1 00:00:12,888 --> 00:00:17,226 Emma, look at you. This is quite a stack you have here. 2 00:00:17,309 --> 00:00:19,353 Must be stocking up for the winter break, huh? 3 00:00:20,020 --> 00:00:23,941 Would you mind I added one more to your pile? 4 00:00:25,234 --> 00:00:26,318 Treasure Island? 5 00:00:26,402 --> 00:00:30,406 Argh! Pirate's buried gold. You're gonna love it. 6 00:00:30,489 --> 00:00:31,574 I promise. 7 00:00:32,658 --> 00:00:34,034 All right. 8 00:00:34,118 --> 00:00:35,453 Here you go. 9 00:00:35,536 --> 00:00:37,913 - Thank you, Mr. Blanche. - You're so welcome! 10 00:00:39,290 --> 00:00:41,500 You still pushing that old-ass book. 11 00:00:41,584 --> 00:00:43,836 I gave you Sherlock Holmes when you were her age. 12 00:00:43,919 --> 00:00:45,045 And you didn't complain. 13 00:00:45,129 --> 00:00:47,882 That's 'cause Sherlock Holmes was a stone-cold genius, 14 00:00:47,965 --> 00:00:49,133 not a filthy pirate. 15 00:00:49,216 --> 00:00:52,636 Robert Louis Stevenson and Arthur Conan Doyle were friends. 16 00:00:52,720 --> 00:00:57,057 They-- pen pals, really. They never actually met. 17 00:00:58,058 --> 00:01:00,811 They had plans to, but Stevenson... 18 00:01:00,895 --> 00:01:02,563 - Mr. Blanche! - Ooh! 19 00:01:02,646 --> 00:01:04,106 - Mr. Blanche! 20 00:01:04,190 --> 00:01:07,067 - Stay still! Stay still! 21 00:01:07,151 --> 00:01:08,527 Stay with me, just breathe. 22 00:01:09,403 --> 00:01:12,156 - Somebody call 911! 23 00:01:12,239 --> 00:01:13,949 Ma'am, somebody call the ambulance! 24 00:01:35,513 --> 00:01:38,933 Well, because your mom had you for Thanksgiving, and we agreed. 25 00:01:39,016 --> 00:01:42,061 Aspen, Aspen. That sounds fun. 26 00:01:43,813 --> 00:01:46,732 Look, okay, what if we just-- 27 00:01:46,816 --> 00:01:48,818 After New Year's, we'll just figure it out. 28 00:01:48,901 --> 00:01:52,655 Okay. Okay. I love you, Nick. 29 00:01:55,699 --> 00:01:56,867 Your daughter? 30 00:01:56,951 --> 00:02:00,246 That's what you get when you spend 200 days a year working whether you... 31 00:02:00,329 --> 00:02:01,705 I'm sorry. 32 00:02:01,789 --> 00:02:03,958 - Plan "B"? - Uh, well... 33 00:02:04,041 --> 00:02:05,709 my old firm's holiday party is this week. 34 00:02:05,793 --> 00:02:09,088 I was thinking about crashing it as a drunken, belligerent Santa. 35 00:02:09,171 --> 00:02:11,298 Dan Aykroyd, Trading Places. 36 00:02:11,382 --> 00:02:12,550 I get the reference. 37 00:02:12,633 --> 00:02:14,635 I guess the holidays must be hard for you, too, huh? 38 00:02:17,596 --> 00:02:19,473 Let's go see if they've opened that wine. 39 00:02:22,184 --> 00:02:25,396 Wow, they've really been bugging you about your Christmas plans. Hm! 40 00:02:25,479 --> 00:02:28,065 - Why are you looking at my phone? - It lit up! 41 00:02:28,148 --> 00:02:30,234 Alec says we've been getting a bunch of raids on our firewall lately. 42 00:02:30,317 --> 00:02:31,735 - Don't! - Oh, what's that about? 43 00:02:31,819 --> 00:02:34,572 Oh, so he has time for cybersecurity but not to come spend Christmas with me? 44 00:02:34,655 --> 00:02:36,615 What are you doing? Now, why do you have to cause problems? 45 00:02:36,699 --> 00:02:40,244 Oh, please. Everybody just settle down. Let's play nice. 46 00:02:40,327 --> 00:02:42,872 - It's the holidays! - We have been working hard. 47 00:02:42,955 --> 00:02:44,248 - We have. - We deserve a break. 48 00:02:44,331 --> 00:02:45,165 - We do. - All right? 49 00:02:45,249 --> 00:02:46,917 Look at this spread that I made! 50 00:02:48,669 --> 00:02:49,712 This is stupid. 51 00:02:49,795 --> 00:02:50,963 Oh. 52 00:02:51,505 --> 00:02:54,216 My brother was right, he does get Grinchy around the holidays. 53 00:02:54,300 --> 00:02:56,093 Grinch is gonna go get more wine. 54 00:02:58,512 --> 00:02:59,889 Carolers? 55 00:03:07,479 --> 00:03:08,814 Eliot Spencer? 56 00:03:08,898 --> 00:03:10,733 - No. - I need your help. 57 00:03:10,816 --> 00:03:12,276 You and your friends over there. 58 00:03:12,902 --> 00:03:15,070 I'm sorry, pal, you got the wrong place. 59 00:03:15,154 --> 00:03:17,323 Can you just hear me out? 60 00:03:17,406 --> 00:03:18,407 Please? 61 00:03:22,661 --> 00:03:26,290 So, I am 10 years old, I'm gay, 62 00:03:26,373 --> 00:03:28,000 and I'm running away from the school bully. 63 00:03:28,584 --> 00:03:30,002 Typical day in the fifth grade. 64 00:03:30,794 --> 00:03:31,879 But this day, I get kinda lost, 65 00:03:31,962 --> 00:03:35,215 so I duck into the first building I could find-- the town library. 66 00:03:35,299 --> 00:03:36,508 Good choice. 67 00:03:36,592 --> 00:03:37,760 Right. 68 00:03:37,843 --> 00:03:40,888 And the librarian, Mr. Blanche, hides me, 69 00:03:40,971 --> 00:03:42,348 chases away the bully. 70 00:03:42,431 --> 00:03:44,391 Then he asks me what's my favorite book. 71 00:03:44,475 --> 00:03:47,561 "Why, the Bible, sir. My dad's a preacher." 72 00:03:47,645 --> 00:03:50,147 Mr. Blanche walks me through the library, 73 00:03:50,230 --> 00:03:53,442 pulls down Roald Dahl, E.B. White. 74 00:03:53,525 --> 00:03:55,194 Hands me a stack of 'em. 75 00:03:55,277 --> 00:03:57,947 Said, "I'm sorry, sir. I can't take these home. 76 00:03:58,030 --> 00:03:59,198 My father won't allow it." 77 00:03:59,990 --> 00:04:01,575 Mr. Blanche doesn't even blink. 78 00:04:01,659 --> 00:04:03,786 He says, "That's okay. 79 00:04:03,869 --> 00:04:06,956 I'll keep these for you behind the counter and you can read them after school." 80 00:04:08,207 --> 00:04:09,458 So that's what I did. 81 00:04:09,541 --> 00:04:10,542 Every day. 82 00:04:10,626 --> 00:04:13,879 So the library became your sanctuary? 83 00:04:13,963 --> 00:04:15,381 And more. 84 00:04:15,464 --> 00:04:17,883 Reading introduced a whole new world for me. 85 00:04:18,467 --> 00:04:21,387 College, nursing school, I owe it all to Mr. Blanche. 86 00:04:21,470 --> 00:04:22,930 So it's not about you. 87 00:04:23,889 --> 00:04:25,015 It's about him. 88 00:04:28,394 --> 00:04:29,561 He's got cancer. 89 00:04:31,146 --> 00:04:33,649 He's asymptomatic now, but he's in stage four. 90 00:04:35,109 --> 00:04:36,610 Refuses to get treatment. 91 00:04:37,736 --> 00:04:40,114 And now he's started having episodes with his heart. 92 00:04:40,948 --> 00:04:44,159 I'm... so sorry, Maurice. 93 00:04:45,911 --> 00:04:48,163 I know what it's like to lose someone. 94 00:04:50,708 --> 00:04:51,709 But... 95 00:04:52,292 --> 00:04:54,044 I don't see how we can help you. 96 00:04:54,128 --> 00:04:56,630 I mean, we go after guilty parties. 97 00:04:56,714 --> 00:04:59,717 If your friend, for example, had become sick by... 98 00:04:59,800 --> 00:05:04,346 I don't know, poisoned groundwater, or--or asbestos, or... 99 00:05:04,430 --> 00:05:06,306 Look, I don't want you to go after anyone. 100 00:05:08,308 --> 00:05:11,145 I want you to make Mr. Blanche feel like a real hero. 101 00:05:11,228 --> 00:05:13,313 Like the ones he reads about in those books. 102 00:05:14,314 --> 00:05:16,859 Just... for one day. 103 00:05:17,359 --> 00:05:19,153 One Christmas wish. 104 00:05:25,868 --> 00:05:28,203 The game is "Forehead Detective." 105 00:05:28,287 --> 00:05:30,664 You have to guess the character on your forehead. 