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I can't believe my gut shot eyes.

I woke up on the wrong side of the truck bed this morning with a bone drop. I

love Jack. I was playing.

She got some nerve when she kicked me to the curb. Guess you could say I got

what I deserve.

Cause I woke up on the wrong side of the truck bed this morning.

I used that empty bag of corn to rest my head.

Camel jacket for a picket, then passed out like I was dead sick.

Hey, what are you doing? Sorry, my fault. I thought you were someone else.

What's your problem, man?

This guy's being all weird.

What did this creep do?

He grabbed me.

Well, it was an accident.

My bad. Really.

Bruh, what'd you say?

It was an accident. I didn't... Nah.

I'm not sure how much of a job there is here. I think maybe our student just got

burned out and needed a break.

That's what I said from the start, but you're the one that wanted to drive to

Wyoming and check it out.

Blake's mother, Polly Baker, is convinced there's more to it. She works

custodian there at the school.

Said she hasn't heard from her son in two days, called campus police.

Anything from them?

No. They checked the apartment, nothing out of the ordinary.

But he left his cell phone behind. That's odd.

I don't know.

Not if you wanted to get away for a few days, not be bothered.

All right, I'm already here. I'll let you know what she says.

I talked to him two days ago, Ben.

Just nothing.

Blake always responds.

Even if it's just to say he's busy in the lab and he'll call back.

You said over the phone he's involved in some big grant project?

He's researching protein folding.

Biochemistry department with Professor Lyle Hewitt. Very prestigious.

Potential patents, big pharma circling.

You must be proud. I am.

Most of it's over my head, but it makes Blake light up.

You mentioned that he's under a lot of pressure recently.

Well... He's always had anxiety, but the last time I

talked to him, I could tell that his head was somewhere else.

I'll go to the lab he works at.

Look around, ask some questions. Maybe someone knows where he is or what he's

to. But I got to say, it's only been a couple of days, right? I know. It's

something. It's wrong.

High -pressure grant project.

A lot of intense work. Maybe he just needed a couple days away.

Or maybe there's more to the story, something you're not telling me.

I know all about family secrets.

I do.

But if there's something, anything that you have that might help me find your

son,

you should tell me.

My brother had a psychotic break when he was the same age as Blake.

He ran off.

We found him a week later.

Sleeping on the street.

Talking about demons in his blood.

Diagnosed as schizophrenic.

You think Blake might know the same thing?

All I know is it's not like Blake to just vanish like this.

I just need to know my son is safe.

Trust me when I tell you this.

I'm going to do everything I can to find this out, okay?

The fundamental principles of thermodynamics remain the same. Energy

created or destroyed.

But when it comes to the second law of thermodynamics, entropy increases and

mechanical work irreversibly turns into heat.

Okay, well, that's where things get a little bit mysterious.

Because has it actually been proven?

So, the question I want to leave you guys with for next time, posed by

Wolfram, is, does the second law always work, or is it sometimes violated?

And if so, what would we need to prove that?

Okay, guys, thank you. Extra credit, essays, you can turn it at the front.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thermodynamics.

Hey, Dory.

Who would have thought my baby sister is a physics expert?

And who would have thought my big brother would show up after a year

much as a phone call?

I've been, you know, busy. I'm sorry, Dory.

So have I.

But I call, I try.

You don't call me back.

I'm sorry.

I'm your little sister. It's my job to give you crap.

What are you doing here?

I just, you know, thought I'd swing by and visit. It's in the neighborhood,

and... You know I can tell when you're lying, right, and you hate surprises, so

come on, out with it.

You're on a job, and I want to talk to you about this.

File folder. Ooh, what's in it?

Stuff about Dad.

You have another class.

Come on, walk with me.

Came across that file on a previous job. They were trying to hurt me.

We looked into our family. I mean, I've read all these articles before. What's

the big deal?

University memos in there about Dad and some other stuff.

Okay. Ashton Shaw dismissed for cause.

Evidence of irresponsible and dangerous behavior.

Dad was arrested.

Breaking mentoring.

Resisted arrest.

Look, we knew he had run into the law. I don't... Keep going.

This says dad was employed by the government for seven years. Don't you

this is true? It's strange that mom never told us any of this.

I don't know, Poulter. Who knows what dad was into?

Honestly, mom was just as crazy as he was.

Why are you looking into that?

