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So now, how does Planck resolve

the Blackbody radiation...

Well, not just problem, but as it was called,

the ultraviolet catastrophe,

which is also the name of my college band.

No, we were called, "The Ultraviolets",

but if you heard us, catastrophe.

All right. He does it by using Wien's radiation law.

Okay. And that's...

How could you?

I'm sorry, everyone.

Ms. Camore is one of my grad students.

And I think she's having a rough day.

You stole my research.

All of it.

You published it without my name.

Oh, my God, do you think that's true?

Okay.

Well, if the paper is really your work,

why don't you walk us through it?

It should be easy to explain if it's truly yours.

That's not... I, I mean, I... I can't just...

It's not that simple.

Yeah, because it's my theorem.

The Gray Theorem.

My name is on it.

Um...

we start with...

let X be...

um...

consider a hydrogen atom...

um, we start with...

Oh, okay. I think that's enough.

I fear science is not for you, Emma.

- No, I can... - I think we're good.

Well, speaking of catastrophe.

Uh, where were we? Right. Wien's radiation law.

You're gonna have to fill me in.

What are Stochastic Models of Muon Interactions?

Okay. Bottom line,

Emma came up with a piece of math

that could, in the future, be used to develop clean energy

like massive amounts of it, like cold fusion.

It's just a building block that could be used

for something like cold fusion but... Decades from now.

But Dr. Gray had you kicked out of his class

and then kicked out of his lab?

I... I considered going to the administration,

but it would be me versus world-famous Dr. Daniel Gray.

He's always on the news, name-checking the school on live TV.

Plus, I found out that he had filed a complaint against me,

uh, saying I was having one of my mental episodes.

I'm sorry. You're gonna have to back up.

I... I take meds for anxiety.

Oh.

Without them, I can barely speak to other people

and heck, it's, um, hard even talking to you now.

So how did Dr. Gray get his hands on your research?

I showed it to him.

He... he's my faculty advisor. I wanted his opinion.

He called it banal, so I took it home.

Emma. Emma, look at me.

You haven't done anything wrong.

Just breathe

in and out.

Breanna believes in you, okay?

Carry on.

A couple days later, I came home to find my apartment had been broken into

and my hard drive with all of my work was gone.

So then Emma's research ends up published under Dr. Gray's name.

And now, it's the word of America's favorite science professor against...

A lowly grad student who won't...

can't even speak in class.

Look, without my research job, I can't finish my PhD.

I can't even teach.

He stole your future.

I just wanna be able to keep doing what I love.

This is Dr. Daniel Gray.

I want him bagged and gagged and sitting in front of me in two hours.

And now we're talking. Elliot?

You'll have him back in one.

Parker. She's... she's kidding.

Breanna, tell her.

All right. Fine.

Wait a minute. Haven't I seen this guy on the news?

Doesn't he, like, sit around and argue with other science dorks?

Yes. And he sides with whoever pays him the biggest consulting fee

that includes climate change deniers and corporate polluters

that need you to think that maybe there's another cause

for all these people getting sick.

Hmm. So he's a fake scientist?

Well, no.

But he is stealing from his grad students like Emma Camore

from his lofty tenured perch at UL NOLA.

Oh, I know that campus.

That's UL NOLA, the Grinning Gators.

I did my undergraduate there. Breanna, you would love it.

- Hard pass. A library card is free. - Come on. Come on.

College is all about secret handshakes and study groups,

and those little yellow pills you probably shouldn't trust.

Seriously, some of the best years of my life.

Harry, just admit it, college is a scam.

It is... its money.

It is crippling debt, the commodification of knowledge, cheap labor.

The whole thing is just set up to take advantage of people.

Since the rise of social media,

universities have become very sensitive to this kind of thing,

UL NOLA it has a strict plagiarism policy.

Now, I know that Emma didn't want to go to the Judiciary Committee,

but I did raise a lot of money for the alumni association.

I think I can guarantee you a hearing.

So you think because the system always works for you,

the system always works?

I just thought if Emma wants to get her PhD back

and her research back, she can do that legally.

Okay. Well, that's gonna take forever.

When you say legally, you don't mean we can't steal anything?

