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00:00Previously on Wild Cards.
00:01My brother Daniel put those up.
00:03You two are close, I can tell.
00:05He left me everything he had, which was basically just this run-down boat and everything in it.
00:09I did hear something that you'll be interested in.
00:11Involves Ellis.
00:12Ted was in the wrong place at the wrong time.
00:15Tough luck for him, but I had to take him home.
00:17Well, I heard the kid had a brother who's a cop.
00:20Name is Cole Ellis.
00:30Max, what are you doing here? You guys don't have a case.
00:32They're setting up Wi-Fi in my condo, which interrupted my Deep Space Nine rewatch.
00:36Totally underrated in the Star Trek Ufra.
00:38I agree.
00:40And now, what are you doing?
00:44Aww, is this your brother?
00:47Yeah, it's Daniel's birthday today. Or, uh, would have been.
00:51Okay, binge watch. Canceled.
00:55Let's do something fun for your brother's birthday.
00:56Max.
00:57What was his favorite thing to do? Bowling, block rolling, text her me.
01:00Please don't say text her me.
01:01I was taking a private moment to reminisce, and now I got some paperwork to do.
01:05Yates, we got a game for you. It's called paperwork.
01:08Hmm, pass. One of the games I like to play involve surgical gloves.
01:11Ew. You're late again.
01:13What am I supposed to do? They moved my parking spot four blocks away.
01:17I'd hoof it all the way here.
01:18Do you know what that much exercise does to the body?
01:21Nothing good.
01:23Lee's gonna be pissed.
01:24Yeah, well, Lee's never gonna know.
01:25Yates, you're late again.
01:27Damn it. Uh, sir?
01:29My parking spot.
01:30Yates, what do I hate more than anything?
01:32Um, sardines.
01:33Babies.
01:34Corduroy.
01:35Excuses.
01:35Just figure it out. You don't work in the post office.
01:38Copy.
01:39No problem.
01:41Injustice is abound.
01:43Oh, Ellis, there's a guy downstairs that wants to talk to you.
01:45And he'll only talk to you.
01:47Who is it?
01:48I don't know. I didn't get his name.
01:49Yates, seriously?
01:50Oh, I'm sorry that my brain doesn't work so well when my day involves excessive walking.
02:03Hi. I'm Detective Ellis.
02:05You're Ellis?
02:06Good. That's good.
02:07Because I, I, I, I, um, oh, I really need your help.
02:12Okay. How can I help you?
02:13Ha. Um, I can't, um, I can't tell you that here because there are, um, too many listeners.
02:21Oh, don't worry about me. I'm like his emotional sport dog.
02:24Just, um, please. There's just no time.
02:28Okay. We can speak in private. Uh, right this way.
02:33You taking him to interrogation? Great idea. I'll see if you're at watch.
02:37No, Max, I'm fine. I don't need emotional support.
02:40Tell that to Mark.
02:43There's danger. There is so much danger and only you can stop it.
02:49Why only me?
02:50Well, that's what Jerry said.
02:51Who's Jerry?
02:52He's my friend. He told me to talk to you, only to you.
02:56He said I would find you here, uh, on your, on your boat.
03:00How does he know where you live?
03:02All right. Um, run me through the, uh, situation.
03:05They're after me and my wife. She's missing and I don't know, maybe they have her and if
03:10they have her, what am I going to do? I just don't know what I'm going to do.
03:14Why would these people have your wife?
03:15Because she knows too much.
03:18Look, I want you to name three things in the room, okay?
03:21What?
03:22Three objects in the room. Name them right now. Go.
03:26Table. Uh, table. Pen. Door handle.
03:33You feel your breathing relax?
03:34Yeah.
03:35Okay. Now, I like you. I want to help you. All right?
03:38So let's just take it slow. Start from the top. All right?
03:41Give me your full name.
03:43It's, um...
03:52I don't know.
03:53You don't know your name?
03:55No, I can't remember.
03:59It's on his shirt.
04:01Is it...
04:02Lauren?
04:08Maybe?
04:10All right, let's try something different. Um, what's your wife's name?
04:14I don't remember that either.
04:16Do you know your address?
04:18No.
04:19Lauren, are you on any kind of medications?
04:22Maybe something that would affect your memory?
04:24No, no, no, no, no. I mean, at least, no, I don't think so.
04:27You don't think so?
04:30Okay, look, we, we should pause this. Uh, I need to get you properly examined by a physician.
04:35No, no, no, there's no time. There's no time. We need to talk to Jerry. He can answer all of
04:40your questions. Please. I, I know this might sound crazy, but no one is safe right now.
04:47You know, listen to me. They are everywhere. Who are they?
04:59Aliens.
05:00This guy thinks aliens are after him? I'll have a uni bring him to the hospital.
05:03Sir, Lauren's got some gaps in his memory, yes, but I think this Jerry guy might be his hair taker
05:09or his doctor or something. Just let me look into it, okay? If it doesn't pan out, I'll take him
05:14to the hospital. We can run him through the missing persons database.
