04x07 - The g*ng Discovers Who k*lled Jeffrey Epstein

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(DISTANT CLANKING, BUZZING)

(DISTANT VOICES)

(LOCK CLANKS, BUZZES)

(LOCK BUZZES)

(CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING)

Where are they thinking?

Uh...

There.

But there was also a noose there.

How would he do it there?

Supposedly, leaning forward.

He was using his weight.

How do they not know if he hung himself from the window or the bed?

Well, because there were nooses in both places.

What nooses?

Well, he-he made them from bedsheets.

A guard cut him free and tried to revive him.

- And the guard can't tell us?

- He's being prosecuted.

LIZ: Can we...

can we get a photo of that?

- GUARD: Sure.

- NIKO: They're lying!

- They're all lying.

- Shut up.

Back away.

- How many prisoners per cell?

- WILBUR: Two...

in the Special Housing Unit.

But no one in that cell?

WILBUR: Correct.

And when was the second prisoner removed?

- The day before.

- Why?

He was released.

(CHUCKLES)

This prison is massively overcrowded?

- Mm.

- And no one was put in that cell?

So he was on su1c1de watch, but he was allowed to be in that cell by himself?

He was taken off watch a week later.

And that video camera, that's the one that wasn't working?

- Yes.

- And we don't know why?

But there was another video camera?

Yes.

LIZ: But you don't have the footage from this one?

No.

But Bill Barr has reviewed it, and he saw nothing unusual.

No one entering the SHU or exiting.

- The attorney general saw this?

- Yes.

But we can't see it?

It wasn't made available to my department.

You're the U.S. attorney, and it wasn't made available to you?

Yes.

Look, Liz, that's why I need you to review this.

We thought that the media attention would die down, but it's been nine months, and the reporters keep calling and asking, "Did he k*ll himself, or was Jeffrey Epstein m*rder*d?" So, why me?

- We're objective.

- WILBUR: That's right.

I need my own Warren Commission.

This is a printout of Epstein's little black book.

It has every name of every lawyer worth his salt in New York.

You worked for me in Chicago.

- You pushed me out in Chicago.

- Yes, but I remember you came to me five years ago and you told me, "We should arrest Jeffrey Epstein".

You wanted to investigate his sexual transporting of underage girls.

You were ahead of all of us.

You kept saying, "We need to protect the girls", and I said, "No, he's too connected".

Well, here's our chance to correct that.

- Yeah, well, it's a little late.

- You do a good job here, Liz, I can imply but not promise that there could be other work for your firm.

A lot of work.

Epstein d*ed in this cell.

Did he commit su1c1de, or was he m*rder*d?

You have a budget of $ , , and , pages of evidence.

And if I decide that he was m*rder*d?

- I won't censor you.

- Even if I find out that it was done by powerful people?

Follow the evidence wherever it takes you.

I need outside-the-box thinking.

- How long do I have?

- Two weeks.

- (SIGHS)

- Brief me in a week, I'll get you more time.

But I need something.

Something Minutes doesn't have.

All right, you...

You told me that I could interview somebody who knew Epstein in prison?

Yes.

This way.

No, no, no, no.

I want him.

GUARD: No.

That's Niko.

- He's a liar.

- Yeah, it's better if you talk to someone else.

Was Niko there that night?

Then-then I want to talk to him.

(MUFFLED): He used to stand just inside that door.

We talked a lot.

He gave me investment advice about index funds that I'm definitely going to follow.

Do you remember anything about the night that he d*ed?

He was kind of chatty that night, said he, uh, had doubts about the Jets' starting quarterback.

And then he said something weird.

He said, right before he was arrested, on his jet, he took care of the most important thing.

What was that?

I have no idea.

Any idea what this is about?

Nope.

But an unscheduled midweek meeting?

(CHUCKLES): Never good.

The coffee's better up here, though, huh?

- Mm.

- (LAUGHS)

Ah, good morning.

Thank you for starting your day with me.

I will make this quick.

You are the heads of all of our major departments, and you're doing an amazing job.

- (SCATTERED APPLAUSE)

- That...

Yes.

Yes.

Applause.

Indeed, indeed.

Well-deserved.

Worth it.

I have very good news for everyone.

Here it comes.

One of the reasons for these mergers is the great opportunity for synergy.

It gives us the-the chance to hone our operations, to create greater communication, to maximize profits.

I mean, y-you carefully sand a piece of wood in order to reduce the chance of slivers.

Now, as department heads, I want you to take a look at your lawyers and associates, and then I want you to come back to me with suggestions for reductions of %.

We've made copies of your personnel lists.

Just go through them.

Put an "X" next to whoever you think we might be able to reduce.

We will handle notification, severance packages and the like.

Now, look, there are exciting days ahead.

Let us remember the words of the master: "Only when we are soft and pliable can we be hard and strong".

You're dictating our staffing levels.

I don't consider it dictating.

- What do you consider it?

- Stewardship.

Which, by the way, significantly increases all our incomes.

Except for the people who are fired.

You can't force us to lay off % of our employees.

How do you figure?