Yes. I mean, no, we can't.

Got it. "No, but yes."

No. Just no. Like, as in no crime.

What we need is a little bit more evidence.

How about a stolen hard drive in Gray's office?

Uh, okay. Maybe one teeny, tiny, little crime.

All right, then.

We try the official route.

Harry's on Dr. Gray

while Parker and Breanna break into his office.

If that hard drives in there, we're gonna get it.

God, I used to love this place.

Hanging out in the quad, ultimate frisbee tournaments.

Can someone please explain to me what makes the frisbee ultimate?

Oh, mostly the total lack of responsibility.

No ultimate frisbee in your university?

Yeah. I went to the school of life.

Actually, I do have three honorary degrees in various names.

- Dean Deninger. - Harry.

- I hope you brought your checkbook. - Always. Always.

Although between you and me, I'm doing a little IP work lately.

And I had a couple of questions about one of your big guns, Daniel Gray.

Oh, one of our most distinguished professors.

He's guided the best minds for decades.

Even Darren Nash was one of the students.

Darren Nash, the tech billionaire?

- He claims he dropped out of college. - Yeah, he did.

His sophomore year, but we still get to claim him.

- You wanna meet Dr. Gray? - Yes, I do.

Dr. Gray's lab, run over and grab him, and bring him over as fast you can.

Breanna, Parker, Gray's being pulled now.

All right. I'm gonna clip into the cameras.

Russell said there was only one guard on duty today,

so if it gets rough, it shouldn't be a problem.

What you doing up there, boy?

Stealing on a college campus is like cheating.

There's so many people coming and going.

Nobody knows if you're supposed to be here or not.

- See, they just let us right in. - Parker.

All right. Once Eliot takes out our guard, we'll be home free.

They said they'd be sending somebody to fix this up,

but you're looking way in the wrong place, kid.

Well, I was... look, I'm trying to get a bird's eye view of the, um...

You remind me of my son.

I lost him in the Gulf War.

You ever served?

Yes, sir, I did.

- This way. - Yeah. Let me grab my bag real quick.

Sophie, I can't take this guy out.

You can't take out one guy?

No. I'm not taking this guy out, okay?

He's a gold star. Life-size teddy bear lost a son in the Gulf War.

I can keep him occupied, but the cameras are a no-go.

All right. Eliot's dropped the ball.

Harry, keep Gray distracted.

You want me to distract a genius?

Okay.

Dr. Gray, I'd like you to meet Harry Wilson, BA '92.

- Uh-hmm. - I'm a big fan.

Uh, well, it's nice to meet a fellow enthusiast of new discovery.

Oh, wow. I have a question though,

- maybe you can answer it. - Okay.

Magnets.

What about them?

What are they really?

Oh, boy.

It's like Newton and Niels Bohr had a baby in here.

Hard drives.

Oh, you know what?

Speaking of discoveries,

I heard there was a little issue in your lecture the other day.

A grad student claimed that your latest paper

was stolen from her research?

Okay. That was an unfortunate incident with a very confused young woman.

Ah. Ah. Uh-huh.

Uh, but don't you think just to protect the university

that there should be a judicial committee hearing just so that all sides could...

Okay. I don't have time for a judicial committee hearing.

- Oh. - Yeah. Okay.

Listen, it's wonderful chatting with you, Mr. Wilson.

- Hey. - Yeah.

Okay. I don't wanna speak to him again.

Gray took off. I lost him.

Gray's on his way back to the physics building.

Oh.

Okay. I think I found the hard drive.

Great.

Ooh.

- Notebooks, got them. - Good.

Hold on.

Come on, come. Jackpot.

- It is fully intact. - Great.

- I am ready. - Okay.

No time. Need to hide.

Hide where? Under the textbooks?

Come on.

Parker?

What are you doing in here?

I said, what are you doing?

The trash can is over there.

You missed it for the last three weeks.

Oh, no, I'm not... I'm not the custodial staff,

although that is an honorable profession and should be respected by everyone.

Then, what are you doing in my office?

Snooping behind my desk.

I, uh...

I heard that you had an opening in your PhD program.

Where'd you hear that?

You know, science departments, they gossip.

