1 00:02:05,440 --> 00:02:06,440 Hello? 2 00:02:09,860 --> 00:02:11,340 Uh -huh, I finally caught you. 3 00:02:11,580 --> 00:02:12,580 Oh, hi, babe. 4 00:02:12,960 --> 00:02:14,980 No, no hi, babes, Mr. Wizard. 5 00:02:15,620 --> 00:02:18,160 You're still in that office, hmm? You're still working. 6 00:02:18,380 --> 00:02:19,520 Well, where are you hiding? 7 00:02:19,820 --> 00:02:22,240 You're supposed to come home early, remember? No sidetrack. 8 00:02:22,990 --> 00:02:23,990 I know. 9 00:02:24,050 --> 00:02:25,870 Something came up. There's a report, Ellie. 10 00:02:26,150 --> 00:02:27,150 Oh, Mike. 11 00:02:27,370 --> 00:02:30,170 Don't you think the Institute could survive without one more report? 12 00:02:30,790 --> 00:02:32,430 Darling, we're getting up early tomorrow, remember? 13 00:02:32,890 --> 00:02:34,330 We have reservations at the lake. 14 00:02:34,850 --> 00:02:35,850 I'm sorry, Ellie. 15 00:02:37,050 --> 00:02:40,250 Look, I'm about finished here now. I'll be home in an hour. That be okay? 16 00:02:40,710 --> 00:02:41,710 No SkyTrek? 17 00:02:41,910 --> 00:02:43,130 Not one. I'll see you later. 18 00:02:43,890 --> 00:02:44,890 Mike? 19 00:02:46,190 --> 00:02:48,270 Yeah? It's gonna be a good trip, you know? 20 00:02:48,570 --> 00:02:49,570 We're gonna have a great time. 21 00:02:55,709 --> 00:02:58,570 Mike? Say, you haven't changed your mind, have you? 22 00:02:58,810 --> 00:02:59,810 Now, listen, woman. 23 00:03:01,030 --> 00:03:02,770 Don't you ever doubt my word. 24 00:03:03,770 --> 00:03:06,690 We're going to go on that trip, and we're going to forget this institute. 25 00:03:06,690 --> 00:03:07,589 going to forget everything. 26 00:03:07,590 --> 00:03:08,590 Do you understand? 27 00:03:08,650 --> 00:03:09,650 All right, darling. 28 00:03:10,090 --> 00:03:11,090 Now, I'll see you in a little while. 29 00:04:27,700 --> 00:04:29,000 Still a couple left. 30 00:04:31,060 --> 00:04:32,220 Still a couple. 31 00:04:35,200 --> 00:04:36,200 Bye, Doctor. 32 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:51,420 Martin, Mike never came home. 33 00:04:51,740 --> 00:04:52,960 Can you please come over? 34 00:04:53,900 --> 00:04:55,020 Well, I called the police. 35 00:04:56,080 --> 00:04:57,260 All they found was the car. 36 00:05:08,620 --> 00:05:09,720 All right, Phil, thanks. 37 00:05:11,140 --> 00:05:12,140 Well? 38 00:05:12,500 --> 00:05:14,740 No fingerprints, no sign of a struggle. 39 00:05:16,160 --> 00:05:17,160 Then where is he? 40 00:05:18,040 --> 00:05:20,400 You don't just abandon a car in the middle of a city and disappear. 41 00:05:20,840 --> 00:05:24,160 Some people do just that, Dr. Geller, for a variety of reasons. 42 00:05:25,020 --> 00:05:26,040 Not one of my people. 43 00:05:27,340 --> 00:05:28,820 Commissioner, I want action on this. 44 00:05:30,540 --> 00:05:31,540 Look, gentlemen. 45 00:05:32,960 --> 00:05:34,160 Brandon is a top man. 46 00:05:34,700 --> 00:05:37,000 A walking encyclopedia of electronics information. 47 00:05:37,960 --> 00:05:39,160 Including the classified kind. 48 00:05:39,400 --> 00:05:44,620 Now, when a man like that is missing... Well, you see, the Institute sells more 49 00:05:44,620 --> 00:05:46,200 than just brains. It sells security. 50 00:05:47,020 --> 00:05:50,160 Without that, I... Well, you understand. 51 00:05:50,600 --> 00:05:52,300 We understand very well, Dr. Geller. 52 00:05:52,720 --> 00:05:54,800 or this would be purely a precinct matter. 53 00:05:56,360 --> 00:06:01,020 If Mike were off on a bender of some kind, all right, that's understandable. 54 00:06:02,180 --> 00:06:04,720 Pressure's at a think tank. I can do that to you sometimes. 55 00:06:05,780 --> 00:06:12,500 If it's... Well, if it's something else, I... It looks bad, Chief. It just 56 00:06:12,500 --> 00:06:13,580 looks very bad. 57 00:06:13,860 --> 00:06:15,720 For the Institute, isn't that what you mean? 58 00:06:16,380 --> 00:06:18,480 Well, I'm thinking of more than the Institute. 59 00:06:23,370 --> 00:06:27,530 Look, Chief, I hope you and your people know what you're doing, because I'm 60 00:06:27,530 --> 00:06:28,530 thinking about the country. 61 00:06:29,690 --> 00:06:31,590 I'm thinking about the country, Dr. Geller. 62 00:06:31,910 --> 00:06:35,590 Now, your friend Michael Brandon, isn't he part of the country? 63 00:07:13,200 --> 00:07:13,759 Mrs. Brandon? 64 00:07:13,760 --> 00:07:16,840 Yes. I'm Chief Ironside. This is Officer Sanger. Oh, yes. 65 00:07:17,120 --> 00:07:21,460 Dr. Geller told me that you would be here. Please, come in. 66 00:07:28,300 --> 00:07:31,340 Thank you so much for coming so quickly. Would you come this way? 67 00:07:32,460 --> 00:07:34,000 This is my husband's study. 68 00:07:37,400 --> 00:07:41,820 I haven't had a chance to get any of my... My husband's papers... Mrs. 69 00:07:41,860 --> 00:07:43,480 do you mind if I poke her out? Oh, no. 70 00:07:43,820 --> 00:07:44,820 Anything you want to look at? 71 00:07:48,300 --> 00:07:53,380 Chief Ironside, I don't know how to say this, but my husband didn't have any 72 00:07:53,380 --> 00:07:54,520 reason to disappear. 73 00:07:55,880 --> 00:07:57,740 There were no problems between you two? 74 00:07:58,040 --> 00:07:59,040 Oh, no. 75 00:08:00,140 --> 00:08:03,860 Well, you know, he was pushing himself pretty hard, and I got on him about it 76 00:08:03,860 --> 00:08:06,440 once in a while, but no, he didn't have any big problems. 77 00:08:08,070 --> 00:08:10,150 Anyway, I fed him too well for him to run off. 78 00:08:12,970 --> 00:08:18,750 Had he been acting in an unusual or different manner lately? 79 00:08:19,690 --> 00:08:22,570 Was there any change in his behavior, his habits? 80 00:08:23,110 --> 00:08:27,770 No. The most unusual thing that we've done in the last ten years was to plan a 81 00:08:27,770 --> 00:08:28,770 vacation. 82 00:08:30,350 --> 00:08:32,830 In fact, we were supposed to leave today. 83 00:08:34,250 --> 00:08:39,539 Mike was, I don't know, feeling a little restless. He was also resigning. 84 00:08:39,919 --> 00:08:40,919 Resigning? 85 00:08:43,620 --> 00:08:46,700 Well, Mike never finished that letter. He wasn't going to resign from the 86 00:08:46,700 --> 00:08:48,100 Institute. From what, then? 87 00:08:48,340 --> 00:08:51,940 Well, you see, Mike's team was assigned to a Defense Department study of a 88 00:08:51,940 --> 00:08:53,680 missile base, and he wanted out of that project. 