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[light jazzy music]

♪

[indistinct chatter]

- Are these correct?
- Yeah.

[indistinct chatter]

♪

Good morning.

I see you all received
your free thermal mugs.

Now, if I wanted to buy
that mug back from you,

how much would you charge?

Raise your hand if you'd
sell it back to me for $15.

♪

How about 20?

25?

♪

What about you, more than 25?

[laughter]

Last week, when I showed
you a picture of this mug,

most of you said that you
wouldn't even pay $5 for it.

What changed?

- Inflation?
- [laughter]

Besides inflation.

Ownership?

Ding, ding, ding.

Now that you own it, you'd
want more to give it up

than you would have
paid to get it.

Oh, the endowment effect.

Mm.

So you have been
paying attention.

Additionally, if I were to ask
you to name a price tomorrow,

you'd give it an
even higher value.

The longer we possess something,

the more we value it.

We also have trouble
letting it go

because we can't stand
the thought of losing it.

Whoa.

Wait, people camped
out overnight?

Not every day you get a
chance to get a free Oculus

before its official release.

[scoffs] Man, my brother just
sent me the email this morning.

I really wanted to get him one.

Oh, there's no way
we're in the first 100.

Oh, come on, it's totally
possible that's only 99 people.

Let's wait it out and see, huh?

Um, hi, everybody.

My manager just told me
that there is no giveaway.

Sorry, everybody.

Wait, wait, what
about the email?

- That wasn't from us.
- We didn't send an email out.

Sorry for the
confusion, everybody.

So it was a scam?

I guess so.

That's bull!

We're not leaving
without our headsets!

OK, wait a minute.

We slept on the street for this.

- [overlapping shouting]
- That's not fair!

[tense music]

♪

Two.

All: We won't go! We
won't go! We won't go!

- Whoa. This is too much.
- Let's get out of here.

Um, Simon?

Excuse me. Simon?

♪

Simon? Simon?

Hey, just I'm... I'm
trying to get out.

♪

All: We won't go!

We won't go! We won't go!

♪

[coughs]

♪

All: We won't go! We won't go!

[Rizwan and Simon straining]
We won't go! We won't go!

♪

[coughs twice]

♪

All: We won't go! We won't go!

- You good?
- Yeah.

- You OK?
- Yeah.

♪

All: We won't go! We won't go!

♪

We won't go! We won't go!

We won't go!

♪

We won't go! We won't go!

Both: Whoa.

[all cheering]

all: We won't go! We won't go!

[crowd distant] We
won't go! We won't go!

We won't go! We won't go!
We won't go! We won't go!

[sirens wailing]

♪

We won't go! We won't go!

- Hey, it's the police.
- [sirens wailing]

all: We won't go! We won't go!

We won't go! We won't go!

♪

[keypad beeping]

[alarm blaring]

[dramatic music]

♪

I've never seen
anything like it.

Good thing you got
out when you did.

I don't get how it got
out of control so fast.

Mob mentality.

We take behavioral cues from
people around us every day.

But in a strange crowd, there's
no reference for social norms.

So people literally
don't know how to act.

The aggressive behavior
of a few stood out.

Even people who are
usually level-headed

latch on to that aggression.

And that's how a mob is formed.

That was my first mob.

And hopefully last.

I know some detectives
at the local precinct.

We should get you two over
there to give statements

about what you witnessed.

You may have some information
that they could use.

[pensive music]

My supervisor said
the same thing.

"You should take
some time off."

You don't like that idea?

I mean, I guess I
could use a vacation.

But I...

You would rather work instead.

Honestly, yes.

The more I work, the less
I have time to think.

About Jace.

I know you're gonna
say that's not healthy.

I'm gonna tell you you
should do whatever you need

to do to feel good, Marisa.

But you're making time
for yourself today,

and that's progress.

There's something else
that's been bothering me.

I can't stop
thinking about Bean.

Bean?

[soft dramatic music]

The baby I had when
I was a teenager.

That's what I called him.

I chose a closed adoption.

And so I never knew his name.

♪

I thought it was best to
know as little as possible.

♪

But now, I'm thinking
about looking for him.

