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There she is.

Same time, different guy.

Sean: Doesn't she get tired?

Well, she is an athlete.

Hey, didn't you read her file?

Of course I read the file.

I always read the file.

Okay. What kind of an athlete is she?

I started to read the file, and then the camera broke.

You were supposed to read the file.

I was supposed to go out and get us new equipment,

Which I did.

It's called division of labor.

I still think you might have wanted to consult me.

Hey. In our line of work, we need high-end equipment

That doesn't malfunction during the job.

What's to consult about?

I would have voted not buying a camera

That cost more than my first car.

Relax. I told you.

This camera will pay for itself. How?

Well, right now for example.

I can get within 10 feet of our philandering jockey,

'cause I look like a tourist checking my phone --

Not someone who's been paid to take pictures of a...

Very...Very...

Ooh, s-she's a gymnast, huh?

No, sean, she's not a gymnast. She's a --

Oh, and they just closed the blinds.

Show is over.

But don't worry because I got the shots.

Matter of fact, I got some amazing shots.

I'm telling you, this camera --

Unbelievable. Sean, I think you've been made.

it's already paid for -- hey.

Give me that camera.

Or what?

Give me that camera right now,

Or I will break your arm.

Sean, I fear for your life.

you're adorable.

Go fetal!

Guard the camera with your body!

I got it! Camera's okay!

Good to know!

Say my name!

I don't know your name. Oh!

I can barely move my hand.

Probably should have read the file.

If I could make a fist, I would punch you.

Here's the invoice for the adulterous cage fighter.

Is the phone ringing, or is that my head?

No, I hear it, too.

Where's my...

What's -- what's this...

Why is my phone in the fridge?

It kept asking me the same question.

Press one for yes, press two for no.

I pressed two.

It's a recording...

Asking if you know a j.T. Maxwell.

I don't know a j.T. Maxwell.

But you know he's one of my brothers, right?

Then it should've asked if I knew

Of a j.T. Maxwell.

What's going on?

I'm trying to figure it out.

I just can't get a live person.

huh?

It's from d.C. Metro lockup.

Man: ...Your brother, j.T. Maxwell...

My brother's in jail.

I-I didn't know it was one-way.

Sean:

Apparently, your brother was getting a ticket,

And he tried to argue his case right then and there.

Coaches, bosses, cops --

Nobody tells j.T. What to do.

Wasn't he a cop? Or was that just your other three brothers?

All of us -- kind of mandatory to wear blue at some point

When your dad is chief of police.

J.T. Made a better cop than all of us combined,

But he barely lasted a year.

What happened? Same thing that always happens.

He got bored. Hmm.

He's great at everything he does

Except for following through.

There he is.

Man: That wouldn't be a problem.

Thanks for the help in there, brother.

Appreciate it. Get in here. All right.

Ohh!

There she is.

Little sis.

Ohh!

Sean king -- the man with the plan.

J.T. Maxwell.

Nice to meet you. Welcome to d.C.

This is how I find out you're in town?

Yeah, sorry about that,

But, uh, you know how it is

When you're working a case.

What? A case?

Last I heard, you were opening

A-a swimming-pool bar in key west.

Yeah, I was, but that was before I decided to follow your lead.

Check it out. Sean: Huh.

You're a private investigator now?

Yeah. What do you think?

I think...

My favorite part is the giant magnifying glass.

I know. But look what it's magnifying.

A dancer? No, michelle, that's -- that's a ninja.

A ninja.

Why would it be a dancer?

That makes, like, zero sense.

Wu, this is michelle's brother.

Hi, uh...

He speaks cantonese?

That's my brother.

Lot of surprises.

My client's elroy culpepper. Remember him?

Wealthiest man in nashville.

Yep. Got a daughter named claire.

Calls her daddy's little flower.

Anyway, she fell in love with some guy on the internet,

And elroy's worried that he's out to steal her trust fund,

So he hired me to check up on him.

