[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]
[SIREN WAILING]
[LIVELY CHATTER]
WAITER: Right. One minute.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC CONTINUING]
I don't remember you.
- MAN 1: Does it matter? - No.
[SIGHS]
MAN 2: Smart decision, Hoffman.
I look at you and...
you seem almost normal.
Arrogant but normal.
I thought I'd get to see what evil really looked like, but...
you just look like everyone else.
Is that it? Can I go now?
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
This is everything that I took from you.
My representatives will keep one safety copy.
If your thugs follow me out of here, if anything happens to me,
that copy goes to law enforcement...
I know how this works.
I need to take a picture.
Of us.
MAN 2: Two old buddies.
[CAMERA CLICKS]
Hope you frame it.
Good luck with your new life...
Mr. Hoffman.
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
[SIREN WAILING IN DISTANCE]
HOFFMAN: Thanks for waiting. Uptown, please.
I'll tell you where in a minute.
[ENGINE ACCELERATING]
[BEEPS, WHIRRING]
[RAPID BEEPING]
[BEEPS]
[LIVELY CHATTER]
[TENSE MUSIC CONTINUING]
[INDISTINCT ANNOUNCEMENT ON PA]
[BELL RINGS]
[TRAIN HISSING, WHIRRING]
[LIVELY CHATTER]
[TENSE MUSIC FADES]
[KEYPAD TAPPING]
[BUZZES]
[ELEVATOR DINGS]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER ECHOES]
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]
[CELL PHONE RINGING]
AUTOMATED VOICE OVER PHONE: Special answering service. Inbox 482.
- One new message. - [BEEPS]
MAN: [OVER VOICEMAIL] We have the report back.
You've been paid for your services.
As long as Hoffman sticks to his side of the deal, we're done.
And by the way, a message from my boss,
you're parasitic scum.
[BEEPS]
[CREAKING, RATTLING]
[TRAIN CLATTERING]
[CLICKING]
[CREAKING, RUMBLING]
[BEEPING]
[BEEPS]
[CREAKS]
[CREAKING, RUMBLING]
[THUDS]
[BEEPS]
[OVER VOICEMAIL] Hoffman here. He showed last night.
I handed over the documents
and took the train to Poughkeepsie as instructed.
I hope the safety copy is enough to keep Optimo off my back, and yours.
I sent the other half of the money to the address you provided.
I wasn't expecting so much myself. I thought that would go for your fee.
Thank you.
Are they gonna play fair?
[BEEPS]
[BEEPING, CLICKS]
[THUDS, CLICKS]
- [HORN BLARING] - [TRAIN CLATTERING]
[CRACKLING]
[SOFT PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING]
WOMAN: Ms. Grant?
Hi. I'm Julie.
- Hi. - JULIE: Mr. Morel will see you now.
Thank you.
I was in a team, developing a new wheat strain
resistant to insect predation through precision breeding.
It's... It's like genetic modification, only it's using natural processes,
so it's not subject to the same tight regulation.
Anyway...
We were making progress, but we were noticing
possible human food-chain issues.
And then I was CC'ed on an email chain
where one of the attachments was a food safety assessment
showing significant side effects.
When I raised this issue with senior management,
they told me that I'd seen the data out of context and not to worry.
But then, soon I was transferred to another department
here in Manhattan.
Office work, data assessment.
Um...
And then, two months later,
I was dismissed on a minor timecard violation,
and now I'm being subjected to escalating harassment.
Oh.
I'm sorry to hear that, Ms. Grant. Why do you think this is happening?
I felt, um...
Well, I felt I had a duty to take a copy of the food safety assessment as evidence.
You stole documents from your former employers?
Is that... Is that stealing?
May I ask why you decided to discuss this issue with our firm?
I followed a recommendation.
May I ask from whom?
A friend. It wouldn't be appropriate to say who.
Ms. Grant, I commend you on your intentions here,
but we're no longer looking for this type of business.
Uh, there are a number of highly regarded whistleblower-support organizations
- much better prepared... - No.
No, it's not whistleblowing support I need. It's the opposite.
I just want to give everything back
and promise to keep my mouth shut and get on with my life.
[SHUDDERS]
Please. Please.
Is there anyone who can help me?
Well, as I said, there are official channels, but uh...
[SNIFFLES]
Look, um...
there are unofficial ones we've referred people to in the past.
Just take this number, and maybe they can help you.
[SNIFFLES]
Who is he?
[SMACKS LIPS] I've never met him, or her or they.
That's kind of the point. It's a messaging service.
They... They call you back, or they don't.
Just be honest about your situation.
[SOFT PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING]
[CRACKLING]
[ALARM BEEPING]
[HORN HONKS]
[THUDS]
You are all set.
The lobby's attended 24 hours a day. Just call if you need anything.
Thanks for doing all this on such short notice.
That's what we do. Enjoy your stay.
[DOOR CLOSES]
Hey, I'm Wash, and I'm an alcoholic.
- Hi, Wash. - WOMAN: Hi, Wash.
[SMACKS LIPS] Um...
I've been sober nine years, nine months.
And... it's been even more of a struggle recently
because there's why I drank in the first place,
and then there's me doing what I do.
'Cause I'm proud of serving on the force.
And I stay on the up and up.
Pretty much. [CHUCKLES] But, um...
What I see on the daily, amongst my fellow officers,
I... I... I don't know.
AUTOMATED VOICE OVER PHONE: Two new messages.
[BEEPS]
[OVER VOICEMAIL] Hoffman here. All right.
[BEEPS]
[OVER VOICEMAIL] My name is Sarah Grant.
Um, I was a scientist working at a biotech company, Cybo Sementis.
I... I'm in possession of materials
which are evidence of an unlawful cover-up.
I was gonna go public but I changed my mind.
I don't know how this works, but I'll do whatever is necessary.
My number is 693-824-4011.