I... I would really appreciate a spot.

Why my program?

Because you... you're... you're Dr. Gray.

You're the best physics researcher in the school, in the state.

I mean, you wear those really cool glasses on TV.

Okay. Well...

if you're worthy being in my lab.

You can prove smooth solutions from Navier-Stokes equations

in three dimensions.

Uh...

Just considering the fact that they're only proven in two dimensions,

if I could do that, I wouldn't need a PhD.

Besides, unless we're talking about magnetic hydrodynamics,

they aren't really applicable to energy research anyways.

Unless of course you're talking about the models of plasma

and a Tomahawk fusion reactor,

which is way out there on the cutting edge.

But that would make sense because that is where you are.

Uh, come see me at the lab on Monday.

Bring your transcripts. We'll talk some more.

Now, if you'll excuse me...

And grab the trash on your way out.

That is a thing of beauty.

That's proof that Gray stole from Emma.

Uh, problem.

It says Gray is gonna sell this to Klesco Corporation this afternoon.

- Klesco's big oil. - The theorem is published.

How do you sell a piece of public information?

It's not really a sale.

Gray and the university keep the patent

and Klesco'd just be leasing it for future research.

It's clean energy. They're gonna bury this and then cut Gray a fat check.

Hmm. We need to delay the meeting, so Harry can do is weird not crime thing.

Eliot, unless you run into your personal kryptonite.

- The man's name is Floyd. - You're on the professor.

We run our shifts in the night. The rest of us are on Klesco. Let's go.

Oh, my God, sorry.

Hey! Why is this door locked?

Well, watch your step.

I gotta be honest with you,

I think I installed the door knob backwards.

What does that mean?

It means that I should have turned it around

before I put it in the door.

I mean, what does that mean for me?

Oh, well, that means keyhole is on your side.

Are you some kind of total moron? How am I supposed to open the door?

Well, you got the key, right?

I don't have the key. You have the key.

Gray is locked in and I'm heading to the lab.

Breanna, any news on Klesco?

Expensive suit, cheap tie.

I got eyes on our oil exec.

Oh! Oh, my God. Are you okay?

Oh, man. You got to watch out for these frisbees.

Ultimate. It's like a battle zone out here.

I'm fine. It's fine.

I'm due for a meeting.

You're headed that way.

Oh, uh, yeah. Thanks.

All good. Have a good one.

He's all yours.

Sir, you can stop banging on the door. I know you're still in the room.

Yeah, I have somewhere important to be.

- Well... - You... I'm calling your boss

and having you so fired.

How does someone like you even qualify to hold a job?

Are we ready? You are gonna do great.

All we're doing is requesting a hearing from the dean.

And we got all the evidence on our side.

I can't go in there.

I can't you do it without me?

Well, yeah, I could. But...

Uh, I... I can stay with her.

Um... are you sure that's okay?

Look, if there's any lawyer that I trust, it's gonna be Harry.

Oh, you are the man from Klesco, yeah?

I'm so sorry, Dr. Gray stuck in something,

but he asked me to show you what I'm working on.

Um, I'm just here to finalize some paperwork.

Oh, it won't take long.

Anyway, the last subject fled, so you will be perfect.

Uh-huh.

Who you got in there?

Professor Gray.

You know, how many times that man has told me to take his trash out?

Hello?

It's gonna be a hell to pay when you open up.

Any visions, out-of-body experiences, recent blows to the head?

Yeah. Actually, I was... This girl with a frisbee. Just...

We are simply measuring reactions.

Now, you work in corporate energy.

Do you prefer to pollute the land or the sea?

I don't pollute. I just...

Mmm. Hmm.

What was that?

The sensors, they tell me when your morality is compromised.

You mean it's a lie detector?

No, no, no, no, no. It is much more than that.

It tells me when you are lying to yourself.

For example, by buying this theorem from Dr. Gray,

you seek to hide it from the world.

Klesco corporation simply wants to research the possibility.

Hello?

Still in here.

Who is this guy?

Jesus.

Well.

Whoa.

Can we just wait and let him stew in there overnight?

What's happening out there?

Yeah. I better let him out.

Thank you.

You have screwed in your last light bulb.

