Chasing Hope (2023) Movie Script
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- A journey of 1,000 steps
begins with a single hack.
You have to breathe like the falcon.
Ah. Hello, firewall.
Transferring information now.
Come on.
- We're in.
We're in.
Dude! Really?
Hey, girl. Hello?
- Hello?
- Hey, it's Steph.
- Steph?
- Stephanie Cooper.
I mean, I know we haven't
talked for months,
but I am still one of your best friends.
- Oh, hey, Stephanie.
How can I help you?
- How can you help me?
You called me, remember?
- Um, nope. You called me.
- Oh, I did?
I don't remember now. Huh.
- Wait a minute.
Actually, you know what?
I'm jogging and some loser bumped into me.
He must have bumped my
phone and called you.
- Oh, makes sense.
Anyway, how's it going?
It's been a while.
- I know, I know.
It's just, I've been really busy at work.
But, hey, can I call you back later?
- Sure.
It'd be fun to catch up.
You know what?
Maybe we can even get together sometime.
It's really not that
far if we meet halfway.
- Yeah, yeah. Maybe.
Hey, I'm just gonna
finish my run before work,
but I'll call you back later, okay?
- All right.
Nice talking.
- Yeah, you too.
Dr. Jakes.
- Good morning.
- Oh, Dr. Jakes,
we discovered an issue with
the equipment inventory
I was hoping you could shed some light on.
- Equipment inventory?
- Yeah.
It's a new requirement from the
external auditors this year.
All equipment purchases
greater than $10,000
need to be located and tagged.
- I can't talk with you
about this right now.
I have prior commitments.
- Dr. Jakes, it's important.
I have to present these findings
to the auditor in a few days.
- Hope, I said I'm busy.
- It's so strange.
So all these items have
been fully accounted for
except for these few pieces
of missing equipment.
- They had to have been
properly ordered and received
for them to show up on this list.
- Right.
- Have you asked Dr. Jakes?
- Mm-mm, no. Not yet.
Why don't we just check the lab records
and see what we can find out?
- Sounds good.
- Okay, I think that's everything.
Oh, and don't forget, your
cost cutting reductions
are due by the end of the week.
And if you have any
personnel decisions or cuts
or anything like that,
be sure and run them by HR
so Pam won't have any surprises.
Okay, I've got a conference call
with corporate in five minutes.
Everybody have a great day.
See you soon.
- I've not yet heard from you
regarding any personnel cuts.
- Well that's because I
don't plan to make any.
Without my research and development area
there is no new products division.
- That's not gonna fly very well
with Copeland or with Corporate.
- Well, that's of no concern to me.
- Okay, here's the authorizing documents.
The purchase requisitions,
purchase orders, and invoices.
It looks like it's all computer equipment
designed for laboratory correlations.
Very high-end techy stuff.
- Hmm, Langdon Laboratories.
I don't remember hearing that name before.
- Neither have I, but it looks like
all the items in question
were purchased from them.
- Yeah, I see that.
- So, what's our next step?
- Hey, I came by hoping you had some time.
- I'll call you right back.
- So we really need to talk today.
- Hope, I really am busy.
- Okay, well, I actually
just had some questions
about a company called
Langdon Laboratories.
It seems that we're missing
some items purchased from them.
- Well I don't know anything about that.
- Okay, well, it's just
gonna take a second.
- Hope, I really am busy.
Excuse me.
I have an outside appointment.
I'll be back in an hour or two.
- Okay, so we'll talk when you get back?
- That's fine.
- Wow, he's in a mood.
- Yeah.
- Okay.
- I've been giving it some thought
and I think I do have
some cost-cutting ideas.
Mm-hmm.
Yes, yes, I will.
Okay, I have to go, but I
will stop by your office
later this afternoon.
Okay.
Hello.
- Yes, this is Dr. Levitt.
I've got your test results.
- And?
- I need you to come into the office.
We need to talk.
- I don't have time for that right now.
Just tell me.
What's going on?
- David, we need to meet in
person as soon as possible.
- Okay then, tomorrow morning.
- Oh, hey.
I'm so glad you stopped by.
I have something I want to show you here.
- Not now.
I'm here for a different purpose.
You can put those away.
- What's going on here?
- This is never easy, but
you're being terminated,
effective immediately.
- What?
You can't do that.
- Yes, Hope, I can.
All the department heads have
been tasked with downsizing
to compensate for the cost
overruns of their departments.
And I've chosen to
eliminate your position.
- Well, that doesn't make any sense.
I'm your financial manager.
What's the basis of your decision?
- Well at this point, it doesn't matter.
- Well, it matters to me.
- Okay, look, I'm gonna have
the financial manager in marketing
oversee my research and development
department from here on.
- This doesn't have anything
to do with me, does it?
- You'll receive a fair severance package,
including six months'
salary and full benefits.
- Dr. Jakes.
- Sorry, Hope, but he had to make cuts.
He didn't want to.
It was orders from the top.
- No, there were irregularities
in Jakes' department.
Does this have anything to do with
why I'm being terminated?
- Absolutely not.
You heard him.
He's able to get another financial person
to cover your area.
- This isn't right.
I need to get-
- Security is outside waiting
to escort you to your exit interview,
at which time you'll be asked
to surrender your badge and key.
I'll see you in my office.
- I can help you carry your
things out if you like.
- That's okay, I'm all right.
- Most of your vitals are fairly good,
but your blood work indicates
you're starting into serious decline.
The chemo and radiation you've received
have slowed the disease,
but I'm afraid things
won't stay that way for long.
- How long?
You know I can't give you
an accurate timeline.
I would say a few months,
possibly only weeks.
I'm sorry.
- What symptoms should I expect?
- Continued weakness,
fatigue, coughing, fever.
You'll know the disease is accelerating
when random bleeding occurs.
- And there's nothing else we can do?
- David, your mutant variation
of acute lymphoblastic
leukemia is extremely rare,
and in most adult cases proves fatal.
- Have you heard of chimeric antigen
receptor T-cell therapy?
- Of course, but that's
not an option in your case.
The T-cells are taken from
the patient's own blood.
You know that.
And your blood is contaminated.
- What about biological experimentation?
My own research indicates
that if we can find a survivor
who had the disease as a child
and is still in complete remission,
those blood cells could be used.
- The chances of you finding
that kind of match are
nearly non-existent.
You'd have to search virtually
every cancer database,
all of which are highly restricted
and require special authorization.
- Well, I'm highly motivated.
- God, please help me
find a way through this.
Falcon here.
How can I do ya?
I have another
assignment for you.
Lay it on me.
The previous searches you ran,
I need to find any childhood
survivor of the same disease.
Gotcha. What else?
- They need to have been in
remission for at least 20 years.
- Well that's pretty specific.
I'm gonna have to run database queries
on hundreds, if not thousands,
of hospital locations.
- Just do it.
My friend needs this medical help.
I'll pay your usual rate.
- You came to the right place, my friend.
I got the results back
from the previous request.
I'm sending that to you right now.
Come on, I need an answer.
- From what you're telling me,
you don't really have much of a case.
- My boss targeted me
for some reason, okay?
I told him about the missing equipment,
and boom, the next day I'm terminated.
You don't find that suspicious at all?
- It depends.
Has there been downsizing
in any other departments at Darthon?
- Well yeah, some.
- Well then they are well within
their rights to let you go,
especially considering
that they're not planning
to refill your position.
You're gonna have to prove
that you were wrongfully
discriminated against.
- I do have documents back in my office
that prove the missing equipment
was received and paid for.
- It's no longer your office, Hope.
You've been let go.
- Right.
So what then?
- Let me see if I can talk
to some of the other partners in the firm
and come up with something.
But I can't promise anything.
- Okay. Thanks, Aunt Elizabeth.
I have never seen this
picture of you and Mom before.
Well that was
quite a bit before your time.
- Yeah.
I miss her more and more every day.
She left us too soon.
- Oh, that reminds me.
I came across this while spring cleaning.
It was a gift, a very special gift.
It seems a young man was highly interested
in a beautiful young lady.
And after putting him
off for quite some time,
she finally realized
that she loved him too.
This was a gift from your
father to your mother
on their first Valentine's Day.
- Thanks. This is very special.
- I'm remembering now that
she left it in my apartment
shortly before the accident.
She'd want you to have it, Hope.
- Hello.
- Hey, it's Danielle.
I'm so upset.
I don't understand what just happened.
It wasn't right.
- Hey, no, thank you.
That really means a lot.
- Is there anything I can do for you?
- Well, if you're willing,
I could use a little help
tracking down that missing equipment.
- Of course.
- Maybe you can check in receiving first
and find out exactly who signed for that.
I mean, that might shed a little
light on why I was let go.
- Sure.
I'll call back when I have something.
- Great. Thanks.
- Michael and Allison.
- Hi.
- Hey, Bob.
- Hey, nice seeing ya.
- Hey, I wanted to drop a gift off
since I missed your retirement party.
- Ah, come on, you didn't have to do that.
- Well, I remembered how
much you liked golf, so...
- Wow.
Yeah, hey, anything to help my golf game.
I really appreciate that.
- You got it.
So, Chief of Police to retirement, huh?
Any plans?
- Nope, I'm just taking it easy.
Like they say, one day at a time.
- Yeah, well, good for you.
- Yeah.
- All right.
Well I promised Allison some ice cream.
Isn't that right?
- Yay!
- Hey, lucky girl.
You have fun.
- Thank you.
- Good seeing you.
- Take care.
- Take care.
- Always good to see you, Bob.
Same.
- All right, let's go get some ice cream.
Come on.
- Hey, Stephanie.
No, I was actually thinking
about our conversation the other day.
I got some unexpected time off
and so I thought I would
just come home for a visit.
Tonight, if that's okay.
Okay, I'll see you then.
This is 87.9 FM.
Forgiving is
always right and seldom easy.
Holding on to bitterness is
really like drinking poison and
waiting for the other person to die.
But when you can offer forgiveness,
that's where true healing can begin.
We're talking about all that and more on-
- Okay, really?
Easy for you to say.
Continue on
I-96 for seven more miles.
- Hey.
- Hey.
Just thought I'd check in and let
you know I'm getting close.
- I can't wait to see you again.
- So, tell me, what's
changed since I left?
- Changed?
Girl, you haven't been home in forever.
Don't worry though, I'll
catch you up on things.
- Oh, I know you will.
I can't wait.
- So see you soon?
- Yeah.
It says I should be there
in about 15 minutes.
Okay, I'll see you then.
Hello?
- What'd you find? Anything?
- Yeah, man, and I'll tell you,
it wasn't easy, even for Falcon.
It took most of the night.
Dylan, time to eat.
What was that?
- Nothing, man. Just tune it out.
- So what'd you find?
- I checked the databases for
cancer centers nationwide.
So far I've only found
three people who qualify.
- I only need one.
- First one's a flake.
What do you mean?
- Well, he's in remission,
but now he's somehow
contracted a different disease.
So I'm guessing you don't
want to hear about him?
- No, I need someone who is fully healthy.
- Second one's in San Diego.
He's in complete remission.
No other diseases.
- Good, good, good, good.
Tell me about him.
- He was in a car accident 11 days ago.