[BEEPS]
[MOUSE CLICKS]
[KEYBOARD CLACKING]
[MOUSE SCROLLING]
[MOODY AMBIENT MUSIC PLAYING]
[MOUSE CLICKS]
We are delighted to be the recipients of the Lansing Award.
This research has the potential to revolutionize grain yields
particularly in developing countries, where they really need it,
lowering reliance on pesticides.
And with this grant, we really hope to make a difference.
[CELL PHONE RINGING]
OPERATOR: Hello. This is the Tri-State Relay Service.
Yes. Hello.
OPERATOR: A person is calling through the relay service.
Have you received a relay call before?
SARAH: I don't think so.
The person who has called you is likely to be deaf or hard of hearing.
The caller will type their conversation, and I'll read it to you.
When it's your turn to speak, I'll type everything you say to them.
Please speak directly to the caller and say "Go ahead,"
when you're ready for a response.
No calls are recorded, and everything you say is confidential.
One moment for your call to begin.
You are Sarah Elizabeth Grant.
Your social security number is 958-00-4493.
- [RAPID BEEPING] - [SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]
You were employed by Cybo Sementis Research Institutes,
tax ID, 99-0890590, based in St. Louis.
Is that correct?
Yes.
OPERATOR: If finished, please respond with "Go ahead."
Oh, I'm sorry. I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Um, go ahead.
Please explain your situation.
I was in a research group developing a new strain of insect-resistant wheat.
Um, a food safety report came back with disturbing data about side effects.
I told my bosses.
Next thing I knew, I'd been reassigned...
and later dismissed.
Production of the new strain has gone ahead,
but these findings have been suppressed.
Um...
But I was able to get a copy of that food safety report out of the building.
Go ahead.
[RAPID BEEPING]
You mention side effects.
In a small number of cases,
there were extreme allergies, anaphylaxis,
and in longer-term cases, diverticulitis,
and cancer, well above base rate.
They project massive worldwide sales.
Thousands of people will be affected.
But without the information I have, it will be impossible
to trace it back to the food people have eaten.
OPERATOR: Would you say this document contains
clear evidence of malfeasance?
Compared to the fraudulent version of their report, yes.
Go ahead.
OPERATOR: Did they offer you a cash settlement
in exchange for your silence?
SARAH: Um, initially, yes, but I wasn't interested.
I wanted to do the right thing.
But then the intimidation started.
[RAPID BEEPING]
Last night, they set my car on fire.
- Go ahead. - [RAPID BEEPING]
OPERATOR: Are the police involved?
They towed the car away as evidence, but I haven't involved them.
Go ahead.
Don't.
Was this at 200 Chambers Street in Tribeca?
Yes.
But I've moved now because of the threats.
Go ahead.
- [RAPID BEEPING] - [KEYBOARD CLACKING]
Buy a prepaid cellphone,
keep it switched off till you get to a public place,
then leave a message with your new number, new address, and any further details.
There's a van parked out front. I think they're watching me.
Go ahead.
OPERATOR: They may be tapping this call.
In the future, only use your new phone.
[BEEPS]
Your caller has hung up. Thank you for using the Tri-State Relay Service.
Have a wonderful night.
SARAH: [OVER RECORDING] There's a van parked out front.
I think they're watching me.
Go ahead.
Okay. 339 East Avenue, Yonkers, New York.
OPERATOR: [OVER RECORDING] In the future, only use your new phone.
Night shift.
Who's coming?
The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990,
Section 225, prohibits relay operators
from disclosing the content of any relayed conversation
and from keeping records of the content of any such conversation
- beyond the duration of the call. - Okay.
Okay. I don't want to go and get a warrant. Do you?
- No. - No.
Where'd you say you're from again?
- Treasury Department. - Misappropriations.
Okay. Well, you know, even with a warrant, there'd be nothing for you to search.
We don't keep records of our logs,
where they're coming from, or where they're going to.
[CHUCKLES]
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]
- [DUCKS QUACKING] - This is Sarah Grant.
Um, my new number is 718-493-7071.
1500 Washington Street, Apartment 2Q, 10006.
[CLEARS THROAT]
The, uh... The, uh, company is on the verge of being acquired
based on an estimated value of $3.2 billion,
which will be confirmed at an SEC filing next week.
If the information I had went public, it would break that deal.
They are highly incentivized to prevent that, which is why I'm scared.
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
[SIREN WAILS]
[BUZZES]
[CELL PHONE RINGING]
Hello.
A person is calling you through the Relay Service.
Have you received a relay call before?
Yes. Go ahead.
OPERATOR: After reviewing your situation, here's the deal.
We can help you return the documents
whilst maintaining leverage to protect you.
We require a $50,000 deposit up front.
This will be returned to you from money we recover during the negotiation process.
Can you afford this?
Yes. Go ahead.
OPERATOR: Over the next few days,
you will receive some strange requests designed to show us what we're up against.
Please follow all instructions, no matter how odd.
In the future, we will use a passcode before each conversation.
We will say "Credit or debit." You will say "Check."
- Understood? - Understood.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]
- [PRINTER WHIRRING] - [CHIMES]
[DOORBELL BUZZING]
[SARAH INHALES, EXHALES]
- Who is it? - COURIER: Package for you, Ms. Grant.
Thanks.
[CELL PHONE RINGING]
Hello.
OPERATOR: This is the Tri-State Relay Service.
- Have you received a relay call before? - SARAH: Yes. Go ahead.
- OPERATOR: Credit or debit? - Check. Go ahead.
Tomorrow morning, take the 10:05 flight from Newark to Pittsburgh,
then the 11:50 to Atlanta.
Do not take this phone with you.
Take the packages with our deposit
and the report and the red-marked phone you were sent.
But do not turn it on until you are at your gate in Pittsburgh.
Your caller has hung up.
Operator, I forgot something.
Can I call back?
The caller has placed a no-callback request on this line.
Sorry, ma'am.