Do you know who I am?

Professor Daniel Gray. Physics Department.

I don't know. Just a shot in the dark.

That's right. And no one gets in my way at this school without paying the price.

Nobody.

There's coffee. Watch your step.

Boy, you do like living on edge don't you, New Blood?

It wouldn't be the first of us Gray tried to get fired.

Don't worry.

We got your back.

Okay. Who's we?

I... I don't wanna do this.

Lying to yourself is painful, isn't it?

- I hate my job. - Oh?

I hate who I am.

I don't even recycle.

- Oh, Jeff. There you are. - I can't.

I can't be a part of this blood money scheme anymore.

No, no.

Jeff? No. Jeff!

Unbelievable.

He keeps bringing his garbage from home.

He has a baby.

It smells. That ain't right.

No, no, no.

Let's not clear his office trash bins for seven days.

We're gonna let him sit with those diapers.

Yes, yes.

That's what I'm talking about.

This is we.

Security guards, janitors,

some groundskeepers,

low man on the totem pole.

- Easy targets for people like Dr. Gray. - That's right.

But we look out for each other, don't we?

- Yeah. - We do. We do.

Anybody else that wears a uniform around here.

Including you.

Hey, Poobah,

I got somebody here I want you to meet.

- New Blood. - New Blood.

Uh, expect you'll be getting in a call about his willful insubordination

any minute from our friend Dr. Gray.

Gray?

Well, you know, how seriously we take his demands.

Right.

All right.

This university has a strict policy against plagiarism

and given the fact that her... her... Her work was a keystroke match

for the theorem that Gray published.

She worked in this lab.

Now, how do I know your client didn't steal that from Dr. Gray?

All the corroborating evidence, her notes,

and you got Emma herself, who will tell you...

And where is she?

Yes. The school has a strict plagiarism policy,

but Dr. Gray has never crossed any lines.

There's not a piece of evidence that I can bring you

that would make any difference, right?

Because he brings in too much money for you.

You're not foolish, Harry. I always appreciate that about you.

- Well? - Well...

What happened?

Seems all the progress that's been made around here

hasn't made its way to Dean Deninger's door.

So there's nothing we can do to get the university to take down Gray?

Nope.

We have to get Gray to take himself down.

- Parker? - Need more crime?

We need all the crime.

That's what I like to hear.

Okay. Good. Breanna says that Emma was okay.

I still can't believe that the dean accused her of stealing from Gray.

I can. Do you know how easy it is to steal stuff from a college?

Sheesh. I got a library book.

- I got some lab stuff. - You can't...

Got a bunch of keys.

Damn it, Parker. Floyd's been looking all over for those.

Oh...

Look, if the university is protecting Dr. Gray,

then we have to get him to sever that relationship.

Well, we just took a whole big chunk of money off of him.

Yeah. Maybe we can lure him into quitting

by dangling a massive payday in front of him.

All right. Well, he's a thief.

Thieves and liars always think everybody else is a thief and a liar.

Harsh, but fair.

So then we make him believe that Emma stole the research

from someone else and then get him to think that he's underselling it.

Hmm. You mean, he wants a profit before the chickens come home to roost.

I already have a lab coat.

Let's go pre-steal groundbreaking technology before it was stolen,

so that we can steal it back.

Oh, boy.

That's why we let Sophie do those.

No. That makes sense.

Let's go pre-steal a groundbreaking because it was stolen once before

and we're trying to steal... No, that makes sense.

You know, when I tracked your phone,

I expected you to be holed up in like a lab or a library somewhere,

but here you are, under a giant tree.

As the story goes, this is where physics began,

under a tree.

I'm gonna miss it here,

getting my PhD, doing research.

It's all I've ever wanted.

Look, if you wanna take down Gray,

we can make that happen.

But we are gonna need a little help.

Well, your recommendations are impressive.

Yeah. Dr. Tennant and Dr. Whitaker, they're both really excellent mentors.

I just... I felt like I needed someone with a little stronger bona fides

to guide my dissertation.

What's your dissertation topic?

Oh, stochastic models of muon-catalyzed fusion.

Interesting. I just published a paper on that very topic.

That is why I sought you out.