89 00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:58,300 Why? Well, he said that there were enough missiles on that base to level a 90 00:08:58,300 --> 00:09:00,560 continent, and he didn't want to work with armaments anymore. 91 00:09:01,080 --> 00:09:04,700 My husband was changing. He was growing up. 92 00:09:06,280 --> 00:09:07,900 But he never submitted the request. 93 00:09:08,480 --> 00:09:10,480 He never quit anything in the middle before. 94 00:09:10,720 --> 00:09:12,380 See, that was the reason for this trip. 95 00:09:12,680 --> 00:09:16,560 He needed time to think about it before he made up his mind. 96 00:09:17,400 --> 00:09:22,100 If we could keep this house under surveillance, put a tap on the phone? 97 00:09:23,280 --> 00:09:25,320 Do you think that he could have been kidnapped? 98 00:09:26,760 --> 00:09:28,340 It's one of the possibilities. 99 00:09:31,000 --> 00:09:32,680 Do whatever you have to do. 100 00:09:36,330 --> 00:09:38,390 I love my husband very much, and I want him back. 101 00:09:39,390 --> 00:09:40,910 He's not a habit I intend to break. 102 00:09:58,110 --> 00:10:01,550 All right, Miles, I'll sell you the grain, but I'm not trading in futures. I 103 00:10:01,550 --> 00:10:04,110 want something else. My people have quoted you their top price. 104 00:10:04,640 --> 00:10:06,440 He's talking about the arms, Pac -Mo. 105 00:10:06,920 --> 00:10:07,920 No, no. 106 00:10:08,340 --> 00:10:11,300 Herb, there's a better way to play the game. You let the computer do it. You 107 00:10:11,300 --> 00:10:13,720 don't talk, you don't bargain, you attack with the big brain. 108 00:10:14,140 --> 00:10:15,700 Carol, give him a reading on the 77 crop. 109 00:10:15,980 --> 00:10:16,980 Got it. 110 00:10:22,440 --> 00:10:23,440 Have you got it yet? 111 00:10:26,200 --> 00:10:30,160 Hey. aggravate me out of my skull, Martin. We've been playing this game for 112 00:10:30,160 --> 00:10:33,260 three days. Three days wasted. Curtis, you are talking about some of the top 113 00:10:33,260 --> 00:10:35,720 economists in the country. But they're wearing blinders. They're supposed to be 114 00:10:35,720 --> 00:10:38,140 acting out the next 30 years in world trade, projecting what's going to happen 115 00:10:38,140 --> 00:10:40,160 in the year 2000, but their thinking is 1945. 116 00:10:40,420 --> 00:10:42,660 They are here to think in their own way. 117 00:10:42,920 --> 00:10:45,640 Besides, this isn't your project. Everything is my project. 118 00:10:45,880 --> 00:10:47,400 What do you want solved? Pollution problems? 119 00:10:47,640 --> 00:10:48,640 Population problems? 120 00:10:48,660 --> 00:10:49,660 Ecology? Mass transit? 121 00:10:49,800 --> 00:10:52,380 Wise old Dr. Whitney will tie everything together with a nice, neat bow. 122 00:10:52,720 --> 00:10:54,920 Can you get Michael Brandon inside that package? 123 00:10:55,370 --> 00:10:58,430 Curtis, this is Chief Ironside. He's handling the case from our end, along 124 00:10:58,430 --> 00:10:59,430 Officer Sanger. 125 00:10:59,530 --> 00:11:01,550 Well, I think I can leave the three of you to take care of it. 126 00:11:02,490 --> 00:11:05,630 Look, Curtis, would you just save a little energy for the Hobart Air Base 127 00:11:06,410 --> 00:11:07,950 The furor worries too much. 128 00:11:08,170 --> 00:11:09,170 What about Brandon? 129 00:11:09,310 --> 00:11:11,470 Ah, come to my sanctuary and I will tell all. 130 00:11:16,070 --> 00:11:20,330 Well, some people were pet when they heard Brandon talking about leaving the 131 00:11:20,330 --> 00:11:22,950 Hobart Air Base study. You know, they felt let down, betrayed. 132 00:11:24,090 --> 00:11:25,090 And you? 133 00:11:25,280 --> 00:11:27,900 Well, you work with three people, four, it's all the same. 134 00:11:28,140 --> 00:11:30,680 You don't get any great insights from plotters, you know. 135 00:11:31,040 --> 00:11:32,780 That's what Brandon is, a plotter. 136 00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:36,200 He's earthbound, Ironside, tethered by his own fears. 137 00:11:36,740 --> 00:11:38,940 I mean, for him, science is science. 138 00:11:39,600 --> 00:11:40,600 And for you? 139 00:11:41,360 --> 00:11:44,240 It's the golden hind, or Sir Francis Drake's sword. 140 00:11:44,620 --> 00:11:45,620 An adventure. 141 00:11:46,380 --> 00:11:48,140 Or a challenge, at the very least. 142 00:11:48,900 --> 00:11:51,400 How do you meet your challenge, Dr. Whitney? 143 00:11:51,600 --> 00:11:52,900 What's your place in the team? 144 00:11:54,540 --> 00:12:00,360 And the one who knows everything there is to know about this. 145 00:12:02,600 --> 00:12:04,180 You're in charge of this whole operation? 146 00:12:05,180 --> 00:12:06,180 I've built it. 147 00:12:07,100 --> 00:12:08,620 Oh, come on in. Take a look. 148 00:12:11,560 --> 00:12:12,560 Right this way. 149 00:12:14,560 --> 00:12:15,560 Look inside. 150 00:12:16,180 --> 00:12:17,860 I wasn't very close to Brandon. 151 00:12:18,300 --> 00:12:19,980 Well, he's a co -worker, not a friend. 152 00:12:20,640 --> 00:12:22,460 Was this the change that came over him? 153 00:12:23,050 --> 00:12:24,790 It wasn't sudden, you know. I didn't see it. 154 00:12:25,130 --> 00:12:29,250 How? Started a couple of months ago. He got way down on any kind of military 155 00:12:29,250 --> 00:12:30,570 application of his work. 156 00:12:31,310 --> 00:12:33,470 Then he became guarded, quiet. 157 00:12:33,850 --> 00:12:36,950 Except when he was being upset because all we did here, he said, was work on 158 00:12:36,950 --> 00:12:38,210 ways to destroy people. 159 00:12:40,970 --> 00:12:44,490 Curtis Whitney. 160 00:12:45,550 --> 00:12:46,550 Cole. 161 00:12:48,570 --> 00:12:49,570 Ironside. 162 00:12:50,830 --> 00:12:51,830 Yes, sir. 163 00:12:54,440 --> 00:12:55,440 All right, we'll meet you at the office. 164 00:12:56,880 --> 00:12:58,340 Ed and Fran, I have something. 165 00:12:58,780 --> 00:13:01,300 Well, thank you, Doctor. Whitney, you've been a great help. Yes. 166 00:13:01,660 --> 00:13:02,660 Oh, the coffee. 167 00:13:03,100 --> 00:13:05,560 By the way, this is my own special formula. How'd you like it? 168 00:13:07,200 --> 00:13:08,440 It was an adventure, Doctor. 169 00:13:09,100 --> 00:13:10,100 A challenge. 170 00:13:19,800 --> 00:13:21,660 This is Brandon. This is your main savings account. 