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Dad, I need a new laptop.

Dad.

-Dad. -What?

-Do you hear me? -Yes.

I said I need a new laptop.

Great. I don't have money right now, and I want coffee.

Where is it? It was there just yesterday.

By the way, the Mop says there is this science, quantum mechanics.

According to it, on the subatomic level we exist, but at the same time we don't.

I see.

It's a sort of scintillation.

By the way, where is your Inna?

There isn't any Inna.

See? With money and women it's always like this.

They are here, and they aren't.

True.

Scintillation, you said?

Not me. The Mop did.

THE MOP

EPISODE 7

Anna Nikolayevna Shvabrina?

Yes.

I'm sorry, Anna Nikolayevna, you'll have to come with us.

Let's go.

Thank you.

Mitia, I have this feeling that you've filed the monthly reports.

But today is the 30th, a Friday, and I still don't have your reports.

Shit. It is Friday.

Boss, don't we have a fresh body?

First report on the stale ones.

No, a stale one won't do.

You see, I told Katia I'll go meet her parents.

Finish the reports and go. What's the problem?

You don't want to go? Why?

As we used to say in school, I'm not ready yet.

-You know who her father is. -I do.

-What if he likes me? -I don't think he will.

Is it Katia?

Yes. Vershinin.

Got it. I'll be there soon.

-A body? -It's worse. Get back to work.

All right, Anna Nikolayevna, tell us, then…

I have nothing to tell you.

Am I free to go?

In this country everyone is free to choose their lack of freedom.

What are the charges against her?

Illegal acquirement of information presenting state secret.

Why don't you answer your phone?

My phone?

Vershinin made me finish all monthly reports today.

You don't want to go?

I do, but Vershinin…

Why don't you go alone?

You can take my car.

Of course.

And when Dad asks me who the car's owner is to me,

I'll say, "No one. He just likes to sleep with me sometimes".

But I do like it.

Bye.

Katia, come on.

What exactly did she do?

You don't have the clearance. I can't talk about it.

Okay. Let's just sit here and not speak about it.

She hacked the General HQ's network.

Why would a math teacher hack into the HQ's network?

Exactly. Why would a math teacher hack into the HQ's network?

Also, I want to know who she leaks the classified information to

and which country's counterintelligence she works for.

Also, our IT guys are dying to know how she did it.

It's too bad that you don't want to help us, Anna Nikolayevna.

I'm talking as a mathematician to mathematician now.

Yes, I'm also a mathematician. Or I used to be.

It didn't work out.

How long have you known her?

A year, give or take.

Since I arrested her on a suspicion of a series of murders.

But then she found the real killer for me while still in her cell.

How?

Through mathematics.

She solved a few cases for us since then.

Mathematics is her life, her entire world.

How did it go…

A crime is… a mistake.

An incorrect equation.

She just figures out the mistake.

Off the record, Anna Nikolayevna, I always wondered…

You with your IQ, your opportunities, your talents, and school?

No, really.

I don't know. It's probably my excuse to dedicate myself to science.

How long have you been working with Vershinin?

What does it matter now?

You shouldn't refuse to cooperate.

Do you realize what it means for you.

The break-in was made from your computer.

You live alone, don't you?

No, why? I have a goldfish. Lobachevski.

Is that true?

Are you mocking me?

I'm cooperating. Mathematician to mathematician.

Let me talk to her alone.

Is there something between you and her apart from the investigations?

No. I mean yes but…

Never mind. It has nothing to do with the case.

There is this science, quantum mechanics.

On some level,

you and I exist and don't exist.

God knows if there actually is something or not.

It's all scintillation.

Scintillation.

Scintillation.

Why am I telling you this?

If Anna Nikolayevna wanted to hack the HQ or Pentagon,

no one would have ever figured her out.

Anna Nikolayevna, I have the feeling that our conversation might take a while.

The law allows me to detain you for 48 hours.

If you need something…

I don't know, clean clothes, warm water – just let me know.

Water?

Or maybe coffee?

What shall we tell Father?

I don't know.

All right, I'll tell Liuba to take away one setting. Liuba!

Don't.

I read a story about this Japanese man.

He caught his wife with a lover, but instead of killing any of them,

he made her always put an extra plate on the table as a punishment.

Liuba!

-Shall I serve dinner? -Yes.

So it was as if there were the three of them:

he, his wife, and the lover

who was there and at the same time wasn't.

It'd be better if he killed them.

Here. Do you want some?

No.

Hello.

Can I have a glass of coke?

Thank you.

Well?

What is the occasion?

The wedding.

You aren't married yet.

That's what we're celebrating.

I see.

Your Katia doesn't answer my calls.

