(lighter whooshing) (crickets chirping) (door creaking) - [Erik] A good man once said that to make a mistake is human. To make the same mistake
again is character. (dramatic music) Character, it was just a word. (dramatic music) See, I had ambitions. (gun firing) I was full of dreams. All my life, people
told me I had potential and not long ago, I had
everything I had ever wanted. (crickets chirping) (water splashing) (dramatic music) I thought I wanted. I grew up on a farm near a small town. Yo
u probably never heard of it. My father wasted his life working the same 160
acres of worthless land. After he died and the bank foreclosed, it was as if my father had never existed. I vowed that my life
was gonna be different, but next thing I knew
five years had passed and I was still working in the fields of that same small town. I was 23. (engine rumbling) Then one day in old friend of
the family promised me that if I got accepted to
Stonebrook University, he would find me a scholarship. Lea
st I could do was
take the tests and apply. And then a funny thing happened. I got in. (mailbox thuds) (birds chirping) (engine rumbling) (engine rumbling)
(birds chirping) (engine rumbling)
(birds chirping) (bell tolling) (engine rumbling)
(birds chirping) - Darling, It's no smaller
than your room back home. - [Student] I didn't have
to share my room back home. (people chattering) (Erik whistles) (people chattering) - What are you doing?
- Hey. This is my room. Check it out. - How do I know you
didn't forge this. - What? - Sure. It's an easy job. Plain paper. No seal. No signature. Why I could whip one up a no time. - Okay. - I could. I'm a very dangerous man. - (laughs) Sure you are. I'm Erik. - Freshman. Aren't you a little old? - [Erik] Taking this bottom bunk. You got a problem with that? - Yes. How about we flip the coin for it? Heads it's mine, tails it's yours. - All right. (people chattering) - [Franklin] Well just tell him that, uh, Detective Franklin called, please. Thanks.
(sighs) (gentle upbeat music) ♪ In the sweet by and by ♪ ♪ We will walk on that beautiful ♪ - 20 years and you're still
playing the same song. - Hey, kid! (Franklin groans) - I see, you're still
hitting the pistachios, huh? - Yeah. Gimme a break. It keeps me from smoking. So, you get moved in all right? - Yeah. Yeah. Roommate's a piece of work though. - You know, he's probably just
nervous, you know, rich kids. - Yeah. Rich kids. - God, look at you. God! The first kid from our hometown ever to c
rack the Ivy League. - Hey, man, I wouldn't have,
wouldn't have even applied if it wasn't for the
scholarship you got me. - (scoffs) God, for a smart kid like you? Department's always happy to help. - You know, I know the,
the scholarship's supposed to be for family members only is that... I mean, I know that you and
I aren't exactly family, so. - Franklin, chief is still
waiting on that Lowry file. - Yeah, I'll be right with you. Ah, don't worry about it, kid. I'm taking care of everything. I e
ven found you a job. - Really? That's excellent. - Hey, now don't get too excited. It's nothing glamorous. - I've been a field hand for three years. I wouldn't know what to do with glamorous. (pots rattling) - [Londyn] Here's the last of them. - Oh, I thought the fun was all over. - (laughs) I'm Londyn. - Oh, I'm Erik. - Welcome aboard. - [Erik] Thanks, is it always this bad? - I know, these people are pigs. - I've, uh, cleaned up after
pigs. This is much worse. (Londyn laughs) (owl hooting)
(cr
ickets chirping) (door creaking)
(people chattering) (crickets chirping)
(people chattering) (Erik huffs) (bells ringing) - [Instructor] As you review
your freshman handbooks, you'll discover the statistic that 87% of Stonebrook graduates find employment within six months of graduation
with an average salary of- - [Instructor] I know
what you're thinking. Philosophy, some kind of Greek
stuff, Aristotle, Socrates. something like that. You're absolutely right. - [Instructor] Mesopotamia,
I'm refer
ring to the middle and lower valleys of Euphrates and Tigris, the foothills of the
Iranian plateau or ancient- - We're getting a lot of that Greek stuff over the course of this semester. But philosophy is something more. (instructor speaking in foreign language) - [Instructor] Every choice
you make is a manifestation of your own personal philosophy. - [Instructor] 6y cubed
plus two X to the fourth, as it is revolved around the y-axis, take the integral of the- - [Instructor] Active site is a loc
ation on the enzyme surface
where substrates bind and where the chemical reaction catalyzed by the enzyme occurs. - [Instructor] What is
your personal philosophy? Answering that question will
be the goal of this course. (door creaking)
(crickets chirping) - Thanks anyway. - [Erik] Good luck to ya. (people chattering) (Franklin sighs) - I was sure they'd let it slide. Scholarships for family. Only case closed. As far as I'm concerned, we are family. How much you need? - I got and $1,100 payment d
ue on Friday. - Well, I've got my savings. - [Franklin] No, no, I
can't have you doing that. - I want to do this, Erik. - I said, no. - Erik!
- Look, Franklin. This is my problem. You got a lot of your father
in you, you know that, kid? He was a good man, Erik. - Yeah, well, a lot of good that did him. (door thudding) - There's not much of a market for, uh, these monsters around here. - Planning on buying it back. - Excuse me. - As soon as I can get the money together. - Sure you will, sure you
will. So, uh, so how much do you want for it? - $1,100. - 750? - [Erik] Yep. Sold my truck. (Cornelius laughs) What's so funny? - Sucker born every minute. - Not me. - [Cornelius] How would
you like to have $20? - What? - How would you like to have $20? - Sure, I'll take $20. - Then let me see the envelope. Your tuition envelope. Let me see it. Uh. - Thanks.