05:16Why do you want to help this guy?
05:17He came here looking for me, all right? And he, he knows where I live. I mean, maybe there's a
05:22connection I'm missing.
05:23It's because of Daniel, isn't it?
05:27It's Daniel's birthday today.
05:29Look, Daniel had this rule that if somebody asks you for help, you never say no. That's why he went
05:33into social work. He wanted to help people.
05:35So the fact that this guy came here looking for me, only me, on today of all days, I just,
05:40I feel like I at least have to look into it.
05:43And Yates has already agreed to do his paperwork.
05:46Look, I know it's been hard with Daniel's killer on the run. I call the federal officers working on the
05:51case every day, but still nothing.
05:53I appreciate that more than you know, sir.
05:55Take this guy to this Jerry person. If it's all BS, bring him to the hospital.
06:00Yes, sir.
06:02Thanks. You don't need to come. It's not a Russo case.
06:04And miss out on aliens? Yeah, that chance.
06:11Where are we going?
06:19Left turn.
06:22Yeah.
06:24Yeah.
06:25Now.
06:27Right turn.
06:30Yeah.
06:32Are you sure you don't remember Jerry's address?
06:34Just think for a sec.
06:36I don't, but I know where I'm going.
06:39Right turn.
06:42Yeah.
06:43Heads up, would have been nice.
06:44Sorry.
06:45You know, I want to hear more about these aliens.
06:47What do they look like on a scale from Marvin the Martian to Predator?
06:50Well, they go by the name of the three kings.
06:53They've got like these huge antlers.
06:56They're led by a commander named Nevitz.
06:58Now, the only way to defeat the commander is to find the orb, which is located under Cyprus.
07:06Cyprus?
07:07Yeah.
07:07I've never been to Cyprus.
07:08Pack my bags.
07:09No, no.
07:10Listen, we have to find the orb.
07:12We have to.
07:14Because it's the only way we're going to defeat the aliens.
07:16Do you understand?
07:17That's the only way this is going to end.
07:19And that's the only way that...
07:21I'm going to get my wife back.
07:27Okay, wait.
07:29Yeah, this is it.
07:30This is it.
07:30This is it.
07:31Hey, no, no, no, those are the aliens.
07:33Right there.
07:34Right there.
07:34And we're going to find them right after this, okay?
07:37Yeah.
07:37I just need you to focus.
07:38Can we just go quickly, please?
07:40Just hurry.
07:47So, you said Jerry lived in this warehouse?
07:49Yeah, yeah.
07:50Get away to the warehouse.
07:52Okay, we got to hurry.
08:06Oh.
08:27Looks like an explosive went off inside the warehouse.
08:30Jerry Stanwell has been staying there.
08:32So Jerry is a real person?
08:34Certainly seems so.
08:35No sign of a body, though.
08:36And the fire is being contained.
08:38Luckily, no one in the building was harmed.
08:40I'll let you guys know if you find anything else.
08:42Okay.
08:44Do you think Jerry was targeted by someone?
08:47Maybe we were the targets.
08:49Ten seconds later, they would have been scraping us off the dirt.
08:56He tried to kill you.
08:58This guy comes in, says he knows where you live,
09:00then brings you to a place with a live explosive.
09:02No.
09:02Your office.
09:03Why would Lauren try to hurt Ellis?
09:05Why does anyone commit crimes?
09:06Why did you?
09:06I didn't commit crimes.
09:08I helped rich people part ways with their money.
09:09What's the difference?
09:11Pizazz.
09:11Sir, Lauren seems genuinely shocked by the explosion, all right?
09:15He's really shaken up about it.
09:16So he's a good actor.
09:17He knows how to pull on your heartstrings.
09:19He probably doesn't even have a wife.
09:20Or he does, and she's in danger.
09:23What do you got?
09:24Jerry Stanwell lost his job at the local paper a little while back.
09:28He was an investigative journalist.
09:30See?
09:30Maybe him and Jerry were working on a story together,
09:32investigating something that someone didn't want them to.
09:36Like the fact that aliens walk among us?
09:38There's no such thing as aliens, Max.
09:39Not with that attitude.
09:40There aren't.
09:41Enough.
09:41Here's what we're going to do.
09:43You two go to the paper, see what you can find out about Jerry.
09:45Yates, keep an eye on Lauren.
09:47Wait for medical services to check him out.
09:49Babysitting duty?
09:50Sir, is this punishment for my lateness?
09:52Because my parking spot is four blocks away.
09:55Yeah.
09:56We know.
10:03Okay, Lauren.
10:03I'm going to go talk to somebody who can help us find Jerry, all right?
10:06Oh, I just remembered.
10:07I know where his hideout is.
10:09Great.
10:09Where?
10:10Jupiter.
10:11Awesome.
10:12Jupiter.
10:13Great.
10:14Okay, well, I'll tell everybody about that.
10:16And in the meantime, you stay here, okay?
10:18No, where are you going?
10:19You can't leave me.