A couple broken ribs and
there's something wrong
with his leg, but otherwise he's golden.
- What part of fully healthy
did you not understand?
Do you not have any good news?
- Easy, man, I was getting there, okay?
- You said there were three.
What about the third one?
- Yeah, her name's Phyllis Kerney.
No other info on file.
- How can we find her?
- Well, that's the thing, man.
12 years ago she just disappeared.
- Disappeared?
What do you mean disappeared?
- Yeah, you heard me, gone.
No death certificate. Nothing.
She just vanished.
Then find her.
- I'm gonna need some more bread.
- What? Money?
I don't care.
- Your friend doesn't know how lucky he is
to have you helping him out like this.
- Look, it's more than a friend.
It's my brother.
- Oh, deep, man.
Anything I can do to help?
- Just tell me where I can find Phyllis.
- Okay.
- So I see your parents redid their decor.
Looks really nice.
- Yeah, finally, after all these years.
Makes house sitting
more enjoyable, I guess.
- Yeah, I bet.
So where did they go anyways?
- On a two-week cruise.
- Two weeks.
- Fancy, right?
- Oh wow.
Yeah, nice.
- I see what you're doing.
Stalling so you don't have to tell me
what's really going on.
- What, can't I just make
a little impromptu trip
to see my best friend?
- Duh, of course.
It's just not like you to be spontaneous.
- Look, I am so tired.
I had a really long drive.
How about we just chill and have some fun?
- Of course.
- Okay.
Besides, you haven't told me
what life's like in small town USA now.
- Different since you
left for the big city
and climbed so far up
the corporate ladder.
I am so proud of you.
- Hey, Danielle.
- Hey.
So, I was able to get
the receiving tickets.
- Oh, great.
Can you scan those and send them to me?
- Sure.
Also, I noticed something
really interesting.
What's that?
- All the equipment was
signed for as received
by none other than Dr. David Jakes.
- Uh...unbelievable.
Yeah, okay, I have to go.
I'll call you back.
- Okay, you had a full night's sleep.
So what's going on?
- You know, you'd be like a
really awesome interrogator.
- Thank you.
- Okay well, no, honestly nothing.
I'm just taking a little
impromptu vacation.
- Hm.
- Hm.
- Okay.
How long are you here for?
- I don't know, maybe a week.
- You know what?
- I'm gonna go call my boss
and see if I can take some time off
so we can do something fun.
- Okay, sounds good to me.
- Just a reminder, you have
a meeting with Mr. Copeland
in 15 minutes and he wants you
to be in the conference room.
- Have you found her yet?
So it seems that
the same guy who fired me
is the same guy who signed
for the missing inventory.
- Why would that matter?
- Because VPs don't sign
for received inventory.
No, most likely some lab
technician would do that.
Something is fishy.
- I understand, but that still
does not imply discrimination.
- Okay, well, I'm
gathering more information
about the company they purchased
from, Langdon Laboratories.
- Good. Keep me posted.
Yep, will do.
- It appears we're behind
on the testing phase
of our type two developmental drugs.
- Both Centilillium and
Cialate are on track.
- 90% of our future revenue depends
on the successful introduction
of these two products.
- Like I said, things are on track.
- Not according to this. They're not.
- We might have been somewhat delayed,
but we can easily make
that up in the next phase.
- This is important.
I need you to be front and center on this.
- I have been somewhat distracted
lately, I'll admit that.
But listen to me.
We are still within our timeline.
- David, this is too important to fail.
Our entire future depends
on these two products.
Now I'm gonna give you a few
weeks to get it together.
- Are we done here?
Because I'd like to get back to work.
- What you looking for?
- My phone's missing.
Do you see it anywhere?
- No, but let me just call it real quick.
- Oh, good idea.
- Okay, well, it's in the car somewhere.
- No, that's the car Bluetooth ringing.
- Right, which means it's in
the car or somewhere nearby.
- Oh.
- Yeah.
- Ooh!
- Okay.
Ah, here you go.
Found it.
- This is your phone.
- Nope, this is your phone.
- Look, it has your name on
it, so obviously it's yours.
- Are you serious?
I'm calling you, so my name
pops up on the display.
Yeah.
- Well, that's embarrassing.
- Don't worry, nobody needs
to know that just happened.
- You're the best.
- Yeah. What are you eating?
- Candy.
- Ew, this expired a year ago.
- They're good?
- No, let's go, let's go.
Girls trip.
- Woo!
- The Falcon has been victorious.
I found her.
- Where is she?
- Hey, be nice.
This is big.
- Hey, listen, I just got
chewed out by my boss.
I don't need this from you.
Just tell me.
- Okay, here's the thing.
Do you remember how I said
that she disappeared 12 years ago?
Yeah. So what?
- That's because she changed her name.
- To what?
- Hold on, let me send you her info now.
- Are you telling me this
is our leukemia survivor?
- That's her, Phyllis Hope Kerney,
now known as Hope P. Howard.
- Unbelievable.
Why? Do you
know her or something?
What?
- I need to talk with you.
No, don't bother me.
The company car is outside my house.
It's unlocked.
The key's under the mat.
Send someone to get it.
- Wait, I really need to talk with you.
- No, leave me alone.
- Hope.
Where do you want to sit?
- Down by the lake looks nice.
- Yeah.
- Hope?
Hey.
I didn't expect to see you around here.
- Hey, Michael.
- We should go.
- Wow, it's been a while.
- Just.
- Will you stop?
Yeah, it's definitely been a while.
- Oh, sorry.
This is my daughter, Allison.
- Hi, Allison.
Nice to meet you.
- I'm almost five.
- You're five?
Wow, big girl.
Listen, Michael, I was really
sorry to hear about your wife.
- Thanks for saying that.
It means a lot.
It's been a rough couple of years for us.
We actually moved back
shortly after she passed.
- I can't even begin to imagine
how hard that must have been.
- Yeah.
Yeah, I was actually able to
transfer in as a detective,
but eventually left to
become a history teacher.
- Wait, what?
Here in town?
- Good old Lincoln High.
- Wow. I mean, I guess that makes sense.
You always did have a thing for history.
- Yeah, it gave me more predictable hours
than being a detective.
- So, do you ever miss the force?
- Eh, yes and no, you know.
But Allison here is more important
than the excitement of
chasing down the bad guys.
Look, I'm sorry for the
way things ended back-
- Michael, I've moved on.
- Yeah.
Well, hey, maybe we could
grab coffee some time
and chat, catch up.
- I don't think that
would be a very good idea.
- Let's get out of here.
Wow, it is getting late.
You know, this picnic
is not gonna eat itself.
- Wow, okay.
You know what?
Actually, we probably should get going.
It's getting kind of late, so.
- Oh, yeah, no worries.
- Okay. All right then.
- It's this way, remember?
- Right.
It's this way.
- All right, you ready?
Let's go.
Tickle, tickle, tickle.
- That was awkward.
- Oh, you felt awkward?
- Yeah.
- Okay, you weren't even
there half the time.
And where'd you run off to anyways?
- I was there in spirit.
- You were there...
Okay, that literally means nothing to me.
I really could have used your
help back there, you know,
like point man, wingman.
- Wingwoman.
- Wingwoman.
Okay, yeah, sure.
Wingwoman.
Just be there next time.
- You going to answer your phone?
- Where did you even get a popsicle?
- Hope, I have something important
that I need to talk to you about.
- Really?
- Who is it?
- Well that sounds
familiar because I tried
setting up a meeting
with you three days ago.
- Who is it?
Please, it'll
only take a minute.
I promise.
This won't take very long.
- Right, call me again, and
I'm calling the police.
Hope.
- So who was that?
- I don't know. Spam caller.
- You tried setting up a
meeting with a spammer?
What kind of job do you have?
- The kind of job where
you don't abandon a friend
in an awkward conversation
just because you're feeling uncomfortable.
Okay, okay.
- Yeah, man.
Hope's not at
the address you gave me.
Her company car is.
- Ring her up, dude.
- I tried.
She's not taking my calls.
Does she have any family
members that you're aware of?
- Uh, just her daddio.
No one else.
- All right, let's track him down.
- Okay.
Hope.
So I just discovered that Langdon
is 100% owned by none other
than Dr. David. Jakes.
- Interesting.
So that means that the missing equipment
originated from the company
owned by the same person
authorizing the transaction.
Exactly.
- Send over those documents.
- Okay, will do.
- What are you doing?
- Oh, just a project from the office.
But I'm done now, so what's up?
- So what do you to to do tomorrow?
- Actually, I thought about going to visit
my mom's grave site.
It's been a while.
- That was really sweet of you
to take your mother's
maiden name in her memory.
- I mean, it was more than that, you know?
By that time, I just, I didn't
want to be a Kerney anymore.
- Don't you think it's time
you go talk things through with your dad?
- You know, honestly, I don't think
I'm really ready for that yet, okay?
I just want to relax this week.
Hi, Mom.
It's been a while.
I brought you some flowers.
Your favorite.
- Hello, Hope.
- Hi, Dad.
- How long have you been back?
I didn't know.
- I just got into town.
I'm staying with Stephanie for a while.
I was going to stop by just to say hi.
- It's been a long time
since you've been home.
- There's not really much
of a reason with Mom gone.
- Look, Hope, I'd really
like to have a talk with you.
There's some things I need to explain.
Won't you ever forgive me?
- I don't know, Dad.
Should I forgive you?
- Hello, honey.
I've really made a mess of
things since you left us.
- What do you have?
- Okay, I'm gonna give you a freebie.
I tracked her location.
- How'd you do that?
- I was able to hack
into her cell phone GPS.
Looks like she's back in her hometown.
- Can you transfer the tracking
capability to my phone?
- Can Mjolnir be wielded only
by the one who is worthy?
- I have no idea what
you're talking about.
- Of course you don't.
And obviously the answer is yes.
- Just send it to me.
This isn't working.
We need a different way to track her down.
- So what is it that you
wanted to talk to me about?
- I know I was too hard on
you after your mother died.
- Hard on me?
You were terrible.
You were strict before,
but afterward I felt like a prisoner.
I mean, I couldn't wait
to leave for college.
- Well, after your mom passed,
I was just out of my mind with grief.
I was worried sick I'd lose my only girl.
That's the only reason why I lied to you.
- Lied to me?
Lied about what?
I...
Michael didn't want to break up with you.
- What? What are you saying?
- I told him that if he
just slowed things down
that I'd help him make
detective on the force.
I mean, as police chief, I
knew that I had the ability
to make that happen faster.
- How could you?
- It was only supposed to
be for a short time, Hope.
It was his decision to join the military.
- Yeah, where he met and
eventually married another woman.
- I am so, so sorry.
- Yeah.
Sorry doesn't change anything, does it?
- Oh my, I didn't realize you had company.
- It's okay. I was just leaving.
- Hope.
- No.
- Bob, I'm sorry.
I didn't know your daughter was here.
- It's okay.
It's a surprise visit.
- Hey.
- Hey.
- Oh, can you add your number to my phone?
- Add my number?
What, you got a new phone?
- It's a work thing.
- You have a weird job.
- Thanks.
- I didn't save my page, hm.
- Yeah, I was just about to call you.