- My pleasure. Say, Erik? - Yeah. - Check that envelope. Everyone's a sucker. - Well, Mr. Lanson, that will
leave an outstanding balance on
your first payment of $450 due by the end of business tomorrow. - Yes, ma'am. I'm gonna
need an extension though. - If a student fails to
make full tuition payment by the deadline, his, her
registration will be revoked. He, she will be required to re-register. - Of course, but I understand- - If a student fails to
make full tuition payment by the deadline. - All right. Forget it. (pot clanging) (Erik coughs) (water whooshing) (glasses thudding)
(crickets chirping) - Drink it. - No, Erik, I'm no
t much of a drinker. - Drink it. (Cornelius coughing) - No, Erik, I don't want anymore. - Go ahead. You're not gonna let your almost ex-roommate
drink alone, are you? - They wouldn't give you an extension. - To Stonebrook. - To Stonebrook. - Make she rest in peace. - [Cornelius] I mean,
Sherry, she was beautiful. - [Erik] A real looker, huh? - Yeah. Yeah. And this was like the fifth grade. So other girls were like,
you know, but Sherry, she was like, ah, it's good. - (laughs) So what'd you do? -
What do you think I did? - Nothing. - Bingo. (both laughing) $450. - Yeah. Yeah. - Piece of cake. - You think you can get it? - Are you kidding? I've got stuff in here that
would just blow your mind. I mean blow it, like. - Like what? - Like, like stock market
swindles and casino hustles and numbers to his bank accounts. - I need $450. (crickets chirping) - Do you shoot pool? (balls clacking) - Oh, man! (people chattering) - That one? (balls clacking)
(people chattering) - [Pool Player] Boy, yo
u
sure don't know when to quit. - How much is it that
you've lost to me now? Double or nothing, three times? What does that make? - Why don't you keep it down. - Oh, I'm sorry. Am I embarrassing you. - For god's sake. Put that money away. - Sorry. Hey, Steve, we should get going. - You gotta gimme a chance
to get my money back. - No, we gotta get up early. - No, one more round. Best of five. I'll bet everything I got, $240. - How much is that total? - If you win it 480. - (laughs) All right,
let
's shoot some pool. (balls clacking) (Erik burping) - Steve. Steve.
- Kid, come on. - Steve, come, come on, buddy. It's your shot. - If you can't wake him up, he forfeits. I'll make it worth your while. - How much? - See it now. (people chattering) - I never liked him anyway. Come on, Steve, let's get outta here. (Eric groans) - Did it work. - Like a charm. - Mr. Tali would like to speak with you. - Hey, we don't know any, Mr Tali. - You will. - What? (people chattering) - [Bouncer] These are th
e
boys I called you about. - Hm-hm. Have a seat. (door thudding) This is quite a lot of
money you have here. - But the guy was a pool shark. I mean he was running the whole game. - Yes, well, Mr. Milo has permission. - What? - Mr. Milo pays me a percentage. - All right, look, Mr. Tali,
I need that money back. I'll pay you back. - Do I look like a bank to you? - We can make it worth your while. - Really? (laughs) How exactly would you plan on doing that? - Well, the how is not
important, Mr. Tali
. What is important is how much. - I'm listening. - What the hell were you doing? - Keeping you in school. - Where are we gonna come up with twice as much money by Monday. - You were pretty angry when the school denied
your extension, weren't ya? - Yeah. - What if I told you there
was a way to get back at them and pay off your tuition in the process. Would you be interested in that? Or would you rather I brought
this back to Mr. Tali, and you can just start packing? - And that's how it started.
Here to pay the balance on my tuition. Stonebrook University
was lousy in athletics and the school was desperate to recruit promising high school athletes. Oh, he's nuts. That kind of desperation along with a drawer
full of petty cash made for the perfect mark. (TV chattering) Mr. Wilmington. - I'm sorry. We're closed. - I'm supposed to meet
Sam Wilmington here today. - [Announcer] Fire to left center. (whistle shrilling) - What'd you say? - I'm supposed to beat
Sam Wilmington here today. - Toda
y? - Yes, sir. - You're welcome to wait. - Thank you.
- You're welcome. (whistle shrilling) Hey!
- Hey, Marty. Is Sam here yet?
- What? - Well, it's just like him to sleep in on a Saturday, innit it? I guess we've still got a few
minutes before he gets here. - Before who gets here? - Great high school pitcher outta Alabama, got a fast ball they got
clocked in 87 miles an hour. - 88. - Cal? Boy, it is great
to finally meet you. Dale Walmont, young alumni
association. Welcome. - Walmont, it is suc
h
a pleasure to meet you. - Mm-hm. Have you had much
chance to check out the campus? - [Erik] Well, not
really, I just got here, but I saw that beautiful
ballpark of yours. - Oh, it's nice, isn't it? - Lot fancier than one we got in Arkansas. - I bet it is. - Ah, I, I, I thought you
said that he was from Alabama. - I did. I, I said 'cause
he, I mean, I said- - I born in Alabama.
