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What? Always the workaholic.

Jared, tormenting hours are from nine to five. Call back tomorrow.

You said I was calling to torment you.

Maybe I was just feeling nostalgic.

If you're feeling homesick, come visit. I have a room all ready for you.

Generous offer, but I will regretfully decline.

So, what is it, Jared?

I was hoping you'd give my best to the rest of our dysfunctional family.

Particularly Mr. Raines.

Oh, I'll be sure to say, hey, next time I see him. When was the last time you

saw him?

He hasn't been around much lately, has he? I count Raines' absence as a

blessing. I don't question it.

If you don't question, you don't learn.

I brought the triumphant phone logs you requested.

Back burner in brief.

I have a holier crusade for you. Find out where Raines has been lately.

Tell me you found him.

Look, I'm paying you all this money because you're supposed to be on the

This boy should be dead by now.

Bolton, Minnesota must be a potent nothing town. How hard can it be to find

Well, he goes to school, doesn't he?

The clock is ticking. My new trial is in five days, and this boy's testimony is

the only thing that they've got. Find me.

I want you to find him.

I want you to kill him.

Otherwise, you're dead.

You got me?

Don't let me down.

What's the problem, buddy? In some kind of hurry?

Yeah.

As a matter of fact, I am.

Good morning,

class.

My name is Mr. Brody.

I'm your substitute teacher.

There are pretenders among us.

I was taken from my family. 36 ,000. He's already demonstrating more talent

any of our others.

How many people died because of what I thought up? Since I broke out, I've

every moment searching for my past. He's a pretender.

A genius who can become anyone that he wants to be.

The Santa wants him alive.

Preferably. He defends the weak and abused.

Life to give.

Are you

a doctor? I am today.

Mr. Coughlin, your regular teacher, is on vacation.

So, before we get started, I'd like to get to know all of you a little bit

better. Do you know about sex?

Mr.

Coughlin said we're going to start our sex education this week.

My mom signed a permit this week. Kevin, interested in biology.

Good.

I already know about sex.

My dad has the internet.

Joel, likes computers.

Mr. Brody, are you married?

No, Gemma, I'm not. Do you have a girlfriend?

Yes. Does she know about sex?

I'm the one that's supposed to be asking the questions, remember?

What about you, Matthew?

What are you interested in?

I like to read, I guess.

You like to read. That's a good thing.

And you, Eric, what are your interests?

Cool stuff.

Espionage, counterintelligence. You know, I could tell you more about them.

I'd have to kill you.

Eric's a freak.

He can't even write.

It's all gibberish.

It's a secret code so knuckle -dragging mopes like you can't read it. Oh, yeah?

It's probably a love letter to your girlfriend Molly over there.

All right, can we get back on track here?

Class.

Class.

Enough!

Could you cut me a little slack here? It's not easy being the new kid in

I bet some of you know about that.

Tell me something. How many of you were born here?

How many of you spent your whole life in Bolton?

Mr. Brody, I was born here, but my brother wasn't.

Okay, and how many of you have brothers and sisters?

Does this mean we're not going to learn about sex?

It was a child's eyewitness testimony that sealed Esposito's fate to a life in

prison. However, just last month, the court granted Esposito a new trial based

on procedural technicality.

The charges against Esposito stem from the brutal murder of a Brooklyn shop

owner. According to police, Esposito bludgeoned and then buried the victim's

body. Unaware, the crime was being witnessed by a fifth grader on a field

from nearby Woodbury Elementary School.

What's our rule about other people's things?

Excuse me. Those aren't your files, are they?

No, but there was nobody in the office, so I just... Our rule about other

people's things is we don't touch them. I understand that, but there was...

Butts belong in ashtrays, mister.

It's all right, Mrs. Warner. Jared's our new sixth grade teacher.

I'll expect those back, young man.

Don't worry about Mrs. Warner. She's a lifer. A lifer? Been here 32 years.

Teacher to 10 -year -old is the only language she knows.

Kind of scary, isn't it? Just like being in grade school all over again.

Or for the very first time.

Hi. Hi. Jared, Rachel Daly, our student counselor.

Jared's taking over the sixth graders while Mr. Conklin's in Hawaii.

You believe Conklin's luck? He's always been talking about Hawaii, and out of

nowhere he wins the trip.

