Hey.
Yes?
File's been erased.
Hard drive's gone.
- Good morning.
- Hey, baby.
- Come back to bed.
- No, I can't.
- Come on. Come on.
- No, I can't.
- I'm gonna be late.
- Mmm.
Can you at least
stay for breakfast?
- No.
- Please?
I can't.
I'll call you
if I'm running late, okay?
- Okay.
- I love you.
I love you.
Bye.
Anthony?
I'm in here, baby.
So, I can't get you to stay?
What if I, uh--
What if I wrote a note, like in school,
and I said, "Dear Edward, please
excuse Anthony from his meeting today
because his wife never gets
a chance to see him"?
Come on. Can you stay for another
half an hour, hmm?
Please?
I'll make it really quick.
You never make it really quick.
- Come on.
- I can't, baby.
Come on.
It's a big day.
I know what today is.
Zeffert sent me this file.
It's so big I can't even download it.
I don't understand. If he would've just
handed it to me, I would've read it by now.
I thought technology
was supposed to help us
instead of slow things down.
Oh, that reminds me.
Something came for you by ZepEx.
- I put it in your briefcase.
- Thank you.
Mm-hmm.
The whole thing crashed.
I don't have time for this.
Okay, go.
I'll take care of it.
- Are you sure?
- Yes.
- Thank you.
- Okay.
Look, I know-- I know, uh,
this isn't ideal, all right?
But I love you,
and I'll make it up to you tonight.
Okay. I love you.
Perfect.
Hey, that's great.
Great start.
Fantastic.
Great.
Hey.
Hey, Sumner.
- Oh, hey.
- Hey. Hey.
- Hey.
- Yeah. How are you?
Good. Good. Good.
What do you think of the, uh...
- Looks great. Great.
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
- Sprinklers are just giving me hell.
You know, I have to rotate them,
like, every hour.
- Can't get somebody out here, huh?
- No.
Hey, um, what do you think
of the turtle?
It's, um-- Yeah.
Yeah, I like the beads.
- It's Christmas.
- Yeah.
You know, I figure if my ex-wife
ever stops by,
she'll be, uh, impressed.
I'm sorry.
I didn't mean that.
- It's just this-- this-- this whole--
- It'll be fine.
...separation thing is just--
It'll work itself out.
- Really?
- It'll be okay.
Okay.
So, did you guys ever figure out
- No. No.
- ...that job thing?
Uh, the network specialist,
uh, position?
I'll check on that again today.
Yeah.
I really appreciate it.
- Don't even worry about it.
- Okay. So, uh--
- Don't even worry.
- I'll see you tonight then.
- All right. Yeah-- No-- I gotta go.
- Yeah, me, too.
Edward called for some ZHP file.
He wants it back.
From what I can gather is,
Zeffert borrowed it on Friday
but never returned it.
Security said he stopped by
over the weekend,
but, uh, nobody can get
ahold of him.
- Call him at home?
- Yep, and his cell.
I've left several messages.
- That's not like him at all.
- Mm-mmm.
It's weird.
Today's the buyout.
And?
What? And what?
Your anniversary.
Oh, my-- Oh, my God.
Today's my anniversary.
- Yeah.
- I'm such an idiot.
I can't believe I forgot to--
Uh, uh, send-- Oh, my God.
Send flowers to the house,
- like, now, if you could.
- Okay. Done.
Baby, come on.
That's not fair.
It's not every night.
That's--
It-- It's now.
It's because of the buyout.
Oh, it's the buyout,
and before that,
it was the gene therapy launch,
and before that...
I mean, it's always something.
What happened to our plans?
Baby, what are you talking about?
This is our plan.
This-- This is--
This is the plan.
We pay Edward back, and we--
and we start our family.
Look, I messed up with the--
with the anniversary.
I know. I get it.
And I love you,
and I'm sorry, but I...
Listen, nothing--
nothing's changed.
It's hard to start a family
when you're never home.
You're always working.
I know. I know.
Tony, I love you,
and I don't wanna complain,
but I need a little bit more of you.
Okay.
Baby, please come home.
Baby, come on.
Edward's-- Edward's not
gonna just let me leave.
You know what?
This is about us, okay?
And when something's
really important to you--
I know you-- you don't let
anything stand in your way.
So why should our marriage
be any different?
Thank you, Mr. Garcia.
Thank you, Britney.
- Good morning, Mr. Garcia.
- Morning, Janet. Is he in?
- Yes, sir. Mr. Gar--
- No, I've got it.
You ready to close, Tony?
Hell, yeah,
I'm ready to close.
Hold on.
Hold on a second, baby.
Give Sofia my love.
Let's get this done.
Yeah, okay. I'm--
I'm right behind you.
Hello?
Baby, hey, you there?
Hello?
Jesus.
- Janet?
- Yes, sir?
Hey, pick up.
Hi, Tony.
Listen, you gotta, uh--
you gotta do me a favor, okay?
You gotta help me get out
of this meeting early.
- Oh, it's gonna be a bad day, isn't it?
- I hope not.
Do me a favor.
Tell Sofia to be home early, okay?
- I got a surprise for her.
- What surprise?
What do you mean, what surprise?
I don't know. I have no idea.
You-- You just--
You gotta handle it, okay?
Do it. Uh, whatever you would
do with-- with Cheryl-- do it, okay?
Okay. I'm on it.
- Hey, Mr. Garnett.
- Hey, Tony. How are you?
- I'm good.
- Ready to close today?
You bet.
Gentlemen, my name
is Susan W. Quindal.
I am your chosen mediator
for today's negotiations,
and I hereby bring
this session to order.
