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Come in close.

Closer.

Because the more you think you see,

the easier it'll be to fool you.

Because what is seeing?

You're looking, but what you're really doing is filtering, interpreting,

searching for meaning.

My job?

To take that most precious of gifts you give me, your attention,

and use it against you.

I'm going to flip through this deck.

And I want you to see one card.

Not this one. That's too obvious.

Pay close attention.

That was too fast. I'll do it again.

Are you ready?

Okay.

- Now did you see one? - Yes.

- Do you have one in mind? - Yes.

Now, do you see your card here?

No.

That's because you're looking too closely.

And what have I been telling you all night?

The closer you look...

The less you see.

Now look into my eyes.

And sleep. Okay.

And...

If you can get this bill from me, you can have it.

Go ahead. Take it. Get it.

If you can say your name, you can have it.

All right, just hang out there, wriggle a sec.

I'm gonna take a little peek under the hood

- of your hubby's brain. - Oh, no, no, no.

I'm picturing...

- Don't tell me. - Of course.

Beach. Cocktails.

Florida?

Look, it was a business trip.

I mean, it is a kind of business.

Maybe the oldest business.

You know what, Honey Bee, let's...

She can't move, Mack.

You're thinking of a woman's name.

A! B! C!

DI El Fl GI

H, I, J...

J? Jean. Jane. Janet.

Who's Janet?

You know Janet?

It's not your best friend, is it?

- Your sister? - No, please.

Her sister? Oh, my God.

You weren't away on business.

- You were away on Janet. - No.

Your wife's sister!

Okay, we need to move over here,

because it seems like she's a little bit upset right now.

You want this to go away?

- Yes. - Okay, pull out your wallet.

Come on, get it out.

Do you shake down everybody like this?

No, only the special few.

What is this? Two hundred seem fair?

You know what? This is a big deal. Let's go $250.

You're a stick-up artist.

Yeah. Of course.

Okay, and sleep!

Now, when I snap my fingers,

you won't remember any of this.

And you, Warren Beatty,

every time you see or even think of Janet,

you're gonna picture me naked.

And that's not a pretty sight.

Yeah.

And... You're wide awake!

Well, we did the best we could,

but some people just aren't to be hypnotized.

- I did it wrong? - Come on, Honey Bee.

- Oh, no, you did it fine. - Let me buy you dinner.

Look after her.

Just have to hit an ATM first.

Ladies and gentlemen, I am the next great magician,

and I will give $100

to anyone who can tell me how this trick is done.

I have an ordinary spoon from Mel's Deli, right here in Brooklyn.

Check it out.

Now, everyone please pay very, very close attention.

Because I'm about to bend this spoon with my mind.

Thank you. Thank you. Pass that around.

- What's this? - What are you doing, man?

Look at this! Looks like we got a spoon and a stem.

I've got other tricks.

Or you could give me my 100 bucks.

You said you would.

Nice wallet.

You have a very good eye, sir.

Thanks.

Wallet.

My wallet. My watch!

Stop that guy!

Stop that guy in the leather jacket!

He's got my wallet!

Okay, Los Angeles,

are we ready to end this thing?

Yeah!

When that timer hits zero,

a tank full of flesh-eating piranhas

will fall from above.

A lady has to have handcuffs. Right, girls?

One, two, three!

Yeah!

Help! Stop it!

She's serious! She can't get out!

Go get some help!

Help, dude!

Get out of the way! Move! Move!

Come on! This is bullshit!

Whoever thought of this is a sick sadist!

Yes!

I am your biggest fan.

I could tell by the way you're attacking my face right now.

Close the door. Bad apartment building.

- Magician, come here. - Okay.

- Wait, wait. - What? What?

How did you do that...

The seven of diamonds on the side of the tower?

- Yes. - That's a trade secret.

I'll give you a hint. It involved bribing the tower electrician.

How much?

50 bucks.

- But it's so hard. - Oh, thank you.

Is it always a seven?

I could do that trick 52 different ways.

Can you do 52 different tricks on me?

I'll see what I can do.

