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you lost something. you need us to get it back. what are we looking for? - are you familiar with stuxnet? - computer virus. - built by us to disable the iranian nuclear program. the package you're looking for is similar. - only this one targets the chinese. - that's correct. we believe someone inside the pentagon sold a secure laptop containing some of the source code to a chinese firm. they may be studying the code to inoculate their devices, or they may be modifying the code to target the u.s. nuclear infrastructure. either way, we need the laptop returned. - where are we going? - ordos. it's a company town in the middle of china. it was built for a million people, only the company that built it folded. it's a ghost town. no residents. so you're gonna fly into beijing. diplomatic cover, two weeks to gather intel, then you're going in. - the laptop has to be handled with extreme caution,

this software will exploit any open communication channel. understood? - let's go. reese. one more thing. [door closes] after you secure the package, you're to retire agent stanton. - you're telling me to kill my partner? - we've intercepted unauthorized communications between her and this man, a go-between for hezbollah. large deposits into an off-shore account. she's been compromised. as her partner, you should have noticed. we clean up our own mess, reese. you know that. you get this done, you can have all the leave you need.

[dials number] [phone ringing] - this is jessica. you missed me. leave a message. [beep] [phone beeps] - what are we looking at? - i've hacked the truck company's servers and retrieved your route for today. if i know the pickup locations, i can narrow down where the robber might hit. - carter get back to you on the plate of the car following us? - not yet. [cell phone rings] [phone beeps] - lionel, you've been quiet. i was getting worried. - yeah, it's like the wild, wild west out here with lynch. hr's getting short on funds since we took down elias, so he's chasing down street money with a baseball bat. not like i didn't have enough enemies on the street.

we need to know their leadership. take down the remaining players. - at least i'm getting a cut for my efforts. what do you want me to do with the money? - i care about hr, fusco, not the money. what you do with it is your business. - ah. [phone beeps] [car door opens] - hey, dad. - hey, buddy. what do you say i take you after practice, get you some new gear? - really? - yeah, why not? - these pictures you sent over look suspiciously like the ones from our automated license plate readers. did you take one off my car? - well, no... not your car. - i'll pretend i didn't hear that. anyway, the plate belongs to a '95 gray chevrolet van, registered to the 72-year-old transit authority administrator. - a 72-year-old that's casing an armored car? - that's why i dug a little deeper.

apparently the owner's nephew, frank lowell, was paroled two months ago. busted back in '05 for armed robbery, along with buddy, mick norton, released last year. i just sent the photos to you. you might need help with these two. - i got it covered. - hey, did you catch up on your beauty sleep, sunshine? - not so much. i had a nightmare i was working with a bunch of clowns. - [laughs] yeah, well, that's tommy. he's always clowning around. - is that tommy's wife? - talk about a ball buster. i celebrate the anniversary of my divorce like it's new year's eve. this job is stressful enough. no one needs that nonsense to come home to, no. marriage is a racket. - back for more, john? oh, i see murray here skipped his morning pilates again.

- who's your friend, tommy? - hey. john the newbie, ashley. he needs to learn the ropes, and i'm the ropes master. - what are you having, hon? - something you can put in the bag. i always stick with a fried egg sandwich. - yeah, but that's because you can't read the rest of the menu. - coffee's fine, thank you. - whoa, that's a nice bracelet, huh? who's the lucky stiff, ashley? - it's nothing. it's just a present from my grandma. - she's got good taste. - i threw in a little extra hot sauce with your sandwich, tommy. - whoa, tommy, you got a little extra hot sauce, huh? - hey, married man over here. - yeah, more like half a man. all right, ladies, time to punch in. let's go. - so what's your story, john? you ever been a security guard anywhere else? - here and there. - mall cop? supermarket stiff? - something like that. - all i'm saying is, this ain't walmart. - you ever been robbed before? - once. my partner and i were servicing this atm. these two guys came up with guns. i tried to be a hero. took two in the vest.

they got away. i got a set of cracked ribs and a bump in hazard pay. don't worry. most of the job is like this, you know? sitting around in traffic, trying not to get carsick. if the bullets don't get you, the boredom will. - i've just flagged the gray van's license plate, so the plate reader will alert us just as soon as it appears again. i've also been able to retrieve some information from the company's database about your stops today. one state bank. your cargo is their employees' tax returns. [horn honks] your next stop, heliogem incorporated. but the shipment is just low-grade stones for industrial use. next stop is regan medical supply, manufacturers of... pacemakers, among other things. - those are expensive,

heading your way, murray. - hang on. the internal manifest shows that you're actually picking up raw materials for pacemakers. platinum. platinum is priced at $1,600 an ounce. that approximately $25,000 a pound. there's 50 pound-- mr. reese, those cases are worth about $1.25 million. that must be the target. [tires squealing] - [laughs] wow, bro. you need to relax. [sighs] come on, murray, let's go. [engine turning over] - i don't understand. the robbery should have taken place at the last stop. all you've got left is dewitt grocery. that's inconsequential compared--

- [breathing heavily] [gunshots hitting the van] - stay here. [gunshots]

- come on, let's go.

