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Previously on Elementary:

If you're looking for Sherlock,
he's downstairs.

Okay.

His name is Harlan Emple.

He is the Rachel P. Hanson Professor

for Applied Mathematics
at Columbia University.

What I don't get is why
he isn't wearing a shirt.

Every great thinker
has a process, Watson.

In Harlan's case,
he doesn't like anything

to come between him and the numbers.

If I wanted a distraction, Watson,

I'd pay another visit to Athena

and thrust myself
into work more aerobic

than crime scene reconstruction.

One of them led a killer
into this very apartment.

He was never identified.

Justice is like an orgasm.

It can never come too late.

Watson, wake up.

Who the hell are you?

What do you mean, who am I?

Is there something wrong
with the image?

I mean, who is this stranger
in my bedroom

with your face strapped to his face?

It's Wiggins.

I needed to speak with you, and you've

obviously turned off your phone.

So you let a stranger into our house?

He's not a stranger.
He's done the odd task for me

from time to time.
Thought you two had met.

Perhaps you don't recognize him
because his face is covered.

And why does he keep waving
his hands around like that?

He likes to pantomime
as his client speaks.

I'm not the only person
he surrogates for, you see.

He thinks it helps sell the illusion.

Ugh. Uh, what is so important, anyway?

I thought you were working
on a cold case with Athena.

I was. We finished.

Hi, Joan.

With her help, I solved the 1926 case

of Fitzroy McPherson,
a scientist found dead

in his apartment in Sheepshead Bay.

You may recall that the police

thought he'd been beaten to death

because of the welts on his back.

Oh, yeah, I remember you
showing me the photos.

I thought I recognized
the welts from somewhere,

but I was never able
to place them until now.

They're the marks
of a lion's mane jellyfish.

Sheepshead Bay is right by the beach.

He must have gone swimming that day.

Between the fact that he made it home

before succumbing to the toxins

and the fact that lion's mane stings

aren't typically fatal,

no one, myself included,
had made the connection.

I'm confused.
What part of the crime scene

did you need Athena to reenact?

We didn't reenact anything.
We just had sex.

I was having trouble jogging my memory,

and I needed a potent distraction.

Athena provided one.

Okay, so you woke me up because...?

You remember my friend, Harlan Emple,

brilliant mathematician?

He likes to work in a state of undress?

Yeah, of course I remember
Harlan. What about him?

Well, he just called,
and he would like to hire us.

Really appreciate you guys coming.

I-I didn't know who else to call.

It's Lily.

- Of course it is.
- Who's Lily?

She's one of my doctoral students.

She was supposed
to make the oral defense

for her thesis this morning,
but she never showed up.

And I tried calling her,
and she's not answering.

This morning.

So that can't be more than, what,

a couple of hours ago?

Did you try her family or friends?

I-I know she has a roommate,

and, uh, her family
is somewhere in California,

but I don't know them.

I just called you.

Because there could be
plenty of explanations.

Family emergency.

Or just that a thesis defense
is a lot of pressure.

Maybe she got cold feet.

She would have called me

if she couldn't make it.

And Lily does not get cold feet.

I mean, not that I would know.

I mean, not literally.

Uh, you know what I mean.

Look, something happened to her.
I'm sure of it.

Yet you called us, not the police.

So there's something

you're not telling us, Harlan.

If I'm right,

and if something has happened to Lily,

there's a pretty good chance
that I'm gonna be a suspect.

? Elementary 6x19 ?
The Geek Interpreter

== sync, corrected by elderman ==
@elder_man

That's Lily. Wait, you know,
I think there's a better one.

You're pretty familiar
with her social media.

Is she your girlfriend?

If only she were his girlfriend.

Hey. There's a reason
I haven't made a move.

Myriad reasons, endless reasons.

Someone want to catch me up?

I have been advising Lily

for a couple of years.

We've spent a lot of time together.

And yes...

I like her.

Like, like her like her.

But you never told her.

I'm her supervisor.

It's not appropriate.

Besides, the university forbids
faculty-student relationships.

So now you think other people
have become aware

that you're attracted to her,
and this will make you a suspect

if she comes to some harm?

I got a warning
from the Dean of Mathematics

a couple weeks ago.

Apparently, some students and faculty

had taken notice and complained.

So you're worried that if
something's happened to her,

that people are gonna think
you're responsible.

Look, I don't want to make this
seem like it's all about me.

The most important thing to me
is that Lily is okay.