106 00:05:32,041 --> 00:05:34,084 Oh. Huh? 107 00:05:35,419 --> 00:05:36,879 What-- um... 108 00:05:43,010 --> 00:05:45,095 Oh! 109 00:05:45,179 --> 00:05:46,472 Oh! 110 00:05:47,473 --> 00:05:50,100 Guys, this is insanity! 111 00:05:50,601 --> 00:05:52,644 You know, you're talking about a guy in fragile health 112 00:05:52,728 --> 00:05:54,688 on some madcap adventure. 113 00:05:54,772 --> 00:05:55,898 It's not what we do! 114 00:05:55,981 --> 00:05:57,149 Does it only have to be about revenge? 115 00:05:57,232 --> 00:05:59,777 Why not? I'm fine with revenge. 116 00:05:59,860 --> 00:06:02,196 It affords us a range of outcomes the mark deserves. 117 00:06:02,279 --> 00:06:04,531 This librarian's totally innocent. 118 00:06:04,615 --> 00:06:06,700 What about the drummer boy? Huh? 119 00:06:06,784 --> 00:06:08,410 Ba-rum-pum-pum-pum! 120 00:06:08,494 --> 00:06:10,496 I mean, do you really think he could play? 121 00:06:10,579 --> 00:06:14,625 No! Lying to people to make them feel better at Christmas, 122 00:06:14,708 --> 00:06:15,918 that's what it's all about! 123 00:06:16,001 --> 00:06:17,294 That and presents. 124 00:06:17,878 --> 00:06:19,088 Mr. Wilson? 125 00:06:19,171 --> 00:06:20,589 Well, I'm all for taking a break. 126 00:06:20,672 --> 00:06:22,716 But sometimes it just reminds you of the things you miss. 127 00:06:23,509 --> 00:06:26,095 Eliot, you want to take some time off. 128 00:06:26,178 --> 00:06:29,807 Well, he'll take any excuse to visit his secret girlfriend. 129 00:06:31,141 --> 00:06:32,392 - Ooh... - I think... 130 00:06:34,686 --> 00:06:37,606 I think you'd write a hell of a story for Mr. Blanche. 131 00:06:38,315 --> 00:06:40,526 This is totally bonkers. 132 00:06:41,777 --> 00:06:43,821 Oh, I knew it was Houdini! 133 00:06:45,906 --> 00:06:47,908 If we do this. If... 134 00:06:47,991 --> 00:06:50,160 Then we have to treat him like any other mark. 135 00:06:50,244 --> 00:06:51,370 We watch, we learn. 136 00:06:51,453 --> 00:06:53,163 We profile. 137 00:06:55,916 --> 00:06:56,750 Yes! 138 00:06:57,709 --> 00:06:59,253 Come on, man. Just tell me. 139 00:06:59,336 --> 00:07:00,796 Who's your Santa baby? 140 00:07:00,879 --> 00:07:05,008 I know, is it the lady that fills up the propane tanks on the trucks? 141 00:07:05,092 --> 00:07:07,970 Just let it go. What do we know about our Mr. Blanche? 142 00:07:08,053 --> 00:07:10,681 Uh, town librarian for the past 30 years, 143 00:07:10,764 --> 00:07:12,683 Never married, no passport. 144 00:07:12,766 --> 00:07:14,977 The guy doesn't really like to go far from home. 145 00:07:15,060 --> 00:07:16,645 He's only been in the news one time, 146 00:07:16,728 --> 00:07:18,981 ten years ago when they tried to shut down the library. 147 00:07:19,064 --> 00:07:20,607 Mr. Blanche led the charge to save it. 148 00:07:20,691 --> 00:07:22,734 I guess there's a lot of Maurices out there. 149 00:07:22,818 --> 00:07:23,819 All right. 150 00:07:23,902 --> 00:07:26,488 - Well, we know he likes to read, so... - Yeah. 151 00:07:26,572 --> 00:07:29,950 Go check on-- do your-- thing. Go do your thing. 152 00:07:34,371 --> 00:07:35,372 No. Way. 153 00:07:35,455 --> 00:07:38,041 Do you know what that i-- Do you know what this is? 154 00:07:38,125 --> 00:07:40,460 This is a 386 Gateway 2000 PC... 155 00:07:40,544 --> 00:07:42,963 - Shh! -...with a floppy drive! 156 00:07:43,797 --> 00:07:45,507 Oh, you gorgeous antique! 157 00:07:50,262 --> 00:07:54,474 Yes! Okay, according to the library network, 158 00:07:54,558 --> 00:07:58,061 here is a list of all the books he's taken out over the years. 159 00:07:58,145 --> 00:08:00,898 - Whoa. What? 160 00:08:03,692 --> 00:08:06,236 That's... a lot of books. 161 00:08:06,320 --> 00:08:08,697 Ten thousand over 30 years is about one a day. 162 00:08:08,780 --> 00:08:11,575 Can you narrow it down just a teeny bit? 163 00:08:11,658 --> 00:08:14,077 Okay, breaking it down by the card catalog, 164 00:08:14,161 --> 00:08:17,414 it's mostly fiction. Uh, mystery-slash-detective... 165 00:08:17,497 --> 00:08:20,042 Action adventure, horror-slash-fantasy... 166 00:08:20,125 --> 00:08:21,877 paranormal romance. 167 00:08:21,960 --> 00:08:24,004 Guy checked out Shogun a dozen times. 168 00:08:24,087 --> 00:08:26,840 Thing's like a brick. Must be an Olympic-level reader. 169 00:08:26,924 --> 00:08:29,218 What is our story gonna be? 170 00:08:29,301 --> 00:08:31,845 For our librarian to be hero for the day, 171 00:08:31,929 --> 00:08:36,308 I don't think a sprawling saga of feudal Japan is gonna work for us. 172 00:08:36,391 --> 00:08:38,810 Hm. 173 00:08:38,894 --> 00:08:40,604 Although I do have a really nice kimono. 174 00:08:40,687 --> 00:08:42,147 Ah. 175 00:08:42,231 --> 00:08:43,607 - So do I. 176 00:08:43,690 --> 00:08:45,317 That I don't want to see. 177 00:08:45,400 --> 00:08:46,860 Well... 178 00:08:46,944 --> 00:08:48,403 Should I get it? 179 00:08:51,823 --> 00:08:53,909 Hey! What are you doing in here? 180 00:08:53,992 --> 00:08:55,118 Get up! You can't be in here. Pick it up. Let's go. 181 00:08:55,202 --> 00:08:57,120 Excuse me, sir! 182 00:08:57,204 --> 00:09:00,374 This is a public library. He has just as much right to be here as you do. 183 00:09:00,457 --> 00:09:03,043 - Come on. - Take your hands off of him. 184 00:09:03,126 --> 00:09:04,169 What about my rights? 185 00:09:04,253 --> 00:09:05,504 I pay my taxes. 186 00:09:05,587 --> 00:09:06,880 So you can just mind your-- 187 00:09:09,508 --> 00:09:10,759 Leave. 188 00:09:14,179 --> 00:09:15,305 You good? 189 00:09:16,181 --> 00:09:17,474 Thank you for your service. 190 00:09:17,557 --> 00:09:20,686 As if the homeless don't have enough to worry about. 191 00:09:22,354 --> 00:09:24,898 Well, you librarians got a lot on your plate, huh? 192 00:09:24,982 --> 00:09:26,858 - Man, you have no idea. - Uh-huh. 193 00:09:26,942 --> 00:09:28,151 However... 194 00:09:28,235 --> 00:09:31,571 What we like to do here is recommend good books. 195 00:09:31,655 --> 00:09:34,449 So, what can I do for you today? 196 00:09:34,533 --> 00:09:35,617 Oh. 197 00:09:35,701 --> 00:09:37,494 Uh... 198 00:09:37,577 --> 00:09:38,787 Hmm. 199 00:09:39,413 --> 00:09:41,248 What were you guys even talking about all that time? 200 00:09:41,331 --> 00:09:43,041 The kind of stories that we both like. 201 00:09:43,125 --> 00:09:45,877 The unlikely hero at the wrong place at the wrong time, 202 00:09:45,961 --> 00:09:47,879 up against impossible odds. 203 00:09:47,963 --> 00:09:50,966 So going on a starship with a plucky sidekick ain't gonna cut it for this guy. 204 00:09:51,049 --> 00:09:51,883 Nope. 205 00:09:51,967 --> 00:09:55,887 We're gonna give Mr. Blanche a pulse-pounding spy adventure. 206 00:10:12,821 --> 00:10:15,324 Huh. I like the science of sounds. 207 00:10:15,407 --> 00:10:17,492 Maybe a bit louder, more paper bits flying out. 208 00:10:17,576 --> 00:10:18,452 Copy that! 209 00:10:18,535 --> 00:10:21,747 Representative Agent! 210 00:10:21,830 --> 00:10:22,706 Press one for reservation. 211 00:10:22,789 --> 00:10:24,958 If you go out and get me a helicopter, we can do it at the docks. 212 00:10:25,042 --> 00:10:27,419 - In a cigarette boat. Press two for directions. 213 00:10:27,502 --> 00:10:29,087 - Agent! -Press one. 214 00:10:29,171 --> 00:10:30,005 Agent! 215 00:10:35,635 --> 00:10:39,806 Oh! He got a red one! It's really flashy! 216 00:10:41,433 --> 00:10:43,602 But it's Christmassy. 