Mind Games (2014) s01e10 Episode Script
N.D.E
Previously on "mind games" This is the guy you'll work with.
Okay.
Oliver.
I mean, your parents are like zillionaires or something, right? What does that mean? What is with you? I've never seen you like this on a job before.
Because i've never been screwing people That i genuinely liked before.
He's been asking these really oddly specific questions.
Do you think i'm being paranoid? Sam! Come on, open the door! Sam, i just want to talk! Sam, you're not gonna be able to avoid me forever! Yeah.
He's at her apartment over here.
Pounding on the door.
What do you want me to do with him? What's under my feet, ken? Uh, carpet? New carpet? They said that buying used carpet is not a thing.
Then you're not asking the right people, are you? You need -- What? What's this? Your name tag.
"Royce powell, Electronic-Banking fraud-Prevention officer.
" And "fraud" is spelled with a "w.
" Yeah, that's a misprint.
We just wanted him to approve it for size.
I would think that "fraud" would be the one word You would have spelled correctly.
Uh, just put his name on it.
He doesn't need his whole rãâ©sumãâ© pinned to his jacket.
You okay? What does that smell like to you? I don't know.
Paint? Plastic? It smells like a lie.
It smells like a bunch of amateurs Invented a bank out of thin air in two days To get someone to sign away their trust fund.
They don't know what they're doing.
What's going on with you? You've never been this nervous before.
I never pulled a job with someone threatening to break my legs before.
That's not gonna happen.
You understand me? I set the important parts up myself, And they are gonna work.
You're gonna be okay.
Martin! This looks great.
Ha! I love it! Hello, sam.
Isaac vincent.
Mr.
Vincent, what are you doing here? I thought you wanted me to take this job -- Yeah, i know, i know -- I told martin i would stay away, But i felt i had to come down and express some concerns.
Well, i've got it under control.
Yeah, i can see that, But it's not you or your carpet i'm worried about.
It's our friend here -- Sam.
And this guy that's beating down her door.
What are you talking about? These, love.
Are you following me? Absolutely we are.
You see, sam, this fake bank you're standing in Is all coming out of my wallet.
Now, i want to make sure things don't go wrong.
'Cause if they do, i'd have to eliminate them.
And this guy -- This looks like something that could go wrong.
We work together.
It's nothing.
Great! I'm glad we got that all cleared up.
Superb.
Only How do i know it's nothing? You see my dilemma? I'm working with professional liars, And i don't know when i can believe them.
Now, if this guy becomes a serious problem, I'm gonna have to clear it up.
Then it's gonna become a mess.
You can ask martin here.
I'm not above being messy.
So maybe you want to deal with this Before i do.
You got that? Joe, let's trot on.
Now it feels like a real bank.
You're cheating! Don't be a hater.
There is no way that you knew that "jauk" was a word.
Oh, so because i'm winning, that means i must be cheating.
Yes.
What does it mean? It's, uh okay, you forfeit, And i'm reporting you to the governing body.
Latrell! Latrell, who's in charge of this game? And here i thought upgrading your phone Would make you more productive.
So, i can't find ross, and the client he booked Says she can't make it here.
Soreschedule her.
I would, but she seemed really stressed, So i said we could make an exception this once and come to her.
You are not mean enough to work reception.
Okay, where is it that she'd like us to meet? What? I can't tell you how much i appreciate you meeting me here.
I-I had everything arranged to come in and meet you guys.
Then the dress came back, and apparently the stress of the wedding Has caused me to lose weight -- Sadly, all in my breasts, So now i'm floating in this thing Like i'm being shot out of a white cannon.
And then my mother is over there Trying to talk the store into screwing over some other bride And just giving us her dress.
Uh, it's not a problem.
This is my associate, miles.
Unfortunately, ross, who scheduled your appointment, Is, uh Well, we'reactually not sure where he is right now.
Oh, that's okay.
No, i just got his name from a friend of a friend, And honestly, at this moment, i don't remember anyone's names.
So how can we help you? Karen, they're going to let you try on the other one.
I'm not stealing someone's dress, mom! It's not stealing.
The store is perfectly ha-- I will give you the speech about right versus wrong momentarily.
Can you just give me a minute? Thanks.
I need you to help me go through with this.
With the wedding.
You don't want to get married? Oh, are you kidding? I totallywant to get married.
When sean asked me, i was so happy, I cried for two minutes before i could actually say the word "yes.
" But now that things are getting closer And there's all this stuff swirling around, I'm thinking crazy things, you know, like maybe -- Maybe i'm too young to get married, right? Or -- Or maybe i should be marrying sean's best man Instead of sean.
Ormaybe i'd make a great lesbian If i just -- I don't know -- Gave it a shot.
Karen, cold feet is a completely normal reaction.
That is what everyone keeps saying, But i get cold feet about everything.
I buy a pack of gum, i have second thoughts.
My second thoughts -- They're always bad.
My first instinct, that's solid.
That's where it's at.
But i can never seem to get my brain to mute after that, And i just end up ruining things.
I just miss things.
And i don't want to do that -- Not with this.
Yeah.
Well I just don't know how we can help you, really.
I read this article that said there were theseexperiments Where they -- What do you call it? -- Like, primed people in stressful situations To just tune out the negatives and see the positives.
Positive key stimuli focal priming? That sounds great! Can you just do that -- To me? Just focus me on "i do" and not "bride wars.
" Just keywhatever me on my fiancãâ©, sean, And not what color the band's lapels should be, Or just get me to stop watching "runaway bride.
" Karen, the thing is, W-W-We mostly do this to people who Don't know that we're doing it to them.
Then this one will be easy.
Right? Because we're all on the same team.
Karen! We need to go.
The other bride is coming.
Dr.
Edwards, just Just please.
Hey.
Gone for a couple of hours, And you leave 20 messages on my machine? What's going on? Mm.
Mmm.
Let's eat.
I'm hungry.
What are you doing to miles? What? You introduce him to this oliver guy, Then you warn him to watch out, Get him worrying about oliver, but trusting you, And then you end up taking him down.
You think i haven't seen it? You think i haven't done it? You're acting totally paranoid right now.
I am not up to anything.
What, did miles tell you that something's going on? He didn't have to.
I've developed a pretty good radar For these things i've learned to trust.
Apparently, you trust your radar more than you trust me.
You're right.
Probably got it wrong.
Probably seen moves i would have made, imagined the rest.
No, you're not just imagining the rest.
You're accusing me of it.
Okay.
Here's what i'll do.
I'll tell miles that it's probably nothing.
Good.
But he should be on guard -- That if anyone anywhere so much as asks him for a dollar He should call me, the police, and his accountant.
That way, if this oliver guy turns out -- Wait.
Ross son of a bitch.
No, ross.
R-Ross, you don't understand.
Were you working me, too? Was this little fling of ours just a way to get me Looking in the other direction? No.
I had to.
I owe this man everything.
He's saved me more times than i can even count! If -- If i didn't help him, They were threatening to kill him.
You better tell him to run, because this isn't happening.
Listen to me -- This vincent guy that's bankrolling everything, He is not the kind of person that you can just tell, "I'm gonna change my mind.
" It doesn't matter that i don't want to do this.
I haveto do this.
If you think i'm letting you get near miles' money, you are crazy.
I'm not letting you say anything to miles, ross.
Watch me.
Because if you do, I'm gonna have to tell clark everything.
That you hired beth to have an affair with him And get him fired, That you paid her to go away, And then you hired me to pay her to go away again.
Th-This entire company is built on a series of your lies.
And when claire figured it out, you made her go away, too.
It would destroy everything, ross.
