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(overlapping voices on TV)
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Don't you ever get tired
of this memory game?
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You do it every morning.
The mind is a muscle, Watson.
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It needs to be exercised
regularly lest it turn flabby.
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Most people
just read a book.
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I am reading a book.
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Well, do you mind
turning it off for a minute?
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I want to finish our
conversation from last night.
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(sighs)
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Okay, I meant
all of them.
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Absorbing and cataloguing
several pieces of information
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at the same time
is the whole point.
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Talk away.
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Okay, well, then I want us
to get more serious
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about finding a sponsor.
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Why do I need a sponsor
when I have a companion?
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Because you only have me
for a few more weeks.
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A sponsor is permanent,
someone who's...
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struggled with their
own addictions
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and is gonna offer you
lifelong support and advice,
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which is what you need.
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The drugs that I took
seemed to light up my brain.
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Suddenly I realized
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the power I held,
the power to rule,
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to make the world grovel
at my feet.
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(video rewinding)
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The drugs I took seemed
to light up my brain.
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Suddenly I realized
the power I held,
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the power to rule,
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to make the world grovel
at my feet.
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Okay.
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Well, I know someone
who might be a good fit for you.
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I've worked with him before.
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Let's have coffee
with him, okay?
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If I needed a sponsor,
that would sound delightful.
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I don't. Just like I didn't
need a sober companion.
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And you didn't need rehab
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and you didn't
need drug counseling
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and you didn't need
any help of any kind.
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I know.
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It's just coffee.
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Sherlock.
Fine. I'll go.
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Provided I can get some peace
and quiet around here.
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(overlapping voices)
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MAN: We completely
understand, Mr. McKeon.
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Fluid layout.
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No, we-we agree, uh...
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grid-based design, it's gone
the way of the dinosaur.
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Will do.
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All right. Take care.
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Our favorite client's
still wringing his hands?
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Guy just does not get
Web design.
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'Course, he's like 45
or something.
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(beeping)
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Is that you?
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(beeping continues)
No.
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I think it's coming
from inside the vent.
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(beeping continues)
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Yeah, repair guy must have
dropped his phone or something.
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MAN: That's going
to make us crazy.
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MAN 2:
I'll call maintenance.
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(beeping continues)
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♪ Elementary 1x08 ♪
The Long Fuse
Original Air Date on November 29, 2012
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== sync, corrected by elderman ==
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♪
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The blast detonated in
the southeast corner
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of the office around
9:15 this morning.
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Killed two people,
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Dave Preston and Royce Maltz,
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and injured 11 more.
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Chemical composition
of the device?
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The bomb squad's
working on it.
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All they know
for sure is that
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the bomb was stashed
in that air vent.
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Both of the victims were
employees of this company?
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BELL:
Parabolic Web Industries.
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They design and maintain
corporate Web sites.
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We're looking
into whether anybody had beef
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with the firm.
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OFFICER: Captain? Detective Bell? Got a minute?
Captain: Sure.
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I imagine you won't miss this
when you're gone.
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In a few weeks,
you'll be with your new client.
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No more crime scenes,
no more death and destruction.
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Most dangerous place you'll go
is a support group meeting
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where they've run out of coffee.
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Firstly, I don't have
a next client, and secondly,
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you're right, I'm not gonna
miss seeing this stuff.
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You see this?
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That's packing paper.
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It's used to fill the gap
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between the fuel and the
blast cap on a pipe bomb.
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When the bomb detonates,
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this paper is ejected
through the barrel
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before it has time
to fully combust.
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Now, weapons-grade munitions
uses pulp filler,
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not newspaper.
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The bomb squad
said the same thing.
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We're already
running a check
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on recent
commercial burglaries
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to see if
anyone's missing
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any flammable chemicals
or gunpowder.
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You got something?
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Motherboard.
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BELL: You know this is
a computer company, right?
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Well, that's just it, Detective.
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This is not from a computer.
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It's from a pager.
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Note the presence of a receiver
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but the absence
of a transmitter.
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What's it doing here?
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Pre-explosion, this place looked
like the deck of a starship.
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It's unlikely any of
the firm's employees
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would use technology
as antiquated as a pager.
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You're saying
it's part of the bomb?
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I'm saying this may be
the bomb's detonator.
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The good news is, if it's
not too badly damaged,
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you'll be able to trace
the account.
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I'll get this
to tech assist right away.
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I'll let you know
when we hear something.
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If the motherboard
is still functional, how long
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do you think it's gonna take
the police to get a number?
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Two, maybe three hours. Why?
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WATSON:
He'll be a great sponsor for you
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and he works on the floor
of the stock exchange.
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Good thinking, Watson.
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You know how much
I enjoy bankers.
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Glad to see
you've been paying attention
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over the last few weeks.
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Actually, he's an officer
with the SEC.
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So he spends his days
keeping bankers in line.
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He also spent four years at
the London School of Economics,
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so he knows
your old stomping grounds.
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You think I'd just pick any name
out of a hat? Oh, there he is.
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Hey, Adrian.
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Hi. Adrian, Sherlock.
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Pleasure.
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Well, you guys talk.
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I'll be over there
when you're ready.
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A hypothetical, Adrian.
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I call you in the middle
of the night,
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I tell you that I'm thinking
of using again,
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and that if I don't,
I might die.
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How do you respond?
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Well, Sherlock,
I think I'd start
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by reminding you, you got
to take it one day at a time,
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and that every clean
day is a victory.
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I call you and tell you
that an enemy has poisoned me
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with a powerful
neuroleptic agent.
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The only antidote is a
healthy dose of diphenhydramine,
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of which I have plenty.
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Do you advise me to take it?
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Diphen...
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Diphenhydramine.
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You find
murder-by-poisoning humorous?
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No, of course not. I just...
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The diphenhydramine,
Adrian, do I take it?
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If it's gonna save your life,
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then yeah, of course you do.
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That's your idea of a
good fit, seriously?
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I told you, he's one
of the best sponsors I know.
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Peter Platitude? I was waiting
for him to hold my hand
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so we could recite
the Serenity Prayer.
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Okay, if you want to hear
something other that platitudes,
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try listening to the guy
for more than two minutes.
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The man encouraged me to take
diphenhydramine, Watson.
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A deliriant.
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The Republic of Zambia
recently classified that
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a controlled substance.
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Now, what kind of a sponsor
would allow his sponsee
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to risk their sobriety
over a simple case
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of neuroleptic poisoning?
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Okay, you think I don't know
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there's no right answer
to that question?
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You don't want Adrian?
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Okay. This is a process.
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We can look for other candidates
at group tonight.
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But know this: We are gonna
find you a sponsor
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before my stint is up, okay?
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(phone ringing)
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Ha.
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Captain.
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That motherboard you found--
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bomb squad confirmed
it was part of the device,
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so touché.
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The pager it was part of
was prepaid,
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so there was no subscriber info,
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but luckily, the tech assist
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was able to pull
a number off it.
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And the same phone
called the pager
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three times this morning,
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and each call was within seconds
of the bomb going off.
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Were you able
to trace the number?
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Yeah, to a plumber
named Rennie Jacobs from Queens.
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And get this,
he just did a six-year stretch
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for burning down his apartment
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in an insurance fraud scheme.
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Any particular reason
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he'd want to depredate
that Web design firm?
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No clue, but, uh,
if you want to see him
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live and in person,
he just got here.
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I was just trying
to call in
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a breakfast sandwich order,
that's it.
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Three times you called
that pager, Mr. Jacobs.
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Three times.
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You said the pager number
was 555-0164, right?
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212 area code?
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I was trying to call
Miracle Deli on 113th.
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Their number is off
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by one digit. 0165.
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I must've misdialed, 'cause
when they didn't answer,
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(line ringing)
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I hit redial.
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Twice.
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MAN: Miracle Deli.
Pickup or delivery?
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He's telling the truth
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about the numbers being off
by a single digit.
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Yeah, we know.
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Coincidence bugs me, but not
enough to cut him loose.
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(phone vibrates)
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I got to step out.
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Bomb squad wants to brief me.
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(door opens, closes)
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You don't look convinced.
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Bomb-building
is a dangerous venture.
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It requires patience,
precision,
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attention to detail.
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Mr. Jacobs' wristwatch
is nine minutes slow
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and his fly
is three-quarters down.
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That doesn't scream
detail-oriented.
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Ted Kaczynski looked like
a hobo puked another hobo.
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He managed
to hurt plenty of people.
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Point taken.
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Yeah.
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Can I help you?
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This is the, uh...
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the bomb's power source,
I presume?
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Six volt.
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Very interesting company,
PrimSource Battery.
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Founded in 1888
by British expat
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and purveyor
of mechanical novelties,
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Hubert Primler.
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They switched to making
batteries full-time in 1907,
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each one stamped
with the company's
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now iconic rising-sun logo.
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The logo remained unchanged
until 2008,
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when a small oak tree was added
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to commemorate
the company's centenary.
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Yet this one has no oak tree.
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That means that battery
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is more than four years old.
