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00:00CNN breaking news he's not breathing get the doc up here stat I got the bear breathing down my neck
00:14and you two are out there blowing up half the city doc that scientist is the key to stopping
00:20that flesh-eating virus dying is not an option I promise you we're not zipping up any body bags
00:25today sir or my name isn't dr. Pimmy Jalmer as dr. Jalmer worked to revive his patient using a
00:35locally harvested bee pollen remedy the KC 3000 enters with terrifying news I have terrifying
00:41news special agent Rick Soros has contracted the flesh-eating virus I am sorry God help us
00:50thanks so much I just knew agent Soros wasn't really dead but I did not see the kidney
01:01transplant from that Icelandic Archer well that's why they call it a twist that's why they call me
01:07your number one fan thank you very much I appreciate that no really I'm your number one fan
01:12hi I'm gonna make this guy out
01:42right there that's creepy and you have no idea how this got in your book no clue
02:08we should dust it for prints yeah I already tried that only prints on it are mine I'm uh hoping
02:14I can make a handwriting match from some of this old fan mail here I know what you did what exactly
02:19did you do I have no idea of what the IP address here redirects to the promotional website for my
02:25first book ah well there you go mm-hmm they're what goes well they're accusing you of copying your
02:32all their books okay explain well you know how your first book you had LJ tips tips Gibbs do you see
02:43where I'm going with this yeah that was a coincidence okay is uh agent Rick Soros a coincidence
02:49Soros Torres you pitch me Soros I pitch you a badass Miami detective this guy's wearing a cardigan
02:58and who pitched agent nightshade why showy sharpening a knife what's up with this little
03:03gem whoa looking good McGee you should wear one of those to your meeting today we'll meet it your
03:09publicist called accidentally got routed to my voicemail I guess you've got an interview with
03:15some big muckety-muck book critic today today after the beating I just got from these two paperwork
03:22sounds like a lot of fun so paperwork and wait we got a case and we are going to get a special guest
03:28today at the crime scene there's our special guest make an agent out of you yet pass I just want to
03:39see how the other half lives well the other half is really smelly right now mm-hmm no this is nothing
03:45you guys want to smell something really really bad not particularly no yeah I guess that makes sense
03:50uh C-A-P I'm guessing that stands for captain yeah that's all we got until you get in there chop chop
03:57so apparently the dumpster hadn't been emptied in over three weeks oh it's been cold body could have
04:05been in there for a while Torres is out talking to the neighbors now so far I don't seen anything
04:09well they're seeing it all now taking a lot of pictures I know her you gotta be kidding me
04:17follow me no you sure because it seems like you're following me I I only listen to the police
04:27band for my podcast I have a podcast and when I heard Navy captain I thought there was a chance
04:32you might show up is this you did you write this I know what you did no you're sure your eyes are your
04:41best feature I would never scratch them out also you're scary when you get mad and also kind of hot
04:47scary forget about I'm sorry I've forgotten I'm your number one fan remember and if you really are
04:56sorry I have an idea how you can make it up to me is that something we do because that's a new one
05:06uh we got a new one back here too okay good whoever this guy is he's down two years down yeah they're missing
05:17that's a new one hey Jimmy I heard through the grapevine you got something even better than
05:33missing ears does the grapevine have an ID yet I'd like to know the person's first name before I
05:37remove their liver meet Captain Seth Meyers no relation he was assigned to NAS Pax River file is
05:47very brief you mean blank we noticed it's not even like it's classified it's just empty which is weird
05:54do you want more weird I live for weird in addition to Captain Meyers ears being removed he was also
06:03apparently uh jack-o-lanterned am I supposed to know what that
06:10right jack-o-lantern also he's missing several fingers and has burn marks over most of his body
06:19here if I didn't know any better I'd say he was tortured tortured for what maybe he has something
06:24to do with his job at Pax River whatever that is well he had to report to someone just have to find out who
06:31there's actually something else I'd like to talk to you about special agent Parker but since I
06:39chickened out I'm just gonna stand here for a few seconds like a complete idiot
06:42yeah Captain Meyers is assigned to my team it's not much to tell you smells like soup laughs too loud
06:51seeing some kind of trouble what exactly does your team do don't you have Meyers file yeah you you