Because we agreed that for the first year, we would be allowed to supervise our own shop.

- It's in our contract.

- And you are.

I'm not telling you who to let go.

Just put an "X" by their name.

We'll take care of the rest of it.

♪♪ There are so many files to go through here.

This is just the first truckload.

We're gonna be at this for weeks.

We're gonna need a system to get this organized.

Who wrote all these reports?

Oh, there it is.

All right.

Okay, let's put the...

let's put the medical evidence here, we'll put the correspondence here, and let's put the interviews with the prison officials here.

I've never worked on a case this famous before.

I know, right?

This is criminal charges and victims' accounts?

LIZ: Okay, why don't you get a team of three and go through all of that?

Okay, look, find any evidence that argues for m*rder or su1c1de, you put it here.

m*rder.

He was k*lled by the Trumps.

- KEVIN: Oh, come on.

- You blame everything on the Trumps. Nobody in Trumpland is organized enough to pull this off.

- KEVIN: Why not the Clintons?

- MICAH: You sound like right-wing talk radio.

Bill was on the Lolita Express, too.

LIZ: Hey!

Wait, no. No.

No conspiracy theories, no... no insane charges.

Everything we do, we need evidence, so let's start here.

Epstein was a middle-aged white man.

That is the demographic most likely to die by su1c1de.

It says here su1c1de rate in pretrial jails is three times higher than in other prisons.

Yes, but the last su1c1de in that jail was years ago.

It was unusual.

LIZ: Yeah, but Epstein knew that he was going to prison for the rest of his life.

So let's not rule out the simplest explanation.

ROSALYN: Actually, there are two autopsy reports.

One by a private examiner.

- Paid for by the family?

- So?

Maybe he's just telling them what they want to hear.

He thinks that Epstein's injuries are more consistent with homicide.

Broken blood vessels in the eyes, broken hyoid bone and cartilage. But the official report says that injuries like that - are not unusual in hanging.

- MICAH: They got a reason - to protect their own asses.

- Key words there are "official report".

Look, why is it so hard to believe that a professional, well-respected medical examiner could be telling the truth?

Look, Epstein ties his bedsheets into a noose, right?

Then he tied it around his neck.

It's not gonna be a clean, sharp cut like this.

His weight is gonna push the noose up like that.

- Uh, actually, I feel like...

- (OVERLAPPING CHATTER)

LIZ: Guys.

(SIGHS)

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

MARISSA: Okay, whoa, whoa, whoa, wait.

Wait, wait.

You guys.

He could've...

he could've paid someone else - to break his neck.

- Or someone had him k*lled.

- Oh, back to Tr*mp again.

- Well, of course it goes back to Tr*mp.

LEAH: If the tiny glove fits...

All right, l-let's...

let's stay on track.

Liz, Liz, uh, we need to talk.

Oh.

All right.

Just, uh, give me...

give me one minute.

We start with the obvious.

But su1c1de isn't the obvious.

That's just the official version.

This is everything that had to go wrong for Epstein to commit su1c1de.

Start with the su1c1de attempt a few weeks earlier.

This was July , right after he'd been denied bail.

They found him unconscious in his cell.

(VOICE FADING): There was video of this su1c1de attempt...

_ (VOICE MUTED)

_ Isn't that the video of his actual su1c1de?

JAY: No, this was a week earlier.

- It's a different missing video.

- _ They put him on su1c1de watch for less than a week.

(VOICE FADING): Then Epstein was taken off su1c1de watch and placed...

- (VOICE MUTED)

- _ KEVIN: So, everyone gets a cellmate except for the suicidal man?

LUCCA: It's the worst jail in America.

What do you expect?

LEAH: Reportedly understaffed as a result of a hiring freeze imposed by who?

- The Tr*mp administration.

- MICAH: Why am I not surprised?

- Why am I not surprised?

- ROSALYN: The second M.E.

said that the noose found in the autopsy report did not match the wounds on his neck.

That is consistent with homicide.

Who cares about the autopsy report?

- (OVERLAPPING CHATTER)

- Um, uh...

- Hey, guys.

There is another way to look at this.

Now, everybody loves a puzzle.

I get that.

Everybody loves the secret word that solves everything.

But let's not call conspiracy something that could just as easily be described as incompetence.

Now, look, I have workers come to my house every week.

I mean, every damn week to fix a broken faucet.

They say they fixed it.

About a week goes by, I have to call somebody else to fix their work.

That's not a conspiracy.

That is incompetence.

People do just enough work to get by.

So the camera was broken outside of Epstein's cell.

Incompetence.

The guards were surfing the Web, and then they fell asleep.

Incompetence.

The prison didn't secure the crime scene.

Incompetence.

I mean, that is America.

Okay.

All right, so we start with su1c1de.

I want to agree with Adrian.

I'm not into conspiracy theories, but, um...

let's just look at .

Epstein got arrested for abusing underage girls, and guess what happened.

He was let off with a single count of prostitution.

The FBI found victims and could have found more,

- but they were shut down. - _

We believe that we proceeded appropriately.