[JET ENGINES HUMMING]
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]
[INDISTINCT PA ANNOUNCEMENT]
TSA AGENT: Next.
[SCANNER BEEPING]
[INDISTINCT ANNOUNCEMENT ON PA]
- CLERK: Thank you. - Thank you so much.
CLERK: Hello.
[BEEPS]
[PA BEEPS]
ANNOUNCER: This is a preboarding announcement
for Flight 8917 to Atlanta.
We are expecting a full flight today,
so if you'd like to gate-check your bag, please see us at the desk.
[BEEPS]
Hello.
Um, I found this bag up by Gate B17.
SERVICE AGENT: Let me guess. Near the bathroom?
- Yeah. How did you know? [CHUCKLES] - Happens all the time. [CHUCKLES]
- It says "Sarah Grant" on it. - Okay. I'll take it from here.
- Thank you so much. - Okay. Good luck.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC CONTINUES]
[CELL PHONE RINGING]
Hello?
- Credit or... - Check.
Go ahead.
OPERATOR: Where are you now?
At the gate. Um, we're about to board.
What should I do? Go ahead.
- OPERATOR: Do you have the packages? - Yes. Go ahead.
OPERATOR: Good.
ANNOUNCER: Passenger Sarah Grant, please come to the lost-property counter.
Passenger Sarah Grant. Lost-property counter.
I'm going to check it out.
OPERATOR: Ignore everything else and await instructions.
ANNOUNCER: Passenger Sarah Grant,
please come to the lost-property counter.
[RAPID BEEPING]
OPERATOR: Go to the post office in concourse D and mail both packages.
We will call you back.
Sir, may I help you with something?
GATE AGENT: Passenger Sarah Grant, please report to Gate A29.
Passenger Sarah Grant, please report to Gate A29.
I'm never flying your airline again.
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
Where is she?
No-show. They keep calling her name. She didn't show up.
You want to do another lap?
If they're following her, they got to be in here somewhere.
GATE AGENT: Final call for passenger Grant for Flight 8317 to Atlanta.
Passenger Sarah Grant.
Final call for Atlanta.
[SCOFFS]
They're not following her.
What do you mean?
We're made.
[MIMICKING GUNSHOTS]
[SIGHS]
Hey, where are you?
You're not gonna believe this, but she's at the post office.
Okay.
And this one is Norman, Oklahoma, 73019.
Anything liquid, fragile, hazardous?
No.
So, your tracking numbers are right here.
And if you want to fill out a survey, it's right there.
- Okay. - CLERK: Okay?
- Thanks. - CLERK: Thank you.
So, the tracking number is 840-59
70-0233803.
Okay. So what can we learn?
Mm? 'Cause the airport-security thing, it was smart, it was tight.
Why send us all the way to Pittsburgh?
Since 2001, the TSA has closed over 113 airport branches
of the United States Post Office.
The only one remaining inside security is Pittsburgh.
DAWSON: All right. All right. So there's two P.O. box addresses.
Split us up and keep us running.
Looks like it's fucking working.
Yep. Yep.
You know what I think?
I think I like this one. Hoorah.
[ALL CHUCKLE]
LEE: They're smarter than we thought.
[ALL CHUCKLE]
LEE: Hey, do you have those tracking numbers for me?
There you go.
LEE: Let's see where we're going.
Check. Go ahead.
Good job.
Please confirm that you've sent all the documents and have no further copies.
I confirm.
Were they there today at the airport? Go ahead.
OPERATOR: Yes.
So you were, too? Go ahead.
[BEEPING]
OPERATOR: Do not contact them yourself. Do not respond if they contact you.
They may try to scare you, and they may try to make a deal.
But this is the only deal.
Once the packages arrive, we will make them an offer.
You're going to meet them once to make the return yourself.
Do I have to? Go ahead.
OPERATOR: By then, you will have all the leverage you need.
And you'll be there? Go ahead.
[KEYBOARD CLACKING]
OPERATOR: You will never meet us. We are not bodyguards.
We are intermediaries.
We will broker a deal to return the original documents
and retain one safety copy to make sure Cybo Sementis sticks to that deal.
Follow our instructions and you will be protected.
But if you don't, you will put yourself in danger, and we will walk away.
I understand. Go ahead.
OPERATOR: Your old phone will be compromised.
Put it in a pan of salt water.
Use this one now.
Your caller has hung up. Thank you for using the Tri-State Relay Service.
Have a wonderful night.
[CALL ENDS]
[BIRDS CHIRPING, CAWING]
[STONER METAL MUSIC PLAYING]
[BEEPS]
[STONER METAL MUSIC CONTINUING]
[CALL DIALING]
Hey. Yeah, I got a camera in position, but...
I don't got nothing.
What about you? How's Michigan treating you?
ROSETTI: I'm guessing better than Bumfuck, Oklahoma.
RYAN: [CHUCKLES] Damn. ROSETTI: Yeah. It's really pretty.
- Hi. - ROSETTI: Hi.
I want to pick up a package for my friend Archie.
He's got box 521.
I have the tracking number, but I forgot the key.
Would you be able just to grab it for me?
Well, I'm afraid, ma'am, the regulations do not permit me
- to open mailboxes for our clients. - [SIGHS]
- ROSETTI: No, really? - Sorry.
It's my fault. Should've remembered the darn key.
CLERK: Yeah.
Just... my... my dog is really sick.
- Oh. - ROSETTI: Yeah. My head is a mess.
Uh... Um... I'm sorry.
- Well, that's a shame, ma'am. - ROSETTI: Yeah.
- She's just a... [SIGHS] tired old girl. - CLERK: [SMACKS LIPS] Ah.
Won't be too much longer now.
[ROSETTI SIGHS]
I don't suppose you'd be able to just check for me
to see if the package has arrived?
Oh. Um...
Uh, okay.
- Thank you. - You wait here.