- Please take your seats.
- Morning. Thank you.
I wanna remind everyone
that these negotiations
still fall under the tenets
of the Traxil-Pharmical
Acquisition Agreement
that both parties signed.
If there is no resolution
by 7:30 p.m. tonight,
talks will break off
for, at minimum,
a prescribed 30-day
cooling period.
So, Chairman Paul Ulsan
of Traxil, do you agree?
Agree.
And Chairman Leo Garnett
of Pharmical Industries,
do you agree?
- Agree.
- Would you gentlemen shake?
Let's make this happen.
Let's do it.
Gentlemen, you will find
in front of you
the due diligence report
with an independent appraisal
of the various components
of the Pharmical Industries.
The few key sticking points
that we will be discussing today
will include
the SEC filings,
the clinical trials data,
liens and judgments,
and the product
development reports.
Any questions?
Let's go.
Leo, everybody at this table
wants this to close today.
Yeah, we do, too.
Everything all right, son?
Oh, uh, I gotta go.
Something just came up.
- Now?
- Yeah.
Tony, we're two hours away from closing
the biggest deal in this company's history.
It's all right, Leo.
It's fine.
- You really need to go?
- Yeah.
It's-- It's personal.
- Go ahead.
- Thank you. Thanks.
We're just dotting the I's now.
We're home free.
Take my word for it.
Tell them I got word.
Thank you.
All right.
Here's your night.
My God, did you write me
an itinerary?
Tony, you forgot your anniversary.
You're gonna need all the help you can get.
Did you talk to Zeffert?
No. I left him a message.
All right. You're meeting Sofia
at home in ten minutes.
Flowers are on their way.
Dinner's at Gianardo's.
It's very romantic.
I took Cheryl there for our anniversary.
She loved it. All right?
And the best part--
you have two tickets tonight
at will call for La Bohme.
You're the best.
If you didn't hate men,
I'd totally make out with you right now.
- If you need me, I'm on--
- Not available.
Cell phone. Thank you.
Baby, I'm home!
Hey.
Sof.
Sofia, I'm home.
You have two messages.
Message number one.
Hello, Mr. West.
Listen very carefully.
We have your wife.
Her life now rests in your hands.
If you ever wanna see her again,
you will do exactly as we say.
Do not call the police.
Do not call anyone.
The only call you are to make is to us
at 31 0-
If we have not heard from you by 7 p.m.,
your wife will be dead.
Sofia!
Sofia!
Her life now rests in your hands.
If you ever wanna see her again,
you will do exactly as we say.
Do not call the police.
Do not call anyone.
The only call you are to make is to us
at 31 0-
Hello, Mr. West.
Do you wish to see
your wife again?
Who is this?
It's a simple question
needing a simple answer.
- Yes or no?
- Yeah.
Then do exactly as we say.
You are going to bring
$50,000 to MacArthur Park
and put it in a trashcan
on the south side of the boathouse.
Be there exactly at 7:20.
We will call your cell phone.
How do I know she's still alive?
You'll have to trust me.
No. No, no, no.
You know what? Uh-uh.
No, I'm not gonna
bring you anything.
I'm not gonna bring you anything
until you tell me that she's alive.
You're going to do what we say
or your wife will die.
Now, you have 90 minutes
to get there with the money.
Don't be late.
Don't try anything.
We are watching.
We are watching.
Don't try anything.
We are watching.
Watching.
Next customer in line.
I need a picture ID.
We're not authorized to release
this amount of money, sir.
I need to see the manager then.
May I help you, sir?
I need to make a withdrawal.
Well, typically,
transactions of this amount
require higher approval,
and it's 6 already,
so we really won't be able
- to authorize this until tomorrow.
- You need to authorize that.
- I'm sorry, Mr. West.
- You need to authorize it right now.
- I know my rights, all right?
- I can't change policies.
I know my rights.
You're holding my money.
And this is an emergency.
Now you get on the phone and you call
whoever it is that you have to call.
I know it's the end of the day for you,
but I have three minutes.
I have three minutes,
and I'm not leaving here without my money.
Margo, let's try to get Mr. Pennington
on the phone,
and, um, I will start to process this.
What? What's wrong?
Even if I wanted to,
you don't have the money in your account.
No, no, no, no.
No. I've got more-- There's more money
in that account. My wife--
My wife handles all this.
There's more money in that account.
There haven't been
any recent withdrawals at all.
What do you want me to do?
Sir, what do you want me to do?
Um, just close it.
Margo, let's close
this gentlemen's account.
Here you go, sir.
$29, 186.36.
You're welcome to count it.
No, it's fine.
Sign here, please.
- Are you okay, sir?
- Yeah.
- Is something wrong?
- No, I'm fine, thanks.
He went that way.
All right, all right, all right.
Think, think, think.
Hello, Mr. West.
Listen very carefully.
We have your wife.
Her life now rests in your hands.
If you ever wanna see her again,
you will do exactly as we say.
Do not call the police.
Do not call anyone.
The only call you are to make is to us
at 31 0-555-7950.
Hello, Mr. West.
Listen very carefully.
We have your wife.
Her life now rests in your hands.
Listen very carefully.
We have your wife.
Her life now rests in your hands.
What is that, bells?
We have your wife.
Her life now rests in your hands.
If you ever wanna see--
We have your wife.
Her life now rests in your hands.
If you ever wanna see her again,
you will do exactly as we say.
Do not call the police.
Do not call anyone.
The only call you are to make is to us--
- Sumner, hey, um--
- Holy Mackerel.
- What are you doing?