DIANE: Epstein was supposed to go to prison, but he got let out every day and r*ped more underage girls. And then, for eight years, he was supposed to check in with the New York Police every days because he was a Level sex offender. And you know how often he checked in? Never.

So, what are you saying?

Well, we all have to obey the law.

I mean, if we're told that we have to check in with the police every days, we do it.

But certain people don't have to.

They're given special treatment.

Epstein had friends in high places, and then they stopped being his friends, and they started worrying about him.

And that's why he's dead.

Well, I'm so glad you don't believe in...

conspiracy theories.

That is America.

That is not incompetence.

It's a special f*cking off-ramp for the well-connected.

Okay.

All right, let's just...

split into three groups: medical evidence, post-death facts, pretrial facts.

Facts.

So...

we were just upstairs for a synergy talk.

Okay.

What does that mean?

We have to reduce our payroll by %.

- What?

Wha...

- ADRIAN: Yep.

.

Payroll?

What, as-as-as in office space or... ?

No, no.

Lawyers.

So we've been putting some initial thoughts together, seeing if there's anybody we could agree on.

Well, we can agree we're not gonna lose % of our lawyers.

We have a lot of paralegals.

- What about Goldie?

- No.

She's really bright and has excellent research skills, and paralegals aren't gonna get us there.

- I for one could lose Kevin.

- Are you kidding?

The-the associates look up to him.

We'd have a mutiny on our hands.

- Uh, Lucy?

- No.

No.

- In fact, she deserves a raise.

- DIANE: This is gonna look like a disaster to our clients.

Like the firm is going down and we're throwing the ballast over.

Yeah, I know.

(INHALES DEEPLY)

So...

who do we let go?

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

JAY: Have you heard from any character witnesses yet?

We talked to one of his friends in prison.

Epstein had a friend in prison?

Epstein told him he took care of the most important thing on the jet before he got arrested.

- What was the most important thing?

- No idea, but he was arrested getting off of his private jet at Teterboro.

That was the last time he was free.

So I was thinking we should go through the police photos of the arrest, see who else was on the jet.

I guess he could have talked to one of his staff members.

(EXHALES SHARPLY)

What?

I know him.

Wha...

Who is it?

LUCCA: Andreas.

Hairdresser to the stars.

How do you know a hairdresser to the stars?

Bianca?

(ELEVATOR BELL DINGS)

STELLA: So, Julius, you're a federal employee. Is what you're coming forward with based on a reasonable belief that there's been a violation of the law, gross mismanagement or abuse of authority?

So fraud, waste or abuse?

Abuse of authority.

STELLA: I am all ears.

What exactly is he protected from?

STELLA: Anything that constitutes retaliation.

- -USC- makes it a federal crime.

- And who enforces this?

STELLA: The Office of the Inspector General.

That would be me.

JULIUS: Okay.

- STELLA: You ready?

- Yeah.

JULIUS: There is a document titled Memo .

What do you need?

Hi.

Is Andreas in?

What time is your appointment?

Oh, uh, no, I don't...

I don't have an appointment.

Ma'am, Andreas is booked two months in advance.

Uh, I can pencil a consultation in for...

September.

Tell him it's Lucca Quinn from Saint Lucia.

Yeah, unfortunately, Andreas is quite busy.

Maybe another time.

Tell him I'm...

Bianca's friend.

Yeah, there's a lady here who said she's Bianca's friend.

- Lucca Quinn.

- ANDREAS: Lucca!

- Andreas, hi.

- (LAUGHS)

Hi.

Uh, reschedule Mrs.

Roth for tomorrow.

- Oh, she just had her hair wash.

- Well, then, blow-dry it - and tell her I'm busy.

- Oh, no, I don't need a cut.

- I just have a-a question.

- Come back, come back.

Sorry.

I-I didn't know who you were.

She's new.

I'm f*ring her.

- Oh, no, not for me.

- No, not because of you.

'Cause she's useless.

Get out of the chair.

Go ahead.

Go.

Go.

Thank you.

- Sit.

- (LUCCA CLEARS THROAT)

How long?

Three weeks?

Uh, yeah, but I'm thinking of growing it out.

I see some damage here.

(SNIFFS)

Adona shampoo?

- Janguree conditioner?

- Yes.

You might as well pour concrete on your hair.

These.

Use these.

Thank you.

Uh, but I'm here about one of your clients.

Oh, Bianca hasn't been in in a week.

Oh, no.

Um, Jeffrey Epstein?

Get out of here.

He is unequivocally not an official client.

I only cut his hair as a favor to Ghislaine.

I don't want to get caught up in any of his mess.

Yeah, but you were on a flight with him - right before his arrest.

- It was a midflight haircut.

He knew he was being arrested.

He wanted to look good.

Plus, prison haircuts are just brutal.

Who else was on the flight?

(WHISPERING): I shouldn't be talking about this.

- It's not safe.

- Okay.

On the plane, did Epstein seem nervous?

Worried?

No, no, I was the one that was nervous.

- Why?

- Because...

- Nothing.

- Andreas, what?

Nothing.

You are lying, and you're terrible at it.

Just lean in toward me and whisper.

(WHISPERS): I can't.