- alpha team is on-site.

i'll let you know when it's done. - this is where we part ways. you're going in alone. intel says you can expect only light resistance. i've got orders to confiscate any comm devices you have. - how do we signal for extract? - use these. ir chem lights. a helo's going to meet you at the lz. you've got 72 hours. we got orders to make our own way back. - bird flu must have been a cover. the place is under quarantine. - scaring the locals. a lot of precautions for a computer virus. i'm not sure we're being told the whole story here. - "ours is not to reason why." isn't that what you taught me?

looks like we're a little late to the party. - mr. reese. [machines beeping] mr. reese? - you got that i.d. running? - mr. reese? - what's happening, doctor? - we're losing him. - [indistinct] standing by. o.r. three. - bp 70/52. - i'm getting no pulse at all. [nurse speaking indistinctly] - all right, i'm calling. [phone rings] [indistinct chatter] - looks like you could use some help. come on. hold on to me. bruised ribs. bullet hit the vest, broke the skin.

- i wasn't supposed to help tommy. i was supposed to stop him. - yeah, well, most inside jobs, guy leaves a door open, takes a cut. guy comes out blasting like this, he better have a well- thought-out exit strategy. - this guy's got a family. - yeah, we're searching his house right now, bringing his wife in for questioning. he's got to be working with somebody. - well, he needs a fence. he's still got to flip that platinum. - hmm. [phone rings] yeah? he's right here with me. - oh, thank god. [phone beeps] i tracked your phone to a hospital, but... i didn't know-- - it's okay, harold. i'm still ticking. - well, i'm watching the feed that we piggybacked off the internal camera in the truck. tommy had a second phone. sent a text just before the robbery. he must have been signaling the other robbers. - well, we gotta track him, finch.

- oh! [laughs] [children chattering indistinctly] - used to play pickup games here when i was a kid. - you were a kid? - got into some fights. learned how to use my fists. i need you to do something. - what? - pick up something in brooklyn. details to follow. failure's not an option. i know you understand what i'm saying. - where's your husband, mrs. clay? - i don't know. i haven't talked to tommy all day. - yeah, well, he's been busy.

and you still haven't heard from him. - tommy is a good person. he's never talked about stealing anything off a truck. - is that right? found this in a closet in your house. it's for a diamond tennis bracelet, part of a shipment tommy delivered two days ago. but i guess it just fell off the truck. - a diamond what? - tommy didn't give you a bracelet, did he? tommy's having an affair, so if we find his girlfriend, we'll find him. - i'm way ahead of you, detective.

- anything yet, finch? - yes, as a matter of ct. one number in her call history comes up several times in the last hour. no name on the account. - could be tommy on a burner phone. can you track him? - we'll see. i'm texting him an alluring photo from ashley's archive, hoping it'll get a quick response. when he opens the message, a spyware trojan embedded in the file will send his gps coordinates. - good. - mr. reese, i got a hit on tommy's burner phone. he last checked it from the royce motel. he last checked it from the royce motel. tommy's not here. it looks like the robbers that were with him are dead.

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- so much for the bird flu. these people were gunned down. - software engineers, not soldiers. why kill them? - [gasping] - we got a live one here. mostly alive. - [groans] [both speaking foreign language] - what did he say? [gunshot] - he said he wanted something for the pain.

fast. bmr recon team maybe or hired guns. - looks like the package. - why kill all these people and leave it behind? - maybe they copied it. or altered it and left it for us to find. - helo won't be able to pick us up till dark. we need a safe place to wait for extract.

- safe from whom? we're the only living people in this city. after you. - i should've shot you and simplified my life. - pressure getting to you, lionel? why are you here? - len sent me over. supposed to meet a guy by the name of clay. - hr looking for a cut of the heist? - hr helped set up the heist. they hand-picked the shooters. i'm supposed to be picking up their cut. - you've got a problem. tommy clay's long gone. and he left his buddies behind. - ah, jeez. [groans] i don't come back with the platinum, hr's gonna think i took it. that makes me a dead man. you gotta help me with this. you got me working with these guys in the first place. - i'll find tommy. now off you go. - off i go? what am i gonna tell hr, huh?