- Can I-- Look, I'm in--
I'm in a lot of trouble right now,
and if I don't get out of here,
it's gonna be worse.
Can you help me? Can I just--
I need your help.
- Can I go in your house? Is that okay?
- Wow. Yeah.
- Can we go in? That's fine?
- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I have no money.
We have a problem.
- Mr. Garnett?
- Yes, sir.
We have a few questions
about this SEC filing back in '04.
I assure we followed everything
to the letter, Mr. Ulsan.
Well, let's discuss
your concerns, Mr. Ulsan.
I think that'd be appropriate.
What-- What the hell's going on?
- Sofia was kidnapped.
- What?
And if I wanna see her again,
I have to be at MacArthur Park
in an hour and ten minutes
with $50,000.
- And I don't have that kind of money.
- Are you kidding me? Fif--
- How much?
- They're folowing me.
They're listening to my calls,
and I don't know what I'm gonna do.
Who-- Who-- Who?
Look. Lookit. Look.
You see them?
Unit 74, please invest--
They followed me from the bank,
and I didn't stop.
- You ran?
- I can't stop.
What am I supposed to do?
I have an hour and ten minutes.
Okay, okay.
Let's just think it through.
Let's think it through.
Where can you get that kind of money?
Uh, can you wire the money?
Can you wire it?
No. The bank-- It's 6.
It's closed.
- Credit cards.
- I don't have that kind of credit.
How about somebody who does
have that kind of money?
- Somebody who's rich?
- I don't know. No, no, no.
- Beaucoup rich.
- No.
Think. There's gotta be somebody.
In your line of work, there's somebody
who's got that kind of money.
My boss, Edward.
- I can't call Edward.
- Okay. There you go.
- I'm not gonna call Edward.
- Where-- Here.
- I can't. No, no, no. No, no, no.
- Here. Call him right now.
I'll be right back.
Hello. Tony West's office.
- Janet, it's Tony.
- Hi.
Uh, is Edward there?
Can I talk to him?
Sure. He's still downstairs
with Mr. Garnett and Mr. Ulsan.
- Can you get him for me, please?
- Uh-huh.
- It's really important.
- Are you on your cell?
No, I'm not on my cell.
Um, can, uh--
Okay, have him call me--
Have him call me on this number.
- 310--
- 310, right?
- Is this 310?
- Yeah. Oh, yeah.
- 310-222--
- 222--
- 8242.
- 8242.
Okay. Got it. I'll do it now.
- Okay.
- Okay?
Hey, you take that.
One for you, one for me.
I modified these awhile ago.
I have no idea what kind
of range they are,
but, you know, the kids--
You don't-- I--
You don't need to do this.
Yeah, I know that,
But I figured you'd do the same for me.
You know, what else do we do?
Seriously, so...
Okay, this is what we gotta do.
Uh, we gotta figure out
if there's anything that we know
that-- that--
that's gonna help us.
- Anything.
- Okay, okay. I don't know.
I don't know if this means anything,
but when I went in my house,
the door to my office was closed,
and I never close my office door.
Okay. What's in there?
Just, uh-- Just normal stuff.
Office stuff.
I have a computer.
I have a desk and a chair.
I have a lamp.
All right. Well, that's something
we have to check out.
But I can't go over there.
The police are outside.
Well, I'm gonna do that.
You want me to help you?
Then let me help you.
What else am I gonna do?
Water? Rake? Come on.
So, this is what we're gonna do.
- You're gonna go to MacArthur Park?
- MacArthur Park.
And you're gonna call your boss
and try to get the money, all right?
And I'm gonna go over to your house
and check out your--
No, you can't go over there
because the police are outside.
- And if they see--
- Let me figure that out.
That's my problem, okay?
So, you can't take your car.
There's no way, 'cause
they know your car, right?
- Yeah.
- Take mine. Come on.
Let's go.
It needs gas.
Hey.
...in the vicinity of Figueroa.
Unit 27, Code 10, please.
Unit 27, ETA seven minutes.
Look, we gotta get moving.
We've gotta get this thing done.
Then we'll aim for less than an hour.
Keep me posted.
I wanna know the instant we get it.
- This is Edward.
- Edward.
- Hey, it's me.
- Tony, we've been looking for you.
- Is that Tony?
- Listen, something's happened.
- Let me talk to him.
- What is it? What happened?
Sofia's been kidnapped, Edward.
What?
Yeah.
Hold on.
Give me a second.
- Start over.
- When I got to the house,
I checked the answering machine,
and there was a message,
and they said that if I didn't have
$50,000 at MacArthur Park
in the next 64 minutes,
that they're gonna kill her.
What? Who?
Edward--
Edward, is that Garnett?
Hey, don't-- don't tell him--
that we're talking
and what's going on.
They said that if I involve anybody,
that they're gonna kill her.
- Don't worry. Where are you?
- I'm heading to the park.
- Can I call you back on this number?
- Yeah.
I'll call you right back.
How are we supposed to negotiate
when our general counsel is AWOL?
Sumner?
Jeez.
Yeah?
Hey, anything?
No. I just got in here.
Let me look around a second.
Well, if someone was here,
the police probably
scared them away.
So, let's-- let's walk
through this again.
You came home,
and then what?
I got home,
I checked the message,
uh, and then, uh-- and then
I went and looked for Sofia.
And the door to your office
was open then, right?
Yeah. And then when I didn't find her,
I went back down to the kitchen,
and then I got the number.
I wrote down the number.
Is it 310-555-7950?
Yeah. Give me that--
Give me that number again.
Cool.
Thanks.
I'm gonna call you back.
Yeah?