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Odd, isn't it,
go to all that trouble
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building an elaborate
explosive device
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and then power it with an old
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and potentially
unreliable battery?
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Odd, yes,
but not impossible.
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Holmes, Holmes,
I've only got a few minutes here
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to pick Bennett's brain
before I have
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to stand in front
of 20 cameras
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to explain what happened
this morning.
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What about that?
What about what?
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OFFICER:
It's the president.
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Wrong. It's the senator.
Captain...
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Senator Obama,
not President Obama.
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You can tell from the lack
of gray in his hair.
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He's right. I can make
out a date on this one.
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October 13, 2008.
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So, what are you saying?
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That battery is four years old.
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00:11:15,196 --> 00:11:17,613
These shreds of newspaper
are four years old.
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The bomb that exploded
this morning was four years old.
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00:11:20,067 --> 00:11:21,533
But why would the suspect
build a bomb
272
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and sit on it for four years?
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He wouldn't have.
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And in Rennie Jacobs's case,
he couldn't have.
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He was in prison
four years ago.
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I think he was telling the truth
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when he said he dialed
the wrong number this morning.
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We have the man who set it off
accidentally in 2012.
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Now we just need the man who
intended to set it off in 2008.
280
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You're sure he's not the
one who built the bomb?
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Sure? No.
282
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Reasonably certain? Yeah.
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The NYPD can continue
to poke and prod him.
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In the meantime,
you and I can push forward
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on this, our new front.
286
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It is a lovely front.
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Hmm. Vanowen
Strategic Communications.
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Public relations consultancy
founded in 1994
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by Harrington School of Business
alumna Heather Vanowen.
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00:12:06,881 --> 00:12:09,464
The firm is particularly adept
at solving image crises
291
00:12:09,466 --> 00:12:11,216
of the corporate variety,
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making them one-stop shopping
for many of the Fortune 500.
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Spin doctors
of the highest order, and
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former tenants
of the midtown offices
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ravaged by a homemade bomb
this morning.
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They occupied the space
until December 2008.
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00:12:25,566 --> 00:12:28,517
Now, if I'm right and the bomb
was planted that October,
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this company
or one of its employees
299
00:12:30,688 --> 00:12:33,138
may have been
the intended target.
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WOMAN:
Mr. Holmes?
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Heather Vanowen.
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00:12:37,161 --> 00:12:38,810
This is Earl Wheeler, my CFO.
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We were told you work
with the police.
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I'm their consultant.
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00:12:43,650 --> 00:12:45,000
This is Miss Watson.
306
00:12:45,002 --> 00:12:47,252
She is my consultant,
slash housekeep.
307
00:12:47,254 --> 00:12:48,837
So, how can we
help you today?
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00:12:48,839 --> 00:12:50,655
Well, you can start
by telling us
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who maybe have wanted
to blow you up in 2008.
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I'm stunned.
311
00:12:56,964 --> 00:12:58,547
I-I saw the story
on the news this morning.
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00:12:58,549 --> 00:13:01,083
I knew that was our old
office space, but...
313
00:13:01,085 --> 00:13:03,218
I never would have guessed
that that bomb
314
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was meant for us.
WHEELER: So you honestly think
315
00:13:05,339 --> 00:13:07,672
it was just sitting
there this whole time?
316
00:13:07,674 --> 00:13:09,841
The police think it was tucked
into an air vent.
317
00:13:09,843 --> 00:13:11,610
If that part of the building's
climate control system
318
00:13:11,612 --> 00:13:13,362
had never needed repair--
319
00:13:13,364 --> 00:13:15,614
and judging by this morning's
events, it didn't--
320
00:13:15,616 --> 00:13:17,866
it could have gone
undiscovered indefinitely.
321
00:13:17,868 --> 00:13:20,035
Okay, but why this morning?
322
00:13:20,037 --> 00:13:21,954
Why'd it go off
after all this time?
323
00:13:21,956 --> 00:13:23,521
The bomb was detonated
by a pager.
324
00:13:23,523 --> 00:13:27,209
In 2008, the company
that made that pager
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00:13:27,211 --> 00:13:31,413
had no signal towers within
42 blocks of your old offices.
326
00:13:31,415 --> 00:13:33,048
In 2010,
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they erected a new tower
328
00:13:35,669 --> 00:13:37,552
a mere three blocks away.
329
00:13:37,554 --> 00:13:39,371
So the bomb didn't detonate
330
00:13:39,373 --> 00:13:41,673
in 2008 because the call
couldn't go through.
331
00:13:41,675 --> 00:13:44,209
The question is:
Who built the device,
332
00:13:44,211 --> 00:13:46,845
and what may they have had
against your company?
333
00:13:46,847 --> 00:13:48,563
I'm sure that we've made
our fair share of enemies
334
00:13:48,565 --> 00:13:50,732
along the way, but, um...
someone who would build
335
00:13:50,734 --> 00:13:52,184
a bomb?
336
00:13:52,186 --> 00:13:54,436
The ELM.
337
00:13:54,438 --> 00:13:57,055
The Earth Liberty Militia.
338
00:13:57,057 --> 00:13:58,607
We got some threatening letters
from them in 2008.
339
00:13:58,609 --> 00:14:00,993
They're an ecoterrorist
group, right?
340
00:14:00,995 --> 00:14:02,778
They've bombed a few other
companies over the years.
341
00:14:02,780 --> 00:14:05,664
What would an ecoterrorist group
have against a PR firm?
342
00:14:05,666 --> 00:14:07,783
Our clients.
343
00:14:07,785 --> 00:14:10,235
We work with some of
the major energy conglomerates.
344
00:14:10,237 --> 00:14:11,586
Occasionally we
have to help them
345
00:14:11,588 --> 00:14:13,171
smooth over their
image after mishaps.
346
00:14:13,173 --> 00:14:15,407
200 million gallons of oil
347
00:14:15,409 --> 00:14:17,342
spilling into the Gulf,
for example?
348
00:14:17,344 --> 00:14:19,845
The ELM sent us
seven letters in 2008.
349
00:14:19,847 --> 00:14:21,947
I think we have copies
of them in our records room.
350
00:14:21,949 --> 00:14:23,181
You want to take a look?
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00:14:23,183 --> 00:14:24,850
We would.
352
00:14:26,585 --> 00:14:29,972
Effluvium, fussbudget, Cairo.
353
00:14:29,974 --> 00:14:32,891
Nine across,
14 down, 32 down.
354
00:14:32,893 --> 00:14:36,278
I-I have a sort of thing
for puzzles.
355
00:14:40,917 --> 00:14:42,284
When I first tried
getting clean,
356
00:14:42,286 --> 00:14:43,785
I started drinking.
357
00:14:43,787 --> 00:14:46,371
Before long, I realized
that I had swapped
358
00:14:46,373 --> 00:14:47,789
one addiction
for another.
359
00:14:47,791 --> 00:14:49,241
Please put those away.
360
00:14:49,243 --> 00:14:51,426
"You cannot stop this.
You can only submit.
361
00:14:51,428 --> 00:14:53,728
Submit or be destroyed""
362
00:14:53,730 --> 00:14:57,032
That's something
the ELM would say.
363
00:14:57,034 --> 00:14:58,283
Here...
364
00:14:58,285 --> 00:15:00,285
Not the time,
not the place.
365
00:15:00,287 --> 00:15:02,954
I'm sorry, but from a forensic
linguistics standpoint,
366
00:15:02,956 --> 00:15:04,573
these threats are
quite fascinating.
367
00:15:04,575 --> 00:15:07,626
For example, I see clues here
that would suggest
368
00:15:07,628 --> 00:15:10,712
that the ELM was not
an organization, per se,
369
00:15:10,714 --> 00:15:13,965
but one man posing
as an organization
370
00:15:15,134 --> 00:15:17,302
Seriously, can you just
examine those at home?
371
00:15:17,304 --> 00:15:18,920
We have work
to do here.
372
00:15:18,922 --> 00:15:21,223
Oh, yeah.
Sponsor Search 2012.
373
00:15:21,225 --> 00:15:23,225
I have to say, Watson,
374
00:15:23,227 --> 00:15:25,460
it's a bit of
a motley crew tonight.
375
00:15:25,462 --> 00:15:27,596
I don't think these are
my kind of addicts.
376
00:15:27,598 --> 00:15:30,649
I think this is going to be
a much longer
377
00:15:30,651 --> 00:15:32,851
and more involved process
than we initially thought.
378
00:15:32,853 --> 00:15:35,136
You have 23 days.
379
00:15:35,138 --> 00:15:37,072
Then our time is up.
380
00:15:39,158 --> 00:15:41,109
MAN: My name is Alfredo,
and I'm an addict.
381
00:15:41,111 --> 00:15:42,810
ALL:
Hi, Alfredo.
382
00:15:42,812 --> 00:15:46,331
ALFREDO: Started boosting cars
when I was 14.
383
00:15:46,333 --> 00:15:47,699
By the time I turned 18,
384
00:15:47,701 --> 00:15:49,784
I was the best there is.
385
00:15:49,786 --> 00:15:51,953
Ain't a car in the city
I can't steal.