I care about her.

But I'm also not an idiot.

I know how this could look.

I get slapped on the wrist
for taking an interest in her,

and then she disappears.

We'll talk to her roommate
and her family,

but to be honest,
she could be safe and sound.

But if something has happened,

and from what you're describing,

I don't think anyone is gonna

suspect you of hurting her.

Harlan Emple?

I'm Agent Polk. This is Agent Spinoza.

We're with the FBI.

We need to speak to you
about one of your students,

Lily Zavala.

Is she all right?

Miss Zavala was kidnapped.

We'd like to ask you some questions.

My boss talked to your captain,

said I should bring you up to speed.

Far as we can tell,
Miss Zavala was last seen

leaving the campus library

around 11:00, night before last.

Her apartment's only a few blocks away,

at 108th and Amsterdam, but it

doesn't look like
she ever made it home.

This morning, her parents got a call

from the kidnappers, demanding
half a million dollars

in exchange for her return.

That's when we were notified.

Does her family
have that kind of money?

Mom owns a successful software company,

so the parents are ready to pay.

Our counterparts in
San Jose are set up there,

awaiting instructions
from the kidnappers.

Meantime, we're doing our best
to find Miss Zavala.

So I take it you became
interested in Harlan

after you visited the school?

And I take it you're aware

of Mr. Emple's fixation on the victim?

"Fixation" is a rather loaded word.

Is it wrong in this case?

Well, it is if you're suggesting
that he could do her harm.

The captain vouched for us.

I, in turn, can vouch for Harlan.

He wouldn't hurt a fly.

Well, the dean we spoke to
cited multiple reports

of Mr. Emple's inappropriate behavior.

Showing Miss Zavala
favoritism in class,

giving her gifts.

One student even used the
term "longing looks".

If you don't like "fixation",

how does "obsession" strike you?

I understand you wanting
to help your friend,

but we have a responsibility
to investigate every lead.

If Mr. Emple is innocent, he's
got nothing to worry about.

Now, if you'll excuse me,
my partner's waiting.

Harlan's fear of getting
himself in trouble

is the very thing that has
made him appear suspicious.

I don't think it's fair.

He did not kidnap her.

But if she disappeared
between the library

and her apartment,
I'm sure that the FBI

is definitely canvassing that area.

I think we should, too.

Maybe we'll find something they missed.

You go. I'd like to stay here.

Obviously, the Bureau is barking

up the wrong tree
with Harlan, but they are

several hours ahead of us
in their investigation,

so I'd like to find out what they know.

Sorry. Like I already
told the FBI guys,

our cameras haven't
worked here in ages.

I think the owner just
likes them there for show.

What about someone who was working here

around 11:00 two nights ago...
maybe they saw something?

We close by 10:00, so by 11:00,
everyone who works here is gone.

Hey!

I told you to stop emptying your toilet

in our toilet!

Was there anything else?

No.

You've been really helpful. Thanks.

Excuse me.

Sir, do you live in your car?

Hey, look, it's parked legally.

Alternate side isn't until tomorrow.

No, no, no, I'm not hassling you.

A woman was kidnapped in this area

two nights ago, around 11:00.

I was just looking for anyone
who might have seen something.

Uh... oh, well, then no,
I don't live in the car,

and I wasn't around then,

but I did have a guest
booked that night.

He might have seen something.

You had a guest?

I'm sorry, people pay you
to sleep in your car?

Yeah, it's called AwayKay
Mobile. It's part of the app.

You know, like you'd rent out
an apartment for the night,

only this is a lot cheaper.

It's totally legal, as long as I obey

the parking laws and keep it clean.

Okay, so you were parked here

two night ago,
and someone was sleeping here.

Do you mind giving me
their information?

Oh, yeah, sure, totally.
Um, I-I just...

gotta make a quick
phone call first, okay?

Hey, Tori. Hey, hey, it's Eli.

Yeah, just wanted to let you know

your AwayKay Mobile
is ready for check-in.

How's Harlan holding up?

As well as can be expected.

Hasn't been arrested yet.

Anything come of your lead...

the man who spent a night in a minivan?

He saw a woman matching
Lily's description

being forced into a car by a man.

He didn't come forward sooner

because he thought it was just
a domestic spat.

Also, he was in the city,

spending as little money as possible,

because he was cheating on his wife.

Did our frugal philanderer get
a look at the kidnapper's face?

No, it was too dark,
but he did describe the car...

a blue Toyota with a white door panel.