[SIGHS]
I'm sorry, ma'am. There's nothing there.
Well, it was sent Priority Mail. It should have already arrived.
CLERK: I'm sorry.
Huh.
Okay. Not a good day. [CHUCKLES]
CLERK: Did your friend recently move, by any chance?
Because if they did, there would be a forwarding address on file,
and if it was rerouted, well, that could explain the delay.
Yes. Mail forwarding.
Oh, my gosh. That makes total sense.
He just moved here, actually.
- Ah. - Can you tell me something?
Will the new destination show up on that old tracking number?
Now, there's the thing.
Tracking does not always carry over to forwarding
because they're different services.
Huh.
[UPBEAT FUNKY MUSIC PLAYING]
[RAPID BEEPING]
OPERATOR: This is a message for Mr. Franklin.
We've been given a copy of a food safety assessment
of Cybo Sementis' Fertile Crescent wheat program by Sarah Grant,
a former employee of yours who has engaged our services.
It is 311 pages long and contains two appendices.
In exchange for your unconditional agreement to leave her alone,
our client would like to return this document
and agree never to mention it again.
[CLANGS]
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]
[BEEPS]
OPERATOR: Our client would like to return this document
and agree never to mention it again.
All communication with her must come through us.
Leave a message on 646-167-1573.
We will contact you with further instructions.
Callback number is the same. Goes right back to the messaging service.
Check out the answer service HQ.
I tried that. Client protection is super tight.
[CELL PHONE VIBRATING, RINGING]
[VIBRATING, RINGING CONTINUING]
Hello?
OPERATOR: Hello. A person is calling from the Tri-State Relay Service.
Have you received a relay call before?
[RAPID BEEPING]
You've been harassing our client, Sarah Grant. Please stop.
She violated her NDA, and she's holding on to stolen research,
so no can do. Go ahead.
OPERATOR: And now she's given it to us.
In case you're doubting this, page nine starts with...
"The enhancement of clerodane diterpenes in Fertile Crescent sample 7..."
All right. I understand, go ahead.
OPERATOR: We've left word at the office of Cybo Sementis' CEO, Mr. Franklin.
We await his response.
Mr. Franklin passed on your message... [WHISPERS] Track it.
[IN NORMAL VOICE] And he's authorized us to speak on his behalf. Go ahead.
Who am I speaking to and what is your position?
Well, my name is Steve Dawson. Don't look it up. It's not real.
And my team is tasked with returning the documents.
Go ahead.
OPERATOR: We wish to return them as soon as possible,
but in order to protect our client,
we are ready to send them simultaneously
to all appropriate law-enforcement agencies
as well as every major media outlet
if you don't fully cooperate
- with our requests. - [MOUTHING] Fuck you!
We'll do our best to cooperate. Go ahead.
There will be no more threats to our client,
no more surveillance, including phone taps.
Once we are satisfied with our client's security, we'll return the original.
We will keep a single secure copy as insurance for our client's protection.
How do we know to trust you? 'Cause you could be anyone.
Yeah. Go ahead.
OPERATOR: You will be our client, too.
You will be required to pay a fee.
We work for both parties to ensure that the job is done with no loose ends.
It is in all our interests for it to run smoothly.
Oh, that's very kind of you. How much is the fee? Go ahead.
Half a million dollars cash.
Well, that's a lot of money.
How do we trust your client's intentions? Go ahead.
You were tapping our client's first calls.
You know as much about their intentions as we do.
I'm gonna have to run it internally. Go ahead.
You have until end of day tomorrow to confirm your acceptance.
Yeah, understood. Go ahead.
Now get a new parking spot and stay away from our client.
Your caller has hung up. Thank you for using Tri-State Relay Service.
- Have a wonderful... - [BEEPING]
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
Let's go.
Credit or debit?
SARAH: Check.
The surveillance van is gone. Thank you.
[RAPID BEEPING]
OPERATOR: Good. Now we wait for a few days.
You will need to be patient and stay calm.
Once they fulfill their end of the deal, we'll arrange to return the documents
before the SEC deadline next week.
After that, you will need to relocate for a while.
Ideally somewhere in this country you can reach by public transportation
so they can't track you.
It is for your protection and shouldn't be permanent.
I understand.
Go ahead.
Hey, um, the weather is getting better.
Um, is it okay if I spend some time outside?
Go ahead?
- [RAPID BEEPING] - OPERATOR: They should leave you alone.
If you see anything that worries you, let us know.
How? You're not that easy to get ahold of.
Go ahead.
OPERATOR: After 6:00 p.m. each day, leave a message at the number you have.
Just one word.
If something is wrong, say "Weather."
If everything's okay, say "All right."
All right is two words, not one. Go ahead.
[BEEPING]
[KEYBOARD CLACKING]
Ever listen to The Who?
First album. First track on the B-side.
Your caller has hung up.
- Thank you for your... - [BEEPS]
- [TRACKS RATTLING] - [SIREN WAILING IN DISTANCE]
WASH: I see you at meetings,
but I don't think I've ever seen you share.
How long you sober?
Nineteen months.
What step you on?
I've been kicking around step four.
- WASH: Mm-hmm. - For a minute, actually.
- Moral inventory? - TOM: Yeah.
WASH: Resentments?
Yeah. I got a lot of those.
[CHUCKLES] You working?
What kind of gig?
Mostly delivery, kind of parcels, food, stuff like that.
I got a little something on the side, too.
Legal?
[CHUCKLES]
You don't want to tell me?
Dangerous?
We're addicts, Jon.
We do addict-y things, and you just got to be aware of them
and pull back so we don't replace one addiction with a new one.
What if the thing you're doing is important and somebody has to do it?
Well, you have to decide how important.
Listen, however you're managing,
you just don't need to do it all on your own.
The fact is... you can't.
[TRAIN CLATTERING]
[BEEPING, CLICKS]
They've agreed to your terms.
How do we transfer the money?