171 00:13:22,200 --> 00:13:23,440 Shows a balance of $4 ,000. 172 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:28,400 Now, this account has $1 ,253. 173 00:13:29,780 --> 00:13:33,680 Oh, well, this one's a rainy day account. We used it for fixing up the 174 00:13:33,680 --> 00:13:34,680 things like that. 175 00:13:35,020 --> 00:13:37,900 Mrs. Brennan, do you recall that savings account? 176 00:13:38,300 --> 00:13:39,700 Oh, $57. 177 00:13:40,880 --> 00:13:45,220 Oh, I thought Mike closed that one out. We used it years ago for tax money when 178 00:13:45,220 --> 00:13:46,220 he was consulting. 179 00:13:46,240 --> 00:13:50,280 Do you remember the last time either of you made a deposit in it? A very long 180 00:13:50,280 --> 00:13:51,280 time ago. 181 00:13:51,720 --> 00:13:52,720 Go on, Fran. 182 00:13:53,360 --> 00:13:56,400 The bank's records show several deposits made in the last month. 183 00:13:57,160 --> 00:14:00,100 Current balance, over $55 ,000. 184 00:14:02,020 --> 00:14:03,380 $55 ,000? 185 00:14:03,780 --> 00:14:06,360 I mean, that's not right. It just couldn't be. 186 00:14:07,360 --> 00:14:11,060 Mrs. Brandon, is there anything you know of that could account for those 187 00:14:11,060 --> 00:14:12,060 deposits? 188 00:14:12,300 --> 00:14:15,580 Nobody could do that much outside work, and Mike wasn't doing any. 189 00:14:15,880 --> 00:14:19,380 Are you sure your husband wasn't trying to earn a little going -away present for 190 00:14:19,380 --> 00:14:20,380 you? Could that be possible? 191 00:14:20,520 --> 00:14:21,920 What do you mean? I don't understand. 192 00:14:22,570 --> 00:14:24,270 Those could be payoffs, Mrs. Brandon. 193 00:14:24,490 --> 00:14:26,290 Oh. We need more information. 194 00:14:26,750 --> 00:14:33,150 But from what we have so far, at best, indications are that your husband may be 195 00:14:33,150 --> 00:14:34,150 a defector. 196 00:14:35,830 --> 00:14:36,830 And at worst? 197 00:14:37,630 --> 00:14:38,730 He may be a spy. 198 00:14:51,440 --> 00:14:52,560 It's down this way, Chief Ironside. 199 00:14:53,840 --> 00:14:57,760 I think you'll find Mike Brandon's room just the way we left it. 200 00:15:08,200 --> 00:15:09,980 We'll be here quite a while, Dr. Geller. 201 00:15:11,580 --> 00:15:13,300 Brandon was very valuable to you. 202 00:15:14,060 --> 00:15:17,280 I'd like to see how valuable he'll be to them. 203 00:15:18,180 --> 00:15:19,820 Most of Mike's notes are in writing. 204 00:15:20,680 --> 00:15:22,900 But he left a great deal of recorded material, too. 205 00:15:23,140 --> 00:15:24,140 Yes. 206 00:15:24,600 --> 00:15:26,400 Tapes made while he worked. Thank you. 207 00:15:27,400 --> 00:15:29,120 Well, would you like me to stay and help? 208 00:15:29,540 --> 00:15:30,540 For the moment, no. 209 00:15:32,740 --> 00:15:38,040 You see, Feinstein, I realize that scientists sometimes sell out from both 210 00:15:38,040 --> 00:15:41,140 sides. But I handpicked Mike Brandon myself. 211 00:15:41,600 --> 00:15:45,020 The Brandon who disappeared seems to be quite a different person from the 212 00:15:45,020 --> 00:15:46,720 Brandon you handpicked, Dr. Geller. 213 00:15:47,240 --> 00:15:50,420 But for him to have changed that much... No way to foresee these things. 214 00:15:51,140 --> 00:15:53,840 I don't think your reputation is in jeopardy. 215 00:15:55,360 --> 00:15:58,980 Well, Chief Ironside, there are some people who consider my devotion to the 216 00:15:58,980 --> 00:16:01,000 Institute unselfish. 217 00:16:03,140 --> 00:16:06,780 I'd hate to be drowning and depend on him to throw me a line. If the rope 218 00:16:06,780 --> 00:16:09,360 belonged to the Institute, he'd probably be afraid to get it wet. 219 00:16:09,860 --> 00:16:13,580 Mark, if the rope belonged to the Institute, it probably would be 220 00:16:13,580 --> 00:16:14,980 treated to save thousands. 221 00:16:15,600 --> 00:16:18,520 All right, then, Chief, what do we do first? Do we read or do we listen? 222 00:16:19,320 --> 00:16:22,040 What we do first doesn't matter as long as we do it all. 223 00:16:22,380 --> 00:16:24,880 You may choose your half of the job. 224 00:16:26,020 --> 00:16:27,300 This belongs to me. 225 00:16:31,180 --> 00:16:35,580 If Mike gets any ideas or inspiration, this is the room that he works in. He 226 00:16:35,580 --> 00:16:39,580 comes down and writes them up, and in the morning he tries to figure out what 227 00:16:39,580 --> 00:16:40,479 all means. 228 00:16:40,480 --> 00:16:42,340 We'll start down here, Mrs. Brandon. 229 00:16:42,580 --> 00:16:43,580 All right. But... 230 00:16:43,790 --> 00:16:45,130 We'd like to look through the entire house. 231 00:16:45,350 --> 00:16:47,090 Well, you can look wherever you want to. Thank you. 232 00:16:49,390 --> 00:16:55,870 If, um... If your husband did defect, he may have left some 233 00:16:55,870 --> 00:16:58,370 indication of his intention, some record. 234 00:16:59,850 --> 00:17:03,130 Sergeant Brown, if my husband wanted to go someplace and not be found, he 235 00:17:03,130 --> 00:17:05,530 wouldn't leave a road map lying around the house. He may not have known that's 236 00:17:05,530 --> 00:17:06,309 what he was doing. 237 00:17:06,310 --> 00:17:10,050 Mrs. Brandon, usually in cases like this, there's a contact. 238 00:17:10,650 --> 00:17:14,510 Someone in particular he saw during the last two months or someone he talked to? 239 00:17:16,069 --> 00:17:17,069 No. 240 00:17:17,630 --> 00:17:21,810 No, I've already told Chief Ironside that there was nothing out of the 241 00:17:22,130 --> 00:17:23,609 Not even a trip recently? 242 00:17:23,890 --> 00:17:27,190 Well, he did take a trip to Washington for a conference. 243 00:17:27,490 --> 00:17:31,590 Was there anyone there who seemed to have especially impressed him? A name 244 00:17:31,590 --> 00:17:32,389 kept coming up? 245 00:17:32,390 --> 00:17:33,590 No, no one. 246 00:17:33,950 --> 00:17:37,490 I mean, no one could impress him as much as you're trying to suggest. 247 00:17:38,370 --> 00:17:40,530 It's just not possible. What about telephone calls? 248 00:17:40,790 --> 00:17:43,370 Did he call anyone with whom he are not familiar? 249 00:17:43,930 --> 00:17:46,810 Mike makes his business calls from the office. 250 00:17:48,870 --> 00:17:53,950 Miss Brandon, I know it's very difficult for you. Look, Sergeant, I understand 251 00:17:53,950 --> 00:17:57,690 that you have to do your job, but I would like you to know that my husband 252 00:17:57,690 --> 00:17:58,690 never betray his country. 