Yeah, I'm not, I'm not gonna
be able to meet you this afternoon.
No, I have to help my
neighbor with something.
Mm-hmm. Oh, absolutely.
Yes, we will.
I'll call you right after we're finished.
Okay.
- I'm sorry.
Hey, someone was just following me.
Following
you? What do you mean?
I don't know, in an SUV.
But I guarantee it's related
to Jakes and Darthon.
He's been calling me and now this.
- Okay, this is getting serious.
Jakes is a powerful man.
You clearly are onto
something and he knows it.
You need to be careful.
- Careful is my middle name.
- I'm afraid I know you better than that.
Are you forgetting all those
summers we spent together
at the lake house when you were a kid?
Something about a leaky fishing boat.
- Okay, okay, okay.
I get the point.
You don't have to go into details.
I have to go.
- Okay, remember, watch out for yourself.
- Steph?
This is ridiculous.
Who are you?
What do you want?
Let go!
- Who was that?
And what are you doing with a frying pan?
- Once again, I really could
have used your help here.
- Well, honestly, it's
kind of hard to help
when you don't tell me
what's actually happening in your life.
- Now is not the time for that.
Who's going to go close the door?
- Right behind you.
- Right behind me?
That means I'm going to go first.
- Point man, wingwoman.
- Steph?
- Yeah.
- Are you scared?
- Living the dream.
- Living the dream?
- Okay, I'm calling the police.
- No, wait, just wait.
- What do you mean, wait?
Some lunatic was attacking us
and we have no idea if he's coming back.
I'm calling.
- Wait, I think they're from Darthon.
They've been following me.
- Following you?
Why would some goon from
work be following you?
- I don't know.
- You going to tell me what's
actually going on here?
- Okay, I was fired last week, okay?
And ever since then, my former boss
has been harassing me nonstop.
- That was your boss?
- No, probably not.
It was just somebody he sent.
- I'm calling the police.
I thought you were on vacation.
- I am, just a permanent vacation.
- Oh, God, I have caused so much pain
with my lies and actions.
My only daughter doesn't
want anything to do with me.
Help me to show your love to Hope
in the same way you've always loved me.
Please bring healing to my family.
- Hi, Michael.
I'll get Hope.
It's for you.
Wingwoman?
No wingwoman.
- Wingwoman?
- It's just...
You know what, never mind.
How can I help you, Michael?
- I heard you had a break-in last night.
- How did you find that out?
Oh, Steph told you.
- No.
No, I still have friends on the force.
Actually, one called me earlier today
when he saw the police report, so.
- Okay.
- So you going to invite me in?
- No, we're actually really busy tonight,
so I appreciate you...
- Falcon.
You failed.
- What are you talking about?
- Your partner, Brutus was
supposed to bring Hope to me,
and now the clock is ticking.
- Well, Brutus is the one who wiped out.
He's the one who broke
into her house, not me.
- Look, I paid you a lot of
money to make this happen.
So that makes you responsible.
- I don't know what to tell you, man.
- Then let me tell you.
You and your partner have exactly 24 hours
to get Hope Howard to me or
I'm going to come looking for you.
It's in your best interest
to tell me you heard me.
- I heard you.
That wasn't very nice.
- So that's it.
That's how it all happened.
- I don't know.
Just doesn't make any sense.
- Okay, well, it doesn't
have to make sense.
Facts are the facts.
Some guy broke in here last night
and tried to grab me until I stopped him.
End of story.
So, Michael, why are you really here?
- Oh.
- Okay.
- Hope, we're friends, okay?
I care about what happens to my friends.
- Okay, Michael, I spoke to my father
and he told me that he convinced
you to break up with me.
Why didn't you fight for me back then?
- I don't know.
I guess I was a coward.
I'm sorry for that.
But I really did think
you had other plans.
- You ran off and enlisted.
- Yeah, and you ran off to college
on your fancy scholarship.
You know,
when my wife was killed by a drunk driver,
anger consumed me for months.
And I finally realized that forgiveness
doesn't just benefit the other person.
It benefits me because it frees me
from the bondage of bitterness.
I just hope we can still be friends.
- Just friends.
- I'll take it.
- Are you all right?
- Oh, yes, just a cut.
- I came by to remind you
that your three year physical
is due within the month.
- Oh, I should have never agreed to that
as a term of employment.
- Well, apparently you were fine with it
when you accepted your
promotion to a VP role.
- Well, it's completely unnecessary.
My health is of no one else's concern.
I am A-okay.
- Within the month.
I've got some good news.
- I could really use
some good news right now.
- Okay, if you can get a current
copy of the company policy
on how things are purchased
along with the original paperwork
of the missing equipment,
you've got a great case.
- Really?
That's great news.
- Now I'm assuming that you don't have
a copy of the documents with you?
- No, but I do have a friend
on the inside who's helping me.
- Great. Very resourceful, as always.
Okay, well I'll let you go.
Thanks for your help.
- Bye.
- So how can I help?
- What do you mean?
- Tell me what to do.
- Steph, I told you I'm fine.
- Look, I know you're
gathering evidence on your boss
and I know I can help.
- I don't know, it could be dangerous.
- More dangerous than a stalker
breaking into my parents' house
in the middle of the night?
- Okay, that's a valid point.
But you really want to help me?
- I do.
- Okay, sit down.
- So what are we looking at?
- Okay, these are purchase requisitions,
purchase orders, and invoices.
The only problem is I need originals
of all of these authorizing documents.
- Why?
- Because it's too easy to alter a copy.
- How do you tell the difference
between an original and a copy?
- Okay, a purchase requisition
consists of a triplicate copy.
This is what triggers a
legitimate request for purchase
according to company policy.
Within Darthon, the white
original goes to purchasing,
the pink original goes to finance,
and the yellow original goes to
the one making the purchase.
- So far I'm following.
- Before it's separated and
distributed by purchasing,
it needs proper authorization.
- Right. Now this is a
blank purchase requisition,
but that is where the
authorizing signature would go.
Okay, this is a printout related
to the physical equipment
inventory that we just performed.
The only problem is there
are several purchases on here
that were ordered, received, and paid for,
but they don't exist anywhere at Darthon.
- Sounds like a problem.
- Yeah.
So what I know so far is the company
the missing equipment was purchased from
is owned solely by Dr. David
Jakes, the guy who fired me.
That has to be
more than a coincidence.
- Oh, but not only that, he's the one
who signed for the missing
equipment on behalf of Darthon.
- Wow. Sounds criminal to me.
- Steph.
- Mm.
- I was let go because
he overran the budget.
And he overran the budget
because he was making all of
these unauthorized purchases.
- And then he fired you
to cover up his trail.
- Exactly.
What's that?
- It's the key fob to Darthon.
I forgot to return it.
- Hm.
- Hey, Danielle.
- All right, what else can I do to help?
- Can you get me a current copy
of Darthon's policy manual?
- Sure, that's easy.
I'll email you a copy.
What else?
- Um, yeah, there's also
a stack of documents
that we had when we discussed
the missing equipment.
It's in the bottom left drawer of my desk.
Can you just grab those
and hold onto them for me
till I can pick them up?
- I'll try.
That might be tricky,
but I'll come in early tomorrow morning.
I still have the copy of
your office key you gave me.
- Great.
All right, well just let
me know what you find.
- Will do.
Got to go.
- I have Jakes' address.
I'm just gonna go check it out.
- What are you hoping to find?
- I don't know.
I guess I'll figure it
out when I get there.
- Well count me in.
- Hm.
- How do you know his address anyway?
- Believe it or not, he's
on my Christmas card list.
- Aw.
- Stop.
Let's go.
- Ca-caw!
- Shh. Really?
There's no ca-caw.
Come on.
Was that necessary?
- It was fun.
- Ssh.
Get off me.
Ssh.
- Okay, all right.
Ooh.
- Oh. Steph.
- Wow, look at that computer setup.
Looks expensive.
- Yeah.
- Here, let me see.
- What could he be doing with
that much processing power?
- Whoa.
- Here, let me see.
The lens cap was on.
- Huh.
Wait a minute.
- What do you see?
- Sigmann Technologies.
- What's that mean?
- I think it must be
the original supplier.
From the missing equipment?
- Yeah, I remember seeing the
name on the inventory list.
But they sell super computers
used for high level processing
like running drug correlations,
that sort of thing.
- Why would he go through so much trouble
to install the computer at
his house instead of Darthon?
- I don't know.
What are you up to, Jakes?
Hey, I think Jake's has
the missing equipment
from Darthon at his house.
- And how exactly did you discover this?
Um.
- Hope?
- Okay, maybe I spied on him
through the back window of his house.
- Hope, I thought you were
supposed to be more careful.
Okay, I have to go.
- Uh-oh.
- What? What's wrong?
- My phone's missing.
I must have accidentally
dropped it at Jakes' house.
- Oh, Steph, please
tell me you're kidding.
- I wish I were.
Sorry.
Wait, wait, wait, wait.
Hold on.
Unbelievable.
- Who's that?
- That would be Pam
Stevens, director of HR.
- Oh.
- Oh, and it looks like she's getting
pretty comfy with the doctor.
I had no idea.
- No wonder you didn't get a fair shake
in your exit interview.
- Exactly.
She tried to shut me
down when I brought up
the irregularities with the audit.
- That Pam.
- Danielle, I didn't know
you were here already.
- Yeah, I came in a little early today.
- You looking for something?
- Yeah, just some files regarding
a project I'm working on.
- I'm sorry, I have orders
that no one is allowed into this office.
Something about a pending lawsuit.
No one's allowed in that
office until, well, ever.
Yeah, not even tomorrow, okay?
- Oh, I see.
Well I've got what I need,
so I guess we're good.
- Whoa.
And nothing's to be
removed from the office
until further notice.
- So I can't take these files for review?
- No, ma'am, I'm sorry.
- All right, well I'll just go ahead
and put these back then.
- What'd you find out?
- She's moving around a lot,
but now she's back at her friend's house.
- What are you waiting for?
Tell Brutus to use whatever
force is necessary,
but don't hurt her.
I need her alive.
- We're booking it, but
the stakes are a lot higher
now that the cops are involved.
- You realize I can call somebody else?
- And you realize it'd be very easy for me
to make Darthon aware
of your extracurricular
equipment purchases?
- Okay, I'm not gonna argue with you.
How much?
- 10K and we'll jam.
Anything else just isn't worth it.
- Don't make me regret this.
- Hey, did you find anything out?
- Yes. I just emailed
you the policy manual.
Yes.
All right, what about
the documents on my desk?
- Sorry, I tried,
but security stopped me
from taking anything.
Something about a lawsuit.
- Lawsuit?
I haven't filed one, at least not yet.
- Well it sounds like
they're expecting one.
- Listen, if I don't get the originals
of those authorizing documents,
I don't have a case either way.
- I'm sorry I couldn't help.
- No, you have done more than enough.
I'll figure something out.
Bye.
- David.
You're bleeding.
- I'm okay.
- What's going on?
- I said I'm okay, okay?
- No, you're not.
- I said I'm okay.
Just let it go.
Yo.
- So, what?
It's only been a few hours.
- Falcon, tell Brutus it's now.