- you're a talented liar, detective, remember? that's why i picked you. you there, finch? - always. if you're calling to ask where tommy is, i don't know. he destroyed his phone as soon as he left the motel. - get anything off the phone? - only that he uses the name ashley as a password on almost everything. - ashley from the diner? must be love. - and it's mutual. i checked her credit card transactions. she just charged over $5,000 worth of louis vuitton suitcases. - she's running off with tommy. i'll try to intercept her, and you try to track down tommy. - i'm not sure he deserves our protection, mr. reese. - he killed his friend in cold blood and shot me in the back. i wasn't thinking of protecting him. - you're telling me this guy killed two of our men and took off with all the platinum? - maybe it's beginner's luck. - getting ambitious, detective? working an angle? - look, you don't believe me, go to the hotel. there's two dead bodies and two empty cases.

- thing about angles, fusco, you add 'em up, always comes out the same. - [scoffs] you know, the longer we stand here talking, the further distance this kid tommy is gonna put between us and our money. - assuming you're not shining me on, there's only so many places he could fence the platinum. - so where are they? we'll divvy them up. - no. we do it together. that way i can keep an eye on you. - such a long day. - oh, i know. - just want to go home. call me. - talk to you later? bye. - hello, ashley. - [gasps] get out of my car. - no. sorry. - you work with tommy. what do you want? - you know, that is a nice bracelet. grandma didn't give it to you, did she? but i know who did.

- i don't know. honestly, i don't. - what do you mean? - [sighs] i'm supposed to wait for him here. he was gonna pick me up three hours ago, so either something terrible has happened to him or... he's gone without me. - what was your plan? - i never should have believed him. he said he was going to take me away from all this, and we were gonna go to cabo together. - well, at least you got your nice louis vuitton bags. this tommy's turned out to be a real operator, finch. and right now, he's putting everyone in his rearview mirror. you got anything? - tommy's a creature of habit. uses the same password for everything. his other habit is buying symetel burner phones. symetel leases their numbers in consecutive blocks.

i wrote a script trying the password "ashley" on all new numbers, and i found his new phone. along with web-based voicemail message he received. listen. - got your message. arturo's boxing club. i'll be there in an hour. - my guess is this is the man tommy's selling the platinum to. message was received 45 minutes ago. - on my way. give carter the address. i'll wrap tommy up, give him to her. [phone dialing] [phone rings] - what's up? - got a location on the armored truck robber-- arturo's boxing club in queens. john's on his way there. - carter. - detective, did you hear me? - hang up. the cia's onto me. you'll have to handle this on your own. agent snow and... whatever your name is. - evans. - what do you want? - oh, to say hi, see how you are. - i'm fine. what do you want?

- we know that you're talking to the fbi about reese. - is there a law against that? - as they've proven time and again, the fbi cannot be trusted with matters of national security. do not talk to agent donnelly. - oh, you mean about our mutual friend. why, you're afraid donnelly's gonna get to him first? what exactly are you worried he's gonna tell him? - be careful, detective. we're closing the net on john. he's good at hiding, but i'm good at finding people. and when i do, you're gonna want to be on the right side of this thing. don't talk to donnelly. - [sighs] - mr. reese, i'm afraid you're on your own now. carter just had a visit from your old colleagues in the cia. - copy that. [door opens, closes]

- hey, tommy. - johnny. [grunts] [groans] - that's for shooting me in the back. - [grunting] - that's for murray. where's the platinum? - [laughs] i'm not telling you. - you won't get away with this. you have no idea who you're dealing with. - you think? i'm just as smart as every one of those jerks. - tommy, you were clean. you had a wife, a kid, no prior record. but you threw it all away. why? - because every day for the last ten years, i've protected other people's money, and i have nothing to show for it. nothing. - so the world owes you, is that it? - no, it doesn't. i figured that one out. took a while. you know what else i figured out? hauling around all that money-- you get what you take.

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[phone ringing] - yeah? - our friend is in a bit of trouble. we need your help. - who are you talking to? - uh, i'm busy right now. i can't talk. my ex. - now you're going to tell me who's coming for us. - where's the platinum, tommy? - it's over there under the ring in that box with the gloves. - so ashley's the brains, and you're the muscle. is that right, tommy? - [chuckles] we're partners. - she convinced you it was time to make your move, didn't she? she said you deserve more from life.