Tony, I've got Mr. Garnett
on the line. Edward took off.
- Can you talk?
- No, not right now.
What should I tell him?
Tony, he said
that if your job was at all
important to you, that you--
Listen, Janet, I can't deal
with this right now, all right?
Uh, if, uh-- Just--
Just tell Garnett--
that you can't-- you can't get
ahold of me, okay?
Tony, he's really pissed off.
To--
Mr. Garnett,
I'm sorry, sir.
I can't seem to reach him.
Mm-hmm.
Janet--
Tony, it's Edward.
Oh, hey, Edward.
God, I'm sorry. I-- It's--
Garnett's got Janet just tracking me down.
It's driving me crazy.
You let me deal with him.
Take a deep breath.
Edward, I don't know
what I'm gonna do.
I don't know.
I'm freaking out.
Sofia means everything to me,
and I'm just-- I'm--
I'm freaking out.
We'll take care of this--
you and I.
Wait. Wait, Edward.
What about the meeting?
You can't just leave the meeting.
I can and I did.
Now, where are we?
- I need to wire $21 ,000.
- Twenty-one thousand.
- That's how much I'm short.
- Okay. All right.
I thought I had more, but Sofia--
Sofia handles the money, and I--
It's-- We don't--
That's what we have.
It's all right.
I'm here to help.
Now, what else?
I don't know.
That's it?
You know what?
I have a phone number.
I don't know if it means
anything, but, uh--
I don't know. Maybe we can track it
to an address or something.
Give it to me.
All right. Call me back.
Tony, it's Edward.
That phone number you gave me
is to an office downtown.
- Corner of Maple and Highland.
- You already got it?
Yeah, I called in a favor.
Uh, now what about
that wire transfer?
- What about it?
- How do I do it?
Give me a minute. I'll figure it out.
I'll call you back.
Look, I can just call Janet-- Darn.
Tony West's office.
Janet? Hey, Janet, it's me.
Listen, I need your help.
I need to know how to wire
money off of a credit card.
What?
I need to wire $21 ,000
off of a credit card.
Tony, what's going on here?
You're avoiding Mr. Garnett.
You're looking for money.
Oh, jeez. You wouldn't--
You wouldn't believe me if I told you.
- Try me.
- Look, Sofia's been kidnapped, okay?
And if I don't bring them the money
in less than an hour, they're gonna kill her.
Oh, my God.
Look, I need your help, all right?
Now, I-- There was a Stern Union
somewhere down by the park,
but I need to know how to get
the money wired there.
Oh, okay.
Tony, I'm so sorry.
- I'll call you back, okay?
- Call me back.
Sumner, go ahead.
Okay. I'm in.
So, is this yours
or your wife's office?
It's mine mostly. Why?
Well, then it probably
doesn't have
anything to do
with your wife, right?
Whoa.
Hey, I think someone
was on your computer,
'cause it's warm.
Uh, Anthony, was there anything
you were involved in?
Uh, nothing. I mean,
I'm general counsel
for a pharmaceuticals company.
- That's it.
- Okay.
So why would someone kidnap
someone over pharmaceuticals?
Well, I don't know. Maybe...
- What?
- Money?
Well, how much money?
Fifty grand.
No, no, no.
In pharmaceuticals, how much?
Listen, even the-- even the smallest
drug campaign generally--
You know, it costs north of,
like, 200 million.
Right. So why would someone
kidnap someone for $50,000
when there's even a bigger
pot of gold to be had?
I don't-- I don't get that.
- What's on it?
- On what?
Your computer.
What's on it?
Well-- You know, nothing.
I mean, e-mails and files.
You know what?
I got a file--
I had a file e-mailed
to me this morning.
It was huge.
It was totally corrupted,
and it crashed my computer.
Okay. I'll check on that.
So what--
All right. Hang on for a second.
Yeah?
Tony, it's Edward.
I just spoke with Janet.
She, uh-- She told me
about the wire transfer.
I'll do it as soon as I hang up.
It'll be there when you arrive.
Great, Edward.
I can't thank you enough.
What else is going on?
You know the guys
that broke into the house?
They didn't take anything. They didn't
go through the jewelry or anything.
You mean they just wanted her?
Maybe. I don't know. I...
We're not really sure yet.
"We"?
Yeah. Yeah-- No-- I have a--
I have a neighbor helping me.
Your neighbor?
No, his name is-- is--
is Sumner, Sumner Cavic.
He's a-- He's a friend.
Tony, who else have you told?
Only Janet. Why?
Are you sure you can trust these people?
Yeah, Edward. Of course.
All right. What do you know
about them really?
What are you asking me?
Could this be someone you know?
Well, you know, I mean,
Janet had to make it through, uh,
Pharmical's background check,
so we know she's fine.
And-- And Sumner's fine.
He's my neighbor.
He's-- He's fine.
Are you willing to gamble
with Sofia's life?
Edward, it's not like I have
much of a choice, you know?
I mean, I needed help with this.
- It...
- I understand.
This isn't something that I can--
that I can handle alone.
And, Tony, you're not alone.
I'm with you every step of the way.
But the question remains,
can you trust your friend?
Listen, let me call you back.
Hey, Sumner, you still there?
Yeah, I'm here.
- Listen, I--
- Give me a second.
- Tony West's office.
- Hey, it's me.
I need to see what you
can find on Sumner Cavic.
Who is he?
He's my neighbor,
but Edward's got me paranoid.
Is there any possible way that
we can do a background check on him?
Uh, sure.
We'll have to get his
social security first though.
Wait a minute. Wait. We sent--
We sent his application
into HR last week, right?