06:57were just holding him all that has is his surface photo yeah we were hoping that you could maybe
07:01tell us why um I'm sorry could you please remove the sorry I've got a VR meeting soon I can't miss
07:08it's been one fire after another since Meyers took emergency leave when did he leave oh hold that
07:14thought duty calls hey everyone sorry I'm late oh actually I'm on time so whoever isn't here is late
07:23hello hello um I think there's something wrong with your Wi-Fi Captain Meyers is dead okay
07:36what happened you tell me starting with what Meyers did for you and why he took that emergency leave
07:45I feel bad about the soup comment um I'm the liaison between the Navy and a group of MIT nerds
07:54okay what do you liaise we're trying to cheaply retrofit old aircraft to be flown remotely
07:59okay it's 2025 you can you can just say drones so cheap drones we're hoping to give a second life
08:06to decommissioned aircraft with off-the-shelf parts Meyers was our lead engineer until he took leave
08:12yeah he said he had a family emergency I approved it myself I put it in his file which was normal two
08:17weeks ago by the way well somebody must have changed it I don't see how our security is pretty
08:22tight the Russians Chinese and killed to get our tech stack maybe they did we think that Captain
08:29Meyers was tortured before he was killed of course he was what is that supposed to mean it means there's
08:37no way in hell Seth would have given up any classified information the guy was a total Boy Scout but if the
08:44Russians did manage to get anything useful out of him then every old plane they have is going to find
08:51its way to the Ukraine front and they have a lot of old planes yeah I had to take photos at the crime
09:00scene and everything no I can't send them to you I didn't tell Agent Torres you got a crush on him
09:06okay got to go uh duty calls love you mama thanksgiving must be interesting at your house oh you have no
09:13idea that more of our victims blood oh no it's just my cover for coming down here we need to talk look
09:18dude I know you think I ate your glazed donut but I would remember the original notes from the autopsy of
09:23Parker's mom I finally tracked them down what'd they say well I won't get until tomorrow but I really think we
09:28should tell Parker what we're doing why if the discrepancy on the report is just a clerical error no
09:33point upsetting him setting who upsetting lots of people who are gonna be very upset we think you'll
09:40be upset by what Casey found what did Casey find hmm should show him I will pull it up
09:50your computer's not on whoa no cuz I'm just warming up my fingers oh they're warm that was fast so what I
10:00found was on our victims laptop service log show he downloaded massive amounts of classified documents
10:08from work right before he went missing that's no bueno more like grande uh-oh he then transferred the
10:15files to a portable network drive like this one he wasn't tortured for classified info he's the one
10:24that stole it we need to find that drive thank you again for meeting with me mr. Gem City or should I
10:32say agent McGee whichever you want it's just uh it's a pseudonym not a secret identity second um is
10:44there anything else actually getting back to the office I only have one more question yes I talk to
10:50my characters when I write that's true it's true sometimes I can't get him to leave me alone what do
10:54you say to the charges that your readership is shrinking people fold laundry to your audiobooks
10:59and while deep six works for die hard fans it's not winning any awards no more like three questions
11:08well you know I think it's just about creating rich characters that represent a universal part of the
11:16human psyche you know you've got professor Parkman he's the brains agent sores the heart nightshade of
11:23course the brawn exactly so you basically ripped off wizard of Oz can I quote you
11:28I didn't say that you didn't so I did well thanks again I know your time is valuable to some
11:39that was rough want me to slash his tires just kidding what are you doing here but you are following me
11:50okay this time I was but it's because I have a request what what no what are you doing why are you
11:55sitting I'm about to do my podcast about moonlighting authors and seeing you at the crime scene you'd be
12:00perfect okay I appreciate your enthusiasm but I'm busy with work work work work I really wish you could
12:07just write full-time well I can't but do you wish you could you need to leave me alone and stop following
12:15me okay for real
12:17you work a brilliant writer with such a page trimmer I am your number one fan your number one fan
12:38yo
12:42no
12:44no
12:44no
12:48no
12:59no
12:59Oh, no.
13:29Hey.
13:36Hey.
13:38Director?
13:42Shake it off, rookie.
13:45Professor Parkman gazed into Agent Nightshade's eyes, which glittered like obsidian stars.
13:55My dear Nightshade, he purred as he straightened his elbow patches.
