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Back home, because I'm the sheriff. I go right to the head of the line.

Dad, has there ever been a line at the post office in Rio Dosa?

New Mexico isn't as backward as you think, son.

Hey,

look at that. We're actually moving.

Ma 'am? Thank you.

See what I mean?

Oh, I got the picture.

So what are you sending to Luther? A lucky spatula?

No, a recipe.

My ex -wife is a chef. She's in Paris studying.

Next. Beautiful.

Here you go. That goes to Paris.

And I need to pick this up. Okay.

So, Frank, are you enjoying that beautiful granddaughter of yours?

She's the apple of my eye.

I know.

Get out. Get out. That's F .E .D.

Get out right now.

Get down with it.

Go check him.

Got him.

Found your sister -in -law's box in a dumpster two blocks from the post

Yeah, no return address, and the stanchion post was indicated to come

Kong. Also, it's three pounds, two ounces lighter than when it was mailed,

the Mercedes plates, those belong to a rental car, a Chinese guy, a fake ID,

a fake Hong Kong address.

Yeah, I figured.

Thanks, guys.

Okay.

We got two people shooting at each other, one dead, over a package that was

addressed to you.

You want to tell us about it?

I know a guy named Brian Hammett. We used to work together on a yacht.

He emailed me a couple weeks ago from Hong Kong, and he said that he was

back to San Francisco because he lives here. And he wanted to know if he could

use my address so that he could send some of his stuff back ahead of time.

said, sure, because it didn't seem like any big deal at the time.

Bryant?

I left some of my stuff on the boat.

Evidence.

All righty. Tell us about Brian.

We worked together. We were friends.

Friends or friends, if you get my drift.

Just ignore him.

Actually, that's a good question.

Friends or friends?

You know what?

I don't think that the details of my personal life are relevant here. You

I mean, I got mailed a box.

Somebody used my address, and that's all that I know, so... Miss?

Do you recognize this man?

Oh, if you don't mind, Dad.

Do you recognize this guy?

Yeah. That's Scott Putman.

Huh? Who's he?

A friend of Brian's. We met him in Phuket.

He was into all kinds of shady stuff.

Drugs.

black marketeering, muggling.

And you would know this because... Because he used to brag about it. I

didn't want anything to do with that guy.

But Scott and Brian, they were friends, right?

Brian didn't want anything to do with that guy either. I mean, that's how come

we both ended up getting out of there.

Okay, all right. Um, Evan, I want you to get me the CSU reports and check with

the... Postal workers. See if anybody saw anything that could help us identify

our, um, missing shooter.

Rightfully on it. Barb, your homework assignment is a 500 -word essay.

Who I was before I wound up dead on the post office floor.

The Scott Putnam story?

Yeah. Typed in double -spaced. What about us?

You are going home, Daniel.

And you and I are going to take a little ride.

Tell me about this romance with Brian.

Like I said, we had a romance. Big deal, you know?

We were on a sailboat together for six months. We shared one of those little

bees in the front of the boat. What do you expect?

I'm passing judgment on your love life here. Thank you.

I don't know.

Brian's like a 28 -year -old overgrown kid, you know? I mean, he's a fun guy.

had a great time.

You had such a great time. Why'd you come back?

Well, my contract on the boat was up.

I guess after ten years of living in exotic places, I figured my wanderlust

kind of running on empty, so... Oh, yeah? Well, how did Brian feel about

I think you could say he was mildly perturbed. And you?

I don't know. It had more to do, I think, with the time and the place and

the guy.

Uh -huh.

Is that why he's coming back?

I don't know.

Well, speculate, damn it!

Maybe.

Maybe yes.

Yeah, but maybe.

Oh, Joe, are you two all right?

Yeah, honey, we're fine, we're fine. No big deal.

Papa, you've been here for one day and you get into a shootout. I was so

worried. It didn't quite work out the way we wanted, but we're all right. Oh,

that's good. I'm glad.

Joe, whoever sent that package had to file a freight slip with customs.

Maybe you should pay them a visit, huh?

Dad, we know who sent the package, Brian Hammett.

I mean, do you think he listed contraband on his declaration form?

Fine. Fine.

Don't do it. Let the trail run cold.

I'm insane.

Where's my granddaughter?

Oh, I just put her down, huh?