It was honestly a toss-up between you and Dr. Williams,

but I just... I didn't find her research quite as developed as yours.

I'm sorry. Who?

Dr. Diana Williams?

No?

Oh, she's a visiting professor here.

I'm sorry. I, I assumed that you two had collaborated

your work is... so similar.

Oh, yeah, visiting. People come and go so quickly.

- I don't really get to know them, so. - Oh, no.

I... I think you had a grad student in her summer lab.

It's, um... ooh. Emma something?

Emma something.

Yeah. You know, I have a grant I need to write.

- So, okay. yeah. - Yeah.

- Let's circle back around. - Circle.

- Yeah. Good talk. - Great, great talk.

Most people glaze over how many of you get this at parties

when you start talking about muons and stochastic models.

It's difficult to understand.

But what we do understand

is that clean energy is the dream.

But so far, it's either too expensive

or you can't replicate the results.

But it's right there, across the chasm of ignorance

and math is how we build the bridge.

Somebody was pre-gaming in one of the stacks.

I don't know what you want in here.

People usually remove things from the supply closet.

- Yeah. - Not put them in.

Well, let's just say it's for Dr. Gray.

Oh, okay.

Excuse me?

Oh...

That's not yours.

I'm, uh, terribly sorry. I don't mean to pry.

- Um, I'm Dr. Daniel Gray. - I know exactly who you are, Dr. Gray.

A thief. Thieves, all of you.

What's that?

Okay. So, Sophie is a method actress

but there's no way to method your way into a mastery of theoretical physics.

So you are gonna have to talk her through some of the finer points.

You want me to talk to Dr. Gray for her?

It's just an earpiece and a screen.

They're just TV characters. They're not real people.

Okay, um...

Alright.

Twenty years I've been trying to get a traction because of peer review,

because my "so-called" peers can't comprehend my math.

Well, your work is radical.

I mean, the standard model implies that the energy required

to create the necessary particles is greater than the energy produced.

But...

- The standard model. - The standard model.

Doesn't provide the evidence.

Does not provide the evidence that...

But we can use a three-step - three-step...

- proton -proton...

- to pion, -pion...

- to muon accelerator. - To muon accelerator...

To create a stable source.

Can create a stable...

- Source. - Source.

My model explains

- our observations better. - My model

- explains our observations better. - Uh-huh.

But the establishment is convinced it's right.

The establishment is still convinced it's right.

And the establishment

Well...

it sometimes steals decades of groundbreaking work.

And all of your work is in there?

And more.

If you think that that first part you stole is worth millions,

then well, this second stage is worth...

billions.

Billions?

Well, listen, I swear I didn't steal anything, okay?

It was a parallel development.

But you know what that means?

It means that one of the most famous and respected scientists

in the entire world...

believes you, hears you, knows you're right,

and is willing to fight for you.

- Oh. - Yeah.

But the establishment...

I am the establishment.

- Oh. - Yeah.

I can get it to work for you.

Oh... Is it hot in here?

It's a little warm.

No. No, no, no.

I already have a buyer interested.

He's a very rich man.

Well, wouldn't he be more likely to buy with my name attached as your partner,

your genius, my respectability and genius.

- It's a lot of genius. - Oh, yes.

Let me just take a look-see.

- Oh, no. - Just real quick.

- Can I just... - Oh, Dr. Gray, stop it.

Sorry, sorry. Sorry. Okay. Well, um...

I should go.

Yes. I've got... I've got to be getting on.

Okay. Well...

Thank you for stopping by.

Yes. Well, think about it.

Now all we need is someone to be an eccentric tech billionaire.

How do you do that?

What is one weird thing all tech billionaires do?

Unlike other tech billionaires, Musk, Brants, and Nash,

Steven Finkel doesn't court publicity. No.

He believes profoundly that only in space can the planet's problems be solved.

And that belief is so central to Meteorlnc's mission

that he is leading by example.

Oh.

Hello, Mr. Finkel.

Sorry to disturb your seventh sunrise of the day.

This is Dr. Williams and Dr. Gray.

Hello.

Hey, the physicist. Yes, yes.

I was excited to read your work.

I didn't read your work. I'm very busy.

