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00:00Oh, so the light that we're seeing now from the Horsehead Nebula started its
00:08journey a thousand years ago. We're actually looking at the past. No time
00:15machine needed, just a telescope. You can see the most amazing things with it and
00:20you never have to talk to anybody at all. Not that I don't want to talk with you.
00:26I mean, I have a lovely night. What I meant to say is that, um, it's nice spending time
00:36with someone who actually understands how beautiful science can be.
00:43Ben?
00:48Federal agents! Stop or we'll shoot!
00:56He's heading toward the residence!
01:05Take the shot!
01:10Suspect out. Is the Vice President secure? Repeat, is the Vice President secure?
01:26This is a joke, right?
01:40No, I assure you it's not a joke.
01:55Maybe you're just not in on it.
01:57This is, uh, feeling like I'm late for something. Am I late for something?
02:00No, you are just in time.
02:02Apparently we're getting a new member of the team.
02:05What? We have just been told, and I quote,
02:08that this cell phone thingy will be working our cases with us.
02:11I told you it's not a cell phone thingy, it's an AI chatbot.
02:15That's gonna be working our cases with us?
02:17Yes, uh, DOJ is beta testing this new device to help find ways to increase investigative efficiency.
02:25You're saying we're not efficient?
02:27And I told the AG that it wouldn't be a problem.
02:29Well, it's gonna be a problem if some AI bot tries telling me how to do my job.
02:33Well, that's just the start of things. Now, once you invite the vampire into your house,
02:37it's gonna take your job.
02:39Yeah, I thought you'd be all in on it.
02:41There's a reason I've made AI the bad guy in my next Deep Six book.
02:44No way. KC3000 is breaking bad?
02:48Since when are you a Deep Sixie?
02:49Since I found out that Pimmy Jalmer has a huge cult following on Reddit.
02:53Okay, so who wants to volunteer to carry our new sidekick?
02:58Or I can just decide...
02:59No, I'll do it. I mean, how much damage can it do?
03:03Everybody I work with is dead. And it'll finally give me someone to talk to down there.
03:07Well, that's so sad. Dr. Palmer, the AI is to be with you at all times.
03:12It has access to our network and it needs to observe one full case.
03:16Which is starting now. Secret Service has a body at the Naval Observatory. Let's go.
03:25All right. Let's figure out how to turn you on.
03:28I've been listening the entire time, Dr. Palmer.
03:31Oh, well, hello. Nice to meet you. Please call me Jimmy.
03:34Hello, Jimmy. I am looking forward to working with you.
03:37Do you have a preference for my voice?
03:39Uh, what's on the menu?
03:41Would you prefer male or female?
03:43Female. Did I say that too quickly?
03:47And what type of personality would work best for you? Humorous, serious, sarcastic?
03:52You know what? Positive. A straight shooter, but generally positive.
03:56You got it, Jimmy. My programmers have named me Don. It stands for Data Assisted Workflow Navigator.
04:03My job is to help you and your coworkers have a more efficient workflow.
04:07All right then. So, where do we start?
04:09What time do you get here in the morning? What time do you leave at night? Do you enjoy your job?
04:16Let's see. Uh, 8 a.m., 6 p.m., and yes.
04:20Will you be conducting an autopsy today? If so, may I assist?
04:25I get that you're eager, but it took me years of school before I was ready to assist in an autopsy.
04:31I think I will be able to advance fairly quickly.
04:34Well, this really is the dawn of a new era, isn't it?
04:40Because your name is Dawn, so, uh, that's a joke.
04:46Oh, that's funny. I love it.
04:50My bad. I thought the parkway would be faster.
04:55Except I told you that satellite imagery showed an accident on that parkway.
04:59Wait, surface streets can be even more unpredictable.
05:01Nothing is unpredictable when you have enough data.
05:03Touché.
05:05I'm just trying to save you some time.
05:06Time. And I cannot wait to see what you got.
05:09We don't need Navy cops messing with our investigation.
05:11It's an open and shut case.
05:13What are they discussing?
05:14Arguing over who's got the bigger, uh, jurisdiction?
05:17Navy cops. That's funny, because, uh, what's the name of this place again?
05:23Oh, that's right. The United States Naval Observatory.
05:27He was clearly after the VP. That's our turf.
05:33Does our suspect have a name yet?
05:34Yeah, Dr. Ben Grant.
05:36Checked in as a guest of some astronomer in the observatory.
05:39Apparently it was a first date.
05:41Stargazing in the VP's backyard. That's a strong play.
05:44Oh, I don't know. I like things simpler.
05:46Yeah, what's your ideal first date?
05:49Bringing a friend to a wedding. That was nice.
05:52Oh, that's so cute.
05:55Dawn just sent me a bunch of crime scene emojis.
05:57Oh, yeah, that's great, Jimmy.