13:58You're far too dangerous for my syllabus.
14:01Hey, I'm sorry I said no to your podcast, but...
14:04My what?
14:10Are you talking about that crazy fan who was bothering you at the diner?
14:13You're not a crazy fan?
14:15No.
14:17Well, I'm...
14:21I'm chained to a bed.
14:24Clearly, I've been drugged.
14:28You're reading my book.
14:30I gotta admit, that's a screaming crazy fan to me.
14:33Sorry.
14:34I'm not a fan at all, actually.
14:38I think your characters are forced and your plotting is...
14:43...unrealistic.
14:47So...
14:48...you don't want me to write something for you?
14:51No.
14:54Oh, God, you want me to read something you wrote?
14:56Getting colder.
14:58Getting colder.
14:59Okay, then what is it?
15:00What...
15:01Why am I here?
15:03Let's just say...
15:05...I'm after something else.
15:07Someone is definitely after those classified documents besides us.
15:13This is our victim's house.
15:15Entire place was trashed.
15:16Our captain's killers must be looking for that hard drive, too.
15:19And his car was missing.
15:21Well, they probably didn't want to toss it out in the street.
15:23I doubt Myers kept that drive in the trunk, which means his killers haven't found it yet.
15:28So all we have to do is find it first.
15:30Then just wait for the bad guys to show up.
15:32Keep me posted.
15:34Oh, and, uh, please tell Agent McGee that I hope the kids feel better.
15:39Kids?
15:40What, something wrong with Morgan and Johnny?
15:43Did McGee text you, too?
15:46No.
15:47Hey, I got this yesterday.
15:49Kids sick, working from home tomorrow.
15:52That verbatim?
15:54Is there a problem?
15:56The kids are with Delilah visiting Grandma...
15:59...a thousand miles away.
16:03That's water, in case you're thirsty.
16:05And this is in case you need to.
16:07What I need is to know why I'm here.
16:10And water.
16:13Careful.
16:17The drug I slipped into your coffee has a really long half-life.
16:22Who the hell are you?
16:23You might be feeling a little...
16:25Oh, I'm gonna be sick.
16:26...nauseated.
16:27Oh.
16:30You might also have a slight concussion.
16:33I had to winch you up the stairs by your feet.
16:38I'll get you some Tums.
16:40That's okay, buddy.
16:49Let it out.
16:50Thanks, but I got this, okay?
16:52Hey, I know it's a lot.
16:55But you can always count on your best bud, Agent Soros, to have your back.
17:01Look, just would you go away, okay?
17:03I'm not workshopping a scene here.
17:05I was kidnapped.
17:06I know, and you did not deserve that.
17:10Between that and the concussion, you know?
17:14It's not surprising why you're having a moment.
17:16Poor guy, right?
17:17Okay?
17:19You wanna talk it out?
17:20I don't need to talk.
17:21I need to find a way out of this attic.
17:23You think you can pick that lock?
17:31Yes, you know what?
17:32Um, see if you can find, like, a safety pen, okay?
17:36Or, like, a...
17:39You know what?
17:40No, no, no.
17:45We also need to figure out what this woman wants from you.
17:48But I already have an idea.
17:49Oh, yeah?
17:51L.J. Tibbs, rule 39.
17:54Coincidences do not exist.
17:57Soros, it's not helping.
17:59Well, you were working a stolen documents case when you were grabbed.
18:04She has to be after the hard drive.
18:08Actually, that's a good guess.
18:11She must think you know where it is.
18:13Well, I don't.
18:15I would keep that to yourself.
18:19Because even if your kidnapper's not a crazy fan...
18:23Well, she's crazy enough to drug and kidnap a federal agent.
18:32So what do you think she'll do when she points out that you don't know where the drive is?
18:36Yeah, Director, it's McGee's car.
18:41We traced his last text right to it.
18:44All right, keep the post.
18:46It doesn't look like it broke down.
18:48Yeah, McGee doesn't miss an oil change.
18:50Or leave his car overnight.
18:51Well, unless he's going to a midnight Star Wars premiere.
18:54Uh-oh.
18:56McGee's out for him.
18:59Where the hell is he?
19:00Where the hell is he?
19:02He left with a woman.