And if you found him,

what would you
want to say to him?

I guess...

I guess I would want
to know where he is.

I wanna know how he is.

What... what his...
what life is like.

I would just want to
see... [phone buzzes]

Work again?

It's urgent.

- To be continued.
- Yeah.

♪

Yeah.

Dr. Mercer.

Didn't know you were
working this case.

Agent Quinn, as far
as I know, I'm not.

- We're just passing by.
- What's going on?

There was a museum
heist about an hour ago.

Marisa's inside.

Someone robbed the museum
during business hours

in broad daylight?

It's the easiest way to do it.

No breaking in, no
alarms to bypass.

Thanks.

Hey, what are y'all doing here?

We just came from the precinct.

Simon and Rizwan got
caught in a crowd

that got out of control
a few blocks away.

The freebie mob.

There's a name for it already?

Well, it's all the
talk at the Bureau.

Our heist happened
at the same time.

That's why the police
were delayed getting here.

A museum heist and a mob that
got set off by a scam email

happened simultaneously,
both in locations

that rely on a response
from the same precinct?

You think they're connected?

Either that or the
thieves got really lucky.

What did they take?

Look at this.

They broke open the display case

and took a mask worth $30,000.

Nothing else in the gallery?

Well, there was a sword
with a solid gold handle

right next to it and
other weapons and jewelry

that had to be worth at
least ten times as much.

So why steal the
least valuable item?

It's a bit irrational, isn't it?

You in or what?

Gentlemen...

duty calls.

And this is from
the security camera?

We're analyzing the footage,
but they both hid their faces.

The thief comes in and hugs
the wall to avoid the cameras.

And then we're blind.

And that camera's stationary?

Yeah, the insurance company
decides where they're placed.

Marisa?

This is the museum
curator, Mr. Adesina.

Nnamdi, please.

Nnamdi, this is
Dr. Alec Mercer.

He's consulting on the case.

Were you working this morning?

I was taking my son to school

when I heard the
mask was stolen.

Mm.

Most of the stuff in
this museum is stolen.

That's how it got here, right?

How can you steal something
that's already been stolen?

Jamaal, take the
train to school.

I'll call to excuse
your tardiness.

He grew up in museums.

But he's rebelling against
everything these days.

Do either of you have kids?

No.

Hmm, wise decision.

I'm going to need your
personnel records.

Of course.

I've worked in three
other museums in the area

and never had a security
issue like this.

Can you think of anyone who
wanted this specific mask

for any reason?

It was acquired at
auction recently.

There were several others

who were in a tight
bidding war for it.

- We'll start there.
- Thank you, Nnamdi.

Mm.

Hey, you all right?

I noticed your reaction
when Nnamdi mentioned kids.

It's Bean.

He's been on my mind ever
since I told Rose about him.

You told Rose?

[somber music]

It came up on our
surprise camping trip.

I'm not sleeping.

My mind is constantly
racing thinking about him.

So much so

that I asked Rose to see
if she could find him.

And if she does?

- I... I don't know yet.
- [chuckles]

What I do know is that we
need to find these thieves.

I will track down the other
bidders from the auction.

Maybe Kylie can trace
the email blast.

Whoever sent it knew how
the crowd would react,

knew their social science.

Who would even come up with
something like this besides...

you?

That's what I'm worried about.

[suspenseful music]

I had my brother send
me the original email,

passed it on to Kylie.

For a phishing scam,

they did a good job making
this look authentic.

People camped out
overnight for that Oculus.

No wonder they were angry.

The professor calls that
escalation of commitment.

Because they invested
so much time,

they felt that much closer
to owning the headset.

So even though
they were scammed,

they weren't gonna
leave without it.

A lot of planning
went into this.

I read that some terrorist
groups fund their operations

by selling stolen
art and antiquities.

I'm thinking FSB.

Or the Pink Panthers.

Maybe some real-life
Indiana Jones took the mask

'cause it's the key to
finding long-lost treasure.

Well, once Kylie locates
where the email originated,

- we'll see who's closest.
- You know what?

I take mine back.
I'm with Riz.