Said he didn't even remember entering the contest.

Unbelievable.

Well, if you'll excuse me, I've got a fourth grader who's habitually pulling

fire alarms.

Nice to meet you, Jared. Nice to meet you.

Principal Bauer. Well, I've got you here.

I have a student in my class, Matthew Reese.

His records only go back 11 months, and before that, it's like he doesn't even

exist. Well, Matthew only moved here last year.

But even still, wouldn't his old school transfer the records over? Normally. But

according to his mom, his last school had a fire.

All the files were destroyed.

Well...

I guess that explains it.

Raines has been going to an insane asylum?

The Pratt Institute. It's about an hour south of here. He's been going a couple

of times a day.

Look, there he is.

Cue men with big butterfly nets.

No, no, he's not a patient. He's visiting someone. There's a woman.

A woman who means something to Jared.

The question is, who is she?

My God.

Sidney?

It's Edna Raines. Raines' wife?

That's impossible.

Keep the rug over, Sid. What am I not seeing? Edna Raines committed suicide

than 20 years ago.

What for you were told?

Bruce, get a town car.

No, that's too late. The guy at the hospital told me she escaped last night.

Okay, teacher's pay is one thing, Jared, but eating so much.

What, do you have a death wish?

I was intrigued.

A tube of processed meat covered by a deep -fried carbohydrate and skewered

a stick so that it's fully portable. Sort of a meat popsicle. Is that your

corn dog?

It's pretty good.

You're much braver than I am.

I've noticed that Matthew doesn't socialize much with the other children.

Are there any issues about him I should know about?

Matthew's been a little slow assimilating since he transferred here,

kids are just like that.

Why any interest?

I just figured the more I know about my kids, the more I can help.

Three days in county.

I want to hear you're getting close.

I want to hear that this kid is dead.

If you can't figure out which boy it is and get this job done, then I'm going to

come do it myself.

You better worry that I just don't bury you with him.

Hi. My son said that there was a new teacher in town, so I wanted to bring

little something to say welcome.

That's very nice. Thank you. Oh, it's hot.

I probably better do that.

I know what it's like to be new in town. Matthew and I just moved here ourselves

last year. You said Matthew.

Matthew Reese.

Oh, I'm his mom.

I didn't say that, did I? No.

Where did you two move here from?

From back east.

Excuse me.

Hello.

Hello.

Hello, Justine. Hello, Dale. You two know each other?

Yeah, we're in the same single mom's cooking group here in town.

It's pretty cool, huh?

You can see a whole world of things that are way too small to see with your

human eye.

Hey, maybe we can use it to see Eric's tiny little brain.

Mr. Brody, how do they swim around like that?

That's a very good question.

Why don't you all read chapter four and find out?

I lost that book.

Get to work.

It's pretty neat, huh?

Yeah, but I've seen protozoan stuff before.

We had microscopes in the science room at my old school.

Did you like your old school?

I guess.

It must have been pretty tough, leaving your old friends like that.

Mom said we didn't have a choice.

We had to move.

And I'm not really supposed to talk about it.

Is it sweet?

It's way over your head. Oh, yeah?

Let's find out.

Hi, I'm Eric Gantry, and I'm a scrawny little freak, and I'm so madly in love

with Molly.

Hi, I'm Eric Gantry, and I'm a scrawny little freak, and I'm so madly in love

with Molly.

What's the rule about other people's things, Joel?

What? We do not touch them.

Always having a teacher rescue you.

It seems he has it in for you.

No big deal.

You know what the secret agent without a notch enemy, right?

Just forget about it.

Hey!

Hey!

I still can't believe Edna's alive.

You sound as if you liked her, Sid. Very much so.

You see, Edna was not like so many company wives.

There was something more alive about her.

There was also something familiar about her.

She was working as a physician right here at the center. In the staff

dispensary. Right.

In fact, I think she saw me when I had the month.

Your mother trusted her completely.

She did?

Edna. Yes, she had many admirable qualities.

She was as vocal in community politics as she was at center cocktail parties.

How... Did she end up marrying Brains? After the murder of their daughter, Edna

fell apart.

I was told she took an overdose of barbiturates.

I was at the funeral, Parker.