I passed the information
on to Agent Polk.

Now, the kidnapper and Harlan's
body type do not match,

but Agent Polk did not seem to care.

Of course he didn't.

Harlan could have hired someone

to abduct Lily for him.

You seem annoyed by him.

Agent Polk's just doing his job.

Not him. By Harlan.

I noticed yesterday at the apartment.

It's almost like you blame him

for making himself a suspect.

For two years, I've listened
to him whine about Lily.

I suggested that he
break the school rules

if he really cares about her that much.

Or resign his position,

find a job elsewhere.

Or just forget about her, move on.

At the very least, I urged him

to find out where he stands.

But he wouldn't do that.

No. I think, on some level,

he likes having his affections
set on the unattainable.

It's safer.

As long as he loves someone
that he can't have,

then he never has
to put himself at risk.

It's Marcus.

A vehicle matching
the description of the kidnapper

was spotted outside
an abandoned school.

Feds led the way in 30 minutes ago.

Miss Zavala?

I'm told there's evidence
she was being held here,

but she isn't here anymore.

Any idea where they took her

or if she's alive?

I'm about to head in myself.

I heard one more thing.

Feds found a body in there.

His name is James Cantrell.

Ex-con, goes by Jimmy.

Spent three years in Otisville
for armed robbery.

Well, he fits the
description of the kidnapper

that the AwayKay witness gave us.

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say

we're looking at the murder weapon.

Probably means this wasn't planned.

We think Mr. Cantrell
had an accomplice.

Could be things went south
between them.

What about the Toyota parked outside?

Any idea who owns it?

I ran the registration.

It was reported stolen a week ago.

So far, looks like a dead end.

You said there was evidence

that Lily Zavala was held here.

In here.

It looks like Miss Zavala
was tied up over there.

There's duct tape
on the legs of the chair.

Those are from Lily's glasses.

I recognize them from the photos.

We got scuff marks from shoe heels

leading out the door.

Figure she put up a fight
on her way out.

Hopefully, whoever has her
will still make contact

with the ransom instructions.

I'm not so sure they will.

What, you think she's already dead?

No, I didn't say that.

But I'm starting to doubt whether this

was ever about ransom.

I know from conversations with Harlan

that this is the particular
energy drink

that Miss Zavala likes
to keep her mind sharp

when she's working on

particularly difficult equations.

So?

Kidnappers bring their victims

special food requests all the time.

Helps keep them compliant.

But there's also this packet

for a scientific calculator.

I don't think they were just
holding her here.

I think they had her doing mathematics.

Maybe they took her

because they want her to work
on a problem for them.

Well, if they did,

there's much less chance
they'll let her go free

when she's finished... ransom or no.

Even if she hasn't seen
the kidnappers' faces,

she could tell us what kind
of work they had her doing.

And that could help us identify them.

Or, at the very least,

thwart whatever plans they have

for the data she was providing.

Meaning, if she is
still alive right now,

as soon as she's done with what
they need her to do...

There's every chance
she's a dead woman.

Lily was kidnapped
so she could do math?

At the moment, it's just a theory.

But how else to explain
the items we found at the scene?

Don't get me wrong... it makes sense.

Lily is a genius.

But if the people who took her
only wanted her for math,

then what's up with the ransom demand?

Well, I have a theory
about that, as well.

But first... do you recall her

ever mentioning a man
named Jimmy Cantrell?

No.

He's the man who was killed.

The FBI found a burner
phone in his pocket.

It's the same phone used
to contact Lily's parents.

So, that's why his partner killed him?

He was just tying up a loose end?

No, I think it's more
complicated than that.

I think Jimmy went off-script.

He and his partner

kidnapped Lily
to apply her to a problem

that involved complicated mathematics.

Nothing more, nothing less.

I submit that, subsequently,

Jimmy discovered that Lily came
from a wealthy family.

How?

Well, it's possible
she told him herself

in a bid to buy her freedom,

or perhaps her social
media had indications.

In any event,

they now had a second way
to profit from her abduction.

He made the ransom demand
without telling his partner.

And then his partner found out
about it and killed him.

There was ample evidence that
the murder was not premeditated.

If Jimmy was a loose end,

why not kill him elsewhere,

and with a weapon more traditional

than a rusty fire extinguisher?

Also, since his demise,
Lily's parents have received

no additional instructions.

Okay, but why wouldn't the
partner want the ransom money?