And what'd you find?

Name's tommy smith.

Claims to be a d.C.-Based businessman,

But I can't find a paper trail.

No work or credit history?

Nada -- actually, there's a p.O. Box in dupont circle.

That's what I was doing -- I was down there staking it out

To see if he showed up when those two bicycle cops

Came and got their panties in a bunch,

'cause "technically" I'm not licensed to operate

As a private investigator in d.C.

Really sticklers, those guys.

This is a great opportunity for you guys.

Great. Terrific.

But you are technically licensed in nashville, right?

Passed the exam and everything?

W-well, there's -- whether or not I took a test

Or even knew that there was a test, that's not the point.

What the point is, is that metro's on my case now.

Let me guess.

This is where the opportunity for us comes in.

Exactly.

My retainer's 10 grand, half of which is yours.

All you got to do is cover me while I look into this guy.

Metro would be less likely to hassle him

If he's working with two licensed p.I.S.

I don't know, j.T.

We don't usually take on private family matters.

What are you talking about?

Half the cases we take on

Are private fam--

Ow. Why are you kicking me?

h-hey!

You just did it again.

You guys want to...

Do a little private pow-wow thing, go ahead.

I'm gonna go update culpepper.

Look -- I adore my brother,

But if I keep cleaning up his messes,

He'll never grow up.

He just started his own business.

What is more grown-up than that?

He thinks airbrushing a picture of sherlock holmes

On the side of a van is all it takes

To be a private investigator.

Well, that is a big part of it, certainly.

Look, it'll be harder for him to get arrested

When he's under our noses.

But not impossible. Trust me.

The guy at the mailbox place said tommy smith

Has his bill delivered to this address.

So much for his "successful businessman" story.

Hey, I bet that's the manager

Sitting in that lawn chair right there.

Okay. So, how do you want to play this?

Sit tight. I got this one.

What is he doing?

He's talking to the landlady.

Now...

He's motioning for her to follow him.

You realize I can see everything you're seeing, right?

Give me those. I can read lips.

He's thanking her.

"time is lovely -- time is money."

No, I'm sorry. That's wrong. He's saying lime with an "l."

"lime is running out."

You have no idea how to read lips, do you?

No. But in my defense,

It seemed like something I would be good at.

He -- he's going.

Come in. Come in.

All right, if we all take a room,

We can do a full search in less than five minutes.

Now, when I was on vice,

9 times out of 10,

They would hide the drugs in the sofa cushion.

I don't have my bowie knife. I left it in the car.

No! We're not gonna add search and seizure

To illegal breaking and entering.

The landlady let me in.

All right? According to the law,

We're still on the up-and-up right now.

Sean, tell her.

W-well, technically, your brother's right.

Ooh-hoo! J.T., one -- little mick zero.

Little mick? Don't start.

And don't get me all riled up by taking his side.

Hey, I'm only on the side of the law, little mick.

Aha. I knew it.

False alarm. It's just sugar.

You do know real p.I.S don't say, "aha."

Let's go, sean, before he accuses tommy smith

Of god knows what.

Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait!

Hang on.

I found the gold mine.

Please don't take apart the furniture.

Aha!

Tommy's got I.D.S from all over --

Same face, different name.

What do you think?

Fine.

Aha.

[ keyboardit's burglary.

It's not burglary.

We didn't take anything.

Took pictures.

We took pictures of pictures.

It's a gray area.

So, you're a p.I. Now.

I am.

It's just like being a cop, without all the hassle.

Yeah -- you mean laws.

Now I get why you left the secret service --

All the paperwork.

I didn't mind it.

You miss that life?

Never. No.

No, no, no. Nope.

I can tell by the five nos -- believe you.

Gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme.

Just like you like it.

Thank you.

Nice sandwich.

Hey, benny. This is my brother, j.T.

Hi. Hi.

Hi.

Sean said you needed a forgery consult?

How you doing?

Good.

Really good. Um, so, I'm just gonna be in there.