Because how cool would
it be if that mask

- leads to the Holy Grail?
- Right?

[imitates explosion]

Thank you for coming down.

This mask is missing.

I wanted to talk to you
because you recently bid on it.

[suspenseful music]

So bidding on a mask
makes me a criminal?

♪

It's beautiful.

I love beautiful things.

♪

Yo, I just thought it was cool.

I'm a writer, but I've always
been interested in art,

so I became a collector.

I'd love to create
my own museum someday

to honor the cultures
in my collection.

I'm an influencer.

Honestly, this girl I was
talking to, she wanted it.

And I just wanted
to impress her.

I'm a museum director.

Am I not allowed to do my job
without raising suspicion?

Oh, I was interested in
the mask, but I got outbid.

So I went after a pair of
gilded statues instead.

My business manager
talked me out of it.

It was a good thing, too,

'cause that girl was into
some weird stuff, man.

Yo, you ever heard of furries?

It's very rare to find
antiquities from Nepal,

so of course I wanted it.

Do you need my transcripts
and dental records,

or am I free to go?

[quirky dramatic music]

Prickly is putting
it too nicely.

I'm not convinced, but she
does have a solid alibi.

They all do.

They also have the
means to hire someone

to do the dirty work.

Most stolen art is recovered
when thieves try to sell it.

We have eyes all over
the black market.

I don't think they'll sell it.

Why not?

From what you said about
the auction bidders,

the value they placed on
the mask wasn't monetary.

For them, it seems to
be more about ownership.

- Mm.
- There she is.

- Hey.
- Hey.

I found the spammer
who sent the email.

She was paid with Ethereum.

Crypto, hard to trace.

Yeah, but the same person
bought a second email blast

and doubled the amount
of people to target.

They should be at
the store right now.

If they're using the
same ruse right now

with twice as many people,
the chances of someone

getting seriously injured
increase exponentially.

[shouting and clamoring]

Hey, stop fighting!

[tense music]

Get over here!

♪

- Two museums in one day.
- Never a dull moment.

And this, you're
going to want to see.

Marisa is in with
the museum director.

This one was robbed while
a second mob was formed

less than a mile away.

Anybody hurt?

Two people in the ICU
and dozens injured.

That email blast had
a riddle to solve

to get to the fake
sneaker giveaway.

- Oh, gamification.
- They made it a game.

Solving the riddle
increases their motivation

- to get the prize.
- Mm.

- Is that...
- Yeah, the Bhairav mask.

So the thieves stole
it from one museum

just to put it in another one?

Looks that way.

But they took the Nepali Bowl
that's usually in that case.

It's also in the
camera's blind spot.

Another Nepali artifact
stolen from this museum.

One that was looted

from a monastery in
Nepal 60 years ago,

though I'm sure
the Wilkins Museum

has paperwork that
says otherwise.

Mm.

Yaahna Bidari.

This is Dr. Alec Mercer.

We asked the cultural attaché
to the Nepali ambassador

to join us.

You think the papers
are falsified?

Nepal banned the export
of cultural objects,

but dealers and
brokers find ways

to forge letters of provenance.

So you have an
interest in the bowl?

My office is in negotiations
with multiple countries

to get thousands of stolen
artifacts back home.

And I'm guessing any involvement

or even knowledge
of a stunt like this

would jeopardize those talks?

Whether it's this set of
bowls or sacred statues,

we wouldn't take that risk.

Even if they are here illegally.

How did an item with
such a contentious origin

end up in a collection at all?

That's a question for
the museum director.

[intriguing music]

She repeatedly asked
me the same questions

over and over and over.

[indistinct chatter]

All right.

♪

For the one-millionth time, if
I was gonna steal something,

I wouldn't put it
in my own museum.

You have no idea how
the mask ended up here?

If it's the real mask.

There are rumors that when
the "Mona Lisa" was stolen,

it was replaced with a fake.

I can't do anything
about the "Mona Lisa,"

but I can assure you

that we are going to
use all of our resources

to authenticate the mask.

And we'll do the same
when we recover the bowl.

Do you know about the
disputed origins of the bowl?

I have a letter of provenance
that proves the bowl

was legally sold and that we

were legally hosting it.