She's probably still awake if you hurry.

Sure, Papa.

Go ahead.

Lucia! Watch out!

Yeah? Hi. I got a package here for Joe Dominguez, care of Frank Dominguez.

You mean Frank Dominguez care Joe Dominguez?

No, I got it right.

No, no, you don't get it right. This is my house. I'm Joe Dominguez.

Do you want the package or not?

What is it? It's COD. It'll be $88 .50.

What is it, gold bars?

I just got this hundred.

Thank you, sir.

Oh, hey, oh.

Hey, it got here.

Great. What is it?

Elkmead. We better get it right in the fridge.

Elkmead, huh? Yeah.

It's a present.

Oh, that's so generous of you. Thank you, Papa.

Isn't it generous, Joe?

Oh, yeah, generous.

Could you excuse us for a minute?

I'll load the fridge.

What is the matter with you?

You know, as I remember, last time I shot an elk and brought the meat home,

kicked me out of the house. And when he does it, it's generous.

Well, it is generous.

Wait a minute. Not my root beer. Come on.

Root beer does not have to be refrigerated. Well, it does if you like

You can put it over ice.

Hey, I can move to Alaska, too. That's not the point.

Okay, I'm open to suggestions.

Where's your top -loading freezer?

I don't have a top -loading freezer.

Where's your root cellar? Your jerky kiln?

Let me think. I don't have one.

Then the fridge has to do, doesn't it?

Bubba, he is your dad. That's what dads do.

Look, I'm a middle -aged man. I don't need anybody to tell me what to do.

for anger.

He's staying for two more weeks, right?

No, no, no. As time's slowing down, I can feel it. I'm approaching the rim of

black hole. Ah, boys, the Scott Putnam story.

Hometown, Smyrna, Pennsylvania.

Served two nickels in Philly.

on currency smuggling, wire fraud, and forgery, out of the country for two

years, returned last Wednesday to SFO Airport.

Now, he had this cell phone on him when he expired, and the cell company gave us

access to his voicemail, from which we retrieved the following message.

Don't need me.

Everybody's favorite middleman.

I just want to apologize.

What the hell are you doing, Phil?

I just saved your life.

Took charge of our destiny.

We find the girl and the other plate.

Let's go.

You sure you got enough gum there, Bubba?

Want me to pull over and get you a whole other snack?

It calms me down, okay?

Oh, yeah, I can see that.

Why, you're the virtual poster boy for Serenity.

Let me ask you something.

How big does a wad of gum have to get before it qualifies as a cud?

Don't push me. I'm right on the edge, okay?

Don't laugh now. Don't laugh.

Your laugh would choke to death on that.

It was almost funny.

You know,

Frank called me seven times today with tips on the case.

You've got to get him something to do. Keep him busy.

You know, anywhere in the Bay Area, you can brand him.

I guess I can't outrun my past.

Lynette! What?

I just dropped my friend Liz off at the ferry to Tiburon, and I think I'm being

followed. Actually, I'm pretty sure of it. Where exactly are you?

I'm just outside the building where the ferry flowed. All right, don't leave.

Get around as many people as possible. I'm not far away.

Where are these bad guys?

Um, there was one over there, and then there was one down there, too.

Well, they were here. I swear they were.

Oh, I believe you.

Question about that.

Trouble loves you.

How's it going? Uh, cool, cool. Totally cool. Good.

Come on, let's talk.

We already had a talk.

No, no.

That was a chat.

This is gonna be a talk.

Different.

You had bad guys following you. They must think you still have something or

something. So this time, I want you to tell me everything.

And start with Brian.

Um... Brian and I worked together last year on the...

boat in the South China Sea, and Scott invited us to a party one night on this

other guy's yacht.

The other guy have a name?

I don't know. He was some rich Chinese guy, a mobster.

Probably a triad. Go on.

Um, well, this guy got really drunk, like, um, mean drunk, and, uh,

he made a pass at me, and I told him to get lost, and... he tried to

rape me.

Brian got him off me, but Scott beat the guy so bad he beat him unconscious.

I mean, Scott was totally insane.

You know, I mean, I was more scared of Scott than I was of the other guy.

And then Scott threw him overboard.

So Scott killed the monster.

Yeah.

He told us that if we ever mentioned it, that the same kind of thing would

probably happen to us.

