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You know how many man hours it takes to run a garage sale?

Is this a riddle?

It takes hundreds.

First you've got to figure out what you want to sell, okay? Then you've got to

organize it. You've got to put up signs, you've got to place ads, and then

you've got to run the damn thing. And for what, you know? I figure I'll make

$400 tops. You know what that works out to per man hour?

I bet you're going to tell me. I'll make $3 an hour if I'm lucky, tops.

Garage sale isn't about making money, Bubba. It's about...

Inger separating herself from her possessions.

She can separate, man. She can wave bye -bye to the Goodwill truck that hauls

the stuff away.

I'm going to stop at the convenience store in Fulton. I've got to do some

pricing before I get home.

I'll stop, but I'd let Inger do the pricing.

Thanks.

Grab a water. You want one?

Oh, yeah.

Where can I find tape and markers?

Back corner by the magazine. Oh.

And don't read them, because this isn't a library.

Oh, okay.

Empty the register and put the money in the slot.

Is this a kind of joke?

Empty the register and put the money in the slot, or you're dead.

Oh! Chill!

Relax!

I don't see the guy.

Right now. Do it.

Well, this guy thinks he's smart.

Here, piggy, piggy, piggy, piggy, piggy. Here, piggy, piggy, piggy, piggy.

Damn it! We're blind.

Oh, man.

We got a problem.

Drive, Eric, go!

We've got the license number.

What about the vacuum cleaner?

Slick, man.

Ain't it, though?

Yeah, a lot of time and money went into building this thing.

Man, I want to find out whose.

Take it back down to the SIU and do an autopsy.

It's good for Harvey. He's going to be sad he missed out on this one.

I bet he's glad he's in Cabo. How about that?

I'll send him the leftovers.

Yeah, I'll do that.

So, the clerk was a 9 -to -5 -er named Ed Miller. No wants, no warrants. The

owner said he was just a nice, quiet guy living with his mom.

I don't think it was specific or personal. I think he just got unlucky.

Why this place?

Yeah, it seems like overkill for $300 in the cash drawer.

Unless it was a test run.

The plates on the van are registered to a Henry Cummings, 2139 Page Street in

the Hague.

Was the whole car stolen or just the plates?

The plates match up to the urine model of the car, and Mr. Cummings hasn't

reported it stolen.

Take Babcock.

Plenty of backup.

You ever heard of a robot pulling a strong -arm robbery before?

No, but I never heard of the Internet until a few years ago, either.

Mr. Cummings, SSPD, open up, please.

Just a second.

Cummings!

You're out there.

Don't move! Show me your hand!

Now! Please, don't shoot me. I've got a prescription.

I'll be right at the bottom of this.

Yeah, there it is.

VPG 931. Is that the plate number?

Same number.

The screws are rusted into the plate holder.

I know it's not registered. It's just that I don't really drive it anymore. So

is that all right?

How long have you had this vehicle?

I bought it new.

I've seen some good times.

So, you don't own a, uh, a 2000 model VW van?

Dark gray?

No.

Excuse us for a minute.

All right, uh, there's no way these plates came off of this, so, I mean, I

know, how does this work?

I don't know.

Uh, Mr. Cummings, I'm going to work you in.

I'm a mathematician.

Does anyone know that you have this van here?

Not really.

Well, I don't know.

What do you mean?

Someone used your license plate number in the commission of a very serious

crime. It involved robots with sophisticated electronics. Do you have

who might be involved in something like that?

No, I don't have any idea.

Okay. Thanks very much for your time.

That's it?

That's it, too.

by the way it's built. Who built it?

Really?

Spencer Forrest.

I mean, it's plastic Spencer all the way.

Very

subtle.

Yeah, this is my four -hour version of subtle.

What the hell is that?

Hey, is that supposed to be doing that?

Everybody okay?

Yeah.

Signal impulse lost.

Detonation sequence complete.

Spence?

Spence! Dude!

I just got a death signal on General Sherman.

Oh, good.

I hope we killed a bunch of those pigs.

Spence, I was just in the arena, man, and there was a cop there asking for

Let him ask.

Spencer Forrest is not going to be an easy guy to find.

Hey, man, maybe we should chill for a while.

If the cops are looking for us, you know, it's going to be pretty hard to

out this gig. Jay, do you think the cops are smarter than me?

No, man.

No, of course not.

Okay, good.

Turn on my radio.