253 00:17:59,310 --> 00:18:00,450 He's just not like that. 254 00:18:01,550 --> 00:18:03,870 I'm afraid some of his co -workers feel differently. 255 00:18:09,410 --> 00:18:12,690 Officer Belding, Sergeant Brown, the house is yours. You can look wherever 256 00:18:12,690 --> 00:18:13,690 want to. 257 00:18:14,210 --> 00:18:17,310 But I should warn you that if you're going to play Sherlock Holmes, you're 258 00:18:17,310 --> 00:18:20,050 going to find what you're looking for unless you use a distorted magnifying 259 00:18:20,050 --> 00:18:21,050 glass. 260 00:18:26,970 --> 00:18:27,970 Who? 261 00:18:28,090 --> 00:18:30,590 Who thinks that they know Mike better than I do? 262 00:18:43,310 --> 00:18:45,330 Oh, sure. This is the Eye in the Sky defense project. 263 00:18:45,870 --> 00:18:46,870 It's electronic surveillance. 264 00:18:47,450 --> 00:18:48,450 Top secret? 265 00:18:49,270 --> 00:18:50,410 Let me put it this way. 266 00:18:51,310 --> 00:18:54,150 If you hadn't been clear, there's no way either of you could have even touched 267 00:18:54,150 --> 00:18:55,150 these files. 268 00:18:56,990 --> 00:18:58,570 What's this negative feedback test? 269 00:19:00,330 --> 00:19:01,510 You don't know what that is? 270 00:19:03,110 --> 00:19:04,110 Inverse images. 271 00:19:06,090 --> 00:19:08,270 The canceling out of electronic impulses. 272 00:19:09,310 --> 00:19:10,830 Why wasn't I told about this project? 273 00:19:11,280 --> 00:19:13,900 Yeah, but you're supposed to know about all research going on here. 274 00:19:15,020 --> 00:19:16,020 Thought I did. 275 00:19:16,220 --> 00:19:17,840 It has to do with television. 276 00:19:18,320 --> 00:19:20,140 We were able to make out that much. 277 00:19:20,440 --> 00:19:21,440 Yes. 278 00:19:22,540 --> 00:19:24,680 Why was I kept in the dark about this? 279 00:19:26,640 --> 00:19:32,700 Well, if we can redo some of the experiments, maybe we'll know why. 280 00:19:35,640 --> 00:19:37,380 Carl, would you move the camera a little further right? 281 00:19:37,660 --> 00:19:39,280 We want a completely blank backdrop. 282 00:19:43,160 --> 00:19:44,160 There we go. That's fine. 283 00:19:44,780 --> 00:19:45,780 Ready, Dr. Whitney? 284 00:19:46,380 --> 00:19:48,100 I'll play a game on side beats working. 285 00:19:48,700 --> 00:19:51,260 According to Brandon's tape, you've played this one before. 286 00:19:51,960 --> 00:19:55,060 Yes, but I don't usually like to do things twice. No surprise that that way. 287 00:19:55,960 --> 00:19:58,500 All right, curtain going up. Let's get on with the show, folks. 288 00:19:59,740 --> 00:20:00,740 All right, Mark. 289 00:20:16,840 --> 00:20:17,840 computer program? 290 00:20:18,360 --> 00:20:19,360 It is now. 291 00:20:21,340 --> 00:20:22,340 Mark? 292 00:20:33,740 --> 00:20:35,600 What's happening, Dr. Whitney, exactly? 293 00:20:35,980 --> 00:20:39,880 Well, as the computer receives the impulse that's carrying the ball's 294 00:20:39,880 --> 00:20:42,460 automatically sends out electronic patterns which are the exact opposite. 295 00:20:42,740 --> 00:20:45,000 They cancel out the actual picture of the ball. 296 00:20:45,200 --> 00:20:46,200 It does indeed. 297 00:20:46,910 --> 00:20:50,010 Yeah, Mike Brandon's version of the hidden ball trick. A thing of beauty 298 00:20:50,010 --> 00:20:51,010 the time, something of a joy. 299 00:20:51,350 --> 00:20:53,730 Why wasn't I told about this joy the first time you saw it? 300 00:20:54,030 --> 00:20:55,990 Well, it wasn't really very important to anyone but me. 301 00:20:56,550 --> 00:20:58,450 I wanted to use it to test my computer. 302 00:20:58,690 --> 00:21:01,790 You see, I set out to create the fastest brain in the world. Well, this showed 303 00:21:01,790 --> 00:21:02,669 me I succeeded. 304 00:21:02,670 --> 00:21:04,410 And there's no other practical application. 305 00:21:06,210 --> 00:21:07,710 That's the beauty part, Ironside. 306 00:21:08,090 --> 00:21:10,610 You know, that's what things like Sephora do. A little abstract along with 307 00:21:10,610 --> 00:21:11,710 concrete. Chief? 308 00:21:12,830 --> 00:21:13,830 Yes, Ed? 309 00:21:14,320 --> 00:21:17,580 We found that Brandon's phone bill for last month checked out the numbers. And? 310 00:21:17,860 --> 00:21:20,980 We found several calls Mrs. Brandon knows she didn't make. 311 00:21:21,340 --> 00:21:25,520 One of the numbers is of the Carriage House Hotel, a watering hole for the 312 00:21:25,520 --> 00:21:26,620 Foreign Diplomatic Corps. 313 00:21:26,900 --> 00:21:27,920 What about the other one? 314 00:21:28,860 --> 00:21:30,460 There's a phone out here. I'll get it for you. 315 00:21:32,700 --> 00:21:34,340 Brandon called it almost every day. 316 00:21:36,160 --> 00:21:39,100 His wife doesn't know anybody there. No friends, no associates. 317 00:21:52,110 --> 00:21:55,450 Ellie, I don't like to think the worst about Mike either, but there is this 318 00:21:55,450 --> 00:21:56,450 evidence. 319 00:21:57,270 --> 00:21:58,510 Evidence? What evidence? 320 00:21:59,670 --> 00:22:01,790 Everything that Mike worked for has been destroyed. 321 00:22:02,250 --> 00:22:03,229 No, Ellie. 322 00:22:03,230 --> 00:22:05,170 Nobody can take his achievements from him. 323 00:22:06,450 --> 00:22:08,690 Martin, you have a way of making that sound like a press release. 324 00:22:09,550 --> 00:22:10,550 Oh, dear. 325 00:22:11,050 --> 00:22:13,350 I've written so much of that stuff, I forget about it sometimes. 326 00:22:13,610 --> 00:22:18,890 Martin, I... Mrs. Brandon, how are you? 327 00:22:19,750 --> 00:22:20,930 Not very well, frankly. 328 00:22:24,400 --> 00:22:26,420 I have the Hobart data broken down if you care to see it. 329 00:22:26,740 --> 00:22:28,520 Kurt, I think we've got to look at it tomorrow, don't you? 330 00:22:30,160 --> 00:22:31,160 Fine. 331 00:22:31,760 --> 00:22:32,760 Mrs. Brandon? 332 00:22:32,780 --> 00:22:35,060 Dr. Whitney, I'd like to ask you a question. 333 00:22:37,000 --> 00:22:38,520 Do you think that my husband affected? 334 00:22:39,160 --> 00:22:40,160 Yes, I think he did. 335 00:22:40,180 --> 00:22:41,720 And that's what you told Ironside? 336 00:22:42,040 --> 00:22:43,040 Not in so many words. 