Well, I imagine he stands
to profit more

from the work that Lily is doing.

We won't know until we catch him.

Do you think that she saw it?

This jackass
getting his head bashed in?

Oh, well, that's difficult to say.

She was being held
in an adjoining room.

You're upset.

Look, look, if you...

if you need to disrobe, feel free.

You're in a safe place.

Just-just mind the furniture.

No, I only get naked for math.

This, this...
this is the opposite of math.

This doesn't make any sense.

Kidnapping someone like Lily,

putting her through all that...

Oh, my God.

What if the FBI thinks
that I'm the partner?

Well, the thought did cross their mind,

but I was quick to point out
that your mathematics skills

far exceed Lily's.

There isn't a problem that exists

that you couldn't tackle on your own.

In the meantime,

Joan and one of our colleagues
are meeting

with Jimmy Cantrell's parole officer.

With any luck, we'll find
the name of the partner

on a list of known associates.

Guess I was wrong about Jimmy.

He did have brains.

I can see 'em all over his shirt.

How long were you his parole officer?

Little over six months.

I told him, just like
I tell all my guys,

keep your nose clean, you'll be fine.

Obviously, Jimmy didn't listen.

And now his nose
is at the back of his skull.

This is everything I got on him.

It's not a lot, huh?

Like I said,
only had him for six months.

Do you know if he was hanging out

with some people
that he shouldn't have?

Far as I could tell, he was on
the straight and narrow.

No drinking, no drugs.

Only problem he had was finding work,

but that's par for the course
with these guys.

What about Jimmy's two brothers?

Says here they were his codefendants

in the liquor store robbery
he went to prison for.

Mmm, Conrad and Geno.

They're both still locked up.

Jimmy was just their wheelman,
so he got a shorter sentence.

Obviously, neither one of them
did this kidnapping with him.

Can you think of any reason
why he would have needed help

from an applied mathematician?

Sure.

Someone asked him
what two plus two was.

Jimmy was a simple guy.

Abducting this girl
and putting her to work

on some mystery math problem?

It doesn't sound simple;
it sounds complicated.

I gotta think
it was the partner's idea.

You see the business card
I stapled to the folder?

"Marvin Hathaway."

Jimmy's landlord. You should call him.

Ask him to let you
into Jimmy's apartment.

That was the last place I saw Jimmy.

Popped in on him three days ago.

Nothing seemed out
of the ordinary, but who knows?

Maybe you'll see something I missed.

I didn't have
any complaints against Jimmy.

I'd even go so far as to say
he was a good tenant,

if he didn't owe me
three months back rent.

I guess I can kiss that good-bye.

Oh. I see why Jimmy was
behind on his rent.

He was a betting man.

These numbers are the lines
he was getting from his bookie.

I'm guessing these X's are games
that didn't go his way.

If they are,

then he was as habitual a loser

as he was a gambler.

That son of a bitch.

He told me he was sending the
money home to his mother.

If you find any here, does it
go to pay the people he owed?

I think maybe you should
wait outside, Mr. Hathaway.

We'll find you when we're done.

What do you make of these?

Ink stains?

Look how they're all clustered.

The spacing is even, but the pattern

is always different.

Bingo.

Literally.

These are made by a bingo dauber,

a pen used to mark bingo cards.

And they were created
when an especially damp dauber

bled through a set of cards.

So Jimmy wasn't
just placing sports bets.

He was spending time in a bingo parlor?

There's a lot of math
in bookmaking, right?

So maybe Jimmy's bookie
was his partner.

He needed a mathematician
for something complicated,

so Jimmy kidnapped Lily for him.

Could be.

But there are hundreds of bookies

in the New York area.

We've got no indication
which one he was using.

Actually, I think
you're wrong about that.

N-36.

N-three-six.

I-30.

I-three-zero.

Sylvia Kozar.

Detective Bell. You remember me?

I used to work Vice.

Arrested your son a few years back.

He was collecting for you.

Broke the arm of a guy
who owed you money.

I remember you.

Sylvia may not look it,
but she's one of

the baddest bookmakers in the city.

She's been at it a long time.

I'm just the humble owner
of a bingo parlor.

You want to play, Detective?

First card's on me.

No. We want to know

about Jimmy Cantrell.
We think that, in addition

to playing bingo here,
he also placed bets with you.

- I never heard of him.
- A few nights ago,

Jimmy kidnapped a woman
named Lily Zavala.

She was a mathematician.