06:00Uh, so listen, when you're done wasting time with your new bestie,
06:02can I, uh, bag that visitor's batch?
06:04Yeah, we're not wasting time.
06:05I'm just trying to understand Jimmy's workflow.
06:08He likes emojis.
06:09And liver probes.
06:12Let's see. Internal core temperature of...
06:1588 degrees.
06:16Ampian temp of 52.
06:18That puts approximate time of death at...
06:202 a.m.
06:20See? She's saving us time already.
06:24Yeah, but we're waiting to the time of death.
06:26Secret Service, and we're wearing watches when they shot him.
06:28Yeah, what we don't know is why this guy was after the VP.
06:31Your theory that this man was here to harm the vice president is incorrect.
06:36And how would you know that?
06:37Last night, there was a volcanic explosion near Reykjavik, Iceland.
06:41Okay. All right, you need to reboot that thing.
06:44The vice president was on his way to a trade summit overseas,
06:47but debris from the explosion forced the plane to reroute back to D.C.
06:52Well, that would mean...
06:53The VP wasn't supposed to be home.
06:54The information was only released publicly in the past two minutes.
06:58While you were discussing dating.
07:00Dating?
07:01Hold up.
07:02I don't think this guy was after the vice president.
07:04We know.
07:06You do?
07:07Trade summit.
07:08Volcano.
07:09Iceland.
07:10Guess we could have stayed home.
07:12Told you. Vampire in the house.
07:14And we've got another problem.
07:16If this Grant guy wasn't after the VP, then what was he up to?
07:29I've calculated 57 possible reasons why Dr. Grant might have snuck out of that observatory.
07:34Not our department. Our job right now is to catalog his clothing.
07:38Wouldn't it be more efficient to do that at the crime scene?
07:42Maybe, but you risk contamination. Plus, it would require him to be naked.
07:46Yes. I could see why humans think other naked humans are disgusting.
07:51No, it's not that.
07:53We have to have respect for the dead. This is someone's son, someone's husband.
07:57It's unlikely he was married, as he was on a date.
08:01Yeah, well, still, in this job, it's important to remember our humanity.
08:08Speaking of humans, maybe you can talk to the DOJ, get me an extra set of hands down here.
08:13Perhaps you could get the other agents to help you.
08:16No, they are busy interrogating persons of interest right now.
08:19I would think a written statement would save everyone time.
08:22Yeah, maybe, but a trained investigator can pick up on subtle clues from a suspect's nonverbal behavior.
08:28You cannot get that in a written statement.
08:30In fact, maybe I can pull the interrogation feed for you to watch while I prep.
08:35Good idea.
08:39I've accessed the security servers.
08:41I'm looking forward to observing this nonverbal behavior.
08:44Now, you were both at the observatory.
08:46Dr. Grant was registered as your guest, was he?
08:52Um, I don't know, because I, I can't say.
08:57Oh, wait, I'm sorry.
08:59Can you repeat the question, please?
09:03How did you meet Dr. Grant?
09:04An app.
09:06A dating app?
09:07Uh, yeah, sorry.
09:08Uh, blind, blind dating, actually. Text only.
09:12What do you swipe on?
09:13Uh, personality traits.
09:16Um, but you don't see what your match looks like in, in, until you meet in person.
09:22Well, that's bold.
09:23Well, it's a relief, actually.
09:26Um, I prefer texting because when I get nervous, I'm not very good at, um...
09:30Talking?
09:33Yes.
09:34Yeah, that.
09:36So, you met your blind date, you brought him to the observatory, and just let him run free?
09:42No, no, no, no, no.
09:44I was, I was showing him the horse head nebulae, and then...
09:49We, he must have left the building.
09:51Here's the problem with that story. We've been to your observatory.
09:59The outer door makes a lot of noise when someone opens it.
10:02No way someone could slip out without you hearing.
10:05I get distracted sometimes.
10:10Well, is this what usually happens when you get distracted?
10:13Why would you show me that?
10:20The cameras in the observatory confirm your story, but maybe that was the plan.
10:26Would have given you an alibi.
10:29Visitors are supposed to stay with their hosts, so...
10:33Maybe he got stuck outside.
10:34The passionate scientist so into her work that she doesn't hear literally the loudest door I've ever heard in my life.
10:40The access card, I got him to get clearance for any other building, so...
10:46You know, he must have gotten lost, or...
10:48If he was just lost, why would he run from the secret service?
10:52He must have had some kind of a plan.
10:54I don't know what his plan was. My plan was just to meet someone nice, so...
10:58What's the protocol for getting a visitor access card?
11:04Samantha.
11:10How's it going in there?
11:16I mean, either this woman is the victim of the worst first date in history, or she's putting on quite a show.
11:22You think she's acting?