10:20You can't leave me.
10:21Jerry told me I can't trust anybody but you.
10:24You know they're going to come for me next, right?
10:27Lauren, you're safe here, okay?
10:29Promise.
10:30Detective Yates is going to take care of you, right?
10:32You simply can't spell safety without Yates.
10:35Where's the fire?
10:37Wait!
10:38Max, like I said, this isn't a Russo case.
10:40You're getting nothing out of this.
10:41Getting nothing out of this?
10:42We're this close to a close encounter.
10:51Hey, can you tag in for a quick sec?
10:53I've got to visit the little detective's room.
10:55I can.
10:55I've got to go talk to Lee.
10:56What about?
10:57Oh, that's, uh, none of your business.
11:01Weird.
11:04Let's take this over to my desk.
11:14You know tic-tac-toe is a two-player game, right?
11:24Oh!
11:25You're actually not supposed to put an X over top of my O.
11:27It's literally the only rule.
11:31Stop.
11:32No offense, but you are very bad at this.
11:42Hey, what's with the secret meat?
11:45Oh, that, that, that, that was nothing.
11:47I gotta go make a call.
11:54Okay, he's hiding something.
11:58But I, I can trust him.
12:00You know, he's my partner.
12:03Unless I can't trust him.
12:05Some people turn on their partners all the time.
12:07Like Mark Zuckerberg versus those twins in that movie.
12:10Or versus his friend in that movie.
12:12Or versus that girl he dated in that movie.
12:16Man, that guy's a real jerk.
12:19I'm gonna go listen in on his call, okay?
12:21You wait here for the doctor.
12:21What, what?
12:22Doctor?
12:23Yeah, he's coming to check you out.
12:24But, but, but, but, but, but, but.
12:27You can't trust the probes.
12:30I hear you there, compadre.
12:31I dropped the line at probes.
12:32Big red flag.
12:34Don't move.
12:37Don't move.
12:39Don't move.
13:00So, please help me out.
13:02Yeah.
13:02Give me a call back anytime.
13:04Perfect.
13:04Great.
13:07Hi.
13:08Everything okay?
13:09Yeah, everything is just fine.
13:13Hmm.
13:21Where's the guy?
13:23He's gone.
13:24Hi.
13:25You Marge Radner?
13:27Who's asking?
13:28I'm Detective Ellis, Metro Police.
13:30This is Max.
13:30You're the editor of the Tribune?
13:32Yeah, but I'm on a smoke break.
13:34But you're not smoking.
13:35I quit.
13:37They don't need to know.
13:38Turns out if you stop doing something that's going to give you cancer, you get punished with fewer breaks.
13:42Do you know Jerry Stanwell?
13:44Jerry, sure.
13:45Investigative journalist.
13:46He used to work for me.
13:47He's in some kind of legal trouble.
13:49He's always sticking his nose into something.
13:51He's missing, actually.
13:52Any idea where he is?
13:53He eats me.
13:54Well, he got laid off a few months ago.
13:57What about a Lorne?
13:57Anybody with that name work for you?
13:59Not recently.
14:00But I can remember.
14:01What can you tell us about Jerry?
14:03Jerry's a good guy.
14:04He's always focused on big-time corruption.
14:07The little guy.
14:08You know?
14:08That's why we had to give him the boot.
14:10You fired him?
14:10Why?
14:11Listen, I love a good Woodward and Bernstein-style expose as much as the next gal.
14:16He doesn't keep the lights on, like puff pieces about sex scandals or cat fashion shows.
14:21Cat fashion shows?
14:23You need to give him work and agent.
14:24Jerry wouldn't play ball, though.
14:26Too much integrity.
14:27He was the last holdout, so we had to cut him loose.
14:30Is there anything you can give us that might help us find him?
14:33Well, there's a banker's box upstairs full of his stuff in it.
14:36I've been waiting for him to pick it up for months.
14:39You can have a look through it if you want.
14:40Great.
14:40We'll take a look at that.
14:42So, Marge, tell me about these cat fashion shows.
14:45Are we talking little Halloween costumes?
14:47Well, nothing like the documentation of a person's Indian food order to give you a peek
14:51into their life.
14:52Jerry avoids spice at all costs.
14:55None of this stuff seems useful at all.
14:56Are you positive you've never met this Jerry guy before?
14:59Nothing I can think of.
15:00Well, maybe you've been met him blacked and your memory's been erased.
15:04What?
15:05You wouldn't know, would you?
15:07Like, I'm sorry this is how we're spending Daniel's birthday.
15:11I feel like if we have to do this, we should have a cake or something.
15:16What?
15:17No, it's just that Daniel didn't like sweets, so whenever he'd have a birthday party,
15:21we'd get cake for the other kids, but for him, just put a candle on a slice of pizza.
15:26That's sweet.
15:27Yeah.
15:31What do you got?
15:32Lorne escaped.
15:33What?
15:33Yates, you had one job.
15:34You're supposed to be watching him.
15:35I know.