You would lose him, you would lose the business, He would lose beth, and for what?! To protect some outrageously wealthy family From what amounts to one bad day on the stock market.
Just let it go.
Come on.
Just let it go.
And when this is all over, we can all just Go on.
I saw an ad the other day -- "Five nights in hawaii.
" I was gonna ask you if you thought it'd be too soon For us to go away on vacation together.
How'd i get you so wrong? You didn't.
It's just this one thing.
When is it supposed to happen? Why do you want to know? 'Cause i want you gone as soon as possible.
Ross, please.
Go to hell, sam.
Hey.
What's going on? Ah, it's a personal issue.
The bride show up? Karen or whatever -- I meant with me.
I asked you if you thought I should be concerned about oliver.
You said you were gonna look into it, and then you disappeared.
So Do i need to be worried? No.
No, it's, uh probably nothing.
Oh.
Good.
I m-- I was afraid you were gonna tell me That i was gonna have to stop seeing him, Which would have been painful at this point.
Thank you.
Where have you been?! Hey.
Okay, miles and i had to go to a bridal -- Personal issue, okay? Not in the mood.
Fine.
Whatever.
Miles.
Mm? What if we were to use Motivational reinforcement triads? Ross, you got to stop these guys.
They are trying to force this poor woman Into getting married against her better judgment.
She asked us for help.
Guys, she's having doubts Because she doesn't want to get married.
We should be helping her out of it, Not forcing her into it.
You are projecting onto someone Who told us exactly what she wants.
She told you what she wants to want Because it isn't actually what she wants.
Believe it or not, i followed that.
Well, maybe she's right.
We can't be sure one way or the other if that is -- Clark, she wasn't there.
She wasn't there.
We were.
But what if -- What if it doesn't matter? What if, instead of pushing her to do one thing or another, We get her to dig deep inside herself And know, with absolute certainty, What really mattered to her? So that, either way, S-She could act decisively and without regret.
Is that possible? Can we do that? No.
Yes.
No.
Yes! N.
D.
E.
Oh.
Look, even in simulated events, Subjects experienced a feeling of tremendous clarity, As if they could suddenly see through the -- The clutter of daily life And understand what really mattered to them.
Some describe it as having been, uh, Given the gift of insight.
Abner did some studies at cbu.
I can ask him to loan us a little bit of the -- Yeah, look, megan, if you're right and she wants out, She'll eject without hesitation.
Miles, if you're right And she just needs a little push To get to where she's already going, Then she'll go down the aisle with a rocket on her back.
This sounds perfect.
What is n.
D.
E.
? You know what? You're just gonna think it sounds bad.
Clark, what is n.
D.
E.
? Near-Death experience.
Are you saying that you want to almost kill the bride? Roughly, yeah.
Sort of.
I foresee myself taking a sick day.
Research suggests that everything that we have come to associate With near-Death experiences, like the light in the tunnel Or feeling out of body or a sense of a higher power, All that is really just a wave of brain activity -- Sometimes called the "end of life surge" -- Which is triggered when the brain is starved of oxygen.
So scientists started to wonder If we could trigger the same phenomenon Without putting you in danger.
You ready? Okay.
Ta-Da! Ta-Da! The near-Death-Experience chair! Sounds like the worst carnival ride ever.
It is going to help trigger a wave of brain patterns That are actually very similar to the end of life surge.
But because it's gonna happen as a result Of us tricking the mind and not attacking the body, Perfectly safe.
In limited trials, after the experience, Subjects all seem to report A sense of renewed clarity, focus.
The brain reacts to what it perceives as a near-Miss By clearing away all the clutter in your daily life And just leaving you with a picture Of only what's most important to you -- Such asthe man you want to marry.
Or that you don't actually want to get married at all.
So, putting karen in this chair Will let us know what she really wants to do? No! The chair induces a state Where she decides for herself what she really wants to do.
Hey, guys.
Sorry, uh, that i'm late.
What'sgoing on? We have a bride that's suffering from -- W-Wait! No! Wait! Um We're gonna have to test this configuration Before bringing the client back in.
And sam here has not heard anything, So she would make a really good candidate.
Why do you need sam? 'Cause The phenomenon only seems to be triggered When the subject doesn't know to anticipate it.
Sam? Would you mind? I-I Seems like the least she could do.
Right, sam? This is so weird.
I can see you touching me, But it feels like it's a different version of me, Likethe me in front of the real me.
Seeing yourself through goggles Causes something called temporoparietal disassociation.
It's basically like having an out-Of-Body experience.
While this is usually a product of near-Death experience, Turns out, we can use it as a cue to help kick one off.
Now, when the experiment starts, I want you to focus on these And try to create as many different words In your imagination by rearranging letters As you can.
Okay.
She's ready.
Let's do it! Okay.
Here's what's gonna happen.
The word puzzle will distract sam As we perform the procedure.
When she starts to feel dizzy, Everything inside her goggles Will fade to a bright white light -- Another cue to the brain to trigger the surge.
And when she faints, You two help me bring her to the floor.
Wait.
She's gonna faint? Yes.
I'm gonna apply bilateral carotid sinus massage, Triggering a vasovagal response.
He's gonna apply pressure to the same nerve That causes some people to pass out -- Don't do it to me! Sorry.
As she starts to faint, I'll imply that she's having an abnormal reaction, okay? Which will produce fear, Which seems to be the final ingredient In producing a full near-Death experience.
Every time you say "near-Death experience," i get a little chill.
Oh, yes! No, no.
Not in a good way.
Now, are you sure you guys know what you're doing? Yeah? Okay.
Um Stunt.
Shunt.
Shant.
"Shant.
" Is that even a word? Ohh.
It's like watching -- Sam, just focus on the words, okay? Oh, right.
Right.
Okay.
Slant -- Whoa.
Whoa.
I feel dizzy.
Sam.
Sam, listen to me.
You're having an abnormalreaction.
Sam.
Easy, easy, easy.
Here we go.
Okay.
Positive signs of a surge.
Sam.
Hey.
It's okay.
You're fine.
Okay.
Do you want to sit up? No, i think i just want to lay here for a little while.
Absolutely.
Sam? They just wanted me to make sure that you were okay.
Hard to say.
What was supposed to happen? Well, it was supposed to feel like you had almost died.
You were supposed to get a sudden sense Of renewed purpose and clarity and Remember the things that you really care about.
Well, i'm guessing it didn't work.
Otherwise, you'd be telling me you'd changed your plans -- Ross, i'm not having this conversation with you again.
I can help you.
Just tell me what i can -- No.
No.
This is the only way i can get out of this -- It's not.
It's the easy way.
And you don't have to go through with it.
I think that Maybe i do.
I think that maybe it's just who i am.
Sam -- When i was a kid, My dad used to con wealthy women Out of all their money.
That's what i was thinking about when you just walked up -- How he would charm his way into their lives, Suck them dry, and then just disappear.
And i mean, the thing is, most of them were just awful.
Saw me as some brat who got in the way.
But there was this one woman, When we were living in tucson -- Eileen -- She was different.
She was like Like a real mom.
I didn't understand why we couldn't just stay, Why this one time, we couldn't make the lie real.
But that wasn't how dad worked.
"Real" wasn't interesting to him.
Eventually, even i wasn't interesting to him.
So one day A couple days before it came down, Dad tells eileen that he's going On some business trip to new york When really, he was still in tucson -- A couple of miles away in some crappy motel, Ironing out all the details.
And eileen suspected something.
I mean, she knew that something wasn't right.
So, one day, she just pulls me aside And she asks me, point-Blank -- Is my dad really in new york? And the thing is I mean, i could have told her.
