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A.Man.on.the.Inside.S02E01
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00:00I think I should go.
00:24What? No.
00:25The night should end, don't you?
00:27The night doesn't have to end now.
00:29Oh.
00:30How exactly do you see the night ending, then?
00:32I don't know.
00:33Maybe we stay the night.
00:35Slipping into some of those fancy robes they have.
00:38I'm gonna go see if they have any rooms open.
00:46Can I buy you a drink?
00:48Sorry?
00:49I'd like to buy you a drink.
00:51How about, uh, martini?
00:54Yeah.
00:55A vodka martini for the lady?
00:57Mm-hmm.
00:58I'm actually with my boyfriend.
00:59That guy?
01:00Nah, he's no good for ya.
01:01He'd be better off with someone else.
01:04Aren't you a little old for me?
01:06I am indeed, but I'm not buying you a drink to hit on you.
01:10Why else would you buy me a drink?
01:12Oh, what's going on?
01:14This guy bought me a drink.
01:16Says you're no good for me.
01:17Oh, yeah.
01:18Mind your own business, Grandpa.
01:21Well, that's the thing, Steve.
01:23This is my business.
01:25See, I'm a private investigator.
01:27I was hired by your wife, Donna, to figure out whether you were having an affair.
01:32And since that's not Donna, it seems like you are.
01:36Yeah.
01:37Married.
01:38Last week, when he canceled your dinner because he was called into surgery, he was actually
01:43at his kid's dance recital.
01:45And he's not a surgeon.
01:47He manages a Pep Boys.
01:49Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
01:51Look, I don't know what she's paying you, but I will double it if you forget what you saw
01:56here tonight.
01:57Plus, free oil changes for life.
02:00That's not how this works, chum.
02:03You see, private investigators like myself, we obey a strict code of honor.
02:09We don't do this for the money.
02:11We do this to pursue the truth, because the truth is all the...
02:15Oh, jeez.
02:17I'm so sorry.
02:19My leg's asleep.
02:21That ever happened to you?
02:22Oh, man.
02:24I must have sat on that stool too long.
02:26Just give me a second here.
02:29Come.
02:30It feels so weird.
02:32It's like, whose leg is this?
02:34Ah, shoot.
02:36Anyway.
02:38You folks have a great night.
02:41See now I got you that drink?
02:44Hmm.
02:52Nice composition.
02:54You're really coming into your own as a photographer of gross dudes.
02:59Had a lot of practice.
03:01Yep.
03:02They're always cheating.
03:03They're always cheating.
03:05Nine cases in the last year.
03:07They're all the same.
03:09Client says, I think he's having an affair.
03:12I follow the guy for a couple of days and I catch him in a very suave way where my body functions normally.
03:19What?
03:20I want a real PI case.
03:24Something I can sink my teeth into.
03:26Something juicy like Pacific View.
03:29Okay.
03:30First of all, you're not a real PI.
03:32You're an unlicensed trainee.
03:34Second, these cases, the ones that you've been assisting on, this is the job.
03:38Most PI work isn't juicy.
03:41It's dull.
03:42Pacific View is one in a million.
03:45We have a walk-in?
03:48Julia Kovalenko?
03:49Yes.
03:50Jack Barringer, president of Wheeler College.
03:52This is our provost, Holly Bodgemark.
03:54Provost is basically vice president.
03:56I was gonna Google it after they left.
03:58What can we do for you?
03:59This morning, my laptop was stolen.
04:03Okay.
04:04I don't think you need to hire a private investigator.
04:08What's the laptop worth?
04:09A thousand bucks?
04:10This laptop is worth $400 million.
04:16Juicy.
04:18These are standard NDAs.
04:20Regardless of whether we take the case, everything we discuss will stay within these walls.
04:24Good, because this is a delicate situation.
04:28I've been president of Wheeler College for two years.
04:31Ever since I arrived, I've been trying to get our richest graduate to make a donation.
04:36His name is Brad Vinnick, CEO of Vinnick Capital.
04:39I know that name.
04:41Wait, is he?
04:43What else am I supposed to do?
04:45I will not apologize for being successful.
04:47These complaints about my private jet use are absurd.
04:50Your plane has made two round-trip flights from San Francisco to Aspen every day for four years.
04:57My dog is in San Francisco.
05:00My dog, Walker, is in Aspen.
