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the cars, that money had to come from somewhere,

so odds are there is

a dude in the picture.

Dude? Is that your only idea

for how a woman can get money?

Well, the easiest way for a woman

who looks like this, all right.

And we're not just talkin' money,

we're talkin' crazy, big money.

Stay on track, Guys!

What's the coroner sayin'?

Cause of death was shock,

plain and simple.

Her heart just stopped.

But this is interesting.

There was a hypo

injection mark in her neck.

Blood toxicology report's

not in yet, of course.

Of course, they're always behind

on... Have them rush it, okay?

I think that's important. What

do you guys got back there?

The IDE was routed to the BIOS in a weird way

and the cylinder sector, it was stored in CMOS.

Yo, yo, yo! Geico Caveman, what do you say

we break that down in English.

We splunked her email account, most of

her emails came with two names.

- Jean Mercier and Erich Nunemacher.

- Mercier, wow, that's hard to cotton.

- This guy's on the Forbes' Richest List.

- Here it is.

Moutish Corporation. They're based here

in Detroit, in the Aqua building.

Like I said, crazy, big money.

- Yeah.

- Right.

Wait a minute! Did you say Erich

Nunemacher, was that it? Erich Nunemacher?

Yeah.

We got a E, we got an N here. This guy just gave

us his next target, Guys. Let's get over there.

Moni, you ride with us. Kleb call ahead

and let 'em know we're coming, all right?

I'm on it!

- We're here to see Erich Nunemacher.

- I'm sorry, Detectives, but

as I already told some woman in the office,

without a warrant this as far as you go.

Tell me what this is about and

I will relay it in the morning.

He is a target, he will be dead by morning.

I assure you, Detective, a

killer would not be getting

any further than you have. We

are all former German police.

This company is our responsibility.

- Has that ever happened before?

- No.

- He's already in the building! Move!

- Follow me!

What is this?

Mr. Nunemacher, we have reason to

believe your life may be in danger.

- So, we need you to move, Sir.

- Nonsense, this building is impenetrable.

Tell them, Sacks. And you, please, sterilize

your hands before you touch my furniture.

Yes, Sir. Hans, with me!

Cover this guy, I'm walkin' the circuit.

Is there a door to this

office that I'm not seein'?

You idiot, this whole floor

is my office.

Look, unless you want to get your ass shot

off, I suggest you take a seat, all right?

- Don't touch me, you have dirty hands.

- Sit down... Sir.

- I'm not now an amateur.

- What in the hell do you think you're doing?

Listen to me I want this damn door opened

right now, now open it!

I can't! Once it's down it can

only be opened by outside security.

Well, then you better

figure out another way.

Get someone up here

who can open this thing.

Don't you listen, Fool, huh?

Once it's down, we can do nothing.

Let me see your hands.

Let me see your hands.

Put down the gun.

Put down the weapon now!

Do it now!

Is this what you want to die doing?

Drop the gun!

Do it now.

Now put your hands behind your back.

Put your hands behind your back

Do it now!

Now you're gonna open this god

damned door or I'm gonna you myself.

...all right! Go out!

I hope you get killed! Idiot!

- You okay?

- Yeah.

- Look at me. You okay?

- Yeah.

I think I clipped him.

He's gone.

You okay?

You don't even see it!

You think you know.

No, the eyes are deeper

set than that, the bridge

of the nose is much stronger,

so it makes it more pronounced.

Yeah, and he's older than that, he's gonna

have crow's feet around the eyes.

Ladies and gentlemen, that could have

gone one helluva a lot worse than it did.

Alex, excellent effort! You and your team

got close and that is not enough.

Yeah! But not close

enough. We were right there,

we almost had him. I almost

had him, I had the shot.

There's blood in the bathroom

so at least we have DNA.

Fair enough.

What else we got?

Kleb?

The charcoal pencil's unremarkable,

same with the paper.

Sold every day, everywhere, so...

the drawing gets us nothing.

Witnesses.

Witnesses? This is Detroit.

Nobody's sayin' anything.

I just spoke with Nunemacher. He and

Mercier are on lock-down at the house.

With our patrol officers and Mercier's security detail.

We're more than welcome to stop by.

I met Mercier, he's a good guy.

He's a French guy, he's very... majestic.

Raised about a gazillion dollar fund

to revitalize the City.

But here's what I don't

get... we got the rich French guy,

we got a professional

assassin, now we're takin'

multinational corporations.

What's the connection?

Fan Yau, CFO,

Nunemacher, CEO, this...

This guy just worked his

way up the food chain.

- Maybe to get to Mercier himself.

- It's exactly what he's doin'.

We need to get cleaned up and pay

Mercier a visit early this morning, okay.

Now listen to me.

I need to control this, this whole thing,

I need to stay ahead of it, and so far

you people have told me exactly bupkis.

Now, god damn it, what do

we know about the killer?

Chief, you have gotta give my team a break.

This guy's a assassin.

And there's no clear cut profile for him.

I can tell you what I know.

He's ex-military.

Somebody's. I don't know who.

But he feels rouge. Stimulus seeking,

sociopathic narcissist.

Trying to make somebody hurt.

Wants somebody to pay.

Wants 'em to suffer.

I don't know who.

Maybe his mother,

his father, himself.

The world.

Who... who... who the hell knows.

I think we should go with...

We got a good look at this lunatic,

which means he also got a good look at us.

Any shot at all we go on his list?

No, it's not his M.O.

This guy, I'm telling ya, he's focusing, and...

Fan Yau, $500,000 dollars in jewelry?

He didn't even breath on it. He's focused.

He's got a clear path,

he's checkin' off the list.

He won't deviate.

I'll tell you what.

We're going to go with: A sociopathic

killer with a narrow focus.

I think that'll comfort the citizens.

- This is quite the spread.

- Yeah, I'd say so.

Hi.

Hi. Hi. I'm Peramita Megawatti.

Mr. Mercier's assistant, and...

He's expecting you so, please...

take a seat and I'll tell him you're here.

Can I offer you something, 'cause

we have everything?

You like to eat? 'Cause I could make some

coffee 'cause I could use some coffee, so...

I'm good.

Nothing to eat, coffee?

No, we had McDonalds.

That's funny.

- That's gotta be some strong coffee they're servin'.

- That ain't coffee. Did you see her eyes?

- That chick is coked to the gills.

- Yeah, she's been out all night.

C'mon! No woman wears that

get-up at eight in the morning.

I remember your undercover work.

- That was a very special occasion.

- Gentlemen, it's good to see you.

Under calmer circumstances.

I was going to say the same to you.

Ah, Detective Ash.

I wasn't expecting you.

It was very sexy to be saved

by a beautiful woman.

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