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Previously on Elementary...
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If you're looking for Sherlock,
he's downstairs.
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Okay.
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SHERLOCK:
His name is Harlan Emple.
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He is the Rachel P. Hanson
Professor
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for Applied Mathematics
at Columbia University.
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What I don't get is
why he isn't wearing a shirt.
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He doesn't like anything to come
between him and the numbers.
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What is it?
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The answers to your questions
about Kitty.
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The truth is she was a
victim of a horrific crime.
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WATSON:
After you left last night,
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Sherlock gave me an envelope.
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Sherlock keeps saying
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that I need to get
a better sense of you,
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and maybe that will give you
a better sense of me.
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(thumping)
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(Sherlock and man arguing)
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(doorbell rings)
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It's open.
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(arguing continues)
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It's nothing.
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It's Sherlock and
one of his experts.
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Which one?
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Phillip something.
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Must be new.
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He's a knife-thrower.
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Why does Sherlock have
a knife-thrower?
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He got bored the other day,
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started looking into this, uh,
circus accident from the '30s.
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The Great Galardo perforated one
of his assistants during an act,
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except Sherlock thinks
the blade was thrown
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by somebody in the stands,
not Galardo.
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Phillip, as far as I
can tell, disagrees.
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It can't be done, okay?
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(sighs)
It was done.
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You're wrong.
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Nobody can chuck
a knife that far.
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What's this?
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You're...
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Not here.
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I'm not here.
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Remember that, okay?
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Oh, yes. Heaven
forfend your work
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with me should endanger
your precious day job.
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You throw knives?
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You know, it was supposed
to be just you here.
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Phillip is arguably the greatest
knife-thrower in the world.
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Has been for decades.
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Only, there's little money
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to be made
in the impalement arts.
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So, as a youth, he turned
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to what you Americans
term “football”"
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Is this a joke?
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Phillip, head
and heart.
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Come on.
Head and heart.
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Can I go?
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Yeah.
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15 years he spent throwing
that misshapen ball around.
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15 years.
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When I think of the acclaim
he could have brought
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to competitive blade slinging.
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You're following me,
Watson.
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I don't like it.
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I want you to help
me with something.
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This is Chad Keswick.
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He buys distressed
buildings,
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paints, spackles,
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and then flips them
for quick money.
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Who'd he kill?
No one.
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I was hired by one of
his rivals to find out
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why he's been circling
this old office building
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in Jamaica, Queens.
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She wants to know
why he thinks
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the building is
a good investment.
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Is there a crime in there,
something worth investigating?
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Well, I've been
shadowing Keswick,
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but yesterday I think
he noticed me.
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I want to switch
up the tail.
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You followed me for over
a week before I noticed you.
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Help me out, and I'll
cut you in on my fee.
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I don't work for you,
I work for Sherlock.
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I worked for him, too.
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And, in my experience,
he was always supportive
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of taking on work
outside the partnership.
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Sorry, it's not my cup of tea.
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♪ ♪
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Hello, Portal Ten.
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I'm here, Belphegor.
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So where is the next clue?
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(panting)
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♪ Elementary 3x03 ♪
Just a Regular Irregular
Original Air Date on November 13, 2014
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== sync, corrected by elderman ==
@elder_man
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♪ ♪
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Look, for the last time,
I was playing a game!
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Yeah, you called it
a puzzle hunt.
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Belphegor's Prime.
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Think Cicada 3301
or Octorine's Challenge.
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They're math games.
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Math-- maybe you've heard of it.
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GREGSON:
I've got some math for you.
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One dead guy
plus one live guy
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found in the same
deserted factory.
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I was not “found” there;
I am the one who called 911.
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I was waiting there
for the police.
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Mr. Emple,
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we're just trying
to do our jobs, all right?
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First officers
on the scene described you
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as “extremely agitated.”
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Well, of course
I was agitated.
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I had just found
a dead guy in mothballs!
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And did I mention that I have
not slept in almost two days?
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Because of the math game.
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(sighs)
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Can I borrow those?
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This...
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is Belphegor's Prime, okay?
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It's a numeric palindrome.
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It's 666 bookended by 13 zeroes
and then bracketed with ones.
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Named for the demon Belphegor
who was a prince of hell.
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The first clue for the hunt
started making the rounds
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a few months ago.
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It was a JPEG with two numbers
hidden in it.
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You divide those numbers
by Belphegor's Prime,
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and you get the GPS coordinates
for a restroom at the Bronx Zoo.
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You go to the restroom,
you find a phone number.
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You send a text to the number,
you get the next clue.
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Which is another math problem.
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Exactly.
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Only, this one is harder.
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And that's how it works.
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You know, but for
each one that you solve,
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you get a new set
of GPS coordinates.
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And that means that you've
completed a stage, or a portal.
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And last night,
I was on Portal Ten.
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And...
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You know what?
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I want to talk
to Sherlock and Joan.
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Look, Mr. Emple...
No, I'm sorry.
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I told the police down
at the factory that I know them.
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Isn't that the whole reason
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that I was brought here
to this squad?
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I-I am not saying another word
until they are here.
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SHERLOCK: Harlan Emple is
indeed an acquaintance.
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He is, in point of fact,
one of my “irregulars.”
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One of your what?
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Irregulars.
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I'm your consultant, Captain;
they are mine.
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They're a handful
of experts I turn to
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when I encounter problems which
are beyond my pool of knowledge.
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Harlan is
a brilliant mathematician.
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And on the handful of occasions
I have tackled a case
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which pertained
to mathematics...
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He helped you out.
Well, the good news
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for him is the preliminary
autopsy report just came in
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before you got here.
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And the M.E. puts
the time of death
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between 4:00 and
6:00 p.m. last night.
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Mr. Emple was teaching
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a class at Columbia.
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So the victim is
yet to be identified?
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No I.D., no phone.
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First detective on the scene
liked it for a mob hit,
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so while we're
running the prints,
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he's showing the vic's
face around OCID.
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Marcus here was about to walk
the scene with Mr. Emple.
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You're here now;
you might as well tag along.
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Actually, Captain,
I'm quite busy today.
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This is a John Doe,
and we got nothing.
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And, like you just said,
you're my consultant.
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So, go consult.
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Watson.
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Um, he's your friend.
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Actually, Kitty is
otherwise engaged,
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and he did actually help both
of us with a case last year.
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Did he not?
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(sighs)
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HARLAN: Have I told you
how good it is to see you?
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Yes, you have.
Three times.
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Well, it is.
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Hey, lousy circumstances.
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But, uh, hey...
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I heard from your boss that you
just, uh, got back from London.
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Were you working
a case or...?
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No, I moved back there.
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You mean moved, moved?
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Is there another
definition?
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I was there for
eight months,
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and had a change of heart
and returned to New York.
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So, you moved to London,
and you didn't, uh...
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You know what?
Doesn't even matter.
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The point is you're back!
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Mr. Emple.
Uh, duty calls.
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Yeah.
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It's interesting.
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Mothballs are interesting?
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They were taken from
that cabinet over there.
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Obviously, to cover the smell
of John Doe's decay.
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The killer didn't
bring them with him.
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Perhaps leaving the body here
was not part of his plan, hmm?
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Doe was shot in the foot
first and then the knee.
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Either those were
two really bad misses or...
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Or the killer was torturing him.
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This doesn't seem like anything
you can't handle on your own.
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So you want to tell me why you
really asked me to come here?
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“This doesn't seem like anything
you can't handle on your own.”
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That's funny.
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That's exactly what
I would have said
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had I been present when you
asked Kitty for her assistance
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with your tawdry side job.
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“Tawdry”?
I wanted you to know I approve.
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Of what?
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Your agenda
with regards to Kitty.
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Several days ago,
I gave you her file.
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And then you show up at
the brownstone yesterday,
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and you invite her
into an investigation.
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Coincidence? No, I think not.
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You feel for her.
And now you wish to engage.
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It's not an outcome
I would have predicted, no.
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But it is one
I approve of, yeah.
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She could learn
a great deal from you,
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especially with regards
to how to get the most
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from my tutelage.
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So, I've already dispatched her
to, uh, follow your Mr. Keswick.
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But that's not
what I actually...
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Harlan!
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You came here to retrieve
a phone number, did you not?
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You would send a text,
and then receive
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the next clue in the game
that you were playing.
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Yeah, but I didn't find it.
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Not that I kept looking
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after the dead guy
fell out of the locker.
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Yeah, CSU didn't find
any number either.
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Probably because
it's under that paint.
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It's fresh.
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Applied in the last
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24 hours.
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Right after John Doe's murder,
I'd wager.
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You don't think
this was a mob hit?
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Doe and the killer were
playing the game, too.
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The killer shot Doe and
then covered up the number
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so no one else could use it.
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What's the prize
in your little contest?
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Well, I'm doing it
mostly for the math.
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But, uh, $1,707,071.
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It's another
palindromic prime.
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Did I not mention the
money at the station?
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BELL:
Who the hell can afford
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that kind of payout
for a puzzle hunt?
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Well, most people
think it's CAML.
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The Center for Applied
Mathematics and Logic.
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It's located
in Ramapo...
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Wait, most people
“think” it's them?
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00:10:27,731 --> 00:10:29,331
Well, hunts like these,
255
00:10:29,333 --> 00:10:31,266
the organizers are
almost always anonymous.
256
00:10:31,268 --> 00:10:32,401
It's S.O.P.