- Born in Alabama. - And then he moved to Arkansas. Anyway, as soon as Sam
Willington gets here, we can get started on
that
tour that we promised you. - Oh, hey. Could I talk to you for a second? - Excuse me. Hey, have a seat. And do you need you some water? - Oh no, bye. - Mr. Wilmington never said
anything about coming in today. - (laughs) Oh, you're kidding. Well we promised this kid
the first-class treatment. All I need from Sam is a
little expense account. God, does he backed me up? No. Man, if you ask me,
that guy is just a jerk. - Tell me about him. - Oh, he's gotten to you too. - No. (both laughing) Yea
h, he's always on my case. Marty, hurry up. - I'll bet. - Marty, you screwed up. - Oh, man. - If I didn't need this job. - I'll tell you what. Hey, do I have to dial nine? - Yeah. Yeah. Oh, no, whoa. Who are you calling? (phone beeping) - Who do you think? Sam? It's Dale. Where do you think I am? Yes, he's here. No, everything's fine. Marty and I have been entertaining him. Yes, Marty. That's right. Well, at least someone
in this department knows how to do his job. Sam, when are you gonna get he
re? Oh, Sam, screw your golf lesson. Sam, we are gonna lose this kid. Look I, yes, I know. No, I don't. Fine. Fine. Whatever. - Uh, what did he say? - I'm sorry, Calvin. There's been a slight
misunderstanding and, and we're not gonna be
able to do all the stuff that we promised you, but, but we. - Had a deal, Mr. Walmont. - Well, now I know we did. - You know, they told
me this was gonna happen when I visited state. - Oh no, it's just a misunderstanding. - No, wait, wait, wait, wait, right now.
Hold on, just a second. Hold on. He's that good? - They could retire his jersey
before he ever puts it on. - How much do you need? - What? - How much do you need? - Well, I thought only
Sam could authorize use of that money? - He can authorize it on Monday. (both laughing) - You're a good guy, Marty, a good guy. - At least someone in an
apartment knows their job, man. That was brilliant.
Dude, you are brilliant. Did you know that? - Yeah, I do. - Here, lemme see the money. How much is it? - 1,85
0. - 1,800. - Yeah, but that's nothing, man. Our next job is gonna make this
job look like pocket change. - Whoa, what are you
talking about our next job? - Yeah. Our next job. The way I figure we can clear 20 easy. - Thousand? - Erik, you're gonna love this one. See, we take the cash from this job. We use it to set up an office. We get, we get phones and,
and computers and the works. - Whoa, wait, wait. Tali's expecting this money back. - So we offer 'em a percentage. - Look, Cornelius, I, I ap
preciate you helping me pay my
tuition and everything, but that's it, man. I'm done. Give me the keys to your scooter. I gotta take this money back to Tali. - Erik, you're not seeing the big picture. - The keys. Come on, the keys. (engine puttering) (door creaking) - Ah, thank you. You know, if you, uh,
wanna make some extra cash, I might have a delivery for you, actually, several deliveries. - Uh, no offense, Mr. Tali, but I came here to
Stonebrook to go to school, not to get involved with, uh.
.. - With what? With what? - I gotta go. (laughs) - Takes deep pockets to go to Stonebrook. - Yeah, like a bottomless pit. - Your family helping you out. (birds chirping) (engine puttering) (Erik sighs) (engine roaring) - And so in 1885, Friedrich
Nietzsche declared that God was dead. Man was, as he had always been, the highest evolutionary
being in creation. That's quite a powerful thought. Isn't it? You've all heard the old riddle. If a tree falls in the forest and no one's around to hear
it,
does it make a sound? Well, If a man lies, steals, kills, and there's no God around
to judge him, is it a sin? - [Erik] So you wanna
do something tonight? - [Londyn] Like what? - [Erik] I don't know, celebrate? - [Londyn] The occasion being? - [Erik] The occasion being that I haven't been
kicked out of school yet. - [Londyn] Were you worried? - Honestly? Yes.
- Really? - Yeah. I mean, I don't know. This whole thing just kind
of seems like a dream. It's like being a college
student, Ivy league sc
hool. You know, most of my friends back home, they're married, they're
raising kids right now. - But not you. - No, not me. - How come? (crickets chirping) - I don't know. You ever get to a point in your life where you're not moving forward anymore or you're just kind of standing still? - Yeah. - Well I don't ever want
to get to that point again. - Come on. - Where are we going?
- To celebrate. - [Erik] (laughs) All right. (crickets chirping) (people chattering) - [Londyn] Hi. - [Erik] Boy, is i
t always this crowded? - [Londyn] You should
see it on the weekends. (people chattering) Excuse me. - Hey, chief, we ordered
two pitchers of margaritas, like, 20 minutes ago. What's up? - Just can't get good help these days. - Hey Londyn. How are you? - Hey, Jake. - Erik, you remember Jake? - Oh yeah.
- Yeah, sure. So look, we're all at a table in the back. You joining us? - I don't know. - No, no, it's fine. Go ahead. - Sure, you go ahead and, uh, Derek and I will get
some drinks and follow up.
- Okay. - Oh my god, Londyn, look at you! - Hey!
- You look great! - She's quite a catch for a guy like you. - Guy like me? - Come on. She's loaded. - (scoffs) Yeah, all of us in
the cafeteria millionaires. - No, she's just working there because she had a fight with her old man. But trust me, they'll make
up and, whew, all that money. Hey, guys, what am I wood over here? (people chattering) - I can't believe you kissed Milt Bosler. - It wasn't a kiss. It was tonsil licking. - (laughs) Oh my god
. - [Woman] I know, I'll only
vacation in the Caymans. - Taboo. Absolutely taboo. - My dad says the real
action's in commodities. - It's the Beatles,
Beatles, Beatles. That's it. - Did you see how tan I was? - That homeless guy was out front again? - Yeah.
- Beatles. - It just makes you sick. - Ooh!
- Exactly. - Of course it was a real diamond. Erik? Erik, are you right? (people chattering) - Yeah. I gotta get going. (people chattering) - [Londyn] Can I? (sighs) (door creaking)
(crickets chirpin
g) - $20,000. - That's right.