217 00:10:43,685 --> 00:10:47,022 Ah, there's my director. I have a little question about the script. 218 00:10:47,105 --> 00:10:49,316 It's a story of honor and treachery. 219 00:10:49,399 --> 00:10:53,195 When a spy's betrayed, it's up to a small-town librarian 220 00:10:53,278 --> 00:10:54,488 to complete the mission and save the day. 221 00:10:54,571 --> 00:10:56,156 Yeah, yeah, yeah, I get that. And I love all that. 222 00:10:56,239 --> 00:10:57,824 My question has to do with this. 223 00:10:57,908 --> 00:10:59,076 Our Mr. Wilson enters. 224 00:10:59,159 --> 00:11:01,244 Yes, but where am I coming from, what just happened, 225 00:11:01,328 --> 00:11:02,829 how do I feel about it? 226 00:11:02,913 --> 00:11:04,998 Oh, you just flew in from Berlin on a G-IV, 227 00:11:05,082 --> 00:11:08,627 and you radiate the confidence of a man secure in his convictions. 228 00:11:09,628 --> 00:11:11,588 Breanna, put the button cam down. 229 00:11:12,714 --> 00:11:14,758 Right. Tomorrow's showtime. 230 00:11:14,841 --> 00:11:16,510 I needn't remind you 231 00:11:16,593 --> 00:11:18,678 that our mark isn't driven by greed, revenge, or fear, 232 00:11:18,762 --> 00:11:20,305 the normal buttons we push. 233 00:11:20,389 --> 00:11:22,057 This is a simple man living a simple life, 234 00:11:22,140 --> 00:11:25,102 but this makes it infinitely more difficult for us to deceive him. 235 00:11:25,185 --> 00:11:27,646 So we've all got to be on top of our game. Any questions? 236 00:11:27,729 --> 00:11:29,981 I hired three of my buddies from the service. 237 00:11:30,065 --> 00:11:32,818 They're playing the stunt fighters. Can I get six? 238 00:11:32,901 --> 00:11:34,903 If you can get me a free helicopter, otherwise, no. 239 00:11:34,986 --> 00:11:39,241 Ooh! What if things get too exciting for Mr. Blanche, and he, you know-- 240 00:11:41,284 --> 00:11:42,702 Ooh! We need a safe word. 241 00:11:43,203 --> 00:11:45,455 - A safe word's when things get too hot. - Well, I-- 242 00:11:45,539 --> 00:11:47,457 Yeah, we know what it is. 243 00:11:47,541 --> 00:11:50,627 Eliot, actually, you're gonna be the one that knows if he's in distress, 244 00:11:50,710 --> 00:11:52,003 so you should choose. 245 00:11:52,087 --> 00:11:56,133 I know. Okay. It's-- can't be something out of a spy story, so... 246 00:11:56,216 --> 00:11:57,509 - Pickle. - Peanut butter. 247 00:11:57,592 --> 00:11:59,261 Uh, Winnebago. 248 00:12:00,595 --> 00:12:01,847 Right. There you go. 249 00:12:01,930 --> 00:12:05,809 So if Eliot says "Winnebago," we abort. Any other questions? 250 00:12:07,727 --> 00:12:08,645 No. 251 00:12:18,697 --> 00:12:20,782 Ah, here's the hero. 252 00:12:20,866 --> 00:12:22,742 Told you that was a page-turner. 253 00:12:22,826 --> 00:12:24,411 Did you come back for another? 254 00:12:27,289 --> 00:12:28,331 I need your help. 255 00:12:33,044 --> 00:12:35,046 Time to tell the tale. 256 00:12:37,299 --> 00:12:39,259 You need to go to the hospital. 257 00:12:39,342 --> 00:12:42,345 No. No. It's just a graze. 258 00:12:42,429 --> 00:12:45,056 No doctors. They'll find me there. 259 00:12:45,140 --> 00:12:46,349 - Who's "they"? 260 00:12:46,433 --> 00:12:47,976 Who attacked you? 261 00:12:48,059 --> 00:12:50,187 It doesn't matter, okay? 262 00:12:50,270 --> 00:12:52,481 You can tell me, or you can tell the police. 263 00:12:53,231 --> 00:12:54,232 Your choice. 264 00:12:57,110 --> 00:12:59,738 This is the pivotal moment in any con. 265 00:12:59,821 --> 00:13:01,573 It's bigger than the blow-off and ascend. 266 00:13:01,656 --> 00:13:06,828 It's the moment when you just, you push the mark right to the edge 267 00:13:06,912 --> 00:13:09,581 to convince him the story you're telling him is true. 268 00:13:10,207 --> 00:13:13,793 It's called "The Convincer." You ready? 269 00:13:17,506 --> 00:13:18,673 All right. 270 00:13:18,757 --> 00:13:21,426 - You want the truth? - Yes. 271 00:13:23,261 --> 00:13:24,304 I'm a spy. 272 00:13:25,805 --> 00:13:28,683 I've been staying in a safe house on the outskirts of town. 273 00:13:28,767 --> 00:13:31,436 I was waiting to make a dead drop on some intel, 274 00:13:31,520 --> 00:13:33,313 but I was compromised. 275 00:13:33,396 --> 00:13:35,482 And if I don't get this to my caseworker, 276 00:13:36,775 --> 00:13:39,110 innocent people are gonna die. 277 00:13:41,738 --> 00:13:43,198 Will you help me? 278 00:13:49,371 --> 00:13:50,664 Come on! 279 00:13:55,877 --> 00:13:57,045 He's in. 280 00:13:57,128 --> 00:14:00,257 Damn, Eliot. You know, I thought that little raspy world-weary thing you did 281 00:14:00,340 --> 00:14:02,676 was kinda played, but Gramps bought it! 282 00:14:03,552 --> 00:14:04,886 All right, get in. 283 00:14:06,429 --> 00:14:07,514 This is my car here. 284 00:14:07,597 --> 00:14:10,058 No, no, no. See, the people who are looking for you, 285 00:14:10,141 --> 00:14:11,226 they know what you're driving. 286 00:14:11,309 --> 00:14:12,644 No, no, no, no. This-- look, but-- 287 00:14:15,480 --> 00:14:16,523 Listen, whoa, whoa, whoa-- 288 00:14:20,443 --> 00:14:21,528 Get in! 289 00:14:23,446 --> 00:14:24,614 Hey. 290 00:14:24,698 --> 00:14:26,116 - You said you didn't want to-- 291 00:14:26,199 --> 00:14:27,826 What are you-- what are you doing? 292 00:14:29,452 --> 00:14:31,663 That's it! Here we go! 293 00:14:38,086 --> 00:14:39,212 Yeah-oh! 294 00:14:39,296 --> 00:14:43,883 That was a little unexpected Grand Theft Auto from our reader! 295 00:14:43,967 --> 00:14:45,343 Be careful, Eliot. 296 00:14:46,803 --> 00:14:48,638 Thanks for doing this for us. 297 00:14:49,139 --> 00:14:51,266 Oh, I'm not just doing it for you. 298 00:14:51,349 --> 00:14:52,601 I mean... 299 00:14:52,684 --> 00:14:54,519 I'm doing it for Nate also. 300 00:14:54,603 --> 00:14:56,062 He would've liked this stuff, huh? 301 00:14:58,231 --> 00:14:59,816 He would've hated it. 302 00:14:59,899 --> 00:15:01,735 Which would've made me want to do it all the more. 303 00:15:01,818 --> 00:15:05,864 You know, just like Mr. Blanche, we all need a little... 304 00:15:06,573 --> 00:15:10,368 nudge out of our comfort zone. Hm? 305 00:15:12,162 --> 00:15:14,914 I'll stick to the back roads, avoid any CCTV. 306 00:15:15,874 --> 00:15:16,958 Where to? 307 00:15:17,042 --> 00:15:19,169 I found a hacker on the dark web. 308 00:15:19,753 --> 00:15:22,922 I need to send an encrypted message to my case officer, 309 00:15:23,006 --> 00:15:24,716 set up a hand-off. 310 00:15:25,300 --> 00:15:26,551 Here's the address. 311 00:15:28,637 --> 00:15:30,347 - Don't you... - No tracers. 312 00:15:30,430 --> 00:15:31,848 It's my phone. 313 00:15:32,349 --> 00:15:34,684 After you give your boss this flash drive, what happens then? 314 00:15:34,768 --> 00:15:36,102 Exfiltration. 315 00:15:36,186 --> 00:15:39,648 I'm gonna get on a helicopter, you're going back to the library. 316 00:15:39,731 --> 00:15:42,692 Back to the same desk I've been sitting at for the last 30 years. 317 00:15:45,487 --> 00:15:47,364 Oh, is that where you learned to hotwire a car? 318 00:15:48,948 --> 00:15:51,618 That would be my misspent teen years. 319 00:15:51,701 --> 00:15:53,495 I'm not judging ya. 320 00:15:53,578 --> 00:15:55,455 I've raised my fair share of hell. 321 00:15:56,247 --> 00:15:59,876 And I am sorry for getting you into this. 322 00:15:59,959 --> 00:16:01,378 Want to know the truth? 