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If either one of you gentle ladies will second last week's minutes, we can move

on.

Excuse me. This parole board is in closed session.

I want to know which one of you pencilnecks okayed Carl Merrick's

hearing.

Where's the bailiff?

Merrick is a sadistic anarchist. In 87, he contaminated reservoirs in

Washington. The next year, he detonated a nuclear power plant.

I think that he was only suspected in those things.

Two years ago, he was convicted for trying to blow up the presidential

convention. This is just a parole hearing. Doesn't mean that we'll grant

one. Besides, he is entitled.

Entitled?

This bag of crap murdered my dad.

You're one of the maggots that killed my father!

No, I'm the maggot!

Mr. Merrick's been a model prisoner.

He's helped other inmates get their high school equivalency. He's volunteered in

the infirmary and the garden. He's playing you guys.

Even the warden's impressed.

He cleared Mr. Merrick for projects outside the prison.

Merrick's nice guy routine is nothing but an act.

You cut him loose and he'll do damage, guaranteed.

Top of the morning to you, Charles.

I can't tell you guys how great it is to be outside doing honest work.

Word is the granddaughter of Don Franco wants some payback on this marriage,

dude. We could really get some major points with the Don on this one.

Let's do it.

You have a problem?

Yeah, yours.

You see, Nicky Franco is going to be happy to hear that your next meal is

to come out of a freaking tube.

Lots of talking and I'm still standing.

You must have heard the rumor that today would be a good day to make Nicky

Franco happy, huh?

Well, who do you think started the rumor?

Me, you idiot.

These are my men surrounding you.

Here, give us some backup now.

The beautiful and lethal Valerie Irons.

Plucked from obscurity to head an elite Los Angeles bodyguard agency.

They know how to get things done.

Eventually.

was Merrick's bell.

Ew.

Merrick wasn't much of a decorator, was he?

Yeah.

What's up with the smiley?

I don't think we're too welcome.

Word in the slam is Merrick used my garage to support the riot.

Oh, see?

See? What is up with these bad guys? No boggle, no part cheesy.

This is the reason there's bad in the world.

That doesn't give us squat.

Maybe it does.

In my quest to become a better bodyguard, I took a UCLA extension

criminal profiling for fun and profit.

Val, you can't profile Merrick from some game you bought at the airport.

Hold on. Give me a shot here.

Okay?

Let's see. If I can get into Merrick's head, maybe I can figure out his evil

plan.

Have fun.

Oh, Munch, I am starving.

What do you think this is, a movie?

Nikki Frankel!

Yeah?

Guys in C -Block have a lot of respect for your grandfather. I want to help.

Fine.

What are Merrick's plans?

He's got some kind of contact on the outside. Kept mentioning the guy's name.

Vernon.

Is that it?

Whatever Merrick's cooked up, it's supposed to go down six hours after he

escaped.

Two hours ago.

You're welcome.

Nice work on the breakout.

Chad, I'm behind schedule. Here's your money. Give me the security code. I'm

sorry, man. We have to talk. When we bargained, you didn't have all this heat

you.

Hello, men.

Don't yank me around. If you can't afford a helicopter, you can cough up an

extra three large.

You don't want to blow this deal.

You both know that's not going to happen.

You want what I got.

Give me a call when you're ready.

Code, Salomon, and don't make me wait another second.

Okay, these better be current. It's got to look like an inside job. They're

good, I swear.

Salomon.

Buddy, I don't like to do business like this, but the margin of error on my end

is too small.

No hard feelings, okay?

Huh?

Make him disappear.

Criminal profiling takes hundreds of hours of casework, not to mention an

advanced grasp on behavioral science.

Do you happen to know that I go to A at my extension course, and my teacher told

me that I had the best handwriting in the whole class that sticks back in your

backpack? It's our only lead.

Plus, you know, I see something. I see something fuzzy. I know it's something

do with Merrick's mind.

What is it?

Bouncing balls.

I see bouncing balls.

You know what? They still have Jimmy Hoffa's shrimp cocktail.

Want to figure out what happened to him, too?

Very funny.

Bouncing balls. That might be just one of those riddles, like when you can

change the letters around in someone's name and it spells something else, like

Tough Dexter is also Dinky Dink.