I don't know. I'm curious.

Well, I'm not.

I honestly just hope we don't make the same mistakes that they did. I

what you're saying, but they're both part of us, right?

I mean, look at you. You're a professor just like they were.

Okay, well, I'm not going to go insane and move to the mountains if that's what

you're worried about. That's not what I'm worried about. Okay, well, then

just move on. I have.

I talked to Russell, by the way. He says you've been ducking him.

You talked to Russell?

Yeah, some. We keep in touch.

You should talk to him.

I don't have anything to say to Russell.

Okay, fine. Do it your way. You always do.

Can we at least just grab dinner before you leave town?

Yeah, no, I would. I just, you know, I'm on a job. It's a schedule thing.

Colter, come on. I don't know when I'm going to see you again.

Look, I will find the place. I'll even buy.

Sure, yeah. Good.

What's the job?

Missing student, Blake Baker.

Right, yeah.

We got a university -wide email from campus police saying they were looking

him. He's a smart kid, biochem grad student.

His mother works here on campus. Her name's Polly. She's a custodian. You

her? Yeah, she's been here for years.

Sweet woman.

You don't seem too concerned.

This happens to a couple of students every year. They burn out. They take

It's not that uncommon.

Okay. Well, I'm going to go check out that lab, actually.

Dinner.

I'll text you time and a play.

Can we help you? Looking for Blake Baker.

He works here, right? I did. He hasn't been here in two days.

Any idea where he might be?

Nope. Must have flaked.

Flipped out? I don't know, man. It happens all the time. Some folks can

it, others can't.

Well, his mother's worried about him.

Hired me to help find him.

He wouldn't bail on us. Well, he's not here, so where is he then?

I don't know, but Blake loved the work we were doing.

What's the work you've been doing?

We're working on the next step of protein structure prediction.

Understanding how proteins choose their shape is a game changer in drug

development. The problem is some protein shape -shift. But Professor Hewitt is

on to something here.

Professor Hewitt?

Uh, this guy's looking for Blake.

And you are? Colter Shaw.

Working for his mother. She hasn't heard from him. She's worried about his

mental state.

Can I rely on your discretion?

Sure. I just want to find Blake.

Well, I had a difficult conversation with him two days ago, I guess.

I'm not saying that this has anything to do with Blake going missing, but maybe.

I caught Blake falsifying his research.

You confronted him?

No, not exactly a confrontation. I presented him with my suspicion.

He denied it. But his numbers didn't match our actual results.

I told him I wouldn't report him to the dean's office, but I had to revoke his

lab privileges.

Why would he do that?

I don't know.

But it happens more than you might think.

The last thing we need is another Theranos here.

Elizabeth Holmes.

Mm -hmm. Blood -screening technology, valued at billions, and unfortunately,

was a fanciful lie.

So the work has monetary value.

It will, if we can scale it up.

So even the smallest mistake would be fatal. What Blake was doing, it didn't

make a lot of sense.

How do you take it?

Not well.

He's a good kid who made a mistake.

I hope you find him, and I hope he's okay.

If he reaches out, will you let me know?

Of course. Thank you.

Hey, Dex, I need you to double -check this data before I send it.

I'm sorry, I didn't catch your name.

Jada. Jada. I'm looking for the student union, and I have no idea where I'm

going. Can you point me in the right direction?

The other side of Commons.

Tall building on the left. Can't miss it. Can't miss it. So the Commons

is... Can you just show me? I don't know where I'm going.

Thanks.

You Blake's girlfriend? I saw that photo of you two together.

No, we're just friends.

What do you think happened to him?

I'm not getting involved. I can't get kicked off this grant.

I understand that.

You obviously care about him, and I don't think you believe what everyone's

saying.

When was the last time you saw him?

Two days ago.

At the lab?

No, late that night. I was making a delivery for my gig job over on the

side of town.

Did he see you?

No, not at first.

He was drunk or something where he was...

stupid red cowboy hat.

He looked absolutely ridiculous.

And I guess maybe it had been to a big Wild West party.

I don't know, but it was strange.

It was strange that he was out having fun?

Yeah, a little.

Blake's one of the nicest guys, but he's not the partying in a cowboy hat type.

He's a nose down in the lap type, you know what I mean? Socially awkward.

especially around women.

So drinking, socializing, that kind of behavior is out of the ordinary for him.