Mm-hmm. I'm checking now.
Oh, also, there's a Stern Union
across the street from the park
on Wilshire and Alvarado.
Thanks. Thanks, Janet.
Hey, Sumner, I'm back.
Yeah. Good.
Don't go away.
What's your password?
I need your password to get in.
Um, I don't know.
You think they bypassed it?
I don't know.
If they didn't get around it,
then, you know-- then forget it.
Anthony, if I can get
to your file manager,
I can retrace their steps.
Do you understand?
Listen, Sumner, it doesn't--
You know what?
Just-- It's fine.
- Anthony--
- Hello? Hello?
What's the pa--
Sumner? Hello?
Anthony!
Anthony? Oh...
Out of range.
Okay.
Everything okay there?
Yes.
Are you sure you can't use some help?
After what happened before?
Yeah, I know what happened before.
- Are you sure you don't need help?
- No.
We've got one more shot at this.
I can't have any more mistakes.
We'll get it.
I'll be there, honey.
Me, too. Okay.
Yes!
I'm in.
Tony West's office.
Hey, it's me.
- See your ID, please?
- Sumner's clean.
They've got no record on him.
Nothing.
There's nothing?
Nada. Just a couple traffic violations.
That's it.
All right.
Is it-- You got it? Is it in?
I'm still checking.
Sometimes it takes
anywhere between 15
to 60 minutes to post.
No?
Nothing yet.
Soon though.
Why don't you go ahead
and have a seat?
Damn.
Tony, who else have you told?
- Can you trust your friend?
- We are watching.
Is there any possible way
that we can do a background check on him?
- Sumner's clean.
- Sofia's been kidnapped, Edward. Sofial
You are going to bring
$50,000 to MacArthur Park.
From the hood into the beaches
of the south border
Cartel, we bringing you
Just relax, expose your mind to it
Hey.
- Hey, what's up, man?
- Hey.
- Yo, is that a bag of money?
- No.
Yo, why don't you let a brother
hold a couple dollars, man?
- Hey, it's me.
- Yeah.
Okay, I assumed that you
had more than one account
on this computer,
so what I did was
I figured out your wife's password.
It was, by the way, "Tony."
What'd you find?
It looks like the log
was modified at 5:21 p.m.
So somebody was on it.
Yep. And it looks
like they were looking
for a bunch of different search words.
Let's see.
"Zeffert,"
"genetic hybridization,"
uh, "ZHP."
Wait, wait, wait, wait,
wait, wait, wait. ZHP?
Yeah. You know what that's about?
Yeah. Yeah. See, it's...
the internal name for
Zeffert's hybridization process.
It's a gene therapy
we've been developing.
And is that important?
Yeah, it's really important.
Give me a sec.
Let me call you back.
Okay.
Tony West's office.
Hey, Janet, it's me.
Listen, we gotta find Zeffert.
All right? Whoever it is that took Sofia
broke into my house looking
for information on ZHP.
So they weren't looking for her?
Well, if they were, then why would
they be looking on my computer?
- It doesn't make any sense.
- And what are they doing?
I don't know. Maybe they
thought that if they took her,
they'd be gaining some sort of
leverage with me or something.
I don't know. I mean,
they got me out of the house
so that I couldn't see
what they were doing.
I don't know.
Do you want something?
Yeah, hold on a second.
Tony?
Janet, hey, sorry.
So finish what you were saying.
There's a connection?
I don't know. I don't know
what the connection is.
It's not-- There's nothing clear about it.
But I'm telling you,
it's got something to do with that file.
So, this was a corporate crime?
It's a little extreme,
don't you think?
If we find Zeffert,
we'll have our answer, all right?
Um...
Sir?
Sorry. Hold on. Hey.
Tony, it's Edward.
That phone number you gave me--
it's a dead end.
Security didn't even know
the office was open.
- Oh, no.
- What's wrong?
The cops are here.
At the Stern Union office?
How'd they find you?
No, no, no.
I'm not at the Stern Union.
I'm across the street at the park.
Shit. You know what?
The guy put my information
from my driver's license,
and the computer
must have triggered something.
All right.
What's going on?
No, no, no. The money.
Edward, the money.
What about it?
I can't get to it.
No, no.
I can't get to it in time.
This is-- Oh, no.
Take it easy, okay?
I'm-- I'm getting in my car.
I'll be there in 15 minutes.
Don't worry.
It'll be fine.
Oh, this is bad.
Edward, this is bad.
This is over. It's over.
What's over?
I gotta forget about this.
I can't do the money.
I have to do something else.
Now hold on.
You can't be suggesting
we don't pay the ransom?
No, Edward.
The cops got the money.
Shit!
Tony, look, think about this.
It's fine. It's okay.
We got time. We got time.
It's six-- It's 6:44.
All right.
Hey...
Edward, the people that took Sofia--
they were on my computer.
They were going through our files.
What sort of files?
The ZHP files.
- I think it was Traxil.
- You can't be serious.
I don't know. That's my first thought.
What do you think?
Why would they think
you have the ZHP file?
I don't know.
I don't know.
You know what?
Zeffert sent me this e-mail.
It was a huge file,
and it just completely corrupted--
It crashed my computer.
All right.
- Tony, do you have that file?
- I don't know.
I mean, even if I did have it,
I have no idea where it would be.
All right.
Look, there were two copies.
There was mine and Zeffert's.
He borrowed mine, though.
He never returned it.
I've left him several messages,
but he hasn't returned my calls.
Edward, we gotta--
we gotta tell Garnett about this.
No. No.
No. We don't have enough proof.