I-Icould have told her the truth and saved her, And maybe Just maybe she would've saved me, you know? Taken me in, raised me.
I would've turned out great.
Different.
But i didn't.
I told her that dad was in new york.
And three days later, We disappeared with most of her savings.
That's who i am, ross.
I'm the girl that picks wrong.
I'm the girl that says "new york" To protect a lie, Where a decent human being would say "tucson" To protect everything else.
Sam! Sam! Ross, please! I'm not gonna let you do it.
We've been over this! I'm gonna tell miles right now.
If you got to tell clark, then that's what you got to do, But i'm not gonna let the mistakes of my past Keep forcing me to make new ones.
You should think about the same thing.
You don't understand.
Well, then make me understand.
Okay? I want to.
Whatever it is, i will help you solve it, But you're not gonna use miles' money.
That is off the table.
Do you understand? What are you doing?! Listen.
There's no need for alarm.
I'm just taking your friend here for a little time-Out So that he don't wander into anything.
Just do what you're supposed to do, and he'll be fine.
Good girl.
Now, get this done.
Nate.
Ross! Ross!! Are you insane?! It wasn't my idea.
Then tell vincent that he's got to let him go now.
He doesn't want ross.
He just wants him out of the way until we're done.
Then why didn't you stop him? Mr.
Vincent is not exactly the kind of person we can stop! The fastest way -- The only way -- To get ross back Is to finish this! Thanks, andy.
Hello? - Mr.
Hood.
Speaking.
Who's this? Mr.
Hood, my name is royce powell.
I'm the electronic-Banking fraud-Protection specialist Here at chicago federal.
I'm calling because we believe One of your accounts has been compromised.
Oh, my god.
Does the name oliver king mean anything to you? I knew it.
I knew it.
Rather than get into this on the phone, We'd like to get you down to our branch right away.
Ross.
You've given me some concerns.
Ah! You see, from where i'm looking, I know you're the one tied up, But i feel like i'm the one who's being done over here.
I don't know what you're talking about.
Well -- Don't go there.
See, i think i've put it all together.
You're a con man.
So i figured you've created this nonsense little firm As part of some plan So that you can shake down this millionaire kid miles.
But fair is fair, ross.
We came up with a way to get to him first.
I mean, if you saw what we had going, You'd be impressed.
We've built a fake bank that i'd leave my money in If i didn't know no better.
Mr.
Hood.
Royce powell.
I'm sorry to meet under these circumstances, But i think we've got a handle on it.
Shall we begin? Now, these will simply allow us To move the funds from the compromised account To a new safe one.
And if you sign Here and here And enter the old password.
We've got him so worried this oliver kid was taking his cash, He's just gonna hand it to us.
I even pulled out the big guns.
Hi.
Ken jenkins.
Fbi.
Look, we're working as quickly as we can To hunt this guy down.
But any information that you'd be able to provide us Would certainly accelerate the process.
Yeah, of course.
I just I-I only met him a couple weeks ago.
Well, how did you meet? A friend introduced us.
Oh, can we get this friend in here? Now, i know you're not happy sam joined our team.
Yeah.
You're up.
But you can't blame her for going with the winners.
Uh, mr hood? I-I'd like a few minutes with you now, please.
Miles, i'm so sorry.
I-I told them everything that i remembered.
I-I'm just so happy that they stopped it.
I didn't mean for any of this to happen.
Miles? Very nice.
Look, i'm sure that you're upset, But for the record, your friend was very helpful.
Yeah.
Well Okay, now, for us to catch this guy, It's essential that you not talk about this To anyone outside of this room.
We absolutely don't want him to know that we're on to him.
Is that clear? Yes.
Of course.
Yes.
Okay.
Now, here's how this is gonna work.
Your money is being moved to a new safe account.
Then we're gonna unfreeze your current account -- So i'm sitting here thinking We've dotted every "i" and crossed every "t," And just to make sure there's no problems, I've given you a time-Out.
I'm actually feeling pretty good.
Except This morning, your phone Is flooded with text messages from clark.
He's asking, "where are you? We have to start this n.
D.
E.
Thing now.
" Nothing from sam or miles.
I've left ross 15 messages, maybe as many texts.
Two days in a row -- Th-This is unbelievable.
You know karen's out there, right? Yes, i do know, latrell.
What i don't seem to understand Is why the rest of our staff isn't! Should i reschedule her? No.
Wait.
It's ross.
Well, i text him back on your behalf, Saying you're busy.
That's your answer?! "I'm busy"?! You know what, ross? We're all busy.
But some of us are busy at work, Where we're supposed to be.
You know what? You scheduled this appointment.
Clark? She's a friend of a friend of -- What? Hold on.
You know he can't hear you, right? Yes.
Just bring her in.
The three of us will do it.
Then it clicks.
Maybe this is the plan.
Maybe you've got us here worried about you So that i'd think my boys are free to carry out the plan.
But really, you're just some sort of distraction So that clark can do this n.
D.
E.
Thing And steal miles' money from under our feet.
How'd i do? I'd say you Pretty much got everything past "i'm a con man" Spectacularly wrong.
Wrong? Spectacularly wrong? What part did i get wrong? All of it? All of it? Now, now, hold on a minute.
What about clark? What are you two planning So that you get there before us? No, no, no.
We're -- We're not planning anything.
N.
D.
E.
Has nothing to do with miles.
All right.
Joe? We're not planning anything! Hey! Get ahold of him.
I'm gonna put a hole in his head.
No! Wait! Oh! Listen to me! Wait! Whoa, whoa, whoa! There is -- No! No! No! No! We're not trying to steal anything from miles! There's a real business! It's real! It's real! I swear! Ugh.
Ah.
A real business? Trying to influence people into changing their mind And they don't even know they're doing it? There's no such thing.
There is now.
Let him go.
Aah! All right.
Tell me how it works.
Give me an example.
I-I'm more the public-Relations end of it.
I -- If i knew how it worked, I would have influenced my way out of this.
The fact that you can't give me a simple example Proves you're not being honest.
Joe.
Hey! Wait, wait.
Wait.
Look, look.
Listen to me.
Listen to me.
Okay, okay.
Okay.
There's a-A woman -- Karen, i think.
S-She's having problems with her wedding.
Can't decide what she wants to do.
Clark and miles -- They -- They came up with this -- This procedure -- The n.
D.
E.
Thing that he texted about.
Okay? Now, she thinks that she is playing word puzzles.
Well, i'm not i don't feel Karen.
Karen, listen to me.
You're having an adverse reaction To the neocortical stimulation.
I what? You need to focus on my voice, karen.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
But what's really happening Is that it's clearing everything else away And showing her what she really cares about.
Then she's free to -- To see what she really wants to do.
N.
D.
E.
-- What does that mean? Near-Death experience.
So you're giving brides-To-Be near-Death experience, And you're calling that a legitimate business? I don't know how the thing works, okay? But i'm telling you -- We just -- We do weird stuff like this all the time! And she just wakes upfine? Theoretically.
Aaah! Oh! - Karen! Whoa! Oh.
No, no! Stop! Whoa, whoa.
It's okay, it's okay.
Just relax.
Relax.
Stop it.
Y-You just fainted for a second.
Okay.
Just relax, okay? All right.
That was it.
That was the thing, the thing that was supposed to get me to feel.
I feel -- How did you know how i'd feel? If you just sit down, we can explain.
You know what? I'm gonna go.
Umi should, uh i'm gonna call jeff.
I'm gonna call jeff.
Thank you.
Huh.