So we went to Hong Kong and Brian put me on a plane to get me out of there.

And then he stayed behind because I guess he figured that both of us took

and Scott would probably get suspicious.

You should have told me this before.

I know.

I just... I don't want to ever have to think about it again.

Evan?

Yes, sir.

I want security on this place 24 -7. You and Harv run it. So get your stuff and

move in here.

You want me to stay here?

Is there an echo out here?

No, no, no, no. I'll call Harv. I'll tell him.

In the meantime, if Brian calls, I want you to meet him. But don't go anywhere.

Just call me. You got it?

It's ironic. I'm supposed to find you, and here you are.

Hi.

Thanks for coming.

Hey, you call, I jump. I like that.

So, what's the problem here? I have no idea.

Does it turn over?

Well, it cranks, but it won't start.

Well, I think I know what your problem is.

What?

You're out of gas.

No way, I have half a tank.

Okay, when exactly was the last time that you put gas in this vehicle?

I don't know, like three weeks ago. Three weeks ago.

You're right.

Maybe something's wrong with the gauge.

Bummer.

Come on, let's go get some gas.

Guess where I'm going to be staying?

Oh, is Lucy all right? She's fine. I just checked on her. Joe, come quick.

got to hear this.

Hear what?

It's 3 .30 in the morning, Dad. Come on, son. Wake up. Come on.

I'm going to stay here. That's good. You do that.

Come on. All right, all right.

I can't believe this is happening.

Okay, okay. What is it?

There's been a murder.

Murder? Look at my gun. You don't need it.

Okay. I don't get it.

I heard voices talking about it on the baby monitor.

Steve. Lucia told you about the murder?

Don't be a... It was two men's voices plotting on how to get rid of the body.

So those two guys with baby monitors plotting the murder, is that what you're

saying? No.

Many cordless phones operate in the same frequency bandwidth.

God, man, keep up with the technology.

What?

Look, the best of them only have about a quarter of a mile range, which means it

was one of your neighbors.

One of them's named Jerry. Which of your neighbors is that?

I don't know.

You don't know your neighbors? God, man, I know all my neighbors. First name,

last name, middle name, what kind of car they drive, who cuts their hair.

Well, you know what, Daddy? Here in the big city, we have a lot of diversions.

Museums, opera, ballet.

What are you cooking?

Elk stew.

I'm a night owl.

Hell, you know us Dominguez men. We only need four hours of sleep a night.

What? You still having your sleep problems?

That one in eight hours of sleep is normal.

You're depressed, aren't you?

I wouldn't call it a depression, no.

Look, it's late.

I'm going to bed. We'll deal with this in the morning, okay?

Want a piece? Oh, thank you.

Wake up.

You're on point.

What's wrong with you?

Since you're going to be up at seven.

I like my eggs.

Runny. Been that raw?

Thanks, doll.

99. Yeah, right.

You

scared

the hell out of me.

I almost put you on baby, and I can make up with you.

What are you doing up?

Something sweet has potential.

Let's see what we got.

Evan?

Evan? Evan?

What's up? What's going on?

Nothing. Nothing.

You missed us, bud.

What? Lips thick. You missed the spot.

And the hickey on your neck?

I'd ice it down. Wear a turtleneck tomorrow.

Or maybe a clown collar.

Let me explain. You might want to use this, too.

What for?

In case you get impatient with the pace of your current self -destruction.

Sweet dreams.

Did you ever think that maybe he actually did hear something?

You just don't get it, do you? Get what?

He's pissed off because I've excluded him from the package case. Now he's

manufacturing his own case.

Well, you know, baby monitors do operate at the same 900 megahertz bandwidth as

cordless phones.

I mean, it's possible.

Well, thank you very much, but I've already attended the Frank Dominguez

School of Technology.

Oh, Bubba, I'm thinking this.

Maybe you got the problem here and not him.

Hey, have I ever taken your father's side over yours once?

I'm not taking his side. I'm offering you a simple solution.

Check it out. A murder very well could have happened.

Stranger things have happened.

I've got a really good idea.

Why don't you just mind your own business and I'll mind my father's?

Ooh, it's going to be a long two weeks, huh, baby?

Steve, what's up?

Hey, Tony, you look great.

No,

I'm just getting finished here. What do you guys want? Come on, I'm going to buy

you some lunch.