337 00:22:43,900 --> 00:22:47,200 You must be glad that he's gone. I really didn't think about it. I've been 338 00:22:47,200 --> 00:22:51,860 busy. Well, it must be very nice not to have him around to cramp your style, to 339 00:22:51,860 --> 00:22:52,860 keep your feet on the ground. 340 00:22:54,830 --> 00:22:56,290 Nobody's been able to do that, my dear. 341 00:22:56,730 --> 00:22:59,370 I do my soaring no matter whose small mind is around. 342 00:22:59,890 --> 00:23:01,710 And you hated those small minds, didn't you? 343 00:23:03,370 --> 00:23:05,310 What you're really asking is if I hated your husband. 344 00:23:05,510 --> 00:23:07,170 I really think this is a... No, Martin, please. 345 00:23:07,850 --> 00:23:11,550 I want to ask Dr. Whitney what he thought of his co -worker, of the man 346 00:23:11,550 --> 00:23:12,830 made most of his ideas work. 347 00:23:14,330 --> 00:23:16,770 Just some of them, Mrs. Brandon, just some of them. 348 00:23:16,990 --> 00:23:20,190 Let's not glorify your husband too much. He was the caterpillar afraid to come 349 00:23:20,190 --> 00:23:21,190 out of his cocoon. 350 00:23:21,350 --> 00:23:22,790 My husband had a conscience. 351 00:23:26,030 --> 00:23:28,710 I didn't hate your husband, Mrs. Brandon. I really didn't think about him 352 00:23:28,710 --> 00:23:31,710 much. If I had, what I would have felt was pity. 353 00:23:32,410 --> 00:23:33,409 I don't know. 354 00:23:33,410 --> 00:23:34,490 You're wrong, Dr. Whitney. 355 00:23:35,330 --> 00:23:36,670 My husband did not defect. 356 00:23:37,110 --> 00:23:40,150 And I'm not going to stop this investigation until all the facts are 357 00:24:55,710 --> 00:24:58,310 Hello? Ellie, this is Mike. Oh, Mike. 358 00:25:26,160 --> 00:25:29,400 to see one another again, Ellie, but I have provided for you. 359 00:25:30,580 --> 00:25:35,160 Forgive me for what must appear an abandonment of you in our country, but 360 00:25:35,160 --> 00:25:37,340 forces of reaction threaten the world. 361 00:25:38,160 --> 00:25:43,640 As Brandon called as soon as the call was over, no one was monitoring the 362 00:25:43,640 --> 00:25:46,960 wiretap that late, but the automatic mechanism picked it up. 363 00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:49,760 That's definitely your husband's voice. 364 00:25:50,060 --> 00:25:51,680 That's Mike. I know his voice anywhere. 365 00:25:52,120 --> 00:25:54,260 Well, we wanted to know what happened to Dr. Brandon. 366 00:25:54,910 --> 00:25:55,910 And now we do. 367 00:25:56,210 --> 00:25:58,550 He wouldn't be the first man to try a stalemate, Mrs. Brandon. 368 00:25:58,810 --> 00:26:02,370 All neatly tied up so we go on to other things. Is that what you mean? 369 00:26:02,670 --> 00:26:04,470 Have to, Bob. We have no choice. 370 00:26:05,830 --> 00:26:07,810 Somebody had to play those tapes on the phone. 371 00:26:08,530 --> 00:26:09,810 Somebody who knew about Mike. 372 00:26:10,170 --> 00:26:13,350 Finding your husband's whereabouts and getting him back, the State Department 373 00:26:13,350 --> 00:26:14,410 will be working on that. 374 00:26:18,730 --> 00:26:22,950 The Sawyer Wholesale Jewelry Vaults are on the fourth floor in this corner here. 375 00:26:23,719 --> 00:26:26,840 According to Captain Larson, the thieves probably entered via a neighboring 376 00:26:26,840 --> 00:26:27,840 rooftop. 377 00:26:29,180 --> 00:26:30,560 Am I boring you, Chief? 378 00:26:30,800 --> 00:26:35,480 What? No, no, go on, Ed. We're supposed to be thinking about some 100 % loyal 379 00:26:35,480 --> 00:26:39,620 cat burglars now. You have my undivided attention, right, Brighton? Right. 380 00:26:40,080 --> 00:26:43,040 Now, the only way to get from one building to the other would be to use a 381 00:26:43,400 --> 00:26:48,760 Grapple marks were found on the cornices of... Oh, it's no good. No good at all. 382 00:26:49,560 --> 00:26:50,840 Chief, I know what you're thinking. 383 00:26:51,040 --> 00:26:52,840 I sat there, I saw her face. 384 00:26:53,420 --> 00:26:55,800 The face of a woman whose husband has left her. 385 00:26:56,100 --> 00:26:56,999 For a cause. 386 00:26:57,000 --> 00:26:59,520 The face of a woman who'd never heard of that cause. 387 00:27:00,740 --> 00:27:01,900 Ed, start the tapes. 388 00:27:02,500 --> 00:27:03,500 Chief, look. 389 00:27:03,540 --> 00:27:06,500 Sure, the tapes should have been edited, but we have listened and listened. 390 00:27:06,760 --> 00:27:09,520 And? And we will listen again. 391 00:27:10,080 --> 00:27:11,320 This is a recording, Ellie. 392 00:27:11,700 --> 00:27:14,240 I made it some time ago when I knew I had to leave. 393 00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:17,960 I've left a bank account with what I hope is enough to see you through. 394 00:27:19,840 --> 00:27:21,140 The intonation he uses. 395 00:27:22,380 --> 00:27:26,740 Would a man speak that formally to his wife if someone was with him breathing 396 00:27:26,740 --> 00:27:27,740 over his shoulder? 397 00:27:27,800 --> 00:27:31,720 But Brandon and his wife were close. Now, why didn't he take her with him? 398 00:27:32,720 --> 00:27:35,820 Why didn't he at least take her into his confidence beforehand? 399 00:27:36,300 --> 00:27:37,300 Maybe he couldn't. 400 00:27:37,780 --> 00:27:38,960 Maybe they wouldn't let him. 401 00:27:42,440 --> 00:27:45,980 Forgive me for what must appear abandonment of you and our country. 402 00:27:48,040 --> 00:27:50,780 It just won't wash, he expresses concern. 403 00:27:51,450 --> 00:27:52,830 but his voice never shows it. 404 00:27:53,310 --> 00:27:56,650 You know, there was something that bothered me, and I just thought it was 405 00:27:56,650 --> 00:27:57,650 silly to bring up. 406 00:27:58,370 --> 00:28:03,510 I don't think there's one place in that tape that Brandon tells Mrs. Brandon he 407 00:28:03,510 --> 00:28:04,249 loves her. 408 00:28:04,250 --> 00:28:06,030 He never uses the word love. 409 00:28:06,930 --> 00:28:09,850 He never uses any word that's not part of business English. 410 00:28:10,790 --> 00:28:14,250 It's as though he were dictating a letter or a report. 411 00:28:15,690 --> 00:28:16,690 Exactly. 412 00:28:16,970 --> 00:28:18,730 All right, let's get the van. 413 00:28:41,560 --> 00:28:44,940 Personnel factors, daily procedures, security. 414 00:28:45,400 --> 00:28:46,400 So all there, Martin. 