Magic man!

I love your shampoo.

- Hold up. - What?

You need to leave.

Are you kidding me?

Oh, my God, this is so embarrassing.

Is this what you do?

Some kind of sick trick you do to women?

"45 East Evan Street."

Don't worry about it. I'll call you.

You don't have my number.

I'm magic. I'll find it. Have a good night.

You are such an asshole.

Hey!

Henley.

Danny? Hey.

You got a card, huh?

No, no, no, it's good for you. Congratulations.

All right, so here's what I'm gonna do,

I'm gonna go inside. I'm gonna scope the place out.

You wait out here. I will come back

and get you, okay? Do not come in.

Hey, Danny! I'm not your assistant anymore.

Nice hair.

So, actually, what have you been up to?

I think you know exactly what I've been up to, Danny.

I saw all your anonymous posting on my website.

You have a website. That's good.

Good for you. Get the word out.

Okay.

So apparently none of us was the only one chosen.

Let me be the first one to kick my ego to the curb.

Yeah. Excuse me.

- Door's locked. - Is it? I'll check.

You. Now, hold it, don't tell me.

Helen? No, no.

Henley.

It's on your coffee cup.

Thanks for keeping me honest.

That wasn't mentalism, by the way.

It was just an observation.

Second observation, you are beautiful.

Thank you.

That's good. That's very nice. Very well-polished. Nice bit.

J. Daniel Atlas. Nice to meet you.

Very nice. I know who you are and I just want to say that

I'm not interested in you doing

your mentalism thing on us.

Especially when we don't know who brought us here or even if it's real.

Hold on, I'm sensing... I'm sensing you are a control freak.

I'm sorry, have we met before?

It doesn't take a mentalist to figure that out.

You are a control freak.

Well, I take that as a compliment.

Only he would take it as a compliment.

Okay, great. Good. Another compliment.

Okay. So that's why you're no longer a couple.

A couple? No, no.

We were never a couple.

He used to saw me in half.

She was a very good assistant.

But I was too fat for Danny.

No. I said that one time because of the trap door.

- There were specs. - You built it this size.

No one could fit through there. No one.

Rebecca fit through.

Rebecca fit for years.

Do you know how hard it is to stay

in those tiny little costumes?

No. I'm the main attraction.

Okay. So he never made you feel special.

And, trust me, you deserve to be made to feel special.

That's a really nice story.

Hope you guys enjoy each other's company.

No way.

J. Daniel Atlas?

Dude, I've seen everything that you have ever done.

You're like...

I idolize you. Seriously.

From a true fan. It's so nice to meet you.

I'm Jack, by the way.

Question. Did you get one of these?

Yeah. Death.

The High Priestess.

I'm the Lover.

Three minutes.

Hermit.

So, what are we... Are we waiting for someone?

- Why are we just... - The door's locked.

Oh, no, nothing's ever locked.

What is this place?

Wow. Thought my apartment was nasty.

Man, it's freezing in here.

What's that?

I don't know.

What's it say?

"Now you don't."

"A rose by any other name..."

Guys, what's happening?

Look at that.

It's gas!

Relax. Just dry ice.

Cool.

Wait. What do you think this is all about?

Hang on. Hang on.

I got nothin'.

Okay. Thank you. Thank you for the delay.

I'm just trying to create the space for wisdom.

Okay, so you're like Buddha,

if he wasn't so enlightened.

And you're like Jesus,

if he was arrogant and all of his miracles were fake.

Okay, lovebirds, get a room.

Danny, be honest. Did you do this?

No. Wait, did you?

I Wish.

Why didn't anyone ask me if I did it?

Oh, great.

Electricity is out.

Well, let's check.

Blueprints.

They're incredible.

Who do you think did this?

I don't know, but I really want to meet them.

It's a show.

Merritt McKinney,

Daniel Atlas,

Henley Reeves,

Jack Wilder.

Arthur Tressler and the MGM Grand proudly presents

The Four Horsemen.

Thank you.

Tonight we would like to try something

that will, well, set us a bit apart.