Chill, man.
Okay? Tell your brother it's no sweat.
- It's me, okay?
You doofus, it's me.
I'm the one with the disease.
It's me.
Oh, man, that's heavy.
Why didn't you tell me before?
Hello?
- Okay, I got the company policy
and it clearly states what
Jakes is doing isn't authorized.
I'll send it to you right now.
- You've made good progress.
How are those authorizing
documents coming along?
- Yeah, my friend wasn't
able to get those.
- I really think you need
those to solidify your case.
- Maybe there's a way I
can get back into Darthon.
- Okay, I'm sure you don't
mean breaking and entering.
- Well, maybe there's a way I
can enter without breaking in.
- That is a terrible idea and
I must caution you against it.
It would be catastrophic to
your case if you were caught.
- I know, I was just
thinking about it, okay?
- Seriously, Hope, you are not invincible.
Okay, yes, I know that.
But I have to go. Bye.
Hey, is Hope here?
I need to talk to her about something.
- Come on in.
Those for me?
- No, sorry, for Hope.
Peace offering.
- Wait here, I'll go find her.
Um, Hope's not here.
- Oh, um, any idea where
she might have gone?
- I'm not sure.
She didn't say anything to me
and now she isn't answering her phone.
- She's been acting kind of strange
ever since she's been back.
I mean, look, I know we've had our issues.
But I don't know, she just
doesn't seem like the same Hope.
- I don't know if I'm
supposed to say anything,
but she lost her job last week.
- What?
- She's been looking for
evidence against her former boss,
evidence she says is in
her office back at Darthon.
- Michael.
- Hope, whatever you're up to, don't.
- I don't know what you're talking about.
- Stephanie told me you lost your job.
- That's none of your business.
- Look, I can help you
figure this out, all right?
You don't have to do this alone.
So just turn your car
around and come back home.
- I have to go.
- Oh, this isn't good.
- What do you mean?
- She's not thinking straight right now,
that's what I mean.
I have to go find her before she
does something she'll regret.
- But you don't even know where she went.
- Okay, you said the documents she needs
are in the office, right?
- Check.
- Okay, so she has to
be on her way there.
- I don't know.
I'll find her somehow.
- I've got a better idea.
- Yeah? And what's that?
- After the break-in, Hope and I
set up location sharing on our phones.
I can track her location from anywhere.
Looks like you were right.
I think she's on her way
to her office building.
- All right, I'll be
back in a little while.
- Right behind you.
- Where do you think you're going?
- I'm coming. Wingwoman.
- What is with this wingwoman thing?
- You're the point man, I'm the wingwoman.
Ba da bing, ba da boom.
Why do you still look confused?
- No, no.
I don't need a wingwoman.
- Does your phone track Hope's location?
- Of course not.
- Then I'm coming.
- All right, you know the risks, okay?
Because this could get really dangerous.
- She's my friend too.
I'm coming.
- All right, let's go.
- Long day.
- I agree.
Hopefully tomorrow won't be so crazy.
- Tomorrow's Saturday.
Oh right.
I guess it won't be so crazy then.
I'll see you next week.
Sounds good.
I'll see you then.
- What?
- Listen to me.
You need to get out of there right now.
- I am, relax.
Hope.
- Get off me.
I know who you are.
You broke into our house.
- Yeah, we got her.
- Okay, keep out of sight.
I'll be there in 20 minutes.
- So who is this guy anyway?
- His name's Dr. David
Jakes, director of R&D.
He's been with Darthon for 18 years.
He received a VP promotion eight years ago.
Looks like his expertise is in developing
and bringing leading-edge
medications to market.
- Sounds like the real deal
before he went off the deep end, huh?
- Okay, take this next
exit to head north on 275.
- How close are we?
ETA is 18 minutes.
- Yeah, what do you say we make that 15?
- Falcon?
- You got it.
- Where's Brutus?
- He's here.
- What'd you do to her?
- She's fine, it's just a sedative.
- How long before it wears off?
- I don't know, man.
Like 15 or 20 minutes.
So pay up. $10,000.
Is the money in the case?
- First you're going to help me
get her into the
executive conference room.
Come on.
- All right, pay up.
- It's all there.
Hey, can you see exactly
where she's at in the building?
- No, but I visited her office last year.
If we get inside, I think I can find it.
- All right, let's move.
- Where am I?
- It's good to finally
see you again, Hope.
- Help!
Someone help me!
- Quiet. No one can hear you.
- Where are we?
- You wouldn't help me willingly,
so I had to take matters
into my own hands.
Relax, you're gonna be fine.
- What do you want from me?
- If you had taken any of my calls,
you would know what I want.
- What? You fired me.
- You put your nose
where it didn't belong.
- So you admit it?
That was your motivation for all of this.
- It's more complicated than that.
- What? What?
- Hey, that's the guy who
broke into my parents' house.
- Where's Hope?
I don't know what you're
talking about, man.
- Where is she?
Tell me, and we give you the money.
- She's in the executive
conference by Jakes' office.
- What floor?
How do we get there?
- Figure it out.
- How do we get there?
- Fourth floor.
Go up and go left.
You can't miss it.
- I find out you're messing with me
and I will hunt you down.
- Relax, it's an antiseptic.
It's been a while since I've
administered a blood draw.
- Why? Why all of this?
- I'm dying, Hope.
I have a cancer similar to the
one you survived as a child.
I've exhausted every other option.
- What does this have to do with me?
- As a long-term survivor, your
antibodies are my best bet.
All I need is a pint of blood.
That's it, nothing more,
and you're free to go.
- Excuse me, what are you doing?
- A woman's been abducted.
She's being held in the conference
room on the fourth floor.
- Detective Michael Hansen. Retired.
- Detective?
Police detective?
- Yeah, this is my partner.
You're going to need to let us through.
- I'm sorry, I don't think I can do that.
- Look, it's our friend Hope.
If you don't let us through,
there's no telling what's going to happen.
- Hope?
Hope Howard?
- Yes.
- Yeah.
- 10-4, sir.
What's our objective?
- My partner and I are
going up, all right?
I need you to stay here and call it in.
- Here. You might need these.
- Thanks.
Tell them to get here as fast as they can.
- Yes, sir.
APB, we have an unknown
suspect in possible possession
of an apparent missing person.
Be advised, the perpetrator
may be armed and dangerous.
Send all available units
to the scene of the crime.
Identify location.
- That location is Dartmouth...
Darthon Research Lab.
Repeat, Darthon Research Laboratories.
Please confirm Darthon.
- Yeah, Darthon, not the other. Darthon.
Copy, Darthon
Research Laboratories.
- Thank you.
10-4.
- Sorry, Hope, but you're not leaving
until I get what I need.
Stop shaking.
I don't want to hurt you.
- Detective, huh?
- Hey, I said detective, retired.
- I didn't realize we were partners.
And why do you still carry a badge?
- I don't know.
A reminder of a previous life, I guess.
- I thought he said left.
- Just follow me.
- How do you even know where to go?
- Instinct.
Okay.
6-11, what's your 20?
- 10-23 on scene.
Copy, unit on scene.
- Right this way.
The perp is holed up in
a fourth floor office.
Possible hostage situation.
- What are you doing?
You said you'd let me go
after you got what you needed.
You already drew my blood.
- You didn't really think
I was gonna let you live
with what you know, did you?
- Why are you so angry?
- I didn't ask for this.
- How is that my fault?
- It's not.
It's fate.
Life isn't fair.
Sometimes bad things happen.
- No, you always have a choice.
- You can't control it, and neither can I.
Look, people are going
to use you and abuse you.
Now you need to learn to
start fighting for yourself
because no one is going to.
And in this case, you were better off
just leaving well enough alone.
- Help!
Someone help me!
- Over here, hurry, hurry.
- Hurry.
- What do you think I'm doing?
There's like 50 keys on this thing.
- Instinct.
- Get away from her.
Move.
- Jakes, you don't have to do this.
- I said move.
- Look, nothing you've done at this point
is beyond repair, all right?
So just put the gun
down and I can help you
with whatever it is that you need.
- Well, it's too late for that.
You know as well as I do,
I can't let you leave here.
- Look, the police are gonna
be here any minute, okay?
Just work with me.
It doesn't have to end this way.
- You.
There's a blood collection
bag in that cooler over there.
Bring it to me.
Go. The cooler, right over there.
Bring the cooler to me.
Hurry up.
Come on, come on, I don't have all day.
Let's go.
What are you doing?
- It's okay.
I'm gonna walk it over
to you slowly, all right?
Nice and easy.
- Set it on the corner of
the table and you back up.
Back up.
Back up.
- It's okay.
- I said back up.
Police, let me see your hands.
Drop the gun.
Drop the gun.
Show me your hands. Turn around.
Turn around. Turn around.
Hands behind your back.
Everybody okay?
- Hope, I'm sorry.
I didn't mean for it to go that far.
- You don't have to be afraid to die.
Jakes.
I can forgive you because
I've been forgiven.
- Thanks, I owe you one.
- It's been my pleasure, sir.
- You found me.
- Yeah.
Well, I figured last time
I didn't fight for you.
I didn't want to make
that same mistake again.
- Let's get you home.
- Isaiah 61:1 says, "The spirit
of the Lord God is upon me
"because the Lord has anointed me
"to preach good tidings to the poor.
"He has sent me to heal the brokenhearted,
"to proclaim liberty to the captives,
"and the opening of the prison
to those who are bound."
Amen.
Amen.
- With us today are some
special friends of ours,
Bob Kerney and his daughter Hope.
I've asked them to come share
a little of their story,
so let's make them feel welcome.
- My story is one of profound grace.
It's about a father, an imperfect father
who loved his daughter
but who made mistakes
that wounded her deeply.
It's about a daughter
who, despite being hurt,
was able to forgive fully.
- You know, it's also about
a perfect Heavenly Father
who sent his son to heal those wounds.
He restored my broken heart
and he freed me from my
prison of bitterness.
You know, Jesus died and he rose again
to redeem each and every
one of us of our sins.
But you know the only
thing he asks in return
is that we forgive those who have hurt us.
That seems like a pretty
small price in comparison.
You know, I once heard
that forgiving others
and letting go of bitterness
is the beginning of healing.
It also allows for new things to flourish.
And now I know how true that really is.
So, you know, I was really glad to hear
that Jakes is expected
to make a full recovery.
- Yeah, it's truly a miracle.
- So what do you think's
going to happen to him?
- I don't know.
I mean, the guy's committed
some serious felonies, you know?
But the fact that you're
not willing to press charges
counts in his favor.
- I mean, when I found out
he was doing all of that
just to save his own life,
it just seemed like the
least I could do, you know?
- Yeah.
- Come on, let's go.
You know you don't have
to come with me, right?
- Yeah, I know.
- I thought you hated running.
Welcome to the new Michael.
I'm ready to experience some new things.
- Yeah? In that outfit?
- What's wrong with this?
It's great. It's perfect.
Steph?
Steph?
Pocket dial from Steph.
- Ugh, those are the worst.
- Not all of them.
- Hey, wait up.
- Come on, let's go.
What's the rush?
- This is a jog, not a walk.
Come on, old man.
Cut me some slack, will ya?