323 00:16:01,461 --> 00:16:04,422 This is the most alive I've felt in years. 324 00:16:12,430 --> 00:16:14,474 I gotta warn you, this hacker's a little... 325 00:16:14,557 --> 00:16:17,894 Ya know, it's-- I mean, who buys a planetarium? 326 00:16:17,977 --> 00:16:18,812 Mm-hmm. 327 00:16:19,562 --> 00:16:20,814 Oh, my God. 328 00:16:20,897 --> 00:16:22,440 Are you Dire Wrath? 329 00:16:22,524 --> 00:16:24,025 I... we spoke on the phone. 330 00:16:24,109 --> 00:16:25,694 - I need to-- Shh! 331 00:16:25,777 --> 00:16:27,612 Why don't you say my handle a little louder, man?! 332 00:16:27,696 --> 00:16:30,073 You didn't cast me as the hacker? 333 00:16:30,156 --> 00:16:33,284 Because I need you to actually be the hacker. 334 00:16:33,368 --> 00:16:34,869 You guys hungry? 335 00:16:34,953 --> 00:16:36,955 - Got Hot Pockets. No thank you. 336 00:16:37,706 --> 00:16:40,500 I need you to send this encrypted message. 337 00:16:40,583 --> 00:16:42,293 Decode the response. 338 00:16:42,377 --> 00:16:44,462 And I don't have to tell ya, if we're intercepted, 339 00:16:44,546 --> 00:16:46,005 we're dead. 340 00:16:46,881 --> 00:16:48,508 What do you think I am, man? 341 00:16:48,591 --> 00:16:50,510 Some skitty from Def-con? Pssh. 342 00:16:50,593 --> 00:16:53,847 I cater to an exclusive clientele. 343 00:16:53,930 --> 00:16:56,474 You two look like a couple of real estate agents. 344 00:16:56,558 --> 00:16:59,102 Hey, wait! She should check out the flash drive. 345 00:16:59,185 --> 00:17:00,645 That's all right, I already did that. 346 00:17:00,729 --> 00:17:03,648 No, no, no. That was before you were attacked. 347 00:17:03,732 --> 00:17:06,526 Maybe they tried to wipe it so that you couldn't complete your mission. 348 00:17:06,609 --> 00:17:07,986 Right? 349 00:17:08,570 --> 00:17:11,906 Oh! The only thing on that flash drive is Eliot's secret chili recipe! 350 00:17:11,990 --> 00:17:13,450 Well, that is a problem! 351 00:17:13,533 --> 00:17:14,784 Like that's my fault? 352 00:17:14,868 --> 00:17:16,119 I wasn't in charge of the props! 353 00:17:16,202 --> 00:17:17,454 Who was in charge of the story? 354 00:17:21,916 --> 00:17:23,168 Oh. 355 00:17:23,251 --> 00:17:27,672 "One and a half pounds of ground 80-20 beef... 356 00:17:27,756 --> 00:17:29,132 two cups of yellow..." 357 00:17:29,215 --> 00:17:33,344 Well, I'm not gonna put the real stuff on it, man, so just, uh, you know... 358 00:17:34,053 --> 00:17:35,680 You could stop-- decode it. 359 00:17:35,764 --> 00:17:37,223 Just... decode it. 360 00:17:37,307 --> 00:17:38,600 Ah. 361 00:17:38,683 --> 00:17:40,185 Hang on, Parker. 362 00:17:40,268 --> 00:17:42,270 Decoding Eliot's chili recipe now. 363 00:17:42,353 --> 00:17:45,231 Also sending you the decrypted file for the hand-off location. 364 00:17:45,774 --> 00:17:47,609 Hey, Miss. Yes. Thank you. 365 00:17:47,692 --> 00:17:51,279 All up there. We got it. Hey. Good call, Robert. 366 00:17:51,362 --> 00:17:53,281 Oh, hey, look, your friend, uh... 367 00:17:53,364 --> 00:17:55,492 just sent the location for your meeting. 368 00:18:01,664 --> 00:18:03,583 Oh. Next time... 369 00:18:03,666 --> 00:18:06,252 why don't you guys hang out a little longer with me, you know? 370 00:18:06,336 --> 00:18:07,670 We could watch some TNG. 371 00:18:07,754 --> 00:18:10,381 I'm good. Thank. We have a meeting. 372 00:18:10,465 --> 00:18:11,508 Damn it. 373 00:18:13,092 --> 00:18:14,385 What's "TNG"? 374 00:18:15,011 --> 00:18:17,263 All right, this is where we make the drop. 375 00:18:18,473 --> 00:18:19,891 Public place. 376 00:18:20,683 --> 00:18:22,060 Lots of visibility. 377 00:18:23,061 --> 00:18:24,604 Your boss made a good choice. 378 00:18:27,232 --> 00:18:29,484 Focus. Okay... 379 00:18:30,318 --> 00:18:31,569 ♪ Santa Baby... ♪ 380 00:18:31,653 --> 00:18:32,570 Oh! 381 00:18:32,654 --> 00:18:34,322 - Ah! - Ooh! Cocoa! 382 00:18:34,405 --> 00:18:36,616 - Mm. Mm. Mm. 383 00:18:36,699 --> 00:18:37,617 What's that? 384 00:18:37,700 --> 00:18:39,619 Oh, another attack on our servers. 385 00:18:39,702 --> 00:18:41,246 No drama. Our shields are holding fine. 386 00:18:41,329 --> 00:18:43,873 - Let's enjoy the show! 387 00:18:43,957 --> 00:18:44,833 Cheers. 388 00:18:44,916 --> 00:18:46,292 This is our big action scene. 389 00:18:46,376 --> 00:18:50,046 Diners, when the punches begin to fly, I need you to move quickly to the exits. 390 00:18:50,129 --> 00:18:51,381 I don't want anyone getting hurt. 391 00:18:51,464 --> 00:18:54,259 And no, you can't have this for your reel. 392 00:18:54,342 --> 00:18:55,844 Let's go over it again. 393 00:18:55,927 --> 00:18:59,305 When Eliot realizes he's been betrayed by his boss, he'll stand up. 394 00:18:59,389 --> 00:19:03,184 Now that's the cue for the stunt performers to enter and attack. 395 00:19:03,268 --> 00:19:04,853 We have to make sure that Eliot 396 00:19:04,936 --> 00:19:08,189 gets to hand off the flash drive to Mr. Blanche, who can deliver it to me. 397 00:19:08,273 --> 00:19:10,316 That's his big hero moment. 398 00:19:10,400 --> 00:19:12,527 Copy. Stunt team in position. 399 00:19:39,804 --> 00:19:40,805 You look like hell. 400 00:19:41,347 --> 00:19:42,765 An idea who hit ya? 401 00:19:43,808 --> 00:19:45,435 They were all wearing black. 402 00:19:45,518 --> 00:19:46,895 They had masks on. 403 00:19:46,978 --> 00:19:48,646 I'll keep my head on a swivel. 404 00:19:50,315 --> 00:19:51,357 Who's the civilian? 405 00:19:51,441 --> 00:19:52,734 That's Robert Blanche. 406 00:19:52,817 --> 00:19:55,278 He got me here in one piece. We owe him. 407 00:19:55,361 --> 00:19:57,822 I'm no hero. More like an Uber. 408 00:19:59,657 --> 00:20:02,952 Well, Mr. Blanche, today you earned four stars. 409 00:20:03,578 --> 00:20:05,538 If that intel had fallen into the wrong hands, 410 00:20:05,622 --> 00:20:07,957 the world would be a lot less safe, I can promise you that. 411 00:20:08,666 --> 00:20:09,918 Thank you for your service. 412 00:20:35,276 --> 00:20:36,444 Ahh! 413 00:20:41,157 --> 00:20:43,284 Wait, wait, whoa! Wait, how-- how do you--? 414 00:20:43,368 --> 00:20:44,285 This is a setup. 415 00:20:44,369 --> 00:20:46,746 I think your boss sent these hostiles after you. 416 00:20:47,330 --> 00:20:50,124 Our reader's ahead of the story, it means he's hooked. Go with it. 417 00:20:50,208 --> 00:20:53,378 Right, right, right. You know what? There's bound to be more of them. 418 00:20:53,461 --> 00:20:54,754 Square up. 419 00:20:54,837 --> 00:20:56,422 You're right. Here they come. 420 00:20:59,133 --> 00:21:00,093 Who the--? 421 00:21:00,176 --> 00:21:01,844 Give us the Ledger and we'll let you go. 422 00:21:02,428 --> 00:21:03,513 Stay back. 423 00:21:17,193 --> 00:21:19,904 Wow. Eliot's stunt guys are really going for it. 424 00:21:19,988 --> 00:21:22,156 Wait, aren't they supposed to be wearing masks? 425 00:21:23,825 --> 00:21:24,826 Oh! 426 00:21:52,353 --> 00:21:54,397 Winnebag-- Eee! 427 00:21:59,652 --> 00:22:01,029 Forget Copperhead. 428 00:22:01,112 --> 00:22:02,947 Take Spencer, he's got the Ledger. 429 00:22:22,633 --> 00:22:24,135 Hey, man, that's my bike! 430 00:22:24,218 --> 00:22:26,220 Hey! Whoa! Whoa! Stop! Stop! Stop! 431 00:22:32,977 --> 00:22:35,605 Did I miss a rewrite? I mean, who the hell grabbed Eliot? 