But my people read your work.

They said that your theorem is quite amusing.

Mmm. It's not amusing.

- How dare you. - I found it funny myself.

Yes. The way this math just falls into place.

Mmm-hmm. Yeah. See...

I'm building a freeway to space for future generations

but a metaphorical one, not a real one...

A real one could be possible though with some lightweight concrete.

- Reagan, make a note. - Making a note.

Invest in lightweight concrete development.

So this theorem of yours, how does it help me?

How does it help the world?

Right. So based on my research...

um, our research,

um, there are broader implications.

Uh, which are?

Oh. Oh, oh, oh. Oh.

Basically it relates to low energy nuclear reactors.

- LENR. You mean cold fusion? - Mmm.

Uh, Dr. Gray, you seem surprised.

No, sorry. A bug went down my throat I think.

Uh, Reagan, make a note.

Get Dr. Gray some water.

Of course.

I'm fine. Really.

Low energy nuclear reactions is quasi science.

No, it's just that we... the research hasn't had an organizing principle.

Well, the Gray theorem is that organizing principle.

Um, Okay. Low energy nuclear reactions can power everything,

from your watch to your city.

Yes. And...!

Also stop climate change and the burning of fossil fuels.

Yeah, to a rocket.

Okay. You wanna build a freeway to space, this is how.

It seems I like it. I love it. I want it.

- Yes. - Yes. You won't regret this.

Just one problem. Dr. Gray, you publish with the university,

which means that they own half the patent.

Which means they own half the discovery, I don't like to share.

Dr. Williams though, you,

you're not affiliated with any institution,

so we would love to present you with a two-comma deal, great bennies...

I can resign.

- Resign? - Resign?

Yeah. I'll put in my notice at school, tell them it's for personal reasons.

Anything I develop after that, they won't have a piece of.

Uh, I mean, is it... it's risky.

Guess I could call a special session of the board to present your work

and we can make a deal after you resign of course.

Oh, Daniel,

you'd give up your position...

for science.

Yes.

For science.

Oh.

Yes, for science.

Oh, sorry.

Ooh, you look like the cat post-canary.

Just waiting for the call to confirm that Dr. Gray has resigned

and then we slam him with the plagiarism and go public.

Breanna has a big social media campaign plan.

And these bots want blood.

Meow. Rrr.

Hello.

Dr. Williams. Great news.

Hmm, let me guess.

You're free of your university responsibilities?

Oh, even better.

You know, the offer from Finkel

convinced me that I've got a real treasure on my hands.

Darren Nash. Welcome back, sir.

It is good to be back, sir.

Indeed it is.

Let's take a look at the facilities.

I found another buyer.

I found another buyer. Darren Nash.

Finally had reason to return my phone call.

It's millions for the school's endowment,

more money than I could spend in three lifetimes.

And a next-gen physics facility named after me.

Well, I'm itching to meet him.

Oh. No, you misunderstand.

I don't need you.

You will when you try to explain

the mathematics behind the concepts that I'm trying to sell you.

Nash will think you're a complete idiot if I'm not there.

No, Dr. Williams, you don't get it.

You're a nobody.

Nobodies don't make discoveries like this.

I'm a scientific genius.

And in another hour, anyone in this field who doesn't already know that

won't have any reason left to doubt it.

Nash doesn't need me to explain the math.

Okay. Tech billionaires buy concepts...

from people like me,

not people like you.

Rude.

I thought we had a connection.

- So how are we gonna stop this deal? - You heard him.

If Gray doesn't try and explain the math, then there's an opening for Emma.

We need Emma in the same room as Darren Nash.

While he's being glad-handed by the Dean and Gray?

Billionaires have security,

the expensive-not-messing-around security.

Sounds like we're gonna break into something for once.

You know, Hardison got me a new grappling hook for Christmas.

It's time for this bad boy to come out and play.

Um, is Emma even gonna be able to talk to Nash?

Mmm-hmm. One impossibility at a time, please.

Emma, we've got to go now quick.

What is it?

Gray's about to sell your work to Darren Nash

and we need you there to prove that he stole it.

What? No, I, I can't.

You're the only one that can explain this research.

I've seen you do it before.