386
00:15:51,955 --> 00:15:53,455
Him.
387
00:15:53,457 --> 00:15:54,756
Hmm?
Now I'm flush with cash,
388
00:15:54,758 --> 00:15:56,925
I'm bored... I turn to drugs.
389
00:15:56,927 --> 00:15:59,878
I want him to
be my sponsor.
390
00:15:59,880 --> 00:16:01,546
Took my first hit at 19...
391
00:16:03,683 --> 00:16:07,168
This phrase,
"on your beam ends,"
392
00:16:07,170 --> 00:16:09,688
it appears in five
of the seven threats.
393
00:16:09,690 --> 00:16:12,023
I'm certain I've heard
it before; I just...
394
00:16:12,025 --> 00:16:13,441
can't recall where.
395
00:16:13,443 --> 00:16:14,726
"On your beam ends."
396
00:16:14,728 --> 00:16:16,394
A nautical idiom
first documented
397
00:16:16,396 --> 00:16:18,780
in Captain Frederick
Marryat's 1830 novel
398
00:16:18,782 --> 00:16:20,448
The King's Own,
399
00:16:20,450 --> 00:16:22,367
signifying a situation
of great peril.
400
00:16:22,369 --> 00:16:24,486
Strange for such
an aberrant phrase
401
00:16:24,488 --> 00:16:25,820
to appear so repeatedly.
402
00:16:25,822 --> 00:16:29,040
Are you seriously
going to make me ask?
403
00:16:29,042 --> 00:16:31,293
Ask what?
About your sponsor, Alfredo.
404
00:16:31,295 --> 00:16:32,961
Delightful fellow.
405
00:16:32,963 --> 00:16:34,462
He's agreed to meet us
both tomorrow for coffee.
406
00:16:34,464 --> 00:16:36,464
So we can get to
know one another.
407
00:16:36,466 --> 00:16:37,966
You don't approve?
408
00:16:37,968 --> 00:16:39,968
I'm just a little confused,
that's all.
409
00:16:39,970 --> 00:16:41,386
I mean, you actually met Adrian.
410
00:16:41,388 --> 00:16:43,037
You talked to him
before you turned him down.
411
00:16:43,039 --> 00:16:45,757
You heard Alfredo speak
for 15 seconds.
412
00:16:45,759 --> 00:16:47,542
Oh, have you not
figured out by now
413
00:16:47,544 --> 00:16:50,312
that I see far more
than your average addict?
414
00:16:50,314 --> 00:16:52,046
My observational skills
are second to none.
415
00:16:52,048 --> 00:16:54,882
I know. I know that.
I just... I want to leave you
416
00:16:54,884 --> 00:16:57,185
in the best situation possible.
It's important to me.
417
00:16:57,187 --> 00:16:59,104
Got it.
Good. I'm glad.
418
00:16:59,106 --> 00:17:00,772
No. "On your beam ends""
419
00:17:00,774 --> 00:17:02,223
I've got it.
420
00:17:02,225 --> 00:17:05,193
I know where I was
when I heard it.
421
00:17:09,115 --> 00:17:10,415
That one.
422
00:17:10,417 --> 00:17:12,900
That's where I saw it,
weeks ago.
423
00:17:12,902 --> 00:17:15,453
But what was the context?
424
00:17:18,907 --> 00:17:20,258
Yellow cartoon sponge man,
425
00:17:20,260 --> 00:17:23,077
sports news,
mouthwash advert,
426
00:17:23,079 --> 00:17:23,933
Arctic Blue...
427
00:17:23,958 --> 00:17:25,247
You want to tell me
what you're doing?
428
00:17:25,248 --> 00:17:27,582
Uh, method of loci,
mnemonic device.
429
00:17:27,584 --> 00:17:30,268
Relies on memorized spatial
relationships to establish,
430
00:17:30,270 --> 00:17:34,105
catalogue and recollect
memorial content.
431
00:17:35,274 --> 00:17:37,142
If I remember what was
on these six screens,
432
00:17:37,144 --> 00:17:40,228
I'll remember what
was on the seventh.
433
00:17:42,931 --> 00:17:45,767
Fat lady, new cookbook,
insufferable.
434
00:17:45,769 --> 00:17:47,952
Erectile dysfunction.
Nature program, penguins.
435
00:17:47,954 --> 00:17:50,655
And... talk show.
436
00:17:50,657 --> 00:17:53,875
The topic was...
international whaling laws.
437
00:17:53,877 --> 00:17:57,629
Two guests got into an argument.
438
00:18:04,637 --> 00:18:06,755
MAN:
You are not seriously suggesting
439
00:18:06,757 --> 00:18:09,257
that cleaning out the
Pacific Ocean is a good idea.
440
00:18:09,259 --> 00:18:10,642
What do you suggest
we tell the Japanese worker
441
00:18:10,644 --> 00:18:12,110
whose livelihood
depends upon this trade?
442
00:18:12,112 --> 00:18:14,262
MAN:
Just... you don't get it.
443
00:18:14,264 --> 00:18:17,131
One day 50 yrs from now,
when you're on your beam ends,
444
00:18:17,133 --> 00:18:19,851
you'll wish you'd done
more when you could have.
445
00:18:19,853 --> 00:18:22,153
That's the same bombast
446
00:18:22,155 --> 00:18:23,571
I read in the ELM letters.
447
00:18:23,573 --> 00:18:24,856
It's the same hyperbole.
448
00:18:24,858 --> 00:18:26,157
Same weird phrase.
449
00:18:26,159 --> 00:18:27,909
You really think it's him?
450
00:18:27,911 --> 00:18:29,477
I know a way to find out.
451
00:18:29,479 --> 00:18:31,329
MAN:
I'm confused, Detective.
452
00:18:31,331 --> 00:18:34,999
You're accusing me of being
some sort of ecoterrorist?
453
00:18:35,001 --> 00:18:37,202
One of our special consultants
454
00:18:37,204 --> 00:18:40,205
thinks your speech pattern
is a match for these letters.
455
00:18:40,207 --> 00:18:41,923
For the last time,
456
00:18:41,925 --> 00:18:43,991
I have never seen
these letters before.
457
00:18:43,993 --> 00:18:46,327
I don't know anything
about the ELM,
458
00:18:46,329 --> 00:18:48,329
and I certainly didn't
build any bombs.
459
00:18:48,331 --> 00:18:51,566
Lie, lie and lie.
460
00:18:51,568 --> 00:18:53,101
Who the hell are you?
461
00:18:53,103 --> 00:18:55,220
I am the man with the button.
462
00:18:55,222 --> 00:18:57,105
It's from the elevator
down the hall.
463
00:18:57,107 --> 00:18:59,006
You pushed it
to get to this floor.
464
00:18:59,008 --> 00:19:01,008
As soon as you disembarked,
I removed it,
465
00:19:01,010 --> 00:19:03,344
and took it to the department's
latent print unit.
466
00:19:03,346 --> 00:19:05,480
It has your fingerprint
on it, you see.
467
00:19:05,482 --> 00:19:07,866
Which means it has
a great deal in common
468
00:19:07,868 --> 00:19:10,985
with a component
from a bomb the ELM detonated
469
00:19:10,987 --> 00:19:14,322
in a lumber mill
in Utica in 2005.
470
00:19:14,324 --> 00:19:17,158
Button... bomb.
471
00:19:17,160 --> 00:19:19,627
Button...
bomb.
472
00:19:19,629 --> 00:19:22,247
The similarities are quite
striking, wouldn't you agree?
473
00:19:22,249 --> 00:19:24,048
You built the ELM bombs,
Mr. Knowles.
474
00:19:24,050 --> 00:19:25,667
And you wrote
those letters.
475
00:19:25,669 --> 00:19:27,552
It's too bad you didn't
go back for the one
476
00:19:27,554 --> 00:19:29,971
you left at Vanowen S.C. when
you realized it was defective.
477
00:19:29,973 --> 00:19:32,474
Maybe you wouldn't be facing
two murder charges today.
478
00:19:34,543 --> 00:19:36,644
I bombed that lumber mill.
479
00:19:38,380 --> 00:19:41,316
And I wrote these letters
to Vanowen S.C.
480
00:19:41,318 --> 00:19:43,601
But you know what I didn't do?
481
00:19:43,603 --> 00:19:44,986
Follow up on them.
482
00:19:44,988 --> 00:19:48,523
By 2008, I had
successfully detonated
483
00:19:48,525 --> 00:19:51,609
nitrate-based bombs at
five different companies.
484
00:19:51,611 --> 00:19:55,229
I was established,
and I was taken very seriously.
485
00:19:55,231 --> 00:19:58,449
Vanowen S.C. was one of
several dozen businesses
486
00:19:58,451 --> 00:20:00,568
I threatened but never bombed.
487
00:20:00,570 --> 00:20:03,037
Why am I not surprised
you'd take credit
488
00:20:03,039 --> 00:20:04,739
for every bombing except
489
00:20:04,741 --> 00:20:07,926
the one that
killed two people?