432 00:22:35,688 --> 00:22:38,191 My guess? Whoever's been targeting our servers. 433 00:22:38,274 --> 00:22:39,525 They're really good. 434 00:22:39,609 --> 00:22:41,152 I mean, they got the drop on Eliot's stunt team. 435 00:22:41,235 --> 00:22:43,404 Tied them up in their own van. 436 00:22:43,488 --> 00:22:45,198 Well, if you guys don't know who they are, 437 00:22:45,281 --> 00:22:48,534 maybe we should ask the deadly hands of AARP. 438 00:22:48,618 --> 00:22:50,036 Who the hell's that guy? 439 00:22:50,119 --> 00:22:52,413 Yeah, 'cause he's definitely not just a librarian. 440 00:22:52,997 --> 00:22:55,249 You got that right. Here's his bag. 441 00:22:55,792 --> 00:22:58,920 - Whoa! A gun? - Oh! What? 442 00:22:59,003 --> 00:23:01,339 Okay, there's that and... 443 00:23:02,256 --> 00:23:06,219 four fake passports and night vision goggles. 444 00:23:06,886 --> 00:23:10,640 Holy cow. The librarian's actually a spy? 445 00:23:27,949 --> 00:23:30,493 I should've known it was you R.I.Z. clowns. 446 00:23:31,160 --> 00:23:32,370 Mm. 447 00:23:32,453 --> 00:23:34,705 I can tell because you hire all these mall cops. 448 00:23:35,665 --> 00:23:36,916 She didn't send me. 449 00:23:38,584 --> 00:23:40,044 Who you workin' for now? 450 00:23:40,128 --> 00:23:42,213 You're in no position to ask. 451 00:23:42,296 --> 00:23:46,467 And before you start lying, my team's already decrypted the flash drive. 452 00:23:46,551 --> 00:23:48,511 I know it's not the real Ledger. 453 00:23:48,594 --> 00:23:50,763 I don't know what you're talking about. 454 00:23:50,847 --> 00:23:54,600 That chili recipe is gold. Gold, I tell ya. 455 00:23:54,684 --> 00:23:57,478 Most of us thought Copperhead was dead. 456 00:23:57,562 --> 00:23:59,188 And in just a few days, you managed to find him, 457 00:23:59,272 --> 00:24:00,898 reactivate him, and get the Ledger. 458 00:24:01,482 --> 00:24:02,650 Impressive. 459 00:24:02,733 --> 00:24:04,402 Now where is it? 460 00:24:05,570 --> 00:24:06,445 You're right. 461 00:24:06,529 --> 00:24:09,240 We found the Rattlesnake guy and... 462 00:24:09,323 --> 00:24:12,785 I have what you want in my truck. 463 00:24:12,869 --> 00:24:15,204 Relax, boys. I'll get it. 464 00:24:15,288 --> 00:24:17,456 Mr. Kelsey, the kit, please. 465 00:24:19,792 --> 00:24:21,169 T-Truth serum? 466 00:24:21,252 --> 00:24:24,505 I've already had every kind they've ever made. 467 00:24:24,589 --> 00:24:26,215 It's standard O.P. 468 00:24:26,299 --> 00:24:29,051 You'd know that if you took the time to hire 469 00:24:29,135 --> 00:24:30,386 the quality guys you should-- 470 00:24:30,469 --> 00:24:32,513 Hell, I bet ICE wouldn't even hire these cats. 471 00:24:35,099 --> 00:24:37,894 It's very rude of you to keep harping on my staff's inadequacies 472 00:24:37,977 --> 00:24:39,979 when you won't come on board and teach them. 473 00:24:41,856 --> 00:24:42,899 Unless... 474 00:24:45,484 --> 00:24:46,319 Well, then. 475 00:25:05,671 --> 00:25:09,008 We had the perfect con. A Christmas spy caper. 476 00:25:09,091 --> 00:25:11,260 And then the mark had to ruin it by being a real spy. 477 00:25:11,344 --> 00:25:15,681 Breanna, any luck plugging in Mr. Blanche's face into the DoD database 478 00:25:15,765 --> 00:25:17,475 you're not supposed to have access to? 479 00:25:17,558 --> 00:25:19,685 Uh, yeah. So they used to call him Copperhead, 480 00:25:19,769 --> 00:25:21,270 and this dude was fire. 481 00:25:21,354 --> 00:25:23,606 I mean, black bag ops, extractions. 482 00:25:23,689 --> 00:25:27,151 His name pops up on dozens of highly redacted, hella top secret documents. 483 00:25:27,235 --> 00:25:29,445 Then 30 years ago, he just vanishes. 484 00:25:29,528 --> 00:25:31,322 Exactly around the time Robert Blanche 485 00:25:31,405 --> 00:25:33,991 came into existence as a small-town librarian. 486 00:25:34,075 --> 00:25:35,159 Yes. 487 00:25:40,289 --> 00:25:41,582 How does that help us find Eliot? 488 00:25:41,666 --> 00:25:43,125 Short answer is, it doesn't. 489 00:25:43,209 --> 00:25:44,710 I think we need to come to terms with the idea 490 00:25:44,794 --> 00:25:46,504 that maybe Eliot wasn't the target. 491 00:25:46,587 --> 00:25:50,549 You mean, he was just an unlikely hero in the wrong place at the wrong time. 492 00:25:50,633 --> 00:25:51,801 Some hero. 493 00:25:54,136 --> 00:25:55,721 Now unless you want a bullet, 494 00:25:55,805 --> 00:25:59,267 I suggest you tell me exactly who the hell you people are 495 00:25:59,350 --> 00:26:01,852 and why you've been trying to destroy my life. 496 00:26:06,524 --> 00:26:09,694 When Copperhead disappeared, he took a retirement package. 497 00:26:10,319 --> 00:26:13,072 A cache of information about certain people who've since risen 498 00:26:13,155 --> 00:26:15,241 to positions of considerable power. 499 00:26:15,324 --> 00:26:18,995 Yesterday's warlords are now today's titans of industry. 500 00:26:19,078 --> 00:26:21,455 And even leaders of nations. 501 00:26:21,539 --> 00:26:23,916 They called it "The Ledger." 502 00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:26,210 More blackmail material for you. 503 00:26:26,294 --> 00:26:28,629 Most people thought the Ledger ended up in a shallow grave 504 00:26:28,713 --> 00:26:30,423 along with Copperhead himself. 505 00:26:30,506 --> 00:26:32,383 No one was even looking for him anymore 506 00:26:32,466 --> 00:26:35,386 until the tail that I put on you snapped his picture by accident. 507 00:26:36,137 --> 00:26:37,430 Merry Christmas to me. 508 00:26:38,014 --> 00:26:40,933 I assume you're running a con to get the Ledger, but... 509 00:26:41,017 --> 00:26:42,560 perhaps I was mistaken. 510 00:26:42,643 --> 00:26:46,230 So, if you don't know where the Ledger is... 511 00:26:47,356 --> 00:26:48,357 where's Copperhead? 512 00:26:48,858 --> 00:26:50,818 I'm not gonna tell-- I'm not gonna tell you. 513 00:26:51,736 --> 00:26:53,904 I wouldn't tell you if I knew where he was. 514 00:26:55,489 --> 00:26:57,867 Right now I'm just looking at all the pretty colors. 515 00:26:57,950 --> 00:27:00,161 Mm. It's called Red Haze. 516 00:27:00,244 --> 00:27:01,829 "Red Haze." 517 00:27:01,912 --> 00:27:05,958 Reacts with the neurochemicals in your brain to heighten memory and emotion. 518 00:27:06,042 --> 00:27:08,461 If I just leave you sitting there, you could be bombarded 519 00:27:08,544 --> 00:27:10,629 by random bad memories. 520 00:27:10,713 --> 00:27:13,674 But if I knew your most traumatic experience, 521 00:27:13,758 --> 00:27:15,051 I can just say... 522 00:27:17,720 --> 00:27:19,388 "Operation Kansas." 523 00:27:26,854 --> 00:27:28,814 They call it "PTSD in a bottle." 524 00:27:37,907 --> 00:27:40,117 A Christmas present. 525 00:27:40,201 --> 00:27:42,620 Yup. How'd we do? 526 00:27:42,703 --> 00:27:45,623 Well, your fake story was pretty good. 527 00:27:45,706 --> 00:27:49,502 Of course, a true hero would have to die at the end. 528 00:27:49,585 --> 00:27:52,004 As I'd love to continue discussing Joseph Campbell 529 00:27:52,088 --> 00:27:53,672 and the hero's journey all day long, 530 00:27:53,756 --> 00:27:55,883 but can I raise the point that Eliot is still MIA? 531 00:27:55,966 --> 00:27:58,886 Yeah, and it's kinda your fault, so... any idea who did it? 532 00:27:59,595 --> 00:28:02,181 Well, their fighting styles were all over the map, 533 00:28:02,264 --> 00:28:04,058 so I'd say that they were private. 