257
00:10:32,403 --> 00:10:34,302
What about the
contestants?
258
00:10:34,304 --> 00:10:37,005
Is anonymity
also S.O.P.?
259
00:10:37,007 --> 00:10:39,207
For the most part, yeah.
260
00:10:39,209 --> 00:10:43,078
But, guys, math peeps
are my peeps, okay?
261
00:10:43,080 --> 00:10:46,314
It's, uh, like
a community, sort of.
262
00:10:46,316 --> 00:10:48,984
I can think of ten
or 12 other people
263
00:10:48,986 --> 00:10:50,018
who were probably competing.
264
00:10:50,020 --> 00:10:51,186
Would that help?
265
00:10:53,157 --> 00:10:55,223
(small dog barking)
WOMAN: No.
266
00:10:55,225 --> 00:10:58,026
I'm sorry, I don't know him.
267
00:10:58,028 --> 00:11:00,862
But you admit you were
competing in Belphegor's Prime.
268
00:11:00,864 --> 00:11:02,197
I do.
269
00:11:04,835 --> 00:11:05,934
Pepe!
270
00:11:05,936 --> 00:11:08,170
(barking continues)
271
00:11:08,172 --> 00:11:10,439
Sorry. He doesn't
like strangers.
272
00:11:12,109 --> 00:11:14,443
Give him one of these.
273
00:11:14,445 --> 00:11:16,111
Get on his good side.
274
00:11:16,113 --> 00:11:18,380
(barking continues)
275
00:11:24,288 --> 00:11:26,354
What are you doing?
276
00:11:28,225 --> 00:11:30,725
I'm just verifying that
you've been lying to us.
277
00:11:30,727 --> 00:11:33,895
You did know the
dead man, did you not?
278
00:11:33,897 --> 00:11:36,998
I reviewed his personal
effects at the morgue earlier.
279
00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:39,034
The coroner reported finding
crumbs in one of his pockets.
280
00:11:39,036 --> 00:11:40,036
I tasted one.
281
00:11:40,037 --> 00:11:41,269
Why would you...?
282
00:11:41,271 --> 00:11:42,771
At first, I thought
they were from
283
00:11:42,773 --> 00:11:44,439
a particularly rancid
brand of cheese,
284
00:11:44,441 --> 00:11:47,609
but, no... they're from
one of Pepe's treats.
285
00:11:47,611 --> 00:11:49,277
Homemade?
286
00:11:49,279 --> 00:11:52,481
Harlan was able to give us
the names of nine other people
287
00:11:52,483 --> 00:11:54,149
he believed to be
other competitors.
288
00:11:54,151 --> 00:11:55,984
Our colleagues are
investigating them as we speak,
289
00:11:55,986 --> 00:11:57,919
but I'll quite happily
recommend that the NYPD
290
00:11:57,921 --> 00:12:00,222
focus its attention
entirely on you.
291
00:12:04,128 --> 00:12:06,428
His name was Ike Walaczek.
292
00:12:06,430 --> 00:12:09,231
In another lifetime,
he was my boyfriend.
293
00:12:09,233 --> 00:12:10,866
And what of
this lifetime?
294
00:12:10,868 --> 00:12:12,701
We were working together.
295
00:12:12,703 --> 00:12:14,769
On Belphegor's.
What?!
296
00:12:14,771 --> 00:12:16,705
He was a numerical analyst
at the Tory Foundation.
297
00:12:16,707 --> 00:12:17,873
I work mostly in combinatorics.
298
00:12:17,875 --> 00:12:19,307
I thought we would make
a good team.
299
00:12:19,309 --> 00:12:20,742
But there aren't
supposed to be teams.
300
00:12:20,744 --> 00:12:22,711
Not in a puzzle hunt.
It's bad form.
301
00:12:22,713 --> 00:12:23,713
Harlan...
302
00:12:23,714 --> 00:12:25,514
I'm just saying...
303
00:12:25,516 --> 00:12:27,315
My husband
wouldn't understand,
304
00:12:27,317 --> 00:12:30,385
so I decided I wouldn't tell him
until after we won the money.
305
00:12:30,387 --> 00:12:33,121
A team-- so that's how
you got there before me.
306
00:12:33,123 --> 00:12:34,489
I wasn't there.
307
00:12:34,491 --> 00:12:36,258
Tom and I were out of town
until this morning.
308
00:12:36,260 --> 00:12:38,126
His cousin
was getting married in Hawaii.
309
00:12:38,128 --> 00:12:40,662
That's why Ike went
to the coordinates by himself.
310
00:12:40,664 --> 00:12:42,097
Because I couldn't.
311
00:12:44,268 --> 00:12:46,601
These are pictures I took.
312
00:12:46,603 --> 00:12:49,337
Check the dates.
313
00:12:49,339 --> 00:12:51,506
You gave the police
nine other names?
314
00:12:51,508 --> 00:12:53,408
People you thought
were competing?
315
00:12:53,410 --> 00:12:54,776
I've got 16.
316
00:12:54,778 --> 00:12:56,311
And I know they were competing.
317
00:12:58,448 --> 00:13:01,249
KITTY: He talked to her
outside the Jamaica property
318
00:13:01,251 --> 00:13:05,720
for about 20 minutes,
and then this truck rolled up.
319
00:13:05,722 --> 00:13:07,822
Any idea what's
inside the crate?
320
00:13:07,824 --> 00:13:09,024
Nope.
321
00:13:09,026 --> 00:13:10,392
I can't identify
the woman either.
322
00:13:10,394 --> 00:13:12,260
Everything about her
said money though.
323
00:13:12,262 --> 00:13:15,363
She, Keswick
and the mystery box
324
00:13:15,365 --> 00:13:17,732
stayed inside the building
for about three hours,
325
00:13:17,734 --> 00:13:20,001
and then off they went.
326
00:13:20,904 --> 00:13:22,170
(sighs)
Good.
327
00:13:22,172 --> 00:13:23,872
Okay.
328
00:13:23,874 --> 00:13:26,074
You know where
to send the check.
329
00:13:26,076 --> 00:13:30,145
You haven't asked me about
the file Sherlock gave me.
330
00:13:30,147 --> 00:13:32,080
Why would I?
331
00:13:32,082 --> 00:13:36,184
You said it would give me
a better sense of you-- it did.
332
00:13:37,588 --> 00:13:40,155
That's why you asked
for my help.
333
00:13:40,157 --> 00:13:41,990
Because you felt sorry for me.
334
00:13:41,992 --> 00:13:44,226
No.
335
00:13:44,228 --> 00:13:46,194
You just don't seem interested
in anything
336
00:13:46,196 --> 00:13:48,063
outside of becoming
a detective.
337
00:13:48,065 --> 00:13:50,999
There she is.
338
00:13:51,001 --> 00:13:53,301
The old counselor.
339
00:13:53,303 --> 00:13:55,637
Who used to hold
Sherlock's hand.
340
00:13:57,608 --> 00:13:59,741
Everything that you read,
341
00:13:59,743 --> 00:14:02,510
everything that happened to me,
that's all it is.
342
00:14:02,512 --> 00:14:04,646
It's just something
that happened.
343
00:14:04,648 --> 00:14:08,116
And it's all
in the past now.
344
00:14:08,118 --> 00:14:10,685
So let's just
leave it there, shall we?
345
00:14:16,260 --> 00:14:19,060
(phone vibrating)
346
00:14:21,798 --> 00:14:23,665
(groans quietly)
347
00:14:23,667 --> 00:14:24,667
Hello.
348
00:14:24,668 --> 00:14:26,001
You've had sex.
349
00:14:26,003 --> 00:14:27,202
Excuse me?
350
00:14:27,204 --> 00:14:28,503
I can hear it
in your voice.
351
00:14:28,505 --> 00:14:29,771
You've joined paunches.
352
00:14:29,773 --> 00:14:30,972
Good for you, Watson.
353
00:14:30,974 --> 00:14:32,807
As you know, I think
the act of love
354
00:14:32,809 --> 00:14:34,676
can be quite conducive to...
What do you want?
355
00:14:34,678 --> 00:14:36,911
Merely to apprise you
of a new development
356
00:14:36,913 --> 00:14:38,280
in the murder of
Ike Walaczek.
357
00:14:38,282 --> 00:14:40,115
As I informed
you yesterday,
358
00:14:40,117 --> 00:14:42,284
Harlan and I were given
a new list of competitors.
359
00:14:42,286 --> 00:14:45,320
One name leapt out:
Byron Lowenthal.
360
00:14:45,322 --> 00:14:48,156
He's a statistician at the
Public Utilities Commission
361
00:14:48,158 --> 00:14:50,425
and a diagnosed
paranoid schizophrenic.
362
00:14:50,427 --> 00:14:52,160
He's been hospitalized
for becoming violent
363
00:14:52,162 --> 00:14:53,728
on no fewer
than three occasions.
364
00:14:53,730 --> 00:14:55,964
Certainly sounds like
it could be our guy.
365
00:14:55,966 --> 00:14:59,367
Unfortunately, Mr. Lowenthal had
another break earlier this year.
366
00:14:59,369 --> 00:15:02,137
He's been staying in
a transient hotel ever since.
367
00:15:02,139 --> 00:15:04,239
Detective Bell and I
are going to speak with him.
368
00:15:04,241 --> 00:15:05,307
You want me to meet you?
369
00:15:05,309 --> 00:15:06,875
Oh, no, we're already here.