- i'm so sorry. - sorry? what are you sorry for? - the law of the fishes. i should've seen it coming. - what are you talking about? - the people i help, i never know if they're gonna be the victim or the perp, but i think, this time, you're both. [gunshot] now what? you think you're going to walk out of here and live happily ever after? you're dealing with some very bad people. - shut up. - right now, you have what they want, and they won't stop until they get it.

first one's hard. you've probably been thinking about it for a while, psyched yourself up. but the second one can even be harder. - [whimpers] [gunshot] - all there? - yeah. - heh, what do younow? you weren't lying after all. well, look who's here... carter's guardian angel. thought our paths might cross again at some point. i think it's your turn to hang off the side of a building. - hey, forget him, let's get out of here. - you're right.

i was gonna have some fun. [chuckles] but i'll just shoot him. [gunshot] - mr. reese, everything okay? - finch, we're going to need your trunk. - no, i got this one. i shot him with her gun. simple enough to make it look like lynch botched the whole thing. - you're getting good at this, lionel. - i was always good at this. that's why you picked me in the first place. remember? - time to wrap this up, john. [unkle's lonely soul] - god knows you're lonely souls god knows you're lonely souls - listen, cara, there's something you need to know--

[gunshot] - sorry, john. nothing personal. they told me you've been compromised, that as your partner, it was my mess to clean up. - [weak laugh] - something funny? - i got the same orders as you. whoever sent us here doesn't want us to retrieve the package. they want to confirm it's destroyed. they want everyone who had contact with it destroyed. and you just gave them a beacon. [plane flies overhead] - target locked. - you are clear to engage. - engaging. [bomb whistling]

i'm gonna die in a space that don't hold my fame - did we actually accomplish anything here? - we stopped tommy from getting away with murder. that's something. - he didn't stand a chance, did he? - i believe there's a time - problem with trying to be the bad guy... is there's always someone worse. - cut the cord, my friend i believe there's a time - hey, we got a lead on reese. an asset in north korea: a dissident group helped an injured cia operative escape from a town near ordos, china, may 2010. - ordos? must be our guy. - the asset pointed us to a bank account out of grand cayman. same account was accessed two days ago at a bank across the street from the royal manhattan hotel. meet me there. [shower running] - walking in the cold

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me doing back flips with men and partnering and just all kind of fun things. >> reporter: but it was dance that led off the whole cascade of trouble in the fall of 2010. there's an annual fundraiser here in silverthorne called "dancing with the mountain stars." local worthies paired with ballroom pros. >> did you go? >> i went to about three years of them. the last one, i did not go to >> reporter: had a wedding to shoot. so he missed the chance to watch stephanie teach those lead-footed businessmen the foxtrot and the tango and so on. happened that night. couples and in the process she met a man named ron. a local, married, physical therapist. >> she started working with him

how that made her feel. she really did call it a "true love" moment. >> and he seemed to feel the same thing about her? >> yeah, they really clicked together. >> reporter: so they did. oh, boy, did they ever. and stephanie was dancing on air, her whole world, upended. >> she didn't realize that there could be love like that. >> reporter: a secret from her family, of course. but she told her friends that she'd found her "soul mate." >> it was almost odd how she told a number of us, that i just want you to know that i'm very happy. >> reporter: but joy and misery come in pairs sometimes. as thanksgiving approached, chaos took over what had been a well ordered life. it was a wednesday, middle of october, when things started piling up. >> a horrendous day for her. >> because? >> well, she went to work that day and the county laid off 20 people that very day.

in fact, stephanie's troubles, and her secrets, seemed to pile up like the snow. >> she was behaving a little bit strangely. >> a little unpredictable. >> a little bit, yeah. >> reporter: it was thanksgiving week. that cold, dark night. not far away from peaceful silverthorne, someone robbed a bank. a very rare thing around here. dale was in bed, he said, when stephanie announced she was going out to clear her head. and then didn't come back. come morning, dale called the silverthorne police. >> i got a phone call from dale bruner and just said i wanted to ma a report that my wife is missing. >> reporter: it was a records clerk named veronica nicholas who took the call. >> he said, "i got the kids up, i got them ready for school, and i got them on the bus, and then i thought i should probably call you guys." >> reporter: stephanie's car was in the driveway, said dale. and when he called her cell phone, it went to voicemail. veronica called stephanie's best friend, jennifer. >> i panicked. this is something that happens

to other people, not to you. >> reporter: oh, but it had happened. as the silverthorne police checked local hotels and hospitals, stephanie's friends scoured her neighborhood. >> it just seemed unbelievable that stephanie would not check in. >> reporter: a day became two. and then three. and some private secrets were about to become very public indeed. >> so where was stephanie? police had a lot of questions for her husband, dale. they also wanted to talk to that other man in her life, her boyfriend, ron. and when we come back, thedo. >> i jt wanto ask straight againnot cusing y -- do yoknow wre stephan is right now? >> reporter:ll night, the we are in thage of agess.age neral. age deant. age agstic. ol is purveyorf ageless. onlyhe bt 1%f ingrednts ma it in ourroducts.

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