490
00:20:07,928 --> 00:20:09,627
(small explosion)
WATSON: Was that you?
491
00:20:09,629 --> 00:20:11,462
Was what me?
492
00:20:14,517 --> 00:20:17,251
What did those balls
ever do to you?
493
00:20:17,253 --> 00:20:18,937
(breathing deeply)
494
00:20:18,939 --> 00:20:21,055
They're dying
for a good cause, Watson.
495
00:20:21,057 --> 00:20:23,691
Of course they are.
Ah!
496
00:20:25,361 --> 00:20:26,644
Did you know
497
00:20:26,646 --> 00:20:28,446
that when a bomb explodes,
498
00:20:28,448 --> 00:20:31,098
the component that houses
the fuel is often atomized?
499
00:20:31,100 --> 00:20:33,952
Now, this can make it difficult,
if not downright impossible,
500
00:20:33,954 --> 00:20:36,788
to identify the device's
chemical composition.
501
00:20:36,790 --> 00:20:39,207
The NYPD bomb squad
is currently struggling
502
00:20:39,209 --> 00:20:41,409
with this very conundrum,
so I thought I would help.
503
00:20:41,411 --> 00:20:43,828
With tennis balls?
I'm attempting to replicate
504
00:20:43,830 --> 00:20:46,631
the odor and burn pattern
of the office bombing
505
00:20:46,633 --> 00:20:48,917
using a few of my own
concoctions, and these balls
506
00:20:48,919 --> 00:20:51,502
make the perfect
delivery mechanism.
507
00:21:00,796 --> 00:21:02,013
(breathing deeply)
508
00:21:02,015 --> 00:21:03,932
(sniffing)
509
00:21:03,934 --> 00:21:05,466
When Edgar Knowles was
arrested this afternoon,
510
00:21:05,468 --> 00:21:06,851
he confessed to setting off
511
00:21:06,853 --> 00:21:10,321
five nitrate-based bombs
at various businesses.
512
00:21:10,323 --> 00:21:12,240
No self-respecting eco-warrior
513
00:21:12,242 --> 00:21:15,410
would use toxic, man-made
chemicals in his bombs.
514
00:21:15,412 --> 00:21:18,246
He would use
natural ingredients.
515
00:21:18,248 --> 00:21:20,498
Smells like fertilizer.
516
00:21:20,500 --> 00:21:21,699
With good reason.
517
00:21:21,701 --> 00:21:23,701
Beyond its horticultural
employments,
518
00:21:23,703 --> 00:21:25,253
fertilizer can be
distilled down
519
00:21:25,255 --> 00:21:28,423
and mixed into a rather potent
nitrate accelerant.
520
00:21:28,425 --> 00:21:30,541
This ball is filled
with the stuff.
521
00:21:30,543 --> 00:21:33,711
If Knowles did try
to blow up Vanowen S.C.,
522
00:21:33,713 --> 00:21:36,097
he would have used nitrates,
and if he'd used nitrates,
523
00:21:36,099 --> 00:21:38,049
the bomb would have filled
the air with an odor
524
00:21:38,051 --> 00:21:39,884
as pungent
as it is distinctive,
525
00:21:39,886 --> 00:21:41,853
the same odor that
you're smelling right now.
526
00:21:41,855 --> 00:21:43,388
The thing is,
I didn't smell
527
00:21:43,390 --> 00:21:45,106
any fertilizer
when we were there.
528
00:21:45,108 --> 00:21:46,941
I smelled something else.
529
00:21:46,943 --> 00:21:48,843
It was foreign to me
in the moment, but...
530
00:21:48,845 --> 00:21:50,561
I have managed to recreate it
with the help of
531
00:21:50,563 --> 00:21:52,680
my little
round friends here.
532
00:21:52,682 --> 00:21:54,616
I am now certain
that the bomb was made
533
00:21:54,618 --> 00:21:56,034
using potassium chlorate.
534
00:21:56,036 --> 00:21:57,402
It's an accelerant made of
535
00:21:57,404 --> 00:21:59,370
gasoline, bleach
and petroleum jelly.
536
00:21:59,372 --> 00:22:01,856
Are you saying that Edgar
Knowles was telling the truth
537
00:22:01,858 --> 00:22:03,958
when he told you that
he didn't build the bomb
538
00:22:03,960 --> 00:22:05,527
that exploded at Vanowen S.C.?
539
00:22:05,528 --> 00:22:06,916
I am.
540
00:22:06,941 --> 00:22:08,881
Well, if he didn't
build it, who did?
541
00:22:09,049 --> 00:22:11,883
Haven't the foggiest.
542
00:22:20,927 --> 00:22:24,212
(indistinct chatter,
phone ringing)
543
00:22:33,451 --> 00:22:34,652
(raps on fence)
Hey.
544
00:22:35,476 --> 00:22:37,982
Heard you were
looking for me?
545
00:22:37,983 --> 00:22:41,068
Yesterday, you gave us
Edgar Knowles on a silver platter.
546
00:22:41,070 --> 00:22:43,070
Now you're telling me
547
00:22:43,072 --> 00:22:45,439
he did every bomb
except for the one
548
00:22:45,441 --> 00:22:47,190
from two days ago?
As I said before,
549
00:22:47,192 --> 00:22:49,576
that bomb was built using
potassium chlorate.
550
00:22:49,578 --> 00:22:51,862
Yeah, and Knowles only used
ones with cow manure.
551
00:22:51,864 --> 00:22:53,413
I heard you.
That's not enough.
552
00:22:53,415 --> 00:22:55,332
There's more.
I came in this morning
553
00:22:55,334 --> 00:22:57,701
to reexamine the bomb's components,
and I pieced together
554
00:22:57,703 --> 00:22:59,286
some of the strips
of packing paper
555
00:22:59,288 --> 00:23:00,837
that were used.
I managed to form
556
00:23:00,839 --> 00:23:03,090
almost a third of a page
of the October 13 edition
557
00:23:03,092 --> 00:23:04,491
of the New York Times.
558
00:23:04,493 --> 00:23:06,593
This particular clump
caught my eye.
559
00:23:06,595 --> 00:23:09,796
I saw small, almost
imperceptible indentations
560
00:23:09,798 --> 00:23:11,765
along the upper fringe.
561
00:23:11,767 --> 00:23:12,883
I don't see anything.
562
00:23:12,885 --> 00:23:14,718
You wouldn't.
563
00:23:14,720 --> 00:23:17,003
Well, most people
wouldn't, which is why
564
00:23:17,005 --> 00:23:19,439
I traced over it.
565
00:23:20,942 --> 00:23:22,359
The paper
that was used
566
00:23:22,361 --> 00:23:24,278
in the bomb was
beneath another piece
567
00:23:24,280 --> 00:23:25,946
of paper when
someone wrote that word.
568
00:23:25,948 --> 00:23:27,731
They pressed hard enough
to make indentations.
569
00:23:27,733 --> 00:23:29,066
Now, I already checked it
570
00:23:29,068 --> 00:23:30,350
against Edgar Knowles's
handwriting.
571
00:23:30,352 --> 00:23:31,351
It's not a match.
572
00:23:31,353 --> 00:23:32,486
All due respect,
Holmes.
573
00:23:32,488 --> 00:23:33,520
So what?
574
00:23:33,522 --> 00:23:35,188
Maybe he had help with the bomb.
575
00:23:35,190 --> 00:23:36,406
Maybe that person wrote some
576
00:23:36,408 --> 00:23:38,191
weird note on top
of the newspaper.
577
00:23:38,193 --> 00:23:40,577
As I said previously, I believe
Edgar Knowles worked alone.
578
00:23:40,579 --> 00:23:42,663
And as I said previously,
I still like him
579
00:23:42,665 --> 00:23:45,082
for the last bomb.
580
00:23:45,084 --> 00:23:47,417
The threats against Vanowen
S.C. were never made public,
581
00:23:47,419 --> 00:23:48,835
which means, aside
from the police,
582
00:23:48,837 --> 00:23:50,337
the firm's employees
were the only ones
583
00:23:50,339 --> 00:23:51,638
who were aware of them.
584
00:23:51,640 --> 00:23:53,206
I'd like you to
request a subpoena
585
00:23:53,208 --> 00:23:54,508
of their personnel files
586
00:23:54,510 --> 00:23:56,593
so that I can review them.
For what?
587
00:23:56,595 --> 00:23:58,428
Well, imagine you were a
disgruntled employee, hmm?
588
00:23:58,430 --> 00:24:00,981
You want to strike out at the
company, but you don't want
589
00:24:00,983 --> 00:24:03,400
to get caught, so why not take
advantage of the ELM threats
590
00:24:03,402 --> 00:24:04,935
to plant a device
of your own, hmm?
591
00:24:04,937 --> 00:24:06,770
You get the blast,
they get the blame.
592
00:24:06,772 --> 00:24:07,771
No.
593
00:24:07,773 --> 00:24:08,772
No?
594
00:24:08,774 --> 00:24:10,107
No subpoena.