370
00:15:06,877 --> 00:15:08,410
Anyway, now that I know
that you've enjoyed coitus
371
00:15:08,412 --> 00:15:09,778
and could enjoy more
in the near future...
372
00:15:09,780 --> 00:15:11,846
When you're done,
we need to talk.
373
00:15:11,848 --> 00:15:13,181
(phone beeps off)
374
00:15:14,718 --> 00:15:16,818
Byron Lowenthal,
you in there?
375
00:15:16,820 --> 00:15:18,053
LOWENTHAL:
Who is it?
376
00:15:18,055 --> 00:15:19,754
It's Detective Bell, NYPD.
377
00:15:19,756 --> 00:15:22,257
My colleague and I would like
to ask you some questions.
378
00:15:22,259 --> 00:15:24,592
LOWENTHAL: Let me
get some pants on.
379
00:15:26,496 --> 00:15:28,196
(quiet thump)
380
00:15:28,198 --> 00:15:30,265
(unzipping)
381
00:15:37,341 --> 00:15:40,008
S-Sorry, I just... I, um...
382
00:15:40,010 --> 00:15:42,310
I-I thought I heard
Mr. Lowenthal retr...
383
00:15:44,381 --> 00:15:46,581
(car alarms blaring)
384
00:16:19,154 --> 00:16:21,267
You guys got lucky.
385
00:16:21,268 --> 00:16:22,868
Well, luck had little
to do with it, actually.
386
00:16:22,870 --> 00:16:24,536
I... I heard Mr. Lowenthal
387
00:16:24,538 --> 00:16:27,039
pulling a heavy object off
a shelf, placing it on his bed,
388
00:16:27,041 --> 00:16:29,041
and the sound of
the zipper indicated
389
00:16:29,043 --> 00:16:30,976
that it was
a large gun case.
390
00:16:30,978 --> 00:16:33,579
Looks like he was sane enough
to do math, but not much else.
391
00:16:33,581 --> 00:16:34,747
Plus, he was
pretty hopped up.
392
00:16:34,749 --> 00:16:36,448
Caffeine pills,
energy drinks,
393
00:16:36,450 --> 00:16:39,251
pretty much every legal
stimulant you can buy.
394
00:16:39,253 --> 00:16:40,853
Plus a few illegal ones.
395
00:16:40,855 --> 00:16:42,821
Hmm. Obviously, he was
keeping himself awake
396
00:16:42,823 --> 00:16:44,490
so he could work on
Belphegor's.
397
00:16:44,492 --> 00:16:47,392
This... is obvious to you?
398
00:16:47,394 --> 00:16:48,961
I confess the maths
are beyond me,
399
00:16:48,963 --> 00:16:51,130
but I took the liberty of
sending pictures of what
400
00:16:51,132 --> 00:16:52,865
appear to be Mr. Lowenthal's
most recent scribbles
401
00:16:52,867 --> 00:16:54,166
to Harlan Emple,
and he's confirmed
402
00:16:54,168 --> 00:16:55,667
they are part of the contest.
403
00:16:55,669 --> 00:16:56,969
With your permission,
I'd like copies of these
404
00:16:56,971 --> 00:16:58,837
sent to my home
so he can review them.
405
00:16:58,839 --> 00:16:59,972
What for?
406
00:16:59,974 --> 00:17:01,073
If Byron Lowenthal
407
00:17:01,075 --> 00:17:02,441
did kill Ike Walaczek,
408
00:17:02,443 --> 00:17:04,109
then he used
and obscured a phone number,
409
00:17:04,111 --> 00:17:05,878
which would have yielded
the next problem.
410
00:17:05,880 --> 00:17:07,379
That problem's solution
411
00:17:07,381 --> 00:17:08,714
would be GPS coordinates.
412
00:17:08,716 --> 00:17:10,415
If he's recorded them
in his books...
413
00:17:10,417 --> 00:17:12,551
Your pal will be able to tell us
where he's headed next.
414
00:17:12,553 --> 00:17:14,853
I'll get our guys to give you
415
00:17:14,855 --> 00:17:16,388
whatever you need.
416
00:17:17,258 --> 00:17:18,991
Scans are still coming through,
417
00:17:18,993 --> 00:17:21,260
but I've put what we've got
so far up on the wall.
418
00:17:21,262 --> 00:17:23,262
Sherlock said that
you prefer it that way.
419
00:17:23,264 --> 00:17:25,030
Picked it up from him,
actually.
420
00:17:25,032 --> 00:17:28,600
Makes me feel like I'm really
inside of the problem.
421
00:17:30,704 --> 00:17:33,372
I'll, uh, let you know
if I need anything.
422
00:17:34,275 --> 00:17:35,974
Oh, I work without a shirt.
423
00:17:35,976 --> 00:17:38,911
Sometimes makes me feel
closer to the numbers.
424
00:17:38,913 --> 00:17:42,147
You'll need to, uh,
check the printer in the study
425
00:17:42,149 --> 00:17:43,615
for more pages.
426
00:17:43,617 --> 00:17:45,417
Uh, this is nice,
you know?
427
00:17:45,419 --> 00:17:47,452
Meeting another member
of the team.
428
00:17:47,454 --> 00:17:48,654
You know, Team Sherlock.
429
00:17:48,656 --> 00:17:50,656
You help him, I help him...
430
00:17:51,926 --> 00:17:53,559
Obviously, you haven't
tackled a case
431
00:17:53,561 --> 00:17:55,093
with high-order math since
you started working with him,
432
00:17:55,095 --> 00:17:57,729
or we would've...
433
00:17:57,731 --> 00:17:59,031
What?
434
00:17:59,033 --> 00:18:00,232
What?
435
00:18:00,234 --> 00:18:01,834
Wait...
436
00:18:01,836 --> 00:18:04,002
have you worked a case
with high-order math?
437
00:18:04,805 --> 00:18:06,238
You have, haven't you?
438
00:18:06,240 --> 00:18:07,840
Does it matter?
439
00:18:07,842 --> 00:18:09,842
Of course it...
440
00:18:09,844 --> 00:18:11,443
Oh, my God.
441
00:18:11,445 --> 00:18:13,278
Did he fire me?
442
00:18:13,280 --> 00:18:14,980
All I know
is that back in London,
443
00:18:14,982 --> 00:18:16,982
we worked a case that involved
Fibonacci spirals...
444
00:18:16,984 --> 00:18:18,483
He fired me.
445
00:18:18,485 --> 00:18:21,386
...and he called some woman
named Indira Patel.
446
00:18:21,388 --> 00:18:22,588
(scoffs)
447
00:18:22,590 --> 00:18:23,856
She's at Berkeley.
448
00:18:23,858 --> 00:18:25,624
I'm three time zones closer!
449
00:18:25,626 --> 00:18:27,125
You're here now.
450
00:18:27,127 --> 00:18:29,428
Sure, because I found
a dead body.
451
00:18:29,430 --> 00:18:32,531
I have to go; I have to run
some errands for Sherlock.
452
00:18:35,936 --> 00:18:37,903
I-I don't know
what was in the crate,
453
00:18:37,905 --> 00:18:39,271
but the stenciling on
the side indicates
454
00:18:39,273 --> 00:18:40,772
it came from one of
the SUNY schools.
455
00:18:40,774 --> 00:18:42,908
I put another detective
on Keswick...
456
00:18:42,910 --> 00:18:45,177
Don't kill me, I had to
use your razor to shave.
457
00:18:45,179 --> 00:18:47,179
I...
458
00:18:47,181 --> 00:18:49,147
You must be Andrew.
459
00:18:49,149 --> 00:18:50,515
Sherlock Holmes.
460
00:18:50,517 --> 00:18:52,551
Sorry.
461
00:18:52,553 --> 00:18:55,487
Joan said you were coming;
I... I forgot.
462
00:18:55,489 --> 00:18:57,122
It's not how
I wanted to meet you.
463
00:18:57,124 --> 00:18:58,891
She said you can tell
a lot about people
464
00:18:58,893 --> 00:19:00,192
just by looking at them.
465
00:19:00,194 --> 00:19:02,261
I swear, I...
usually wear pants.
466
00:19:02,263 --> 00:19:03,729
Well, in my experience,
most people
467
00:19:03,731 --> 00:19:05,264
need only be concerned
I won't notice
468
00:19:05,266 --> 00:19:06,498
anything worth remarking upon.
469
00:19:07,801 --> 00:19:10,535
Watson seems adequately sexed.
470
00:19:11,939 --> 00:19:13,672
Hey.
471
00:19:13,674 --> 00:19:15,674
I was just introducing myself.
472
00:19:17,945 --> 00:19:20,379
I've got that thing.
I'll see you tonight.
473
00:19:20,381 --> 00:19:21,580
Okay.
474
00:19:27,855 --> 00:19:30,188
Your home, Watson...
475
00:19:30,190 --> 00:19:31,823
it's utterly pleasant.
476
00:19:31,825 --> 00:19:33,692
You say that like
it's a bad thing.
477
00:19:33,694 --> 00:19:35,394
When you told me
you wanted a life of your own,
478
00:19:35,396 --> 00:19:36,595
I didn't realize
that you meant you wanted
479
00:19:36,597 --> 00:19:38,030
the same life everyone else has.
480
00:19:38,032 --> 00:19:39,464
But at any rate,
none of my business, is it?
481
00:19:39,466 --> 00:19:41,233
It's not.