How are you planning on getting the electromagnetic pulse big enough from

ball?

Dude.

My watch.

You found my watch, man.

Good.

That means it works.

What the hell happened?

It pried open the main panel and bam, a counter started spinning down.

It must have been wired to self -destruct when it was opened.

These Bubbas aren't as smart as they think they are.

Hoskins, Ronnie Norell. I want you to find every last piece of that bot down

the scraps in the waste bins. One of those pieces is going to have a

serial number on it. Find it.

Nash, I was just coming to see you.

The people at the Battle Bot Arena said Spencer Forrest was the only guy who

could have built this thing.

But? But Spencer Forrest doesn't exist.

I can't find him in any database. The DMV, the CII, the credit reports.

Social Security, there's nothing.

You sure that's his name?

Well, at least until he graduated high school. His buddies said he went to

Atherton Crest High, got the yearbook, and he was there. He was in the math

club, the electronics club, the coin club, but there's not one single picture

him.

Nobody completely erases themselves.

Dig deeper.

Find this guy. Oh, I remember this.

Oh, I found it in the attic.

I think it must have belonged to the old lady who sold us the house.

It's not bad.

Five bucks?

Wait, you can change the tag on it if you want to. Sure.

Hello,

neighbor.

Hello, Richard.

Yeah, when are you going to get that tree trim that hangs over my yard?

Richard, I told you I'd get to it when I do the yard, okay? Hey, how much for

this painting?

Oh, that's 25 bucks, Richard. Good bargain.

I'll give you two.

No, no, that's 25. That's 20 and five. Yeah, and I said I'll give you two.

Uh, that's $25.

$1 .50.

You know, I made a mistake. That shouldn't be $5. That should be $500.

$500. I hope you get it. That's how much it'll cost to get that tree trimmed.

Damn.

If I'd known it was a formal occasion, I'd have gotten my tux pressed.

Well, Grandpa, it's a beautiful suit.

It's my birthday suit.

Good one.

Well, you look very handsome.

Thank you.

Now, Nick, tomorrow, Cassidy is going to fill in for me, if you don't mind. Take

you to the doctor.

I'm not going to the doctor tomorrow.

Well, yeah, sure you are.

Tomorrow is your annual checkup, remember?

Well, I remember, and I just told you I'm not going.

I changed my mind.

Since when?

Well, I'll tell you.

A couple of days ago, in this very apartment, your mother paid

me a little visit.

Now, I know you think the old coot's gone around the bend, but now it's just

truth. She was here.

I was sitting in my favorite reading chair, and she was here.

Well, Grandpa,

Maybe it was a dream.

No, honey, it wasn't a dream. I know the difference between a dream and reality.

She was here.

She came to tell me something.

You'll remember that she passed away on her birthday.

And you're aware that my birthday is coming up. All right, just stop right

there. I already know where this is going.

She came to inform me that I was going to die on my birthday.

And that's going to happen whether you believe it or not.

All right, fine.

Fine. But how about we see what the doctor has to say?

Haven't you been listening to me?

I'm going to die.

And I don't want to waste my precious time in a doctor's office.

And I don't want to waste my time arguing with you.

I'm not arguing.

You're going to the doctor tomorrow.

I'm going to bed.

Thank you for the dinner, Cassidy.

You're welcome.

And I want to be buried in this suit.

Well, don't do anything crazy and die before your birthday. How about that?

Don't worry, I won't.

Okay, that was really weird.

He's not going to die. Eat your dinner.

If an elder comes to you and thinks that he's dying, we wouldn't necessarily

dismiss him as crazy.

We'd call him a brujo.

What's that?

Well, there's not really a word for it in English.

What's he do?

Well, he makes totems, casts spells, sees into the future, that sort of

You get what he's going through, don't you?

I thought I did until today.

So what are you going to do?

Well, that's the good part. I don't have to do anything.

He's got Alzheimer's, but he's not dying.

Would you think I'd know if he was dying?

I don't know. Would you?

What'd I say?

What are you doing?

What are you doing, man?

I thought I saw something.

What?

Angel, I thought I saw him.

He isn't over there, is he?

Why? Well, usually every time you see an angel, something significant in your

life happens.

I probably didn't see him.

Things keep getting more and more interesting. Spencer Forrest?

Yeah, what about him?

Best we can tell, about six or seven months ago, he checked out. But his job

stopped seeing his friends and allegedly moved to Australia.

So is he here or there?