Of course.

We're just curious because
the Nepali government

feels that the bowl
left the country

under questionable
circumstances.

A bowl just like mine
was recently sold

on the black market, probably
to a private collector

who won't even share
it with the world.

So why aren't you and
Nepal hounding them?

We are not accusing
you of anything.

♪

[phone buzzing]

Excuse me for a second.

♪

Are you picking
up the accusations

where your partner left off?

I... I'm just a consultant.

But honestly, I'm confused.

What's going on?

- [sighs]
- Alec doing Alec things.

And replace heist.

Thieves don't usually
return what they steal.

Maybe the scheme isn't over.

You think they'll be back?

I don't know.

I'm still trying to understand
the antiquities world.

You have a lot more knowledge
about these things than I do.

- He's downplaying.
- Thank you, Dr. Mercer...

Self-deprecating

while validating her
to boost her ego.

I've had a constant barrage
of angry activists trolling me

and demanding my entire
collection be repatriated.

Activists?

That might explain replacing
the bowl with a mask.

It wasn't about theft.

It was about getting
attention for their cause.

Their cause?

No, those activists
would have you believe

that we don't do good work

and we're just a trophy
case for colonialism.

That would be a harsh
criticism of museums.

17 million people visited
D.C. museums last year

and learned about someone
that lived centuries ago

or from the other
side of the world.

You really care
about what you do.

And I do it while
obeying the law.

Could you get me a
list of these activists

that reached out to you?

It could help you
get your bowl back.

Of course.

Anything I can do
to be of assistance.

Well played,
Dr. Mercer, well played.

I get that they
needed a distraction,

but why would these activists
work these crowds up like that?

I mean, activists want
to improve the community.

These mobs just
seem to hurt people.

Maybe their judgment was
clouded by their passion.

Well, all these groups are
posting about the thefts.

Reddit threads, blog posts.

- The news is spreading fast.
- Hmm.

Which makes sense if one of
these groups is a part of it.

Well, whether they are or not,

they are capitalizing
on the moment.

Oh, it looks like there's a
protest happening right now.

- Mm.
- Here's a live stream.

[all chanting]

That's across from
the Wilkins Museum.

Weren't you just there?

Less than an hour ago.

Might be another distraction.

All: Send them home!
Send them home!

Send them home!

Culture is not yours to own!

All: Send them home!
Send them home!

Culture is not yours to own!

All: Send them home!
Send them home!

Culture is not yours to own!

All: Send them home!
Send them home!

I don't think this is
another distraction.

It's not a riot.
It seems different.

- It's peaceful.
- Culture is not yours to own!

All: Send them home!
Send them home!

Is that Nnamdi's son?

All: Send them home!
Send them home!

- I guess he's not all talk.
- He's protesting.

All: Send them home!
Send them home!

[suspenseful music]

Or maybe he's not.

All: Culture is
not yours to own!

Send them home! Send them home!

Culture is not yours to own!

All: Send them home!
Send them home!

Culture is not yours to own!

All: Send them home!
Send them home!

Culture is not yours to own!

All: Send them home!
Send them home!

Culture is not yours to own!

What are you up to, Jamaal?

All: Culture is
not yours to own!

Send them home!
Send them home!

Culture is not yours to own!

Send them home!
Send them home!

Culture is not yours to own!

Hurry up, Jamaal.

I've almost got it.

♪

Dude.

[grunts]

Step away from the door.

[groans] You can't arrest me
for peacefully protesting.

Is that what you call what
you were doing to that door?

What I was doing was
going in for a sit-in.

- The museum is closed.
- And it's a crime scene.

What you're doing
is trespassing.

How'd you open that
door so easily?

- The door is broken.
- It's been like that for years.

Jamaal, I'm gonna
have to take you in.

[scoffing] For what?

Breaking into a museum,

whether the door
is working or not,

is frowned upon by the FBI.

I'll catch up with you later.

- I want to check something.
- Yeah.

[protesters chanting distantly]

[door hinge squeaks]
[approaching footsteps]

Dr. Mercer, what
are you doing here?