I'll tell you a secret if you tell me yours.

What secret?

No, you first.

(WHISPERS): He gave me an envelope.

Epstein did?

Why?

No, y-your turn.

I played poker with four of the most powerful women in the world.

f*ck you.

You did not.

Bianca and who else?

Why would he give you an envelope?

- Beyoncé?

- No.

It better not be some political woman, - someone I don't know.

- You'll know all of them.

Andreas, tell me.

He...

He knew Ghislaine was a friend of mine and that she'd be in in a couple of weeks to pick it up...

the envelope.

But she never showed.

I think she's in hiding.

(WHISPERS): Or dead.

So, you still have it?

Can I see it?

You never opened it?

No.

Maybe I should hold on to it.

This video is to establish chain of custody for an envelope reportedly given by Jeffrey Epstein to his employee and girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell.

It is Thursday, May , , and we have been given permission by Wilbur Dincon, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, to open this envelope and record its contents in accordance with our mission as investigators of Mr. Epstein's death.

Go ahead.

All right, the envelope is now open.

And, uh..

There appears to be a key inside.

No apparent markings.

And, uh...

there's a ten-digit number on the other side.

(PAPER RUSTLING)

Okay.

All right.

There appears to be an eight-and-a-half-by- letter folded in thirds.

Nothing on the outside of the letter.

We will now open the letter.

And...

there is handwriting on the inside, which reads...

"If I'm dead, watch out for Bud".

Whoa, who's Bud?

- The k*ller?

- LIZ: We are now comparing the handwriting to the last note Mr. Epstein wrote in his cell, and they appear to be written by the same hand.

Wait, what's that?

MARISSA: What is that?

What is that?

LUCCA: Is it a code?

"Lady M.S".

Or a-a bank account?

LIZ: Maybe.

And who is Lady M.S.?

A pet name for Ghislaine, maybe?

- (INDISTINCT CHATTER)

- LIZ: We have a new lead.

"Bud".

Is it someone who had it out for Epstein?

Why would he fear him?

Uh, let's see, I'll take, uh, Mike, John, Damian and Linda to pursue that lead.

All right, who wants to check these numbers?

This could be a bank account.

Cayman Islands?

Uh, a safe?

We can take that.

Epstein was always trying to hide money from his victims.

Plus, those underage girls are still trying to recover damages, so a hidden account means more to recover.

Good, and last, the key.

- What does it open?

- Uh, Marissa and I have the key.

LIZ: Okay, good.

Good, good, good.

All right, let's get moving.

We'll get back - together this afternoon.

- Hey, Liz?

- Hey, we need to...

- Okay, all right.

Anything you can find.

Bud...

dead or alive.

JAY: This is a manufacturer's stamp.

We should be able to track down where it was made.

Good.

Did you hear?

What?

We are all going to be fired.

- What?

- KEVIN: They're laying off %.

Just paralegals, right?

- No, us.

- What about investigators?

f*ck you.

It all comes down to you, doesn't it?

- Oh, my God!

- That's what they're in there talking about.

Who to fire.

Rosalyn has the fewest billable hours.

Oh, because she had an appendectomy.

We don't fire people because they're sick.

DIANE: Felicia...

she's the newest associate.

- And the smartest.

- Mm.

Adrian?

J-Just...

You know, we do have two investigators.

What if we refuse to do this?

DIANE: And get dismissed by our firm?

No.

What if we buy ourselves out?

♪♪ Our merger agreement stipulates that partnership rights revert if we exercise our option within the first year to refund the purchase.

How much?

million.

That's a lot.

We've had a good year, Diane.

Not a $ million year.

You know, Dincon implied more work could come our way if we come through with this Epstein review.

And if we get a bank loan for the rest...

Our bank won't do that.

I make a few promises, they might.

- Promise of future profits?

- Maybe.

Let me...

make a few calls.

We have got to get out of this now.

We let them downsize us, we all know...

- it's just the beginning.

- LIZ: Okay.

Just let-let's not make any promises that we can't keep.

I just had this...

really odd moment of déjà vu.

Being married...

we had the exact same conversation.

How'd that work out?

We made promises we couldn't keep.

(LAUGHS)

Yep.

- _ - Yeah, this is one of mine.

My manufacturer stamp's right there.

Can you tell us who ordered it?

(CHUCKLES)

The cheap fucker d*ed owing me $ .

Add that to his rap sheet.

- Epstein?

- I'm not saying, but...

yeah.

Is there any way to match a key to a property - or a locker or anything?

- No.

But even if there was, I couldn't tell you anything.

What if we paid his bill?

Okay, uh, $ .

With tax, .

I only have .

JAY: Oh, okay.

Uh, what's this key to?

Mm, in the hand first.

What is it to?

No idea.

Oh, come on!

We probably cut of these for his homes all over the world.

- Thanks for nothing.

- Talk to his architect.

She's the one who wanted them cut.

She probably knows more.

LIZ: "If I'm dead, watch out for Bud".

Who is Bud?

What have we found?

Nothing... no known associates, - no family, no friends.

- LEAH: And no one from prison.