19:03The waitress was looking out the window and she saw McGee just sitting in the car.
19:07And then a woman drove up, helped McGee out of the car, and then they left together.
19:10Helped him out?
19:11What does that mean?
19:12She said that McGee looked drunk.
19:14On Tuesday afternoon.
19:15Maybe the book interview didn't go so well and he wanted to throw a couple back?
19:19Then got in his car and no way.
19:21What's the alternative?
19:23Somebody drugged him?
19:24Well, that would explain why McGee would let some strange woman drive off with him.
19:28She could have sent that text to Vance.
19:30Bought herself some time to get away?
19:32The clock's ticking.
19:33We gotta move.
19:34I'll call the Lila.
19:35I'll put out a bolo.
19:37I gotta make it a partial print from the waitress.
19:39Wait, this is the car that McGee left in?
19:42I put out a bolo on this yesterday.
19:44That's Captain Meyer's car.
19:46This killer has it.
19:47Well, the killer just used it to grab McGee.
19:50Hey, hey, hey.
19:56Nobody gets you the first time.
19:59I know how to pick a lock, okay?
20:02I was picked a lock after being blinded by a skunk.
20:06Yeah, that was a pretty badly written chapter.
20:10You know there's a faster way to escape.
20:12Get the key.
20:14Okay, and how do I do that?
20:16Ask nicely?
20:17Break your captain's neck and take them.
20:22That's your solution?
20:23Murder?
20:24Self-defense.
20:29The woman is dangerous.
20:31If she's after those classified ducks,
20:33then she's probably the one who killed that captain.
20:36Yeah, I know.
20:41We've all seen how this movie ends.
20:43Oh, boy.
20:44It's only a matter of time before she hobbles you.
20:47Why would you say that?
20:48You don't use the word hobble with a writer.
20:50Ignore her.
20:51She stabs first and asks questions never.
20:54And what you need to do is
20:55you have to gain your kidnapper's trust.
20:58No, you need to take her out.
21:00You have the element of surprise.
21:02Except I'm chained to the floor.
21:04So unless you're hiding a hacksaw somewhere
21:07in that very tight bodysuit of yours,
21:09just please be quiet while I figure this out.
21:11Figure what out?
21:13What's going on?
21:17Who are you talking to?
21:20Myself?
21:22Think I know why you brought me here.
21:28Good.
21:29Saves us some time.
21:31You're after those classified documents.
21:33Go on.
21:35Torturing the captain didn't get you anywhere.
21:38So you brought me here,
21:40and you think I can get them for you.
21:42Interesting theory.
21:44But it suffers from one fatal plot hole.
21:48Yeah, what's that?
21:50I have no idea what you're talking about.
21:52Oops.
21:55Should have killed her.
21:57You don't like my writing.
22:06You don't know anything about stolen documents.
22:08So what do you want from me?
22:10I want you to find my son.
22:12Let me find your son.
22:14He's missing.
22:15Okay, so call the police.
22:17I did.
22:18And the FBI.
22:20Nobody would listen.
22:21They said I was crazy.
22:22Gee, I can't understand why.
22:25Look, I know how crazy this looks.
22:28I wanted to ask for your help,
22:30but I couldn't risk you saying no.
22:32I came to you because my son said you can solve anything.
22:37He loves your books.
22:39The one he pre-ordered showed up just last week.
22:43That doesn't seem like a sign to you.
22:45Okay, it's just a book.
22:47But everyone knows you're also a real agent and a father.
22:52Please, my son joined the Navy because of you.
22:55You are his last hope.
22:56I'm running out of time.
22:59All right, look.
23:02If I promise to hear you out, will you let me go?
23:06If you find my son, I'll let you go.
23:10Okay, what if I don't?
23:12Please, just try.
23:16That's all I'm asking.
23:19Okay, deal.
23:21I'm in.
23:22I've told me everything.
23:24Six weeks ago, Matthew left for work,
23:26and he never came home.
23:33This is everything I've collected.
23:35That's Matthew on the right.
23:48Look at the other guy.
23:49It's Captain Myers.
23:53Her son knew our victim.
23:56Who's this man sitting next to your son?
23:58That's Matthew's best friend.
24:01They're besties, huh?
24:03Wouldn't bet they stole their classified data together.