595
00:24:10,109 --> 00:24:11,942
If you really want
to go poking around
596
00:24:11,944 --> 00:24:13,660
at Vanowen S.C.,
you're gonna have
597
00:24:13,662 --> 00:24:14,945
to take it up with them.
598
00:24:14,947 --> 00:24:16,330
(door opens)
599
00:24:16,332 --> 00:24:18,415
(door closes)
600
00:24:23,004 --> 00:24:25,905
I'm sure he's gonna
be here any second.
601
00:24:28,459 --> 00:24:31,077
I really like those...
602
00:24:31,079 --> 00:24:32,746
tattoos.
603
00:24:35,099 --> 00:24:37,751
You know, I'm just gonna text
him again and see where he is.
604
00:24:42,390 --> 00:24:44,358
(phone beeps)
605
00:24:47,295 --> 00:24:50,096
I'm really sorry, Alfredo,
but it doesn't look
606
00:24:50,098 --> 00:24:52,599
like Sherlock is coming
and joining us today.
607
00:24:52,601 --> 00:24:54,151
Be patient.
608
00:24:54,153 --> 00:24:56,787
First rule
of good sponsorship.
609
00:24:56,789 --> 00:24:59,289
Newcomers like him
don't always understand
610
00:24:59,291 --> 00:25:00,774
the scope of the work involved.
611
00:25:00,776 --> 00:25:03,043
They get frustrated.
612
00:25:03,045 --> 00:25:04,944
We need to be patient
and methodical with him.
613
00:25:04,946 --> 00:25:06,613
I was under the impression
614
00:25:06,615 --> 00:25:08,632
that you'd never been
a sponsor before.
615
00:25:08,634 --> 00:25:09,883
I haven't.
616
00:25:09,885 --> 00:25:11,385
But I have a great one.
617
00:25:11,387 --> 00:25:13,387
Taught me
everything he knows.
618
00:25:13,389 --> 00:25:17,307
Truth is, I've been wanting
to be a sponsor for a while now.
619
00:25:17,309 --> 00:25:19,459
People never ask.
620
00:25:19,461 --> 00:25:21,678
Think it's because I'm quiet.
621
00:25:21,680 --> 00:25:25,065
I can help your friend,
Miss Watson.
622
00:25:25,067 --> 00:25:28,151
He just needs
to give me the chance.
623
00:25:38,246 --> 00:25:40,480
Doing okay?
624
00:25:40,482 --> 00:25:42,165
I am.
625
00:25:42,167 --> 00:25:45,118
And thank you again for allowing
me to peruse these files.
626
00:25:45,120 --> 00:25:47,487
Oh, it was
an easy decision to make.
627
00:25:47,489 --> 00:25:49,539
If you think there's
anyone here who has something
628
00:25:49,541 --> 00:25:52,659
against this company,
I would like to know.
629
00:25:55,213 --> 00:25:57,931
You're a fellow addict,
aren't you?
630
00:25:59,967 --> 00:26:01,551
Crosswords.
631
00:26:01,553 --> 00:26:02,969
You couldn't have
figured out those clues
632
00:26:02,971 --> 00:26:05,522
at my computer
the other day if you weren't.
633
00:26:05,524 --> 00:26:07,557
I dabble.
634
00:26:07,559 --> 00:26:10,110
Well, I wish I could say
I just dabbled.
635
00:26:10,112 --> 00:26:12,312
I used to have
my habit under control
636
00:26:12,314 --> 00:26:14,948
back when the papers
only issued one a day.
637
00:26:14,950 --> 00:26:17,117
Ever since they put
the last 50 years
638
00:26:17,119 --> 00:26:19,653
of their archives online,
I'm a lost cause.
639
00:26:19,655 --> 00:26:22,539
It's a miracle I get
any work done at all.
640
00:26:24,024 --> 00:26:25,625
You want sex?
641
00:26:25,627 --> 00:26:26,793
Excuse me?
642
00:26:26,795 --> 00:26:28,862
I'm not averse,
Ms. Vanowen.
643
00:26:28,864 --> 00:26:30,196
I'm just busy.
644
00:26:30,198 --> 00:26:32,716
Perhaps we could set
an appointment.
645
00:26:32,718 --> 00:26:34,718
You're flirting.
646
00:26:34,720 --> 00:26:36,303
This crossword talk.
647
00:26:36,305 --> 00:26:39,038
You find me attractive.
648
00:26:39,040 --> 00:26:41,925
The feeling is
mutual, mostly.
649
00:26:41,927 --> 00:26:43,710
The musculature
of your legs
650
00:26:43,712 --> 00:26:46,096
and your shoulders suggests
a certain elasticity I find
651
00:26:46,098 --> 00:26:48,548
quite tantalizing.
652
00:26:48,550 --> 00:26:50,851
I must warn you, however,
a relationship between us
653
00:26:50,853 --> 00:26:52,886
could never go
beyond the physical.
654
00:26:54,272 --> 00:26:55,689
No offense to you, of course.
655
00:26:55,691 --> 00:26:57,858
It's just... not my way.
656
00:26:57,860 --> 00:26:59,559
Hey.
657
00:26:59,561 --> 00:27:01,278
Am I interrupting?
658
00:27:01,280 --> 00:27:02,863
Nope.
659
00:27:02,865 --> 00:27:05,031
Not even a little.
660
00:27:10,505 --> 00:27:12,672
Sorry I missed our
engagement, Watson.
661
00:27:12,674 --> 00:27:14,341
As you can see,
I'm investigating
662
00:27:14,343 --> 00:27:17,878
the possibility that a Vanowen
employee set the bomb.
663
00:27:17,880 --> 00:27:20,447
It's okay-- I told Alfredo
I'd be in touch, and that
664
00:27:20,449 --> 00:27:22,582
we could reschedule.
665
00:27:28,088 --> 00:27:29,923
Is that the whole piece?
Uh...
666
00:27:29,925 --> 00:27:31,141
Pradeep Singh.
667
00:27:31,143 --> 00:27:34,261
Hired as a copywriter
in December 2003.
668
00:27:34,263 --> 00:27:37,364
He was promoted to junior
associate in January 2007,
669
00:27:37,366 --> 00:27:39,766
senior associate
in June 2007,
670
00:27:39,768 --> 00:27:43,937
and finally associate
creative director in March 2008.
671
00:27:43,939 --> 00:27:45,572
I see here that he
was written up
672
00:27:45,574 --> 00:27:48,658
by the human resources
department on October 10, 2008
673
00:27:48,660 --> 00:27:51,110
for engaging in a shouting match
with you, Mr. Wheeler.
674
00:27:51,112 --> 00:27:52,712
I see the
human resources' report,
675
00:27:52,714 --> 00:27:54,881
then nothing--
no more papers...
676
00:27:54,883 --> 00:27:56,132
Yes, that's because
his contract
677
00:27:56,134 --> 00:27:57,551
with this company
was terminated.
678
00:27:57,553 --> 00:27:58,919
Because he fought with you?
679
00:27:58,921 --> 00:28:00,387
Because he disappeared.
680
00:28:00,389 --> 00:28:02,389
He came to work, left,
never came back.
681
00:28:02,391 --> 00:28:04,558
It was in all the
papers at the time.
682
00:28:04,560 --> 00:28:07,594
The police got involved,
never found him.
683
00:28:07,596 --> 00:28:09,980
May I ask what sparked
the disagreement between
684
00:28:09,982 --> 00:28:12,599
the two of you?
685
00:28:12,601 --> 00:28:15,068
Uh... Pradeep wasn't happy.
686
00:28:15,070 --> 00:28:18,021
He was a model employee
at the beginning,
687
00:28:18,023 --> 00:28:19,522
but something changed him.
688
00:28:19,524 --> 00:28:21,691
He became-- I don't
know-- arrogant.
689
00:28:21,693 --> 00:28:24,127
He started talking about
how he wanted more power
690
00:28:24,129 --> 00:28:25,612
here at the company,
more control,
691
00:28:25,614 --> 00:28:27,247
and we gave it to him at first.
692
00:28:27,249 --> 00:28:28,765
I mean, Pradeep was
693
00:28:28,767 --> 00:28:30,166
a capable guy.
694
00:28:30,168 --> 00:28:31,585
Then it all changed
when he came in asking
695
00:28:31,587 --> 00:28:34,671
for his fourth raise
in 18 months.
696
00:28:34,673 --> 00:28:36,656
Well...
You told him enough was enough?
697
00:28:36,658 --> 00:28:38,375
No, that's when he snapped.
698
00:28:38,377 --> 00:28:40,677
He told me
I'd be sorry.
699
00:28:40,679 --> 00:28:42,379
And he worked here
for about another week,
700
00:28:42,381 --> 00:28:43,663
and after that, he was gone.
701
00:28:43,665 --> 00:28:45,849
Never saw
him again.
702
00:28:45,851 --> 00:28:47,867
WOMAN:
Pradeep is dead.
703
00:28:47,869 --> 00:28:49,269
He died in 2008.
704
00:28:49,271 --> 00:28:50,470
HOLMES:
It was our understanding,
705
00:28:50,472 --> 00:28:53,406
Mrs. Singh, that he
was never found,
706
00:28:53,408 --> 00:28:54,941
alive or dead.