15:36And I was watching him, until for a second I wasn't.
15:39He set off the fire alarm.
15:40He took off into chaos.
15:41How did that happen?
15:42A bottle of hairspray and a lighter, apparently?
15:45I guess our guy isn't as spacey as we thought.
15:47We put a bolo out on him.
15:48I'll keep you posted.
15:50Okay, thanks, I guess.
15:52Lorne will be okay.
15:52No, he's not in a good state right now.
15:54I mean, who knows where he could be?
15:56True.
15:56And I guess we still don't know where he falls on the good guy, bad guy scale.
16:00Although, I don't know, I can't help but feel for him.
16:03Must be scary believing in something nobody else does.
16:08But I think I'm starting to believe in Lorne.
16:12Do you remember when he said Jerry's hideout was on Jupiter?
16:17Alright, the manager says that Jerry was sitting in room 311.
16:20It's right up here.
16:22Well, hopefully it's really him and not a pod person.
16:35Hey, Jerry, why don't you come outside?
16:37It's the police.
16:42Anybody inside?
16:49Hey, Jerry, why don't you come outside?
17:14All right, so, looks like Jerry was shot twice at close range.
17:18They did recover a bullet from the back wall, but the gun's nowhere to be found.
17:21So do you recognize Jerry?
17:23No, I don't.
17:26What did Lauren say?
17:28Shocker of the year. He doesn't remember how he got here.
17:30Is it too convenient that the only person that can corroborate Lauren's story is now dead?
17:40Greaseless and crumbless.
17:42This never held any pizza.
17:44Maybe the killer used it as a decoy to gain access to the room.
17:47You think you're getting pizza and you get murdered instead? Rude.
17:52Hey, we did a GSR test on Lauren. No trace of gunshot residue on his hands.
17:56Okay, let me know if you find any gloves, yeah?
17:58Of course.
18:00First a bomb, now a body. What a day.
18:03You really think Lauren did this?
18:06Honestly, my gut says no, but maybe I'm just kidding myself and I'm ignoring the obvious.
18:10Just like Bernie's razor.
18:13You mean Occam's razor?
18:15No, Bernie's. He ran an absinthe bar in Madrid.
18:19He killed a guy with a razor and then put the razor on the wall in his bar in plain
18:23sight.
18:24In the con community, Bernie's razor refers to when the obvious answer is true.
18:27Yeah, exactly. That's Occam's razor.
18:29Who the heck is Occam?
18:31Really?
18:33We're about to take your guy to the hospital.
18:35Okay, we'll be right there. Thank you.
18:37Okay, you talk to Lauren and I'll take the motel manager.
18:39Okay, sounds like a plan.
18:41I didn't do this. Somehow they got to Jerry and if they can kill Jerry, then they can kill my
18:46wife.
18:47So now we really need to hurry, okay? We need to get the orb.
18:49Lauren, they need to bring you to the hospital now, okay?
18:52I can't go to the hospital. We're running out of time.
18:54Don't you see that? More people are gonna die unless we stop them.
18:59Lauren, give me three objects right now.
19:04Gurney, oxygen tank, handcuffs.
19:09Good. Now you're gonna be safe at the hospital, all right?
19:12I got lots of officers to watch over you.
19:14Are you coming?
19:15I can't. I got things to look into here, all right?
19:17But you're in good hands. Promise.
19:21Wait, just wait.
19:22Look, I know how this looks. I know how I sound.
19:26And just...
19:30Thank you for helping me.
19:32Of course.
19:33Detective, Max has the motel security footage.
19:36Who's that, a pizza guy?
19:39Yeah, I guess Jerry must have ordered one of his room.
19:46Okay, pizza guy and Jerry are talking.
19:50Wait, did the pizza guy just force his way in?
19:52Yeah, pizza box was a decoy.
19:59Hey, there's Lauren. Look.
20:10Is that a gun?
20:12It is.
20:13Which means that is definitely not a pizza guy.
20:16Well, if it is, he must have a terrible Yelp rating.
20:23He was gonna kill Lauren, but we got in the way.
20:25Which means?
20:26Lauren's right. There's someone after him.
20:28Okay, hey, Officer Jay.
20:30Get a bolo out on those plates.
20:32Got it, boss.
20:32We need to get to the hospital. Now.
20:47That's the same car from the motel.
20:54Hi.
20:55Metro PD, where's Lauren's room?
20:56Room 217.
21:09He's gone.
21:15Find him.
21:17He picked a lock.
21:19We couldn't have gone far.
21:21Come on.
21:26Lauren!
21:27You need to come with me.
21:29Aren't you gonna ask me to, like, name three objects?
21:31No.
21:31The only objects that matter right now are killer, killer, killer.
21:33Let's go.
21:36I got him.
21:38Get back!
21:40Get back!
22:07Why did that guy even know Lauren was here?
22:09Who knows?
22:10He probably just followed the ambulance here.
22:11What I want to know is, how did Lauren know how to pick the lock on the handcuffs?