Sometimes the, uh, procedure Produces a fight-Or-Flight response.
Didn't occur to you to mention that before, clark? I didn't -- No.
I should write that down.
She really took you off your feet, didn't she? I tripped.
Did she just say she was gonna call jeff? It only makes sense that she'd reach out to her fiancãâ©.
That's not her fiancãâ©.
It's not? Sean is her fiancãâ©.
Jeff is the best man.
Oh, no.
You did say it would point her at what she wants.
And what about sam? You hired her.
J-Just to work there.
I I had no idea she had other plans.
You didn't know she was a con? I thought she'd changed.
Females -- They'll get you every time right in the heart.
Relax.
A certain amount of nerves looks real.
Beyond that looks guilty.
I'm really not interested in your pointers, thanks.
Look, i'm just saying, I don't want six weeks' worth of work to go down the drain Because you got the shakes.
So get yourself -- What did you just say? I said i -- Martin! Okay.
Let's go.
Let's go, let's go.
Okay.
Open the door.
Let me go! What the hell is going on?! She was -- Let her go, nate! Let her go! You son of a bitch.
What is going on with you?! Six weeks.
Six weeks.
You've been setting me up Before you even showed up at my front door.
How could you do this to me? How could i? How could you? What are you talking about? I didn't do anything.
That's exactly right.
You did nothing.
I practically raised you.
You would be dead or in prison right now if it wasn't for me.
And how do you thank me? By tossing me away like a dirty rag Without so much as a phone call.
So you make me your mark? You make me believe they're gonna kill you, When you've actually chosen a maniac like vincent to partner up with? I thought if we did one last job, You might remember where you really belong.
And if you didn't One decent score was the least you could give me, all i've done for you.
You bastard.
I'm not letting you get away with this.
Yes, you are.
Ross is somewhere right now quietly insisting on it.
And what about the bride? Did this n.
D.
E.
Thing solve her problem? How do i know? You saw the texts.
I'm missing it.
Yeah, you are.
Now i feel bad.
You know what? I think we'll do an experiment of our own.
What? Now, joe, this is a near-Death experience, okay? Don't go the full way.
We want to hear what he says.
No, no! Need to hear about -- Hey! No, no! It's a simulation.
I want to know he's okay.
Ross is fine! It's simulated! - Don't worry about that.
Think i'm gonna believe a word that comes out of your mouth? He's not -- I want to talk to him.
I don't care how your brother does it.
We are very experienced in this area.
Go ahead, joe.
Yeah? Everything okay? She wants to talk to him.
Well, he's a bit busy at the moment.
Well, you tell him That i'm not doing anything until i know he's okay.
Okay, well, we'll play this old game.
She gives me a question only he knows, I get the answer, then you can finish up.
You can ask a question only ross can answer.
You get your answer, we finish up.
Deal? Ask him where he said He wanted to go on vacation.
Joe! I said "near-Death experience"! This is an experiment! Get him up! Ross? Ross, ross.
I have sam on the phone.
Come on, ross.
She's got a question for you.
You hear me? She's worried about you.
She wants to know Where you were planning to take your vacation.
Come on, ross.
Tell her it was new york once But it's not too late to choose tucson.
He said it was new york once, But it's never too late to choose tucson.
Hey! Do we have a problem out here? You good? I am.
So, how was our little experiment? Did it work? I don't know yet.
Yes? Hi.
Whoa.
Hey.
Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Oh, my god.
Hey! Andy! Andy! No! No, no.
Get back! Get back! No! Sorry.
Hey, uh, that's okay.
Uh, hi.
I'm clark edwards.
I-I was doing some work earlier with karen, And just wondering if i could talk to her for a few minutes.
She's not here.
I've left her lots of messages, called her friends.
No one's heard from her.
My friend jeff's gone radio silent, too.
What's going on? Wha-- Who is thi-- Oh.
It's -- It's fine.
There she is.
Hello? Thank god.
I was starting to worry.
Some guy is here, and he said that you -- Yeah, i guess.
Is everything okay? Yeah.
I-I'll see you in a few minutes.
So, what's going on? She says we need to talk.
Wants me to come meet her.
You know what? I-I think, if it's okay with you, I think it would be best If i just talked to her for a few minutes And made sure that she was absolutely certain About anychanges that she might want to make.
What exactly is it you do? At the moment, Sort of the wedding-Planning industry.
Oh, my god.
Are you hurt? What -- What the hell are you doing here? I wanted to see that you were okay.
You wanted to see if i was o-- I want you to get out of my life.
I want you far, far away, sam.
I didn't do it.
I didn't do it.
Yes, you did.
Otherwise, i wouldn't be standing here.
The transfer for miles did go through.
You're right.
That's why you're standing here.
But the bank doesn't actually move the money Till tomorrow morning, so when they go to do it, They'll notice that the order's been changed.
Vincent and martin will wake up to discover That all that money's been transferred to a new account.
Mine.
So you went from stealing for them to upgrading -- What they'll never see is where that money went After it went into my account -- Right back to miles.
They'll think that i'm sitting On a beach somewhere with his trust fund.
But the next time miles goes to check his balance, Every last penny will be there.
What are you -- I-I don't understand what you're saying.
It may have taken me But i finally picked the people that love me Over the ones that use me.
I'm just sorry i did it too late.
Sounds like you didn't.
I mean, you -- You did it exactly when you were supposed to.
You put the money back.
But see? That's the thing.
Ross, i can't just put the money back.
That wouldn't make any sense to them.
No, they need to think that i took it, That i screwed everyone, you included, And made off with it all.
Why? So they'll come after me.
Only me.
Which means that i need to be long gone By the time they figure it out.
So i was hoping Maybe you could take me to the airport.
Sam, there's got to be something else.
I've had to run so many times.
The one thing i've never gotten is a proper goodbye.
So, please, just this once can it be different? Hey, um, thanks.
Just one minute, okay? Thank you.
Dr.
Edwards? Can we chat, please? Yeah.
Just one second.
Uh -- It's okay.
Thank you.
Look, karen.
I know you must be feeling Some intense things at this moment, But before you make Some radical, life-Altering decision, I-I really -- I think we should sit down And -- And talk through your feelings, okay? It's okay, dr.
Edwards.
I -- This is what i want.
I've never been more sure of anything in my life.
Look.
I'm not sure throwing off one guy to chase another Is the healthiest -- Wait.
What are you talking about? I-I don't know.
Wait.
You -- You were looking for jeff, And then -- And then -- You thought i was running away with jeff? Y-Yes.
Oh, my gosh.
That's hilarious.
No.
Jeff is sean's best friend in the world, dr.
Edwards.
I would never ask him to marry me Without having jeff there.
Wait.
I-I'm confused.
I'm getting married.
Right now.
In this park.
I mean, assuming sean says yes.
See, that's what i realized -- That what i wanted, when it got right down to it, Was just him.
And when i knew that, Everything else was easy.
Almost.
I-I still have to get my mother and jeff And some ordained guy from the internet Who said he was free in two hours.
I'm sorry But can someone please tell me what the hell is going on? Honey I was hoping I could interest you in a slight change of plans.
You sure you want to do this? That's the funny thing.
I amsure.
My whole life, I've taken the easy way out.
And my whole life, i've had to live With the doubt and the regret.
But i pick the hard way just once, And the second i did it, it became easy.
It fit, you know? It was like tumblers in a lock That i'd been trying to pick in all the wrong ways.
And i thought, "oh.
So this is what it's supposed to feel like.
" So at least i know what i'm looking for now.
If i don't go, i'm gonna miss my flight.
Goodbye, ross.
Goodbye, sam.