05:03What else am I supposed to do?
05:06That unfortunate interview notwithstanding, Vinnick is worth about $6 billion.
05:13Like all small colleges, Wheeler is struggling, and it is a really special place.
05:18You don't have to tell me.
05:19My daughter went there.
05:21And my son-in-law.
05:22Love to hear it.
05:23Go, Acorns.
05:24I got Vinnick to pledge $400 million to keep Wheeler afloat.
05:28We shook hands on the terms last night.
05:30This morning, I got to my office, my laptop was stolen, and I received this email from somebody called Wheeler Guardian.
05:38Brad Vinnick is a lying snake.
05:42You take one dollar of his blood money, I spill all your secrets.
05:46What secrets are on your laptop?
05:48Hell if I know.
05:50That doesn't matter.
05:51It's messy.
05:52And billionaires hate messy.
05:54I wouldn't freak it out if he somehow finds out that two years ago I had a botched calf implant in Miami.
05:59Hypothetically.
06:01We can't go to the police because we can't afford a scandal, but the actual contract won't be signed for months.
06:07And if the blackmailer succeeds in sabotaging Vinnick's donation, Wheeler College may just disappear.
06:14Well, let us talk it over.
06:17There's no need. We'll take the case.
06:20This is clearly an inside job.
06:24Every single faculty member could be a suspect.
06:30Which means you have to find someone from outside the school to go undercover and investigate.
06:37Your only chance to save Wheeler College is if you have.
06:42Okay, let's start with the basics.
06:51That's your ID card on top.
06:53That gets you into any door on campus.
06:55Also, inside the folder is the list you requested.
06:57Everyone working on campus the night the laptop was stolen.
07:01Students don't arrive until next week, so for now it's just faculty.
07:04How many of these people knew about the donations?
07:06No way to know.
07:07I mean, it hasn't been announced officially, but gossip travels fast around here.
07:11The laptop was stolen off Jack's desk next door.
07:14I can show you his office.
07:16It used to be four small offices, but Jack had it remodeled.
07:20He said he needed a private bathroom more than he needed an HR department.
07:24Please don't touch anything. Jack is very fastidious.
07:28Okay, we should start by reviewing any camera footage that you have, along with geolocation data from the swipe cards.
07:36We should start that way, but we can't because our cameras broke years ago,
07:40and we can't afford to get them fixed.
07:44Aspirin?
07:45Nicotine gum.
07:46I don't even chew it anymore.
07:48It works faster if it goes right to the stomach.
07:50How many people had access to this room?
07:53Anyone with a swipe card, which is everyone.
07:55And to answer your next question, our system is so old, we can't even track who went in what door.
08:01Friday, we are unveiling Vinnick's official portrait as a distinguished graduate.
08:05Part of the charm offensive.
08:07Most of the people on that list will be at the party.
08:09Okay, since Charles is undercover, you likely won't see me unless we meet at my office.
08:14I am off to a meeting for another case.
08:16See you at the party Friday.
08:18Until then, I will be engaging in PLOP.
08:23P-L-O-P. Prepare, Learn, Observe, Pursue.
08:30Plop.
08:31Is that a spy term?
08:33It's a famous one.
08:34I'm not sure who invented it.
08:37Uh, some genius probably.
08:40Okay, off to plop.
08:43So much worse when you use it as a verb.
08:46Hi.
08:59Now a good time?
09:00Yeah, yeah, yeah.
09:01Come in.
09:02Have a seat.
09:03Can I get you anything?
09:04Water?
09:05Calcium supplement?
09:06Knee brace?
09:07I'm good.
09:08Okay, so my stupid company keeps merging with other stupid companies.
09:12Uh, Bynum Southwest Pacific is forming a strategic partnership with Northeast Atlantic Retirement.
09:17The new company will be called Southwest Northeast Atlantic Pacific.
09:22Catchy.
09:23Yeah.
09:24So we're gonna have a bunch of new employees and we need to do some background checks.
09:27Um, do you want the job?
09:31Well, to be honest, I'm a little surprised you want to hire me given that you once called me a
09:37remorseless, bottom-feeding, two-faced rat.
09:41Yeah, I did.
09:42Mm-hmm.
09:43But that's water under the bridge.
09:45I gotta admit, you did a great job on the case with Gladys.
09:49And honestly, I'd rather have somebody I know in terms of this.