22:15Well, I've known how since I was 13, but I got a lock picking set for Christmas instead
22:19of an easy bake oven.
22:21How's Lauren?
22:22Better.
22:22We sedated him to calm him down.
22:24These are his personal effects.
22:26Thanks.
22:28Every time we find a new piece to the puzzle, it just reveals more missing pieces.
22:32An investigative journalist's murder, then the killer tries to shoot Lauren in the middle
22:36of the hospital.
22:36Lauren's wife could be next.
22:38We need to find her fast.
22:40Well, how can we do that?
22:41We don't even know Lauren's full name.
22:44Oh, don't bother.
22:45I already checked it for ID.
22:46Well, maybe I can find something identified in his pockets.
22:51And voila!
22:53I bet this is something new with aliens.
22:55Maybe a secret government tracking program?
22:57No, it has something to do with dry cleaning.
22:59That's how they track the customer's clothes.
23:01You know what this means?
23:03That you apparently dry clean your clothes?
23:04No.
23:05This could get us Lauren's identity.
23:08Okay, great.
23:10All right.
23:11Same to you.
23:13All right, check it out.
23:14That was the dry cleaner that barcoded the shirt.
23:16Lauren's last name is Collins.
23:18I just got back from forensics, and they told me that the bullet that killed Jerry Stanwell
23:21matches the ones they found at the hospital.
23:24I think we're dealing with the same shooter here.
23:27Oh, hang on.
23:28I gotta take this.
23:29Yeah, hello?
23:30Thanks for getting back to me.
23:31Yeah, okay, sure.
23:32Yeah, no, take your secret call.
23:33All good with me.
23:35Sneaky little weasel.
23:42You're not Lauren.
23:44Yeah, that's my shirt.
23:46I picked up that guy off the side of the road, middle of nowhere.
23:49It was having a rough day, I'll tell you.
23:51How'd he get your shirt?
23:52Well, he got cold.
23:53I had an extra.
23:54I was being a good Samaritan.
23:55Did he tell you anything when you picked him up?
23:57He said he had to get to the city and see Ellen.
24:02I think that's you, DeGeneres.
24:05So, then what?
24:06I stopped to get gas and he went off.
24:08Took my favorite bowling chair with him.
24:10And that's what I get for being a good Samaritan.
24:14Where exactly did you pick him up?
24:16Do I get my shirt back if I tell you?
24:23Are you sure this is the right spot?
24:26This is where the trucker said he picked up Lauren.
24:28Or other Lauren.
24:30What was Lauren doing out here in the middle of nowhere?
24:35I said that aliens had huge antlers, right?
24:40This must be what he meant.
24:41Jupiter means Jupiter Motel.
24:43Antlers means deer crossing.
24:45He's using sci-fi vocabulary to describe real things.
24:48Unless these deer are like the mutant ones from Annihilation.
24:53Really?
24:54But I'm considering all my options.
24:58Hey, you see that?
25:06Looks like a vehicle ran over this patch of grass recently.
25:10Go check it out.
25:16What the?
25:18Hello?
25:20Hey, anybody in there?
25:23Hello?
25:27All right, nobody's in the car.
25:30Must have peeled off the road from the highway.
25:36Lauren's real name is Edgar Pitlow?
25:39At least we've identified her now.
25:42It was a pretty bad accident.
25:44Lauren must have been in the car when it crashed.
25:46Which would explain the amnesia and delusions.
25:50What?
25:55Nice find.
25:57It's dead.
25:59But probably Lauren's?
26:00Probably tell us more about Lauren than Lauren can.
26:04I'm going to get forensics to check out the car's GPS.
26:06See where he was headed.
26:09Wait a minute.
26:11There wasn't any skid marks on the road, were there?
26:13So?
26:14So he either didn't break or he couldn't.
26:22Yep, there it is.
26:23Break line's broken.
26:25Maybe because of the crash?
26:26No.
26:27Because if that was the case,
26:28there'd be a pool of break food on the ground.
26:31And there's...
26:32No, there's nothing.
26:33Meaning it wasn't aliens?
26:37Meaning somebody cut his brakes.
26:40Somebody wanted him dead.
26:46So he's an engineer?
26:48A biomedical engineer, specifically.
26:50He works for a company called Orion MedPro.
26:53They design medical equipment.
26:54The engineering explains Lauren's slick moves with a paperclip and a hairspray.
26:58He's good at MacGyvering solutions.
27:00His real name is Edgar Peplow.
27:03His wife's name is Allison Peplow.
27:05The wife does exist.
27:06Sent two uniforms to their house, multiple phone calls.
27:09No luck so far.
27:10Maybe she's involved.
27:11Maybe she's the one who cut his brakes.
27:12Or maybe she's been kidnapped.
27:14Hey, that phone you found, powered on.
27:17Only problem is it's locked, so it's going to take a couple hours to crack into it.
27:20Well, why can't Lauren do it?
27:21He's a little busy having his brain operated on.
27:24Wait, what?
27:24Hospital called.
