02x10 - The Work Study Job

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So now, how
does Planck resolve

the Blackbody radiation...

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

the ultraviolet catastrophe,

which is also the name
of my college band.

No, we were called,
"The Ultraviolets",

but if you heard
us, catastrophe.

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

Okay. And that's...

How could you?

I'm sorry, everyone.

Ms. Camore is one
of my grad students.

And I think she's
having a rough day.

You stole my research.

All of it.

You published it
without my name.

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

Okay.

Well, if the paper
is really your work,

why don't you walk
us through it?

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

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

It's not that simple.

Yeah, because it's my theorem.

The Gray Theorem.

My name is on it.

Um...

we start with...

let X be...

um...

consider a hydrogen atom...

um, we start with...

Oh, okay. I
think that's enough.

I fear science is
not for you, Emma.

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

Well, speaking of catastrophe.

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

You're gonna
have to fill me in.

What are Stochastic Models
of Muon Interactions?

Okay. Bottom line,

Emma came up with
a piece of math

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

like massive amounts of
it, like cold fusion.

It's just a building
block that could be used

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

But Dr. Gray had you
kicked out of his class

and then kicked out of his lab?

I... I considered going
to the administration,

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

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

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

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

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

I... I take meds for anxiety.

Oh.

Without them, I can barely
speak to other people

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

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

I showed it to him.

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

He called it banal,
so I took it home.

Emma. Emma, look at me.

You haven't done anything wrong.

Just breathe

in and out.

Breanna believes in you, okay?

Carry on.

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

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

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

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

A lowly grad
student who won't...

can't even speak in class.

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

I can't even teach.

He stole your future.

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

This is Dr. Daniel Gray.

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

And now we're talking. Elliot?

You'll have him back in one.

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

Breanna, tell her.

All right. Fine.

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

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

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

that includes climate change
deniers and corporate polluters

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

for all these
people getting sick.

Hmm. So he's a fake scientist?

Well, no.

But he is stealing from his
grad students like Emma Camore

from his lofty tenured
perch at UL NOLA.

Oh, I
know that campus.

That's UL NOLA, the
Grinning Gators.

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

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

College is all about secret
handshakes and study groups,

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

Seriously, some
of the best years of my life.

Harry, just admit it,
college is a scam.

It is... its money.

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

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

Since the rise of social media,

universities have become very
sensitive to this kind of thing,

UL NOLA it has a strict
plagiarism policy.

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

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

I think I can guarantee
you a hearing.

So you think because the
system always works for you,

the system always works?

I just thought if Emma
wants to get her PhD back

and her research back,
she can do that legally.

Okay. Well, that's
gonna take forever.

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

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

Got it. "No, but yes."

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

What we need is a little
bit more evidence.

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

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

All right, then.

We try the official route.

Harry's on Dr. Gray

while Parker and Breanna
break into his office.

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

God, I used
to love this place.

Hanging out in the quad,
ultimate frisbee tournaments.

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

Oh, mostly the total
lack of responsibility.

No ultimate frisbee
in your university?

Yeah. I went
to the school of life.

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

- Dean Deninger.
- Harry.

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

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

And I had a couple of questions about
one of your big g*ns, Daniel Gray.

Oh, one of our most
distinguished professors.

He's guided the best
minds for decades.

Even Darren Nash was
one of the students.

Darren Nash, the
tech billionaire?

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

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

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

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

Breanna, Parker,
Gray's being pulled now.

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

Russell said there was only
one guard on duty today,

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

What you
doing up there, boy?

Stealing on a college
campus is like cheating.

There's so many people
coming and going.

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

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

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

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

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

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

You remind me of my son.

I lost him in the Gulf w*r.

You ever served?

Yes, sir, I did.

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

Sophie, I can't
take this guy out.

You can't
take out one guy?

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

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

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

All right. Eliot's
dropped the ball.

Harry, keep Gray distracted.

You want me
to distract a genius?

Okay.

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

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

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

Oh, wow. I have a
question though,

- maybe you can answer it.
- Okay.

Magnets.

What about them?

What are they really?

Oh, boy.

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

Hard drives.

Oh, you know what?