- All right, I'm in. - Well, I wish you decided that before you gave away our startup money. - We get it back. - You get it back. - You got a lot of nerve coming back here. I like that. Most kids around here look like they never worked a day in their lives, but you, judging by your hands, it looks like you've been working since the day you were born. - You said something about a delivery? - [Tali] 16 Willow Boulevard. - So you'll gonna back us. - 16 Willow Boulevard
. (birds chirping) (knuckles rapping)
(birds chirping) - [Man] Please don't disturb the flowers. - Oh, I'm sorry. - [Man] What do you want? - Oh, uh, Mr. Talley sent this envelope. So you're, you're using
soil from your yard, huh? - What?
- Soil from your yard on your flowers? 'Cause there's a lot of clay
in the soil around here. You might wanna add some sand actually. It'll help with the drainage. (birds chirping) You're welcome. - [Woman] I have time for some coffee. - [Man] Oh man, I can't- -
Hey. - Hi. - How was class? - I'm not gonna be making
a career outta calculus, that's for sure. - You kinda ran out on me the other night. - Yeah. - I mean, I know those guys
can be a little obnoxious, but. - No, it's not that. It's just Jake told me you had some kind of fight with your dad. - That's right. - So you're rich? - No, my father's rich. - Same thing. - Look, Erik, I've got work
study and a scholarship. Okay? I'm paying my own
way, the same as you. Do you have a problem with that? -
No, I don't have a problem with that. - So do you wanna go
for coffee or something? - I'd like to, but I've,
I've gotta go do something. - Okay. - All right. - Erik?
- Yeah. - Am I being outta line here? - No, no, you're not being outta line. - Computer lab, video games. You have over $1,500 in expenses here. - It's a pretty small
investment for $20,000. - And you just expect me to give you... Wait a sec. Wait, wait, wait, I'm sorry. Have you ever done
anything like this before. - [Erik] I made
your delivery. - Yes, and you'll make others. By the way, I take 50%. (throat clearing) - 50? - [Tali] Yes. Is that a problem? - 40. - Who's the mark? - [Erik] Jay Dardinell was a
successful Stonebrook alumnus. - Thank you, Dale. - [Erik] Until the IRS nailed
him for tax evasion and fraud. - This place as exactly as I remember it. - Well may look the same on
the outside, Mr. Dardinell. But the truth of the matter is, is that Stonebrook has
changed quite a bit. In fact now, it's a cutting
edge re
search facility. - What kind of research? - Well, we dabble a little bit in, uh... (laughs) Come on. Let me show ya. Now when a man like
Dardinell faces chapter 11, it's a good bet he's looking for ways to make money under the table. Now I have to warn you, Mr. Marvin Bellamin can
seem a little eccentric, but trust me, he's brilliant. Marvin. - [Cornelius] Just leave
it on the table, Sydney. - Marvin, you, uh,
might want to hear this. - Did you get the accelerator that? Oh, it's you. - Marvin, t
his is Mr. Dardinell, the gentleman I was telling you about. - I don't have time for this now. - Maybe we should come back. - No, no, no. Hold on. Let me talk to him. Marvin, look- - Look, I've gotta link up
with Oxford in four hours. - It might be your last
chance for funding. (Cornelius sighs) - Very sorry. My research is at a critical phase. - Oh, what exactly is your
research, Mr. Bellamin? - It's chaos. Well chaos theory, really. But you probably wouldn't
be familiar with. - I'm an insuranc
e man. Mr. Bellamin. I know all about a chaos. - Really? Well, excellent. You see, I, I'm developing
a mathematical model and, uh, I'm using a rather
interesting technique to gather data. See, I've taken games like
roulette and blackjack and I've placed them up on the internet where thousands of people
can, can play them every day. So- - So you're running some
kind of computer casino? - No, no. The games are just data. I, I, I, we get about 900 hits a day. And what that's providing.-
- Uh-huh. H
ow much do you take in, in that. - People don't play too conservatively, sitting alone in front of their computer. I'd say, uh, 20, maybe 30,000. - $30,000? - Yeah.
- And you still need funding? - Well, I'm not actually charging them. - Why the hell not? - Well, people don't
play too conservatively. Mr. Dardinell, I'm a
researcher, not a pit boss. - Now you earn me 30 grand a night and you can do research on
edible cow dung for all I care. Now, how much is it gonna
cost to get started? - Well, u
m. - I can have the money by tomorrow. Now you just make sure he
doesn't lose his nerve. - Leave everything to me. - Good boy. (door creaking) - You don't understand. You have to recover that money
or I'm going to lose my job. - You know, Marty, you should have thought about
that before you handed $1,800 over to a couple of total stranger. Now I want you to tell me everything you can remember about these guys. Hair, clothing, accents, everything. (birds chirping) (knuckles rapping) - YOu hurts y
our wrist, huh? - My wrist. Oh no, it's
carpal tunnel syndrome. I type a lot. - Oh. - I wanted to thank you,
for the flowers, I mean. - Oh, it's no problem. - Would you, um, would you wait a moment? - Sure. (dispatcher chattering) (door creaking)
(dispatcher chattering) - [Dispatcher] Citadel 140, roger. 7851, a family (indistinct). 4972 West 23rd Street, Number three. 7891-007-
(door clicking) (footsteps tapping) - Here. (birds chirping) - Cookies.
- Yeah. Good ones too. What do you think it me
ans? - Maybe he likes to bake? - No, not the cookies. I mean the guy. Every week, Tali sends an envelope of money to Rosewood, Inc. Why? What about that briefcase?
There's a lot of money. - I think you should drop it, Erik. - Aren't you even the least bit curious. - No. (knuckles rapping) He's early. - You good?