Did he talk to you?

You saw him?

No, I tried to.

I called his name and he ignored me.

Like I said, maybe he was drunk.

Can you tell me where this happened?

Get into Blake's phone?

All looks legit, see?

Calls to moms, texts about school.

But nothing after he went missing.

Well, he left his phone in his dorm. Anything about a relationship?

You think homeboy was in love?

I don't know. Friends said he was acting different.

Said he was socializing more.

Living it up. He's either in love or looking for it.

Still doesn't explain why he went missing.

No, it doesn't. I'm checking out that location that his lab partner saw him at

Saturday night.

Maybe I can find something.

Let me comb through his socials.

See if they connect me to a wormhole.

All right.

Here's something.

A lot of messages back and forth with someone.

They also exchange files, all encrypted.

It's going to take me a while to get through it.

Hold on a second.

I think I found what I'm looking for.

Call me back when you crack the encryption.

All right, what do we got?

Ooh, our boy Blake was into some girl.

I think it was more than that.

You got a name?

I don't have a name yet, but I do have an alias. She went by Blondie Baby, so

I'm still working on it.

But he definitely was into someone.

How so?

Well, you know how it is when you're in college.

You text someone, start vibing, you have to meet IRL, and then they go with you.

And then you go to college.

Wait, for real?

Now, the education system is designed to weed out people who are independent.

People who think for themselves, won't surrender to the system.

Okay, see?

That's some wake -up sheeple wisdom I can get into.

It's an old Chomsky quote my father would always say to us when we

Thought your dad was in education.

My father was full of contradictions. What do you got on Blake?

Well, last Saturday night, just before midnight, Blake texted, I was at a party

watching No Show.

Then she says, sorry, something came up. I bet you were a sexy cowboy ready to

meet. She agrees to meet up with him, only if he promised to be discreet. Then

she sent him an address.

Okay.

So he goes to a party.

He gets stood up, right?

Leaves his cell phone back at his place, and then he goes to meet up with her

again. Hold tight. I got an encrypted pick coming in.

Whoa.

Hello. What do you got?

Uh, these are not the type of pics you'd want to get out. I got a blonde woman

and all kinds of freaky.

Nudes and garden variety BDSM. Well, how the hell do you know what garden

variety is?

Student of the world, Coulter.

Let's just say she's strapped to a bed in a room with red lighting.

I think I was just at that house. You were sending her nudes as well?

How'd you know?

I saw them on a tablet at that same house. Can you send me her photo? Just

face will do.

I'll do you one better. I got a name.

Irene Herzl.

Sending you the pic now.

Excuse me.

Hello?

Oh, sorry. We were just about to close.

Irene Herzl.

Our blondie baby, right?

I want to know what the hell you were doing with Blake Baker.

He hasn't been seen since he met you at that house.

No, no, no, don't do that.

Back up.

What are you going for?

Huh.

I know about the nude photos that you sent.

Is this your husband?

I don't know what you're talking about.

No, I'm not.

It's you, right?

I didn't do anything to Blake. But yet you wanted him to send nude photos. Why?

Leverage has value. Now, please.

Leverage.

Catfish.

Why were you blackmailing Blake? Was it for money?

You went to a lot of trouble to hide your name. Now, I am sure the police,

even the FBI, might have some questions for you. Or you could just answer mine.

It was a job. We were hired to do it.

Who hired you?

My husband Chuck handles all of that. It's anonymous on the dark web. We sell

online services, bad product reviews, online trolling.

Catfishing. The client said that they needed leverage.

So you figured if you had nude photos of him, you'd have him over a barrel.

It wasn't my idea.

My husband, Chuck, it was his plan. I just do what I'm told.

But you did it, right?

You did it. You seduced him. He became obsessed with you.

Why did you lure him to the house with the bondage stuff?

The client said they wanted to really scare him, make sure Blake would keep

mouth shut. It was a setup to intimidate him.

What did Blake know?

Chuck said that he had some evidence that was bad for the client.

Clearly, he knew some sort of secret.

What happened here?

It was bad.

I didn't want this to happen.

Tell me.

How did you get here?

From that sick house she told me to meet her at, I hid in the bushes until she

came. I'm sorry. I didn't. I went to walk up. I thought he would be gone.

Please, just come with me. We have something. Please.

Get out of here.

Get off.

Get off. What do you want me to do?