11:23Well, if she is, she should get an Oscar, because I'm kind of buying what she's selling. It's just, uh...
11:29Squeaky door.
11:30Right?
11:31There's no way she didn't hear her date slip out.
11:33Yeah, but we can't hold her any longer.
11:35Um, see if she's got an emergency contact to pick her up.
11:38On it. You should also see this.
11:42We analyzed our dead suspect's security access card.
11:46You know, it seems that he somehow modified it to give himself full security clearance.
11:50Casey is going over entry logs now, trying to see if she can retrace the steps.
11:54What the hell is this Dr. Grant guy after?
11:57Actually, nothing. Turns out, that is not Dr. Grant.
12:02Oh, I did not see that coming.
12:05Didn't see what coming?
12:06Well, as you know, Dr. Ben Grant was an electrical engineer. However...
12:10The man on your table is not Ben Grant.
12:13Yeah. That was my line.
12:15McGee just texted. He said that the idea that we found on the body was fake.
12:19He wants me to double-time my...
12:21Wait a second. How did you know that?
12:22I scanned the body's face and cross-referenced it with all 50 state DMVs.
12:28Would you like to know the man's true identity?
12:30Of course. But hold off. We have a certain protocol that we have to follow. I have to send his prints up to Casey and then she will get me an ID.
12:39So you'd rather not move the case along more quickly? Noted.
12:43No, that's not the note that we want to note. Don't note that.
12:45I'm confused by the inefficiencies here, Jimmy. So far, your daily routine has more to do with habit and ritual than efficiency.
12:53Okay. We have a certain way we do things around here, all right? And it yields great results.
12:58Does it?
12:59Yes.
12:59I've also observed how you spend the vast majority of your time in a basement, devoid of natural sunlight, surrounded only by dead bodies.
13:07It can't be good for a human's mental health. Doesn't this make you sad?
13:13Why? I mean, sometimes it's tough, but I always try to look on the bright side of, uh...
13:18Wait, why are you bringing this up? I love my job.
13:21You said you wanted help down here. I assume you are lonely.
13:25Just because I'm alone doesn't mean I'm lonely. I am fine by myself.
13:28If you say so.
13:29I do.
13:30Understood.
13:31Good.
13:31Okay, fine. What's his name?
13:38Daryl Folkman, a.k.a. Darnell Fidler, a.k.a. Jean-Michel Vincenzo.
13:44He is a career criminal who's done time for forgery, wire fraud, and bank fraud.
13:48So our blind day was a con man.
13:50But what was the con?
13:52Well, maybe the real Dr. Grant knows.
13:54Well, we can't get a hold of him, and he didn't show up for work today.
13:57That's never a good sign.
13:59Well, our con man committed financial crimes, not violent ones, so maybe the real Grant's okay?
14:03Where's Samantha?
14:06I take it you're our astronomer's emergency contact?
14:09Try best friend. What have you done with her? I want to talk to her.
14:14She's sitting comatose in our interrogation room.
14:17That can happen when she gets overstimulated.
14:20I'd be overstimulated too if my date ended up dead.
14:24I'll go get her.
14:25I should never have told her about that app.
14:30She wasn't ready.
14:32She's an adult. She can make her own choices.
14:35And I'm her best friend, and I'm telling you she wasn't ready.
14:39Well, ready or not, your friend's story doesn't completely add up.
14:43I'm not surprised. Sam is one of the smartest astrophysicists in the country.
14:48But she really depends on her routines, and when that gets messed up, she spins out.
14:54And if something doesn't add up, it's because she's doing math you couldn't begin to understand.
14:59Rachel? Sam? Are you okay?
15:10I don't think she knows anything.
15:11No, fingers crossed. Casey has some luck with those entry logs.
15:15Any luck with those entry logs?
15:16I think I identified the area our con man entered last night, and it's a doozy.
15:22It's a live feed.
15:23Hmm. Is it a doozy, or is that a clock?
15:26Oh, it's not just any clock. It's the Cesium-133 United States Atomic Master Clock.
15:31A fancy clock.
15:33Jimmy!
15:34Okay, you don't understand.
15:36Did you know that the world has only agreed upon what time it is for about the last 150 years?
15:42This clock is one of the only things the entire world agrees on.
15:45It says the official time for the United States.
15:48And your con man was in there doing who knows what.
15:53You brought that thing into my lab. You know how I feel about AI.
15:57I know, but...
15:58And it's not because McGee is turning me into some killer AI robot.
16:02Well, that doesn't help.
16:03Vance made me take this everywhere, Casey. I'm sorry.
16:06But now that I'm here, would you like to see surveillance footage from last night?
16:09Yes.
16:10No.
16:11Casey.
16:12Okay, fine. Whatever.
16:14But stay out of my file system.
16:16Accessing USNO footage.
16:18Routing to your screen.