What do you want us to do next?
Send unmarked cash to P.O. Box 897,
Landers, California, 92285, overnight priority.
When it has been safely received, we will issue further instructions.
Any delay and the document goes public.
Your caller has hung up.
Thank you for using the Tri-State Relay Service
and have a wonderful day.
He's brazen.
Okay.
RYAN: Hey, how long do the batteries in those things last?
LEE: Four or five days. Should be enough.
RYAN: Right? DAWSON: Fuck you, pal.
- Box it up. - Glad I don't have to pay it.
LEE: The tracker is activated.
That's cool.
[MOODY AMBIENT MUSIC PLAYING]
[TIRES SCREECH]
AUTOMATED VOICE OVER PHONE: Special answering service.
- Inbox 482. One new message. - [BEEPS]
DAWSON: [OVER VOICEMAIL] The package has been sent.
Tracking number 4739-27721.
The filing deadline's less than a week away,
- so ball's in your court. - [BEEPS]
[SIREN WAILING IN DISTANCE]
MAN: [OVER VOICEMAIL] All right.
[BEEPS]
SARAH: [OVER VOICEMAIL] All... right.
[CHUCKLES]
[HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYING]
[SIGNING]
- [SIGNING] - [TOM CHUCKLES]
You know what it is, man. Work, work.
[TARIQ SIGNING]
Yeah. Need an ID.
[SIGNING]
Minnesota? Yeah. That's fine.
[SIGNING]
Getting harder, huh?
Three days? That's cool, man.
[SIGNING]
TOM: Oh, prices. Oh, motherfucker. Okay.
- What? - [BLOWS RASPBERRY]
Bro, come on, man. You always bullshitting me, bro.
Yo, you know me.
What is it?
Four what?
You want four?
[SNICKERS]
[SOFT INDIE MUSIC PLAYING]
AUTOMATED VOICE OVER PHONE: ...482. One new message.
[BEEPS]
[OVER VOICEMAIL] This is Hoffman.
Optimo Pharmaceutical's history of fraud is incredible.
They just pay the fines and keep doing the same thing.
How many people have died because of their lies?
Lies that I was a part of?
I missed my niece's baptism.
I wonder what else I'm missing.
[BEEPS]
SARAH: [OVER VOICEMAIL] All right.
All is right with the world.
Joke, right? [CHUCKLES]
I wonder what your life is like.
[SARAH CHUCKLES]
I wonder if you even listen this far in.
Are you lonely?
[CLICKS]
MAN: [SINGING] I'm in the phone booth
- [POP ROCK MUSIC PLAYING] - It's the one across the hall
If you don't answer I'll just ring it off the wall
I know he's there But I just had to call
Don't leave me hanging on the telephone
- [BEEPS] - [SONG STOPS]
[TRAIN CLATTERING]
[KEYBOARD CLACKING]
[SOFT PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING]
[MOUSE CLICKING]
[MOUSE SCROLLING]
AUTOMATED VOICE OVER PHONE: Inbox 482. No new messages.
[BEEPS]
[ENGINE STARTS]
[CELL PHONE RINGING]
Yes.
TOM: This is the Tri-State Relay Service.
Have you ever received a relay call before?
Yes. Check.
Sorry. I didn't call.
Is something wrong? Go ahead.
I just wanted to see if you were okay.
Yeah. I'm fine. What about you? Are you okay? Go ahead.
I'm fine. I listened to your message. Interesting musical choice.
Oh, God. You listened to the end.
Sorry. Go ahead.
How did you even know there was an original to that song?
Google.
I... I use modern technology. Feels like you don't.
So what else do you listen to, you know, aside from The Who? Go ahead.
Who said I listened to them?
[CHUCKLES] Oh, come on. I've got time on my hands.
I can listen to anything you can recommend. Go ahead.
I recommend we keep communication to a minimum.
Well, you stuck around to listen to all of my last message.
So, are you? Go ahead.
Am I what?
Lonely. Go ahead.
It's strange talking to someone who knows so much about you
when you know so little about them.
May I ask you a question?
Go ahead.
It depends what it is.
Has it ever gone wrong?
Go ahead.
Sometimes people run.
Sometimes we have to walk away.
The instructions, not everybody... listens.
I'll try hard to behave myself.
Good night.
[LINE DISCONNECTS]
That was a new number. Run it.
- [CHUCKLES] - Nice. It's already off.
- CLERK: Okay, you're all set. - Thank you.
- Hi. - CLERK: Hi.
I have a mailbox in California. That's where I normally live.
But I'm going away to Europe for a month on business.
- I know. Poor me. Um... - [CHUCKLES]
Could I please have all my mail forwarded to my cousin who lives in Poughkeepsie...
- Yes. That's possible. - ...while I'm away?
And she's actually moving right now.
- So what do I do? - Okay.
Send it to general delivery
- to the post office? - Yep. You got it.
- She'll need an ID to pick anything up. - All right. Cool.
- All right. Let's do that. Thank you. - All right.
So, it'll be coming from Landers, California.
- And the name of the person it's going to? - Sarah with an "H." Grant.
CLERK: Mmm-hmm.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
[SIREN, HORN BLARING]
[BEEPS]
[OVER RECORDING] This is Dawson.
According to the USPS, the money's been delivered.
The SEC filing is in three days,
so we're expecting handover arrangements as soon as possible.
But we have a problem.
You told Mr. Franklin you had a 311-page document.
But the full report is 327 pages with a 16-page third appendix.
We need all the pages returned.
Otherwise, what did we pay half a million dollars for?
Tick-tock, motherfucker.
[BEEPS]
OPERATOR: You told us that you had sent all the relevant documents.
I did. Go ahead.
- What about Appendix C? It's missing. - [RAPID BEEPING]
There was no info there. It was all just small print.
SARAH: Nothing pertaining to the research. Go ahead.
[RAPID BEEPING]
Why would you leave it out?