And I didn't ask you here
482
00:19:41,235 --> 00:19:42,634
to talk about my apartment.
483
00:19:42,636 --> 00:19:44,970
No, you asked me here
to discuss Kitty.
484
00:19:44,972 --> 00:19:46,471
If she were not
the topic of conversation,
485
00:19:46,473 --> 00:19:48,941
then you wouldn't have
invited me to your home,
486
00:19:48,943 --> 00:19:50,776
where there's no chance
she'll be present.
487
00:19:52,346 --> 00:19:53,946
She disappointed you
in some way.
488
00:19:53,948 --> 00:19:55,247
Skills not up to snuff?
489
00:19:55,249 --> 00:19:57,316
Please remember
she is a novice.
490
00:19:57,318 --> 00:19:58,850
Actually, she did a great job.
491
00:19:58,852 --> 00:20:00,285
But I have some concerns.
492
00:20:00,287 --> 00:20:01,954
I thought we could
talk about them.
493
00:20:03,757 --> 00:20:04,923
You think that
Kitty needs help
494
00:20:04,925 --> 00:20:06,091
above and beyond
my mentorship.
495
00:20:06,093 --> 00:20:07,392
You read the same
file I did.
496
00:20:07,394 --> 00:20:08,894
She's a rape victim.
497
00:20:08,896 --> 00:20:11,296
She was kept and tortured.
498
00:20:12,700 --> 00:20:13,899
Mm.
499
00:20:16,136 --> 00:20:19,171
You know me, so surely you know
500
00:20:19,173 --> 00:20:22,874
I've broached the subject of
a support group meeting before.
501
00:20:22,876 --> 00:20:25,010
Even offered
to pay for therapy.
502
00:20:25,012 --> 00:20:26,812
She's not interested, I know.
503
00:20:26,814 --> 00:20:28,447
Just as you also know
504
00:20:28,449 --> 00:20:30,749
someone with a problem
can't be forced to get help.
505
00:20:30,751 --> 00:20:32,551
They have to want it.
506
00:20:32,553 --> 00:20:34,786
What Kitty wants
is to be a detective.
507
00:20:36,523 --> 00:20:38,490
I am taking pains
to try and channel
508
00:20:38,492 --> 00:20:40,592
her residual feelings
into her work.
509
00:20:42,329 --> 00:20:44,463
Well, that works out
great for you.
510
00:20:45,933 --> 00:20:48,400
You told me that
you took on a partner
511
00:20:48,402 --> 00:20:50,635
because you wanted to replicate
what you and I had.
512
00:20:50,637 --> 00:20:52,637
That you thought it helped
with your recovery.
513
00:20:52,639 --> 00:20:54,539
You think I would
try and take advantage
514
00:20:54,541 --> 00:20:56,208
of the victim of a trauma?
515
00:20:56,210 --> 00:20:58,910
Of course not, but there is
a conflict of interest here.
516
00:20:58,912 --> 00:21:02,447
She needs what she needs,
but you need what you need, too.
517
00:21:04,184 --> 00:21:06,051
(sighs)
518
00:21:06,053 --> 00:21:10,055
It's-it's good that you're
in her life now, Watson.
519
00:21:10,057 --> 00:21:12,524
I mean,
it's commonly believed that, um,
520
00:21:12,526 --> 00:21:16,228
a child benefits mostly from
the presence of two parents.
521
00:21:16,230 --> 00:21:19,164
He-- or she, in this case--
can absorb certain qualities
522
00:21:19,166 --> 00:21:21,466
from the father--
clear-eyed view of the world,
523
00:21:21,468 --> 00:21:23,168
capacity of
rational thought, etcetera.
524
00:21:23,170 --> 00:21:25,170
They can also absorb certain
qualities from the mother.
525
00:21:25,172 --> 00:21:27,105
Excuse me, but I am not
Kitty's mother,
526
00:21:27,107 --> 00:21:28,807
and she sure as hell
is not our child.
527
00:21:28,809 --> 00:21:30,942
You brought her here;
she looks up to you.
528
00:21:30,944 --> 00:21:32,944
She says that she doesn't
need help-- fine--
529
00:21:32,946 --> 00:21:34,579
but you know better.
530
00:21:34,581 --> 00:21:37,082
And you're gonna have to be
the one that tells her.
531
00:21:37,084 --> 00:21:39,117
(phone chimes)
532
00:21:40,020 --> 00:21:41,620
It's Harlan.
533
00:21:41,622 --> 00:21:44,523
Making progress with the maths.
534
00:21:46,660 --> 00:21:48,660
HARLAN: We thought
that Byron and Ike
535
00:21:48,662 --> 00:21:50,462
arrived at Portal Ten
simultaneously.
536
00:21:50,464 --> 00:21:52,664
That would've meant that they
were doing all the same math
537
00:21:52,666 --> 00:21:54,032
at essentially
the same time.
538
00:21:54,034 --> 00:21:56,001
Only, the math
you found at Byron's place
539
00:21:56,003 --> 00:21:57,003
says that's wrong.
540
00:21:57,004 --> 00:21:58,470
He was one step behind Ike.
541
00:21:58,472 --> 00:22:00,705
Are you proposing he did
not kill Mr. Walaczek?
542
00:22:00,707 --> 00:22:03,175
I don't know, but that's
not the weirdest part.
543
00:22:03,177 --> 00:22:04,810
Byron was obsessive.
544
00:22:04,812 --> 00:22:06,211
He time-stamped
almost everything he did.
545
00:22:06,213 --> 00:22:09,047
He only solved
the Portal Nine problem,
546
00:22:09,049 --> 00:22:11,316
the same problem that sent me
to that old factory last night.
547
00:22:11,318 --> 00:22:12,884
But get this--
548
00:22:12,886 --> 00:22:14,686
he wasn't given
the same problem as me.
549
00:22:14,688 --> 00:22:16,655
And so it would've yielded
GPS coordinates
550
00:22:16,657 --> 00:22:18,323
for an entirely
different location.
551
00:22:18,325 --> 00:22:21,760
The person in charge of
the game changed the clue
552
00:22:21,762 --> 00:22:23,328
after the police
found Ike's body.
553
00:22:23,330 --> 00:22:25,964
Well, he had to, right?
554
00:22:25,966 --> 00:22:27,899
If he hadn't, he would be
sending other competitors
555
00:22:27,901 --> 00:22:29,101
to an active crime scene.
556
00:22:29,103 --> 00:22:30,402
The important thing is
557
00:22:30,404 --> 00:22:31,536
I figured out the coordinates
558
00:22:31,538 --> 00:22:32,771
to the second location.
559
00:22:32,773 --> 00:22:35,540
I know where Byron went.
560
00:22:35,542 --> 00:22:36,842
What are you doing?
561
00:22:36,844 --> 00:22:38,410
You're saying he
time-stamped everything.
562
00:22:38,412 --> 00:22:40,345
I'm looking at the time
he received his clues.
563
00:22:40,347 --> 00:22:42,647
It's all there, to the second,
but what does that have to do...
564
00:22:42,649 --> 00:22:44,149
What if you hadn't
found a body?
565
00:22:44,151 --> 00:22:46,118
If the game had
proceeded as planned,
566
00:22:46,120 --> 00:22:47,486
what were you meant
to do there?
567
00:22:47,488 --> 00:22:49,354
I would have sent a text
to the phone number,
568
00:22:49,356 --> 00:22:51,523
the one that the killer painted
over, and then I would have
569
00:22:51,525 --> 00:22:52,891
gotten a message back
with the next problem.
570
00:22:52,893 --> 00:22:54,559
There's an extra
step in there.
571
00:22:54,561 --> 00:22:56,428
Why all this rigmarole with
phone numbers and texts?
572
00:22:56,430 --> 00:22:59,064
Why not just post the problem
itself at the factory?
573
00:22:59,066 --> 00:23:02,100
I don't know, it's just the way
the game is played.
574
00:23:02,102 --> 00:23:04,102
They're for an old
industrial area in Queens.
575
00:23:04,104 --> 00:23:06,805
You're welcome
for finding your suspect.
576
00:23:06,807 --> 00:23:09,207
If I'm right, Harlan,
what you've found...
577
00:23:09,209 --> 00:23:11,109
is the site of
another murder.
578
00:23:11,111 --> 00:23:13,245
Byron Lowenthal's.
579
00:23:15,983 --> 00:23:18,216
BELL: You were right,
Lowenthal's dead.
580
00:23:18,218 --> 00:23:20,952
He was shot in the foot,
then the knee.
581
00:23:20,954 --> 00:23:22,821
Just like
Ike Wallaczek.
582
00:23:22,823 --> 00:23:26,391
I'm, uh, gonna look
over here now.
583
00:23:26,393 --> 00:23:29,427
Well, we think the perp
was pulling the body
584
00:23:29,429 --> 00:23:31,429
to a car that was parked
over there.
585
00:23:31,431 --> 00:23:34,065
Then he just
left him here.
586
00:23:34,067 --> 00:23:35,901
Probably afraid
he'd been spotted.
587
00:23:35,903 --> 00:23:38,803
There's a lot
of homeless in the area.
588
00:23:41,441 --> 00:23:43,008
Question is:
589
00:23:43,010 --> 00:23:45,010
how'd you know
Lowenthal was the next victim
590
00:23:45,012 --> 00:23:46,511
and not the killer?