Mine, either.

It's none of my business, of course, but alcohol doesn't solve problems.

Coke's effectiveness is about the same, but still.

Do we have a problem?

Yes.

I need to talk to general Sosnovskiy.

Katia's father?

Yes.

The Office has arrested the Mop.

So there.

Thanks. I'll go.

To him?

-You have a visitor. -Sit down. Let's eat.

Hello, Boris Mikhaylovich. I need to talk to you.

This way.

And I need to talk to you.

-Liuba, let's clear the table. -Of course.

I heard a lot about it, captain.

From Katia and other people.

As for this Mop…

I heard about her, too. I don't make any promises…

but I'll personally take care of this business.

Katia, please forgive me.

You know I am an idiot.

I came, after all.

You never leave my head, even for a smoke.

I don't' smoke. Idiot.

Nikolay Vladimirovich, what can you say about…

Goncharenko?

He's an idiot, of course. But he loves your Katia.

And he is a good detective.

She's my only child.

Take the pie. Please.

Mom, don't.

Of course, Irina Fiodorovna. Gladly.

-Bye. -Bye.

-Bye. -Thank you.

They say he's a good detective.

Even though he's an idiot.

Remember yourself when you were young?

-Dad. -Son.

You know I get paid on the fifth.

Wait a few days, and we'll solve this problem.

Do you know where the Mop is?

She wasn't at the school, so…

Viktor, you know Viktor's father always knows when Viktor is lying.

Tell me.

Remember when I was kidnapped,

they made the Mop to make this numbers sieve

able to hack any website.

Well?

She kept working on this project.

I have keys to her apartment, so…

So?

Please sit down.

Do you want coffee?

Yes. I also want the Beatles to reunite.

Do you love the Beatles?

No, but I heard they were all dead.

No, McCartney is alive.

I'm general Sosnovskiy.

Katia's father.

Captain Vershinin came to me yesterday.

Anna Nikolayevna, tell me, please.

It wasn't you who hacked into the General HQ network, was it?

No.

Also, tell me… Take the creamer.

If not you, then who?

Sosnovskiy.

I see.

You don't have to say it.

It was your student from your computer.

Vershinin's son.

I'd like to talk more about the program he used.

I'm begging you… Nothing can happen to him. He is…

An idiot, according to his father.

He is a talented mathematician and a gifted student.

Sosnovskiy.

Details.

Give me details.

Quick. Quick. Hurry up.

Come on. Go ahead.

The information about the bomb was received at 11:20.

We arrived to the scene at 11:40.

The terrorist says the bomb was planted in one of the five houses on Balzac St.

We started evacuating the first house. The other groups are on their way.

Is it the same?

Probably. Our source says the bomb is either at number 7A or 7D,

but we don't have enough time for total evacuation.

The terrorist has set the bomb for 12:00.

-I can help. -How?

How do you know there is no bomb in the other three houses?

I can't tell you.

-But you do trust the source? -Yes.

And it isn't connected with the terrorists?

No.

General, we're wasting time.

Then evacuate 7D. The bomb is there.

-How do you know? -It's the famous relativity paradox.

General, we're wasting time.

Execute. Evacuate number 7D.

Find and neutralize the bomb.

Yes, sir.

Attention, everyone. Evacuate 7D, stat. The bomb is there.

Can you explain?

Yes. If the terrorist just put the bomb into one of the five houses,

the probability of it being in each one would be one to five.

I understand that.

You started the evacuation from 7A.

Your source says it isn't in 7B, 7C, or 7E.

-There is no logic in this. -There is, but it's probabilistic.

If your source isn't connected with the terrorist…

It isn't.

Then the probability from these three houses transfers to this one.

Thus, the probability that the bomb is in 7D is four time that of 7A.

Mathematics, even if you don't understand it.

The residents of 7D have been evacuated.

It's not a guarantee that the bomb isn't in this building.

What?

It's just that the probability is four time smaller that for 7D.

Starting to look for the bomb.

Have you found it?

No.

Go quickly.

Move ahead. Quick.

Found it.

We found it. Starting deactivation.

Can I see a close-up of the wires?

Close up on them.

I'll try to convert colors to binary code.

Convert faster.

I have a living person there and 37 seconds.

Red – one, yellow – two, green – four, blue – eight.

Boris Mikhaylovich, I stand by for the order.

Just a second.

Red, yellow, blue, gre… Fifteen isn't…

No need to explain.

Are they crazy or color blind?

Here. Twelve is an even number.

It doesn't fit in with the binary code.

Boris Mikhaylovich, I stand by for the order.

Which one to cut?

-Which one to cut? -The second red one.

The second red one.

-The lower one. -The lower one.