Well, have you checked Prince Andrew's people?

ROSALYN: And anyone connected to Ghislaine.

DIANE: What if, instead of a name, it's...

it's initials?

I mean, "Bud", it's all in caps.

Well, if it's B.U.D., then we should be looking at last names beginning with "D" in Epstein's little black book.

"Dafoe"...

I found a lawyer, Benjamin Dafoe, but there's no middle name listed.

- ROSALYN: Got him... his Wikipedia page.

- _ "Benjamin Ulrich Dafoe".

Oh.

I'll call him.

WOMAN: Are you sure this is an official investigation?

Because I've been dealing with a lot of lookie-loos who want an Epstein souvenir.

- No, I...

- Or worse, they come in pretending they want a consultation just so they can yell at me, "How could you enable that predator?!" Did Epstein ever mention anyone named Bud?

Someone he might have been afraid of?

No, but he never confided in me.

Especially after .

He said everything went bad after November.

- Why ?

- He didn't say.

These are all the properties I designed for him.

I wanted to be his Julia Morgan.

I wanted to give him his own Hearst Castle.

But Epstein's taste was sh*t, disgusting.

Cantera stone!

Cantera stone!

Fountains from an Orange County mall.

Can't be Julia Morgan when your patron is an idiot.

What are these?

Well, his various properties.

Epstein definitely got weirder as he got older.

(CHUCKLES)

The Zorro ranch in New Mexico, what a nightmare.

That's where he wanted a maternity ward for all his young pregnancies.

Now, if you don't mind, I'm designing an airport in Norway.

Certainly.

I'm so sorry.

I just left my phone on your desk.

♪♪ (CAMERA CLICKS)

WOMAN: There's got to be a pattern.

- MAN: Forget the numbers.

- What about this one?

- Anything?

- (OVERLAPPING CHATTER)

Are you hearing any more about the layoffs?

No, but you can cut the paranoia with a Kn*fe.

(JAY GROANS)

How's it going in there?

LUCCA: It's an exercise in futility.

No bank account yet, and "Lady M.S".

could be...

Lady M's bakery, Lady Morgan Stanley, "lady multiple sclerosis", but...

"Lady Morgan Sidney"?

No, "Stanley".

Don't-don't get excited.

She d*ed in .

Give me a second.

Okay.

When they come around to f*ring us, tell Boseman I solved this.

- Why me to tell Boseman?

- Because he respects you.

He's just as likely to fire me.

What have you got?

_ JAY: And there it is.

What is this?

Space Relations. It's a novel that Bill Barr's father wrote in the ' s.

- Wait, Attorney General Bill Barr?

- Yeah.

It's about sex slaves in space.

- How do you know this?

- I like sci-fi.

The hero's love interest in it is called "Lady Morgan Sidney".

Is that just a coincidence?

Well, Donald Barr wrote the novel when he was headmaster at Dalton, which is where he hired Jeffrey Epstein to be teacher.

Wait.

William Barr's father hired Epstein - to work with children?

- Yes.

I think Epstein was telling Ghislaine to find something in this book.

It's how they probably communicated secretly.

So, what do these numbers mean?

BENJAMIN: Yes, I'm Benjamin Ulrich Dafoe, but trust me, no one has ever called me "Bud".

And no one has ever needed to "watch out" for me.

Especially not that assh*le.

When did you decide your former client was an assh*le?

Probably about the time he ditched me for Dershowitz.

At least I didn't get a massage, like that shyster.

And for the purposes of any potential lawsuit, "shyster" is just my opinion, not a statement of fact.

Then Epstein had some two-bit lawyer - in the Virgin Islands redo his will.

- Why did he do that?

Mm, if Epstein's estate was set up in the Virgin Islands, his victims would have a hard time getting at his money.

Alleged victims.

He was a vindictive m*therf*cker.

It makes sense he wouldn't want those girls getting his money.

And he put a lot of thought into what would happen after he d*ed.

Did he ever mention somebody he was afraid of?

(SCOFFS)

He was afraid of everyone.

- He had something on everyone.

- Anyone named Bud?

No, but I heard him mention Bud a few times.

In what context?

Look, I'll tell you if you promise you'll take down Dershowitz.

Why?

Is he Bud?

No, but I still hate his guts.

The guy would sell his grandmother to suck up to the rich and famous.

And for the purposes of any potential lawsuit, that's just my opinion, not a statement of fact.

Mr. Dafoe, Bud.

Right. Epstein.

He was obsessed with the future.

Uh, he kept trying to get a professor at the U of C on the payroll.

Um, Ira Nofzinger.

Epstein loved that guy...

he kept talking to him - on the phone about Bud.

- In what way?

No idea.

I mean, Epstein had that ranch in New Mexico, , acres. He was gonna impregnate a hundred young girls, try to keep his dynasty alive, whatever.

It's not my business.

Talk to Nofzinger.

And remember, watch out for Dershowitz.

That assh*le will sue you at the drop of a hat.

And for the purposes of any potential lawsuit, "assh*le", - that's just my opinion, not a statement...

- Okay.

All right, these numbers are in groups of three.