24:05Hey, you need to tell her the truth.
24:08Because honesty, right?
24:11Builds trust.
24:13No way, lie to her, or you're a dead man.
24:16Did I mention I was running out of time?
24:21It was classified documents that I told you about.
24:24Your son's best friend is the one who stole him.
24:26And I think your son may be involved, too.
24:29No.
24:30Matthew is a good boy.
24:32He would never do anything like that.
24:34She's holding something back.
24:36You sure?
24:38Absolutely.
24:39Look, if you really want my help,
24:42you've got to be honest with me.
24:45Honesty builds trust.
24:48Yes.
24:54I found a hard drive in my son's room
24:55after he went missing.
24:57It's the same drive used to download
24:59those classified files.
25:01We don't know what's on it.
25:03Maybe you can figure it out.
25:05My laptop is in read-only mode,
25:07so you won't be able to contact anyone.
25:09I already tried.
25:10Brute force, hash collision, nothing worked.
25:12You know your way around computers.
25:14Question is, do you?
25:21Okay, I'm in.
25:22But I don't have full access here.
25:25I can only see the name of the root folder.
25:28Ruby.
25:30Mean anything to you?
25:31I think it's a code name.
25:36For a woman, maybe.
25:38I heard my son mention her.
25:41Whatever's going on,
25:42I think that woman is at the center of it.
25:46Meet Frances Bates,
25:48Tom E. Gem City's number one fan.
25:50And a number one suspect.
25:52She was at the crime scene, right?
25:53She was also at the diner.
25:54The book critic ID'd her from a photo.
25:56So a super fan was just a cover.
25:58Probably trying to stay close to the case.
26:00Hoping we'd lead her to the missing drive?
26:02You only think she got impatient
26:03and grabbed McGee just to speed things up?
26:05It wasn't her.
26:06Bet she's involved somehow.
26:08All right, let's get Miss number one fan
26:10on the hot seat and find out.
26:12It's like medieval torture.
26:24How am I supposed to get into an encrypted directory
26:27without a cracking sweep?
26:29It's impossible.
26:31In a world of infinite probabilities,
26:34nothing is impossible.
26:36I don't have time for this, Parkman.
26:38That's Professor Parkman to you.
26:40And time is an artificial construct,
26:43courtesy of the ancient Sumerians.
26:46Well, can the Sumerians help me
26:48hack into this Ruby directory?
26:50What you need is to shut down that techno gadget
26:54and use some good old-fashioned human deduction.
26:57Well, you are one note sometimes.
26:59Ah, maybe that critic was right.
27:02What do we know?
27:05But you are good at moving the story forward.
27:13Yeah.
27:15Yeah, let's do this.
27:17OK.
27:18Missing son is Lieutenant Matthew Sheldon.
27:21Navy pilot, besties with the man
27:24who stole the classified data.
27:26AKA Captain Myers.
27:29They got to be in it together, right?
27:30Now, proximity breeds conspiracy.
27:33Lennon and Trotsky, Bonnie and Clyde,
27:35and now Myers and Sheldon.
27:37But how does this Ruby fit in?
27:41Well, Mom thinks it's the code name
27:43for the woman that took her son.
27:44And the only lead we have
27:46is an encrypted hard drive.
27:47The way forward is clear.
27:49You must break into this Ruby forward.
27:54What do you think I've been trying to do?
27:56Maybe I can help.
28:00Down here.
28:08Encryption is my specialty.
28:10Oh, OK.
28:11Uh, you too, huh?
28:13Check the cipher for weak spots.
28:15Yeah, I already did that.
28:16It's locked up tighter than Fort Knox.
28:18Napoleon walked into Vienna
28:20without firing a shot.
28:21Locks are only as strong
28:23as the people guarding them.
28:25Except those locks weren't 256-bit.
28:27Dump the memory.
28:28If the private key
28:29was loaded before shutdown...
28:31It may still be there.
28:32Yes.
28:33OK.
28:35All right.
28:36Dumping memory.
28:37Scanning now.
28:41Yes.
28:43Encryption key right there
28:44in plain text.
28:45KC3000, you are a genius.
28:47So much for human deduction.
28:51OK, I'm in.
28:52The Crown Jewels, stolen in silence.
28:57Yeah, Crown Jewels, all right.