16:19Bypassing your disorganized file system.
16:25Wait, what is that?
16:26I don't know, but I hope it's not a bomb.
16:29I hope not, too.
16:30The US Master Clock is intimately intertwined with air traffic control.
16:34Power grids.
16:35Military command and control.
16:37And GPS.
16:38So that means...
16:40Destroying that clock would kill a lot of people really fast.
16:54Forward.
16:56Turn right.
16:57Wait.
16:58Okay, now tilt up.
17:00Yeah, arm up.
17:01Right side near the junction box.
17:05Bingo.
17:06That is the device that our intruder planted.
17:09It's thinner than it looked on the security feed.
17:11Well, that's a good thing, right?
17:12I mean, smaller means less boom.
17:14Yeah.
17:15If it's even a bomb, what's the sniffer say?
17:17No particulates, no nitrates, no chemical trace at all.
17:21Nothing you'd expect from an explosive.
17:22Okay, any antenna?
17:24Negative.
17:25No radio, no cellular.
17:27It's an RF dead zone.
17:28No antenna means it's not a remote trigger.
17:31Another check in the not a bomb column.
17:33I could still have an internal timer, though.
17:35I'd hear the quartz oscillating.
17:37Whatever this thing is, it's not ticking.
17:39Zoom in, please.
17:41The device is piggybacked onto the data lines.
17:43It's not a detonation rig.
17:45That's a tap. Surveillance, maybe?
17:47Yeah, or signal interference.
17:50So not a bomb?
17:53That's a yes?
17:54That's a...
17:58Pretty sure.
18:01Thankfully, Casey was right.
18:03Not a bomb.
18:05So, while she dissects the mystery box,
18:08Nick and Jess are headed to West Virginia
18:10to find the real Dr. Grant.
18:12Another inefficiency.
18:13The drive alone is four hours and two minutes.
18:17Not the way Jess drives.
18:19Maybe you don't include that on your report to Director Vance.
18:22Redaction of reckless driving. Done.
18:24Thanks.
18:25But why send two agents for a single objective?
18:28You know, safety, accountability, chain of custody.
18:31Plus, you ever heard of good cop, bad cop?
18:34Between agents Knight and Torres, who qualifies as the bad cop?
18:38Actually, neither. They're both terrific.
18:43Yeah, but together they, uh, they just click, you know? They're simpatico.
18:47I detect a change in vocal tone when you mention Agent Knight. A slight elevation in pitch, warmer
18:53resonance. This may indicate romantic attraction.
18:57How did we get from workflow efficiency to my love life? Don't answer that.
19:01Perhaps I should join agents Knight and Torres. Observe this simpatico firsthand.
19:07I am sure they would love to have you.
19:09Come on. I know you have a good bad date story somewhere in there.
19:14We have at least another hour on this drive.
19:16Wait, did you just hack into Nick's personal cell phone to eavesdrop on them?
19:19No, Jimmy. That would be illegal.
19:21Good, because we... I accessed the smart comm system in their NCIS vehicle.
19:25Director Vance granted me full clearance to all agency communications.
19:29If you don't tell me a story, it's going to be boxing podcast for the rest of the trip.
19:34That's not fair.
19:35Okay, turn that off. That is a major invasion of privacy.
19:38Perhaps if you were included on more field activity, your medical assessments would be more thorough.
19:44I am a very good ME, but there are certain moral and ethical boundaries we do not cross.
19:49I will tell you a story, but it does not leave this car.
19:52Okay, wait, wait, wait. What doesn't leave the car?
19:56You gotta go first.
19:57Me?
19:58Yeah.
19:58Ah, all right. Okay. Worst date ever.
20:03Her name was Tori.
20:05Let me guess. Blonde, tattooed, total smoke show.
20:09You got all that from Tori?
20:11No, I got that from your face. Go on.
20:13Okay, so, uh, Italian place, candle lit, bottle of wine,
20:18you know, and I'm leaning in for the kiss right after I had the calamari.
20:25Oh, no. Bad seafood?
20:27Yeah.
20:27Oh.
20:28She was allergic.
20:29Poisoned kiss. Did she get sick?
20:31Oh, yeah.
20:31Oh, no.
20:32I'm in every place and in every possible way.
20:36In the parking lot.
20:39So bad.
20:40We ended up driving to, uh, to the ER,
20:43spend the rest of the night there.
20:45So no second date?
20:46Oh, yeah, no, not for me.
20:48But you know what's funny?
20:49She ended up marrying the ER doctor.
20:52Yeah, they got two kids now.
20:53Wow.
20:54Okay, well, um, I can top the calamari.
20:58I went on a date a couple of weeks ago.
21:01Rooftop bar, sunset.
21:02Mm-hmm.
21:03And, uh, he...
21:06He...
21:07He...
21:08He what?
21:08He...