When my colleague wondered if it

might have something
to do with bookmaking,

I thought of you.

Maybe you made him a deal.

He kidnaps someone

who can help you
set better lines on games,

you forgive his debt.

I told you when you arrested
my son: I'm no bookie.

No, you're a bingo queen.

The thing is, a mathematician

could be equally helpful to you

in that capacity, 'cause you cheat.

I've been looking at your blower,

and I have yet to see
a number six or 29.

Perhaps that's not the extent
of your chicanery.

The arrangement of the numbers

on the bingo cards can be manipulated

to favor the house. It's not easy,

'cause places like this
are highly regulated,

and inspectors are trained
to look for such things.

But who knows?

With the help of
a genius mathematician...

Sylvia...

if I stop the game right now
and check the machine,

am I gonna find two balls missing?

'Cause I don't see that

going over too well with your patrons.

Yeah, could be enough to
shut this whole place down.

All right, fine.

I know Jimmy.

But I don't know anything
about any kidnapping.

And if he said different,
he's lying to you.

Jimmy's dead.

Someone bashed his skull in last night.

We think the person who put him up

to the kidnapping
is the one who did it.

Yeah, well, I don't need
any mathematician.

Why would I?

I set my own lines. I always have.

And those cards are legit.

I don't know, Sylvia.

Based on the notes Jimmy was keeping,

he was into you
for at least five grand.

Try ten.

But we were square.

He paid me off in full the other day.

You see those cameras?

They run 24-7.

I'll show you. He walked in here,

- and he handed me an envelope.
- Say we believe you.

Did Jimmy mention how
he got the ten grand?

He said he was hired to do some work.

He was paid in advance.

Maybe the work

was to get the girl.

But whoever hired him...

wasn't me.

Look, I-I don't know what to tell you.

We had a lead, and then we didn't.

Yes, of course I'll keep you apprised.

Yes. Okay.

Good-bye.

Harlan again?

Six calls in less than an hour.

He's worried about Lily.

I'm worried about Lily. Been 72 hours,

and we're officially out of suspects.

Have you heard
anything else from the FBI?

Only that Harlan is still
a person of interest.

I thought they agreed with you

that Lily was being forced to do math.

Harlan doesn't need help doing math.

No, but perhaps he takes
perverse pleasure

in watching her slave over a
particularly difficult problem.

Perhaps he gave her those items

because he's the mathematical
equivalent of a sadist.

- Is that what they think?
- I don't know what they think.

You know, I was thinking
about what you said last night.

About how Harlan chose
to fall in love with Lily

because she was unattainable.

Because it was safer.

How is that different from what
you do with Moriarty?

- Excuse me?
- You can't be with her,

but you haven't let her go.

Is that because it's safer?

Are you comparing
my relationship with Moriarty

to Harlan's relationship with Lily?

Yeah. Because of what
you said last night.

And because I think you're lonely.

I have for a while now.

Lonely?

You're forgetting I called you

yesterday from Athena's bedroom.

I'm not talking about sex.

I'm talking about
a relationship... a real one.

You think you're annoyed
with Harlan? Try being me.

You're annoyed with me?

Yeah, I am.

I have been since you
broke up with Fiona.

She was great. You really liked her.

- Watson.
- And you know

why you broke up with her?

Because she's not Moriarty.

Harlan is not the only one

who needs to get out of his own way.

Neither of you has to be alone.

You'll be surprised
to learn there have been

zero leads since your last call.

Actually, I have a lead.

Big one.

It's Lily.

She isn't missing anymore.

She's here with me.

She escaped.

Are you sure you're up for this?

Between the E.R. docs
and the Feds last night,

I'm not sure you got much sleep.

We know you've been through a lot.

We can talk later if you want.

Thanks.

But I'd rather be helpful right now.

Besides, Harlan says that

if anyone's gonna get whoever did this,

it's you guys.

All right.

What can you tell us about them?

Well, I'm pretty sure
there were only two of them.

They wore masks,
so I never saw their faces.

But I could tell one
was older than the other.

Does he look familiar?

Only because the FBI
showed me the same photo.

They say they think
he's the one who grabbed me.

That he's dead now.

Jimmy Cantrell.

Does that name sound familiar?

He put a hood over my head,

and he kept it on until we got
to this abandoned school.

The older guy was already there.

He gave me supplies.

He told me what he wanted me to do

and that he was gonna let me go
when it was done.

Do you think the older
man was the boss?