For our final trick,

we're gonna do something never before

seen on a Las Vegas stage.

Or any stage for that matter.

Ladies and gentlemen,

tonight

we are going to rob a bank.

That's a lot of excitement for a crime.

I'm getting excited. What about you, people?

One, two, three!

Sorry, sir. There's absolutely no recording allowed

during the performance.

Oh, yeah, yeah, sure, of course.

Let me just put this away.

Actually, I need to take that.

After the show, I can come and give it back to you.

Okay.

Okay, okay.

Now, please, please, settle down.

Now who here has a bank they would like us to rob?

That's a lot of people with a vendetta.

So we'll choose one at random then.

My associates will make sure it's random. Right?

- Elvis, help me out, bud. - Thank you very much.

In Jack's bowl are ping pong balls with section numbers.

Jack, could you hand me a section number?

Thank you. We are looking at Section B.

Where is Section B?

Okay. There. It's gonna be one of you guys. Get ready.

I don't know why everybody's happy.

It's only them.

Merritt, can I get a row, please?

Thank you, Merritt.

We are looking at row number 5.

Where is that?

And Henley, could I please have a random seat number?

Oh. Lucky number 13.

B-5-13. Where are you?

Sir, please, stand up. There you are. Hi.

Could you just confirm for me that this

is, in fact, your seat? B-5-13.

Yes.

Okay. Wonderful. Now, could you please tell us

your name and the name of your bank?

Well, my name is Etienne Forcier.

And my bank, it's Credit Republicain de Paris.

French. Okay.

We were hoping for something a little more local,

a kind of mom-and-pop credit union with no security.

But that's fine. A promise is a promise.

Could you please come up to the stage

and we'll rob your bank.

And while he does that...

There is someone here tonight

without whom we would just be

four magicians working the circuit,

trying to get...

Well, actually, trying to get here.

You probably know this man,

if not from one of the many, many

companies he puts his name on.

He is our friend. He is our benefactor.

Mr. Arthur Tressler.

Please, stand up, Art. Please, stand up.

The only man here with

the Queen's cell phone number.

Actually, please, stay standing, Art.

I want to say that when we came to Mr. Tressler,

we promised that, as a unit, we could become

the biggest name in magic.

So we wanted to say, "Thank you."

And by the way, Art, you notice on the sign out front,

we made sure we put your name on top.

If you turn out to be as good

as you think you are, dear girl,

that won't be necessary much longer.

We haven't done our closer yet.

Why don't you watch it

and then you can decide for yourself.

Ladies and gentlemen, Arthur Tressler!

Thank you. And, of course, once again,

the Cardinal of Clairvoyance, Merritt McKinney.

Etienne, what Jack is bringing to the stage now,

is what we in the magic world call a teleportation helmet.

You will need to wear this, as it will allow you

to literally fold through space and time

to your bank in the...

8th?

- 9th arrondissement. - Yeah.

Now, once you are there,

we will be able to speak with you through this helmet.

NOW if...

Oh, my God, that's beautiful.

It has the added attraction of being very stylish.

It's about time the French learned from America on that subject.

Is that a beautiful piece of headgear?

- Thank you. Thank you... - It is.

Thank you. Thank you very much.

But before you go anywhere,

could you please, pick a card, any card.

Not that card.

No, that's an old American joke. You can take that one.

Okay. This one?

Show it to your friends in Section B. But not to us.

Okay, great. Now if you could just sign your name there.

- Yes. - In English, if possible.

- That's good. - Thanks.

Put it in your pocket.

And now for one tiny detail.

Now, Etienne, let's step into this cockamamie contraption.

And I'll step off of it. Bonne chance.

It's 11:50 p.m. here in Vegas.

That's 8:50 a.m. in Paris.

Your bank opens in less than 10 minutes.

One,

two...

Three.

What the fuck?

- Efienne? - Efienne?

It wasn't supposed to happen like that, was it?

Efienne?

I liked that little French guy.

Where did he go?

Wait, there he is.

No, no, no, no, please, please, please.