591
00:23:49,316 --> 00:23:51,750
Well, that's
quite simple, really.
592
00:23:51,752 --> 00:23:54,352
The game is directing
its players to remote locales,
593
00:23:54,354 --> 00:23:56,788
and then instructing them
to send a text message
594
00:23:56,790 --> 00:23:58,256
indicating their presence.
595
00:23:58,258 --> 00:24:00,125
I suspect the killer wanted
to remove the body
596
00:24:00,127 --> 00:24:02,928
so he could keep this new
location “in play,” so to speak.
597
00:24:02,930 --> 00:24:05,130
Still missing the “simple” part.
598
00:24:05,132 --> 00:24:06,698
The late Mr. Lowenthal
599
00:24:06,700 --> 00:24:08,366
received his final clue
600
00:24:08,368 --> 00:24:10,235
after Harlan discovered
Ike Wallaczek's body,
601
00:24:10,237 --> 00:24:12,737
but before news of the killing
had reached the media.
602
00:24:12,739 --> 00:24:14,439
That means the
game's designer
603
00:24:14,441 --> 00:24:16,408
knew the location
had been compromised.
604
00:24:16,410 --> 00:24:18,577
And the only way
that he could have known that,
605
00:24:18,579 --> 00:24:20,111
at the time that he knew it,
606
00:24:20,113 --> 00:24:21,880
was if he, himself,
was the killer.
607
00:24:23,350 --> 00:24:25,917
Belphegor's Prime is not
a treasure hunt.
608
00:24:25,919 --> 00:24:27,619
It's a trap.
609
00:24:35,291 --> 00:24:37,424
(toilet flushes)
610
00:24:40,696 --> 00:24:42,196
Better?
611
00:24:42,198 --> 00:24:44,665
False alarm.
612
00:24:44,667 --> 00:24:47,668
But I still feel
a little queasy.
613
00:24:47,670 --> 00:24:48,936
(exhales)
614
00:24:50,740 --> 00:24:52,273
This new dead guy--
615
00:24:52,275 --> 00:24:54,875
your friend said that he was
tortured, too, right?
616
00:24:54,877 --> 00:24:57,244
Right before the killer tried
to abscond with his corpse.
617
00:24:57,246 --> 00:24:59,213
I assume
he intended to take
618
00:24:59,215 --> 00:25:02,383
Ike Wallaczek away with him
as well, only Ike was too large.
619
00:25:02,385 --> 00:25:04,685
A speedy mothballing
was the best he could do.
620
00:25:04,687 --> 00:25:07,221
So, just to recap,
621
00:25:07,223 --> 00:25:09,657
I've spent the last
few months of my life
622
00:25:09,659 --> 00:25:13,360
playing a game that was
designed to kill me.
623
00:25:13,362 --> 00:25:15,629
Got to be a metaphor
in there somewhere, right?
624
00:25:15,631 --> 00:25:18,966
I think the word you're
looking for is “moral.”
625
00:25:18,968 --> 00:25:21,902
There is a moral in there:
games are for idiots.
626
00:25:23,472 --> 00:25:24,705
(cell phone chimes)
627
00:25:24,707 --> 00:25:26,473
Breaking news from Ramapo.
628
00:25:26,475 --> 00:25:29,443
Kitty reports the Center for
Applied Mathematics and Logic
629
00:25:29,445 --> 00:25:31,912
is not the sponsor
of Belphegor's Prime.
630
00:25:31,914 --> 00:25:34,148
Then it's got to be
a serial killer, right?
631
00:25:34,150 --> 00:25:35,716
Someone who's obsessed
with mathematicians?
632
00:25:35,718 --> 00:25:37,284
Mm.
633
00:25:37,286 --> 00:25:39,920
Perhaps he was bullied
by mathematicians as a child.
634
00:25:39,922 --> 00:25:42,056
Or mathematicians
killed his parents.
635
00:25:42,058 --> 00:25:43,657
I'm being serious.
636
00:25:43,659 --> 00:25:45,726
Serial killers who devise
elaborate death traps
637
00:25:45,728 --> 00:25:47,461
are the stuff of pulp fiction.
638
00:25:47,463 --> 00:25:49,229
And besides, with respect
to these murders,
639
00:25:49,231 --> 00:25:51,165
there are none
of the elaborations
640
00:25:51,167 --> 00:25:53,767
which mark that sort of culprit.
641
00:25:53,769 --> 00:25:55,970
If anything, I would describe
the work as businesslike.
642
00:25:55,972 --> 00:25:58,172
Then it's the government.
643
00:25:58,174 --> 00:26:01,241
I mean, the-the game was some
sort of test to weed out people
644
00:26:01,243 --> 00:26:03,243
who could weaponize math.
645
00:26:03,245 --> 00:26:05,179
The American intelligence
apparatus may be clod-like,
646
00:26:05,181 --> 00:26:07,014
but I think they would
do a better job
647
00:26:07,016 --> 00:26:08,749
of disposing of two bodies,
don't you?
648
00:26:08,751 --> 00:26:10,117
(cell phone ringing)
649
00:26:10,119 --> 00:26:11,785
Watson?
650
00:26:11,787 --> 00:26:13,621
WATSON: I just heard
from one of the suspects
651
00:26:13,623 --> 00:26:14,922
Marcus and I talked to
yesterday,
652
00:26:14,924 --> 00:26:16,290
another puzzle-hunter.
653
00:26:16,292 --> 00:26:18,525
Tell me he confessed
to the murders.
654
00:26:18,527 --> 00:26:20,427
We ruled him out right away,
but he heard about
655
00:26:20,429 --> 00:26:22,329
Byron Lowenthal's murder on
the news and wanted me to know
656
00:26:22,331 --> 00:26:25,165
he's at a friend's place,
some guy named Paul.
657
00:26:25,167 --> 00:26:26,934
That is fascinating.
658
00:26:26,936 --> 00:26:28,369
Actually, it might be.
659
00:26:28,371 --> 00:26:31,038
Paul is positive he knows
who the killer is.
660
00:26:31,040 --> 00:26:33,807
I know the guards
are a bit much,
661
00:26:33,809 --> 00:26:35,509
but I wanted everyone
to feel safe.
662
00:26:35,511 --> 00:26:38,178
And, besides,
math has been good to me.
663
00:26:38,180 --> 00:26:39,279
Commodities.
664
00:26:39,281 --> 00:26:40,848
So, you and your friends,
665
00:26:40,850 --> 00:26:43,150
you were competitors
in Belphegor's Prime?
666
00:26:43,152 --> 00:26:45,352
Most of us. Some of the others
are just here for the math.
667
00:26:45,354 --> 00:26:47,121
You said you could
identify the killer.
668
00:26:47,123 --> 00:26:49,323
I can, sort of.
669
00:26:52,061 --> 00:26:54,194
“Mo Shellshocker.”
670
00:26:54,196 --> 00:26:56,930
PAUL: It's a pseudonym,
obviously, but I'm telling you,
671
00:26:56,932 --> 00:26:58,365
this is the guy
you're looking for.
672
00:26:58,367 --> 00:26:59,600
HARLAN:
I've heard of him.
673
00:26:59,602 --> 00:27:01,335
He uses his blog
to expose bad math.
674
00:27:01,337 --> 00:27:03,837
Corrupt economists, biased
pollsters, that sort of thing.
675
00:27:03,839 --> 00:27:05,572
He's actually
sort of a crusader.
676
00:27:05,574 --> 00:27:06,574
He's a murderer.
677
00:27:06,575 --> 00:27:09,143
How can you be
so sure?
678
00:27:09,145 --> 00:27:10,744
When he isn't crusading,
he's competing in puzzle hunts.
679
00:27:10,746 --> 00:27:11,812
A few months ago,
680
00:27:11,814 --> 00:27:13,080
he claimed to
have solved
681
00:27:13,082 --> 00:27:14,815
Cicada 3301 two
years in a row.
682
00:27:14,817 --> 00:27:17,484
Some people called BS,
including...
683
00:27:17,486 --> 00:27:20,120
Ike Wallaczek
and Byron Lowenthal.
684
00:27:20,122 --> 00:27:21,221
WATSON:
“WallaCheckYourMath,”
685
00:27:21,223 --> 00:27:22,489
“ByLow2020.”
686
00:27:22,491 --> 00:27:23,757
Those are their
online handles.
687
00:27:23,759 --> 00:27:25,392
Their friends
will confirm it.
688
00:27:25,394 --> 00:27:27,528
A flame war does not
a murderer make.
689
00:27:27,530 --> 00:27:30,097
The stuff these guys were
slinging at each other was ugly.
690
00:27:30,099 --> 00:27:32,099
Mo knew they were into hunts,
and so he built one
691
00:27:32,101 --> 00:27:34,034
that would send them to places
where he could kill them.
692
00:27:34,036 --> 00:27:35,469
That's what we're
doing here is
693
00:27:35,471 --> 00:27:36,837
we're just sifting
through all the math
694
00:27:36,839 --> 00:27:38,338
he's posted on his blog
over the years,
695
00:27:38,340 --> 00:27:39,840
to see if we could
find his signature
696
00:27:39,842 --> 00:27:41,975
or something that
could identify him.
697
00:27:41,977 --> 00:27:45,279
If two people weren't dead,
we'd probably be having fun.
698
00:27:45,281 --> 00:27:46,747
But still, the
chances that he left
699
00:27:46,749 --> 00:27:48,582
something like that
in his math...