It felt that way.

I... I think the other guy

was there mostly
just to keep an eye on me.

At one point, the older guy came back,

and he was very mad at the other one.

So they went to the hall.

I-I couldn't hear
what they were fighting about.

But then there were these loud noises.

And then it went silent.

And then just the older guy came back.

He put the hood back on me,

and then he forced me
into the trunk of a car.

What about where he took you next?

Anything you can tell us?

It was a basement.

We went down a flight of stairs.

He made me get back to work.

When I was finished, he put the hood

back on and put me back
in the trunk of his car.

Only this time, I...

I felt a shovel next to me.

And I realized
that he was gonna kill me.

So, how did you escape?

I used the edge of the shovel

to cut the tape around my wrists.

And I got the hood off,

and the trunk had one of these

glow-in-the-dark handles inside.

So, eventually,
I just felt the car stop

at a light or something, and...

I just made a break for it.

I just ran.

So, why did you go to Harlan's?

Why not go to the police or go home?

I was too afraid to go back home.

And I thought I needed to warn Harlan.

I thought he might be next.

Why would Harlan be next?

Because that math they had me
working on... it was his.

They wanted me to make changes to it.

Is there a way that I could

print out some maps?

This is a FEMA flood map.

Kidnappers were making you
redraw flood zones?

Care to let the rest of us in?

Uh, sure.

FEMA, the federal government,

is in charge of determining
the risk of flooding

for everywhere in the country.

And maps like this break the
flood risks down into zones.

Red is the highest risk,
orange is second, and so on.

They're used to plan
emergency responses

and to say who needs flood
insurance, and how much.

But with climate change
and rising sea levels,

FEMA has been redoing all the old maps.

And you were involved in that work?

Uh, I was... three years ago.

There is a staggering amount of data

that goes into these maps.

And a lot of it comes down
to statistical analysis,

the likelihood of X event happening

in Y number of years.

It takes forever.

I mean, I heard from
a colleague recently

that the maps we were
working on back then

are just entering the
public review phase now.

So your maps aren't official yet?

No.

And your captors wanted you

to change the math
that Harlan was doing

in order to make
the maps look different.

Mm-hmm.

Could you show us
what that would look like?

These maps show what Brooklyn
flood zones look like now,

which is how they've looked,
like, since the '80s.

So, if the work Harlan did
becomes official,

then this red zone would come
all the way out here.

And how did your kidnapper
want the flood zone to look

using the math he made you do?

He wanted you to move
the projected flood waters

to a different neighborhood...
on paper, at least.

Mm-hmm.

So, if Mr. Emple
did the math the first time,

why didn't they just take you?

Best guess... I was one
of a group of experts

working on the project.

My name wasn't on it.

Why take Lily?
From what you've told us,

she wasn't involved at all.

Well, I've been wondering
about that, too.

I went to the Floodplain
Coordinator's Office

a few weeks ago.
I wanted to see the math

behind the maps.

Harlan had talked about it in class,

about the work he did,
and I wanted to study it.

They copied my I.D. when I was there.

What I don't get is,
why would someone want to mess

with flood maps in the first place?

The area the new map
puts at a higher risk

is some of the hottest
real estate in the city.

Which also makes it subject to
the highest insurance premiums.

Now, you said that this map is used

to set insurance requirements, right?

Mm-hmm.

So, if this map became official,

it would make it really good for anyone

selling flood insurance
to this neighborhood.

Wow.

You're right. If FEMA adopted this map,

it would be really good for me.

Assuming I don't care
if the homes and businesses

of half my clients
are underwater in ten years.

And my clients will tell you...
I do care.

Maybe.

But if you were behind
Lily Zavala's kidnapping,

you made her generate that map,

so you'd know
the projections are false.

We looked into who makes money
selling insurance

to that specific neighborhood
affected by that map.

Your name keeps coming up.

It even says it over
there: "Adam Braun,

leading independent agent
four years in a row."

Yeah, no one comes close
to the volume you do.

And if that area
becomes a high-risk zone,

flood insurance would become
mandatory for everyone in it.

You'd be looking at commissions
on hundreds of new policies.

That's over six figures a year.

Easy money.

You think worse of me than I thought.

If you're suggesting I committed
a kidnapping and a murder

just so I could change a flood map,

you have to believe
I'm some kind of psychopath.

Prove us wrong.

We're pretty sure Lily's kidnapper

killed his accomplice sometime
early yesterday afternoon.