28:59But I don't think Captain Myers
29:01was stealing them.
29:04I'm Agent Knight.
29:05This is Agent Torres.
29:06Oh, my God.
29:08Huge fan.
29:10Special Agent Torres.
29:12And most people are not this excited
29:14to be in this room.
29:15Sorry, I'm just geeking out.
29:17I can't believe I'm in the real MCIS.
29:21MCIS?
29:22The Major Case Intelligence Service.
29:24This is NCIS.
29:26As in Naval Crimes.
29:28Emphasis on Crimes.
29:29Will Mr. Gemsity,
29:31I mean, Agent McGee, be joining us?
29:35This is not a meet and greet.
29:37Special Agent McGee has been kidnapped.
29:40It's terrible.
29:45But you came to the right person for help.
29:47Nobody knows him like I do.
29:50So who do we think did it?
29:54What?
29:55Wait, me?
29:56But I'm his biggest fan.
29:58Or maybe you're pretending to be his fan
30:00to stay close to the case.
30:02Who's stolen documents?
30:04How much do you think they're worth?
30:05About 10 mil with the right contacts.
30:07Mm, and you have the right contacts.
30:09Your last job was with the defense contractor.
30:12Fighting buyers was your specialty.
30:14Hold on.
30:15Wait, this is like a terrible plot in a spy book.
30:18Mm, yeah, not so fun when it's real, huh?
30:20Yeah, it's gonna be even less fun
30:21when we try through the kidnapping and murder.
30:24Murder?
30:27Oh, my God.
30:29What happened to his ears?
30:30You tell us.
30:32What?
30:33No, I'm not a killer.
30:36I'm just a Deep Sixie, a Gem City fan.
30:39Cut the act.
30:39Where is Agent McGee?
30:40It's not an act.
30:41I would never hurt Mr. Gem City.
30:43I love him.
30:47In, like, a totally platonic
30:50I love his brain kind of way.
30:53Why else would I run the biggest Deep Six
30:55fan site in the world?
30:58And after how steamy his last book was,
31:01I even wrote a 20-chapter fanfic
31:03where Rick Soares and Agent Nightshade
31:06fall madly in love.
31:08What?
31:10People like that?
31:12Everyone ships them.
31:14I even coined their nickname, Soreshade.
31:17Ew.
31:18And for the record, I quit my job
31:20so I could run my site and do my podcast,
31:22not commit treason.
31:24In fact, I was hosting live in that diner
31:27when Mr. Gem City was taken.
31:29And I have 22 listeners who can back that up.
31:31I believe that's called a dead end.
31:39We're not killing anyone, are we?
31:41Oh, you ignore her.
31:42Slow and steady, right?
31:44Am I right?
31:45Wins the race?
31:46Technically, that's a misnomer.
31:48Slow and steady almost never wins.
31:51You know, for my muses,
31:53you guys sure are not doing a lot of musing.
31:56Do you still need a muse?
31:58I thought you figured out
31:59what that document thief was up to.
32:00I did.
32:02I also figured out where the missing son is.
32:04Take a look at this.
32:08So, what conclusions can we draw?
32:12We need to kill the mother.
32:14What's with you and always the killing?
32:16You know, the use.
32:18Family was slaughtered, raised by assassins,
32:20blah, blah, blah.
32:22Don't blah, blah, blah, your backstory.
32:24God, that's heartfelt.
32:27She's not wrong, though.
32:28My mother's not gonna like this.
32:30Not gonna like what?
32:33Oh, you've got my BLT.
32:35Thanks.
32:37You found something, didn't you?
32:42Um, how often does the power go out around here?
32:46Never.
32:52That's gotta be them.
32:53Who?
32:54The bad guys.
32:54Good guys don't cut the power.
32:56They must have figured out you have the hard drive.
32:57You need to hide it.
32:58Hide it.
33:04Hey, come here.
33:04Unlock me.
33:06Your son's best friend was murdered
33:08by whoever's in this house.
33:09If you don't want to be next,
33:10I suggest you unlock me.
33:11Come on.
33:12Come on.
33:13Okay.
33:29We listened to our podcast, and that was an interesting alibi.
33:32Well, at least we got rid of her.
33:34Barely.