Well, we figure he picked up a new identity or a few along the way, so we

started seeing if we could track it. Right, and this is what we found.

Rental agreement.

Spencer Forrest leased a house in Diamond Heights a year ago, but he never

in. Records show he immediately sublet it to a woman who appears to be living

there with somebody by the name of William Jones, according to the mail.

The neighbors have never seen this woman, just the guy.

But this mystery woman, she's paying all the bills, huh?

Yep. And this William Jones from Diamond Heights purchased a 2000 gray VW van

for cash last year.

But you can't prove that this William Jones is Spencer Forrest, huh?

No. I mean, this is a strong hunch I have, but it's all circumstantial.

Okay, good. Well, let's talk to him.

Honey, I'm home.

Hey. Hey, hon.

How you doing? Great, thank you.

What you got there?

Oh, this is a box of letters that were yet to... You know, her mother was a

Swede. Oh, what does it say?

Well, this one's from her sister Hilda back in Sweden, and she's talking

about...

Shipping homes and family heirloom.

Hope I didn't sell it.

It's been handed down for four generations, and how fitting it is that

coming back to America.

Oh, Joe.

Come on, come on. What is it?

Wait, wait. I'm getting there, I think.

For safety's sake, I've hidden it in the back of the old beach scene painting

with boats.

Treasure it always.

Treasure what?

Original copy of the Declaration of Independence.

Where do you go?

Get the penny.

Joe!

Joe!

Oh, don't tell me.

Who'd you sell it to?

Oh, Dominguez.

You come here to take care of that tree?

Good morning.

Actually, I brought this by to kind of apologize and to tell you that the

gardener's coming tomorrow morning to take care of the tree on me.

Is that organic fruit?

We only eat organic fruit.

I'm not sure, but... Listen, about that painting you bought at the garage sale

the other day.

The Buck 50 painting?

Yeah. Well, actually, my wife made a mistake in selling it to you, and I'd

to buy it back from you, and I'll gladly give you double what you paid for it.

Oh, $3.

More like $25.

Okay, $25.

I'm just kidding with you.

I don't have it. It's not mine to sell.

I gave it to my son, Richie. You'll have to deal with him if you want that

painting.

Richie.

I get to ride in the squad car.

Up front, not in the back.

I get to run the fire.

I can make that happen.

And I want to fire your gun.

Chip off the old block, eh?

I can get up in here.

Did you say something?

I guess you want the job.

I'm a truck, right?

I'll pay you 300 grand.

I'm going to need five guys, two just to stop it, and 300 ain't going to flow.

No.

I'm going to stop the truck.

So you're going to need three guys, including yourself.

What you pay the other two is your business. It's coming out of your head.

It's going to be that tight, huh?

Yeah. I'm not after cash.

It's a very specific cargo.

That's what I can pay you.

Yeah?

Mr.

Jones?

Could you come with us, please, Mr. Jones?

Absolutely.

Mr. Jones, is it?

Yes, that's correct.

You own a 2000 dark gray VW van, is that right?

Well, I did, but I sold it.

To Spencer Forrest?

No. But you know who Spencer Forrest is, don't you?

Yeah, I sublet my apartment from him.

There must have been a hell of a negotiation between the two of you.

No, not really. I mean, you know, we worked it out.

I'll bet you did.

You wouldn't happen to know where Spencer Forrest is, would you?

Why? Is he missing?

Well, no, actually, I think he's very close by.

What is all this about?

You go by William or Bill or Billy or what?

Bill.

Okay, Bill.

Would you mind standing in a lineup for us, Bill?

Sure.

Number four?

Who is he? He looks kind of like Spencer Forrest.

What do you mean, kind of?

Well, this guy's got nicer hair and clothes.

Plus, Spencer had kind of a honker and a pointy chin.

Well... Euthania plastic surgery?

Maybe. Are you saying number four is Spencer Forrest? Well, I can't say that

sure.

You know, Bubba, I'm not fooled.

Seven months of planning, changing your identity, get some doctor to change your

looks.

It was all so close to being perfect, wasn't it, Spencer?

Here, I'd like you to have this.

William Jones, president.

They said he's a computer consultant.

Now I'm convinced.

I noticed your computer systems around here could use some serious modernizing.

I hate to think of the police forces being so far behind the curve. You know,

it's troubling.

Plus, I'd appreciate the business.

Oh, I'm going to give you the business.

Can I go now?

You're free.