- Yeah. (computers beeping) - Hey.
- Everything all right? - Well we can start as soon as
we bring the big servers in. - The servers are on
order. We just need to, um- - Boys. - You know
, when I first saw you two, I just figured that you
were a strictly small time. Another Mr. Milo, (laughs) but now... - Thank you, Mr. Tali. - Right? So do you remember Mr. Rosewood? - Of course. - All right, well, it
seems that Mr. Rosewood has in his computer, some financial records, which could prove very valuable to me. Now, if you could get
those records for me, I could make it worth your while. - How worth our while? - 15 grand. Each. - 15? (crickets chirping) - There is one little problem
though. It seems that, uh, Rosewood would uses
this encryption system, which means you would
have to find the password. So do you, do you think you could do that? - For $30,000? - I'm sorry, Mr. Tali.
We're not interested. (crickets chirping) (door thudding) - What is your problem? - Look, I don't know
who Rosewood works for, but whoever they are, that's one group of people we
don't wanna mess around with. - You're scared. - Erik, you just made a lot of money. Why don't you enjoy it? (crickets
chirping) - Excuse me.
- Oh, hey, Harold. - Uh, it's Erik. - Right? Erik almost
gave up on you. buddy. But here she is. Look at her. Had a few offers, nothing serious, but I was
asking 1,400, ah, for you? I'd be willing to let her go
for say 1,250. What do you say? (birds chirping) - Think I've got a better idea. (bell tolling) - [Woman] Let's see. (horn honking) - What do you think?
- It's beautiful. Whose is it?
- It's mine. I bought. - Seriously?
- Come on, hop in. I'll take you for a ride. -
I can't. It's Wednesday. (laughs) I always visit
my mom on Wednesdays. - Well can't you make an exception. - It's important. - Fine. I'll drive you. Are you worried I'm gonna
embarrass you or something? - My mom's in a mental institution. - Then let me drive you. Please? (engine puttering)
(birds chirping) This is an institution? - Best that money can buy. - Kinda makes you wanna go nuts. (Londyn laughs)
Sorry. - There she is. - What's she doing? - She's waiting for a train. - Londyn, thank god
. I thought
you weren't going to make it. Where's your bag? Did you lose it? Well, it doesn't matter. From now on, things are going
to be better. I promise you. - I know.
- Where is he? He should have been here by
now. We'll miss the train. - Mom. This is my friend, Erik. - There you are. - It is such a pleasure
to meet you, ma'am. - Thank you, young man. We're still waiting for
the rest of our party, but you can take my bag aboard now and please make sure we
have three seats together. - When I
was nine years old, she came into my room and
started packing my bags. She told me that we were
going to take this long trip, that there was a nice man who
was going to take care of us. We waited all day at the train
station. He never showed. And my father found us,
brought us back home. Six months later, my mom was here. - You never found out who the guy was. - Mm-mm. - Your father must have some
idea. Hey, hey, watch it! (birds chirping) (engine rumbling) - I don't want to study. (both laughin
g) - [Erik] Then don't. - We could go to the Top of the Hill. - Aren't you getting a
little sick of that crowd. - I got sick of them in high school. - I know of place. Been working a little bit there part-time. - Where? - Trust me. You'll love it. (engine rumbling) (crickets chirping) All right, this is it. This is the place. - What? You've been working here. - Yeah, come on up. There's some people I want you to meet. - Erik, take me home. - Oh, come on.
- Now! - All right. (engine roaring) Lond
yn! Londyn! Hold on. - You gotta get outta there.
- Get outta what? - I can't believe I was so stupid. You know, I should have known
the second I saw that car. I mean, what does he
have you doing for him? Breaking old lady's legs when they don't pay their debts on time. - It's nothing like that!
- It will be. - Hey!
- Let go of me! - Not until you tell me what's going on. - [Londyn] He's my father, Erik. - Who is? - Alexander Tali is my father. (crickets chirping) - Cornelius. - [Franklin] Why d
on't you tell me, kid? - [Erik] What are you doing here? - DA's got a whole file on you. - Yeah, but you, you fixed it.
You took care of it, right? - Fixed it? You broke laws, Erik, a lot of 'em. You're looking at five years. - Oh god. - Five years? - Maybe. I don't know. DA's been trying to nail Tali for years. He's got nothing to show for
it. It's an election year. He needs an arrest. - So he's going after us. - I can't go to jail.
Erik, I can't go to jail. (crickets chirping) - What do you kn
ow about this guy? - Yeah. His name is Elmer
Rosewood, he's a CPA. He used to work outta Chicago. Supposed to be connected.
Nobody knows for sure. - You know he's blackmailing Tali. - Is that what's in the envelope. (dramatic music) - Oh. Yeah, we've been pretty sure that Tali's been laundering money through several businesses. Maybe Rosewood caught
him skimming the till. - What if I can get
you Rosewood's records. (crickets chirping) You think the DA would be interested? - I think the DA would
pimp his mother for Rosewood's records. - [Erik] The last person
I wanted to see again that night was Alexander Tali, but it was clear that the only way to Rosewood's files was through him. After all the idea of
stealing them had been Tali's in the first place. - She's beautiful, isn't she? (people chattering) - [Erik] Yeah, she is. - She left home when she was 16. Took her mother's name, wouldn't
even let me support her. Maria, Londyn's mother? She, she has some problems. - [Erik] Londyn told m
e your wife tried to leave you for another man. - He was a coward. A greedy coward. He sold my wife out for a
couple of bucks. Now I own him. Works for me now. He does errands. He works for scraps. - Cornelius and I changed our mind if the offer still stands. - Good. Good. Just, uh, tell me what you need. (people chattering) - A child dies from some
unexplained illness, fishermen sail off never to return, it rains on your wedding day and always behind these tragic
events lies the question. Why?