The lower red one.

Got it.

Got it.

Well, Nikolay.

You're alive. Well done.

Did you miss me?

-My darling. -Welcome back.

I've been feeding him.

Thank you.

-I'll feed you, too. -Thank you.

-Thank you. -Come on.

Thank you.

They are beautiful.

Ania, I wanted to ask you. Why didn't you…

Why didn't you say it was Viktor who did it?

Because it's unworthy of a mathematician.

What is unworthy?

Betraying another mathematician.

There was that time when the great mathematician Liouville

slandered and even sent to jail another, smaller mathematician.

But, first, the latter didn't appreciate the idea of transcendental numbers,

and second, why am I telling you this?

You probably don't know what transcendental means.

I don't.

The food is getting cold. Shall we?

-Eat? -Yes.

Right.

I don't even have a vase.

You have us, so don't worry.

Let me help you.

Thanks.

I'm starving.

Unlike Nikolay.

Katia, has the general called you?

Dad? No, why?

I just want to know if he liked me.

I liked him.

He liked you, too.

Did he?

They didn't fire you.

No.

It means he liked you.

Cool.

Thanks a lot.

You really know how to turn the situation by 360 degrees.

You know nothing about mathematics.

Dad, a 360-turn is like this. You come back to where you started.

Didn't you understand what I meant?

We did.

Okay, we should go. Shall we?

Yes.

-Bye. -Bye.

Nikolay, I wanted to thank you.

You persuaded the general and…

Ania. Ania, I'm the one who should thank you for…

For everything. For Viktor.

-By the way, let's buy him a new laptop. -Yes, please.

You shut up. What did I give you last week?

-Enough. -Why? I can help you.

I don't need your help.

You think I can't afford a laptop for my son?

General Sosnovskiy offered me a job as a consultant, thanks to him.

-Interesting. -Thank you for your greetings.

-Congratulations. -Thank you.

-Well, goodbye. -Goodbye.

Thank you for the surprise.

It was very nice.

-Thank you. -Yes.

Stop pestering people for laptops.

You'll cover for Vershinin. Temporarily, I hope.

What?

Your father, general Sosnovskiy, appointed him and the Mop

to some special team.

He wants to see them tomorrow at his office. Is that clear?

-Yes. -Execute.

Yes.

Yes, sir.

Yes.

Well…

I believe you all know each other.

Of course. We had 24 hours to get to know each other.

He was questioning you, too.

Let's say it's a start of a beautiful friendship.

Let's get to business. Report.

Yesterday's attempt at an act of terrorism was the third in two weeks.

The first and only successful one.

The first one we failed to prevent.

We received information about the time and place of the explosion

but failed to disengage the bomb.

Fortunately, no one was hurt.

This is outrageous.

I've been in charge of this department for the entire morning,

and the reports won't write themselves.

Can you help me?

Of course.

I will leave you to it.

Nobody will help you out in hour of need like nobody.

How do they let you know about the place?

The call the hot line 30 or 40 minutes before the set time.

The phone number is untraceable.

Can Miss Mathematician give it a try?

Yes, Miss Mathematician can.

We did disengage the other two bombs.

I read that you were able to predict the date of the serial killer's attack.

Calculate, sir. I'm sorry.

Yes, I was able to do it, but this method won't work here.

I could try geoprofiling, but I don't have enough data.

Is three times not enough? Do you want more?

Sosnovskiy.

There will be another one in 30 minutes.

No civilians were hurt. The evacuation was successful.

But our officer…

There is the parable…

about a sharpshooter who was riding through a village

and saw hundreds of targets with arrows right in the bulls eye.

He asked the locals who the great shooter was.

They laughed and explained it was a village idiot,

who'd shoot an arrow

and then draw a target around it.

So he just gives us the time of the explosion

and doesn't make any demands?

So?

They have the clearance.

Let's go to the office. There is nothing for us to do here.

Ania, let's go.

Let's go. It's too hot here.

Vitold Frenkel, colonel,

professor at the counterintelligence academy.

An ex-professor, of course.

Now he is the head of the Truth sect.

-Void. -What are you talking about?

In the quantum theory, true vacuum is a space void of matter and energy.

Only an idiot believes that it can be filled with sense.

You know why there are so many people like this in your department?

Six months ago Frenkel planted a bomb at a residential house

and called the hot line with the time of the explosion.

You mean when the family died?

Yes, four people.

But we were able to arrest him then, along with five cult members.

At present Frenkel is serving his life sentence.

The terrorist demand his release.

We thought back then that we had them all.

Did he make any demands?

Yes, recognize him the prophet and God's vicegerent on earth.

A standard set of demands for all perfect idiots.