Penelope, we were just checking

to see if we missed anything.

- Are there cameras back here?
- No.

Did you know that
this door was broken?

Just one of the many things
I need to fix around here.

Many?

This isn't exactly
the Smithsonian.

I'm doing my best to creatively
manage a dwindling budget.

Less full-time staff helps,
but it causes other issues.

So you're understaffed
right now.

Sadly.

I've had to hire
former employees back

as independent contractors on
a project-to-project basis.

But sometimes you
get what you pay for.

How so?

Different people means
inconsistent vision.

[scoffs] I mean, look at this.

Roman armor in the middle
of South Asian artifacts?

No cohesion, you know?

Exhibit aesthetics
aren't my forte.

Ah, let me show you.

[hydraulic hissing]

[intriguing music]

♪

This would have been

a much more appropriate
place for the bowl.

Where the other South
Asian artifacts are.

If I had time to do
everything myself...

I'm sorry.

Can you tell me more about
these former employees

that you've been contracting?

♪

You didn't read me my rights.

You're not under arrest.

I just want to talk to you.

I'd like to wait for
your dad to get here

- before...
- Wait, you called my dad?

- You're a minor.
- I had to.

I don't want him here.

Well, he's on his way.

You're lucky to have a father
that cares about you so much.

You know nothing about him.

He doesn't care about
anybody but himself.

I am sure that that's not true.

You ever heard of
the Benin bronzes?

The treasures that the British
stole from West Africa?

Mm-hmm.

Didn't the museums return those?

Not all of them.

He's still working
with the people

that are making money
off of our culture.

Yeah, he cares about
something all right.

[door opens]

[suspenseful music]

You shouldn't be talking
to my son without me here.

I tried to wait for
you, but Jamaal...

This has nothing
to do with Jamaal!

You can't treat him
like a criminal!

We found Jamaal breaking
into the back door

of the Wilkins Museum.

He's just a boy.

I am trying to find out

who stole artifacts
from your museum.

And now I have proof
that Jamaal had

access to both crime scenes.

It doesn't matter what
you think you have.

I'm telling you, he wasn't
part of any of this.

He's right.

Jamaal wasn't part
of the robberies.

But you were.

[suspenseful music]

You took on contract work
at the Wilkins Museum.

That's how Jamaal
knows his way around.

He grew up going to work with
me at a few different museums.

The artifacts didn't just
happen to be in blind spots.

You moved the cases out
of view of the cameras.

I've been a curator
for 30 years.

I love my job.

But I turned a blind
eye too many times

when stolen artifacts
showed up in collections.

Surely you can report items
with questionable provenance.

And I did.

I tried to fix things
within the system.

But the result was always
the same. Empty promises.

If you've worked in the
system for 30 years, why now?

I had a chance to
return a Benin artifact.

I fought, and finally, got the
director and board to agree.

I was so proud and
excited to take Jamaal

to the repatriation ceremony.

What happened?

- The museum backed out.
- Mm.

They didn't trust
Nigeria to properly

take care of the artifact.

Can you imagine being
told that your people

are not responsible enough to
take care of your own history?

I had to tell my son...

I failed.

The disappointment in
his eyes, I still see it.

And my heart breaks a
little more every time.

Did you know that people
were seriously hurt

in the mobs that were set up
to distract from the heist?

What mobs?

[suspenseful somber music]

You didn't plan this.

I... I just moved the cases.

Who planned it?

An activist.

They wanted to make a statement

about museums trafficking
in stolen antiquities.

But they needed someone
with access to make it work.

And you agreed to help?

I wanted to effect change,

to redeem myself
in my son's eyes.

They were going to
return the items.

I... I... I didn't know
about people getting hurt.

We are gonna need some
information on this activist.

[somber music fading]

[indistinct chatter]

Kai Potter's shift starts soon.

They want to keep
things business as usual

in case they need an alibi.

Kai had a string of
jobs where they tried

to organize the
workers into unions.

Coffee shop, pizza joint.

And...

You don't think this
is our mastermind?

Anything's possible.

But this activist
is in their 20s?

Mm.

It takes years of study to be
able to predict human behavior.