I just didn't think.
[RAPID BEEPING]
OPERATOR: Do you still have it?
Yes, I do. Go ahead.
They need it.
Okay, well, I will send it to you like before. Go ahead.
Takes too long.
You were warned.
You must follow the steps, or we can't protect you.
Please don't leave me to do this by myself.
[CRIES SOFTLY]
[TRAIN HORN BLARES]
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
There's a newsstand on the corner of Seventh and West 46th.
Put the envelope in the pages of the bottom copy
of The Washington Post, which is the second pile on the left.
Then leave the area.
[SIREN BLARING IN DISTANCE]
Go.
[WHIRS]
- Thank you. - CLERK: Yeah. No problem.
- Hey, how's it going? - CLERK: It's going!
TOM: Yeah?
Just that?
[WHISTLES]
RYAN: Wondered if I could get your photo.
I'm doing this thing on New Yorkers in their natural habitat.
You know what I'm saying?
Come on!
I left it in The Post, bottom copy, left pile like you said.
The Washington Post is second from the left.
Second from the left.
I'm so sorry.
Everything happened so fast. Um, I... I'll come back for it.
[KEYBOARD CLACKING]
OPERATOR: It'll be gone by then. Did you know you were being followed?
SARAH: No, I thought they stopped that. I'm so sorry. It's my fault.
Don't walk away.
[LINE DISCONNECTS]
[LIVELY CHATTER]
[TENSE MUSIC SWELLS]
It's my birthday, bitch!
It's my birthday and I'm getting candy!
It's my birthday.
And give me some goddamn lottery tickets, too.
- Put the... Put the candy... Fuck! - Whoo-hoo-hoo!
Whoo-hoo!
[CACKLING]
Hey! Hey! Hey!
Did you get it? Did you get it?
Thank you.
Hey! Hey, hey! Where is it? Where is it?
WOMAN: What the fuck, man?
Where'd you put it?
That's him right there. Security guard.
RYAN: No shit.
LEE: It's this guy right here.
I'm sitting there, I'm watching the guy in the fucking suit.
And this bastard is right there.
Yeah, you remember him?
[CELL PHONE RINGING, VIBRATING]
Yeah.
OPERATOR: Hello. A person is calling through the Tri-State Relay Service.
Have you received a call from us before?
Yes, we have. Just give me one second, please.
Hey, yo. Hey, hey. TTY.
[DAWSON CLEARS THROAT]
Yeah. I'm here. Go ahead.
We've got 40 copies, including the missing appendix,
ready to go to spread across the mainstream and alternative media.
You agreed to stop following and harassing her.
She was in Times Square
with a document that contains sensitive material.
OPERATOR: You wouldn't know that if you weren't following her.
Do you want us to go public?
We apologize. We're sorry. We made a mistake.
And we'll do exactly as you say from now on. Go ahead.
OPERATOR: The handover will be between our client
and your CEO, Franklin, in person,
in a public place of our choice at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.
DAWSON: Mr. Franklin is out of town.
Well, get him back.
Ask him to return.
Yeah. I'll try my best. Thursday is the day before the SEC filing.
That's cutting it close. Go ahead.
OPERATOR: You'd better make it work.
Your caller has hung up. Thank you for using the Tri-State...
[LINE DISCONNECTS]
That's it. We got our guy.
That's him.
We get him to our friends at a Fusion Center.
For facial recognition? I don't think it's good enough.
That's the best frame of his face we have.
[CELL PHONE RINGING]
Your call is now connected.
Are you all right? Go ahead.
Are you th... Are you there?
Hello?
[RAPID BEEPING]
OPERATOR: We have it. We're setting the exchange
- for Thursday. - [SIGHS]
Until then, you'll call each day once and leave a message.
You'll say "All right," or you'll say "Weather."
Nothing more.
You'll follow instructions because this time, we will walk away.
Do you understand?
Yes.
Go ahead.
Your caller has hung up.
Thank you for using the Tri-State Relay Service.
Have a wonderful night.
[LINE DISCONNECTS]
[SIREN WAILING]
Hey. Um...
I'd like to book a table, please.
We tracked it as far as Bell.
There's a national distribution center there.
Then we lost it.
Will the signal come back?
LEE: There were no backup batteries.
DAWSON: Where's it gonna go from there?
It could literally be anywhere.
[SIGHS]
All right.
SARAH: [OVER RECORDING] All right.
[BEEPS]
[OVER RECORDING] It's Hoffman.
I've been checking the obituaries
of the towns that were part of Optimo's trials.
- Healthy young people suddenly dying. - [SEABIRDS CAWING]
How many more are there?
- We all knew the trials were inadequate. - [SEABIRDS CAWING]
They said things were safe way before we knew enough.
You know how widely it was distributed.
Millions of people will have been affected but...
Optimo will deny it.
I had a chance to do something and I blew it.
[HOFFMAN BREATHING HEAVILY]
I've got blood on my hands.
[SEABIRDS CAWING]
It's not your fault. You helped me.
[HOFFMAN SIGHS]
Thank you. I won't bother you again.
[LINE DISCONNECTS]
[CAR CHIRPS]
I'm Jon, and I'm an alcoholic.
- Hi, Jon. - Hi, Jon.
Growing up Muslim, you're not supposed to drink... at all.
I, uh...
So I grew up Muslim in New York, post 9/11.
It was crazy.
I figured drinking would help me to fit in
and just connect to people more.
And it did a little.
Didn't stop me getting my ass kicked all the time.
But when that happened, it would, uh... help me go numb.
So either way, it helped.
And then I got a job on Wall Street.
It was intense.
Drinking was part of fitting in,
and it was a way of dealing with pressure to meet these crazy targets.
There was no way of meeting them, not without bending the rules...
and screwing people over.
Much as I wanted to be a part of something,
I didn't want to be a part of that.
So I started gathering information and I took it to my superiors.