415 00:28:46,500 --> 00:28:50,240 One missile -based, destruction potential virtually unlimited, broken 416 00:28:50,240 --> 00:28:51,600 its lowest common denominators. 417 00:28:52,260 --> 00:28:53,720 Any weaknesses in the system? 418 00:28:53,980 --> 00:28:56,760 One or two. They can be corrected, though, if they follow my 419 00:29:01,300 --> 00:29:02,300 Yes. 420 00:29:03,900 --> 00:29:05,380 Yes, tell the guard to send him on in. 421 00:29:07,420 --> 00:29:08,420 Wow. 422 00:29:09,100 --> 00:29:11,520 Looks as if Chief Ironside still isn't finished with it. 423 00:29:11,840 --> 00:29:12,920 What does he need? 424 00:29:13,400 --> 00:29:14,400 I don't know. 425 00:29:15,140 --> 00:29:16,860 But I want the Institute open to him, Kurt. 426 00:29:17,540 --> 00:29:18,540 Everybody has to cooperate. 427 00:29:18,860 --> 00:29:20,120 It could have disrupted a lot of work. 428 00:29:20,420 --> 00:29:22,240 That's the only way we're going to clear up this mess. 429 00:29:22,920 --> 00:29:24,000 Come on, Martin. 430 00:29:24,600 --> 00:29:25,780 We'll survive this. 431 00:29:26,080 --> 00:29:27,200 No one can blame you. 432 00:29:28,760 --> 00:29:32,080 Kurt, I hired Brandon on the basis of his credentials. 433 00:29:32,620 --> 00:29:35,160 I don't know. Maybe I should have been more on the lookout. 434 00:29:37,020 --> 00:29:38,400 But frankly, Kurt, I like Mike. 435 00:29:39,240 --> 00:29:41,320 I don't know. Maybe I went too much on instinct. 436 00:29:41,720 --> 00:29:44,440 Don't condemn yourself for that. In any event, the police may not be able to 437 00:29:44,440 --> 00:29:45,219 prove anything. 438 00:29:45,220 --> 00:29:47,840 Yeah, unless he turns up in Russia or China tomorrow. 439 00:29:49,040 --> 00:29:50,220 Well, then let's wait and see. 440 00:29:50,780 --> 00:29:53,260 Look, I'd stick around for the show, except that I have to get back to the 441 00:29:53,260 --> 00:29:55,960 airbase. It's dismantling time, and Colonel McAdams wants us out. 442 00:29:56,840 --> 00:29:59,900 How soon before the recommendations of the team will be ready? Oh, a few of 443 00:29:59,900 --> 00:30:00,900 in two weeks tops. 444 00:30:01,940 --> 00:30:02,940 Believe me, Martin. 445 00:30:03,000 --> 00:30:06,460 The job we do at Hobart Air Base will make them forget all about what 446 00:30:06,460 --> 00:30:09,340 done. I'll yet see you without that perpetual frown. 447 00:30:14,980 --> 00:30:15,980 Yes. 448 00:30:17,320 --> 00:30:18,320 Yes, he can use it. 449 00:30:19,340 --> 00:30:21,020 Absolutely. Let him use whatever he wants. 450 00:30:22,140 --> 00:30:23,200 Do you want me to play it again? 451 00:30:23,640 --> 00:30:26,120 You sure there's no difference in the sound level of the voice? 452 00:30:26,420 --> 00:30:29,620 No measurable one. Not in the volume, not in the tone. Maybe the pickup isn't 453 00:30:29,620 --> 00:30:30,519 sensitive enough. 454 00:30:30,520 --> 00:30:31,800 It's as sensitive as they come. 455 00:30:32,090 --> 00:30:34,070 Maybe what we're looking for just isn't there. 456 00:30:34,310 --> 00:30:35,310 Go. 457 00:30:36,070 --> 00:30:37,170 Let's try a little slower. 458 00:30:39,590 --> 00:30:41,630 Ellie, this is Mike. 459 00:30:42,650 --> 00:30:45,150 I'm alive and I'm healthy. 460 00:30:46,070 --> 00:30:50,010 I am already out of the country in another land. 461 00:30:51,010 --> 00:30:52,050 Where'd that come from? 462 00:30:52,310 --> 00:30:55,590 It was there all along. Just didn't show up till now. That happens with... With 463 00:30:55,590 --> 00:30:57,070 what? Let me make sure. 464 00:30:59,270 --> 00:31:00,810 Just analyze the sound component. 465 00:31:03,949 --> 00:31:04,949 There, see? 466 00:31:05,770 --> 00:31:06,749 What is that? 467 00:31:06,750 --> 00:31:09,730 That's the radio frequency of fluorescent light. There's no sound 468 00:31:09,730 --> 00:31:11,130 record near it. Then look out. 469 00:31:11,550 --> 00:31:12,950 But it's not on every word. 470 00:31:13,270 --> 00:31:14,270 Well, you know what that means. 471 00:31:14,910 --> 00:31:18,110 Yeah, it's splice. Run it down to the next one. It'll start anywhere. 472 00:31:51,530 --> 00:31:52,530 There was no whistle that time. 473 00:31:53,130 --> 00:31:55,390 Both were recorded by Brandon in his office. 474 00:31:55,710 --> 00:31:58,490 But at different times of the day. He had them marked clearly. 475 00:31:58,730 --> 00:32:02,130 The first one was done late at night. The second, during the afternoon. 476 00:32:02,490 --> 00:32:06,130 He'd have his desk light on at night, not during the day. His fluorescent desk 477 00:32:06,130 --> 00:32:08,470 light. And somebody faked the whole phone call. 478 00:32:08,790 --> 00:32:11,090 Put it together out of bits and pieces of my cold notes. 479 00:32:11,370 --> 00:32:12,450 The tape's phony. 480 00:32:14,210 --> 00:32:15,310 What about everything else? 481 00:32:23,790 --> 00:32:27,110 According to the ledger, the last deposit was made September 4th of this 482 00:32:28,150 --> 00:32:30,530 Only I went through the day's deposits, looks every one of them. 483 00:32:31,230 --> 00:32:32,350 No deposit was made. 484 00:32:33,250 --> 00:32:35,190 The phone bill was a fake, too. 485 00:32:35,890 --> 00:32:39,590 According to the phone company's log, the calls made to the Russian trade 486 00:32:39,590 --> 00:32:41,890 mission and the Carriage House Hotel were never made. 487 00:32:43,330 --> 00:32:46,550 But how could that be? I mean, how can those things be faked? 488 00:32:46,890 --> 00:32:47,890 By computer. 489 00:32:48,010 --> 00:32:52,370 The bank's ledger is computerized. So is the telephone company's billing system. 490 00:32:53,000 --> 00:32:55,960 And a computer can be programmed to lie any way you like. 491 00:32:56,580 --> 00:32:57,600 Programmed? By who? 492 00:32:57,840 --> 00:32:58,840 An expert. 493 00:32:58,940 --> 00:33:02,780 These two computers and several others were studied by a group from the Gregory 494 00:33:02,780 --> 00:33:05,960 Institute. The bank's data processing firm couldn't begin to tell me how 495 00:33:05,960 --> 00:33:06,960 flattered they were. 496 00:33:07,060 --> 00:33:11,060 It's not often they're visited by anyone as eminent as Dr. Curtis Whitney. 497 00:33:11,580 --> 00:33:14,320 All this to make it look as if Mike defected. 498 00:33:15,460 --> 00:33:17,820 All this to make it look as if he was still... 499 00:33:22,670 --> 00:33:24,350 I knew Mike didn't defend you. 500 00:33:25,310 --> 00:33:26,930 I wish I could have been wrong. 