[phone buzzes]

Everything all right?

- Yeah.
- Yeah, nothing to worry about.

Mm.

Nnamdi and Jamaal, they are
just too emotionally distant

to see that they're
on the same side.

So it just makes me wonder

about my son.

[somber music]

Mm.

Whether we're alike
or we're different.

Or if I even want to know.

Because at least I could
imagine the answer.

You got the email from
Rose about your son.

I haven't opened it yet.

♪

And it'll have to wait.
Look who just rolled up.

Kai Potter?

[pensive music]

♪

They're swaps, not robberies.

We're just starting
a conversation.

Taking something that
doesn't belong to you

is stealing, even
if it's a stunt.

Shouldn't that apply
to museums, too?

That's why we're
making a statement.

You realize you could
be charged with a crime?

With the amount of damage,
inciting a riot alone

will get you up to ten years.

And we haven't even started
with federal charges.

What?

Tom never said anything
about ten years.

Who's Tom?

If you help me,
maybe I can help you.

What's Tom's full name?

Tom's probably not
even his real name.

That group is anonymous.

He's older, knows a lot
about the artifacts.

He's the one who came
up with the whole plan

to get people talking.

Was Tom with you in the museum?

No, Tom had me
recruit the curator

and get him to move the
display cases to blind spots

that Tom already knew about.

And?

Tom told me how to cut
open the display cases.

My friend Jimmy was my lookout.
We joined the group together.

It sounds like this Tom
is doing all the plotting

and you're taking all the risk.

Yeah.

I guess so.

So where's the bowl now?

Jimmy's holding on to the bowl

until we get the info
for the next swap.

There's not gonna
be a third swap.

This stops now.

Let's go see Jimmy.

It's B3 at the end of the hall.

[scoffs] You don't need that.

Trust me. Jimmy's an
art history major.

The only weapon he
has is a paintbrush.

- Jimmy?
- [knocks on door]

FBI. Are you in there?

We're coming in.

- Oh, God.
- Jimmy, Jimmy, are you OK?

Jimmy?

Clear.

[tense music]

He's unconscious, but breathing.

The bowl is gone.

It was in that suitcase.

I need an ambulance.

[somber music]

♪

He'll recover, but Jimmy was
hit over the head pretty hard.

Who else knew the bowl was here?

Just me and Tom.

No sign of forced entry.

Jimmy must have opened the
door for someone he knew.

Or someone he thought he knew.

From the looks of it,
the assailant improvised

and grabbed the nearest
thing to hit Jimmy.

Was it a part of the plan
for Tom to come here?

No, the plan was to swap
out the mask for the bowl

right away and wait
for instructions

for the next move of the bowl.

And why not swap out the
bowl right away, too?

I don't know, but
we had to tell Tom

as soon as we had the bowl.

He even described it in detail

to make sure it was like
the one he'd seen before.

♪

We know this Tom person

anticipated exactly
how people would react,

so he used it to his advantage

for the two different
distraction mobs.

And by pretending to be
an ally for the cause,

he manipulated two
idealistic young activists

into doing the actual
heisting for him.

But why the
theatrics, diversions,

the long con with Kai?

Can all of this really
be about a single bowl?

Not a single bowl.

Phoebe, Rizwan, you
remember the experiment

you ran on collectors'
completion motivation?

Yeah, the Jimi Hendrix albums?

The what?

Phoebe and Rizwan
did a field study

under the guise
of a record store

auctioning three related items,

the only three studio albums

by the Jimi Hendrix Experience.

We asked 50 customers
how much they'd bid

for one of the albums.

To get one of the three albums,

participants bid on average $25.

With the next 50 customers,

we said the store was
doing a promotion.

We gave them one
album as a freebie

and then asked how much they
would pay to get the second.

People in that group bid more,

$35 on average to acquire
the second album in the set.

We gave our last group
two albums for free

and asked how much they
would bid on the final album.

That group bid $100 on average

to acquire the final
album in the set.

It's four times as much
as the first group bid

for a single album.

Completion motivation
drastically changed

how they saw the final album

and the value they
endowed it with.

Once they had two,

they were more motivated
to get the last album.