- Mm-hmm.

- And notice how the first numbers are larger...

uh, , , ...

and the last of the three numbers are lower, lower than ?

- Yeah.

Meaning?

- My guess is, the first number's a page number, second number is how many lines down, and the last number is how many words across on that line.

Let's try it.

First number: .

LUCCA: Eighty... one.

- Next number: .

- .

- .

- .

"Call".

(CAR DOORS OPEN)

Julius Cain.

Officers?

Is everything all right?

- You're under arrest.

- (SCOFFS)

For what?

Please turn around, sir.

Show me your hands.

- (JULIUS STAMMERING)

- When I search you, is there anything that will stick me?

There must be some confusion.

I'm a judge.

- Turn around, sir, now.

- Wait, wait, wait.

I need to make a phone call.

You need to follow instructions, sir.

- I...

Hey!

I need...

- Turn around.

- Get your hands up now.

- Hey!

Wait!

Stop...

- (GRUNTS)

- (HANDCUFFS CLICKING)

You have the right to remain silent.

Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law.

- Uh, .

- .

Okay, and that's the last one.

Six.

- "Hours".

- "Hours".

(CLEARS THROAT)

What do you got?

JAY: "Call Bill.

He will have...

hours".

What do you think?

Bill?

Bill Barr.

I mean, it's his father's novel, right?

Do you ever feel like this is getting out of hand?

Like the more we dig, the more there is to dig?

I don't know, but what can we do but keep digging?

(SIGHS)

IRA: I deeply regret ever associating with him.

But, hey, Stephen Hawking was his friend.

He even went down to Epstein's island in the Caribbean.

So, if Hawking could do it, why couldn't I?

Well, we heard he enjoyed spending time with you.

I think he liked being on our campus.

He used to show up in a Harvard sweatshirt.

He never went there.

I checked.

He had the scientific mind of a teenage boy.

He was into alien abductions, cryonics.

I told him, you can't reanimate frozen tissue, not yet.

We're still experimenting.

But he was intent on living forever, - coming back like Disney.

- And the ranch in New Mexico?

His absolute favorite topic was eugenics.

He wanted to impregnate exceptional, high-IQ women.

We heard Epstein kept talking to you about "Bud".

No.

I remember him saying, "I got to look after Bud", but I didn't know who he was talking about.

Wait, wait.

Uh, did he say "look after Bud" or "look out for Bud"?

I don't...

What's the difference?

Was Bud someone that he was afraid of, or was it someone he was protecting?

I don't know.

Okay, so what if we were wrong about Bud?

What if Epstein meant "defend Bud", - not "beware of him"?

- And-and if that's true, then does that change anything for our teams?

Anyone?

- Lucca?

- No, not for us, but we do think we deciphered the numbers in the envelope.

Really?

What?

Jay?

Uh, we think "Lady M.S".

refers to Lady Morgan Sidney in a sci-fi novel about sex slaves called Space Relations. - What?

- It's a book written by Donald Barr, the father of Attorney General Bill Barr.

- What the f*ck?

- We think the numbers were a way for Epstein and Ghislaine to communicate.

It's a simple book cipher.

It translates as...

- "Call Bill.

He will have hours".

- Bill who?

Bill Barr...

which means this could be about Tr*mp.

- Oh, God, back to Tr*mp again.

- (OTHERS MURMURING)

Well, who else?

Think about Dershowitz.

- He defended Epstein and Tr*mp.

- What about the other Bill?

Bill Clinton.

They both had - something to worry about...

- Oh, God, - from Epstein.

- the biggest conspiracy theory in history.

- What about Prince Andrew?

- Yeah, let's just dig up - Vince Foster and ask him.

- Can we start narrowing our focus?

I mean, this is sounding a bit Pizzagate-ish.

ROSALYN: Epstein was part of a global pedophile ring that was supported by intelligence services, and that is Pizzagate.

- But a real one.

- Where are you getting intelligence services?

Those are Alex Acosta's words.

He was the federal prosecutor who gave Epstein such a light plea deal back in Florida.

LEAH: And the man that Tr*mp made his Labor Secretary.

- Oh, my God.

Tr*mp.

- Okay, okay, can we just keep it to one conspiracy theory at a time, please.

Acosta told people that Epstein belonged to intelligence.

That's why the underage girls...

Donald Barr was OSS, and Bill Barr was CIA.

- That's it.

- LIZ: Okay.

Oh, um, Marissa, - do you have anything on the key?

- I do.

It led to Epstein's architect, who had this.

What is this?

His Manhattan home?

No, it looks like his temple on his island in the Caribbean.

- He has a temple?

- Yeah.

Here.

- What is it for?

- MARISSA: No one knows. Maybe sex, maybe music. - Okay, so this-this... this is a dead end?

- Not necessarily.

- I'll look into it.

- No.

No.

We-we need to have some dead ends.

- I mean, this is...

this is getting nuts.

- Oh, and there was one other thing: the architect said Epstein told her everything went south for him in .

- What happened then?

- No idea.

She didn't say.

DIANE: Wait.

- Did she say what month?