They took a look at it...
and nothing really happened.
The investigation was one-sided.
It all blew over.
And when it did, people I had known a long time turned their backs on me,
started spreading rumors about me.
You know, questioning my sanity and my integrity.
And I started to become, uh, paranoid,
and aggressive and drunk.
By the time they came to me with this severance package,
it was tied to an NDA.
I was relieved.
So I, uh... I took the money. I kept my mouth shut...
poured it all down my throat. But...
I still carry a lot of guilt and shame about that time.
And I keep thinking I was a coward. And I was weak. I was.
I got a call from someone last night
and he just sounded so lost...
and broken.
And I don't think he's gonna make it, honestly.
I don't want to end up like that.
TOM: Thank you, Wash.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]
[BUZZES]
- [CELL PHONE RINGING] - [PANTING]
The original copy of the report is waiting under your name
in General Delivery at the main post office on Eighth.
A table is booked for Adam Franklin at Gãia & Loki restaurant
at 7:00 p.m. tonight.
Take a taxi there and make it wait.
Bring the report and the yellow-marked phone you were sent.
When he arrives, hand him the documents and take a picture of the two of you.
Get back in the taxi and head uptown.
You will receive further instructions then.
Do you understand?
Yes, I do. Go ahead.
Your caller has hung up.
Thank you for using the Tri-State Relay Service.
Have a wonderful day.
[RAPID BEEPING]
Mr. Franklin must attend in person,
and our client will need to take a photograph with him.
She will return the original copy of the report,
and we will keep a single safety copy to ensure everyone sticks to the deal.
Your caller has hung up.
Thank you for using the Tri-State Relay Service. Have a wonderful...
[SIGHS]
[HORN BLARES]
BARTENDER: Can I get you another club soda?
No. I'm good.
- Okay. - Thank you.
[RAPID BEEPING]
AUTOMATED VOICE OVER PHONE: You have one message.
SARAH: [ON RECORDING] Weather. I know I should have called.
You don't have to worry. I'm okay.
They know who you are.
They said facial recognition got a positive ID of you in Times Square.
They told me your name.
James Keaton.
You're in big danger, James. This is my fault.
You've got to get out of here and stay away.
- No, no, no, no, no. - I know I screwed up in Times Square,
so I'm gonna do this handover myself.
Fuck!
- No, no, no. - There's a concert
of Schubert's piano trios at Town Hall.
It's public, like you said it should be.
- Fuck! - They told me not to tell you,
but I needed to.
And to thank you for looking after me.
Bye, James. Be safe.
[HORNS BLARING]
Let me get a ticket.
CLERK: Uh-huh. Here you are.
- Keep the change. - Thank you.
[DETECTOR BEEPS]
Whoa, what is that?
It's a hearing-assisted device for the deaf.
All right. Well, you got to check it.
[CLASSICAL CHAMBER MUSIC PLAYING]
[LINE RINGING]
- [GLASS SHATTERS] - [ALARM BLARING, RINGING]
[CROWD MURMURING]
[ALARM BLARING, RINGING]
[WOMAN EXCLAIMS]
- [TOM GRUNTS] - [RYAN GROANS]
[TOM GRUNTS]
[CROWD GASPING, EXCLAIMING]
It's me. It's me. Credit or debit.
It's a trap. They're coming to get you. Come on.
Excuse me! Excuse me.
[ALARM BLARING, RINGING]
Move, move, move!
[SIREN WAILS]
Put this on. Put this on. Take this off.
Did you give it to them?
- The report. Did you give it to them? - No.
Good. Our threat to go public has to feel real.
It's the only leverage you got, all right?
You're gonna take the train to Poughkeepsie.
You're gonna pay in cash.
When you get there, you go to the Grand Hotel.
You book under your own name, but you misspell it, all right?
Yeah. I gotta go back to the apartment and get my stuff.
No, you don't. You can't.
How did they get in touch with you?
They, uh... they rang the intercom.
Did they hurt you?
- No. - Okay, good.
When you get there, I need you to call me and let me know you're okay.
I'm gonna call you right ba...
We're gonna contact you with a P.O. box number.
- All right? - Um... I'm just...
- You're gonna have to remember it. - Will you just tell me?
I gotta protect you while you're traveling.
You go to the main post office, ask for an envelope.
It's got a P.O. box key in it and the rest of the instructions.
Yo!
Let's go.
Here.
Grand Central. Let's go.
[HORN HONKS]
[PANTING]
[EXHALES]
You're okay.
- You got the papers? - Yeah.
[UNZIPPING CASE]
From now on, it's cash only.
Use a card, they're gonna trace you. ID.
You got a new one waiting for you at the post office when you get there.
Stop. Please, stop.
Why did you do this for me?
It's my job.
[SIGHS]
Was that all?
[SIGHS]
You know, you're exactly and not at all what I imagined, James.
TOM: That's not my name.
Well, they lied to you.
[SIGHS] What is your name?
It's Ash. Ashraf.
[CHUCKLES]
Am I your worst client ever, Ashraf?
[CHUCKLES] Maybe.
[CHUCKLES]
[EXHALES]
Hey.
You're gonna be all right.
Come with me, Ashraf.
I can't.
Goodbye. [EXHALES]
Keep it.
Don't look back.
[HORNS BLARING]
[SIRENS WAILING]
[INDISTINCT ANNOUNCEMENT OVER PA]
[HORN BLARES]
[BELLS JINGLE]
[CELL PHONE RINGING]
[RAPID BEEPING]
What was your plan?
That I was bluffing?
I'll make sure you never find her. She's gone and so am I.
[RAPID BEEPING]
[BEEPS]
Your caller has hung up.
Thank you for using the Tri-State Relay Service. Have a wonderful...
[SIGHS]
Thank you.
[CELL PHONE VIBRATING]
Sarah, you can't use this phone. All right?
You got to get rid of it right away.
DAWSON: Glad to finally hear your voice.