534 00:28:04,141 --> 00:28:07,228 But I couldn't begin to tell you who the major players are these days. 535 00:28:07,311 --> 00:28:08,562 R.I.Z. 536 00:28:08,646 --> 00:28:09,730 Who's that? 537 00:28:09,814 --> 00:28:11,482 Private security company more powerful 538 00:28:11,565 --> 00:28:13,567 than some countries' intelligence agencies. 539 00:28:13,651 --> 00:28:15,069 We've dealt with them before. 540 00:28:15,152 --> 00:28:18,280 Our group of super secret bad guys with zero digital footprint? 541 00:28:18,364 --> 00:28:19,907 They'll be easy to find. 542 00:28:19,990 --> 00:28:21,200 Try the Flanders Group. 543 00:28:22,827 --> 00:28:26,497 It's a shell company that R.I.Z. sometimes uses. 544 00:28:26,580 --> 00:28:29,041 And you know this because...? 545 00:28:29,125 --> 00:28:31,168 You used them at your old firm. 546 00:28:31,252 --> 00:28:33,462 Holding out on us again, Mr. Wilson. 547 00:28:33,546 --> 00:28:38,717 Okay, the Flanders Group rents space at an office park outside of town. 548 00:28:38,801 --> 00:28:40,219 Well, thanks for your help, Mis-- 549 00:28:41,429 --> 00:28:42,763 Wonderful. 550 00:28:42,847 --> 00:28:45,766 You had to go and tell him it was his fault that Eliot got nicked. 551 00:28:45,850 --> 00:28:48,269 What? He's a super spy, right? 552 00:28:48,352 --> 00:28:49,937 I don't know, maybe he Mission Impossibles in 553 00:28:50,020 --> 00:28:51,021 and gets Eliot out. 554 00:28:51,105 --> 00:28:53,232 I'm not betting Eliot's life on a maybe, 555 00:28:53,315 --> 00:28:55,443 and I'm not letting a man with stage four cancer 556 00:28:55,526 --> 00:28:58,237 get killed on a job we guilted him into. 557 00:28:58,320 --> 00:28:59,822 Let's go get the truck. 558 00:29:00,614 --> 00:29:02,283 Mr. Wilson! 559 00:29:02,366 --> 00:29:04,994 Stay here in case Mr. Blanche comes back. 560 00:29:05,077 --> 00:29:06,245 We'll speak later. 561 00:29:13,502 --> 00:29:16,213 Operation Kansas happened at Christmastime, 562 00:29:16,297 --> 00:29:17,798 didn't it? 563 00:29:18,883 --> 00:29:21,552 Holidays must be so difficult for you. 564 00:29:21,635 --> 00:29:24,513 Is that why you're reluctant to spend them with your father? 565 00:29:25,097 --> 00:29:27,641 How long has it been since you saw him last? 566 00:29:29,226 --> 00:29:30,644 Don't... 567 00:29:31,145 --> 00:29:34,190 His friend from Vietnam has invited you to join them. 568 00:29:34,273 --> 00:29:35,566 Very sweet of him. 569 00:29:35,649 --> 00:29:38,194 All you have to do to make it stop 570 00:29:38,277 --> 00:29:40,070 is give me Copperhead. 571 00:29:40,529 --> 00:29:42,781 Mr. Kelsey has the antidote ready and waiting. 572 00:29:42,865 --> 00:29:45,284 Yeah. Yeah. 573 00:29:49,288 --> 00:29:50,748 It's... 574 00:29:50,831 --> 00:29:52,041 three... 575 00:29:52,124 --> 00:29:54,627 tablespoons of chopped garlic. 576 00:29:55,461 --> 00:29:57,713 One teaspoon of smoked paprika. 577 00:29:57,796 --> 00:29:59,548 Typical RTI tactics. 578 00:29:59,632 --> 00:30:01,842 - Two table-- - We're gonna do it the hard way, then. 579 00:30:01,926 --> 00:30:04,011 ...of chili powder. 580 00:30:04,094 --> 00:30:07,097 Give him another dose. Don't let the drug leave his system. 581 00:30:07,181 --> 00:30:09,350 ...tablespoons of corn masa... 582 00:30:09,433 --> 00:30:13,896 you don't use corn starch, you use corn masa... 583 00:30:29,036 --> 00:30:31,121 Parker's right. The loading dock's the only way in. 584 00:30:31,872 --> 00:30:34,166 Problem. There's a camera on the loading dock. 585 00:30:34,250 --> 00:30:37,294 Okay, I can disable that remotely, but that is gonna take some time. 586 00:30:37,378 --> 00:30:39,922 Sometimes the simplest solutions are the best. 587 00:30:40,005 --> 00:30:40,923 Parker! 588 00:30:47,721 --> 00:30:50,599 Stop! The camera's blocked now. 589 00:30:58,023 --> 00:30:59,775 Spencer, hang on. 590 00:30:59,858 --> 00:31:01,360 - I'm almost done. 591 00:31:01,443 --> 00:31:04,613 Hey, hey, hey, come on. Come on. Let's get out of here. 592 00:31:06,740 --> 00:31:07,783 Uniform? 593 00:31:07,866 --> 00:31:09,827 New guy. 594 00:31:09,910 --> 00:31:11,829 - Shined shoes. - Bingo. 595 00:31:11,912 --> 00:31:14,790 - Weapon. - Improvised snow globe. 596 00:31:14,873 --> 00:31:15,749 Exit. 597 00:31:19,378 --> 00:31:20,629 Parker, exit. 598 00:31:20,713 --> 00:31:23,340 Loading docks. Just a straight shot up across three junctions 599 00:31:23,424 --> 00:31:25,050 - and then down a teeny-tiny chute. - Yeah. 600 00:31:25,134 --> 00:31:27,678 I'm not crazy about it either, but she knows her vents. 601 00:31:36,186 --> 00:31:38,981 The saline bag should flush out most of that Red Haze. 602 00:31:40,441 --> 00:31:43,360 This dragon lady, she ain't gonna let up 603 00:31:43,444 --> 00:31:44,945 until she gets that Ledger. 604 00:31:45,029 --> 00:31:48,532 Well, that's a problem 'cause that Ledger doesn't exist, not anymore. 605 00:31:48,616 --> 00:31:50,117 You destroyed it? 606 00:31:50,200 --> 00:31:53,579 My last op went south, and the Ledger was on a floppy disk 607 00:31:53,662 --> 00:31:54,872 and it got destroyed. 608 00:31:54,955 --> 00:31:56,582 She ain't gonna buy that. 609 00:31:56,665 --> 00:31:57,833 Nobody would. 610 00:31:57,916 --> 00:31:59,084 That's why I ran. 611 00:31:59,168 --> 00:32:00,669 I knew they'd never stop looking. 612 00:32:00,753 --> 00:32:02,546 - Who? You name it. 613 00:32:02,630 --> 00:32:06,383 The Company, OPEC, the Vatican. 614 00:32:06,467 --> 00:32:08,636 None of them would believe that the Ledger was gone. 615 00:32:08,719 --> 00:32:10,262 That's why I had to hide in plain sight, 616 00:32:10,346 --> 00:32:12,181 become the kind of man that nobody sees. 617 00:32:12,264 --> 00:32:14,224 A small-town librarian. 618 00:32:14,308 --> 00:32:17,645 Wasn't a bad plan. Worked for 30 years but... 619 00:32:18,270 --> 00:32:20,481 now, Maurice... 620 00:32:20,564 --> 00:32:23,525 all the people I know here, they're never gonna be safe 621 00:32:23,609 --> 00:32:27,196 as long as R.I.Z. thinks I have that Ledger. 622 00:32:28,530 --> 00:32:29,740 So let's give it to them. 623 00:32:29,823 --> 00:32:32,660 Um, was I the only one here for the "it got destroyed" part? 624 00:32:32,743 --> 00:32:35,037 It doesn't have to be the real one. 625 00:32:35,120 --> 00:32:37,665 We just have to make a convincing copy of the Ledger. 626 00:32:37,748 --> 00:32:40,918 How are you gonna do that? We don't even know what was on it. 627 00:32:41,001 --> 00:32:42,711 Maybe we don't need to. 628 00:32:42,795 --> 00:32:46,548 You said that the Ledger was on this 30-year-old floppy disk, right? 629 00:32:46,632 --> 00:32:47,466 Yeah. 630 00:32:47,549 --> 00:32:49,968 Well, I'm sure you guys all know they don't last that long. 631 00:32:50,052 --> 00:32:51,929 I can fake a dummy disk. 632 00:32:52,012 --> 00:32:53,889 Just something that will convince R.I.Z. 633 00:32:53,972 --> 00:32:55,391 that the data broke down over time. 634 00:32:56,058 --> 00:32:58,686 All right, how would you arrange the hand-off? 635 00:32:58,769 --> 00:32:59,812 I'm sure we don't want to go to 636 00:32:59,895 --> 00:33:01,980 the suburban office park of torture anymore. 