33:35I had to bribe her with enough NCIS swag
33:37to open a gift shop.
33:38Yeah, we also just got rid of our best lead.
33:40Good thing I've got another.
33:42I was thinking McGee's kidnapping
33:44has to be pre-planned, right?
33:45Not really a thing you do, spur of the moment.
33:47And how did the kidnapper know McGee would be at the diner?
33:50Is that a rhetorical question?
33:52I just found a bug on McGee's phone.
33:54Remember that creepy card from McGee's book signing?
33:57The one with the scratched-out eyes?
33:59I think when he accessed this IP address,
34:02it installed the bug.
34:03It wasn't a threat.
34:04It was a trick.
34:05A trick that gave the bad guy access
34:07to McGee's entire calendar.
34:09Can you trace it?
34:10Not to the bad guy,
34:11but I was able to trace to one other site
34:14the bad guy visited.
34:16The biggest Deep Six fan page in the world.
34:19Whoever took McGee accessed this site first.
34:22He's probably doing a little research.
34:23I can dig deeper,
34:24but I need to know who runs the site in order to...
34:26Oh, we know who runs it.
34:27McGee's number one fan.
34:30I will go pick her up.
34:32Again.
34:33I'll go and get more swag.
34:40Wake up!
34:44Wake up!
34:45Where's the drive?
34:47I didn't find it at Captain Meyer's house
34:49because it's here.
34:52What's wrong with him?
34:53It was just a flash grenade.
34:55He had a concussion before.
34:57And...
34:59I drugged him...
35:00too.
35:03Look, I don't care what you two are doing up here.
35:05I just want that drive.
35:06We don't have it.
35:08The homing ping I got when you plugged it in
35:10says otherwise.
35:11Did you take my son?
35:12Where is he?
35:13One more word and it will be your last.
35:15Or what?
35:16You kill her like you killed Captain Meyer's?
35:18Saw the documents.
35:20Myers wasn't selling him.
35:21He was trying to blow the whistle.
35:22Enough.
35:23Your retrofitted planes had a fatal flaw.
35:26You killed Myers to keep him quiet.
35:29Where is my son?
35:30I said enough!
35:34Give me the drive!
35:36Now!
35:39Quit stalling and rushing, kid.
35:41My son get shot.
35:43You won't get shot if you give me what I want.
35:46Take the bullet.
35:47You've taken him before.
35:49You've taken the pretend bullets, McGregor.
35:51I've taken the real ones.
35:54Who are you talking to?
35:56It's a long story.
35:57Shut up!
35:58Hey, what are you doing, man?
35:59Come on!
36:00Last time.
36:01Come on, Timmy.
36:02Make your move.
36:03The drive or I shoot!
36:06Fight.
36:08Pretended set critic.
36:09McGregor, enough.
36:11I got this.
36:24Can't see others!
36:28Got him?
36:29Yep.
36:30You okay?
36:31Yeah, as long as you don't start sharpening a brisket knife.
36:35How'd you guys find me?
36:37They didn't.
36:38I did.
36:39When the woman who kidnapped you visited my site,
36:42she splurged on a platinum membership.
36:44Oh.
36:45Why have a platinum membership?
36:46Includes a limited edition Gem City coffee mug
36:48and signed photograph.
36:49$39.99.
36:50Oh.
36:51So you traced her credit card back to my location.
36:53You are so quick.
36:55Oh, today was the best day ever.
36:58I helped rescue Tommy Gem City
37:00and met all of his characters IRL.
37:02Although, Agent Torres is nothing like Soares.
37:05Talk about grumpy.
37:06Actually, you know what?
37:07Torres is a lot like Soares.
37:09Deep down.
37:10I guess you see the real him.
37:12All right, I'm gonna hand you off here.
37:14I gotta get going to interrogations.
37:15Oh, I know.
37:16You still have a killer to put the screws to
37:18and then figure out what to do
37:19with that horrible kidnapper whose son is missing.
37:21You know what happened to him, don't you?
37:24I'm his number one fan.
37:36So the retrofitting system that Daniels was in charge of
37:39didn't work?
37:40Their prototype crashed last month.
37:42The pilot on board was killed.
37:44After the plane went down,
37:45our captain found a fatal flaw in the design.
37:47And he was gonna blow the whistle?