27:25Doc's found a brain bleed on his MRI.
27:27That's what's been causing his delusions.
27:28Is he going to be okay?
27:29It's a delicate surgery and they don't know.
27:31You say something about Three Kings?
27:33It's Lauren's word for aliens.
27:35Why?
27:36Orion's belt is also known as the Three Kings.
27:38It's right there on the logo.
27:40So, Three Kings means Orion Med Pro.
27:44How did you know that?
27:45Well, astronomy's always been one of my hobbies.
27:47What in the hell?
27:48What?
27:48How did I not know that you were a star nerd?
27:51Huh.
27:51You know what?
27:51What else are you keeping from me?
27:53Hang on, I gotta...
27:54Let me guess.
27:55Take this.
27:55Yeah.
27:56What's with all the secrets?
27:58You know, whatever happened to trusting your partner?
28:02I'm gonna go east drop.
28:02Okay, we're looking for Edgar's wife and we're trying to crack his phone.
28:06You two go to his company.
28:08See if you can find any real answers.
28:10Orion Med Pro.
28:11Where originality saves lives.
28:15Look, there's Lauren with Stephen Dermay, the CEO.
28:19Wow, I was doing some reading on their website.
28:20Turns out that Orion actually came out with a new kind of auto-injector device for treating
28:24allergic reactions, you know, like an EpiPen.
28:26It's fast-acting, it's more effective, and get this, Lauren was the one that came up with it.
28:30Are Lauren's a genius?
28:32Who would have sunk?
28:33Hi, Metro PD.
28:35We called ahead?
28:35Of course.
28:36Mr. Dermay, we'll see you now.
28:41Come in.
28:45Hi, Stephen Dermay.
28:46Detective Ellis, this is Max.
28:48Hi.
28:49So glad you called.
28:50Please, please, have a seat.
28:51This won't be that long.
28:52I couldn't believe when I heard about Edgar.
28:54How is he doing?
28:55He's out of surgery, but I think it's still too early to tell if he's out of the woods.
28:59And what about his wife?
29:00Was she also on the crash?
29:00She was not, no.
29:01We're still trying to locate her.
29:03Any idea where she could be?
29:04Please don't say a planet.
29:06It's been a long day.
29:07No, sorry, I don't.
29:09Do you think something happened to her, too?
29:11We're just exploring every angle, that's all.
29:13Now, how long have you and Edgar worked together?
29:15Since I started the company.
29:16When I met Ed, I hit the jackpot.
29:19He's a genius.
29:20Without his brains, there'd probably be no company at all.
29:23Oh, careful with that.
29:25Is this the auto-injector he designed?
29:27It is, yeah.
29:28Ed's passion project.
29:29His wife, Allison, has a deadly bee allergy.
29:31It's what inspired it.
29:33And how long have he and Allison been together?
29:35Years.
29:36They met at a sci-fi convention in college.
29:38Two nerds in love.
29:42You got a lot of awards.
29:44Yeah, they're pretty niche to the biotech industry.
29:47But we've worked hard to bring some good to the world.
29:51Is there any reason why an investigative journalist would be looking into your company?
29:55No.
29:56Well, we have a great relationship with the press.
29:57That's why.
29:58Just a lead I'm falling upon.
30:00Clear!
30:02Sorry.
30:02I've always wanted to do that.
30:05So, Edgar doesn't come to work for two days straight.
30:08Why didn't you report him missing?
30:10I mean, Ed disappears for days at a time when he has new ideas.
30:14I didn't think twice when he didn't show up for work.
30:16If I'd known, I...
30:22I'm sorry.
30:23I just...
30:24I can't believe this happened to him.
30:26What hospital is he at?
30:28I want to make sure that he gets the best possible care.
30:30And of course, we'll pay for anything Edgar needs.
30:33Bills, whatever it is.
30:35We'll make sure to get you that info.
30:36Thanks for your time, Mr. May.
30:39Let's go.
30:42Yates, any luck with the phone?
30:44Mm-mm.
30:44Nothing yet.
30:45Well, someone's avoiding paperwork.
30:47Ha-ha.
30:48That's actually Lauren's.
30:50He loves Tic-Tac-Toe.
30:52Not that he knows how to play.
30:53He puts his exes in the same spot, same pattern, every single time.
30:55Even over top of my O's.
30:57Which is extremely annoying.
30:58All right, GPS data came back.
31:00Confirming Lauren was on his way here when his car went off the road.
31:03Well, to talk to you, clearly.
31:04So, what about the phone?
31:05Phone's encrypted.
31:06Can't get into it.
31:07Lauren's unconscious, so he can't help.
31:08I mean, he doesn't even remember his name.
31:10It's a bit of a stretch to think that he'd know his passcode.
31:12I got a subpoena that I'm working on with the cell phone provider.
31:15It's going to take a couple of days, but that's all we got.
31:17Allow me, boys.
31:21One, two, three, four.
31:24Well, worth a shot.
31:26What order did he play his exes in?
31:28Same every single time.