Look, Tony, we need
some time on this, okay?
We can get this.
We can figure this out.
We just need some time.
Hold on. I'll call you back.
Hello.
Tony, it's me.
Hey, Janet.
Let me call you back
in two minutes, okay?
Okay.
Hey, I'll give you 40 bucks
for your hat and sweater.
Hey, it's me.
Tony, remember Edward
sent you some ZHP file?
Yeah. What about it?
You said Zeffert sent you some huge file
that was corrupted, right?
Well, yeah, I don't know
if it was that file.
Well, it just occurred
to me that last week,
Zeffert said that he needed
your home address
so that he could send you a package.
Are you sure?
Yeah, I'm sure. Positive.
Maybe it was that file.
Oh, you know what?
Do me a favor.
Go downstairs
and see if they're still in there.
Hey.
They're still in negotiations.
Good.
Oh, and I don't know
what happened to Zeffert.
He still hasn't checked in.
I left another message.
What could he be doing?
No idea.
Do not let him out of your sight.
Tony, so if they were
looking for the ZHP file,
why not just ask for it?
Why would they steal it?
ZHP is our--
is our number-one product.
They'd have to have paperwork--
like, extensive paperwork
to show that it was theirs.
So why steal it at all?
Honestly, if I'm Traxil
and I'm about to drop
billions of dollars
to buy a company,
I'd wanna see for myself.
If they knew what was said
after it failed its first clinical trials,
- I'd wanna know.
- And why now?
If we don't close tonight, they have
Now, if they find out that data
was altered in any way--
You know what?
They could sue us.
They'd sue us for nondisclosure,
and at that point,
we'd be investigated by, uh--
by the SEC, and-- and the FDA.
Our stocks would plummet.
It's a hostile takeover.
I'm sure.
They'd buy us out.
They'd get us for pennies on the dollar.
Wait. ZHP doesn't work?
No, no. ZHP works.
I mean, it works now.
It works now.
Zeffert, he turned things around.
Yeah, well, then why would Traxil
even risk getting caught?
If-- If they do, everything's over.
Well, because they're buying us.
Janet, they're buying us,
and billions of dollars are at stake.
I don't know.
I guess they--
I guess they think that
the rewards outweigh the risks.
Okay, so let me get this straight.
They're looking for some file
that has something to do with ZHP.
When they don't find it,
they take Sofia.
But-- But Sofia
was only home because you--
Sofia was only home
because I sent her there.
Oh, my God, Tony.
I'm so sorry.
Yeah, it's, uh--
It's some anniversary, huh?
All this was just a case of the wrong place
at the wrong time, right?
That's it.
So this whole ransom thing
is just a cover.
They were just trying to get you out
of the house long enough to take the file.
Most of my files are
in the office except, um...
Hey, Sumner, are you there?
Can you hear me?
You've got to get out
of the house right now.
Sum-- Get out of the house.
Shit.
Oh, this just gets better
all the time.
He's in there!
Whoever's in the house, listen carefully.
I know what you want.
I have the disk.
It's here with me.
I'm gonna wait exactly one minute.
If you want it,
then you pick up the phone.
Hey, come here.
Twenty seconds.
Hello?
Hello?
You've got the disk?
Where's my wife?
You bring the disk,
we'll bring your wife.
You know where I am.
Come and get it.
Tony.
Hey, it's me.
Oh, God, Tony.
I know why we didn't hear
from Zeffert.
He's dead.
What?
The police called Edward,
and I overheard the call.
They found Zeffert
shot in the head.
I guess they called to ask him
some questions or...
Oh, my God.
Oh, my God.
Also, I found a message from Zeffert
that he left two days ago.
I guess with everything
that's been going on,
I just didn't have time to hear all your
incoming messages.
What did he say?
Uh, he said a lot of things.
I'll patch you through
to voice mail.
You can hear for yourself. Hold on.
Yeah, okay.
Tony, it's Zeffert.
Listen to me.
Edward covered up seven deaths
so we could rush to announce ZHP.
The results were nowhere
near our thresholds.
We tried our best
while he pushed forward.
We had no idea that
he would announce the product.
I've sent you my file
with the real findings by e-mail,
and, uh, I also sent you
my original disk
and Edward's
altered disk by ZepEx.
You need to be careful, man.
Trust no one.
How could a guy like this just vanish?
I don't know.
You tell me.
How could an everyday Joe
just go off like this?
- I don't know, man.
- Possible 187.
Please advise your ETA.
And 1 4-niner...
Hey. Hey, you okay?
Hey. Uh, well,
I haven't had this much exercise
since my honeymoon,
but, yeah.
Well, listen,
they don't want money.
What do you mean?
Everybody wants money.
Whoever it is that took Sofia--
I know what this is about.
It's-- It's a file.
They want a file.
Zeffert sent it to me.
What do you mean?
What do you mean?
What do you mean?
This is about files?
Yeah, I mean, it's a--
it's a billion-dollar file.
It's Zeffert's hybridization process.
It can-- It can rewrite genetic code.
It can actually block tumors.
Okay.
Zeffert must've figured out
that somebody would come looking for it.
So, you know, how do you figure
Zeffert knew that, though?
Well, he's dead.
I mean, that tells me a lot.
Okay.
Yeah.
So...
I have a really
bad feeling that-- that--
that Traxil's behind this.
Who-- Who's he?
It's not a person.
They're-- They're--
It's our number-one competitor.
Right now, they're in the middle
of a 75 billion-dollar buyout
of our company.
Wow. What do you mean--
- Wait. Hold on.
- What do you mean--
Hey!
- Hello.