637 00:33:02,523 --> 00:33:04,441 Oh, I might be able to help with that one. 638 00:33:04,525 --> 00:33:06,944 That dragon lady, I think I know why she's in town. 639 00:33:07,528 --> 00:33:10,280 My old firm never took me off the holiday party invite list. 640 00:33:11,323 --> 00:33:13,200 I figured you'd want something fancy. 641 00:33:14,618 --> 00:33:18,330 Parker! Where did you get that? 642 00:33:19,581 --> 00:33:21,834 I bought it. 643 00:33:24,837 --> 00:33:27,548 Now that Eliot's safe, give me one good reason 644 00:33:27,631 --> 00:33:30,884 why I shouldn't cut you loose for holding out on us about R.I.Z. 645 00:33:30,968 --> 00:33:33,137 Hitter, hacker, grifter, thief... 646 00:33:33,220 --> 00:33:34,221 tax lawyer. 647 00:33:34,304 --> 00:33:37,433 Didn't exactly come with the flashiest resumé. 648 00:33:37,516 --> 00:33:40,352 You were afraid we wouldn't let you aboard our little pirate ship. 649 00:33:40,436 --> 00:33:43,313 As far as R.I.Z. goes, my firm hired them for data collection, 650 00:33:43,397 --> 00:33:45,190 and I never asked. 651 00:33:45,274 --> 00:33:48,861 It's becoming a pattern, your keeping secrets from us, Mr. Wilson. 652 00:33:48,944 --> 00:33:50,028 Sophie Devereaux? 653 00:33:50,863 --> 00:33:51,947 Alexandra Bligh. 654 00:33:52,990 --> 00:33:55,826 I was just about to check out the signed auction. Care to join me? 655 00:33:57,494 --> 00:33:59,705 Oop. Just us girls. 656 00:33:59,788 --> 00:34:01,665 I don't negotiate with amateurs. 657 00:34:02,833 --> 00:34:04,084 It's fine. 658 00:34:04,168 --> 00:34:06,336 They don't murder people at private clubs. 659 00:34:06,420 --> 00:34:08,464 It's unbecoming to the members. 660 00:34:11,717 --> 00:34:15,971 Your team of misfit toys has been making a lot of trouble for me. 661 00:34:16,054 --> 00:34:18,307 At first, I found you sort of amusing. 662 00:34:18,390 --> 00:34:20,017 But now I'm annoyed. 663 00:34:20,934 --> 00:34:24,646 Is that why you've been stalking us and poking around in our servers? 664 00:34:24,730 --> 00:34:26,315 You just needed a good laugh. 665 00:34:26,398 --> 00:34:28,025 You think I'm scared of you? 666 00:34:28,108 --> 00:34:29,443 Either that or you're jealous. 667 00:34:29,526 --> 00:34:32,946 I mean, that's the only explanation I can think of for your rather creepy behavior. 668 00:34:33,030 --> 00:34:34,823 Let's cut the chitchat, shall we? 669 00:34:34,907 --> 00:34:36,241 Is this the part where you tell me that 670 00:34:36,325 --> 00:34:38,577 this town isn't big enough for the both of us? 671 00:34:38,660 --> 00:34:39,536 Hardly. 672 00:34:39,620 --> 00:34:43,665 Actually, I see no reason why Leverage and R.I.Z. can't coexist quite happily. 673 00:34:43,749 --> 00:34:45,209 We just need to agree on the terms. 674 00:34:45,292 --> 00:34:47,628 - What terms? - You give me Copperhead. 675 00:34:47,711 --> 00:34:49,963 He's still wanted in multiple countries. 676 00:34:50,047 --> 00:34:51,965 He'll fetch a lovely bounty. 677 00:34:52,049 --> 00:34:54,134 He's an old man with no power. 678 00:34:54,218 --> 00:34:55,594 You just want him for the Ledger. 679 00:34:55,677 --> 00:34:59,014 And I won't give it up unless you let him go free and clear. 680 00:34:59,097 --> 00:35:00,682 His freedom for the Ledger? 681 00:35:00,766 --> 00:35:04,269 That's my offer. Delivery at the docks tomorrow at 7 a.m. 682 00:35:04,353 --> 00:35:05,604 I'll text you the slip. 683 00:35:05,687 --> 00:35:07,231 And if I'm not interested? 684 00:35:07,314 --> 00:35:10,567 Well, if you want to get really annoyed, just say no. 685 00:35:10,651 --> 00:35:13,153 And I'll sell it to your biggest competitor. 686 00:35:28,836 --> 00:35:31,088 I looked for you in the bar. 687 00:35:31,171 --> 00:35:33,715 This is a surprise. 688 00:35:34,341 --> 00:35:36,844 The only quiet place to answer my emails. 689 00:35:36,927 --> 00:35:38,178 What are you doing here, Harry? 690 00:35:38,262 --> 00:35:40,556 Oh, maybe I'm the ghost of Christmas past. 691 00:35:40,639 --> 00:35:43,016 Oh, come to show me the error of my ways. 692 00:35:43,100 --> 00:35:45,435 When I was a first-year associate, 693 00:35:45,519 --> 00:35:47,396 you showed me how to practice law the right way. 694 00:35:47,479 --> 00:35:51,608 With integrity, honor. Remember? 695 00:35:51,692 --> 00:35:52,693 Sure. 696 00:35:53,777 --> 00:35:55,445 Then you showed me a different way. 697 00:35:55,529 --> 00:35:56,822 You showed us all. 698 00:35:56,905 --> 00:35:58,365 I'm not like that anymore. 699 00:35:58,448 --> 00:36:01,201 Come on. Robin Hood! 700 00:36:01,285 --> 00:36:04,371 This is your post-breakdown death penalty case. 701 00:36:04,454 --> 00:36:07,249 You scratched that itch. It's time for you to come home. 702 00:36:07,332 --> 00:36:08,750 You think I'm a tourist? 703 00:36:08,834 --> 00:36:10,335 I've got new partners now. 704 00:36:11,253 --> 00:36:13,297 You tell your new partners about that fund you looted 705 00:36:13,380 --> 00:36:14,548 for those plane crash victims? 706 00:36:15,424 --> 00:36:17,843 Tell them about that deal you cut them for that narco? 707 00:36:17,926 --> 00:36:20,178 The one that drops his rivals in acid. 708 00:36:21,680 --> 00:36:23,348 You tell them about Crutchfield? 709 00:36:25,559 --> 00:36:27,895 They have no idea who you really are. 710 00:36:28,478 --> 00:36:30,814 The choices I made cost me my marriage. 711 00:36:30,898 --> 00:36:32,608 Cost me my daughter. 712 00:36:33,317 --> 00:36:34,568 I don't have to keep making them. 713 00:36:34,651 --> 00:36:35,903 And neither do you. 714 00:36:37,279 --> 00:36:39,072 It wouldn't take much for you to be a hero. 715 00:36:40,115 --> 00:36:41,575 Just walk away. 716 00:36:44,995 --> 00:36:47,539 You didn't get that invitation by mistake. 717 00:36:49,291 --> 00:36:51,793 I've got your office ready and waiting for you, Harry. 718 00:36:51,877 --> 00:36:53,253 See you soon. 719 00:37:05,974 --> 00:37:07,517 You think they're actually gonna buy this? 720 00:37:07,601 --> 00:37:09,144 If Hardison's... 721 00:37:09,227 --> 00:37:12,356 if Breanna says it's gonna work, it'll work. 722 00:37:13,106 --> 00:37:14,650 That stuff really did a number on you, huh? 723 00:37:14,733 --> 00:37:17,235 That and knowing what buttons to push. 724 00:37:17,319 --> 00:37:18,695 Operation Kansas. 725 00:37:19,655 --> 00:37:23,575 I heard it over their comms. I don't mean to pry. 726 00:37:23,659 --> 00:37:26,078 Can't be easy keeping that kind of stuff down. 727 00:37:26,161 --> 00:37:28,330 Well... you know, the work helps. 728 00:37:28,413 --> 00:37:30,290 Keeps the mind busy. 729 00:37:30,374 --> 00:37:34,544 Like you and your-- what, these 10,000 books you've read? 730 00:37:37,130 --> 00:37:39,383 The cancer, man. 731 00:37:39,466 --> 00:37:41,343 Why aren't you seeking treatment? 732 00:37:41,426 --> 00:37:43,804 That's not how I want to go out. 733 00:37:43,887 --> 00:37:45,555 You-- you... 734 00:37:46,264 --> 00:37:48,266 That sounds exactly like my old man. 735 00:37:48,350 --> 00:37:50,268 Is he a stubborn ass, too? 736 00:37:50,352 --> 00:37:51,520 Yeah... 737 00:37:53,146 --> 00:37:55,857 I haven't spoken to him since I was 18. 738 00:37:57,651 --> 00:37:59,111 I feel like I... 739 00:37:59,194 --> 00:38:01,154 waited too long to... 740 00:38:08,453 --> 00:38:10,288 I feel like I've waited too long. 741 00:38:12,416 --> 00:38:14,543 Like an old man in a library. 