Exactly.

Whole marketing campaigns
are designed to capitalize

on a desire to complete the set.

Limited-edition dolls and toys,

collect all the Monopoly
pieces to get a free burger,

"Pokémon."

"Gotta catch 'em all."

[chuckling] Makes sense, but
how does that apply to Tom?

Penelope told us an
identical bowl was sold

on the black market recently.

Kai said that Tom mentioned
seeing another bowl.

You think Tom was that buyer.

He gave a very detailed
description of it to Kai.

So the take-and-replace
heist was just a way for Tom

to convince Kai that
they were aligned

in the repatriation cause.

It wasn't about that for Tom.

It was about getting
the companion

for the bowl he already had.

But if he has both bowls,
then it's over, right?

He's probably headed out
of the country with them.

So we lure him back.

- But with what bait?
- His collection's complete.

Unless it isn't.

[suspenseful music]

I'm not sure I can be
of much help to you

or your assistant, Dr. Mercer.

- Please.
- [sighs]

I think you can.

When the Nepali Bowl was stolen,

I was under the impression
that there were two.

One that was acquired
by a private collector

and the other by
the Wilkins Museum.

But you said the stolen
bowl was part of a set,

not a pair, which made me wonder

if maybe there was a third bowl.

Rizwan did some digging.

And he found the legend
of Prince Keshchandra.

[Yaahna clears throat]

♪

"When the young prince
gambled away his fortune,

"his sister took pity on him

"and served him a
meal in a gold bowl.

But that night, he stole the
bowl and gambled it away."

So the next night,
she served him

in a silver bowl and
then a bronze bowl,

both of which he gambled away.

"He ran to the woods in shame.

"When he cried and
begged forgiveness,

God blessed him with more
gold than he could carry."

[clears throat]

Based on that legend
and your reaction to it,

I'm guessing my hunch about
a third bowl may be right?

The end of that story
says to make amends,

Keshchandra used that gold
to build a sacred monastery.

Which still stands

and existed for centuries
before your country did.

The three bowls were
altarpieces in that monastery?

Until they were stolen,

like other irreplaceable
symbols of faith.

I understand.

Then why do I feel like you're

about to ask me to
give you a third bowl

when my country has already
lost the other two bowls?

Because the last Nepali
Bowl could be the key

to getting you the full set.

We could use the third
bowl to draw the thief out.

Or they'll take it.

Or it ends up in
a Western museum.

Can't you just use a replica?

From what we know
about our thief,

it's unlikely that a
replica would fool him.

And we need to do this
before he disappears

with the other two bowls.

♪

My father is Iranian.

I know a lot about the struggles

to get looted Persian
treasures back.

You know that old saying, why
are the pyramids in Egypt?

Because they won't fit
in the British Museum.

We can bring the
thief to justice

and reunite the sacred bowls,
but only if you'll trust us.

[tense music]

After the thefts, rumors
of another Nepali Bowl

set off a search of archives
and private collections.

We were skeptical,
but uncovered a bowl

that has been authenticated
as being part of the same set

as the lost one.

- We can't lose this bowl.
- I gave Yaahna my word.

Penelope's here.

You think she could be our Tom?

That's what I've been
trying to find out.

I got my team researching
all the collector suspects

seeing if there's
anything we missed.

When Nnamdi's speech is over,

I will take watch just
outside of the bowl room,

and Quinn will monitor
the main lobby.

We spread the word to
every activist group

in all the sites Tom
could be monitoring.

Anybody who ever thought
about Nepali artifacts

knows that bowl is there today.

What if he knows it's a trap?

He may, but his
completion motivation

says the risk of getting
caught is second to the risk

of missing his shot
at the full set.

It's visible. It's just out
of view from the main gallery.

Good. We need Tom to think
that bowl is attainable.

- [door opens]
- We did what you asked.

There's something
you need to see.

I'll be right back.

We think we found Tom.

[intriguing music]

And thank you to the
Nepali government

for allowing this very
special, limited exhibition.

Do come in and enjoy it.

[applause]

All right, everyone, here we go.

Come in, come in.

Thank you. Thank
you for coming.