He worked for you... Beginning of last year?

Woman: No, September.

Right. I'm sorry. September.

And he worked there until...

Until August.

Right. August.

Remember when our band totally dominated at senior prom?

You mean the greatest pyrotechnic display of all time?

Yeah, looking back, using real fire on stage

Probably wasn't the best judgment.

Yeah, you were lucky you didn't burn the school down.

I was talking to dad.

He said I was lucky that you thought

To bring a fire extinguisher --

Three of them.

When were you talking to dad about high school?

I was talking to him last week...

On his birthday.

Mick, you said you were gonna call him.

I was going to.

And then I didn't.

Hey, guys. Did you find anything?

Yeah, we paired tommy's I.D.S and nametags

With his driver's license,

And I've been calling some of his old bosses.

I think we're getting pretty close to forming a timeline.

Edgar: His longest job was nine months --

A gas station in louisville.

His shortest was six weeks in omaha.

Anything that says what he's actually doing in d.C.?

Well, I got an employee I.D. Here

From a hospital in baltimore.

Looks like your guy tried to make it himself

By laminating over a visitor's pass.

Quite clever, actually.

What do you mean, "tried"? Well, it's a dud.

The print from the visitor's pass shows through.

You could solve it easily with a slip of plastic

Or a piece of wax paper.

Maybe he did that next.

So that could be a first draft?

Probably was. He was close.

Can you tell how recently he made this?

The date on the visitor's pass is from a few days ago.

So claire's boyfriend spends six years

Bouncing around the south and the midwest

And then suddenly sets his sights

On a hospital in baltimore.

Be nice to know why.

Seems like we should check out st. Bartholomew's first.

Good afternoon.

C.C. Baxter, medical worker's union, local 647.

I need to talk to one of your orderlies --

Uh, jason franks. I'll page him.

Uh, ma'am...

He's been the victim of bullying, some intimidation.

Why don't I just go find him?

Patient areas in this hospital

Are restricted to cleared personnel only.

No exceptions.

Just wait here, sir.

Jason franks, please report to first-floor reception.

What was that?

The tough guy stare-down?

He just doesn't like being stared at

By some random guy in a mental hospital.

I'm jason. You're looking for me?

Yes. We just have a few questions.

You guys cops?

Yes.

We used to be. It's not important.

We're private investigators looking for a con man

Who calls himself tommy smith.

No.

This guy?

Yeah, this guy was here a few days ago...

Impersonating me, trying to get into the south ward.

But luckily, you need more than a hospital I.D.

You got to pass through a thumbprint scanner.

You got a lot of security around here.

What's in the south ward?

High-risk patients.

High-risk of what?

Escape.

It's a maximum-security lockdown

For the criminally insane.

Hmm.

I'm sorry. Did I do something wrong?

Don't like being touched.

How come?

I don't remember.

You know everything in the world,

But you can't remember why you don't like to be touched?

No.

Not everything in the world.

Numbers, data, dates...

Spoken data, printed data...

Patterns, sounds, smells.

When my mind gets like that,

I close my eyes and take a deep breath.

Why?

Try it.

Chin up.

Close your eyes.

See?

Benny said most of the time these I.D.S were so well made

She couldn't tell them from the real thing.

He's trying to get into a place

Most people want to get out of.

Why?

Well, that ward would be pretty well-stocked

With powerful sedatives, horse tranquilizers.

For criminally insane horses?

How badass would that be?

Can I help you?

I'm sorry to disturb you all.

My name is claire culpepper.

I'm looking for a mr. J.T. Maxwell.

How can I help you?

My father hired you to scare off my boyfriend, tommy smith.

I'm here because I need you to do the opposite.

Please find him and bring him back to me.

I've been leaving messages for tommy since yesterday,

Calling and texting him nonstop.

We've never gone this long without talking.

Whatever you did, I want you to undo it.

Well, I didn't do -- look, your daddy hired me

To check up on your boyfriend, all right?