And who knows? Maybe someday, we both end up in tucson.
Okay.
Oliver.
I mean, your parents are like zillionaires or something, right? What does that mean? What is with you? I've never seen you like this on a job before.
Because i've never been screwing people That i genuinely liked before.
He's been asking these really oddly specific questions.
Do you think i'm being paranoid? Sam! Come on, open the door! Sam, i just want to talk! Sam, you're not gonna be able to avoid me forever! Yeah.
He's at her apartment over here.
Pounding on the door.
What do you want me to do with him? What's under my feet, ken? Uh, carpet? New carpet? They said that buying used carpet is not a thing.
Then you're not asking the right people, are you? You need -- What? What's this? Your name tag.
"Royce powell, Electronic-Banking fraud-Prevention officer.
" And "fraud" is spelled with a "w.
" Yeah, that's a misprint.
We just wanted him to approve it for size.
I would think that "fraud" would be the one word You would have spelled correctly.
Uh, just put his name on it.
He doesn't need his whole rãâ©sumãâ© pinned to his jacket.
You okay? What does that smell like to you? I don't know.
Paint? Plastic? It smells like a lie.
It smells like a bunch of amateurs Invented a bank out of thin air in two days To get someone to sign away their trust fund.
They don't know what they're doing.
What's going on with you? You've never been this nervous before.
I never pulled a job with someone threatening to break my legs before.
That's not gonna happen.
You understand me? I set the important parts up myself, And they are gonna work.
You're gonna be okay.
Martin! This looks great.
Ha! I love it! Hello, sam.
Isaac vincent.
Mr.
Vincent, what are you doing here? I thought you wanted me to take this job -- Yeah, i know, i know -- I told martin i would stay away, But i felt i had to come down and express some concerns.
Well, i've got it under control.
Yeah, i can see that, But it's not you or your carpet i'm worried about.
It's our friend here -- Sam.
And this guy that's beating down her door.
What are you talking about? These, love.
Are you following me? Absolutely we are.
You see, sam, this fake bank you're standing in Is all coming out of my wallet.
Now, i want to make sure things don't go wrong.
'Cause if they do, i'd have to eliminate them.
And this guy -- This looks like something that could go wrong.
We work together.
It's nothing.
Great! I'm glad we got that all cleared up.
Superb.
Only How do i know it's nothing? You see my dilemma? I'm working with professional liars, And i don't know when i can believe them.
Now, if this guy becomes a serious problem, I'm gonna have to clear it up.
Then it's gonna become a mess.
You can ask martin here.
I'm not above being messy.
So maybe you want to deal with this Before i do.
You got that? Joe, let's trot on.
Now it feels like a real bank.
You're cheating! Don't be a hater.
There is no way that you knew that "jauk" was a word.
Oh, so because i'm winning, that means i must be cheating.
Yes.
What does it mean? It's, uh okay, you forfeit, And i'm reporting you to the governing body.
Latrell! Latrell, who's in charge of this game? And here i thought upgrading your phone Would make you more productive.
So, i can't find ross, and the client he booked Says she can't make it here.
Soreschedule her.
I would, but she seemed really stressed, So i said we could make an exception this once and come to her.
You are not mean enough to work reception.
Okay, where is it that she'd like us to meet? What? I can't tell you how much i appreciate you meeting me here.
I-I had everything arranged to come in and meet you guys.
Then the dress came back, and apparently the stress of the wedding Has caused me to lose weight -- Sadly, all in my breasts, So now i'm floating in this thing Like i'm being shot out of a white cannon.
And then my mother is over there Trying to talk the store into screwing over some other bride And just giving us her dress.
Uh, it's not a problem.
This is my associate, miles.
Unfortunately, ross, who scheduled your appointment, Is, uh Well, we'reactually not sure where he is right now.
Oh, that's okay.
No, i just got his name from a friend of a friend, And honestly, at this moment, i don't remember anyone's names.
So how can we help you? Karen, they're going to let you try on the other one.
I'm not stealing someone's dress, mom! It's not stealing.
The store is perfectly ha-- I will give you the speech about right versus wrong momentarily.
Can you just give me a minute? Thanks.
I need you to help me go through with this.
With the wedding.
You don't want to get married? Oh, are you kidding? I totallywant to get married.
When sean asked me, i was so happy, I cried for two minutes before i could actually say the word "yes.
" But now that things are getting closer And there's all this stuff swirling around, I'm thinking crazy things, you know, like maybe -- Maybe i'm too young to get married, right? Or -- Or maybe i should be marrying sean's best man Instead of sean.
Ormaybe i'd make a great lesbian If i just -- I don't know -- Gave it a shot.
Karen, cold feet is a completely normal reaction.
That is what everyone keeps saying, But i get cold feet about everything.
I buy a pack of gum, i have second thoughts.
My second thoughts -- They're always bad.
My first instinct, that's solid.
That's where it's at.
But i can never seem to get my brain to mute after that, And i just end up ruining things.
I just miss things.
And i don't want to do that -- Not with this.
Yeah.
Well I just don't know how we can help you, really.
I read this article that said there were theseexperiments Where they -- What do you call it? -- Like, primed people in stressful situations To just tune out the negatives and see the positives.
Positive key stimuli focal priming? That sounds great! Can you just do that -- To me? Just focus me on "i do" and not "bride wars.
" Just keywhatever me on my fiancãâ©, sean, And not what color the band's lapels should be, Or just get me to stop watching "runaway bride.
" Karen, the thing is, W-W-We mostly do this to people who Don't know that we're doing it to them.
Then this one will be easy.
Right? Because we're all on the same team.
Karen! We need to go.
The other bride is coming.
Dr.
Edwards, just Just please.
Hey.
Gone for a couple of hours, And you leave 20 messages on my machine? What's going on? Mm.
Mmm.
Let's eat.
I'm hungry.
What are you doing to miles? What? You introduce him to this oliver guy, Then you warn him to watch out, Get him worrying about oliver, but trusting you, And then you end up taking him down.
You think i haven't seen it? You think i haven't done it? You're acting totally paranoid right now.
I am not up to anything.
What, did miles tell you that something's going on? He didn't have to.
I've developed a pretty good radar For these things i've learned to trust.
Apparently, you trust your radar more than you trust me.
You're right.
Probably got it wrong.
Probably seen moves i would have made, imagined the rest.
No, you're not just imagining the rest.
You're accusing me of it.
Okay.
Here's what i'll do.
I'll tell miles that it's probably nothing.
Good.
But he should be on guard -- That if anyone anywhere so much as asks him for a dollar He should call me, the police, and his accountant.
That way, if this oliver guy turns out -- Wait.
Ross son of a bitch.
No, ross.
R-Ross, you don't understand.
Were you working me, too? Was this little fling of ours just a way to get me Looking in the other direction? No.
I had to.
I owe this man everything.
He's saved me more times than i can even count! If -- If i didn't help him, They were threatening to kill him.
You better tell him to run, because this isn't happening.
Listen to me -- This vincent guy that's bankrolling everything, He is not the kind of person that you can just tell, "I'm gonna change my mind.
" It doesn't matter that i don't want to do this.
I haveto do this.
If you think i'm letting you get near miles' money, you are crazy.
I'm not letting you say anything to miles, ross.
Watch me.
Because if you do, I'm gonna have to tell clark everything.
That you hired beth to have an affair with him And get him fired, That you paid her to go away, And then you hired me to pay her to go away again.
Th-This entire company is built on a series of your lies.
And when claire figured it out, you made her go away, too.
It would destroy everything, ross.