Speaking of discoveries,

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

A grad student claimed
that your latest paper

was stolen from her research?

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

Ah. Ah. Uh-huh.

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

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

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

- Oh.
- Yeah. Okay.

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

- Hey.
- Yeah.

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

Gray took off. I lost him.

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

Oh.

Okay. I think I
found the hard drive.

Great.

Ooh.

- Notebooks, got them.
- Good.

Hold on.

Come on, come. Jackpot.

- It is fully intact.
- Great.

- I am ready.
- Okay.

No time. Need to hide.

Hide where? Under
the textbooks?

Come on.

Parker?

What are you doing in here?

I said, what are you doing?

The trash can is over there.

You missed it for
the last three weeks.

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

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

Then, what are you
doing in my office?

Snooping behind my desk.

I, uh...

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

Where'd you hear that?

You know, science
departments, they gossip.

I... I would really
appreciate a spot.

Why my program?

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

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

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

Okay. Well...

if you're worthy
being in my lab.

You can prove smooth solutions
from Navier-Stokes equations

in three dimensions.

Uh...

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

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

Besides, unless we're talking
about magnetic hydrodynamics,

they aren't really applicable
to energy research anyways.

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

and a Tomahawk fusion reactor,

which is way out there
on the cutting edge.

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

Uh, come see me at
the lab on Monday.

Bring your transcripts.
We'll talk some more.

Now, if you'll excuse me...

And grab the trash
on your way out.

That is
a thing of beauty.

That's proof that
Gray stole from Emma.

Uh, problem.

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

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

How do you sell a piece
of public information?

It's not really a sale.

Gray and the university
keep the patent

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

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

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

Eliot, unless you run into
your personal kryptonite.

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

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

Oh, my God, sorry.

Hey! Why is this door locked?

Well, watch your step.

I gotta be honest with you,

I think I installed the door
knob backwards.

What does that mean?

It means that I should
have turned it around

before I put it in the door.

I mean, what
does that mean for me?

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

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

Well, you got the key, right?

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

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

Breanna, any news on Klesco?

Expensive
suit, cheap tie.

I got eyes on our oil exec.

Oh! Oh, my God. Are you okay?

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

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

I'm fine. It's fine.

I'm due for a meeting.

You're headed that way.

Oh, uh, yeah. Thanks.

All good.
Have a good one.

He's all yours.

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

Yeah, I have somewhere
important to be.

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

and having you so fired.

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

Are we ready? You
are gonna do great.

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

And we got all the
evidence on our side.

I can't go in there.

I can't you do it without me?

Well, yeah, I could. But...

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

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

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

Oh, you are the man
from Klesco, yeah?

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

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

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

Oh, it won't take long.

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

Uh-huh.

Who you got in there?

Professor Gray.

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

Hello?

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

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

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

We are simply
measuring reactions.

Now, you work in
corporate energy.

Do you prefer to pollute
the land or the sea?

I don't
pollute. I just...

Mmm. Hmm.

What was that?

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

You mean it's a lie detector?

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

It tells me when you
are lying to yourself.

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

you seek to hide
it from the world.

Klesco corporation simply wants
to research the possibility.

Hello?

Still in here.

Who is this guy?

Jesus.

Well.

Whoa.

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

What's happening out there?

Yeah. I better let him out.

Thank you.

You have screwed in
your last light bulb.

Do you know who I am?

Professor Daniel Gray.
Physics Department.

I don't know. Just
a sh*t in the dark.

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

Nobody.

There's coffee. Watch your step.

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

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

Don't worry.

We got your back.

Okay. Who's we?

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

Lying to yourself is
painful, isn't it?

- I hate my job.
- Oh?

I hate who I am.

I don't even recycle.

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

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

No, no.

Jeff? No. Jeff!

Unbelievable.

He keeps bringing his
garbage from home.

He has a baby.

It smells. That ain't right.

No, no, no.

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

We're gonna let him
sit with those diapers.

Yes, yes.

That's what
I'm talking about.

This is we.

Security guards, janitors,

some groundskeepers,

low man on the totem pole.

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

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

- Yeah.
- We do. We do.

Anybody else that wears
a uniform around here.

Including you.