501 00:33:29,590 --> 00:33:30,590 Whitney. 502 00:33:32,090 --> 00:33:34,410 We have no proof of anything, Commissioner. 503 00:33:34,730 --> 00:33:37,570 We think we know what he did, but we don't know why. 504 00:33:37,930 --> 00:33:40,710 What about that defense project he was working on? 505 00:33:42,010 --> 00:33:47,350 He and Mike worked on those before with no more than the usual friction. 506 00:33:47,990 --> 00:33:49,390 How many do you remember? 507 00:33:51,720 --> 00:33:56,100 Five maybe six bases in the last couple of years being on those bases never 508 00:33:56,100 --> 00:34:01,900 bothered your husband no But there was something about this one 509 00:34:01,900 --> 00:34:07,780 There was something different about Hobart Air Force Base 510 00:34:27,280 --> 00:34:29,060 When we move in, Colonel, we move in. 511 00:34:29,880 --> 00:34:32,699 All that's left to be taken out, sir, is the computer link -up. 512 00:34:33,060 --> 00:34:36,420 I'll be very relieved when that's done. I don't know. I'm going to miss all 513 00:34:36,420 --> 00:34:37,960 those sexy little sack communiqués. 514 00:34:40,560 --> 00:34:42,219 It's a joke, General, but a joke. 515 00:34:43,060 --> 00:34:45,340 These four and this one are ours. Disconnect them and pull them out 516 00:34:45,340 --> 00:34:46,340 side. 517 00:34:47,920 --> 00:34:49,060 I'll need help with the computer. 518 00:34:49,739 --> 00:34:51,480 Sergeant Henry, this is your X -15. 519 00:34:58,940 --> 00:35:01,600 Don't you worry about a thing, Colonel. In a few minutes we'll be out of here 520 00:35:01,600 --> 00:35:03,620 and Hobart Air Base will be at all the loose self again. 521 00:35:04,540 --> 00:35:06,580 It'll be as though civilian hands never touched us. 522 00:35:06,980 --> 00:35:09,780 Until later when you tell us all the things we've been doing wrong. 523 00:35:25,160 --> 00:35:26,160 Colonel? 524 00:35:26,380 --> 00:35:27,660 Captain, would you like to check computer? 525 00:35:35,980 --> 00:35:37,860 We're no longer connected to the Gregory Institute. 526 00:35:38,220 --> 00:35:39,320 Everything's out, Captain Cole. 527 00:35:40,480 --> 00:35:41,620 In that case, Dr. 528 00:35:41,840 --> 00:35:42,900 Whitney, goodbye. 529 00:35:50,320 --> 00:35:51,760 You can button that up, Sergeant. 530 00:35:52,240 --> 00:35:53,240 I will. 531 00:36:31,530 --> 00:36:33,730 You're on the phone. There's a gentleman here who wants to see you. Hello, 532 00:36:33,750 --> 00:36:34,750 Curtis. 533 00:36:36,670 --> 00:36:37,670 Hi. 534 00:36:37,830 --> 00:36:39,210 May I speak with you for a few minutes? 535 00:36:39,470 --> 00:36:40,670 I'm just on my way to a meeting. 536 00:36:41,230 --> 00:36:45,210 It's a pretty busy day. I realize I should have called first. I can wait or 537 00:36:45,210 --> 00:36:46,209 back later. 538 00:36:46,210 --> 00:36:48,170 I would like to see you. 539 00:36:51,110 --> 00:36:54,270 I guess I can put the other meeting off for a while. Let him know when to stand. 540 00:36:54,630 --> 00:36:55,630 Yes, sir. 541 00:36:57,710 --> 00:36:58,710 Thank you. 542 00:37:08,400 --> 00:37:10,600 You have a very impressive place here, Curtis. 543 00:37:10,880 --> 00:37:11,880 Dr. Whitney. 544 00:37:12,700 --> 00:37:15,080 I've forgotten how important titles are to some people. 545 00:37:15,560 --> 00:37:16,840 Only in certain companies. 546 00:37:23,620 --> 00:37:25,480 It's a pretty dumb thing to do, Frank. 547 00:37:25,960 --> 00:37:26,960 Mr. Clausen. 548 00:37:27,540 --> 00:37:30,960 And it's not so dumb. Business has been good. I can afford a morning off. 549 00:37:31,180 --> 00:37:33,280 I forgot it's not economics that worries you. 550 00:37:33,600 --> 00:37:34,900 We were wondering how it was going. 551 00:37:35,120 --> 00:37:36,820 Well, can't you wait until I get in touch with you? 552 00:37:37,180 --> 00:37:38,380 Did Sergeant Henry do his part? 553 00:37:38,620 --> 00:37:40,020 Like the good trooper that he is. 554 00:37:40,400 --> 00:37:41,520 Then we are hooked in. 555 00:37:41,960 --> 00:37:44,520 I've made the connection, but I haven't checked it yet. Can you? 556 00:37:45,140 --> 00:37:48,640 It's too soon. Let the people at Hobart slip back into their routine. 557 00:37:49,240 --> 00:37:52,080 I was talking to Kansas City today, to some of our friends there. 558 00:37:52,360 --> 00:37:54,620 They're very excited about what we're doing here, Kurtz. 559 00:37:54,940 --> 00:37:57,040 They want it verified. They want to know. 560 00:37:57,340 --> 00:37:58,680 They'll know when it's time. 561 00:37:59,080 --> 00:38:02,280 I'm sorry if our beliefs are much stronger than yours, Kurtz, but that's 562 00:38:02,280 --> 00:38:03,280 it is. 563 00:38:04,840 --> 00:38:05,960 Oh, come now. 564 00:38:06,860 --> 00:38:10,680 Let's see just how good the great Dr. Whitney really is. 565 00:38:18,880 --> 00:38:20,260 Do me a favor, will you, my man? 566 00:38:20,820 --> 00:38:21,820 You're with me. 567 00:38:21,860 --> 00:38:23,740 I'm not with you. Will you remember that little thing? 568 00:38:25,060 --> 00:38:28,660 And here now, ladies and gentlemen, is where the hoot begins locally to the 569 00:38:28,660 --> 00:38:30,040 brain. How does it sing? 570 00:38:31,180 --> 00:38:32,320 Take it off, folks. 571 00:38:32,560 --> 00:38:33,640 Call in the early lunch. 572 00:38:53,230 --> 00:38:56,330 We're tuned into the base computer now. Then we could actually fire the missiles 573 00:38:56,330 --> 00:38:57,810 any time we wanted to, right from here. 574 00:38:58,310 --> 00:38:59,310 Correct. 575 00:39:01,690 --> 00:39:05,010 That's the communication channel between SAC headquarters and Hobart Air Base. 576 00:39:05,910 --> 00:39:10,670 The missile firing code changes every hour, so we've got a little wait. 577 00:39:23,340 --> 00:39:27,060 See, this is the twelfth time I've listened to these ads, and we will 578 00:39:27,060 --> 00:39:30,040 again. The timing of the methane injection mechanism is critical. 579 00:39:30,340 --> 00:39:35,640 In theory, those engaged in televised communication have always known their 580 00:39:35,640 --> 00:39:36,640 medium's limits. 581 00:39:36,840 --> 00:39:39,500 There are several ways to jam electronic communication. 582 00:39:40,180 --> 00:39:44,360 We're dealing here with the most difficult of all. The manner least 583 00:39:44,460 --> 00:39:45,940 The experiment. The timing. 