- Yeah.

November.

Why?

- What's going on?

- Nothing.

It's just a thought to pursue.

Eli Gold had a friend who was a cheerleader.

Okay.

I have to ask Marissa if she remembers her.

ADRIAN: You guys...

we need to talk.

Chase is willing to lend us ten million.

- Really?

- (CHUCKLES): Yeah.

- Is there a "but"?

- A small one.

The firm's assets are not enough collateral.

And you look happy because... ?

We can still secure the loan if we use our houses.

Uh, what?

Look, they were just estimating our property values, but they believe that will put us over the line.

LIZ: This is insane.

This is...

- They believe that can get us over the line.

- No, I am a single mother.

- I am not risking my house.

- Hold on.

Liz, we get the firm back, we pay the money back.

- How do you know?

- Because I know how much - we used to take in, Diane.

- "Past performance does not predict future results".

Especially with us.

I mean, we lost... we lost Chumhum, we had the fallout from my dad.

And let us not forget why we joined STR Laurie in the first place.

Liz, it's our only move.

Now, we are building revenue every day.

Now, you say you've got Dincon engaged.

If we don't get out from under STR Laurie, ain't no telling what's next.

They don't value our work, our-our employees, our-our history or our culture.

(LAUGHS)

They want us for our black faces on their diversity reports.

MAN: This recently unearthed footage from November shows future president Donald Tr*mp entertaining Jeffrey Epstein at his Mar-a-Lago estate. The two men seem quite friendly, dancing, enjoying themselves, and at one point, apparently sharing a private joke. All around them are cheerleaders from the Buffalo Bills and the Miami Dolphins. Tr*mp now seeks to downplay his connection to Epstein, but this footage proves that they shared some fun-loving bachelor moments. So... so you were there when Jeffrey Epstein met Tr*mp,

- Mrs. Feldman?

- Oh, yeah.

I was one of the cheerleaders.

Oh, that was a kick.

I mean, Donald kept getting fresh, but...

Never grabbed my p*ssy, so...

(LAUGHING)

Ah, I voted for him.

Why not?

DIANE: Did you happen to hear what they said to each other?

- Who?

- Tr*mp and Epstein.

Oh.

Oh, yeah.

Oh, yeah, I was right there.

Uh, I was supposed to hang on their arms and make them feel wanted, and they just kept saying, "Do you think she's hot?" "I think she's hot".

"I think she's hot".

(MUTTERS)

That's it?

Yeah, well, nothing presidential, if that's what you're wondering.

Um, anything about "Bud"?

How do you know about that?

What?

Bud.

Well, that was the weirdest thing.

That...

that really stayed with me.

What?

Well, Tr*mp leaned into Jeffee...

oh, I had to call him "Jeffee"...

and, uh, he whispered, "How's Bud?" And then Jeffee whispered back, "No problems".

And that was it.

And why was that weird?

Well, because they both got really serious.

Like they... like they had to be careful.

Like they were worried.

WOMAN: Did he have a dog?

Maybe they were talking about his dog.

All we know is that Tr*mp somehow knew Bud, or maybe still does, but we still don't know who Bud is.

I just heard back on chan.

- MARISSA: What?

What did they say?

- Why are we on chan?

Epstein's death was first reported, even before the mainstream media, by a poster on chan, someone with insider knowledge.

- Is that true?

- Yuh-huh.

And I just wrote to him, asking if Bill Barr is involved, and why was hours a deadline?

Okay, okay.

What are we talking about here?

We-we think we may have deciphered a message.

- I'll-I'll tell you later.

- "Barr picked up Epstein's body within hours.

It was taken to the Virgin Islands".

- The f*ck?

- That's why the code read: "Call Bill.

He'll have hours".

Wait a second, wait a second.

What-what-what's going on?

NBC News reported that a mysterious associate picked up Epstein's body from the medical examiner. He wouldn't give his name, and he's never been identified.

And you think the attorney general of the United States is that person?

- It makes as much sense as anything else.

- (COMPUTER CHIMES)

- No, it doesn't.

- Wait, I just wrote to him, asking, "I thought Epstein was buried in Florida", and he just wrote back... "Check the tomb.

It's empty".

Oh, come...

What is going on here?

This...

N-No.

This is crazy.

All these theories are built on a hairdresser's envelope.

If it's a prank, then all of this is bullshit.

- The government charges Julius Cain...

- Judge Cain.

... Julius Cain with violating Chapter , USC , a Chapter felony, punishable by up to years imprisonment.

We allege he accepted bribes from a plaintiff - in an eminent domain case.

- DIANE: Your Honor, Judge Cain pleads not guilty and should be released on bail to await trial.

He has extensive ties to the community and is not a flight risk.

(GAVEL SLAMS)

This is retribution?

- For whistleblowing?

- That's my guess.

We left the inspector general, and the next day I get arrested.

How could they know?

How could...

How do they know?

So maybe it's her clerk.

Or...

Or... ?

The inspector general.

(SCOFFS)

If that's so, what do I do?

Fight.

That was fast.

So, who are you cutting?