Hey, Poobah,

I got somebody here
I want you to meet.

- New Blood.
- New Blood.

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

any minute from our
friend Dr. Gray.

Gray?

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

Right.

All right.

This university has a strict
policy against plagiarism

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

for the theorem
that Gray published.

She worked in this lab.

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

All the corroborating
evidence, her notes,

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

And where is she?

Yes. The school has a
strict plagiarism policy,

but Dr. Gray has never
crossed any lines.

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

that would make any
difference, right?

Because he brings in
too much money for you.

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

- Well?
- Well...

What happened?

Seems all the progress
that's been made around here

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

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

Nope.

We have to get Gray
to take himself down.

- Parker?
- Need more crime?

We need all the crime.

That's what I like to hear.

Okay. Good. Breanna
says that Emma was okay.

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

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

Sheesh. I got a library book.

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

Got a bunch of keys.

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

Oh...

Look, if the university
is protecting Dr. Gray,

then we have to get him to
sever that relationship.

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

Yeah. Maybe we can
lure him into quitting

by dangling a massive
payday in front of him.

All right.
Well, he's a thief.

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

Harsh, but fair.

So then we make him believe
that Emma stole the research

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

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

I already have a lab coat.

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

so that we can steal it back.

Oh, boy.

That's why we let
Sophie do those.

No. That makes sense.

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

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

You know, when I
tracked your phone,

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

but here you are,
under a giant tree.

As the story goes, this
is where physics began,

under a tree.

I'm gonna miss it here,

getting my PhD, doing research.

It's all I've ever wanted.

Look, if you wanna
take down Gray,

we can make that happen.

But we are gonna
need a little help.

Well, your recommendations
are impressive.

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

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

to guide my dissertation.

What's your dissertation topic?

Oh, stochastic models of
muon-catalyzed fusion.

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

That is why I sought you out.

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

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

I'm sorry. Who?

Dr. Diana Williams?

No?

Oh, she's a visiting
professor here.

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

your work is... so similar.

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

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

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

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

Emma something.

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

- So, okay. yeah.
- Yeah.

- Let's circle back around.
- Circle.

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

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

when you start talking about
muons and stochastic models.

It's difficult to understand.

But what we do understand

is that clean
energy is the dream.

But so far, it's
either too expensive

or you can't
replicate the results.

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

and math is how we
build the bridge.

Somebody was pre-gaming
in one of the stacks.

I don't know what
you want in here.

People usually remove things
from the supply closet.

- Yeah.
- Not put them in.

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

Oh, okay.

Excuse me?

Oh...

That's not yours.

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

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

A thief. Thieves, all of you.

What's that?

Okay. So, Sophie
is a method actress

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

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

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

It's just an earpiece
and a screen.

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

Okay, um...

Alright.

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

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

Well, your work is radical.

I mean, the standard model
implies that the energy required

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

But...

- The standard model.
- The standard model.

Doesn't
provide the evidence.

Does not provide
the evidence that...

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

- proton
-proton...

- to pion,
-pion...

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

To create a stable source.

Can create a stable...

- Source.
- Source.

My model explains

- our observations better.
- My model

- explains our observations better.
- Uh-huh.

But the establishment
is convinced it's right.

The establishment is still
convinced it's right.

And the establishment

Well...

it sometimes steals decades
of groundbreaking work.

And all of your
work is in there?

And more.

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

then well, this second
stage is worth...

billions.

Billions?

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

It was a parallel development.

But you know what that means?

It means that one of the most
famous and respected scientists

in the entire world...

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

and is willing to fight for you.

- Oh.
- Yeah.

But the establishment...

I am the establishment.

- Oh.
- Yeah.

I can get it to work for you.

Oh... Is it hot in here?

It's a little warm.

No. No, no, no.

I already have a
buyer interested.

He's a very rich man.

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

your genius, my
respectability and genius.

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

Let me just take a look-see.

- Oh, no.
- Just real quick.

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

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

I should go.

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

Okay. Well...

Thank you for stopping by.

Yes. Well, think about it.

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

How do you do that?

What is one weird thing
all tech billionaires do?

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

Steven Finkel doesn't
court publicity. No.