584 00:39:52,520 --> 00:39:53,640 All right, now... No, keep us in. 585 00:39:54,560 --> 00:39:57,120 Keeping tabs on the base is not the purpose of this. 586 00:39:57,840 --> 00:39:58,840 Let's test the override. 587 00:39:59,680 --> 00:40:03,120 You won't know if you've really done it, Kurt, if you've won, unless you go all 588 00:40:03,120 --> 00:40:04,120 the way. 589 00:40:08,620 --> 00:40:09,620 All right. 590 00:40:10,300 --> 00:40:11,300 The test alert. 591 00:41:08,360 --> 00:41:10,280 The base is sending in a code verification request. 592 00:41:10,640 --> 00:41:13,400 And if that code comes over the next hour, they feed it into their firing 593 00:41:13,400 --> 00:41:15,080 system. And the missiles take off? 594 00:41:15,400 --> 00:41:16,700 Right to their present targets. 595 00:41:48,059 --> 00:41:49,059 All right. 596 00:41:49,220 --> 00:41:50,220 It's up to them now. 597 00:42:11,530 --> 00:42:12,530 Colonel McAdam? 598 00:42:17,070 --> 00:42:18,290 Now comes the tough part. 599 00:42:18,510 --> 00:42:20,770 After the code checks out, they send another request for verification. 600 00:42:21,370 --> 00:42:24,510 And you've got to catch it without before it reaches SAC and send the 601 00:42:24,510 --> 00:42:25,670 verification through yourself. 602 00:42:25,910 --> 00:42:26,910 What are you doing? 603 00:42:27,210 --> 00:42:28,250 Just keep going, Doctor. 604 00:42:28,590 --> 00:42:31,190 A man like you can't quit until he has his final proof. 605 00:42:33,470 --> 00:42:34,630 Better hurry, Dr. Whitney. 606 00:42:34,990 --> 00:42:36,570 Speed is what counts, right? 607 00:42:43,790 --> 00:42:45,810 At first, Dr. Whitney, it didn't compute. 608 00:42:46,070 --> 00:42:50,350 Why did Brandon want out of his study? Why put him out of circulation? 609 00:42:51,010 --> 00:42:55,310 After all, everything was the way it had always been. 610 00:42:55,670 --> 00:42:58,250 But it wasn't. No, you were different. 611 00:42:58,890 --> 00:43:03,370 You and that little hidden ball you asked Brandon to develop. The technique 612 00:43:03,370 --> 00:43:04,450 clean and perfect. 613 00:43:04,950 --> 00:43:09,390 You could block electronic messages of all kinds, not just television. 614 00:43:12,680 --> 00:43:15,800 Let's say a man wants control of the doomsday button. 615 00:43:16,640 --> 00:43:20,840 You tie in your own computer while pretending to do a study of a missile 616 00:43:22,660 --> 00:43:24,280 You send out a firing order. 617 00:43:24,820 --> 00:43:30,860 When the base requests verification from SAC, you intercept it and cancel it out 618 00:43:30,860 --> 00:43:32,940 with your bouncing ball. 619 00:43:48,010 --> 00:43:50,230 There's more to it than that. But I've got the basics. 620 00:43:51,610 --> 00:43:54,350 Actually, I'm much better student than Mr. Clausen here, take my word. 621 00:43:54,690 --> 00:43:57,770 They came to me a while ago, Martin. He and his friends, they had the 622 00:43:57,770 --> 00:44:01,910 organization, the inside men to make it all work. It was a challenge, an 623 00:44:01,910 --> 00:44:03,290 adventure that made everything else pale. 624 00:44:03,690 --> 00:44:05,130 Is that how you sold it to Brandon? 625 00:44:05,450 --> 00:44:08,410 I told Brandon it was good old -fashioned patriotism, my friend. 626 00:44:08,630 --> 00:44:11,870 We could beat the system, I told him, and then we could show them how to 627 00:44:11,870 --> 00:44:13,390 it so that we couldn't beat it again. 628 00:44:13,930 --> 00:44:16,370 Unfortunately, Dr. Brandon did not stay sold. 629 00:44:17,100 --> 00:44:20,740 He started to worry. Well, he didn't like working outside the proper 630 00:44:20,940 --> 00:44:22,620 But even that, he didn't know how to behave like a man. 631 00:44:22,940 --> 00:44:24,280 Do I tell Gellert, don't I? 632 00:44:24,500 --> 00:44:25,880 Is Kurt helping the country or not? 633 00:44:26,160 --> 00:44:29,480 So you stepped in to be sure he didn't make the wrong decision. 634 00:44:29,780 --> 00:44:32,460 We had one of our people follow Dr. Brandon on his way home. 635 00:44:32,800 --> 00:44:35,240 He cut off his car. Dr. Brandon got out to complain. 636 00:44:35,760 --> 00:44:37,560 We just made certain that he never got in again. 637 00:44:37,780 --> 00:44:38,678 You kill him? 638 00:44:38,680 --> 00:44:39,880 Oh, no, not yet. 639 00:44:40,720 --> 00:44:43,180 We had to make sure that our idea would work. 640 00:44:49,900 --> 00:44:51,400 had to be that way, don't you see? 641 00:44:53,480 --> 00:44:55,380 The world has gone to hell. Everyone knows that. 642 00:44:55,820 --> 00:44:57,220 I mean, our friends are our enemies. 643 00:44:57,620 --> 00:44:58,700 Our enemies are friends. 644 00:44:59,460 --> 00:45:02,300 Now, what if our government wouldn't step in, wouldn't use the power it had 645 00:45:02,300 --> 00:45:04,880 it needed to? So you were going to make sure the power was used? 646 00:45:05,480 --> 00:45:06,480 Not were. 647 00:45:07,140 --> 00:45:09,160 It doesn't necessarily have to be were. 648 00:45:12,340 --> 00:45:13,138 What's that? 649 00:45:13,140 --> 00:45:14,140 No! 650 00:45:18,379 --> 00:45:19,680 Why not a first strike? 651 00:45:20,580 --> 00:45:21,580 It's still good. 652 00:45:21,740 --> 00:45:23,020 We can't lose this chance. 653 00:45:23,480 --> 00:45:25,600 Is this what you signed on for, Dr. Whitney? 654 00:45:27,040 --> 00:45:28,040 Armageddon? 655 00:45:35,000 --> 00:45:36,260 It was supposed to be up to me. 656 00:45:36,700 --> 00:45:37,840 I was to pick the time. 657 00:45:38,560 --> 00:45:39,680 I was to be the one to decide. 658 00:46:14,420 --> 00:46:16,120 Keller, Chief Ironside is for you. 659 00:46:17,160 --> 00:46:19,520 Yes? Chief, we got through to SAC. 660 00:46:19,740 --> 00:46:20,740 In time? 661 00:46:20,760 --> 00:46:23,920 If the countdown hadn't been stopped, the best they could have done was 662 00:46:23,920 --> 00:46:24,779 in the air. 663 00:46:24,780 --> 00:46:27,120 New security precautions are being implemented now. 664 00:46:28,500 --> 00:46:29,500 Thank you, Sergeant. 665 00:46:31,310 --> 00:46:32,390 Thank you very much. 666 00:46:34,290 --> 00:46:35,290 All right, Mark. 667 00:46:36,430 --> 00:46:37,430 Doctor. 668 00:46:44,790 --> 00:46:45,970 We had our chance. 669 00:46:46,570 --> 00:46:47,529 Our chance. 670 00:46:47,530 --> 00:46:48,530 As if you'd waited.