This is Daniel Atlas. Can you hear me?

Etienne? Are you okay?

Yes.

Perfect. What do you see in there?

Money.

Is this real?

Yes. Looks like three million or so Euros' worth.

Okay, now, here's what we're gonna need you to do.

I want you to take the card that you signed

out of your pocket.

And I want you to take the ticket stub

from tonight's show

and I want you to put it right there

in the middle of the money.

Now drop it.

Now, on the side of your helmet you should feel a button.

Don't press it just yet.

That button activates an air duct

that connects Paris to Las Vegas.

Okay, good. Now you can press it.

All right, now, Etienne, hold on tight.

You might feel a bit of a vacuum.

Wait a second.

Thank you, Etienne. Thank you, everyone!

We are The Four Horsemen.

And good night!

Good night!

Hold up here.

Dylan Rhodes.

What? I don't think I heard you correctly.

Did you say magicians?

Yeah, Dylan, magicians.

Where are you now?

I'm at Aria. I'm heading up there to grab 'em now.

FBI! Hands where I can see them.

Let's go. Get 'em up. Come on.

Let's go. Get 'em up.

Put the book down.

Okay. You got me.

- Freeze! Hands in the air! - Oh, my!

Do one of you guys mind giving us a hand with our bags?

Let's go.

Boss, please tell me this is a joke.

I just got Willy Mears to finger Paulie Attanasio.

I'm a month, two tops,

away from blowing this whole thing open.

Get Turkelson.

He's in Atlantic City.

What about Cowan? Look at him.

He's just sitting there on his ass.

Hilarious, Rhodes.

I love you.

Asshole.

I don't have time for this magic crap.

This crap just pulled three million Euro out of a Parisian bank.

- That's how much they got? - Yeah.

Actually, 3.2.

Who is she?

Who are you?

Alma Dray from Interpol.

I'll be working the investigation with you.

You gotta be kidding me.

It's bad enough they got me chasing down

David Copperfield and Friends.

Now I'm being saddled with, no offense, with Interpol?

I look forward to working with you, too, Agent Rhodes.

I'm sorry. I don't think I'm gonna need your help on this. Okay?

- Where's the French guy? - I already spoke to him.

Oh, you did? You spoke to my witness before me?

Your witness? I thought you didn't want the case.

Besides, he's useless.

Oh, really? Why is that?

Because he believes their magic was real.

Oh, he believes the magic was real?

You're right, he probably is useless.

Is it okay with Interpol if we talk to him, too?

Thank you.

I have never stolen a thing in my life, okay?

I tried to give the money back, but they won't take it.

Okay, okay, okay, let's just say you robbed a bank.

- I did. - Fine. Fantastic. You did.

But since I'm new to this, can you explain to me how you went

from Las Vegas to Paris in three seconds?

With the teleportation helmet.

Okay, what the hell is going on here?

He was hypnotized during the show.

I told you, he's useless.

Okay, I'll deal with you when I'm clone

with this other bullshit.

Hey!

During the show, half the audience was hypnotized

to believe they were in the Philharmonic.

I guess that "bullshit" was the trigger word.

Okay. Hey, hey. Ecoutez. Etienne, come on down from there.

You're not in the Philharmonic.

- How do you say "stop" in French? - Stop.

Tell him to stop.

No, I can't. You just have to let him finish his movement.

Okay, I need a time-out.

Too many French people in one room.

Agent Rhodes!

I'm ordered by my bosses to provide a report.

And until we have one, I'm here, like it or not.

So we can work together,

or you can continue to follow behind

asking the same exact questions I'm asking.

It's up to you.

I'm not finished.

I just flew 12 hours, after what was already a long day.

And I do not handle jet lag well.

So if you want to see who can be grumpier,

I promise you, you will lose.

Fine. So which one of these idiots

do you want to talk to first?

Him?

Dylan, for the record,

mentalism has never actually been proven to be accurate.

Okay.

That is to say, that it's not a science.

It's more for entertainment.

All right.

Just don't believe everything the guy says. That's all.