Telling what's really buried out there in the center cemetery.

I've got Brutes out hunting for Edna. Brains must be doing the same. I think

it's testing his newfound inner peace.

Not a word to anyone, Sidney.

Good night.

Brutes. Tell me something good.

Oh, it's so good to see you again, Catherine.

Great little town like Bolton.

Never thought we'd have sickos hanging around our school.

Did you get a good look at him?

No. And he didn't stick around for questions.

Reminds me.

The kid's having a big dance on Friday.

Sadie Hawkins?

Might have yesterday.

I feel better if we had another chaperone then. Oh, I look forward to

And I can't wait to meet this Miss Hawkins.

Wait, honey.

I got your lunch.

Remember, I'm working late, okay? So leftovers for dinner?

Bye. Excuse me, Mrs. Gantry.

My name is Jared Brody. I'm Eric's new teacher.

I was wondering if I could talk to you about some trouble he's having.

Oh, you mean Joel?

Yeah, Eric told me about what happened yesterday.

It's all his bit of a problem.

But you think Eric's all right otherwise.

Otherwise? Oh, you know, I just worry, that's all. You know, with this whole

secret agent spy game of his.

Pretending isn't so bad.

Well, as long as he's not hiding in it.

But it is the sixth grade. I'm probably just being silly.

Hey, it's not silly to care about your son.

I'll have a talk with him.

Excuse me, Mrs. Warner.

The parking sticker you gave me, I can't find it anywhere. I must have lost it.

Boys, they lose their heads if they weren't attached.

Well, technically, lack of cranial attachment would nullify all other motor

skills, therefore the notion.

If it helps, I believe it was sticker number 48.

No, Mr. Brody, you had 55.

Number 48 belongs to Larry Grasso, our janitor.

Thank you.

Mr. Brody. Hi.

Matthew forgot his lunch.

So, I have just been dying to know what you thought of my reception.

Actually, I was... I was going to call you.

Bill? The other evening, when I was asking you the questions about where you

used to live, I... I know why you were dodging them.

Did I give you that impression?

Gail, I know why you and Matthew had to move here.

You can trust me.

Really.

You have no idea how hard it's been keeping this a secret and living this

mean, I thought that he was a nice guy. You know, I had no idea about the hidden

camera. I guess everyone's got the Internet these days.

And before you knew it... You never lived in Woodbury. There was no

no... Trial.

Trial?

How is Edna? As vacant as the Bates Motel.

Edna, you remember me.

We were colleagues at the Santa many, many years ago.

Sidney. That's right.

You do remember.

Edna.

Edna, can you hear me?

Forget it, Sid. She's been clap on, clap off all afternoon.

Twenty years of sedation might have taken a damaging toll on her brain. But

something brought her here.

Something brought her here looking for my mother. What?

Let's try and find out.

Well, there's only one reason the center would have gone to such length to keep

her quiet.

She knows their dirty little secrets.

I want to know them, too.

Even if Edna were lucid, she may not have the capacity. Capacity to tell you.

Well, this dig isn't over.

Takes one to know one, right?

Maybe we should pass the shovel to Angelo and see what he can find in

Tough day, huh?

I'm afraid so, Eric.

Did you just get some bad news?

Yeah.

Wow.

That's some pretty sophisticated spy equipment you got there.

What's that thing?

Hey, look at this.

An operatives communicator. You know, so my superiors can contact me. When

you're on a mission.

Eric, Joe was kind of a jerk yesterday.

The way he was making fun of you in front of everybody like that.

I try not to let him get to me.

Yeah, I'm...

Really care what he or any of the other non -operatives think. Except for Molly,

right? I see the way you look at her.

Supposed to be top secret.

Again, stupid Joel compromised everything.

Check this out.

Keep all my secrets in here.

You don't exactly have the proper clearance, but, uh, make an exception.

Whoa.

Surveillance photo. Nice going.

She probably hates me.

Nah. You got that dashing spy thing going on.

Girls love that.

Still, what do I do?

Well, if I were you, I would just face it head on and tell her how you feel.

No way.

Suicide mission.

If you care about somebody, you've got to tell them why you've got the chance.

I wouldn't know what to say.

Here.

Crack this into this thing.

And when you get it right...

Tell her.

Mr. Brody?