700
00:27:48,584 --> 00:27:50,784
If it's there, we'll find it.
In the meantime,
701
00:27:50,786 --> 00:27:52,186
we thought the
police should know
702
00:27:52,188 --> 00:27:53,687
who they're really
dealing with.
703
00:27:53,689 --> 00:27:55,389
WATSON:
I've got to go meet someone
704
00:27:55,391 --> 00:27:56,924
about my other case.
705
00:27:56,926 --> 00:27:59,927
You're good to pass all this
along to Marcus? Okay.
706
00:27:59,929 --> 00:28:03,030
I must say, I'm surprised you
didn't offer to stay and help.
707
00:28:03,032 --> 00:28:05,265
Mr. Ettinger makes
a compelling case with respect
708
00:28:05,267 --> 00:28:07,067
to Mo Shellshocker's
viability as a suspect.
709
00:28:07,069 --> 00:28:09,002
Mo is a genius.
710
00:28:09,004 --> 00:28:10,637
We're talking off the charts.
711
00:28:10,639 --> 00:28:12,139
Leibniz meets Euler meets Gauss.
712
00:28:12,141 --> 00:28:14,108
Huh.
He may have an ego,
713
00:28:14,110 --> 00:28:16,110
but he's not gonna kill
anyone over a few comments.
714
00:28:16,112 --> 00:28:18,312
So, while “The League of
Concerned Mathematician”"
715
00:28:18,314 --> 00:28:21,014
chases its tail up there, I
am gonna do the smart thing
716
00:28:21,016 --> 00:28:22,416
and get out of town.
717
00:28:22,418 --> 00:28:24,485
You can let me know
when it all blows over.
718
00:28:24,487 --> 00:28:26,386
You're not going
anywhere, Harlan.
719
00:28:26,388 --> 00:28:29,223
Or should I call you
Mo Shellshocker?
720
00:28:32,728 --> 00:28:34,661
Did you honestly think
I wouldn't recognize
721
00:28:34,663 --> 00:28:36,130
an anagram of my own name?
722
00:28:36,132 --> 00:28:40,567
I knew I should've gone
with “Choker Hell Moss”"
723
00:28:40,569 --> 00:28:42,569
But I never thought
that you would see it, okay?
724
00:28:42,571 --> 00:28:44,104
Math is my thing, not yours.
725
00:28:44,106 --> 00:28:46,473
It's my name, Harlan;
that makes it my thing.
726
00:28:46,475 --> 00:28:48,675
It was an homage.
727
00:28:48,677 --> 00:28:50,043
Explain.
728
00:28:50,045 --> 00:28:52,045
Every day, all over the world,
729
00:28:52,047 --> 00:28:54,348
math is used to trick people.
730
00:28:54,350 --> 00:28:56,917
Data dredging to sell
pharmaceuticals.
731
00:28:56,919 --> 00:28:59,720
Publication bias
to justify wars.
732
00:28:59,722 --> 00:29:02,322
In the wrong hands, math can be
manipulated, abused.
733
00:29:02,324 --> 00:29:05,425
And I decided to do
something about it.
734
00:29:07,029 --> 00:29:09,596
You catch people
who murder other people.
735
00:29:09,598 --> 00:29:11,431
I catch people who murder math.
736
00:29:11,433 --> 00:29:14,568
According to this,
Mo is a wanted man.
737
00:29:17,606 --> 00:29:19,940
Harlan?
738
00:29:19,942 --> 00:29:23,110
The D.O.D. was working
on a new fighter.
739
00:29:23,112 --> 00:29:27,047
Only, I knew that the
performance stats were bogus.
740
00:29:27,049 --> 00:29:29,116
A friend of mine found
the internal numbers,
741
00:29:29,118 --> 00:29:31,251
and I sort of published them.
742
00:29:31,253 --> 00:29:33,320
So you put classified
Department of Defense documents
743
00:29:33,322 --> 00:29:34,888
on the Internet.
744
00:29:34,890 --> 00:29:36,623
Isn't that what
you would have done?
745
00:29:38,928 --> 00:29:41,562
Fine! I screwed up, okay?
746
00:29:41,564 --> 00:29:43,730
But, hey, that's what I do,
right? I screw up.
747
00:29:43,732 --> 00:29:46,233
If I didn't, then probably you
wouldn't have secretly fired me.
748
00:29:46,235 --> 00:29:47,968
Excuse me?
749
00:29:47,970 --> 00:29:49,403
I know about Indira Patel!
750
00:29:51,006 --> 00:29:53,340
I know you replaced me.
751
00:29:55,144 --> 00:29:58,979
Kitty, I think
we could use some tea.
752
00:30:01,383 --> 00:30:04,318
Just tell me.
753
00:30:04,320 --> 00:30:06,253
Tell me what math I got wrong.
754
00:30:06,255 --> 00:30:09,356
Tell me why you didn't let me
make it up to you.
755
00:30:09,358 --> 00:30:12,926
It wasn't the maths, it was you.
756
00:30:14,763 --> 00:30:18,232
Your work was impeccable.
757
00:30:18,234 --> 00:30:20,334
And for the most part,
I enjoyed our collaborations.
758
00:30:20,336 --> 00:30:24,838
B-But over time, you just...
you became quite... needy.
759
00:30:24,840 --> 00:30:26,406
What are you talking about?
760
00:30:26,408 --> 00:30:29,109
Y-You asked my advice
on-on social matters,
761
00:30:29,111 --> 00:30:32,512
and you even invited me
to a party.
762
00:30:32,514 --> 00:30:34,648
You were my friend.
763
00:30:34,650 --> 00:30:36,416
I was your employer, Harlan.
764
00:30:36,418 --> 00:30:37,918
A-And you were my consultant.
765
00:30:37,920 --> 00:30:39,419
One of many.
766
00:30:39,421 --> 00:30:43,757
I know that I'm a little
obsessed with what I do.
767
00:30:43,759 --> 00:30:46,960
That has always made it hard
to make friends.
768
00:30:46,962 --> 00:30:50,664
And I used to feel pretty bad
about that, and then I met you.
769
00:30:50,666 --> 00:30:52,566
And I thought to myself,
770
00:30:52,568 --> 00:30:55,903
hey, if it doesn't bother him,
why should I let it bother me?
771
00:30:59,875 --> 00:31:03,810
I got a lot
out of the work that we did.
772
00:31:03,812 --> 00:31:06,146
A lot.
773
00:31:06,148 --> 00:31:11,218
But if someone like you thinks
that I'm a loser, then...
774
00:31:22,564 --> 00:31:24,965
WATSON (over laptop):
Hey, are we still doing this?
775
00:31:24,967 --> 00:31:26,366
Doing what?
776
00:31:26,368 --> 00:31:28,502
Talking about the case.
777
00:31:28,504 --> 00:31:30,070
You're just sitting there.
778
00:31:30,072 --> 00:31:32,105
I'm thinking.
779
00:31:32,107 --> 00:31:34,308
I suspect the silence
is exacerbated
780
00:31:34,310 --> 00:31:36,143
by the nature
of our communication.
781
00:31:36,145 --> 00:31:37,811
Yes. Well, I don't
live there anymore.
782
00:31:37,813 --> 00:31:39,713
So, if you want
to talk shop at night,
783
00:31:39,715 --> 00:31:41,515
this is the best I can do.
784
00:31:41,517 --> 00:31:45,252
Keep asking myself:
what did the killer want?
785
00:31:45,254 --> 00:31:48,255
He went to great lengths to lure
brilliant mathematicians
786
00:31:48,257 --> 00:31:49,489
to their deaths.
787
00:31:49,491 --> 00:31:51,525
Winnowed out
the less gifted
788
00:31:51,527 --> 00:31:54,061
by making his problems
more and more complicated.
789
00:31:54,063 --> 00:31:57,597
He had a type, but I still think
he's a serial killer
790
00:31:57,599 --> 00:31:59,266
only in the most
technical sense.
791
00:31:59,268 --> 00:32:01,201
He tortured both his victims.
792
00:32:01,203 --> 00:32:02,936
But there's no sign
that he enjoyed it.
793
00:32:02,938 --> 00:32:04,538
The work was
utilitarian,
794
00:32:04,540 --> 00:32:06,740
suggesting it was
less for pleasure
795
00:32:06,742 --> 00:32:10,043
and more for persuasion.
796
00:32:10,045 --> 00:32:11,945
He wanted something.
797
00:32:11,947 --> 00:32:13,714
But what?
798
00:32:13,716 --> 00:32:16,483
Maybe there's a connection
between Wallaczek and Lowenthal
799
00:32:16,485 --> 00:32:18,418
we haven't spotted yet.
800
00:32:18,420 --> 00:32:20,220
Maybe they were working
on a project together,
801
00:32:20,222 --> 00:32:21,822
something that was worth
a lot of money.
802
00:32:21,824 --> 00:32:23,857
There's no way the killer
could have predicted
803
00:32:23,859 --> 00:32:26,093
which competitors would make it
to the terminal stage.
804
00:32:26,095 --> 00:32:28,795
That part of the game
was beyond his control.
805
00:32:28,797 --> 00:32:30,664
If it weren't,
he would've been prepared
806
00:32:30,666 --> 00:32:33,300
to dispose of a body
the size of Ike Wallaczek's.