Please convey my deepest apologies

to your colleague out there.

I'm really sorry about this whole Tranny Tuesday thing.

I was out of line.

Tranny Tuesday?

Well, it's an arrangement he and his wife have.

Or might not have, if you believe

everything Agent Fuller is saying to be correct.

But isn't there a proud tradition in the FBI

of men wearing dresses?

No shame, Agent Fuller. No shame.

I'm just having fun.

Was this your card? No.

See, I knew you weren't a queen of hearts lady,

and I respect that.

The trick usually works better when I'm not strapped in here,

but I understand protocol.

Okay, okay.

So, if you had nothing to do with it,

then how did the playing card get into the vault?

Oh, yes. That would be...

What do the kids call it these days?

Oh, yes, that's right. Magic.

Just answer the question, okay, smartass.

All right. Sorry, sorry, sorry.

You can keep that. Don't share it with him.

It says here you are a mentalist.

What exactly is mentalism?

Tricks, mostly. Some science.

Targeted guessing might be a most apt description.

Along with some intuition and the occasional...

Voices in my head.

Says here you were fairly famous at one point.

You can even hypnotize people over the phone.

Some big tours around the U.S. for a few years,

- two TV specials. - Glory days.

Then your brother/manager disappeared with all your hard-earned money.

Did your research, did you?

IRS audit. Back taxes.

You've had a long hard slog back

into the limelight, haven't you, Mr. McKinney?

Yes, indeed, it has. And I do appreciate that trip down Memory Lane.

As far as I understand it, when the man from Paris

put on the magical helmet...

Listen to me.

If you didn't rob that bank, then you knew about it.

Which makes you an accomplice.

So if you wanna walk out of here today, I'd suggest you start...

Now you listen to me, unless you think

there's a D.A. in the state of Nevada

who'd be willing to make sense of this to a jury,

then we have a show to perform.

And you, Agent Rhodes,

have a drawing board to get back to.

Is this your first date?

What?

No, I mean, obviously, you guys don't know each other well, if at all.

But, like, there is a palpable tension in this room.

And before you get involved,

you should consider the fact that she has a lot of big secrets.

And I know the first one is that

this is your first time off the desk. Isn't it?

You should have said something to him.

This is a weird way for you to find out.

You are literally begging to be arrested. You know that?

If it means you would actually do it, then, yeah. But you won't.

Because if you did, it means that you,

and the FBI, and your friends at Interpol,

actually believe, at an institutional level, in magic.

The press would have a field day.

And we'd be even more famous than we already are.

And you guys would look like idiots

even more then you already are.

Well, no, not you. But him. Right?

You have, what we in the business, like to call,

"nothing up your sleeve."

And you know it.

Don't draw him in and then dump him

because abandonment is a big "area" for him.

Mommy?

Daddy.

You have big daddy issues.

- Okay, that's enough. - I'll tell you what.

Your average therapist is gonna charge you $200-$300 for this sesh.

Me? I'll take a tenner.

Okay, later, if you're feeling magnanimous,

I'll still take a tenner.

You wanna know who sat in that chair before you?

Mob bosses, murderers, and thieves.

And you know who put them there?

The guy who's sitting in this chair.

So I warn you, I can maintain my resolve much longer

than you can maintain that phony arrogance.

And the instant that you even show

the slightest crack in that smug facade,

I'll be there.

I will be all over you like...

Like white on rice?

Sorry. That's unfair.

Let me warn you.

I want you to follow.

Because no matter what you think you might know,

we will always be one step, three steps,

seven steps ahead of you.

And just when you think you're catching up,

that's when we'll be right behind you.

And at no time will you be anywhere other than

exactly where I want you to be.

So come close. Get all over me

because the closer you think you are,

the less you'll actually see.

I'm gonna nail you...

Something wrong with that soda, Miss?

Oh! Shit!

First rule of magic.

Always be the smartest guy in the room.

Boss, what are we doing? We're letting them go?

They all but admitted they're gonna do it again.

About a half an hour ago, you didn't give a damn about them.