707
00:28:54,943 --> 00:28:58,612
My husband loved me very much,
just as I loved him.
708
00:28:58,614 --> 00:29:01,615
He never would run away.
709
00:29:01,617 --> 00:29:04,067
I held out hope for him
for quite some time,
710
00:29:04,069 --> 00:29:05,702
but eventually I had to accept
711
00:29:05,704 --> 00:29:07,904
that the only
possible explanation
712
00:29:07,906 --> 00:29:10,123
for his disappearance
was death.
713
00:29:10,125 --> 00:29:12,559
You think he was
a victim of foul play.
714
00:29:12,561 --> 00:29:15,996
If he had collapsed somewhere,
had a heart attack or a stroke,
715
00:29:15,998 --> 00:29:18,081
someone would have found him.
716
00:29:18,083 --> 00:29:19,966
Pradeep was murdered.
717
00:29:19,968 --> 00:29:22,535
Or he snapped-- planted
a bomb at his workplace,
718
00:29:22,537 --> 00:29:24,421
and then dropped off the grid
before it detonated.
719
00:29:24,423 --> 00:29:26,873
Do you have any idea
who might have wanted
720
00:29:26,875 --> 00:29:28,174
to hurt your husband?
721
00:29:28,176 --> 00:29:30,393
No.
722
00:29:30,395 --> 00:29:33,013
There was the one man
at his office he argued with
723
00:29:33,015 --> 00:29:34,764
a few days
before he vanished,
724
00:29:34,766 --> 00:29:36,716
but the police
were able to clear him.
725
00:29:36,718 --> 00:29:39,085
Other than that,
he had no enemies.
726
00:29:39,087 --> 00:29:40,687
He was a...
I'm just curious, Mrs. Singh.
727
00:29:40,689 --> 00:29:42,956
Have you had any work done
in this room since 2008?
728
00:29:42,958 --> 00:29:44,157
Work?
Remodeling,
729
00:29:44,159 --> 00:29:46,576
refurbishment, reconstruction.
730
00:29:46,578 --> 00:29:49,079
No, I haven't touched it
since Pradeep disappeared.
731
00:29:49,081 --> 00:29:50,947
Not even to address the mold
on the wall behind that cabinet?
732
00:29:50,949 --> 00:29:53,249
How did you...
733
00:29:53,251 --> 00:29:55,285
The nose knows.
734
00:29:55,287 --> 00:29:58,038
Might we take a look
in your backyard?
735
00:29:58,040 --> 00:29:59,339
Why?
736
00:29:59,341 --> 00:30:01,524
Formality.
737
00:30:08,816 --> 00:30:10,800
Actually, I think I'll just use
your facilities first.
738
00:30:10,802 --> 00:30:12,602
I think I had a dodgy egg.
739
00:30:12,604 --> 00:30:14,804
I'll join you presently.
740
00:30:14,806 --> 00:30:17,023
(door closes)
741
00:30:37,778 --> 00:30:40,046
♪
742
00:31:09,910 --> 00:31:11,795
It did.
743
00:31:11,797 --> 00:31:14,080
It was nice to be
out in the country.
744
00:31:17,034 --> 00:31:18,535
Would you excuse
us a moment?
745
00:31:18,537 --> 00:31:20,787
Sure.
Excuse me.
746
00:31:22,840 --> 00:31:24,591
Mrs. Singh was right--
her husband is dead.
747
00:31:24,593 --> 00:31:26,326
He has been for
quite some time.
748
00:31:26,328 --> 00:31:28,428
What are you talking about?
The photograph at the end
749
00:31:28,430 --> 00:31:29,846
of the mantelpiece,
it shows Pradeep and Mrs. Singh
750
00:31:29,848 --> 00:31:31,164
sitting on the sofa.
It was taken
751
00:31:31,166 --> 00:31:32,766
in the same room
that we were sitting in.
752
00:31:32,768 --> 00:31:34,551
I noticed several discrepancies
between the wall
753
00:31:34,553 --> 00:31:37,070
in the photograph and the one
that we were facing.
754
00:31:37,072 --> 00:31:39,889
The spacing between
the paintings was all wrong.
755
00:31:39,891 --> 00:31:41,307
In the photograph,
756
00:31:41,309 --> 00:31:42,559
they were approximately
18 centimeters apart.
757
00:31:42,561 --> 00:31:44,844
In the room, 12 centimeters.
758
00:31:44,846 --> 00:31:47,197
There also hang lower now
by about ten centimeters.
759
00:31:47,199 --> 00:31:48,648
Someone took
them all down,
760
00:31:48,650 --> 00:31:50,033
put them
back up again,
761
00:31:50,035 --> 00:31:51,184
didn't get the
measurements right.
762
00:31:51,186 --> 00:31:52,735
So, Himali moved them?
763
00:31:52,737 --> 00:31:55,021
She says she hasn't had any work
done in that room,
764
00:31:55,023 --> 00:31:56,873
and when I took the frames
off the wall,
765
00:31:56,875 --> 00:31:59,192
I saw that she was right--
there's no old nail holes
766
00:31:59,194 --> 00:32:00,994
that correspond to the frames'
original arrangement.
767
00:32:00,996 --> 00:32:03,362
There is, however,
a slight bulge.
768
00:32:03,364 --> 00:32:04,714
Bulge?
769
00:32:04,716 --> 00:32:06,416
The center
of the wall is almost
770
00:32:06,418 --> 00:32:07,700
imperceptibly convex.
771
00:32:07,702 --> 00:32:09,803
Why? Because the gasses released
772
00:32:09,805 --> 00:32:11,537
from Pradeep Singh's
decomposing body
773
00:32:11,539 --> 00:32:13,873
expanded the plastic sheeting
that he's wrapped in,
774
00:32:13,875 --> 00:32:14,924
pushing outwards.
775
00:32:14,926 --> 00:32:16,476
Wait a second.
776
00:32:16,478 --> 00:32:18,812
Are you telling me that Pradeep
is in that wall?
777
00:32:18,814 --> 00:32:20,513
That would explain
the mold, too.
778
00:32:20,515 --> 00:32:23,099
No.
His killer removed insulation
779
00:32:23,101 --> 00:32:24,400
to make space for his body.
780
00:32:24,402 --> 00:32:26,269
This created
a temperature differential
781
00:32:26,271 --> 00:32:28,605
between that section and the
others, condensation formed...
782
00:32:28,607 --> 00:32:30,323
Then mold.
Mmm.
783
00:32:30,325 --> 00:32:32,826
Four years ago,
Pradeep's murderer tore down
784
00:32:32,828 --> 00:32:34,777
that section of wall,
stashed him inside,
785
00:32:34,779 --> 00:32:37,030
and then replaced
and repainted the drywall.
786
00:32:37,032 --> 00:32:38,564
Are you sure?
787
00:32:38,566 --> 00:32:40,917
I'm fairly sure.
788
00:32:52,719 --> 00:32:55,089
GREGSON: Himali Singh didn't kill
her husband.
789
00:32:55,090 --> 00:32:56,650
ICE confirms she was in Mumbai
790
00:32:56,651 --> 00:32:59,135
visiting family during
most of October '08.
791
00:32:59,137 --> 00:33:00,469
She didn't even come home
792
00:33:00,471 --> 00:33:03,072
until she learned
Pradeep was missing.
793
00:33:03,074 --> 00:33:04,324
Whoever murdered Pradeep
at home,
794
00:33:04,326 --> 00:33:06,493
they knew that
his wife was out of town.
795
00:33:06,495 --> 00:33:09,145
Her trip would've provided
the privacy and time
796
00:33:09,147 --> 00:33:10,947
to kill him
and stash him away.
797
00:33:10,949 --> 00:33:12,532
Maybe Singh had a
coconspirator,
798
00:33:12,534 --> 00:33:13,983
someone he built
the bomb with.
799
00:33:13,985 --> 00:33:15,535
Things went south...
Mmm.
800
00:33:15,537 --> 00:33:17,003
That's a reasonable
theory, Captain.
801
00:33:17,005 --> 00:33:19,339
Problem is,
I no longer think
802
00:33:19,341 --> 00:33:22,158
that Pradeep had anything
to do with it.
803
00:33:22,160 --> 00:33:24,561
What's that--
company newsletter?
804
00:33:24,563 --> 00:33:26,095
Now, that is
Pradeep's desk.
805
00:33:26,097 --> 00:33:27,814
That is the air vent
in which the bomb
806
00:33:27,816 --> 00:33:29,549
was concealed,
right next to him.
807
00:33:29,551 --> 00:33:32,769
Now, if that had gone off
when it was supposed to in 2008,
808
00:33:32,771 --> 00:33:34,170
it would have turned
him into so much
809
00:33:34,172 --> 00:33:35,889
newly promoted
hamburger.
810
00:33:35,891 --> 00:33:38,691
Vanowen S.C.'s personnel files
showed that he did not miss
811
00:33:38,693 --> 00:33:42,078
a single day's work until the
moment that he left for good.