742 00:38:20,799 --> 00:38:21,883 Okay. 743 00:38:21,967 --> 00:38:23,510 How long till the hand-off at the docks? 744 00:38:23,593 --> 00:38:24,845 Two hours. 745 00:38:26,304 --> 00:38:27,848 That can't be good. 746 00:38:27,931 --> 00:38:30,475 - The hell? Guess he got tired of waiting. - Mm-hmm. 747 00:38:30,559 --> 00:38:33,311 Whoa, whoa, whoa, wait. They're here? Already? 748 00:38:33,395 --> 00:38:34,855 Mr. Wilson, prepare to go on the offense. 749 00:38:35,689 --> 00:38:38,525 And, Breanna, looks like we're gonna need that convincer after all. 750 00:38:38,608 --> 00:38:39,818 Yeah, uh, queuing up. 751 00:38:50,537 --> 00:38:51,705 Everybody ready? 752 00:38:57,377 --> 00:38:58,670 Breanna? 753 00:38:59,337 --> 00:39:00,505 Go. 754 00:39:11,975 --> 00:39:13,060 Get the damn lights back on! 755 00:39:17,814 --> 00:39:19,274 Hey, how's it going? 756 00:39:22,360 --> 00:39:24,488 Offense. I like it. 757 00:40:05,153 --> 00:40:06,947 Yeah, you better use both of you, come here! 758 00:40:08,490 --> 00:40:10,367 Get back! Back! 759 00:40:12,953 --> 00:40:13,787 Whoa, whoa, whoa. 760 00:40:15,205 --> 00:40:16,331 Blanche! 761 00:40:26,842 --> 00:40:27,843 Blanche! 762 00:40:27,926 --> 00:40:29,386 Don't you press-- Don't you-- 763 00:40:32,472 --> 00:40:33,598 Ahh! 764 00:40:33,807 --> 00:40:34,808 Ahh! 765 00:40:34,891 --> 00:40:35,809 Ahh! 766 00:40:35,892 --> 00:40:37,727 Get the disk. It's on him somewhere. 767 00:40:42,482 --> 00:40:44,526 Blanche! Blanche! Blanche! 768 00:40:44,609 --> 00:40:47,195 Blanche! Blanche! Come on, don't do this, man. 769 00:40:47,279 --> 00:40:50,115 Why did you do that? Help! Help! 770 00:40:50,198 --> 00:40:52,659 Don't do this, man. Blanche! Blanche! 771 00:40:52,742 --> 00:40:55,620 Come on! Help! 772 00:40:57,914 --> 00:41:00,584 So, no Ledger. 773 00:41:00,667 --> 00:41:02,419 And no Copperhead. 774 00:41:02,502 --> 00:41:03,712 They fired first. 775 00:41:06,214 --> 00:41:08,216 He's worth nothing to me dead. 776 00:41:09,634 --> 00:41:11,052 You're terminated. 777 00:41:11,136 --> 00:41:13,013 No. No. 778 00:41:13,096 --> 00:41:15,599 Oh, for heaven's sake, I'm not gonna kill you. 779 00:41:16,641 --> 00:41:17,976 This is a business. 780 00:41:24,399 --> 00:41:26,568 I'd remind you of the NDA you signed. 781 00:41:26,651 --> 00:41:28,195 Violate it, and I shall have no choice 782 00:41:28,278 --> 00:41:30,864 but to reveal your juvenile justice record, 783 00:41:30,947 --> 00:41:32,157 army court-martial, 784 00:41:32,908 --> 00:41:35,619 and that rather unspeakable incident in Reno. 785 00:41:42,792 --> 00:41:44,878 Just finished the sweep. No bugs. 786 00:41:47,547 --> 00:41:49,591 You hear that? You're clear. 787 00:41:50,717 --> 00:41:52,552 We're just lucky they found the disk right away 788 00:41:52,636 --> 00:41:54,387 and didn't stumble on this thing. 789 00:41:54,471 --> 00:41:56,765 All right, Mr. Blanche, this is not gonna hurt a bit. 790 00:41:56,848 --> 00:41:58,934 I just need this about right here. 791 00:41:59,017 --> 00:42:00,560 Fold that up and we thank you! 792 00:42:01,478 --> 00:42:02,354 You're set. 793 00:42:03,438 --> 00:42:06,066 Yeah, we're also lucky that they all use the same guns. 794 00:42:13,949 --> 00:42:15,992 And that nobody looks at their clips during a firefight. 795 00:42:18,870 --> 00:42:22,082 And like a true hero, he is resurrected. 796 00:42:22,165 --> 00:42:24,084 But dead to the rest of the world. 797 00:42:24,167 --> 00:42:26,253 Congratulations, Mr. Blanche. 798 00:42:26,336 --> 00:42:27,879 You've got a new chapter to write. 799 00:42:27,963 --> 00:42:28,880 Thank you. 800 00:42:28,964 --> 00:42:30,715 Hey, would you check this one out for me? 801 00:42:30,799 --> 00:42:32,008 Sure. 802 00:42:34,427 --> 00:42:35,637 How did you figure it out? 803 00:42:35,720 --> 00:42:37,472 You check that out every December. 804 00:42:37,555 --> 00:42:41,434 Which is strange for a 1,200-page book that doesn't exactly scream "Christmas." 805 00:42:41,518 --> 00:42:44,271 But as it turns out, a book needs to be checked out at least once a year 806 00:42:44,354 --> 00:42:46,856 to stay in circulation in the Kenner Public Library. 807 00:42:46,940 --> 00:42:48,858 I've read plenty of books more than once. 808 00:42:48,942 --> 00:42:52,445 Yeah, but that one's about a lonely hero in an unfamiliar land. 809 00:42:52,529 --> 00:42:53,697 It was a big deal a long time ago. 810 00:42:53,780 --> 00:42:56,950 Kind of the perfect book for a librarian to look after for 30 years. 811 00:42:57,534 --> 00:42:59,119 Well, I did tell one truth. 812 00:42:59,202 --> 00:43:03,206 I never looked at this thing. Not a single time, not once. 813 00:43:03,290 --> 00:43:04,833 Wait, whoa, hold on a second. 814 00:43:04,916 --> 00:43:07,711 That has dirt on the point-zero-zero-zero-one percent, 815 00:43:07,794 --> 00:43:09,337 and you never even looked at it? 816 00:43:10,255 --> 00:43:12,132 Much more of a fiction man myself. 817 00:43:12,799 --> 00:43:16,261 It's sad that I've wasted 30 years of my life guarding this thing. 818 00:43:16,344 --> 00:43:17,679 No. 819 00:43:18,763 --> 00:43:19,764 You weren't guarding it. 820 00:43:21,474 --> 00:43:24,019 You were protecting everyone that walked through that door, 821 00:43:24,686 --> 00:43:26,104 or was chased in. 822 00:43:27,731 --> 00:43:29,065 You saved lives. 823 00:43:30,775 --> 00:43:32,068 You changed others. 824 00:43:33,653 --> 00:43:35,613 I can't think of a better life spent. 825 00:43:39,701 --> 00:43:41,077 Now, see, that's a real bucket list. 826 00:43:41,619 --> 00:43:42,996 You don't have to hotwire it. 827 00:43:46,499 --> 00:43:48,668 Well, this is for you. 828 00:43:48,752 --> 00:43:50,712 - Hm. - You give--? 829 00:43:51,838 --> 00:43:52,714 And, hey... 830 00:43:53,548 --> 00:43:55,425 Remember that thing that we talked about? 831 00:43:57,344 --> 00:43:58,345 Don't wait. 832 00:44:02,849 --> 00:44:04,517 Isn't that car a rental? 833 00:44:04,601 --> 00:44:06,811 And there goes the budget. 834 00:44:18,114 --> 00:44:20,867 Oh! I got you all a little somethin' somethin'. 835 00:44:20,950 --> 00:44:22,202 That's yours on top. 836 00:44:25,622 --> 00:44:27,415 For Aspen. Goes to your daughter. 837 00:44:28,208 --> 00:44:29,667 Well, she didn't invite me. 838 00:44:29,751 --> 00:44:31,961 Well, neither did we. It didn't stop you. 839 00:44:32,045 --> 00:44:35,048 The Mr. Wilson we know is very persistent. 840 00:44:37,175 --> 00:44:38,301 Thank you. 841 00:44:39,135 --> 00:44:40,470 Yours is the bottom. 842 00:44:41,221 --> 00:44:42,764 And here's yours. 843 00:44:45,934 --> 00:44:47,519 - Ooh! 844 00:44:50,105 --> 00:44:52,774 - Yeah. - It's kinda heavy. 845 00:45:17,966 --> 00:45:20,218 From 1996? 846 00:45:20,301 --> 00:45:21,302 How did you know? 847 00:45:21,386 --> 00:45:23,680 Well, I'm nothing if not observant. 848 00:45:24,681 --> 00:45:27,767 Speaking of old tech, what was on that floppy? 849 00:45:28,977 --> 00:45:31,062 Oh, unreadable. Yeah. 850 00:45:31,146 --> 00:45:33,189 Turns out I was right. Thirty years is too long. 851 00:45:33,273 --> 00:45:35,567 Hmm. So the Ledger was a myth after all? 852 00:45:36,860 --> 00:45:38,361 Probably best it stays that way. 853 00:45:39,863 --> 00:45:41,197 Where's Eliot?