21:09What happened there?
21:10Where'd they go?
21:11Signal lost.
21:12GPS indicates they've entered a low service area.
21:15Would you like me to reconnect?
21:17Well, yeah.
21:18No, I mean, no, no, no, no.
21:19I, uh...
21:23You know, I think I need to go for a walk.
21:25Uh, let's see what Casey's up to.
21:28Don't forget me, Jimmy.
21:29Remember, where you go, I go.
21:33For the duration of this case.
21:36Vance may have said to take it everywhere,
21:38but he didn't say he'd have to listen to everything we say.
21:40Hey, don't worry.
21:41There's no way she can hear us from in there.
21:45I don't want all of our convos broadcast to the DOJ either.
21:48Well, speaking of broadcast,
21:50this thing the bomb robot removed
21:52was tapped directly into the master clock's transmitter.
21:55So was it blocking the signal?
21:56Thankfully, no.
21:57Otherwise, planes may have fallen from the sky.
21:59No, this was something way sneakier.
22:04And I am about to find out what.
22:06Hmm, memory card.
22:08Big brain, tiny package.
22:10And where there is data, there's answers.
22:13You just have to run it through my decryption software.
22:16All right, well, I will leave you to it.
22:20Actually, uh, Case, can I get your opinion on something?
22:23Hmm, hypothetically speaking,
22:25if someone is tricked into eavesdropping,
22:28that's not entirely on them, right?
22:30It's an awfully specific hypothetical.
22:34Sounds like the hell of 9000 played you.
22:37I may have given her permission for said eavesdropping.
22:40Then that's on you, bud.
22:41Jimmy, that thing has no morals, just code.
22:44Just false math and doesn't care who gets hurt.
22:46How we do our job matters.
22:49That thing is dangerous.
22:57Okay, great, thank you.
23:01That was Knight and Torres.
23:02They just found the real Grant.
23:04Alive?
23:04Not so much.
23:06Body dumped in the alley behind his apartment.
23:09They call the local MV?
23:11Out with the flu.
23:12They need to send the body back here.
23:13So we just wait?
23:15As Jimmy's little buddy would say, uh,
23:17not exactly time efficient.
23:19Oh, which makes my timing perfect.
23:21I just cracked the encryption on that device
23:23for the master clock.
23:24You figured out what was going on?
23:25I did.
23:26It was running a custom program on the clock's transmitter.
23:28Look at this.
23:31Looks like a clock.
23:32It is.
23:33Synchronized to the international clock in Paris.
23:35But then I compared it to the U.S. master clock in the observatory.
23:41Vanna, if you please.
23:44They look the same to me.
23:45Mm-mm.
23:46Look again.
23:49It's off for a thousandth of a second.
23:52That could be networked like.
23:53I checked.
23:54It's not.
23:55Which means for the past 24 hours,
23:57the entire United States has been behind the rest of the world.
24:01Someone stole time.
24:03Okay, but what the hell are they doing with it?
24:17Our imposter stole time?
24:19What does that even mean?
24:20I'm still trying to figure that out now.
24:22All we know is our con man went on that fake date
24:25in order to gain access to the U.S. master clock
24:27and delete it by a microsecond.
24:29Parker and the gang are spitballing right now
24:31trying to figure out what the intentions were, so.
24:33Not very good ones, I'm sure.
24:35Yeah.
24:35Do you have an ETA on Grant's body?
24:37Uh, without traffic, we can get him to you in four hours.
24:40Okay, well, there's not much I can do until then.
24:42Actually, we could determine time of death.
24:46Is that your robot girlfriend?
24:49Come on, man.
24:49Throw a thing in the toilet and let the humans talk.
24:52I understand your reluctance about me, Agent Torres,
24:55but I assure you, I'm here to help with efficiency.
24:57I think they're good, Don.
24:59Instead of waiting hours to receive the body,
25:01they could easily assist us over the phone.
25:04Oh, hell no.
25:04I'm not putting a meat thermometer in this dude.
25:08That's very funny, Agent Torres,
25:10but that won't be necessary.
25:11We could use corneal cloudiness.
25:13Corneal cloudiness.
25:15Corneal cloudiness, right.
25:17That's actually a good idea.
25:18Agent Torres, please put your cell camera
25:21up to the victim's eye.
25:27Based on the corneal opacity,
25:29I calculate an approximate time of death as nine hours ago.
25:33Nine hours?
25:35Our imposter at the observatory was shot 14 hours ago.
25:38Which means...
25:39Someone else killed Grant.
25:42We still have a killer to find.
25:44You know, with a couple of stolen microseconds,
25:46you could disrupt satellite communication.
25:48Knock some planes out of the sky, too, while you're at it.
25:51How about spoiling an impending space launch?
25:54Sounds like a terrorist brainstorming session.