Hey, Joe, give us three with everything.

Yeah, enough for me. I'm going to die. Yeah, me either. They're for him. Want a

soda? Yeah, well, if that's a bribe, it's pretty sick, you know. No, no, no,

It's comfort food, babe.

Gets you in the mood.

The mood? Yeah. What kind of mood?

To help us.

Help you do what? What do I want to help you do anything for? You know, maybe

you better plan the take.

What take?

Scotty. Hey, look, Scotty met me.

I got the flyers in place, so, uh, see if you got the goodies. All right, all

right, all right.

I see what your angle is here, okay?

Since this is about currency plates, that makes it a federal gig, right? Next

thing you know, I'm spending 25 to 30 on some federal beef, right?

Well, that's a very good idea.

Yeah, well, I'll tell you something.

I'll tell you something right now.

You...

Don't die on me. I'm not going to die on you. Okay. You know, you don't need to

play me, man. You don't have to control me. You don't got to do nothing. I'm

telling you something.

I don't trust that little punk.

That little punk being Scott Putnam. Yeah, duh, man.

Listen, if I wanted to buy her, I'd set him up.

You know how many hundred dollar flawless currency places are out there?

None, or not many at least.

Anyway, so he said he got it from some Asian triad guy.

I need a yacht or something right after the captain.

So, uh, when is this buy going down?

Mm. Got the buyers in Vancouver.

Let's get a load of this.

Canadian Asians.

I mean, go figure. Canadian Asians?

Anyway, they're going to call me as soon as they get into town.

That's good.

You know, when they do that, you call us, all right? All right.

Hey, listen, what gave you away anyway?

I mean, was it the Orozco deal?

I mean, what'd you guys have on me?

Huh? Trademark?

What was it? Come on, who? Who talked? Who talked?

You did.

I wanted to buy them. I set them up. Now, don't forget to call.

Oh, damn!

How'd you do that?

So everybody thinks Lynette has it, huh?

Oh, this is getting better by the minute.

Ready, Hor?

Yeah.

Who is it?

Uh, yeah, hi, my name's Brian Hammett. I'm looking for Lynette Sommer. Is this

the right place?

Come in.

Whoa.

Is everything okay? Yeah, yeah, no problem. Come on in.

Hi. Hi.

It's great to see you. Yeah.

Good to see you.

I've missed you.

Wow.

Hey, Brian.

I'm Harvey. That's Evan.

How you doing? Welcome home.

Hi. So, who are these guys?

Well, they're my bodyguards. Well, they're cops, actually.

Well, why are they here? Our boss needs to speak to you, Brian.

Oh, yeah, yeah. What about?

What's going on with that?

Oh, my God.

Three against one.

Drop it.

And you, tell me where it is.

What? Where's what?

Where's the other plate?

What plate? I don't know what you're talking about.

You don't, huh?

Let me help you jog your memory.

Is that feeding?

Everybody okay?

Where's Cassidy? It worked.

Check them.

Check them all.

You must be Brian.

Where are you taking them?

You can have them back when I'm done with them. Get out there.

Check these guys. There's one over here, too. Go on. Get going.

Look at that, durian.

You don't see these a lot.

Joe, what's the penalty for illegally importing produce from abroad?

Six months to a year, I think.

Plus a healthy fine and a confiscation of dead produce.

They're hurling that.

Come on, you guys are going to bust me for bringing durians in?

You're not going to find anything in there.

Well, then you shouldn't be so tense.

Sit there and shut up.

Go ahead.

Tear it up.

Let me run it down for you, Brian.

You know your friend Scott?

He's dead.

He got in a shootout with a Triad soldier over that box you sent Lynette.

Those other dead guys in Lynette's place?

Four Triad soldiers.

Looking for those missing plates.

Wait a second. Why are you guys telling me this is here?

Well, I've noticed everybody that gets involved with those plates tend to end

dead.

That's not going to happen to Lynette.

So I need to know how you're involved.

I don't know anything about any place killers or triads.

But guys, guys, I am innocent here.

I'm innocent.

Talk to Lynette. She'll tell you.

I will.

In the meantime, I want you to stay away from her.

Until I get this cleared up.

Wait, wait a minute here. Ronnie, could you give Mr. Hammett here a ride home?

Thank you.