No, it isn't.

I'm telling you, bouncing balls could be important.

Let's start with just the initials. B .B.

You can't be serious.

Okay, we're looking for Merrick, so search for location.

Oh, cool.

Space shuttle's on the news.

NASA hopes their shuttle can reach the malfunctioning SPX satellite before it

slips out of orbit.

You know what?

For all the work that I do around here at VIP, you guys should send me at the

space tour.

First class, of course.

Hold on, where's that?

Bandini Boulevard.

Let's see.

Greater L .A.

Vernon. The name the con heard.

It's a place, not a person.

You know, there's this really cool building in Vernon that has the solar

painted on the side.

That's kind of like bouncing balls.

No, I know the building she's talking about. Kind of like a U -rent for

scientists to store their projects.

But why there?

Merrick usually targets much higher profile places.

I don't know. You never know what could be in there. It could be cutting edge.

Look, if you eggheads are done jawboning, I'm going to grab quick and

place out.

Later.

I got it.

I got it.

Your name. Your name. It's, uh, if you move the letters around, it says Defect

Treat.

He was the only one left in the building.

Hope Lohman's password does the trick.

No worry, we'll breeze right in.

Go ahead, Malik Feller, and I want it easy for the investigators to spot.

Security guard must be early.

All

right,

I'll take care of him. You go set the timer. Can you handle that?

What are you doing? Move it. Go, go, go, go.

Move, move.

Bounce and balls, huh?

He had to be there.

He's home.

I'll take point.

No way.

Merrick's been there. I went for a shot at him.

The chick that sent you away.

We should zap her.

There's a thing called the big picture, you idiot.

Now get moving.

Back door.

I don't think the cleaning crew left these.

This is Merrick's handiwork.

Merrick, stick away!

You gotta defuse these!

You got to get him out.

Let's go.

All right, come on. We got you. All right. You okay? Okay, man, you're safe

Thank you. Listen, what do you remember?

Anything? Let's go.

Go.

Go.

Well, I'm one, Nick.

It's all in here.

All right, I'll take care of it. I know Merrick's at those firebombs.

Did you actually see him?

No. You were chipped off by bouncing balls. Can you elaborate?

Not at this time.

Well, entry was gained by a person. The person's using the building's security

code. Now, that says inside job to me.

It wouldn't be the first time one of these pointy -haired types would torch

their work for the insurance or to cover up a failed project.

I'm sorry, but that's the best I can do right now.

Ma 'am, you're going to have to step behind the line.

Ma 'am, there's nothing in there. It's all destroyed.

Listen, it's all toast, ma 'am. Excuse me.

Excuse me.

You're in a space in this building? I'm Dr. Faye Nichols.

Just saved yourself a trip downtown. I'm going to have to ask you a few

questions. It wasn't her. It was Merrick.

Look, I'm sorry the guy who killed your father's on the loose.

But you can't blame every crime in the city on him.

Excuse me.

Sorry, Nick.

We're not going to get a lot of leads here.

Don't be sorry.

Check this out.

My guess is this belongs to one of Merrick's dudes.

and see.

You think you can track down that Jewish monk?

Sure. It'll just take me some time.

There's one thing we don't have.

Nikki, Tasha, and Johnny are tossing out snitches.

So far, no one's heard Jack about Merrick.

You know, this little bug can tell us a lot.

So, Jazz?

Val, you could profile him.

Okay. Let's see.

He decorates his home with velvet paintings of naked women on horseback.

He patches his bean... bag chairs, duct tape.

The only music he listens to is kid rock.

And what you'll find in his refrigerator is probably a two -for -a -bud light

and a little mayonnaise packet.

That's a laugh from one little bug.

What about the jeweler's mark, B and C?

Well, being a good Canadian, I can only think of one thing.

British Columbia.

I went to summer camp with this really yucky guy named Clyde. He kind of

me of this bug.

Val, you've done it again.

Clyde was the clue.

The what?

Uh -huh.

Bonnie and Clyde is the name of the jeweler.

They're over on Melrose.

Okay, let's play this super cool. We can't scare anybody off, okay?