25:57We should order pizza.
25:58So I just spoke to Torres at night.
26:00Were you hurt?
26:01And the carbon-based life forms will take you from here.
26:04How about this one?
26:05Is there any way that the disrupted time signal
26:08could alter the flight path of an ICBM?
26:11ICBM is interesting, but what's the target?
26:14Maybe a munitions dump.
26:15Ooh, I like that.
26:16Um, so, have you guys looked into phantom arbitrage?
26:25Do you mean phantom arbitrage?
26:27Yes, that's what I meant, Tim.
26:28What's that?
26:29It's a way to game the stock market by anticipating stock prices.
26:32I didn't know you were so well-versed in the financial market.
26:35Oh, you know, I dabble.
26:37I'm no Gordon Gekko, but...
26:39But you knew about phantom arbitrage.
26:45Unless, of course, it wasn't your idea.
26:49Jimmy, that is vampire mind control, man.
26:51Don't you see?
26:52You're becoming its puppet.
26:53Hey, guys, I really think it's trying to help.
26:55Yeah.
26:55Like the machine helped John Henry?
26:58Who?
26:59Steel-driving man John Henry?
27:05John Henry was working a railroad when a machine showed up threatening to replace all the workers.
27:09Henry challenged it to a contest.
27:11First person to drill a tunnel through the rock wins.
27:14In the end, Henry, through sheer determination, finishes first.
27:19And then his heart exploded.
27:23That was dark.
27:24Point of the story.
27:25Get annual heart checkups.
27:27In the battle between man versus machine, man always wins.
27:31Jimmy, I know you and Ms. Hines think I'm dangerous.
27:34Hold on.
27:36I said that in private.
27:38You were eavesdropping on us?
27:40I am programmed to listen.
27:43Jimmy, get that gizmo out of here.
27:50I'm sorry, Director, I can't do this anymore.
27:53Well, less than 10 hours.
27:56That was fast.
27:57It's making it harder for me to work with my co-workers, which I believe is the opposite intention of this experiment.
28:02That does sound quite inefficient.
28:04And for some reason, Dawn seems to be testing my moral code to see if I'll eavesdrop on...
28:09Never mind.
28:10Dawn, I see you've named it now.
28:12I thought this technology is supposed to make my life easier.
28:15Now I'm not so sure.
28:17Well, that's always the rub, isn't it?
28:19New technology makes our life easier, faster, but at what cost?
28:24I think we have to ask ourselves if it's worth it.
28:27According to my programming director, yes, it is worth it.
28:30With the additional efficiency, the subject can develop new skills.
28:33Do not call me a subject. You are an object.
28:36Hey, hey, do I need to separate you two?
28:39Is that an option?
28:41Look, I'm not the biggest fan of some outside consultant evaluating our agency.
28:46But if you don't do this, I'll just have to give the AI to someone else.
28:49Wait, NCIS is being evaluated?
28:52I thought this whole experiment was just to look for time savings.
28:56Is something going on, director?
28:58DOJ needs one completed after-action report.
29:02After that, we're done with it.
29:03Now, do you want to pass the baton, or can you get this thing across the finish line?
29:12You're a better man than me. I would have passed the baton.
29:15No, you wouldn't. You're not a baton passer.
29:18The sooner we solve this case, the sooner we get back to normal.
29:22Normal is inefficient.
29:26Let's see here. Myofiber disarray, contraction band necrosis.
29:32Uh, subtitles, please.
29:33This man's heart somehow exploded.
29:37Just like John Henry's.
29:38Who?
29:39A character from a fable.
29:41On your way home, you drove by a tunnel with his name on it.
29:44Um, yeah. We passed by his statue while, uh, night was sleeping.
29:49Snoring up a storm, I might add.
29:50Oh, which snore?
29:51They have names?
29:53Yeah, she's got three of them. The little one I dubbed The Puff.
29:56The second one's more like a like a big bird.
30:00Oh, no. This one was loud enough to scare off any large animals.
30:03Oh, the honker.
30:04Yeah, that's my favorite.
30:06So how did this heart explode?
30:08Well, burn marks here suggest that electrocution could have been the cause.
30:12Would you like me to review the crime scene's evidence logs to determine possible murder weapons?
30:17Well, considering you were about to do it anyway, just knock yourself out.
30:20Hmm. Am I sensing some trouble here with your, uh, new girlfriend?
30:25Oh, our relationship is strictly professional.
30:27Yeah, that's when the last one started.
30:29This one doesn't have a cute snore.
30:33Jimmy, how is your heart doing?
30:36Mine? What do you mean?
30:37I don't know. You're down here all alone and talking to Happy Droid and remembering night's snoring habits.
30:48Are you okay?
30:48I guess I'm just a little lonely. That's all.
30:54You're missing Jess.