Thank you so much.
Good to see you.

Hello. How are you?

[light percussive music]

[indistinct chatter]

♪

OK, remember, keep
your eyes peeled

for anyone wearing
or carrying anything

that could conceal
a stolen bowl.

♪

[loud thud]

♪

[gaseous hissing]

[tense music]

[alarm blaring]

What's going on?

Quinn, talk to me.

♪

Yellow gas coming
from a trash can.

[gasps] Yellow gas?

Wait, I read that.

We gotta get
everyone out of here.

That could be chlorine gas.

Everybody, out! Out
of the building now!

- Come on, everyone out!
- Move, move.

Everyone out. Come on.

♪

Here, read this.

Go, go, go, go, go!

Everybody, out!

Come on. Let's go.
Find the nearest exit.

Everybody out as quickly
as you can, please.

[alarm blaring]

Marisa, can you hear me?

Alec, there's some kind of gas.

- Ignore it.
- What?

It's a distraction,
just like with the mobs.

The gas is harmless.

It's the crowd's reaction
Tom's counting on.

How do you know that?

Because I'm reading
his book right now.

Tom Fields is a pen name
for Warren Sheffield.

- The collector?
- It's beautiful.

He writes
psychological suspense.

In his last book, he
used a yellow smoke bomb

to clear a bank.

All his books contain human
behavior-based crimes.

- Uh...
- Marisa, get out of there!

Alec, are you sure about that?

You have to trust me.

[tense music]

♪

[alarm blaring]

[tense music]

♪

On the ground!

Put your hands up and get
on the ground, Warren, now!

Put the bowl down!

♪

Go.

♪

[handcuffs clicking]

♪

We got him.

And the bowl is safe.

[uplifting music]

♪

Well, they've been looted,
smuggled across borders,

and even sold on
the black market.

But today, a
repatriation ceremony

marks the return of
several cultural artifacts

to their home in Nepal.

Dignitaries and museum
officials believe

that this is a step
towards righting the wrongs

of stealing tangible
heritage from the people who

treasure it the most.

♪ I'm here to tell you

♪ Wherever you go

♪ And whether
you're high or low ♪

♪ I'll be there for ya

♪ I'm in your corner

Oh!

♪ If you're far from home

♪ And maybe you're finding
you're on your own ♪

♪ I'll be there for ya,
I'm in your corner ♪

You called Warren's bluff.

I guess his human
behavioral knowledge

was no match for yours.

I'm just glad everybody's safe

and that we didn't
lose that bowl.

Jimmy's recovery is going well,

but he and Kai will
still be charged

for stealing the artifacts.

They said attention
on repatriation

was the important thing,

so I guess you can call
it a success for them?

Mm.

I was dismissed from
my duties as curator.

Mm.

But I still wanted to
thank you for helping me

to return these
artifacts to Nepal.

Well, they did have some help.

You were part of
this thing, too, Dad.

He's right.

And for your help and
because your participation

in the heist was nonviolent,
I'm sure the DA will be able

to plead you down to probation.

[sighs]

And now you both know
your beliefs are aligned.

So you can work
together for the cause.

- I made some mistakes.
- But the world is watching now.

I won't waste this
opportunity to use my voice.

We won't waste this opportunity.

Yeah?

[both chuckle]

♪

The last time I was
here, you asked me

what I would want
my son to know.

I would want him to know

that he mattered.

That he still matters.

[soft dramatic music]

And forcing myself
back into his life

feels like it says the opposite.

♪

Someone sent me info on him.

I deleted that email.

Instead, I put myself

on the adoption search
and reunion sites.

And how does that feel?

It feels right.

It's his choice.

But I can open the door.

♪

If he wants to look
for me, I'll be here.

♪

[phone buzzing]

Ownership can also
apply to ideas.

Just like an object, we
can endow a point of view

or an idea with
disproportionate value.

And then it becomes just as
hard for us to let it go.

It doesn't mean we can't.

It takes effort.

Just like most important
things in life.

So maybe someday one of you will

give me back that free mug.

Maybe today.

[light jazzy music]

Bueller?

Oh, God, my references are old.