807
00:32:33,302 --> 00:32:35,335
So, even if there were a
connection between the victims,
808
00:32:35,337 --> 00:32:37,070
the killer could not
have counted on them
809
00:32:37,072 --> 00:32:38,839
being lured into his trap.
810
00:32:38,841 --> 00:32:41,041
Certainly not
in sequence.
811
00:32:41,043 --> 00:32:45,112
His game was, in many respects,
one of chance.
812
00:32:46,882 --> 00:32:51,718
Suggesting he knows what
he wants, but not who has it.
813
00:32:51,720 --> 00:32:54,888
Like he was on a puzzle hunt
of his own.
814
00:32:54,890 --> 00:32:56,823
(door closes)
815
00:32:56,825 --> 00:32:58,859
KITTY:
I'm back.
816
00:33:02,898 --> 00:33:05,665
I'll set up
downstairs, yeah?
817
00:33:09,138 --> 00:33:11,238
I've been thinking about
what you said earlier.
818
00:33:11,240 --> 00:33:13,740
I've decided to engage her
one more time
819
00:33:13,742 --> 00:33:15,609
with regards
to her recuperation.
820
00:33:17,112 --> 00:33:21,815
I doubt she'll listen,
but I'll keep you apprised.
821
00:33:25,954 --> 00:33:27,421
I've been thinking.
822
00:33:27,423 --> 00:33:29,623
About?
You. Your history.
823
00:33:29,625 --> 00:33:31,825
Your decision
not to seek help.
824
00:33:31,827 --> 00:33:34,594
I think it's
a mistake.
825
00:33:34,596 --> 00:33:36,530
Oh?
826
00:33:36,532 --> 00:33:38,198
I've looked into a number
of support groups.
827
00:33:38,200 --> 00:33:39,633
As you are well aware,
828
00:33:39,635 --> 00:33:41,701
I have benefited greatly
from similar settings.
829
00:33:41,703 --> 00:33:43,270
You have.
830
00:33:43,272 --> 00:33:44,638
The process, I find,
831
00:33:44,640 --> 00:33:45,906
is not unlike
voiding one's bowels...
832
00:33:45,908 --> 00:33:47,808
I'll go.
What?
833
00:33:47,810 --> 00:33:49,676
I'll go.
Just get me the details.
834
00:33:52,014 --> 00:33:55,182
I've been thinking, too-- about
your number-cruncher, Harlan.
835
00:33:55,184 --> 00:33:57,017
You think I was
too hard on him.
836
00:33:57,019 --> 00:33:58,685
You will have consultants
of your own one day.
837
00:33:58,687 --> 00:34:01,488
You'll see that they require
management and focus.
838
00:34:01,490 --> 00:34:04,124
They are but keys on a keyboard,
and we're the typists.
839
00:34:04,126 --> 00:34:06,159
You could've given him
a shoeing for all I care.
840
00:34:06,161 --> 00:34:07,828
No, I'm just saying that
841
00:34:07,830 --> 00:34:10,030
some of the stuff he's got
up to, it's quite good.
842
00:34:10,032 --> 00:34:11,698
You should take a look.
843
00:34:13,368 --> 00:34:15,735
You may find a fellow typist.
844
00:34:18,774 --> 00:34:21,308
(phone ringing)
845
00:34:21,310 --> 00:34:23,076
Hello?
846
00:34:23,078 --> 00:34:25,312
MAN (American accent): Yeah, I
hear that you and some friends
847
00:34:25,314 --> 00:34:27,848
are trying to identify
Mo Shellshocker.
848
00:34:27,850 --> 00:34:29,649
That's right. Who is this?
849
00:34:29,651 --> 00:34:32,719
His name is Harlan Emple.
850
00:34:32,721 --> 00:34:34,020
You got a pen?
851
00:34:34,022 --> 00:34:36,456
I'll-I'll give you his address.
852
00:34:52,454 --> 00:34:54,020
Harlan.
853
00:34:54,022 --> 00:34:56,356
You can't take a hint, can you?
854
00:34:56,358 --> 00:34:57,657
I got your text messages.
855
00:34:57,659 --> 00:34:58,958
I don't want to see you
right now.
856
00:34:58,960 --> 00:35:00,827
So if you came here
to apologize...
857
00:35:00,829 --> 00:35:03,363
Actually, I came here
to spare you an agonizing death.
858
00:35:04,299 --> 00:35:05,832
Can I come in?
859
00:35:05,834 --> 00:35:08,301
I was puzzling earlier
860
00:35:08,303 --> 00:35:12,038
as to why the killer went
to such specific lengths.
861
00:35:12,040 --> 00:35:13,606
What did he want?
862
00:35:13,608 --> 00:35:15,809
And then Watson,
quite by accident,
863
00:35:15,811 --> 00:35:17,410
she made a most
compelling analogy.
864
00:35:17,412 --> 00:35:20,080
She said it was as if he
was on a hunt of his own.
865
00:35:20,082 --> 00:35:22,615
Duh. He was hunting
mathematicians.
866
00:35:22,617 --> 00:35:23,783
No, he wasn't.
867
00:35:23,785 --> 00:35:25,151
He was hunting a mathematician.
868
00:35:25,153 --> 00:35:26,619
One.
869
00:35:26,621 --> 00:35:29,389
A man who had concealed
his identity not only
870
00:35:29,391 --> 00:35:31,191
from the mathematics
community at large,
871
00:35:31,193 --> 00:35:32,859
but also from the FBI.
872
00:35:32,861 --> 00:35:35,395
A “crusader,”
you might call him.
873
00:35:35,397 --> 00:35:36,763
Wait a minute.
874
00:35:36,765 --> 00:35:38,731
Are you saying that
this was all about me?
875
00:35:53,448 --> 00:35:56,449
HOLMES: Unfortunately, emulating
the work of people like me
876
00:35:56,451 --> 00:35:59,018
is not without risks.
877
00:35:59,020 --> 00:36:00,320
Creates enemies.
878
00:36:00,322 --> 00:36:02,889
I knew it was the government.
879
00:36:02,891 --> 00:36:04,424
It was a lottery winner.
880
00:36:05,560 --> 00:36:07,260
Little over a year ago,
881
00:36:07,262 --> 00:36:09,529
you started a series of blogs
where you exposed the flaws
882
00:36:09,531 --> 00:36:11,664
in certain scratch card
lottery games.
883
00:36:11,666 --> 00:36:13,766
Tickets like this one.
884
00:36:13,768 --> 00:36:15,802
I wrote about
baited hook games.
885
00:36:15,804 --> 00:36:17,971
Games where the numbers
are printed on the front.
886
00:36:17,973 --> 00:36:20,707
Scratch off the hidden numbers,
hope for a match.
887
00:36:20,709 --> 00:36:23,309
Only, you proved that with
careful mathematical analysis
888
00:36:23,311 --> 00:36:25,512
of the visible numbers,
you could predict
889
00:36:25,514 --> 00:36:28,381
which tickets were winners
80% of the time.
890
00:36:28,383 --> 00:36:29,682
If you had exploited
891
00:36:29,684 --> 00:36:32,085
this flaw,
rather than exposing it,
892
00:36:32,087 --> 00:36:33,520
you could have made millions.
893
00:36:33,522 --> 00:36:36,022
Well... sure.
But that would been cheating.
894
00:36:36,024 --> 00:36:37,157
Right.
895
00:36:37,159 --> 00:36:38,825
So imagine
for a moment
896
00:36:38,827 --> 00:36:41,060
that you are a less
honest mathematician.
897
00:36:41,062 --> 00:36:42,495
Right?
898
00:36:42,497 --> 00:36:44,063
You've been taking
advantage of these games
899
00:36:44,065 --> 00:36:47,967
for a couple of years to
amass a small fortune.
900
00:36:47,969 --> 00:36:49,502
And then “Mo"
comes along.
901
00:36:49,504 --> 00:36:51,971
He starts exposing
the broken games.
902
00:36:51,973 --> 00:36:54,340
State lottery commissions
shut them down.
903
00:36:54,342 --> 00:36:56,976
The exploitable
games dry up.
904
00:36:56,978 --> 00:37:00,613
Now, if you were a
psychopathic lottery cheat,
905
00:37:00,615 --> 00:37:02,582
how do you fix that?
906
00:37:02,584 --> 00:37:04,484
You kill Mo.
907
00:37:04,486 --> 00:37:07,253
HOLMES:
Unfortunately, Mo is elusive.
908
00:37:07,255 --> 00:37:08,821
Anonymous.
909
00:37:08,823 --> 00:37:11,224
The only thing
he knew about him for sure
910
00:37:11,226 --> 00:37:14,394
was that he could not resist
a puzzle hunt.
911
00:37:14,396 --> 00:37:17,130
Now, if you were smart enough
to identify
912
00:37:17,132 --> 00:37:19,399
and take advantage of
broken lottery games...
913
00:37:19,401 --> 00:37:21,868
Then I'm smart enough
to design a puzzle hunt.
914
00:37:21,870 --> 00:37:25,338
This plan was not
without its flaws.
915
00:37:25,340 --> 00:37:28,775
Once a competitor
reached the terminal stage,
916
00:37:28,777 --> 00:37:32,745
the killer could not be certain
that he'd trapped Mo, could he?
917
00:37:32,747 --> 00:37:34,480
So he tortured them.
918
00:37:34,482 --> 00:37:37,083
I submit he forced them to
log on to Mo's Web site,
919
00:37:37,085 --> 00:37:39,686
and when they failed...