Because it it is the
nature of the human mind to bring order out of
chaos, to seek truth. And where there is no truth, we must invent it because
that too is our nature. (birds chirping) - You know what burns me is that we're sticking our necks out here and there's nothing in it for us. - [Cornelius] We stay outta jail. - I just can't stop thinking
about that briefcase. I mean, if we're going
for the files already, it wouldn't be all that hard for us- - [Cornelius] Don't be stupid. - See the way
I figure,
if Franklin makes his bust then everyone's either gonna
get nailed, turn states or they're gonna run for cover, right? - [Cornelius] Maybe. - So do you think in all that confusion that they're gonna miss one
little briefcase full of money? (crickets chirping) - If we screw up, we're dead. - (scoffs) If we screw
up we're dead anyway. (crickets chirping) - I don't understand. - (laughs) It's ergonomic. I thought it might be
good for your wrists. (dispatcher chattering) - May I ask you a
question, Erik? - Yeah, sure. - Why are you wasting your time
working for a man like Tali? - [Erik] (laughs) Money, of course. - If you're gonna be in this line of work, do it with the right people. I have contacts, Erik, serious contacts. - [Erik] That so? - In fact, my employers will
be in town on Wednesday. If you like, I could introduce you. - I'll think about it. (dispatcher chattering) - And what else was on the desk? - Usual stuff. Phone, paper. Box of blank discs. Couple pads. Oh, there
was a police band radio. - Police band. Good, that's good. Did you set up the keyboard
exactly like I told you? - Yeah. - And you're sure the meeting
is day after tomorrow? - Mm-hm, Wednesday. Londyn always visits her mom on Wednesday. - Okay, well, I made up our itinerary and our first stop is
133 miles down Route 24. The motel is called The Comfort Lodge. Erik, are you listening? - Yeah, I just don't see
why we have to skip town. - Erik, if we steal this money, they will come looking for us. -
Oh, I know. It's, it's just. - Hey, hey! Where you going? - So I can't leave town
without talking to Londyn. - Erik, she's his daughter. Okay, if you talk to her,
you risk blowing everything. I'm sorry. (crickets chirping) - [Dispatcher] Unit
two Niner, standing by. - All right. Copy that. So Erik, look, if anything goes wrong, I want you to head straight to the- - Franklin, relax. All right,
just stick with the plan. - Right? Right. - Now what about our records? - They're clean just as
soon as
I put the disc in the DA's hands. So, Erik, just please be careful. - Franklin, we're gonna be back
here in an hour. All right? - Right. ♪ In the sweet by and by ♪ (Erik sighs) - We should have Tali pay us in advance. - Don't get greedy, Erik. (birds chirping)
(engine rumbling) (knuckles rapping)
(birds chirping) - Who's this? - He's with me. Listen, we've got trouble. Alexander Tali's coming after you. You're gonna have to get out of town. - Tali knows he can't touch me. - Because there aren't
going
to be any more payments to Mr. Rosewood.
- But his records, he could send-
- No, he can't send them if he's dead. - I'm afraid Mr. Tali just met with a most unfortunate accident. (birds chirping) (computer whirring) - [Erik] Sorry. What are you gonna do? - Include these files with the shipment. It's all here. Every dime he's embezzled. - [Erik] How much has he stolen? - Just shy of 2 million. He's kept it well hidden,
probably stashed it offshore. - Hey, you might wanna
take a look at thi
s. - What is it? - Looks like a cop. - The police. - [Officer] 297, what's your 20? - [Officer] Corner of Main and Willow. Awaiting further instructions, over. Fireman's Park is secure. - [Officer] Hey, roger that.
All units, hold positions. - They've got the whole
neighborhood staked out. - [Officer] Hey,
Franklin, can you run down that description again? - Yeah. Subject's name
Elmer Clancy Rosewood. Six foot two Caucasian
balding drives an orange 911. - Why would Tali go to the police? - Maybe
he's connected. - I have to get to the warehouse. - Well they'll arrest you the
second you walk out the door. - You could go. - What? - [Rosewood] They're not looking for you. - What about that cup outside? - I could, I could create a diversion. I could, I could take your
car and, and maybe stall 'em. - The meeting is at a warehouse. 427 3rd Street. You can't miss it. - Do you have any blank discs? - On the desk? Why? - Well, I have to make the, the diversion as convincing as possible. - Oh rig
ht. Here's, the car is in the garage. - Good luck. (engine roaring) - Come on. Come on, follow him. - It's working. - I gotta get going. - Erik.
- Yeah. - What you're doing for me? I'll make it worth your a while. - [Erik] I know you will. It was beautiful. We had
the disc, we had the money. I felt myself breathe for
the first time in days. Of course we still needed the password. But according to
Cornelius, that was simple. See, there were two discs. The first held all of Rosewood's files, all t
he evidence the DA could want. The second came from a homemade device, which Cornelius had
rigged into the keyboard I planted on Rosewood's desk. It recorded every keystroke, which could then be printed out. And from there finding the password was just a process of elimination. Then Cornelius would hand
the disc and password over to Franklin who
would give it to the DA who would drop the charges
and clean our records. All I had to do was get myself and the money out of Stonebrook. Can't leave to
wn without
talking to Londyn. - [Cornelius] Erik, she's his daughter. If you talk to her, you
risk blowing everything. I'm sorry. (birds chirping) - [Erik] I don't know. You ever get to a point in your life where you're not moving forward anymore or you're just kind of standing still? - [Londyn] Yeah. - [Erik] Well, I don't ever
want to get to that point again. (engine roaring) - Irene was devastated. She knew that Maurice was her destiny. Her one chance at true love
and he had left her for mone
y. - I did what you said. Cornelius and I cut a deal with the cops. We're getting out. - So I see. - Well call the department if you need to, ask for Detective Franklin,
Detective Oliver Franklin. - Oliver. - [Londyn] Mom, what's wrong? - It's time to go, Londyn. There's someone I've been
waiting to introduce you to. ♪ In the sweet by and by ♪ ♪ We shall meet on that beautiful shore ♪ - Oh my god. ♪ In the sweet ♪ Franklin. ♪ By and by ♪ - What?