It's been a while.
- A journey of 1,000 steps
begins with a single hack.
You have to breathe like the falcon.
Ah. Hello, firewall.
Transferring information now.
Come on.
- We're in.
We're in.
Dude! Really?
Hey, girl. Hello?
- Hello?
- Hey, it's Steph.
- Steph?
- Stephanie Cooper.
I mean, I know we haven't
talked for months,
but I am still one of your best friends.
- Oh, hey, Stephanie.
How can I help you?
- How can you help me?
You called me, remember?
- Um, nope. You called me.
- Oh, I did?
I don't remember now. Huh.
- Wait a minute.
Actually, you know what?
I'm jogging and some loser bumped into me.
He must have bumped my
phone and called you.
- Oh, makes sense.
Anyway, how's it going?
It's been a while.
- I know, I know.
It's just, I've been really busy at work.
But, hey, can I call you back later?
- Sure.
It'd be fun to catch up.
You know what?
Maybe we can even get together sometime.
It's really not that
far if we meet halfway.
- Yeah, yeah. Maybe.
Hey, I'm just gonna
finish my run before work,
but I'll call you back later, okay?
- All right.
Nice talking.
- Yeah, you too.
Dr. Jakes.
- Good morning.
- Oh, Dr. Jakes,
we discovered an issue with
the equipment inventory
I was hoping you could shed some light on.
- Equipment inventory?
- Yeah.
It's a new requirement from the
external auditors this year.
All equipment purchases
greater than $10,000
need to be located and tagged.
- I can't talk with you
about this right now.
I have prior commitments.
- Dr. Jakes, it's important.
I have to present these findings
to the auditor in a few days.
- Hope, I said I'm busy.
- It's so strange.
So all these items have
been fully accounted for
except for these few pieces
of missing equipment.
- They had to have been
properly ordered and received
for them to show up on this list.
- Right.
- Have you asked Dr. Jakes?
- Mm-mm, no. Not yet.
Why don't we just check the lab records
and see what we can find out?
- Sounds good.
- Okay, I think that's everything.
Oh, and don't forget, your
cost cutting reductions
are due by the end of the week.
And if you have any
personnel decisions or cuts
or anything like that,
be sure and run them by HR
so Pam won't have any surprises.
Okay, I've got a conference call
with corporate in five minutes.
Everybody have a great day.
See you soon.
- I've not yet heard from you
regarding any personnel cuts.
- Well that's because I
don't plan to make any.
Without my research and development area
there is no new products division.
- That's not gonna fly very well
with Copeland or with Corporate.
- Well, that's of no concern to me.
- Okay, here's the authorizing documents.
The purchase requisitions,
purchase orders, and invoices.
It looks like it's all computer equipment
designed for laboratory correlations.
Very high-end techy stuff.
- Hmm, Langdon Laboratories.
I don't remember hearing that name before.
- Neither have I, but it looks like
all the items in question
were purchased from them.
- Yeah, I see that.
- So, what's our next step?
- Hey, I came by hoping you had some time.
- I'll call you right back.
- So we really need to talk today.
- Hope, I really am busy.
- Okay, well, I actually
just had some questions
about a company called
Langdon Laboratories.
It seems that we're missing
some items purchased from them.
- Well I don't know anything about that.
- Okay, well, it's just
gonna take a second.
- Hope, I really am busy.
Excuse me.
I have an outside appointment.
I'll be back in an hour or two.
- Okay, so we'll talk when you get back?
- That's fine.
- Wow, he's in a mood.
- Yeah.
- Okay.
- I've been giving it some thought
and I think I do have
some cost-cutting ideas.
Mm-hmm.
Yes, yes, I will.
Okay, I have to go, but I
will stop by your office
later this afternoon.
Okay.
Hello.
- Yes, this is Dr. Levitt.
I've got your test results.
- And?
- I need you to come into the office.
We need to talk.
- I don't have time for that right now.
Just tell me.
What's going on?
- David, we need to meet in
person as soon as possible.
- Okay then, tomorrow morning.
- Oh, hey.
I'm so glad you stopped by.
I have something I want to show you here.
- Not now.
I'm here for a different purpose.
You can put those away.
- What's going on here?
- This is never easy, but
you're being terminated,
effective immediately.
- What?
You can't do that.
- Yes, Hope, I can.
All the department heads have
been tasked with downsizing
to compensate for the cost
overruns of their departments.
And I've chosen to
eliminate your position.
- Well, that doesn't make any sense.
I'm your financial manager.
What's the basis of your decision?
- Well at this point, it doesn't matter.
- Well, it matters to me.
- Okay, look, I'm gonna have
the financial manager in marketing
oversee my research and development
department from here on.
- This doesn't have anything
to do with me, does it?
- You'll receive a fair severance package,
including six months'
salary and full benefits.
- Dr. Jakes.
- Sorry, Hope, but he had to make cuts.
He didn't want to.
It was orders from the top.
- No, there were irregularities
in Jakes' department.
Does this have anything to do with
why I'm being terminated?
- Absolutely not.
You heard him.
He's able to get another financial person
to cover your area.
- This isn't right.
I need to get-
- Security is outside waiting
to escort you to your exit interview,
at which time you'll be asked
to surrender your badge and key.
I'll see you in my office.
- I can help you carry your
things out if you like.
- That's okay, I'm all right.
- Most of your vitals are fairly good,
but your blood work indicates
you're starting into serious decline.
The chemo and radiation you've received
have slowed the disease,
but I'm afraid things
won't stay that way for long.
- How long?
You know I can't give you
an accurate timeline.
I would say a few months,
possibly only weeks.
I'm sorry.
- What symptoms should I expect?
- Continued weakness,
fatigue, coughing, fever.
You'll know the disease is accelerating
when random bleeding occurs.
- And there's nothing else we can do?
- David, your mutant variation
of acute lymphoblastic
leukemia is extremely rare,
and in most adult cases proves fatal.
- Have you heard of chimeric antigen
receptor T-cell therapy?
- Of course, but that's
not an option in your case.
The T-cells are taken from
the patient's own blood.
You know that.
And your blood is contaminated.
- What about biological experimentation?
My own research indicates
that if we can find a survivor
who had the disease as a child
and is still in complete remission,
those blood cells could be used.
- The chances of you finding
that kind of match are
nearly non-existent.
You'd have to search virtually
every cancer database,
all of which are highly restricted
and require special authorization.
- Well, I'm highly motivated.
- God, please help me
find a way through this.
Falcon here.
How can I do ya?
I have another
assignment for you.
Lay it on me.
The previous searches you ran,
I need to find any childhood
survivor of the same disease.
Gotcha. What else?
- They need to have been in
remission for at least 20 years.
- Well that's pretty specific.
I'm gonna have to run database queries
on hundreds, if not thousands,
of hospital locations.
- Just do it.
My friend needs this medical help.
I'll pay your usual rate.
- You came to the right place, my friend.
I got the results back
from the previous request.
I'm sending that to you right now.
Come on, I need an answer.
- From what you're telling me,
you don't really have much of a case.
- My boss targeted me
for some reason, okay?
I told him about the missing equipment,
and boom, the next day I'm terminated.
You don't find that suspicious at all?
- It depends.
Has there been downsizing
in any other departments at Darthon?
- Well yeah, some.
- Well then they are well within
their rights to let you go,
especially considering
that they're not planning
to refill your position.
You're gonna have to prove
that you were wrongfully
discriminated against.
- I do have documents back in my office
that prove the missing equipment
was received and paid for.
- It's no longer your office, Hope.
You've been let go.
- Right.
So what then?
- Let me see if I can talk
to some of the other partners in the firm
and come up with something.
But I can't promise anything.
- Okay. Thanks, Aunt Elizabeth.
I have never seen this
picture of you and Mom before.
Well that was
quite a bit before your time.
- Yeah.
I miss her more and more every day.
She left us too soon.
- Oh, that reminds me.
I came across this while spring cleaning.
It was a gift, a very special gift.
It seems a young man was highly interested
in a beautiful young lady.
And after putting him
off for quite some time,
she finally realized
that she loved him too.
This was a gift from your
father to your mother
on their first Valentine's Day.
- Thanks. This is very special.
- I'm remembering now that
she left it in my apartment
shortly before the accident.
She'd want you to have it, Hope.
- Hello.
- Hey, it's Danielle.
I'm so upset.
I don't understand what just happened.
It wasn't right.
- Hey, no, thank you.
That really means a lot.
- Is there anything I can do for you?
- Well, if you're willing,
I could use a little help
tracking down that missing equipment.
- Of course.
- Maybe you can check in receiving first
and find out exactly who signed for that.
I mean, that might shed a little
light on why I was let go.
- Sure.
I'll call back when I have something.
- Great. Thanks.
- Michael and Allison.
- Hi.
- Hey, Bob.
- Hey, nice seeing ya.
- Hey, I wanted to drop a gift off
since I missed your retirement party.
- Ah, come on, you didn't have to do that.
- Well, I remembered how
much you liked golf, so...
- Wow.
Yeah, hey, anything to help my golf game.
I really appreciate that.
- You got it.
So, Chief of Police to retirement, huh?
Any plans?
- Nope, I'm just taking it easy.
Like they say, one day at a time.
- Yeah, well, good for you.
- Yeah.
- All right.
Well I promised Allison some ice cream.
Isn't that right?
- Yay!
- Hey, lucky girl.
You have fun.
- Thank you.
- Good seeing you.
- Take care.
- Take care.
- Always good to see you, Bob.
Same.
- All right, let's go get some ice cream.
Come on.
- Hey, Stephanie.
No, I was actually thinking
about our conversation the other day.
I got some unexpected time off
and so I thought I would
just come home for a visit.
Tonight, if that's okay.
Okay, I'll see you then.
This is 87.9 FM.
Forgiving is
always right and seldom easy.
Holding on to bitterness is
really like drinking poison and
waiting for the other person to die.
But when you can offer forgiveness,
that's where true healing can begin.
We're talking about all that and more on-
- Okay, really?
Easy for you to say.
Continue on
I-96 for seven more miles.
- Hey.
- Hey.
Just thought I'd check in and let
you know I'm getting close.
- I can't wait to see you again.
- So, tell me, what's
changed since I left?
- Changed?
Girl, you haven't been home in forever.
Don't worry though, I'll
catch you up on things.
- Oh, I know you will.
I can't wait.
- So see you soon?
- Yeah.
It says I should be there
in about 15 minutes.
Okay, I'll see you then.
Hello?
- What'd you find? Anything?
- Yeah, man, and I'll tell you,
it wasn't easy, even for Falcon.
It took most of the night.
Dylan, time to eat.
What was that?
- Nothing, man. Just tune it out.
- So what'd you find?
- I checked the databases for
cancer centers nationwide.
So far I've only found
three people who qualify.
- I only need one.
- First one's a flake.
What do you mean?
- Well, he's in remission,
but now he's somehow
contracted a different disease.
So I'm guessing you don't
want to hear about him?
- No, I need someone who is fully healthy.
- Second one's in San Diego.
He's in complete remission.
No other diseases.
- Good, good, good, good.
Tell me about him.
- He was in a car accident 11 days ago.