31:29Here, here, here, and here.
31:32I have an idea.
31:37And we're in?
31:38Lauren's tic-tac-toe pattern was his passcode?
31:42I know why he contacted the reporter.
31:44So, he's a whistleblower?
31:45According to the text messages with his wife, yes.
31:48See, Lauren figured out that Orion had started outsourcing the manufacturing of the auto-injectors to cut costs.
31:53But some were faulty.
31:55A few people died of anaphylactic shock when theirs didn't work.
31:58Lauren, he invented these auto-injectors to help people, right?
32:01Like his wife.
32:02So, when he figured out that they were doing the exact opposite...
32:04He brought his discovery to Stephen, and then he realized Stephen already knew.
32:07He was responsible for the whole cover-up.
32:09What's the link to the journalist?
32:10From the text messages, apparently Jerry was working on a story about Orion.
32:14After hearing about all the reported deaths from the faulty auto-injectors,
32:17Federal Health steps in, does their own investigation, finds Orion at no fault.
32:21Chocks it up to a user error.
32:22And Jerry didn't have any proof, until Lauren contacted him.
32:26So, Stephen realized the company would be criminally responsible if it got out that he knew.
32:31Not to mention what it would have done to their stock price.
32:33It would have lost everything.
32:34How can we take this guy down?
32:35In the texts, Lauren talks about a report that proves what Stephen did.
32:40Lauren was going to whistleblow, but he knew that Stephen was on to him, that he was listening.
32:43He bugged his cell phone, his car, his house, you name it.
32:46Lauren couldn't smuggle the report out.
32:48So, he hid the report somewhere inside the company building.
32:50It's a nice story, but without that report, we've got no case.
32:55Find it.
33:14It's late. You shouldn't be here. Come on.
33:16Oh, as if. What if Stephen ends up being E.T. in disguise?
33:19I mean it, Max. You're not even on this case.
33:22You know, me and my dad have this tradition for my mom's birthday.
33:26It's called, No Man Left Behind.
33:29Every year, we spend the day together, no matter what.
33:32Some years, one of us tries to get out of it, to mope alone, and then it's up to the
33:37other one to say,
33:38No, sorry. No, sorry. No man left behind.
33:41I know it's hard. Birthdays for loved ones who aren't here anymore.
33:45But you're officially inaugurated into No Man Left Behind.
33:50Well, thank you.
33:52No sweat.
33:54So, Lorne was telling us his story, but just in a different language.
33:59Jupiter meant the Jupiter Motel.
34:02Right, and the aliens with antlers means deer crossing sign?
34:06The Three Kings, Orion Med Pro.
34:07But in order to find the report, we need to figure out what Commander Nevitz, Cyprus, in the orb, means.
34:17As in O.R.B.
34:26I know where it is.
34:36Steven!
34:37Look at you burning the midnight oil.
34:39Let me call you back.
34:41I'm sorry.
34:41I was in the middle of things.
34:43Is there an update on Edgar?
34:44You know what? There is, actually, Steven.
34:47You know, our pal Edgar, at first, he wasn't making a lot of sense, I'll be honest.
34:50But then we realized that there was always this little nugget of truth to what he was saying.
34:53Turns out the answers were right in front of us.
34:55We just needed to, uh, read between the lines a little bit.
34:58And when we knew the Three Kings referred to Orion, we had to figure out who is Commander Nevitz.
35:05I'm sorry, what are you talking about?
35:06And then we realized Nevitz is actually Steven backwards.
35:16And the word Cyprus kept coming out.
35:18Aren't those Cyprus trees in the painting behind you?
35:20This is all very entertaining, but we know that poor Ed's not in a good place.
35:25I'm sure he said a lot of things.
35:27Doesn't mean they're valid.
35:28No, we're not done.
35:30See, right here.
35:32Awarded to Orion MedPro for their contributions to the medical technology field.
35:37Presented by Operational Research Board, also known as...
35:41Orp.
35:43Edgar couldn't get the proof out of the building.
35:44So he hid it in plain sight.
35:47Right here in your office.
35:50Bernie's razor.
35:51Here we have the manufacturer report, which proves that you knew that your auto injectors were defective,
35:58making you criminally responsible for the deaths of the people who were using them.
36:01Not to mention having Jerry killed because he was going to post an article about the cover-up,
36:05and attempting to kill your own engineer to keep him from whistleblowing.
36:08All to save your company's stock price and to stay out of jail.
36:11This is insane.
36:11I don't even know what you're talking about.
36:13Stephen Dermay, you're under arrest for fraud, murder, and conspiracy to commit murder.
36:17Hold on now.
36:19Stand up, put your hands behind your back.
36:22You have no idea who you're dealing with.
36:24I think we have a pretty good idea.
36:26Live long and prosper, Commander Nevitz.
36:34How are you feeling, Lauren?
36:36Edgar.
36:36Sorry.
36:37I'm still getting used to that.
36:40Relieved.
36:41Glad to have my memory back.