You would lose him, you would lose the business, He would lose beth, and for what?! To protect some outrageously wealthy family From what amounts to one bad day on the stock market.
Just let it go.
Come on.
Just let it go.
And when this is all over, we can all just Go on.
I saw an ad the other day -- "Five nights in hawaii.
" I was gonna ask you if you thought it'd be too soon For us to go away on vacation together.
How'd i get you so wrong? You didn't.
It's just this one thing.
When is it supposed to happen? Why do you want to know? 'Cause i want you gone as soon as possible.
Ross, please.
Go to hell, sam.
Hey.
What's going on? Ah, it's a personal issue.
The bride show up? Karen or whatever -- I meant with me.
I asked you if you thought I should be concerned about oliver.
You said you were gonna look into it, and then you disappeared.
So Do i need to be worried? No.
No, it's, uh probably nothing.
Oh.
Good.
I m-- I was afraid you were gonna tell me That i was gonna have to stop seeing him, Which would have been painful at this point.
Thank you.
Where have you been?! Hey.
Okay, miles and i had to go to a bridal -- Personal issue, okay? Not in the mood.
Fine.
Whatever.
Miles.
Mm? What if we were to use Motivational reinforcement triads? Ross, you got to stop these guys.
They are trying to force this poor woman Into getting married against her better judgment.
She asked us for help.
Guys, she's having doubts Because she doesn't want to get married.
We should be helping her out of it, Not forcing her into it.
You are projecting onto someone Who told us exactly what she wants.
She told you what she wants to want Because it isn't actually what she wants.
Believe it or not, i followed that.
Well, maybe she's right.
We can't be sure one way or the other if that is -- Clark, she wasn't there.
She wasn't there.
We were.
But what if -- What if it doesn't matter? What if, instead of pushing her to do one thing or another, We get her to dig deep inside herself And know, with absolute certainty, What really mattered to her? So that, either way, S-She could act decisively and without regret.
Is that possible? Can we do that? No.
Yes.
No.
Yes! N.
D.
E.
Oh.
Look, even in simulated events, Subjects experienced a feeling of tremendous clarity, As if they could suddenly see through the -- The clutter of daily life And understand what really mattered to them.
Some describe it as having been, uh, Given the gift of insight.
Abner did some studies at cbu.
I can ask him to loan us a little bit of the -- Yeah, look, megan, if you're right and she wants out, She'll eject without hesitation.
Miles, if you're right And she just needs a little push To get to where she's already going, Then she'll go down the aisle with a rocket on her back.
This sounds perfect.
What is n.
D.
E.
? You know what? You're just gonna think it sounds bad.
Clark, what is n.
D.
E.
? Near-Death experience.
Are you saying that you want to almost kill the bride? Roughly, yeah.
Sort of.
I foresee myself taking a sick day.
Research suggests that everything that we have come to associate With near-Death experiences, like the light in the tunnel Or feeling out of body or a sense of a higher power, All that is really just a wave of brain activity -- Sometimes called the "end of life surge" -- Which is triggered when the brain is starved of oxygen.
So scientists started to wonder If we could trigger the same phenomenon Without putting you in danger.
You ready? Okay.
Ta-Da! Ta-Da! The near-Death-Experience chair! Sounds like the worst carnival ride ever.
It is going to help trigger a wave of brain patterns That are actually very similar to the end of life surge.
But because it's gonna happen as a result Of us tricking the mind and not attacking the body, Perfectly safe.
In limited trials, after the experience, Subjects all seem to report A sense of renewed clarity, focus.
The brain reacts to what it perceives as a near-Miss By clearing away all the clutter in your daily life And just leaving you with a picture Of only what's most important to you -- Such asthe man you want to marry.
Or that you don't actually want to get married at all.
So, putting karen in this chair Will let us know what she really wants to do? No! The chair induces a state Where she decides for herself what she really wants to do.
Hey, guys.
Sorry, uh, that i'm late.
What'sgoing on? We have a bride that's suffering from -- W-Wait! No! Wait! Um We're gonna have to test this configuration Before bringing the client back in.
And sam here has not heard anything, So she would make a really good candidate.
Why do you need sam? 'Cause The phenomenon only seems to be triggered When the subject doesn't know to anticipate it.
Sam? Would you mind? I-I Seems like the least she could do.
Right, sam? This is so weird.
I can see you touching me, But it feels like it's a different version of me, Likethe me in front of the real me.
Seeing yourself through goggles Causes something called temporoparietal disassociation.
It's basically like having an out-Of-Body experience.
While this is usually a product of near-Death experience, Turns out, we can use it as a cue to help kick one off.
Now, when the experiment starts, I want you to focus on these And try to create as many different words In your imagination by rearranging letters As you can.
Okay.
She's ready.
Let's do it! Okay.
Here's what's gonna happen.
The word puzzle will distract sam As we perform the procedure.
When she starts to feel dizzy, Everything inside her goggles Will fade to a bright white light -- Another cue to the brain to trigger the surge.
And when she faints, You two help me bring her to the floor.
Wait.
She's gonna faint? Yes.
I'm gonna apply bilateral carotid sinus massage, Triggering a vasovagal response.
He's gonna apply pressure to the same nerve That causes some people to pass out -- Don't do it to me! Sorry.
As she starts to faint, I'll imply that she's having an abnormal reaction, okay? Which will produce fear, Which seems to be the final ingredient In producing a full near-Death experience.
Every time you say "near-Death experience," i get a little chill.
Oh, yes! No, no.
Not in a good way.
Now, are you sure you guys know what you're doing? Yeah? Okay.
Um Stunt.
Shunt.
Shant.
"Shant.
" Is that even a word? Ohh.
It's like watching -- Sam, just focus on the words, okay? Oh, right.
Right.
Okay.
Slant -- Whoa.
Whoa.
I feel dizzy.
Sam.
Sam, listen to me.
You're having an abnormalreaction.
Sam.
Easy, easy, easy.
Here we go.
Okay.
Positive signs of a surge.
Sam.
Hey.
It's okay.
You're fine.
Okay.
Do you want to sit up? No, i think i just want to lay here for a little while.
Absolutely.
Sam? They just wanted me to make sure that you were okay.
Hard to say.
What was supposed to happen? Well, it was supposed to feel like you had almost died.
You were supposed to get a sudden sense Of renewed purpose and clarity and Remember the things that you really care about.
Well, i'm guessing it didn't work.
Otherwise, you'd be telling me you'd changed your plans -- Ross, i'm not having this conversation with you again.
I can help you.
Just tell me what i can -- No.
No.
This is the only way i can get out of this -- It's not.
It's the easy way.
And you don't have to go through with it.
I think that Maybe i do.
I think that maybe it's just who i am.
Sam -- When i was a kid, My dad used to con wealthy women Out of all their money.
That's what i was thinking about when you just walked up -- How he would charm his way into their lives, Suck them dry, and then just disappear.
And i mean, the thing is, most of them were just awful.
Saw me as some brat who got in the way.
But there was this one woman, When we were living in tucson -- Eileen -- She was different.
She was like Like a real mom.
I didn't understand why we couldn't just stay, Why this one time, we couldn't make the lie real.
But that wasn't how dad worked.
"Real" wasn't interesting to him.
Eventually, even i wasn't interesting to him.
So one day A couple days before it came down, Dad tells eileen that he's going On some business trip to new york When really, he was still in tucson -- A couple of miles away in some crappy motel, Ironing out all the details.
And eileen suspected something.
I mean, she knew that something wasn't right.
So, one day, she just pulls me aside And she asks me, point-Blank -- Is my dad really in new york? And the thing is I mean, i could have told her.