09:52Okay.
09:53Yeah, send me the files.
09:54Great.
09:56Hey, uh, Nancy's stuck in her bathtub again and she's not alone.
10:00Oh, hey, Froggy.
10:01How's it going?
10:02You wanna help me with something?
10:05Well, by all means, save Wheeler College.
10:08I mean, it's the best.
10:09Do you realize that it's almost the 25-year anniversary of when we first met?
10:13Tell me again how it happened exactly.
10:16Well, we were on the freshman orientation camping trip.
10:20Literally day one.
10:21And I looked at him and he looked at me.
10:24And I said, do you know anything about camping?
10:29And I said, not one thing.
10:31And then we smiled at each other and I felt like I got struck by lightning.
10:37And then, like, two weeks later, she introduced me to you guys.
10:41Yeah.
10:42Oh, I remember.
10:43You had a very interesting hairdo.
10:45Look, Adam Dirtz of the Conning Crows convinced a lot of guys my age that they could pull off dreads.
10:52I made a lot of bad choices.
10:53And one great one.
10:55Good save.
10:56Julie, it's 7-12 AM, day five.
11:05This is the first of my weekly reports.
11:08I once again object to doing these weekly instead of daily.
11:13Too bad, they're boring.
11:14I know you think they're boring.
11:16But in a case like this, every detail is crucial.
11:21My class will meet Monday and Wednesday in Burnham Hall, room 331.
11:28Fun fact.
11:29Thornton Burnham, for whom the building was named.
11:32Boring.
11:35The campus is small.
11:37It's only about 116 acres.
11:40That's just shy.
11:42And I do mean just shy.
11:45Of 47 hectares.
11:47Oh, my God.
11:50Anyway.
11:51During my first week of PLOP, I met a number of possible suspects.
11:57Andrea Yee, professor of economics.
12:00Very upbeat.
12:01You must be going to this event on Friday.
12:03Who is Brad Vinnick?
12:05He's a multi-billionaire grad, supposedly making a huge donation.
12:09Hopefully, some of it goes to the econ department, because God knows I could really use a raise.
12:14You know, I haven't bought a new bra in six years.
12:17That's not your problem, though.
12:20It's nice to meet you.
12:22You too.
12:23Not a likely suspect.
12:25Max Griffin, assistant professor of journalism, just published a book called The Fourth Estate, America's First Line of Defense Against the Second Coming of the Third Reich.
12:39I'm excited to read it.
12:41Don't be.
12:42It's terrifying.
12:43You a motorcycle guy?
12:45How'd you know?
12:48I always forget I'm carrying this thing around with me.
12:52I'm guessing you're not a big Brad Vinnick fan.
12:55You going to that party Friday?
12:57Not really interested in kissing the ass of a billionaire corporate oligarch.
13:01But they do serve these amazing tiny empanadas, so I might stop by.
13:08Slavaj Tishibili from linguistics, and Yarko Hovonen, professor of semiotics.
13:15What exactly is semiotics? I've never really known.
13:18Uh, it's a complicated subject.
13:22Yeah, it's hard to define.
13:24Contemporary post-Plumfeldian language analysis investigates phonology, but I did spout real art...
13:30You missed the point, Jar.
13:31You must start to signifier and signify it.
13:34Move through structuralism to post-structuralism.
13:36No, that's where you put a framework to put it inside.
13:38You put a framework to what kind of carpet.
13:40And he's going to come having a...
13:41I talked to them for about 20 minutes.
13:43No idea what they said.
13:45Let's just assume they're not suspects.
13:48But I may know someone who is.
13:50Charles Neuendijk, visiting lecturer in engineering.
13:53This is Dr. Benjamin Cole, head of our English department.
13:56Dr. Cole is a Wheeler College lifer and a very dear friend.
14:00Ah.
14:01And yes, before you ask, he has always been this way.
14:04So what's your specialty within the department?
14:09I teach romantic poetry and the 19th century novel.
14:13Just one novel? Sounds easy.
14:15Droll.
14:17If you'll excuse me, I have to get ready.
14:20I assume you're going to the cocktail party later for Brad Vinnick?
14:25I am, out of professional necessity.
14:28You don't approve of Vinnick?
14:29Do I approve of Vinnick?
14:31Did Antigonus approve of Etesias?