You have no idea how impressive you are.

No, but I can't.

I'll freeze up again in front of Gray and the Dean and Darren Nash?

Okay. Emma, you can.

You can. Okay? It's now or never.

Okay.

If we build near the student union,

it would brand the physics department the academic core of the university.

Yes. Yes, indeed.

Business manager calling from Fiji or attorney calling from Aspen?

Oh.

Yo, dawg. How are the slopes?

Oh, this was Fiji.

Yo, dawg, how are the...

we lost Aspen. Nadia, take over phones.

I'm trying to keep you from making a huge mistake.

There's been no mistake.

You are meddling with our university's future here.

I've been in this business a long time, Harry.

This is how progress is made.

Trust me, you're standing in the way of progress this time.

How am I standing in the way of progress?

What's going on?

The bean-counters.

Science and money do not mix, am I right, doctor?

So tell me, how did you come up with the idea

for a deep dive into muon extreme generation?

Um, yeah, you know, the usual ways that you do.

The best ideas come from "anywhere".

Isn't that what you always say?

Uh, no, from anyone.

- That's the approach I take. - Yes.

We don't know who is going to upset the established order of today

with the revolution of tomorrow.

They're all working together, the three of them.

Dr. Williams, the lawyer,

and that janitor.

They're trying to steal the research from my paper.

This is corporate espionage is what it is.

They're working for Klesco.

You know what?

Let's bring this up to my office.

I... yeah, I just think we're gonna have a fewer distractions up there.

- What do you say? Okay. Yeah. - All right.

- After you, sir. - Thank you.

Gray's on his way back to his office.

They're finalizing the deal.

We need a distraction.

Eliot, how long will it take you to get us through those guards?

I got an idea.

Parker, you and your grappling hook are about to be very happy.

You guys head over. Butterfly, this is Caterpillar. Come in.

Come on.

This first page here, I'm...

This is... I'm so sorry. Give me one sec.

- You. - Hey.

How'd you get in here?

What, you didn't get the memo?

This has been on your calendar for three weeks.

Oh.

This thing has a mind of its own.

Coming in hot.

No.

- I know what you're up to. - What?

Yeah. You will not get away with this!

You will not get away with this.

Excuse me!

Darren, Dean, we have to go.

We'll find another room.

Yeah. It'll be great. Yeah. Come on. Yeah, just come with me.

It's gonna be awesome.

It's kind of fun. Come on.

Yeah. We're just gonna find another room.

We're good. Private.

They're painting in here today and the fumes are out of control.

Um, okay. Uh, Thank you.

Let's head on down here.

I'm on a pretty tight schedule.

We'll find a place.

It's a big building so, you know, lots of...

here we go.

That's still locked.

You think I'd get a master key but I... They just... this one?

Look, nasty sulfur accident, doctor.

It's all over the place.

Give us an hour or two.

Um... hour or two.

Okay. Yeah. You know what, guys, let's head on down this way.

Maybe we should reschedule this, Gray.

No, no, everything's fine.

It's right down here.

They're locking down the entire hall for waxing.

For waxing?

Waxing.

No, no, no.

I don't know why there's just no...

Excuse me, can I just get in here?

Really?

- I may have to rethink this deal. - Okay. All right.

One of these has gotta be open.

- Okay. - Dr. Gray.

- Dr. Gray. Okay. So I was wondering... - No.

- If now would be a good time for you... - This isn't going to work.

To read the first chapter of my dissertation.

We'll get the elevator.

- Oh, well, okay. Wait. Guys. - I'm not gonna lie to you.

It's a little long, it's a little long.

- I just do not know what to cut. - All right. Okay. Well...

Thank you, Nadia.

Okay. You'd have to... Maybe next week or...

I just need... Emma Camore.

Emma Camore, someone stop that woman.

No, don't let her talk to Nash.

Security. Someone.

No, no, no, no, no, no.

Help! Security. No, no, no, wait.

You know, I'm almost glad you came back, Emma.

This time I get to escort you out of the building myself.

Too presumptuous by half, Emma.

Trying to take what's mine.

You're the thief, Gray.

- And a pretty bad scientist too. - Hey.

Safety first.

Oh. Hey.

