease off.

They think Thompson is one of our agents. If they kill him, it'll give

sense of security.

Can work in our favor. So you're willing to sacrifice... The life of a criminal

geek that saved one of my agents? You are damn right.

I can live with that.

Well, I can't. Well, you may have to.

Because now that you know what's involved here, you are going to leave

us. And you're going to do exactly... Agent?

What, sir?

Well, I'm longing to know how you were going to finish that sentence. I can't

afford to. This is a justice operation. We're going to treat it accordingly.

So that's it?

We play tail to the DOJ's dog?

Sir, I know you want this bone. There are times when I encourage debate.

Agent Scott, this is not one of them.

We're done.

I have an idea.

Then go do it.

It's risky.

Is it going to help Hal Thompson?

Maybe. Close enough. Just don't be foolish.

Hey there!

You always call out the strange men in the street?

Not that strange.

What do you need?

Some help.

Name it?

There's a Justice Department operation going on. It could get a man killed.

Yeah, that can happen.

Well, we're overlapping with you guys on it.

We're trying to keep the guy alive. He is a total civilian. He had no idea what

he was getting into.

Okay, so where do I come in? I don't know. I, uh... I thought maybe you could

find out what the DOJ had going on their end of things.

Not everything.

Just enough so that we could go in and save the innocent guy.

Are you kidding me?

No, I'm not.

Jeff, if I do that...

If I leak information to you, I'm putting other people's lives at risk,

People I work with. Well, your people knew the risks. This guy didn't.

I don't know what you want me to say.

It's okay.

You've already said it.

I'm sorry.

No, I know. I should get back to work.

Yeah?

Yeah.

Agent Richard Hamilton, please.

Agent? Yeah, it's Colin McGee.

Yeah.

I think we're going to have a problem with the FBI.

We've traced the car to a house.

The house was leased to a holding company. The landlord never met the

They leased by email, electronic banking.

Unfortunately, it looks as if the North Korean firewalls are almost as good as

ours. I hadn't thought on that. And that is?

Hal Thompson Software.

When it comes to writing code, this guy's amazing.

Can you work it? I can get it off the ground.

Do what you can.

We need something.

Thompson Software worked. The holding company that rented the house is Rankin

LLC. The only problem is they hold another 120 properties.

We're trying to narrow it down, but there's not a lot to go on.

Let me see the list.

I know which house it is.

All right, put up as much smoke as you can. I want a lot of chatter on the

lines. Open up some force if they try to sniff our network. Just make sure if

they find anything, it isn't useful.

Problem, sir? Someone put the DOJ onto us.

The Attorney General? I don't know, but if they try to follow our breadcrumbs,

they're gonna get lost in the woods. How many people you got in there? Uh, five

total. And whoever this is hasn't moved since we set up.

According to the elevation, uh, you're on the main floor.

Thompson? If I had to call it, yeah.

All right, here's the drill, people. We're moving into a DOJ operation.

We know there's one civilian. One of the others could be a DOJ agent. We're

going to go in, extricate Thompson.

No one fires around. Are you ordering us not to fire? You're going to go in.

You're going to respond accordingly, okay?

Cortez, you cover the rear.

Scott, Cooper, I want you to go through the side door, secure Thompson, get him

out and into the van.

Mastriani and I will provide cover.

Once he is out, we're all out.

Let's do this.

Got it.

Here.

You all right?

Yeah. These guys are bad.

Cortez. Antonio?

Cortez, you all right?

I'm moving.

You got this?

Yeah, go.

Relax, relax. I got it.

Scott, what the hell are you doing? I got this.

Where the hell is Cooper and Thompson?

Move. Move. Go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go.

Sir.

Help him out. Go.

Go!

Sir,

I'd like to talk about what happened. No, you wouldn't. I don't want to be

anywhere near this, Scott, and you don't want it anywhere near me.

Okay?

Yes, sir.

Hey. Hey.

What'd he say?

Nothing.

Nothing? Damn, I thought I was straight. He knows that we broke the rules as

well as we do.

You know how he's dealt with frat cases in the past.

One or both of us is leaving.

You think he's known all along?

Pollock, the question is how long is he going to pretend he doesn't know?

Yeah,

yeah. You know, all that time, all I could think of was lemonade.

That's strange, huh?

Oh, my God, George.

You're hurt.

No, I'm good.

Except my real name is... Hal.

I know.

God, I missed you so much. You're all I thought about.

Her and lemonade.

Sorry I lied to you, Mel.

You didn't lie to me about anything that matters.

I know who you are on the inside.

Mel, we still have to debrief Hal.

Oh, yeah, they didn't know I could speak Korean.

Neither did I.

Oh, yeah.

Bayesian languages are kind of a hobby.

I have Korean, Japanese, a little Cambodian.

Cambodian?

I hope that doesn't seem too weird.

That sounds wonderful, George.

How? How?

He overheard everything the terrorists were saying.

He's got a lot to tell us, though it could take a few hours.

I can wait.

Trust me.

You don't know how long I've waited for a man like this.

Hey. Doing anything?

Just watching Jess wrap things up.

You got a minute?

Yeah.

What's up?

I want to talk to Pollack about us. We can't. Why not?

Because he doesn't want to talk about us. I don't care if he wants to. I want

to. That's cool that you want to do that, but I'm telling you, now is not

time. Okay, so when?

Soon.

He's just playing out this big win he's got.

Janice, hi. It's me, and we should pick up the phone.

I had a win today, Janice.

The Attorney General was pushing me around, and I pushed back, and I saved

a guy, too.

I know you always wished that I would have talked more about work, and I don't

know, I would have enjoyed telling you about this, that's all.

Come on, Janice, there's too much between us to end like this. Can we

Can you pick up the phone, please?

All right, I'm going to call back later so I can talk to the kids.

It was a good win, Janice.

And I'm sorry that it wasn't working for you, and I hope that I'm not too late.

Certainly. You're beautiful.

Yeah.

I wasn't sure you were still going to be speaking to me.

I didn't think that you'd talk to me.

I had to tell my boss, Jess.

I know.

I could tell.

You were stepping on an operation. I had no choice.

I mean, I didn't tell him absolutely everything.

Shut up.

Just shut up, okay? You did the right thing.

I don't know.

I do.

I shouldn't have asked you if that could help.

I'm still learning.

We both are.

Look,

this is...

It's going to be a complicated relationship, so we should probably

Kiss first.

We'll talk later.

Colin,

I...

I mean, I'm sure that you have stuff too, but I have, you know, stuff.

Kiss first.

We'll talk later, okay?