Can you tell us where you were?

I was here, working.

Can anyone corroborate that?

No.

But let me show you something.

It's a site for selling boats.

Yeah, but this sailboat,
this beautiful lady,

is the Maria Madera, my baby.

My wife is strongly encouraging me

to sell her.

Upkeep is too high.

All the maintenance,

slip fees, registration...

it's thousands of bucks a year.

So, even though I love this boat,

I'm doing what my wife says.

You have a point here, Mr. Braun?

Take a look at when
I posted the listing.

It's two nights ago.

That's during the time you said
this girl was being held, right?

If I was in the middle of doing this,

you think I'd be
saying good-bye to my baby?

Don't you think I'd tell my wife,

"Don't worry, things are looking up.

We can afford it"?

Because I promise you,
if my ship was coming in,

my sailboat would not be going out.

Harlan, what is it?

Thank you.

For what?

What do you think?

Harlan, you hired us to find Lily.

- We didn't. She escaped.
- No, I know.

I just... it's... I-I finally did it.

Did what?

Told her... how I really feel about her.

I-I was nervous, but I was...

I was thinking about you
the whole time,

about how you would tell me
to just do something.

Why were you nervous?

Why do you think?

It was obvious that
your feelings for her

were going to be reciprocated
when she went to study

the work you did for FEMA.

She didn't go there because
she liked mathematics.

She went there because she liked you.

Oh, duh.

Yeah, obviously.

Hmm. Went right
over your head, didn't it?

Yeah, way over.

Cut me a little bit of slack.

You know, me and social cues
are like...

relativity and quantum mechanics.

Point is,

you were right the whole time.

I just needed to act.

Last couple of days...

almost losing her...

put everything into perspective.

What about your job?

Oh, we talked about that,
and, um, you know,

we're just gonna hold off
a little longer,

just till Lily gets her doctorate.

Um, after that, the university
can't fire me for dating her,

'cause we will be peers.

Sort of. I mean, I'll still
be way better at math,

but, um, you know,
she won't be my student anymore.

Very happy for you, Harlan.

Are you?

'Cause you don't look happy.

Respectfully, you just caught me
in the middle of some work.

Lily may be safe, but the man

who was holding her
is still unaccounted for.

And, as you said,
you and social cues...

Ah. Totally get it. I just, um...

If you're thinking of
hugging me again, don't do that.

Right.

Sorry. I will go.

But, um...

thank you again.

Never been this happy.

It's because of you.

Okay.

I got your text.

Neither you nor Marcus is liking

the insurance agent
for Lily's co-kidnapper?

No. Everything he told us panned out.

As far as I can tell,
no one else stood to profit

from an increased danger of
flooding in that neighborhood.

So I've been looking
at Lily's map with fresh eyes,

shifting my focus from areas
where the flood risk increased

to areas where it decreased.

Could be the point of the map
wasn't to make

this part of Brooklyn higher risk,

but to keep this part lower risk.

Okay, but most of the land
in that area is industrial,

so the insurance rates would already

be pretty low, wouldn't they?

Yeah, but flood maps don't just
dictate insurance rates.

They dictate zoning and
development standards, as well.

So, if you own land in that area
and you want to develop...

Higher insurance rates and flood risk

could make new construction untenable.

We need to find out who owns property

in that part of the city.

I'm awaiting a list from
the City Register's Office.

Any luck, we'll have it soon.

So, um...

what makes you think I'm lonely?

Last night, you said
you thought I was lonely.

Wh-Why did you say that?

There was a time
when you were with Fiona

when you were different.

Happier somehow.

I don't know.

It's hard to explain.

Harlan came around.

He, um, wanted to tell me

he finally let Lily know
how he felt about her.

And?

The feeling was mutual.

He was practically aglow.

I felt a little envious.

Just a smidge.

So it, uh, just...

made me think about what you said.

It's not bad that you felt that way.

It's natural.

But there's no need to be envious.

You can have everything he has.

Well, that's just it, you see.

I'm-I'm... not sure I can.

You were right.

I mean, every potential
romantic partner I have

pales in comparison to Moriarty.

That might sound strange,

given what we know about her, but...

I'm a strange bloke, aren't I?

She fit.

And I fear that...

what we had can't be replicated.

Probably can't.

But that's okay.

I mean, falling in love with someone

is not supposed to be
the same experience every time.

Someone else will be someone else.

Suppose you're going to suggest
I try online dating next.

Would that be so bad?