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

And that belief is so central
to Meteorlnc's mission

that he is leading by example.

Oh.

Hello, Mr. Finkel.

Sorry to disturb your
seventh sunrise of the day.

This is Dr. Williams
and Dr. Gray.

Hello.

Hey, the physicist. Yes, yes.

I was excited to read your work.

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

But my people read your work.

They said that your
theorem is quite amusing.

Mmm. It's not amusing.

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

Yes. The way this math just
falls into place.

Mmm-hmm. Yeah. See...

I'm building a freeway to
space for future generations

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

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

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

Invest in lightweight
concrete development.

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

How does it help the world?

Right. So based
on my research...

um, our research,

um, there are
broader implications.

Uh, which are?

Oh. Oh, oh, oh. Oh.

Basically it relates to low
energy nuclear reactors.

- LENR. You mean cold fusion?
- Mmm.

Uh, Dr. Gray,
you seem surprised.

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

Uh, Reagan, make a note.

Get Dr. Gray some water.

Of course.

I'm fine. Really.

Low energy nuclear
reactions is quasi science.

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

Well, the Gray theorem is
that organizing principle.

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

from your watch to your city.

Yes. And...!

Also stop climate change and
the burning of fossil fuels.

Yeah, to a rocket.

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

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

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

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

which means that they
own half the patent.

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

Dr. Williams though,
you,

you're not affiliated
with any institution,

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

I can resign.

- Resign?
- Resign?

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

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

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

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

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

Oh, Daniel,

you'd give up your position...

for science.

Yes.

For science.

Oh.

Yes, for science.

Oh, sorry.

Ooh, you look
like the cat post-canary.

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

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

Breanna has a big social
media campaign plan.

And these bots want blood.

Meow. Rrr.

Hello.

Dr. Williams.
Great news.

Hmm, let me guess.

You're free of your
university responsibilities?

Oh, even better.

You know, the offer from Finkel

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

Darren Nash. Welcome back, sir.

It is good to be back, sir.

Indeed it is.

Let's take a look
at the facilities.

I found another buyer.

I found another
buyer. Darren Nash.

Finally had reason to
return my phone call.

It's millions for the
school's endowment,

more money than I could
spend in three lifetimes.

And a next-gen physics
facility named after me.

Well, I'm itching to meet him.

Oh. No,
you misunderstand.

I don't need you.

You will when
you try to explain

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

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

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

You're a nobody.

Nobodies don't make
discoveries like this.

I'm a scientific genius.

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

won't have any reason
left to doubt it.

Nash doesn't need me
to explain the math.

Okay. Tech billionaires
buy concepts...

from people like me,

not people like you.

Rude.

I thought we had a connection.

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

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

We need Emma in the same
room as Darren Nash.

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

Billionaires have security,

the expensive-not-messing-around
security.

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

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

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

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

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

Emma, we've got to go now quick.

What is it?

Gray's about to sell
your work to Darren Nash

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

What? No, I, I can't.

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

I've seen you do it before.

You have no idea how
impressive you are.

No, but I can't.

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

Okay. Emma, you can.

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

Okay.

If we build near
the student union,

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

Yes. Yes, indeed.

Business manager calling from Fiji
or attorney calling from Aspen?

Oh.

Yo, dawg. How are the slopes?

Oh, this was Fiji.

Yo, dawg, how are the...

we lost Aspen. Nadia,
take over phones.

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

There's been no mistake.

You are meddling with our
university's future here.

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

This is how progress is made.

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

How am I standing
in the way of progress?

What's going on?

The bean-counters.

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

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

for a deep dive into
muon extreme generation?

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

The best ideas come
from "anywhere".

Isn't that what you always say?

Uh, no, from anyone.

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

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

with the revolution of tomorrow.

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

Dr. Williams, the lawyer,

and that janitor.

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

This is corporate
espionage is what it is.

They're working for Klesco.

You know what?

Let's bring this
up to my office.

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

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

- After you, sir.
- Thank you.

Gray's on his way
back to his office.

They're finalizing the deal.

We need a distraction.

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

I got an idea.

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

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

Come on.

This first page here, I'm...

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

- You.
- Hey.