Everyone made a good-faith effort to reduce the staff, Gavin, but in the end, the...

the arrangement didn't work for us.

No hard feelings.

I don't understand.

Uh, we are prepared to buy our way out of the partnership, as enumerated in the contract.

Ah, yes, well, that is certainly your right.

- Within the first year.

- ADRIAN: Good.

And we're ready.

We have the million required.

You mean million.

No, million.

We all signed a merger agreement that stresses " million".

Uh, no.

The contract says , provided, according to clause -B, that all Reddick/Boseman name partners earn more in revenue after the merger than they did the year prior.

Which we did.

- No, you didn't.

- Oh, my God.

What?

That's why you gave it to me.

It wasn't a gift.

It was a curse.

f*ck.

- Pro bono.

- DIANE: He gave me pro bono cases to keep my billable hours low.

Well, I-I also knew that you'd be good at it, too.

You fucker.

(SCOFFS)

Diane.

Name-calling?

We're all on the same side here.

You set me up, just to keep us from leaving.

I'm a jealous boss.

I don't want you to leave.

I want to cling close to you, like a vine.

Also, I kind of like the look on your face that you were outplayed.

The Zen master said that "in every experience there is a lesson".

And the lesson here is that you three are f*cked.

Can...

can you call the bank?

Yes.

Liz.

sh*t.

As you can see, the amount of suspicious activity surrounding Epstein's death is...

it's extraordinary.

The number of things that went wrong in the prison...

The number of people that wanted him dead?

And the note he left Ghislaine Maxwell, uh, "Watch out for Bud".

Mm, the note he left with the hairdresser?

Uh, a celebrity hairstylist.

ROSALYN: He was also a part of a global pedophile ring that was supported by intelligence services.

Well...

this is very extensive work.

We're nowhere near done.

We'll need at least a few more weeks.

LIZ: We have a team down in the Virgin Islands checking out Epstein's island.

And we have a key that we need to check.

And what is this?

Oh, uh, this is a-a code that reads: "Call Bill.

He will have hours".

Hmm.

And what is that from?

LUCCA: It's from a book Epstein referenced.

It's a novel written by Bill Barr's father.

It's about space and-and-and some sex slaves.

And people...

All right, so...

where are we left?

Uh, well, you-you said you wanted us - to think outside the box.

- And... ?

And, um, well, uh, Epstein had odd interests, and he seemed to want to live forever.

Uh, uh, we're not sure if Bud is someone he feared or-or-or something he lost.

Bud seems to be just one piece of the puzzle we can't figure out.

Okay.

Why don't we take a pause?

- A pause?

- Yeah.

I think we've gotten a little lost in the weeds here.

You've done some great work, but once we get into...

this kind of conjecture, I can't use it.

I'm sorry.

We will send someone to pick up your notes and work product, along with the materials left for Ms. Maxwell, including the key.

We'll have to get that to you.

Fine.

DIANE: Mr. Dincon?

Hmm?

What is Memo ?

Why do you ask?

Jeffrey Epstein's life was built on it.

Then you have your answer.

(SEABIRDS CHIRPING)

LIZ: You should come home.

The investigation's over. DOJ is shutting us down.

MARISSA: But why would they do that? - We're so close. - Yeah, well, in hindsight, I-I think we shouldn't have let ourselves get carried away.

I mean, what we found might have been an interesting story, but it-it doesn't mean that it was the truth.

- Okay, we'll head back. - Good.

And bring the key.

MARISSA: Well, as long as we're here, we might as well go ahead with it.

JAY: Good with me.

MARISSA: Wow.

Not a lot of room for sex or sacrifices in here.

(JAY CHUCKLES)

He never threw anything away.

This is what happens when you die.

You leave everything for your relatives to clean up.

"Welcome back, Mr. Epstein, from students in period-three science class, the Dalton School".

"Don't lose the fur coat".

So, this is the room on the blueprint, the one that read "Bud"?

- Yeah.

- So, where's Bud?

Bud could be anything.

One of the statues.

One of the packages.

Whatever this thing is in here.

We're never gonna get through all this.

Uh, give me the key.

What?

Look.

(GASPS)

Oh, my God.

We're solving this.

We are solving this, you and I.

- (EXHALES)

- Wait, wait, wait.

What do you think is on the other side?

- Bud.

- Or Epstein.

Bill Barr brought him down here, and he's alive and hidden, - like in Parasite. - Never saw it.

What?

How have you not seen it?

It won the Oscar.

- It was a historic win...

- Do you want to open it?

Okay.

Yeah.

Okay.

That's how all mysteries end, don't they?

Empty, pointless, stupid.

We were the stupid ones for obsessing on "Bud".

It probably had nothing to do with him.

Just a nickname for something or someone.

Yeah.

I think we lost track of the real story.

Mm.

The underage girls.

We were chasing a whodunit in the middle of a tragedy.

We better go.

- Motorboat is back in ten minutes.

- Okay.

(SIGHS)

Bye, Mr. Epstein.

(GONG CLANGS)

Have fun in hell.

♪♪ (AIR HISSING RHYTHMICALLY)

(LIQUID GURGLING)