812
00:33:42,080 --> 00:33:43,613
That means he spent
almost a week
813
00:33:43,615 --> 00:33:45,865
in the early part
of October 2008
814
00:33:45,867 --> 00:33:47,367
sitting within
spitting distance
815
00:33:47,369 --> 00:33:48,985
of a live
explosive device.
816
00:33:48,987 --> 00:33:51,404
You think it was
meant for him.
817
00:33:51,406 --> 00:33:54,874
Well, it is abundantly clear
someone wanted Pradeep dead.
818
00:33:54,876 --> 00:33:56,459
The question is,
819
00:33:56,461 --> 00:34:00,029
who would be willing to go
to such lengths and why?
820
00:34:00,031 --> 00:34:01,864
M.E. confirms
Pradeep Singh
821
00:34:01,866 --> 00:34:03,532
was killed
by a gunshot wound
822
00:34:03,534 --> 00:34:04,700
to the chest.
823
00:34:04,702 --> 00:34:06,052
Death was followed
by, and I quote,
824
00:34:06,054 --> 00:34:07,670
"pervasive
mummification""
825
00:34:07,672 --> 00:34:09,889
That's everything we
found in his pockets.
826
00:34:09,891 --> 00:34:11,891
It's kind of weird-- there's
a key on the key chain
827
00:34:11,893 --> 00:34:13,542
with a button to
unlock a car door,
828
00:34:13,544 --> 00:34:16,379
but it's definitely
not a car key.
829
00:34:16,381 --> 00:34:19,399
No, that is
a safety-deposit box key.
830
00:34:19,401 --> 00:34:21,184
You can tell by the teeth.
831
00:34:26,056 --> 00:34:29,409
GREGSON:
S.L.B.
832
00:34:29,411 --> 00:34:31,744
Sequoia Liberty Bank?
833
00:34:31,746 --> 00:34:34,113
Box number 699.
834
00:34:39,670 --> 00:34:41,487
Huh.
835
00:34:41,489 --> 00:34:43,256
Cheech and Chong's
Next Movie?
836
00:34:43,258 --> 00:34:44,874
Well, it's not a good movie,
837
00:34:44,876 --> 00:34:47,594
but it didn't make me want
to commit a homicide.
838
00:34:49,046 --> 00:34:51,047
Hmm, the movie is gone.
839
00:34:51,049 --> 00:34:52,382
You see this slot here?
840
00:34:52,384 --> 00:34:53,466
That's there to stop you
841
00:34:53,468 --> 00:34:54,934
from recording
over the tape.
842
00:34:54,936 --> 00:34:57,220
You put Scotch tape there,
it allows you to do so.
843
00:34:57,222 --> 00:35:01,140
Now all we got to do is
find a VCR... in 2012.
844
00:35:01,142 --> 00:35:03,142
Have you not been to my home
yet, Detective Bell?
845
00:35:03,144 --> 00:35:05,395
I maintain several VCRs.
846
00:35:07,764 --> 00:35:09,866
I like to watch
police interrogations
847
00:35:09,868 --> 00:35:11,600
from the '70s and '80s.
848
00:35:11,602 --> 00:35:14,370
Techniques were rawer
back then, and, uh, you do,
849
00:35:14,372 --> 00:35:16,456
on occasion, learn
something useful. (phone ringing)
850
00:35:16,458 --> 00:35:17,874
Oh.
851
00:35:17,876 --> 00:35:19,626
This is one of my CIs;
I've been waiting
852
00:35:19,628 --> 00:35:20,994
to hear from him
on another case.
853
00:35:20,996 --> 00:35:22,312
You mind if I take this
in private?
854
00:35:22,314 --> 00:35:24,080
My parlor is at your disposal.
855
00:35:24,082 --> 00:35:26,165
What up, Carlo?
856
00:35:26,167 --> 00:35:27,967
Mm-hmm.
857
00:35:27,969 --> 00:35:32,288
So, listen, I texted Alfredo,
and we're all set for tomorrow.
858
00:35:32,290 --> 00:35:34,140
Coffee at 9:00.
859
00:35:34,142 --> 00:35:37,393
Alfredo, yeah, uh, I don't think
that's going to work out.
860
00:35:37,395 --> 00:35:39,128
Spark's no longer there.
861
00:35:39,130 --> 00:35:41,898
I think I'm going to have
to seek sponsorship elsewhere.
862
00:35:41,900 --> 00:35:44,067
What are you talking about?
You hand-picked him.
863
00:35:44,069 --> 00:35:46,402
Hmm, we can do better.
864
00:35:49,740 --> 00:35:51,607
Is this about us?
865
00:35:51,609 --> 00:35:53,493
Is what about us?
Your reluctance to find a sponsor.
866
00:35:53,495 --> 00:35:55,495
I'm starting to think
you're being difficult
867
00:35:55,497 --> 00:35:57,163
because you don't want me
to leave.
868
00:35:57,165 --> 00:35:58,665
You never told me
you were funny.
869
00:35:58,667 --> 00:35:59,782
You picked Alfredo
because you thought
870
00:35:59,784 --> 00:36:01,484
I wasn't gonna like him,
871
00:36:01,486 --> 00:36:03,419
but now that I do, you're trying
to push him away, too.
872
00:36:03,421 --> 00:36:05,121
(laughs) Okay, what you're
feeling right now--
873
00:36:05,123 --> 00:36:06,789
I've seen
it before.
874
00:36:06,791 --> 00:36:08,091
Clients start
to worry about what
875
00:36:08,093 --> 00:36:09,592
their lives
are going to be like
876
00:36:09,594 --> 00:36:10,960
after their
companion leaves.
877
00:36:10,962 --> 00:36:12,845
They kind of get a
separation anxiety.
878
00:36:12,847 --> 00:36:14,430
It's pretty standard, actually.
879
00:36:14,432 --> 00:36:16,265
I guess, since you've never
been anything
880
00:36:16,267 --> 00:36:18,184
but opposed to me
being here, it...
881
00:36:18,186 --> 00:36:21,771
it never occurred to me
that you might feel it, too.
882
00:36:21,773 --> 00:36:23,439
I don't know what you're on,
883
00:36:23,441 --> 00:36:25,525
but old me would definitely
have wanted some.
884
00:36:25,527 --> 00:36:27,977
Listen, I am...
You're back. Excellent.
885
00:36:35,852 --> 00:36:38,121
(knocking at door)
886
00:36:42,876 --> 00:36:44,527
BELL:
Hey, is that Pradeep?
887
00:36:44,529 --> 00:36:45,878
WATSON:
He looks about...
888
00:36:45,880 --> 00:36:47,063
25 years old there.
889
00:36:47,065 --> 00:36:48,698
WOMAN:
Hey, sweetie.
890
00:36:48,700 --> 00:36:50,433
I'm so glad we finally
got to have this date.
891
00:36:50,435 --> 00:36:52,185
Me, too.
You ready to party?
892
00:36:52,187 --> 00:36:53,970
Yes.
She's a prostitute.
893
00:36:53,972 --> 00:36:55,738
That's interesting.
894
00:36:55,740 --> 00:36:57,640
High-end, by
the looks of it.
895
00:37:00,744 --> 00:37:04,063
You want to help me with this?
Sure.
896
00:37:07,384 --> 00:37:09,852
Hello, Ms. Vanowen.
897
00:37:15,859 --> 00:37:18,060
Well, we can keep watching
if you'd both like,
898
00:37:18,062 --> 00:37:20,696
but I'd say we've
found our bomber.
899
00:37:25,869 --> 00:37:29,505
All this just so you can
ask me a few questions?
900
00:37:29,507 --> 00:37:33,459
Just a consent form, ma'am.
Standard procedure.
901
00:37:33,461 --> 00:37:37,096
So, now you want to tell me
what this is all about?
902
00:37:37,098 --> 00:37:40,583
(on tape): Hey, sweetie. I'm so glad we
finally got to have this date.
903
00:37:40,585 --> 00:37:41,968
Me, too.
Ready to party?
904
00:37:41,970 --> 00:37:43,419
Yes.
Good.
905
00:37:43,421 --> 00:37:45,754
I'm sorry. Was that
supposed to be me?
906
00:37:45,756 --> 00:37:47,523
I've learned
since we spoke
907
00:37:47,525 --> 00:37:50,026
that you come from
modest origins.
908
00:37:50,028 --> 00:37:52,728
Father a contractor,
mother a homemaker.
909
00:37:52,730 --> 00:37:55,097
So, when you got
into business school,
910
00:37:55,099 --> 00:37:56,415
you needed
a source of income.
911
00:37:56,417 --> 00:37:58,117
Something to pay
your tuition
912
00:37:58,119 --> 00:38:01,287
and provide you with
seed money for your company.
913
00:38:01,289 --> 00:38:03,706
You turned,
in your hour of need,
914
00:38:03,708 --> 00:38:05,958
to the world's
oldest profession.
915
00:38:05,960 --> 00:38:09,495
Took to it with
some gusto, I'd say.