How'd you get in here?

What, you didn't get the memo?

This has been on your
calendar for three weeks.

Oh.

This thing has a
mind of its own.

Coming in hot.

No.

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

Yeah. You will not
get away with this!

You will not get away with this.

Excuse me!

Darren, Dean, we have to go.

We'll find another room.

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

It's gonna be awesome.

It's kind of fun. Come on.

Yeah. We're just gonna
find another room.

We're good. Private.

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

Um, okay. Uh, Thank you.

Let's head on down here.

I'm on a
pretty tight schedule.

We'll find a place.

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

here we go.

That's still locked.

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

Look, nasty sulfur
accident, doctor.

It's all over the place.

Give us an hour or two.

Um... hour or two.

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

Maybe we should
reschedule this, Gray.

No, no,
everything's fine.

It's right down here.

They're locking down the
entire hall for waxing.

For waxing?

Waxing.

No, no, no.

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

Excuse me, can I
just get in here?

Really?

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

One of these has gotta be open.

- Okay.
- Dr. Gray.

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

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

To read the first chapter
of my dissertation.

We'll get the elevator.

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

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

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

Thank you, Nadia.

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

I just need... Emma Camore.

Emma Camore, someone
stop that woman.

No, don't let her talk to Nash.

Security. Someone.

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

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

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

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

Too presumptuous by half, Emma.

Trying to take what's mine.

You're the thief, Gray.

- And a pretty bad scientist too.
- Hey.

Safety first.

Oh. Hey.

What do we do now?
We missed our chance.

No, no, just the Plan A and B.

But we still have Plan C.

Come on. I have control
of the elevator.

So...

billionaire with a B.

What's that like?

Parker.

This feels more like
Plan G, for grappling hook.

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

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

You can do this, Emma.

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

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

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

Breanna!

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

Ow, ow.

- You heard that?
- I did.

Oh, hold on.

I'm stuck. Oh, one second.

What is the meaning of this?

I'm Emma Camore,

the author of the
theorem Dr. Gray stole.

And I can prove it.

I need a marker.

Oh.

Okay.

Getting my PhD doing research,

it's all I've ever wanted.

Start with your average
hydrogen electron cloud.

Emma, you can. You can.

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

Go on, please.

Okay. It's now or never.

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

- You.
- Just waiting on the elevator.

Oh, and here
it is, right on time.

So you reached your conclusion
via these derivations.

- It's brilliant.
- Darren, Darren.

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

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

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

or want to.

People like you only
listen to people like him.

This girl is even smarter
than she thinks she is.

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

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

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

backing the wrong horse.

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

is gonna wanna invest a hundred
million dollars in a school

that allows a professor
to steal from a student.

Neither do I.

Well, Mr. Nash...

Darren,

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

We will be taking immediate
action to address this.

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

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

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

and your reputation and even
bring formal charges against you.

Oh ho, ho, ho, look at that.

Ooh. Look at that.

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

and her notes dating back
years on the project,

all in the hands of a
very competent lawyer.

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

You have some work to do.

Thank you so much.

- Darren.
- Uh...

Thank you.

Emma, lovely work.

Please tell me more
about the original...

- Harry.
- Mmm.

Perhaps we should talk about
that hearing you requested now.

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

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

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

I'd start clearing my office.

Campus security...

Oh, campus security
is already here, Dean.

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

Excuse me.

Dean, it...

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

No? Okay.

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

Well, you mess with one of us,

you mess with all of us.

I have something for you.

You don't really
work here, do you?

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

Thank you...

No. You take that with you,

New Blood.

You ain't done fixing things.

All right. Let's go get a beer.

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

No, I admit it, I
was as little worried

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

Yeah, she just needed
a little shove.

Okay.
That's a good one.

You...

You fit in here better
than I thought you would.

I know.

I mean, higher education
obviously has some major issues

but I kind of liked it here,

around people like Emma,
who just wanna learn.

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

and that the path that
you're currently on

doesn't have to
be forever, right?

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

The world is vast.

You do have choices.

I don't know.

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

Just please do not tell Harry

because I do not wanna learn
about ultimate frisbee.

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

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

And that headband? Ohh.

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