For now.

Do you have the directions to the doctor's office?

Well, I've got them right here.

And I just wrote them down in case I forgot where we were going.

Well, you know, sometimes you have to humor him.

You know what?

I've got an idea.

What's your idea, Grandpa?

Why don't we humor ourselves instead?

This is nice.

You're not peddling.

I'm old enough I don't have to pedal anymore.

Grandpa, I remember when I used to come here with you when I was a little girl.

Me too.

Hey, do you remember that ring?

What ring?

The one that Mom gave me. It had my birthstone in it, but it was too big, so

put all that yarn on it, and I had my hand over the side of the boat, and it

slipped off.

Yeah, sure, sure, I remember.

Oh, that was terrible.

Oh, you don't remember it, do you?

No, but I remember the feeling.

Mr. Cummings, that's the PD. Open up, please.

Cummings, that's the second.

I've been better.

So I was flipping through this yearbook, Mr. Cummings. Here, have a seat.

Sorry,

I threw a sheet. And I saw your picture.

Take a look.

You were the faculty advisor for the Atherton Crest High Math Club?

Yes. Well, I was chairman of the math department. So you knew Spencer Forrest

pretty well.

Yeah, I did.

He was an outstanding student.

Have you been in touch with him since, Mr. Cummings? Oh, no.

Well, not directly.

But his friend sends in his checks regularly.

What friend is that?

William Jones.

William Jones. I sublet him the basement of an old building that I own.

Where? What?

Oh, it's in a warehouse near Central Basin.

We're made. We gotta get this stuff out of here. Come on, let's go. Move!

Strokes can cause seizures and epileptics, right?

I'm cool.

This place is wired, Nash. Third generation DS stuff. The throwaways have

our stuff.

You know what this means, don't you?

They knew we were coming.

I knew it was coming.

So what, they're into our files?

They're into our files, they're into our head.

They do this.

Hi, I'm looking for a Barbie in a 1964 Austin Healy.

You have one?

You do?

Fantastic. Is it in a mint box?

Great. Great.

What are you asking for it?

A thousand dollars?

For a toy?

You should be ashamed of yourself.

Well, same to you, buddy.

What?

Nothing.

I mean, uh...

A certain collectible Barbie so I can give it to the little girl next door so

she'll exchange me for the painting her father bought at my garage sale, which

happens to have an original copy of the Declaration of Independence hidden in

the back.

Now, you see, I didn't mean to suggest that I even wanted to know, okay?

I drive myself crazy for a minute. It's just a copy. I mean, how much can it be

worth? The original is on the Independence Hall.

Now, let's see. There were 11 original copies.

They'd have been accounted for.

So that... Oh my God, I cannot believe that fell out of my mouth.

You ever date a cop?

Have I or would I?

Either.

No way, man.

Chick with a gun?

No thank you.

Here comes the yumster again.

File on the stunted B &E.

I need you to sign off.

Now, if she wants to come gunning for me, that's a different story.

I hate to tell you this part, but she already is.

Thank you.

How did they get a camera in the water cooler?

How did they get the cooler in the SIU?

If we move against the water cooler, we're going to lose them.

Not necessarily.

I'm going to bet that that signal only transmits for about three or four

Okay, so we're looking for a dark gray van.

I want them to see us coming.

Ah, hello, ladies.

Step right up.

Oh, yes, I do love my job.

You know what I'm going to do?

After I get my share of the dough, man, I'm going to... Oh, yeah, yeah, do it.

Last thing you ever do.

So you guys want to do this separately or together?

Do what?

Talk. I mean, we can split you up if you're more comfortable that way.

This is bogus, man.

Talk.

I don't think so.

Based on what?

Because you caught us doing a little electronic eavesdropping.

No way to impress this oxygen here, Chief.

Look, I can make this simple for you guys. You can talk to me now, together

separately, corroborate what I have here in the file, or you can call your

lawyer. It's up to you.

Ronnie, make sure they get some phone calls and then lock them up.

Let's go, guys.

You bring the painting?

That the Barbie?

Mm -hmm.

Is it in mint condition?

Yes, it's in mint condition.

In mint condition.

Laundry Room.

Give it back to Barbie.

Together now.

Don't ever do business with my kids again.

Don't worry.

Chill out, man.

We're jammed up, E.

Sit down.

They're gonna ticket for their convenience store gig.

What are we doing?

This is crazy.