A couple broken ribs and
there's something wrong
with his leg, but otherwise he's golden.
- What part of fully healthy
did you not understand?
Do you not have any good news?
- Easy, man, I was getting there, okay?
- You said there were three.
What about the third one?
- Yeah, her name's Phyllis Kerney.
No other info on file.
- How can we find her?
- Well, that's the thing, man.
12 years ago she just disappeared.
- Disappeared?
What do you mean disappeared?
- Yeah, you heard me, gone.
No death certificate. Nothing.
She just vanished.
Then find her.
- I'm gonna need some more bread.
- What? Money?
I don't care.
- Your friend doesn't know how lucky he is
to have you helping him out like this.
- Look, it's more than a friend.
It's my brother.
- Oh, deep, man.
Anything I can do to help?
- Just tell me where I can find Phyllis.
- Okay.
- So I see your parents redid their decor.
Looks really nice.
- Yeah, finally, after all these years.
Makes house sitting
more enjoyable, I guess.
- Yeah, I bet.
So where did they go anyways?
- On a two-week cruise.
- Two weeks.
- Fancy, right?
- Oh wow.
Yeah, nice.
- I see what you're doing.
Stalling so you don't have to tell me
what's really going on.
- What, can't I just make
a little impromptu trip
to see my best friend?
- Duh, of course.
It's just not like you to be spontaneous.
- Look, I am so tired.
I had a really long drive.
How about we just chill and have some fun?
- Of course.
- Okay.
Besides, you haven't told me
what life's like in small town USA now.
- Different since you
left for the big city
and climbed so far up
the corporate ladder.
I am so proud of you.
- Hey, Danielle.
- Hey.
So, I was able to get
the receiving tickets.
- Oh, great.
Can you scan those and send them to me?
- Sure.
Also, I noticed something
really interesting.
What's that?
- All the equipment was
signed for as received
by none other than Dr. David Jakes.
- Uh...unbelievable.
Yeah, okay, I have to go.
I'll call you back.
- Okay, you had a full night's sleep.
So what's going on?
- You know, you'd be like a
really awesome interrogator.
- Thank you.
- Okay well, no, honestly nothing.
I'm just taking a little
impromptu vacation.
- Hm.
- Hm.
- Okay.
How long are you here for?
- I don't know, maybe a week.
- You know what?
- I'm gonna go call my boss
and see if I can take some time off
so we can do something fun.
- Okay, sounds good to me.
- Just a reminder, you have
a meeting with Mr. Copeland
in 15 minutes and he wants you
to be in the conference room.
- Have you found her yet?
So it seems that
the same guy who fired me
is the same guy who signed
for the missing inventory.
- Why would that matter?
- Because VPs don't sign
for received inventory.
No, most likely some lab
technician would do that.
Something is fishy.
- I understand, but that still
does not imply discrimination.
- Okay, well, I'm
gathering more information
about the company they purchased
from, Langdon Laboratories.
- Good. Keep me posted.
Yep, will do.
- It appears we're behind
on the testing phase
of our type two developmental drugs.
- Both Centilillium and
Cialate are on track.
- 90% of our future revenue depends
on the successful introduction
of these two products.
- Like I said, things are on track.
- Not according to this. They're not.
- We might have been somewhat delayed,
but we can easily make
that up in the next phase.
- This is important.
I need you to be front and center on this.
- I have been somewhat distracted
lately, I'll admit that.
But listen to me.
We are still within our timeline.
- David, this is too important to fail.
Our entire future depends
on these two products.
Now I'm gonna give you a few
weeks to get it together.
- Are we done here?
Because I'd like to get back to work.
- What you looking for?
- My phone's missing.
Do you see it anywhere?
- No, but let me just call it real quick.
- Oh, good idea.
- Okay, well, it's in the car somewhere.
- No, that's the car Bluetooth ringing.
- Right, which means it's in
the car or somewhere nearby.
- Oh.
- Yeah.
- Ooh!
- Okay.
Ah, here you go.
Found it.
- This is your phone.
- Nope, this is your phone.
- Look, it has your name on
it, so obviously it's yours.
- Are you serious?
I'm calling you, so my name
pops up on the display.
Yeah.
- Well, that's embarrassing.
- Don't worry, nobody needs
to know that just happened.
- You're the best.
- Yeah. What are you eating?
- Candy.
- Ew, this expired a year ago.
- They're good?
- No, let's go, let's go.
Girls trip.
- Woo!
- The Falcon has been victorious.
I found her.
- Where is she?
- Hey, be nice.
This is big.
- Hey, listen, I just got
chewed out by my boss.
I don't need this from you.
Just tell me.
- Okay, here's the thing.
Do you remember how I said
that she disappeared 12 years ago?
Yeah. So what?
- That's because she changed her name.
- To what?
- Hold on, let me send you her info now.
- Are you telling me this
is our leukemia survivor?
- That's her, Phyllis Hope Kerney,
now known as Hope P. Howard.
- Unbelievable.
Why? Do you
know her or something?
What?
- I need to talk with you.
No, don't bother me.
The company car is outside my house.
It's unlocked.
The key's under the mat.
Send someone to get it.
- Wait, I really need to talk with you.
- No, leave me alone.
- Hope.
Where do you want to sit?
- Down by the lake looks nice.
- Yeah.
- Hope?
Hey.
I didn't expect to see you around here.
- Hey, Michael.
- We should go.
- Wow, it's been a while.
- Just.
- Will you stop?
Yeah, it's definitely been a while.
- Oh, sorry.
This is my daughter, Allison.
- Hi, Allison.
Nice to meet you.
- I'm almost five.
- You're five?
Wow, big girl.
Listen, Michael, I was really
sorry to hear about your wife.
- Thanks for saying that.
It means a lot.
It's been a rough couple of years for us.
We actually moved back
shortly after she passed.
- I can't even begin to imagine
how hard that must have been.
- Yeah.
Yeah, I was actually able to
transfer in as a detective,
but eventually left to
become a history teacher.
- Wait, what?
Here in town?
- Good old Lincoln High.
- Wow. I mean, I guess that makes sense.
You always did have a thing for history.
- Yeah, it gave me more predictable hours
than being a detective.
- So, do you ever miss the force?
- Eh, yes and no, you know.
But Allison here is more important
than the excitement of
chasing down the bad guys.
Look, I'm sorry for the
way things ended back-
- Michael, I've moved on.
- Yeah.
Well, hey, maybe we could
grab coffee some time
and chat, catch up.
- I don't think that
would be a very good idea.
- Let's get out of here.
Wow, it is getting late.
You know, this picnic
is not gonna eat itself.
- Wow, okay.
You know what?
Actually, we probably should get going.
It's getting kind of late, so.
- Oh, yeah, no worries.
- Okay. All right then.
- It's this way, remember?
- Right.
It's this way.
- All right, you ready?
Let's go.
Tickle, tickle, tickle.
- That was awkward.
- Oh, you felt awkward?
- Yeah.
- Okay, you weren't even
there half the time.
And where'd you run off to anyways?
- I was there in spirit.
- You were there...
Okay, that literally means nothing to me.
I really could have used your
help back there, you know,
like point man, wingman.
- Wingwoman.
- Wingwoman.
Okay, yeah, sure.
Wingwoman.
Just be there next time.
- You going to answer your phone?
- Where did you even get a popsicle?
- Hope, I have something important
that I need to talk to you about.
- Really?
- Who is it?
- Well that sounds
familiar because I tried
setting up a meeting
with you three days ago.
- Who is it?
Please, it'll
only take a minute.
I promise.
This won't take very long.
- Right, call me again, and
I'm calling the police.
Hope.
- So who was that?
- I don't know. Spam caller.
- You tried setting up a
meeting with a spammer?
What kind of job do you have?
- The kind of job where
you don't abandon a friend
in an awkward conversation
just because you're feeling uncomfortable.
Okay, okay.
- Yeah, man.
Hope's not at
the address you gave me.
Her company car is.
- Ring her up, dude.
- I tried.
She's not taking my calls.
Does she have any family
members that you're aware of?
- Uh, just her daddio.
No one else.
- All right, let's track him down.
- Okay.
Hope.
So I just discovered that Langdon
is 100% owned by none other
than Dr. David. Jakes.
- Interesting.
So that means that the missing equipment
originated from the company
owned by the same person
authorizing the transaction.
Exactly.
- Send over those documents.
- Okay, will do.
- What are you doing?
- Oh, just a project from the office.
But I'm done now, so what's up?
- So what do you to to do tomorrow?
- Actually, I thought about going to visit
my mom's grave site.
It's been a while.
- That was really sweet of you
to take your mother's
maiden name in her memory.
- I mean, it was more than that, you know?
By that time, I just, I didn't
want to be a Kerney anymore.
- Don't you think it's time
you go talk things through with your dad?
- You know, honestly, I don't think
I'm really ready for that yet, okay?
I just want to relax this week.
Hi, Mom.
It's been a while.
I brought you some flowers.
Your favorite.
- Hello, Hope.
- Hi, Dad.
- How long have you been back?
I didn't know.
- I just got into town.
I'm staying with Stephanie for a while.
I was going to stop by just to say hi.
- It's been a long time
since you've been home.
- There's not really much
of a reason with Mom gone.
- Look, Hope, I'd really
like to have a talk with you.
There's some things I need to explain.
Won't you ever forgive me?
- I don't know, Dad.
Should I forgive you?
- Hello, honey.
I've really made a mess of
things since you left us.
- What do you have?
- Okay, I'm gonna give you a freebie.
I tracked her location.
- How'd you do that?
- I was able to hack
into her cell phone GPS.
Looks like she's back in her hometown.
- Can you transfer the tracking
capability to my phone?
- Can Mjolnir be wielded only
by the one who is worthy?
- I have no idea what
you're talking about.
- Of course you don't.
And obviously the answer is yes.
- Just send it to me.
This isn't working.
We need a different way to track her down.
- So what is it that you
wanted to talk to me about?
- I know I was too hard on
you after your mother died.
- Hard on me?
You were terrible.
You were strict before,
but afterward I felt like a prisoner.
I mean, I couldn't wait
to leave for college.
- Well, after your mom passed,
I was just out of my mind with grief.
I was worried sick I'd lose my only girl.
That's the only reason why I lied to you.
- Lied to me?
Lied about what?
I...
Michael didn't want to break up with you.
- What? What are you saying?
- I told him that if he
just slowed things down
that I'd help him make
detective on the force.
I mean, as police chief, I
knew that I had the ability
to make that happen faster.
- How could you?
- It was only supposed to
be for a short time, Hope.
It was his decision to join the military.
- Yeah, where he met and
eventually married another woman.
- I am so, so sorry.
- Yeah.
Sorry doesn't change anything, does it?
- Oh my, I didn't realize you had company.
- It's okay. I was just leaving.
- Hope.
- No.
- Bob, I'm sorry.
I didn't know your daughter was here.
- It's okay.
It's a surprise visit.
- Hey.
- Hey.
- Oh, can you add your number to my phone?
- Add my number?
What, you got a new phone?
- It's a work thing.
- You have a weird job.
- Thanks.
- I didn't save my page, hm.
- Yeah, I was just about to call you.