37:49Yep, but Daniels killed him.
37:51Tortured and killed, I thought.
37:53No torture.
37:54Daniels was just trying to hide the body's identity.
37:56And what about the missing son?
37:58We got any idea where he is?
37:59Unfortunately, we do.
38:02He was the pilot killed in the crash.
38:05That woman didn't know that her son had died?
38:08Actually, she did.
38:11It's called grief psychosis.
38:16It can develop when someone experiences something
38:18so terrible their mind refuses to accept it.
38:21Nothing worse than losing a child.
38:23That is hard for me to even hear those words.
38:26When her son died, she spiraled.
38:29They put her on meds, which stabilized her.
38:32Captain Meyers would come visit her daily,
38:34bring her groceries, let her borrow his car.
38:37Until he was killed.
38:38She spiraled again.
38:40Reality and delusion blurred together.
38:43But her mind managed to reconstruct a reality
38:46where her son was still alive.
38:48I remember now.
38:50Ruby was the name of his plane.
38:54I thought it was a woman.
38:57Someone who'd taken him away from me.
39:00I feel like I'm losing him all over again.
39:07Our remembering hurts.
39:09But you know what?
39:10That's better than the alternative.
39:13Now there's more I'd like to forget.
39:16Like what I did to you.
39:19You know, you were just trying to save your son.
39:22Most people would have shut down.
39:24But I read your file.
39:25You were a decorated Navy intelligence officer.
39:29When your world collapsed
39:30and you thought your son was in danger,
39:32you fought like hell to protect him.
39:34In my book, you're a hero.
39:38A tragic hero.
39:40Because my son didn't need protecting.
39:42He was already gone.
39:47Pilot error, they told me.
39:48The plane crash was not your son's fault.
39:51It was Daniel's covering it up.
39:53Doesn't make it hurt any less.
39:55Well, maybe this will.
39:57Matthew had a chance to eject.
40:00Or his plane went down.
40:02What?
40:05Why didn't he?
40:07Because the plane was headed for a school.
40:09Your son stayed with Ruby.
40:11Brought her down.
40:13Where he knew he wouldn't hurt anyone.
40:15Your son saved those children.
40:24Of course he did.
40:26Always printing others first.
40:30He learned that from those books of yours.
40:34Matthew was a good boy.
40:39He was a hero, too.
40:49Gem City has veered too far from his crime roots,
40:52focusing instead on a new cast and tone.
40:55It is a shadow of its former self.
40:58Whatever happened to journalistic integrity?
41:00Yeah, this guy wouldn't know a good book
41:01if I hit him in the stupid face.
41:03Hope I'm not the stupid face.
41:05Edison Eckhart.
41:06His review of your book just dropped.
41:08Yeah, it is not the worst thing ever.
41:11But also not...
41:12not the worst.
41:14Huh?
41:17He smelled like soup.
41:18Wait, what?
41:20That's it?
41:22You're not upset?
41:24I don't really care what this guy thinks.
41:27Seriously, I write for my fans.
41:29People like...
41:30like Kathy's son.
41:31If I...
41:32can inspire a guy like that,
41:33well...
41:34other people may fold laundry to my audiobooks,
41:37but I'm gonna consider that a win, too.
41:39All hail.
41:40Deep 60s.
41:48Pick those sad eyes elsewhere.
41:50I'm enjoying the win.
41:51I don't have sad eyes.
41:53No, actually, you look more terrified.
41:55Is something wrong?
41:56Yeah, I finally got the original notes
41:58from the autopsy on Parker's mom.
42:00And?
42:01And...
42:03it wasn't a clerical error case.
42:05His mother's injuries were not consistent
42:07with a car crash.
42:08I don't want to jump to conclusions, but...
42:10No.
42:11I think it's time we jump.
42:13Jump is not right.
42:16We can't keep this from Parker any longer.
42:19I don't want to keep this from Parker any longer.
42:22I don't want to keep this from Parker any longer.
42:24And find...
42:25Sorry to see.
42:26I don't want to keep this from Parker any longer...
42:31Of all your interest based on Parkeranagan.
42:33All as well.
42:36That left a window of Berlin.
42:38Where you're going you're gonna pickikka...
42:39He does who has broken up,
42:40and you'd have over me...
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