- Franklin! Hold onto this. - What? But I-
- Keep
it safe. I can't explain.
- Erik, wait! ♪ By and by ♪ (engine roaring) - [Erik] You never found
out who the guy was. Your father must have some idea. - He's worked for me ever since. He runs errands, works for scraps. I own him. - About time you got here. (door thudding) - [Erik] Cornelius! Cornelius! - Erik. (Erik groaning)
(blows thudding) - [Erik] Get off of me. (groans) - Is the other one dead? - Yeah. - Good. Get the briefcase. (Erik groaning) - It's not here. - Excuse me. - It's not here.
- I should have known
you'd screw this thing up. - But I got the disc and the password. You got Rosewood where you want him. - What is the password? - Pandora. - Cute. - Where's the briefcase? - Go to hell! (blow thudding)
(Erik groans) - Where's the briefcase? Franklin. Franklin. - I'm sorry, kid. (gun clicking) - All right. Okay. Okay. Right. It's off route,
Route 24, in the woods. - Where in the woods? - In the woods.
- Where in the woods? - I'd have to show you. - You'll be late for your mee
ting. - How much money were we talking about? - 50. Maybe 60 grand. - Okay. Okay, I can cover that if I have to. - Yeah. I'll take the
kid and get the money. - No, no, you stay here. You move these cars. It
looks like a used car lot. You think you can handle that? Good. Let's go. Let's go. (fire crackling) - [Thug] Get in! (dog barking) - So Rosewood asked you
to come in his place. - Well, yes, because the
police were following him. We just thought it would be safer for me to come in and meet yo
u. - [Crime Boss] And our shipment. - [Tali] Well, I, I wired
it offshore for safety. - You wired it. - That's right.
- To an offshore account. - That's right. - That was very good, Mr. Tali. Your employee will be most pleased. - [Tali] Thank you. Thank you. - Now call your bank. - Right. - Have them wire the funds to our account. - Of course. Excuse me. (phone beeping) - [Erik] We made it so easy. All the time we thought
we were playing Tali and he was playing us. - I'd like to arrange an
elect
ronic transfer of funds. All right. - [Erik] It started with
the deliveries to Rosewood, right through to planning
Franklin's phony bust. He was even willing to
hand over his own money all for Rosewood's files. See the disc didn't just
free Tali from Rosewood. It gave him power. - Uh, I, I seem to have forgotten
the exact dollar amount. - 1,842,129. - Excuse me. - [Crime Boss] Is there a problem? - No, no, no, no problem at all. I just happened to forget
the exact dollar amount. 1,842,129. They,
they want to know
where, where it's going. - Transfer the funds to El
Banko Nationale, Beunos Aires, 25142-7638. They need your password? - Yes, of course. Yes, the password does Londyn. L-O-N-D-Y-N. That's right. Thank you. (phone beeps) It's done. - You know, if there is one
thing our employer hates it is seeing a valuable resource wasted. I'll tell you what, he's gonna be passing
through town tonight. Why don't you come back in
a few hours? Say 4:00 a.m. - All right. I, I look forward to it.
Okay. (door thuds) (engine rumbling) (water splashing)
(crickets chirping) How much further is this?
- Not far. Yeah. Yeah, it's right down there. - I don't see anything down there. (thug screaming)
(water splashing) (blow thudding)
(both groaning) That kid is really
starting to tick me off. (footsteps thudding) - The way I saw it, I could either run with the money and keep running for the rest of my life or give the money back to Rosewood before he realized he'd been conned. And if I warned hi
m
about Tali in the files, maybe he could protect himself and me. Londyn, I need your car. - Erik.
- The keys, gimme the keys. - My god, what happened? Your face? Who did this to you? Where's Cornelius. Erik, where is he? - They set us up. Your father, Franklin. We played right into it. - Where is Cornelius? - They killed him. (crickets chirping) - What are you gonna do? (dog barking) - Mr. Rosewood. Mr. Rosewood, we have to talk. (shells crunching) (dog barking) (dramatic music) (Erik groans) (
dog barking) (Londyn sighs)
(crickets chirping) - What is going on? You don't understand, Londyn. That's only $67,000. There's supposed to be 2 million. I'm a dead man. - I can talk to my father. He'll listen to me. I'll take you home and then
I'll call you from Stripes. You don't have a choice, Erik. - You're not gonna find him at Stripes. He's got a meeting in an hour. - Where? (crickets chirping) (door creaking) (Erik sniffs)
(crickets chirping) (phone ringing) - [Erik] Londyn. - [Franklin] Y
ou and that briefcase were supposed to be out of town. - Franklin. - I want you to stay put, Erik, that way no one will get hurt. - Oh, what about Rosewood? Did you kill him for the
disc or for the money? - He was a crook. - And Tali? I know what happened
between you and his wife. - You don't know anything? - What, are you gonna kill him to? - No, I won't have to. Rosewood's employer
will take care of Tali. - Look, Franklin, you've got your money. You've got what you want. - Is that what you thi
nk this is about? You stay put, Erik. It'll all be over in 30 minutes. - What'll be over in 30 minutes? (phone beeping) Franklin! Franklin! - [Crime Boss] Come back in a few hours. - You'll be late for your meeting. - 4:00 a.m. - The warehouse. - [Londyn] I'll take you home and then I'll call you from Stripes. - [Erik] You're not gonna
find him at Stripes. He's got a meeting in an hour. - [Londyn] Where? - Oh, there you are. Right on time. (door thudding) 12 years, Tali. 12 years. (engine rumbli
ng) Oh, man. - [Erik] Where is she? - Look who's here? - Where's Londyn? - Where's London? What
are you talking about? Is that my money? - [Erik] Get away from me. - I'll get him outta here, Mr. Tali. - We've all gotta get out of here. - Excuse me.