I-Icould have told her the truth and saved her, And maybe Just maybe she would've saved me, you know? Taken me in, raised me.
I would've turned out great.
Different.
But i didn't.
I told her that dad was in new york.
And three days later, We disappeared with most of her savings.
That's who i am, ross.
I'm the girl that picks wrong.
I'm the girl that says "new york" To protect a lie, Where a decent human being would say "tucson" To protect everything else.
Sam! Sam! Ross, please! I'm not gonna let you do it.
We've been over this! I'm gonna tell miles right now.
If you got to tell clark, then that's what you got to do, But i'm not gonna let the mistakes of my past Keep forcing me to make new ones.
You should think about the same thing.
You don't understand.
Well, then make me understand.
Okay? I want to.
Whatever it is, i will help you solve it, But you're not gonna use miles' money.
That is off the table.
Do you understand? What are you doing?! Listen.
There's no need for alarm.
I'm just taking your friend here for a little time-Out So that he don't wander into anything.
Just do what you're supposed to do, and he'll be fine.
Good girl.
Now, get this done.
Nate.
Ross! Ross!! Are you insane?! It wasn't my idea.
Then tell vincent that he's got to let him go now.
He doesn't want ross.
He just wants him out of the way until we're done.
Then why didn't you stop him? Mr.
Vincent is not exactly the kind of person we can stop! The fastest way -- The only way -- To get ross back Is to finish this! Thanks, andy.
Hello? - Mr.
Hood.
Speaking.
Who's this? Mr.
Hood, my name is royce powell.
I'm the electronic-Banking fraud-Protection specialist Here at chicago federal.
I'm calling because we believe One of your accounts has been compromised.
Oh, my god.
Does the name oliver king mean anything to you? I knew it.
I knew it.
Rather than get into this on the phone, We'd like to get you down to our branch right away.
Ross.
You've given me some concerns.
Ah! You see, from where i'm looking, I know you're the one tied up, But i feel like i'm the one who's being done over here.
I don't know what you're talking about.
Well -- Don't go there.
See, i think i've put it all together.
You're a con man.
So i figured you've created this nonsense little firm As part of some plan So that you can shake down this millionaire kid miles.
But fair is fair, ross.
We came up with a way to get to him first.
I mean, if you saw what we had going, You'd be impressed.
We've built a fake bank that i'd leave my money in If i didn't know no better.
Mr.
Hood.
Royce powell.
I'm sorry to meet under these circumstances, But i think we've got a handle on it.
Shall we begin? Now, these will simply allow us To move the funds from the compromised account To a new safe one.
And if you sign Here and here And enter the old password.
We've got him so worried this oliver kid was taking his cash, He's just gonna hand it to us.
I even pulled out the big guns.
Hi.
Ken jenkins.
Fbi.
Look, we're working as quickly as we can To hunt this guy down.
But any information that you'd be able to provide us Would certainly accelerate the process.
Yeah, of course.
I just I-I only met him a couple weeks ago.
Well, how did you meet? A friend introduced us.
Oh, can we get this friend in here? Now, i know you're not happy sam joined our team.
Yeah.
You're up.
But you can't blame her for going with the winners.
Uh, mr hood? I-I'd like a few minutes with you now, please.
Miles, i'm so sorry.
I-I told them everything that i remembered.
I-I'm just so happy that they stopped it.
I didn't mean for any of this to happen.
Miles? Very nice.
Look, i'm sure that you're upset, But for the record, your friend was very helpful.
Yeah.
Well Okay, now, for us to catch this guy, It's essential that you not talk about this To anyone outside of this room.
We absolutely don't want him to know that we're on to him.
Is that clear? Yes.
Of course.
Yes.
Okay.
Now, here's how this is gonna work.
Your money is being moved to a new safe account.
Then we're gonna unfreeze your current account -- So i'm sitting here thinking We've dotted every "i" and crossed every "t," And just to make sure there's no problems, I've given you a time-Out.
I'm actually feeling pretty good.
Except This morning, your phone Is flooded with text messages from clark.
He's asking, "where are you? We have to start this n.
D.
E.
Thing now.
" Nothing from sam or miles.
I've left ross 15 messages, maybe as many texts.
Two days in a row -- Th-This is unbelievable.
You know karen's out there, right? Yes, i do know, latrell.
What i don't seem to understand Is why the rest of our staff isn't! Should i reschedule her? No.
Wait.
It's ross.
Well, i text him back on your behalf, Saying you're busy.
That's your answer?! "I'm busy"?! You know what, ross? We're all busy.
But some of us are busy at work, Where we're supposed to be.
You know what? You scheduled this appointment.
Clark? She's a friend of a friend of -- What? Hold on.
You know he can't hear you, right? Yes.
Just bring her in.
The three of us will do it.
Then it clicks.
Maybe this is the plan.
Maybe you've got us here worried about you So that i'd think my boys are free to carry out the plan.
But really, you're just some sort of distraction So that clark can do this n.
D.
E.
Thing And steal miles' money from under our feet.
How'd i do? I'd say you Pretty much got everything past "i'm a con man" Spectacularly wrong.
Wrong? Spectacularly wrong? What part did i get wrong? All of it? All of it? Now, now, hold on a minute.
What about clark? What are you two planning So that you get there before us? No, no, no.
We're -- We're not planning anything.
N.
D.
E.
Has nothing to do with miles.
All right.
Joe? We're not planning anything! Hey! Get ahold of him.
I'm gonna put a hole in his head.
No! Wait! Oh! Listen to me! Wait! Whoa, whoa, whoa! There is -- No! No! No! No! We're not trying to steal anything from miles! There's a real business! It's real! It's real! I swear! Ugh.
Ah.
A real business? Trying to influence people into changing their mind And they don't even know they're doing it? There's no such thing.
There is now.
Let him go.
Aah! All right.
Tell me how it works.
Give me an example.
I-I'm more the public-Relations end of it.
I -- If i knew how it worked, I would have influenced my way out of this.
The fact that you can't give me a simple example Proves you're not being honest.
Joe.
Hey! Wait, wait.
Wait.
Look, look.
Listen to me.
Listen to me.
Okay, okay.
Okay.
There's a-A woman -- Karen, i think.
S-She's having problems with her wedding.
Can't decide what she wants to do.
Clark and miles -- They -- They came up with this -- This procedure -- The n.
D.
E.
Thing that he texted about.
Okay? Now, she thinks that she is playing word puzzles.
Well, i'm not i don't feel Karen.
Karen, listen to me.
You're having an adverse reaction To the neocortical stimulation.
I what? You need to focus on my voice, karen.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
But what's really happening Is that it's clearing everything else away And showing her what she really cares about.
Then she's free to -- To see what she really wants to do.
N.
D.
E.
-- What does that mean? Near-Death experience.
So you're giving brides-To-Be near-Death experience, And you're calling that a legitimate business? I don't know how the thing works, okay? But i'm telling you -- We just -- We do weird stuff like this all the time! And she just wakes upfine? Theoretically.
Aaah! Oh! - Karen! Whoa! Oh.
No, no! Stop! Whoa, whoa.
It's okay, it's okay.
Just relax.
Relax.
Stop it.
Y-You just fainted for a second.
Okay.
Just relax, okay? All right.
That was it.
That was the thing, the thing that was supposed to get me to feel.
I feel -- How did you know how i'd feel? If you just sit down, we can explain.
You know what? I'm gonna go.
Umi should, uh i'm gonna call jeff.
I'm gonna call jeff.
Thank you.
Huh.
Sometimes the, uh, procedure Produces a fight-Or-Flight response.