Try something else.

Such as?

You're the one who loves
experiments, so experiment.

City Register's Office.

Yep. The list of every
owner of property in the area

that would have been
positively affected

by Lily's version of the map.

I recognize one of the names.

I don't.

You're right, you don't,

but if I'm right

we've already met Lily's kidnapper.

Sorry to keep you waiting,

Mr. Hathaway.

Detective Bell.

We met when you let us
into Jimmy Cantrell's apartment.

Right. I got a call.

They, uh, said you did find
some of Jimmy's assets.

Something that can cover his back rent?

Come with me.

We'll go over everything in here.

Have a seat, Mr. Hathaway.

What is this?

Well, that phone call
you received was a lie.

We've been executing a search warrant

on some properties you own.

We didn't want you to know,

so we invited you down here,
made you wait.

Why were you searching my properties?

To see which one

you moved Lily Zavala to

after you killed Jimmy Cantrell.

Lily's kidnapper made her generate

a false flood map for part of Brooklyn.

This is a list

of property owners who would benefit

if that map were adopted.

Now, your company's
name is on that list.

I recognized it from when
Jimmy's parole officer

gave us your contact information.

You own a large parcel of land
in Red Hook.

A rep from the
Department of City Planning

told us that the tech company Odker

is considering buying
that land from you

to make it the site
for their new headquarters.

It's all in the early stages,

but you stood to make millions.

That is, until FEMA released
their new flood maps

for community review last month.

Your property was suddenly
gonna be in a high-risk zone,

which not only meant the site

would be subject
to higher insurance rates,

it represented an actual
high risk of flood damage.

You knew that if
that map became official,

Odker would probably
back out of the deal.

But you also knew
that FEMA allows the public

to appeal the maps
by submitting revised data.

So you reached out
to an ex-con you knew...

Jimmy Cantrell.

Together, you kidnapped Lily

and forced her to fake
the math you needed

to put your property back
in a low-risk zone.

Asking for ransom was
never part of the plan.

Jimmy came up with that on his own.

If he hadn't, you probably could have

finished with Lily and then killed her

before anyone realized
that she was abducted.

You caved in his skull.

This is crazy.

How do I even know
this Lily girl that...?

She mentioned she'd been
to the city's Floodplain Office

to look at some of the work
behind the real maps.

We showed your photo around.
Someone recognized you.

He said that you had been
in the same day as Lily.

You were upset about the new maps.

We're guessing that you overheard her

talking about them.

A little while ago, our guys

found what we were looking for
in the basement

of one of your buildings.

You tried to clean it up,

but you missed a couple hairs.

DNA will take a while to come back,

but they're a visual match for Lily's.

"A visual match"?

Do you know how many people

come and go through my buildings?

And even if this hair

is from the kidnapped girl,
you said Jimmy was involved.

So, he has her hair on him,

I walk through his apartment
the other day...

what do the lawyers call that?
"Transfer"?

It's true.

Your lawyer could try that argument

in front of a jury.

But our guys also found

a fresh stain on the floor.

We didn't need DNA to identify it.

Its smell is pretty distinct.

It's Biorade energy drink.

Kiwi-flavored.

The kind you brought Lily
to help her work.

So you tell us, Mr. Hathaway,

still want to take your chances
with a jury?

Hey.

Come on in.

Did I, uh, miss a text from you?

No, just thought I'd pop by.

Well, your timing is perfect.

I just got off work.

Need help with a case?

Uh, no, actually just finished one.

My docket is clear.

Oh.

Well, then you must be looking for...

How did you put it the other day?

"A potent distraction"?

Uh, no, I was actually wondering

if I might, uh, take you to dinner.

W-Would that be strange?

No.

It's just that you usually only call me

when you have to work
on a weird experiment.

Well, it's funny
you should use that word.

'Cause, actually, tonight,
the experiment would be... us.

I mean...

you've been more than a helper
to me over the years.

Y-You've been a... a friend, and, um...

it just occurred to me
that you might be more.

? All in all, despite my question... ?

Obviously, I-I, uh...

I-I can't be certain,
and, um, I'd just...

I-I'd hate to jeopardize
the relationship

that we already have,

but I just thought
I-I'd be remiss if I didn't...

at least explore it.

? The same things bring me joy... ?

Well...

I love a good experiment.

? I will follow, follow
till I one day ?

? I will follow,
follow till I one day ?

? I will follow, follow
till I one day understand. ?

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