That's all I did. Then where is he?

Sean: I have some bad news for you.

Tommy's a con artist.

He's probably moved on to a new identity

And a new victim by now.

You should be relieved to be done with that boy.

No. You're wrong.

You don't know him.

I don't think he wants anyone to know him.

There's an explanation for this. I know it.

Mr. Maxwell, whatever my father is paying you and your team,

I'll double it.

We can't take her money.

J.T. Already works for claire's father.

Well, wait. It's not a --

It's not a conflict of interest

If I work for both of them, is it?

What?! No.

Sean, if you had to ballpark a percentage.

It is 100% a conflict of interest, j.T.

Really? Like the time you were 100% sure

Devin woods wasn't cheating on you?

Low blow. Yeah.

Guys, guys, guys.

Culpepper hired j.T., not us.

We can take claire's case.

but should we?

She's just delaying her heartbreak.

She needs us, michelle.

Claire: I didn't expect to fall in love

With a guy on the internet.

Is that why you kept your relationship a secret?

Were you embarrassed?

I wanted to tell my family as soon as it got serious.

Tommy said no.

Why?

He said we would as soon as he was ready.

Ready as in engaged?

That's what I thought, so I didn't push it.

But now...

I don't know.

I have to ask you this question.

Did he ever ask you for money?

No. Never.

He didn't even talk about material things.

Tommy helped me realize that I wanted something different

Than what my dad wants for me.

It's not easy to forge your own path.

I'm 26 years old,

And I've never traveled or lived on my own.

I went to law school for him.

I thought it would make a difference.

A difference how?

Oh, don't get me wrong. I know he loves me, but...

...I'm sick of being a disappointment

Just because I grew up.

Hey, so what's the story behind little mick?

Well, after four boys, our parents were convinced

They were gonna have another one,

So they wanted to name him mick

After our grandfather.

Michelle was the closest variation?

No, my dad didn't care if she was a girl.

He wrote "mick" right there on the birth certificate --

My mom that changed the "k" to an "h," but it stuck.

She said growing up was like a fight to survive.

For me!

I fought with my old man every day.

I figured if he wasn't gonna be impressed

With what I was doing, I'm gonna do what I want.

Not mick. She went the other way.

Trophies and awards,

And her and my old man were like this.

And it worked... For a while.

What happened?

She turned 16, 17, started dating.

He put an end to it.

He said she couldn't go on dates?

Oh, he didn't have to.

He'd just have the guy tailed by an unmarked car.

Yeah, well, that'd do it.

Huh.

Well, they're okay now, though, right?

Michelle hasn't talked to our father in...

Two years.

Hey. Hey.

I think that's our guy.

Sean: Who the hell are these guys? Whoa, whoa. Hold on.

Man: Come here!

Aah!

Really?

Put your hands up.

Stop. Put your hands up.

Yeah, put them up like that.

Okay.

See? It didn't even hurt.

why are you helping him?

It's got to be fair.

You're not putting your hands up.

Aah!

put some ice on it.

Where's tommy?

He's -- he was right here.

We save him, and he bails on us?

You're welcome!

You're sure it was the same guy he looked right at me,olomew's?

And he was closer this time.

He wouldn't keep his hands up.

We need to go back to the hospital.

Why? You all right?

You don't look bad.

No, to see jason franks.

Oh, he could help us find the guy

That tried to kidnap the guy

That tried to impersonate him.

It's cleaner if we don't put it like that.

He'd have access to the visitors' logs.

We know the exact day and time he was there.

Exactly.

Edgar, I got a name for you to run.

Yeah. Joey montoya.

And try joseph, too.

Wow -- that's a lot of montoyas.

Uh, I'll get back to you.

Hey, guys.

We got to narrow it down some.

All right, um...

Birthmarks, tattoos?

I don't think so.

How about jewelry? Class ring, maybe?

Cufflinks.

Yeah, real douchey ones.