Didn't occur to you to mention that before, clark? I didn't -- No.
I should write that down.
She really took you off your feet, didn't she? I tripped.
Did she just say she was gonna call jeff? It only makes sense that she'd reach out to her fiancãâ©.
That's not her fiancãâ©.
It's not? Sean is her fiancãâ©.
Jeff is the best man.
Oh, no.
You did say it would point her at what she wants.
And what about sam? You hired her.
J-Just to work there.
I I had no idea she had other plans.
You didn't know she was a con? I thought she'd changed.
Females -- They'll get you every time right in the heart.
Relax.
A certain amount of nerves looks real.
Beyond that looks guilty.
I'm really not interested in your pointers, thanks.
Look, i'm just saying, I don't want six weeks' worth of work to go down the drain Because you got the shakes.
So get yourself -- What did you just say? I said i -- Martin! Okay.
Let's go.
Let's go, let's go.
Okay.
Open the door.
Let me go! What the hell is going on?! She was -- Let her go, nate! Let her go! You son of a bitch.
What is going on with you?! Six weeks.
Six weeks.
You've been setting me up Before you even showed up at my front door.
How could you do this to me? How could i? How could you? What are you talking about? I didn't do anything.
That's exactly right.
You did nothing.
I practically raised you.
You would be dead or in prison right now if it wasn't for me.
And how do you thank me? By tossing me away like a dirty rag Without so much as a phone call.
So you make me your mark? You make me believe they're gonna kill you, When you've actually chosen a maniac like vincent to partner up with? I thought if we did one last job, You might remember where you really belong.
And if you didn't One decent score was the least you could give me, all i've done for you.
You bastard.
I'm not letting you get away with this.
Yes, you are.
Ross is somewhere right now quietly insisting on it.
And what about the bride? Did this n.
D.
E.
Thing solve her problem? How do i know? You saw the texts.
I'm missing it.
Yeah, you are.
Now i feel bad.
You know what? I think we'll do an experiment of our own.
What? Now, joe, this is a near-Death experience, okay? Don't go the full way.
We want to hear what he says.
No, no! Need to hear about -- Hey! No, no! It's a simulation.
I want to know he's okay.
Ross is fine! It's simulated! - Don't worry about that.
Think i'm gonna believe a word that comes out of your mouth? He's not -- I want to talk to him.
I don't care how your brother does it.
We are very experienced in this area.
Go ahead, joe.
Yeah? Everything okay? She wants to talk to him.
Well, he's a bit busy at the moment.
Well, you tell him That i'm not doing anything until i know he's okay.
Okay, well, we'll play this old game.
She gives me a question only he knows, I get the answer, then you can finish up.
You can ask a question only ross can answer.
You get your answer, we finish up.
Deal? Ask him where he said He wanted to go on vacation.
Joe! I said "near-Death experience"! This is an experiment! Get him up! Ross? Ross, ross.
I have sam on the phone.
Come on, ross.
She's got a question for you.
You hear me? She's worried about you.
She wants to know Where you were planning to take your vacation.
Come on, ross.
Tell her it was new york once But it's not too late to choose tucson.
He said it was new york once, But it's never too late to choose tucson.
Hey! Do we have a problem out here? You good? I am.
So, how was our little experiment? Did it work? I don't know yet.
Yes? Hi.
Whoa.
Hey.
Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Oh, my god.
Hey! Andy! Andy! No! No, no.
Get back! Get back! No! Sorry.
Hey, uh, that's okay.
Uh, hi.
I'm clark edwards.
I-I was doing some work earlier with karen, And just wondering if i could talk to her for a few minutes.
She's not here.
I've left her lots of messages, called her friends.
No one's heard from her.
My friend jeff's gone radio silent, too.
What's going on? Wha-- Who is thi-- Oh.
It's -- It's fine.
There she is.
Hello? Thank god.
I was starting to worry.
Some guy is here, and he said that you -- Yeah, i guess.
Is everything okay? Yeah.
I-I'll see you in a few minutes.
So, what's going on? She says we need to talk.
Wants me to come meet her.
You know what? I-I think, if it's okay with you, I think it would be best If i just talked to her for a few minutes And made sure that she was absolutely certain About anychanges that she might want to make.
What exactly is it you do? At the moment, Sort of the wedding-Planning industry.
Oh, my god.
Are you hurt? What -- What the hell are you doing here? I wanted to see that you were okay.
You wanted to see if i was o-- I want you to get out of my life.
I want you far, far away, sam.
I didn't do it.
I didn't do it.
Yes, you did.
Otherwise, i wouldn't be standing here.
The transfer for miles did go through.
You're right.
That's why you're standing here.
But the bank doesn't actually move the money Till tomorrow morning, so when they go to do it, They'll notice that the order's been changed.
Vincent and martin will wake up to discover That all that money's been transferred to a new account.
Mine.
So you went from stealing for them to upgrading -- What they'll never see is where that money went After it went into my account -- Right back to miles.
They'll think that i'm sitting On a beach somewhere with his trust fund.
But the next time miles goes to check his balance, Every last penny will be there.
What are you -- I-I don't understand what you're saying.
It may have taken me But i finally picked the people that love me Over the ones that use me.
I'm just sorry i did it too late.
Sounds like you didn't.
I mean, you -- You did it exactly when you were supposed to.
You put the money back.
But see? That's the thing.
Ross, i can't just put the money back.
That wouldn't make any sense to them.
No, they need to think that i took it, That i screwed everyone, you included, And made off with it all.
Why? So they'll come after me.
Only me.
Which means that i need to be long gone By the time they figure it out.
So i was hoping Maybe you could take me to the airport.
Sam, there's got to be something else.
I've had to run so many times.
The one thing i've never gotten is a proper goodbye.
So, please, just this once can it be different? Hey, um, thanks.
Just one minute, okay? Thank you.
Dr.
Edwards? Can we chat, please? Yeah.
Just one second.
Uh -- It's okay.
Thank you.
Look, karen.
I know you must be feeling Some intense things at this moment, But before you make Some radical, life-Altering decision, I-I really -- I think we should sit down And -- And talk through your feelings, okay? It's okay, dr.
Edwards.
I -- This is what i want.
I've never been more sure of anything in my life.
Look.
I'm not sure throwing off one guy to chase another Is the healthiest -- Wait.
What are you talking about? I-I don't know.
Wait.
You -- You were looking for jeff, And then -- And then -- You thought i was running away with jeff? Y-Yes.
Oh, my gosh.
That's hilarious.
No.
Jeff is sean's best friend in the world, dr.
Edwards.
I would never ask him to marry me Without having jeff there.
Wait.
I-I'm confused.
I'm getting married.
Right now.
In this park.
I mean, assuming sean says yes.
See, that's what i realized -- That what i wanted, when it got right down to it, Was just him.
And when i knew that, Everything else was easy.
Almost.
I-I still have to get my mother and jeff And some ordained guy from the internet Who said he was free in two hours.
I'm sorry But can someone please tell me what the hell is going on? Honey I was hoping I could interest you in a slight change of plans.
You sure you want to do this? That's the funny thing.
I amsure.
My whole life, I've taken the easy way out.
And my whole life, i've had to live With the doubt and the regret.
But i pick the hard way just once, And the second i did it, it became easy.
It fit, you know? It was like tumblers in a lock That i'd been trying to pick in all the wrong ways.
And i thought, "oh.
So this is what it's supposed to feel like.
" So at least i know what i'm looking for now.
If i don't go, i'm gonna miss my flight.
Goodbye, ross.
Goodbye, sam.
And who knows? Maybe someday, we both end up in tucson.