Yeah, I'm not, I'm not gonna
be able to meet you this afternoon.
No, I have to help my
neighbor with something.
Mm-hmm. Oh, absolutely.
Yes, we will.
I'll call you right after we're finished.
Okay.
- I'm sorry.
Hey, someone was just following me.
Following
you? What do you mean?
I don't know, in an SUV.
But I guarantee it's related
to Jakes and Darthon.
He's been calling me and now this.
- Okay, this is getting serious.
Jakes is a powerful man.
You clearly are onto
something and he knows it.
You need to be careful.
- Careful is my middle name.
- I'm afraid I know you better than that.
Are you forgetting all those
summers we spent together
at the lake house when you were a kid?
Something about a leaky fishing boat.
- Okay, okay, okay.
I get the point.
You don't have to go into details.
I have to go.
- Okay, remember, watch out for yourself.
- Steph?
This is ridiculous.
Who are you?
What do you want?
Let go!
- Who was that?
And what are you doing with a frying pan?
- Once again, I really could
have used your help here.
- Well, honestly, it's
kind of hard to help
when you don't tell me
what's actually happening in your life.
- Now is not the time for that.
Who's going to go close the door?
- Right behind you.
- Right behind me?
That means I'm going to go first.
- Point man, wingwoman.
- Steph?
- Yeah.
- Are you scared?
- Living the dream.
- Living the dream?
- Okay, I'm calling the police.
- No, wait, just wait.
- What do you mean, wait?
Some lunatic was attacking us
and we have no idea if he's coming back.
I'm calling.
- Wait, I think they're from Darthon.
They've been following me.
- Following you?
Why would some goon from
work be following you?
- I don't know.
- You going to tell me what's
actually going on here?
- Okay, I was fired last week, okay?
And ever since then, my former boss
has been harassing me nonstop.
- That was your boss?
- No, probably not.
It was just somebody he sent.
- I'm calling the police.
I thought you were on vacation.
- I am, just a permanent vacation.
- Oh, God, I have caused so much pain
with my lies and actions.
My only daughter doesn't
want anything to do with me.
Help me to show your love to Hope
in the same way you've always loved me.
Please bring healing to my family.
- Hi, Michael.
I'll get Hope.
It's for you.
Wingwoman?
No wingwoman.
- Wingwoman?
- It's just...
You know what, never mind.
How can I help you, Michael?
- I heard you had a break-in last night.
- How did you find that out?
Oh, Steph told you.
- No.
No, I still have friends on the force.
Actually, one called me earlier today
when he saw the police report, so.
- Okay.
- So you going to invite me in?
- No, we're actually really busy tonight,
so I appreciate you...
- Falcon.
You failed.
- What are you talking about?
- Your partner, Brutus was
supposed to bring Hope to me,
and now the clock is ticking.
- Well, Brutus is the one who wiped out.
He's the one who broke
into her house, not me.
- Look, I paid you a lot of
money to make this happen.
So that makes you responsible.
- I don't know what to tell you, man.
- Then let me tell you.
You and your partner have exactly 24 hours
to get Hope Howard to me or
I'm going to come looking for you.
It's in your best interest
to tell me you heard me.
- I heard you.
That wasn't very nice.
- So that's it.
That's how it all happened.
- I don't know.
Just doesn't make any sense.
- Okay, well, it doesn't
have to make sense.
Facts are the facts.
Some guy broke in here last night
and tried to grab me until I stopped him.
End of story.
So, Michael, why are you really here?
- Oh.
- Okay.
- Hope, we're friends, okay?
I care about what happens to my friends.
- Okay, Michael, I spoke to my father
and he told me that he convinced
you to break up with me.
Why didn't you fight for me back then?
- I don't know.
I guess I was a coward.
I'm sorry for that.
But I really did think
you had other plans.
- You ran off and enlisted.
- Yeah, and you ran off to college
on your fancy scholarship.
You know,
when my wife was killed by a drunk driver,
anger consumed me for months.
And I finally realized that forgiveness
doesn't just benefit the other person.
It benefits me because it frees me
from the bondage of bitterness.
I just hope we can still be friends.
- Just friends.
- I'll take it.
- Are you all right?
- Oh, yes, just a cut.
- I came by to remind you
that your three year physical
is due within the month.
- Oh, I should have never agreed to that
as a term of employment.
- Well, apparently you were fine with it
when you accepted your
promotion to a VP role.
- Well, it's completely unnecessary.
My health is of no one else's concern.
I am A-okay.
- Within the month.
I've got some good news.
- I could really use
some good news right now.
- Okay, if you can get a current
copy of the company policy
on how things are purchased
along with the original paperwork
of the missing equipment,
you've got a great case.
- Really?
That's great news.
- Now I'm assuming that you don't have
a copy of the documents with you?
- No, but I do have a friend
on the inside who's helping me.
- Great. Very resourceful, as always.
Okay, well I'll let you go.
Thanks for your help.
- Bye.
- So how can I help?
- What do you mean?
- Tell me what to do.
- Steph, I told you I'm fine.
- Look, I know you're
gathering evidence on your boss
and I know I can help.
- I don't know, it could be dangerous.
- More dangerous than a stalker
breaking into my parents' house
in the middle of the night?
- Okay, that's a valid point.
But you really want to help me?
- I do.
- Okay, sit down.
- So what are we looking at?
- Okay, these are purchase requisitions,
purchase orders, and invoices.
The only problem is I need originals
of all of these authorizing documents.
- Why?
- Because it's too easy to alter a copy.
- How do you tell the difference
between an original and a copy?
- Okay, a purchase requisition
consists of a triplicate copy.
This is what triggers a
legitimate request for purchase
according to company policy.
Within Darthon, the white
original goes to purchasing,
the pink original goes to finance,
and the yellow original goes to
the one making the purchase.
- So far I'm following.
- Before it's separated and
distributed by purchasing,
it needs proper authorization.
- Right. Now this is a
blank purchase requisition,
but that is where the
authorizing signature would go.
Okay, this is a printout related
to the physical equipment
inventory that we just performed.
The only problem is there
are several purchases on here
that were ordered, received, and paid for,
but they don't exist anywhere at Darthon.
- Sounds like a problem.
- Yeah.
So what I know so far is the company
the missing equipment was purchased from
is owned solely by Dr. David
Jakes, the guy who fired me.
That has to be
more than a coincidence.
- Oh, but not only that, he's the one
who signed for the missing
equipment on behalf of Darthon.
- Wow. Sounds criminal to me.
- Steph.
- Mm.
- I was let go because
he overran the budget.
And he overran the budget
because he was making all of
these unauthorized purchases.
- And then he fired you
to cover up his trail.
- Exactly.
What's that?
- It's the key fob to Darthon.
I forgot to return it.
- Hm.
- Hey, Danielle.
- All right, what else can I do to help?
- Can you get me a current copy
of Darthon's policy manual?
- Sure, that's easy.
I'll email you a copy.
What else?
- Um, yeah, there's also
a stack of documents
that we had when we discussed
the missing equipment.
It's in the bottom left drawer of my desk.
Can you just grab those
and hold onto them for me
till I can pick them up?
- I'll try.
That might be tricky,
but I'll come in early tomorrow morning.
I still have the copy of
your office key you gave me.
- Great.
All right, well just let
me know what you find.
- Will do.
Got to go.
- I have Jakes' address.
I'm just gonna go check it out.
- What are you hoping to find?
- I don't know.
I guess I'll figure it
out when I get there.
- Well count me in.
- Hm.
- How do you know his address anyway?
- Believe it or not, he's
on my Christmas card list.
- Aw.
- Stop.
Let's go.
- Ca-caw!
- Shh. Really?
There's no ca-caw.
Come on.
Was that necessary?
- It was fun.
- Ssh.
Get off me.
Ssh.
- Okay, all right.
Ooh.
- Oh. Steph.
- Wow, look at that computer setup.
Looks expensive.
- Yeah.
- Here, let me see.
- What could he be doing with
that much processing power?
- Whoa.
- Here, let me see.
The lens cap was on.
- Huh.
Wait a minute.
- What do you see?
- Sigmann Technologies.
- What's that mean?
- I think it must be
the original supplier.
From the missing equipment?
- Yeah, I remember seeing the
name on the inventory list.
But they sell super computers
used for high level processing
like running drug correlations,
that sort of thing.
- Why would he go through so much trouble
to install the computer at
his house instead of Darthon?
- I don't know.
What are you up to, Jakes?
Hey, I think Jake's has
the missing equipment
from Darthon at his house.
- And how exactly did you discover this?
Um.
- Hope?
- Okay, maybe I spied on him
through the back window of his house.
- Hope, I thought you were
supposed to be more careful.
Okay, I have to go.
- Uh-oh.
- What? What's wrong?
- My phone's missing.
I must have accidentally
dropped it at Jakes' house.
- Oh, Steph, please
tell me you're kidding.
- I wish I were.
Sorry.
Wait, wait, wait, wait.
Hold on.
Unbelievable.
- Who's that?
- That would be Pam
Stevens, director of HR.
- Oh.
- Oh, and it looks like she's getting
pretty comfy with the doctor.
I had no idea.
- No wonder you didn't get a fair shake
in your exit interview.
- Exactly.
She tried to shut me
down when I brought up
the irregularities with the audit.
- That Pam.
- Danielle, I didn't know
you were here already.
- Yeah, I came in a little early today.
- You looking for something?
- Yeah, just some files regarding
a project I'm working on.
- I'm sorry, I have orders
that no one is allowed into this office.
Something about a pending lawsuit.
No one's allowed in that
office until, well, ever.
Yeah, not even tomorrow, okay?
- Oh, I see.
Well I've got what I need,
so I guess we're good.
- Whoa.
And nothing's to be
removed from the office
until further notice.
- So I can't take these files for review?
- No, ma'am, I'm sorry.
- All right, well I'll just go ahead
and put these back then.
- What'd you find out?
- She's moving around a lot,
but now she's back at her friend's house.
- What are you waiting for?
Tell Brutus to use whatever
force is necessary,
but don't hurt her.
I need her alive.
- We're booking it, but
the stakes are a lot higher
now that the cops are involved.
- You realize I can call somebody else?
- And you realize it'd be very easy for me
to make Darthon aware
of your extracurricular
equipment purchases?
- Okay, I'm not gonna argue with you.
How much?
- 10K and we'll jam.
Anything else just isn't worth it.
- Don't make me regret this.
- Hey, did you find anything out?
- Yes. I just emailed
you the policy manual.
Yes.
All right, what about
the documents on my desk?
- Sorry, I tried,
but security stopped me
from taking anything.
Something about a lawsuit.
- Lawsuit?
I haven't filed one, at least not yet.
- Well it sounds like
they're expecting one.
- Listen, if I don't get the originals
of those authorizing documents,
I don't have a case either way.
- I'm sorry I couldn't help.
- No, you have done more than enough.
I'll figure something out.
Bye.
- David.
You're bleeding.
- I'm okay.
- What's going on?
- I said I'm okay, okay?
- No, you're not.
- I said I'm okay.
Just let it go.
Yo.
- So, what?
It's only been a few hours.
- Falcon, tell Brutus it's now.
Chill, man.