Sunsteak? Yeah.

So, uh, what happened in there?

We talked.

Well, he didn't do anything, did he?

Guy gets off a 17 -hour flight, goes straight to your place, doesn't shower,

doesn't go home.

He wanted something.

I think you're looking at what he wanted.

Evan, take Lynette to my place.

Give Cassidy a call. I don't want her walking into a buzzsaw when she goes

to Lisa.

I don't want to go to your place.

I need your help here, okay?

Yeah, all right.

Yeah. Do me a favor, Nash, man. When the next wave of Hong Kong badasses come to

shoot up your place, don't send her to my place, okay?

Wouldn't think of it.

Oh, Harvey, just the man I'm looking for. Give a search warrant and search

Hammond's place.

Talk to the inside now. What if old Brian's there?

All the better.

I want to keep him on edge.

Maybe something else will shake Lou.

FIU, Dominguez.

Joe, your father's gone.

Define gone.

He went out for a walk. That was two hours ago.

Joe, I'm worried.

Okay, honey, relax.

I'll be right there.

Frank flew the coop.

He went back to Rio Dosa?

No such luck.

He's probably out investigating the great baby monitor murder mystery.

Go. Find out once and for all whether or not your father's crazy or if he's

actually on to something.

I'll call you if anything breaks.

Call me if it doesn't.

Joe!

Joe!

Is he back yet? Any sign? Any siren?

Joe, I'm so sorry. I was giving you the iPad and I lost track of time.

Okay, honey, don't worry about it. We'll find him.

What's the most you can do to solve this case? Go to the library and look up

everybody named Jerry and what do you need? What?

Joe?

He's in the neighbor's apartment.

Oh, my God, it can't be.

Wait here. If I come back without him, call the coroner.

Excuse me.

Have you seen my ball?

Pardon me?

I'm your neighbor. I live across the street. Inger.

My baby Lucia has balls, too. I think they're all under your car. Maybe

all down there. Down.

What the hell are you doing here?

Investigating a guy by the name of Jerry.

Jerry's going to be living off of his college fund if he finds us in here.

go. Horse feathers.

Look what I found.

Tell me that isn't for getting rid of a body.

You got a penknife on you?

I talked to Brian Hammett's department.

And?

What's with the box?

I complimented the lady's dog.

Well, this is great. Now take me from A to B.

The lady happened to be the building manager, and she was in the hallway with

her Sharpay, and we got to talking about breeding, one of my favorite subjects.

And then the conversation steered toward her long -absent tenant, Brian Hammett,

who had recently arrived back, and who owed her a fair amount of back rent,

and...

Who somehow got this package in the mail about three days ago.

Deja vu. Postage, too.

Uh -huh. And one got the distinct impression she wasn't going to let go of

package until she got her background.

Harvey?

Look at this.

Oh, it's not.

He wouldn't, would he?

Yes, he did.

Oh, my goodness. It's a thing of beauty.

Julia? Yes, ma 'am? Get Tony B. on the phone for me, will you?

No, dummy. He sends a plate to Lynette's and he sends one to himself.

Uh -huh.

Harvey, go and pick up our little globetrotting friend pronto.

And take one of your back. Got it. On it. Rolling.

Evan? What?

Nash, Tony B., line one. Beautiful.

Tony. Yeah, hi. Nash Bridges.

Guess what? We almost got caught there, you know.

I mean, Mexicans have been killed for a lot less, you know?

I mean, history is full of stories where Mexicans got killed for being in the

wrong place at the wrong time.

Remember the Alamo, don't you?

Baba, it was the Anglos that were killed at the Alamo.

Yeah, well, only after they killed a lot of Mexicans.

Do you ever think that maybe your dad's jealous?

Jealous? Jealous of what?

Oh, gee, I don't know. Let me think.

Been married to the same woman for over 20 years. You got two beautiful

children. A beautiful home, an incredible life. You've come a hell of a

from Rio Dosa, Bubba.

Me leaving Rio Dosa was the worst thing that ever happened, according to him.

That's what he says, but that's not what he means.

And I'll tell you something else.

I think he may be on to something about this guy, Jerry.

Based on what?

Well, take your father out of the equation for one second.

And just looking at the facts, wouldn't you say that you'd follow up on it?

Tony B., what up? Get in. Get in.

All right.