Okay, you don't have to worry about me. I've got ice in my veins.

Oh, what a beautiful day.

And what can I do for you?

Have you laid your peepers on this arachnid?

Yeah, that's a special order for one of my best clients.

What are you doing with it?

It would be a monster favor if we could have your best client's name.

Yeah.

Now, he wouldn't stay one of my best clients if I did that.

Well, it's just that he left it in a friend's bedroom when he left her. Mm

Her. Val.

It's okay, Kate.

I know it's really difficult.

But we can't let this guy get away with this.

The guy who bought this did that to you?

That bum.

The one time he meets a nice girl and he runs off like a dog.

I tell you what.

I'll give you his name and his number.

Hey, listen.

While I'm at it, why don't I introduce you to a really nice boy?

My son, Clyde.

Clyde!

You cutie.

Say hello, Kay.

Hello.

Clyde! Yeah?

She's talking to you!

I'm sorry your project got destroyed in that fire, Dr. Nichols.

It's just I dedicated my life to that research, and now it's gone.

Yeah, that really stinks, but, um...

What?

It has to do with the shuttle.

Your being part of the team is predicated on having a pristine record.

Everyone knows that when they were hired here. I see.

My research gets torched, so now I have to leave my job, too? I can't have

someone who's under investigation for arson at the controls of a $300 million

satellite. But the shuttle is less than three hours away from satellite

acquisition. I'm sorry.

I'm going to call in your alternate.

Turn in your badge of security.

You know what, honey? I've got to get to the lab.

You have fun shopping.

Good night.

Excuse me, miss.

Can I show you something? For you.

Ow!

There's Scorpion Boy.

Let's take him now before he burns down any more buildings.

I'm after Merrick, not his hired chimp.

I thought you weren't after his hired chimp.

I want to see how the mercenaries drive.

You got everything?

Nikki Franco tried to shadow me, but I gave her the slip.

You must be real proud of yourself.

Your bonus on this job isn't serious, Jeopardy.

Well, if it isn't Nikki Franco, my favorite bad penny.

You better give us some space.

You're going back to hysteromeric.

Sorry, didn't much care for the food. Help me, please. Oh, shut up. Stay calm.

He knows I'll drop him if he hurts you.

I don't mind dying.

But your client here might just have a problem with it.

Your number came up, Dick.

We need your help to bring home our satellite.

I... I don't have the right clearance.

Taken care of.

Look, Dick, the clock's ticking on this.

The shuttle crew's a little over two hours from acquisition.

They can't get that bird without you.

I'm on my way.

I will do whatever you want.

Well, in that case, it's simple, Dave.

I want you to get control of that satellite once it's inside the shuttle.

Then we can have lots of real fun.

See, I've blown up some good stuff on the ground.

Banks, power plants.

It's time that I took me out on one of them pretty space shows.

Merrick could have used anybody for his meet -and -greet, but Nikki said he made

a point of grabbing the brunette.

I'm running her picture through my database right now. So far, no hits.

Keep trying.

Oh, my God. You're not going to believe this.

This is the start of profiling? I just can't stop.

I just went to Starbucks, and the guy that was picking out my beans, I'm sure,

is cheating on his wife.

When the shuttle Independence completes its mission, it'll fly over Los Angeles

and land at Edwards Air Force Base, 60 miles away.

Oh, my God. I was just thinking about the space shuttle. I turn on the TV, and

there it is.

Val, shuttle coverage is on every channel.

It was calling to me. That's the point. Oh, my gosh.

Maybe you're profiling again, Val.

Cross -reference space shuttle.

You know what? You just may be on to something.

Oh, please.

Is it?

Dr. Faye Nichols was supposed to work on the shuttle mission, but she lost her

security clearance after she became an arson suspect in the Vernon warehouse

fire.

Okay, who took her place?

Let's see.

Here it is.

Dick Roman.

He's an aerospace consultant.

Here he is.

Oh, my gosh, that's her.

The woman that Merrick took at the boardwalk is the shuttle engineer's

When is the shuttle supposed to pick up the satellite?

Probably about three more commercial breaks.

After the satellite's loaded in the shuttle, I want you to work out a burn

sequence program for its thrusters.