14:34Boy, I don't know.
14:36Well, I apologize.
14:37I forgot what you teach.
14:39I'll ask it in a way you can understand.
14:43Did Garfield approve of not having lasagna?
14:46Ah.
14:47Come on now.
14:49Engineering is an advanced science.
14:52Oh, yes.
14:53That bridge is big.
14:55What if we built one that's bigger?
14:58Fascinating stuff.
15:01Dr. Benjamin Cole is my first suspect.
15:05He's prickly, has an ax to grind, and he kind of hurt my feelings.
15:11More later.
15:12Neil and Dyke out.
15:13Okay.
15:14Okay.
15:15Any headlines?
15:18A couple small things.
15:19One woman left her job quite suddenly, but I think it's innocent.
15:23The other was just a public intoxication charge from college.
15:26Oh.
15:27That's a load off my mind.
15:29Thanks so much.
15:30Mm-hmm.
15:31So, how you been?
15:33Working any hot new cases?
15:35Yeah, we've been busy.
15:37Good.
15:38Same.
15:39Actually.
15:40Corporate just told me I have eight weeks of vacation I have to take by the end of the year.
15:44I have no idea where to go.
15:46Any recommendations?
15:48Hawaii.
15:49Oh, yeah?
15:50You love it there?
15:51I've never been.
15:52I don't take vacations, but I've heard people like it.
15:57Yes, I've also heard people enjoy Hawaii.
16:04Okay.
16:05Well, thank you so much.
16:07Hey, everything good at Pacific View?
16:17Maybe.
16:18What do you remember about Dee Dee Santos Cordero?
16:22Beloved leader, caught you red-handed, called you a remorseless bottom-feeding two-faced rat in an email I deleted before you could read it.
16:29I read it.
16:30She hated my guts, right?
16:32Until you and Charles went and apologized or whatever, yeah.
16:35Anything I can help with?
16:37No.
16:38No.
16:39No.
16:40No.
16:41No.
16:42What do you remember?
16:45What's going on today?
16:47I said no.
16:48He said no.
16:50He said no.
16:52He did not.
16:54He did not.
16:56Hmm.
16:59pretty ugly isn't he sorry oh the him the him yes I mean I suppose he's
17:25classically handsome square jaw and all that but his soul his soul is ugly
17:35Charles new and dying visiting in the engineering department Mona market a
17:42professor of music theory how long have you been here oh gosh I got my PhD in
17:501984 I came here a year later
18:06okay that is too much I'm so sorry but there's no smoking in the museum really
18:15because I'm standing with the president here and he doesn't seem to mind I Jack
18:19yeah I do not clarify Mr. Vinick an ashtray please thank you thank you so
18:25much thank you Vinick is unbelievable we're paying for a cash bar at our own
18:32party and he's handing out hundred dollar Cubans well that brand of confidence is
18:37found only in the ultra wealthy American male and the fattest hippo in Central
18:43Africa yeah news flash the billionaire is a narcissist so are you both and yet we
18:49still love you oh well excuse me Elizabeth I'm not a narcissist I'm an
18:55egotist there's a difference he made a ton of money and now he wants to give
19:00some of it to us why does this upset you so much the Wheeler Distinguished
19:05Graduate Awards traditionally given to poets musicians and activists will today be
19:11given to a man who's concerned only with his own coffers and whose sole talent is
19:16extraction and not contribution he's a plague they're more like him every day
19:23hell is empty and all the devils are here so the tempest that one scene two okay
19:30well throwing a party for a billionaire is a small price to pay to keep all our
19:34jobs right to keep this place alive yes well there is a one price I'm willing to
19:39pay Maxwell may I buy you another drink yes please I agree with you
19:49and I've been here ever since so 1985 to 2025 that's 40 years what you asked me how long
20:00I'd been at Wheeler yeah an hour ago right sorry so I compose music and sometimes a song will pop
20:09into my head and if I don't stop whatever I'm doing and go someplace very quiet and write it down it'll
20:16disappear most people here are used to it I forgot you're new you look so familiar could we have met
20:26before somehow possible but most people our age recognized me from lavender highway
20:32now it's goodbye baby well it's goodbye baby well it's not like me to stay too long
20:45I remember that song was that you that was me that was my band I was 18 years old we
20:56played at Woodstock Wow you know we had weirdly similar lives because when I was 18 I was on the
21:05local news for growing a really large squash so I guess we both understand fame do you still perform
21:15that song no not since the band broke up 50 years ago people ask me to all the time but I don't like
21:24living in the past so I have to make the rounds or are you gonna stay for a while I am good thank you Claire