Okay? Tell your brother it's no sweat.
- It's me, okay?
You doofus, it's me.
I'm the one with the disease.
It's me.
Oh, man, that's heavy.
Why didn't you tell me before?
Hello?
- Okay, I got the company policy
and it clearly states what
Jakes is doing isn't authorized.
I'll send it to you right now.
- You've made good progress.
How are those authorizing
documents coming along?
- Yeah, my friend wasn't
able to get those.
- I really think you need
those to solidify your case.
- Maybe there's a way I
can get back into Darthon.
- Okay, I'm sure you don't
mean breaking and entering.
- Well, maybe there's a way I
can enter without breaking in.
- That is a terrible idea and
I must caution you against it.
It would be catastrophic to
your case if you were caught.
- I know, I was just
thinking about it, okay?
- Seriously, Hope, you are not invincible.
Okay, yes, I know that.
But I have to go. Bye.
Hey, is Hope here?
I need to talk to her about something.
- Come on in.
Those for me?
- No, sorry, for Hope.
Peace offering.
- Wait here, I'll go find her.
Um, Hope's not here.
- Oh, um, any idea where
she might have gone?
- I'm not sure.
She didn't say anything to me
and now she isn't answering her phone.
- She's been acting kind of strange
ever since she's been back.
I mean, look, I know we've had our issues.
But I don't know, she just
doesn't seem like the same Hope.
- I don't know if I'm
supposed to say anything,
but she lost her job last week.
- What?
- She's been looking for
evidence against her former boss,
evidence she says is in
her office back at Darthon.
- Michael.
- Hope, whatever you're up to, don't.
- I don't know what you're talking about.
- Stephanie told me you lost your job.
- That's none of your business.
- Look, I can help you
figure this out, all right?
You don't have to do this alone.
So just turn your car
around and come back home.
- I have to go.
- Oh, this isn't good.
- What do you mean?
- She's not thinking straight right now,
that's what I mean.
I have to go find her before she
does something she'll regret.
- But you don't even know where she went.
- Okay, you said the documents she needs
are in the office, right?
- Check.
- Okay, so she has to
be on her way there.
- I don't know.
I'll find her somehow.
- I've got a better idea.
- Yeah? And what's that?
- After the break-in, Hope and I
set up location sharing on our phones.
I can track her location from anywhere.
Looks like you were right.
I think she's on her way
to her office building.
- All right, I'll be
back in a little while.
- Right behind you.
- Where do you think you're going?
- I'm coming. Wingwoman.
- What is with this wingwoman thing?
- You're the point man, I'm the wingwoman.
Ba da bing, ba da boom.
Why do you still look confused?
- No, no.
I don't need a wingwoman.
- Does your phone track Hope's location?
- Of course not.
- Then I'm coming.
- All right, you know the risks, okay?
Because this could get really dangerous.
- She's my friend too.
I'm coming.
- All right, let's go.
- Long day.
- I agree.
Hopefully tomorrow won't be so crazy.
- Tomorrow's Saturday.
Oh right.
I guess it won't be so crazy then.
I'll see you next week.
Sounds good.
I'll see you then.
- What?
- Listen to me.
You need to get out of there right now.
- I am, relax.
Hope.
- Get off me.
I know who you are.
You broke into our house.
- Yeah, we got her.
- Okay, keep out of sight.
I'll be there in 20 minutes.
- So who is this guy anyway?
- His name's Dr. David
Jakes, director of R&D.
He's been with Darthon for 18 years.
He received a VP promotion eight years ago.
Looks like his expertise is in developing
and bringing leading-edge
medications to market.
- Sounds like the real deal
before he went off the deep end, huh?
- Okay, take this next
exit to head north on 275.
- How close are we?
ETA is 18 minutes.
- Yeah, what do you say we make that 15?
- Falcon?
- You got it.
- Where's Brutus?
- He's here.
- What'd you do to her?
- She's fine, it's just a sedative.
- How long before it wears off?
- I don't know, man.
Like 15 or 20 minutes.
So pay up. $10,000.
Is the money in the case?
- First you're going to help me
get her into the
executive conference room.
Come on.
- All right, pay up.
- It's all there.
Hey, can you see exactly
where she's at in the building?
- No, but I visited her office last year.
If we get inside, I think I can find it.
- All right, let's move.
- Where am I?
- It's good to finally
see you again, Hope.
- Help!
Someone help me!
- Quiet. No one can hear you.
- Where are we?
- You wouldn't help me willingly,
so I had to take matters
into my own hands.
Relax, you're gonna be fine.
- What do you want from me?
- If you had taken any of my calls,
you would know what I want.
- What? You fired me.
- You put your nose
where it didn't belong.
- So you admit it?
That was your motivation for all of this.
- It's more complicated than that.
- What? What?
- Hey, that's the guy who
broke into my parents' house.
- Where's Hope?
I don't know what you're
talking about, man.
- Where is she?
Tell me, and we give you the money.
- She's in the executive
conference by Jakes' office.
- What floor?
How do we get there?
- Figure it out.
- How do we get there?
- Fourth floor.
Go up and go left.
You can't miss it.
- I find out you're messing with me
and I will hunt you down.
- Relax, it's an antiseptic.
It's been a while since I've
administered a blood draw.
- Why? Why all of this?
- I'm dying, Hope.
I have a cancer similar to the
one you survived as a child.
I've exhausted every other option.
- What does this have to do with me?
- As a long-term survivor, your
antibodies are my best bet.
All I need is a pint of blood.
That's it, nothing more,
and you're free to go.
- Excuse me, what are you doing?
- A woman's been abducted.
She's being held in the conference
room on the fourth floor.
- Detective Michael Hansen. Retired.
- Detective?
Police detective?
- Yeah, this is my partner.
You're going to need to let us through.
- I'm sorry, I don't think I can do that.
- Look, it's our friend Hope.
If you don't let us through,
there's no telling what's going to happen.
- Hope?
Hope Howard?
- Yes.
- Yeah.
- 10-4, sir.
What's our objective?
- My partner and I are
going up, all right?
I need you to stay here and call it in.
- Here. You might need these.
- Thanks.
Tell them to get here as fast as they can.
- Yes, sir.
APB, we have an unknown
suspect in possible possession
of an apparent missing person.
Be advised, the perpetrator
may be armed and dangerous.
Send all available units
to the scene of the crime.
Identify location.
- That location is Dartmouth...
Darthon Research Lab.
Repeat, Darthon Research Laboratories.
Please confirm Darthon.
- Yeah, Darthon, not the other. Darthon.
Copy, Darthon
Research Laboratories.
- Thank you.
10-4.
- Sorry, Hope, but you're not leaving
until I get what I need.
Stop shaking.
I don't want to hurt you.
- Detective, huh?
- Hey, I said detective, retired.
- I didn't realize we were partners.
And why do you still carry a badge?
- I don't know.
A reminder of a previous life, I guess.
- I thought he said left.
- Just follow me.
- How do you even know where to go?
- Instinct.
Okay.
6-11, what's your 20?
- 10-23 on scene.
Copy, unit on scene.
- Right this way.
The perp is holed up in
a fourth floor office.
Possible hostage situation.
- What are you doing?
You said you'd let me go
after you got what you needed.
You already drew my blood.
- You didn't really think
I was gonna let you live
with what you know, did you?
- Why are you so angry?
- I didn't ask for this.
- How is that my fault?
- It's not.
It's fate.
Life isn't fair.
Sometimes bad things happen.
- No, you always have a choice.
- You can't control it, and neither can I.
Look, people are going
to use you and abuse you.
Now you need to learn to
start fighting for yourself
because no one is going to.
And in this case, you were better off
just leaving well enough alone.
- Help!
Someone help me!
- Over here, hurry, hurry.
- Hurry.
- What do you think I'm doing?
There's like 50 keys on this thing.
- Instinct.
- Get away from her.
Move.
- Jakes, you don't have to do this.
- I said move.
- Look, nothing you've done at this point
is beyond repair, all right?
So just put the gun
down and I can help you
with whatever it is that you need.
- Well, it's too late for that.
You know as well as I do,
I can't let you leave here.
- Look, the police are gonna
be here any minute, okay?
Just work with me.
It doesn't have to end this way.
- You.
There's a blood collection
bag in that cooler over there.
Bring it to me.
Go. The cooler, right over there.
Bring the cooler to me.
Hurry up.
Come on, come on, I don't have all day.
Let's go.
What are you doing?
- It's okay.
I'm gonna walk it over
to you slowly, all right?
Nice and easy.
- Set it on the corner of
the table and you back up.
Back up.
Back up.
- It's okay.
- I said back up.
Police, let me see your hands.
Drop the gun.
Drop the gun.
Show me your hands. Turn around.
Turn around. Turn around.
Hands behind your back.
Everybody okay?
- Hope, I'm sorry.
I didn't mean for it to go that far.
- You don't have to be afraid to die.
Jakes.
I can forgive you because
I've been forgiven.
- Thanks, I owe you one.
- It's been my pleasure, sir.
- You found me.
- Yeah.
Well, I figured last time
I didn't fight for you.
I didn't want to make
that same mistake again.
- Let's get you home.
- Isaiah 61:1 says, "The spirit
of the Lord God is upon me
"because the Lord has anointed me
"to preach good tidings to the poor.
"He has sent me to heal the brokenhearted,
"to proclaim liberty to the captives,
"and the opening of the prison
to those who are bound."
Amen.
Amen.
- With us today are some
special friends of ours,
Bob Kerney and his daughter Hope.
I've asked them to come share
a little of their story,
so let's make them feel welcome.
- My story is one of profound grace.
It's about a father, an imperfect father
who loved his daughter
but who made mistakes
that wounded her deeply.
It's about a daughter
who, despite being hurt,
was able to forgive fully.
- You know, it's also about
a perfect Heavenly Father
who sent his son to heal those wounds.
He restored my broken heart
and he freed me from my
prison of bitterness.
You know, Jesus died and he rose again
to redeem each and every
one of us of our sins.
But you know the only
thing he asks in return
is that we forgive those who have hurt us.
That seems like a pretty
small price in comparison.
You know, I once heard
that forgiving others
and letting go of bitterness
is the beginning of healing.
It also allows for new things to flourish.
And now I know how true that really is.
So, you know, I was really glad to hear
that Jakes is expected
to make a full recovery.
- Yeah, it's truly a miracle.
- So what do you think's
going to happen to him?
- I don't know.
I mean, the guy's committed
some serious felonies, you know?
But the fact that you're
not willing to press charges
counts in his favor.
- I mean, when I found out
he was doing all of that
just to save his own life,
it just seemed like the
least I could do, you know?
- Yeah.
- Come on, let's go.
You know you don't have
to come with me, right?
- Yeah, I know.
- I thought you hated running.
Welcome to the new Michael.
I'm ready to experience some new things.
- Yeah? In that outfit?
- What's wrong with this?
It's great. It's perfect.
Steph?
Steph?
Pocket dial from Steph.
- Ugh, those are the worst.
- Not all of them.
- Hey, wait up.
- Come on, let's go.
What's the rush?
- This is a jog, not a walk.
Come on, old man.
Cut me some slack, will ya?
It's been a while.