Oh, my God.

The crew won't be able to navigate with it thrashing around.

Exactly. I want you to figure out how long and how hard those thrusters are

going to have to burn to push the shuttle into a 75 -degree reentry.

They'll burn up in the atmosphere.

That's why I chose you, Dick.

I know you can pull it off.

I won't murder those men.

One way or another, Dick, someone's going to burn the astronauts or your

It's your choice.

You are a monster.

No.

I'm just someone who's sick and tired of the governments of the world making

outer space the next battlefield.

It's time to deliver a message.

And I'm the messenger.

Don't be an idiot.

What's four toasty spacemen compared to that pretty little flight?

All right.

All right. I'll do it.

All right, Dick, if something should happen, I want you to upload the

program to my computer.

Roach here will tag along to keep you honest.

They won't let him in. He doesn't have clearance.

Figure that out.

Please.

Just don't hurt my wife.

Okay, Independence, I'm going to give it a nudge, and then you should have it.

That did it.

Thanks, Dick.

Take good care of her on the way back home.

A -1, Dick.

Dr. Redman, you must be very proud of your protege. Oh, and I loved your last

paper. Corpse, Quasars, and the Quantum Revolution.

The movie version is going to kick high in the air.

Dr. Wilson.

Excuse me, sir, but I've got to go.

Get that stuff.

Merrick, now.

Damn it.

Hey, Dr. Walters.

You got armed security here?

Well, sure, but... Tell them to drop their donuts. You got a terrorist

Oh, saddle up. Let's go.

Let me do the talking. Give me five minutes, and I'll have these guys

Nikki's truck.

Yeah,

tell them she wants that new car somehow.

Throw down your gun.

Authorities are all the way.

All right, America wants to go after the guards. They think we're the bad guys.

That's their tough luck. You shoot at me, I shoot back.

Hey, they aren't the bad guys either.

Remember that when they blow your head off.

You know, there's always other options.

You don't see me with a gun.

I thought it was because you were lousy shot.

We've got to think of something fast.

I thought this... You two, that way.

Let's go.

So much for being out.

Nice shooting.

So much for the welcoming committee.

Let's see what they have inside.

Keep working.

Remember, we have to wipe.

What's the meaning of all this?

Hey, back off!

What is it?

Are you okay?

You can stop now. We're the good guys.

Not to me.

What's he doing?

If the shuttle doesn't burn up, they're going to kill my wife.

Not in. Not in.

Message. Wait.

Hey, I've got the program.

And I'm on my way to a satellite array in Calabasas. I'll upload the program

there. You're cutting it close. The shuttle starts re -entry in a half an

Well, that would be a problem, but burning up that tin can in space is not

plan. Say again?

I'll activate the satellite thrusters when the shuttle's on final approach to

Edwards. A 75 degree pitch will drop them right into the Mojave Desert with

the staff and bigwigs watching.

Merrick, you realize what you're saying?

You're a genius.

I know exactly what I'm saying.

It'll take something big like this to get their attention.

He plans to use the FTX satellite to destabilize the shuttle.

He's going to burn them up in the atmosphere.

Push one of those buttons and put the phone on block.

You don't understand. He's going to kill my wife. If the shuttle doesn't... If

he was going to know he's got the shuttle, he would have done it by now.

that was ever his plan. He put too much effort into just deep -frying four dudes

in space.

Okay, well, what if Merrick activated the thrusters on the shuttle before it

landed? Well, it'd crash.

Where?

In the desert.

Near Edwards Air Force Base.

Major League Carnage.

Merrick's kind of shell.

Dick, we're not talking about poor astronauts anymore. I'd rather die than

one death, but not Tammy's.

If you're counting on Merrick to keep his promise, don't. If Tammy's the only

chance, or we get her away from him, what do we know about where he's keeping

your wife?

Well, I made a screenshot of the Internet call.

Maybe there's something here.

Wait. Enlarge that, Dick.

Just an ordinary water tower.

How's that going to help?

Well, we know it faces south.

See where the sun is?

Probably blowing it up somewhere.

Look, there's a name.

Hobson Industries.

That shouldn't be too hard to pin down.