- What changed? - I met them.

Hey. Guys.

Hey, I ran a check on the audience.

Most of it was just filler.

People that Tressler dragged in to pack the room.

But guess who was sitting there in the back,

filming the whole damn thing?

I don't know.

Thaddeus Bradley.

Thaddeus Bradley, the guy from TV with the DVDs and shows?

No.

Okay, well, he debunks magicians.

He exposes them. He shows you how to do their tricks.

Get him on the phone.

I did. You're having lunch with him in 45.

Good.

Mr. Bradley started as a magician.

- He was actually quite good. - Really?

- One of the best. - You don't say.

"The greatest genius is in seeing through the illusion."

That's a man who loves his work.

You sure I can't interest you in a glass of wine?

No, no, no. No, thank you, sir. We're working.

I will take one.

That's incredible. That's amazing.

Red dye, palmed.

Is that how Jesus did it? That's incredible.

I'm sorry. Can I just take a minute here?

You were one of the great magicians. Why did you stop?

Do you know how many people went to see magic performed live

in the last half decade?

About 1.6 million.

You know how many DVDs I sold in the same period?

Five million.

Right, so it's about the money.

Well, the money is only there

because the need to know is greater than the desire to be fooled.

Like you, I detest those who prey upon the gullibility of the masses.

With all due respect, isn't there a cost, though, to this game?

Cost?

I don't know. Careers.

Lives.

I assume you're referring to Lionel Shrike.

I'm sorry, who?

Lionel Shrike.

A middling magician who drowned in the Hudson River 30 years ago.

On Mr. Bradley's first special, he revealed all of Shrike's tricks.

The next year, Shrike tried to stage a comeback.

He was shackled inside a safe,

and dropped into the river.

But he never resurfaced.

You mean he died?

I didn't kill him.

He killed himself trying to do something he wasn't prepared to handle.

You do realize this is a game?

Believe me, it's not a game.

It is a game.

You're the game. You're being played.

And your pathetic attempts at fawning to gain my trust...

I mean, come on.

You got me.

If you really want to know

how a bank in Paris was robbed from a stage in Las Vegas,

my special comes out next month.

Or I could just bring you in

on obstruction charges and force you to tell me.

Unless, of course, what you're trying to say to me is that

you actually don't know how they did it.

Showmanship and theatrics.

When a magician waves his hand and says,

"This is where the magic is happening."

The real trick is happening somewhere else.

Misdirection. A basic concept of magic.

Not interested in the concepts of magic.

I wanna know how they robbed a bank.

You're an idiot if you think they robbed a bank.

But don't take my word for it.

How about a trip to Paris?

Hermia, the teleportation helmet, please, darling?

You're joking, right?

You wanna know how they did it or not?

I'm just gonna put this on your head.

Step right up.

There you go.

Now we just pull this down all safe and snug.

Make yourself comfortable. There we go.

And when you're ready to go to Paris,

just say the magic word.

Blow me?

- That'll suffice. - Bon voyage.

I personally prefer to take the stairs to Paris.

Welcome to the City of Light, Agent Rhodes.

Hardy har har. What was with the helmet?

My fun.

What?

Nothing.

So they got a vault set.

Yes.

And it's the exact replica

of the little French guy's bank.

So he's a plant.

He was a dupe, not a plant.

They chose him. They knew which seat he was in.

No, no, no, the audience picked the seat.

Unless, of course, the audience didn't pick the seat.

They let them think they picked the seat.

We'll choose one at random then.

Actually, they were just palming the ball

with the seat number they wanted.

We are looking at row number 5.

Henley, could I please have a seat number?

Lucky number 13.

Could you just confirm that this is, in fact, your seat?

He was selected.

They programmed his mind to make him go to Las Vegas.

Viva Las Vegas.

And then they kept reinforcing it, until he did.

They trailed him.

They studied him.

Nothing was left to chance.

I got his measurements.

He had no idea he was their target.

And they simply activated him in Vegas.

When I snap my fingers...

And once again, Merritt McKinney.