Has he been questioned?

They are bringing him from prison. He will be here tomorrow.

Shall I tell you a joke about math?

Two schoolchildren moms meet, and one asks the other,

"Liusia, have you done your son's math homework?"

The other says, "Yes, Lena, I have".

Lena says, "Can I copy it?"

Is it like this every day here?

How do you manage it?

Maybe… we should have a drink.

No. I want to be alone.

Usually people say that when they want to chat.

No.

Wait.

Wait.

What happened?

I've filed all the reports.

Oh my God.

Have you, really?

It's transcendental.

Okay. Bye.

Goncharenko has cleaned up his act.

-How old was he? -Goncharenko?

The bomb technician who was…

Twenty-seven.

You know, when I saw it…

I realized I was missing on something.

Like what?

Like life.

Transcendental.

Something beyond one's experience.

Has something happened?

Yes.

What?

I think I'm pregnant.

Who's the lucky guy?

I don't know, but you are the guy that makes me sick.

Katia.

It's…

Transcendental.

Yes!

Why did you bring me here?

Coffee? Vitold Valentinovich?

Remember how we met?

You mean how you questioned me?

Or how you threatened to lock me up for life?

-Yes, I remember. -But I didn't.

Thanks to mathematics.

Thanks to mathematics.

You know, I've been meaning to tell you that I…

Love your mathematics.

What?

Page four.

What?

The interrogation manual.

Try to get on the suspect's good side.

Offer them water or coffee.

You didn't offer me coffee then.

Our officer died because of you.

Everyone is free to choose the way to not be free.

His children will never see their father, do you understand?

Now you're on page six.

"Try to disturb the suspect".

They won't make him talk.

He taught at the school they went to.

Who is trying to get you released?

When is the next attack?

For people who know all the answers you are asking too many questions.

Thanks for the coffee.

Yes.

Got it.

Frenkel never said anything.

We'll ship him back to prison.

What are we going to do?

Do you have some math theorem or something?

I don't know but…

I do. It's called "I don't know".

I don't know how to prove it.

An accident, I suppose. It's blocked.

ETA 35 minutes.

We'll definitely be late if we don't pick up speed.

You'll get your laptop.

How do they choose locations for attacks?

ETA 45 minutes.

If something else happens, we definitely will be late.

Son, stop whining.

These GPS things are useless.

Who invented them?

Calm down. We're okay. We'll make it.

People who make navigators are useless.

The graph theory which these toys are based on is very useful.

Do you have the strobe lights?

Strobe lights? Listen…

Shut up. I know how they choose locations.

-We must go to the general, now. -If we must, we must.

Are you serious?

Jeez.

Boris Mikhaylovich, I was only looking at the attacks

so I saw only a part of the picture.

Now we can see the whole.

I don't understand.

I need data on all incidents in the last two weeks.

Car accidents, murders, robberies.

Any locations the police cars and ambulances were summoned to.

It's hundreds of cars.

Also, their routes and times they were on the road.

If I had a notebook, we'd do it twice as fast.

Viktor, you'll have your notebook.

And the most important thing.

I need the time and the route they'll drive Frenkel by.

-Do you think… -Yes.

-You think they'll try to set him free. -Yes.

-And all these bombs… -Just a part of their plan.

They want to create a commotion where they need it to release Frenkel.

I'm sure they have calculated the escape route, too.

They don't just create chaos, they are going to manage it.

So they'd need to know everything.

The route, the time when they'll drive Frenkel.

So it's one of my people.

In this country everyone is free…

Free to choose the way to not be free.

Do you know it this is?

I'm talking as a mathematician to mathematician now.

Yes, I'm also a mathematician. Or I used to be.

The person who had calculated it all is definitely a mathematician.

The graph theory,

which navigators are based on.

The navigators that are good for nothing.

You are free.

Let's go.

Everyone is free to choose the way not to be free. Is that right?

Thank you.

Everything went the way you have predicted.

Mathematics doesn't predict. We calculate.

-All right. -I insist on this term.

This is for your student Viktor. A laptop.

Thank you.

He'll be happy. He's very gifted.

Just make sure he doesn't hack into anything again.

Deal?

-Thank you. Goodbye. -Good luck.

Two more pages.

Have you called Viktor?

He has his new laptop.

He doesn't give a… damn about us.

Viktor…

said you told him about quantum mechanics.

That on some level we don't exist,

and there is only…

Something like scintillation.

Speaking about scintillation.

Two more pages, and I'll be done.

First of all, not at some level but…

Nikolay, what are you doing?

Anna Nikolayevna, for ignoramuses…

But…

It's not some level, it's subatomic level.

And it's not scintillation but…

Never mind.