You know, we're getting very bored of speaking to this fucking relay service.
This little phone has been very useful, thank you. I'll get her for you.
SARAH: Don't do what they say. They were tracking me.
- Sarah, listen to me. You gotta stay calm. - It's my fault.
Listen to me. Listen to me. We're gonna figure this out.
Just stay calm for me, all right?
- Just walk... - DAWSON: Give it here.
You're going to do what we say now. You understand?
TOM: Listen, let her go.
All right? The documents are going out, all of them.
- You hear me? - And then what, huh?
The idea of journalists or their readers actually caring,
it's a cute, liberal fantasy.
Most of the media work with us anyway, so they won't publish in a hurry.
And that leaves the conspiracy theorists on social media. Good luck with that.
Hey, guess what? Law enforcement is going to be reading a lot more closely,
so don't fucking push me, all right?
The envelopes are labeled and sealed.
- All right? - Here's the deal.
We're going to come with you to wherever you keep your documents,
and you're going to give us all the copies of the report,
including your safety copy, and then we'll let her go unharmed.
And you, too, if you behave yourself.
You've got to be out your fucking mind. All right?
I have other clients to consider.
You really think you have a choice?
[CHUCKLES]
[LINE RINGING]
DAWSON: Yeah?
Yeah, I'll do it.
I'll take you to all the records, I'll do it.
That's good. That's very good.
Dawn tomorrow, you come to your client's apartment.
- [ELECTRICITY CRACKLING] - [TOM GROANING]
- [VAN DOOR CLOSES]
[ENGINE STARTS]
- TOM: Sarah, you okay? - I'm fine.
[TOM GROANS]
Where's the documents?
You let her go, I'll tell you.
[GROANS]
[WHIMPERS] Stop!
You want the documents, you need us both alive.
So why don't you let her go, and we'll talk?
Don't really need her.
Hey! Easy!
[WAILS]
- Hey! - Where are the documents?
- 10001 South Second Street, Newark. - [TAPS ON VEHICLE]
LEE: Newark. 10001 South Second Street.
- He likes you. [CHUCKLES] - [HORNS BLARING]
[TIRES SCREECH]
[SARAH EXCLAIMS]
[GROANS]
[LEE GRUNTING]
Oh, you motherfucker!
[BOTH GRUNTING]
- [LEE SCREAMS] - [TIRES SCREECH]
- [HORNS BLARING] - [ELECTRICITY CRACKLING]
TOM: Fuck you!
[GROANS]
[SARAH GRUNTS]
[ELECTRICITY CRACKLING]
[GROANS]
[SARAH GRUNTS]
DAWSON: [GROANS] Oh, God, you motherfucker.
- [GRUNTING] - [GROANING]
Stop.
[PANTING]
[GROANING]
DAWSON: Good job, boss.
[PANTING]
[GROANS]
[PANTING]
What do you want?
We want your copy of the Optimo Pharmaceutical report.
Yeah. This is about Hoffman.
DAWSON: Here, here, here. Yeah.
[TOM GROANS]
DAWSON: All right, unlock it. Okay, come on.
- Come on. - [LOCK CLICKS]
[WHIRRING]
This one? Come here.
[TOM GROANS]
- [BANGS] - Come on.
[DOOR CLANGS]
Come on. Come on!
- [TOM GROANS] - This?
Huh? What?
You got to untie my hands so I can reach it.
Legs, too. I got two more alarms to turn off when I get in.
RYAN: Yeah, I'll fucking cut them. You stabbed me in the motherfucking leg?
I'll put this in your fucking ribs, trust me.
[TOM GROANS]
Come on, get to it.
[PANTING]
[KEYPAD BEEPING]
[ERROR BEEP]
Fuck! Give me a sec. I just gotta concentrate, okay?
DAWSON: Get to it. Come on.
[KEYPAD BEEPING]
[ERROR BEEP]
Nothing's happening.
I'm gonna fucking shoot him.
[KEYPAD BEEPING]
- [EXPLOSIONS] - [HISSING]
RYAN: What the fuck is that? Hey!
[TOM GRUNTS]
[DAWSON WHISTLES]
- [GRUNTING] - [CLATTERING]
[PANTING]
[GRUNTS]
RYAN: I need a gun.
Don't kill him, all right? We need the code.
[PANTING]
[GUNSHOTS]
[HORN BLARES, TIRES SCREECH]
[GROANS]
[GUNSHOT]
He's crossing the tracks. Go!
[GRUNTS]
- [GRUNTS] - [TAPS]
ROSETTI: He's over here!
DAWSON: Stay with him. Hold him!
[GRUNTS]
[GUNSHOT]
SARAH: Give me the code, and I'll let you go.
I'll do it.
Do it.
[POLICE SIREN WAILING]
No.
POLICE OFFICER: Put your hands up!
Put your hands where I can see 'em!
[POLICE RADIO CHATTER]
[OFFICERS SHOUTING ORDERS]
Stay calm. Stay calm.
POLICE OFFICER 1: Hands behind your back.
POLICE OFFICER 2: Let me see your hands!
POLICE OFFICER 3: Hands up!
RYAN: Easy, okay? [GRUNTS] POLICE OFFICER 4: Shut up!
[HANDCUFFS CLICKING]
Come on! Come on.
What is this?
I got documents that show Optimo Pharmaceuticals' products
have adverse effects, and they knew about it.
They tried to cover up the evidence. I got the internal memos,
I got the emails. I got everything.
- Why do you have it? - This is what I do.
I help people who find things like this.
Who see things maybe they shouldn't have,
who maybe should have looked the other way, but they can't.
Now I gotta turn it over to somebody I trust.
Yeah.
[POLICE RADIO CHATTER]
It's a little heavy there.
- Okay. - Thank you.
[BELL RINGING]
[BLOWS WHISTLE]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
[CHILL ELECTRONIC MUSIC PLAYING]