36:42I must have really sounded like I was off my rocker there for a minute.
36:47But you ended up making a whole lot of sense.
36:49And doctors were able to drain the bleed in your cranium, which was putting all that pressure on your brain.
36:54That's where all the memory loss and confusion was coming from.
36:56You're going to make a full recovery.
36:58Yeah.
36:59And Stephen is going to be going away for a very long time.
37:02Oh, God.
37:02That was all so crazy.
37:04I just couldn't believe when Stephen refused to issue the recall.
37:08I mean, putting stock prices above human lives.
37:10It's just...
37:11It's insane.
37:12I got to ask, why me?
37:16I mean, why was I the only person that you'd talk to?
37:18It was Jerry.
37:20He was doing a story about police corruption a while back.
37:23Came across your case from a couple years ago.
37:26He always believed that you were set up.
37:28He would always say that he just knew that those weren't your drugs in your car.
37:34How would he know that?
37:36Yeah, I don't know.
37:37We never did get into it.
37:38All Jerry told me was that you're a good cop and a good man.
37:49And boy, he was right.
37:51You could have had me committed ranting about aliens and...
37:56But you didn't.
37:58You helped me.
37:59And I don't know what to tell you other than thank you.
38:06Both of you, really.
38:08Of course.
38:09Oh, thank God.
38:11Allie.
38:12Oh, my God.
38:13Allie, Allie.
38:13Are you okay?
38:15Yes, yes.
38:15I'm okay.
38:16I'm okay.
38:18I'm okay.
38:19I promise I'm fine.
38:20I'm fine.
38:21I'm fine.
38:22I'm fine.
38:24I'm Allison, Edgar's wife.
38:26We've been looking for you.
38:28Before Edgar went to the police, he had me turn my phone off and hide out at my parents.
38:32It was just the only way I could think to keep her safe.
38:37As soon as I saw the news report about Stephen being arrested, I turned my phone back on and
38:41I heard all these messages from you.
38:42Sweetie.
38:43Sweetie.
38:45They got him.
38:47They got him.
38:49I thought I might never see you again.
38:51I know.
38:52I'm sorry.
38:53I know.
38:53I know.
38:54I know.
38:56It's okay.
39:12Bye-bye, pizza guy.
39:14Turns out he was a part of Orion's private security detail.
39:17He followed your instincts on this case and you were right.
39:20Good work.
39:21Thank you, sir.
39:22Me too.
39:23I appreciate that.
39:25Okay.
39:26Okay, bye.
39:28Enough.
39:29What?
39:30What's going on?
39:32What's the secret?
39:33Are you dealing drugs?
39:34Are you having me killed?
39:35Because you know what?
39:36I actually don't even care anymore.
39:38I just need answers.
39:41All right, come on.
39:42Follow me.
39:43Oh, shoot.
39:44Is it the having me killed one?
39:46Is there someone waiting for me back there?
39:47Come on.
39:48I want to make a phone call.
39:50First, I'm going to call my mom and tell her I love her.
39:52She has no idea, does she?
39:54No, not at all.
39:59This is what those calls were all about.
40:01A parking spot in the station next to me.
40:05For you.
40:06Huh?
40:07You like that?
40:08You mean to tell me that this entire time you were doing something nice?
40:13Yes, that's what I, I'm a nice guy.
40:15Huh.
40:17Is it because I'm your best friend?
40:18No, it's because if I had to listen to you complain about your parking spot one more time,
40:22I was going to retire early.
40:25I mean, because I'm your best friend.
40:26You keep this up, and I will have you killed.
40:31Okay.
40:33Thanks, best friend.
40:34Yeah, don't mention it.
40:37He's my best friend.
40:46Hey.
40:48Hey.
40:52Hey, Mark, I missed you.
40:55It's been a minute since you've been on the boat.
40:58I know.
40:59You never invite me over anymore.
41:01I didn't invite you over today.
41:03Fair point.
41:04What are you doing?
41:05Oh, I'm trying to repair the steering mechanism.
41:10Wait, does this mean your boat's going to boat?
41:12It's a step towards the boat boating, yeah.
41:14The first of, like, a thousand probably, but, uh, got to start somewhere, right?
41:19Just the way Daniel wanted it.
41:21He'd be proud.
41:24He'd also be proud of how you helped Elmore.
41:28Thanks for sticking with me on this case, because it was actually really nice not to be alone yesterday.
41:38Sorry, I was supposed to do this yesterday, but, you know, crime.
41:42Close your eyes.
41:43And sit down.
41:44What?
41:45Why?
41:46Just close your eyes.
41:54You can open them.
41:58Max.
42:02Happy birthday to you.
42:05Happy birthday, dear Daniel.
42:26Happy birthday to you.
42:41Well, hello there.
42:43Another item for the office, I see.
42:55No, George, I cannot just whip up some Wagyu filet mignon for your poker game tonight.
43:02Does no one have any respect for my time?
43:06Oh, God, the universe is definitely sending me a message.
43:12Hmm.
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