All right.

It's all set.

Five o 'clock today.

Uh -huh.

Then why do you act so antsy? Well, the buyer, okay? He's got a few concerns.

What concerns?

They wanted to go down at the Mahjong Pala over on Kearney Street.

Oh! No, no, no, no, no, no, no. I told you Hensley Park.

I know, I know, I know, I know, I know. I told them that too, but they said no.

They're very persistent, you know.

I didn't want to blow this deal for us. You go find him and you tell him it

ain't gonna work. Well, I can't. I can't do that. I don't even know who he is.

Try, damn it. Oh, man.

Hey, listen. I don't know if I watched you. Get out of here. Come on, $30.

I knew it was $2 ,000. Come on. It's a Columbia.

Get out of here.

Hey.

Harb here.

What's happening?

Where's Brian?

I wish the hell I knew. I mean, currently.

He's nowhere to be found. We're set up at his apartment, though, waiting for

to show. Do you have other people that could cover for you?

I could make that happen. Why? Well, do it. Get some unis and other plainclothes

guys, whatever it takes.

Get over to the Kwan Ho Mahjong parlor on Kearney.

Check it out over there real good. It's going to be a nightmare, but the pie

might go down there.

Wonderful.

Wasn't sure you'd come.

Wasn't sure that you would either. Sorry about what happened at the SIU. It

really sucked.

What did happen anyway?

I don't know.

I don't know. Maybe bad timing, I guess.

Come on.

Take a ride.

You look good.

Yeah, you do too.

It's beautiful today, huh?

Yeah.

All right, get in.

Where are we going?

Skip the damn car.

What? Don't wish you luck.

Jesus Christ.

Get in there.

What's going on?

I'm here to send this stuff to the fake crime lab in Albuquerque, since I can't

get any help here.

Here, I found the packing tape. Hi, honey.

You're helping him?

Well, I thought that... No, no, no.

This stuff is going to my crime lab.

I mean, by the time it gets processed in New Mexico, Jerry could be long gone.

Are we going to go look for the knife?

Hey, boy, now. Calm down, Jerry.

Wait a minute. Do I know you? Who are you? Hey, hey.

I'm the guy who's going to help you with your plan.

But you've got to let me help you. You understand?

You get my drift?

No. No, I don't get your drift. Now, you just back off, old man. Back off.

Hey, I know where you buried the body.

I know the arguments you had with Randy on how to do the killing.

I even know where you got the Vegas boarding passes that you're going to use

an alibi to clear yourself.

Hey, drop it now. Drop it. Let it go.

Come on.

What'd you do that for? I had him.

I don't know.

He looked like he was gonna do something.

What's he gonna do? I had a gun in his back.

Just looked like he wasn't buying it, that's all.

You got the baggie?

Yeah.

Man.

That worked, Daddy -O.

Same work.

I hope a lot of people in here concentrate on keeping hours.

Uh -huh.

Got something on the radar there, Bubba.

Check out the front door.

Got it.

Hey, what's up, man?

Hey.

Can I buy you a drink or something?

Not today.

I got a plane to catch. Okay.

It's not going to end easy.

Then I'm thinking we better end it quick.

Hey. What? I'm talking to you.

Where is it?

Where, where, oh.

What the hell is this?

Nash! Nash, no!

Hey, wait, wait, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

Oh, no!

Whoa, whoa, right.

Okay, okay, okay, cool it, cool it. Just be cool, okay? Be cool.

Looking for this?

Phillip, I got some bad news for you.

Tony B doesn't mean that much to me.

What?

What? I think I've got a little more to bargain here with, Inspector.

All you have to do is give me the plate, Bridges. That plate belongs to me.

Sorry, not anymore.

But I'll tell you what. I'm willing to go, uh, partner with you.

Fifty -fifty?

Everybody here wants something.

Well, let's just work it out.

Everybody walks away happy.

I have the other plate. What do I need you for?

To get out of here alive?

Look around you. They've got you.

Guys, if I... and cheated and killed every step of the way.

I'm going to bet that this partnership ain't worth much.

What's your proposal?

You give me the plate, you give me the girl, and I arrest both of them.

How does that benefit us?

You get to live.

Cross that pattern.

Gotcha.

I'm down now.

Looks like there's only going to be one way we can solve this.

Jump ball!