- This meeting, it's a- (blow thudding)
(Erik groaning) - Just take him back to Stripes. Get the money in the safe
and I'll deal with him later. - It's a set up the disc, the shipment, the tape you and I made. - See, I don't have time for this. - [Fra
nklin] That's enough. - The men who are coming
tonight, they're coming, they're coming to kill you. Isn't that right, Franklin? - Oh, like Franklin would have
something to do with this? - Oh, come on. After
everything you've done to him? Humiliated him, controlled
him, insulted him? What about what he did with your wife? - Oh, you're good, kid. You're very good. You see, I, I could see you
pulling off something like that, but Franklin? (laughs) No, I don't think so. (door clanging) (footsteps ta
pping) - Get the shipment. - Well, I already wired your money to the bank in Beunos Aires. - I wasn't aware I had an
account in Buenos Aires. - Excuse me.
- It's all the $67,000. - 67,000. Wait, no, I'm sorry. I wired you, uh, 2 million. - How much did you
steal from me, Mr. Tali? - How much have I stolen? - [Leader] Mr. Rosewood
kept very thorough records. - Where did you get that? - That's not important. What is important is
that you stole from me. Then you killed Mr.
Rosewood to cover it up.
- I didn't kill anyone. Because there aren't
going to be more payments to Mr. Rosewood. - [Erik] But those records, he could send- - Well, he can't send them if he's dead. I see. - Now I have something
that belongs to you. (door whirring) - She has nothing to do with this. Whatever it takes,
everything I have, please. (Londyn gasping) Please. - Start with the girl. - I wouldn't do that. Yeah, you're right, Rosewood
did keep very good records. Your records, names, dates, places. I would hate to s
ee what would happen if this got into the wrong hands, with the other copy I made. - Other copy. - The copy I gave to the FBI. - It's useless. The files were encrypted. - And I have the password. (Londyn whimpering) So this is what we're gonna do. We're gonna walk out this door. We're gonna forget this ever happened. - Fine. You win. - [Franklin] Erik, watch out! (gun firing) - Remove the wire, Mr. Tali. (Londyn whimpering) Remove the wire, Mr. Tali. - What about my daughter? - The wire. (Erik g
runting) - Pandora. - This isn't over. (Londyn gasping) - He faked it. You faked it. (Franklin groaning) - You have to pay for what you did to me. - What I did to you? (gun clicking) - Please. (Franklin sobbing) - I can't believe, Franklin... (crickets chirping) - [Cornelius] I've got stuff in here that would just blow your mind. - [Erik] Roommate's a
piece of work though. - Well, you know, he's probably just
nervous about rich kids. - [Tali] When I first saw you two, I figured you were both
str
ictly small time. - Well, the how is not
important, Mr. Tali, what is important is how much. (crickets chirping) That one. One more round. - [Car Salesman] How
much you want for this. - [Erik] 750. Yep, sold my truck. - Transfer the funds to
El Banko, Beunos Aires. 1,842,129. - [Franklin] The first
kid from our hometown ever to crack the Ivy League. - [Cornelius] Freshman. How do
I know you didn't forge this? Plain paper, no seal, no signature. Why I could whip one up in no time. - [Tali] Takes
deep pockets
to go to Stonebrook. - [Erik] More like a bottomless pit. - Don't get greedy, Erik. You're not seeing the big picture. Everyone's a sucker. - [Erik] Not me. Not me. Not me. Not me. Not me. Not me. (crickets chirping) (people chattering)
(birds chirping) (flies buzzing) - Guess I should thank you. Although I knew you
wouldn't tell him about me. After all, we're partners. - Well, you almost got me killed, partner. - Well you were supposed to
leave town. That was the plan. Not that it
matters. In fact, I'd say everything
worked out better than expected. - So how long was that going
on with you and Franklin? What? A year, couple months? What's that. - Your cut. (birds chirping) - Keep it. - There's a lot more where
that came from, Erik. I got a guy down in Florida, textile manufacturer, worth millions. - I'm not interested. - Oh, so you'd rather be washing dishes? - Maybe.
- Sell that nice car of yours? - I already sold it. - Is it the girl, Erik,
is that what it is? You know,
I used to think
you showed potential. - See you around, pal. - I doubt it. (birds chirping) (door thudding)
(engine rumbling) (birds chirping) (crickets chirping) - You got a lot of your old
man in you, you know that, kid? God, he was a good man. - [Erik] A good man once said that to make a mistake is human. To make the same mistake
again is character. (crickets chirping) My father told me that. I didn't understand what he meant until I came to Stonebrook. (crickets chirping) (car horn honking)
(traffic whooshing) (both laughing)
(birds chirping)
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