What do we do now? We missed our chance.

No, no, just the Plan A and B.

But we still have Plan C.

Come on. I have control of the elevator.

So...

billionaire with a B.

What's that like?

Parker.

This feels more like Plan G, for grappling hook.

- Uh, what are we doing? - Oh, just step inside

and focus on your breathing and tell them everything you know.

You can do this, Emma.

Okay. This is gonna sound a little bit weird, right?

But this is how my people taught me to show affection.

- Oh, oh. Ooh! - You'll be fine.

Breanna!

Oh, I'm so sorry. This...

Ow, ow.

- You heard that? - I did.

Oh, hold on.

I'm stuck. Oh, one second.

What is the meaning of this?

I'm Emma Camore,

the author of the theorem Dr. Gray stole.

And I can prove it.

I need a marker.

Oh.

Okay.

Getting my PhD doing research,

it's all I've ever wanted.

Start with your average hydrogen electron cloud.

Emma, you can. You can.

- Uh... - No, no, no.

Go on, please.

Okay. It's now or never.

Okay. So... okay. So you start with...

- You. - Just waiting on the elevator.

Oh, and here it is, right on time.

So you reached your conclusion via these derivations.

- It's brilliant. - Darren, Darren.

What are you... okay. She's a liar.

A poor misguided student who thinks she's smarter than she is.

I just didn't think anyone would believe me...

or want to.

People like you only listen to people like him.

This girl is even smarter than she thinks she is.

And you know what I remember from your class, Dr. Gray?

That when you didn't know the answer to a question, you'd lie.

I'm sorry, Dean, but you just can't get this deal done

backing the wrong horse.

And I don't think that Darren Nash, famed tech genius,

is gonna wanna invest a hundred million dollars in a school

that allows a professor to steal from a student.

Neither do I.

Well, Mr. Nash...

Darren,

of course we abhor the idea that poor Emma was stolen from.

We will be taking immediate action to address this.

- Um, first of all, I have tenure. - Oh, gosh.

If only we had some kind of irrefutable evidence about the theft

that would cancel that tenure and maybe even cost you your job,

and your reputation and even bring formal charges against you.

Oh ho, ho, ho, look at that.

Ooh. Look at that.

Ooh! I bet that's Emma's original hard drive

and her notes dating back years on the project,

all in the hands of a very competent lawyer.

You know, I think you might need a bigger elevator.

You have some work to do.

Thank you so much.

- Darren. - Uh...

Thank you.

Emma, lovely work.

Please tell me more about the original...

- Harry. - Mmm.

Perhaps we should talk about that hearing you requested now.

- Mmm. - Dean. Dean. Okay. Dean?

You know how it is, you know, the pressure. "Publish or perish."

- You can't do this... - Daniel,

I'd start clearing my office.

Campus security...

Oh, campus security is already here, Dean.

I'm sure they'd be more than happy to help you with whatever you need.

Excuse me.

Dean, it...

So is now a good time for you to read through my dissertation?

No? Okay.

You had my back there, didn't you, Floyd?

Well, you mess with one of us,

you mess with all of us.

I have something for you.

You don't really work here, do you?

Let's just say I'm off to another job.

Thank you...

No. You take that with you,

New Blood.

You ain't done fixing things.

All right. Let's go get a beer.

- Hey. No, I'm still on the clock. - Still on the...

No, I admit it, I was as little worried

but I think Emma really pulled off her elevator pitch. Ooh.

Yeah, she just needed a little shove.

Okay. That's a good one.

You...

You fit in here better than I thought you would.

I know.

I mean, higher education obviously has some major issues

but I kind of liked it here,

around people like Emma, who just wanna learn.

You do know that your path isn't everyone's path

and that the path that you're currently on

doesn't have to be forever, right?

Every member of this crew has changed their life at some point.

The world is vast.

You do have choices.

I don't know.

Maybe taking a class or two wouldn't be the worst thing.

Just please do not tell Harry

because I do not wanna learn about ultimate frisbee.

Oh, no, please. Don't put that in my head.

I don't wanna picture him in those distressing little shorts.

And that headband? Ohh.

Actually, I kind of do wanna see him in a headband.