Well, that's a place to start. What do you they look like?

Blue...

Gold-ish. I don't know. You know as well as I do

There's nothing more unreliable than an eyewitness.

We got credible details from witnesses all the time.

There's a trick to it.

Just relax, close your eyes.

All right. Picture him.

Now...See the cufflinks in your peripheral vision.

Mostly blue or mostly gold?

Blue.

Okay, now the gold parts --

Do you see angles, or do you see curves?

Angles.

A zigzag over a triangle.

Okay, how many humps on the zigzag?

Two.

Like a-an "m." it's not an "m."

It's an "m" on top of a triangle.

Can't believe I just remembered that.

I didn't even laugh when you said humps.

That was awesome. way to go, mick!

I did half the work, but I-I get it.

You -- you guys are bonding.

Uh, an "m" on a triangle is a mayan symbol

For worshiping fertility.

A sigma on a triangle represents

A traditional homo-erotic male bonding ritual.

It's greek letters.

You found all this

Because montoya's college fraternity

Gave out gold cufflinks.

Apparently, that was his high point.

He spent the rest of his 20s in prison.

Think they'd teach you how to keep your hands up in there.

That picture of him on a courthouse step --

That's recent. Does it say what the case was?

Rico -- eight men tried together on racketeering,

Huh. All acquitted.

That guy behind joey montoya on the stairs,

He was at the hospital, too.

Edgar: George palmer, esquire.

Jason franks showed us the hospital login sheets.

They claimed to be visiting ethel donovich,

Who, turns out, is in a permanent vegetative state.

We need to figure out who else was in the south ward

They might have gone to see.

Hey, benny says she's got something on the I.D.S.

I should check this out.

So, I know this s.S. Guy from back in the day.

Edgar gave me the digits tommy was using,

So I ran them by this guy.

And he says they're the real article.

But how can the social security numbers be real

If the identities are fake?

That's the other thing.

Most of those are real, too.

Joey montoya was a bookie and a leg-breaker.

Maybe tommy smith owes him money.

Sure.

Tommy's in hiding.

That's why he's got all the fake I.D.S.

Well, being on the run makes sense.

But claire is positive he's not a criminal.

Mick, come on.

Huh?

She's sweet, but how could she really know?

I've never seen someone so sure of the guy she loves.

So I did some digging on the numbers

To check the date of issue.

You know you've got the rusty rake

When a guy born in the 1970s

Has a social security number issued in 2005.

Follow me?

All except the rusty rake.

It means fake. Haven't you ever been to london?

Think claire's right about tommy?

Or you just want her father to be wrong?

Hey, he's still my client.

Hello.

Did you find anything, edgar?

The lawyer in the picture also represented

Bernard cohen, a.K.A. The big c, a.K.A. Street boss.

Indicted six years ago, trial still pending.

Currently resides at...

St. Bartholomew's hospital.

I remember that.

Mob boss in baltimore wore a pink bathrobe and a shower cap

To all the pretrial hearings.

That explains everything.

Great job, edgar.

Yeah. I know.

So, tommy's numbers match,

All issued 1979, the year he was born.

Tommy's driver's licenses aren't forgeries, sean.

They're genuine government issue.

Huh.

That's what I thought, too.

Holy shazam.

Always figured the government had a cache of persons

Who only exist on paper.

Well, what do you mean?

Names with socials, history of addresses, and such,

So if anyone went looking, nothing would seem out of place.

You think tommy's a spy?

Cia?

No, he doesn't seem like a government agent.

Who else could get primo cards straight from the source?

Tommy smith made a hospital I.D. To see a mob boss.

Why?

I think I may know why.

Sean? I have a theory.

Tommy smith is in the witness protection... Tommy smith is in the witness protection program!

...Program.

Why do you keep doing that?

I don't want you in my office.

I don't want you in the building.

J.T., it was a pleasure to meet you.

You're welcome anytime.

You two, please, leave me alone.

Wow.