But how did they know what bank was his?

- You're kidding. - Really?

Can you be any more of a condescending ass?

Yes.

Like this.

There's a very rare, very mysterious way

in which a magician divines an audience member's bank.

You ready?

Yes.

Credit card.

And that's how they got the signature for the card

they left in the vault in Paris.

Very good.

You're being one-upped, Agent Rhodes.

Okay, but they had to get the signature card in the vault.

You said they didn't steal the money.

No, I didn't say they didn't steal the money.

I said they didn't rob the bank.

My guess is that they targeted

a shipment of freshly minted money

headed to the Frenchman's bank on-board an armored truck.

Which, of course, is just as hard to break into.

Unless you're already inside.

And despite what the banks would have you believe,

the men who drive these trucks are not exactly mental giants.

For our Horsemen,

it was almost too easy.

Hey, boys.

So, how did they make the fake money disappear from the vault? What is that?

Flash paper.

Magicians use it all the time.

Creates no smoke, leaves no residue.

Two days ago, no one heard of these guys,

but tonight's show sold out in 35 seconds.

I think these guys have cracked the secret to show business.

Give your audience $3 million.

Puts 'em in a good mood, doesn't it?

Best finale ever.

They're gonna be the first magicians in history to get laid.

Remember, if the oxygen mask comes down,

put it on the lawyer first. Remember. - Oh, yes.

I always do. It's lawyer first,

- then myself and then the children. - Then yourself.

Yes. Then the children.

Allow me to make plain what we've both been thinking.

And what's that?

Well, obviously, you have feelings of affection for Daniel.

Unrequited and misguided,

owing to his lack of emotional availability.

Consequently, you're very tightly...

How should I put it?

Corked.

Oh, lam?

Now, recognizing that you have physical needs not being met,

and strictly in the vein of helping a sister out,

I invite you to think of me as your own personal corkscrew.

Wow. Thanks.

Let me mull over that offer of cheap and meaningless sex.

Cheap and meaningless, maybe, but not time-consuming.

We should be getting there a few minutes early.

So, sit back, relax.

We should be in the Big Easy soon.

Appreciate you flying with us today.

So, what's in it for Tressler, besides the money?

Ego.

Okay, pick your card.

Look at it, put it in the deck, and tell me.

No, don't tell me.

- Okay. - Okay.

Thaddeus was there that night.

He knows exactly how they pulled it off. What about him?

What are you saying?

You think they could be working together.

I don't know. All I know is that these guys

were a bunch of street magicians

a year ago with no resources.

So, how do they go from doing that to this

without some kind of outside help?

Is this your card?

No, my card is sitting over there in that guy's lap.

Nice shuffle.

You know, this is hard.

According to this book,

some of those guys practice one simple move eight hours a day for years.

Really? Some of those guys seriously need to get a life.

Is it magicians, in general, you have a problem with?

Or specifically those guys?

I could care less about magicians in general.

What I hate is people who exploit other people.

Exploit them how?

Try again.

By taking advantage of their weaknesses.

Their need to believe in something that's unexplainable

in order to make their lives more bearable.

I see it as a strength.

My life is happier when I believe that.

Is this your card?

Yeah.

Yeah?

- Yeah. - Cool.

That smile on your face. Is it real?

Maybe.

So let me ask you, Mr. Detective Man.

Do you feel exploited?

Or did you have maybe a tiny, tiny bit of fun?

Guy goes to the doctor.

Doctor says, "Sir, you're gonna

"have to stop masturbating."

He Says, "Why?"

He says, "So I can finish the examination."

Oh, Danny, can I talk to you about

- my role in the show real quick? - Yeah, yeah, yeah. Sure.

Hey, guys.

We got a show to prepare for.

Do we now?

No, no, no, don't do that.

You're not doing that thing to me. No.

What thing? I'm just looking at you.

No, you're not. I've been watching you for a year.

I know all of your little tricks.

That what they are to you? Tricks?

Yes, it's gimmicks. it's Barnum statements.

It's reading the eyes. Body language. I get it.