- Tony, it's Edward.
Hey. Did you hear about Zeffert?
Yeah. It's terrible.
I have no idea who could
have done such a thing.
You know, Tony,
if it is Traxil,
someone would have had
to tell them about that file.
mine and Zeffert's.
Well, who could have done it?
You tell me.
I don't know.
You know, Tony,
there is a possibility
that Zeffert could've
been working with them.
You're kidding.
No, it's true.
And if that's the case,
if he wouldn't cooperate,
they probably killed him.
Where are you, Tony?
I'm at the park.
Let me call you back.
I'm here now.
He lied to me.
He knows.
Oh, God,
I think I'm gonna be sick.
What's going on?
Edward's in on it.
Your boss?
Yeah.
He's the one who took Sofia?
I don't know
what to think anymore.
Uh, hey, you know--
you know what, Anthony?
Uh, the human resources position--
you can just kind of
rip up my application,
'cause I'm not sure that--
that your company would be
such a great place to work.
Mr. Garnett, it's Edward.
- Can it wait?
- No.
Thank you.
What is it?
How close are you
to closing the deal?
We've still got 33 minutes
to closing. Why?
Don't waste time.
Get it done.
And do not-- I repeat--
do not let them
walk away from the table.
So you think that Edwards
is after the files?
I'm not sure.
Well, what's on the disk?
Data.
Yeah, I figured that out.
What kind of data?
What'd it look like?
- I don't know. I haven't seen it.
- Speculate.
No, I don't wanna speculate
until I've actually seen it.
- I have no idea.
- Okay. Well, where are they?
Where was the last time
you saw these--
these disks?
He sent it in two forms.
He e-mailed me,
and he sent me a hardcopy
in case the email didn't work.
Sofia signed for the package,
and then she put it
in my briefcase,
and I brought it to work with me.
Okay, then--
So you took them to the office.
Wait. No. You know what?
I was running late.
When I got in the car,
my briefcase--
my briefcase opened up
and all my stuff spilled out.
- It could be in the car.
- The disk are in your car?
If it's not in the car,
it's in the house.
Okay, okay, Anthony.
Three things, okay?
Uh, I didn't see anything
like that kind of envelope
in your car.
Two, you know,
they may have been
in there and found it.
I don't know. And three,
I am not going back
into your house to look
for a spare key for your car.
There is no way!
No, you don't have to.
There's a--
There's a spare key.
It's on a, uh--
It's on, like, a magnet strip
on the back bumper of the car.
Ah. Okay. All right.
All right. All right.
I got that. I got it.
- Wait a minute. No, you know what?
- What?
They might still be there.
Anthony, I'm gonna make sure that--
- that they're not gonna be there, okay?
- No, Sumner.
- I'm on it. Bye.
- No. Sumner, don't go.
- Don't--
- Bye. Bye. Bye.
Tell me you have it.
There's no sign of it yet.
I was assured
we'd have it by now.
If we don't have it
in our possession
in ten minutes,
get rid of all evidence.
Not a problem.
Good.
- Tony West's.
- Hey, it's me.
Listen, it's just a matter of time
before they come by the office.
- It's here?
- No, it's not, but they don't know that.
Look, they've been through
my place, all right? So most likely,
the next place that they're headed
is gonna be there.
- I'm not leaving.
- Janet--
Janet, this isn't up for discussion.
- I know. What do you want me to do?
- Janet--
All right. All right.
Look, just get into Edward's office and--
and see if you can get into his files.
Get any-- anything
that you can on ZHP.
We're gonna need all
the evidence we can get.
Uh, doesn't he keep
his office locked?
No, his secretary has a spare key.
What, do you want me
to break in? Tony?
Oh, God.
Monday morning, I want a raise.
This is Edward.
Where does it end?
Tony.
Where does it end?
I know about the trials,
and I know about the seven deaths.
And you know what?
I cannot even believe
that you would kidnap my wife.
What are you talking about?
Look, just tell me
where she is, okay?
I don't know.
Where's Sofia, Edward?
Where's my wife?
We didn't kidnap her.
That's bullshit!
Tony, you have to believe me.
I would never do anything
to hurt Sofia.
I know-- I know about the data
that you distorted, Edward.
I know about everything
that you did.
I'm sorry.
It's what we did.
Every document
and every statement
that came out of Pharmical
carried both of our signatures.
You know what?
I trusted you.
I trusted you,
and you lied to me.
You know that I would never
have signed off on ZHP
if I had seen any of the actual data.
- You know that.
- Please, get off your soapbox.
This is the real world, pal.
What about the kidnapping?
I told you, I had nothing to do with that.
Well, there's too much
riding on this for you.
For you, for me,
for all of us.
If that data would've gotten out,
we would've all been finished.
Really? Yeah?
Just like Zeffert's finished?
Look,
Zeffert couldn't handle
the responsibilities
that went along with success.
He was gonna go to the press.
And I'm sorry,
but I couldn't let him do that.
ZHP is a miracle drug.
It is a cure for cancer.
You were the one, weren't you?
You were the one,
the whole time, pulling strings?
Did Garnett have anything
to do with it?
Garnett doesn't have a clue
on what's going on.
Tony, one thing
you have to realize
is that when the moment arrives,
you have to be ready for it.
You have to be ready
to stand up.
When you see it,
you have to be ready to fight for it.
You know what?
The SEC's gonna figure this out.
They're not gonna
figure anything out.
I mean, by midnight,
this is gonna be a faint memory.
That's all that matters to you, isn't it?
That's all that matters.
This is worth billions of dollars!