Take him to the hospital.

Come on.

Let's go.

He didn't take him to the hospital.

It's been two days. You're not at all worried about your husband?

This isn't the first time he's taken off for days without telling me or calling.

You said you initially heard from the client via the dark web, right?

Yeah, it's where Chuck does all of his business, on the computer. So then you

know how to send messages to the client.

I'm in, ready to do my thing.

What do you want the message to say?

Need to meet in person ASAP.

I have the evidence.

And away we go.

But where your mystery client is, they just got the message.

Let me know when you hear a reply.

You know it.

Thanks. I don't like doing this, you know.

I just do it because Chuck makes me.

Now's your chance to prove it.

By doing the right thing.

You're going to help me find Blake.

Doris, what are you doing here?

Dinner. I am so sorry.

Check the time, the place. I got a reply from you saying, great.

Sat there for about 30 minutes before I realized.

Same old Colter. I got into something.

I'm sorry. Why didn't you call?

Because I figured showing up was the only way I'd actually get to see you

than hearing I got caught up in something.

Someone.

No. It's not what it looks like. Okay.

Take care, Colter.

No, no, no. Hold on a second. Hold on a second.

A missing student.

Blake, he's in danger.

Who's the girl? Her husband attacked Blake. I think he still has him. I'm not

sure. That's what I'm dealing with.

Okay, maybe you should call the police. I can't.

I figure there's a 50 % chance that Blake is still alive.

I call the police and they show up. That goes to zero.

Blake has some kind of evidence against them, and I think they're holding him

and they're trying to break him.

What are they, monsters? I don't know.

I gotta take this. Yeah.

Hey, you get a reply?

You're set.

They'll meet you in a parking lot on the south side of town.

It's about 20 minutes away.

Send me the location.

We gotta go, okay?

Thanks, Bobby. Got it.

All right, look, I, uh... Dory, I'll call you. Promise. No, don't do that.

promise. Go to your job. You know where to find me.

Maybe they're gonna show the show

I'm

coming

Yes, you have something for me a flash drive don't move

Hey, come here.

Look at me. Come here. Hey.

Pull the hood down.

Pull the hood down.

Dax.

Where the hell is Blake?

I don't know, man. Oh, come on. You set this whole thing up with Chuck, right?

What? I don't know. A child? The guy blackmailing Blake with the photos.

Blake found out. He confronted him. He got hurt.

And I want to know where he is. No, no, no. You're getting completely out of

hand. Oh, we're beyond way out of hand.

Why'd you do this?

No, I didn't do anything.

You've got to believe me, okay? All I did was I made an intro. I gave the name

of a dark web service. To who?

To who?

To Professor Hewitt.

He wanted help with the Blake problem.

What evidence did Blake have on him?

Blake knew that Professor Hewitt's research in the lab wasn't adding up.

Hewitt said Blake's numbers were off.

No, Blake's were right. They matched the data.

The data, well, it didn't show the progress that Professor Hewitt was

to his investors.

So Hewitt stood to lose millions in investor funds. We were going to get

We just needed more time.

Professor Hewitt was desperate to shut Blake up, so I gave him the name of this

dark web connection that I'd heard about.

And how'd you know to come here?

Professor Hewitt sent me a message to meet some blonde woman and get the

evidence, a flash drive that Blake had. That's all I know, I swear.

You do know they're going to kill him, right?

What am I supposed to do?

You're going to call Hewitt, and you're going to tell him a story about how

you're going to find the evidence.

Okay, how's that going to help?

It's going to buy me time.

Dory, I need your help.

Yeah, of course.

Professor Hewitt's the one blackmailing Blake. He's holding him hostage

somewhere on campus.

Whoa, whoa, Lyle Hewitt, our biochem professor?

Why would he be blackmailing a student?

Something to do with evidence about dirty research data. I don't have time

into it right now, but Hewitt's phone, it traces back to his lab. There's no

he'd be holding Blake out in the open like that.

Now, you know this campus as well as anyone.

Where might he have him? Um, uh, his office, one of the other labs.

No, he's had them for two days. I don't think he'd be holding them anywhere

where someone else might come in contact with them.

One of the old bomb shelters.

There's one under the biochemistry building.

Bomb shelters?

