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grandmothers birthday in a couple days.

Well, maybe this will be all over

by then, and you can see her.

Thanks a lot, Mr. Brightside,

but I doubt it.

Actually, I could really use a

few pearls of wisdom from her

right about now.

God, she's such a badass.

Ah...

so that's where you get

your badass genes from.

Yeah.

OK. Thanks.

Hey, those "Dans" you

wanted me to check,

there's tons of them

at the university.

There's over 80 in the school of business

alone. It's a needle-haystack thing.

Do any of them cross-reference

with the kids at the party?

There's none of them

on the interview list.

I'll just keep looking, all right?

All right. Thanks.

So, why the hell was

that thing so expensive?

Well, it's a satellite phone,

so it'll work anywhere,

and it's virtually untraceable.

Hm.

So... this is his place, huh?

I mean, you're sure this time?

I mean, you were wrong before.

No, I'm not sure, but I'm

running out of time.

I have to do this, Dan, and

I have to do it tonight.

His office hours are

between five and seven,

so that's when I make

my move and break in.

So, who taught you

how to pick locks?

Mm, just look up lock-picking

on the internet.

There's tons and tons of videos.

OK...

What if he catches you?

I guess I go to jail.

There's something I have to do.

Where's the nearest thrift store?

I need a wardrobe change.

OK.

Saving the best for last...

Holly Hamilton. Where

are we with this?

Don't worry, Captain,

we'll catch her.

There's a time factor here,

and we need to get her now.

We will. Look, she's

not going anywhere.

Oh, really? And how

do you know that?

Because she thinks she

has a case to solve.

- She's gonna stay h...

- Cameron, please, OK,

just save me from your

theories and her theories, OK?

You have a case to solve.

Get it done.

Here we are. Happy Meadow.

Hey! If I'm not back in 10 minutes,

- I want you to bail, OK?

- Be careful.

Yeah.

Hello!

I have a singing telegram

for Mr. Herman Brown.

- Room 104, please?

- Uh... down the hallway, about halfway.

Thank you.

Singing telegrams?

They still do that?

Hello, hello!

Happy early birthday, GM!

- Holly?

- Yeah. Shh!

- How are you feeling?

- I'm fine,

but what are you wearing?

Don't laugh, I know.

It got me in here.

Oh! I see you got my

flowers from Belize.

That was cheeky.

See? It's not so bad

in here, right?

I wanna go home. It's not home.

I know.

And I've been thinking,

you know. If I hadn't gotten

sick, Holly, none of this

would have happened.

- This is all my fault.

- No.

I don't want you to ever

say that again, GM.

I made all these

decisions myself, OK?

And I would do them all

over again if I could.

You were always...

strong-willed.

But, Holly, they are

going to catch you...

- eventually.

- No.

I have to find that

bastard who killed Blake.

Blake would not want you

hurt any more than I do.

I know.

- In the basement?

- Yeah.

I should get going, GM.

Happy early birthday.

When will I see you again?

I'm not sure.

But soon.

And I'm gonna take you

home again. I promise.

I know that you really believe

in what you're doing,

and I support you all the way.

- Be safe.

- I will.

I love you.

- West.

- Hey, West, it's me.

Look, I need you to call

the Central University

parking office and have them run

every late-model blue Jeep.

Cross-reference them with

any students named Dan

and any of the kids from the

party that we interviewed, OK?

- Got it.

- Yeah, thanks.

Ready to rock and roll?

Let's do this.

Hey... be careful.

I'm in.

Good luck.

Nothing in the bathroom.

Anything?

Damn! Where would

you hide the drugs?

Uh... if I used them to

seduce girls... the bedroom?

I can't find a thing in here.

Why would a guitar have no strings?

I don't know, but hurry up.

I got it.

Really? What?

- Centanyl.

- You sure?

Yeah, I'm sure. GM's been

taking these things for years.

Oh, my...

This is the guy, Dan.

- I gotta go online.

- Make it snappy.

I'm not gonna even ask

how you're doing this.

Don't touch the keyboard and

don't motion to anybody else.

- Just listen, OK?

- Yeah, I listened

to you before, and you lied to me.

I didn't lie to you, I

just made a mistake,

but I have the right guy now.

I'm in his apartment.

Oh, and so you have even more

charges against you now.

OK.

See this guitar over here?

The stringless one?

You should come look

inside of it. I'm sure there's something

that you'd really like to see in there.

He's coming back! The hell! What

happened to his office hours?

Holly, you've got 60 seconds.

Get here now to 1682

Monaco Drive. Unit 70.

- Holly!

- Don't go out the front door.

Just heard from Holly.

- Yeah.

- We gotta roll.

Hey. I'm here to pick up Kiki.

No Kiki here. You got

the wrong address.

Oh. Uh, she told me

1682 Monaco... unit 10?

- 70.

- Oh!

Sorry. My mistake.

I didn't bring my glasses.

- It's OK.

- OK. Sorry again.

Holly, where are you?

- Holly!

- That was close.

- Finally!

- We got to get outta here.

- OK.

- Go! Now! Go! Go! Go! Go!

I promise you, I'll shoot her

before I have to chase her again.

Oh, that's nice. You

know, I know I shouldn't

but, uh, I think I'm

starting to believe her.

Oh yeah? You got a mother-daughter

thing going on with her now?

You been talking to my ex too much.

Hi. I'm Detective Langford.

Philly PD.

This is Detective West.

Do you mind if we ask you

a few questions, Mr, uh...?

Oliphant. Spencer Oliphant.

Mr. Oliphant,

we've had reports of a

prowler in the area tonight.

We were wondering if you'd

seen or heard anything?

- No.

- You've been here all night?

No, I went to campus

for a bit. Why?

Were there any signs of forced entry?

Or is anything missing from your home?

No.

Just one more thing. You wouldn't happen

to have seen this girl, would you?

No, I've never seen her before.

But can I ask you a question?

- Sure.

- Was she supposed

to have broken into

my home or something?

No. Just following up a few leads.

I'm sorry, I got to get back

to grading some papers.

Right, of course. Well,

thank you for your time.

Oh!

Call us if you think

of anything, uh?

Will do.

- Creepy guy.

- Yeah, I guess some girls

- like that.

- You see them nails?

Yes, I did. How'd we

do with the prints?

As good as they get.

As good as they get.

So what did you find out?

Oliphant's profile is

mysteriously clean.

Academic pedigree. A book.

Thanks. A couple of articles.

I even hacked into every

police department

in every town listed on

his resume. Nothing.

So... no other victims?

No complaints?

Zip.

I gotta think of something fast.

The cops are one step behind me.

Someone's cloud-dialing you?

Get out of sight, Dan.

Looks like somebody's catching

on to video chatting.

Well, apparently, this is the only

way to get a hold of some people.

So, what can you tell

me about Oliphant?

Nothing you want

to hear. He's clean.

Well, things aren't always what they seem,

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