21:35good evening professor how's it going it's good making progress talked with Mona Margotoff what's the deal
21:49there what's going on with her do you mean is she like a possible suspect she's on the list I gave you
21:55huh what about her husband is he a suspect oh no he died like 15 years ago copy that husband has alibi graveyard
22:08okay good ready to meet Vinnick well yes well that's we done boom
22:20Brad congratulations again um this is Charles Neuendijk visiting professor in engineering finally a useful
22:31discipline might even lead to one of these kids getting a job all these pointless subjects philosophy
22:37art history fashion design hey look it's my senior thesis pants oh let me introduce you to my wife
22:45and daughter oh yeah I can see the family resemblance nope that's the word this is Rebecca my daughter from
22:54my first marriage and this is my newest wife Kelsey Rose hi isn't that so funny the two of us she's so
23:03much older than me but she's my daughter it's like go to your room little missy and do your homework
23:08I'll give you I'll do it I'm just kidding um I'm gonna go look at my portrait Charles entertain the troops
23:15are you married shuffles it's Charles and my wife passed away a couple years ago oh I'm sorry that's a bummo
23:31oh tiny empanadas oh my god
23:34oh I don't want this so how did your wife die Julie 6 48 p.m I'm right in the middle of plopping
23:49my next move will be to
23:51gotta go more later hello again hello again I think again hello I I was uh I was wondering
24:02because I'm new whether or not you could just show me around campus a bit I would like that but
24:09first I have an errand to run keep me company yes
24:12solved it solved the case what case the case of why you would hire me when you hated me so much
24:26it didn't make sense and then it hit me you're playing a long game you want revenge so I went
24:33back to those employee files and I dug a little deeper turns out the guy with the public intoxication
24:38charge has a juvie record sealed marijuana possession you hire him find out about that blame me bad Yelp
24:49reviews complaints to the state board come after me take me down that is your long game I'm right
24:55right Julie that is the most delusional rant I have ever heard and I work in elder care two of the
25:03residents think I'm Chita Rivera then why did you hire me because I needed background checks and you're
25:09the only private investigator I know well that's exactly what you would say if you were trying to
25:16all right okay just listen this level of mistrust and paranoia is what we in the medical and psychological
25:23community refer to as cuckoo bananas maybe you should go to therapy and try to figure out what
25:31happened to you to make you like this oh I know exactly why I'm like this solved that case years ago
26:01hey blade hey Mona tuba's right over there oh this is Charles hey Charles hi blade I'm scared of
26:15blade don't be this place is great they get a lot of good stuff from Columbia oh drums and musical
26:21instruments oh they use them to smuggle cocaine across the border oh I'm kidding
26:27Charles you think that tuba's full of cocaine honestly I have no idea oh not full of cocaine yeah I'll
26:39just take the tuba long story short because the department is broke I have to go looking for used
26:46instruments all over Northern California bring them back here and refurbish them myself well it seems like
26:53a lot of extra work for a tenured professor what if a kid has always wanted to learn the tuba and she
27:02comes here she goes to the music department and there are no tubas and that makes her sad can't have sad
27:10kids can we let's just leave it here I'll take it inside in the morning no one's gonna no one's gonna
27:19steal it well not unless the unrefurbished tuba van dead escapes from sing sing but I don't think
27:26that's gonna happen I need to say something to you I met my late wife Victoria right after grad school
27:37she passed away a couple of years ago and ever since Charles how old are you 76 I'm 74 we've both been
27:53through some shit right we both lost people we loved we've both been through periods of joy and tragedy we
28:04both open for Fleetwood Mac at the Royal Albert Hall but sorry metaphorically I mean mine was literal but my
28:15point is people our age have this whole complicated life behind us and we have God knows what ahead of us
28:28us let's just let's just be here now
28:47well that was certainly
28:58since graduating in 1975 Brad Vinnick has achieved everything there is to achieve in the world of
29:09finance to celebrate those accomplishments we declare him this year's distinguished graduate and
29:15we'll hang his portrait here in the Mildred Wheeler historical gallery oh my god
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