If an eight-figure bank account
isn't enough to curb your tongue,
it's more than enough
motivation for all of us!
This is about more
than money, Edward.
It's about more than money.
There are lives at stake with this.
There are always lives at stake,
and, unfortunately,
now yours is one of them.
Yeah, well, you know what?
You know what, Edward?
This is how it's gonna go down
from this point forward.
All right?
You're gonna get Sofia back.
- We don't have her.
- You're gonna get Sofia back for me,
or I'm gonna go
into the boardroom,
and I'm gonna tell Traxil everything
that they need to know, all right?
You think that Ulsan
and the Traxil group are so clean.
Maybe it's them you should be asking
about the kidnapping.
Where's my wife?
Look, just calm down.
I promise you
that I will do everything I can,
and we will get her back.
"We"?
Yes, "we." Both of us.
There is no "we" anymore, Edward.
Excuse me.
Yes.
- Tony.
- Why are you whispering?
I'm in Edward's office.
They're here.
Janet, I'm almost there, all right?
Just hang on, okay?
Hurry.
Yes!
Don't move.
Okay.
You know, the cops
are on the way.
Sure they are.
Shut up.
Let her go.
Let her go. Come on.
We're all on the same team here.
Not anymore.
We have your wife.
- Her life now rests in your--
- Damn it, what is that?
We have your wife.
Her life now rests in your hands.
We have your wife.
Her life now rests in your hands.
What is that?
What is that, bells?
Her life now rests in your hands.
Sprinklers are giving me hell.
You know, I have to rotate them,
like, every hour.
We have your wife.
Her life now rests--
Hello.
Hey, it's Tony.
Hey, where have you been?
I haven't heard from you.
I'm at the office.
Are you at your house?
- Janet, hey.
- Yeah.
Oh, thank God
that you're still there.
- Are you all right?
- I'm fine.
They left the office chasing you.
Did you lose them?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I think so.
Listen, you gotta stop
the negotiations right now.
- I can't.
- They can't close this deal, Janet.
- What do you want me to do?
- You gotta go in there
and you gotta tell Garnett everything.
Well, what about you?
What are you going to do?
I'm gonna get my wife back.
Okay.
Let's go.
Janet, you gotta stop
the negotiations right now.
- Security. Adams here.
- What happened?
We've got a fire alarm
on the 20th floor, sir.
- We're looking into it.
- God damn it.
Attention.
Please proceed to the nearest exit.
Attention.
Please proceed to the nearest exit.
This is Ulsan.
We got it. We can still deliver.
Has it been checked?
Sumner says it checks out.
It's the disk that
you've been waiting for.
I'll dispose of the girl and make
all the necessary arrangements.
Good. Bring it to the office now.
Unit 212 requesting backup.
Shots fired.
I repeat, shots fired.
Drop it! Now!
Okay. Okay.
Ow! God!
Tony-- Tony--
Were you a part of all of this?
The computer being warm?
All this?
The whole day?
You were part of all of this?
No. No, no.
You think I was a part of this?
No. No. No way.
You think I was involved? No.
Look, they ordered me.
They said, "Get the disk."
That's what they said.
"Get the disk."
I trusted you.
Did you know that?
I trusted you all day.
I trusted you.
None of this was supposed to happen.
I don't get it.
Traxil's been trying
to get this Zeffert file for months.
Today was their last chance.
How'd they know about the file?
I can't believe this.
Someone in your company
must've told them or got careless.
I mean, the kidnapping-- not planned.
But your wife came back.
What the hell are they supposed to do?
So this whole ransom thing
was just to get you out of the house.
Did you get a piece of this?
Did you get a piece of this?
Yeah! Fifty grand!
$50,000, okay?
The way my life's circling the drain--
sounded pretty good to me!
Yeah! And don't you
look at me like that.
Don't you dare look at me like that.
You'd have done the same thing.
Don't tell me I would've done the same thing!
You should've called the police!
The police?
Are you kidding me?
When this thing went down
to the wire,
Traxil sent in the big boys
to make sure that it went down.
I-- Call the police?
Oh, Jesus.
They promised me--
They promised me that there weren't
going to be any problems.
They said every contingency
was taken care of.
That's what they said to me.
I can't believe you.
I can't believe you.
How about that contingency, huh?
Was that covered?
They said every contingency
was taken care of.
That's what they said to me.
You prick.
You okay? Huh?
- Yeah.
- You okay?
It's okay.
I love you.
I'm sorry.
You sure you're okay?
I'm fine.
So Sumner was holding Sofia
the whole time?
Yeah. Yeah, right next door.
Wow. How is Sofia?
You know, she's shaken up,
but she'll be okay.
Are we still going
to have jobs tomorrow?
Yeah. Leo's gonna make sure
the stockholders understand
that Edward was working on his own
when he had Zeffert killed.
By the way, Janet, I couldn't
have done it without you.
- Thanks.
- Really? You're welcome.
- Can I have tomorrow off?
- Of course.
In business news,
the biotechnology industry
announced cancellation of one
of the largest mergers in history today
as Traxil Pharmaceuticals
did not complete
it's takeover of Pharmical Industries.
Pharmical Industry
president Edward Garcia
has been arrested
for solicitation of murder
and tampering
with clinical trial data.
Chairman Leo Garnett
has been cleared of any charges
and has agreed to fully cooperate
with SEC and FDA investigations.
And Traxil Pharmaceutical's
Chairman, Paul Ulsan,
has been arrested for solicitation
of kidnapping and murder.
Which raises the question,
what will become of Traxil Industries?
This is Mike Lee reporting
for Channel 19 News.
Good-bye.
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