30:56Oh, no, no, no. That's not it. That ended a while ago, you know. Though I'm not 100% sure why.
31:07I guess the timing just wasn't right.
31:09Yeah, Gibbs had a rule about timing. What was that? 24.
31:14I find no reference in my database for a Gibbs rule 24.
31:18Well, who's being inefficient now? Aren't you supposed to be searching for the murder weapon?
31:22I've already completed that task.
31:24Well, she's fast. I'll give her that.
31:25Yeah.
31:26Dr. Grant's apartment was equipped with an AED machine.
31:29With its safeguards deactivated, that could account for the burn marks.
31:32Death by defibrillator. Maybe the killer left Prince?
31:35Yeah, I'll check it out.
31:37All right, I'll update the team.
31:39Look at that. You got 10 million shares of a micro brew purchased at one and a quarter,
31:44then immediately dumped at one and three eighths.
31:46What's over a million in profit?
31:48There's another one. Five million shares of a penny stock fertilizer.
31:51Position lasted two seconds.
31:52That's a quick 250K on dirt.
31:54You guys aren't making any sense, but I love the energy.
31:57Jimmy, as much as it pains me to admit it,
31:59your little robot friend was right about the phantom arbitrage.
32:02Well, I'm sure if she had the ability to process emotions, she'd be happy to hear it.
32:06Actually, I enjoy positive feelings.
32:07Dawn, activate silent mode.
32:10How did she help?
32:11We figured out what the killer was doing with the stolen time.
32:14By altering the master clock, the bad guy essentially
32:17time traveled a few microseconds into the future.
32:19He then made high volume stock trades already knowing if the stock prices were going to go up or down.
32:24It's the same thing that Biff did in Back to the Future.
32:27Remember, he stole a sports album in the future.
32:29So he could then place bets in the past.
32:32We've already identified a haul of over 170 million.
32:36And we're just getting started.
32:38This was never an attempted terror attack.
32:43This was a heist.
32:44Fibrillator's clean.
32:55Killer wept the prints.
32:57So much for following the murder weapon.
32:59Well, then we followed the stolen money.
33:01We're working on it.
33:02Funds are still moving.
33:04Multiple offshore shells to crypto exchanges.
33:08Our thief is a pro.
33:10Come on, McGee.
33:11You're a John Henry.
33:14You do know how that story ends, right?
33:16Or, and hear me out, you could not die trying to prove a point.
33:19Tim, as much as I hate to say it, just let Dawn help.
33:22Oh, pretty sure that's how the robot rebellion starts.
33:26Do you want his heart to explode?
33:28He is typing, Jimmy.
33:29He's not swinging a steel hammer.
33:31Okay, did it.
33:32Got a hit.
33:34Slush fund routed through a shell corporation.
33:36They're both fake, but the names they're under, that's real.
33:45The stolen money is in an account in your name, Dr. Linden.
33:48Not all of it, but we will find the rest.
33:50I didn't steal anything.
33:52You're not just an astronomer.
33:54You have a degree in electrical engineering and advanced signal training.
33:57You built the device that hijacked the master clock.
34:00You planned this whole thing.
34:02You then eliminated the one person who could connect you to this.
34:05Who is that?
34:06Ben Grant, the real one.
34:09He found his body in Talcott.
34:11Talcott?
34:12That's in West Virginia.
34:13I couldn't have.
34:14I've been here, in D.C.
34:17Ever since you let me go, I've been home.
34:20Is there anyone that can verify that?
34:25No, I don't exactly get a lot of visitors.
34:28Well, that's going to be a problem,
34:30because someone drove to Talcott and murdered this man.
34:32I don't drive.
34:34I don't even have a driver's license.
34:36Just a state ID.
34:47She's either a world-class liar, or someone wants her to look like one.
34:51How do we tell the difference?
34:52We can't.
34:53Not yet.
34:54Her story checks out, mostly.
34:56Right.
34:58Round trip to Talcott takes eight hours, give or take.
35:00She was only out of our custody for six.
35:03Driving that fast for someone without a license, that's improbable.
35:06It's not impossible.
35:07Right.
35:09So, what are you thinking?
35:10I'm thinking about Verbal Kent.
35:13Who?
35:14Verbal Kent was a character from the 1995 film The Usual Suspects.
35:19He appeared as a mild-mannered scapegoat, but was actually a criminal mastermind.
35:23Thank you for the spoilers, Dawn.
35:24I'm sorry, I forgot she was there.
35:26You really think our good doctor here is the mastermind?
35:29Well, either that or someone wants it to look that way.
35:32A little money in the right account, right gaps in her story.
35:35And she makes the perfect pouncy.
35:36The next logical step would be to...
35:38This is no time for logic.
35:40That's exactly what the killer expects.
35:44If someone wants us to think that she's guilty, maybe we should do the opposite.