920
00:37:41,323 --> 00:37:42,755
After two murders,
921
00:37:42,757 --> 00:37:44,290
the game was compromised.
922
00:37:44,292 --> 00:37:46,192
So the killer devises
a Plan “B.”
923
00:37:46,194 --> 00:37:47,460
He tricks
924
00:37:47,462 --> 00:37:49,229
a group of his peers
925
00:37:49,231 --> 00:37:51,097
into helping search
for an alternative means
926
00:37:51,099 --> 00:37:53,032
of identifying Mo.
927
00:37:56,504 --> 00:37:58,438
You're talking about that guy.
928
00:37:58,440 --> 00:37:59,906
The one with the penthouse.
929
00:37:59,908 --> 00:38:02,742
Paul?
930
00:38:02,744 --> 00:38:05,044
Lottery winners
are public record.
931
00:38:05,046 --> 00:38:07,814
So when I searched for
the names of repeat winners
932
00:38:07,816 --> 00:38:09,482
in the dates prior
to your posts...
933
00:38:09,484 --> 00:38:11,317
I can't believe
I drank his water.
934
00:38:11,319 --> 00:38:12,685
I called him.
935
00:38:12,687 --> 00:38:14,654
I identified you as Mo.
936
00:38:14,656 --> 00:38:16,122
And I gave him your address.
937
00:38:16,124 --> 00:38:17,590
You what?!
938
00:38:21,129 --> 00:38:23,062
Drop your weapon!
939
00:38:23,064 --> 00:38:24,597
HOLMES:
I did not, however, give him
940
00:38:24,599 --> 00:38:25,965
the correct apartment number.
941
00:38:25,967 --> 00:38:28,334
He was arrested
a little over an hour ago.
942
00:38:28,336 --> 00:38:30,737
(exhales)
943
00:38:30,739 --> 00:38:31,871
Tried to call you to
tell you, but, um...
944
00:38:31,873 --> 00:38:33,539
But I was ignoring you.
945
00:38:33,541 --> 00:38:35,008
Yes, you were ignoring me.
946
00:38:35,010 --> 00:38:36,209
Look, you know
947
00:38:36,211 --> 00:38:37,377
that I'm still screwed, right?
948
00:38:37,379 --> 00:38:39,279
You told him that I'm Mo.
949
00:38:39,281 --> 00:38:42,115
He's gonna tell the police,
they're gonna tell the FBI...
950
00:38:42,117 --> 00:38:43,516
The NYPD is under
the impression
951
00:38:43,518 --> 00:38:45,385
that I lied about
your connection to Mo
952
00:38:45,387 --> 00:38:47,920
in order to draw
Mr. Ettinger out.
953
00:38:47,922 --> 00:38:49,555
As far as the
FBI goes, well,
954
00:38:49,557 --> 00:38:51,958
I've got some associates
who have created a trail
955
00:38:51,960 --> 00:38:53,860
which will
strongly suggest that Mo
956
00:38:53,862 --> 00:38:55,728
is a cyber-terrorist
I became aware of
957
00:38:55,730 --> 00:38:58,197
whilst working for, um...
958
00:38:58,199 --> 00:38:59,766
queen and country.
959
00:38:59,768 --> 00:39:02,135
Your secret's
quite safe.
960
00:39:02,137 --> 00:39:03,903
Thanks.
961
00:39:06,508 --> 00:39:09,776
My reasons for preserving you
are entirely selfish, Harlan.
962
00:39:11,579 --> 00:39:13,279
You are a tremendous asset.
963
00:39:13,281 --> 00:39:15,815
I have little doubt
964
00:39:15,817 --> 00:39:19,118
I will need your help again
in the future.
965
00:39:22,624 --> 00:39:24,791
(doorbell rings)
966
00:39:26,461 --> 00:39:28,528
Me or him?
967
00:39:28,530 --> 00:39:29,996
You.
968
00:39:29,998 --> 00:39:31,798
I have an update on
that real estate flipper.
969
00:39:31,800 --> 00:39:33,433
I thought you might
want to know.
970
00:39:39,274 --> 00:39:41,908
I tracked down the truck rental
receipts to get her name.
971
00:39:41,910 --> 00:39:43,142
Valerie Cork.
972
00:39:43,144 --> 00:39:44,911
She's an art authenticator.
973
00:39:44,913 --> 00:39:46,779
And that crate you saw?
974
00:39:46,781 --> 00:39:48,414
There was
something called
975
00:39:48,416 --> 00:39:50,683
a scanning fluorescence
spectrometry machine inside.
976
00:39:50,685 --> 00:39:52,251
They're used...
To find paintings
977
00:39:52,253 --> 00:39:53,553
underneath other paintings.
978
00:39:53,555 --> 00:39:55,288
So it turns out
that the building
979
00:39:55,290 --> 00:39:56,689
Chad Keswick was looking to buy
980
00:39:56,691 --> 00:39:59,025
was leased by the WPA
during the Depression.
981
00:39:59,027 --> 00:40:00,927
They commissioned a
mural for the lobby.
982
00:40:00,929 --> 00:40:03,329
The artist was a
notorious communist,
983
00:40:03,331 --> 00:40:05,365
so when the property passed
into private hands in the '50s,
984
00:40:05,367 --> 00:40:06,999
the new owners
had it painted over.
985
00:40:07,001 --> 00:40:08,735
But it was still there,
under the paint.
986
00:40:08,737 --> 00:40:11,037
A lost work by Diego Rivera.
987
00:40:11,039 --> 00:40:13,473
It's worth ten times
the price of the building.
988
00:40:14,676 --> 00:40:17,043
I was hoping to leak
the truth to the Times.
989
00:40:18,113 --> 00:40:20,046
I promised you a cut of my fee.
990
00:40:20,048 --> 00:40:22,148
But I'm pretty sure
the mural's gonna end up
991
00:40:22,150 --> 00:40:24,384
in the hands of
a historical trust.
992
00:40:24,386 --> 00:40:26,352
I'd feel obligated
to refund my client,
993
00:40:26,354 --> 00:40:28,388
which means you'd get
a cut of nothing.
994
00:40:29,290 --> 00:40:31,457
That works for me.
995
00:40:31,459 --> 00:40:33,493
Okay.
996
00:40:35,463 --> 00:40:37,397
I think you should know
997
00:40:37,399 --> 00:40:39,732
that I am going
to a meeting tonight.
998
00:40:41,803 --> 00:40:45,505
One of those
support groups for...
999
00:40:45,507 --> 00:40:47,340
people like me.
1000
00:40:47,342 --> 00:40:49,876
It was, uh, Sherlock's idea.
1001
00:40:49,878 --> 00:40:51,644
That's great.
1002
00:40:51,646 --> 00:40:53,446
I know you put him up to it.
1003
00:40:53,448 --> 00:40:55,381
We talked.
1004
00:40:57,552 --> 00:41:00,219
When he first approached me
in London,
1005
00:41:00,221 --> 00:41:03,556
I was...
1006
00:41:03,558 --> 00:41:05,558
in a bad way.
1007
00:41:05,560 --> 00:41:08,227
And I had been for a while.
1008
00:41:08,229 --> 00:41:11,130
But then,
when he talked about
1009
00:41:11,132 --> 00:41:12,365
the work that he did,
1010
00:41:12,367 --> 00:41:16,035
about the things
that he saw in me...
1011
00:41:18,406 --> 00:41:19,739
I want it.
1012
00:41:19,741 --> 00:41:21,874
I want every bit
of what's he offered me,
1013
00:41:21,876 --> 00:41:23,843
of what he offered you, but...
1014
00:41:23,845 --> 00:41:26,212
if I've learned one thing
over the last few weeks,
1015
00:41:26,214 --> 00:41:28,047
it's that he can't pull it off.
1016
00:41:28,049 --> 00:41:29,682
Not by himself, anyway.
1017
00:41:31,586 --> 00:41:34,153
And if I'm gonna get
what I want,
1018
00:41:34,155 --> 00:41:37,690
then I'm going to need
your help, too.
1019
00:41:40,361 --> 00:41:42,829
I still think
the meetings are bollocks,
1020
00:41:42,831 --> 00:41:44,931
but you say they're important.
1021
00:41:44,933 --> 00:41:47,967
They matter to you, so...
1022
00:41:47,969 --> 00:41:49,735
What do you say, Watson?
1023
00:41:49,737 --> 00:41:52,071
Will you help me?
1024
00:41:56,277 --> 00:41:58,244
I don't know how it happened.
1025
00:41:58,246 --> 00:42:01,547
It just... hit me.
1026
00:42:01,549 --> 00:42:03,983
Like a truck, out of nowhere.
1027
00:42:04,853 --> 00:42:07,753
Work is good.
1028
00:42:07,755 --> 00:42:09,755
I have friends.
1029
00:42:09,757 --> 00:42:13,092
I'm in a
relationship.
1030
00:42:13,094 --> 00:42:16,896
Somewhere along
the way, somehow,
1031
00:42:16,898 --> 00:42:19,732
I stopped being a victim
1032
00:42:19,734 --> 00:42:22,602
and became a survivor.
1033
00:42:22,604 --> 00:42:25,705
So, I guess all I'm saying is,
there's hope.
1034
00:42:26,357 --> 00:42:31,686
Do the work. Love yourself.
There's hope.
1035
00:42:33,956 --> 00:42:40,456
== sync, corrected by elderman ==
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