If it's such an easy thing, why don't you do Henley?

Yeah, Danny. Why don't you do me?

No, you're too easy. I'll do Jasmine.

No.

Do me.

Oh, yeah. Yeah. Do Art.

Okay.

Even better.

- Art. - Yeah.

But I warn you, I can be difficult to read,

when I want to be.

Just stay with me, okay?

So, Art, you were a tough kid.

You know, kind of a real rapscallion.

You had a dog. A real tough dog.

A brutish breed. Like a real...

I want to say, Ben the bulldog.

Actually, I was a prissy little tot.

I had a fluffy white cat called Snuffles.

Sorry.

Wait, let me try one.

- I can do way better than that. - Let him do it.

Come on, give me one more time. One more time.

He can do way better than that.

Let's do family.

You had an uncle on your mother's side.

He had a real, kind of... A real masculine name.

A real, kind of, salt-of-the-earth...

You know, a real stick-it-to-you...

Like it was some kind of Paul. Thompson? Was it a Paul...

Okay. You know what? I got nothin'.

- Nearly though. - Was I?

Yeah. My uncle's name was Cushman Armitage.

Really? Snuffles and Cushman Armitage?

That was your childhood?

I certainly hope tonight's show is gonna be better than this.

Don't worry. Just you wait.

Hey. Come on, give me some good news on a hotel room, please.

What, are you kidding me?

No, it's Mardi Gras, Dylan.

There's nothing within sight of the theater.

Hold on a second. Hold on. Where is this woman?

Hey, hey! There you are.

What, the French girl doing a little sightseeing

while she's in New Orleans?

No. In fact, here, speaking French

is actually an asset.

Do you see that woman up there?

That's Marie Claire.

And she has a lovely apartment for us.

You're welcome.

Yeah.

We got a place.

I want two each inside of here. The other 30 around here.

Roofs, alleys, balconies.

- Eyes on The Horsemen at all times. - Yes, sir.

Wow, 100 years ago, William Robinson took the name Chung Ling Soo

and spent his entire life never speaking English in public.

This other guy, Maximillian...

I am not interested in a history lesson on magic at this moment.

If you want to keep playing into their hands, go for it.

I'm just trying to understand how they think.

You think I'm playing in their hands, do you?

I don't know how any of that is gonna go against this.

This what? This magic?

Lionel Shrike.

In Central Park, he has a guy pick a card and sign it.

Then he goes to a tree that has been there 20 years.

They saw the tree in half.

Inside the tree, encased in glass,

is the card with the signature.

How did he do that?

I have no idea. But I'm sure there's a logical explanation.

You guys got a guy in that lobby yet?

No, but I do have some good news.

Remember how Atlas is such a control freak,

he's got his whole crew on those tracking bracelets?

What tracking bracelets?

He has every member of his crew

wearing a tracking bracelet.

Those bracelets are on a sub-8 flat-band.

So as long as Atlas is tracking them...

Next.

Our boys can track Atlas

from right here in the mobile command unit.

Okay, call me if you get any movement.

Copy that.

You are missing the big picture here, Dylan.

There is a place in Paris, Pont des Arts.

Sometimes in the mornings I sit on a bench there.

And I watch the people make a wish

and lock it in a lock on the bridge.

Then throw the key into the Seine.

All day they do this. Mothers, lovers, old men.

Watching the key sink into the water

and their secret is locked away forever.

Real and, at the same time, magical.

So,

do you really think it's possible there's a fifth Horseman?

Yeah.

There is a legend of a secret order

born in ancient Egypt called

"The Eye."

It is said they perfected sleight of hand

to steal food from the Pharaohs

and give it to the slaves.

Their purpose?

Using magic and illusion to even the scales of justice.

Are The Horsemen next in a long line of fools to believe this myth?

Will they evade the rules of law and logic like they did in Las Vegas?

Or will the dark mysticism of this Southern swampland

get the better of them?

Bravo, Mr. Bradley.

Either you have a cease-and-desist,

which you don't, or you should leave.

If I want something to cease or desist,