Yeah.

Okay, forget him. He's a lost cause. I want you to batten down the hatches.

location might be compromised.

And Conklin, I want you to monitor the shuttle's flight. If it doesn't crash,

kill the girl.

The shuttle should begin its final approach soon, touching down at Edwards

about 25 minutes.

You're not anarchist. You don't believe in anything.

You're just a bunch of thugs.

Anarchy means doing whatever I want.

To whoever I want.

Words to live by.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Easy.

Everybody, let's just take it easy.

Everything's cool.

Call your husband at STX. He won't stop America until he knows you're okay. What

have they done to him? Call.

Oh, okay, okay.

Tammy? Are you all right?

Honey? Oh, my God. It's so good to hear your voice.

I'm okay. I'm okay.

VIP's here.

I thought I lost you.

I love you so much.

Oh, I love you, too. I was so scared.

Shut Merrick down now.

It's not working. Don't tell me that.

He must have changed the password.

I'm locked out.

Well, there's got to be another way.

You... You've got to find him.

You've got to stop him before he uploads the program.

I'm sorry he didn't leave a forwarding address.

Yes, he did.

Any of you know where there's a satellite array in Calabasas?

We'll call you back.

Konnichiwa. Val, you have to go to Calabasas Polytechnic. Oh, please. And

the phone and exciting world of computers?

Look at Kay. I don't think so. Listen up.

America's using the satellite dish to cross the shuttle.

You need to go over there and slow him down.

Or... I could stay here. I could profile him a little more. You know, I think a

long time ago he probably wet the bed.

Look, you're the closest to him. We're right behind you. Just hurry up.

Gosh, and the one in that.

They're so cute.

Maybe more of these at the spot meet.

Valerie Irons.

Damn.

You know, you never cease to amaze me.

Oh, yeah? Well, check this out.

Bits of death!

Bullets of death.

You know, Valerie, in a way, I'm glad you're here.

Now I don't have to watch the destruction of the U .S. space program

myself.

No.

I know a lot about you.

Merrick.

Um...

What is that? Anyway, by the way, your first name or your last name? Or is it

kind of like a one -name thing, like Cher?

You don't know anything about me.

Want to bet?

You grew up poor.

Sometimes your only meal were scraps of Cheetos that were flying around the

floor.

Go on.

Your mother humiliated you at every turn. Your father had three different

at three different coal mines.

And he came down with that icky, black lung thing. And your last memories of

were when he was... coughing, watching Wheel of Fortune, and eating grilled

cheese sandwiches.

You came up with all that?

Yeah. It's amazing what you can learn at UCLA Extension.

Was I close?

Close.

My father ran a Fortune 500 company, my mother was a schoolteacher, and I spent

my summers at the country club.

Now, where was I? Oh, drawing the space shuttle.

I'll profile this.

That's me.

So you must be really pissed and disappointed.

That is not a good combination.

Val, aren't you going to answer what took me so long?

Uh, what took you so long?

I planted some C4 in the dish.

Just in case.

having some fun.

Oh, yeah.

Blast. Saved the space shuttle and took out America. Good.

Just another day at VIP.

Let's drink to that.

That was the bomb profiler, too.

I'm not done yet.

What you're about to witness is very, very dangerous. Do not try this at home.

I'm about to probe deep into the mind of Tasha Dexter.

I'm afraid to ask.

The black action stretch pants that Tasha so often loves to wear.

What are you doing with my pants?

Profiling you.

Good luck.

Can't be done.

The whole behavioral science division at Quantico couldn't figure me out. Oh,

really? Well, watch this.

You were nine years old, you skinned your knee, fell outside of your own

and made you happy.

So you decided to kick butt for the rest of your life.

Wrong. Okay, give me another shot here, okay? I'm starting to feel an entirely

new side of you.

A kind of hip, kind of now, kind of free, kind of wow, Charlie thing, a

unselfish, very grateful.

Get all that from my pants?

Yeah, I'm feeling completely inspired.

I'm going to buy lunch.

Run this through before I change my mind.

Wow, Val.

Thank you.

My pants back.

Sure.

Hey, wait a second.

Where's my credit card?

Here you go.