Yeah, they built them during the Cold War, but they haven't used them in

Yeah, how do I get there? No, I gotta come with you. You're not gonna be able

find it otherwise. I'm just at the school grading paper, so I'll meet you

biochem building, okay? Dory, no, I got this one on my own. I'm not... Dory!

The door's probably locked.

I'll take care of it.

No.

No.

You can follow me.

Yeah, I want you to.

You can let me go.

I won't tell anyone about you.

You can't trust Professor Hewitt, you know.

I don't trust anyone, kid.

Just tell me where this evidence is so I can get paid.

And this can be over.

You sure this is right?

Trust me, this must be hard to find.

You're going to kill me, aren't you? Not my problem.

You and the professor work it out.

He said he got the location of the evidence from your wife, found an

and an old jacket pocket that Blake left at your store. Can you believe that?

Sounds like someone's on to us. Call your wife and see. How stupid are you?

this is a setup, that's the last thing we're going to do.

You don't understand what happens if this gets out. Everything I've worked

is over. My whole life, ruined.

I've only got one option.

We'll get the evidence, we'll destroy it, then there's no proof.

Whether we get the evidence or not, kid knows there's only one way this can end.

You want to bury the secret?

Bury the kid.

I hid the evidence.

Lie. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.

He'll get out even if I'm dead. He's lying.

This ends now.

Okay, stop. Wait.

You know, there's got to be another way. Just let me think. I tried your plan.

It didn't work.

So am I doing this or what?

Okay.

But I should be the one to do it. Give me the gun.

Is that blood?

Call the police.

I don't have reception. I have to go back up.

It's fine. Make the call.

I'll give you the flash drive.

You can have the evidence.

Hewitt, I know you killed Chuck. You want another body on your hands?

Blake's the only one with the evidence. You kill him, you're never going to get

it. If you come in here, I'll kill you too. I am coming in there. If you've got

a gun pointed at me, I will take you out. You understand?

It doesn't have to be this way.

Hewitt, put the gun down.

Last chance.

You okay?

Yeah. Thank you.

You'll live.

Mr. Shaw.

Don't think you want to leave town without this.

Thank you.

I had my son back.

Healthy and safe.

There's no price I wouldn't pay.

I'd hold him up.

A little banged up, but relieved.

I'll be fine.

You're about to feel even better.

Professor Hewitt is facing murder and attempted murder charges.

Hopefully he's going to spend the rest of his life in prison.

What's going to happen to Dax?

He's probably going to do a little jail time. If he's lucky, he'll get

probation. But if he's young enough, he can turn his life around.

I've got one question for you, though.

Anything? The evidence.

Did you have it?

He didn't in Jada's locker in the lab.

Only person I would trust with this.

Okay. All right. She know? No idea.

So, where do you go next?

Have a job?

Probably, yeah.

First step, I promise to keep.

You bet.

Well, thank you.

Thank you.

Thanks. You are already checking your watch?

You're heading out tonight, aren't you?

Maybe.

Okay, fine. I will take what I can get.

What?

Why don't you stop by more?

Uh, nothing.

No reason.

Yeah.

I think a little part of you might resent me. Resent you?

Why would I resent you? Because I left.

I mean, when Uncle Dave and Aunt Melissa said, come live with us, I was the

first one to jump in that car.

And you didn't. You stayed.

I did stay.

Mom needed me.

Dad had died. Russell was gone. I didn't think going to the city was the right

move. You didn't need to stay. Dory, she didn't have anyone.

No one.

After what Dad put us through. Oh.

Mom went along with every wild idea Dad had.

Living off the grid, sleeping with one eye open, just waiting for that

to come. His idea is not hers. I love you, but no, grow up.

Mom was not some fragile woman that just got dragged along against her will.

I thought you said you moved on.

I have.

I was hoping that if you and I talked, maybe you could too.

Time to put it behind us.

All of us.

You talking about Russell?

Don't.

I want my brothers back.

Together. Yeah.

And mom, whatever version she told you is either one, a complete lie, or two,

some BS story just to keep you around.

What's that supposed to mean? It means we get to go on.

What happened, happened.

But I'm not going to let it have power over me.

And mom, that's all she has is the past.

And that's why she holds it over us, because she can't let it go. She's got

image of who Dad was, and sure, yeah, that's a version of the events, but that

is not what happened.

Maybe it's more complicated than that. And maybe it was all a lie.

It's time to put it behind us, don't you think?

Just... Please, call Russell.

What's good here?