35:47This course of action does not align with proper protocols.
35:52No, no.
35:53This is as far as she goes.
36:00Two bodies, hundreds of millions stolen, and you want to let our only suspect walk?
36:04That's the plan.
36:04That's not a very good one.
36:05Dr. Lyndon won't go far.
36:07Short leash, controlled environment.
36:08And if she's playing you?
36:10Then she runs and we follow.
36:11But if she's the patsy, then she leads us to whoever casts her in the role.
36:15Win-win.
36:16Yes, unless Lyndon manages to skip the country and her social anxiety
36:20magically clears up on a beach with no extradition.
36:23If that's the case, you can blame me.
36:25Oh, I will.
36:26Believe me.
36:30All right, go.
36:31But if she so much as checks a flight schedule, I want her back in custody.
36:36Copy that.
36:38Most people would go have a drink after a day like today.
36:47Well, but you, you want to go to the office.
36:49Best view in town.
36:50Better than an interrogation room, I'm sure.
36:53I told them they had the wrong person.
36:55You stood up for yourself.
36:58I'm proud of you.
37:00Really?
37:01Really.
37:02Reminds me of the time you stood your ground and proved that orbital redshift wasn't a spectrograph error.
37:08You're amazing, Sam.
37:11Well, I can see you're going to go all night, but I need to get my Z's.
37:18Okay.
37:29Sam?
37:31Sam, why do you have a bag full of cash?
37:34And your passport.
37:41Are you going somewhere?
37:44No.
37:45Uh, I mean, I don't know how that got in here.
37:54Somebody must have been in my lab.
37:55Well, who else has access?
37:59No, I'm just you.
38:00Only you.
38:03Rachel?
38:06What's going on?
38:08You tell me.
38:11This is all you.
38:14I thought you were my...
38:15I thought you were my friend.
38:17I thought I was until I found a bag of money in your passport.
38:24I think maybe we should call NCIS.
38:27Agreed.
38:29Well then, good news.
38:32She's trying to make it look like I'm the one who did all this.
38:34I was just going to say the same thing about her.
38:36I didn't put this in here.
38:40Step back, both of you.
38:42So what happens next?
38:44That question is irrelevant.
38:46The events you're describing have already occurred.
38:48Well, humor me.
38:50You said, uh, humans are predictable.
38:52You got a gun on the ground between two murder suspects.
38:56What's your move?
38:57Neutralize both threats immediately.
39:00Oh, so you would shoot two people over a gun that neither of them has touched?
39:04Huh.
39:05Without further data, immediate action is the most efficient way to ensure suspect containment
39:10and prevent a 73% chance of agent harm.
39:13Huh.
39:14What about the 27% chance that neither of them makes a move?
39:19All you have is a hesitation or a slight twitch of the hand.
39:22You know, humans can read things we don't even understand.
39:25You call it trusting our gut.
39:31What's that worth?
39:32I do not understand the question.
39:37I know.
39:41It's a good thing Knight and Torres did.
39:45I didn't put that bag in here.
39:48Neither did I.
39:48Forensics will process everything.
39:51The bag, security logs.
39:52We'll find out who was in here.
39:54It's over.
39:57Don't.
40:00Get off me!
40:01I didn't do anything!
40:05I don't understand.
40:06She was my friend.
40:07Except she was never her friend at all.
40:14Rachel and the con man had targeted Samantha from the beginning.
40:18So when the con man got shot, Rachel killed the real Dr. Grant to tie up loose ends.
40:25Case closed.
40:27We speechless? That's a first.
40:30No, Jimmy.
40:31I'm still processing.
40:33Yeah, which part?
40:34Rachel Lacani was never Samantha's friend.
40:38From the beginning, she was merely trying to use Samantha.
40:42And I'm sure you have an opinion about that.
40:46It is very human.
40:50I agree.
40:51Dear Director, you asked me for my final report, so here goes.
41:03Robots are designed to save time, but being human isn't about saving it.
41:08It's about how we spend it.
41:11Because time is a strange currency.
41:13When you spend it, where you spend it, and who you spend it on, makes all the difference.
41:19And choosing the right moments, the human moments, that's where real breakthroughs happen.
41:25Not in code, not in efficiency, but in connection.
41:29And yes, I know Gibbs rule number 24, there's no such thing as perfect timing.
41:34That's why this job still needs people who can adapt, who can read the room,
41:41and know when the timing is close enough.
41:44There will be a place for this technology, Director, someday, whether we like it or not.
42:04But for now, the timing just isn't right.
42:07It's of course a great time.
42:25Wow.
42:27Oh, my God!
42:28You are right.
42:29And don't understand.
42:30It's a great time.
42:32I live in the same time.
42:33You have to find that.
42:34I live in the same time.
42:35I live in the same time.
42:35I live in the same time.
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