Look, give him Spencer, man. We're not going to give him anything or anyone.

want to go to jail for murder?

Huh? Do you?

With Spencer out there living large?

My lawyer's on his way.

We're going to make bail, we're going to do the deal with Spencer, and then

we're gone.

And that's how it's going to be.

Grandpa, that was luck.

Luck is when you do it once. I did it three times.

Hello, son.

Hi, Daddy.

I heard from the doctor this afternoon.

Hey, that's what I was supposed to be doing today.

Very funny, Nick.

Why didn't you take him to the doctor?

Well, we sort of got sidetracked.

Sidetracked?

It's not her fault, Nash. I kind of shanghaied her there.

Come on, Dad, you're overreacting, okay?

I'm overreacting.

I'm not the one who thinks he's dying on his birthday and I'm overreacting.

Well, you think this is something the doctor can fix, but I'm here to tell you

it isn't, son.

Dick, you're not going to die.

You're going to turn another year older.

Now knock it off.

I brought you some ice cream.

Fried ice cream in your favorite cafe. Now I'm going to go out on that balcony.

I'm going to enjoy that wonderful view.

It was a really great day.

takes down the coins. He's going to be real busy until then.

Yeah? The stash.

Spencer's stash, man. We grab the stash and we run.

I'm thinking Mexico.

He'll come looking for us.

He's going to have so much money he won't care we ripped him off.

Sorry about that quality there, guys, but we're a little behind on the tech

curve. But it seems to work pretty well.

Well, let's start again.

We'll have to go first.

Mr. Twitch, you ready?

You just stop the truck, baby boy. Then you see how ready I am.

I like you, Mr. Twitch.

Watch more.

Something's going on, man.

Ah. Well?

Is it real?

Oh, it certainly is genuine, Mrs. Dominguez. Genuine?

However, despite the provenance offered by your letter, it's not an original

original.

Is it valuable?

It's a 19th century copy.

One of 200 pressed for the government by a printer named W .J. Stone in 1820.

You see, there's his mark in the lower left corner.

That means it's valuable, right?

Valuable?

It's probably only worth a thousand at auction.

I'm sorry.

A thousand dollars? That's not bad.

Not bad at all. We didn't pay anything for it.

Congratulations.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a rather exciting piece to appraise.

It seems the little girl right next door has come in possession of a painting by

the Swedish master, Isaac Johansson.

The Swedish master?

Oh, my, yes.

It's from Johansson's month -long stay in Toulon in 1876.

The canvases from his Toulon period are considered the climax of his talents,

worth in the mid -six figures, conservatively.

Apparently, her father bought it at a garage sale for $1 .50.

Quite something.

Oh, it's a beautiful restaurant.

I'm full, but I'm not too full. I'm just right, content.

Glad you liked it.

Oh, I loved it. Thank you for the birthday meal, son.

You're welcome.

Does anybody want some tea?

Not me.

Oh, Cassidy, I have something for you.

Your grandmother would have wanted you to have it.

Oh, Grandpa, it's beautiful.

But it's your birthday. I should be giving you something.

No, no, no. You'll try it on.

If it doesn't fit, I'm going to have to get some yarn.

I've got something I'd like to give you.

What is this?

Well, you've always said you wanted to go salmon fishing up in Alaska, so...

That's a couple of tickets for you and me to fly to Vancouver, and then we take

a little puddle jumper over to Sitka.

Of course, we'll have to rough it in one of those deluxe cabins right there on

the water, but we can handle it.

It's very thoughtful of you, son.

Thank you.

I appreciate the thought.

Good night, sweetheart.

Good night, Grandpa.

Happy birthday, Dad.

Night, son.

Listen, I'm really tired, so I think I'm just going to go to sleep in my old

room tonight, okay?

Fine.

Where'd you come from?

I'm always here when you need me.

You know that.

No.

Oh, don't you dare, Angel.

There's nothing to be scared of, Nash.

I just don't want him to go.

Not yet.

We all have to go sometime.

I know.

A long time from now.

Not today.

You cannot resist the natural order of things, Nash.

We pass through this life but for a moment.

The essence of our parents.

And when our time is up, we leave our children the essence of us.

will go in his own time, Nash.

I know.

Just not today.

Sometimes you have to let go in order to hold on.

What does that mean, Angel?

Angel?

Bye, Nash.

Coffee?

Absolutely.

Good morning.

Thank you, dear. You're welcome.

It's not a perfect world.