Thanks.

You're the first friend I made since I came here.

You're the first friend I made since I came here.

How many of you spent your whole life in Bolton?

Keep all my secrets in there.

Eric is the witness.

Mrs. Warner, have you seen Eric Gantry?

He was talking to the janitor a few minutes ago, then I saw him walking

God damn it. Mr.

Brody.

I'm going to do export shipping.

Where's Eric?

I was trying to help the kid.

You're a U .S. Marshal.

There's a leak inside with this protection.

I was just about to pull Eric in.

They're gonna kill him if you don't stop them.

Who? Who shot you? Didn't see him.

Gotta be Esposito's inside man.

You hang on. I'm going to get some help.

Save Eric.

Killer knows where he lives. Don't let him go home, Jared.

Don't let him go home.

Operative communicator. So my superiors can contact me.

Shh, it's me. Come on, back to my house. Let's get your mom.

When I heard that animal got out, I was so scared.

Then witness protection called, and they said not to worry, that they were

sending someone out to keep an eye on us.

The janitor.

Esmeralda's man already got to him.

Oh, my God.

They gave me a number to call in case of an emergency. You can't.

There's a leak inside the agency.

It's not safe.

Okay. Okay, so what do we do? We call the police?

My gut says that we stay under everybody's radar, at least for tonight.

Sit down and try to relax.

Mr. Brody, I'm so, so sorry that I lied in class when you asked who's lived here

a long time.

I mean, they told me that sometimes I had to lie. It's not like I wanted to.

Eric, you did the right thing.

Mom, I'm done. Okay, honey. Hey, there's eight cartons of ice cream in the

freezer.

After your homework.

He's a terrific kid.

Yeah.

You two have been through a lot.

Yeah, but he's just a boy.

And he deserves a childhood surrounded by family and friends. And instead, he

was hustled away in the middle of the night, taken away from everything.

It's not fair.

I know.

At least he has his mother to take care of him.

Well, little man, I don't deserve him. I really don't.

I saw the murder in his closet when I went on a field trip.

And Eric woke up with some sniffles and a fever coming on, and I really should

have kept him home, but I didn't.

See, I had made plans that day. What happened wasn't your fault.

I am his mother. I'm supposed to keep him safe and happy, and he's neither.

And the worst part is that once the new trial starts, it's going to start all

over again.

Quietly, Angela.

I'm taking you to see a friend of mine, Edna.

Sidney's friend dead?

No, she's not very much alive.

No.

Dead inside.

That is why I need your help, Angelo.

Got it.

Working late, Sidney. Isn't it past Bonzo's bedtime?

I have the idea that Angelo might be able to empath Jarrett's next move.

Well, your idea will have to wait.

Angelo's skills are required in another pursuit at the moment.

Is that a problem?

No, of course not.

Come on, monkey boy.

What's going to happen to us? I don't know, kiddo.

We may have to play it fast and loose again.

I can't leave.

Not yet.

I don't know that we have a choice.

Mom, please, there's something I have to do. Baby, I'm so sorry.

This never should have happened to you.

I'll try to get some sleep.

Okay?

What's up with you?

The marshal said that Esposito's man is someone inside the school.

I find him before he finds us.

Mrs. Raines, that monster you're married to has kept you doped up for the last

20 years.

Why?

What did you know?

So good to see you again, Catherine.

That's right.

I'm Catherine, your friend.

I'm here to help you, but you need to help me too.

So good to see you again, Catherine.

And I know you came here to see me for a reason. Please, tell me what it is.

Good to see you again, Catherine.

Look, I'm not Catherine, all right?

Catherine's been dead a very long time.

Do you hear me?

I'm not my mother.

How are your mumps, little Miss Parker?

You remember, Edna.

Please.

Tell me why you came here to see me.

Mirage. Mirage.

What is Mirage? What your mother started. Work she hoped you'd finish.

of work?

Edna?

Edna.

Edna, stay with me.

Rachel. Rachel Daly.

Chicago Field Office.

Federal Marshal, Witness Protection Division's current assignment.

I leave.

Rachel Daly.

Rachel Daly, the school counselor? She's a witness protection agent from out of

state. But why would she do that? Money.

Eric's testimony is the only thing that can put Esposito back in prison. Where

is he?