916
00:38:09,497 --> 00:38:12,882
Okay, let's turn this off.
917
00:38:12,884 --> 00:38:16,135
You built a successful
new life for yourself
918
00:38:16,137 --> 00:38:19,639
on the ashes of your old one,
and no one was any the wiser.
919
00:38:19,641 --> 00:38:24,260
Until Pradeep Singh
got a job at Vanowen.
920
00:38:24,262 --> 00:38:26,262
It probably took him
a while to realize
921
00:38:26,264 --> 00:38:28,314
that his new boss
was one of the women
922
00:38:28,316 --> 00:38:30,349
that he had secretly
recorded years ago,
923
00:38:30,351 --> 00:38:33,436
but when he did,
he turned the screw.
924
00:38:33,438 --> 00:38:35,605
So to speak.
925
00:38:35,607 --> 00:38:37,740
Mmm. Three promotions in a year?
926
00:38:37,742 --> 00:38:39,808
That smells like a payoff to me.
927
00:38:39,810 --> 00:38:43,529
No. I promoted Pradeep
because he deserved it.
928
00:38:43,531 --> 00:38:47,033
Small confession:
929
00:38:47,035 --> 00:38:49,318
I find the anti-
prostitution laws
930
00:38:49,320 --> 00:38:50,986
in this country
rather Victorian.
931
00:38:50,988 --> 00:38:52,505
Sex is a commodity.
932
00:38:52,507 --> 00:38:54,707
Why shouldn't there
be a market for it?
933
00:38:54,709 --> 00:38:57,627
But, of course,
not everyone thinks like I do.
934
00:38:57,629 --> 00:38:59,495
Which is why
935
00:38:59,497 --> 00:39:01,664
you had to pay Pradeep
until his demands
936
00:39:01,666 --> 00:39:04,833
escalated past the point
that you could meet them.
937
00:39:04,835 --> 00:39:08,137
Then you cast about
for a way to kill him.
938
00:39:09,523 --> 00:39:12,841
Now, you already had threatening
letters from the ELM.
939
00:39:12,843 --> 00:39:15,678
So you built a pipe bomb,
planning to blame them.
940
00:39:15,680 --> 00:39:17,063
But when it didn't detonate,
941
00:39:17,065 --> 00:39:19,732
you simply shot Pradeep
and walled him off.
942
00:39:19,734 --> 00:39:21,450
I imagine it was your father
943
00:39:21,452 --> 00:39:23,819
who taught you
how to hang drywall.
944
00:39:25,372 --> 00:39:28,558
That's very creative,
I'll give you that much.
945
00:39:28,560 --> 00:39:31,494
Can he just sling mud at me
like this?
946
00:39:31,496 --> 00:39:33,829
You can seek counsel
at any time, ma'am.
947
00:39:33,831 --> 00:39:35,381
Hardly surprising
that you were the one
948
00:39:35,383 --> 00:39:37,700
to lead the search for new
offices for Vanowen S.C.
949
00:39:37,702 --> 00:39:39,201
You were, after all,
the only person who knew
950
00:39:39,203 --> 00:39:40,419
that there was an
unexploded bomb in the wall.
951
00:39:40,421 --> 00:39:42,338
You know what?
952
00:39:42,340 --> 00:39:45,424
I think I will
actually call my lawyer.
953
00:39:45,426 --> 00:39:46,759
Well, if you do,
Ms. Vanowen,
954
00:39:46,761 --> 00:39:48,144
you might want
to tell him
955
00:39:48,146 --> 00:39:49,979
you're about
to be arrested.
956
00:39:51,381 --> 00:39:54,216
You have an old videotape
and some stupid theories.
957
00:39:54,218 --> 00:39:55,401
This is not evidence.
958
00:39:55,403 --> 00:39:56,986
Yes, well,
I found something
959
00:39:56,988 --> 00:39:58,688
on one of the
scraps of paper
960
00:39:58,690 --> 00:40:00,156
that was used to
pack the bomb.
961
00:40:00,158 --> 00:40:02,057
An imprint of the
word "Novocaine""
962
00:40:02,059 --> 00:40:03,910
Useful handwriting sample,
963
00:40:03,912 --> 00:40:06,028
but the message itself,
rather opaque.
964
00:40:06,030 --> 00:40:09,115
Until one considers your love
of crosswords. Novocaine.
965
00:40:09,117 --> 00:40:11,066
The answer to 144 across
966
00:40:11,068 --> 00:40:13,235
from the New York Times
crossword,
967
00:40:13,237 --> 00:40:14,837
October 13, 2008.
968
00:40:14,839 --> 00:40:17,373
The clue was "pain's enemy""
in case you forgot.
969
00:40:17,375 --> 00:40:19,592
HOLMES: Now, Detective Bell and the
Questioned Documents Unit
970
00:40:19,594 --> 00:40:22,027
have just matched it to a
handwriting sample you gave us
971
00:40:22,127 --> 00:40:24,177
when you signed
your consent form.
972
00:40:25,266 --> 00:40:28,851
Mmm. Detective Bell,
the honor is all yours.
973
00:40:28,853 --> 00:40:31,971
Ms. Vanowen, would you
face that way, please?
974
00:40:33,590 --> 00:40:35,524
You are under arrest
for the bombing
975
00:40:35,526 --> 00:40:38,144
that took the lives
of David Preston and Roy Smalls.
976
00:40:38,146 --> 00:40:40,196
(doorbell rings)
977
00:40:46,770 --> 00:40:48,904
This is a surprise.
978
00:40:48,906 --> 00:40:50,656
I was on my way over
to show you something,
979
00:40:50,658 --> 00:40:51,958
then I got your message.
980
00:40:51,960 --> 00:40:54,627
Yeah, well... nothing personal.
981
00:40:54,629 --> 00:40:57,046
I don't take it
personal. It's okay.
982
00:40:57,048 --> 00:40:58,798
But since I'm here...
983
00:41:00,500 --> 00:41:02,868
Ever since I got
straightened out,
984
00:41:02,870 --> 00:41:04,953
I've been picking up
work with car companies.
985
00:41:04,955 --> 00:41:06,622
I test their
security systems.
986
00:41:06,624 --> 00:41:09,124
I guess they figure anything
that can keep me out
987
00:41:09,126 --> 00:41:10,977
is good enough for
their customers.
988
00:41:10,979 --> 00:41:13,729
My last job just came in.
989
00:41:13,731 --> 00:41:15,898
Miss Watson tells me that
you're into lock-picking.
990
00:41:15,900 --> 00:41:18,184
I figure maybe you
want to give it a shot.
991
00:41:18,186 --> 00:41:19,852
Well, the truth is, Alfredo,
992
00:41:19,854 --> 00:41:22,321
I'm already quite adept
at defeating security systems.
993
00:41:22,323 --> 00:41:24,807
This stuff's not even
on the market yet.
994
00:41:24,809 --> 00:41:26,442
So, really...
995
00:41:26,444 --> 00:41:28,661
how would you know
if you could beat it?
996
00:41:36,086 --> 00:41:39,088
You know
you want to try.
997
00:41:39,090 --> 00:41:40,956
Obviously your idea.
998
00:41:40,958 --> 00:41:43,009
Zeroing in on
common ground.
999
00:41:43,011 --> 00:41:45,428
Hoping it's enough
to make me reconsider him.
1000
00:41:45,430 --> 00:41:47,162
It won't be.
1001
00:41:47,164 --> 00:41:50,299
What's the harm in getting
to know the guy?
1002
00:41:52,185 --> 00:41:53,569
One way or the other,
1003
00:41:53,571 --> 00:41:56,105
I'm gonna be out
of your life in a few weeks.
1004
00:41:57,024 --> 00:41:58,841
Maybe you're
dreading that day;
1005
00:41:58,843 --> 00:42:01,544
maybe you're counting
the seconds.
1006
00:42:01,546 --> 00:42:03,846
Either way,
I'm going to make sure
1007
00:42:03,848 --> 00:42:07,033
you're ready
when the time comes.
1008
00:42:07,035 --> 00:42:08,451
I promise.
1009
00:42:13,040 --> 00:42:15,190
If I help him
with his assignment,
1010
00:42:15,192 --> 00:42:17,743
it does not mean I am assenting
to his sponsorship.
1011
00:42:17,745 --> 00:42:18,911
Of course it doesn't.
1012
00:42:18,913 --> 00:42:20,880
I am quite self-sufficient.
1013
00:42:20,882 --> 00:42:23,049
Of course you are.
1014
00:42:38,512 --> 00:42:40,113
Factory-installed
immobilizer
1015
00:42:40,115 --> 00:42:42,281
or after-market
tracking system?
1016
00:42:42,283 --> 00:42:44,233
Not telling.
1017
00:42:46,487 --> 00:42:47,853
That's quite all right.
1018
00:42:47,855 --> 00:42:51,357
I'll just figure it out
for myself.
1019
00:42:52,766 --> 00:42:54,432
I'm entirely
self-sufficient, you know.
1020
00:42:54,434 --> 00:42:59,434
== sync, corrected by elderman ==