He's still sleeping. I didn't want to wake him until I had to. Good to get you

two out of town.

I'll deal with Rachel later.

Oh, my God, they got him.

Eric? Eric? No, this wasn't forced open. It was unlocked from the inside.

Why? Where would he go?

Hey, hi.

Um, Malik, can I talk to you for a sec?

There's somewhere I have to go. You know, it's a secret mission, but...

I didn't want to leave before I told you something.

Yeah? What?

All year long, I... No, no, I'm sorry. That's not what I meant.

Here.

Can you just listen to this, please? Sure.

Sorry to interrupt your love connection, but you already got a date. With my

fit!

Just the young man I was looking for. Why isn't it me? There's someone here to

see you.

Hey there, buddy. Remember me?

Eric! Eric!

Molly.

Have you seen Eric Gantry?

That jerk Joel chased him that way.

Dad, what are we going to do?

What if they have taken him? Wait a minute.

Come on, boy, Eric.

but as long as you're alive, you stand to seriously foul up my life.

Get in the hole.

No!

Be a good boy, Eric, and do as he says.

Both of you.

Why don't you fill it yourself?

Thank

God,

Jared. I saw him dragging Eric here, and I didn't... No, I know.

You know something?

I don't think this hole is full enough.

You okay?

Uh, yeah.

Good. You go take care of your mom now. Go. Okay.

It's kind of fitting, don't you think?

You've gotten yourselves into a hole you can't get out of.

Jared, come on.

Mom, we were just talking to that kid. Oh, yes.

Like the way she was just talking to that federal marshal when she murdered

Or the way you were just talking to the shop owner two years ago when he was

bludgeoned to death.

Oh.

Oh, what are you doing?

Jared.

Jared, what are you doing? Grace.

Eric was just a boy.

All he wanted was his childhood.

To be with his family. To play with his friends.

But you took all that away from him.

In an instant, everything he knew was just taken away.

Well, now it's your turn to disappear.

No one will ever miss you.

Okay. I did sell Eric out. And I did shoot the marshal, but I can help you

I can testify against Esposito. Shut up! No, no, no. Why don't you offer her

some more money, Esposito? You're insane!

You can't do this!

Who the hell are you?

I'm just the guy who's digging your grave.

Oh, that's right. You two already dug it. I'm just filling it in.

You better talk quick. This stuff dries fast.

All right!

All right, I did it! I said I did it!

Come again?

I killed a shop owner. I hired her to kill the kid. Is that what you want to

hear? Yes.

As a matter of fact, it is.

I killed a shop owner. I hired her to kill the kid. Is that what you want to

hear?

You're still going with this pig.

Both of you.

Jared? What are you doing?

Jared!

What about Mirage? Anything yet?

Well, I've scanned the DSA file directory and... The headlines.

Or it's not the fine print.

No, nothing on Mirage. Maybe it's just nonsense. I mean, this lady is a little

whacked out.

Most of the time, yeah, but not when she said mirage.

I know it.

So?

It's back to the salt mines for me.

you

for me today, freak.

What's this?

Brownies?

Oh.

Don't, Joel. You'll be sorry.

Oh, I haven't been sorry yet.

with the amount of prune extract we put in him.

I would say, right?

About... Now.

Now, what

came

over him?

Something he ate, maybe.

Mission accomplished.

Excuse me. Can you take this one?

Now, I can't understand how they got the story, and yet there's not one mention

about the guy who made it all happen.

Well, teaching can be such a thankless profession.

Not entirely.

Thank you, Jared.

Thanks, Mr. Brody.

Eric, can I talk to you for a second?

I listened to your tape.

It was sweet. I'm really glad you gave it to me.

Really?

Mm -hmm.

Um, so I was wondering, do you want to go to the Sadie Hawkins Anthopy tomorrow

night?

Yeah. I mean, of course I do.

Good.

I'll see you in class.

Mom, we don't have to leave tonight, do we?

Does a certain secret agent have one last rendezvous?

Yeah.

She okay, Sam?

She went and laid down. I haven't heard a word from her.

Mrs. Raines?

Edna?

Oh, man.

Now we're left empty -handed.

Not exactly.

I still have Mirage.

Thank you.

Thank

you.

I could just walk in.